The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-12

reacned in regular order and t seems to the chair the next order oL ouslnes- win be the call of the stanoing com
 Mr. Ashcraft-Has not the hour rhe ,President--For the call of the aeieSates to introduce resolutions. etc. hui not the call Of the Committees t. report.
 r,id understand the Chair to hold ttat this matter Is not up for eonsid- eration?
 The President--Yes.
 Mr. Pettus-Then I would call the attention of the Chair to the fact that when q motion is made to reconsider at the morning session, It shall De taken up and acted upon at once.
 The President--And the motion to. reconsider has been passed on. The motion prevailed but now the report ia not up for consideration.
 Mr Harrlson--I desire to have 1t understood that have the floor when the report does come up for consid-
 The President-The Chair will try to keen the gentleman In mind, and if he is on his feet before others, the Chair will try to see him.
 MT. Jones (Haie)--I rise to move a reconsideration of the vote whereby Subdivision g of Section Of this t.s- ticle was adopted yesterday. It re- lates 10 the Jurisdiction and fees Of Justices of the Peace and constables. If the Convention reconsiders. l wish to substitute the word "increasing' in lieu of the word regulating which would make 1t read Increasing the Jurisdiction and fees of Justices of the Peace or the fees of constables.
 The resident-Did the gentleman vote for thatf
 cial purpose.
 Mr. Watts--Is 1t not too late to make a motion to recosnder?
 The Presidential seems to the Chair not. The gentleman moves to recon. sider the vote by which Subdivision 2a was adopted.
 MT, Oates--As I understand the ob- feet as stated by the delegate for of- fering his amendment that is embraced in the subdivision the way 1t now stands. What is the change the gentleman proposes to make?
 MT, Jones (Haie)--Insert the word increasing" instead of the word reg
 Mr. oates-"Resuiating" embraces
 MT. Jones (Hal0-You don't catch my idea. I want to leave the Black Belt counties free to decrease the fees but not to increase them.
 Mir. Oates-Regulating would allow the decreasing as we'll as increasing.
 Mir. Jones (aale)-That Is what l don't want. I want the Justices of the Peace of a particular county con fined to a precinct. and to take away his criminal jurisdiction. This matter is a great burden and hardship on the planters of the Black Belt and also on the negroes. The way matters stand now no matter how obnoxious the sys- tenn works in any particular county, we have to stand 1t. just because the white counties In the state have It.. l can see no reason why if the people want to decrease jurisdiction or fees 1t should not be done. In cases where they have county courts to take charge of the matter cannot see why it should be objected to that county regulating this matter as suggest And I think the matter ought to pc settled here and you know that Justices of the Peace have friends here, and have still more in the Legisla- ture, and if it is referred to the Com missioners' Courts they will be of the same calibre and 1t is well known wherever you tackle any ofiice, you are up against it strictly.
 MT. ONeal-I desire to say we have no objection to the amendment of the gentleman from Hale. A vote being taken, the vote by l which the Section was passed was re- considered.
 Mir. Cobb-I made e motion yester- day to reconsider Section 23. l want now to direct the attention of the Con- yention to this amendment. It re- lates to boundary lines.
 The President--Befcre that is taken up: The gentleman from Chambers made a point of order against the amendment offered by the gentleman | from Clarke. The Chair has been un- able to ind a record of the vote to which the gentleman referred. The Chair will be obliged to the gentle man if he will look uD the record. MT. Roblnson--The gentleman from | Limestone (Mr. Pettus) offered the same amendment as the gentleman | from Clarke
 The President-The Chair will in. yestigate the question and rule on tho
 point of order when the question | comes up again. The Chair will now
 recognize the delegate from Macon. MT. Cobb-I will ask the Clerk tt
 read the amendment offered by tho delegate from Cullman (Mr. Parker)
 which was adopted to Subdivision S3 The amendment was read as follows | Amend Subdivision 33 by adding to the
 same the words "and changing the | lines of old counties" |"
 Mir. Cobb-My apprehension is that | If that provision remains In the law | the Legislature will be deprived of <hs power hereafter to change the bound.
 ary lines of old counties.
 MT. Parker (Cullman)-If the gen
 tleman will read just ahead of thai he will see that there Is an exception | so that the right remains to change | the boundary lines of counties. | Mir. Cobb-I am afraid there would
 be some doubt on that point. If that amendment remains 1t seems to me il l leaves the matter in doubt and 1t also
 seems to me that 1t Is entirely unnsc. | essary and that 1t should be @tricker
 out. It is entirely unnecessary for thu reason that when the report comes 1T | from the Committee on County Bound
 aries you will lave this subject en | tireiy covered. Provision will be made | and have no doubt but that the pro
 vision will meet the sanction of thit Convention regulating the mode ant
 manner in and by which county bound
 ary lines may be changed. The mair
 feature of this Is that before any