The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-30

located. and one member from each of the other Congressional Districts, and one member from the State at large. The board for the ,Agrksiltaral and Mechanical College shall consist of two members from the Congressional District In which the college is located. one from each of the other Cong:es sional districts. and one from the State 1 at large. The Board for the Girls h. dustrial School shall consist of two | members from the Congressional Dis trict in which the college is located, one from each of the other Congress sional Districts and three female trus- tees from the State at large. Said | trustees shall be appointed by the Gov | ernor, by and with the consent Of the Senate, and shall hold office for tenn of six years, and until their successors shafl be appointed and qualified. Each | of said boArds shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal as rnay be. The seats of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of two | years. and those of the second class in four years. and those of the third class at the end of six years, from the date | of appointment, so that one-third may be chosen bi-annually. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolumsnt, I | red in the discharge of his duties as such, the amount of which expenses shall be shown by itemized statement, | sworn to by the trustee. The Gov ernor shall be ex- -of1cio president. and the Superintendent of Education ex- ofiicio member of each of said boarcs of trustees. t
 Sec. 12 The General Assembly shall have no power to change the location of the State University, the .Asricul- tural and Mechanical College, or the Girls Industrial School as now cstab- lished by jaw. except by vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly, taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals.
 | Sec. 13. All taxes paid by the two races shall be kept separate and dis | tinct and appropriations for the su2- | port of the schools of the white race, | shall be made out of the taxes paid by the white race. and appropriations | for the support of the schools of the race of African descent shall be mace out of taxes paid by the race of Afri- can descent.
 | Referred to Committee on Education.
 Ordinance No. 75, by MT. Burns: | An ordinance to exempt veterans of the civil war fl om payment of licenses | etc.
 Be it ordained, That all ex-soldiers of the war of 1ss1-6 shall not be required to pay any license for doing or carry ing on any business or occupation in which his own manual labor is neces- sary.
 Referred to Committee on Taxation. Ordinance No. 76. by MT. Burns:
 An ordinance to add an additional section to Article VIII of the Constitu- tion of Alabama.
 Be it ordained that Section of the Constitution of Alabama be amended by adding: No person shall in any convention, or other regular po- litical assembly held for the purpose o1 nominating any candidate for public office unless he be at the time a regis tered of qualified voter. And in all political conventions held in this State the apportionment of representation shall be on the basis of population.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
 Ordinance No. n, by MT. Carmichael (Colbert):
 An ordinance to amend Section l oi Article XIII of the Constitution.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama, in convention assembled, That Section of Article XIII of the Con- stitution be amended so as to read as follows:
 C) The General Assembly shall es. tablish, organize and maintain sys' tenn of public schools throughout tht State for the benefit of the childrer thereof between the ages of and 2 years; provided, that the General As sembly shall apportion the public school fund between the white and ne ] 1I.i tyn a c ff them seem just and equitable, and pro. vided the funds apportioned to thu white children shall beaequally divided between all the white children and tht funds apportioned to the negro children shall be equally divided between all the negro children of the State; but sepa rate schools shall be established for the children of citizens of African descent
 Referred to Committee on Education
 Ordinance No. IS, by MT. Carmicnae {Coffee):'
 ing of franchises by municipal corpora tions.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama, in convention assembled, That no municipal corporation shall grant ar exclusive franchise to an individual ol private corporation, unless an election be held under the laws regulating mu nicipal election, and a majority of th' qualified voters at such election vot' for the granting of such franchises.
 Referred to Committee on Municipa Corporations.
 l Ordinance No. 7S, by same:
 An Ordinance to amend Section "A oi Article ". of the present Constitution
 Be it ordained, by the people of the State of Alabama, in Convention as' sembled, That Section 24 of Article w of the present Constitution be amended so as to read as follows:
 "No general law from which any county or municipality shall be eX' cepted, and no local sor special la" shall be passed by the General As sembly unless notice of the intention to secure the passage of such law be given by publication in g. newspaper published in the county to be affected by such law, or in which the munich pality to be affected by such law is situated, or in which the person tc be benefited by such law resides; said notice shall contain the caption of the proposed law, and shall be published at least four consecutive weeks, moi longer than sixty nor less than ter | days prior to the introduction of sucf bill; a copy of the notice and affidavit of the correct publication shall be at' tached to the bill introduced and be | made a part of the House and Senate Journals, and be read at length al each reading of the bill.
 Provided, That in the event the pub lication cannot be procured at the lega | advertising rates, then existing, the publicati above required shall bt made by posting it at at least five pub