The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21
 New Election Called For
 March 25. CHARACTER OF BONDS
 WERE NOT DESCRIBED Seriously Effects Finances of Board
 of Revenue.
 --s- Decision of the suprene Court Was Given Five nays roo Late to Save ssentxomery County | <. am Exfra Eleetiea..

Once more the Code and the consti- yution failed to coincide. and as re-. suit, the siso.ooo county bond issue ss no issue at all. Tt Is nuilfty.' which. translated. means that the cleo. tionf of Jan. must be done over again. And the Board of Revenue, nearing from County Attorney Watts; that the election had not been held according to fhe constitutional pro- vision. or according to subsequent ruling of the Supreme Court. made haste to order another election. to be held. on Thursday. March zs. The can was made after an executive session of the Board held yesterday.
 It all happened because of the fall ure to designate, in the exact position Ion the ballot. az prescribed byN iaws the "character" of the bonds. meaning Ifhe description" shall be placed upon ithe ballots, between the words For lDr Against" and "Bond Issue" E The Code declares, however, In Sec hiont IFS. that ..'Trregularity in pro- rceedings does not invalidate bonds is- sued under It," and again. in Section hes. that ''a majority of the voters bhalI vote For Bond Issue =
 And Probate Judge Gaston aidrCoun- Nv Atforney Watts, in framing the 7 halkots followed the Code and con- lstructed the ballots, For Cor AgainsD 3f5o.000 bond issue". :, without q Specification of the 'characteT of the bonds in the position provided by the Constitution. &
 1t was all right at the time, for the Supreme Court had never passed It's opinion in the matter. The election was held on Jan. (.
 On. Jan. 9. there was published the decision of the Supreme Court of Ala bama. in the case of. Coleman vs: Eu- Jaw, in which decision, Section 113, and Ia portion of Section 16S Of the Code were virtually declared unconstHu. tional. The Supreme Court decided that in bond elections, as otherwise the strict Iette r of the Constitution should be followed. and the "character'' Eof the bonds placed upon the ballot, between the words specined otner- Ewise the election in which the bal- IIots were used would be void, and the bonds inyalidateds ss--
 1 The decision came out after the elec- tions of January 1. Immediately the county attorney notified the Board of ,Revenus of the discrepancy in the bal ilots. Tn a letter to the board. of Jan- huary 1s. he told them that the bond [alectIon, upon which SO much lQf their hopes had been based. had fallen with Out weight. The decision of the su- Eprerae Court had been given te the Iworfa just i've days too late to save Ito Montgomery county all of that en- 'ergy that goes with an election.
 The proposition, put up to The board in the moment of its rejoicing over an apparent victory, has been thor Aoughiy investigated. since the day on which the members were first inform led. January I6. until yesterday. when Hhe board saw without doubt that the lelection was nul1ihed.
 E Issue An0ther Call.
 The Board was staggered. no doubt about it. All of it's hopes for imn1e- diate relief from a stringency of f. nances came fiuttering down about their ears. But the members set to work, and decided at once to call an- other election. to be held upon the earliest day possible. which, with the requisite thirty dave notice, will land on March 25.
 Two days after March 25 Is the reg uiar date of the board meeting. At that time it is expected to declare the election and. as there is little doubt in regard to the opinion of the Mont gomery county citizens, to advertise
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