The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-03
JULY s, 1901.

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 MT. Jones (wilcox)-wili the gent
 man withdraw that motion for a Il ment? The President-The gentleman frd Wilcox asks the gentleman from Tall pooea will he withdraw Lis motion V table for a moment?
 MT. Bulger-I will if the gentlemx II agrees to renew the motion. Will
 do that?
 Mir. Jones (wilcox)-No, sir. Mir. Bulger-Then decline to wit draw the motion. MT. Robinson-I rise to a point of d der.
 The PresidentThe delegate will std the point.
 MT. Robinson The gentleman cann
 move to lay half the section or propI sition on the table. The Presidential seems to the Chs< that that point is well taken. MT. Bulger-Then I move to lay th# whole section on the table. The President-The gentleman fro4 Tallapoosa moves to lay Section 5 the report of the Committee on tli table to be taken therefrom at tN pleasure of the Convention, when tN report from the Committees on EducN tion comes in. A vote being taken on the motion table and division being called fcN the motion was carried by 63 ayes arN 40 noes. So Section of the Committees r; port was tabled.
 The President-The gentleman's md tion I believe, applied to the Sectic. and pending amendments?
 MT. Bulger-Yes, sir. The President-The gentleman q stated his motion but the Chair in ar1 nouncing the question. omitted to irl clude the amendments, but it was q understood. The clerk will read thH next section. Section was read as follows: Sec. 6. The property of private coI; porations. associations and individua of this State. shall forever be taxed q the same rate; provided. this sectios shall not apply to institutions devotea exclusively to religious, educational, q charitable purposes.
 Mir. Heflin (Randolph)-I move thss the section be adopted.
 MT. Cobb-I have an amendment.
 The amendment was read as follows Amend Section by adding "but thY exemption so far as applicable to eduI cational institutions shall be limited Il 200 acres of land and the building| thereon which are used exclusively fol educational purposes, and to persona property not to exceed 1000 exclusivI of philosophical and cheminal appal ratus and musical instruments and ii braries.
 MT. Cobb-I do not propose to mak any argument upon this amendment but simply desire to call the attentioi of the Convention to this fact tha there are educational institutions il this country. and they are multiply ing, that are accommodating from tim' to time vast quantities of land. Thos' lands they claim to be used for edu cational purposes and it is going oI in this direction until in some counties of the State the revenues of the coun ty are endangered and it is also put ting in danger She other property hold CTS of the county and making it op pressive on them and do believe tha the time has cone that we should pu some limit to the amount of land that can be heldfree frcm taxation by these institutions. I therefore introduce this amendment. I am not committed tC any number of acres. My belief snG best judgment is that while 1t Is wlst to exempt from taxation all the build Ah6S CtCClCu TUT GQuCdllOIadi EpOScs without regard to the amount Of mon. ey expended in their erection, and al philosophical and chemical apparatus and musical instruments and property of that kind which must be used fol exclusively educational purpo3 es, wker they reach out as they are to my cer. tain knowledge and gather in from time to time all the land they can ge' in certain counties by purchase ana claim it to be free from taxation be- cause they belong to institutions which are educational, that there should be a halt.
 MT Wilson (Clarke)-Under your amendment would the State University and the Industrial School have to pay taxes on their land?
 MT. Cobb-This would not apply as that land belongs to the-State of Ala bama and is not covered by my amend ment.
 MT. Robinson-This says devoted ex- clusively religious, educational or charitable purposes, and that would prevent it.
 MT. Jackson-Will the gentleman per init an interruption.
 MT. Cobb-There are so many trench ing on my time that ! don't like to- but I can't refuse.
 MT. Jackson-Would this affect the A. & M. Collage
 MT. Cobb-It would not in my opin- ion. The A. & M. College and the Girls Institute at Montevallo and in- stitutions of that kind which have at- tached to them certain amounts of property will not be affected.
 MT. Fitts-You stated that the land of the University stood in the name of the State. That is not the case. The title is in the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama.
 MT. Lomax-It certainly would affect them if that amendment is passed.
 MT. Fitts-I know that because I had charge of it.
 MT. Cobb-I don't know but my friend to the right informs me that these lands are non-taxable and know they belong to the State although the title may be in Trustees.
 MT. Long (Walker)-Would it affAct Booker Washington's school. owning fifteen or twenty thousand acres of land in this State?
 MT. Cobb-I think it would.
 MT. Long Walker)-I hope so it Is just that class of institutions that I am trying to call the attention ci the Convention to, not that am opposed to any of these institutions but
 MT. Bulger-May I ask the gentle man a question?
 Mir. Cobb-I have six already ahead of you that I have not disposed of. but you can go on.
 MT. Lomax-Would it affect the nine district agricultural schools?
 MT. Cobb-It would not, in my opin- ion: but if there is doubt about that I am perfectly willing that the amend ment shall be So framed as to exempt