The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-11
The Afternoon Session.

Ninety.six delegates answered the roll call at the afternoon session:
 MT. Lowe of Jefferson offered an ordinance to amend Section l3 or the article on the Executive Department. It relates to bills sent to the Governor for his approval.
 Consideration of local legislation was then resumed.
 Subdivision S2, which provides that the Legislature shall not pass local law remitting fines and penalties, was adopted without dissent.
 Subdivision 33, providing that the Legislature shall not pass local law providing for the conduct of elections. or designating places of voting or changing boundaries of Wartis or pre- cincts, was read.
 MT. Thompson of Bibb sent up an amendment to strike out the two first clauses. The amendment was not adopted.
 The subdivision was amended to ap- ply to changing lines of old counties and as amended was adopted.
 Subdivision 34 denying the right Of she Legislature to restore the right to vote to persons convicted ot lhlanlous crimes was adopted.
 Subdivision 35 prohibiting local leg
 
 State Treasury was read.
 Mir, Pitts of Tuscaloosa and General Harrison of Lee spoke against the adoption of the subdivision.
 Governor Oates made an argument in support of the subdivision.
 Judge Coleman spoke against the subdivision and on motion Of MT. Vaughan of Dallas the subdivision was tabled.
 MT. Blackwell of Morgan sent for ward an amendment to the subdivision known as Subdivision 35 to section l. which prevents the Legislature from passing acts defining liners between counties. The amendment was adopted
 Mir. Davis of Etowah sent forward an amendment to be known as Sub division 37 to Section 1, prohibiting local legislation concerning catching or hunting game.
 MT. O'Neal said the committee had carefully considered the question of game and had reached the conclusion that owing to the different interests of counties it should not be embraced in the report.
 Judge Coleman argued against the amendment and Messrs. Espy of Henry and Cunningham of Jefferson spoke in favor of 1t.
 On motion CT MT. deCIrdH HeHTelu oL Hale the amendment was tabled.
 The Convention then returned to the consideration of the last clause of Sub division 26. which was withdrawn dur ing the morning hour.
 The latter part of this subdivision reads as follows;
 "No special, private or local law, except law fixing the time of holding courts shall be enacted in any case, which is provided for by a general law, or when the relief sought can be given by any court of this State and the courts and not the General As sembly shall judge as to whether the matter of said law is provided for by a general law and as to whether the relief eoucht can be given by any court; nor shall the General Assembly indi- rectly enact any such special privA.e or local law by the partial repeal of a general law. The General Assembly shall pass general laws for the cases enumerated in this section" NIT. Pettus of Limestone sent forward an amendment to strike out that part | of the subdivision authorizing the | courts and not the General Assembly shall judge as to the character of a | law.
 Governor Oates presented an amend ment that there should be Committed | of the Legislature on Local and Priva tt | Bills.
 | ,Mr. O'Neal Of LauderdaIe spoke against the amendments. He said h, i saw no objection to a special com mittee of the General Assembly but h'
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