The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-18


 Mobile has not yielded the floor.
 MT. Wilson-The Chair had recogniz- ed me.
 The President-The Chair could not take the gentleman from Mobile of the floor. The Chair thought thatths gen tieman from Clarke rose to ask . question. s.. ..1 ..!-a.
 MT. Piilans-I cannot undersxand on what basis the gentleman from Madi- son has assumed that the Consultation of 1875 makes it valid to grant special privileges to a corporation; it simply provides that .s,F-'
 The President-The gentleman will suspend. The Convention stands ad- tourned until 3:30 this afternoon.
 AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The Convention met pursuant to ad- 5ournment, there being eighty-six del- egates present upon the call of the roll.
 Leaves of absence were granted as follows: To MT. Bethune until Mon- day at 12 o'clock; to MT. Lomax for this afternoon. f
 MT. Parker (Elmose)-I desire to of fer a short ordinance.
 The President-The gentleman asks unanimous consent toN offer an ordi- nance.
 MT. oNeal-I object.
 The President-Objection is made.
 The regular order of the business will be consideration of report of Committee on Corporations.
 MT. Grant, move that the rules be suspended, and the gentleman have leave to introduce the ordinance to go to a Committee. We have but day or two more here. and the ordinance ought to be considered. -
 The motion was carried.
 The Secretary read the ordinance as follows:
 Ordinance No. 45s. by MT. Parker of Fillmore:
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama In Convention assembled:
 That the license of . public school teacher shall not be cancelled or c contract with such teacher to teach in any public school in this State be ar- nulled. except by due process of law. and from any order cancelling such license tor annulling such contract, such teacher shall have the right oe appeal and a trial by jury. in some court or before some board of compe-> tent Jurisdiction provided by law.
 Referred to Committee on Education.
 Mir. Harrison-I call for the regular order.
 The President-The regular order Is considerat tion of the report of the Com mittee on Corporations of Section 2. The gentleman from Mobile had the floor before recess. and has one minute left.
 Mr. Pillans-It is all the time that require. find on a further examina- ton of the amendment offered that it entirely meets the objections I was urging and ought to be adopted. I therefore move the previous question upon the amendment and upon the section. ..'r
 The President-It is moved that the previous question be ordered upon the amendment and the original section The question is shall the main ques- ton be now put? .-,.-
 4 vote being taken the main question was ordered.
 The President-The question is upon the adoption of the amendment.
 A vote being taken the amendment was adopted.
 The President-The question is upon the adoption of the section as amended.
 The vote being taken the section as amended was adopted.
 The Secretary read Section as fol- lows: -.
 Sec. 8. The legislature shall not re- init the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing. nor alter or amend the same, nor pass any general
  corporation. other than in execution of a trust created by law or by contract. except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold it's charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amend ment of any charter of any corporation in this State. or any special law Tor its benefit. accepted thereby. shall op~ crate as a novation of said charter. nd hoH hri ha under provisions of this Constitution: Pro- vided. that this section shall not ex- tend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in or aid in building of any branch road.
 MT. O'Neal-I have an amendment.
 The Secretary read the amendment as follows:
 Amend Section by striking out in line two the word "or speciar' and also any special law for it's benefit" In line 6.
 MT. O'Neal-The purpose of offering this amendment is to prohibit the legis- < lature to pass ,spseiaT local. laws in reference to corporations, This section seems to have been adopted from the language of the old Constitution. We have passed an article prohibiting special legislation on the subject of corporations and if this section passes. l. as submitted by the Committee it will authorize the legislature to pass spe- cial laws for the benefit of private cor porations If a corporation holds it's charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution the legislature could . pass a special law for it's benefit. If We adopt the section as the committee has reported it we simply destroy to a large extent the article which we have already adopted on local legisla- ton. and am sure that was not the intention of the gentleman who com pose the committee
 MT. Harrison-Will the gentleman allow me to call his attention to the very first Section adopted. where all that has beer prohibited. It must all be construed together. You will find 1t prohibited again in Section 10. The language used is simply a verbatim cory from the old Constitution, and we did not want to keep repeating all the time what we have in the first Section and also in Section 10.
 MT Graham (Montgomery)-By strik- ing out the word special" would it not be construed that the Legislature would have the right to enact specAaA law?
 Mir O'NeaI-No sir, you did not read far enough. It simply means that the Legislature cannot pass general law
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