Opinion of the Justices

The Hon. Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama Montgomery, Alabama

Gentlemen:

Important constitutional questions have arisen in connection with the interpretation of the constitutional amendment (herein called the “Amendment”) proposed by Act No. 519 of the 1957 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, passed by the House of Representatives August 16, 1957, and by the Senate September 6, 1957 (Acts of Alabama, Regular Session, 1957, page 713), submitted to the qualified electors of the State at a special election held on December 17, 1957, and proclaimed…