Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor and all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. 12, 1927. No. 36.) AN ACT (S. 49. Warren. To further prescribe the duties and fix the salary of the court reporter of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, and to provide for the payment of same. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1: That from and after the passage of this Act, the official court reporter of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall receive a salary of Twenty-Four Hundred ($2400.00) Dollars per annum, payable as provided by law for the payment of Court reporters. Section 2: In addition to the duties now required by law of court reporters, the official court reporter of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, when not engaged in his regular duties in the Circuit Court, shall report the oral testimony and proceedings in all contested will cases in the Probate Court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, all habeas corpus proceedings, and all preliminary hearings in felony cases before a committing magistrate in said county. Approved Feb. 15, 1927. No. 37.) AN ACT (S. 29. Teasley. To define who are agents of insurance companies; to provide for the licensing, supervision and regulation of such insurance agents; and to provide penalties for violation of laws and regulations governing insurance agents. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. Any person who solicits insurance on behalf of any insurance company or for the agent of an insurance company, or takes or transmits any application for insurance, or any policy of insurance, to or from any insurance company, or in any way gives notice that he will receive or transmit the same or receives or delivers a policy of insurance for any company, or examines or inspects a risk or receives, collects, or transmits any premium of insurance or makes or forwards any diagram of any building or buildings (except as a bona fide draughtsman), or countersigns any policy of insurance, or does or performs any other act or thing in the making or consummating of any contract of insurance with or for any insurance company, or exam ines or adjusts, or aids in adjusting any loss for or on behalf of any insurance company whether any such acts shall be done at the request of instance or by the employment of any insurance company, or if by any other person (except those acting as attorneys at law) is deemed an insurance agent. Section 2. No person shall engage in business as an insurance agent until he shall have complied with the laws governing insurance agents and procured a license in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Each applicant for such license shall file with the Superintendent of Insurance his written application for a license authorizing him to engage in business as an agent in the general, or some specified line, or lines, of insurance, surety or indemnity coverage, which under the provisions of the laws of this State, may be written in the state, which application shall be accompanied by a statement, signed and sworn to by such applicant, on a blank furnished by the Superintendent of Insurance setting forth such facts as he may require, and by the affidavit of an official or representative of an insurer authorized to transact business in the State or if a licensed insurance agent of the State, that the applicant is personally known to him; that the applicant has experience, or will be instructed, in the general or some specified line or lines of insurance, surety or indemnity coverage and that the applicant is of good reputation and worthy of a license. Section 3. The Superintendent of Insurance, his deputy or an employee of the insurance department authorized by said Superintendent of Insurance, shall examine each person applying for the first time for a license to act as an insurance agent and, in his discretion, may examine any applicant for renewal of such license as to his qualifications to act as such agent. If said Superintendent of Insurance shall be satisfied that such applicant possesses the qualifications required by section two hereof and that he is reasonably familiar with the provisions of the laws of this State relating to insurance and with the terms and conditions of the policies or contracts he is proposing to solicit, negotiate or effect, he shall issue to such applicant an insurance agent's license to transact business in the State on behalf of any insurer certifying such applicant's name. Such license shall expire on December thirty-first of each year unless sooner revoked for cause by said Superintendent of Insurance. Section 4. Said Superintendent of Insurance, after twenty days' notice of his intention so to do, given in writing to the agent and the company or companies represented by him, may revoke any license upon proof that it was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation or that the interests of the insurer or the interests of the public are not properly served under such license. The Superintendent of Insurance may also, after like notice, suspend any license for cause, any person aggrieved by the action of said Superintendent of Insurance in revoking, suspending or refusing to grant a license may petition the Circuit Court for the County of any county where the act for which said license was revoked or suspended, was committed, or in case of refusal to issue a license to an applicant then in the county of the residence of such applicant, to require said Superintendent of Iusurance to show cause why such license should not be reinstated or issued, and upon final hearing said Court shall render such decree as may appear proper under the law and facts in the case. Section 5. Each insurer authorized to transact business in the State shall, from time to time, certify to said Superintendent of Insurance the names of all agents appointed by it to solicit, negotiate or effect contracts of insurance, indemnity or surety in in this State. Section 6. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any executive officer or traveling salaried employee of any such insurer, to any reciprocal exchange or to any fraternal societies. Section 7. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby expressly repealed. Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately upon the approval of the Governor. Approved Feb. 10, 1927. No. 38.) AN ACT (S. 55. Fite. To provide for the appointment of an additional assistant solicitor to be known as the second assistant solicitor for each judicial circuit in the State, now or hereafter composed of one county having more than two circuit judges and less than nine circuit judges, to fix the term of said office, to prescribe the duties and authority of said additional assistant solicitor to be known as the second assistant solicitor and to fix his compensation. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: 1. That in any judicial circuit now or hereafter composed of one county having more than two judges and less than nine judges, immediately upon the approval of this act, there shall be appointed by the circuit solicitor an additional assistant solicitor of the said circuit to be known as the second assistant solicitor and to represent the State in cases in the inferior courts, and in preliminary proceedings, applications for bail, and habeas corpus proceedings in all courts, to aid or act for the circuit solicitor before the grand jury in all matters in the circuit court when requested to do so by the circuit solicitor, and to perform all duties of the circuit solicitor whenever so directed by the circuit solicitor. 2. That said additional assistant solicitor to be known as the second assistant solicitor shall be paid out of the general funds of the county treasury in equal monthly installments, an annual salary of ($3600.00) thirty-six hundred dollars. 3. That the term of office of said additional assistant solicitor to be known as the second assistant solicitor shall be at the pleasure of the circuit solicitor, and the said additional assistant solicitor to be known as the second assistant solicitor, may be removed at any time by the circuit solicitor at the pleasure of the circuit solicitor. 4. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. Approved Feb. 10, 1927. No. 39.) AN ACT (S. 72. Fite. For the protection of persons furnishing materials, foodstuffs, supplies, and labor for the construction of public works, and for other purposes. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That hereafter, any person, firm or corporation entering into a contract with this State, or any county or municipal corporation in this State for the repair, construction or prosecution of any public building or public work shall be required, before commencing such work, to execute a bond payable to the State, county or municipal corporation, with good and sufficient surety, approved in writing by the authority having charge of the making of such contract, conditioned that such contractor or contractors, shall faithfully perform such contract, and shall promptly make payment to all persons supplying him or them with labor, material, feed-stuffs, or supplies, in the execution of the work provided for in such contract. Provided, However, that this act shall not apply to contracts of less than $1,000.00 in amount. Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation supplying the contractor with labor, materials, feed-stuffs or supplies, after the complete performance of the contract and within six months therefrom, shall, upon application therefor and furnishing affidavit to the authority under the direction of whom such work has been prosecuted, that labor, material, feed-stuffs or supplies for such work has been supplied by him or them, and that payment for the same has not been made, be furnished a certified copy of said bond, and shall have a right of action thereon, and shall be authorized to bring suit on said bond in his or their name or names, and to prosecute the same to final judgment and execution. Section 3. That where suit is instituted by any of such creditors on the bond of the contractor, it shall not be commenced until after the complete performance of said contract and final settlement thereof; and where suit is so instituted by a creditor or by creditors, only one action shall be brought, and any creditor may file his claim in such action and be made party thereto. If the recovery on the bond should be inadequate to pay the amounts found to be due to all of said creditors, judgment shall be given to each creditor pro rata of the amount of the recovery. In all suits instituted under the provisions of this act, personal notice of the pendency thereof, informing them of their right to intervene as the court may order, shall be given to all known creditors, and in addition thereto, notice by publication for three successive weeks shall be given in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the work or a part thereof is being or has been performed. "Provided, that all actions against the surety, as provided under this act, must be commenced within six months after the complete performance of said contract and final settlement thereof. Any action hereunder may be brought in the county where the work was done or in any county where the contractor does business by agent." Approved Feb. 10, 1927. No. 40.) AN ACT (S. 74. Jones. To create a Commission to be known as The Alabama Muscle Shoals Commission, to provide its appointment, to define its duties and powers and to make an appropriation for its expenses. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. The Alabama Muscle Shoals Commission is hereby created to be composed of seven (7) members, two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Senate, three (3) members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two (2) members to be appointed by the Gov ernor. Section 2. The Alabama Muscle Shoals Commission shall organize by electing a Chairman and such other officers and employees as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Commission, for the carrying out of the purposes herein prescribed and may also employ an attorney or attorneys and fix the compensation of all their employees. Section 3. Said Commission shall have the power to incur traveling expenses, summons and examine witnesses and take |