The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

l nication should be referred 70 the Com- | mittee on Suffrage and Electionsf l MT. PiIlans-That is with the Pres | ident. have no request to make. | The President--Witkout some mo- | ton
 MT. Howeli-I move that 1t be re- ferred to the Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
 The Presidential will be so referred. | Ordinance No. 335, by Mir. Porter: | To repeal Section of Article x. of the Constitution of Alabama. Be it ordained by the neople of Ala bama~ in Convention assembled, That Section of Article x. of the Consti- tuition, which is in these words: "The | right of exemptions hereinbefore se- cured. may be waived by an instru- ment in writing, and when such waiver relates to realty, the instrument must be signed by both the husband and the wife, and attested by one witness" be and the same Is hereby repealed. | Referred to Committee on Exemp- tions.
 | Resolution No. 13s, by MT. Porter: | Resolved, That on and after the pass age of this resolution, all requests Tor leave of absence shall be reduced to | writing. and sent to the Secretary's desk by 12 o'clock of each day and passed on by the Convention at that hour, and that no other requests for absence shall be considered at any other time.
 Referred to Committee on Rules. | Ordinance NO. 336, by Mr. Reynolds | (Chilton):
 | Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That it shall not be lawful for anyone to hire or to cause to work in any fac- tory or other public work. except farm, any boy under the age of IF years, or any girl under the age of IA years. And any person hiring any such boy or girl for such work shall be inn prisoned and fined therefor in accord ance with a law to be enacted by the General Assembly. And such an act on the part of corporation shall ipso facto forfeit the charter of said corpor- | ation.
 | That no parent shall receive or ap- propriate to himself or herself, the wages or earnings of their children, nor shall the earnings of said children be paid over to said parents. but to guardian. appointed by a court, who shall keep and use such money and earnings for the benefit of the child itself, until discharged by the appoint ing court. Provided, that said guar dian shall pay over a portion of said wages to such parents as may be in- valids and thereby incapacitated to earn a support. The General Assem- bly shall enact appropriate legislation to enforce this provision.
 Referred to Committee on Corpora tions.
 Ordinance No. 3s7. by MT. Reynolds | (Chilton):
 | Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That | Section 3 of Article VIII. of the Con- | IL | | amended so as to read as follows: | All laws creating, regulating or af- fecting boards or officers charged with ] the duty of registering voters. or of distributing ballots at the polls to the voters, or of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections, shall se- | cure equal representation of the two political parties which, at the general election next preceding that for which such board or officers are to serve. cast the highest and the next highest num- Der of votes. All such boards and off, cers shall be appointed or elected in such manner as the said parties may publicly make known at least thirty days before the election.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Election.
 Ordinance No. 33S, by MT. Reynolds (Chilton):
 | bama in Convention assembled, That Section of Article VIII. of the Con- stitution of the State of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows:
 All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by persons in representative capacity shall be viva voce. And every ballot voted shall be numbered in the order in which 1t shall be received. and the | hxy hn ala cers on the list of votes, opposite the name of the elector who represents the ballot. Any elector may write his name upon the ticket, or cause the same to be written thereon, and at tested by citizen of the district. The election officers shall be sworn or af- tirmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted, unless required to do so as witnesses in judicial proceed ings.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Elections
 Ordinance No. 339, by MT. Reynolds (Chilton):
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, that Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Alabama be amended by add ing thereto the following as Sections and g:
 Sec. 8. Any person who shall give. or promise. or offer to give, to any elector. any money, reward or other valuable consideration, for his vote at an election or for withholding the same or who shall give or promise to give, such consideration to any other per son or party for such electors vote or for the withholding thereof, any mon- ey, reward, or other valuable ccnsid- eration for his vote at ar election or for withholding the same, shall there by forfeit the right to vote at such election; and any elector whose right to vote shall be challenged for such cause. before the election officers shall be required to swear or affirm that the matter of the challenge Is untrue be- fore his vote shall be received.
 Sec. g. Any person who shall, while candidate for office, be guilty Of bri- bery. fraud or wilful violation of any election law. shall be forever disquali- fled from holding an office of trust CT profit in this Commonwealth: and any person convicted of willful violation of the election laws. shall, in addition to any penalties provided by law, be de- prived of the right of suffrage abso- lutely for a period of ten years.
 Referred to the Committee on Suf- frage and Election.
 Ordinance No. $40. by MT John w.. A. Sanford:
 An ordinance to amend Section q of Article w, d6 the Constitution of Ala bama.
 Be it ordained, that Section 21 of Ar ticle W of the Constitution be amend