At the store of R. J. Hagood, in the county of Jefferson :
At Westmorelandville, in the county of Lauderdale :
At Centre Star, in the county of Lauderdale:

At the house of Amos Lyles, in the county of Lauderdale:
At the store of Masterson, in the county of Lawrence:
At Ridge Grove, in the county of Macon:

At the school house on the 16th section, township 17, of range 5, east, to be called Frankland, in the county of Marengo:

At the store of Howell, in the county of Marion :

At the house of William Higgs, in the county of Marion: At Hubbard's factory, in the county of Marion :

At Pineville, in the county of Monroe:

At the store of J. & H. O'Gwynn, in Buena Vista beat No. 9, in the county of Monroe :

At the store of J. J. Simpkins, in the county of Monroe: At the house of Benjamin Russell, in the county of Perry : At the store of Hall, in the county of Russell:

At the house of Allen K. Curry, in the county of Talladega:

At Brownsville, in the county of Talladega:

At the store of Mostillo, in the county of Talladega: At the house of J. T. Treadaway, in the county of Tallapoosa:

At the house of James G. Yarbrough, to be called Kielighee, in the county of Tallapoosa :

At the house of Juo. R. Brooks, in the county of Talladega: At the Cross Roads, near Patrick Reals, in the county of Tallapoosa:

At the house of John McRea, in the county of Tuscaloosa: At the house of Thomas Palmer, in the county of Washington:

At the village of Rehoboth, in the county of Wilcox: At the house of Alfred Sandlin, in the county of Walker: At Sneedsborough, (formerly Matthews & Powell's store,) in the county of Wilcox:

At Pounds' store, in the county of Benton :

At the house of A. W. Kirby, in the county of Benton : At Ladiga, in the county of Benton :

At the house of Nimrod Horton, in the county of Benton :: At the house of A. H. Colvin, in the county of Benton : At the store of Hiram Smith & Son, in the county of Fayette :

At the store of John Chapman, in Mud creek beat, in the county of Cherokee :

At the house of John Nixon, in the county of Lowndes ::

Where abolished.

At the store of Curtis G. Beason, in beat No. 6, in the county of St. Clair:

At Hughes' Mill, in the county of Tuscaloosa; and at 'Wilson Shepherd's, in Tuscaloosa county:

At the Court Ground, in Rock Spring beat, in the coun*ty of Chambers:

At Cancleville, in beat No. 10, in the county of Dale:
At Olinda Post Office, in the county of Fayette :

At F. Falkner's, in the county of Cherokee :

At the house of John Weir, in Chambers county:

At the Cross Roads, in Big Spring Valley, and at the house of James Davis, on the north side of Tennessee river, in Marshall county.

At Gilbertsboro', and at the house of Simpson Flannegan, in the county of Limestone.

At the store of James Davison, in the county of Marion :
At the house of John Blair, in Limestone county:

At Hanover, in Coosa county.

At the house of Joseph George, in Mobile county:

At the house of John T. Haden, in Madison county:
At Oak Grove, in Greene county:

At Dover, in Russell county:

At Bentonville, in Coffee county:

At the house of Samuel Perry, in Macon county:

At Butler Springs, in Butler county:

At the store of Wright & Ketler, in Butler county:

At the house of Tobias Lee, in Dale county:

At Wooten's store, in Russell county:

At the new school house, near Elija Skelton's, in Tuscaloosa county:

At the house of Amos P. Lyons, in Mobile county:

At Lagrange, in Franklin county:

At Danville, in Morgan county:

At the house of Charles Tindall, in Dale county; and at the house of Joshua Vale, in Fayette county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the election. precincts heretofore established at the following places be and the same are hereby abolished, to-wit:

At Abram Holder's, in beat No. 12, in the county of Barbour:

At King's Post Office, in beat No. 12, in the county of Barbour:

At Heagan's old place, in beat No. 8, in the county of Barbour:

At Sixteenth section, in Iron Works beat, in the county of Benton:

At the house of Duncan Sellers, in the county of Butler: At Big Rock, in the county of Choctaw:

At the house of Neal McGill, in the county of Covington: At the house of Daniel McDuffie, in the county of Covington:

At Bridgeville, in the county of Coffee:

At the Open Pond, in the county of Henry:

At the house of George Butler, in the county of Henry : At the house of G. Chamblee, in the county of Jefferson: At the house of Darbey, in the county of Lauderdale : At the house of Frederick, in the county of Marion : At the house of Benjamin Foster, in the county of Marion: At Dailey's old store, in the county of Monroe: At Monroe Springs, in the county of Monroe : At the house of Kilgore, in the county of Russell : At Patterson's mills, in the county of Talladega: At the house of Collins, in the county of Talladega: At the house of Albert Yates, in the county of Tallapoosa:

At the house of Hiram Haney, in the county of Tallapoosa:

At the house of Smith, in beat No. 1, in the county of Tallapoosa:

At the house of Edmund Prince, in the county of Tuscaloosa.:

At Poplar Spring, in the county of Wilcox:

At Mayfield's old place, in the county of Benton :
At Brown's old place, in the county of Benton :

At William P. Reid's, in the county of Benton :

At the house of William Wilson, in the county of Fay

ette:

At the house of Brothers, in the county of St. Clair:
At the house of Alford, in the county of St. Clair:
At the house of Hughes, in the county of Tuscaloosa :
At Rock Spring, in the county of Chambers:

At the house of Ava Brooks, in the county of Dale:
At the house of John A. Trulls, in the county of Fayette.:
At Cooley's, on Spring creek, and at John Davis', and at
Oak Hill academy, in the county of Cherokee :

At Jesse Fitzpatrick's, in Chambers county :
At the house of Craig, in Limestone county:

At the house of Adams, in Limestone :

At the house of Benjamin F. Cleveland, in Coosa county. At Liberty Hill, known as Grayson's precinct, in Madison county:

At the house of Travis George, in Mobile county:

At Ridgeville, Butler county:

At the house of Isaac Hill, in Butler county:

At the house of Duncan Sellers, in Butler county:

At the house of James A. Branyan, in Fayette county:

At Alabama Port, in Mobile county:

At Daniel's prairie, in Greene county:

At the house of Elija Reynolds, in Dale county:
At Simm's, in Russell county:

At the house of George W. Lewis, in Tuscaloosa county:
At the house of Samuel Branton, in Dale county:
And at Frost spring, in Franklin county.
APPROVED, February 10, 1852.

advertise to

lease.

To provide for leasing the penitentiary.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, Governor shall That three months before the present lease of the penitentiary shall expire, the governor must advertise in such newspapers in the State as he may select, that sealed proposals will be received for the lease of the penitentiary for six years, to commence on the -day of - -, 1852, designating the day on which the lease of the present lessee will expire.

Proposals.

&c.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the proposals must be addressed to the governor at the seat of government; must state the amount proposed to be paid for each year; and must state also the names of the persons whom the applicant will offer as his securities for the payment of the rent and the faithful performance of his duties according to law.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the advertisement Opening bids, required by section first, must state a day, not less than twenty nor more than thirty days before the expiration of such lease up to which the proposals must be received, and on that day or as soon thereafter as may be, the proposals must be opened by the governor and the proposals of the highest Conditions, &c. bidder accepted within twenty days thereafter, if in the opinion of the governor he is a fit person to discharge the duties of lessee and his securities are such as to afford the State full security for the payment of the rent and the performance of such duties.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if the highest bidder

is not a fit person to discharge such duties, or the securities Powers of gov named by him insufficient, he may accept the proposals of ernor. the next highest bidder and so on.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That between two or Bids the same. more bids of the same amount the governor may make the

selection.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That no proposals must Proposals regu

be received which do not offer to take the labor of the con-lated. victs as a full consideration for the lease without any payment to be made by the State.

Powers secured

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the lease does not impair the power of the governor to pardon convicts or commute the punishment of any person according to law. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the lessee must Bond of lessee. give bond payable to the State of Alabama, with sufficient securities to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the payment of the rent yearly, which must be paid to the

state treasurer.

Second bond of

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the bonds required by the preceding section, the lessee must lessee. also give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, payable to the State of Alabama, with securities to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such lessee during his term.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the bonds re- Where lodged. quired by the provisions of this act must be recorded and

kept in the office of the comptroller.

Governor must

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the governor may Addit'l bonds require additional bonds of the lessee whenever in his opin- may be requir`d ion the public interest demands; and failing to give such additional bonds within ten days after requisition is made, the lease may be declared forfeited and the governor must proceed as is required in the case of the death of the lessee. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That in case the lease is declared forfeited according to the provisions of the pre- pat lessee in ceding section and the lessee or any other person in pos- possession. session of the penitentiary refuses on demand to deliver up the same to the person appointed by the governor, together with the keys and all the property of the State, the governor must issue his order to the sheriff of Coosa county, commanding him to put such person in possession of the same, which order must be immediately executed by said sheriff; and the lessee or person in possession so refusing is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction must be fined not less than two thousand dollars and imprisoned for twelve months.