The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-06

created for the erection and mainten. ance of necessary public buildings bridges or roads, any county may lev, and collect such special taxes. not tc exceed a rate of ,one-fourth of pei centum, as may have been or may here after be authorized by law which taxes so levied and collected shall be applied exclusively to the purpose fol which the same were so levied and collected; provided further, that foi additional aid to the public schools any county may levy and collect such spe- cial tax as may be authorized by law provided such tax, at the time 1t is to continue, and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county and voted for by a three-ffths majority thereof voting at such cleo ton; but the rate of such special tax shall not increase the rate of taxation In any one year to more than $t. 25 on every $100 worth of taxable property, for all State and county purposes, ex- ciuding special taxes for necessary public buildings, roads, bridges and payment of debts existing at the rat ihcation of the Constitution at 1875; and provided, further, that such tax for schools shall be apportioned equitably and paid through the proper school of- ficials to the public schools for white and those for colored pupils respective ly, by the Court of County Commls- sioners or Board of Revenue, and that the amount apportioned to white schools shall be paid to each in pro- portion the number of pupils therein bears to the total number in all such white schools, and the amount appor- tioned to colored schools shall be paid to them in like manner.
 l MT. Browne-It Is proposed that this amendment shall be incorporated in the Article as Section 5. Section as reported by the Committee was laid on the table.
 | MT. Foster-Was not that Section laid on the table the other day to be taken up and considered with the report of l the Committee on Educationf
 | MT. Browne-No, sir. I will state to the Convention and to the President | If they will listen, how that matter | stands
 Section 5 as reported by the Commit tee was laid on the table. The gentle man from Tallapoosa first moved to lay on the table certain amendments and the proviso to the Section. The Chair started to put the question and point of order was made that the gentleman from Tallapoosa could not move to lay part of Section on the taDle. That point of order was sus- ta1ned and the gentleman from TsIla poosa thereupon moved to lay the Sec ton as amended on the table, without anything further. This Section pro- posed has some features like Section as originally proposed, but it Is differ eht. l could move to take Section E from the table
 Mir Kfrklopa ale. order. p"' oi
 The President pro tem-The pentle- man will state his point of order.
 MT. kirkland-If understand 1t the section the gentleman now promises to amend IS now on the table to await the pleasure of the Convention, to he considered along with the like Section or the Committee on Education If that Is so. the Section cannot he smended and I make that point of or- der. p"' oi or-
 MT. Browne-But that is not so
 MT. kfrkland-The record will sho,,. 1t; and if the record shows diffsrsnt,', Will abide by 1t.
 MT. Browne-This is not the section as laid on the table. I would like tn Ahow now the chair can rule unless the cnalr will give attention to what is in the other section and in this.
 The President (Mr. Knox)--The Chair Will hear from the gentleman from Talladega and will then hear from the gentleman from Dale if he desires fur ther to address the Chair nn the point of order.
 MT. Kirkland-I only want to know what the record shows If the record shows that I am right shall insist on my point of order.
 The praatdapf-nnas tL1
 desire the section that was laid on the table read.
 MT. Browne object I did not yield for any such purpose. The gen. tleman has no right to interrupt a gentleman by referring to the record of several days ago for the purpose of having it. read. I object. and insist that the Chair should hear an explana- tion of the difference between this sec ton and the section that was laid on the table.
 The President-The Chair is of the opinion that the gentleman would not have the right to amend a section upon the table but he would have a right to add to the article as reported an additional section. Now whether this is the same article that was laid on the table 1t is difficult to determine. but from the statement of the gentle man from Talladega it seems to the Chair 1t is not.
 MT. Lomax-I submit that the sec- tion now offered by the gentleman from Talladega Is nothing but substitute for Section which was laid on the ts ble and consequently is an amendment to that section and unless that section is taken from the table this propoeI- ton cannot be considered.
 MT. Browne-I would like to be heard on that section
 The President-The gentleman can make his statement
 Mir. Browne-Seetion was laid on the table.
 MT. o'Neal (Lauderdale)-No. sir: it was postponed.
 MT. Browne-It was laid on the table, not postponed as the gentleman asserts. until some other committee reports. l will state again exactly how it oc- cured.
 MT. Kirkland-I call for the reading | of the record on my point of order.
 The President-The Chair will direct | the Clerk to read the section that was laid on the table and will then hear | from the delegate from Talladega.
 MT. Browne--I desire to state that | the gentlemen are entirely misinformed as to what was done with that section. The gentleman from Talapoosa moved | to lay the pending amendments and a proviso of that section upon the table
 MT. Boone-The record Is the best |