Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-04
INV CIRCUIT CERTAIN.
sryATE VOTES IN FAVOR
hH or THE BILL.

,u,e,t Adopted that Clayton
|An Aiul''',.'aIb Counties Shall Revert to
sna -. Circuit After Two Years
the a.,4,ti. Bin Voted Down in the
House. - Co4o %
A. A..-'sascial order was Senate bill No
'' '-' ,,,ar8 the law creating the Rail-
" r,nmtssion. The committee was
9'D ...I On motion of Mr.. Thornton,
'.-' ''7 comics of the majority and
.' rerorts OF the committee were
l,,', .,t nrinted for the use of the Senate.
'',l An aos made the special order for
raos5av. The minority report will
.a5s by Mr.. Thornton. The rules
80 snspended for the purpose OF taking
a,J nstttng on passage the bill Great
i 1'r nav mdicial circuit, to be known as
.-.s Mountain Circuit, as amended
l9ecial senate committee.
wan. ADVOCATES REARRANGEMENT.
1' Rankin opposed the passage of the
The necessity for a new circuit
\ ont Of the Oyerburdened dockets OF
Atlanta circuit. be would
N Y. 3anr mat some relief oughtto De given
Ss atlanta circuit, and he thought 1t
II LA easiiv be done by rearTang1ng the
q ANAL circuits OF the State. Some OF the
49, have less work than others, aud
D.-a'sr,sged less time on their circuits.
VI ~ 81 Vsg..srr9nring the circuits the work and
ort6a Judges could be equalized and
&.sl.ssdad relief afforded the Atlanta cir
i5 ". H. asserted that il the bill passed
4 .'.,irr a new circuit for the term OF two
..-. the result would be that the new
"A root woad become permanent, and
II ssrs vogd be twenty-five judicial cir
ma instead of twenty-one.
NEED FOR THE CIRCUIT.
Mr. Davidson, In behalf of the special
smmirtpe. stated the reasons for their
a s1on in reporting the bill and the neces-
NJ for jts passage. In addition to the
"a -tr9ry business Of the Atlanta circuit,
1co il heavy in Fulton, the capital
mtv Of the state. the courts try nearly
Tnnortsnt cases in which the State of
sv,a Is interested, which does not cost
Ma Estate dollar. The State ought to be
Erp wiling tn grant the relief asked for,
Incl In 1883 there have been brought over
81 10 new cases, which are on the docket,
Insslugle one OF which has been reached
n ri.posei Of Both bar and clients ap-
81 &alf5rrelief from this burden of busi-
N ess. which is beyond the physical capac-
#ty Of any one Judge. Three separate
4 io.ts have been made to create a new
Ircaa or in some other way give ade-
81 uae relief.
An AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
n Messrs. Maddox and Mcbride opposed
passage Of the bill in its present shape.
f To meet the objections of the Senators,
snly arising out OF apprehension that
e new circuit would become permanent,
h. Ilgn0r proposed to amend by altering
Woyiso to the bill that at the expiration
the term proposed, Jan. /, 1888, the cOun-
OF CLAYTON and DeKaIb to compose
new circuit shall. by the operation of
s laW. be reattached 10 the Atlanta cir
ut
Il Nr C0lley favored the passage of the bill
was member of the special commit
e TO whom this bill was referred, and 1t
qealed most strongly to his sense Of
anass.
RELIEF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
II he argued that there was absolute
ees'slty for granting the relief asked for,
l0le thought 1t best accomplished by
/ provisions Of the pending bill.
De amendment offered by Mr.. TignOT
as adopted.
n "a the passage Of the bill Mr.. Rankin
ca lor tle yeas and nays. The vote re-
Ieall = yeas TO II nays. and the bill
ss.d 1t viii now have 10 90 to the
usg TO have the amendment cOneurred
llt House without doubt will con-
ald the creation OF the new circuit
Ne plt e~Wn AS certainty.
~ executive session the nomination Of
H. hansey, reappOinted Judge for the
-l.{ court of Baldwin, was confirmed.
~ hayes' general prohibition bill was
aug special order for tomorrow.
NTHE HOUSE.
y t1e House today the unfinished busi-
yesterday, which was considera-
vi -Ae OIL requiring railroad cOmpa-
" return their property for taxation
e3uHlies, was resumed. The measure
-.gu CONS '0era0le discussion, the argu-
~ " u0ln sides being 81 milar to those
s.s.i no lne Senate when the bill was
'isI-a ana lost. When the vote was
"7 report o. the committee, which
-A "'oIabia TO the passage OF the
"- ea'2iel by 80 10 50.
r... IA pm was then called up on
T.. vi. Butt. Of Marion.
'a.i. il Of Webster, said that he
posed TO the bill as it meant a
e m. ~. 1y FOR Georgia under the pay
,,. Us THE STATE SECURITY.
1sNNa., OF Putnam. "A member OF
.0-' That reported fayorably on
llat the measure gave Geor-
r.. IRON lnsurrectlon. The pre-
called and the bill was
y a, vote of Il to 20.
9ra H'.ley gave notice that he would
rnr az lee9n'lderatlon Of the bill to-
'..eai' OF the bill say that thev will
.a,,.I-. .-,.i'" in some shape. II re-
appropriation now i'm the bin
II n,6 Ie-s sum will not put il
.re- .-f "i.l stike out the appro-
1s r'.' and pass the bill in that
'..-. night tine advocates of the
gong some active canvass
I'M LAYS frENu,rp ~ rtrsr,wv