Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-17
Representatives of the Several Competing
 Cities Are Accorded Hearing.
AN Essfnlc SENATE IS DULY ORGANIZED
sunreme Court Decisions and Orders Grant ed by That Body Dog Registration Goes Into Effect-Prominent
 People at the Capital.
Age-Herald Bureau,
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1& n NstfA D N Montgomery, May l

EXCnanRe t1Olel
 Montgomery, May l6.
 The meeting of the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Girls, estab- lished by the legislature at the session Of 1S92-3, to take effect and be in full force from and after January l, 1895, was called to order at II o'clock today by Governor Oates in the executive offices of the cap itol The roll was called and it was found that the following named members answered to their names;
 His excellency, William c. Oates. gov ernor of Alabama, ex-ofIicio president of board Rt. Rev. H. NJ. Jackson, state at large, Montgomery; Rev. George B. Ea- ger, state at large, Montgomery; Hon. John Purifoy state auditor, member; Hon. John o. Turner, superintendent of education, member; Hon. H. Austill, Mo bile, First district; Hon. Sol D. Bloch. Camden, Second district; Hon. Thomas S. Plowman, Talladega Fourth district; Hon. w. W. Wadsworth Wadsworth, Fifth district Hon. F. $. Moody, Tuska- loosa, Sixth district; Hon. w. R. Dortch, Gadsden,- Seventh district; Hon. Virgil Bouldin Scottsboro, Eighth district. and Hon. John Mcqueen, Birmingham, Ninth district.
 The act creating the school was read.
 Hon. John Mcqueen of Birmingham was chosen as temporary secretary
 In pursuance of the provisions of the act Hon. Thomas $. Plowman moved that the board be divided into three classes as to length of term of office, and that the names of the trustees be placed in box and the first three drawn out, to hold for two years, the next four to hold for four years, and the next three for six years. The motion prevailed and the fol- lowing are the names as drawn:
 To hold for three years-Rev. George B. Eager Hon. II. Austill. Hon. Sol D. Blach.
 To hold for four years-Hon w. ". Wordsworth Hon. A. II. Aston, Rev. H. M. Jackson, Hon. John Mcqueen.
 To hold for six years-Hon. r. 5: Moody, Hon. w. R. Dortch, Hon. Virgil Bouldin and Hon. Thomas Plowman.
 Hon. H. Austill moved that the board proceed to the consideration of the loca- tion of the school and that the claims of the various places that are applicants be presented in alphabetical order. and that the committees representing the vari- ous places be limited to twenty minutes in discussing their claims The motion carried, whereupon the following named places were filed as applicants. with their representatives;
 Anniston-Mayor r. M. flight
 Auburn--Hon. H. c. Armstrong. pr. Rush, Professor Smith.
 Birmingham--Hon. John Mcqueen.
 Camden--Dr Jones, Judge Beck and others
 Florence-Chancellor R. r. Simpson. Prof. A. K. Powers.
 Kyle. Anniston, through Mayor flight. offered inc Noble Institute for Boys. valued at s1S.O0O and agreed to erect at once $12000 domitory adjoining 1t.
 Auburn, through Prof. O. D. Smith and ha diStript school hIlild- ing. a large frame structure, $5000 in cash and S6000in city bonds, beside free access to the laboratories and libraries of the Horticultural and Mechanical college.
 Camden offered $10000 cash, suitable tWo-Story brick building ana ten acres or land worth $10,000.
 Florence through Captain Simpson and Professor Powers, offered the handsome building of the Synodical Female college, worth $25, 900, and $25Oo in money.
 Gadsden offered forty acres in the city limits. fifty lots whereabouts, and two- story frame school building and $50OO in cash.
 Jasper offered s2O, 900 cash and property worth $3000O
 offered the grounds and buildings of the institute there worth S12000 the furni- ture and equipments contained In them, and the $2500 annual appropriation from the state. which the Livingston school now eHJOyS. Montevallo, through delegation of twenty, offered four squares in the center of the town, a handsome and suitable brick building and four residences. the whole valued at $3O,000: also twenty acres near by.
 Ozark offered city school building and grounds valued at $20.000, and a lib- eral cash subscription, the exact amount of which the committee could not state.
 Montgomery, through Colonel Tomp- kins, offered ten acres at Highland park, worth s50O0, and ss10, 900 in cash.
 Troy offered $30000 in cash and the normal school premises valued at S20,000, provided the school should be consoli- dated with the normal school at Troy.
 Tuskaloosa, through a strong delega- tion, offered the old state capitol build ing, now occupied by the Alabama Gen. trai Female college, and $7300 cash.
 The building cost $1S0,000, and $35,0o0 was expended a few years ago on dormitories. It is four-story brick building and one of the handsomest in the state The Central college-holds 1t for fifty years longer under lease from the University of Alabama. in which the title vests, but the university agrees to make deed of the property to the in- dustrial school outright.
 Wetumpka. through Col. Tom Will Hams, offered S26.500 in cash and forty