The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

Whereas. Another large surplus has already accumulated which threatens to disappear in the. same illegitimate way; therefore
 Be it Ordained. By the people of Ala bama. in Convention assembled:
 Sec. 1.-All receipts of the Agricul- tural Department from the sale of fer tilizer tags and licenses and from any miscellaneous sources shall be set aside as a separate fund in the State Treasury. After deducting the salaries costs of tags. general running expenses one-sixth of the net income for the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Experiment Stations, and $2,5o0 for an Agricultural High School in each Con- gressional District. the remainder shall be expended on paying the board of poor farmer boys at the said Agricul- tural District Schools.
 Sec. 2.-At each of the Agricultural District Schools boarding department for 100 boys shall be established, to which only boys resident in the dis trict shall be entitled to board free, provided only boys shall he admitted free whose parents or other persons charged with their support, are unable to pay their maintenance. and boys whose parents or other persons charg- ed with their support, pay taxes on less than $1,e00 worth of real estate and personal property, shall be eligi- ble to admission.
 Sec. 3.-That at each of the White Normal school, at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and at the Indus trial School for Girls. there shall be established a boarding department at which only poor boys and girls whose parents or other persons charged with their support pay takes on less than s1, 600 of property, shall be admitted free of charge; and he General As- sembly shall determine the number to be admitted free to each of the schools named in this section, to De not less than 50 at any one school, and their maintenance shall he provided for by the General Assembly either by set- ting aside portion of the incomes Of the several schools to this purpose or by appropriations to the general fund.
 Sec. 1.-The General Assembly shall, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution. provide the man. ner in which selections shall be made at each and all the schools named in the foregoing sections, of boys and girls entitled to free board, and shall enact such further legislation as is necessary for the carrying out in letter and spirit of such preceding sections.
 Referred to Committee on Legisla- tive Department.
 MT. whiteside yielded his turn to Mr. Burns of Dallas. but the latter not being in the hall the call was con- tinued.
 Resolution No. 1s7, by MT. Williams (Elmore):
 Resolution to provide for the distri- button or disposal of the poll taxes collected under the suffrage clause adopted by this Convention.
 Be it resolved. That if this Conven- tion adopts the payment of a poll tax as a requisite qualification to suffrage. that said poll taxes shall be applied to the support of the public schools in the counties in which such taxes are levied and collected.
 Referred to the Committee on Edu-
 The President-The next order of business is the call of the Standing Committees.
 On the call the Committee on the Executive Department reported as foi- lows:
 MT. President-The Committee on the Executive Department instructed me to report herewith. an ordinance to take the place of the Article in the
 present Constitution on the subject. The Committee has not deemed it necessary to report specially upon the several ordinances or resolutions re- ferred to it. All of them have been maturely considered. and the princi- | pies of some have been incorporated in | the Article. The reading of the Article as reported will enable the Conven- | ton and the authors of the ordinances and resolutions referred to us to see how far their respective suggestions have been adopted. These ordinances harouyf%h roGnArf. fully returned.
 The material changes reported are as | follows:
 | The office of Lieutenant Governor is | created. The name of the office Of Commissioner of Agriculture is changed l to that of Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and both are made or- ficers of the Executive Department. The terms of the officers of the Exec utive Department elected hereafter are | heightened from two to four years. The Lieutenant Governor. the Commission CT of Agriculture and Industries, and the Superintendent of Education are | included among the officers, the returns of whose election are required to be directed to the speaker. To remove un- certainty as to the Speakers powers and duties under Section 4, in counting the votes it is provided that his du- ties are ministerial, and his decisions subject to the control of the Joint con- yention The officers of the Executive Department, after the first election un- der the Constitution. are made ineli- gible to succeed themselves. The Gov ernor is made ineligible to any office under this State within one year after the expiration of his term; and his &C., ceptance of the office is pledge to the people not to accept an election or appointment to the Senate of the United States during his term. or at any time within one year thereafter. The salary of the Governor is fixed at hev thousand dollars per annum, to take effect on the adoption of the Con- stitution. and the Article contains the usual limitations upon the legislative
 power to increase or diminish the com pensation of the Executive officers dur ing their term.
 Section g of the present Article of the Constitution has been amended to provide for the case of refusal to give information, when required by
 the Governor.
 A Board of Pardons is created to meet on the call of the Governor. which shall sit in public. before whom shall
 be laid all recommendations or peti- tions for communications, paroles or pardons in cases of felony, which must advise with the Governor: after which,
 or delay to act for more than sixty days, the Governor may act as to him
 seems best for the public interest. He is also required to report to the Gen I-eral Assembly. the opinions of the