Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-26
GE0RGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
WALLACE GRANTED A TEMPO.
RARY SUSPENSION.

Necessary Steps for Securing the New
Capitol.
ATLANTA, Sept. 25.-In the House thi,
morning reconsideration was refused OF
the bill preventing the Railroad Commits
sioners and their Secretary from practic
ing law in behalf of any railroad, whicl
was passed yesterday.
Reconsideration was granted the bill
allowing melon and truck trains to run oi
Sunday, which was lost yesterday.
Some scattering discussion was indulg
ed in over the resolution to inquire Of Mr.
Crenshaw, OF Troup, Chairman of thu
committee investigating the Agriculture
Department if he had net kept from th,
printed report some evidence which re
ferred to himself.
"A committee was appointed to investi
gate the matter and report to the House.
The Senate bill requiring foreign insur
ance companies doing business in thi.
Stnte to agree to transfer cases to tn,
United States Court passed.
The Governor reported that he had par
dOned the following convicts: p. J, Wall
larceny; Dennis Chapman. concealed
weapons; Sally Martin, obtaining money
under false pretenses; Lucius Joiner
rape. sentences commuted or Temporarily
suspended: Columbus Barnett, horse
stealing, from four to two years: George
w. Hussey, Sunday liquor. temporarily
suspended; George Wallace, murder
temporarily suspended.
The Governor announced that he ha(
signed the following bills:
Requiring Solicitors General to repre
sent the State in certain cases i'm The
United States courts.
Requiring physicians to serve as Jurors
in lunacy cases.
Providing Solicitor for Sumter Coun
ty Court.
Regulating the services of tales jurors
in Superior Courts.
Amending section 2237 of the Code.
Repeating the act creating a County
Court for Floyd county.
Prohibiting the sale or manufacture OF
liquor in ROckdale county.
Taxing dogs in FLOYD county.
Amending the County Board act OF
Emanuel county.
Changing the time of holding the Ordi.
nary's Court of Lee county.
Creating the city of WavnesborO.
Fixing the liquor license of Neville in
Teltair county.
Amending the charter of the Spring
Creek Canal and Improvement Company
EXempting the Clinch Rifles. of Angus
Ct, rum jury uuIN.
The testimony referred to i'll the debate
this morning in the report on the Agricul-
tural Department is printed and makes
with its appendix 300 pages. 1t will be
distributed in the morning.
At the afternoon session Senate bills
were considered.
The bill regulating the calling and dis
posing of cases in the Supreme Court was
lost.
The bill changing the time of holding
the Clayton Superior Court, passed.
The bill amending section 1215 of the
Code as to admission to the blind asylum.
passed.
The bill amending section l424 of the
Code as to the retailing of liquor, making
it one gallon instead of one quart, came up.
Mr.. McBryde, of Haralson, moved to
indefinitely postpone the question, which
called out a few words i'm favor of the bill
from Mr.. Pringle, of Washington, and the
motion was lost. On the final vote the
bill was lost by 81 yeas to 40 nays.
The bill requiring the Commissioner of
Agriculture TO have an analysis made of
the soils sent him from various parts of
the State was lost.
Bills defining the jurisdiction of County
Courts and other purposes, passed.
The bill amending section 1894 of the
Code, increasing the fees for recording in
Ordinaries' offices, passed.
The bill regulating divorce cases where
one party is insane, after an animated and
sharp debate, was lost.
The House cOncurred i'm or disagreed to
some amendments on House bills, and after
transacting unimpOrtant routine busi-
ness, adjourned till tomorrow morning.
Several members have packed up their
papers and books, and will leave for home
tonight or in the morning.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate passed the following bills:
Making Governors members of the Uni
versity Board of Trustees.
The Berrien county liquor bill.
After some discussion the Senate re-
ceded from the following measures:
Paying the Eastman riot lawyers.
Paying the funeral expenses of Gov
ernOr stephens.
Incorporating the Georgia Loan and
Trust Company.
Incorporating the Georgia Investment
and Banking Company.
Giving LaGrange public school sys-
TEN.
Paying the stenOgrapher and Secretary
of the committee investigating the North
Georgia Railroad.
The bill aiding elementary private
schools passed after a warm discussion.
as dld also the following:
Authorizing Chatham county to levy a
tax.
Creating a fire marshal for Savannah.
Authorizing Chatham county to issue
bonds.
Amending the wild land act.
Extending the franchise of the Coast
Line Railroad.
To take a census of the school pOpula-
tion.
Preventing the driving of cattle into the
State from infected sections.
Amending section 1907 of the Code as to
jurors.
Providing a better road law for the
State.
The following bills were lost:
Amending section 70S of the Code.
Regulating the fees of clerks of the SUI
periOr Courts.
Providing for State repositories where
vacancies occur.
Repeating the act as to insOlvent costs
in Burke county,
4 resolution allowing the Governor to
procure a tire-prOof vault for official re-
cords not in use was adopted.
Senator Peoples, from the Penitentiary
Committee. reported that the convict les
sees had not illegally sub-let cOnvicts in
defiance of law. but the committee depre-
Gated any sale of shares to other than the
original lessees.
The whole matter was referred to the
Governor, who will correct any abuses, if
such exist in this matter.
On molten of Senator DubignOn the En-
rolling Committee is TO remain after ad-
journment and attend to the usual busi-
ness to be finished.
President BOyntOn, just after the adj
journment, presented for a lady artist a
crayOn portrait of himself to Senator
Lamar, the most striking figure in the
Senate.
At the afternoon session the following
House bills were disposed of:
Incorporating Fort Valley, passed.
Creating the office of County Admins
traitor in each county, passed as amend
ed.
Making it valid for a Clerk of a Su-
perior Court to record the second time
any deeds, mortgages, etc, passed.
Requiring the Judges of Superior
Courts to grant charters TO she'll plank
and turnpike road companies, PASSED,
Repeating section 1914, letter d, of the
Code, passed.
Prescribing the fees of Justices of the
Peace and COnstables in proceedings to
dispOssess intruders and tenants holding
over, passed.
Amending section 1868 of the Code so as
to provide for an appeal from verdict of
OnejuTy Of the Superior Court t0a special
jury stFnck from the grand jury. lost.
ON motion Of Mr.. DeWolf the House
bill to authorize the extension of the cor
porate limits of the city of Columbus, was
taken from the table. The Senate amend
meht Was insisted on, and the bill was
returned to the house,
Prescribing when the statute of limita-
tions sLall begin to run against the credi-
tor of am unreBresented estate, passed.
ApprobriatfiI& money 70 the Academy
for The Blind for tie treatlrent cf certain