The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04

except upon notice being given and shown. as provided in the last preced- ing section.
 los. The operation of general law shall not be suspended for the benefit of any individual. private corporation or association: nor shall any individ~ ual. private corporation or association be exempted from the operation of any general law except as In this article otherwise provided.
 10s. The Legislature shall pass gen- eral laws under which local and pri- vate interests shall be provided for and protected.
 1I0 A general law within the mean ing of this article is law which ap- plies to the whole State; a local law Is a law which applies to any political subdivision or subdivisions of the State. less than the whole; a special or private law within the meaning of this article is one which applies to an fn- diyidual. association or corporation.
 III. No bill introduced as q general law in either house of the Legislature shall be so amended on It's passage as to become a special private or local law.
 Executive Department.
 112. The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor. Lieutenant Gov ernor. Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education. Commis- sioner of Agriculture and Industries and a sherift for each county. l13. The supreme executive power of this State shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled "The Governor of the State of Alabama"
 IA. The Governor. Lieutenant Gov- ernor. Attorney General. State Auditor, | Secretary of State, State Treasurer. | Superintendent of Education and Com missioner of Agriculture and Industries, shall be elected by the qualified cleo tors of the State at the same time and places appointed for the election of members of the legislature in the year nineteen hundred and two. and in every fourth year thereafter
 l15. The returns of every election for Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Attor- | ney General. State Auditor. Secretary | of State State Treasurer. Superinten- dent of Education and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be sealed up and transmitted by the re- turning officers to the seat or govern ment. directed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. who shall, during the first week of the session to | which such returns shall be made, open and publish them in the presence of both Houses of the legislature in joint convention: but the Speakers duty and the duty of the joint convention shall be purely ministerial. The result of the election shall be ascertained and declared by the Speaker from the face of the returns without delay. The per- son having the highest number of votes for any one of said offices shall be de- clared duly elected; but if two or more l VNnr 1A hau auyn n highest number of votes for the same office. the legislature by joint vote, | without delay, shall choose one of said persons for said office. Contested cleo tions for Governor. Lieutenant Cover nor. Attorney General. State Auditor Secretary of State. State Treasurer, | Superintendent of Education and Com missioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be determined by both houses of the legislature in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
 116. The Governor. Lieutenant Gov ernor. Attorney General, State Auditor, | Secretary of State, State Treasurer. Superintendent of Education and Com missioner of Agriculture and Industries elected after the ratification of this Constitution. shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second
 
 their election and until their success sors shall be elected and qualified. Af- ter the first election under this Consti- l tuition no one of said officers shall be I eligible as his own successor; and the l Governor shall not be eligible to elec- l tion or appointment to any office under 1 this State or to the Senate of the Uni ted States. during his term and within one year after the expiration thereof. 4 Governor shall each be at least thirty years of age when elected, and shall have been citizens of the United States | ten years and resident citizens of this | State at least seven years next before | the date of their election. The Lieu- tenant Governor shall be ex-otficio President of the Senate, but shall have no right to vote except in the event or tie.
 11s. The Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor. Attorney General. State Audi tor. Secretary of State, State Treasurer Superintendent of Education and Com missioner of Agriculture and Industries | shall receive compensation to be fixed | by law. which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected. and shall except thc Lieutenant Governor, l reside at the State capital during the
  | ing epidemlcs. The compensation of the Lieutenant Governor shall be the same as that received by the Speaker of the House. except while serving as Governor. during which time his com pensation shall be the same as that al- l lowed the Governor.
 | 119. If the legislature. at the session next after the ratification of this Con- stitutior shall enact a law increasing | the salary of the Governor, such in- crease shall become effective and apply to the first Governor elected after the ratification of this Constitution, If the legislature shall so determine.
 I20. The liovernor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 121. The Governor may require in- formation in writing, under oath, from | inc officers of the Executive Depart ment, named in this article, or created 1 bv statute, on any subject re- | lating to the duties of their respective offices; and he may | nj any time require information in | [ writing. under cath, from all officers | and managers of State institutions. up- | on any subject relating to the Londi- | | tlon. management anu expenses of | their respective offices and institutions. | | Any such officer or manager who | makes a wilfully false report or fails witnolt sufficient excuse to make tke required report on demand, Is guilty of an impeachable offense.
 122. The Governor may, by prQsla- matior. on extraordinary occasions, | cor-nne the Legislature at the seat of