The morning news., 1889-04-11
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
DECISIONS IN THE SUPREME
COURT HANDED DOWN.

COURT HANDED DOWN.
A New Rule Promulgated by the Judge
start of the Commission to Inspect
the sites offered fer the Expert
mental Farm-Gen. Phillips Given
Clerkship.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 10.-The following
supreme court decisions were handed down
to-day.
Andrews VS.. Hollard; from Fulton. AT
frmed.
Westend and Atlanta street railroad VS..
Mazely; from Fulton. Dismissed
Hamilton VS.. the Richmond and Danville
railroad from Fulton. Affirmed.
Reid, administrators VS.. Wright, comp
troller general; from Fulton. Affirmed.
The court promulgated a new rule to-day.
Il is No. 43, and reads THE time and labor
of the court being taxed to the utmost IN
the transaction of the public business, any
attorney who shall by gross negligence or
of willful purpose impose upon the court
auy needless or unnecessary labor or con-
sumption of time, will be deemed i'll con-
tempt and punished accordingly" This
rule will apply to no doubtful matter, but
only TO such surplusage as bills of excap-
tions. briefs, briefs of evidence, argu-
ments, etc, as come clearly WITHIN IL.
Hereafter there is to be no waste OF WORK
or time in transacting the public business
appertaining to the court. The rule was
suggested by a case from the Atlanta cir
cult, in which the record was burdened with
irrelevant matter, but similar records have
come up from other circuits.
In announcing the rule Chief Justice
Bleckley said: 81 am willing to work, and
to work increasingly, to solve your cases and
the legal questions in them, but / am
not willing TO work upon such bill Of ex-
ceptions as that to which have called at
tention, and consume my time and the pub
lie time with trying to get the facts o1t OF
it. This is about the only ill-natured per-
formance of mine on the bench, but | am
earnest in asking you all to leave out the
trivial and the useless. and come TO your
questions and your case"
SITE OF THE AGRICULTURAL STATION.
In pursuance of the plan agreed upon
yesterday to personally inspect the differ
ent sites offered for the location of the ex-
pertinent station, the board OF directors
started upon grand round this afternoon,
going first to Newman Athens will be
next visited, then Penfield, Wellston,
Macon, Forsyth and Griffin. 1t is cou-
templated to spend one day in each of the
two cities. At meeting of the
board this morning Gov. Gordon was
present, and gave the opinion asked
yesterday as to the right of the board TO
draw on the state appropriation of $4,000
for the expenses of the inspecting tour. The
governor, upon the advice of the attorney
general, stated that under the act it was in
the discretion Of the board. and that he
would approve their requistion upon the
fund for that purpose The expenses of the
trip will, therefore, be charged to this
fund, and the board started out this after
noon with $500 of it.
GIVEN A CLERKSHIP
Gen. William Phillips, late assistant dis
trict attorney, was to-day appointed clerk
of the office of district attorney. He ac-
cepted and entered at once on the duties of
the office. The salary is $1,000, the same as
the assistant attorney.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad has returned to the comptroller
general the sleeping car mileage taxed un-
der the new act of ninety-tour miles, but
does 50 under protest, holding that it is ex-
empt under the interstate commerce law.
7. r. Fleming, doorkeeper of the gallery
of the present,House Of Representatives. and
for four years tax collector of Cobb county i,
died suddenly of apoplexy at Smyrna last
night.
The new militia district, No 1,431, in De-
catur county, starts out with a contest over
the office of justice of the peace, growing
out of the election held April g. A. /.
Horn is the contestant and James Williams
the contestee.
Joseph Wilson, serving a twelve months
sentence III the Fulton county chein-gang
for keeping a gaming house, was commuted
out to-day by the governor on petition
signed by the judge and solicitor who con-
victed him. The ground for the pardon is
that Wilson's wife was the real offender
THE CONFEDERATE HOME.
The Constitution tomorrow will say edi-
torially on the Confederate Veterans Home
subscription:
Every town, and city, and village in Georgia
should organize to-day. Get up lists and tele-
graph them in Saturday night. 1t re-
in every town anxious and ready TO give,
if only some one would take the step.
Are there not half dozen men in
every town chat is reached by the Constitution,
this morning who will get together and see that
the list is started in the town they live in, and
the return made to the Constitution by wire at
our expense on Saturday evening? Georgians,
let's all come together in this sacred work and
let there be not one hamlet. or village, or town,
or city from Nickajack to Tybee light that is
not represented on the great list we will print
on Sunday morning next
MARIETTA AND NORTH GEORGIA RAILROAD.
At meeting of the directors of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad to-
day, Francis Kendall of Boston was elected
treasurer Messrs KeSsler & Co., of New
York, were appointed financial agents.
There was no election of president.