The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
TWENTY-sIy

speetion has been made and approval eer- tified by the state superintendent of ed ucation.
 $. That whenever the county board of education shall certify to the state su- perintendent of education that the school building for which state aid is appropri- ated is completed and all equipment is in place or repairs made, and that all indebtedness on the school building, equipment or repairs has been paid ex- cept such an amount as will be satisfied by the funds remaining in the hands of the county treasurer of public school funds. the state superintendent of educa- tion shall inspect or delegate some one to inspect the work done and equipment installed, and if such meets all require ments of the provisions under which state aid was granted, he shall authorize the county treasurer of public school funds in writing to pay out the remainder of the funds upon the order of the county board of education.
 :. The state superintendent of educa- ton shall open an account with each county in the state in d book kept by him for that purpose, and shall charge against the county the amount of each warrant issued under this act for the benefit of the public schools of such coun- ty; provided, that any warrant not cashed by the county treasurer of public school
  with the requirements of this act shall, after the lapse of 12 months from the is- suance of the same, be by him returned to the state superintendent of education, who shall mark the same cancelled" and shall also make in the book kept by him in accordance with the preceding section a credit entry in favor of the county for which the warrant was orig inally drawn for the amount of any war rant so cancelled.
 s. That the unexpended balances, as shown by the book kept by the state su- perintendent of education which have accrued to the several counties of the state from the rural schoolhouse fund provided in sections 1875 to 1893, inclu- sive, of article 31 of the code of Ala bama of 1907, shall upon the 1st day of october. 1915, be reapportioned equally to the several counties of the state, and thei eafter the unexpended balances, as slown by the books kept by the state su- perintendent of education in accordance with section of this act, at the end of each and every fiscal year shall be re- apportioned equally among all the coun- ties of the state in addition to the regu- lar annual appropriation of 5000, provid- ed, that the state superintendent of edu- cation shall on the 1St day of October, or as early thereafter as practicable. make the apportionment herein required and certify the same to the state auditor
 D. That any person or persons who shall knowingly use or apply or authorize the use or application of the proceeds or any part thereof of any funds authorized un- der this act for any purpose or purposes other than as required by said act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- Viction shall be fined not less than S20O nor more than s1o00, and may also be sen fenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months.
 10. That this act shall become effective the list day of October, 1915, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the pro- visions of the same be and are hereby repealed.
 Approved September p, 1915. Official:
 JOHN PuRIFOY,
 Secretary of State.