The age-herald., 1901-07-11

gates were physically weakening day by day owing to the heat. The people did not realize the situation. Here he recited some poetry about a dew drop and about a delegate who was talked to death which caused laughter.
 He moved to lay the amendment on the table. This was done and the subdivision was then adopted by a vote of 73 to g.
 Here the clock struck l and the con- vention adjourned until 3:3o
 Afternoon Session.
 The convention reassembled at 3:3O o'clock, with 96 members present.
 MT. Lowe of Jefferson offered an ordi- nance to amend section of the article on executive so as to provide In what man ner a bill may become law over the Governors veto or in case he fails to sign it.
 The committee on schedules and incl dental expenses made a partial report.
 The pending question was then taken up. Subdivision 32 was read and adopted as follows:
 Subdivision 32 Remitting fines, penalties or forfeitures.
 Subdivision 33 was read as follows:
 Subdivision 33. Providing for the con duct of elections or designating places of voting. on changing the boundaries or wards. precincts or districts, except on the organization of new counties
 MT Thompson of Bibb moved to strike out the words providing for the conduct of elections or"
 Governor oates said the section only applied to local elections; that genera laws would have to be passed on this suo- ject anyway -
 Mir Sanford of Pike faVoreo MI Thompson's amendment.
 The Thompson amendment was then lost by vote of p to 40.
 Mir. Parker of Cullman moved to amend the lewiston by adding the words ana changing the lines of old counties" rms amendment was adopted. The sub-dlvlsioh as amended was adopted by vote Of 55 10 F.
 RefunG,ng Money.
 Subdivision 34 was read as follows'
 34. Restoring the right to vote to per sons convicted of infamous crimes or m volving moral turpftude
 MT. Watts moved to amend by inserting the word "crimes' before the word Tn yolving." The amendment was accept anu the subdivision as amended was adopted. Subdivision 35 was then read as follows:
 S. Refunding money legally paid into the state treasury. MT. Pillans of Mobile and MT. Pitts Of Tuscaloosa thought this dangerous sec ton. Mir Pitts cited several cases where money had been paid into the state treas ury and where 1t would have to be paid out One of these was $56,000, which was now in the treasury and had to be paid out to the Sloss-Sheffield Company as part of the settlement with the university.
 Governor Oates said the section only applied to money legally paid into the on11a taH a law subsequently, declared to be no law or Illegal.
 Judge Coleman of Greene differed from Governor Oates in his construction of the word legally" He cited cases where the Supreme Court had reversed its own de- cisions, first holding a law legal and then illegal
 The subdivision was then on motion tabled.
 Mir Blackwell of Morgan offered a new sub-d b-division-36-which provided that nc special law for lienres should be enacted,
 MT. Davis of Etowah offered new sub division-37-rwhich read, regulating the hunting of game"
 Mir Espyrof Henry favored the amend ment Dr. Cunningham of Jefferson fa- vored the amendment. He had in 1897 been accused of passing game law for Jefferson county. He said he knew nothing about 1t, but when he came to look into it he, found there was such a bill and that some kind Senator had probably added Jefferson county to a game bill This was a bad accident to happen to a Senator and he therefore op- posed local game laws. The amendment was then on motion laid on the tahls-
 No Special Laws, When? The committee then offered the follow Ing portion of subdivision 26 as printed, as a separate section:
 26. No special, private or local law, except law fixing the time of holding courts, shall be enacted in any case, which Is provided for by a general law, or when the relief sought can be given by any court of this State, and the courts and not the General Assembly shall judge as to whether the matter of said law is provided for by general law and as to whether the relief sought can be given by any court; nor shall the General As senbiy indirectly enact any such special, private or local law by the partial re- peal of general law. The General As- sembly shall pass general. laws for the cases enumerated in this section.
 MT. Pettus of Limestone moved to amend the section by striking out all of the section after the word state in the third line.
 Mr.soNeat said this part sought to, be