The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-28
,r hv anv s,atu,a of this state.


 Sec. 55. The Legislature shall not enact any law for one Of more counties. not applicable to all the counties In the State, increasing the uniform charge for the registration of deeds and con- veyances or regulating costs and charges for the registration of deeds and conveyances or regulating costs and charges of courts. or fees, eon- missions or allowances of public of- hcers.
 Sec. s6. The Legislature shall not authorize payment to any person of ths salary of deceased officer beyond the date of his death.
 Sec. 57. The Legislature shall not retire any officer on pay. or part pay. or make any grant to such retiring officer.
 Sec 5S. Lands belonging to, or un- der the control of the State. shall never be donated, directly or indirectly, to private corporations or individuals, or railroad companies; nor shall such lands be sold to corporations CT associations for a less price than that for which 1t is subject to sale to tr- dividuals: provided, that nothing con- tained in this section shall prevent the Legislature from granting right of way, not exceeding 100 feet in wieth. as a mere easement, to railroads across State land. and the Legislature shali never dispose of the land covered " said right of way, except subject to said easement. /
 Sec. Se. No obligation or liability of any person, association. or corporation held or owned by this State, or by any county, or other municipality there3f, shall ever be remitted, released, or postponed, ore in any way diminished. by the Legislature; nor shall such lia- bility or obligation be extinguished ex- cept by payment thereof into the proper treasury; nor shall such lfabili- ty, or obligation be exchanged or trans ferred except upon payment of It's face value; provided, that this section shall not prevent the Legislature from pro- vidlng, by general law, for the conn promise of doubtful claims.
 Sec. 50. The Legislature shall pro- vide, by general lawe, for the location or removal of county seats by vote of the people of the county to DO sf- fected. -.
 Sec. s1. No State or county official. shah, at any time during hls term Of office except, either directly or in- directly, any fee. money, ofi1ce,. ap- pointmeht, employment, reward or thing of value, or of personal advant- age. or the promise thereof to lobby for or against any measure pending before the Legislature, or to give or withhold his influence to secure the passage Of defeat of any such measure.
 Sec. 62. The Legislature shall never pass any law to authorize or leg1ifze any marriage of any white person snd negro or descendants of negro to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation be Ehne person. -.-.=-l.
 vide by law for the regulation ana reasonable restraint of trusts, menopolies and combinations of capital so as to prevent them from making, by such artificial means articles of necessity. trade or coms merce scarce or Ly increasing the cost thereof to the consumer. or oy pre- venting reasonable competition in any calling, trade or business.
 Sec. GA The Senators and Repre- sentativcs shall, before entering on their official duties. take the followins oath, to wit: "I..... .......... ..'''' oo soi- ennly swear Cor affirm as the case may bel. that I will support the Constitu- lion of the United States and of the State of Alabama, and particularly ob- serve and obey all the provisions oi the latter relating to the Legislative Department, to the best of my ability so help me God"
 Mr. Oates--I promised and now ask that the delegate from Jefferson. MT Weatherly, have leave, if he sees prop ar hereafter, to file a minority report as to Section 63 in regard to trusts. de has not had the time to prepare 1t, and is not fully decided whether he will or not. but he has that right reserved to him, if he sees proper to dle 1t. I now ask that the report of the committee be printed, together with the artiede submitted, and that 1t be set down for hearing in the order of being reported. next after the last re- port submitted.
 MT. Long (Walker)-I do not object to the entire report, as It is rather leagthy, but only to that part of the report which relates to representation We have a Committee on Representa- tion. and they are ready to report, and hope inasmuch as 1t is in the present Constitution under the head Of Legis- lative Department, if 1t is to be con tInued under that head, I hope the dis. tinRlIished Chairman will agree to consider that pat of the report at the same time with the report of the Com- mittee on Representation.
 MT. Oates--1 am willing that your re- port may come in with this, right aftef this report.
 Mir. Long Cwalker)-we just want tc consider them together. .. MT. Oates-The report of that com mittee can follow the report of this upon that subject.
 The PresidenR--The gentleman from Montgomery moves that the report lie upon the table, with the ordinance re- ported, and that the gentleman from Jefferson be authorized to file a mi nority report, if he su desires. What time does the gentleman desire with in which to file a minority reportT
 Mir. Oates-I presume one day
 MT. Brooks-Before that motion Is put for the printing of the committed rerort. l desjfe to rise to a question oi privilege as to matter which was be- fore the committee. The section read just now by the Clerk. as reported from the committee. an the trust uues- ton. is not. and I desire to have the attention of the Chairman of the com- nittee to what I am about to say, ia not the section that was passed by the committee, or adopted by 1t. The members of the committee. and the | Chairman win remember. that the or- dinance on this subject was proposed by myself. and that after two separate votes on two distinct occasions. one where there was a long debate, the or Ginance proposed by myself wal | adopted the Chairman voting for ie stating at the time that he would en- deavor to prepare a substitute which would be shorter than the ordinanee l proposed. which he thought tooo long