The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-19
It shouId be adopted.

| IT. O4tee-4 Qouy 4S& knc. make no objection to it <but 4 thinI 4 is right as 1t is. for | majority cf eao1 Houee to be recorded ap vutfno fr tf4 favor. and otherwise lt cannot pan4 and. therefore, those words have an of>
 Ace ana effect, and l move to tab1s n Iamendment.
 to table was carried. and ueon . 1sss ther vote, the section was adopted.
 Section zi was read as follows:
 Sec. q. No amendment to hilis ah9I3 be adopted except by . majority Of tno House wherein the same ia o6eFed. nee' unless the amendment with the mama of those voting for and against tho same shall be entered at length op tne journal of the House in which the aemei
 is adopted, and no amenomenk so sxs. vy one House shall be concurred tu pys the other unless by . vote taken r< yeas and nays, and the pames of tnef members voting for and aesinst tne same be recorded at length on tb9 iournai: and no report of a committee of conference shall be adopted m e,tn- CT House, except upon vote Wke1 by yeas and nays. and, entered on tne Journal, as herein provideo tor snN Iadoption of amendments.
 MT. Oates-I move the previous Quees tion on the adoption of the section:
 Mi Mr. Wstts--I want ts know yrether "a the fifth line of thatrc section 4ne
 words ''of . majority" appeAr. 1ne
 words "of . majority are h tho old
 c9nstitutiS,n .ss,,nr wa: .r.,a \. T..a. sss
 Mr. oates--i wish te say tue esnsn- . | dalton of tho old section was vsry carefully considered. not only once nue | twice by the Committes and t is re. ported here just aS 1t was adopted py inc Committee, and hence move the ureyious question on its adoption. think 1t 10 perfectly clear.
 The main question was crdered enN upon . further vote the section wae
 section 22 was read as follows;
 Sec. 22. The legislature shall pass | general laws under which leeAi ana private interests shall Dc provided sae
 Mr. Oates-rhat has already been adopted, and incorporated into the er- | ticle orA Local Legislation, and TOT tnAx reason \ ask unanimous consent tnes 1t be stricken out here. Il There being no obtectton the se0ueu was stricken out.
 Section as was read as follows;
 Sec. 2s. The legislature shall have ne
 nower to authorize lotteries or gift ~. terprises for any purpose. and enatk pass laws to prohibit the sale of tots
 tery or sift enterprise tickets. or uck-
 cts in any scheme in the nature of lottery in this state; and ah aetes er , parts of acts heretofore passsd by tha , legislature of this State, authorizing .
 lottsrg or lotteries aud all acts amend , atory thereof. or supplemental tnexe- l to, are hereby avoided.
 MT. Oates--That is the sanae e In the present Constitution. and meve tts adoption.
 Upon a vote being taken tho section was adopted.
 Sec. 24. Th4 presiding oJslaer of each House shall in the presence of thu House over which he presidee. aign eu !! bills and joint resolutions peAged py inc legislature, after the sngie shall
 have been publicly read at length. inc mediately before the signing ans the
 fact of reading and aigntns shall he
 entered upon the journal; but the rsaa. ing at length may bo dispensed with
 by two-thirds vote of quorum pres. ent. which fact shailN also he entered
 on the journal.
 MT. oates--The change made in that from the corresponding section in the
 present Constitution is 1t wss only necessary heretofore for the presiding , officer to read the title before signing. } and this requires the reading or the en- , actmsnt ct length before the etGnin9s } but the reading ct length may be dis l pensed with by a two-thirds vote ot
 the quorum present which fact shall [, be entered on the journal. In some
 cases 1t may be desired where bill Is of very great length and the House !, is satisfied 1t is all right. and it would
 consume c great deal os time to read it. to dispense with the reading. and l hipAa pense with the reading of 1t at length,
 MT. HoweIl-I would like that rule.
 but would 1t not In case the motion was made to suspend the rule, onvtate the necessity of reading the hiil by tss , caption.
 MT. Oates-of course it would have Co be read by it's caption. it Is eniy the reading at length that may pc dis
 pensed with by tho two-thtrds vote of : the members present.
 ] Mir. Howell-It would not require the reading of the caption would 1t? Mr. Oatss--It would be necessary to read that to know what he has in hand. That Is unavoidable.
 An amendment by MT. deGraffenreid , was read as follows: Amend by strik. ing out from section 24 all after the word "jou -nar' in the fourth line. Mr. deGraffenreid-I do not care te discuss that amendment. except that want to call the attention of the House to the fact that 1t strikes from . 1t the provision that two-thtrds of the House may dispense with the reading of the bill at length whAn 1t is to be } signed by the presiding officer of the !, House. It has always been done here tofore, and then. under the require ment that we have had heretofore. this House knows that frauds have been
 perpetrated upon the General Assem- bly. and as we have already declared
 by our action that the journals of each
 House shall be presumed to be ebso-
 iutely true. I think that everything that can be done by this Convention, to . prevent fraud being perpetrated upon . the house should be done. and for that , reason I offer the amendment, and 2 move the previous question. . Mr. Oates-Don't move the previous , question. s. Mir. deGraffenreid--You have the , right to close the debate. . Mr. Sanford (Pike)---I hope the gen. 1. tieman won't move the previous ques. Ltion. want to offer a substitute. ! ! offer the clause In the old Consultation ' as a substitute. ? The motion for the previous question was withdrawn. , Mr. Sanford (Pike)7-I desire eto say [ that do not see how the Committee ' could have given careful considera' i tion to this section. ,epd reported the