The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17

Nebraska--Be 1t enacted by the leg lsiature of the State of Nebraska.
 Montana-Be 1t enacted by the Leg lslative Assembly of the State of Montana.
 Missouri-Be it enacted by the Gen. erai Assembly of-the State of Missouri as follows.
 Massachusetts-Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives In General Court assembled and by au- thority of the same.
 Michigan-Ths people of the State of Michigan enact.
 Minnesota--Be it enacted by the Leg islature of the State of Minnesota.
 Mississippi-Be 1t enacted by the Leg. islature of the State of Mississippi. Maryland-Be it enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly of Maryland.
 Maine-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Leg islature assembld as follows: Louisiana-Be 1t enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly of the State of Louis- lana.
 Kentucky-Be it enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
 Kansas--Be it enacted by the Legis- lature of the State Of Kansas.
 Iowa-Be it enacted by the General
 
 Indiana-Be it enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly of the State of Indiana. Pennsylvania-Be it enacted, etc.
 Oregon-Be it enacted by the Legis- lative Assembly of the State of Oregon. Ohio-Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio.
 North Carolina-The General Assem- bly do enact.
 New York-The people of the State of New York. represented in the Sen ate and Assembly, do enact as follows. New Jersey-Be it enacted by the State and General Assembly of the State of
 virginia-Be it enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly O. Virginia.
 washington-Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washing ton.
 vermont-It is hereby enacted by the mont.
 Utah-Be 1t enacted by the Legisla- ture of the State of Utah.
 Tennessee-Be it enacted by the Gen. eral Assembly of the State of Tennes- see
 South CaroIina-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina.
 Texas-Be 1t enacted by the Legisla- ture of the State of Texas.
 Rhode Island-It Is enacted by the General Assembly as follows.
 West Virginia-Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia.
 So the Convention will see at once that the States of Alabama, Arkansas and twenty-four others enumerated. use the words General Assembly," and seventeen. including nearly all the later States admitted into the Union, use the word Legislature" Then. again, wish to call the attention of the dele gates to the fact that all of our text books, those on Constitutional Law, for instance: "Cooley's Constitutional Limitations" Or6inaux's Constitutional 1-egislation," Hare on American Con- stitutional Law" Smith on Constitu- tional Law" "Sedgwick on Statutory Construction" in fact all of our ele- mentary textbooks, largely every one of them use the term Legislature. !" Now I have noticed it and in debating our proceedings, even the chairmen, men who have in their reports lan- guage "The General Assembly"-it is high sounding. oid-fashioned and old time language. but they more frequent ly speak of the Legislature" than they do of the General Assembly" You go forth in the country, among the com mon people, and it is but one time in a thousand you will hear it called the General Assembly. They speak of it as the Legislature" We want to use a term which is equally applicable, and which is briefer, half the length of the other, and a thing commonly used by our people. These reasons and none other actuated the committee in making this recommendations; and move its adoption.
 MT. Harrison-I offer an amendment The clerk then read the amendment as follows: of the Committee on Legislative De- partment: Amend Section by strik- ing out the word Legislature" where the same occurs therein, and inserting in lieu therof the words General As sembly."
 MT. Harrison-I have listened with some pleasure To the remarks of the distinguished chairman of the commit tee. which fail to satisfy me that the word Legislature was any better or more significant than thes word Gen. eral Assembly. which we have been using for the last decade or more Tn Alabama. In fact, l don't know ou, that it never has been Legislature in the Constitution. Perhaps. at ar early period, it was called Senate and House of Representatives; but Gen eral Assembly" has been used long time. It is referred to in the other Articles in the Constitution as Gen eral Assembly, and we are accustomed to it. It is true 1t is two words, but , only a few more letters than the word . "Legislature;" I can't see any good req son for the change, upon the theory that we were to make as few changes as necessary, and don't think 1t wise to make this change and then perhaps have to change every article where the General Assembly is referred to in tht Constitution in order to conform to 1t hui simply offer this amendment now at its incipiency to test the views ol the Convention. Individually, prefer the words General Assembly, but ir order to test the Convention. l onei that amendment without consuming time to make any speech on 1t.
 MT. Beddow-I move to lay the amendment of the gentleman from Lee on the table.
 Ana upon a vote being taken. 1t re- suited in 51 ayes and SS noes; and the motion to table the amendment pre-
 The President pro tem.-The question is upon the adoption of Section as re- ported by the committee.
 And upon a vote being taken, the sec tion was adopted.
 MT. Howell Il desire to submit re- port from a special committee, which | believe. under the rules, IS prlVi' legged question. |.