The age-herald., 1901-06-27
THE ORATORS HAD THE FLOOR
 ALL YESTERDAY
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who would be effected by a change of county lines or by the formation of new county. Also two-thrds vote to change county site. The area of new counties is to be 800 square miles. The county site of Shelby County is to re- main at Columbiana. The report on this matter stated that the committee could only find one member in the house who knew anything about the passage of the act changing it.
 dissenting report to that part of the report which reduced counties to below GOO square miles was filed by J. E. Cobb, John H. Parker and E. c. Jackson. "A similar dissenting report favoring 600 square miles was filed by Milo Moody and c. H. Moody.
 minority report as to the Shelby County matter was made by J. O. Sentell and J. A. Gilmore They favored Calera as the county seat.
 Following is the article as reported:
 State and County Boundaries.
 An ordinance to create and define the state and county boundaries, and to regu- late the location of county sites, and the formation of new counties.
 Be 1t ordained by the People of Alabama in convention assembled, That Article of the Constitution be stricken out, and the following article inserted in lieu there of:
 ARTICLE II.
 ,Stato and County Boundaries, County
 Sites and New Counties.
 Section l. The boundaries of this State are established and declared to be as fol- lows, that is to say: Beginning at the point where the 31st degree of north lati- tude crosses the Perdido River; thence east to the western boundary line of the State of Georgia; thence along said line to the southern boundary line of, the State of Tennessee; thence west along the southern boundary line of the State of Tennessee, crossing the Tennessee River and on to the second intersection of said river by said line thence up said river to the mouth of Big Bear Creek; thence by direct line to the northwest corner of Washington County, in this State, as originally formed; thence southerly along the line of the State of Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico; thence eastwardly in- cluding all islands within six leagues or the shore to the Perdido River; thence up said river to the beginning; provided, That the limits and Jurisdiction of this State shall extend to and include any other land and territory now acquired, or hereafter acquired by contract or agree ment with other states or otherwise, al- though such land and territory are not included within the boundaries here1nbe- fore designated.
 Sec. 2 The boundaries of the several counties Of this state aS they HOW eAiSe' are hereby ratified and confirmed
 Changing County Boundaries.
 Sec. 8 The General Assembly shall have the power, provided that each house by a majority of the members elected thereto shall vote in favor thereof to sub init to vote of the people residing within the territory proposed to be taken from one county and given to another. change or alteration in county lines, but no such change or alteration shall be made unless such proposed change or al- iteration shall receive two-thirds of the votes of the qualified electors voting at such election; and, provided, that no county line shall be changed or altered so as to reduce any old county below 5O1 square miles or which shall reduce the in habitants in any such county below the number of inhabitants to entitle the coun- ty to one representative.
 New Counties 500 Miles.
 Sec. 4 The General Assembly shall have power, provided that each house. by majority of it's members, elected thereto shall vote in favor therefor, to submit to a vote of the people within the bounds.-'ies of the proposed new county. the creation and formation of new counties. but no new county shall be created, unless such proposed new county shall receive two- thirds of the votes of the qualified elec- tors, young at sucn eieclloH. anu at the same time the question of the name for the county seat for such county shall be submitted to and determined by said cleo toss; and provided, that no new county shall be created or formed of less extent than five hundred square miles, and which does not contain a sufficient num- ber of inhabitants to entitle it to one representative under the ration of repre- sentaton existing at the time of it's ere ation and leave the county counties from which it is taken with the required number of inhabitants entitling such county or counties to separate represen- tation, or which shall reduce any old county below five hundred square miles.