Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-01
 TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Manning Gets a Resolution Before
 the House.
 JEFFERSON'S QUOTA Of Bills lntroduced-Two Im- portant Measures Offered
 in the Senate.
JEFFERsON'S QUOTA

MONTGOMERY, Nov. SC. Especial. l-Sev. eral important measures were introduced into the house today, and five or six bills of interest were read third time and passed.
 Alter the house had gotten we'll down 10 business Mir. Manning arose and asked 10 be heard on a personal privilege. Permis- sion was granted him and he read the fol- lowing resolution, which he stated had been adopted last night, and requested that il be spread upon the lninutas:
 Resolved by the popuiist senators and representatives of the general assembly iu caucus assembled, That the action of our state convention held in this city on the 18th instant meets with our full indorse- ment, and that all reports published by an uDfriendly press to tue effect that any yio- lence or law lessness in any form Is contem- plated on the 1st proximo Is absolutely false, and are circulated for the purpose of bringing our party into disrepute among patriotic citlzens.
 A. T. GOODWIN, Chairman.
 E. B. LANeI.Y, Secretary.
 Novemoe @, 1894.
 The resolution was ordered spread upon the mir nutes.
 The following bills were introduced by members from Jefferson county:
 House bill 412, by MT. O'Brien-To amend the charter of the Southern Asso- ciated Press.
 House bill 413, by MT. Mcqueen ITO de- clare the eff ct of judg ments in actions of ejectment and actions in the nature of eJectment.
 House bill 414, by MT. McQueen-ro abolish the distinction between actions of trespass and cause.
 House bill 415. by MT. McQaeen-To amend section 2S17 of the code.
 BILLS PASSED.
 The following bills were read third time and passed:
 House blil l46-To amend section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Ever green Industrial Normal school, approved February 16, 1891.
 House blli 150-To prevent the sale of oats for seed purposes which are mixed with seed of the Johnston grass. With amendment.)
 House bill l54-To require persons oper ating coal and ore mines, who pay for min- ing the same by weight, 10 have such coal honestly and carefully weighed.
 House bill 39-To repeal section S2 Of an act entitled an act to establish new char ter for the city of Montgomery, approved February 10, 1893.
 House bill 199--To abolish the city court of Decatur, and to transfer all the civil cases therein pending, together with all the dockets, papers and books relating to circuit court of Morgan county, Alabama; and to transfer all the cases now pending upon the equity docket of said city court, together with all the dockets, papers and books, of every kind whatsoever, to the court of chancery of the county of Morgan.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The proceedings in the senate of Alabama today were full of interest. A bill pro- viding for a constitutional convention to be held in August, 1895, was introduced. The bill provides that the convention shall not have authority to deprive any person holding office of his said office nor 10 prescribe any property qualifications upon the right to vote, but shall frame and recommend for adoption constitution such as may to the members of the conven- tion deem best. The bill provides that within week from the holding of such convention the governor must order an election to be held within sixty days for the adoption or rejection of the constitu- tion thus framed.
 new convict bill was also introduced into the senate. It provides for board of three inspectors, who shall be general man. agers of the system. One inspector must visit each convict camp every two weeks and report bennully. The president shall receive SlS00 salary and the associate inspectors Sl5C0 each. The bill goes into many details. It provides that convicts must, if worked in the mines, be classed or tasked infirm convicts must not be worked in mines.
 The right of Senator Goodwyn to file a protest against the ruling of the presiding officers of the joint convention 10 count the vote for state officers elicited considerable ciscussion by Senators Hundley, Pettus, Sayre, GoodWyn and others, and the rights anu powers of the joint convention and it's presiding officers were elucldated.