The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10
(Marengo) was read as follows:
 Ordinance No. 446, by MT. William (MarouUoN.

To provide for indexing the steno' graphic report and for supplying mem. bers of the Convention herewith, ant to repeal Resolution 169, touching the same matter.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala. bama in Convention assembled. Ina Resolution No. 169 heretofore passed by this Convention be and the same 1: hereby repealed.
 Second-Be 1t further ordained. That the Secretary of this Convention shal immediately on the adjournment sint die of this Convention, contract with some comeptent and reliable person tc make a complete and full index of tho sterographic report of the proceeding: of this Convention. and that for suet services. he shall be authorized tc spend not exceeding the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars @15o), ant said index shall be completed with!r forty days after adjournment of this Convention, and shall by the Secretar, be placed in the hands of a reliable printer, who shall make not less thar twelve hundred Q,200) copies thereof and the contract entered into witf such printer shall not exceed the sun of - dollars for printing the same The making of the index and the printing thereof shall be done under the supervision of the Secretary. who shal mail or cause to be mailed to each member of this Convention at theil proper homes not less than five copies to each member, of said index, aGt she Secretary shall place i. the steh. ographio reports resefved for the uses of the State, one each of said indexes
 Be it further ordained, That there is hereby appropriated any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sums of money mentioned above for the compensat on for the ser. vices to be rende red. and when tho Secretary certifies, under his hand, tt the Auditor. that the work has beer fully completed above mentioned, tho Auditor shall draw his warrant upor
 the State Treasury for said amount in favor of the Secretary, who shal parties.
 Schedule. Printing and Incidenta Expenses.
 MT. Burnett-1 ask the gentleman
 from Calhoun to yield to me for 6 moment.
 MT. Greer-I will yield. MT. Burnett-1 have petition that aek to be read and referred to the proper committee.
 The petition was read as follows: | To the Constitutional Convention Montgomery, Ala: We the undersigned citizens of tht l State of Alabama, do hereby offer ou, protest against the railroad pass evil | and do hereby declare our desire that | 1t be made an unlawful act for either | State, county or municipal officials tr
 accept railroad passes fromAany rail-
 road company. or for any such com.
 pany to give such passes. We further petition the Constitu-
 tional Convention now in session ir | posed Costitution some effective self. | operative provision to that end. Evergreen Ala, July 23 1901. w. D. Atkinson, attorney: E. c. Page, attorney; D. z. Whitley, farmer ! and merchant; D. PeaGler farmer; w L. Wild. merchant: John Hill, mer-
 chant: NJ. M. Pullin. farmer. W. T. | Wiggins, merchant: W. A. Burnett
 merchant; G. W. Ethridge; J. M.
 Mason. minister; II. H. Reid, druggist
 J. D. Deering. druggist: r. s. Stall
 worth, clerk; w. J. Bailey, gunsmlth | W H. Wild. merchant Referred to Committee on Corpora tions.
 Mr. Flackwell--I ask leave to intro- | duce a similar document on free passes MT. Greer (Calhoun)-It seems to me | that I have been generous enough tn | the gentlemen. I would like to know
 how many more would like for me to yield.
 Mir. Long (walker)-One over here. MT. Greer--I decline to yield any | further.
 President pro tem-There is one be- | fore the House now and when that Is
 read, the gentleman will be entitled to
 the floor.
 The petition introduced by Mir. Blackwell was read as follows: | To the Constitutional Convention. Montgomery, Ala:
 We the undersigned citizens of the | State of Alabama do hereby offer our protest against the railroad pass evil
 and do hereby declare our desire that
 1t be made an unlawful act for either | State. county or municipal officials to accept railroad passes from any rail-
 road company or for any such company | to give such passes.
 We further petition the Constitutional Convention now in sess on in Montgom- cry to incorporate in the propose | Constitution some effective self-opers.-
 tive provision to that end. New Decatur and Decatur. Ala, July
 22. 1901.
 Claude H. Drake printer: n. B. Nor
 row, city clerk; D. c. Morton, physi- clan: S. F. Vert. attorney: A. H. R. Irons, gunsmith; J. $. Patterson, bar
 Der; C. W. Bryant. barber: W. H, Long, Jr. salesman: G. D. William
 son. merchant; D. W. Speake, sales
 man: T. W. Vert. lawyer: s. A.
 Lynee, lawyer; w. B. Shackelford; James James. farmer; and many others.
 MT. Grecr--T yield to the gentleman from Walker to introdtce one more Daughter
 MT. Long (walker)-It relates to wo-
 man suffrage.
 Resolution No. 2s0 by Mir. Long of
 (Walker) read as follows:
 By Mir. Long (Walker):
 Whereas. This Convention has passed an ordinance allowing both white and colored ladies to vote, and whereas,
 In Victoria a voter who Is too i'll t7 go to the polls may cast his ballot by mail He obtains his blank ballot from the election officials through the local postmaster fills it up in the presence of a policeman (who is nos allowed to look at the name written on the slip) and posts it.
 Therefore be it ordained That a wo- man may vote by making out her bal lot and giving 1t 10 her husband, fath- CT, son, brother, or sweetheart. who may deposit or retain the same in the ballot box, in event she does not care to deposit the same herself. Provided, any woman entitled to vote shall also