The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-18

In other words, you are trying 70 put two Constitutions together, and IS there any use of it? . l MT. Harrison-Some gentlemen think 1t more clearly expresses it.: and do not think, it hurts to say so twice. a~s 1 Mir. Murphree-As this portion of it was put in at my instance, and l not being Q lawyer and not knowing the construction of language, will not in- sist on it's being in there If 1t will en- danger the Constitution in the least. 1 MT. Harrison-If the gentleman will consent, the Committee on Corporations will accept the amendment offered by the gentleman from Madison. Unanimous consent was given and l the amendment adopted.
 | MT. Watts-I would like to ask the Chairman of the Committee a question, Does not this section authorize the Legislature to pass special law amending or altering a charter Of corporation or remitting its forfeiture? Does not it say that they can do 1t on the condition that 1t will be subject to the Constitution?
 MT. Harrison-we have offered sec- | tions covering that. -.
 l The President-The time of the gen. tleman from Lee has expired. i The question Is on the adoption or the section as amended.
 MT. Smith-I desire to get a report of the Committee on Rules. ..
 The report was read as follows:
 Amendment by Rules Committed: 1 Amend Rule 53 so as to read as fol- lows:
 l Rule 53. The Committee, on Order. Consistency and Harmony of the Con- stitution shall report the proposed Con- stitution to the Convention. or any part or parts thereof, from time to time, as they may think proper, and the Con- stitut,on. or the parts thereof, SO re- ported, shall be read and acted upon Article by Article, and submitted 70 q vote of the Convention; If majority of the members present shall vote if amended in any particular. IL shaii be re-referred. with such amendments to the said Committee. who shall cause the Article or Articles amended, with such amendments so adopted. to be re- written and report the same to the Convention for it's adoption. When the Constitution shall have finally been adopted by the Convention, 1t shall be enrolled. and when enrolled. it shall President and Secretary, and each delegate to the Convention shall per sonally sign his name thereto. The | signature of the majority of the dele gates present, or a majority or the Convention, shall constitute sufficient attestation.
 MT. Smith-I ask whether or not 1t is necessary for that to lay over with notice?
 The President-It seems to the Chair that if there is no objection the rue | may be considered now
 MT. Smith-I move its adoption and desire to make an eXplanatt0n.
 The President-The Chair thinks that the point. If made. it would go over, under the rule.
 Mir. Smith-Then will move to sus- pend the rules and put 1t upon it's adoption. And I desire to state that under the rules as they now exist the | Article would have to he passed upon section by section. and the Committee thought 1t would be better to be passed on by Articles. The same amendments should be made. and 1t would save time and it would save the trouble and time of reading the section unless some amendment is offered to that particu- lar section. Under the rules as now existing the Harmony Committee should not make 8 report al all 'until ii had completed the consideration oi l every article in the Constitution. So that it would facilitate matters to all low them to report part of it in ad- vance of the whole so that the Con- vention might be acting upon that | whiie they are completing their laoors on the other. Those are the only two changes in the rule.
 MT Oates--I arose for the purpose of enquiring what the objection would be to letting the report lie over until Monday riorning. I do not know that have any opposition to make to It at all. but would like for it to lie over and have time to examine it before 1t is passed. We will lose no time.
 Tha President-The Chair knows of no objection why it should not lie over until Monday.
 MT. Oates-I prefer for 1t to lie over until Monday morning.
 The Secretary read resolution report ed by Rules Committee as follows:
 Substitute for resolutions 2S2 and 2S4, introduced by Mir. Williams of Elmore. reported by Committee on Rules:
 In order that the records of this Con- vention may be complete. be 1t |. Resolved. That the President be and he Is hereby authorized to arrange Tor the printing of one thousand copies of the daily stenographic proceedings or the first, second and third days or this Convention. and that the Secretary of this Convention be. and he is hereby authorized and instructed to furnish to the printer with whom the President shall so arrange a copy ot the proceed ings of the first. second and third days of the Convention.
 Be it further resolved. That when said proceedings are printed. that the same be distributed among the mem hers of this Convention as oificlal stem oGraphic reports have heretofore been distributed.
 Said copies to be of like size and form as the said reports.
 MT. Smith lMobile)-I move the adoption of the report. 1 understand the work can be done for about one half of what the daily reports cost. and we thought it best that the stenograpn- ic report should be completed.
 Upon a vote being taken the resolu- ton was adopted. ....
 The President-The question is on the original resolution as amended. IJpon a vote being taken the resolu- tion as amended was adopted.
 The President-The next business In order is report of Committee on Cor | porations.
 Section 4 was read as follows:
 Sec. 4. No foreign corporation shall do any business in this State without having at least one known place or business and an authorized agent or agents therein. and without filing with the Secretary of State a certified copy of it's articles of incorporation or asso- citation. and of the law and authority under which it Is incorporated. Such | corDora ton may be sued in any county