The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-25
GENERAL LAWS
ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA
SESSION 1898-99.

No. 1876. AN ACT S. 1872
To provide for holding a convention to
revise and amend the Constitution of this
State and for the submission of the ques-
tion-Convention or no convention-to
vote of the electors of the State
Section 1-Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Alabama, That on the first
Monday In July, 1893, an election shall be
held in the several counties of this State,
for the purpose of determining whether or
not convention shall be held to revise and
amend the constitution of this State and
at, that election the question of convention
or no convention shall be submitted to a
vote Of the qualified electors of this State.
and If a majority of the voters voting at
said election shall approve of the holding OF
q convention for the purpose stated, said
convention shall be held as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Section 2-Be 1t further enacted That at
the election provided by the first section of
this act every qualified elector who ap-
proves of the holding of such convention
shall declare the same by depositing his
ballot at the voting place where he may be
entitled to vote, by marking a cross mark
before the words For Convention" writ
ten or printed, or partly written and partly
printed thereon; and every qualified voter
OF this State voting at said election who
disapproves of the holding of such conven-
ton, shall deposit his ballot marked with
cross mark before the words mo Conven-
tion," written or printed, or partly written
and partly printed thereon.
Section 3-Be it further enacted, That at
the time of said election delegates to such
convention shall be elected as follows: BY
the several counties of this State the same
number that they are entitled, respectively,
to representatives in the lower house of the
General Assembly, and by the State at
large, thirty-three. The names of the nom
inees for delegates from the counties re-
spectively shall be put upon an official bal
lot to be prepared for the purpose Of the
election, which shall be separate and dis
tinct from the ballot on which is printed
the words For Convention" and mo Con-
vention." The names of all candidates
from the State at large shall be printed
upon said ballots, who may be nominated
by some party convention or caucus or by
petition, in the same manner as State Of
ficers are nominated under the general
laws of this State The names of all can
didates to represent the county in which
the voter lives shall be placed upon the Of
nclal ballot for the county in which the
elector casts his vote, who may have been
put in nomination by some party conven-
ton, or caucus. or by petition, as now pro-
vided by law for the nomination
of candidates for county officers in
general election. The voter shall
express his choice for such candidates
from the State at large by making cross
mark before the names of the thirty-three
delegates for whom he desires to vote, and
shall express his choice for candidates from
the county in which he lives by making
cross mark before the names of the num-
per OF delegates to which such county may
be entitled in the lower house of the Cen
eral Assembly. The official ballot contain
ing the names of all candidates shall be
prepared as official ballots are prepared in
general elections, except that the names of
candidates shall not be arranged alphabet
cally. but by parties who may have nomi-
mated the same, or Independently, If they
nave been nominated by petition. The
names of the candidates from the state at
large shall be separated from the candi-
dates from the counties respectively Above
the names of the candidates from the State
at large shall be printed the words For
delegates to the constitutional convention
from the State at large" and above the
list of candidates from the counties re-
speetively shall be printed the words For
delegates to the constitutional convention
from the county of -"
Pc . f,,r
delegates to said convention shall be citi-
zens OF the State and qualified electors,
provided that the delegates from the State
at large shall be apportioned so that one of
the same shall be resident citizen of each
of the senatorial districts No person shall
be disqualified from being delegate on ac-
count of the fact that he holds an office of
honor or profit, under the State or Federal
government.
Section 5--Be 1t further enacted That on
the Saturday following the election, the
County Returning Board of each county in
the State, composed of the Judge of Pro-
bate, Clerk and Sheriff. respectively, shall
meet at the court house of their respec-
tive counties, for the purpose of canvass
ing the returns of said election; they shall
ascertain how many votes were cast for
a convention, and how many against it.
and how many votes were cast as a whole
in the county, and they shall certify such
votes Immediately to the Secretary of State.
They shall, in a like manner, ascertain the
number of votes received by the candidates
for delegates from the State at large, and
from the counties, respectively, and shall
certify such votes to the Secretary of State
Immediately.
Section 6-Be it further enacted, That on
the Third Tuesday in July, 1899, 1t shall be
the duty of the Governor, Secretary Of
State and Attorney General to assemble in
the office of the Secretary of State, and
open the returns of said election, and they
shall count the votes which may have been
cast For Convention" and mo Conven-
tion,' as appears from such returns, and if
it appears that majority of all the per-
sons voting at said election voted for the
holding of said convention thew shall then