Jones v. McDade
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Gaston Gunter, Judge. Bill by W. R. McDade against R. H. Jones and others, as the Board of Revenue of Montgomery County. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Gaston Gunter, Judge. Bill by W. R. McDade against R. H. Jones and others, as the Board of Revenue of Montgomery County. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The acts and the proposal referred to in the opinion are as follows: An act to submit to the qualified voters of the state of Alabama at the general. election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1916, for their consideration, an amendment to the Constitution of the state, fixing the salaries and compensations and allowances to be paid to the judge…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Article 18, consisting-of sections 2S4r-287, inclusive, provides a complete system for either amending the organic law through the submission by the Legislature of an amendment or amendments to the electorate of the state, or the submission by the Legislature to the electorate of a proposition to constitute and convene a body to alter the Constitution. The report of this appeal will contain the sections mentioned, except 285, which is quoted in the opinion. The process provided by these sections is not legislation, is not lawmaking in the sense that laws are proposed and are considered and…
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