The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09

| ;pectively belong and change assign ! .4enis made as populations or such cit | 2. towns and villages increase or de- 1 ,reGse. and in the absence of other sat-
 ..Iactory information as to their pop i.ation the General Assembly shall be | governed by the last preceding Fed | 1rGl Census. provided, however, that 1 ny city. town or village in Alabama | nay in the year 1905, and every ten cars thereafter cause a census of all | .t3 inhabitants to be taken, and the 1 General Assembly may change the < classification of such city. town or Vil- | lage according to the result of such census.
 Any city having a population of -nore than twenty thousand inhahi- l .ants may frame a charter fer its own | government. not in conflict with this Constitution. whenever the mayor au- | shorized by a ma. .ority vote of the leg .slatiVe body of such city shall havA | made application to the Judge of the | Circuit Court for the appointment of
 the Board to be composed of nine qual" ! flied electors who shall have been for | tho last five years residents Of such | ,ity. If the Judge of the Circuit Court l is d nonresident of the county in | which said city is located, then such | lpplication may be made to the Judge ! | ,ral Common Law Jurisdiction. resid- | ng in such county. and the said appli- | .ation and the appointments made | hercon shall be entered of record by | ha Clerk of such court.
 Said board shall within ninety days | arler such appointment return 10 thH | chief magistrate of such city the drars l of such charter signed by majority or l said board within thirty days thereal- | ter such proposed charter shall De sup mitted to the qualified voters Of such | city at a special election to De calleo l by the Mayor. and if a majority of | such qualified voters thereat shall rati-
 ey the same IL shall at the end of thirty | days thereafter become the charter Of
 such city. and supersede any existing l charter or amendments thereto, and
 all special acts of the General ASsem- | bly, relating to the corporate organiza- l ton or government of such city. other
 than law securing and enforcing the payment of the debtS of such city. | A duplicate certificate shall be made
 ratting forth the charter proposed. and
 its ratification which shall be signed by
 the chief magistrate of such city, and
 be authenticated by it's corporate seal;
 one of such certificates shall be depos
 tied in the office of the Secretary of l State. and the other shall be denosited l among the archives of such "city, and
 all courts shall take judicial notice of
 such charter. Such charter SO adopted may be amended at intervals Of not less
 than four years by proposals therefor,
 submitted to the Legislative authority
 of the city to the qualified voters there 1 of at general or special election held | at least thirty days after the puhltca-
 ton of such proposals in two newSpa- md rafi Hnd hIy Q ma
 iority of the qualified voters voting
 thereat. Tn any such charter or amendments there o any alternative ar
 ticle or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters. and may be voted on separately without preiu | dice to the others
 MINORITY REPORT.
 The undersigned. a member of the Committee on Municipal Corporations.
 does not concur with the majority of
 the committee in the report submitted
 and therefore moves to strike out the
 tenth section of the report and respect
 fully offers the following substitute in lieu thereof:
 The General Assembly shall have au-
 thoity to incorporate cities, towns and
 villages by a general law which shall
 grant to all municipalities the same
 powers rights and privileges granted.
 on account of population. situation.
 condition, the pursuits of the people,
 or for any reason whatever. The Gen.
 cral Assembly shall grant to no munic- | ipaiity or community, the right to es 1 tab,ish or amend its own charter. but
 ali municipal charters shall Jc grant
 ed or amended by special law or form
 ed under a general law equally apph-
 cable to all communities. Provided ! that no charter or amendment thereof
 shall be valid until it shall be accept l cl or ratified by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the
 limits of such municipality and voting
 q an election held tor that purpose.
 Mir. Ashcraft (during the read!ng)-I
 rise to point of order The reading of
 the report of the minority is not in order. The proposition just submitted, i and not the substitute offered by the
 minority is the only thing in order,
 The President. pro tem.-I thought
 that was what the Clerk was reading.
 am informed by the Clerk that the ] scpccitic article is not set out eX- ccpt in this general way. The Clerk i VIII proceed.
 Mir. Sanford (MontgOmery)-I offer
 that substitute which has been read.
 Mir. deGrafienreid-I desire to offer ! an amendment.
 | The Pro SlGpnt pro icIN.-Ihc gentle
 man from Mon som " has the floor.
 Mir. Graffcn"eid-l will ask 10 be allowed 10 in. reduce an amendment, Mir. Sanford After l get through. Mr President. the distinguished chair
 man of the committee, when te said that municipalities in this country
 We're erC W!ng to be very tmDortant, V ia right. and if he had gone further
 no sad that the municipalities in this ! country were a great 7anger 10 rights %nd property of the people. he would ! not haG+ heen Wrong Of all the dan E.ls tn, the people today, the powers ' grGni,d and exercised. or usur2cd by | ihr municipalities are the most to he
 dreaded. Under the pretense of one l policy or @No.hCr. We have tdkeH'fuli I lnas"sSiOn of tba. communities that
 Gw"i within tAci" limits. Nov my
 fellow delegates. of all the GoVfrnments l that obtain in Am 'rica. tHc most iif- p0TtGrt to the citizen G tho wHniciD1l i "oVcrNUont Your treaties with regard
 to the Philippine Islands or POrto 1 lt.>p or tu",iia, or dEy ether govern | rCut. g' ihc acts Oi Congress or the 1 dts Of thr Legislature, even Go not touch so nearly the people iIHlng in 1 these municipal corporation. II regu- i them tLli they shall hot spit in d par tieJae part of the ct Ii regulates 1 What tHey tHall do for their own im- l .1v, uvH's. They cannot make 2 s.dc-
 "a.H without b6 ils-Gnicr their special