The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-19

Iprder l The Presi1ent-The hour of II ha, not yet arrived.
 at II
 The President-The Chair has beer
 listening and the clock has not vel | struck.
 Ordinance sa7. by MT. Murphree: Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala
 bama in Convention mbled. that
 the General Assembly of Alabama has
 authority and is hereby required to en-
 act a law regulating the fees and
 allowances for serivce rendered in and
 about the administration and guardian
 ship of small estates with view to curtailing the expenses of same. which | shall apply to the fees of the Probate
 Judge, Sheriff and all other cost and charges attending said administrations
 and guardianships.
 Referred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Sloan-I ask unanimous consent to introduce q short resolution. The President-Is there any obJt C. | tion? The Chair hears none | Mir. waddel-I call for the regular or- | der.
 | The President-The gentleman is tco
 late. The Chair called for objections. | The resolution was read as follows: l Resolution 165, by, MT. Sloan: | Whereas on account of the limited | time of three hours each day for the
 sitting of this Convention; and where as it Is impossible to accomplish any material work on the regular order in a session ot one hour; therefore be it | resolved. that when this Convention ad-
 journs, on Saturdays it meet on Mon days at 10 o'clock. | f1 init nY The President-The hour of Il o'clock | has arrived and the rules of this Con- vention require the call of the roll to | be suspended. Mir. Greer-I did not hear my name ,, called. It was called so rapidly.
 have a very short ordinance to intro duce which I ask unanimous consent | to be allowed to introduce ..- The consent was given, and the ordi- nance read as follows: Ordinance 3SS, by MT. Greer of Caf- | houn: An ordinance to fix the date for the | Alabama.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala | bama in Convention assembled, that | the elections for municipal officers in | the various towns and cities of the State shall hereafter be held each four years on the same day on which the general State election is held and the terms of the present incumbents are hereby extended or abridg "a as the case may be so as to terminate on the first day of the calendar month follow ing the next general State election: city officers elected at the first election after the ratification of the Constitp- | tiou shall hold office for four years. | their terms to begin on the first day of the calendar month following the eiec- l tion.
 Referred to Committee on Municipal | Corporations.
 MT. arrison-I ask unanimous con- | sent to introduce a very short resolu- | tion.
 Mir. Jones (Montgomery)-I do not l object now, but I do give notice that | I will object to the next ordinance that | is offered under a suspension of the | rules this morning. The leave was given, and the reeolu. ton read as follows: Resolution 166, by MT. Harrison: Resolved, that all speeches on amend ments and ordinances reported by | Standing Committees be limited to five l minutes each.
 Referred to Committee on Rules.
 MT. Duke-I was just about to move | to suspend the rules and put that res olution upon it's passage. desire to make that motion. The President-The resolution has
 already been referred, unless the gen. | tleman recalls it.
 The regular order was here called | for. . The President-The regular order Is | the consideration of the report of the Committee on Executive Department. 1 And the pending question is the motion | of the gentleman from Jefferson to refer Section 13 with instructions back | to the committee. The gentleman | from Montgomery has the floor. The l gentleman from Hale indicated a de-
 sire to amend a resolution which he offered, and which is a part of the
 matter before the Convention for dis | cussion.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I yield for that purpose.
 Mir. deGraffenreid-By a casual omission, the caption of the amend
 ment does not state what 1t was ln- tended that it should. I therefore ask | that I be allowed to amend the cap7 tion. It is in writing, and it can be read.
 The amendment was read as follows: Amend Section 13 by striking from
 the section all after the words 'to-
 reconsider it" in the fourth line, down
 to and including the word respect
 ively," in the eighteenth line, and in- ,sert in lieu thereof the following, "ev- cry bill, etc"
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-Mr Presi- ident, as briefly
 The President-The gentleman from Hale (deGraffenreld) has indicated desire to amend a resolution which was offered, and which is a part MT. Jones-I yield the floor for that purpose only.
 Mr. deGraffenreid-By casual omis sion, the amendment does not speak what it was intended to speak. It is in writing, and I, therefore. ask that the caption be read. The President-The gentleman from Hale asks to amend the caption of the amendment offered by him on 2este:- day. The Secretary will read the pro- posed amendment. | The Secretary-read as follows: Amend Section 13 by striking. from the section all after the words ito reconsider il" in the fourth line, down to and includ- ing the words respectively" in the eighth line, and insert in lieu thereof the following: MT, Jones (Montgomery)-Mr. Presi- dent, as briefly as I may, in behalf or the committee, will touch upon the objections made to the sections which are practically involved in the motion to recommit,N and then allow others 10 debate these amendments. ReallX