The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-19

tofore issued.
 Exhibit B
 "A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and restrict tho expenditures made. or contracted to be ade, by each city in the state of Alabama which now has, or which may hereafter have, a population of more than one hundred thousand, according to the last federal census, or any such census which may hereafter be taken, and to provide for the impeachment and removal from office of each person, member of the governing body of such city,
 who wilfully causes, abets or permit Is
 any unlawful expenditure to be made or contracted by such city.
 "Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala
 bama as follows:
 Section l. The governing body of each city in the state of Alabama which now has, or which may hereafter have a population of more than one hundred thousand. according to the last federal census, or any such census which may hereafter be taken, shall, prior to or within 30 days after the commence ment of each year make up and adopt a budget of the estimated receipts and expenditures of the city for the year. and publish the same at least one time in some daily Cor daily except Sunday) newspaper published in the city. The budget adopted and published may sub sequently be revised or changed during the year by the governing body of the city, to conform to or meet the re- ceipts or revenues of the city for the year.
 Sec ?. It shall be unlawful for the governing body of any city in the class described in-section 1 of this act, to ex- pend or contract to expend in any year, any amount in excess of the revenue collected and estimated in good faith to be due and payable during that year
 into the treasury of the city. Any per son who is a member of the governing body of the city of the class described
 In section 1 of this act who wilfully vlo- lates any provision of this act, or wsi- fully causes, aids. abets or permits any expenditure to be made or contracted which Is unlawful under any Of the pro visions of this act may be impeached and removed from office as for 'wilful neglect of duty in the same manner and in the same way and by the same procedure as is provided for the im- peachment and removal from office of mayors and intendents of incorporated cities and towns in this state.
 Sec. 8. Expenditures necessary in any year on account of epidemic or protec- tion against epidemic, or on account or riot or unlawful assemblies or the threat thereof, or on account of any extraordi- nary emergency beyond the control of the governing body of the city. and expendi- lures not exceeding $1000O0 many one year, for betterments of a permanent nature, or acduisitions of property of perma- nent nature. although not authorized by vote of the qualified voters of the city, and bonds issued or other obligations in cured which are authorized by the vote of the qauilified voters or the city m pursuance of law, and the proceeds of the sale or pledge of such bonds or other obligations are excepted from the prohibi- tions of this act, and the proceeds of the sale or pledge of such bonds or other obligations shall not be counted as part of the revenue of the city within the provisions of section hereof.
 Sec 1. Debts contracted or obliga- tions incurred in behalf of the city by it's governings body shall be and shall be held to be the binding obligations Of the city. though contracted or incurred in violation of the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 5. The word year as used in this act means fiscal year as to each city now having or hereafter adopting fiscal year, but the beginning of the fiscal year heretofore or hereafter adopted when once fixed shall not be thereafter changed. The word year. as to all other cities, means calendar year.