To amend section sixty-two of an act to establish revenue laws for the State. tion as to sale SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That section sixty-two of an act entitled "An act to establish revenue laws for the State of Alabama," as follows: "That on the first Monday of March, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and in each year Recital of thereafter, the tax collector of each county is required amended secto offer at public sale, at the court-house, or, if there be of lands, &c., no court-house, at the office of the probate judge, all for taxes. lands, town lots, or other real property, on which taxes of any description for the preceding year or years shall have been delinquent and remain due and unpaid; and such sale shall be made for and in payment of the total amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs due and unpaid on such real property," be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to read as follows: That on the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and in each year thereafter, the tax collector of each county is required to offer at public sale, at the courthouse, or, if there be no court-house, at the office of the Amendment probate judge, all lands, town lots, or other real property, authorizing on which taxes of any description for the preceding Monday in year or years shall have been delinquent and remain month due and unpaid; and such sale shall be made for and in payment of the total amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs due and unpaid on such real property; and if any tax collector shall fail, from any cause, to advertise and sell the delinquent lands and town lots on the first Monday in March, as required by the foregoing provisions of this act, then he shall advertise and sell on the first Monday of any succeeding month; and in all cases of sales of land for taxes, the collector shall make return thereof to the Auditor of the State and County Treasurer, within thirty days after such sale. Approved, March 9, 1871. sale on first after March. Recital of former act. To amend section eleven (11) of an act, entitled "An act to establish revenue laws for the State of Alabama.' SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That section eleven (11) of an act, entitled "An act to establish revenue laws for the State of Alabama,' approved December thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, which is as follows, to-wit: "Be it further enacted, That there shall be, and hereby is levied on all property in this State, real and personal, not herein exempt from taxation, an annual tax of threefourths of one per cent.," be so amended as to read as Tax reduced follows, to-wit: Be it further enacted, That there shall to one-half per be, and hereby is levied on all property in this State, real and personal, not herein exempt from taxation, an annual tax of one-half of one per cent: Provided, That this act shall not apply to taxes levied in this State cepting taxes during the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy. cent. Proviso, ex of 1870. Approved, February 7, 1871. Companies. To amend section twelve (12), subdivision three (3), of the revenue act, approved December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the third subdivision of section twelve, of. an act entitled "An act to establish revenue laws for the Recital of State of Alabama," approved December thirty-first, amended sec- eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which reads as follows: tion, as to tax. On the gross amount of premiums received from their business in this State during such tax year, by any insurance company chartered by or organized under any of the laws of this State, one per cent. on the gross amount of premiums, exclusively for public school purposes," be so amended as to read as follows: On the deducting en gross amount of premiums received from its business in penses and re- this State, during such tax year, by any insurance company chartered by or organized under any of the laws of this State, one per cent. on the gross premiums, less the expenditures; and in the case of life insurance com Amendment serve fund. ex panies, so chartered or organized, the necessary reserve fund of said companies, exclusively for public school purposes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That subdivision three, Repeal of section twelve of the act above named as it now reads, amended secbe, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, March 9, 1871. tion. To amend subdivision nineteen of section one hundred and twelve of an act entitled "An act to establish revenue laws for the State of Alabama.” former section SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That subdivision nineteen, of section one hundred and twelve, of an act entitled "An act to es- Recital of tablish revenue laws for the State of Alabama," ap-as to tax on proved 31st December, 1868, and which is in the fol-lawyers. lowing words and figures, to-wit: "19. For lawyers, twenty dollars," be, and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: 19. For each lawyer who has practiced his profession for two years or more, ten dollars. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said subdivision nineteen, as it now stands in said revenue laws, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, February 23, 1871. To make appropriations for the fiscal year ending September (30th, 1871,) thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Tax reduced and limited. Repealing clause. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated, for the purposes specified, Appropriato be paid out of any money in the treasury not other- tions for wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one : For the per diem and mileage of Senators and Repre members of Officers and sentatives of the General Assembly, and compensation General As- of officers, clerks, and employees of the Senate and sembly. House of Representatives, forty-five thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary, at the rates provided by law. For per diem and mileage of members of the Board of Education, and compensation of officers, clerks, and emBoard of Edu-ployees of the Board of Education, five thousand dollars, cation, officers or so much as may be necessary, at the rates provided by law. and clerks. Governor. For compensation of the Governor, four thousand dollars. For compensation of the Lieutenat-Governor, fifteen Lt. Governor. hundred dollars. Secretary of Auditor. Treasurer. Attorney-Gen eral. For compensation of the Secretary of State, twentyfour hundred dollars. For compensation of the Auditor, twenty-four hundred dollars. For compensation of the Treasurer, twenty-eight hundred dollars. For compensation of the Attorney-General, twentyeight hundred dollars. Sup❜t Public For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Instruction, thirty-six hundred dollars. Comm'r Indus For compensation of Commissioner of Industrial trial Res'rces. Resources, twenty-fivehundred dollars. Governor's Private Secre tary. Recording Secretary. Auditor's Clerk. Keeper of Capitol. Judges of Su For compensation of the Governor's Private Secretary, fifteen hundred dollars. For compensation of the Recording Secretary, twelve hundred dollars. For compensation of clerk in Auditor's office, fifteen hundred dollars. For compensation of keeper of the State Capitol, one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of Judges of the Supreme Court, preme Court. four thousand dollars, each. Circuit Judges For compensation of Circuit Judges and Chancellors, Chancellors. three thousand dollars, each. For compensation of Reporter of Supreme Court, Supr. Court. two thousand dollars. Reporter of Marshal and Librarian. Sec, of Senate {་་་ For compensation of the Marshal and Librarian, two thousand dollars. For compensation of the Secretary of the Senate and and Clerk of Clerk of the House of Representatives, for completing House. 1 their records, and arranging their papers for file, in the office of Secretary of State, one hundred and fifty dollars each. For watchman, messenger and servants, to be employ- Watchman, ed by the Governor, and to be paid on his order, three servants, &c. thousand dollars. Contingent For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to expenses. be paid upon the order of the Governor, in conformity to law, as the public service may require. Approved, December 16, 1870. 'No. No. 9.] AN ACT To appropriate six hundred dollars for the purpose of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessay, be appropriated for the purpose of distributing the acts of the present session of the General Assembly, and the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives. Approved, March 2, 1871. To make an appropriation to pay the funeral expenses of the late Hon. J. F. Morton, deceased. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That two hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($214 50,) or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the funeral expenses of the late Hon. J. F. Morton. deceased, Senator from the ninth Senatorial District; and the Auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of any parties pre |