The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-28
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Committee on Amending the Consti- tuition and Miscellaneous Provisions-- Foster. Merrill, Jones of Hale, Boone, Altman, Burns. Ledbetter. Norwood, Haley, Cunningham, Sollie, Sentell' Barefild, Lowe of Lawrence, McMillan of Wilcox.
 Committee on the Journal-Proctor. Wilson of Clarke. Carmichael of Col bert. Kirkland, Foshee.
 Committee on Schedule, Printing and Incidental Expenses-Hefiing of Randolph, Greer of Perry, Locklin. Wilson of Washington, Barefeld, Hen- derson, Carmichael of Coffee. Murphree. Jones of Bibb.
 The President-The regular order of business will be the calling of the roll. Calling alphabetically the roll of the delegates to introduce resolutions, me- morials, petitions, ordinances and their proper references.
 The roll was called.
 Mir, Boone-I offer a resolution. The resolution was read as follows: Resolved, That the Secretary of this convention be, and is hereby. instruct ed to reserve i've copies of printed of this convention, and when said re- port Is completed. cause the same to be bound and deposited in the office or the Secretary of State. Referred to Schedule, Printing and Incidental Expenses Committee. MT. watts-I have a resolution on that same subject which I would like to have take the same course. The resolution was read as follows: Resolved. That the official stenogra- pher be required to deliver each day to the Secretary of State 250 of the 1000 printed copies of the report of the pro- ceedings of the convention for the pre-
 vious day.
 Resolved further, That 1t should be the duty of the Secretary of State to preserve said 250 copies of said pro-
 ceedings for such use as the General
 Assembly may direct.
 | Same reference.
 MIR. BROOKS PRESENTS
 THE FIRST ORDINANCE. l MT. Brooks-I have a resolution. | The resolution was read as follows:
 To Amend Sec. of Article Il of the
 Constitution. :.
 Resolved, That Section of Article Il
 of the Constitution be amended so that
 it shall read as follows:
 | After the ratification of this constitu- tion. no new debt shall be created against, or incurred by, this State or it's authority, except to repel invasion, or to suppress insurrection, and then only by a concurrence of two-thirds or the members of each house Of the Gen eral Assembly, and the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, ana entered on the journals; and any act creating or mourning any new debt against tnis State, except as herein provided for, shall be absolutely void; provided, the Governor may be authorized to nego- I tiate temporary loans, never to exceed three hundred thousand dollars, to meet deficiencies in the treasury; and until the same is paid, no new loan shall be negotiated; provided, further, that this
 section shall not be so construed as to
 prevent the refunding. from time to Dme. of the bonded indebtedness of the l State.
 The resolution was referred to the l Committee on Taxation.
 MT, Brooks-I desire to call the at-
 tention of the Chair to the fact that , there is another committee which all ,l motions, ordinances or resolutions to | amend the constitution shall be SUD-
 mdtted and I would like to have the
 ruling of the Chair on that point. This is a motion to amend, not an original
 ordinance or something outside of the , constitution.
 The President-Thc Chair under 7 stands that all motions and all propo- ! 1, relate to amendments to the constitu- ton because the call of this conven- tion Ia so expressed ITO amend, alter . or change the Constitution. : Mir, Brooks-I have another resolu' ton. The resolution was read as follows Resolved. That Section l. of Article
 IF of the Constitution be so amendeo 3 that it shall read as follows: 1. All able bodied male inhabitants , of this State, between the ages or l' , years. and 46 years, who are citizens . of the United States, or have declared p their intention to become such citizeps : shall he liable to military duties in the '' militia of the State. And the Genera
 Assembly may provide for the organi:
 zation from among such citizens or | State Naval Militia.
 f Referred to Committee on Militia. : The President-The Chair would stat to the convention that under the rule! s adopted, propositions for the amend
 ment of the Constitution will be called = ordinances and other propositions
 resolutions. That rule was adopted fo f the convenience of the clerks in keeping : a record of the proceedings of the con , l vention.
 ,, Mr. Brooks-In the absence of an!
 rule, I merely put 1t in the form Of f resolution. l noticed that was th' form in which the federal convention f put it. l have another resolution. = The resolution was read as follows: f Resolved, That Section 23 of Articl = II of the Constitution be stricken out
 and the following substituted: }, No public officer. or person elected O. . appointed to q public office under tn 7, laws of this State, shall directly or Tn !, directly ask, demand, accept, recelv p or consent 10 receive for his own us
 or benefit, or for the use or beneft = another, any free pass, free transporta > tion, franking privilege or discrimina = tion in passenger, telegraph or tele l. phone rates, from any person or COT = poration ,or make use of the sam l. himself or in conjunction with another
 A person who violates any provision O this section, shall be deemed guilty O H. q misdemeanor, and shall forfeit nj IL office al the suit of the Attorney Gen = eral. Any corporation. or officer. e' agent thereof, who shall offer, or pro mise to a public officer, or person elect
 ed or appointed to public office' an such free pass, free transportation franking privilege or discrimination = shall also be deemed guilty of mis . demeanor, and is liable to punishmen '' except as herein provided. No per u son, or officer or agent of corpora f tion giving any such free pass, Ire If transportation, franking privilege O l. discrimination hereby prohibited. shal r. be privileged from testfying in relatio
 thereto. and he shall not be liable t
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