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fied voters of said district, every four years, and he shall be a resident of said district. Whenever a member of said Board from either of said districts shall remove from said district from which he was elected, his office on said Board shall become vacant and his successor should be appointed by the Board to serve until the next general election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The Chairman of the Board shall live in District No. 5 and shall be a resident of said District No. 5 at the time of his election or appointment, and he shall be elected by the qualified voters from the County at large.

Section 5. Members of the Board of County Commissioners shall be nominated by the voters of the respective Districts, who are authorized to participate in any primary, caucus or convention, held or called by any party.

Section 6. The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor to hold until the next general election in 1924 and until his successor is elected and qualified. The term of the Chairman shall be four years and until his successor is elected and qualified, and the Chairman shall be elected at the general election 1924 and every four years thereafter. One member of the Board of County Commissioners for each District numbered one, two, three and four shall be appointed by the Governor to hold until the next general election of 1924 and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of said four commissioners shall be four years and until their successors are elected and qualified and a Commissioner for each of the said districts numbered one, two, three and four shall be elected at the general election in 1924 and every four years thereafter.

Section 7. The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners shall receive a salary of Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars per annum, payable monthly from the County Treasury, and the other four members of the Board of County Commissioners shall receive Eight ($8.00) Dollars per diem for each day such member is in attendance upon the meetings of the Board, such compensation being payable from the County Treasury, provided, that no such member of the Board, except the Chairman thereof, shall receive compensation for his services in excess of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars per

annum.

Section 8. The chairman of the Board of County Commissioners is required to give his entire time and attention to the business of the Board of County Commissioners; he shall be its presiding officer, and in addition to the rights, powers, and duties prescribed in this Act, he shall exercise and perform all other rights and duties in relation to the Board of County Commissioners, and shall be liable to the same penalties in connec

tion therewith, as are now exercised and performed by the President of the Board of Revenue of Madison County, and the Judges of Probate of the several counties of this State as provided under the general law of the State, in relation to the Court of County Commissioners. He shall issue warrants to all persons whose claims have been allowed by the Board of County Commissioners and in the same manner and under the same restrictions as same have been heretofore issued by the President of the Board of Revenue or the Judge of Probate of Madison County.

Section 9. Each member of the Board of County Commissioners is hereby required, before entering upon the duties of his office, to make and file the statutory oath of office, together with a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Judge of Probate of said County, payable to Madison County, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, such oath and bond to be filed with the Judge of Probate of said County. The bond of the Chairman of the Board is hereby fixed at Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars, and the bond of the other four members of the Board are hereby fixed at Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars each.

Section 10. The Board of County Commissioners shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday in each month, and may hold special meetings at any time on the call of the Chairman of the Board or of three members, entered in writing on the minutes of the Board. Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

Section 11. The Board of County Commissioners may employ a competent engineer who shall have charge and supervision of the Road Work in said County, and the Board of County Commissioners shall fix his compensation and prescribe his duties, and he shall be answerable to the Board of County Commissioners for the faithful performance of same. Said Board shall have the right to discharge said engineer at any time they see fit without giving any reason therefor. The Board may employ a competent clerk and fix his compensation not to exceed One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars per annum. The Board shall have the right to discharge said clerk at any time they see proper without giving any reason therefor.

Section 12. The Board of County Commissioners shall have all the jurisdiction and powers conferred, or which may hereafter be conferred, upon the Courts of County Commissioners, Boards of Revenue, and other like governing bodies in the Counties of this State, by the general laws of the State.

Section 122. The Board of County Commissioners may, for the purpose of maintaining the public roads, bridges and ferries of Madison County, impose a tax on gasoline, Woco-Pep,

or other substitute therefor sold in the County, not to exceed three cents per gallon, and provide the machinery for its collection; said tax to be levied, and the money derived therefrom to be used, for the purpose of maintaining the public roads, bridges and ferries of Madison County.

Section 13. For the purpose of this Act, the Road year shall be deemed to begin October 1st and to end September 30th, of each year. No person under the age of twenty-one years on October 1st of any year shall be liable for road duty for that road year.

Section 14. All persons liable for road duty are liable to work on the Public Roads of Madison County for a period not exceeding ten days in each road year, not counting the time spent in opening new roads, provided that a money compensation may be paid by any such person in lieu of road work, the amount of such compensation not to exceed Ten ($10.00) Dollars per annum for each such person. The Board of County Commissioners shall fix the number of days of work, and the amount of compensation that may be paid in lieu thereof, within the limits prescribed by this Act.

Section 15. Whenever the Board of County Commissioners shall fix the amount of compensation to be paid in lieu of road work, any person liable to road duty in said county may procure exemption from working the roads for that road year by paying the sum so fixed by the Board to the Tax Collector of Madison County on or before March 1st of the year in which he is liable to road duty, and it shall be the duty of the Tax Collector to receive such payment and to give a receipt for same and the person holding same is required to exhibit such receipt to the person warning him for such service, in order to obtain exemption from road duty. The Board of County Commissioners shall each year on or before October 1st cause to be made out and delivered to the Tax Collector a list of all persons in each precinct who are subject to Road duty. It shall be the duty of a Tax Collector of Madison County to furnish the Board of County Commissioners by the 15th day of March of each year a properly verified list of all persons who have failed to obtain exemption from road work by the payment of money. The Tax Collector shall be paid by the County the sum of Twenty-Five Cents for each person making payment, in lieu of road work as herein provided.

Section 16. Any person who is warned to work the Roads in Madison County may obtain the benefit of the aforesaid provisions for the payment of the compensation in lieu of road work by paying such amount as may be specified by the Board of County Commissioners to the Tax Collector of Madison County on or before the 1st day of July of each year.

Section 17. Every person liable to road duty in the County of Madison and who does not procure exemption therefrom, as herein provided, is hereby required to work on any public road in the precinct of his residence to which he may be warned; and for each default he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided by law.

Section 18. The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners shall make a personal inspection of any and all roads under construction or repair in Madison County, necessary to keep him personally informed as to the character of work and condition of the road.

Section 19. Should any part or parts of this Act be declared unconstitutional, the other parts of the Act shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

Section 20. All laws, or parts of laws, local, general or special in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved Sept. 20, 1923.

No. 326.)

AN ACT

(H. 106. Williams.

To provide for the election of a County Superintendent of Education for Franklin County, Alabama, to fix his term of office, to prescribe his salary, and the manner of payment, to define his qualifications, powers and duties, to provide for a special election to be held to elect such County Superintendent under this Act and to provide for the election of his successor in office.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That a County Superintendent of Education for Franklin County, Alabama, shall be elected by the qualified electors of Franklin County, Alabama, who shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. That within three months after passage and approval of this act a special election shall be held on a day to be designated and fixed by the Probate Judge of Franklin County, Alabama, for the election of a County Superintendent of Education, who shall hold office until the next general election to be held in the State of Alabama and said County of Franklin, and until his successor elected therein shall have qualified; that said special election shall be conducted and the vote canvassed and the results in all respects as now provided by the general election laws of Alabama for the election of County officers. Provided that the person elected as County Superintendent at said special election shall enter upon the duties of his office as soon as he shall qualify thereafter.

Section 2. That at the next general election to be held in said County and State a County Superintendent of Education for Franklin County, Alabama, shall be elected, who shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for good cause, and each four years thereafter, a County Superintendent of Education for Franklin County, Alabama, shall be elected by the qualified voters of said County at the regular election, nomination for which office may be made in primary elections as other County officers.

Section 3. That the salary of said County Superintendent of Education shall be fixed by the County Board of Education of Franklin County, Alabama, which salary shall not be less than $1,800.00 nor more than $2,400.00 per annum, and which salary shall be paid in the same way and manner as now provided under the general laws of the State of Alabama for payment of County Superintendents of Education in the several counties of the State.

Section 4. That said County Superintendent of Education shall be charged with the same duties and shall exercise the same powers as are now provided by the general school laws of the State in the conduct of the office of County Superintendent of Education. No person shall be eligible for 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 upon graduation from a standard normal school or equivalent education with at least one year of additional study of college grade and proof of at least three years of successful teaching experience; provided that, if no person possessing these qualifications is available for election as provided in this Act, the County Board of Education shall appoint a county superintendent of education as provided in Article 6 of the School Code (Act approved September 26, 1919).

Section 5. That in the event of a vacancy in said office for any cause, except removal, such vacancy shall be filled by the County Board of Education, and the person so appointed shall hold office until the next general election thereafter when his successor shall be elected; that should any County Superintendent be removed for cause by the County Board of Education of Franklin County, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the State Superintendent of Education, and his appointee shall hold office as in the case provided by appointment of the County Board of Education. Provided, that the County Board of Education may remove the County Superintendent of Education for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, or willful neglect of duty, or when the best interests of the schools require it; any of which causes must be alleged and proved, and

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