The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-06

| was being made for many years and | many great cities of Alabama might live under it. He did not want to see
 any cities excepted from the limit. | Judge Coleman of Greene replied to MT. Knox. He said that our large cit-
 ies are now in debt and 1t was for the purpose of protecting the small towns
 that the limit had been fixed by the Taxation Committee.
 l President Knox moved the previous | question and the Walker amendment
 was defeated S7 to 31
 The Weakley amendment was read and pending a vote the Convention re-
 cessed until o'clock.
 | The Afternoon Session.
 There were III delegates present | when the Convention reassembled at 3:30 o'clock.
 The weakley substitute to Sectional 10 of the Article on Taxation was taken
 up and by unanimous consent Mir Opp of Covington amended so as to include | Andalusia. and MT. Eyster amended
 so as to include Decatur and New De- catur in the provision relating to towns of 6.00e or more population. By an aye and nay vote the Weakley substitute was then adopted. Ayes. T;
 nays. 37.
 MT. Browne of Talladega. Chairman
 of the Committee on Taxation moved
 to table Section 10 as amended. The l Convention refused to table the amend
 ment and it was then adopted by a
 viva voce vote.
 MT. Browne then sent forward an amendment to the Article which Is to be known as Section 5. It relates to distribution of the school fund between the races and precipitated considerable
 discussion.
 MT. Browne was explaining the pur- ] pose of the amendment when the point
 was made by Mir. Kirkland of Dale.
 that Section of the Article on Taxa
 tion had been laid on the table several days ago, and that it was out of order l to present an amendment to the Sec l tion without taking it from the table. | MT. Browne argued that his amend | ment had no bearing on the Section | which had been tabled and President Knox ruled that the amendment offer l ed was materially different from the | Section which had been laid on the ta- ble and consequently was in order. MT. Browne then addr sssed the Con-
 vention in support of his amendment | to the Article. He said that if the
 special tax was levied by counties it
 would result in giving greater sum | for Education in Alabama. He said no | one could get .he benefit of the school | fund unless he sent his children to the public schools. He said his amendment contemplated an equitable distribution of the fund between the races with re- spect to the number which attended | the schools. He said the United States | Supreme Court had held that State could divide its school fund unequally l between the whites and blacks. It was I .nf i,r~ fn same amount as a white pupil. | MT. Ashcraft of Lauderdale. sent for ward an amendment. providing that | County Superintendents of Education should divide their respective counties ' into white school districts and into-ne- gro school districts and shall call an | election for the levy of a special as- sessment in these school districts when requested to do so. It provides that | the intention of the amendment Is to provide an indivlsible plan for distri- I button of the school fund. MT. Ashcraft addressed the Conven- | ton. He said this was one of the most | important matters that had been pre- sented to the Convention. For this reason the friends of education had | tabled Section of the Article on Tax | ation until the Committee on Educa- | tion reported.
 Mr. Rogers of Sumter moved that | the pending amendments be printed and lie upon the table.
 MT. Browne called for the ayes and nays but the call was not sustained. The motion to table the amendments I was then adopted.
 MT. Browne then moved that Section of the Article on Taxation relating | to municipal taxes be taken from the | table.
 The Convention refused to take the | Section from the table. MT. Cornwell of Jefferson, presented
 an amendment to the Taxation Arr ticle providing for the creation of a sinking fund by cities. It was ordered | to be printed.
 | MT. Macdonald of Montgomery, of-
 fered an amendment to the Taxation Article which prohibits special assess
 ments against abutting property for sidewalks or pavements for a greater
 amount than benefits to be derived. On motion of MT. Weakley of Lau-
 derdale, the amendment was tabled. Judge Cobb of Macon, then sent for | ward a resolution, which sought to
 make the Suffrage Article a special order for Il o'clock Tuesday morning | to the exclusion of all business. Judge Cobb undertook to get a sus- pension of the rules for the considera- tion of the resolution. There was perfect storm of noes" and the res
 olution was referred to the Committee l on Rules.
 The Convention then took from the
 table the section of Mir. Macdonald of
 Montgomery relating to sidewalk and
 street improvements and 1t was or
 dered to lie on the table, be printed and come up for consideration when the ar-
 ticle on municipal corporations IS un. der cOncitieI atIon.
 Under a suspension of the rules Mir.
 Long of Walker introduced a resolu-
 tion creating a diagnosis of ailments of
 numerous members who are absent on
 sick leave. It provides that Dr. Gun
 ningham of Jefferson, author of the sick leave" resolution, be created physician in charge of the camp with | out pay. The resolution caused much | laughter. It was ruled out of order. The preamble and declaration of rights was then taken up and the pre-
 amble was read. Mr. Lomax, Chairman of the committee. moved to strike out the words "In Convention assembled" The motion was adopted and the pre-
 amble was then adopted by rising vote.
 Section 1, which makes no change in
 the present Constitution. was adopted
 without division.
 At this point, on motion of Mir.
 Burns of Dallas. the privileges of the | floor were extended Hon. s. S. Scott