law. Section 6. The Treasurer shall make bond as required by Section 7. Should no one qualify for election or should a vacancy occur the office or vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Board of County Commissioners of Blount County, Alabama. Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 24, 1923. No. 348.) AN ACT (H. 721. Rives. To authorize the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, Alabama to construct and maintain sanitary trunk sewers into and through the Town of Inglenook, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, Alabama, be, and it is hereby authorized to construct and maintain into and through the Town of Inglenook, Alabama, sanitary trunk sewers of such size and in such number as may be necessary to properly care for the sanitary needs of the territory embraced within the corporate limits of said Town. Approved Sept. 24, 1923. No. 349.) AN ACT (H. 585. St. John. To define the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio justices of the peace in precinct No. 3 in Cullman County, and to provide for the services of process from their courts. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio justices of the peace in and for precinct No. 3. in Cullman County, Alabama, shall have and may exercise jurisdiction in all civil cases, except in public cases of libel, slander,. assault and battery and ejectment, within the limits of said County of Cullman, to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars. Section 2. Be it further enacted. That the constable of said precinct may execute all process issuing from said courts of such justices of the peace and notaries public with ex-officio powers, and for the execution of all such process outside of precinct No. 3, they shall be entitled to the same fees as are by law allowed to sheriffs for like services. Section 3. Be it further enacted. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 24, 1923. No. 350.) AN ACT (H. 804. Fanning. For the relief of the County Officers of Walker County, Alabama, and to provide for the filing and allowance of claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of said county for fees or other compensation for services rendered during the ten years immediately preceding January 1st, 1923." Whereas, certain County Officers in Walker County, Alabama during the ten years immediately preceding January 1st, 1923, failed to make as required by law certain claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of said county, said failure being due to a misunderstanding of the law which has subsequently been settled by the court of appeals, and; whereas, such claims are just and would have been legal if presented within the time required by law. Now Therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama as follows: Section 1. That any person who held an office in Walker County, Alabama, during the ten years immediately preceding January 1st, 1923, who was at any time during said period entitled to any fees or compensation or to any claim or claims out of the fine and forfeiture fund of said county, for services rendered as an officer of said county, and who failed to make such claims or have the same registered within the time prescribed by law, may within three months from the approval of this act file such claim or claims and have the same registered which shall be paid as other claims against said fund is now paid. Said claims shall be paid in their order of registration. Section 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 24, 1923. No. 352.) AN ACT (H. 630. Delony. To close and abandon certain described portions of streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Sheffield and County of Colbert: Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That all the parts of the streets, avenues and alleys designated according to the J. J. Treveres Map of the City of Sheffield, Alabama, described as follows: Be, and the same are hereby abandoned and closed as streets, avenues and alleys of the City of Sheffield: All that part of 22nd avenue which lies between the east line of block 550 B (if extended across said 22nd avenue) and the west right-of-way line of the railroad running along or near the north line of blocks 555 and 578; that part of 15th Street lying between blocks 614 and 615; that part of 16th Street lying between blocks 615 and 616; that part of 24th Avenue lying between the western margin of block 601 projected across said avenue, and the western margin of block 614 projected across said avenue. 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. 24, 1923. No. 355.) AN ACT (H. 381. Letson. To provide for the election and appointment of a County Superintendent of Education for Marion County, Alabama, fix his or her term of office, fix the qualifications, the compensation and the successor in said office. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Sec. 1. That at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1924 and every four years thereafter there shall be elected a County Superintendent of Education for Marion County, Alabama under this special Act. No person shall be eligible for political party nomination or for election to the office of County Superintendent of Education of said county who does not as now required hold an Alabama certificate in Administration and Supervision based as a minimum upon graduation from a standard normal school or equivalent education with at least one year of additional study of college grade and proof of three years of successful teaching experience; provided that, if no person meeting these requirements qualifies for nomination and election as provided in this Act, the County Board of Education shall appoint a county superintendent of education as provided by the general law regulating the appointment of superintendents. Sec. 2. The County Superintendent provided for in Section 1 of this Act shall assume the duties of the office on the first day of December next after said election, provided that before assuming the duties of said office he shall execute a bond and take the oath of office and secure a commission as required by law for County Superintendents. He shall perform all the duties that are now, or may hereafter be, required of a County Superintendent of Education. Sec. 3. The salary of the County Superintendent of Education for Marion County, Alabama is hereby fixed at not less than $2400.00 per annum, payable monthly as is now provided by law. Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed, in so far as Marion County, Alabama is concerned. Approved September 24, 1923. No. 377.) AN ACT (H. 713. Sessions. To abolish the office of Jury Commissioners and the Jury Commission as now constituted in and for Coffee County Alabama; and to impose on the County Commissioners of Coffee County, Alabama the performance of all the duties and acts now required of the Jury Commissioners and the Jury Commission of said County, which duties are prescribed in the act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved August 31, 1919; and to fix compensation of said County Commissioners of said County for performance of such duties. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, as follows: Section 1. The Office of Jury Commissioners and the Jury Commission of and in and for Coffee County, Alabama are hereby abolished. Section 2. That the County Commissioners of Coffee County, Alabama be and they are hereby charged with the performance of all the duties and the exercise of all powers heretofore imposed upon and vested in the Jury Commission and the Jury Commissioners of and for Coffee County Alabama, as provided in the Act of the Legislature of Alabama approved August 31, 1909, the same being the act providing for Jurors' qualifications and drawing and for appointment of Jury Commissioners, and other matters relating thereto and which act is found at pages 305 to 320 of the General and Local Acts of Alabama Legislature of 1909 and as is provided or may hereafter be provided by laws regulating the drawing of Juries. Section 3. As soon as practical after the approval of this Act the County Commissioners shall meet at the County Court House and elect one of their number President and another one of their number Clerk; Such President and Clerk shall serve during the pleasure of a majority of the County Commissioners. And such County Commissioners and their President and Clerk herein provided are hereby empowered, directed and authorized to perform all the duties now prescribed by law or which may be hereafter prescribed by law for the Jury Commission and Jury Commissioners and the President and Clerk thereof, and for their services they shall be paid the same per diem prescribed for County Commissioners of Coffee County, Alabama for their services as members of the Court of County Commissioners. Section 4. Said County Commissioners, for the performance of duties in regard to Juries now prescribed or which may be prescribed by law shall meet as often as may be necessary and may be called in session by the President or by any two County Commissioners. "Section 412. When the rolls of qualified jurors have been made up, and the cards with the individual qualified jurors' names thereon have been prepared and placed in metal boxes by said County Commissioners as required by law, the books containing such rolls, and the boxes containing such cards, shall be at once deposited with the Judge of the Circuit Court of the Circuit including said County and with the keys to locks of said boxes, shall remain in his custody except when the same may be needed by said Commissioners for the purpose of revising said rolls, or in certifying new rolls, or refilling said boxes, or except when said boxes may be needed by other Judges or other persons entitled under the law to draw jurors' names therefrom. The actual reasonable expense incurred in the carrying of said boxes and rolls to and from the said Circuit Judge for use by Commissioners in performance of their duties and Ior use in drawing jurors by other Judges and other persons entitled to draw names of jurors therefrom, shall be paid out of the County Treasury in the same manner as Commissioners are paid for their services in regard to jurors." Section 5. This act shall take effect from and after its approval. Section 6. That so much of existing laws as is in conflict with the Act is hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 26, 1923. No. 378.) AN ACT (H. 883. Graves. To provide for the payment and to make legal all claims, script and certificates issued to witnesses and officers heretofore registered with the treasurer of Tallapoosa County, and to authorize, empower and direct the treasurer of said County to pay the same out of the fine and forfeiture fund of said County in the order of registration. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That all claims, script and certificates issued to witnesses and officers of the court of Tallapoosa County and |
