The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-09
OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIE PROCEEDINGS 0F
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 0F ALABAMA


 will regard such action as a fitting re-
 eognition of the right of labor and be a guarantee that our representative
 men recognise the laboring element of our population and their value to the
 State.
 !. H. Church, | J. K. Smith,
 J. F. Ruddisill, 1 T. A. Moore. President.
 ]. R. Ayres. Secretary.
 Referred to Committee on Stationery. Printing and Incidental Expenses.
 Mir. spragins--1 send petition to the clerks desk and ask that the body of it be read and the petition referred to the Coz=snittee on Taxation. l The petition was as follows:
 Petition No. IS. introduced oy re- quest. by Mir. Spragins of Madison: ! We, the undersigned business men and citizens of the city of Huntsville. Madison county. most respectfully peti- 1 ton our delegation to the constitut- l tional Convention. Hons. R. .E Sprsg- | ins, R. W. Walker. A. s. Fletcher and J. W. Grayson and the members of the | Constitutional Convention. not to en- | act any law in our Consultation for the collection Of privilege tax. We be- lieve that such @ tax is utust. ! J. A. Anderson & Co. W. L. Haisey. Van valkenberg & Matthews. Luke Matthews. treasurer: Huntsville Cotton | Mills, J. A. Wallace, Jr., D. C. Monroe, l w. T. Chofin. J. W. Kingler & Co. CantreiI & Young, George T, Marsh. | agent Merrimack Mfg. Co.,. Huntsville Furniture & Lumber CO; James A: Ward. Jr.. secretary; W. H. Rowe l Knitting Co, by Charles E. Shaver; Dallas Mfg. Coz by J. s. Davidson, | superintendent.
 | Referred to Committee on Taxation. | On the call of the standing commit tee. the chairman of the Committee on | Executive Department submitted the following report: | The report and ordinance were read as follows:
 MT. Prasident--The Committee on the Executive Department, to whom was | referred the resolution introduced oy | the gentleman from Montgomery tMr. watts) as to the advisability of fram- | ing and reporting an ordinance to pro | vide for the succession in the once Of l Governor. have had the. subject under consideration and direct me to report | the accompanying ordinance. the pas sage of which the committee respect | fully recommend.
 Thomas G. Jones. Chairman. An ordinance to provide for the suc- cession in the office of Governor. In event of his death. resignation. removal from office. disability. or absence from the State. occurring prior to the next | election of . President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Section 1.-Be 1t ordained by the peo- ple of Alabama, in Convention assem- | bled. that in event the Governor dies, resigns. is removed or>under disabili- | ties. or absent from the State for more than twenty days prior to the next election of a President of the Senate and a Speaker of the House, the power and duties of the office shall devolve in the order named. upon the Honorable | D. J. Meadors. the last President pro. tenn of the Senate; next upon Hon. A. M. Tunstall the last Speaker pro tenn | of the House: next upon the Attorney l General; next upon the Auditor; next upon the Secretary of State; next upon ! the Treasurer: but the powers and duties of the person exercising the off, flee of Governor in lieu of the Governor shall cease and terminate whenever q | President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be elected at the next meeting of any General Assembly. Sec. "2.-eB 1t further ordained, that
  | mediately.
 Mir. Jones-If am in order I will | state that this Is an ordinance looking l to what might be an emergency. We have no president of the Senate and no Speaker of the House. and the commit tee reported an ordinance to cover a contingency of that sort, and 1t covers it only tIntil the General Assembly meets. when there will be president of the Senate and Speaker of the House. That is the reason they have provided it should become effective im- mediately.
 The President-The rule will require 1t to lie on the table and be printed. The Committee on Executive Depart ment submitted a further report and resolution as follows:
 MT. President. the Committee on Exc cutive Department direct me to report the accompanying ordinance for the re- lief of E. l.. May and to recommend its passage.
 Thomas G. Jones' Chairman. An ordinance for the relief of B. l.. May.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama. in Convention assembled, that the sum of $35 be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay E. L. May for his services as clerk for attending the meetings of the Committee on the Executive Department, and transcrib- ing the article on teh Executive De- partment as finally adopted and re- ported by the committee. The President-The ordinance will lie on the table and be printed.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I do not think 1t is necessary to print It, unless somebody desires to have 1t printed.
 The President-The rule requires it shall be printed.
 The President-The next order of business Is the report of special com mittees of which there, are none, and next unfinished business. the report of the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights.
 Mir. Pettus-I move to reconsider the vote by which Section 10 of the report of the Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights was passed. I desire to state. Mir. President, that 1t ought to be either amended or strick- en out in the second and third lines.
 In the old Constitution Section 10 reads that no person shall twice be put in jeopardy of life and limb," and the Convention adopted on Saturday an additional claNe which says courts may for reasons fixed by law discharge juries from the consideration of any suit. and no person shall gain any ad- vantage by reason of such discharge of the jury.
 MT. Watts--I rise to a point of order.
 The President-The gentleman win