HAND BOOK OF ALABAMA:

A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE STATE;

WITH A GEOLOGICAL MAP,

AND AN

APPENDIX OF USEFUL TABLES.

By SAFFOLD BERNEY,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, MOBILE, ALA.

"COAL which is the source of PoWER, and

IRON which is the source of STRENGTH."-Dr. Lyon Playfair,

Price--Paper, $1.50; Half-Law, $2.00.

SENT POST-PAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE.

MOBILE REGISTER PRINT.

1878.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878,

BY SAFFOLD BERNEY,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ALABAMA, WITH ACCOMPANYING REMARKS.
CONSTITUTION OF ALABAMA.

PART FIRST.

Origin of the name, ALABAMA-Geography; and Historical Chro-

nology of the State; with an account of the Indians once living

*. here ....

...........1-11

PART SECOND.

Government of Alabama; its State and County Organization; Polit-

ical Divisions; and Laws relating to Elections and the Holding

of Office..........

PART THIRD.

Synopsis of the Tax Laws, and other Important Statutes of Ala-

bama.

.....

PART FOURTH.

The Free Public School System of Alabama; its Normal Schools;

Universities and Colleges...........

PART FIFTH.

The State Institutions of Alabama.......

PART SIXTH.

.44-53

.54-72

Sketches of the Four Principal Cities of Alabama, and of Birming-

ham, and Cullman

PART SEVENTH.

The Water Transportation Lines, and Projected Canals of Ala-

bama.........

PART EIGHTH.

......89-118

The Railroads of Alabama; and the Postal, Telegraph, and Ex-

press Facilities of the State...

............

PART NINTH.

Outline of the Geology of Alabama.........

PART TENTH.

The Soils of Alabama.....................................................................

1100

155

(RECAP) 804481

..........197-220

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART ELEVENTH.

The Forests of Alabama, and their Products.........

'PART TWELFTH.

The Grasses and other Forage Plants of Alabama-Indigenous, Nat-

uralized, and Cultivated........

..236-247

PART THIRTEENTH.

The Agricultural Divisions, Capabilities, and Advantages of

Alabama.......

PART FOURTEENTH.

The Coal and Coal Mines, Iron and Iron Works of Alabama.........256-267

The Climate of Alabama, and its Adaptation to Health and