The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-11
Montgomery, Ala. .. ........... 2s. We find said State Of Alabama
 charged by Ellis and Gay Of

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 Your Committee has carefully exam ined each account and after careful examination of each item named in said accounts, have come to the conclusion that many of the charges are excessive, and we recommend that the following named parties or firms be paid the fol- lowing amounts:
 D. F. Gorrie.. .....................$ ..$l7 .b0 Jos. S. Wing. .. ............... 2S.5 50 Tennide Furniture Company...... 12.0o B. Woln.. ..............-... H.OO Jno. L. Cobbs and Co............ 20.00 Wolff and Loeb. .. ............ 25. .00 Ellis and Gay. ............... l0.O0 Miss Mamie Offutt ,............. 500
 All of which is respectfully submitted.
 Jno. T. Heflin. Chairman Committee on Schedule,
 Printing and Incidental Expenses.
 Mir. Heflin-I ask that the report take it's usual course.
 The President-The report of the Committee will be printed under the rules.
 The President-The next order of business will be the consideration of the report of the G nimittee on Repre- sentation..
 MT. Pitts-I move that the Article be taken up Section by Section.
 Upon a vote being taken. the mo- ton was carried.
 The Secretary read Section as fol- lows:
 Sec. 1. The whole number of Sena- tors shall be not less than one-fourth, or more thsn one-t third of the whole number of Representatives.
 Mir. Pitts-I will state. Mir. President, that that is an exact copy of the old Constitution. and I move its adoption.
 Uron a vote being taken, the Section was adopted.
 The Secretary read Section as fol- lows, (with the minority report:)
 Sec. 7. The House of Representa- tives shall consist of not more than l0S members, unless new counties are created, in which event each county shah be entitled to one Representative. The members of the House of Repre- sentatives shall be apportioned by the General Assembly among the several counties of the State. according to the number of inhabitants in them respect lively, as ascertained by the decennial census of the United States; which apportionment when made shall not be subject to alteration until the next ses- sion of the General Assembly. after the next decennial census of the United |
 MINORITY REPORT.
 We recommend that Section 2 be amended by striking out the words 'one hundred and five members" and insert "one hundred members" Also by striking out the words next ses- sion" and insert first session.
 Mr. Pitts-I submit. MT. President, that that question has already been settled by the Convent on in the Leg islative Department. They fixed there the number of representatives in the House at 105, and the number of Sem ators at 35. and l therefore move to lay the minority report on the table. MT. Grayson-That being the report of the minority of the Committee, I think I have a right to make some statement with reference to it.
 The President-Does the gentleman from Dallas withdraw his motion to table?
 Mir. Pitts-Yes sir.
 Mir. Jenkins-I rise to a point of or- der. This matter has already been passed upon by the Convention. The Presidential seems to the Chair that the point is we'll taken without a motion to reconsider.
 Mir. Grayson-I merely wanted to state that We desire to withdraw the AOPOib OA tIC lAlC report.
 Unanimous consent was given to withdraw the minority report of the | committee and the same was with drawn.
 MT. Pitts--I move the adoption of Section 2.
 Upon a vote being taken the section was adopted.
 Section 9 was read as follows: Sec. 3. It shall he the duty of the General Assembly at It's first session after the taking of the decennial cen- sus of the United States in the year | 1910 and after each subsequent de- | cennial census, to fix by law the num- Der of representatives. and apportion them among the several counties of | the State, according to the number of inhabitants in them respectively; pro- vided that each county shall be en- titled to at least one representative.
 MT. Fitts-I move the adoption of Section 3.
 Irpon vote being taken the section was adopted.
 The Secretary read Section as fol- lows:
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the l General Assembly at Its first session after the taking of the decennial cen- sus of the United States in the year | 1910, and after each subsequent de- cennial census, to fix by law the num- Der of Senators. and to divide the State | into as many Senatorial districts as there are Senators. which districts shall be as nearly equal to each other in the number of inhabitants as may | be. and each shall be entitled to one | Senator and no more; and which dis districts when formed shall not be changed until the next apportioning of | the General Assembly after the next | decennial census of the United States shall have been taken: provided. that counties created after the next preced- ing apportioning session of the Gen. | eral Assembly. may he attached 10 Senatorial districts. No county shall be divided between two districts. and | no district shall be made of two or more counties not contiguous to each | other.
 Mir. Oates-T rise for the purpose of suggesting to the Chairman of the committee that the word "Legislature' has been adopted instead of General l Assembly" and should be changed where that occurs in this ordinance.
 MT deGraffenreid-That will be done by the Committee on Harmony.
 MT. Pitts-I move the adoption of Section 4.
 Upon a vote being taken the section was adopted.
 Section was read as follows:
 Sec. 5. Should the decennial census of the United States. from any cause