any of these products, and may take and receive. proper conveyance for such property in payment for such subscriptions. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the said corpo- Agencies. ration is authorized to constitute and continue an agency or agencies outside of the state, for the transfer of the shares of its capital stock, and to enact all by-laws necessary to provide for the transfer of such shares at such agency or agencies. Approved December 4th, 1890. 23] AN ACT [H. 71 To fix the compensation of witnesses for the state, in all criminal cases, in the circuit court of Perry county, and before the grand jury of said county, and to prescribe when and how they are to be paid. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Witnesses in of Alabama, That from and after the passage of this criminal caact, witnesses summoned and attending on behalf of ses; comthe state, in all criminal cases in the circuit court of pensation of Perry county, and before the grand jury of said county, shall be allowed seventy-five cents per day; also five cents per mile for each mile to and from their residence by the usual traveled route, and all necessary ferriage, tolls of turnpikes and toll bridges; but if a witness attends in more than one case, on the same day, he shall be entitled to compensation in one case only. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That after the trial, or Certificates. continuance of the case for the term, or the discharge of the witness by the court, or the grand jury, the clerk of the court or foreman of the grand jury, upon the application and on the oath of the witness, shall issue to him a certificate stating the number of days he has attended, the case in which he attended, the number of miles traveled, the necessary ferriage and toll, and the total amount due him. When the grand jury is discharged the foreman must furnish the clerk of the circuit court a certified list of all the certificates issued by him, showing to whom issued and amount due each. one. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That immediately List of wit after the adjournment of the court for the term, the nesses. clerk shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, a certified list of all the certificates issued by him, and the foreman of the grand jury during the term; showing to whom issued, the case in which he attended, and amount due him. For making said list, the clerk Clerk's fee. shall receive two (2) cents for each certificate so entered in said book, to be paid by the county. Upon the completion of said list the said book shall be delivered to the county treasurer to be kept by him. Duties of county SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, It is hereby made the duty of the county treasurer to pay each of said certificates on its presentation by the owner thereof, and to treasurer. take up and cancel each one as it is paid, and also mark it paid in said book. The said county treasurer is hereby authorized and directed before each term of said circuit court, to retain out of the general fund of the county, an amount sufficient to pay said certificates as herein provided for. Costs. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, Whenever the costs in any criminal case in said court are imposed on the defendant, or prosecutor, or foreman of the grand jury, the fees of the witnesses for the state shall be taxed as costs against him and be collected with other costs taxed against him, as now provided by law; and when said witness fees are so collected they shall be paid by the officer collecting the same to the county treas urer. Approved December 4th, 1890. 24] AN ACT [H. 98 To change the boundary line between the counties of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of boundary Alabama, That the boundary line of the counties of Covington and Crenshaw be so changed that sections Change of line. 30 and 31 of township 6, range 18, be taken from the territory of Crenshaw county and be added to the territory of Covington county. Approved December 5th, 1890. 25] AN ACT [H. 176 To regulate the election of County Commissioners for Tallapoosa County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the qualified voters of Tallapoosa Commissio'r county shall at the general election in 1892, elect one for each dis't. county commissioner for each district of said county, whose term of office shall begin at the expiration of the term of the present commissioner. Term of office of SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners elected as provided in section 1 of this act, for the first and third districts, shall hold their office for two years; and those elected for the second and fourth commis'rs. districts shall hold their office for four years, and that thereafter two of said commissioners shall be elected at the general election every two years, and hold their office for four years. in district. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That each of said Must reside commissioners shall reside in the district for which they are elected. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts Laws in conof laws contravening the provisions of this act, be and flict repealed. the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 5, 1890. 26] AN ACT [H. 41 To incorporate the East Lake Atheneum. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That Robert Jemison, Solomon Palmer, Corporators. A. D. Smith, J. H. Phillips, W. H. Wood, S. L. Rob Name. Rights, powers, etc. Organization ertson, R. G. Hewitt, M. V. Henry, C. C. Jones, J. H. Finch, James Van Hoose, Henry H. Brown and James Wilson, and their successors in office, be and the same are hereby constituted a body corporate, to be known by the name and style of the "East Lake Atheneum," and by such name and style shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded as natural persons, may have and use a corporate seal, and change the same; may own and hold property both personal and real, acquiring the same by purchase, donations, bequests, devises or by lease; may receive subscriptions for stock for said corporation; may receive by purchase or gift, bonds, choses in action or moneys, to hold and use the same for the benefit of said "East Lake Atheneum." Said corporation. shall have power to sell, lease, or mortgage its real or personal property, stocks bonds or choses in action, and to loan or borrow money; Provided, That in making titles to real estate the deeds shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of said corporation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That as soon as practical after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the persons named in the first section of this act, or a majority of them, to meet and organize by the election of a president, secretary and treasurer of said East Lake Atheneum, and to adopt such rules and bylaws for the government of the corporation, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state, as they may deem proper. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the purpose Purposes and and object of said corporation shall be the establishobject. ment, organization and maintenance of an institution. of learning of high grade for the education of young women, in the arts, sciences and practical industries; to be located at or near East Lake in Jefferson county. That to secure the necessary funds to carry out the objects of this act, said corporators are empowered to form a stock company, whose capital stock shall be sixty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, the capital stock of which may be increased at any time by a majority vote of the stockholders at any regular meeting, to any sum not exceed ing five hundred thousand dollars. Said corporators are further authorized when the sum of thirty thousand dollars shall be subscribed in good faith by bona fide Capital stock subscribers to the capital stock of said company and as much as 20 per cent. of the subscribed stock shall have been paid in cash or in lands or other property, to cause said stock company to be regularly organized by the election of a board of directors by the stockholders Election of to consist of not less than five nor more than thirteen directors. It shall be the duty of said directors when elected, to organize by the election of a president, secretary, treasurer and such other officers and agents as Election of they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions other officers of this act and the objects for which said stock company was organized; and to make rules and regulations for their own government. directors. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of directors may elect a board of trustees for the management and control of said institution of learning, to con- Trustees. sist of not less than five, nor more than thirteen members; or if they deem best, they may, as such directors, act as a board of trustees for said institution of learning. Said directors shall determine who and how many shall constitute a board of trustees for the management of said institution of learning, and the time and manner of their election. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That until such stock company shall be organized by the election of a board of directors as herein provided for, the persons named in the first section of this act shall be authorized to act as a board of trustees for said institution of learning and to have and exercise all the rights and privileges granted in this act to the board of trustees of said institution of learning and to fill all vacancies occurring in their board. Corporators may act as trustees. trustees. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said board of trustees shall have authority to have and use a corpor- Authority to ate seal, and the same to change, and to do and perform whatever may be legally done by like corporations in this state, for the establishment, proper organization, perpetuity, and prosperity of said institution of learning. Said board shall elect a president and a sufficient number of professors and teachers for the govern |