The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-05

ty shall have lien on the property of any resident of this State for the col lection of the poll tax, nor shall the collection of the same be enforced by law.
 Seventh-The Commissioners Courts shall have published in some newspaper in their respective counties. in March, 1902. and every two years thereafter. a certified copy of ell registered voters in their respective counties.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
 Ordinance No. 2s4. by Mir. Jones (Wilcox):
 An ordinance to amend Section 2. Article x. of the Constitution. Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That Section 2. Article x. of the present Constitution be amended as follows:
 That the word eighty" in the first line of said Section be stricken out. and the words "one hundred and sixty" be substituted therefor.
 Referred to Committee on Exemption.
 Ordinance No. 265. by MT. Jones CWilcox):
 An ordinance to amend. Section of Article XIII. of the Constitution.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That Section 1 of Article XIII. of the pres- ent Constitution be amended by strik- ing out the word "eQuaP before the word benefit" in the second line of said section. and by adding at the close of said section the following words: And such separate schools for the education of the white children, and for the education of the children of citizens of African descent, shall be kept open the same number of schol- astic months.
 Referred to Committee on Education.
 MT. Watts-I am requested by Mir. Lomax of Montgomery, to ask leave of absence for today and tomorrow on ac- count of his being detained at Tusca- loosa. and for MT. Macdonald today
 The President-Leave of absence has been obtained for Mir. Macdonald. Unless there is objection leave of ab- sence will be granted to Mir. Lomax.
 Mir. Knight-I yield my call to MT. Rogers (Lowndes).
 Ordinance No. 266. by MT. Rogers Lowndes):
 To amend ssection of Article XI. of the Constitution by striking out from and including the words, provided, however" and adding the following:
 There shall be collected from every voter between the sge of 21 and 50 yCdtSs Eob CAClhpt " kdWt Q Rgil sNA of $1.50, which shall be applied ex- clusively in and of the public schools in the counties in which it Is levied and collected the amount collected from citizens of the Caucasion race to be applied to white schools. and the amount collected from citizens of Af- rican descent to be applied to the col ored schools.
 That the said tax shall be paid be- tween the 1st day of January and the 30th day of January of each year and the Tax Collector shall give his cer- tificate to each citizen paying said tax. That no citizen slnll be allowed to vote who has not paid said tax who is un- der 50 years of age, and not exempt by law.
 Referred to Committee on Taxation.
 Ordinance No. 267, by Mir. Ledbetter:
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama: First-That the office of Exam finer of Public Accounts be and the same is hereby continued. said officer being appointed by the Governor.
 second-That in addition to the duties already imposed upon Said Examiner he be made State Bank Examiner.
 Third-That the General Assembly shall be authorized and directed to prescribe the duties of said Examiner delegate to him certain powers. and make necessary requirements of State banks.
 Fourth-That by State banks is meant any bany, banking company. savings bank or other corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ala bama, conducting or doing banking business.
 Referred to Committee on Executive Department.
 Ordinance No. 26S, by MT. Ledbetter:
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That Probate Judges shall be elected every four years by the qualified voters of their respective counties and shall not be eligible for reelection to that office or to any other office in their respect i've counties during a period of two years after the expiration of their term. That the Probate Judges shall receive the fees of their respective of- fees to the amount of not exceeding $2,5O0 per annum. and that the fees in excess of this amount shall be turned into the county treasury.
 Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
 Ordinance No. 269, by Mir. Long (Walker):
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That that Section of Article XI. of the Constitution be amended so as to read as follows:
 Sec. 6. The property of private cor porations, associations and individuals of this State, shall forever be taxed at the same rate; Provided, this sec- tion shall not apply to institutions or enterprises devoted exclusively to re- ligious, educational or charitable pur- poses. Provided, further, that the General Assembly of Alabama, for the purpose of encouraging cotton manu- featuring, shall have power to exempt from all State, county or city taxes for a period not exceeding ten years, all new cotton mills, built after the ratification of this Constitution; pro- vided, the land on which the cotton mills are built shall be assessed for taxation at the same rate as the ad- joning or contiguous lands.
 Referred to Committee on Taxation.
 Ordinance 270. by MT. Long:
 An ordinance to prescribe the quaffi- cations of electors and to better pro- eide for fair elections in the State of Alabama.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, that Article VIII of the Constitution be amended so as to contain the follow ing:
 Every male citiz,n of the United States and every male citizen of for eign birth who may have legally de- clared his intention of becoming a cit izen of one of the Jnited States, be- fore he offers to vote, who is 21 years old or upwards. who shall have resided in this State two years and in the County and in the beat, precinct or ward for ore year next, immediately