In Re Opinion of the Justices

To the Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Montgomery, Alabama

Gentlemen:

An important constitutional question has arisen concerning the interpretation of the amendment to the Constitution of Alabama that was proposed by Act No. 151 adopted at the 1957 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama. The said constitutional amendment (herein sometimes called “the constitutional amendment”), which was ratified at an election held in the state on December 17, 1957, and was proclaimed a part of the constitution by proclamation made by me as Governor on…