The age-herald., 1901-05-30
Ordinances Introduced to Make the Negro Ineligible to
 Hold Office or Vote FOUR YEARS FOR OFFICIALS
With Provision That State Officers Shall Not Succeed Themselves. Ordinance Bearing on School
 Courts and Jurors.
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

Montgomery, May 29.-(special, 1.-The entire session of the convention was taken up today with the introduction of ordi- nances and resolutions, except that just before adjournment Ex-Governor Oates who was in the chair at the time, read to the convention an address of Booker T. Washington and other negroes on be- half of their race. This IA the same ad- dress published in today's A ~e-Herald
 The convention began work Il o'clock and after preliminary roll cah, the roll was called for the purpose of letting each delegate introduce any ordinance he de- sired This will be done every day. For three hours yesterday the pages were kept on the run collecting resolutions from all parts of the hall, and Adjutant Gener- al Brandon, who is now the official read ing clerk of the convention, was kept steadily reading.
 Resolutions of all sorts and kinds were introduced MT. Henderson of PlKe offer ed resolution that no negro should eith- CT hold office of be juror MT. Greer of Calhoun offered a resolution to tax all dogs $1.50 head, the taxes to be col lected as poll taxes now are. Chairman Oates, who was presiding at the time, jokingly said as there was no committee on dogs he would refer 1t to the commit tee on education, as the dog tax went to the school fund.
 Judge Howze of Jefferson offered a reso- lution that the salaries of all judges hold ing Criminal Courts be paid by the state. hxr Mr padd0vU of Jefferson, were introduced to make a ree-fourths vote of jury legal in civil cases.
 MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa offered an or dinance to put the State University and the Agricultural College under the same board of trustees to be six in number. The Governor is left off as trustee, and the state superintendent of education is ex-officio president.
 Among the many resolutions introduced list of which follows, might be men, toned a resolution to revoke charters of corporations and one to make the salar- les of school teachers a preferred claim against the state.
 MT. Ferguson of Jefferson offered a resolution to empower the General As- sembly to require license for the carry ing of small arms, and resolution re- citing what were the tests of good citizen ship.
 The convention will hereafter open at 10 o'clock.
 Convention Opens.
 The seventh days session of the con- vention was called to order at II o'clock by President Knox. Rev. Dr. Anderson offered a prayer.
 General Sanford of Montgomery asked that ordinance 45 be withdrawn from the committee on judiciary and referred to the committee on preamble and bill of rights. This was granted.
 The roll call showed 136 members present.
 Leave of absence was granted to sev- erai members.
 The committee on journals reported that the journal for yesterday had been examined and found correct, and it's read ing, on motion, was dispensed with.
 MT. Walker of Madison called atten- tion to mistake in the stenographer's s report of a resolution introduced by him.
 The roll was then called for the pur- pose of enabling the delegates to intro- duce ordinances.
 MT Almon of Lawrence introduced the first ordinance which was to amend sec ton 5 of article Il of the Constitution so as to prohibit any county from levy ing a tax exceeding one-half of per cent except to pay for necessary public build ings, which special tax Is not to exceed 25 cents on each S1OO.
 MT. Altman of Sumter offered resolu- ton that 300 copies of the constitution be printed and distributed among members.
 Mir Waddell of Russell offered an ordi- nance to provide for working the public roads of the State. s3s
 Also an ordinance to give the General Assembly power to pass laws to govern and control the gathering and marketing of farm products.
 MT. Barefield of Monroe offered an ordi- nance that section 1 of article be amended to include the word "reputa- tion."
 MT. Beddow, of Jefferson offered an ordinance to amend section 2, article Il, by striking out the word preceding and inserting the word 'same.'
 Also an ordinance to amend section 12, article l. so as to provide that in civil suits a three-fourths vote of a jury shall make verdict
 Punishment for Bribery.
 MT. Blackwell of Morgan offered an or dinance to prohibit any person from hold ing office who while candidate was gull ty of bribery.
 Also an ordinance to prohibit any per- son who snail pfacJlcS IrduuS III eieCtlOnS from voting or holding office
 Also an ordinance to provide for the filling of all vacancies in county offices by direct vote of the people.
 Also an ordinance to provide each coun- ty with a superintendent of education, to be elected by direct vote of the county's qualified electors, none but a teacher to be elected. s
 MT. Boone of Mobile introduced an ordi- nance to amend article IA, section of the constitution so as to prohibit corpo- rations from being created by special act
 Also an ordinance to amend article 1, section 12 so as to provide that three fourths of jury can make a verdict in civil suits. Also that the right of jury may be waived.
 Also an ordinance to amend article l, section B. SO that no ex post facto law or law violating contracts shall be passed by the General Assembly
 Also an ordinance to amend article 1f section 10. so as to give the General As- sembly power to amend or revoke any charter or corporation now existing, pro