Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-21
GEORGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
SEVERAL BILLS OF LOCAL IN
TEREST PASSED.

ATLANTA, Sept. 20.-In the House to-
day reconsideration was granted the bill
regulating the fees Of Tax Collectors and
Receivers, lost last night, as was also
the bill for paying the funeral expenses
OF Gov. Stephens, which was recOmmitted
to have two items sealed to lower fig
ure.
Bills passed as follows:
Providing an artificial arm for Q. H.
Roberts. of TrOup.
Paying the expenses of the repairs of
the Supreme Court room, and the EXecu-
tive Department.
Authorizing the killing of stock injured
by railroad trains.
Amending section of 1871 the Code. as
| to fOreclOsing mortgages.
The following bills were lost:
Amending section 719 of the Code. i'm re-
gard to the Railroad Commission.
Imposing tax on tobacco peddlers.
The Governor announced that he had
signed the following bills:
Prohibiting the sale of liquor near the
churches and schools in Andersonville.
Giving local option to Morgan county.
Amending the charter of the city of
| Macon.
Prohibiting the sale of liquor in Murray
county.
Prohibiting live stock from running at
1 large in Macon county.
! The abSentees have, with the usual eX-
| ceptiOns, returned, and reduced their
number to about 40. There is no pros
pect, however, of an adjournment before
| the last of next week, unless the business
| is left unfinished.
! At the afternoon session the bill pro-
hibiting the driving Of cattle from an in
/ lected district into Il healthy neighbOr-
hood, passed.
The bill introduced by Mr.. McDOnough,
authorizing Judges of Superior Courts to
/ grant charters for plank and shell roads,
| passed.
The bill amending the act providing for
! keeping record of wild lands in each
! county and giving them in for tax, passed.
| The bill authorizing the commissioners
of Chatham county to levy special tax,
! passed.
The bill authorizing Chatham county
to issue bonds for new Jail, passed as
| amended.
The bill regulating the fees of the Tax
! Receivers and Collectors of the State.
after an animated discussion, was lost by
/ 81 yeas to 50 nays. The same bill was de-
! feated last night.
The bill prescribing cOnstables' fees i'm
cases OF intruders or tenants holding over,
| passed.
The bill amending section 1898 of the
! Code, as to suing out process of gar
nishmcnt, came up, and after prolonged
| and general debate of lively character
call OF the roll was ordered and result
/ ed in "A yeas to 43 nays.
| The bill to create a branch college of
| the University at Eastman came up. Mr..
/ Maddox, of ChattOOga, made rafting
| speech against the flood of branch col
| leges that is crushing out the University
and sapping her financial prosperity. The
mAmbprS kent a rHnninn fire Of
| tlOns on Mr.. Maddox, but he held his own.
! and closed amidst uprOariOus applause.
Mr.. Jordan, of Hancock, moved TO
/ amend SO that hereafter no money shall be
| appropriated to this proposed college. The
| bill was lost on the roll call by A yeas to
! 66 nays.
The bill apprOprating money for the
medical treatment in Atlanta of certain
pupils from the Blind Academy at Macon
| came up. DR.. Calhoun is to treat them
without charge, but the money is needed
\ to pay board and incidental expenses. 1t
| passed.
A motion to adjourn till morning was
| lost.
The House at its night session took up
! the bill furnishing the Justic es of the Su-
| preme Court with reports of the Supreme
| Court of Georgia. and of the United States.
| There was considerable opposition to the
bill and the vote stood 81 yeas to 81 nays.
luG Jill lbE uldllu- lHC lEto VI bilt ClcIkS
of the Superior Courts for recording deeds,
etc, came up. 1t cuts off the charge of
| fifty cents for the certificate on the back.
/ The bill passed.
The bill creating a branch college at
| Cartersville came up, and the House, be-
! ing in a humOr for fun, amended the bill
| so as to locate the college at Dalton in
stead of at Cartersville. Mr.. Fite, of Bar
! tow, the author of the bill, was quite nom
! plussed, and good deal of merriment was
! OccasiOned by his perpleXed condition, but
| on the roll call there were only fl yeas to
| a nays.
The bill making it legal for Superior
| Court Clerks to record again lost deeds,
| etc, passed.
The bill creating a Branch College of
| the University at Colloden, in Monroe
! county, came up. Mr.. Spence, of Mitch
! ell, cut off this bill by motion to indef-
ntely postpone, which was carried with
/ out debate.
The bill appropriating half the proceeds
/ of the sale of the Supreme Court reports
| to Il fund for binding old and purchasing
new books for the State Library, passed.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate granted reconsideration of
the road law bill. which was lost yester-
| day, and refused it to the OleOmargarine
! bill, passed yesterday.
The Senate passed the resolution giving
| the North Georgia and Marietta Railroad
| $50 convicts for three years.
! The following bills were lost:
Facilitating the forfeiture of penal
! bonds.
Amending section sos of the Code, and
! also section 1916
| Repeating the act creating the Miller
! County Court.
Prohibiting fishing in BTyce's mill pond.
Amending the garnishment laws.
/ Providing commissioners for several
! counties.
Amending section 1888 of the Code.
Prescribing the working of roads.
The following bills passed:
Amending the charterOf WaycrOss.
| Giving Whitfield county local option.
Authorizing Randolph county to build
! a new court house.
Requiring railroads to have weighers for
/ carloads of freight.
Authorizing the sale of the arsenal lot
to the Volunteer Guards in Savannah.
Amending the act abOlishing the Twiggs
| County Court.
Settling with the bondsmen of :. r.
HOyle, the defaulting Tax Collector OF
! Fulton county.
incorporating the Central City Loan
! Association of Macon.
Incorporating Fort Gaines.
Prescribing the manner of selecting
tales jurors.
Amending section 1900 of the Code as to
entIcing servants from employers.
Amending the charter of Louisville.
Amending the act creating Commission
ers of Emanuel county.
EXemptng the Clinch Rifles of Augusta
from street and jury duty.
Incorporating the Spring Greek Canal
and improvement Company of Decatur
county.
After a spirited debate the Senate killed |
the House bill prohibiting the changing of
votes in elections by the General As
sembly.
The President submitted a tweve-page !
fOOlscap sheet communication from Miss
Theodore Trammell on temperance, which |
was referred to that committee.
Senator Meldrim informed the NEWS !
correspondent that while the memorial of |
c. Z. Goodyear was not really unanimous, |
it was signed by nearly all the Senators
and large number of the members of the |
House.
The Governor and Attorney General are |
giving the Wallace case careful inyesti- !
cation, and the Governor VIII decide it in
a few DAYS.
The Senate met this afternoon and read |
House bills the first and second times.
The Senate held no night session on ac-
count of committee meetings to consider
House bills.
AN END TO CAMP MEETINGS.