The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

shall be Laid by the State, the bills therefor to be rendered to the Secretary of state and approved by him.
 Sec, II. The Board of Registrars In each county shall, on or before the 1st day of February. 1903, file in the Pro- bate Court of their county complete list, sworn to by them, of all persons registered in their county. with the precinct or ward in which each of such persons reside set opposite the name of such person, and snail' also file q like list in the office of the Secretary oi State. The Judge of Probate shall, on or before the list day of March, 1903 cause to be made from such list, in du- plicate,. in the books furnished by the Secretary of State, an alphabetical list by precincts of the persons shown by the list of the Registrars to have been registered in the county, and shall file one of such alphabetical lists in the office of the Secrtary of State, for which services by the Probate Judges com pensation shall be provided by the General Assembly. The Judges of Pro- bate shall keep both the original list hled by the Registrars and the alpha Detical list made therefrom as records In the Probate Court of the county.
 
 under the provisions of this Article, any one who shall register prior to the lst day of January. 1903, shall remain an elector during life, and shall be re- duired to re-register only in case of cnange Of residence, on production Of his certificate. The certificate of the Registrars or of the Probate Judge or of the Secretary of State shall be suf- fcient evidence to establish the fact Of such life registration. Such certifi- cate shall be issued free of charge to the elector and the General Assembly shall provide by law for the renewal of such certificate when lost, mutilated or destroyed.
 Sec. 12. From and after the 1st dav or January. 1903, any applicant for registration may be reuulred to state under oath. to be administered by the Registrar or by any person authorized Dy law to administer oaths, where he hved during the five years next ore. ceoing the time at which he applies to register, and the name or names that ne was known by during that period, anu the name or names of his em- pioyer or employers. if any, during such period. Any applicant for registration Yho refuses to state such facts. or any or them, shall not be entitled n register and any person SO offering to register who wilfully makes a false statement in regard to such matters or any or them shall be guilty of per- jury. 'i pei
 sec. 1s.-In the trial of any contested
 oh' ' ana Tn proceedings to inyesti- gate any election, no person other tbsn a oefendant shall be allowed to with ho!o his testimony on the ground that ne may criminate himself or subiect htnseif to public infamy; but such per son shaIl not be prosecuted for any of Iense arising out of the transaction concerning which he testified, but may pc prosecuted for perjury committed on such examination.
 Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall pass laws, not inconsistent with this constitution, to regulate and govern elections, and all such laws shall be uniform throughout the State; and shall provide by law for the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the result of the same, and shall pro- Vloe general registration laws, not in- consistent with the provisions of this Article, for the registration of all uual- filed electors from and after the first day of January, 1903. The General As sembly shall also make provision by law, not inconsistent with this Article, for the regulation of primary elections and for punishing frauds at the same, but shall not make primary elections compulsory.
 Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass adequate laws giving protection against the evils arising from the use of intoxi- eating liquors at all elections.
 Sec. 16. Electors shall in all cases, N,Aa fnIA peace, be privileged from arrest dur ing their attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom.
 Sec. IT. Returns of elections for all civil officers who are to be commits stoned by the Governor, except Secre- tary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Com missioner Of Agriculture and Indus tries. Attorney General, and Superin- tendent of Education, and for the mem bers of the General Assembly, shall be made to the Secretary of State.
 Sec. IS. The poll tax mentioned in this Article shall be one dollar and f1f- ty cents upon each male inhabitant of the State, over the age of twenty-one years, and under the age of forty-five years, who would not now be exempt by law. Such poll tax shall become due and payable on the first day of Octo- Der in each year and become delinquent on the first day of the next succeeding February, but no legal process nor any fee or commission shall be allowed for the collection thereof. The Tax Col lector shall make returns of poll tax collections separate from other collec> itonR.
 Sec. 1s. If any section of this Article shall become imperative and void by reason of the decision of any court of competent Jurisdiction, the General As- sembly shall have power, and 1t Is hereby authorized. to remedy the de- feet in such section pointed out by such adjudication, by two-thirds vote of all the members of each house of the General Assembly; provided, that the sections of this Article unaffected by such decision shall remain unchanged. Upon any other section becoming in- operative by any subsequent adtudica- tion of such court, the General Assem- bly shall have authority to remedy the defect in like manner aS hereinabove prescribed.
 Mir. White of the committee submit ted the following
 MINORITY REPORT. Mir. President:
 The undersigned, members of the on Suffrage and Elections, beg leave to dissent from that part of the report of eaid committee which the adoption of the second gub- division of Section of the Article reported by said committee, which reads as follows:
 "Thq lawful descendants of persons who honorably served in the land or