Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-18
GEORGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
A HOST OF BILLS PASSED BY
THE LOWER HOUSE.

noon at adjournment in regard to cutting
turpentine boxes, was tabled.
The bill drawing one grand iurv in
DOoly county, passed, as did also the
/ following:
Incorporating the Altamaha River
/ Canal Company.
| Extending the city limits of Macon and
authorizing the Mayor to suspend SEN
! tence in certain cases.
I Chartering the Rene and Chattanooga
/ Railroad.
Incorporating the Georgia Investment
and Banking Company.
| Prohibiting fishing in Brice's mill pond
IN Brooks county without permission.
Prohibiting the sale of liquor in Echols
/ county. Also the same near the Masonic
| Academy in Emanuel county.
Chartering the Rome Fire Insurance
/ Company.
Creating board of arbitrators for the
/ Augusta Exchange and Atlanta Chamber
/ of Commerce.
Amending the charter of Milledgeville.
Incorporating Wrightsville, in johnson
/ county.
Amending the charter of the Chatta-
4 hoochee Navigation Company.
Fixing the retail liquor license in Nc
| Vile.
/ Chartering the Planters Loan and Trust
/ Company.
Prohibiting stock from running at large
/ in Monroe county.
Abolishing the Tax Collector of Twioos
| county.
Authorizing Waycross to levy a special
! tax.
amending the charter of Waycross.
The local option bill for Whitfield
I county.
Prohibiting stock from running at large
/ IN Howard and Vmeville Districts in
| Bibb county.
Amending the liquor license law for
| Schley, Talbot and Greene counties.
PromDltlng hunting and fishing on GER
1 tain lands in Dodge county
Amending the charter of the West
Point Railroad.
Amending the law creating commits
/ sioners so far as Emanuel county is con-
! cerned.
Authorizing Burke county to levy tax.
EXemptlng the Clinch Rifles of Angus
/ Ia from jury duty.
| Incorporating Fort Valley.
At the afternoon session the bill char.
terlng the Mechanics Savings Bank of
Atlanta passed.
The bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in
Floyd county by local option, passed.
The bill amending the road laws of the
! state so for as Floyd county is concerned,
passed.
The bill amending the act creating
| county commissioners so far as johnson
1 county is concerned, passed.
The bill changing the quarterly terms
| of the Augusta City Court, passed.
The Dill giving local option liquor law
/ to Thomas county. passed
The bill declaring Flint river in Macon
( county lawful fence, passed.
The bill providing for public school
/ system in LaGrange passed.
| The bill Incorporating the Canal Navi-
| cation and Land Company of Macon.
| passed.
1 The bill authorizing Randolph county
/ to vote on issuing bonds for a new court
/ house, passed.
The bill eXempting the Baldwin Blues
| from road and jury duty, passed.
! The bill amending the act as to the Or
| phans' Home, of North Georgia, so as to
| allow orphans to be put in good families.
| passed.
The bill creating Fire Marshal in Sa-
/ vannah, passed.
/ The bill repeating the liquor license act
/ of BullOch coming up for final action
under reconsideration, Mr.. Wilson with
| drew it.
The bill releasing the securities of the
| Tax Collector of Bibb county from the
penalties incurred by his default, the
state having lost nothing in final settle
ment, passed.
! The bill to amend the acts in regard to
| probating foreign wills In Georgia, passed.
The bill amending section 444l of the
| Code as to illegal hunting, so as to apply
! to no fence counties. passed.
| The bill authorizing the Supreme Court
| Justice to employ a stenOgrapher to do
! such writing as the court may direct
came up, and after a lively debate, was
! lost by d yeas to 30 nays.
! The hill authOriZinu tho Sunario,. Count
to grant charters to towns lying partly in
| one and partly i'll another county, was
| lost.
Mr.. Maddox, of Chattooga, opposed the
motion to lay any bills on the table on ac-
count of tine thin house. If the business
is ever completed the bills must be taken
up in their regular order and disposed of.
| Seventy-One members were absent to-day,
| and yet we propose to adjourn on Satur-
day. The motion to table was lost, and
the calendar continued.
The bill to punish trespass in no fence
counties where boundary lines are lawful
| fences came up and Mr.. Ray, of COweta,
the author of the bill. and Mr.. Spence, of
Mitchell, advocated it. but 1t was lost by
5S yeas to 43 nays.
! 4 motion to adjourn till tomorrow
morning and aaOther to adjourn sine die
were voted down and the House meets
| tonight for general business.
~ blC hlEAb SCsslOu llC DiIl dLUGuulllB
! section 4l39 of the Code so as to increase
| the fees of Justices in certain cases, was
| lost. There were 30 absentees.
The bill to pay NJ. ID. l.. Pitman for APP
! pretending murderer, was lost by -
| yeas to % nays.
The bill amending section 1909 of the
/ Code, so as to allow certain old physi-
| clans, who took only one course of lee
! lures, to practice medicine, came up. DR..
! Beauchamp, of Pike, opposed it, and Mr..
/ Shipp, the author, advocated it. They
were followed by Mr.. Wright, of Floyd,
| but the bill was lost, by II yeas to 20.nays.
The bill making it penal to cucumber
personal property held under conditional
| purchase passed.
! The bill paying the OglethOrpe Light In
| fantry of Savannah for eighty rifles
turned over to the state in 1874, passed
with 95 yeas.
The bill amending section 4214 of the
Code, so as to extend the duties of Judges
of Superior Courts in Chambers, passed.
The bill repeating the acts of 1881, as to
| cases in equity Feferred 10 Masters in
Chancery, passed.
The bill altering and amending the
garnishment laws so as to allow the dis
solving of cases by giving bond, passed.
The bill amending section 3533 of the
Code as to issuing garnishWeHts, passed,
The bill TO regulate practice before the
Railroad Commission, by parties inter-
ested who are to be notified of proposed
changes, came up, and to prevent the de-
feat of the bill motion to adjourn was
mads and carried
The Governor has signed the flllOWiug
bills:
Authorizing Augusta to issue bonds to
pay her floating debt.
Allowing the Mayor of Americus to take |
bond in criminal cases.
Providing for the disposition of fines and
fOrfeitures IN Sumter county.
Authorizing Newton county TO issue
bonds to pay her debt
Creating Ward in Atlanta.
Amending the road laws so far as
Houston county is concerned.
Giving Henry county local option.
Making land lines lawful fences in For
syth county.
Incorporating Abbeyille in Wilcox
county.
Changing the road laws so far as Irwin |
county is concerned:
Amending the act incorporating Ella |
vile i'm Schley county.
incorporating the Fulton County street !
Railroad Company.
Authorizing Laurens county to build |
bridge over the Oconee river.
Incorporating Dublin in Laurens coun- |
ty.
Creating a County Court Solicitor for |
Thomas county.
The following is the list of absentees to- |
night, some of whom have been absent for |
two or three weeks and others for two or |
three DAYS IN each week, while others |