ple of this state, in the manner and form as provided by the constitution of this state, have accepted the said amendment, which is in the words and figures following: proposed of service. Be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the Recital of state of Alabama in general assembly convened, That the following amendment. amendments to the constitution of the state of Alabama, be proposed to the people of said state, which, when agreed to by a majority of all the citizens of said state, voting for representatives, and ratified by two-thirds of each house of the next general assembly, voting by yeas and nays, shall be valid to all intents and purposes whatever, as a part of the constitution of the state of Alabama, to wit: Strike out the thirteenth section of the fifth article, and insert in lieu thereof the following: The judges of the several courts of this state shall hold Judges' term their offices for the term of six years; and for wilful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground for im- How removpeachment, the governor shall remove any of them on the address of ed. two-thirds of each house of the general assembly: Provided, how- Proviso. ever, that the cause or causes for which such removal shall be required, shall be stated at length in such address, and entered on the journals of each house: And provided further, That the cause or causes shall be notified to the judge so intended to be removed, and he shall be admitted to a hearing in his own defence, before any vote for such address shall pass; and in all such cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the journals of each house respectively: And provided also, that the judges now in office may hold their of Further profices until the session of the general assembly which shall be held in viso. the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, unless removed by address or impeachment:" Therefore, Be it resolved by the senate and house of representa- Ratification. tives of the state of Alabama in general assembly convened, Twothirds of each house concurring, that the aforesaid amendment to the constitution, proposed as aforesaid, and accepted by the people as aforesaid, be ratified, and that the same, from and after the passage of this resolution, be and form a part of the constitution of the state of Alabama. JOHN GAYLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LEVIN POWELL, President of the Senate. A LIST OF THE ACTS OF CONGRESS INCLUDED IN THIS DIGEST. An Act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi Territory.-April 7, 1798. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee.' -March 27, 1804. An Act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi Territory.-May 14, 1812. An Act to establish a separate territorial government for the eastern part of the Mississippi Territory.-March 3, 1817. An Act to enable the people of the Alabama Territory to form a constitution and state government; and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.-March 2, 1819. A LIST OF THE STATUTE LAWS, OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, From the Organization of the Mississippi Territory, to the close of the Session of the General Assembly for the year 1832, now in force, either wholly or in part, in the State of Alabama. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, AND NUMBERED. YEAR AND TITLE AND DATE. 1799: (1) An Act concerning defalcation.-February 28, 1799. 1801: (1) An Act to restrain idle and disorderly persons.-December 5, 1801. 1802: (1) An Act for the limitation of actions, and for avoiding vexatious lawsuits.-February 2, 1802. (2) An Act to prevent suits from abating on the death of either party.— May 13, 1802. 1803: (1) An Act to prevent unlawful hunting, and for other purposes.-February 10, 1803. (2) An Act concerning notaries public.-February 10, 1803. (3) An Act respecting conveyances.-March 4, 1803. (4) An Act for the more easy partition of lands held by coparceners, joint-tenants, and tenants in common.-March 4, 1803. (5) An Act concerning divorce and alimony.-March 10, 1803. (6) An Act for the suppression of vice and immorality.-March 12, 1803. (7) An Act to prevent frauds and perjuries.-November 18, 1803. (8) An Act creating the offices, and defining the duties of territorial and county treasurers.-1803. 1804: (1) An Act to prevent the evil practice of duelling.-November 11, 1804. 1805: (1) An Act regulating the solemnization of marriages.-January 5, 1805. (2) An Act empowering courts of equity to proceed against absent de fendants. February 1, 1805. (3) An Act concerning forcible entries and detainers.-February 10, 1805. (4) An Act respecting slaves.-March 6, 1805. (5) An Act to prevent the liberation of slaves, only in cases hereafter named, and for other purposes.-July 20, 1805. 1806: (1) An Act concerning wills and testaments; the settlement of intestates' estates; and the duty of executors, administrators and guardians. -February 10, 1806. (2) An Act for the appointment of an auditor of public accounts, ascertaining his duties in office, and for other purposes.-March 1, 1806. |