The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-06
0FFIClAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

referred Ordinance No 40S. direct me Io
 return the same with the recommends ton that II do not pass. IL proposes Io
 change the present constitution and the
 article on ,ne Executive Department l adopted by this convention so as to nlahe SneI IIfS englDie as their own suc- cessors, and to cnange .he provisions
 of the article adopted by the Conven- 1 ton to the mode of impeachments of | Sheriffs. | All these matters have been so fre- | quenNy discussed before the Conven-
 tion. and it has so frequently acted
 adversely to the principle sought to be | enacted by the ordinance herewith re-
 turned. that the committee refrains | from any argument in support of its | adverse report.
 1 Thomas G. Jones. Chairman. | Tho Minority report of the commit
 tee was read as follows: 1 Minority report of Executive De- | partment:
 We. the undersigned members of the Committee on the Executive Depart
 ment. do not concur in the Majority re- | port on Ordinance No. 40S, introduced | by MT. Heflin of Chambers. | We recommend the adoption of the | ordinance as amended by us, which is | as follows
 An ordinance entitled Section 2s of Article V:
 l Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala
 bama. in Convention assembled: A Sheriff shall be elected in each
 county by the qualified electors there
 of who shall hold his office for the | term of fcur years unless sooner re-
 moved. and he shall be ineligible to
 such office as his own successor. Va l tpa nria in ho nf Gharim ah ha l filled by the Governor, as in other
 cases: and the person appointed shall
 continue in office until the next general
 election in the county for Sheriff, as provided by law.
 The Sheriff may be impeached or re-
 moved from office in the manner and for the causes mentioned in Article VII
 of this Constitution
 Be 1t further ordained that Section
 2S of Article ". which was finally
 passed on July 2, 1901, be and the same | T. W. Hodges. M S. Carmichael, | M M. Smith. l The President-The ordinance will lie
 upon the table and be printed. Is 1t l the pleasure of the Convention that the report of the Committee shall also be | printed? The Chair has several times called attention to the fact that the
 rules provide only for printing the or | dinances.
 Mr. Williams (Marengo)-I move that
 the report of the committee be printed, | along with the ordinance, including the l minority and majority reports both. The President--What Is the pleasure of the Convention as to the resolution? | To take the same course? l MT. Jones-Unless the gentleman from Dallas desires it. do not see any
 need to print 1t at all, because 1t Is the same old straw we have been threshing over for days. Does the geu tlerpan from Dallas wish to have his
 resolution reported back printed? MT. Burns-I suppose it will be print
 ed in the report. The stenographers | take down everything, word for word,
 that is said. and it will be printed there.
 The motion to print the reports. mi | nority and majority, and ordinance was carried.
 Mir Jones-There is one other mat l ter that I forgot to report. The Com-
 mittee requested me to return to the | Convention the petition of the SherifYs. | Clerks and Registers. The committee | had already acted upon so much of the petition as referred to the article on Executive Department, and they ask
 me to return it and that 1t be referred | to the Committee on the Judiciary. It seems to relate to matters coming up
 before that committee.
 The petition was received and refer
 red to the Committee on Judiciary, as requested.
 The President-The next business be-
 ton of the report of the Committee on Taxation.
 MT. Walker-I believe when the Con-
 vention adjourned day before yester- day it had under consideration the
 amendment offered by the gentleman from Lauderdale, to section 10 of the
 committees report. The President-And there is an
 amendment pending by the gentleman
 from Mobile. an amendment to the
 amendent of the gentleman from Lau- derdale.
 MT. Walker-Two amendments being
 before the house. 1 understand another
 one is not now in order. Objection is
 made to the section as reported by the committe-- The President-The Chair will call
 the attention of the gentleman to the fact that the gentleman from Lauder
 dale has the floor on that proposition.
 MT. O'Neal Uauderdale)-I am will ylSlu tO lnC AiOhA Madison. provided am recognized after the conclusion of his remarks.
 The President-The Chair does not entertain any proviso. It will take into consideration the application of the gentleman when made.
 MT. Walker-Objection was made to the provisions reported by the com mittee that the operation of the section would prevent the acquisi-
 tion> by municipal corporations of
 public utilities. in reference to which
 the indebtedness would not bear upon
 the revenues of the city because of the possibility of arrangements being made by which those utilities could be made
 to bear the burden. Objection on the other hand was
 made to the apnendment offered by the gentleman from .Lauderdale, on the ground it practically amounts to dis pensing with all limitations upon the debt creating power of municipalities. It occurs to me, in reference to each of | these objections there is considerable force. We do not want in the first place, to tie the hands of municipalities
 so that they will be unable to acquire certain cOnvenienceS of municipal life, l that may be acquired un such a way as
 not really to create additional burdens
 upon the revenues from taxation of the municipality. On the other hand Ftake it this convention must recognize
 the necessity of fixing some limita-
 ton upon the power of municipalities