The age-herald., 1900-11-20

also levy a tax not to exceed the rate of | three-fourths of 1 per centum to pay the | indebtedness of said city, existing on the
 9th day of December, 1875. and the interest ! thereon.
 And provided further, that this section
 shall not apply to the city of Birmingham,
 which city may levy and collect a tax. not | to exceed three-fourths of one per eentum
 in addition to the tax of one-half of one | per centum as hereinaboVe allowed to be
 levied and collected, such special tax to be | applied exclusively to the payment of inter-
 est on the bonds of said city of Birming- | ham, as heretofore issued in pursuance of
 law, and for a sinking fund to pay off said
 bonds at the maturity thereof"
 Section 1S Be 1t further enacted, That if l such convention be called 1t shall incorpo- rate and adopt the following as part or l parcel of a section of any constitution it | may frame and adopt, to-wit: "The prop 1 erty of private corporations associations | and individuals of this State shall forever l be taxed at the same rate; provided, this section shall not apply to institutions or enterprises devoted exclusively to religious, educational or charitable purposes" l Section 19. Be it further enacted, That if l such convention be called 1t shall incorpo- rate and adopt the following as a part or section of any constitution it may frame l and adopt, to-wit: No power to levy taxes l shall be delegated to individuals or private l corporations.
 Section 20. Be it further enacted, That if such convention be called it shall incorpo-
 rate in any constitution it may frame and adopt any and all other limitations upon the rights of taxation that are in the pres ent constitution.
 Section 21. Be it further enacted, That if
 such convention be called it shall not in- corporate in any constitution it may adopt any clause or matter looking to the ramoV- al of the State Capital
 Section 22 Be it further enacted that in the event of the framing of such constitu- tion by said convention 1t shall be the duty of the Governor within one week after the
 filing of the same with the Secretary of
 State to issue his proclamation published as heretofore required for the proclama- tion to a similar convention to make known the fact that such constitution mas been framed, and thereby require an elec- tion to be held in the several counties of this State in the same manner and by the same officers as general elections are re- quired to be held for the purpose of sub
 hitting to the qualified voters of this State the ratification or rejection of the said constitution. This election shall be held not less than twenty days nor more than sixty days after the date of said procla- nation.
 Section 23 Be it further enacted that at the election provided for by the preceding section every qualified voter who is In favor of the ratification of the constitu-
 tion so framed by said convention shall
 declare the same by depositing his ballot
 at the voting place where he may be en-
 titled to vote by making cross mark be-
 fore the words "For Constitution" writ
 ten or printed partly written and partly
 printed thereon, and every qualified voter
 of this State voting at said election who
 is against the ratification of said eonsti-
 tuition shall deposit his ballot marked with
 a cross mark before the words Against
 Constitution" written printed or partly written and partly printed thereon. That
 the returns of this election shall be made in the same manner and within the same time and by the same officers and certified by them to the same officers and in the same form as herein provided in section of this act.
 Section 24 Be it further enacted That
 within fifteen days after the day on which
 the election shall be held for the ratifica- tion or rejection of said constitution It shall be the duty of the Governor, Secre- tary of State and Attorney General to as- semble In the office of the Secretary ot | State and open the returns of said election, l and they shall count the votes that may l have been cast flor constitution" and l against constitution" as appears from such returns, and the result shall be certi- l fled to the Governor by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General and by him made known to the people of this State by his proclamation published as provided by section = of this act; and from and af- ter a day to be made known in such proc lamation not more than ten days from the | date thereof if the said constitution shall be found to have been ratified by ma jority of all the qualified electors voting at said election; the said new constitution so | ratified shall go into immediate effect as i the constitution of the State of Alabama, l and shall thenceforth be binding and ob- Hgatory as such upon all the people of this | State.
 Section 25. Be 1t further enacted That at | the time of the publication of the procla- | nation by the Governor, causing said pro- posed constitution to be submitted for rati- l fication or rejection to the qualified voters | of this State, it shall be the duty of the | Governor to cause a copy of said proposed l constitution to be published as his procla- 1 nation by section - of this act, as directed | to be published or to be printed upon l separate sheet and circulated with the 1 newspapers in which the proclamation re- | qured by said section shall be published. ~'---'.' - Y H,->E ->E 4sR qe'~TSE
 >'--''----''-' THE HOUSE.
 The sixth days session of the House | was taken up by routine business. The l speaker called the session to order few | minutes past 12 o'clock, Rev. MT Bull | man from the House offering prayer. l Eighty members responded to roll call and | several leaves of absence were granted for the day.
 Resolutions were reported by the Rules | Committee and adopted, petitioning the l Alabama members Tn congress 10 urge lIe | adoption by that body of the Underwood | bill to repeal the fifteenth amendment of | the constitution of the United States; rais- | ing a committee to invite the ministers of l the city to alternately open with prayer l the morning session of the House and au- l thorizing the doorkeeper to purchase all | necessary articles for the comfort of the members.
 | MT Clarke, of the Rules Committee. pre- sented the rules suggested by that com | mittee to govern the present session of the 1 House The rules are the same as those | governing the last House with three minor l changes Rule 19 was amended as to per | init a member voting for a measure to | move it's reconsideration on the same day of action, as well on the following dssf- | Rule 3S was so amended as to provide for | the recalling of bill from any committee | by three-fifths vote of the House. The membership of the Judiciary Committee | was increased to 19 and the speaker an- | nounced the two additional members to l be Messrs. Hefiin, of Randolph, ana Bald | win, of Bullock. rt | The report of the committee was adopt
 ed and 200 copies of the rules e=@ssed