The age-herald., 1901-06-23
Governor and Sheriffs Must Retire to Private Life at
 Ind of Term
DAILY SESSIONS LENGTHENED
Proposition to Loan the States Money Was ejected-Governor Author ized to Remove Sheriff Pend
 ing impeacnment
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
 Montgomery, June 22.-(SpeciaL) - The constitutional convention held a double barreled session today for the first time. It worked all the morning and from to in the afternoon. Shortly before the doors had to be locked to retain a quorum
 The result of the days work was the adoption of sections 4, 2S, 24, 25 2S, 9 and 30 Of the article on executive. This winds up this report, making one complete arti- cle that the convention has so far adopt ed. There was quite debate over sec- tion 2, which authorized the States money to be loaned, finally resulting in this section being rejected. Some amuse- ment was caused by a resolution to lc I the States money on crop liens and farm produce. Section 26, which provided for a board of arbitration, was also rejected, as well as a substitute offered by MT. Beddow.
 There was much debate over section 30, which, as finally passed, puts a sheriff on the same footing as the Governor, in that he is ineligible for election or ap- pointment to any office for one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected. This section also authorizes the Governor to remove any sheriff from office when impeachment proceedings are pending against him for cowardice or neg lect in allowing mob to take or injure a prisoner while in his possession. This is intended to prevent lynching, and in sup port of this section a brilliant and elo- uuent speech was made by ex-Governor Jones' Why should not sheriff die in the disaharse ses hts dutsf. .si he srlzed ''as well as the engineer at the throttle or the captain on the bridge?"
 There was also some debate over sec tion as to whether the powers of the Joint assembly in determining the result of the elections for State officials should be ministerial or judicial It was decided to leave them ministerial at the present. The committee on local legislation made dts report. All of this is new matter, con- sisting mostly of limitations on the power of the General Assembly as to local laws which are to be enacted by local bodies. The report of the committee on taxa ton will be taken up Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Convention Opens.
 The twenty-seventh days session of the constitutional convention was called to order by President Knox at 10 o'clock. A prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Murphy. Roll call showed 103 members present A number of leaves of absence were ask ed for and granted. No report was made Inv the committee on journal.
 MT. Burns of Dallas offered the follow ing resolution:
 Whereas, but twenty-five (2O more working days are allotted by the enabling act. which, counting six (6) hours per day (being more than double the number of hours already utilized) would give to each member less than one hour,
 Be it resolved, That the time occupied on this floor by each delegate be recorded and that no delegate who Is not chair man of some committee or to whom the time of some other delegate has not been yielded shall consume more than his pro- rata share, except by leave of the con- vention.
 MT. Reynolds of Chiffon offered reso- Iution instructing the suffrage committee to report not later than Monday.
 Mir. Grayson of Madison offered a reso- 1ution to fix the daily sessions at from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock.
 The committee on rules reported favor ably MT DeGraffenreids resolution to fix the hours of the sessions at from 10 a. m. to D. m. and from p. m to p. m The rules were suspended and the resolution adopted.
 MT. Graham of Talladega offered reso- hutton which had been recommended by the county superintendent of education to urge that special county tax be author ized to build school houses.
 MT. Packer of Fillmore offered a resolu- tion.to instruct the president to appoint . committee to prepare memorial to the Congress of the United States to have the fifteenth amendment repealed.
 Another Report.
 MT. O,Neal then submitted the report of the committee on local legislation.
 This article is a new one in the consti- tuition, and it's main feature is to prohibit certain local legislation by the General Assembly. and instead, authorizes 1t to confer upon local courts powers of local legislation It requires notice to be given of the intention to introduce local or spe- cial laws in the Legislature, and provides that such laws can be repealed on similar notice.
 The article as reported is as follows:
 An ordinance concerning local legisla- lion.
 Be it ordained by the people of Alabama  in convention assembled, That the follow ing article on local legislation be inserted fin the constitution.
 Local Legislation.
 Section l. The General Assembly shall not pass special, private or local law in any of the following cases:
 First-Granting divorce.
 second-Relieving any minor of the dis abilities of homage.
 Third-Changing the name of any corpo- ration, association or individual.
 Fourth-Providing for the adoption or aeeitimatizing of any child.
 Fiffh-Incorporating town, city or vil- 3age.
 sixth--Granting a charter to any cor poration, association or individual
 Establishing rules of descent pr distribution.
 Eighth-Regulatfng the time within which civil or criminal action may be begun.
 Ninth -Exempting any person, corpora kfon county township. municipality or