The age-herald., 1901-06-15

greater rate than $1 .25 on every $100 of taxable property. This public school fund I is provided to be eQuitably appropriated
 and paid to the several public schools in the county by the Commissioners Court or Boards of Revenue thereof.
 Section has been amended by striking out the words "or enterprises' | Section has been amended so as to provide for the levy and collection by cities and towns of a special school tax
 under similar restrictions to those with regard to the special school tax of coun- ties, providing the rate for all state, coun- ty and city purposes shall not exceed S1.75
 on the $100 of taxable property. This fund is to be appropriated equitably among and paid to the public schools of the city or | town by the corporate authorities thereof Section has been entirely omitted. | An additional section (as section 9 is | recommended, limiting the indebtedness | of counties to per centum of the taxable value of the property thereof, but pro- | yiding it shall not apply to indebtedness | in excess of such five per centum which has been already created or authorized by | law to be created. A second additional section Gas section 10) is recommended l limiting the indebtedness of cities and | towns to five per centum of the taxable value of it's property, but allowing an ad-
 ditional three per centum indebtedness | for water works, gas and electric light
 
 | ther provided that such limitation shall not apply to indebtedness in excess of such five per centum adready created or authorized by law to be created CECIL BROWNE, Chairman of Committee on Taxation. Section Five Executive. The convention then took up the discus
 sion of section s of the article on execu- tive, which section it was considering yesterday when the convention adjourned.
 The discussion began on MT. DeGraffen-
 reid's amendment to strike out that part
 of the section which exacted pledge of
 the Governor that he would not be a can
 didate for the United States Senate for
 one year after the expiration of his offi-
 cial term.
 Governor Jones, chairman of the com
 mittee on executive. spoke in favor of the
 section as reported by the committee. He said that without intending to reflect on any one he did not believe there had been
 any administration in the State which
 would not have been better If such
 clause had been in the Constitution. He
 said the fact that this convention was held now instead of two years ago was
 reason which went to show that a bridle
 should be put on the Senatorial ambitions of a Governor That it was nothing new
 to embody some great principle in Con |
 enforcing it. That the very provision in the Constitution that the Legislature must assemble on the call of the Cover
 nor could not be enforced if the Legisla- | ture did not see fit to obey it. There was
 no power to compel 1t to assemble. We must trust somebody, he said, and this
 provision will have a great moral force.
 DeGraffenreld Speaks. Mr. DeGraffenreid then spoke in favor
 of his amendment. He said that no argu-
 ment had been brought forward to show that this clause was legal On the con-
 trary they only spoke of its moral force. | He did not believe that any thing should be put in the Constitution which was not legal.
 Regarding Governor Jones' assertion | that there was no law to compel the Leg | islature to meet on the call of the Gov | ernor. he said that the Legislature itself l could pass such a law, and provide pen | alties for the members if they refused to | assemble when so called.
 | MT. White of Jefferson moved to table | Mir DeGraffenried's amendment This l was lost by vote of 56 to 54.
 | The question of the adoption of MT. | DeGraffenried' s amendment was then put | and it was adopted by vote of 59 to 56.
 MT. Pettus of Limestone then offered an l amendment so as to provide that the
 words neither of them be stricken out
 and the words mot any of them" substi-
 tuted, This was adopted. | Mir. Foster of Tuscaloosa offered an
 amendment to add the words after line l T, "or the Senate of the United States" l This was adopted.
 l MT. Dent of Barbour offered an amend
 ment to prevent state officers succeed