The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-28

Der of the Committee or not, may move to recommit this report. on the ground that it is not the report or the committee, but the Chair cannot assume to rule this report out as not being the report of the Committee on Legislative Department when IL IS presented here by the distin- srniahea chasrman as the report of the committed.
 Mr. Brooks-I rise to parliamentary inquiry. I want to ask in view of the ruling of the Chair and the statement of the Chairman. If any delegate Tn this Convention has right to enter protest against a matter to thls soEt and have it spread on the Journal! The President-The Chair knows or no rule we have for spreading protests on the Journal. but the statement or the gentleman upon the floor will be published as a part of the offictal pro- ceedings of the Convention.
 Mir. Long (Walker)-l rise to point of order. Before motion can os made to print two reports. the rules VIII have to be suspended.
 Mir. O'Neal (Lauderdale)-I rise 10 point of order. Under the rules ot tte Convention whenever report oi the comfnittee is made it is printed With out a motion.
 Mir. Heflin (Randolph)-I call for the regular order, tn report ot Stanolng Committees.
 MT. Waddell-I gave the floor to the gentleman from Montgomery tOates) for the purpose of making his report. MT. Oates-A part of the motion made was that this report be set down next in regular order of committees re- ports.
 The President-The Chair put that as part of the motion and 1t was so ordered.
 MT. Carmichael (Colbert)-I ask per- mission to introduce resolution in or der that the Expressing and Enrolling Clerk may proceed with the discharge of her duties
 Resolution 1s5. Be it resolved, that the Expressing and Enrolling Clerk or the Convention. be. and she is hereby authorized to employ such assistance as may be necessary to properly dis charge the duties of her office. This resolution shall take effect on and after the 24th day of June. Resolution was referred to Committee on Printing and Incidental Expenses.
 Mir. Pitts-I ask unanimous consent to submit the report of the Committee on Representation.
 Mir. Pillans-df it is to be read shall object. l intend to offer resolution to go to the Committe on Rules for the future printing of these ordinances without their being read.
 The President-The Chair will call the attention of the gentleman from Mobile to the fact that the rules oi the Convention require that ordinances shall receive three readings in the Con- vention. 1t receives one reading when 1t Is introduced. when the committees . reports it receives its second reading and on it's passage receives it's third and final reading.
 Mir. Pillans-I do not wish to differ with the Chair, 1t receives one reading when introduced, a second when acted upon and a third on final passage. Al 1 wanted to do was to save time read ing and re-reading sections before they were acted-upon.
 The President-Does the gentleman object to the reading of the report of the committeeH
 Mir. Pillans-I understand the report is very short. I withdraw my obiec' tion.
 Standing Committees the order for-this hour.
 The President-Yes.
 MT. Foster-Does it require unani nous consent?
 The President-We are proceeding under unanimous consent. The regula order has not been taken up.
 ar. Ashcraft-The rule requires tha ordinances shall be read three times.
 The President-Yes.
 MT. Ashcraft-The rules does not ,e' quire that the repor tof the commit tee be read if it is printed in the pro ceedings.
 The President-The gentlemen seen to have been proceeding upon the -ides that the report accom- anying the ordi. nances will better enable the Conven' vention to understand the ordinance when read.
 MT. Ashcraft-{Possibly that might be true if they were listened to, but il they are not how is 1t?
 The President-The Secretary vii proceed to read the report of the Com. mittee on Representation.
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Or
 REPRESENTATION. MT. President:
 The Committee on Representation in structs me to submit the following or dinance for adoption as Article - o the Constitution of the State of Ala bama, viz:
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 Section 1. The whole number of Sen ators shall be not less than one. fourtl or more than one-third of the who'll number of Representatives.
 Sec. 2. The House of Representative shall consist of not more than one hun dred and five members, unless ney counties are created, in which even each county shall be entitled to on Representative. The members of tn House of Representatives shall be ap portioned by the General Assembl! among the several counties of the Stat according to the number of inhabitant in them respectively, as ascertained b. the decennial census of the United States; which apportionment, whel made, shall not be subject to altera ton until the next session of the Gen eral Assembly after the next decennia census of the United States shall hay been taken.
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of tn General Assembly at its first sessiol after the taking of the decennial cen sus of the United States in the yea 1910. and after each subsequent decen ntal census, to fix by law the numbe of Representatives and apportion then among the several counties of the Stat according to the number of inhabitant in them respectively; provided, tha each county shall be entitled to at leas one Representative.
 Sec. i. It shall be the duty of tn General Assembly at its first sessio eus of the United States in the yea
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