First, to Senator Craft and Representatives Grove, Vickers and Rogers, and

Second, To the Chamber of Commerce and the Civic Clubs of Mobile, and

Third, to the Citizens of Mobile for their untiring efforts to make our visit enjoyable as well as profitable.

Approved June 27, 1927.

No. 130)

(H. 84. Rogers of Mobile.

AN ACT

To provide for the punishment for any voter who votes, or attempts to vote more than once in a Primary Election.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

That any voter who shall vote more than once, or attempt to vote more than once, in any Primary Election held in this State, shall, on conviction be punished in the same manner as provided for voting or attempting to vote more than once in a General Election.

Approved July 1, 1927.

No. 131)

(H. 107. Edmundson.

AN ACT

To Amend Section 6855 of the Code of Alabama 1923.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama that section. 6855 of the Code of Alabama, 1923 be amended so as to read as follows:

6855. Books Kept for Recording, Mode of Recording.Judges of Probate are to procure at the expense of their counties, large and well-bound books, in which must be recorded in a fair hand, or by printing the same, or by the use of a typewriter, or other writing or printing, photograph or photostat machine, word for word, conveyances of property and all other instruments authorized to be recorded, with the acknowledgments, proofs, schedules, plats, surveys, etc., belonging thereto; and at the foot, or in the margin of the record of each conveyance or other instrument, the day of the month and year of the delivery of the same for record must be specified. The judge making the record of any conveyance or other instrument must certify on the same when it was received and recorded, and in what book and page the same is recorded, and must deliver it to the party entitled thereto, or his order, on the payment of the fees of registration; but the judge of probate may refuse to indorse "filed" on any conveyance or other instrument, or to record

the same, until such fees of registration are paid, and unless the conveyance or other instrument is witnessed, probated, or acknowledged as required by this Code.

Approved July 1, 1927.

No. 132)

AN ACT

(H. 176. Waddell.

To safeguard the distribution and sale of certain dangerous caustic or corrosive acids, alkalis, and other substances in the State of Alabama, to be known as the Caustic Alkali or Acid Act. And prescribe a punishment for the violation thereof."

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alabama, first:

Section 1. Definition: A. The term "dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" means each and all of the acids, alkalis, and substances named below: (a) Hydrochloric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized hydrochloric acid (HCl) in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (b) Sulphuric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sulphuric acid (H-SO.) in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (c) Nitric acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized nitric acid (HNO1) in a concentration of five per centum or more; (d) Carbolic acid (C.H.OH), otherwise known as phenol, and any preparation containing carbolic acid in a concentration of five per centum or more; (e) Oxalic acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized oxalic acid (H.CO.) in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (f) Any salt of oxalic acid and any preparation containing any such salt in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (g) Acetic acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized acetic acid (HC:HO) in a concentration of twenty per centum or more; (h) Hypochlorous acid, either free or combined, and any preparation containing the same in a concentration so as to yield ten per centum or more by weight of available chlorine, excluding calx chlorinata, bleaching powder, and Chloride of lime; (i) Potassium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized potassium hydroxide (KOH), including caustic potash and Vienna paste, in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (j) Sodium Hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sodium hydroxide (NaOH), including caustic soda and lye, in a concentration of ten per centum or more; (k) Silver nitrate, sometimes known as luna caustic, and any preparation containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) in a concentration of five per centum or more, and (1) Ammonia water and any preparation yielding free or chemically uncombined am

monia (NH), including ammonium hydroxide and "hartshorn," in a concentration of five per centum or more. B. The term "misbranded parcel, package, or container" means a retail parcel, package, or container of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance for household use, not bearing a conspicuous, easily legible label or sticker, containing (a) the name of the article; (b) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, seller, or distributor; (c) the word "Poison," running parallel with the main body of reading matter on said label or sticker, on a clear, plain background of a distinctly contrasting color, in uncondensed gothic capital letters, the letters to be not less than 24 point size, unless there is on said label or sticker no other type so large, in which event the type shall be not smaller than the largest type on the label or sticker, and (d) directions for treatment in case of accidental personal injury by the dangerous caustic or corrosive substance.

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Section 2. No person shall sell, barter, or exchange, or receive, hold, pack, display, or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, in the State of Alabama, any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance in a misbranded parcel, package, or container, said parcel, package, or container being designed for household use. vided, that household products for cleaning and washing purposes, subject to this Act and labeled in accordance therewith, may be sold, offered for sale, held for sale and distributed in this State by any dealer, wholesale or retail.

Section 3. Any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance in a misbranded parcel, package, or container suitable for household use, that is being sold, bartered, or exchanged, or held, displayed, or offered for sale, barter, or exchange, shall be confiscated and disposed of as provided for under the Pure Food and Drug Act of the State of Alabama.

Section 4. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Section 5. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this act as in the case of other provisions of the Pure Food and Drug Act, as is hereby authorized and empowered to approve and register such brands and labels intended for use under the provisions of this act as may be submitted to him for that purpose and as may in his judgment conform to the requirements of this statute; provided, however, that in any prosecution under this act the fact that any brand or label involved in said prosecution has not been submitted to said Commissioner of Agriculture for approval, or if submitted, has not been approved by him, shall be immaterial.

Section 6. This Act shall take effect six months after the date of its enactment.

Section 7. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved July 1, 1927.

No. 133.)

(H. 307. Jordan of Etowah.

AN ACT

To repeal an Act entitled an Act "To provide for the selection of delegates to any national party convention whenever a citizen of the State of Alabama is a candidate for the nomination by any political party as its candidate for election as President of the United States." Approved September 13, 1923.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama;

Section 1. That an Act entitled An Act, "To provide for the selection of delegates to any National Party Convention whenever a citizen of the State of Alabama is a candidate for the nomination by any political party as its candidate for election as President of the United States" Approved September 13, 1923, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved July 1, 1927.

No. 134.)

AN ACT

(H. 364. Frey.

Allowing boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions under the regulation and supervision of the Alabama Athletic Commission herein established, and relating to the powers, duties, compensation and authority of said commission, and prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, or rules of said commission.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

Section 1. That boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions, for purses, where an admission fee is charged, are hereby allowed, except on Sundays, provided however, that all such boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions authorized herein, shall be held under the supervision of and subject to the rules and regulations of the Alabama Athletic Commission hereinafter created and in strict compliance with the provisions of this Act, and provided further, that no boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall exceed ten rounds of three minutes each, and no decision shall be allowed or given at any boxing or sparring match or exhibition held in this State.

Section 2. That an Athletic Commission is hereby created, which shall be known as the Alabama Athletic Commission, and which, for the purpose of brevity, is hereinafter referred to in

this Act as the Commission. The Commission shall consist of three men, each of whom shall be a qualified voter and at least thirty-five years of age. The members of the Commission shall consist of a Chairman of the Commission and Two Associate Commissioners, each of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The Chairman shall be appointed for a term of six years, and one Associate Commissioner for four years, and one Associate Commissioner for two years, and thereafter their respective successors shall be appointed for a term of six years. They shall take the same oath of office and may be impeached and shall be commissioned as other State officers, but they shall not be required to reside in Montgomery County, Alabama.

Section 3. The Commission shall adopt a seal and shall have and hereby is vested with the sole direction, management, control and jurisdiction over all boxing, sparring and wrestling matches or exhibitions to be conducted, held or given within the State of Alabama, and no such boxing, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition shall be conducted, held or given within the state except in accordance with the provisions of this act. The Commission shall have full power and authority and it shall be its duty: (a) to make and publish boxing rules and regulations govering in every particular the conduct of boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions, the time and place thereof, and the prices charged for admission thereto; (b) to accept application for and in its discretion, order a license or permit issued to any patriotic organization chartered by authority of a special act of the Congress of the United States, or local unit thereof, and none other, desiring to prmote or conduct a boxing, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition, and to revoke such license or permit at pleasure; provided however, that no license or permit shall be issued to any organization, or local unit thereof, which has not been in existence and held meetings at regular intervals for one year immediately preceding the granting of the permit; (c) to collect through the Recorder of Permits and Licenses a fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars for every permit or license to hold a boxing, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition, and ten per cent. of the gross receipts of every boxing, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition, and a reasonable fee, to be fixed by the Commission, but not to exceed Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars for each annual license or permit issued to a boxer, wrestler, referee, judge, match-maker, ticket seller, promoter, manager, announcer, trainer, second, medical examiner, ticket taker, director, or time keeper; (d) to revoke any license. or permit when, in its judgment, the public welfare requires it.

Section 4. Each member of the Commission shall serve as such without a salary, but shall be paid his actual traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of his official duties.