The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-01

- .144cA RtOHrktys PSsnCo tn1e
 - having 5.000 oF more inhabitants
 fv f6ty and collect an additional tax
 ko-half of per centum on the
 1E0e of such property in addition to 1e kax of one-haif of per centum )ereInbefore allowed to be levied and tollected.
 Referred to Committee on Municipal soroorations.
 < MT. Grant--I ask leave of absence for Ionday, Tuesday and Wednesday. l ave received news that maixes 1t nec- l1eafy.
 me leave was granted.
 0r1inance No. 1so. by MT. Cornwall:
 To amend Article II. of Section 2 of {1c Constitution of Alabama. { That Section z of Article II. of the
 on1titution of Alabama bc amended
 y adding thereto the following:
 i'd -roviding, further. that this don shall not apply to the city of
 sefner, which city may levy and col it@ tax of oale-half of 1 per centum ls. addition to tax of one-haif of 1 J. centum hereinabove allowed to be .Nfed and collected.
 Referred to Committee on Municipal Corporations.
 Ordinance No. 1sl, by MT. Cornwell:
 An ordinance to amend, alter and change. Article II. Sections l and of the Constitution of Alabama, 1875. by the substitution therefor of the follow lng article, to wit:
 State and County Boundaries.
 Section l. The boundaries of this State are established and declared to be as follows: That Is to say, beginning 4t a point where the 3lst degree of north latitude crosses the Perdido river thence east to the western boundary line of the State of Georgia; thence along said line to the southern bounda- " line of the State of Tennessee, cross Ing the Tennessee River and into the second intersection of said river by oaid line; thence up said river to the mouth of Big Bear Creek; thence by a direct line to the northwest corner of Washington County in this State as ofi8inally formed thence southerly along the line of the State of Missis- sippi to the Gulf of Mexico; thence eastwardTy. including all islands with 1T six leagues of the shore, to the Eerdido River: thence up the said Nver to the point of beginning.
 Sec. 2. Until changed by the Gen. eral Assembly as allowed by this con- Etitution, the boundaries of the several counties of this State as heretofore established by law. are hereby ratified and confirmed, and no new county hereafter formed shall contain less than 15.o00 inhabitants; nor shall 1t have less assessed taxable property than $2.000, 900 ,as shown by the last tax retnrns; nor shall it contain less area than 400 square miles; and 1t shall he entitled to one or more representatives under the ratio of representation exist ing at the time of its formation.
 Sec 8. The General Assembly may establish new counties in the follow ing manner: Whenever one-third of the qualified electors within the area of each section of an old county pro. posed to be cut off to form a new coun- ty shall petition the Governor for the erection of new county, setting forth the Boundaries and showing compliance with the requirements of this article the Governor shell order an election, within reasonable time thereafter, by the qualified electors within the pro- posed area, at which election they shall vote 'yes" or mo- upon the question of creating said new county; and at the same election, the question Of a name and county seat for such county shall be submitted to the elec- tors.
 Sec. 4. If two- thirds of the quali- fled electors voting at such election shall vote ives" upon such questions then the General Assembly at the next session shall establish such new coun- ty: Provided. no section of the county proposed to be dismembered shall be thus cut off without consent by a two thirds vote of those voting in such sec tion: and no county shall he formed without complying with all the condi- tions imposed in this article. An election upon the question of forms s the same proposed new county shall not be held oftener than once in four years.
 Sec. 5. No old county shall be re- duced to less area than 800 square miles, and to less assessed taxable property than $2.000.ooo nor to small CT population than ] ,000 inhabitants.
 Sec. 6. In the formation of new counties no old county shall be cut within seven miles of its court house building.
 Sec. T.. All new counties hereafter formed shall bear just apportionment of the valid indebtedness of the old county or counties from which they have ben formed. taking into consider ation the objects secured by such in debtedness and their resultant, benefits and value to the old county, and to the section cut off from said old coun- ty to form part of the new county.
 Sec. 8. The General Assembly shall have power to alter county lines at any time: Provided, that before any exist ing county line is altered, the questi1n shall first be submitted to the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be taken from one county and given to another, and shall have received two-- thirds of the votes east; Provided further, that the change shall not re- duce the county from which the ter ritory is taken below the limits pres cribed in Sections g. 1, and of this article; Provided, that the proper pro portion of the existing county indebt- sdness of the section so transferred shalf be assumed by the county 10
 which the territory is transferred.
 Sec. 3. NJ county seat shall he re- moved except by vote of two-thirds If the qualified electors of said county voting in an election held for that
 purpose, but said election shall not
 oe held in any county oftener than once in four years.
 E Sec. 10. Beach county shall con Jtitute one election district. and shall pc body polite and corporate.
 Sec. II. The General Assembly may provide for the consolidation of two or more existing counties. if a majority of the qualified electors of such coun- ties voting at an election held for that purpose shall vote separately therefor but such election shall not be held oftener than once in four years in the same counties.
 Sec. F. Each of the several beats of this State, with names and houn-