The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-01

would like 0Gr. Lon9 to defer the nat
 ter of the sfenographtc report until
 Tuesday.
 The leave was granted.
 Ordinance No. 1e1:
 An ordinance to amend Section 27 of
 Article w of the Constitution of Ala-
 bama, relating to signing of bilis and
 joint resolutions by the presiding of-
 ficer of each house Be st ordained by
 the people of Alabama in convention
 assembled:
 That Section 27 of Article " of the Constitution of Alabama be amended % as to read as follows:
 'sThe presiding officer of each house shall in the presence of the house over
 which he presides, sign all bills and Assembly after the bills shall have
 been publicly road at length imme- diately before the signing. and the fact of read and signing shall be entered on the journal"
 Referred to Committee on Legisla- tive Department.
 Resolution S7. by MT. Vaughan:
 Resolved, That no delegate shall in- troduce 8 resolution or ordinance until his name is reached on the roll call except under a suspension of the rules.
 Referred to Committee on Rules
 Mir. Waddell-By rsquem I offer an ordinance.
 Ordinance No. 1s2. by Mir. Boone
 An ordinance to add an additional section to the Declaration of Rights,
 Police power of the State.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in convention assembled. That the exercise of the police power of the Gfaf fA hnl kA AptA rr construed as to permit corporations 10 conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of in- diyiduals. or the general well being of the State
 See 121 Missouri Reports. page 317.
 Referred to Committee on Pres mble and Declaration of Rights.
 Ordinance No. lS3, by Mir. Boone (Mo- bile):
 An ordinance to regulate the organi- zatiou and classification of cities and towns.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama, in convention assembled, That the General Assembly shali provide, by general laws. for the organization and of cities and towns. The number of such classes shall not exceed four: and the power of each class shall be defined by general laws, 50 that all such municipal corporations of the same class shall possess the same pow CTS and be subject to the same restric- tions. The General Assembly shall also make provisions. by general law, where- by any city. town or village, existing by virtue of any special charter or lo- cal law, may elect to become subject to, and be governed by, the general laws relating to such corporations.
 Sec. ?. Any city having a population 'f more than twenty thousand inhabi- tants may frame . charter for its own government. consistent with and sub lect to the Constitution and laws of this State. by causing q board of thir- teen freeholders. who shall have been Tor at least i've years qualified voters thereof. to be elected by the qualified voters of such city at any general or special election; which board shall, within ninety days after such election, return to the Chief Magistrate of such ,ity draft of such charter, signed by the members of such board or a ma |ority of them. Within thirty daysl thereafter. such proposed charter shall oe submitted to the qualified voters of such city at a general or special elec- lion. and If four-sevenths of such quail fled voters voting thereat, shall ratify he same. 1t shall, at the end of thirty lays thereafter. become the charter 'f such city. and supercede any exist ng charter, and all special acts of the General Assembly relating to such city, other than law securing and enforcing he payment of the debts of any such ,ity shall supercede any existing char ter and amendments thereof. A dupli- ,ate certificate shall be made, setting forth the charter proposed and It's rati- 1cation, which shall be signed by the Chief Magistrate of such city and au- by its corporate seal. One 'f such certificates shall be deposited n the office of the Secretary of State, md the other, after being recorded in he office of the Judga of Probate for he county in which such city lies, Ihall be deposited among the archives ,f such city, and all courts shall take judicial notice thereof. Such charter, to adopted, may be amended by pro- ,osal therefor published for ct least hirty days in two newspapers of said ,ity, and accepted by three-fifths of the qualified voters of such city, voting at ! general or special election, and not but such charter shall ale ways be in harmony with and subject Q the Constitution and laws of the State.
 Referred to Municipal Corporations.
 Ordinance No. 1S4, by MT. Walker:
 To fix the term of office of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
 Be 1t ordained. That the Chief Justice md Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall be chosen at an election ield at the time and places fixed by aw for the election of members of the House of Representatives of the Con- ,ress of the United States of America, md shall hold office for the term of en years, and until their successors Ire elected or appointed and qualified; provided, that the successor of at least me member of the Supreme Court lected at such election in the year 904 shall be elected in each of the ears 1906. 1908, 1910. 1912 and 1914. The Thief Justice and Associate Justices f said court elected in the year 1904 hall draw or cast lots among them elves to determine which of them hall hold office for the terms ending, in the years 1906, 1908, 1910, 9l2 and 1914, and until their respective uccessors are elected or appointed nd qualified; the result of such de- to be certified to the Gov rnor by such Chief Justice and Asso- fate Justices, or a majority of them, rior to the first day of January, 1905. | nd also to be entered upon the min ltes of the court. In the event of the allure of the said Chief Justice and | Associate Justices to make and certify | uch determination. the Governor shall | designate the terms for which they | hall respectively hold office, as above provided. and shall issue his proclama- ion accordingly.
 Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
 Ordinanca Nh 12h hX Mr Walker.