Repealed.

To repeal in part "An Act to regulate the pay of the petit jurors in Henry, Dale, Randolph, Coffee and Covington counties," approved January 27, 1845.

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, so much of an act entitled "an act to regulate the pay of petit jurors in Henry, Dale, Randolph, Coffee and Covington counties," approved January 27, 1845, as applies to the county of Henry, be, and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

Conditions.

For the pay of Tales Jurors for the county of Henry.

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, tales jurors shall be allowed the same as regular drawn jurors for the time being. This act applies to the county of Henry only.

APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To amend the law authorising John W. Cathran to establish a ferry on Coosa river, in Cherokee county, approved 29th January, 1854.

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 first day of May, 1854, the said act entitled "an act to authorise John W. Cathran to establish a ferry on Coosa river, in Cherokee county," shall not authorise the said Cathran or any person for or under him to keep a ferry or to keep ferry banks on the land of James Bradford, or any other person, without the consent in writing of the owner of such land filed in the office of the probate judge of Cherokee county.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Cathran shall not, from and after the first day of May, 1854, use the banks of said river as ferry landings on the lands of any other person or persons without the written consent of such Must obtain conperson or persons filed in the probate judge's office as afore- sent. said.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said act be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same may be in conflict with this act, and no further.

APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To increase the pay of Regular and Tales Jurors in the county of Dallas.

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, jurors for the county of Dallas shall receive two dollars ars for each day they shall serve, and five cents for each mile they shall travel in coming to or returning from court, together with any ferriage actually paid out by them, to be paid out of any money in the treasury of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all tales jurors in the county of Dallas shall be entitled to the same per diem compensation as the regular jurors, and to be paid in the

same manner.

APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To amend the Road Law in Henry county.

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 act- Duty of apporing justices of the peace and their successors in office in tioners. Henry county be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed apportioners and supervisors of the public roads in their respective beats; and it shall be the duty of the apportioners and supervisors in each and every beat in Henry county to assemble at the place of holding justices' courts

on the first Saturday in March next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and on the first Saturday every two years thereafter, and appoint all overseers they may deem necessary to keep the roads of the beats in good order.

To all vacancies.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That apportioners and supervisors shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to fill all vacancies that may occur in their respective beats by death, removal or otherwise, at any time within ten days after they have been notified of such vacancy; and any apportioner or supervisor failing to discharge the duties imposed by this act, shall be dealt with according to the laws now in force for failing to apportion hands.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, Should said apportioners and supervisors disagree in making the appointments in In case of disa- said beats, they may call in a third disinterested householder or freeholder, whose duty it shall be to assist in apportioning hands in their respective beats.

greement.

Notice.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the constables in each of the beats in said county shall serve the apportioners as provided for in this act with a copy of written notice, issued by said apportioners, of their appointment as overseers of said road, and return the same to the judge of probate of said county within thirty days from the time of their appointment of said overseers; and should any overseer so appointed fail to serve, without a lawful excuse as provided by law, he shall be subject to the same penalties as is now prescribed by law for failing to serve other pro

cess.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the judge of probate of said county shall keep a record of the overseers of roads Record to be kept returned by the constables as provided for by this act, which record shall be evidence of their appointment as overseers of the roads in said county in any suit at law or indictment against them as such.

Warning.

Rights of over

seers.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all overseers thus appointed shall warn the hands appointed to them in writing, as now prescribed by law, himself, and shall not be liable to work on roads after serving as such overseer until the expiration of four years from the expiration of his two years' service as such overseer.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said overseers shall have the right to contract with the hands in laying off portions of the road, if they require the same. The overseers shall have the further right not only to contract with hands liable to work on the roads for the keeping in repair any road in their precincts, but they shall be authorised to contract with any person who may have or own any hand or

hands to keep up any portion of the roads in their respective precincts.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the constables in each beat, for serving said notices, shall be entitled to receive any compensation the commissioners' court of said county may allow.

Compensation.

APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To repeal in part certain acts therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly con- Wetumpka vened, That the third section of an act entitled "an act to bridge company. amend an act incorporating the President and Directors of the Wetumpka Bridge Company," approved December the 16th, 1851, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Corporate limits

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act entitled "an act to define the corporate limits of Wetumpka," approved February 10th, 1852, as extends the corporate limits of said city over any portion of the north of Wetumpka. half of fractional section seventeen, township eighteen of range nineteen, in Coosa county, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

APPROVED, February 18, 1854.

To provide for the formation of a new Company Beat in the county of Fayette, 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 the colonel commandant of the seventy-eighth court martial. regiment of Alabama militia is hereby required to order a court martial of said regiment as soon as may be after the passage of this act, and to form a new company beat in the first battalion of said seventy-eighth regiment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be convenient after the formation of said company beat, the Election of offcolonel commandant of said seventy-eighth regiment shall issue writs of election to elect a captain, a lieutenant and

ensign for said company; and the sheriff of the county of Fayette shall order an election for two justices of the peace and one constable for said beat.

APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To fix the boundary line between the counties of Cherokee and Benton.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reppresentatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That from and after the passage of this act, the Boundary line, boundary line between the south-east corner of Cherokee county and the north-east of Benton county shall commence a half a mile west of A. T. Alexander's old place, and thence run due west to the Georgia line.

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

APPROVED, February 14, 1854.

To extend the time for recording deeds, and for establishing lost deeds, records or other papers in Coffee county, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly con

To record deeds. vened, That any deeds for land or other property in the county of Coffee which have not been recorded in the time required by law, may be recorded within six months after the passage of this act, and shall be in all respects as good and valid, both in law and equity, as if the same had been recorded within the time prescribed by law.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all deeds, records, judgments, decrees or orders which may have been de

To establish lost stroyed by the burning of the court house in said county in March, 1851, or any other public or private papers of value which may have been thus destroyed or otherwise lost, or hereafter may be in said county, may be established by the judge of probate for said county in the following