Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-20
GE0RGIA'S LEGISLATURE
LIQUOR SELLING ON HOLIDAYS
NOT TO BE STOPPED.

Adopted Senator Hill to be Nj MemoriaI.
lied Monday Night and Saturday Ad-
jOurnment Sine Die Nipped in the Bud
Stolen Silver Recovered.
ATLANTA, Sept. 19.-In the House to-
day the usual number of reconsidera-
tions were granted, and the House re-
considered, among others, the following
bills:
Allowing freight trains to run Sundays
when carrying watermelons and truck.
Regulating the quality of gas.
Amending section 4jI2 of the Code.
Amending section 4O77 of the Code.
Repeating section 233 of the Code.
On motion of Mr.. Maddox. of ofChattooga.
a committee offlve was appointed to make
a list OF the most important bills and
resolutions to be acted on before final adj
jOurnment.
The bill increasing and equalizing the
| fees of Tax Collectors and Receivers
| Tassed.
The resolution to pay the stenogra pher
of the Agricultural Department InVesti-
/ eating Committee, passed.
4 The following also passed:
raging the StenOgrapher of the Peniten-
tlary Investigating Committee.
Paying the pages p cents for night ses-
siOns.
Paying the expense of running line
between Rabun county, Ga, and Macon
county, n. c.
The bill changing the time of holding
the Superior Court OF Cherokee, passed.
The following bills were lost:
Prohibiting the sale of liquor on holiday
/ occasions.
Prohibiting the driving of live stock
/ from the ranges used by them.
4
/ the bill prohibiting the sale Of liquor on
/ holidays.
| Mr.. Pringle and Mr.. Key advocated it
and Messrs. Bartlett and Maddox HUI
! mOrOusly opposed the measure, and it
was killed by 80 yeas to AZ nays.
At the afternoon session the bill allow
| ing personal property to be made col
/ lateral security in a certain manner, was
/ advocated by Mr.. Calvin, of Richmond,
the author, and opposed by Mr.. Jordan,
| of Hancock. 1t was lost by 81 yeas to A
nays.
The bill granting local option to Catoo-
/ sa county, passed.
The bill amending section 1909, letter
/ y, OF the Code, as TO practicing medicine.
| came up and Mir. Shipp, of Chattahoochee,
made an appeal for the old physicians
/ who cannot now attend medical lectures,
| and for whose benefit the bill was intro
/ duced. Several doctors opposed the bill,
/ but on the call of the roll the bill passed
/ by "a yeas to 33 nays, amidst applause
The bill repeating section 45l2 of the
! Code, as to receiving stolen goods from
| negroes, passed.
The House cOncurred IN the Senate
amendments to several House bills and
! disagreed to others.
The bill compelling connecting railroads
of the same gauge to take cars from other
/ lines, passed.
/ Tho Ho,rSo aopc,,rro,l II, Tho So,,, q, ,.oc
OlutiOn to hold Senator HIPS memorial
services next Monday night.
The bill paying the funeral expenses of
| Gov. stephens came up, but as there
! seemed to he several very heavy charges
/ in the bills many members voted against
the bill, and it stood 60 yeas to 80 nays,
| and the bill was lost.
The bill Tor the relief of John G. Tram
nell, injured on the State Road years ago,
was tabled temporarily.
The bill providing for service on nom
| residents i'll certain cases, passed.
The bill submitting the abolition of the
| County Courts of the State to the legal vO-
| ters of any county on recommendation of
the grand jury, was indefinitely postponed
| overwhelmingly.
The bill amending section 26l1 of the
! Code, and for other purposes, passed.
| The bill apprOpriating money to pay the
/ clerical expenses of the Senate and House
Tor the adjourned session, passed.
The bill making the United States cal
endar of Mr.. Stern, of Savannah, legal
| evidence as to dates in the courts of this
State. passed.
The bill providing for the filling of va
cancies and renewing the State depos-
itOries, passed.
The Governor announced that he had
signed the following bills:
/ Prohibiting hogs from running at large
on st. SimOn's Island.
Regulating the use of recorded papers.
Extending the limits of Americus.
EXempting the Cuthbert Light Infantry
from street and jury duty.
Authorizing Decatur county to assess a
| tax.
Amending the charter of Hawkinsville.
EXempting the Southern Rifles of Talbot
from street and jury duty.
Regulating the sale of seed cotton in
! Twiggs and Wilkinson counties.
The resolution authorizing II. ii. Caba-
Mss and w. Ii. Harrison to publish the
laws Of this session.
The resolution of thanks to the Third
The Governor to-day commissioned
Henry W. Hopkins as Solicitor of Thomas
| County Court, and reappOinted ID. q.
| Sheffield to the same position in the Miller
County Court.
At the night session the bill equalizing
the fees of Solicitors General on account
/ of reduced felOnies. came uD. Mr.. Bart
lett, of Bibb; Mr.. Reese, of Wilkes, Mr..
Crittenden, of Randolph, and Mr.. Jordan,
of Hancock. advocated the bill Mr.
Simmons, of Terrell, Mr.. Harris, of Bibb,
and Mr.. Eason, Of Telfair, opposed it as
unjust in its operations. 1t was lost by
81 yeas to q nays.
The bill paying W. A. Kelly, of Au-
gusta, for arresting Henry Williams, of
Burke, was lost
The bill giving the liquor tax for school
purposes only to counties in which said
tax is collected, came up. MIR. Lewis, of
Milton, opposed this division of the tax
from the general educational fund.
Mr.. Hoge, of Fulton, said that counties
that suppress the sale of whisky ought
not to ask the counties that do sell it
and have all the expense to bear for jails
and poor houses said to thrive on the
liquor traffic to share the tax with them.
Mr.. McBryde, of HaralsOn, said that
he liquor sold in Fulton county was not
all purchased by Fulton county people,
and there was no justice in the bill.
1t was lost by 16 yeas to 81 nays, amid
great applause by the temperance county
| members.
The bill supplying the deficiency i'm
the Railroad Commission printing fund,
passed.
The bill amending the act creating the
! BOARD Ol Inarnlaceutlcal EXAMINERS so
that they can license physicians who
were in practice previous to 1S47, passed.
The bill prohibiting the driving of cattle
from adjoining States into Georgia for
| grazing purposes. passed.
The bill incorporating the Branch Col
lege of the University at Neville came
up, and Mr.. McBryde. of Haralson,
moved to amend so as to establish q
branch college in every country town in
the State. He afterwards withdrew it.
Mr.. Eason, of Telfair, advocated the
| bill in an earnest manner.
Mr.. Wood, of Walker, not only opposed
this bill but all similar bills as working
| injury to the University and the educa-
| tiOnal system of Georgia. On the roll
call there were 81 yeas to % nays.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate to-day the report of the
| committee that Investigated the North
/ Georgia and Marietta Railroad was taken
| up and the resolution attached to it was
/ adopted.
! The discussion on the road bill was re-
sumed from yesterday morning, but, on
motion of Senator Eakes, the bin was in
definitely postponed by 16 yeas to ii nays.
/ Bills passed as follows:
/ Providing for the insurance of the State
| books furnished county officials.
/ Establishing a public school system
in Madison.
Changing the time of holding the Ordi-
! nary's Court in Lee county.
Authorizing Americus to control small
pOX cases.
Providing Sumter County Court with
Solicitor.