To modify an act entitled an act to aid the Alabama and SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the act entitled an act to aid the Alabama and Mississippi River Rail Road Company, approved February Changed and 9th, 1852, be and the same is by this act so changed and modified. modified as to entitle and authorize the rail road company in said act referred to, to receive the amount authorized by said act, to be loaned to said company, whenever the said company shall have constructed and put in running order as much as fourteen miles, or one-half of the rail road be- Receive aid when tween Selma and Uniontown, and shall execute the bonds completed. and the deed of trust required by said act in the manner therein specified. fourteen miles are Duty of governor SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the conditions stipulated in the foregoing section of this act shall have been performed and complied with, and satisfac- Name changed. tory evidence shall have been produced to the governor, it shall be the duty of the governor so to certify to the treasurer of the state, bank commissioner or other custodian of the funds specified in said act, and the officer or officers having the custody of said funds, or any portion thereof, shall pay the same to the president and directors of said company, or to their authorized agent. APPROVED, February 16, 1854. To amend the charter of the Gainesville Female Academy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the said corporation may take, have, use and be known by the name of the Alabama Female College. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said institution shall have authority to grant and confer such degrees upon young ladies completing their education in said college as they (the trustees) may from time to time deem meet and proper. APPROVED, February 8, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Expressive of the sense of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of the death of the late William R. King, Vice President of the United States. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That as representatives of the people, it becomes us to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of their distinguished and patriot fellow-citizen, the late William R. King, the Vice President of the United States. 2. Resolved, That with feelings of pride and pleasure we point to his elevated and patriotic career, as an encouragement to the statesmen of the country to follow where virtue, honor and right shall lead. 3. Resolved, That as Alabamians, we will cherish his memory as a statesman distinguished for his devotion to her interests, his ardent attachment to the union of the states of this confederacy, as meriting her approbation for the fidelity with which for so long a period he served her people in the councils of the nation. APPROVED, February 17, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTION In relation to the claim of the state against Charles H. Stewart. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the governor of this state be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to take the necessary steps to settle and collect the amount from Charles H. Stewart that he is indebted to the State of Alabama by the report of the treasurer to the present session of the general assembly. APPROVED, February 15, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTION To authorise a loan of Muskets to the Southern Military Academy. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the governor of this state is hereby authorised to loan to Gibson F. Hill, proprietor of the Southern Military Academy, sixty-five cadet muskets, with their accoutrements, also one piece of ordinance, upon said Gibson F. Hill giving such bond and security for the safe keeping and return of said arms and accoutrements as shall be required by the governor. APPROVED, February 18, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the pay of the Clerk of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the comptroller of public accounts is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of Alexander B. Clitherall, for the sum of five dollars per day, as clerk of the committee on the judiciary of the House of Representatives, of the fourth biennial session of the general assembly, upon his producing to the comptroller the certificate of the chairman of said committee, stating the number of days he has been so engaged as clerk of said committee. APPROVED, January 31, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTION In relation to the Inauguration of the Governor elect. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That such sum as is necessary to carry into effect the arrangements for the inauguration of the governor elect, not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars, is hereby appropriated for that purpose, to be expended under the charge of the joint committee of arrangements; and the comptroller shall, upon the draft of the chairman of said committee, draw his warrant upon the treasurer for such amounts so expended. APPROVED, January 19, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Of the State of Alabama in regard to the outstanding debt now in the hands of agents or attorneys due the sixteenth sections in this state, or due the State Bank and Branches now in the hands of agents or attorneys. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That a commissioner appointed by an act of this legislature to manage the fiscal affairs of the Bank of the State of Alabama and its branches, shall cause to be made out and submitted to the next legislature a statement of all the debts now or heretofore in the hands of any agent, commissioner or attorney for the sixteenth sections in this state, when said debt was due and sued, and how much is collected and unpaid into the hands of the proper authorities of the state. 2. Resolved further, That said statement shall also cover all the debts now outstanding in the hands of any agent, attorney or other agent, which has been collected and not paid over, but remains in the keeping of any such agent, attorney or other agent. 3. Resolved further, That said commissioner heretofore mentioned shall have power to appoint a special agent or agents, if he may think it necessary, to examine minutely into all such outstanding debts due either the State Bank, its branches or the various sixteenth sections in this state, and that the commissioners may make such allowance for the purpose of compensating such agent or agents as he may deem right and proper: Provided, Such allowance is sanctioned by the gov. ernor. And any agent so appointed shall make his statement, as soon as practicable, of every outstanding debt due as aforesaid, with all the facts connected, to the commissioner aforenamed, who shall report the same to the next legislature, and take all proper measures to collect or secure all debts coming within the intent and meaning of these joint resolutions. APPROVED, February 17, 1854. JOINT RESOLUTION In regard to the Caleba Light Horse Company. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the quarter master general be authorised to furnish the Caleba Light Horse Company with swords and pistols, said company giving bond for their return, in good order, whenever required of the state. APPROVED, February 20, 1854. |