The age-herald., 1901-09-08

the proposed amendments to this Consti- eution, and upon bills or resolutions cali Ing Convention for the purpose of all tering or amending the Constitution of this State shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the journals. No act or resolution of the Legislature passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article, proposing amendments to this Constitution. or calling a Convention for the purpose of altering or amending the Constitution of this State, shall be sub mitted for the approval of the Governor, but shall be valid without his approval.
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 In order that no injury or inconvenience may arise from the alterations and amendments made by this Constitution to the existing Constitution of this State, and 10 carry this Constitution into effect, Is hereby ordained and declared: l. That all laws in force at the ratih- cation of this Constitution and not incon- sistent herewith, shall remain in full force untl altered OF repealed by the Leg lslature; and all rights, actions, prosecu- tons, claims and contracts of the State, counties, municipal corporations, indivio- pals, or bodies corporate, not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall continue u pc valid as if this Consttuton had not been ratified.
 2. That all bonds executed by or to any officer of this State, all recognizances, obligations, and all other instruments ex- ecuted to this State, or to any subdivision or municipality thereof, before the ratif- cation of this Constitution, and all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures due and and owing to the State, or any sub-divis- ion or municipality thereof. and all writs, suits, prosecutions, claims and causes of action, except as herein otherwise pro vided, shall continue and remain unaf- fected by the ratification of this Consti- tution. All indictments which have been found, or which may hereafter be found, for any crime or offense committed be- fore the ratification of this Constitution, shall be proceeded upon in the same man. ner as If this Constitution had not been ratified.
 g. That all the executive and judicial officers and all other officers in this State who shall have been elected at the elec- tfon held in this State on the first day of August, 1898 and 1900 or who may have been appointed since that time. and all members of the present General Assembly and all who may hereafter be elected members Of the present General Assem- ply and all other officers holding office at the time of the ratification of this constitution, shall continue in office and exercise the duties thereof until their re- spective terms shall expire, as provided by the constitution of 1875, or the laws of this State.
 4. This constitution shall be submitted 10 the qualified electors of this State for ratification or rejection, as authorized and required by an act of the General Assembly of this State, entitled An act to provide for holding a convention to revise and amend the constitution of this State, approved the 11th day of Decem- Der, l90O and no elector shall be deprived or his right to vote at the election to be held Tor such purpose by reason Of his not being registered
 D. That instead of the publications as required by the act to provide for hold Ing a convention to revise and amend the constitution, approved December H. 1900, the Governor of the State Is herby au- thorised to take such steps as will give general publicity and circulation to this constitution in manner as economical as practicable.
 6. The salaries of the executive and Judicial and all other officers of the State who may be holding office at the time of me ratification of this constitution and the payment of the present members of the General Assembly shall not be af- fected by the provisions of this constitu- tion.
 Done by the people of Alabama through their delegates in convention assembled In the hall of the House of Representa- tives at Montgomery. Ala, this, the third day Of September, Anno Domini, nineteen hundred and one.