Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-17
GE0RGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
THE LOST TECHNOLOGY BILL
RECONSIDERED.

A Resolution to Adjourn Next Saturday
Adopted by the House-An Examina
tion of the states Finances and its
ResuIts-The Wounded Kentucky Con
viet Dies.
ATLANTA, Sept. I5.-ln the House to-
day reconsideration was granted on the
technology school bill and refused on the
bill to allow the people of Atlanta to elect
County Commissioners. Both were lost
yesterday.
Mr.. Maddox, of Chatto0ga, presented a
majority and a minority report ON the
resolution to adjourn next Saturday at
noon. The minority report was agreed to
and the resolution was adopted to adjourn
sine die at the time named above.
The bill abOlishing the office of County
Treasurer in Bibb county, passed
The bill amending section 534 of the
Code as to disabled Confederate soldiers
peddling, passed.
The bill amending the actincOrpOrating
railroads, passed.
The bills amending sections S2S, l341
and 1853 of the Code and the bill amend
ing the act regulating legal advertising
were lost.
The bill amending section 460S of the
ing section 1347.
The bill authorizing Atlanta to issue
$4,000 in bonds for new capitol, passed.
The bill further prescribing the duties
OF superior Court stenOgraphers and
fixing the pay at five dollars per day,
passed.
The bin regulating the time of cutting
boxes for turpentine purposes came up.
Mr. ROuntree, of Brooks, and MIR.
a IA ho Int
pending the debate the hour of adjourn
ment arrived.
The House met again at 3 O'Clock, but
roll call showed no quorum present. At
ter waiting over half an hour tor the alb
sentees to drop in, on motion of Mr.. Mad
dOX, of ChattoOga, the House proceeded to
read bills the second time to very thin
and languid body of stay-here-and-attend-
robustness members, who deserve
medals of honor for their fidelity.
just before adjOurning the House con-
CURED in the Senate resolution authOriz-
ing the Comptroller and Treasurer to
charge OIL their book the balance due
from the Bank of Rome and the Citizens
Bank of Atlanta.
The Governor has signed, among 9th
ers, the following bills:
Amending section 1913 of the Code.
Amending the act creating the City
Court of Augusta.
incorporating the Brunswick Street
Railroad.
prescribing the manner of issuing IL
quOr licenses in Jones county.
Authorizing Sumter county to issue
bonds for new court house.
Amending the act creating Commits
sioners for Telfair, DOOly and Henry
counties.
Resolutions paying MIR. Cain for arrest
ing Gus johnson, the murderer.
Authorizing TrOup Taylor to index the
journals of the Legislature.
Providing for repairing and preserving
the sword of honor presented Colonel
Daniel Appling, and placing the same in
the Historical Society archives at Sa-
vannah.
A special committee from the Finance
Committee have examined the State
Treasurer's office and highly compliment
his books and those of the Comptroller
General. The amount in the Treasury,
September ), was $7S3,472 81. September
it was $699, ,4l9 At, including $S2, ,2lS 81
due from the defunct Citizens Bank, of
Atlanta. ana $22, ,20G % due from the de-
funct Bank of Rome. The committee
suggest that these amounts no longer be
represented in assets, but charged off
and when any part is collected that it
come In as other revenue is received. The
Senate and House accepted this sug9es-
ton and to-day authorized the amount to
be charged off.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate, Mr.. Jones moved to ad-
jOurn sine die at II o'clock tonight
After some discussion it was lost by 13
yeas to - nays, and a motion to adjourn
next Saturday was also lost.
The following bills passed:
Giving Dawson, in Terrell county,
new charter.
Providing liquor license bill for
Emanuel county.
Amending section 2237 of the Code as to
the transfer of stock.
Providing for the use of public records.
Requiring the Solicitor Generals to rep
resent the State in United States Courts,
Regulating the sale of liquor III Frank
lin county.
Amending section 267 of the Code as to
superior Court dOckets.
Furnishing the issuing of forged land
titles.
Requiring physicians to serve as jurors
i'll lunacy cases.
At the afternoon session the Senate read
bills the first and second time, and passed !
a resolution to authorize the Treasurer to
charge on the balance due the State from
the detunct banks, late repositories.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
John Clay Holt, a convict in Grants |
camp who was shot while attempting to
escape a few days ago, is dead. He re-
Vealed his real name when dying, and |
said that he was from good family in
Kentucky.
The death of Parish G. Furman creates |
deep regret here, and was sudden and un-
expected.