The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17
LEGISLATIVE
 INNOVATION Important Changes in the
 Department. ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER Convention Provides Legisla- tors Meet Every Four Years r,vs Sections of the Article Were Adopted Yesterday-President Knox Was Twice Sustained
 by the Delegates.
ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER

Five sections of the Article on Leg ,sIative Department were adopted yes- terday by the Constitutional CohVeh- tion. The most important changes maoe ,re nroyisions for sessions of the les- tslature every four years instead ol every two years and for the hoioins of State elections in November insteao of in August as heretofore. The on- cial title of the legislative branch or the government was changed rom the General Assembly" to "the Legisia- .ure" and the age limit of State Sena- tors was reduced from 27 years to 70 years. .. Two appeals from the decisions or president Knox were made yesterday and both times the distinguished Pres- ldent was almost unanimously sue &ained. These were the first appears from his decisions during the ConVen- : 4ion and both appeals were mdoe " delegates from Jefferson-MessEs. oeu dow and Lowe. a,rirv she Afternoon session, and it furnished sn extraordinary incident. MT. LoWe' who is Chairman of the State Demo cratic Committee, made a point oI or- der which was oSerruled by the rreS- SNsnt He insisted upon his point ana srnealed from the decision of the pre- siding officer. The President was sus- tained by the vote of every uelesa1t present except Mir. Lowe ana tne resa,s
 t ,ns;sted upon his point and was e.s to take his seat. the delegates Hsa'n cpopmyention Proceedings.
 ora hundred and twenty delegates -..,s,.1.- ,,-esent when the Constitufionai ~onyention met at 9:30 O clock yester. Sav morning. The body was openeo with prayer by Rev. MT. McDaniei.
 On the call of the roll TOT the in Production of ordinances. MT. SamLolS of Pike, sent up an ordlnance w tn rednce the tax for inspection of fer tilizers to 10 cents. It was referreo to Sha Coumittee on Miscellaneous Pro- vjsions of the Constitution.
 Mr Rogers of Sumter, in accordance -,ith nrevious notice, moved to recon sider the vote by which Section oL Lile Article on Banks and Banking was adopted Monday afternoon. Ine sec tion provides for an examina'ion oA
 
 Wr OiNeal of Lauderdale, spoKe .vainst reconsideration and MT. Fletcher of Madison, Chairman or tne committee, moved to lay the motloh oIl the table, The motion was adoptea'
 MT. Wilson of Washington, moved 10 reconsider the vote by which Section of the Article on State ana county boundaries was adopted Monday. rms Section annuls the SheiDy county y nd Wilson SalQ he desired for the vote to be recon sidered so that he could amend the Section SO as to provide that a new Court House should not be built at Columbiana without vote Of the peo- pie. .o. of reconsideration. He said ne nao no Interest in the matter but he would dislike for either side to get any ad- S,anta0e through an act of the Conven- tion.
 Mr. Grant of Calhoun, spoke against reconsideration. He said he had voted for the Section not because 1t was a local matter, but because he felt that a fraud had been imposed upon the whole State. ...--. -,,y..
 Mr Browne of Talladega. spoke against reconsideration and on motion nf Mir. Thompson of Bibo, the motion 10 recOTSluc- "0o
 62 to 23.
 ResolutIons of sympathy for ex-Sen- ator Pugh in his illness were intro- dured by MT. Burns of Dallas, and unon 4 suspension of the rules the resolutions were adopted.
 The Retrenchment Committee.
 MT Howell, chairman of the special Committee on Retrenchment made a report recommending that all commit fee clerks be dispensed With, except those serving Committees on Oroer or Constitution, SuHraSe atG GiS GlectloilS' vrhe Journal, and Rules. The commit tne also recommended dispensing with tUo messengers and five of the ten nages. the pages to draw lots to ascer- fain which should lose their places. Tbis would save the Convention $26 a day. -,.. dissented from the report and recom- mended that all pages should be re- tained.
 There was considerable discussion of the reports and finally the report was amended so as to retain the pages and messengers, and was adopted. It mere ly dispens9s with four committee clerks. which saves the Convention $16 a day.
 The Convention then proceeded to the consideration of the Article on Legis- Iatiye Department, and Governor Oates, chairman of the committee. ex- plained Its provisions.
 section 1, which vests the legislative mower of the State in a Legislature, ' which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representativ was read and General Harrison of Lee sent up an amendment to strike out the word s.I. .eeisIa ture'' and insert General As sembly." He addressed the Convention in support of the amendment.
 On motion of MT. Beddow of Jefferson the amendment was tabled, and Sec tion 1 was adopted.
 section 2. relating to the style of bills to be introduced. was read and adopted without division.
 Section 3, which provides for election ..H aAna4AES aud RanEaaAIn&a&iKaan an kha