The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-01

such question shail have beon or<
 ted In an election for that DN<N
 alone. to the people Of that coTpmuut1y and majority of the quatieied ve<G1U shall have. at said election, appro<94
 of the passage of such stock law.
 Referred to. Committees on LeG1pIor'
 tive Department.
 Be 1t resolved by the people of A1e~
 bama in Convention assembled, ttnt
 No person shall be permitted to marry
 within five years after obtaining ( ote vorce.
 Referred to Judiciary Commjttee.
 Ordinance No. 1ss. by Mr. Weakly:
 An ordinance to provide for the or
 ganixation, classification and gcvefn~ rent of villages. towns and cittes n Alabama.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala- the villages, towns and cities Of t1iD State for the purpose of their crgaut- zation and governnient shall be diytd- ed into five classes. The organisation and powers of each class shall be de- fined and provided for by general laws so that all municipalities of the earf1o class shall possess the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions- To the first class shall belong cities
 Witn pOpuiattVH VI AiAty >tNS1~1->@ or more: to the second class shah be- long cities with population Of lea than fifty thousand and more 4Aan twenty-five thousand, to the third class cities with a population of iecO than twenty-five thousand and moro than ten thousand: to the fourth claeo shall belong towns and cities with leoD than ten thousand and more than o0o and to the fifth class sha1 belong villages with less than ono thousand population. the villages, towns and cities of tho State to the class to which they re- spectiyely belong, and chAnge aegions ments made as the population of e8id villages, towns and cities increaso CT decrease. and in the absence of Othoy satisfactory information as to theiv population the General Assembly shall b. governed by the last preceding Ted- erai census. provided, however. that may in the year 1865 and every ten years thereafter cause . census of aIl the inhabitants of such village. town or city to be taken. and the General Assembly may change the ciasetfioA~ ion of such town or city accordinr to the result of such census.
 Referred to Committee on Municipal 
 Ordinance No. 1s7. by Mr. weakly 
 An ordinance to permit municipal. ties in the State of Alabama havtHe more than two thousand inhabitanto to establish municipal courta
 Be 1t ordained by the people Of AIar bama in Convention assembled. that al1 cities and towns having population ,f two thousand or more may eetab- fish minor courts. vhtcs. sfaiI have ex- ,lusive Jurisdiction. civil and criminal, n the frat instance for the enforce nent of city ordinances and of peneI- ties for the violation thereof. Such courts shall have such other or furthep as may be conferred by the legislature. but they shall not have equity Jurisdiction. nor any greater 1us risdiction in other respects than in now conferred on justices Of the peace.
 No one shall be eligible to appoint nent as judge of such court uniess he shall be learned in the law and shall nave been duly authorised to practice aw in the courts of this State for three -ears next before the date of his ap- ointment. Such judge shall be subject O the same liabilities. and their juds. nent and proceedings may be reviewed n the same manner and to the samo xtent as Is now or may be provided 'y law in the case of Justices of the peace,
 The judges of such courts shah be appointed by the Mayor. and their term if office shall expire with that of the Mayor appointing them.
 Referred to Committee on Municlpal 
 Ordinance No. 1sS, by same:
 To limit the indebtedness of the mus 1icipal corpora tions of this State.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala 'ama in Convention assembled, That 10 village, town or city shall here- liter become indebted for any purpose IT in any manner to an amount which, existing indebtedness. shah xceed per cent. of the assessed val. lation Of the real and personal prop rty within said city subject to taxa ion. as shown by the last precedins assessment for State and county Escr= 'oses; provided, however that in de- ermining the limitation of the power f such village, town or city to incur there shall not he iu- luded the following classes of indebG- dness, to wit:
 less. revenue bonds issued in antici- 'ation of the collection of taxes, un- ess the same be not paid within two ears from the date of their issue; ana III notes, certificates of indebtedness nd revenue bonds shall be provided or and made payable from taxes levied or the year in which they are issued, md shall never exceed the amount of uch taxes.
 l(b) Bonds issued for the purpose of 'urchasing or otherwise providing for he supply of water or for the con- or installation of sanitary ewers.
 Co Debts created for the preserva- ion of the public health or the public eace. V
 Second-No city town or ViiIaKu whose present indebtedness exceeds the herein imposed shall be ale owed to become indebted to any fur- her amount until such indebtedness hall be reduced within such limit; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any munici- 'ality from Issuing bonds in removal If obligations already created, and ex- sting.
 Referred to Committee on Municipal 
 Resolution No. S1. by MT. Weath- rly:
 Whereas, The General Assembly of Alabama did provide for the holding f this Convention by an act entitled An Act to provide for holding a Con. ention to revise and amend the Con- tltutlpn of this State." approved De- embef 11th, 1900; and,
 Whereas. In and by Sections l5 to 1-2. inclusive. of said act 1t was rovided that certain matters should nd that certain matters should not be incorporated in any Constitution which his Convention might adopt and