entering upon the duties of said office shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and shall give bond in a reputable surety company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama in an amount fixed by the State Board of Education, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and upon the accounting and paying over to proper authorities all monies coming into his hands as now fixed by law, which bond shall be filed for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of St. Clair County and a certified copy filed with the State superintendent of education. Section VII. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 27, 1923. No. 445.) AN ACT (S. 522. Waddell. To fix the time and places of holding the regular terms of the Board of Revenue of Russell County. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That the regular terms of the Board of Revenue of Russell County shall be held at the Court House at Seale, on the second Mondays of February and August, and in the City of Girard on the first Mondays of April and November of each year. Section 2. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon the necessary offices being provided in Girard for holding said Board of Revenue. Approved Sept. 26, 1923. No. 446.) AN ACT (S. 470. Powell. To repeal an Act, entitled "An Act to Provide a Better System and the more Efficient working of the Public Roads in Bullock County, approved September 30, 1903." Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That an act entitled "An Act to Provide a Better System and the more efficient working of the Public Roads of Bullock County, Alabama, approved Sept. 30, 1903, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 2. That this law shall take effect on and after its approval by the Governor. Approved Sept. 26, 1923. No. 447.) AN ACT (S. 521. Waddell. To establish an additional Circuit Court in the County of Russell at Girard. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, that the County of Russell be and the same is hereby divided as follows: Commencing on the western boundary line of Russell County at the point equally distant from the north boundary line and the south boundary line of township sixteen, and running thence east along a line equally distant from the said north boundary line to the said south boundary line of said township Sixteen to the Big Uchee Creek, thence down to the said Big Uchee Creek to the western boundary line of Range 30, thence south along the west side of Range 30 to the south boundary of Township 15, thence east to the Chattahoochee River. Section 2. Be it further enacted, that all causes of action both civil and criminal, which are in the jurisdiction of a circuit court and are triable within the County of Russell, may be brought either in the Circuit Court of said County at Seale, or the Circuit Court of said County at Girard; provided, however, that if the defendant lives on the north or east side of the line described in Section 1. of this Act, such suit, if brought in the Circuit Court of said County at Seale, shall be removed for trial to the Circuit Court of said County at Girard, at the request of defendants, and provided further that if the defendant lives on the south or west side of said line such suit, if brought in the Circuit Court of said County at Girard shall be removed for trial to the Circuit Court of said County at Seale, at the request of the defendant; provided that if no such request is made by the defendant at the first term of the Court at which such cause is triable, and within the time allowed for pleading, the presiding Judge may refuse to allow such cause to be removed; and it shall stand for trial in the Court in which it was brought. In civil suits against more than one defendant, the cause must be tried in the Court where it is brought if one or more of such defendants live on the other side of said line. Section 3. Be it further enacted, that when any cause is removed from one Circuit Court to the other in said County, the presiding Judge shall cause to be entered upon the minutes of the Court where the suit was first brought an order that said cause be removed into the other Court for trial and, thereupon, the Clerk of such Court shall transfer all the papers in such cause to such other Court and shall enter said cause upon the docket of said Court, which shall stand for trial at the next term of such Court. Section 4. Be it further enacted, that the calls or sessions of the Circuit Court of Russell County, at Girard, shall be fixed by the Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit. Section 5. Be it further enacted, that owing to the unsettled financial condition of Russell County, it shall be the duty of the City of Girard to furnish temporary quarters for holding said court, and a place for the safe keep of the necessary records, and furnish such offices for the officers and their deputies until such time when permanent quarters can be furnished. Section 6. Be it further enacted that on the first date named in Section Four which occurs after the passage of this Act the said Circuit Court shall be held in Girard. Approved Sept. 26, 1923. No. 449.) AN ACT (S. 509. Teasley. To authorize the Board of Revenue of Montgomery County, Alabama, to pay to Frank Stollenwerck the sum of $470.99 to refund to him taxes paid by him, by Emma Stollenwerck, deceased, and by Frank Stollenwerck, deceased, to the county of Montgomery on erroneous assessments made against property in Montgomery, Alabama, belonging to the respective parties at the times of said assessments. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That the Board of Revenue of Montgomery County, Alabama, is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to Frank Stollenwerck the sum of Four Hundred Seventy and 99/100 ($470.99) Dollars to refund to him taxes paid by him, by Emma Stollenwerck, deceased, and by Frank Stollenwerck, deceased, to said County on erroneous assessments made against property in Montgomery, Alabama, belonging to the respective parties at the times of said assessments, said property being a parcel fronting thirty-five feet on Lee Street and running back one hundred fifty feet, the north line of which is one hundred eleven feet south of a line made by the projection westward of the north wall of the old Windsor Hotel. Approved Sept. 26, 1923. No. 454.) AN ACT (S. 471. Powell. To repeal an Act for the protection of lands and plantations from depredations by stock in Bullock County, approved December 8, 1880, and all amendments thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of lands and plantations from depredations by stock in Bullock County, approved December 8, 1880 be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 2. That all acts of the Legislature of Alabama, amendatory of said original Act, to-wit:-An Act approved February 13, 1883; An Act approved February 23, 1883; An Act approved February 17, 1885; An Act approved February 13, 1897; An Act approved February 9, 1898; An Act approved February 11, 1893; An Act approved February 9, 1895; An Act approved Feb. 24, 1881; An Act approved December 12, 1882; and an act approved February 17, 1899, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Section 3. That all amendments of said original Act, approved December 8, 1880, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Sept. 27, 1923. No. 457.) AN ACT (S. 518. Waddell. To require the Judge of Probate of Russell County, in addition to the office in the Court House at Seale to keep open a branch office in the City of Girard, and to declare the effect of the business transactions in such branch office. And to fix his pay for making the indexes mentioned in Section 3 and the abstract mentioned in Section 4, of this Act. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, that the Judge of Probate of Russell County, in addition to the office in the Court House at Seale, shall keep open an office in the City of Girard, on every day except Sundays and legal holidays, from nine o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, for the transaction of business. Section 2. Be it further enacted, that records of all kinds must be kept in such branch office, which are required by law to be kept in probate offices; and all papers or instruments filed for record in such branch office and recorded therein, the filing and registration thereof shall have the same force and effect in all respects as if the same had been filed and recorded in the Probate Office in the Court House at Seale. Section 3. That said Judge of Probate may hold Court, and otherwise transact any business in said branch office, which he could legally do in said office at the Court House in Seale; and the records of all business transacted in said branch office shall be kept in said branch office. Section 4. That such Judge of Probate shall make and keep in said branch office, in well bound books direct and reverse indexes of the records of all deeds of conveyance, mortgages and other instruments given to secure payment of debts, and liens of judgment and decrees, which shall have been recorded in the office of the said Probate Judge at Seale prior to the time of the opening of the office in the City of Girard. Section 5. That after the opening of said office in Girard, it shall be the duty of the said Judge of Probate to keep in his office at the Court House in Seale for public inspection, an abstract of all deeds of conveyance, mortgages and other instruments given to secure the payment of debts, and liens of judgments and decrees, which shall be filed for record in said branch office, which abstract shall give the name of the grantor, the name of the grantee, the consideration of an instrument and a description of the property conveyed, in the case of deeds, mortgages and other instruments made to secure the payment of debts, and name of the plaintiff and of the defendant and the amount of the judgment recorded, in the case of judgments; and he shall keep in said branch office like abstracts of such as may be filed for record in said office in the Court House at Seale. Section 6. Be it further enacted, that such Judge of Probate shall be paid for the work done in making the indexes mentioned in Section 4 of this Act and the abstracts mentioned in Section 5 of this Act, fifteen cents for each one hundred words. Section 7. This Act shall go into effect as soon as a suitable place for holding Court and safely keeping the above described records shall be provided by the City of Girard. Approved Sept. 28, 1923. No. 460.) AN ACT (S. 466. Johnson. To relieve the Tax Assessor of Marshall County, Alabama, from the duty of preparing a book of assessments, and in lieu thereof to arrange in alphabetical order the original assessment lists and have same permanently bound and kept as a permanent record and prepare tax collector's abstracts from said assessment lists. And relieve the county of paying for the making of such book. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That the Tax Assessor of Marshall County, Alabama, shall not be required to prepare a book of assessments such as is referred to in Acts 1919, page 305, section 63, but in lieu thereof shall be required to arrange in alphabetical order original assessment lists and cause the same to be permanently bound and such assessment lists when bound shall constitute the book of assessments to all intents and purposes and the certificate of the county board of review of assessments shall be entered upon each of said bound volumes of assessments. Such |
