The age-herald., 1901-08-16

serve more than two years The alum nj knew better than others what was to the advantage of the institute.
 MT Jenkins of Wilcox spoke in favor of MT. Fosters substitute. The only t~nihlo r--'th +he '---i-'c -'-it- ..- h a cry of politics. and we want to remove tnat. AlIs poatie., .,.--.~ It. .a.... ,-.e governor who made the appointments He had no objection to the governor re- maining on the board provided he did not appoint them. The university always had an excellent faculty, and its ability to educate the youth of Alabama has been equal to any university, the only thing that hampered 1t was this cry of yolitics. and the way to get rid of that was to have a self-perpetuating board, approved by the senate.
 MT. Fitts of Tuscaloosa offered an amendment that no trustee could serve longer than twelve successive years. This was accepted by MT. Foster
 N-- Das.i. of r1t,----rr ~.,r'-~ s--i i.,--t t,, minority report He believed in retain lns tnose IJaa u o. tlI. co.tSt.e.s a which were good and not making too many innovations. The cry of politics concerning the university was all wrong. The institution was not going down-it was the equal of any university south of Virginia. None of its teachers had been placed there by politics. Politics had
 
 Wyman. The university was worthy the love and respect of our people.
 Reese of Dallas.
 MT. Reese of Dallas said the efforts to change abuses frequently brought on greater troubles. The able young delegate from Limestone had proposed to rob the university of the services of the Cover nor He paid this tribute to the univer- sity: This grand old institution of learn ing which has turned out so many great men, Why MT. President" he exclaimed, "I am a graduate of that institution my self" Prolonged laughter and applause)
 He favored taking away from the Gov ernor the appointing power but he wished him left on the board. He moved the previous question. MT. Pettus moved to table MT. Fosters amendment An aye and nay vote was demanded on this mo- tion, which was lost by vote Of 13 to T
 The previous question was then ordered on the amendments. A division was de- manded on the Foster amendment and the Fitts amendment, which was granted by the chair. The Fitts amendment was adopted by a vote of 50 to 34 and the Fos- ter amendment on viva voce vote was adopted almost unanimously.
 General Sanford of Montgomery offered an amendment which provided that neither the Legislature nor any board or trustees shall have authority to abolish the system of military existing at the State University or other State institu- tions. He spoke in favor of his amend ment, which was subsequently tapieo.
 The previous question was then ordered and the original section as thus amended was adopted.
 Section Ten Adopted.
 Section 10 was then adopted as follows:
 Sec. TO- The General Assembly shall have no power to change the location Of inc State University or the Agricultural and Mechanical college, or the Institution for Deaf and Blind, or the Alabama Girls Industrial school as now established by law except upon vote Of two-thirds of the General Assembly, taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journals.
 School Census.
 Section Ii was then adopted as follows:
 Sec. Il, The General Assembly shall provide for making a school census by townships and districts throughout the state not of tener than once in two years and shall provide for the punishment of all persons or officers making false and fraudulent enumerations and returns; provided, the state superintendent may or der and supervise the taking of new census in any township, whenever he may have reasonable cause to believe that false or fraudulent returns have bee made
 ., Local School Taxation.
 Section 12 was then read as follows:
 Sec 12. The several counties In the state shall have power to levy and col lect a special tax not exceeding ten cents on each hundred dollars of taxable prop erty insuch counties, for the support of public schools provided that the rate of .a1, itav t1af io fA ff,,,tA oxaA the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified elec- tors of the county and voted for by three- flfths of those voting at such election; but the rate of such special tax shall not increase the rate of taxation, state and county combined, In any year more than SIPS on each hundred dollars of taxable property: excluding. however, all special county taxes for public buildings, roads, bridges and payment of debts existing at the ratification of the constitution of 1875, provided that such funds so raised shall be apportioned and paid through the proper school officials to the several schools in the townships and districts in said county that the school terms of the respective schools shall be extended by each supplement as nearly the same length of time as practicable.
 The General Assembly shall provide for carrying the provision of this section in- to effect
 Minority Report.
 There was a minority report as to this section which recommended the Ash craft plan. This provided for the coun- ties being organized into white and col ored school districts, with authority for a white school district to levy an extra tax on their property for their schools and like authority to the colored school districts.
 MT. Ashcraft of Sanderdale spoke in favor of this plan. He said 1t was novel in a certain sense, but that one of the main purposes of the convention was to settle on some equitable basis of dividing the school fund between the races We are to build up two distinct .civili- zations in one territory. We have the right to create separate schools This proposition is free from every moral and social objection.
 Ohio had separate school districts for the races and this law has been held constitutional. This plan looks to the or- ganization of each race to its highest ad- vantage.
 The majority report allows each lcounty to levy this special tax. Some aAe poor and aorna are wealthy If this ls con-