The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-13
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

reduiHS " aS tRo pTVudChVh ol stranger, as applied to the argument that I understood the gentleman tc make. I believe it to be just and merit ed. every word and every syllable There can. now, be but one method oi determining whether was right. oi went too far in eriticising the gentle' man. and that is for me to get from the stenographer a copy of the gentlemans speech as he understood it and took Il down. That l propose to do. If. as said before. the gentleman did not say more than is reported in the official report, then I shall say to the gentle man, gladly. that 1 am sorry that criticised him as did; but, if the gen tleman's remarks were as l understood and wrote them down on a piece of paper at the time that they were utter- cd. and have the paper in my room, then neither anger nor passion can make that which was justly said i'm. properly spoken.
 MT. o'Neal-wul the gentleman that is not in the report.
 Mir. Smith--I cannot by heart, Mr. o'Neal I am hound to say.
 Mir. o'Neal--In substance then.
 MT. Burns CDalls)--I move that this Convention proceed with it's business.
 Mir. Smith-I Understood the gentle man. in one of his sentences, to say that I was making under q preterlse Of morality to take funds from the State Treasury for the benefit of tho corporation ot the city of Mobile.
 Mr. O'Neal-I did not make that statement. will the gentleman permit me to say what did say
 MT. Cunningham (Jefferson)--f rise to the point Of order that the matter of colloauy between the gentlemen Is not a matter of privilege. and I think 1t is out of order.
 Mir. O'Neal--I simply desire to state what did say. what know I said--.
 Me. Howse-I call for the regular order. Mir. President:
 MT. Smith-I desire to say one thlns further did not say anything yes- terday in passion. Not at all. The gentleman I have every reason to feel friendliness for. from what I know of him. and certainly have no feeling of prejudice against the gentleman. There was nothing between us. until the speech he made. and If misunderstood him. I am sorry that ! criticised him.
 The President pro tem-~--rne eflair will state he cannot help but believe that the difference of opinion between the gentleman results from misunder- standing of the facts.
 Mr, Dent--I want to find out whether the record of the stenographic report of proceedings are identical with the Journal. If SO, some correct ion should be made in the Journal.
 The President pro tem--The gentle" man will suggest the point.
 Nr. Dent--f find that the section which was amended in the stenograph- ic report puEports to read as foilowsi The operation of no general law shall be suspended for the benefit of any in- dividual. private corporation or asso. eia ton, nor shall any individual. pri. vate corporation or association" | would like to know how it is in the record.
 The President pro tem--The clerk in forms the chair that the Journal Is correct. according to the gentleman g recollection.
 MT. Long (Walker) re- port of the proceedings of the Conven- ton. under the head of the minority report of the Committee on 1mpeach- menta. as it is reported, says 1t was signed by MT. Thompson and MT. Rob- inson. There were five of us that signed the minority report, and desire that the correction be made. MT. Haley. Mir. MacA. Smith and myself were the names left off. and I desire u at the correction be made in the mi- nority report.
 The President pro tem-The Journal is correct. That was a Typographical error of the stenographic report, which will be corrected.
 The report of the Committee on the Journal was read. stating that the Journal for the forty4second day of the had been examined and found to be correct, and the same was adopted.
 Upon the call uf the roll of delegates for the Introduction of resolutions, or dinances, etc.
 Ordinance No. AIS. by MT Carmichael (Coffee):
 Ordinance relating to tax rate of the State;
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama. in Convention assembled:
 That Section 4 of Article xI be amended so as to read as follows:
 Sec 1.-The General Assembly shall not have the power to levy. in any one year. a greater rate of taxation than one -hundredths of per een- tum on the value of the taxable prop erty within this State; provided. that for the support of the public schools of the State and for the purpose of pro- viding pensions for ex-Confederate sol- diers and sailors. their widows and or- phans, or for either of these purposes, an additional rate not exceeding twenty one- -hundredths of per centum may be levied.
 Referred to the Committee on Taxa ton.
 Mir. Grayson-I have a petition signed by a large number of persons which l move to be read.
 The petition was read as follows:
 We, the undersigned business men and citizens of the city of Huntsville, Madison county. most respectfully peti- ton our delegation to the Constitution al Convention. Hons. R. E. Spragins. R w. Walker. A. s. Fletcher and J. W. Grayson. and the members cf the Constitutional Convention not to cn- act any law in our Constitution fpr the collection of privilege tax. we hcliev- ing that such a tax Is unjust.
 The President here resumed the chair
 Ordinance No. 419 by Mir. Jones of walker:
 An ordinance to provide for the is suance Of bonds. in the event of the of any foreign territory to this State by purchase.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama, in Convention assembled. that in the event of the annexation of any territory to this State by pur. chase. that the General Assembly with the approval of the Governor shall be to provide for the issuance of State bonds tO nav for the Durch lse