The age-herald., 1901-07-09

the same overt act or his own confession in open court.
 Section 20 was adopted as follows:
 Section 20 That no person shall be at tainted of treason by the General Assem- bly,. and no conviction shall work cor ruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
 Section q was read as follows:
 Section 21. That no person shall be im- prisoned for debt.
 Governor Oates moved to amend by in- serting except for willful and fragrant fraud"
 This. on motion of MT. Carmichael of Colbert, was tabled and the section adopted.
 Section 22 was read and adopted as fol- lows:
 Section 22. That no powers of suspend ing laws shall be exercised except by the General Assembly.
 Section 23 was adopted, reading as fol- lows:
 Section 23. That no ex post facto law, or any law impairing the obligations of contracts, or making any irrevocable or exclusive grants of special privileges or immunities shall be passed by the Gen. eral Assembly; and every grant of fran chise privilege or immunity shall for ever remain subject to reVocdtlon, dilera- ton or amendment.
 Section "A was then adopted as follows:
 Section 24 That the exercise of the rights of eminent domain shall never De abridged nor so construed as to prevent the General Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies and sub1ecting them to public use the same as individuals. But private property shall not ne taken or applied for public use unless just compensation be first made therefor; nor shall private property be taken for private use or for the use of corporations, other than mu- nicipal, without the consent of the own CT; provided, however, that the General Assembly may by law secure the persons or corporations the right of way over the lands of other persons or corporations, and by general laws provide for and reg ulate the exercise by person and corpora ton of the rights herein reserved but just compensation shall, in all cases, be first made to the owner, and, provided that the right of eminent domain shall not be so construed as to allow taxation or forced subscription for the benefit of rail- roads or any other kind of corporation, other than municipal or for the benefit of any individual or association.
 Navlgable Waters.
 Section 25 was adopted as follows:
 Section .25. That all navigable waters shall remain forever public highways, free to the citizens of the State, and Of the United States, without tax, impost or toll; and that no tax, toll, impost or wharfage shall be demanded or received from the owner f any merchandise or commodity for the use of the shores, or any wharf erected on the shores, or in or over the waters of any navigable stream, unless the same be expressly authorized by law.
 Section 2s was adopted as follows:
 Section 26 That the citizens have right in a peaceable manner to assemble together for the common good, and to apply to those invested with the power of government for redress of grievances or other purposes, by petition, address or remonstrance.
 Section 2 was then read as follows:
 Section 27. That every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the State; 3ilfu u shall be the duty of the General Assembly to define, by law, small arms, and regulate the bearing of the same,
 Mr Reese of Dallas moved to strike out all of the section after the word "state." He hoped this section of the old constitution would go back as it was He saw no use of the addition which made it the duty of the Legislature to define small arms. He saw no sense in it and thought there must be a nigger In the wood pile somewhere.
 MT. Greer of Calhoun moved to lay the amendment on the table. He withdrew 1t to allow MT. Hef1in of Chambers to make an explantion. The motion to table was then lost by a vote of AT to 4S. The vote first taken was a tie and the presi- dent voted against tabling. The amend .ment was then adopted by vote of 5S to 45 and the section as amended adopted.
 No Standing Army.
 Section 28 was then adopted as follows
 Sestion 28. That no standing army shall be kept up without the consent of the General Assembly, and, in that case, no appropriation for it's support shall be made for a longer term than one year; and the military shall in all cases and at all times be in strict subordination to the civil power.
 Sections g and 30 were adopted as fol- lows:
 Section 29 That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house with out the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in manner to be prescribed by law. s
 Section g. That no title of nobility or hereditary distinction, privilege or emolu- ment shall ever be granted or conferred in this State and that no office shall be created, the appointment to which shall be for a longer time than during good behavior.
 Section A was read, as follows:
 Section 31. That immigration shall be encouraged, emigration shall not be pro- hibited and that no citizen shall be ex- lied.
 Governor Jones' Amendment.
 Governor Jones offered an amendment which provided that no we'll person shall be compelled to exile himself from the State in cases of epidemic or disease. when there are sections of the State which are willing to receive him.
 Why do we have government? asked Governor Jones. Is 1t its soil or it's Indus tries? Is 1t not finally because 1t protects us? Ever since Alabama was settled up to 1897 there never was a time when citizen could not seek refuge In his own State from other portions when there were epidemics. But in 1897 1t was said if you are poor you must stay at home and die, but if you are rich we will let you go to the boundaries of foreign States in Pull man cars We become sayages when the cry of yellow fever Is raised I have known a board of health of Montgomery to decide that car load of pig iron out side the city reeking with carbolic acid could not enter the town because 1t was feared 1t might contain yellow fever. Opelika was refused the privilege of re- ceiving refugees. They were forced to go to Georgia and then come back into Ope- 0f ha Irpftad