The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-31

lapse of time. or by any statute of limitation of his State
 Sec. 6. No lottery shall ever be ai- lowed, or be advertised, by rewspapers or otherwise Or its tickets he sold in this State; and the Legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of this provision; nor shall any lottery heretofore authorized be permitted to be drawn or its ticket sold. The Leg isiatEre shall not elect any other than its own officers, and United States Sem | atcrs; but this section shall not pro- hibit the Legislature from appointing Presidential Electors.
 Sec. (. No obligation or liability of am person, association. or corporation held or owned by this State, or levee board, or any county, city. or town thereof, shall ever be remitted, released or postponed or in any way dimin- ished by the Legislature, nor shall any liability or obligation be extinguished l except by payment thereof into the proper treasury; nor shall such liabil- isy, or obligation be exchanged or transferred except upon payment of its face value; but this shall not be construed to prevent the Legislature from providing by general law for the compi cmise of doubtful claims.
 Referred to the Legislative Depart mont Committee.
 Ordinance No. 142 by MT. Oates:
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in convention assembled. That the following restrictions and limita- tions upon the powers of legislation, to wit:
 Section 1. No special or local law shall be enacted for the benefit of in- dividuals or corporations, in cases which are. or can be provided by 8 general law. or where the relief sought can be given by any court of this State; nor shall the operation of any general law be suspended by the lexis- lature for the benefit of any individual | or private corporation or association, | and in all cases where a general law can be made applicable, and would be advantageous. no special law shall be enacted. ,
 Sec. 2. The legislature shall pass general laws, under which local and private interests shall be provided for and protected, and under which cities and towns may be chartered and their charters amended, and under which corporations may be created, organized, and their acts of incorporation alter. ed: and all such laws shall be subject to repeal or amendment.
 Sec. 8. There shall be appointed in each house of the legislature a stand. ing Committee on Local and Private Legislation: the House Committee to consist of seven representatives, and the Senate Committee of five Senators. No local or private bill shall be passed by either house until it shall have been ] referred to said committee thereof, aud shall have been reported back with recommendation in writing that 1t do pass, stating affirmatively the reasons | t16 xx-hx hA tO complished should not be reached by a general law. or by proceeding in court. l or if the recommendation of the com mittee be that the bill do not pass, then 1t shall not pass the House to | which it is so reported unless |. be | voted for by majority of all the mem- bers elected thereto. If bill is pass ed in conformity to the requirements hereof, other than such as are pro- hibited in the next section, the courts shall not, because of its local, special or private nature refuse to enforce it. Sec. 1. The legislature shall not pass local, private or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, but such matters shall be provided for only by general laws, wis:
 (a) Granting divorces.
 (b) Changing the names of persons, places or corporations.
 | (c) Providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal cases.
 (d) Regulating the rate of interest on money.
 tel Concerning the settlement or administration of any estate, or the sale or mortgage of any property, of any infant, or of person of unsoupd mind, or of any deceased person.
 0) The removal of the disability of infancy. .
 (g) Granting to any person, corpora tion, or association, the right to have any ferry. bridge. road or fish-trap. (h) Exemption of property from taxation. or from levy or sale.
 O Providing for the adoption or legitimation of children.
 (D Changing the law of descent and distribution.
 (k) Exempting any person from jury, road. or other civil duty (and no person shall be exempted therefrom by force of any local or private lawo
 CD Laying out, opening, altering and working roads and highways.
 (m) Vacating any road or highway, town plat. street. alley o: public grounds.
 (n) Selecting drawing, summoning or empannelling grand or petit juries.
 (o) Creating. increasing, pr decreas- | ing the 1eeS, salary or eIneluments UT any public officer
 (p) Providing for the management or support of any private or common school, incorporating the same, or granting such school any privileges. (q) Relating to stock laws, water courses and fences.
 G) Conferring the powef to exercise the right of eminent domain, or grant, ing to any person. corporation or asso- citation the right to lay down railroad tracks, or street car trscks, in any other manner than that prescribed by general law.
 (s) Regulating the prattice in courts of justices.
 (O Providing for the creation of districts for the electio1 of justices of the peace and constabes.
 (u) Granting any lands under con- trol of the State to any person or cor poratioh.
 Referred to Committee on Legisla- tive Department.
 Ordinance No. 143, by MT. O'Neal:
 Prohibiting the grant by any coun- ty, city, town or other municipality of any franchise or privilege; or the making of any contraet in reference thereto, for & term exceeding twenty years, and requiring suth grants to be mace at public auction to the highest bidder.
 Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama, in convention as- sembled, That the following provisions shall constitute Section - of Article XIV of the Constitutiof of this State: