The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

not greater than 1-s per cent. of the assessed valuation of the taxable prop. erty of said county"
 Mr. Harrison-I move the previous question on the Section. the amend ment adopted, and the pending amend. ment.
 The main question was ordered.
 The President-The question Is on the amendment offered by the gentle. man from Colbert.
 A vote was taken, viva yoce and the Chair stated that he was in doubt.
 Mr. Carmichael (Colbert)-H not the right to make some remarks on this amendment, being the mover of the amendment:
 The President-The Chair Is of the opinion tha; the gentleman is entitled to discuss the matter. The Chair fail- ed to discover that the gentleman d. sired to be heard.
 Mf. Carmichael (Colbert)-I would like for the amendment to be read, MT. President.
 MT. Williams (Marengo)-A point of order.
 The President-The gentleman will state the point of order.
 MT. Williams (Marengo)-Did not I understand the Chair to rule the other day that the Chairman of the Com- mittee had the right to close, under such conditions and not the gentle man offering the amendment?
 Tho President-That is true, where the previous question has been or- dereG. unless the gentleman yields to the gentleman from Colbert
 Mr. Browne-I will yield half of my time to the gentleman from Colbert. and the other half to the gentleman from Lee, if the Chairman is entitled to It.
 The amendment was again read.
 The President-The Chair Will state that the gentleman from Colbert will nave five minutes. and the gentleman from Lee five minutes. The gentleman will proceed
 MT. Kirkland-I rise to a point of order. The vote has already been taken on this question and a division caIleo TOT. It Is too late to discuss ft.
 The President-The Chair overlooked the fact that the gentleman from Col- pert desired to debate the question.
 MT. Kirkland insist upon the point of order. 'oA'
 Mir. 'Browne-I make the point of or- der that the Chair has not announced the vote.
 MT. Bulger-I desire to make the noint Of order that the gentleman from Col pert had no right to debate the subject a1ter the previous question was or dered. and it was only conceded to him py the Chairman of the Committee after that was done.
 MT. Browne-f make the noint oP or der that the Chair was only in the act or taking the vote. The vote had not been taken and announced.
 Ihe Presfdent-The vote had mt oe.n announced, and the Chair sub- mitted the question to the Convention prematurely. The Chair should have paused te discover whether the Chair man or the Committee desired to dis cuss the question. The Chair vii, s .neeIore overrule the point of order berr. 'oih Coi- MT. Carmichae, (Colbert-I ventura tho assertion that the County ot colbert has taken up as little oI tne time of this Convention AS anv county in the State, and we wouid not De here now except for the purpose os appealing to this Convention to allow us To take care of ourselves. Now. un- fortunately, it is true; we have become inoeoted in a much greater amount $2Oo, 900. gum VI
 MT. Oates-Will my friend allow q suggestion?
 MT. Carmichael (Colbert)-Yes, sir,
 MT. OatesvWhy did you not frame your amendment for Colbert County and submit it?
 MT. Carmichael (Colbert)-I wouId suggest that the amendment does not reach any county in the State excepr colbert. It does not now, and cannot possibly reach any other county in the State except Colbert County
 SQnfnrH-pryt then.
 MT. Carmichael (Colbert)-We would suggest to the gentlemen from Mont gomery that we would like to avoid the naming of our county in the Constitu- ton In that connection; and, MT. Prss- ident, I would ask the gentlemen be- fore they vote against this amendment. to read 1t carefully, and if they do so, 1t will be seen that it does not apply to any county in the State except Col bert It specifically says that provided that any county which has already con- tracted an indebtedness exceeding the limit, which is -12 per cent now, that they may, for the purpose of building court houses and jails, and for the or dinary expenses of the county, contract an additional indebtedness of 1 1-2 per cent. Now that only makes five. If the gentlemen will read that amend ment, they VIII see that It cannot pos sibly apply to any other county in the State except the county of Colbert, and we appeal to this Convention to allow us to contract an indebtedness for these purposes, should it become necessary to do so.
 The President-The time of the gen. tleman has expired.
 Mir. Harrison-Mr. President, it ia with some diffidence that I oppose the request contained in that amendment, but it is in the nature of a general law. If the delegate from Colbert had con- fined it to his county, while perhaps it would have looked badly in the Consti- tuition I am afraid, for Colbert County, yet we merely have his assertion that it only applies to Colbert County. If it does. why does he object to nam- ing it?
 I have a further objection to this amendment, and that is because it Is at least waiving in part the very prin- ciples that we are contending here for. do not think that Colbert, or any other county, if it is so badly in debt that it is unable to pay the interest upon its public debt, until 1t adjusts that indebtedness. ought to be permit ted to incur any more, and feel this convention in placing the limit in the Constitution, should call halt on this county.
 MT. deGraffenried-Suppo the court house were to burn down?
 MT. Harrison-Let them go, as they wOuld nave to do in my OpiniOn-if