The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
MAP IS SUBMITTED 5 ON PRECINCT PLAN
King Explains the Proposed
 Redistricting
20 FOR WHOLE CITY
The Purpose Is to Have Fewer Votes in Each Precinct and to Avoid Long Waits By the
 Voters

As a preliminary step to redistrictlng the precincts of Greater Birmingham, map haa been submitted to the Board of Revenue for it's consideration.
 A formal petition will be prepared with fin the next week and presented to the sboard for definite action.
 The plan of redstricting was prepared by Jere King, former member of the leg isature, who has had the matter under consideration for some time.
 There are now nine precincts in the confines of Greater Birmingham, and Mr. King proposes to add II more, making the total 20 voting precincts in the city The purpose is to obviate the ineon- venience of voters having to wait at the polls to cast their ballots, as is now the case with the larger precincts. It will also facilitate the counting of the ballots. as each precinct under the new plan will have 800 or less votes.
 The change will not affect the jurisdie- ton of the court of common pleas, pre- sided over by Judge Abernethy and Judge Benners, as the bill creating the court defines it's jurisdiction, which cannot be changed except by act of the legisia- ture.
 MT. King states that the matter is open for discussion or suggestions and that he believes the plan, if adopted, would be of great benefit to the people generally. In speaking of the new beats, he said: .Precincts 2l and 37 are divided so as to create eight precincts. new pre- cinct is created out of the Eighth ward except the west line extends to Four teenth street instead of Sixteenth street. "A precinct is created out of what con stitutes the Ninth ward To this is added all that territory lying south and east of the Louisville and Nashville railroad eX- tending to the city limits including Idle wild and Green Springs.
 .'On the east side of Twentieth street, lying south of the Alabama Great South ern railroad, new precinct is created out of the Seventh ward except the pre- cinct. line runs to Twenty-sxth street instead of Twenty fourth street
 "A new precinct is made out of the Sixth ward on the Southside. The First and Second wards are combined, making A new precinct out of the territory lying west of Twentieth street, running to the T the west by smiths park.
 "A new precinct is created out of the territory lying east of Twentieth street, north of Alabama Great Southern rail- road, the east boundary line being Thir- ty-second street, the north line being the Frisco railroad.
 "A new precinct is created out of the Third ward and likewise out of the Fourth ward.
 ''The Avondale precinct is enlarged so as to add 75 voters to that precinct from Woodlawn.
 "A new precinct is created at Kings ton A part of Woodlawn is added to Kingston precinct taking from woodlawn probably 75 voters.
 Gate City precinct is enlarged. It now has approximately 30 voters. Un- der the new arrangement a part of Woodlawn and East Lake are added to Gate City. and there will be ap- proximately 100 voters in the new pre- cinct
 "Woodlawn and East Lake are prac- tically unchanged except that the area of each is reduced; Woodlawn prob ably by 15O and East Lake by 75  votes
 "A new precinct is created at West End and includes the territory reach ing as far east as Elmwood cemetery and extending to the north as far as the canal precinct will be estab- lshed at Fairview, which will be s carved out of parts of Elyton and Ensley precincts.
 Tt will include the territory imme- diately surrounding Fairview, together with Central Park, Martins Addition, Monte Sano Ensley Highlands and eX- tending east to Compton. Elyton will have probably 45O voters and will in- clude old Elyton, Graymont and Owen ton.
 "Ensley will be divided into two pre- cincts; one precinct lying north of the