of Eighty-eighth Street beginning where the said Eighty-eighth Street intersects the eastern line of Eighty-seventh Street between said Sixth Avenue, North, and Seventh Avenue, North, and running southward to the North line of an alley between Fifty Avenue Road and Arola Avenue, be, and the said portion of said Sixth Avenue, North, and the said portion of Eightyeighth street, near the Eastern City limits of the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, are hereby vacated, closed and annulled as public streets or avenues of travel, and all rights of the public as the results of the dedication of said portion of said street and said portion of said avenue, be, and the same are hereby relinquished and abandoned;

Section 2. Be it further enacted That the title to and in the land comprising said vacated portions of said street and avenue shall revert to, and vest in the owners of the property abutting upon said abandoned and vacated portions of said street and avenue;

Section 3. This said act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.

Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 284.)

AN ACT

(S. 439. Inzer.

To alter the boundary line between Etowah County and Calhoun County so as to transfer to Etowah County all that part of Sections 34, 35 and 36 of Township 12, Range 8, which lies North of the Indian boundary line, and is now situated in Calhoun County, Alabama.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That all that part of Sections 34, 35, and 36 of Township 12, Range 8 North of the Indian boundary line which now lies within Calhoun County is hereby transferred to and made a part of Etowah County, Alabama.

Section 2: That the boundary line between Calhoun County and Etowah County is hereby altered so as to include the above territory defined in Section 1 of this Act within and as a part of Etowah County, Alabama.

Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 285.)

AN ACT

(S. 438. Inzer.

To alter the boundary line between Calhoun and Etowah Counties and to transfer from Etowah County to Calhoun County fraction L, M and N of Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 6 East.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1: That the boundary line between Etowah and Calhoun Counties be altered so as to transfer from Etowah

County to Calhoun County fractions L, M and N of Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 6 East, and that after the approval of this bill these fractions shall be considered a part of the territory of Calhoun County.

Section 2: That for the purpose of transferring said territory from Etowah County to Calhoun County, that part of the county line between said counties which relates to this territory shall be altered so as to run as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on Coosa River where the West line of Range No. 6 intersects said river in Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence south 19 degrees-00' West and along said Range Line to the intersection of the same with the South line of Fraction "K" Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence easterly and along south line of said Fraction "K" and "I" to the Southeast corner of said Fraction "I" and to a point in the present East line of Etowah County.

Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 286.)

AN ACT

(S. 347. Tunstall.

To create and establish a Board of Revenue in and for Calhoun County, Alabama, in the place and stead of the Court of County Commissioners of Calhoun County_now existing in said County, and abolishing said Court of County Commissioners of said county; to divide the said county of Calhoun into five districts for the election of members of the said Board of Revenue, and fixing the boundaries of said districts; defining the jurisdiction of said Board of Revenue and fixing their compensation, and conferring upon said Board of Revenue all the jurisdictions, powers and authority granted by law to Courts of County Commissioners, Boards of Revenue, or other governing bodies of like kind and authority in the State of Alabama; constituting the first members of said Board of Revenue, and providing for the election of their

successors.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. There is hereby created and established in and for the County of Calhoun a Board of Revenue of Calhoun County, to be composed of five members, one of whom shall be the chairman of said board, and all of whom shall be qualified voters of said county.

Section 2. The Court of County Commissioners of Calhoun County, as now constituted, is hereby abolished upon the approval of this act, and there is hereby conferred upon said Board of Revenue all jurisdiction and powers which are now or may hereafter be vested by law in Courts of County Commissioners, Boards of Revenue, or other like governing bodies of the several counties of this state.

Section 3. That for the purposes of this act, said County of Calhoun is hereby divided into five districts, numbered respectively from one to five, both inclusive. District No. 1 shall embrace the following precincts of said county as now constituted, namely: Precincts Nos. 1, 3, 7, 19 and 24. District No. 2 shall embrace the following precincts of said county as now constituted, namely: Precincts Nos. 15 and 20. District No. 3 shall embrace the following precincts of said county as now constituted namely: Precincts Nos. 2, 5, 6, 14, 18, 22 and 23. District No. 4 shall embrace the following precincts of said county as now constituted, namely: Precincts Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 16. District No. 5 shall embrace the following precincts of said county as now constituted, namely: Precincts Nos. 4, 12, 13, 17 and 21.

Section 4. The members of the Board of County Commissioners of Calhoun County, as now constituted, who are now qualified and serving as members of said court, shall constitute the first Board of Revenue, under the provisions of this act, and the said members of the Court of County Commissioners shall hold office as members of said Board of Revenue until the expiration of the respective terms for which they have heretofore been elected as members of the Court of County Commissioners. The President of the present Court of County Commissioners shall become and is hereby constituted the chairman of the Board of Revenue which is hereby created, and he shall hold office and serve as such chairman until the expiration of said term for which he was elected as President of the said Commissioner's Court.

Section 5. At the general election to be held in November, 1924, and each four years thereafter, members of the said Board of Revenue shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective districts in and for the following of said districts: District No. 1, District No. 2 and District No. 5. At the general election to be held in November, 1926, and each four years thereafter, members of the said Board of Revenue shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective districts in and for the following districts: Districts Nos. 3 and 4. The member of said Board of Revenue for each of such districts shall be a resident of said district for which he is elected and shall be a qualified elector of said county and shall be elected by the qualified electors of the said district for which he is elected. He shall be over twenty-one years of age and of good moral character. The said members so elected shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the first day of January after their election. Vacancies in office shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, and any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor shall be

elected, as hereinabove provided. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall have the same qualifications as to residence and character as required of the elective members.

Section 6. The members of said Board of Revenue shall each receive as compensation the sum of $7.50 per day for each day that such member is in attendance upon the meetings of said board, such compensation being payable out of the county treasury: provided however, that no member of the board shall receive compensation for his services in excess of one hundred days during any one calendar year.

Section 7. At the first meeting of the said Board of Revenue held on or after the first day of January, 1925, the said board shall elect one of its members as chairman of said board, who shall hold office as chairman for a term of two years, at which time his successor as chairman shall be elected by the members of the board as then constituted.

Section 8. The said Board of Revenue may, if they so determine, elect a secretary of said board, who shall keep the minutes and do clerical work of said board. The salary of said secretary shall be fixed by the board at a sum not exceeding $600.00 per annum, payable monthly out of the county treasury. Approved Sept. 17, 1923.

No. 289.)

AN ACT

(S. 252. Craft.

To amend an Act entitled "An Act to Regulate Public Schools in the County of Mobile," approved February 15, 1876, by amending Section 7 thereof so as to relieve the County Superintendent of Education from the duty of collecting, receiving and disbursing the revenue of the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

1st: That Section 7 of an Act Entitled An Act to Regulate Public Schools in the County of Mobile, Approved February 15, 1876, be and the same Section is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 7: Be it Further Enacted, that the County Superintendent of Education shall be ex officio, a member of the Board of School Commissioners, and it shall be his duty to he present at every regular meeting of said Board, and make full and detailed reports of the condition of the schools, and of all matters coming under his supervision, as often as the Board may require. He shall have, under the direction of the said Board, general supervision of all public schools in the County of Mobile, and in general shall perform all duties and carry into effect all orders and resolutions which the said Board may

establish and direct. He shall receive such compensation for his services as the Board may ordain and may at any time be removed from office for dereliction in duty after due examination had; provided, that not less than two-thirds of the members comprising the Board shall vote in favor of such removal.

Section 2: Be it Further Enacted, That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved Sept. 14, 1923.

No. 291.)

(H. 501. McGowan.

AN ACT

To create and establish and locate a state secondary agricultural school in Sumter County at or near Cuba, Alabama; to provide for the control thereof; to make appropriations for its support and maintenance; and to authorize the County Board of Revenue or Court of County Commissioners to make appropriations therefor―

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That there is hereby created and established in Sumter County at or near Cuba, Alabama a state secondary agricultural school, the site to consist of not less than seven acres and at least eighty acres of farm land adjacent to or near the site. to be selected and approved by the Board of Revenue of Sumter County.

Section 2. That there shall be tendered the State of Alabama a deed in fee simple to the site and farm land approved for the location of the school together with the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) this amount to be used for the erection of suitable school and farm buildings and for the purchase of equipment, when the site and farm land have been deeded to the State and the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) required for the erection of the necessary buildings and for the purchase of equipment has been deposited with the State Board of Education, the said Board shall proceed with the erection of the buildings and shall formally open the school as soon as said buildings have been completed and equipped; provided that the provisions of this Act shall be null and void should the conditions relating to the deeding of site and farm land and the depositing of funds set out in the foregoing not be complied with in full on or before July 1, 1924.

Section 3. That the supervision and control of said school shall be under the State Board of Education in like manner as in the case of State secondary agricultural schools already established. The same rules and regulations for the government and