Mar. 5, 1901, p. 208, § 3. School Houses. the said faculty so constituted may issue certificates of proficiency to the students in said school. A majority of the trustees heretofore appointed shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business in behalf of this corporation. 1974. Trustees; classification and terms of office. The trustees herein before appointed and named shall be divided into five classes, viz.: Classes one, two, three, four, five, and each class shall hold office respectively for the terms of one, two, three, four, and five years each, classification to be determined in the order in which they are named in the first section of this article; at the expiration of the respective terms of each of said trustees his successor shall be elected by a majority of the other trustees; provided, that after the expiration of the term of the trustees herein named, in the manner herein provided, the term of the office as to all successors shall be for five years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Mar. 2. 1907, p. 174, § 1. Ib. 1975. Appropriation for schoolhouses; disbursement of.The sum of sixty-seven thousand dollars shall be appropriated annually, or so much thereof as is necessary, out of the proceeds arising from the sale of fertilizer tags by the commissioner of agriculture and industries, for the purpose of aiding in the erection or repairing of rural schoolhouses in this state. 1976. Limitation of appropriation to any one county.-Not more than one thousand dollars of this appropriation shall be School Houses. used or paid out in any one county of this state in a separate fiscal year. 174, § 2. 1977. Application of school districts for part of appropri- Mar. 2, ation. The district trustees of any school district, no part of which lies in an incorporated city, town, or village, having secured bona fide donations or subscriptions of not less than one hundred dollars for the purpose of building or repairing a public schoolhouse in their district, may make application to the county superintendent of education to receive the benefits of this article. 1978. Filing and submitting application to county board. Ib. The county superintendent of education shall file such application and make a record of same, and submit it to the county board of education. 1979. Consideration of application by county board.-The Ib. county board of education shall consider and investigate all applications filed, shall approve such as seem just and necessary, giving preference to the most needful. 1980. Record of consideration of applications; contents.—Ib. The board shall record their proceedings, showing the applications approved by them, the amount of the donation or subscription, and the amount of money which the board recommends to be given to such district. 1981. Amount of appropriation.-The amount so recom- Ib. mended for any district shall in no case exceed the amount secured by donation and subscriptions; nor shall the total for any schoolhouse exceed two hundred dollars. 1982. Plans and specifications for schoolhouses; how fur- Ib. nished. No appropriation shall be made for the building of a schoolhouse unless said schoolhouse is built in accordance with the plans and specifications either furnished by or approved by the state superintendent of education. 1983. Area of schoolhouse lot.-No money shall be appropri-ь., § 3. ated for the erection of a new schoolhouse building on a plat of ground of less dimensions than two acres. 1984. County board certifies to state superintendent of edu- Ib. cation application approved. The county boards of education (r.c.c.) shall certify to the superintendent of education, in writing, showing the county from which applications approved by them come, the amount or sum of money recommended by said board to be given to such districts, and such statement shall be signed by the county superintendent of education, giving his postoffice address. 1985. State superintendent orders warrant; auditor issues b. same. Upon the receipt of the certificate by the superintend- (r.c.c.) 52-AC-VOL I Mar. 2, 1907, p. 174, § 3. Ib. Ib., § 4. lb. Ib., § 5. School Houses. ent of education, he shall request the state auditor to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the sums or amounts specified therein, and shall lay before the state auditor the statements and information he may possess; the state auditor shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the amount of money to be given to each school district, as shown by the certificate, and he shall make each of said warrants payable to the county superintendent of education of the county wherein such districts are situated, and shall indicate thereon for the benefit of what public school district the same is issued. 1986. Delivery and forwarding of warrants. Such warrants shall be delivered to the superintendent of education, and he shall forward the same to the different county superintendents of education as the same are payable. 1987. Statements filed and kept.-The statements from which said warrants are made up shall be delivered or returned to the state superintendent of education by the state auditor, after he has had the use of the same in the issuance of said warrants, and shall be safely kept in the office of the state superintendent of education. 1988. Receipts for warrants and proceeds thereof.-All persons or officers receiving any warrant or the proceeds thereof issued under this article shall execute a receipt to the person or officer from whom he receives the same, describing such warrant. 1989. Payment of warrant to district trustees.-Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the county superintendent of education that the erection or repair of a public schoolhouse has been commenced and the amount of subscription or donation secured and a deed has been executed, conveying to the State of Alabama for the benefit of said district the lot or parcel of land on which said public schoolhouse is being erected or repaired, the county superintendent shall endorse and deliver to the district trustees said warrant and the amount or sum of money named in the same shall be paid to said trustees or to their successors in office, the proceeds of which shall be applied by the trustees to the building or repairing of the public schoolhouse for which such warrant was issued. 1990. Account with each county to be kept by state superintendent of education.-The state superintendent of education shall, in a book kept by him for that purpose, open an account with each county in this state, and shall charge against that county the amount of each warrant issued under this article for the benefit of any of the public school districts of such county. 174, § 5. 1991. Warrants not delivered by county superintendent of Mar. 2, education. Any of the warrants not delivered by the county 1907, p. superintendent of education by reason of failure of the district to comply with the requirements of this article, shall, after the lapse of six months from the receipt of same by the county superintendent of education, be by him returned to the state superintendent of education, and by him marked cancelled, and if the same has been charged against the county in the book kept under the preceding section, an entry shall be made therein crediting the account of said county with each of such cancelled warrants. 1992. Unexpended balance carried forward.—If, at the end of any year, the whole appropriation for that year has not been exhausted, the state auditor and the state treasurer shall carry the unexpended balance forward, and this balance shall be available, in addition to the regular appropriation for the current year. Ib. 1993. Warrants, and the proceeds thereof; how used.-The Ib., § 6. proceeds of all warrants issued under this article shall be used only for the erection or the repair of the public schoolhouses in the district for the benefit of which they shall be issued, and it shall be unlawful to use or apply the same to any other purpose whatsoever. CHAPTER 42. SEAL OF THE STATE. 1994. 1994. (3727) (18) (18) Great seal of the state. The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two and a quarter inches; near the edge of the circle shall be the word "Alabama," and opposite this word, at the same distance from the edge, shall be the words "Great Seal.” In the center of the seal there shall be a representation of an eagle and a shield, and upon such part of the seal as the governor may direct, there shall be the words, "Here we rest." The seal shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Alabama." (Aikin's Digest, p. 383, § 1; Clay's Digest, p. 530, § 1; Dec. 29, 1868, p. 77; Const. 1875, art. 5, § 20.) |