The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30

tHeuCt c8stWdfuty, mCiuuihB Hli lands within six leagues of the shore 10 the Perdido river; thence up the said river to the beginning; provided, that the imits and jurisdiction of this Estate shall extend to and include any other land and territory hereafter ac- Quired by contract or agreement with other States, or otherwise; although such land and territory are not tnclud' Cd within the boundaries hereinbefor. designated.
 4. aS. The boundaries of the several tt0anties of this State, as they now ex- ist. are hereby ratified and confirmed
 8. The Legislature may by vote of two-thirds or each house arrange and designate boundaries for the several counties of this State, which boun- daries shali not be altered except by a like vote: but no new county shall b. formed hereafter of less extent than 6oa sQuara miles: and no existing county shall be reduced to less than e0s squarc miles; and TO new county shall be formed unless 1t shall contain D sufficient numbe: O. inhabitants to entltle 1t to ono representative under the ratio of representation existing at tho time of its formation. and leave the county or counties. from which 1t is taken with the required number of in- habitants to entitle such county oa countiet eleh, to separate representation; provided, that out oi the counties of Henry. Dale. and Ge- neva a new county of lesa than 500 square milea may be formed under the provisions of this article, so as to leave said counties O. Henry, Dale and Ge- neva with not less than 800 square miles each.
 q. Nc. county line shall be altered or rh in ha af tion O. new counties, shall be estab- lishe1. so as to run within seven miles Of the county court house of any old 4. counts.
 il. No court house or county site shall be removed except by e majority vote O. tho qualified electors of said county, voting at an election held for such propose, and when an election has once been held no other election shall ba hel9 for such purpose until the expiration of four years; provided, thot the county site of Shelby county shau remain at CcS1mbiana, unless removed by a votY O. the people as provided for in an act entitled "An itact to provide for the permanent loca- tion of the county site of Shelby coun- ty. Alabama, by vote of the qualified electors of said county" approved the tth day O. February. 1898. and the act emendatory thereot, approved the goth day of February, 1899, or by an cleo ton held under the provisions of this article.
 Mir. Foster--I move the adoption of | the article. There has been no change made in it.
 MT. Cornwell-I have an amendment.
 The amendment was read as follows: Add to Section 39. after the word each, the following: Provided further, tha1 the provisions of this article shall not apply to the formation of new coun- ty to be carved out of the southern portion of Jefferson County and the northern portions of Tuscaloosa and Bibb counties which new county may ~tbe formed by legislature and provided such new county shall not contain less than four hundred square miles,"
 Mir. Cornwell--At the beginning of this Convention l introduced an ordt- nance which provided for the formation of counties of four hundred square miles. which applied generally through Irout the State. It became very evident pthat this Convention for good reasons l presume. did not deem it to the in- teiest of the State to form four hun dred square mile counties. Since that was the case there is nothing else left for my people whom l represent fin Jefferson. and I claim that my people have every right and every requisite to form goou anu substantial county of four hundred square miles. In the territory that we have and propose tC cut off we have between six and sever J million dollars of taxable wealth; vt have between twenty-five and thirty inhabitants and you gentle men who know the counties of Ala bama will readily see that 1t is greater in wealth and larger in population than one half of the counties of thii State. Now is it right. gentlemen. thal we should be denied the privilege ot forming county here tor twenty thirty or fifty years perhaps? Do you want to deny to those people there tho right of local self-governTJcnt? Should z you not treat us as you would like t, be treated if you were situated as wt are. gentlemen? Your people would want what We are asking for. We arc asking for only what Is right in tht matter and we hope that this Conven' ton will allow us that privilege ant that the legislature will have the righ to allow us tu form this county. w do not ask the Convention to give it t, us. we simply ask the right. as thi Convention has already gwen to an ( other section of the State. to form thil County out of these portions of Tus ealoosa. Bibb and Jefferson. I thinl that we are not asking anything un reasonable. and that we ought to b. entitled to have this county. provided we can get the legislature to give it t us Even after we have this right iron this Convention. it does not necessaril! \ mean that we will get the county be ! causa the fight will come up iu the leg [ isIsture and I hope that this Conven ton will allow us at least the privi lege of having this fight in the legis lature.
 MT. Opp-I rise merely to suggest tn impropricty of going into this question and I do not think at this stage thi matter should be preached. As I un aerstand 1t A majority of the member from those counties. at least from Jef ferSon County. are opposed to 1t, ant so ls Tuscaloosa County, if 1 am no jGn error. and I therefore move to la! the amendment on the table.
 Mr. Cornwell-I call for the ayes am noes on that. .-.....
 The call was sustained.
 The President-The question Is on tn motion to table the amendment offere' by the gentleman from Jefferson.
 Upon a call of the roll the vote re suited as follows;
 AYES
 Nessrs. PresidenG McMillan Baldwin,, < Altman. Martin,
 Ashcraft Merrill,
 Sareneld, Miller (Marengo). ReLdow Moody.
 Hsthune. Murpnree. Boone. O'Neni Gefferscn)' Cardon Opp,