The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10
M-. co,eman-yes, sir.

was carried.
 The Pres.dent-The question recurs upon the amendment offered by the gentleman from Dallas.
 a substitute.
 Mir. Rogers (Sumter)-I move to re- consider the vote by which the amend ment offered by the gentleman from Dallas was adopted.
 The President-That has been done.
 Mir. Hefiin (Chambers)-If I am in order, move to table the amendment offered by the gentleman from Dallas.
 Mir. O'Neal Uauderdale)-That has been done.
 The President-The delegates are mis- Aken. The amendment of the gentle nan from Dallas is the pending ques- lion.
 MT. Coleman-I offer a substitute for the amendment offered by the gentle man from Dallas.
 The substitute was read as follows:
 ITO authorize the contracting of Obligations or the issue of bonds men honed in Section of this Article, the anne shall be first submitted to vote pf the qualified electors of said county, State, town, village, district or other political subdivision of the State, and voted for by a majority thereof in num- bers and value of taxable property 
 MT. Rogers (Sumter)-I want to call the attention of the House to Section 17 on Local Legislation-"Authori any county, township, city, town or village to issue bonds or other security, except in cases in which the issuance of eaid bonds or other securities has been authorized by vote of the duty quail ffied electors of such county, township, city, town or village, at an election held Fr.v~ rrr1x vnyrrr In hn may be prescribed by law; provided. the General Assembly may pass special laws to refund bonds issued before the date of the ratification of this Consti- tution.'
 This section has been adopted on the Article on Local Legislation. This would be in direct conflict with it, and for that reason move to lay the sub- Btitute and the amendment of the gen fleman from Dallas on the table.
 Mr. Macdonald-I ask the gentleman 10 withdraw that motion. 1a MT. Browne-In order that may of- Ter a resolution that will straighten the matter out, ask the gentleman to withdraw his resolution.
 The President-The motion is to lay section z, reported by the Committee, s and the amendment offered by the gen tleman from Dallas and the substitute offered by the gentleman from Greene upon the table.
 MT. Harrison-I call for a division of the question.
 MT. Macdonald-I rise to a question of inquiry. The motion covers the sub stitute as reported by the Committee. I trust the gentleman will withhold his motion.
 The Presidential covers Section as reported by the Committee and covers the amendment offered by the gentle man from Dallas.
 MT. Rogers-I would like to ask for reading of the section as amended. so the gentlemen can see what l have moved to lay on the table.
 The section as amended was read as follows:
 Sec. z. No county. city, town, village, district or other political subdivision of a county shall have authority or be authorized by the General Assembly after the ratification of this Constitu- ton, to issue bonds, unless such issue of bonds shall have first been approved bv majority vote by ballot of the quail fled voters of such county, city, town, village. district or other political sub division of a county, voting upon such proposition. In determining the result of any election held for this purpose, no vote shall be counted as an affirma- tive vote, which does not show on it's face that such vote was cast in ap- proval of such issue of bonds. This seetion shall not apply to the renewal, lrefunding or reissuance of bonds law fully issued, nor prevent the issuance of bonds in cases where the same have been authorized by laws enacted prior to the ratification of this Constitution, nor shall this section apply to obliga- tions incurred or bonds to be issued to procure means to pay for street and sidewalk improvement. or sanitary or storm water sewers, the cost of which is to be assessed in whole or in, part against the property abutting said im- provements or drained by such sani tary or storm water sewers.
 No city, town or other municipality, shall make any assessment for the cost of sidewalks or street paving, or for the cost of coE Estruction of any sewers, against the property abutting on such street or sidewalk so paved or drained by such sewers, in excess of the in- creased value of such property by req son of the special benefits derived from such improvement.
 Amendment by MT. Craig (which has been reconsidered):
 And women taxpayers"
 And substitute for said amendment by MT. Coleman of Greene as follows:
 ITO authorize the contracting of the obligations or issue of bonds mentioned In Section of this Article, the same shall be first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said county, State, town, village, district, or other municipal subdivision of the State, and voted for by a majority in numbers and valuable taxable property voting at such election"
 MT. Rogers (Sumter)-I confine my motion to table to the amendments of Mir Craig of Dallas and the substitute l propose to read the sections we have already adopted to show this is in con- flict with it.
 Mir Browne-I make the point of or der that the gentleman is out of order In reading it. He is reading it for the purpose of undertaking to influence members of the Convention and he has declined to withdraw his motion.
 MT. Rogers-I am not arguing it. l propose to read the section as we have adopted it. I decline to withdraw and renew my motion to lay the substitute offered by the gentleman from Greene and the amendment offered by the gen. tleman from Dallas upon the table.
 MT. Espey-And upon that l call for a division of the question. ., c~
 The President-'The question would be first on the motion to table the sub stitute offered by the gentleman from Greene.
 MT. Harrison--I desire to call atten- ton to the fact that the Secretary