The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30
AFTERNOON SESSION.

| The Convention met pursuant to ad- journment, there being 94 delegates present uron the call of the roll.
 The Fresident-The question before the Convention is the consideration of the report of the Committee on Ordsr, Consis iency and Harmony. The gen tleman from Montgomery (Mr. Jones) | had the floor when the Convention ad- | journed at noon.
 MT. Reese-I ask the gentle enan to yield for a moment while I introduce short resolution.
 The President-The gentleman from Dallas asks unanimous consent to in- troduce short resolution. The Chair hears no objection. The Secretary read the resolution as follcws:
 shall adjourn today at ! o'lock p. m., it o'clock tonight.
 MT. Reese-Mr. President The PresiGent-A motion 10 suspend | the rules is not debatable.
 Mir Reese-I rise to the point of order that a motion to suspend the rules is Tot recessarY to fix d time for dd- | journment
 The President-The gentleman from Dallas is correct.
 MT. Reese-I move the adoption of the resolution. and I call for the ayes and noes.
 The call was not sustained.
 The Presdent-The question is on the adoption of the motion that when the Convention adjourns this afternoon it | stand adjourned to meet at 8:30 o'clock l tonight
 | Upon a vote being taken, a division was called for, and T further vote oe- ing taken, there were ayes 33;; noes 70, and the motion was o5t
 Mir. White-If the Sentlemaa fem Mont gomery will yield lonS ,npUgn, I will ask consent to ,nerpduce an orGin- I ance to be referred. 1 am InstrLcte ed to introduce it by the cuin;ni:'e, The Hresident-The gentleman from Jefferson asks unanimous consent to introduce an ordinance. Is there ob- | jcc ion? Objectio was made.
 Mir. deGraffenre id-I move that the rules be suspended in order that the ordinance may be introduced.
 on vote being taken, the rules wei e suspended.
 The Seeretary read the ordin&m .e ss | follows:
 Ordinance No. -, by MT. White:
 AN ORDINANCE.
 To app: :opriate $143.75 for the payment 1 of c. B. Brown and the Alabama Printing Company for services per
 fo med for the State of Alabama for the use of the Constitutional Con- | Vention. : Section 1. Be it ord1iEed by the peo- pie of Alabama, in convention assem- bl ad, That there be, and is hereby, ap- propriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appro- | n,ia of tn hn the Alabama Printing Company and ! C. B. Brown for services performed for | the State of Alabama for use of this Convention. as follows: | Sec. 2 The State Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of C. B. Brown for the sum of $50 for typewrit- ing done by him for the Committee on | Order, Consistency and Harmony of the Whole Constitution, and the said | Auditor is also directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in fa- vor of the Alabama Printing Company for tEe sum of $113.75 for printing three hundred copies of the report of said Committee for the use of this Conven- tion.
 Refer ed to the Committee on Sched- ule, Printing and Incidental Expenses. The amendment offered by Mir. Jones  Amend Section 6S. on page l6 of the Article on Legislative Department, by striking out the period at the end of the section. and inserting in lieu there of a semi-co.on. anu inserting the fol- | lowing words immediately after the mi-colon, to wit: Nor prevent the Legislature from increasing or dimin- | ishing at any time the allowance to the sheriff or other officers for feeding or | transporting and guarding prisoners" " | MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I shall be very brief in explaining the reasons | for that amendment. Section 6S. found on page 16 of the Committees report, provides that the Legislature shall not have power. among other things, to increase or decrease the fees and com pensation of such officers during their | terms of office. There is a proviso at the end, that this section shall not ap- | ply to allowances made to Commis- | sioners' Courts, or Boards of Revenue. or to county officers for eX officio ser I vices" Now, in the case of Dane V. Smith. 54 Ala. Dane came into the of flee at a time when the fee for feeding nrisoners was 50 cents The LeRisla-