SEC. 1. Prohibits all pool selling on horse races.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $50 to $500, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.

SEC. 2. Prohibits brokerage agency in buying any pool upon the event of any horse race, either within or without the State.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, as provided in section 1.

SEC. 3. Prohibits bookmaking or pool selling for betting upon the event of any horse race or other race or contest, either within or without the State.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $100 to $500, and imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than one year.

NOTE.-Act of February 26, 1889, amended February 18, 1895, made more emphatic

First, by forbidding pool selling.

Second, by change of penalty. Former penalty, $25 to $500; second conviction, imprisonment or hard labor thirty days.

New feature, section 3, prohibition of bookmaking and penalty attached.

Obstructing railroads and electric wires.-An act to incorporate the Mobile Light and Railroad Company. (No. 221, p. 586, approved February 6, 1897.)

SEC. 10. Prohibits obstruction of tracks and injury to any of the railways, electric or other lines of property of the said company.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not exceeding $500; also imprisonment in county jail, or sentence to hard labor for the county for twelve months.

Subsequent sections provide for right of way, police management, placing of poles, etc.; also give powers of police to motormen and other employees to arrest for all offenses committed on cars or in connection with the operation of said company's road or at its places of amusement or entertainment.

NOTE.-Enlargement and amendment of act of Febuary 13, 1893.

Section 10 formerly included liability to double the amount of damage in fixing penalty.

Section 14, new features; motormen and other employees made conservators of the peace; also “or at its places of amusement or entertainment."

In criminal code, section 5363, penalty for obstructing railroad maliciously, etc., death, or imprisonment not less than ten years.

Obstructing navigation.-An act to prevent putting logs, brush, and sawdust in rivers, creeks, branches, lakes, ponds, and in lagoons in this State, and for the punishment thereof. (No. 230, p. 613, approved February 8, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits obstruction of streams with timber in counties of Coosa, Jackson, Marshall, Madison, and Dale.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $10 to $100.

NOTE.-Operates as amendment to 5401, Criminal Code, which makes penalty for obstructing streams not less than $25 nor more than $250.

Bond-insurance companies.-An act to authorize corporations having the power under their charter to become securities on the official bonds of State, county, and municipal officers, and receivers, guardians, administrators, trustees, assignees, and executors, and on all bonds or undertakings required in any judicial proceeding and on all bonds or undertakings required or permitted by the laws of this State, to be executed with sureties; to regulate the giving of such bonds and prescribe the qualifications of such corporations; and to provide for the relief of such corporations from further liability thereon. (No. 333, p. 830, approved February 12, 1897.) Sections of this act regulate manner and method of business of corporations as named, and provide penalty for doing business without complying with provisions. SEC. 13. Reads as follows: "Any corporation, or officer or agent of such corporation, who shall transact the business wherein authorized without first obtaining the certificate from the auditor herein provided for, authorizing such corporation to transact such business, or who shall transact such business after the authority to do so has been revoked by the auditor as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction must be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.”

Railways and court-house towns.-An act to require passenger trains on railways in this State to stop at the station nearest the court-house town of every county in this State, and to prescribe who shall establish such station and to fix penalties for the violation of such requirement. (No. 336, p. 844, approved February 12, 1897.)

In accordance with the requirements of this act, section 2 prescribes penalty for disregard of law by railway agent, subjecting him to fine of $25 to $500.

Failure of conductor to stop passenger trains at station named makes him liable to same fine.

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Building and loan associations.-An act to further regulate the business and taxation of building and loan associations. (No. 337, p. 845, approved February 12, 1897.) Sections of this act define duties of building and loan associations and prohibit selling of stock by said associations until provisions have been complied with. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $10 nor more than $50. Gambling. An act to prevent use of wheels of fortune, chance games, and rafflings, or devices of like kind. (No. 370, p. 901, approved February 13, 1897.) SEC. 1. Prohibits setting up, carrying on, or operating any wheel of fortune, slot machine, or any device of chance or scheme of raffling.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, $10 to $50.

Passage of vehicles.-An act to regulate the passage of vehicles on the public roads of Montgomery County. (No. 401, p. 941, approved February 15, 1897.) SEC. 1. Defines duties of drivers of vehicles passing to the right.

SEC. 2. The directions to be taken when passing a vehicle going in the same directions. The passing vehicle shall drive to the left.

Violation of provisions, a misdemeanor: Penalty, not less than $10 nor more than $100.

Protection of girls.—An act for the better protection of girls. (No. 404, p. 944, approved February 15, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Fixes the age of consent for girls and provides penalty for disregard: Fine, $50 to $500, and may be imprisoned in the county jail for six months.

SEC. 2. Prohibits prostitution of girls over ten and under eighteen years of age. Penalty, fine $50 to $500 and imprisonment in county jail not less than six months. Railroad depots.-An act to require railroad companies to establish depots in towns of more than 1,000 inhabitants. (No. 417, p. 956, approved February 15, 1897.) SEC. 2. Declares that any person, company, or corporation who shall fail or refuse to comply with this act within three months after the approval thereof must, on conviction, be fined not less than $1 nor more than $50.

NOTE.-Modifies act of February 28, 1887, on depot conveniences. Former penalty not less than $25 nor more than $200; for persistent failure to build after notice, penalty was not less than $250 nor more than $500, with proviso.

Camp grounds.-An act to preserve order at the Pensacola District Camp Ground, in Escambia County, Ala. (No. 465, p. 1056, approved February 16, 1897.)

Sections of this act regulate control of Pensacola District Camp Ground, in Escambia County, Ala., by board of trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Violation of ordinances and by-laws passed by said board of trustees a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $1 to $50, or imprisonment at the discretion of the intendant at camp ground not exceeding five days.

Coal mining. An act to regulate the mining of coal in Alabama. (No. 486, p. 1099, approved February 16, 1897.)

SECS. 1 to 14. Provide for mining inspectors and mine bosses; for weighing of coal; for mine ventilation; for keeping stretchers and blankets at mouth of mine in case of injury; for break-throughs; for timber props and safety lamps; for available openings to mines.

SECNS. 15 to 19. Limit number of miners; define certificate of qualifications for miners; provide for report to inspectors, and furnishing of maps.

Subsequent sections define duties of inspector and mine operators, and provide against dangers.

SEC. 39. Declares that any person who is charged with any duty under this act and fails or refuses to discharge said duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not more than $300, and in case of a natural person may be punished by hard labor for the county in addition to fine.

Illuminating oils.-An act to provide for the inspection and sale of illuminating oils in the State of Alabama. (No. 501, p. 1133, approved February 16, 1897.)

SECS. 1 and 2. Provide for inspection of illuminating oils. Persons selling rejected oils, guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $100 to $500, or imprisonment in county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both.

Penalty for selling oil that has not been inspected: Fine, $50 to $300, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both.

Consumer who knowingly uses oil that has not been inspected, guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $10 to $200.

Persons selling empty barrels or partly empty barrels, from which inspector's mark has not been erased, declared guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine of $50, and imprisonment in the county jail for any period not more than sixty days.

District inspector neglecting to enter complaint against persons violating provisions of this act, guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not exceeding $500, and removal from his position as inspector.

SEC. 8. Prohibits adulteration of any kind of oil. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $100 to $1,000.

Failure of inspector to inspect oil within five days after demand, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not more than $200.

Counterfeiting inspector's brands and marks, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $100 nor more than $300.

Trading in oils by inspectors and assistants prohibited. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not exceeding $500 and removal from office.

Use of illuminating oil upon passenger railroad cars or steamboats having a fire test less than 300° F. prohibited: Penalty for violation, fine $50 to $500.

Infected fruit trees.-An act to encourage and protect the raising and growing of fruit in the State of Alabama. (No. 502, p. 1141, approved February 16, 1897.) SECS. 1 and 2. Define duty of Commissioner of Agriculture when informed of disease among trees and provide for destruction of diseased trees.

Persons refusing to comply with requirements of act declared guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $100 to $500.

Adulteration of candies.-An act to prohibit the adulteration of candies and confectioneries, and the sale or other disposition thereof, and the keeping of adulterated candies and confectioneries for sale or other disposition. (No. 525, p. 1179, approved February 16, 1897.)

Persons violating provisions of this act guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $50 to $500, and may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period not exceeding six months.

Roads and bridges.-An act for the improvement of roads and bridges in Marshall County, Ala. (No. 555, p. 1228, approved February 18, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Provides for levying of special road tax.

SEC. 2. Provides for road fund.

SEC. 3. Provides for levy of special tax for the benefit of the public roads.

SEC. 4. Provides for work upon the public roads of Marshall County,

SECS. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Provide for road supervisor and overseers, defining their duties and powers.

SEC. 10. Provides for letting out of road contract.

SEC. 15. Declares that county convicts may be worked upon the roads of Marshall County, subject to the general convict laws of the State.

SEC. 17. Prohibits obstruction of roads. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $20 to $100.

Any officer or person failing to discharge his duty shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.

SEC. 20. Prohibits the deposition of rocks or bowlders on or near the surface of the roads. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $100 nor more than $200.

Railroad trains-Jumping off or on.-An act to prevent the jumping on or off trains while in motion and to provide for the punishment thereof. (No. 564, p. 1256, approved February 18, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits jumping on or off any train while in motion. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not to exceed $25 or imprisonment thirty days in county jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Protection of wood and timber.—An act for the better protection of wood and timber. (No. 565, p. 1256, approved February 18, 1897.)

Entering upon the land of another and cutting down any wood or timber growing thereon with intent to remove and appropriate the same for his own use is hereby prohibited.

Penalty for such trespass, fine not more than $200, and may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county not more than six months.

Public roads. An act to compel the repairing of public roads in Geneva, Covington, and Conecuh counties by persons and corporations injuring the same, and to establish a penalty for their failure to do so. (No. 569, p. 1260, approved February 18, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Declares that any person or corporation rendering any road unfit for public use shall repair the same within ten days thereafter.

Failure to comply with the provisions of this act a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than double the reasonable cost of repairing said road.

Water supply.-An act to punish any person who pollutes or contaminates water supplied to cities and towns of the State. (No. 583, p. 1281, approved February 17,

1897.)

Pollution of water by deposit of any dead animal or nauseous substance in any city or town of the State of Alabama is prohibited.

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not exceeding $500 and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county not exceeding one year.

NOTE.-Virtually supersedes act of December 12, 1892, which amends 1464, Code 1886, as it affects dead animal: Penalty, fine of $10.

Interfering with railroad trains.-An act to prevent persons not employees or connected with any railroad from detaching or uncoupling any trains, or putting on brakes, or otherwise interfering with same while standing in any depot, crossing, or stop, and to provide for the punishment thereof. (No. 612, p. 1375, approved February 18, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits the uncoupling of trains at depot. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not to exceed $25 or imprisonment for thirty days in county jail, or both.

Insurance.-An act to regulate the business of insurance in the State of Alabama. (No. 614, p. 1377, approved February 18, 1897.)

Sections of this act define the term "company," or "insurance company," also contract of insurance. Duties and powers of insurance commissioner defined.

SECS. 9-17. Deal with the business of foreign insurance companies.

SEC. 27. Prohibits obscure and deceptive wording of contracts and plausible fraudulent designs by any life or other insurance company.

Violation a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $100 to $500 for first offense; for each subsequent offense, fine not less than $250.

SEC. 28. Prohibits soliciting of insurance by any company that has not qualified under this act.

Violation a misdemeanor; Penalty, fine $100 to $500, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days.

SECS. 33, 34, and 35. Provide for investigation of causes of fire where property has been insured, and defines duty of sheriff making arrest for arson; also provide for assistance to sheriff by fire department, compelling removal of combustible materials from any building or upon any premises.

Owner of building or premises failing to comply with orders for removal of such material within one week after notice guilty of misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $10 nor more than $50 for each day's neglect.

Any officer referred to in section 35 neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the requirements of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $25 nor more than $500.

Violation of any provision of this act, the penalty whereof is not specifically provided herein, subjects to fine of not more than $500. In case of nonpayment of such penalty, party, if not a corporation, so offending shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period not to exceed six months.

NOTE.-New feature: First, larger power granted the insurance commissioner; second, close inspection of foreign companies; third, greater security of contracts of insurance; fourth, power to grand jury to inquire into violations of the act.

Taxes, Covington County (chap. No. 12, p. 11, approved November 27, 1896).— Provides for a finance committee for Covington County, Ala., and prescribes the powers and duties thereof. Said committee has power and authority to send for and examine persons, records, books, and papers, and any person willfully failing to obey their summons or to produce books or records relating to their duties guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, not less than $50 nor more than $500; may also be imprisoned in county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county not more than one year. Fines for misdemeanors, Morgan County. (No. 30, p. 27, approved November 30, 1896.)-Enacts that all fines assessed upon misdemeanors in Morgan County where the defendant is not sentenced to hard labor shall be payable in lawful money only.

Ferries in Jackson County. (No. 56, p. 57, approved December 5, 1896.)— Establishes ferries in Jackson County across the Tennessee River. It is made the duty of the ferrymen to keep an itemized statement of each day's receipts and report the same under oath to each term of the court of county commissioners of Jackson County.

Failure to so report works a forfeiture of his contract, and any willful misappropriation of funds renders him guilty of embezzlement.

Public schoolsbooks, Winston County (No. 123, p. 203, approved December 9, 1896). The probate judge, county superintendent of education, and three competent and efficient teachers to be selected by the county superintendent of education in the county of Winston shall constitute County schoolbook board." It is made the duty of such board to select a complete series of text-books for the public schools of the county.

SEC. 3. Forbids any member of the county school book board from acting as an agent of any publisher or dealer in schoolbooks or receiving any pecuniary benefits therefrom: Penalty, fine not less than $10 and dismissal from board.

(Act No. 248, p. 656, approved February 9, 1896.)

A reenactment of the law above passed two months previously. The act is essentially the same, with a few verbal changes, as the previous law. But section 3 fixes a limit to the fine, namely, not less than $10 nor more than $500.

NOTE. The law providing that books be selected from a list of schoolbook publishers as first passed reads "from the list of the schoolbook publishers offering the lowest and most satisfactory terms for introduction and exchange." The law as reenacted February 9 reads, "offering the honest and most satisfactory terms for introduction and exchange." Probably the word "honest" is a printer's error for "lowest," as in the previous act.

Jurors in Marengo County (No. 152, p. 312, approved December 9).-Constitutes probate judge and county commissioners a board of jury commissioners. Provides for the choice and summoning of jurors.

SEC. 6. Provides that if any sheriff shall negligently fail to summon whom he is commanded to summom shall be guilty of contempt of court: Penalty, fine not more than $100; may also be imprisoned in county jail not exceding ten days.

SEC. 8. Enacts that persons summoned as grand or petit jurors failing to obey such summons shall be deemed guilty of contempt of court. And if he fails to render excuse at the next term shall be fined not more than $100, and may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ten days.

SEC. 14. Members of the jury board who willfully or negligently fail to discharge duties, guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $50 to $1,000.

SEC. 15. Any person attempting to corruptly influence any member of said board or any other officer charged with the execution of the duty under this act, shall be fined not less than $1,000, and shall also be imprisoned in the State penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years, and forever disqualified from holding office.

Jurors in Franklin County (No. 529, p. 1129, approved February 18, 1899).Provides that jurors should be drawn by a mixed political commission of three, together with the probate judge of the county. Provides for the preparation of a list of eligible jurors and as to how they shall be drawn.

SEC. 10. Punishes neglect of duty by commissioners by a fine of not less than $50. SEC. 11. Any person who shall attempt to corruptly influence any of said commissioners, or other officers charged with the selection or summoning grand and petit jurors, or who shall corruptly attempt to influence any officer in the performance of any of the duties mentioned in this act, shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than twenty years and forever disqualified from holding office.

Fraudulent voting_(No. 157, p. 337, approved December 9, 1896).—Amends the charter of the town of Eutaw, in Greene County. The act covers some thirty pages in the laws. Power is conferred on the mayor and aldermen, as in similar charters of towns, to make laws and ordinances and affix penalties for violations of the same by a fine not exceeding $100, and by imprisonment or hard labor for the town not exceeding sixty days.

The act prescribes, however, a special penalty for fraudulent voting, making it a misdemeanor, with fine not exceeding $500, or sentence to hard labor for Greene County not less than six months, nor more than one year, or both.

Collection of taxes (No. 204, p. 521, approved February 3, 1896).-Provides for State tax commissioner appointed by the governor, and said State commissioner shall appoint one county tax commissioner for each of the counties of the State, subject to approval of the governor.

Section 8 makes it the duty of certain officers to assist commissioners. Officers failing to perform the duty shall be reported by said commissioner to any supreme court, circuit or city court, judge, or chancellor, who shall issue a rule to said officer to show cause why he should not be committed to jail for contempt. Unless some