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village, district or other poltlcal SuDdi- | vision of a county, to issue bonds or other securities unless the issuance of said bonds or other securities shall have been authorized before the enactment of 1 such local or special law, by a vote of the duly qualified electors of such county, township, city, town, village, district or other political subdivision of a county. at an election held for such purpose, in the manner that may be prescribed by law; provided. the Legislature may without such election pass special laws to refund bonds issued before the date of the rat ification of this Constitution. QS) Amending, confirming extending the charter of any private or municipal corporation, or remitting the forfeiture thereof; provided, this shall not prohibit the Legislature from altering or rearrang- ing the boundaries of any city, town or village.
 d9) Creating, extending or impairing any lien.
 (2O) Chartering or licensing any ferry, road or bridge.
 (21) Increasing the jurisdiction and fees of Justices of the peace or the fees of constables.
 (22) Establishing separate school dis tricts.
 (2S) Establishing separate stock dis tricts.
 G4) Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentages or. allowances of pub lie officers
 C5) Exempting property from taxa tion or from levy or sale. (26) Donating any lands owned by or under the control of the State to any per- son or corporation.
 (2S) Remitting fines, penalties or for feitures.
 (29) Providing for the conduct of cleo tions or designating places of voting, or changing the boundaries of wards, pre- cincts or districts or districts, except in ha of hn ar1izo ffnv1 nf counties or the changing of the lines of old counties.
 (S0) Restoring the right to vote to per- sons convicted of infamous crime, or crimes involving moral turpitude.
 (31.) Declaring who shall be liners be- tween precincts or between counties. The Legislature shall pass general laws for the cases enumerated in this section; pro- vided that nothing in this section arti- cle shall affect the right of the Leg1sla- ture to enact local laws regulating prohibiting the liquor traffic; but such local law shall be enacted unless notice shall have been given as required in Sec tion 106 of this Constitution.
 105. No special. private or local law, ex- cept a law fixing the time of holding courts, shall be enacted in any case which is provided for by a general law, when the relief sought can be given by any court of this State; and the courts, and not the Legislature, shall judge as to whether the matter of said law is pro- vded for by a general law, and as to whether the relief sought can be given by any court; nor shall the Legislature indirectly enact any such special, private or local law by the partial repeal of a general law.
 106. No special, private or local law shall be passed on any subject not emu merated in Section 104 of this Constitu- tion except in reference to fixing the time of holding courts, unless notice of the in- tention to apply therefor shall have been published, without cost to the State, in the county or counties where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated, which notice shall have the substance of the proposed law, and be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in such county or counties. or if there is no newspaper published therein, then by posting the said notice for four consecu- tive weeks at five different places in the county or counties prior to the introduc- tion of the bill; and proof by affidavit that said notice has been given shall be exhibited to each House of the Legisa- ture. and said proof spread upon the journal. The courts shall pronounce void every special, private or local law which the journals do not affirmatively show was passed in accordance with the provis- ions of this section.
 1M. The Legislature shall not, by a spe- cial, private or local law repeal or modi- fly any special, private or local law except upon notice being given and shown, as provided in the last preceding section.
 108. The operation of a general law shall not be suspended for the benefit of any individual, private corporation or as- sociation; nor shall any individual, pri- vate corporation or association be ex- empted from the operation of any general law except as in this article otherwise provided.
 mo Tho I.egisIatura shall mas general laws under which local and private in- terests shall be provided for and pro- tected
 11O. A general law within the meaning of this article Is a law which applies to the whole State; local law is law which applies to any political subdivision or subdivisions of the State, less than the whole; special or private law with in the meaning of this article Is one which applies to an individual. associa- tion or corporation
 Ill. No bill introduced as a general law in either House of the Legislature shall be so amended on it's passage as to be- come a special, private or local law.
 ARTICLE V.
 Executive Department
 112. The executive department shall consist of Governor, Lieutenant Govern or Attorney General, State Auditor. Sec retary of State, State Treasurer, Super intendent of Education, Commissioner or Agriculture and Industries and a sheriff from each county.
 113 The supreme executive power of the State shall be vested in a chief mag istrate, who shall be styled The Govern or of the State of Alabama"
 114 The Governor, Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, and Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the same time and places appointed for the election of members of the Legislature In the year nineteen hundred and two, and in every fourth year thereafter.
 115 The returns for every election for Governor. Lieutenant Governor Attor- ney General, State Auditor, Secretary Of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education and Commissioner of Agricul- ture and Industries shall be sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the seat of government, directed to the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives. who shall during the first week be made, open and publish them in the presence of both Houses of the Legis1a- ture in joint convention: but the Speak CTS duty and the duty of the joint con vention shall be purely ministerial. The result of the election shall be ascertafned and declared by the Speaker from the face of the returns without delay. The | ~k<~ a4