The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04

able out of the treasury TOT tne sup- port and maintenance or saio onisef- sity. ute. formerly called the Agricuiturai and Mechanical College, shall pc under the management and control or board of trustees, which shall consis. of two members from the Congressional District In which the Institute IS To- cated. and one each of the other Con, gressional Districts in the State' saiu | trustees shall be appointed py the oov- ernor, by and with the advice ana con. | sent of the Senate. and they snaII no.S s office for n term of twelve years, ana until their successors shall be appoint ei and oualifled. The board shall pc divided into three classes. as nearly equal as may be, so that one7tniro may be chosen Quadrennially. sVacanciee occurring in the office of trustees from death or resignation, and the vacancies | regularly occurring in lsoS, shaii pc | filled by the Governor, ana sucn ap- | pointee shall hold oince uhtn .ne Successors to those trustees whose | terms expire in 1903 shall hold office until 1911: successors to | those whose terms expire in nineteen hundred and five shall hold ofhce un, til nineteen hundred and hfteen: ana successors to those whose terms or or 1 flee expire in nineteen hundred ana | seven shall hold office until nineteen hundred and nineteen. No trustee snah receive aiiy pay or emolument other l than his actual expenses incurred ih | the discharge of his duties as such. 9S7. The Legislature shall not nave mower to change the location of the State University. or the Alabama Poiv- | technic Institute. or the AtapaHa l Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. or the Alabama Girls Industrial School. ] as now established by law. except upon a vote of two-thirds of. the Legislature | taken by yeas and nays and entsfed 1 upon the journals. taking a school census by townships and districts throughout. the Staues moi oftener than once in two years. ami ! shall provide for the punisnnfsnt CT l all persons or officers making falsc or l fraudulent enumerations and returns:
 provided. the State Superintendent or | Education may order and su3ervise me
 taking of new census in any town ship district or county wherever ne may have reasonable cause to ibeiieve | that false or fraudulent returns hsve
 been made.
 2es. The several counties in this
 State shall have power to levy and
 collect a special tax not exec aiiaz ten l cents on each one hundred ioll ITS of
 taxable property in such coun-ies. for
 the support of public schools, provided,
 that the rate of such tax. the time 1t
 is to continue. and the purpose there
 of. shall have ben first submitted 70
 vote of the qualified electors os the
 county, and voted for by three-iif.as Gf
 those voting at such election; oaI the
 rate of such special tax shall not ln-
 crease the rate of taxation. S'ata and | county combined, in any one year, ln
 more than one dollar and twen:y-five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property; excluding, however,
 all special county taxes sor pubic buildings, roads. bridges and :he pay
 ment of debts existing at the ratif1ca-
 ton of the Constitution of eiRb-een
 hundred and seventy five. The funds
 arising from such special school 'sx
 shall be so apportioned and paid | through the proper school officials to | the several schools in the townsnips and districts in the county that the
 school terms of the respective sLhools shall be extended by such supplement
 as nearly the same length of time as
 practicable; provided, that this section
 shall not apply to the cities of Decatur.
 New Decatur and Cullman.
 -lU
 and of any act of the Legislature pass
 ed. in pursuance thereof to- establish.
 organize and maintain d system of public schools throughout the State.
 shall apply to Mobile county only so
 far as to authorize and require the Au-
 thorities designated by law to draw
 the portions of the funds to which said
 county shall be entitled for school pur-
 poses and to make reports to the Sll-
 E.aN
 prescribed by law; and all special in
 comes and powers of taxation as now
 authorized by law for the benefit Of
 public schools in said county shall re-
 main und.sturbed until otherwise ITO
 videi by the Le yislatu. q; provided. that
 separate schools for each race shall al-
 ways be maintained by said school su- thorities.
 ARTICLE XIV.
 Militia. etc.
 271 The Legislature shall have pow
 CT to declare who shall constitute the
 militia of the State. and to provide for
 o1ganizing, arming and disciplining the same and the Legislature may pro- vide for the organization of State
 naval militia.
 z72 The Legislature. in prov -s for the organization. equipment and dis ciul!ne of the militia, shall conform as . nearly as practicable to the regulations f ; for the government of the armies of the
 United states.
 %,3. Zach comptny and rcmt n, { shall elect it's own company an. rcGi- i mental officers: but if any company or 1 regiment shall neglect to elect such of ficers within th@ time prescribed by law. they may be appointeI bX the Gov 9 ernor
 ' A Volunteer organizations of the fantry. cavalry and artillery and naval . militia may be formed In such manner and unGer stHh restrictions and with
 such privileges as may be provided b. . H,5. Tho militia and volunteer forces ? shall in all cases except treason. fel- : ony and breach of the peace, be priVi- g lege1 rom arrest during their attend l anre at must IS. parades and elections. Q ond in golug to and returning from the same. ,,, ,., Al, , n vice and consent of the Senate, appoint all general Dlncers whcSa term Of office l shaIl be fuar years. The Governor, the n fsnerals aui reglmental and battalion commanders snail appoint their own S s.affs as may be provided by law. f l TI Thr l.. SigJature shall provide for tbe cafe keeping of the arms. ammunl- O tioh ana accoutrements and military records banners and relics of the , State. o. a,5 r,., ,t tho ,nili- ' tia and volunteer forces shall not be u u entitled to or receive any pay, rations ur emoluments when not in active ser