The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

WelIdre or the community, Ine suppress sion of crime. or the extension Of 2uh- lie improvement demands that tQese suburban settlements be taken into the community. The Committee thought 1t would be unwise in all instances to al- low the matter to be submitted to a vote. yet at the same time, in order that those people who sought to be em- braced in the community, or left out of the community, may have notice of the intended change. 1t is provided that publication snail be made for thirty days prior to the meeting of the General Assembly, that the change is contemplated.
 MT. O'Neal (Lauderdale)-I desiEe to ask question. The gentleman from Macon (Mr. Cobb) has suggested that the word incorporated be inserted be- fore the word city" It is certainly not intended that this should apply to a city or town not incorporated?
 MT. Weakley-I do not know any city or town not incorporated.
 Mir. O'Neal-Oh, yes. villages that are not incorporated, and they may be a great many towns.
 MT. Weakley-I have no objection to that.
 The Secretary read the amendment as follows:
 "Insert the word Incorporated be- fore the word city in the second line.
 MT Weakley-The committe is will ing to accept the amendment.
 MT. Ashcraft-I desire to call the at- tention of the committee to the way in which that will read: "The General Assembly shall have the power to es- tabish any incorporated city. How could they establish any incorporated rS tnonrnnrotpd hnW can they extend the boundaries?
 The President pro tem.-The question Is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Macon.
 MT. Graham (Montgo tgomery)-With the consent of the gentleman from Macon I would like to ask some questions. Isn't it 8 fact that we are considering only incorporated cities. villages and towns Then why the necessity of inserting the word incorporated?
 MT Cobb-Simply to make 1t un- doubtedly plain.
 MT Graham (Montgomery)-Ts it not undoubtedly plain as it Is?
 MT. Cobb--We are not considering only incorporated towns, We have vil- lages.
 Mir. Graham (Montgomery)-I under stand that. But he says "incorporat- ed."
 MT. CobD-If the gentleman be cor rect the word incorporated" will not hurt anything.
 Mr. Graham-It only makes the Con- stttution ridiculous by the insertion of ridiculous words. I move to lay the amendment of the gentleman from Ma con on the table.
 A vote being taken, the motion to table was lost.
 MT Sanford (Montgomery)-I ask for a reading of the amendment
 A vote was taken and the amendment laid upon the table.
 Mir. Sanford (Montgomery)-I have some rights here and when I ask for a reading of the proposition I think l am entitled to be regarded. The re- quest was that the amendment be read. 1 do not know what it is.
 The President pro tem.-I thought the gentleman was keeping up with the action of the Convention. The Sec retary will read the section under con SldeTatiCn for the benefit of the gen. tleman from Montgomery, the section and the amendment.
 MT. Sanford-It was the amendment l wished to hear.
 The amendment was read: ITO add the word Incorporated before the word city"
 MT. Cobb-I ask the gentleman from Montgomery to withdraw for mo- ment have but a word to say.
 The President pro tem.-The question has been settled and the amendment has been tabled.
 MT. Cobb--G called for division and was interrupted by the gentleman from Montgomery, and 1t was this interrup- tion that caused the confusion.
 The President pro tem.-The call was not heard, and it comes too late. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Dallas, MT. Craig.
 Mir Craig-I have an amendment to offer.
 The Secretary read the amendment as follows
 Strike out the words meeting of the General Assembly in line four of said section and insert in lieu thereof election held for the election or mem- bers of the next Legislature after suca election
 MT. Craig-I offer that amendment sor this purpose: In eleCting members of the Legislature, people ought to know what they propose to do with regard to enlargement of the city boundaries. After the election 1t is too late to elect a man representing them on the subject, and they would have to come up and lobby the Legislature at a very heavy expense to get what they want. Where they have an opportu- nity beforehand, and have a member of the Legislature representing their views, that will not be necessary. That trouble came up at the last session of the Legislature, on the boundaries of selma. The people of Selma desired the right to elect their officers instead i having them elected by the county. and in an act passed they took In some plantations where there were no houses or anything else, making it part of the city. The people knew nothing about l., and the law stands there to- day. There was great indignation on the part of our people That Is the reason 1 want people of town, city or village to have the right to vote upon it. and they cannot do it, if put thirty days before the meeting of the Legisla- ture.
 MT, Sanford (Pike)--I have n inter est in this matter al all. I do not live in a town that is likely tp desire to take in a suburb one way or another. Hut it occurs to me that we ought not to put it in the hands of the Legislature pr me representative from a county tn come 10 tho Legislature and on ac- count of the legislative courtesy that is always accorded to rep"eS 0ntatiVes from a county, because S1m2 city has accumulated a large hOndrd indebted neHs 10 extend the bouudali S around all the farms within reach of it, and all the 1ittIp villa gpS uCVhInc iNgt blVp