Opinion of the Justices

The House of Representatives propounded two questions to the Justices of the Supreme Court. One concerned House Bill 1531; the other House Bill 1532. The question as to each Bill was: did Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama prohibiting the Legislature from authorizing lotteries or gift enterprises prohibit the Legislature from authorizing dog racing with a pari-mutuel system of wagering. A majority of the Justices were of the opinion that the Act did not offend Section 65 of the Constitution in that the system of pari-mutuel wagering provided for in the Act did not constitute a lottery…