The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-14

and worry. and that is part of their expense, as much so as the taxes tnat
 they pay into the treasury. Then why not take that into consideration Even 1 if It should cause the tax rate to pc
 little more. it is more than over
 balanced on the other side.
 MI, Parker Elmore)-I want 10 ask the gentleman a question. I MT. Thompson-I think l will nave to give him the game answer he gave
 the gentleman while ago, I Will an-
 swer when my time expires. The President--The gentleman Will | proceed. I Mir. Thompson-Now then. l hope the 1 Convention will cheerfuly consider the I Committees report. and when you con-
 sider 1t you will find that they nave | been very careful to guard the interests | of the people at home. that they nave 1 nJt left the Legislature as free as IL
 has been heretofore. that while we strike down from 500 to 800 miles we | place other limitations around it that make 1t much harder to get new | county under our provision than It has | been heretofore.
 | Mir. HoweIl--The gentleman from El- | more said that he would reply to my l question when he got through with his I remarks. The gentleman from Blob | was then recognized and l had no op- | portunity to ask question l Will ask
 him if he will now permit me to ask l him question?
 | The President-The gentleman from l Cuilman was recognized
 MT. Parker (Cullman)-Whatever | may be the pleasure of this House as
 to the number of square miles that
 there should be in a county. I think I that we ought to lay upon the table the l substitute offered by the gentleman | from Hale. and let the question of | square miles come up directly upon I the minority report of M-. Parker of | Fillmore and Judge Cobb. We have en- l deavored in our report to throw more | safe guards around the change of coun | ty lines and the establishment of new | counties than heretofore. We have l endeavcred to incorporate In Sections 3 and of this Article the Democratic ] ac"trine of self-government. of home
 rule, and to allow the people ] Of the territory 10 sov --.- should have a change or a new county
 and, therefore. without making an
 elaborate argument upon this ques- ton, I move to lay the substitute of | the gentleman from Hale upon the ta- ble. MT. deGraffenreid-Upo that I call | for the ayes and noes. MT. Boone--I would like to have the
 substitute read.
 The President-The Secretary will
 read the original section, and the mil
 nority report signed by Messrs. Cobb,
 Parker and Jackson.
 The clerk read the original section as | follows:
 See. 3. The General Assembly shall
 have the power, provided that each
 house. by a majority of the members
 elected thereto shall vote fin favor | thereof, to submit to vote of the peo-
 pie residing within the territory pro- posed to be taken from one county and | given to another, a change or altera-
 tion in county lines, but no such
 change or alteration shall be made un-
 less such proposed change or altera- | tion shall receive two-thirds of the
 votes of the qualified electors voting at
 such election, and, provided. that no | county line shall be changed or altered
 So as to reduce any cid county below | 800 square miles. or which shali reduce | the inhabitants in any such county be- | low the number of inhabitants to en- title the county to one representative. The clerk then read the minority re- | port as follows:
 l We, therefore, move to amend the
 report of the committee by striking out ] 300 where 1t occurs in section 3, and adding in lieu thereof the word '600 Respectfully submitted, l U. E.. Cobb. John H. Parker. -Es- "E. C.. Jackson" The secretary then read the substi-
 tute offered by Mr deGraffenreid as
 follows: The General Assembly may.
 by vote of twO-thirds of both houses
 thereof, arrange and designate boun-
 daries for the several counties of this
 State. which boundaries shall not be
 altered except by like vote; but no
 new county shall be hereafter formed
 of less extent than 600 square miles.
 and no existing county shall be re-
 duoed to less than 600 square miles. and
 no new county shall be formed which | does not contain a sufficient number of l inhabitants to entitle 1t to one repre-
 sentative under the ratio of representa-
 tion existing at the time of its forma-
 tion, and leave the county or counties 1 from which it is taken with the requir- ed number of inhabitants entitling such
 county or counties to separate repre- | sentation."
 | Mir. deGraffenreid-Will the gentle-
 man from Cullman permit me to make
 a statement. as he has made the motion
 to lay my resolution on the table? l MT. Parker-Yes.
 MT. deGranffenreid-The substitute | simply leaves 1t as it now exists in the | Constitution of 1875 The gentleman has made a motion to table my substi-
 ute, and on that I call for the ayes and noes.
 The President--The question Is on the
 substitute of the gentleman from Hale
 to the minority report of the commit | tee to Section of the report of the Committee on State and County Bound
 aries. and the motion is to lay the sub
 stitute of the gentleman from Hale
 on the table. Is the call for the ayes
 and noes sustained?
 The call for the ayes and noes was sustained.
 The result of the roll call was as fol- | lows:
 | Messrs. President. McMillan Baldwin,, | Bartlett. Malone. | Reavers Martin.
 Biackwel, Miller iwilcox>. | Boone. Murphree. | Brooks. Norman. Byars, NorwoodA
 0At@' iee. Parker tcullman), | Cofer Pearce,
 Davis. of Etowah. Pettus. | Hey, Pillans,
 Eyster. Porter.
 Gilmore. Rogers (Sumter). | Glovers Sanford, - Grant, Sanford,
 Grayson. Smith: Mac. A., | Henderson, Sorrell, | Hinson, Spraglns, | Hodges. Studdard. Howell, Thompson,