The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
REPRESENTATIVE STARR PRESENTS BILL
 FOR ELECTIVE RAILROAD COMMISSION

as the Railroad Commission of Alabama, consisting of president and two asso- ciates, who shall be competent persons and qualified electors of this State, Is established. That their terms of office shall be four years; that at the election to be held in this State on the first Tues day after the first Monday in November 1904. and every four years thereafter, a President and two associates, constitut- ing said Commission, shall be elected by the qualified electors of this State; that the results of said election shall be as- certained and declared by the same au- thority and in the same manner as are the results of elections for Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court: that the persons elected 10 ill said offices shall enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the first Monday In January after their election, and shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified But the term of office of the person elected IS President of said Commission at the November election in the year 1904 shall not begin until the expiration, of the term of office of the present incumbent, and shall continue until the first Mon day in January, 1909. That until said positions are filled by election as above provided, they shall continue to be filled as now provided by law. If any va cancy should occur in~ either of said of- tices. caused by death, resignation or otherwise. the same shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, the ap-
 
 uneXpired term
 Sec, ,. No person shall be eligible to Ill either of said offices who is direct y or indirectly pecuniarily interested in any railroad or other transportation com pany or corporation in this State or out of it. or who holds any. stock, bond, mortgage or other security, or who is in- tereSted in the earnings of any such rail- road or transportation company or cor poration. And if any incumbent Of either of said offices shall voluntarily become so interested, his office shall become va cant, and if any such incumbent shall become interested otherwise than volun- tarily. he shall within a reasonable time, divest himself of such interest, and fall ing in this, his office shall become Va cant. No incumbent of either of said offices shall engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with his duties
 Sec. 3. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties each of said officers shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the Constitu- ton for judicial officers, and shall. In ad- 1 dition thereto, swear that he is not d. rect!y or indirectly pecuniarily interested Tn any railroad. nor in the bonds, stock, mortgages, securities, contracts or earn ings of any railroad. and that he will, 10 the best of his ability faithfully and of this chapter and all laws of this State concerning railroads. which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Sec. [. Such Commissioners may he
 
 Lns Supreme Court for the same causes. and In the same manner as other State officers; ana any Commissioner who shall accept any gift. gratuity, emolument, or i employment from anJ person or corpora ton owning or operating railroad in | this State during hls continuance In office, snail forfeit his ofiec, and may be i'm l peached and removed from office there ! for, as for any other causes of impeach- meut.
 Salaries of Commissioners. Sec. 5. The President of such Com
 mission shall receive salary of thirty five hundred dollars per annum, and the associate commissioners shall each re- ceive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum; and they may employ a | clerk at a salary not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars per annum; such sal- | aries 10 be paid as the salaries of State officers are paid. The commissioners and clerk shall be entitled to receive from the State their actual necessary travelling ex- penses, which shall include the cost only l of transportation while travelling on the business of the commission. to be paid out on the order of the Governor upon an ltemized statement thereof, sworn to hy the party who incurred tho expense and approved hy the Commission. Sec 6. Such COmmission shall have an office at the capitol. and shall there meet on the first Monday In every month. September excepted and shall remain in session until All husiness hefore it is dis posed of; and 1t shall hold other sessions ot such times and places as may be neces-