The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-06
POSTELL'S OYSTER BILL.
4 LIVELY FIGHT WAGED ON THE
MEASURE AT ATLANTA.

Its Friends AFRAID TO Let 1t Go To a
Vote Yesterdsy-Dr. Falligant in the
Thick of the Frey-A New Argument
Sprung on the Railroad Tax Bill.
ATLANTA. GA, Aug. 5-Mr. Postelrs
oyster bill went to the tAbls to-day, the
usual Monday attendance friZh ening Its
friends. Mr. Clifton, who opposes it on the
ground that il would create a monopoly.
said it woald have bean over welmingly de-
feated if a vote had besn taken to-day.
Dr.. FsIigant is here fighting the bill
He and those he represents have 100000
invested in salt water fronts, and they
claim that the bill practically turns over
the oyster beds to the oystermen and de-
prives the land owners of the beds in front
OF their lots. Much of the land along the
shores Of Thunderbolt Isle of Hope, etc,
is held on investment, to be sold off in lots
AN OBJECTIONABLE PROVISION.
Under tie bill each land owner along the
shore can hod this privilege over only i've
acres. not TO extend more than l20 fest be-
yond the low water mark. Thls IS not 70
BE- restricted to one place, but only two
plantinRs are allow Ell each Of sucl land
OWQGIS. W lilt ltAih - q - lAAN AAt'A0 Si'e~tA
the present law allows, the bill, according
to DR.. Falligaut, viii permit any oyster
man to lease for fifty years the oyster beds
directly In front of land lots. thus not only
deriving G land owners Of the oyster beds
but of sos tae Of the deep water for
bathing house aud boat house purposes.
AN AMENDMENT.
An amendment to the bill will be pro-
posed, when would provide that oyster
beds abutting upon hauitaDle land lots shall
not be leased. Ibis would amply protect
the property holders on the shore. DR..
Falligant says tue bill is leveled against
the Jekyl CLUB which is investing hundreds
of Thousands of q liars IN land along the
coast. He says that this IS done in PETTY
spirit of antagonism against northern IN
veStors.
COUNTY TAXATION OF RAILROADS.
The advocates of the bill to allow the
counties TO tax railroads, which is row IN
the Senate, having passed the House, have
hit upon new and radical argument il Its
favor, which virtually affects the railroads
having charter exemptions. Mr. Glenn,
the author of the bill, claims to-day that
careful examination of the charter of the
Central aud the other roads having exemp-
tion, discloses that it only applies to the
state tax, and does not prohibit
county and municipal taxation. He
cites in support the FJrtieth Geor-
gia report, ordinary of Bibb county
VS.. the Central railr lad, where the question
went up, the court holding, Judge Warner
dissenting, that the charter did not prohibit
municipal and county taxation, but only
the proper legal machinery had not been
provided for such tax. According to this
argume the entire property OF the Cel-
trial, Sout Western and Georgia roads
wou he subjected the same as all other
roads to the proposed county tax, removing
the objections of unjust discrimination
against roads having no charter exemptions.
BRANCH COLLEGE FOR HINEsvILLE.
Mr.. Clifton introduced a bill to establish
a branch college at Hinesville.
The following bills passed the House:
To make the liquor license in Early
county $1,000.
To incorporate the Waycross street rail
road.
To protect game in Scriven.
The governor signed the following acts:
To incorporate the Ihomasville aud Cor
dele railroad.
To amend the charter of the Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company so as to pro-
vide that no person shall be eligible as
director, who does not own ten shares of the
stock unilcum cred.