The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03
BILLS TO BECOME LAWS.
LEGISLATIVE ACTS WHICH AFFECT
CHATHAM COUNTY.

All Local Measures Now Before the
Legislature, Except Two, Likely to
Pass-summary OF the Bills Intro
duced by Chatham's Representa-
tives-Cspt. Gordon's Big List
Representative Gordon said last night in
discussing legislative matters that there
are now no local bills IN the House to be
acted upon which are likely to pass. Two
bills have been returned by the Judiciary
committee with permission for the author
to withdraw them, which he says is a cour-
teous way of informing the member pre-
senting them, that there is no hope Of their
being favorably acted upon. These are the
bill giving the mayor and aldermen the
control of streets aud lanes, and the bill
permitting guardians and administrators 70
invest the proceeds of estates in the new
court house bonds.
Representative Gordon says that quite a
number OF bills introduced by the repre-
sentatives from Chatham county have
passed the House and gone to the Senate,
where they have been read q second time
and are likely to pass. He detailed them as
follows:
Col. Reilly's oil authorizing guardians to
sell the corpus of estates Of their wards for
the purpose of investment
THE MILITARY BILLS.
Col. Reilly's military bill, which Is likely
70 pass with the amendment of the House,
reducing the appropriation to less than
$1,000.
Col. Reilly's bill providing for the organ
ization of regiment of cavalry.
Mr.. Clifton's bill to amend the charter of
the Savannah Fire and Marine Insurance
Company.
Mr.. Ciifton's bill to redistrict the city Of
Savannah.
Capt. Gordon's bill to prohibit false bill
ing, which is modelled after the United States
law upon the subject.
Capt. Gordon's bill to charter the Isle of
Hope Railway Company.
The three following bills by Capt. Cor
don. recommended by the joint committee
which sat during the recess of the legisla-
ture, and Of which committee Capt. Gordon
was member:
Providing what the general appropriation
bill of each general assembly shall contain.
To amend the general appropriation act
of 1888, which inadvertently failed to appro-
pirate money which went into the sinking
fund to meet accruing bonded indebtedness.
To amend section 81 (a) Of the Code 10
provide new method for fling away the
cancelled bonds and coupons Of bonds and
coupons redeemed by the state.
THE COTTON TARE BILL.
Capt. Gordon's cotton tare bill, which
was unfavorably reported upon by the
agricultural committee, and which has
since been favorably reported by the unani-
NOUS vote of the committee, is likely to
pass.
Capt. Gordon's bill to change the name
of Wesley chapel to Wesley Monumental
church is also likely to pass,
The female operative bill Of Capt. Cor
don, requiring corporations or persons EN-
ploying females to provide seats for them,
and to permit them to be seated when not
at work, is likely to become law.
Capt. Gordon,s bill, requiring owners of
buildings which are more than two stories
in hight to provide more than one egress, is
also expected to become law.
The bill which Capt. Gordon introduced
by request Of the appropriation committee
of the House. and which passed that body,
has been read once in the Senate and 1t is
expected to become law. 1t provides that
appointive officers shall not farm out their
Offices. After its first reading the bill was
referred to the judiciary committee, which,
1t is believed, will report favorably, recon-
mending its passage. There is a statute
against elective officers farming out their
Offices, but no law against appointive off,
GERS doing so, and it is to correct the above
in this direction that the appropriation COM
mittee of the House requested Capt. Cor
don to introduce the bill.