The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-11

amend sub-d division 2s so as to read asI follows: Establishing districts tn which stock shall or shall not run at large"
 MT. samford-I move the adoption of the subdivision as 1t stands. It fs a I mere matter of verbiage, and reckon eevrybody knows what . stock dis trict is in Alabama. They do in my county.
 The clerk then read the amendment offered by Mir. Watts, to amend Sub | division 25. as follows: To amend Sub- | division 25 So as to read establishing districts in which stock shall or shall ! not run at large
 Mir. Grant-I move to lay the amend ment on the table.
 And on vote being taken. the amendment was tabled.
 MT. Samford-I move the adoption of the subdivision. And vote being taken, the sub- division was adopted.
 Mr. Blackwsll-I desire to offer an additional subdivision. Mr. Watts-l would suggest that an additional subdivision is not in order until we get through with the sub division in the report of the committee and the supplemental report ef the Committee on Legislation. < | that the point Is well taken. The clerk then read ub.division 26 as follows:
 Twenty y-sixth--Creating, increasing or decreasing fees. percentage or d. | lowances of public officers. No special, private ar focal law, except . law nx- | ing the time of holding courts, shall oe enacted In eny case. which is provided | for by a general law. or when the re- lief sought can be given by any court \ of this State, and the courts and not the General Assembly shall judge as | to whether the matter of said law Is l provided for by . general law and as | to whether the relief sought can DC | given by any court; nor shall the Gen- | eral Assembly indirectly enact any such special, private or local law by l the partial repeal of general law The General Assembly shall pass gen 1 eral laws for the cases enumerated ID | thts section.
 | MT. Sanders-The report from the | Legislative Department Is added, oy
 agreement with the chairman. after the words public offic in Sub-dtVision
 26 Section 1, as recommended py tne
 Legislative Department, and should De taken up now, It reads as foiIows: | Now, in pursuance to an under stand ng and agreement with the chaie"
 man of that committee, your Commlt- tee on Legislative Department instructs
 me to report and recommenasu soi sdoption the following additional re-
 strictions upon the power of the Leg lature to enact local, special or prt- yate laws to come in after the words
 "nubiic officers in Subdivision 70 or Section i. of the Article already re-
 ported by said committee. to WY.
 The PresIdent-The next will be NO. 21. as reported by the Commntee cn
 Lexislative Department. It seems to 1 the chair that this report snouio pe offered as an amendment in some way. | MT. Harrison-I desire to make an Inquiry of the chairman of the com
 mittee: Your section 1 says: The General Assembly shall not pass spe- ciaI private or local lew In any or tpe
 foilowinr cases" don't exactly un- derstand this, whether 1t includes SUD
 diyrsion 2S. Then you start om on different line by saying the Seneral
 Assembly shall pass general 'aws ,s for the cases enumerated in tnis
 sao,,orn That does not seem to be
 proper and germane at all .
 MT. O'Neal--I know all about that
 and I desire to state m .
 The President-The Chair Wiii sea'e that the Convention HOW has unoer l consideration the report or tne Sopi-
 mittse on Legislation; and if different paraRra phs are to be added. they should be added by amendment. MT. O'Neal-I desire to state 70 the President, that we agreed 10 accept | this amendment; and 1t was acceptea hv unanimous consent on the part or inc Convention at the time this report was made. 1t was agreed that the re- port of the Committee on Legislative | Dena artment, would be considered as an amendment to our report-as sup elemental report
 The Prcsident--Was the amendment
 adopted by the Convention?
 Mr. Waddsll-Yes, sir; by unanimous
 consent.
 Mr. O'Neal-Tne dmehNsS7NN adopted with the understanding that It should be tres ted as part of the report
 That is my recollection.
 The President-The Chair inquires
 whether the Journal Sustatns me recoi-
 lection of the gentleman from Lauoer-
 dale?
 The Chair will state that the journal
 shows that the action of the Conven-
 tion was. that the report shouid pc
 considered in connection wltn tne .N- mort of the Committee on Local Legs jation. Hence, it would seem necessary
 that the Convention take some action in adopting this as an amendment or
 as an additional subdivision to the re- port.
 Nr O'Neal--I move that it be con-
 sidered as a supplemental report.
 Mr. Oates-In order to avoid any
 difficulty in that way In considering
 Section 26. as 1t stands here Tn type' l we could take up items Of suD-
 divisions reported by the Committee
 on Legislative Departmnt, and the ar
 rangement of the numbers will present no difficulty. We can settle that here
 after. we can consider subdivisions ana | aueh amendments as are desired ana then take up the other.
 Mir. PresidAnt-It would be perfectly
 competent for the Committee on Local
 Leeislation to propose to add this sub
 division.
 Mr. O'Neal-In view of the suggestion
 from the Chair. I will make that mo-
 ton, though we do not eoncuF In the latter part of this report.
 Mir. President-How far does that concurrence extend?
 MT. Watts-To the subdivision.
 MT. President-ThIrty-fiv Mir. WattsTYes, sir.
 ] Mir. O'Neai--Section SS, down to
 where 1t says, Your Committee do not
 concur in section 0f said Article as
 reported by the Committee on Local | LeEislation and recommends as & aub-
 stitute therefor Section 25 ot Article l of the present Constitution.
 Mir. Presidsat--Ths Committee on Lo- eaI Legislation concuVs in subdivisions ! o1 "A 0A and 2Ag