The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-23

nesday.
 The President-Does the gentleman move that the committee be instructed to report?
 MT. Kyle-Yes, sir.
 A vote being taken. the motion to instruct tth committee to report on Wednesday was lost. and the resolu- tion was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 MT. Rogers (Lowndes)-I ask unan- imous consent to introduce resolution.
 Unanimous consent was given. and the resolution was read by the Secre- tary as follows:
 Resolution No. 2s4 by MT. Rogers of Lowndes:
 Resolution to change Rule 36.
 Resolved, That ayes and noes shall only be ordered when the call therefor is sustained by forty delegates.
 Referred to Committee on Rules.
 Mir. Bulger-I ask unanimous con- sent to introduce a resolution.
 There being no objection. the Sec retary read the resolution as follows:
 Resolution No. 265 by Mir. Bulger:
 That whereas this Convention has been in session fifty days,
 That whereas during said time the weather has been oppressivaly hot. and many confusions and complications have arisen. which were calculated to confuse and entangle, not only the Secretary in making his Journal. hut the reading clerk in taking the vote and calculating the same.
 That whereas, during all this ronfu- sion and complications, both the Secre- tary and Reading Clerk. by their euer- ind, cfyxy hnnactV of have kept not only the Journal. hut the official call and count absolutely cor rect.
 That whereas, in every test of the Journal and in every veridcation of the vote, perfect accuracy has been dem onstrated.
 Therefore, be 1t resolved by the peo- pie of Alabama in Convention assem- bled. that commendation and thanks are hereby rendered to both the Sec retary and Reading Clerk of the Con- yention. for the faithful. energetic and accurate manner in which they have and are discharging the duties of their respective offices.
 Referred to the Committee on Rules.
 The President-The special order for this morning is the report of the Com mittee on Legislative Department. The ocCTctdIy VIII tSdu SeCtIOH fA.
 The Secretary read Section 42 as fol- lows:
 Sec. 42. In all elections by the Leg islature the members shall vote viva voce, and the votes shall be entered on the Journals.
 Mir. Oates-I move its adoption.
 A vote being taken. the section was adopted.
 The Secretary read Section 4s as fol- lows:
 Sec. 43. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary and proper to decide diff ferences by arbitrators. to be appointed by the parties, who may choose that mode of adjustment. Mr.Oates-It Is the same as in the present Constitution. I move its adop- tion.
 A vote being taken. the section was adopted.
 The Secretary read Section A, as fol- lows:
 Sec. A. It shall be the duty of the Legislature, at it's first session after the ratification of this Constitution and within every subsequent period of twelve years, to make provision by law for the revision, digestion and promul. gation of the public statutes of this State. of a general nature. both civi and criminal.
 MT. Oates-The only change made ir that from the present section is by in. seIting twelve instead of ten. Ten is the present provision. but as the Con. vention has provided for legislative ses. sions once in four years, it is made twleve. We thought that would be fire. quent enough to make codlfcations oi the laws.
 MT. .Ashcraft-I desire to ask the chairman of the committee for inform. ation. It provides at the first session after the ratification of this Constitu- tion, and every twelve yeths thereafter Are we to understand the laws are tc be codifled again immediately after the ratification of this Constitution? MT. Oates-Not at all: it makes a law or codifcation, instead of ten years | apart, it will be twelve. MT. Ashcraft-Ought 1t not to be 1 twelve years after the last? MT. Oates-I think that is left to the Legislature. I think it would be. in. stead Of providing for 1t to be ten years fl om that time. That is left, however | with the Legislature. | Mir. Ashcraft-It seems, MT. Presi. dent, that the provision here is man. datory that it should be made imme diately after the ratification ana twelve years thereafter, not twelve years after 1896. but twelve years after the meeting of the Legislature-aftei the ratification of this Constitution. MT. Oates-lt does not matter that 6 law be made in advance-this is sim, ply to regulate the period of time that should elapse between the different qualifications of statutes. The frs Legislature after the ratification of this Constitution passes law and fixes g | time.
 MT Coleman (Greene)-May l ask the gentleman a question?
 The President-Will the gentleman | permit an interruption? MT. Oates-Certainly.
 MT. Coleman-Suppose it read this way: It shall be the duty of the Leg. islature after period of twelve years to make provision by law for the re- vision, digesting and promulgation oi l the public statutes of this State. What would you say that meant?
 MT Oates-I would say that would mean they could not make provision until twelve years after the ratifca- tion of this Constitution. MT Coleman-And then 1t must do 1t Mir. Oates-Yes, sir. | MT. Coleman-If that construction is correct, 1t necessarily follows that al the first session after the ratification oi this Constitution, the Legislature 1: compelled to do precisely what it says it must do twelve years after, be cause it says At it's first session after the ratification of this Constitution, the very thing which you say il should do twelve years afterwards,