The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-08-30

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. q, 1888
.MeSSrs. Editors:

municatiou, l predicted that the
Legislature would most probably adj
journ about the 25th of this month.
l now find that [ guessed little
too early, and as the 25th has come
and gone, I shall try my hand no
more at guessing when this General
Assembly will cease from it's labors.
A committee was appointed last
week to examine into the state of the
business before the two Houses and
report a day for an early adjourn
ment. I learned this morning from
a member of this committee that they
will report tomorrow and will re-
commend the Goth of September as
the earliest day at which an adjourn
ment can be had. There are about
700 bills pending in the House to be
acted on, and about fifty (50) await
ing action in the Senate. The House
will begin to hold night sessions to
night and in this way will expedite
the work of the Legislature. The
Senate keeps up with its work and
has to wait on the House to send it's
bills here to be disposed of finally.
At last the bill to redistrict the
state has passed both Houses. This
measure has had much to do with
the length of the session, but its i'm
portance required at the hands of
the Legislature careful consideration
and frequent discussion. The bill,
as it finally passed, does not change
our district at all, as Quitman couu-
ty was at length restored to its
proper place in the End district
The House has passed the bill to
commence the work of constructing
new capitol, and the matter is now
being considered and examined into
by the Senate. The bill will be
amended in several important res
poets before it can ever get though
the Senate. If it does pass and be-
come law, your readers shall be
furnished with copy of the same at
an early day. The Honse bill pro-
posing tax on railroads in every
county through which they run,
was defeated by a very decisive vote
in the Senate. It will not be out of
place to inform your readers that
our section would not have been
benefited or affected by the bill if
it had passed, because the South
Western railroad would not have
been reached by the provision of the
bill as the road has charter exemp-
ton from taxation by counties, cities
or towns, and can only be taxed by
the state on its income, which is
done now. The general local OPP
ton BILL" that passed the House is
now before the Senate for action, tn e
committee having reported it favora-
IDLY. There are serious doubts en-
tertained by many of the best law
yers in the Legislature as TO the
constitutiOnahty of the bill in its
present shape. 1t is intended to be
a general law, to apply to the whole
state and yet, III the ninth section
of the bill, it is provided that il
shall not operate in any county
where the sale of whiskey is prohib-
tied or restricted by any law hereto
fore passed or that may be passed at
the present session. / doubt If the
provisions of the bill, if it should
become law, would apply to Ter
rell county, because there is q law
now of force In our county which
restricts the sale of whiskey, by re-
quiring all applicants for license to
first obtain the written consent of
two thirds of the freeholders resid-
ing within three miles of the locality
where it is proposed to sell. This is
certainly a restriction that applies to
Terrell and many other counties in
the state. The Senate has passed a
bill amending the law in reference to
employing the servant of another and
enticing, persuading. or decoying
the laborer off another to leave his
employer. Heretofore, the law re-
qnired that the contract between the
employer and laborer should be in
writing and attested by at least one
witness. The Senate amendment
changes this law by striking out
"writen contract, and thus seeks to
punish q man who entiees and
persuades his neighbours servant to
leave his service, whether the con-
tract be written or verbal. The
Senate is anxiously striving to make