The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10

Banks. Mulkey. Beddow. Oates. Byars, Phi!lipe. Cofer. Porter. Dent. Reynolds (chrtonl Foshee. Sloan. Freeman. Spears, Harrison. Stoddard. Kirkland. White. Kyle.
 Total-19.
 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. ses,lsts. sesHsrs. Los.noi Loae. Of Jefferson. Carnathon. Maxwell. Case, Moody, Davis. of DeKaIb. Morrisette. Ferguson, PlllanS, FItts Renfro. Foster, Robinson, Grant, SamIord, Greer. of Perry. searcy. Hefiin. of Chambers, Senten. Hodges. Sollie.
 Howell. stewart, Jenkins, Tayloe. Jones. of Hale Maddell. Jones. of Montgom- Watts.
 cry, Meatherly. King, Wille..
 Kirk. MIlnams (Elmore). Leigh, Wilson lW ash gton).
 AYES. NOES. Burnett. Long, of Butler,
 MT. Greer (Calhoun)-Now MT. President-
 Mir. Graham CTalladega)-Will thn gentleman yield to me for a moment?
 MT. Greer-If it does not come out Of my time, l will yield.
 MT. Graham-I wish to call atten- ton to an error in the stenographic report. The President of the Conven- ton called my attention to 1t this morning. It is at the bottom of the third column of yesterdays report. The stenographer makes me move q re- consideration of the vote whereby the article on the judiciary was adopted, and ordered to it's third reading, when it was the gentleman from Hale who made that motion. I do not desire to be court martialed for desertinG my cause and 1 ask that the correction be made.
 Mir. deGraffenried--The gentleman from Hale is very willing that the cor rection be made.
 ask the gentleman from Calhoun if he will not yield to me minute. am on the Committee on Order. Har- mony and Consistency, and that Conl- mittee is authorized to sit today during the session of the Convention. l think l know something of the purpose for which the gentleman arose ,and q not desire to interfere with him, pr | on yesterday. this Convention adopte Section II of the article on municipal Corporations, which fixes the amour of taxes that may be levied upon property in cities and towns. There were several exceptions made in the article of certain named cities. One of the delegates to this Convention de- sires to except another town, and I have been requested to move a recon. sideration of that article for the pur- pose of excepting from it the town of "Andalusia," or I ask unanimous coTl- sent of the Convention that l may be now allowed to make that motion.
 The President pro tem-The pending business cannot be suspended unless consent be given.
 MT. Greer (Calhoun)--Do I under stand that the Chair will recognize me as soon as that is finished.
 President pro tem-The Chair will recognize the gentleman from Calhoun as soon as this is finished.
 Mir. deGraffenried-Then 1 ask unan- imous consent of the House that tn } following which I send to the Clerk s desk, shall be added as an amendment to Section II, without going through the formality of asking for recon sideration of the article and the adop- tion of the amendment.
 Consent was given.
 The amendment was read as follows:
 Amend Section II of the article on municipal corporations by adding the following: ..-. ~..
 And provided further that this sec ton shall not apply to the town of Andalusia which town may levy and collect tax not to exceed one-half O. one per centum in addition to the taL of one half of one per centum IS here !nbefore allowed to be levied and col leCted, such tax to he applied eXclu- stvely to the payment of interest on bonds of said town of Andalusia. now authorized by law to be issued, ans for a sinking fund to pay off said bondt at the maturity thereof"
 President pro tem-The question il Supon the incorporation of this amend. ment into the section which wat adopted yesterday by this Convention.
 Upon a vote being taken, the amend ment was adopted.
 Mir. Jackson-Thcre seems to be a great demand for copies of the article as adopted on suffrage and elections. and I move that 1000 copies of that article be printed. to bc laid upon the desks of members of this Convention and to he at their disposal
 President pro tem-unless the gen tleman moves tn suspend the rules, this resolution will have to go to the
 NTr. Jackson Then l move to sus- pend the rules for that purpose.
 President pro tem-The gentleman from Lee moves a suspension of the rulee in order that his motion direct ing that 5000 copies of the article on suffrage and elections be printed and placed at the disposition of members S of this Convention may be considered
 MT. JaCkson-It has been suggested to me to make 1t 10000. Perhaps tn t would be better Expressions of dit senO. Then make it 5000.
 Upon a vote being taken, the rule s were suspended and upon a further vote, the motion to have 5000 copies ef the article on suffrage and elections printed and placed at the disposal of delegates of the Convention was car Iied
 Mr. Williams (MarenEo)- I ask thA the gentleman yield to me for the pur. pusH of introducing an ordinance.
 Mir. Greer tCalhoun)- .One more time I yield
 Ordinance No. 446 by Mir. Williams