Claven". Laws, statutes, ite.

CODE OF ALABAMA,

ADOPTED BY ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA;

APPROVED

JULY 27, 1907,

ENTITLED

"AN ACT TO ADOPT A CODE OF LAWS FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA,”

WITH SUCH STATUTES PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1907 AS ARE REQUIRED
TO BE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY ACT APPROVED JULY 27, 1907 (ACTS
1907, PAGE 499); AND WITH CITATIONS TO DECISIONS OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE CONSTRUING OR MENTION-

ING THE STATUTES; AND REFERENCES TO ALL FOR-

MER ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND TO ALL
FORMER CODES, DIGESTS, AND COMPILATIONS

OF STATUTES, SHOWING THE ORIGIN,
HISTORY AND TRANSITION OF
THE STATUTES.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I-POLITICAL.

PREPARED BY

JAMES J. MAYFIELD,

CODE COMMISSIONER.

NASHVILLE, TENN.:

MARSHALL & BRUCE COMPANY

PRINTERS AND BINDERS.

1907.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1907, by

B. B. COMER, as Governor of the State of Alabama, for the use of said State,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

CERTIFICATE OF THE CODE COMMISSIONER.

I, JAMES J. MAYFIELD, the Commissioner elected under the provisions of an act of the Legislature of Alabama approved September 30, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 298), entitled "An act to provide for the revision, codification, digesting, and promulgation of the statutes of this State, both civil and criminal," and, under the provisions of an act of the Legislature of Alabama approved July 27, 1907 (Acts 1907, p. 504), entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of the Code of Alabama," charged with the duty of supervising the publication of the Code of Alabama, which was adopted by an act of the Legislature of Alabama approved July 27, 1907, entitled "An act to adopt a code of laws for the State of Alabama," do hereby certify that I have compared the Code, as printed, with the original manuscript as adopted by the Legislature, and that the Code, as printed, is the same as adopted by the Legislature, with the changes required by law to

be made.

JAMES J. MAYFIELD,
Code Commissioner.