The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23

 such for four years after the term Of the Sheriff expires"
 A vote being taken on motion to table this amendment made by MT. deGraffenreid, the game was tabled. Mir. Blackwell--I offer an amendment. The amendment was read as followe: Amend report of the Committee on Executive Department by adding to the s0th section: If the sheriff shall be impeached. he shall not be eligible tS hold any other office in this State uur- ing the time for which he was elected as Sheriff."
 Mir. Jones tslontgomeryj--That is .he law already.
 Mir Biackwell--No, 1t is provided that l if he is impeached during the balance of the term Tor which he is eiected he cannot hold any other ofiice." | Without this amendment if there were I sympathy In the community for the | Sheriff after he had been lmpeachcd and another office even q better one. should be open. by an election they might as reward to him if they were 1 in sympathy with him give him . bet 1 ter office than the one he had loet. MT .deGraffenreid- move the adop-. l ton of the amendment. Mir. Barefield--I move to lay the amendment on the table A vote being taken on a division Mir Samford--I make the point of order that t:sere is no quorum. The President-The Chair will pro- cced to count Q quorum. Mr. Jenhins--I move that we adjourn, Mir. deGraffenreid-I had moved the. | adoption of the amendment. t.S A vote being taken the amendment was adopted. s MT. Jenldns-I move that we ad- I tdrn.
 The PresIdent--The motion is out of order.
 MT. Jenkins-I rise to point of or l der. that motion to adjourn is afwess | in order.
 The President--The Convention has
 established the rule that this Conven-
 ton shall remain in session until the pending matter Is disposed of. Mir. Jenkins-Does the chair rule that
 a motion to adjourn is not In ofder7
 The President-Not while this Ques- tion is before the House.
 Mfr. Oates-A motion 10 adjourn Is
 always in order. bnt,the gentleman has ] to be recognized by the presiding officer l before he can make 1t.
 Mr. Burne-I have an amendment.
 The amendment was read as follows:
 Amend Section 90 by striking out all
 after the word "successor' in the third l lina.
 On motion of MT. deGraffenreid this amendment was tabled. | Mr. deGraffeufeid--1-hav an amend ment in the hands of the Secretary. The amendment was read as follows:
 Amend Section 30 by striking there | from the words such elz1ca. as his own succennoF,' the tlziFa line and in. l sert tn lieu thereof 'se7ection or ap- pointment to any oflee in this State
 for one year after the expiration of ais term"
 MT. eGraffenread- --The effect of that
 amendment is to place the Sheriff 50 far as reelection or election to any
 other office is concerned, upon the same l footing that the Governor now occu- pies.
 Several exclamations of "ryo" were
 heard.
 Mr. de0raffenreid-Ailow me to sx- plain and then you can vote upon it. 1 It is already the law that the Sheriff cannot succeed himself, Out ws know | that under the practical operation of that law the 6heriff is always cap- didate for reelection, not in his ewn name, but in the name of his chief
 deputy, and thatsthe AheyaR if he suc-
 ceeds in elecfing shat deputy, stili ad-
 
 the State of AlaAnraa many men who l either directly or indirectly thfeugh the election of their deputies h@ve held hefflce of Sheriff three or four terma
 when it has been the purpose of the
 law makers. aS have said, to remove from the Sheriff any temptation to ex-
 erclse the duties of his office for pciit-
 ical purposes to secure his own elee- tion.
 By adopting this amendment you car- ry Into effect the purposes of the law nnakers when they declared that the
 Sheriff shall net be his own successor.
 The 68erif. aG we all know. is the
 chief executive officer of the county. a man 0flgreat power. Under the com- mon law. In England. the Sheriff was | Earl, the proudest of the nobility next | to the Duke, ranking all other orders. | He was the principal 6gure of his county, andsApon him was cast the burden of the administration of the law. As the Sherin ,is. in his county, what the Governor is in the @tate. the chief | executive officer, 1t seems to me that both should be placed on the same footing. They belang to the same de- pertinent of the State and the duties of both are to see to the due execution | of the law.
 Mr, Cunnlngham--I move the pFevi- ous question on the Section and all pending amendments. Mr. Jenkins--I rise to q point of or der and I call the attention of the Chair to Rule 2e, that a motion to ad- journ is always in order. l MT. Wiliet--I rise to point of order | that the rules were suspended. | The Presidential was submitted to the House and the onder of the House was that the Convention should con- i tinue in session until the pending Sec- | ton was disposed of. If the Chair was In error in everything tfs point of order on that ground, the ruling of the | Chair was nevertheless proper upon the other ground stated by the gentleman | from Montgomery, that the Chair had not recognized the gentleman from 1 Wilcox and the ge1tlenan had not the | floor to make the motion to adjourn. so that whether the Char stated correctly the reasons, the result was correct. A vote being taken the main ques- tion was ordered.
 l A vote being taken on division the
 vote was announced 4S ayes ana So | noes.
 MT. samford--I rise to a point of or der. There is no quorum, and l de-
 mand a call of the House.
 MT. wilson, call attention to the fact that if there is no quorum this amendment ir not adopted. I am op-
 posed to the amendment cntting off the sheriffs succeedinE to any other office and I make the point of order that there is no quorum voting. You
 have no right to bring people in and
 A. Gstaa The SeIeeate may be right