The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-05

That all poll taxes shall De paid to the tax collector in each County in this StAte and ty him turned over to the probate judge of each County on year and that the pr ,ba,e 5rdge shall make an alphabetical list by beats, wards or each voting precinct in the County list of all persons who have paid their poll taxes, which said al- phabetical list shall be kept as q book of public record in the of1ce of the judge of probate. and shall be the true registration list of the county for that year and on or before the 20th of Jan uary of each year the probate judge shall furnish a copy to the State treasurer a list of all such persons who have paid their taxes for that year, together with all his remittance to cover the same in full. And it shall be the duty of the probate judge to furnish a copy to each of the man agers of any election held in this State. whether State. County, municipal, pri- mary or otherwise, list of all per- sons residing in the beat, ward or vot- ing precinct who have all paid their poll tax on or before the 1st of Janu- ary of that year and only these whose names appear upon the list shall be entitled to vote.
 At any election held, either primary or otherwise. if any more voters are returned by the managers of any pre- cinct, beat. ward or voting place than appears upon the registration list 90 furnished them, then the said box shall be invalid and no vote therein contained shall be counted and the manager of said election shall be guil- ty of . high misdemeanor and be fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
 Should any probate judge make a return of any election to any State of- ficer of a greater number of votes than names as contained upon the registra- ton list % made and furnished by him as required by law to the State treas- urer. he shall also be guilty of high misdemeaner and shall forfeit his of- flee. and shall also % fined by any court of competent Jurisdiction in a sum not exceeding one thousand dol- lars.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and elections.
 MT. Bulger here took the Chair.
 Ordinance No. 271, by MT. Lowe of Jefferson:
 / Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, that tuition be amended so as to read as follows:
 The Chief Justice and Associate Jus- tices of the Supreme Court. Judges of the Circuit Court. Probate Courts and Chancellors shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State, Cir cults. Counties and Chancery Divisions for which such courts may be estab- lished, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1904, and on said day and said month every eight years thereafter; provided, the legislature may change the time or such election to any other day In said years.
 Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
 Ordinance No. 27s, by MT. Lowe of Jefferson.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala hama in Convention assembled that Section 15 of Article VI of the Con- stitution shall read as follows:
 The Chief Justice and Associate Jus tices of the Supreme Court, Circuit Judges, Chandeliers end Probate Judges shall hold ofslce for the term of eight years. and until their success sors are elected or appointed and qual- flied: and the right of such Judges and Chancellors to hold their ofiicee for the full term hereby prescribed shaIi not be affected by any change hereafter made by law in any circuit, or county in the mode or time Of eiec- ton.
 Resolution 11D. by MT. Lowe;
 Resolved. that 1t Is the sense Of this Convention. that the State, county ano Congressional elections should pc helc upon the same day. Provided, nowes- CT. tbat the General Assembly may prescribe separate ana diIIerenI u@'es aRRnf elections.
 Referred to the Committee on Legis- Iatiyv Department.
 pesolution Ill, by Mir. McMillan:
 Se if resolved by this Convention, .hat ,t Ia the sense of this Convention that any ordinance adopted prescrip- ing aL poll tax qualification upon tne right of suffrage shall include lp us ,,royisions A section exempting all or ficers and men or the Aianalla wa tional Guard from its operatloh;
 Referred 10 the Committee on Aa~" ''V1 ordiance No. 27a, by MT. Parker To amend Article XVI of the Consti- tuition. ot Ata. hama in Convention assembled, Inat Section 1 of Article XVI or the Coh- stitution be and the same is herepy amended to read as follows:
 Section i. No person holding an or ece of profit under the United States except postmasters, whose ahnual salary does not exceed $2O0. shall, dur ing his continuation in such ofnce. hoiu any office of profit under this state nor shall any person hold two omces of profit, at one and the same time under this State, whether such onces be created by this Constitution or Dy legislat tive enactment.
 Re 1t further ordained that Article XVI be and the same is hereby further amended by adding the following as Section 2:
 Sec. 2. That any person who &C., cepts a second office during the term of an office to which he has been pre- viously elected or appointed, shall, ipso facto, forfeit and vacate such first ots flee, provided that the provisions or this article shall not apply to the or- Aces of Justice of the Peace, Constable. Notary Public and Commissioner or Deeds
 Referred to Committee Amending Con- stitution and Miscellaneous Provisions.
 Resolution No. 112, by MT. ParKer (Eimore.)
 Whereas, it is the well settled policy of this State that the traffic in vinous' spirituous and malt liquors Is prlvl- Iege and not a right of the citlzen,- ana whereas. the ample and unrestricted authority of the General Assembly un- der the present Constitution of Ala bama to restrict and police the buy ing and selling of vinous, ,spirituous and malt Iiouors has been in the past, a A,.Io.t- of so fatv to society and the |