The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
TWO ARTICLES
 COMPLETED Shelby Court House Act F. Was Annullcd. CONvs yTION'S BUSY DAY
Subdi,s ion on Banks and
 Is ,king Finished.

mittee on Legislative Depart
 ment This Morning-Interest- ing Debate Yesterday. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention went to their work yester- day morning with vim. energy and ap- parent avidity. The article on State and County Boundaries was completed and ordered engrossed and before the body adjourned yesterday afternoon the article on Banks and Banking had been completed and ordered engrossed. This is the first day of the Convention that two articles have been completed in one day.
 This morning the Convention will take up for consideration the article on Legislative Department with it's sixty-five sections. Governor Oates is the chairman of this committee and he will conduct the report of the commit tee through the tortuous channel of parliamentary practice.
 By adopting Section of the article on State and County Boundaries yes- terday the Convention annulled the act of the last Legislature which provided for the removal of the court house of Shelby county from Columbiana to Ca lera. This ends a war between factions of the citizens of Shelby county which has extended over several months. The proviso went in the Constitution against the will of some delegates who thought the Shelby county people were entitled to relief but not by way of the Constitution.
 At the afternoon session the eight sections of the article on Banks and Banking were adopted. The new section of this article provides for an exami- nation of all State banks.
 The Committee on Printing yesterday reported the resolution of Mir. Beddow providing for the printing Of the union printers label on Convention station cry without recommendation and the report was placed in the calendar.
 Convention Proceedings.
 The Convention was opened with prayer at II o'clock by Rev. c. B. Mcdaniel of Montgomery and 87 dele gates responded to the call of the roll.
 eLaves of absence were granted Messrs McMillan of Wilcox, Pillans of Mobile, Eyster of Morgan. Hood of Etowah, Haley of Winston, Jenkins of Wilcox, Carmichael of Colbert and Lowe of Lawrence.
 The orde.. of business was the motion of MT. Howell of Cleburne to recon sider the vote by which the deGraffen- reid substitute to Section 3 of the Article on State and County Bounda- ries was adopted. The substitute fixes the minimum of county area at 600 square miles.
 On motion of MT. Moody of Jackson the motion to reconsider was tabled 5o to 30.
 On call of the roll MT. Brooks of Mobile introduced q resolution that 1t is the sense of the Convention that all discussions of amendments to the Con- stitution should be free from caucus dictation, and that the proper forum for discussion of these matters Is the floor of the Convention.
 MT. Brooks asked for the immediate consideration of the resolution, but the Convention refused to suspend the rules by a vote of 5l to 37. The resolu- ton was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 Mir. Burns of Dallas introduced ali ordinance requiring the legislature to pass laws enforcing liens upon agricul- tural products for the protection of manual laborers.
 On the call of committees Mir. Hefiin of Randolph, Chairman of the Commit Prnfin0 fnrWQ r6 ho olution of MT. Beddow of Jefferson, providing for placing the label of the Typographical Union upon the Covven- tion printing without recommendation
 MT. Heflin explained that a delega- tion of printers had appeared before his Committee and had been notified that contracts for the printing had been mace.
 MT Hellin yielded his time to Mir. Reddow but upon the point being raised the President ruled that it was not in order to consider the resolution. Shelby County Court House Matter.
 The Convention then took up the special order which was Section of the Article on State and County Boun- dariee. This section provides that no county site shall be removed except by a two- thirds vote of the qualified cleo tors of such county voting Tn an elec- tion. proviso attached to the sec- tion annuls the act of the last legisla- ture removing the county seat of Shelby County from Columbiana to Calera and fixed the county seat at Columbiana.
 Messrs Senteli and Gilmore of the Committee submitted a minority report opposing the clause relating to Shelby County.
 The Chairman of the Committee, Mir. Parker of Cullman made an able and vigorous argument in support Of the Committee report. He said there was no question as to the fact that wrong methods had been used in passing the bill. The Convention, he said. had gone on record as willing to go into local leg islation and the fighting of this wrong. would not be a precedent.
 Mir. Sentell of Crenshaw spoke In support of the minority report. He said the delegates had the power to inter- fere in this local controversy. but the delegates were not elected to settle 10 al controversies. He referred to the Shelby County Hobbies in Montgomery in order to show that 1t was purely a local controversy. He held that it was a matter to be settled by the courts. He also contended that proof of fraud