The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-18

commissioners. s2ooo each; GO for com
 pensation of one secretary to the railroad commission, s1600; (71) for compensation
 O. one stenographer to the railroad com-
 mission. $500; G2) for compensation of l expert help for railroad commission, 5000; ttS) Tor expenses of the railroad commits
 sion. S150; CD for postage, postoffice box 1 rent for the executive and supreme court
 offices. s3SSS; G5) for insurance on the
 capitol building, furniture therein and
 the library, s2ooo. to be expended only on
 the approval of the governor; G6 for
 arrest of absconding felons, 5000; CD for 1 the removal of prisoners, $4o00: CS) for
 compensation of the superintendent of state banks, S2400; C79) for compensation of two bank examiners, S1200; (S0) for compensation of office assistant to super intendent of banks, 6.66; tsD for interest
 on temporary loans of sS00,0o0. to~be dis hursed on the order of the governor, $S0o: ! tSS) for distributing acts and journals or 1 the legislature of 1915. and other public documents for the years ending Septem- | Der 90, 1914, and 1915, $10Oo (SS) for in- tercst on the agricultural and mechanical college bonds, s1o.1ao; G4 for interest on | the bonded debt of the state,
 $1So, GOO; (s5) for compensation of I the secretary of the senate and clerk os
 the house of representatives. filing and arranging papers of the respective houses 1 in the secretary of states office, and for
 copying and indexing the journals of the respective houses, $450 each; (S6) for com pensation of the secretary of state for preparing copies of the acts for the put~ lie printer and notes thereof for the same, 10 cents for each 100 words; (SO for in terest on the fund arising on the sale of lands of the Alabama Girls Technical
 institute, sl5,0o0; SS) for the incidental ex- penses of the director of the department l of archives and history to be used in the promotion and development of the de- parlment, and the purchase or acquisition of papers, books and material necessary
 fer the conduct and development of the bureau of legislative information, the sum | of 5000; (S0 for the use of the contingent | fund of the governor in and about the payment of interest on state warrants and | for the purpose of making such financial arrangements as may be necessary to pro- l tect the credit of the state. the sum of $100,000, or such part thereof as may be l needed for the purpose mentioned.
 1 Sec. 2. That there is hereby appropriated l for the purposes hereinafter specified, to l be paid out of any money in the state treasury. not otherwise appropriated for l the period beginning October l, 1914, and ending on September 30, 1915; Q) for sta- | tionery for the executive and supreme court offices, S10,000; @ for tuel, lights
 and water used in the capitol, $3O00; for
 public printing and binding, including the
 reports of the heads of the departments, | of supreme court decisions, acts and jour nals of the legislature, advertisements I and proclamations, done in pursuance Of
 the law, $5O,000; (D for feeding prisoners | in county jails, $1s0.0O0; 6) for repairing and refurnishing the capitol and grounds,
 s5o00.
 I Approved February 1s, 1915.
 Offlcial:
 1 JOHN PURIFOY,
 1 Secretary of State.
 | No. 66) AN ACT QH. 466 | To provide for, and require guarantee, or l surety bonds of state officials and their l assistants. clerks and employees; to fix l the amount or amounts of said bonds. 1 and to provide for the payment of the | premiums of said bonds, and to provide l for the approval and filing of said bonds I Whereas, it has been demonstrated by past experience that the state of Ala bama has suffered substantial losses by l the failure of certain of it's officials and employees to be bonded with good and | sufficient sureties, and whereas good | business methods and the states interests l demand that the state should be ado oately protected from loss, now therefore, | Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala
 bama:
 l Section 1. That the secretary of state I be, and is hereby, required to furnish in addition to the bond now required by law | of the said secretary of state, guaran- | tee, or surety bond, with one or more good and sufficient sureties, in the sum | Of $25OO0 as ex-officio insurance commits
 sioner. Provided, however, that should l the insurance department be separated, or removed from the department, or office | of the secretary of state. that the officer
 named as insurance commissioner shal,
 comply with the provisions of this section, and the secretary of state in case Of such separation or removal of said insurance department, will not be required to fur nsh the additional bond herein provided 1 Sec. g. That the chief clerk in the office
 of the secretary of state be, and Is here I by required to furnish guarantee, or | surety bond, with one or more good and | sufficient suretes in the sume of $50O0. 1 Sec. 8. That all clerks. assistants, agents or employees under the terms and provis- | ions of the motor vehicle law, be, and are 1 hereby required, to furnish guarantee, or surety bonds, with one or more good and sufficient sureties, in the sums here | matter named and specified, to-wit: (a) l The clerk in charge of the records and collections of the department shall fur
 nish a guarantee or surety bond with one or more good and sufficient sureties | in the sum of $5O00. (b) The clerk, or as- l sistant who performs the duties of as- sistant clerk with the said clerk as here l in specified in subdivision ''a' of this
 section shall furnish a guarantee or I surety bond with one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of $3OO0 I Co That all assistants, employees or agents. who in any way may collect or disburse funds, or handle funds, or motor vehicle tags or number plates under the provisions of the motor vehicle law De, and are, hereby, required to furnish guar antee or surety bonds with one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of not less than 5000 for each and every employe, agent or collector The amount of said bonds, except where herein pro- vided, to be fixed by the officer in charge of said employees, sents or collectors. Sec. 1. That the president of the board Of
 convict inspectors be, and is hereby, re- quired to furnish a guarantee or surety bond with one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of $50,O0O (a) That the convict inspectors, other than the president of the board of inspectors. be,
 and are hereby. required to furnish guar antee or surety bonds with one or more good and sufficient sureties fin the sum of $25,000 each. (b) That the chief clerk of the board of convict inspectors be, and is hereby, required to furnish a guarantee or surety bond with one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of $25, ,000 | Co That the assistant clerk of the board of convict Inspectors be, and is hereby, required to furnish a guarantee or surety
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