The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-02

 Handley. Rogers (Sumter), Harrison. Sanford,
 Hefiin. of Randolph, Sanford. Henderson. Selheimer.
 Howell. Smith, Mac A., Jackson. Smith. Morgan M.. Jenkins, Spears
 Jones. of Montgom. Thompson,
 cry, White
 Kirk. Williams (Elmore,. Kirkland.
 Total-5O.
 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. Case. Lowe Gefferson,. chapman, Mulkey,
 Davis. of DeKalb. Norman.
 Espy, Opp,
 Ferguson. Proctor.
 Glover. Sentell.
 Hinson. Sollie,
 Jones. of Hale. Studdard.
 King. Willet. PAIRS.
 AYES. NOES.
 Craig. Freeman.
 Macdonald. Foshee,
 Browne. Porter, Cornwall. Weakley, Stewart, Cofer The President-The question then re- CUTS upon the adoption of the first sub division as reported by the Committee. Upon vote being taken the first subdivision of Section 10 was adopted. The second subdivision of Section 10 | was read as follows: Second-Prior to the first day of Au- gust 19U2 the Board of Registrars in each county shall visit each precinct | at least once and oftener if necessary, to make a complete registration of all persons entitled to register, and re- | main there at least one day from s | n he They shall give at least twenty days | notice of the time when, and the place in the precinct where. they will attend to register applicants for registra ton, | by bills posted at five or more public | places in each election precinct, and by advertisement in a newspaper, if there | be one, published in the county, once a week for three consecutive weeks Upon failure to give such notice. or to attend any appointment made by them | in any precinct, they shall, after like notice, fill new appointments therein; | but the time consumed by the Board in | completing such registration shall not | exceed sixty working days in any coun- ty, except that in counties in which there is any city of 5000 inha bitants or over, the Board may remain in ses- sion in addition to the Ses- sion hereinabove prescribed, for not | more than three successive weeks in each of said cities: and therefater the Board may sit from time to time in | each of such cities, not more than one week in each month, and except that in the county of Jefferson the Board may hold additional sessions, of not ex- | ceeuiilS nye consecutive days duration for each session. in any town or city of 1000 or more and less than 5000 in habltants. No person shall be regis tered except a the county site or in the precinct at which he resides The registrars shall issue to each person registered a certificate of registration. MT. FoSter-I have an amendment to that subdivision.
 The amendment was read as follows: Amend Subdivision 2 of section by adding after the word county in line twenty-six. the following, except that in counties of more than one thousand square miles in area, such board may consume seventy-five working days in completing the registration in such counties. "
 MT. Foster-I do not care to make any extended remarks upon that amendment 1 was lead to offer that by the conditions in my county. We have in the neighborhood of 1, 400 square miles. and
 MT. White-If the gentleman will permit me, I will say on behalf of the committee that this is a mere matter of detail, and it is the purpose of the Committee to give every one an oppor- tunity to register, and We will accept the amendment offered by the gentle man from Tuscaloosa, if agreeable to the Convention
 MT. Oates-I would like to hear it read again.
 The amendment was read as re- ouested.
 There being no objection, the amend ment was allowed.
 MT. Fitts-I desire to offer an amend ment to the amendment.
 Amendment by Mir Pitts read as fol- lows:
 Amend paragraph two of Section TO- by striking out the word once in the seventh line and inserting the word twice, and by striking out in line eighteen the words one day and in- serting the words two days.
 MT. Fitts-The object of that amend ment is simply to require the Boards of Registration to visit each beat in the county twice instead of once, and to require them to remain there two days instead of one day. The object Is to secure a full and fair registration
  Board of Registration goes to a beat only once there is grave danger that all of the people will not turn out on any one given day; there is grave dan ger that in the larger beats some of them may not know of the first visit and that the first visit will but serve to canvass and advertise the propOs- ton that this thing is up. The mere fact of the first visit will be the means of advertising the fact that this regis tration is going on and in process. The Tax Assessor of the county makes two ruunls. and the very fact of the first round being made. while some will turn out and others will not, will start the talk in the country beats, and great many will hear of this registration by means of the first round that would not attend at the first meeting but will avail themselves of the second oppor- tunity given to register. | Mr. Weatherly-Does the gentleman bear in mind the provision in line 9, | that registrations shall not exceed sixty working days in any County?'' | Mir Fitts-I do. That has been ex- tended in the larger counties to seVen- | ty-fiVe working days by the amend ment already accepted. MT. AshCraft-In my own county, which happens to contain less than | 1. 900 square miles, we have eighteen beats. If the registrars are required to go twice and spend two days each time that would take seventy-two days. We could not possibly make it. Our county can well be registered in sixty