The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-18

 codien punishment thus commend. ing to all law-abiding and just peoplt the judicial system of the State. Therefore be it ordained by the peopl. of. Alabama in Convention assembled. Section 1-That after the ratification of this Constitution. a Grand JEry au- thorfxed by law in any of the courtf of the State. shall consist of not iest than eighteen qualified persons ten oi whom shall be required to concur ir order to ind a bill of indictment. Sec. 2-That whenever a felony fss been committed within the jurisdiction of any Grand Jury thereafter legally organized. and the same shall fail tf find and return into court a Dill of in. dictment against the perpetrators oi such felony at the first term of the court thereafter. the presiding Jucge shall have the power and authority tc enter upon the docket an order direct. ing the solicitor of such court to pro- ceed bv information against any per- son or persons who are reasonably sils- pected of having committed such fel- ony.
 Referred to the Committee on Judi ciary.
 MT. Lonf (walker)--I ask permission to introduce a resolution.
 The leave was granted and the res- olution read as follows:
 Resolution 154, by Mir. Long of Walker.
 Whereas, there appears in The Mont- gomery Advertiser of the 18th inst. an 'editoriaf' under the caption of "A Disccnraging Vote" rejecting seriously upon the honesty of a two-thirds ma iority of this convention.
 Therefore be it resolved that the said editorial Is hereby condemned as rn- wise and unwarranted.
 Mir. Long (Walker)-I move a sus- pension of the rules and that that resolution be put upon it's passage. . Upon a vote the Convention refused to suspend the rules. and the resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 MT. deGraffenreid--I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to Introduce an ordinance.
 Ordinance 37s. by MT. deGrafenreid: An ordinance to be entitled an ordi- nance to amend Section of Article 1. of the Constitution of the State of Alabama.
 pama in Convention assembled. that
 
 Constitution of the State of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows:
 That in all criminal prosecutions the accused has a right to be heard by himself and counsel or either; to amend the nature and cause of the accusation; to have 8 copy thereof; to be confront ed by the witnesses against him: to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; to testify, in all cases, in his own behalf. if he slscts to do so ,and in all prosecutions by inl dictment a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the otfense was committed; that he shall not De compelled to give evidence against him. self, nor be deprived of life. liberty or property but by due process of law; and in ali prosecutions by indictment the place tn the county or district in which the crime was committed shah be stated with such particularly as to enable the defendant to know speCifi- cally the particular criminal a3t .Ith which he is charged.
 Referred to Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights.
 Mir. Morrisette-I move that the priv ileges of the floor be extended to the ministers of the gospel who open the Convention with prayer. MT. Pettus-~I should like to amend that by adding the name of a distin- guished ex-member of the Legislature, who is present in the city, Judge J. J.. Arnold of Calhoun. 7.
 The Pfesident-The question is first on the motion to suspend.
 4 vote being taken, the rules were suspended.
 The President--The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Monroe. that the ministers of the gospel, who have generously served the Convention In opening the proceedings with prayer, be accorded the privileges of the floor, and the gentleman from Limestone moves to amend by adding thereto the name of Judge J. J. Arnold. , Upon a vote, the amendment was adopted, and upon a further vote the resolution. as amended, prevailed.
 Mr. Kyle-I ask unanimous consent to introduce an ordinance.
 Ordinance No. 3S0. by MT. Kyle:
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama, in convention assembled, That Article XIV, on banks and banking, be so amended as to require the General Assembly, at it's first session after the adoption of the amended Constitution, to enact such laws as will require all State or private banks doing business in this State or that may be hereafter or ganized under the Constitution and laws of the State, and engage in the business of banking, and the first of October each year thereafter, report of their standing, showing:
 Amount of capital stock actually paid In. % r"
 Amount of deposits held by the bank. Amount of loans and discounts, as we'll as amounts of all liabilities and assets at the dates of such reports.
 And to require that such reports be published for thirty days after the first of April and the first of October Of each year in a newspaper published in the county in which the bank is located. Such reports to be certified to by the President or Cashier of the bank mak- ng the report, before a notary or any other officer authorized to administer m oath.
 And to further provide that any President or Cashier of any private or State bank who makes a fraudulent re- port of .the standing of any bank, or who converts to his own use any of the assets of any State CT private bank in this State, without authority of law, ,hall be guilty of a felony. and on con- Tiction, shall be imprisoned in the pen tentiary not less than three nor more han ten years. at the discretion of the ,ourt trying the case.
 Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
 Mir. Blackwell--I desire to introduce } petition. The petition was read as follows: ,tate of Alabama, Morgan County
 Court of County Commissioners.
 Decatur, Ala, June 15, 1901.