Opinion of the Justices

To the Members of the

House of Representatives

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Representatives:

We are in receipt of House Resolution 13, sponsored by Representative Gafford, which reads as follows:

“BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE, That we do respectfully request the Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, or a majority of them, to give this body their written opinion on the following constitutional questions which have arisen concerning the pending H.J.R. 9, which was introduced to propose a redesignation of the date…