No. 89.) AN ACT (H. 115 Ware. To amend Section 952, Code of Alabama 1923. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: That Section 952, Code of Alabama 1923 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 952. Compensation. The Fire Marshal shall receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. payable monthly out of the State Fire Marshal's fund as herein provided on certificate to the State Auditor who shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for such amount. And he shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and he may be removed from office by the Governor at his pleasure. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 90.) AN ACT (H. 47. Simpson. To amend Sections 1545 and 1547 of the Code of Alabama of 1923. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That Section 1545 of the Code of Alabama of 1923 be amended so as to read as follows: 1545. Libraries established by counties.-The court of county commissioners, the board of revenue or other governing body of the counties of this State may establish and maintain or aid in establishing and maintaining free public libraries for the use of the citizens of their respective counties, either separately or in connection with free public libraries or subscription libraries already established therein, or in connection with the public schools, and to that end may accept gifts, donations, and bequests of lands, buildings, or money therefor, and may make appropriations from the county treasury in support thereof in such sums as they may deem proper, not to exceed five thousand dollars annually; except that counties of one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants or more may appropriate annually a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. Section 2. That Cection 1547 of the Code of Alabama of 1923 be amended so as to read as follows: 1547. Powers and duties of library board.—The library board so created shall have full power and authority to control the expenditures of all funds received or appropriated for such libraries; to erect or rent buildings to cost not in excess of the funds available to them; to purchase books and equipment, to provide a system of circulating or traveling libraries; to elect a librarian and other employees, and otherwise to have full authority and power to man age and control the said library in order to carry out the full intent and purpose of this article; and a careful and complete record and set of books shall be kept by the library board, showing the proceedings of their several meetings and the disbursement in detail of all funds expended by them. In counties where, in the city having the largest population, a free public library is already established and in operation, a separate county library board shall not be appointed, but the county libraries and the appropriations authorized shall be administered by the governing board of such free public library on such terms as may be agreed upon between the above named county authorities and the said governing board. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 91.) AN ACT (H. 44. Frey. To require Judges of Probate in the several counties of the State of Alabama to furnish the United States Veterans Bureau certified copies of all settlements by guardians of beneficiaries of said Bureau. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That at the time of settlement, either partial or final, by a guardian of a beneficiary of the United States Veterans Bureau, it shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate in whose Court the settlement is had and passed to furnish to the United States Veterans Bureau a certified copy of the guardian's statement in settlement without cost to said United States Veterans Bureau. Section 2. That for furnishing the certified copy of a guardian's statement in settlement provided in Section 1 to the United States Veterans Bureau, the Judge of Probate is authorized to collect from the guardian the fee now allowed by law for furnishing a copy of such statement in settlement by a guardian. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 92.) (H. J. R. 58. Rules Committee. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION RESOLVED by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, shall be ex-officio a member of the Judiciary Recess Committee and shall receive the same per diem and mileage as other members of said Committee while so serving. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 93.) (H. J. R. 59. Rules Committee. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tem of the Senate, be ex-officio members of all Joint Recess Committees or Commissions created by an Act or Joint Resolution. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 95.) (S. J. R. 43. Rules Committee. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION RESOLVED by the Senate, That there is hereby created a Recess Committee from the Senate to be known as Recess Committee on Public Roads and Highways to consist of 6 members to be appointed by the Presiding Officer of the Senate. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Senate, the House concurring, That the Public Roads and Highways Recess Committee of the Senate is hereby directed and requested to sit with the Recess Committee of the House on Public Roads and Highways and that the Committee make a joint report of their findings and recommendations to the Legislature when it reconvenes in June, 1927. It shall be the duty of this Committee, in conjunction with the House Committee to investigate the price of gasoline sold in Alabama, and as compared with the price of gasoline in other states, and make report to the Legisltaure of its findings with recommendations. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 96.) AN ACT (H. 117. Adcock. To amend Section 3 and 6 of an Act entitled An Act "To further provide for and regulate the payment of pensions to Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows and to make necessary appropriation therefor. Approved September 6, 1923." Designated as Section 2948 and Section 2973 of the Code of Alabama. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: I. That Section 3 of an Act to provide for and regulate the payment of pensions to Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows and to amend so as to read as follows: Section 3. That beginning with April quarter, 1927, there shall be paid quarterly to each pensioner in class A, the sum of $90.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class One, the sum of $45.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class Two, the sum of $30.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class Three, the sum of $22.50 for each quarter. That beginning with October quarter, 1927, there shall be paid quarterly to each pensioner in Class A the sum of $100.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner in class One, the sum of $55.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class Two, the sum of $35.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner in class Three, the sum of $25.00 per quarter. That beginning with the April quarter 1928, there shall be paid quarterly to each pensioner in class A the sum of $110.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner in class One, $65.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class Two $40.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class Three, $27.50 for each quarter. That beginning with the October quarter 1928 there shall be paid quarterly to each pensioner in class A the sum of $120.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner of class One the sum of $75.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner in class Two $45.00 for each quarter; to each pensioner in class Three the sum of $30.00 for each quarter. That beginning with the January quarter 1929 and thereafter there shall be paid quarterly to each pensioner in class A the sum of $150.00 for each quarter and the pensioners in classes One, Two and Three shall continue to receive the same quarterly pensions as above provided. That soldiers and sailors who are entitled to benefits of this article who are now on the pension roll or who may hereafter be placed on the pension rolls of this State, shall constitute class A and shall receive the amounts provided under this Act. All widows of Confederate soldiers or sailors now on pension rolls or who may hereafter be placed on the pension rolls under the existing laws of this State, shall be divided into three classes, as follows: widows of the age of eighty years and over, or who are totally blind shall constitute class One, widows who are between seventy years of age and eighty years of age shall constitute class Two, widows under seventy years of age shall constitute class Three and they shall receive pensions according to their class, as provided under this Act. All of said pensions shall be paid quarterly on the first days of October, January, April and July of each year. 2. That Section 6 of an Act to provide for and regulate the amount of pensions to Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows and to make necessary appropriations therefor. Approved September 6, 1923, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. There is hereby continuously appropriated from the general funds of the State a sufficient sum which, in conjunction with the moneys derived from the one mill pension fund, shall in total amount not exceed the sum of $1,750,000.00 per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, provided that if said amount is not sufficient, at any time, to pay the pension herein provided, any moneys to the credit of the pension fund may be used to supply any deficiency to pay said pensions in full. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. 18, 1927. No. 99 AN ACT (H. 185. Powell To fix the Ex-officio fees of the Sheriffs in counties in this State which now have or which may hereafter have a population of fifty thousand people, and less than fifty four thousand people according to the last Federal census or any such census which may hereafter be taken, and to regulate the payment of same. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That the Sheriffs in all Counties in this State which now have, or which may hereafter have a population of fifty thousand people and less than fifty four thousand people, according to the last Federal Census, or any such census which may hereafter be taken, shall be paid for impanelling grand juries, advertising and attending all elections in his county and for performing all other public services required of him, for which no compensation is allowed or provided for, as Ex Officio fees, such sums as may be just, to be allowed by the County Commissioners Court, or other governing body of such counties, upon presentation of a verified account showing the items of service rendered, to be paid out of the general funds of the several counties affected, in monthly installments, as other county officers are paid, not to exceed twenty-four hundred ($2400.00) Dollars per annum; but any Sheriff whose annual income from fees of office exceeds five thousand dollars net, after all expenses have been paid by him, shall not be entitled to any Ex Officio allowances as herein provided. Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor and all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This Act became a Law under Section 125 of the Constitution of Alabama. No. 105.) AN ACT (H. 162. Grove. To require all Tax Assessors, Tax Collectors, Judges of Probate, and Sheriffs, who are not on a salary exclusively, but who receive fees or part fees for their services and compensations, to file monthly itemized |