The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-02-16
TEE LEcrsLATuRE.


The Legislature Of Georgia does
very little good, and much harm.
This may syand, at frat thought,
like az extrayagant assertion. but
we believe a careful investigation OF
the work Of the legislature will prove
our assertion.
If our people had not grown &C,
customed TO It by long usage, they
would not endure the outrage that IL
put upon them from year to year by
the law thinkers that assemble in Az
lanta every year. Just look at the
character Of BE bills introduced as
shown By record Of the proceea>
jings, and if indignation and disgust
do not fill your mind, We are greatly
Mistaken.
Here is 4 tsiIl introduced to allow
a man to peddle without license an
other to allow q man TO practice
medicine another toallow man to
sell drugs without license another
to exempt q man from all tax except
poll-tax because be is blind; another
TO relieve a woman Of certain dIsa-
! bilities SO that she may marry; an
, other to confer certain privileges on
a minor; aud various others Of like
character. All these cases are al
: ready provided for BY general laws
: and the Legislature ought to have
enough non Of sense to overcome
: all attempts to make special laws for
the conveniences Of individuals bat
it seems not.
A bill lie INTRODUCED to reduce the
bond of the sheriff Of some county
( another to consolidate tax collector
; and receiver in somecounty; another
!. to regulate the pay Of jurors and
bailiffs in some comfy another tc
say what the jailor o q certain coun'
ty shall charge for keding prisoners
! another to regulate the manner Of
: granting liquor license in certain To-
{ calities; another to prevent the sale
Of liquor iR~csrtain neighborhoods
another to confer certain powers OF
: certain county officers. There have
. probably bee6 score of bills brought
! before he present Legislature e
:, regulate the pay Of jurors, bsiliffs
= &C., in different counties. All suct
things nould be governed by the
general laws already in existence
= but SO fal as we have seen no mem
Der has lad the nerve to stand III
:. in his plce and say so
! And there are the county lines tc
= be chaDgol-sometimes two or thre'
changes t, be made in the lines o
one county! Aud laws are sought t.
: be made fo the silliest purposes eve
imagined. For example, bill is in
! :, troduced to prohibit the storing o
:, gaano within five hundred yaads o
!" ne public square of Covington! VIII!
!, cannot the municipal authorities o
CovrRton. prevent nuisance in tia
town 7 SblI we ask the Legislature
- !, to pass Law to prevent hogs tina
smell bad;rom coming on the publi
: square ofLagrange 7 How long vii
it be bebre . man who does no
70 take sapf. I'LL nsed-to get authority
!, from the Z lslaturs to sneeze
: But serausly, we are amazed tina
of all the able men in the Legislator
2 who have so loudly cried reform
!, there is not one who will fight thi
= miserable, picayuaish trayesty o.
Iaw>making which ought to max
every participant the laughing-stocl
). of the State. There is not one VIII
: seems 10 have thought of reform i
this particular. The spectacle woul
be ludicrous if it were not so costly
!. The last session of the Legislatur
! cost Sll1,l93, or S2,7S0 per day
or 1853 per hour, or S7.7l per min
J ute, to pass just such bills as W
publish in our Legislative summar
!, this week. How long will the pee
: pie Of Georgia submit to this contin
: ued outrage ?-LaGramge Reporter