The age-herald., 1901-06-19

square miles, Each new county will have to have population sufficient to entitle it to one representative. Under the pres | ent apportionment this would be about 19,0OO.
 The committee will also recommend that to remove county seat two-thirds vote of the qualified electors will be neces- sary. This committee has under consid- eration the Shelby County matter, and has practically decided to recommend that the act removing the courthouse from Columbiana to Calera be annulled for rect an amendment to section B of the | executive which he had introduced yes terday.
 May Abolish Military. MT. Lomax of Montgomery introduced | an ordinance to regulate payment of in- | terest on the University fund. It auth prizes also she trustees at any time to abolish the military feature of the Uni- versity.
 MT. Murphree of Pike offered an ordi- nance to give the legislature authority to l fix the fees in administering small es- tates.
 MT. Stone of Blount offered a resolu- tion to have the convention meet on Mon- | days at 10 o'clock
 MT. Green of Calhoun offered an ord1- nance to fix the election of all city officials on the same day as the election for State officials.
 General Harrison of Lee offered reso- lutjoa to limit speeches or amendments to ordinances reported by committees to five minutes.
 The convention then took up section | thirteen of the article on executive, which relates to the passage of bills through the House and their veto by the Cover | nor.
 1 Governor Jones' chairman of the commit tee, then arose to explain the section, as | it allowed the Governor to suggest amendments to bills. He said the constitu- | tion authorized the Governor to suggest legislation, which he might do in special | message or by conference with commit tees That In fact the constitution really made him member of the Legislature | so much that it required a large number of that body to pass any bill over his 1, objection. He was surprised to hear MT | Long describe that part of section tnlr- | teen which allowed the Governor to sug- gest amendments as a startling innova- tion in our system of government. Gov | ernor Jones then proceeded to give exam | ples of certain bills which had contained | errors by inadvertance, and on account l of which the Governor had been com | pelled to veto it, because 1t was too late | to amend 1t. There is no fear of the Gov ernor arbitrarily vetoing bills, he said on the contrary the tendency is the other way The Governor is a man elected by two millions of people. and there is no l fear that he will do anything tyranically. He then moved the previous question.
 Lowe's Motion Lost.
 MT. Lowe's motion to recommit was thec put and lost by vote of IS | to 24
 Mr' DeGraffenried's amendment was then taken up and lost.
 MT. Murphree of Pike offered sub- stitute for the committees report. This contained section IS of the present con stitution except that the Governor was | given ten days after adjournment m which to approve bills
 MT >Fitts of the committee on executive | then stated that the convention had en- loved the privilege of amending their re- | port, and he now thought that the com mittee might enjoy the privilege or nav | ing this section of their report either | adonted or reflected, and some other sec tion taken up He moved that the sub stitute be aid on the table. This motion was carried. MT. Sanford of Pike moved to table MT. DeGraffenrieds amend | ment This motion was carried, ana MT. Fitts moved the adoption of section lS as |
 l Mr. DeGraffenried then called attens1on l to the fact that he had a pending amend ment. regulating the considering Of piils when vetoed by the Governor. The com | mittee on executive accepted his amend | ment and the previous question was called for and the section adopted by | vote of 73 to fl.
 Section f3.
 Section 13. Every bill which shall have assed both houses of the General As sembly shall be presented to the Govern | or: if he approve, he shall sign It; but IT not he shall return it with his objections to that house in which it shall have ori- | ginated who shall enter the objections at large upon the journal and proceed to reconsider it. If the Governors message proposes amendment which would remove his objections, the house to which it is sent may so amend the bill, and send 1t with the Governors message to the other house which may adopt, but cannot amend said amendment; and both houses concurring in the amendment, the bill shall again be sent to the Governor and acted on by him as on other bills If the house to which the bill is returned, re- | fuses to make such amendment, 1t shall proceed to reconsider; and if a majority | of the whole number elected to the house shall vote for the passage of the bill It shall be sent with the objections to the other house, Dy WHICH IL SHdii liheWiSc bo reconsidered and if approved by a major ity of the while number of that house, it shall become a law. If the house to which the bill is returned makes the amendment and the other house declines to pass the same, that house shall pro- ceed to reconsider, though the bill had originated therein, and such proceedings shall be taken thereon as above provided. In every case the vote of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and ! the nafnes of the members voting for or against the bill, shall be entered upon the journals of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Gov ernor. Sundays. excepted, with six days after 1t shall have been presented, the same shall become law in like manner as if he had signed it. unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment or re- cess. prevent it's return, in which case 1t shall not be law; but bills presented to the Governor within five days before the adjournment of the General Assem- bly may be approved by the Governor at any time within ten days after the final adjournment, if approved and deposited | with the Secretary of State within that time. Every vote. order or resolution to