Dollar v. State Ex Rel. Sivley

BOULDIN, Justice.

Among the grounds of impeachment of a public officer specified in Section 173 of the Constitution óf Alabama is- this: “Intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties, as unfits the officer for the -discharge of such duties.”

This applies to county as well as state officers. Constitution, § 175.

These words were substituted for the words “habitual drunkenness” in the Constitution of 1875, Section 1, Article 7. This change followed the definition of “habitual drunkenness” as a…