Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-28

of Measures Disposed Of-COmpIf-
ments 10 the Chatham Artillery
The opera House RIOters-The
State Road Lease.
ATLANTA, GA, September 27.-In the
House, the first motion for reconsideration
was on the general temperance bill lost
on Saturday night. Messrs. Stanford, of
Harris, and Norton, Of Hancock, favored,
and Mr.. Bull, Of Troup, opposed the motion,
and it was voted down almost unanimously
amidst great applause.
The second motion for reconsideration
was the resolution in regard to the State
Road lease. Mr.. Hammond, of Thomas,
said he had not fully made up his mind in
regard to the matter, and, in order not to
postpone the desired adjournment to day,
he would withdraw the motion.
Mr.. Adderton, of Sumter, for the same
reason withdrew the third motion, which
was to reconsider the action of the House
on the convict lease 5iA passed on Saturday
night. General applause followed, as the
House was determined to adjourn to-day.
The following Senate bills were passed:
ining quarantine Jurisdiction.
Amending the act In reference to the ap-
pointment and duties of the State Librarian.
Amending the act enabling purchasers of
railroads to form corporations.
Regulating the granting of diplomas by
medical colleges.
The House concurred in the Senate's
amendments to some House bills and re-
jected others, and concurred in the follow
ing Senate resolutions:
Asking Congress to grant further aid for
educational purposes In the South for both
races.
Also, for larger appropriation for river
improvements In Georgia.
Also, for United States mint at Dahlone
ga.
Also, forbidding the accepting of United
States three and half percen t. bonds from
Colonel Cole in payment for the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad.
Also, accepting the appraisement Of
Messrs. Whittle, Robertson and Kibbee of
the value Of the old capitol, Atlanta to pay
that sum.
At the afternoon session resolutions Of
fered by Mr.. DuBignon, of Baldwin, in re-
gard to the Yorktown Centennial, were
unanimously adopted. One reads:
''ResOIoed, That we learn with pleasure of
the intended visit of the time-honored
Chatham Artillery, of Savannah, which
organization has come down to us from
the days of the Revolution, and which now
has In its battery two guns captured
at Yorktown, and presented to them by
General Washington himself"
Another of the resolutions requests the
Governor to call the attention of the other
military organizations to the patriotic action
of the Chsthams aud suggest that their no
BILE example be followed.
The last business of the General Assembly
was in regard to the claim of 5 900 of J. P.
Harrison, State Printer, for which two com
mittees of conference were appointed. The
last committee recommended $500 as a
compromise. The Senate adoped This
recommendation, but the House spent some
considerable time debating the matter, and
fin ally adopted it--yeas 65, nays 49,
The Senate having again taken up the
convict bill and recOnsidered It's action,
leaving the original Hawes bill, as printed
in the newspapers, open to action by the
House, Mr.. Barrow, of Clarke, moved that
the House recede from its previous action
and pass the Senate bill.
Messrs. Miller, of Houston, and Hunt, of
SPalding, vigorously opposed this motion.
Mr.. DuBlgnon sustained Mr.. Barrow's mo-
tion, and the House receded by vote of
90 yeas to 38 nays. The act of receding
passed the Senate bill.
Messrs. Hunt, of Spalding, and Jemison,
of Blob, made the point that SO votes were
required. After considerable debate the
matter was tabled, and the Hawes bill de-
ciared cOnstitutionally passed.
The afternoon session was prolonged to
half past eight O'Clock, at which time the
General Assembly adjourned sine die.
Speaker Bacon said this had been the
hardest working Legislature he had ever
known. Twelve hundred bills had been
oOpci6arad in fba pOuca Thora bo6 baar,
no idling, but hard work. The people sent
in this mass of bills and desired action upon
the same, and the members had obeyed
faithfully and well.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. McWhorter moved to reconsider the
Senate's action on the State Road lease reso-
lutions adopted on Saturday.
Mr.. Query made the point that they
were Senate resolutions, had passed the
Senate, gone to the House and been passed
by that body, which removed them beyond
the control of the Senate.
President Boynton ruled the point well
taken, but Messrs. McWhorter and Price
appealed from the decision of the Chair.
The Senate sustained the Chair by yeas %,
nays 10. This, with the Houses action,
leaves the matter just where it was-in the
hands of the Governor to refer to the At
torneY General and veto the resolutions.
The Senate passed the following House
bills:
Incorporating the Red Line Steamboat
Company of Rome.
Amending section 326 of the Code.
Regulating the granting of diplomas by
medical colleges.
Regulating tax sales by municipal cor
porations.
Fixing and determining the taxation of
land divided by county lines.
Changing the fiscal year.
Chartt ring the Gainesville, BlairsVille and
State Line Railroad.
Abolishing the Scriven County Court.
Chartering the Savannah Freight Tram
way Company.
Author zing Thomaston to issue bonds.
Regulating the letting out of contracts
for bridges, court houses, etc.
Repeating the act creating the office of
Land and immigration Agent, held by
Francis Fontaine.
Changing the time for revising jury lists.
Providing for the payment of solicitors
Abolishiug the Troup county court.
insolvent costs in Hancock county.
Paying the printing bills Of the Railroad
Commission.
AbolIshing formally the Office of State
Geologist.
The Senate refused to pass the House
bill regulating the sale of pistols, etc.
Also the bill prohibiting the distillation of
grain into whisky in Georgia this year.
Also the bill requiring Ordinaries to record
marriage certificates and secure their return.
At the afternoon session the Senate passed
the House bill authorizing Coroners, Sher-
ifs and others to give dead bodies unclaimed
to medical colleges under the direction Of
the Governor.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
Frank L. Harrison as State Librarian for four
years, in accordance with the bill introduced
by Mr.. Parks, and defeated, after lively
debate, the substitute for the con-
vlct lease bill prepared by the
conference committee Of the Senate and
House, which leaves the convict camps just
where they were before the General Assem-
bly, met, no reforms having been adopted
A motion to rescind the Senate's action in
regard to the State Road lease was tabled on
motion Of Mr. Denmark after a speech by
Mr.. Query.
The leaders in the riot at the Opera House
Yesterday were fined twenty FIVE dol
lars in the Recorders Court to-day. All
was quiet after ten o'clock last night.