The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-09
MANY SECTIONS ADOPTED
Jury System Remains as ln
 Present Constitution.
pronosition to Prohibit Flogging or convicts Defeated-Article on
 Local Legislation Will Next Be Considered.

The Constitutional Convention 5es- terdav completed consideration oi '"e Bill of Rights and at 6 o'clock yes'et How evening just before adjournment ,t was ordered to be engrosseo. A"e convention will this morning take up For consideration the Article on Aoc"i Legislation. .,rr.
 The proposition to permit nine 'urors .o return A verdict in civil suits was defeated yesterday after an eA'-
 Hebate and Section 37 of the Deeiai Zion was stricken from the report VI .t. Committee. This section IS prac- .,oo,,v a reiteration of the F1fteeh'n ,..arnent to the Federal Constitu- kion. .,o, hv An amendment to the Declaration oS nxr pu,ans of Mobile, which sought 10 nrohibit the flogging or cohVio'S hefeated as was an amenamen, " Governor Jones prohibiting the eAiAS VA citizens during epidemlcs'
 The Convention's Proceedings.
 The Convention was opened yester- dav morning with prayer py nev. " P Howell, the delegate from Cleooane County. Ninety-IiVe
 swered to roll call. s,.aa an nrdinance which seeks to relieve Con- federate soldiers who are unau.e rarform manual labor from licenses. Mr Burns also presented resoiutiyn .>rnviding for the repeal of the rue 1,hich requires a delegate to give aA sxcuse of illness before he may oe srented leave of absence without oe ing i'll. r.,-orra ntical ,, of Anniston asking that the Sr;nt,ng of the Convention be dope py s.nton nriuters was presented py MT. Crant of Calhoun, who is newspaper man. z,... suhrnitted'
 natition from business men oi Huntsville in opposition to tne hcense tax. ,,,tive Denart- .,,ent reported favorably an orolndhce .aIat,no to the succession to Governor yeiLs If provides that he may pc S,,ncaaded by the temporary President S tha Senate, MT. Meador, Of Ma Sareo ,Mr Tunstall of Hale, Temporary SneTsr of the House of Representa- tiWes and Hon. c. G. Brown, Attor- nev General, in the order named.
 Mir. Williams of Marenso' PIecip 4ated some debate by moving 10 recon sider the vote by which section W or 4he Bnl of Rights was adopted oatur 6av. The Section relates to the dis- charge of juries in mistrials. Atser eorne debate the motion to reconsioer was defeated. ,. , the randinr question, Section 12 of the Bill of Rights, and the minority report, proS yiding that nine members Of Jury may return a verdict in civil suits. Messrs. T Long of Walker, Thompson Of Bloo, Marlin of Calhoun and Weatherly Of 'IerSerson. argued against the amend ment.
 MT. Brooks of Mobile. spoke in favor of the minority report. He contended for an improvement on this ancient 1ov This reform has been adopted In many States.
 Dr' Cunningham of Jefferson. spoke against the minority report, and Judge Coleman offered an amepdment pro- vidins that it shall be the duty of the Legislature to fix the number of ju- TOTS who shall make up verdict ex- cent in suits for damages when nine men may return verdict.
 Mr. Lomax of Montgomery. closed 4he debate in an eloquent appeal to the Convention not to change the law.
 The coleman amendment was defeat ed. ayes 113, nays Il.
 The minority report. which sought to amend the Constitution so that nine men may return a verdict, was de- feated, ayes 30. nays S1.
 The section was then adopted, and &hs Convention recessed until S:30 o'clock.