The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-05

E amended by adding at the end of said
 section the following:
 And there shall be elected by the
 qualified voters of each County,
 County Superintendent of Education.
 whose power. duties and compensation
 shall be fixed by law. and whose term of office snail be four years and until
 his successor Is elected and qualified.
 Referred to Committee on Education.
 Ordinance 2S4, by Mac. A. Smith:
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in convention assembled. That
 Section 23 of Article ", of the present
 Constitution of said State, be amended
 so as to read as follows: No special or local law shall be en-
 acted for the benefit of individuals or
 corporations. in cases which are pr
 can be provided for by general law, or where the relief sought can be given
 by any court of this State; nor shall the
 operation of any general law be sus-
 pended by the General Assembly for
 the benefit of any individual. corpora
 tion or association. And any law
 which coes not apply to all the in-
 hsbitants, or to all the territory of the
 State, shall be held to be a special or local law within the meaning of this constitution. Helerreo tO SOiililhttSS oh AoSoA Legisl lation.
 Ordinance 2s5, by Mir. Mac. A. smith. Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in convention assembled, That the General Assembly of Alabama shall have no power to delegate to indi- viduals or private corporations any au-
 thority to levy taxes. Referred to Committee on Legisla- tive Department.
 Ordinance 2S6, by Mir. Mac. A. Smith. Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in convention ssembled, That the State of Alabama shall not con- tract any public debt which the ordi- nary revenues of the State shall be inadequate to meet at the maturity thereof.
 Referred to Committee on Legisla- tive Department.
 resolution No. 115, by MT. Mac. A.. Smith (Autauga.)
 Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of this convention that a provision shall be | inserted in the proposed new constitu | tion for the State of Alabama limiting | the rate of taxation by State, counties | and municipalities, and that such rate | of taxation shall net exceed the rat.
 now fixed by the present constitution, | but a lower rate shall be fixed if prac- ticable.
 Referred to the Committee on Taxa | ton.
 Ordinance No. 2s7. by MT. Thompson | (Bibb.) X | An ordinance to amend Section of Article XIII of the present constitption.
 Be it ordained by the people ofeAla-
 bama in convention assembled, That | Section of Article XIII of the present l ha apnandpd t0 read
 as follows: The income arising from l the Sixteenth Section trust fund, the | surplus revenue fund, until it is call | ed for by the United States Govern | ment and the funds enumerated tn Section and of this Article together | with one- third of all of the revenues of
 the State. shall be applied to the sup | port and maintenance of the common
 schools of this State, and the Generai | Assembly shall not decrease the fupCs above provided, but may by vote O; | two-thirds of the members thereof tn- | crease the came by such sums as the | condition of the treasury will warrant, | winch school fund shall be apportioned
 to the counties in proportion to number l of children in such county within | school age. and the sum so apportionej | to the counties shall be divided among | the children of such county as the best I interests of the State may require. Referred to Committee on Education. Ordinance No. 2SS, by MT. Thompson (Bibb):
 | An ordinance to provide for the cleo | ton of Solicitors and county officer:
 and prescribe the term of office. Be it ordained by the people of Ala
 bama, in convention assembled: | Section 1. At the election for Stat' officers in 1904. and each four year' l thereafter. there shall be elected by the | qualified voters of each Judicial Cir.
 cult in Alabama a Solicitor. who shal
 be learned in the law. and who shall at the time of his election and during his continuance in office, reside in the circuit for which he is chosen, and whose term of office shall be four years Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. There
 shall be elected by the qualified voters Of each county, at the same time as State officers are elected, Judge oi Probate, Clerk of the Circuit Court Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor
 intendent of Education, each for a term
 of four years.
 | Sec. 3. None of the officers mentioned | in this Article shall be eligible to any office whatsoever for two years next | after the expiration of their term! above provided for, except Judges o1 Probate and Superintendents of Educa- tion.
 Referred to Committee on Judiciary MF. Williams (Elmore)-I yield my | turn to MT Burns of Dallas. Resolution No. 116, by MT. Burns Dallas):
 Resolved, That ex-United States Sen.
 ator James L. Pugh, eX-Governor Jo-
 seph F. Johnston, ex-Secretary of the Convention of 1875. Benj. H. Screws ! and the seven surviving members oi l the last Constitutional Convention bt allowed the privileges of the floor. Referred to the Committee on Rules
 Mir Smith-I desire to make a report | for the Committee on Rules. The report was read as follows: The Committee on Rules reports that
 it has had under consideration Reso-
 lution No. Y, by MT. Proctor, which
 reads as follows:
 Resolved, That the Committee or
 the Journal shall be entitled to a clerk
 to be appointed by the chairman, who
 shall receive the same per diem as
 clerks of the otker committees. The said clerk shall, when not en-
 gagged with said committee, serve any
 other committee that may need clerk
 or serve the Secretary of this conven'
 ton, when so required by him." And reports favorably upon said res olution and recommends its adoption | by this convention.
 On motion of MT. Proctor, the repor was adopted.
 The President-The next order oi
 business will be the call of the stand
 Ing committees.