The age-herald., 1901-08-30
Mr. Cornwall Makes Final Effort to Secure New County
 for BessemGT
HIS MOTION VOTED DOWN
If the Present Disposition of the Con- vention Is Maintained the Work Will Be Finished By Sat-
 urday at Noon.
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER,

BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
 Montgomery, August 29.-(Special.) .)-The convention spent the day in working on the report of the committee on harmony. Most of the articles adopted finally were adopted without amendment. The disposition of the convention Is to table all amendments-it Is not even in a hu- nor to listen to speeches and as soon as some delegate begins a speech everyone else begins to talk.
 When the article on state and county boundaries was reached MT. Cornwall Of Jefferson made final effort to make new county for Bessemer. His amend ment was tabled by a vote of 1 to 06- rather a close vote considering how of ten the convention has voted down simi- lar Bessemer county ordinances.
 The parts of the constitution adopted fi- nally today were the preamble and dec laration of rights. and the articles on State and county boundaries. distribution of powers of government, legislation and executive.
 The sheriff matter came up today on an amendment offered by Governor Jones. This was a compromise measure and au-
  when impeachment proceedings were in stituted, but gave them two terms. Af- ter one of the most interesting parliament tary fights during the convention this amendment was defeated The sheriffs remain as under the present law except that they arc impeachable before the Su- preme Court instead of the Circuit court. Unless the present disposition of the convention changes as to amendments the real work of the convention will be fin-. ished by Saturday at noon.
 It may require little time after this to enroll the constitution parchment. When this Is done the members will then sign 1t.
 Convention Opens.
 The seventy-eighth days session of the Constitutional Convention was called to order by President Knox at o'clock. Roll call showed 94 delegates present The committee on journal reported it was correct.
 MT Hehin of Randolph, chairman of the committee on incidental expenses, re- ported favorably an ordinance appropria- ting $s5 to E. L. May for work done for the committee on executive. This ordi- nance was adopted.
 On motion of Mir Barefeld of Monroe the privileges of the floor were extended to Hon. John c. Anderson, judge of the First circuit. The convention then took up the report of the committee on harmony. This re- port the principal features of which were published in today's Age-Herald, was then read by the reading clerk.
 Minor Changes.
 A number of minor changes in verbage and punctuation were made, but no inn portant changes. Accompanying its re- port was a printed copy of the entire constitution which has been numbered consecutively by sections. There are 2S4 sections in the constitution and IS ar ticles.
 The committee, however, recommended several ordinances to be adopted One was to provide for a special registration for the election for the adoption of the constitution; another gave right to sue In this state on cause of action arising in a foreign state where the contract was made here, and another provided that corporations and others could not use the streets of a city of over 5000 inhabf- tants for certain purposes without the consent of the municipal authorities, and this consent not to be for a longer time than thirty years.
 The first article of the constitution con taining the decarat tion of rights was then read Some discussion then ensued as to whether the constitution should be con- sidered section by section or article by article. It was finally decided to adopt by articles Article one was then unan- imousIy adopted as read, on viva voce vote.
 Captain White then moved that the ar ticles be enrolled as fast as adopted. This was adopted.
 General Oates then suggested change to be made in section 34, but the convention refused to reconsider the matter.
 Article g. relating to state and county boundaries, was then read.
 Mir. Cornwall of Jefferson moved to amend so as to allow a new county to be formed by the Legislature out of the southern part of Jefferson County and the northern parts of Tuscaloosa and Bibb counties, provided the new county should contain not less than 400 square miles. >~
 CornwalI's Amendment.
 MT. Corwail spoke in favor of his amendment. giving figures as to the pop ulation and wealth of the proposed ,coun- ty going to show that it was equal in both regards to most of the couIJies in the State. He said the people of this section were entitled to a new county If the legislature would give 1t to them
 MT. Opp moved to table the amend ment An aye and nay vote was de- manded and the amendment was tabled by a vote of 61 to 56
 MT. Murphree of Pike moved to amend section 8 so as to let majority of the legislature change county boundary lines. This amendment was tabled by vote of 75 to H.
 The section, as reported, was then adopted.
 Article 3. relating to the distribution of the powers of government, was then read and adopted without change. & Article Four. Article 1 relating to the legislative de-