The age-herald., 1901-07-06

fourth of the general revenues of such | cities and towns; bonds or other obiiga- tions already issued or which may here after be issued, for the purpose of ac- quiring, providing or constructing school houses, water works and sewers, and ob- legations incurred and bonds issued for street or sidewalk improvement, where the cost of the same. in whole or in part, Is to be assessed against the property abutting said Improvement; and provided further that the proceeds of all obliga- tions issued in excess of such seven per centum shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which they were is- sued
 Nothing herein contained shall prevent the funding or refunding of existing in- debtedness.
 MT. Browne then moved to add a new section which limited the tax rate of counties to 50 cents per s100 for general purposes, provided that to pay debts ex- isting in 1875 an additional rate of one fourth of l per cent may be levied and an extra tax of one-fourth of 1 per cent may be levied for public buildings and special school tax may be levied three ifths vote of the qualified electors pro- vided the total tax rate shall not exceed N.75.
 Mir. Kirkland of Dale raised the point OI lndl tntS ScCllOl was liC SoAAS as section five which was laid upon the table several days ago and that it was therefore out of order. The point of or der was overruled.
 A New Section.
 MT. Browne continued by saying that this was a. new section. That under it the money derived from this special school tax would be divided equitably (not equally) among the two races, and that each races fund would be dis tributed among their respective schools in proportion to the number of scholars each contained. It had been decided by the United States Supreme Court that while you could not give the negroes only thta part of the taxes paid by them it was legal to divide 1t equitably and that they were ot obliged to have half.
 MT. Ashcraft moved to amend the sec- tion by making it the duty of the county school commissioner to divide the white children into school districts and the negro children mo school districts. It provides for special school taxes to be determined by elections in the white and black school districts.
 On motion both the sections reported by Mir Browne and MT. Ashcraft's amendment were laid on the table and ordered printed.
 MT. Browne then moved to take section from the table. This was lost.
 Mir Crumwell offered an ordinance to require all towns and cities having debt to provide for sinking fund. This was laid on the table and ordered printed.
 MT. Mcdonald of Montgomery offered an amendment that no city shall make assessment for street paving, sewers, etc., against abutting property which shall exceed 50 per cent of their value. This was laid on the table.
 LII w-A1 tion to make the suffrage ordinance special order for next Tuesday at Il o'clock.
 MT Mcdonald of Montgomery moved to take his amendment to the taxation article from the table. This was done and it was ordered printed.
 MT. Long of Walker by consent offered the following resolution: Be it resolved by this convention, That in view of the epidemic since the passage of the mo per diem resolution in the event of absence. except in cases of sick ness, camp of detention or quarantine station is hereby established wherein suck members may be detained until their | respective ailments may be discovered or | their cases diagnosed.
 Be it further resolved, That the distin- | guished delegate and physician who is l the author of No. 1S4 per diem resolution 1 be and Is hereby placed in charge of said camp of detention or quarantine station | without pay
 Declaration of Rights.
 The preamble and declaration of rights was then taken up. The preamble was adopted by rising vote. This reads as | follows: | We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice. ensure do- mestic tranquility and secure the bless ings of liberty to ourselves and our poster ity invoking the favor and guidance of | Almighty God-do ordain and establish the following constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama Section 1 of the declaration of rights | was then adopted, which reads as follows: | That the great, general and essential | principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established. we declare:
 1.-That all men are equally free and in- dependent; that they are endowed by their Greater with certain inalienable | rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. | The convention then adjourned