The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1901-08-04

| upon that 1 call Tor an aye ana no
: vote.
| inc call was not sustained.
| Upon a vote being taken division
was called for, and the motion to table
| was lost.
The President-The question is on the
| adoption of the motion of the gentle
man to adjourn when we adjourn today
| to met at IL o'clock on Honday.
Upon a vote being taken, there were
| IS ayes and Is noes and the motion
was carried.
Mr.. Boone-I rise to a point of order.
The President-The point Of order is
| too late.
Mr.. waddell--Do not the rules pro-
| vide for less than a quorum may ad-
| journ or fix the hour?
| /. The Presiden-The special order this
morning ~ the consideration of the re-
port of the Committee on Suffrage and
Elections. When the Convention adj
| jourued Yesterday afternoon. the sub
stitute offered by the gentleman from
| Jefferson was pending. The secretary
| will read the substitute.
The Secretary read the substitute as
| follows:
Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala
bama, In Convention assembled.
| Section ]. Every male citizen of the
United States. and every male citizen
| Of foreign birth who may have legally
declared his intention to become a citi-
zen of the United States before he Of
fers to vote. who Is not under q years
Of age, possessing the following oualifi-
cations, shall be an elector. and shall
be entitled to vote at any election by
the people except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
First--He shall have resided In the
State at least two years. In the county
one year and In the precinct or ward
three months Immediately preceding
the election at which he offers to vote;
provided. that any elector who within
three months next preceding the date
Of election at which he offers to vote.
has removed from one precinct or ward
to another precinct or ward in the same
county shall have the right to vote in
the precinct or ward from which he
has so removed. IL he would have been
entitled to vote in such precinct or
ward. but for such removal; and pro-
vided also, that no soldier. sailor or
marine In the military or naval SER
vice Of the United States shall acquire
q residence by being stationed in this
State.
Second-He shall have made a con-
tribution to the public schools of 50.
by all electors under As years of age,
and 81. so by all electors over Is years
of age, by paying that amount to the
Tax Collector of the county during the
month of January, February or March
of each year subsequent to the last
general election and preceding the
year in which the election is held at
which he shall offer to vote. The con-
tribution herein provided for shall be
called the school contribution" and
the amount received therefrom, less the
commission allowed by law to the col
lecter shall be applied to- the public
schools of the State; provided however,
that the General Assembly may by law
provide that the school contribution
made by the residents OF the several
precincts may be used for the support
and maintenance of the public schools
in such precincts. 1t shall be the
duty OF the Tax Collector of the county
to issue to each person who shall make
the school contribution receipt show
ing correctly the date of payment, the
name OF TIE said person and the pre-
cinct and county Of his residence. and
Immediately upon said payment being
made, the Tax Collector shall enter the
name of the person contributing in
well-bound book to be kept for the
purpose, or allow such person to write
his oNc name in said book, which shall
be ruled and marked to show the date
of payment of the school contribution,
age, color and precinct of residence of
the persons who make the same. And
on or before the 18th say Of April of
each year the Tax Collector shall GER
tify under oath and file in She Office of
the Judge ofg Probate of his county an
acurate list of all PERSONS WIN during
the next preceding month of January,
February and March have made the
school contribution, and the Judge of
Probate shall within ten days from its
filing cause said list to be recorded in
a well-bound book to be kept for the
purpose and designated Registration Of
Electors. The list as certified by the
Tax Collector and as recorded in the
probate office shall designate the name,
age, color and precinct of residence OF
the persons whose names appear there
on. The Judge of Probate shall give
notice by posting at some convenient
place at the court house and by pub
LEGATION in one or more newspapers of
general circulation, IL any be published
IN the county, once a week for three
successive weeks, that the list has been
fled in his office. and that said notice
5tfdll DC given, the insertion
thereof. be made within ten days from
the date OF said filing of the list by the
Tax Collector and any citizen whose
name does not appear on said list may
before the S1st day of May Of each
year have the right to apply to the
Judge Of Probate to enter his name
thereon, and upon due proof that the
school contribution was made by such
person within the time allowed there |
for, it shall be the duty of the Judge of
Probate to enter his name as an elector
at the foot of said list as recorded with |
appropriate remarks indicating that |
said persons name had been improper
ly omitted; and upon the refusal of the |
Judge of Probate to enter the name |
of any applicant as an elector the lat
ter may appeal from the judgment or |
decision of the Judge of Probate to the |
Circuit Court of his county, and the |
judgment of the Circuit Court upon |
such matter shall be final. The Gen |
eral Assembly shall provide by law a |
method for expunging from the Regis
tration of Electors any name or names |
improperly placed on the list certified |
by the Tax Collector or recorded by |
the Judge OF Probate or added to either |
Of said lists by any person. The Tax
Collectors of the several counties shall |
remit TO the State Auditor within the |
first fifteen days of April of each year |
the amount received by them respec-
lively upon the school contribution. less |
their commission. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any Tax Collector to receive