The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-15
NOES.

rec. McMllan (Wllcox)s Carnathon. Martin. Case, Morrisettes Cobb, Hulkey, Cofer. Murphree, Cornwall. NeSInith. Cunningham. Norman,
 ,e rahenreId o'Neil (Jefferson).
 Duke, Opp.
 t'erguson. Parker (Elmore). t'itts. Pearce, Fletcher. Renfro,
 Freeman. Reynolds (Chilton). Gilmore. Reynolds Henry).
 Graham. of Mont Robinson. gomery, Rogers (Sumter), HeflIn. of Chambers. Selneimer
 inson. Sentell. Hodges, Sloan.
 Howell. Sollie,
 Jackson. Sorrell, Jenkins. Spears,
 Jones. or Hale. Spragins.
 Jones. of Montgom- Studdard, cry, Tayloe, king, WeatherIy,
 Kirkland. Willet.
 Kyle Williams (Elmorel
 And the article was adopted.
 The Clerk read the engrossed article on Representation as follows:
 ARTICLE -.
 Section 1. The whole number of
 Senators shall be not less than one fourth or more than one third of the whole number of Representatives.
 Sec. ?. The H ,use of Representa-
 tiNes shall consist of not more than one hundred and five members. unless new counties are created, in which event each new county shall be en- tt,led to one Representative. The mem- bers of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned by the General As semtly among the several counties Of the State, according to the number of iT1h INi fao ofc in 0 ascertained by the decennial census of
 the United States, which aprortion- ment when made shall not be subject to alteration until the next session of the General Assembly after the next de ce nnial census of the United States shall have been taken.
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly at it's first session af- ter the taking of the decennial cen- sus of the United States i1 the year 1910, and after each subsequent decen- nial census to fix by law the number of Representatives, and apportion them among the several counties of the State. according to the number of in- habitants in them respectively; pro- vided. that each county shall be en- titled to al least one Representative.
 Sec fl. It shall be the duty of the HeISIdl ASSeUlDly al US llISl SSSSlOH after the taking of the decennial cen sus of the United States in the year 1910, and after each subsequent decer- nial census, to fix by law the number 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 Sena- tor and no more; and which districts when formed shall not be changed until the next apportioning session of the General Assembly after the next de- cennial 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 be attached to Senatorial districts. No county shall be divided between two districts. and no districts shall be made up of two or more counties not contiguous to each other. ...~.~-:@ #~.. -.~-
 Sec. 5. Should the decennial census of the United States from any cause not be taken, or if when taken the same as to this State Is not full and satisfactory, the General Assembly shall have power at it's first session af- ter the time shall have elapsed for the taking of said census to provide for an enumeration of all the inhabitants of this State and once In each ten years thereafter, upon which it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to make the apportionment of Representatives and Senators as provided for in this article.
 Sec. 6. Until the General Assembly shall make an apportionment of repre- he at its first session after the taking of the decennial census of the United States in the year 1910. as herein pro- vided, the counties of Autauga. Bald- win, Bibb, Blount, Cherokee, Chiffon, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffeee, Col bert. CnueCuh, COosa, Covington, Cren- shaw, Cullman. Dale DnKalb, Escam- hia, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Lamar, Lawrence. Limestone, Macon, Martin. Marshall, Monroe, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Washing ton and Winston shall each have one Representatives, the counties ot Bar hour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cham bers. Clarke, Elmore. Etowah. Hale, Henry Jackson, Lauderdale, Lee, Lowndes. Madison, Marengo, Morgan, l Perry. Pike. Russell, Sumter, Tallade- | ga, Tallapoosa. Tuscaloosa, Walker | 2Ed Wilcox shall each have two Rep | resentatives; the counties of Dallas and Mobile shall each have three | Representatives, the county of Mont gomery shall have four Representa- | tives and the county of Jefferson shall | have seven Representatives.
 Sec. :. Until the General Assembly | shall divide the State into Senatorial | districts, as herein provided. the Sena- | t1rial districts shall he as follows, First District, Lauderdale and Lime | stcne, second District, Lawrence and |