Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the payment of Henry Bibb, for apprehending and prosecuting to conviction, Alfred Kelly, for the crime of horse stealing.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to the persons hereinafter mentioned, for the objects specified, to wit: To Wm. Magee, sheriff, the sum of twenty-four hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty cents, for provisioning, &c. prisoners in the jail of Mobile county; to Joel White, the sum of sixteen hundred and and five dollars and sixty-three cents, for stationary; to Ferguson & Eaton, the sum of two hundred and eighty-one dollars, for extra printing; to A. Lynch, the sum of forty dollars and thirty-seven cents, for repairs, &c. on furniture; to Hogan & Lyon, sixty-four dollars and seventy-eight cents, for stationary, &c.; to Samuel Stepkins, jailor of Franklin county, the sum of three hundred and twelve dollars and thirty cents; to Joseph Rutherford, the sum of eighty-one dollars and twenty-two cents, for removing prisoners from Walker to Tuscaloosa county; to A. R. Thomas, the sum of one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents, for servant hire; to Thomas Redus, sheriff of Limestone county, the sum of one hundred and nine dollars and forty cents; to Alfred C. Lewis, jailor of Montgomery county, the sum of four hundred and thirtyone dollars and sixty cents; to A. R. Thomas, for fuel, fifteen dol. lars; to Daniel Rosser, for making election returns, fifteen dollars and fifty cents; to James T. Quarles, for repairing grates, twelve dollars; to Daniel Joslin, for keeping, &c. prisoners, twenty-one dollars and sixty-two cents; to Camp & Brothers, twenty-eight dollars and sixty three cents, for coal buckets, &c. ; to Anderson Bean, sheriff of Franklin county, twenty one dollars and eighty cents; to D. H. Valliant, sheriff of Lawrence county, seventy-eight dollars and forty cents; to A. Lynch, for putting on door locks, eighteen dollars and twelve cents; to Charles Lewin, for rent of Arsenal, one hundred and fifty dollars; to Daniel Rosser, sheriff of Wilcox county, eightynine dollars and eighty cents; to A. R. Thomas, for taking care of the Senate Chamber, ninety-two dollars and fifty cents; to J. S. Fitch, two hundred and sixty-five dollars and eleven eents, for shelv. ing the Library Room and repairs on the Capitol; to Jonathan M. Hill, sheriff of Wilcox county, twenty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents; to Wm. R. Hunt, jailor of Madison county, seven hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty-five cents; to James Frowner, the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty cents; to A. R. Thomas, six dollars and thirty-two cents, for putting up horse racks at the Capitol; to A. R. Thomas, door-keeper of the Senate, for illuminating his end of the Capitol, of the 8th January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, the sum of ten dollars; to Wm. H. Alsobrook, for apprehending, &c. Wm. Schurlock, the sum of twenty-two dollars and seventy-five cents; to Wm. Hawn, for one box of candles, and for check book and stationary, the sum of thirteen dollars; to J. Lacy, for book binding and two knives, the sum of

nine dollars; to E. H. Hudson, sheriff of Walker county, the sum of one hundred and eighty-three dollars and twelve cents, for conveying prisoners from Walker county to Tuscaloosa, and from Tuscaloosa back to Walker; to Mitchell & Lacy, eight dollars eighty-seven cents; to R. Lanier, of Lowndes county, for the board of State prisoner Griggs, the sum of sixteen dollars and eighty cents; to J. Lacy & Co. the sum of nine dollars and fifty cents, for steel pens, &c.; to Samuel McGlaughlin, sheriff of Perry county, the sum of twentyeight dollars for making election returns.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby authorized to issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the following persons, for the following sums: in favor of Alfred Roberts, J. M. Hendrick and S. A. Dennison, for services rendered and expenses incurred, in apprehending Green Wisdom, four hundred dollars; in favor of Edward Lee, sheriff of Bibb county, for making return of congressional election, nine dollars; in favor of Joseph Rutherford, sheriff of Walker county, for services rendered and expense incurred in conveying Austil Tilly from the county of Walker to the county of Fayette, on a change of venue, forty two dollars and fifty cents; in favor of Solomon Parteet, for repairs done on the State Capitol, fifty-eight dollars; in favor of James Rather, for taking care of the State Capitol, for fifteen hundred and sixty-four bushels of coal for the use of the State Capitol, for time and services rendered, three hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty cents; in favor of James B. Clark, for prosecuting two slaves, twenty dollars; in favor of Smith & Prince, for articles furnished for the use of the State Capitol, ten dollars and thirty-eight cents; in favor of Augustin Lynch, for funeral expenses of Uriah Grigsby, eighty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents; in favor of C. C. Baldwin, for printing statements of the condition of the Banks, one hundred and seventy-three dollars; in favor of M. D. Slade, for printing statements of the condition of the Banks, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars; in favor of James G. Blount, sheriff of Tuscaloosa county, for attendance on the Supreme Court at January and June terms of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and for stationary, &c. furnished the court, and for finding jury in a State case, by order of the Judge, three hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents; in favor of John G. Creagh, for prosecuting a slave in behalf of the State, ten dollars; in favor of Richard W. Barber, jailor of Tuscaloosa county, for victualling William P. McGrew, Richard Ford, James Suddeth, Willson Butts, John R. Pearce, N. B. Garner, John Jones, John J. Poe, John Hollaman, Jesse T. Campbell, John Howell, two hundred and seventy-three dollers and forty cents; in favor of J. N. Savage, jailor of Talladega county, for victualling S. R. Reaves, Joseph Drew, John L. Ray, W. C. Bromfield, John Carr, William McGown, John W. Stovall, W. N. Brown, John L. Freil, and Henry Smith, seventy-eight dollars.

Approved Feb. 2, 1839.

[No. 114.]

AN ACT

To authorize William Jordan to build a Toll Bridge over Bassetts creek, in the county of Washington.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That William Jordan be, and he is hereby authorized to erect a toll bridge over Bassetts creek, in the county of Washington, where the build a bridge road from Mobile to St. Stephens crosses the same.

Authority to

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of Judge c'y c't the Judge of the County Court of Washington county, to fix the rate fix rate of toli of toll to be allowed to the said William Jordan, for crossing the said bridge.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Jutige of the County Court of the county of Washington, to take WM Jordan to bond from the said William Jordan, in such amount as he shall think give bond sufficient, conditioned for the erection and keeping in good order, the bridge so authorized to be erected.

(No. 115.)

AN ACT

Approved, Feb. 2, 1839.

To amend an act limiting the number of Auctioneers in the county of Mobile, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That so much of the law now in force, limiting the number of auetioneers in the county of Mobile, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Repeal.

Any citizen

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any citizen of this State, after the first day of February next, may exercise the duties of auc- my act as tioneer in the county of Mobile, by complying with the laws now in auctioneer. force.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any citizen who shall attempt to exercise such duties, until they shall have complied with the law, shall upon conviction before any court, having jurisdiction thereof for each offence, pay a fine of fifty dollars, which shall be applied to the use of the school fund of said county; all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this section be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That one half of one per cent. shall be paid to the school commissioners of Mobile county, on the amount of all sales at auction on which a commission has not been heretofore provided for by law, for the benefit of schools in Mobile county, to be collected from the auctioneers in the same way now provided for by law. Approved, Feb. 2, 1839.

The better to regulate the cperation of the Bank of the State of Alabama, and its seve

ral Branches.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That from and after the passage of this act, the Bank of the State of Alabama, and the several Branches thereof, shall respectively receive in discharge of any debt which may now be, or hereafter be

Penalty for acting without complying with law.

shall be taken

l'ost notes come due, the said Bank and its Branches, all bank and post notes, in payment of which may have been issued, by the said State Bank and its

debts.

Branches.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

No. 117

Approved, February 2, 1839.

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AN ACT

Explanatory of An Act therein mentioned.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That nothing contained in an act passed the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, entitled, An Act to extend the Shall not re-time of indebtedness to the Bank of the State of Alabama and its quire interest in advance on several Branches, and legalizing the suspension of specie payments certain loans. of the same, and for other purposes, shall be so construed as to au

thorize the State Bank or either of the Branches thereof, to require the payment of interest in advance on the loans made pursuant to the twenty-first section of the above recited act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the Bank of the State of Alabama or either of its Branches, may B'ks to credit have required the payment of the interest in advance, upon loans for interest made under the provisions of the above recited act, it shall be the paid. duty of the said bank and branch banks to credit the borrower with the interest, at the rate of seven per centum, per annum, upon the interest so paid in advance.

heretofore

(No. 118.)

AN ACT

Approved, Feb. 2, 1839.

To better enable the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of Alabama and its several Branches to secure the debts due said Banks.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That in the collection of the extended debt and the seven per cent. loan, it shall be lawful for the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of Alabama, and its several Branches at Mobile, MontDirectort may gomery, Decatur and Huntsville, to require such amounts only to be ments on ex- paid as the condition of the respective Banks may require, on the tended debt. several instalments now due and running to maturity in said Banks, not exceeding the amount now required by law.

reduce instal

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where individuals indebted to the Bank of the State of Alabama and its several Favor to per- Branches above named, have been protested for nor payment of the sons under first instalment of either the extended debt or on the three years protest.

loan, it shall be lawful for such person or persons so protested to pay up the first instalment, and execute notes with unquestionable security for the balance of such indebtedness, payable at the same time as was provided in the law passed at the called session of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, giving relief to the debtors of the several Banks of this State.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws contrary to the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, that the provisions of this act shall only apply to such debtors to the Bank, whose liabilities do not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars: And provided further, that the Directors of the State Bank and its Branches shall have full power in all cases to make any arrangement that shall secure the debts due the Banks.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors shall carry out the provisions of this aet, with as little pressure to the community as possible. Approved Feb. 2d, 1839.

'No. 119)

AN ACT

To authorise and establish a third Battalion in the seventy-third Regiment of Alabama

Militia:

1839.

Repeal.

Proviso.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assemby convened, A 3d Batal'n That from and after the passage of this act, a third battalion, be and established. the same is hereby established and authorised in the seventy-third

Regiment of Alabama Militia.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Regiment shall be divided in the order following to wit: The first, second and third beats thereof shall constitude one Battalion; the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh beats thereof shall constitute one Battalion; and the eighth, ninth and tenth beats thereof, shall constitute one Battalion.

Secc. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Colonel commanding said Regiment, to number the said Battal- Duty of Col's. ions, the first of which shall be commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel; the second by a first Major; and the third, by a second Major, who shall at all times be elected, commissioned and qualified and perform the same duties. have the same powers and be liable to the same restrictions and penalties, as is now provided in the regulations of the militia of this State.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if a vacancy shall at any time happen in the office of Lieutenant Colonel in said Regiment, the same rule for promotion in said Regiment shall be observed in the filling of vacancies that is now prescribed by law, and shall extend to the commandants of each Battalion successively according to grade.

Vacancies how filled.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Regiment when organised as contemplated in the foregoing sections of this act shall Subject to the be subject to the command of the Colonel commandant of the same, com'd of Col. in the same manner and under the same restrictions as other Regiments of this State, taken together with the provisions of this act, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 6: And be it further enacted, That the officers in the tenth and eleventh Regiments of Alabama Militia, are hereby authorised and required to form an additional Regiment in the county of Lauderdale, to be known and styled the eighty-fourth Regiments of Ala- 84th Reg't to ma militia, and two additional Battalions in said Regiment when be formed. formed, to be organised according to law, any law,usage or custom to

the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, Jan. 30, 1839. .