The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 ', THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

arrange the boundaries thereof. Judicial Department. 1. In Section 1 the words "accord- | ins to the next preceding federal census were inserted in line seven l after the words twenty thousand" 2. In Section othe words justices of the Supreme Court" were inserted before the word judges" In line one. and the words flor any State officer" after the word election" Tn line three. 3. Section 20 was changed so as to | provide that when a new circuit or chancery division is created, judge or chancellor therefor shaii be elected at the next general election for any State offiGsr., instead of at the next election for representatives to the leg islature.
 {. In Section 21 the words "any part of were inserted after the word having iE line two. and the words of general jurisdiction" after the word court" where 1t appears the second tune in line two. In the same section the words such incompetent chancellor or judge could have render. ed were inserted in the place of the words "a chancellor or judge of the circuit court, or of a court having the jurisdiction of circuit and chancery court or either. sitting as court might do ih such case.
 5. Section 2s was changed SO as to require that at an election for the cir- cult solicitors only those counties in the circuit In which the solicitors prosecute cvriminal cases can parti- cipate in the election.
 6. Section S2 was transferred to the article on the Legislative Department, and constitutes the last sentence of Section 95 of the constitution herewith reported.
 Impeachments.
 l. To Section was added the fol- lowing provision: "The legislat lure may provide for the impeachment or re. moval of other officers than those named in this article"
 Suffrage and Elections. l. Tn Section 1 the word adoption was changed to ratification" In the same section the provision, relating to foreigners who have declared their in- tention to become citizens of the United States was changed SO as to read as follows: Provided, that all foreigners who have legally declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, shall, If they fail to become citizens thereof at the time they are entitled to become such, cease to have the right to vote until they be- come such citizens"
 2. In Section the proviso relating to persons of foreign birth was stricken out. and the following inserted in lieu there of after the words United States in line three except those who hav- ing had an opportunity to perfect their citizenship prior to the goth day of December. 1902 have failed so to do."
 3. In subdivision one of Section 5 the words unless prevented by physi- cal disability" in line one were stricken out and the proviso at the end changed so as to read: Provided that inability to read and write shall not disqualify any elector if such disability is due to physical inflrmity
 4. In subdivision two of Section 10 in line twenty-Six the words "one thou sand" were stricken out and mine hun dred' inserted in lieu thereof; and in line thirty-three the figures 1900" were stricken out and the words "one thousand" inserted in lieu thereof.
 5. In subdivision eight of Section 10 the word person" was substituted fol ''elector" in lines one. two and three; and penalty clause was added for the offenses mentioned therein, as appears in subdivision of Section 1s6 of the Constitution herewith reported.
 6. In Section 12 a penalty clause was added for the offense mentioned there in, as appears In Section 18S Of the Con- sittution herewith reported. 's
 [. Section 19 was made part of Sec tion IS, as appears in Section 194 Of the Constitution herewith reported.
 8. To Section 20 a penalty clause was added, as appears in Section 195 of the Constitution herewith reported.
 Representation.
 1. No material change was made in the engrossed article.
 Taxation.
 1. In line six of Section 2, after the word flor" the words shall be ab- solutely void" were inserted.
 2. The section relating to municipal taxation in the article on municipal corporations was taken from said article and inserted as a section of this article, as will appear in Section 216 of the Constitution reported.
 8. Section 8 was added to by the Committee, and as changed was trans ferred to the article on municipal cor porations. as will appear in Section 224 of the Constitution herewith reported.
 4. Section was transferred to the article on municipal corporations. as will appear in Section 225 of the Con- stitution herewith reported.
 Corporations.
 1. No material changes were made in the engrossed article On corporations,
 2, The article on municipal curpor- ations was made a subdivision of this article.
 Municipal Corporations.
 i. The first part of Section was re- written as will appear in Section 222 of the Constitution herewith reported.
 2. Section was rewritten. and as rewritten was transferred to the article on taxation, as will appear in Section 216 of the Constitution herewith re- ported.
 Banks and Banking.
 i. No material change was made in the engrossed article.
 Education.
 1. The word school before the word children was stricken out of line four of Section 1.
 9 Section 9 was divided into two sections that part relating to the Uni versity numbered 263. and that relat- ing to the Alabama Polytechnic h. stitute numbered 265 in the Constitu- tion herewith reported.
 3. Changes were made in the terms of office of the trustees of each of these institutions .as will appear in the two sections above referred to.
 4 To section F a proViso was ad- ded authorizing one mill tax upon the property in the separate school district of of Tuscaloosa, for school purposes.