The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
DEP APARTMENTS MAKE Z
 EXCELLENT REPORTS
Largest Gains So Far Shown By Agricultural Department
SHRINERS WILL MEET
Potentate Mofatt Goes to Capital to Make Preparations Bessemer Files Petition for Better
 Railroad Facilities

Montgomery, October 1.-(Special IA condition more or less fourishing is shown by annual reports. of three depart ments, which have been submitted to Gov B. B. Conner. In the report of the secretary of state there Is recorded a slight falling off from the figures of last year, due to the fact that the report of 1909 was made more glowing because of the special session of the legislature, which resulted in a f1attering sale of leg islative acts. The report of the commis- sioner of agriculture shows a considerable gain in the sale of fertilizer tags. The report of the convict department shows a general growth.
 In the agricultural department especiai- ly the most fattering gains are shown. While he has not yet announced an item ized report, Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson has given out that there has been a general increase during the past fiscal year over the preceding year of S16.90906 an increase which, he says, is chiefly due to more extended sale of fertilizer tags The total receipts of the year amounted to s1S1, ,5S7.S7, against s114, 62S.79 the year previous. In addition to an increased sale of tags, an item of im- portance is to be found in the issuance of a greater number of licenses, and an in- crease in the number of registrations.
 On Saturday J. Craig Smith, president of the state convict bureau made final settlement with the treasurer for the quarter ending September 30, paying over to the treasurer about s4O2, 9764, which IS the largest amount ever earned by the bureau in the history of the state. The report for the year will show earnings near to the S2o00.000 mark.
 Secretary of State Frank N. Julian, in submitting his report, urges the governor to recommend to the next legislature ad- ditional help in the secretary of states office. His report shows that his depart ment earned during the year which closed September 30 an amount short by SST7O5 of the report of 1909. The 1910 fig ures are s1S,07o.65, the largest item Of which was for corporation permits. which aggregated s5220 The next largest amount was for the sale of supreme court records. aggregating $4716
 An itemized statement of all fees re- ceived in Secretary Julian's department is as follows:
 1883 commissions at $1 ............ S,6S3.00 27 patents at s1 ..................... $1. .6S3.o0 ? corporation permits, 1907, at S5.. 1000 corporation permits, 1909, at Sl0.. 40.0O 70 corporation permits, 1JUS' at @IV -oN'oo 522 corporation permits, 1910 at $lO 5,22o.O0 Copy and seal ..................... 3,604.90 ? corporation fees, sec. 959S of
 code, at S10 ........................ 20.0O ? corporation fees sec. 3591 of
 code, at s25........................ 5000 ''a at SEQ SEQ '..................s..... s82. 50
 at s2 ...i....................... 4,76.oo 4 comics of lS9S-9, local, at
 5oc c'-es ................'.......'.... 200
 sion. at soc ...................... $50 copies Acts of 190o-'01, general
 and local, at Soc ................... 1.5O copies Acts of 1903, local, at Soc 25O 5 copies Acts of 1907. Reg. Session,
 general and local, at s2.......... 1000 1 copy Acts of 1907, Special Ses-
 sion, local at s2................... 200 294 copies Acts of 1909, Special Ses-
 sion, general and local at s2.... assoc [ copies of Code prior to 1907, at $l 1e0 l5O copies of Code of 1907 at S6.. 90O.OO 1 copy Clays Digest, at 75c....... 70