Lieutenant Governor Albert Brewer and finance director Seymore Trammell in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, during a special session in which a $160 million road bond issue was passed.
At the time, the road bond issue was the largest ever approved in the state. The Senate passed the three-bill package late the last night of the special session, but the House did not pass the bills until after the session technically ended at midnight. To allow this, the chamber wall clocks, which...
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| Summary: | At the time, the road bond issue was the largest ever approved in the state. The Senate passed the three-bill package late the last night of the special session, but the House did not pass the bills until after the session technically ended at midnight. To allow this, the chamber wall clocks, which determined the times recorded in the legislative journals, were stopped before 12:00. (The journals were considered the official legal record of the proceedings.) |
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