The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30

| Constitution. to whom were referred | the several articles of which the pro- | posed Constitution Is to consist, ana | also certain ordinances and resolutions not propc csed to be incorporated in the | Constitution. have requested me to
 make the following report:
 We have carefully considered all or | the articles. ordinances and resolutions
 submitted to us. and have made no
 changes in substance except such as | were rendered necessary by the provis- | ions of the articles referred to us, to which changes your attention will be specifically called further on in this re- pert. We have made number of 1 changes in transposition of clauses,
 omissions of unnecessary or redundant clauses. and in phraseology, verbiage. punctuation and capitalization to which ' we deem 1t unnecessary to call your 1 special attention. We have preserved 1 the article arrangement as in the pres
 ent Constitution. but have changed the | section numbers. so that the proposed | constitution Is numbered as whole, without reverence to articles, beginning 1 with section one and ending with sec:
 ton two hundred and eighty-five; such
 change. in our opinion, will greatly sim- piisy and facilitate reference thereto. ] We respectfully recommend to the i Convention the adoption of the follow | ing provisions to be incorporated in the
 article on corporations.
 l 1. No city or town, having a popula- 1 ton of more than six thousand. shall have authority to grant to,nny person. | firm. corporation or association, the right to use its streets, avenues, alleys or public places for the construction or | operation of water works. gas works, Telephone or telegraph lines, electric | light or power plants, steam or other I heating plants, stEeet railroads, or any other public utility, except railroads I ether than street railroads. for longer | period than thirty years.
 2. Foreign corporations doing busi- ness in this State may be sued by resi- ! dent citizens of this State. in any ,coun- | ty where such corporations do business. | whether the cause of action arose in this State or beyond the limits thereof. We further recommend the adoption Of an ordinance providing for the regis | tration of electors who are to vote ar the election to be held for the ratifica- .tion of the proposed Constitution; also | the adoption of an ordinance making l subject to repeal. alteration or amend ment by the Legislature all ordinances adopted by the Convention which are not included in the proposed Constitu- l lion, except the ordinance relating to | the refunding of the bonded indebted ness of the State. The two ordinances referred to will be submitted to the Convention for Its consideration. Ordinance No. 414. relating to the succession of the present Governor is in proper form; no changes have been made therein, and we report it back | with the recommendation that 1t be en- rolled and signed.
 Ordinance No. 410 relating to the ex- | clusion of persons from the court house during the trial of certain cases has been incorporated in the article on the Judiciary.
 Ordinance No ssO. relating to the es- l tablishment of court hoAses in the counties of St. Clair and Shelby, has been amended in accordance with the provisions of ordinance No. 449, and | we recommend that the same as amended be enrolled and signed. All articles. ordinances and resolutions, l which were referred to the committee. are herewith returned.
 In order that the Convention might not be compelled to wait for several | days after the assembling. the commit ' tee have had the report and the pro-
 posed Constitution printed, and re- spectfully ask that their action in l this particular be ratified.
 The attention of the Convention is | respectfully called to the following list
 of changes which embraces all the | material alterations made by this com | mittee:
 Declaration of Rights.
 l. The words preamble and" have been dropped from the title of the ar | ticle.
 2. Section 36 of the engrossed article has been transferred to the article on | distribution of powers of government. as appears in Section 43 of the Cou5u-
 tuition herewith reported.
 State and County Boundaries. 1. No changes have been made in the
 epgrossed article.
 Distribution of Powers of Govern ment.
 1. No ordinances were refe-.Fd U
 the cc ccmmittee relating to thls suot"c.; | bu: Article 8 of the Constitution ot iS35 without change, except the inco 'pola-
 ton hereunder of Secuol o6 of thi en- gIossed article on Deciarattons of | R'ghts, has been adopted by the o"m-
 mittee as Article of lhe proposed Ccrstitution.
 Executive Department. 1. Throughout this article the order l of arrangement of the officers of the Executive Department is changed so as | to correspond with the order of their
 succession to the office of Governor. 2. Section Is changed so as to pro- vide that the exec cdtiVe officers named therein shall hold their respective of- | fees for four years from the first Mon- | day after the second Tuesday in Janu- ary next succeeding their election. 8. The provision in Section relating
 to the Lieutenant Governors duties as President of the Senate, has been str;t ken out. because the same provis- | ion is contained in the article on the l Legislative Department. 4The last sentence of Section has 1 been rewritten so as to prevent the | possible construction that the Governor | is to receive no salary while the Lieut.
 enant Governor is temporarily acting Governor.
 5. Section Is was changed so as to provide that if both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shauld die, resign,
 or be removed from office. more than 50 days prior to the next general election for any State officers. successors to
 both such offices shall be elected at
 said election.
 6. Section F was rewritten so as to l read as 1t appears in Section 12S of l the Constitution herewith reported. 1 Legislative Department. 1. Section Of the engrossed article
 has been rewritten and is made Section
 46 of the Constitution herewith reported
 It was necessary to recast this section
 because of the provisions requiring quadrennial elections. and the election
 of all Senators at the same time.
 g. Section of the engrossed article | has been so written as to fix the time