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control of these schools shall obtain in the management and control of this institution.

Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated out of the general treasury of the State out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, the same amount for the support and maintenance of this institution as is or may be appropriated to any of the state secondary agricultural schools already established, this appropriation to be paid out in the same manner as the appropriations are paid to the other State secondary agricultural schools. Section 5. That the County Board of Revenue or Court of County Commissioners of. Sumter County is hereby authorized to make appropriations toward the establishment, support and maintenance of this institution.

Section 6. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 293.)

AN ACT

(H. 515. Fite

For the relief of Rose Huey, by validating, making binding and ordering the payment of that certain warrant, number 2958, for $1010.00, payable to him, issued by the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, Alabama, at Bessemer, on the 17th day of July, 1922, as and for the refund to him of said sum which he had theretofore paid by error into the County Treasury of said County.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That that certain warrant, number 2958, for $1010.00, payable to Rose Huey and issued by the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, Alabama, at Bessemer, on the 17th day of July, 1922, and signed by D. C. Ball President Board of Revenue and countersigned by J. W. Pickens, Clerk, be and the same is hereby validated and made a binding obligation of and a valid claim against Jefferson County, Alabama. and the Treasurer of said County is hereby authorized, directed and required to pay the same, on presentment thereof, out of any funds in the County Treasury of said County not otherwise appropriated.

Section 2. That said warrant was so issued by the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, Alabama for the purpose of and the payment of said warrant shall operated as a refunding to said Rose Huey of the said sum which he had theretofore paid by error into said County Treasury from and of fees collected by him as Deputy Clerk of the Bessemer Division of the Circuit Court of said County for registering dogs and collecting

the tax and fees thereon, the said Rose Huey under the law being entitled to said fees and having by error paid them into the County Treasury of said County.

Section 3. That if any section, clause or provision of this Act is held to be unconstitutional or void such holding shall not affect any other section, clause or provision of this act that is not in itself unconstitutional or void.

Section 4. That all laws and parts of laws, whether general, special or local, in conflict with the provisions hereof be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 297.)

AN ACT

(H. 629. Delony

To close and abandon a portion of Eleventh Avenue in the City of Sheffield in the County of Colbert and State of Alabama:

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alabama: Section 1. That all of Eleventh Avenue in the City of Sheffield, County of Colbert, and State of Alabama between ThirtyFirst Street and the old City limits of the City of Sheffield as shown by the Map and Plat of said City prepared by J. J. Treveres, C. E., and filed for record in the office of the Probate Judge of Colbert County, Alabama, between Blocks 261 and 285 be, and the same is hereby abandoned and closed as a street in the City of Sheffield.

Section 2. Be it further enacted that all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved Sept. 18, 1923.

No. 298.)

AN ACT

(H. 37. Wall.

To repeal an Act "to provide for the better building, maintenance and protection of the public roads and bridges of Limestone County; to provide funds, regulations and penalties to carry the provision and purposes of this act into effect; to provide for the appointment of a County Engineer and for the examination of applicants for such position," approved Sept. 14, 1915.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

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Section 1. That the act of the Legislature of Alabama approved Sept. 14, 1915, entitled "An Act to provide for the better

building, maintenance and protection of the public roads and bridges of Limestone County; to provide funds, regulations and penalties to carry the provisions and purposes of this Act into effect; to provide for the appointment of a County Engineer and for the examination of applicants for such positions," be, and the said act is hereby, expressly repealed.

Approved Sept. 17, 1923.

No. 299.)

AN ACT

(H. 644. Goodwyn.

To change and extend the City Limits of the City of Montgomery, Alabama, as follows: Commencing at a point at the center of South Court Street, 350 feet South of the South line of Felder Avenue, thence North 75 feet, more or less, to a point opposite the center of Norwood Street, thence West along the center line of Norwood Street, extended and continuing Westward to the center of Goode Streat, thence South along the center of Goode Street, 796 feet, thence East 612 feet, thence North 135 feet, thence East 336 feet, to the Southwest corner of the property of Arthur Pelzer, thence North 282 feet, more or less, to the South side of a fifty foot street lying on the North side of said Pelzer property, thence East along the South side of said street 300 feet, to the center of South Court Street, thence North along the center of South Court Street, to the point of beginning.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That the City Limits of the City of Montgomery, Alabama, be changed and extended as follows: Commencing at a point at the center of South Court Street 350 feet South of the South line of Felder Avenue, thence North 75 feet, more or less, to a point opposite the center of Norwood Street, thence West along the center line of Norwood Street, extended and continuing Westward to the center of Goode Street, thence South along the center of Goode Street 796 feet, thence East 612 feet, thence North 135 feet, thence East 336 feet, to the Southwest corner of the property of Arthur Pelzer, thence North 282 feet, more or less, to the South side of a fifty foot street lying on the North side of said Pelzer property, thence East along the South side of said street 300 feet to the center of South Court Street, thence North along the center of South Court Street to the point of beginning.

Section 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act, or any portion of same, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved September 18, 1923.

No. 306.)

AN ACT

(H. 668. Moxley.

To provide additional duties and confer additional powers on each member of the court of county commissioners of Crenshaw County, Alabama, in supervising the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the roads and bridges in his district; to extend the time now allowed by law to county commissioners of Crenshaw County for the discharge of their official duties and to fix their salary and mileage.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That each member of the Court of County Commissioners of Crenshaw County, except the Probate Judge, shall have supervision of and shall be responsible to the Court of County Commissioners for the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the county roads and bridges in his commissioners district and shall appoint, with the approval of the court of county commissioners, all road overseers, apportioners and enumerators necessary for the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the roads and bridges in his district.

Section 2. That in addition to the time now allowed by law to the county commissioners of Crenshaw County for the discharge of their official duties, they shall be allowed not less than twenty days, which said additional time, of not less than twenty days, shall be devoted exclusively to the work of supervising the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the roads and bridges in their respective commissioners districts.

Section 3. That each member of the court of county commissioners of Crenshaw County shall be allowed the sum of four dollars per day and a mileage of five cents per mile each way while actually engaged with his official duties as said county commissioner.

Section 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Section 5. This act shall take effect and become operative on the first day of October, 1923.

Approved Sept. 19, 1923.

No. 307.)

AN ACT

(H. 714. Sessions.

To provide that the Tax Collector of Coffee County shall pay to the treasurer of the City Board of Education all district taxes for school purposes where the same is levied and collected in all Towns in Coffee having 1000 population according to last or any succeeding Federal Census and whose council elects a city Board of Education, and to provide for paying out the same by such treasurer of the City Board of Education.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That in all towns or cities in Coffee County, Alabama, having a City Board of Education elected by the Town or

City Council and wherein a special three mill tax is levied and collected for school purposes, the Tax Collector of said County shall collect said tax in the same manner as State taxes are collected, and he shall keep said amount separate and apart from all other funds, and keep a clear and distinct account thereof, showing what amount is paid, and turn the same over to the treasurer of the City Board of Education, whose duty it shall be to receipt therefor and pay the same on monthly pay rolls, with the authority and approval of the City Board of Education; provided that all such special district taxes now or hereafter levied and collected shall be used for the exclusive benefit of the public schools of such district as now provided by the general laws of Alabama.

Section 2. That the Tax Collector shall make semi-monthly reports to the treasurer of the Town or City Board of Education of all collections of such district taxes collected in said school districts in which said towns or cities having a population of 1000 or more according to the last or any succeeding federal census are located, it being the purpose and intent of this act to require the tax collector to pay such district tax to the treasurer of the City Board of Education instead of the Treasurer of the County Board of Education as now provided.

Section 3. That such provisions of the law as may be in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved Sept. 19, 1923.

No. 311.)

(H. 904. McDaniel of Marengo. AN ACT

To establish a Board of Revenue for Marengo County, and for the abolishment of the Court of County Commissioners of said County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama. That there is hereby established a Board of Revenue for Marengo County consisting of four persons and the president, to be called the Board of Revenue of Marengo County.

Section 2. That, within ten days after the approval of this Act, the Governor shall appoint the members of said Board of Revenue, and the persons so appointed shall hold office until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1925, and until their successors are elected and qualified, as hereinafter provided. The President shall be appointed from the County at large and one member shall be appointed from each of the Districts as hereinafter provided for. At the general election in 1924, and every four years thereafter, the President

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