The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-11
GE0RGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
ATHENS SPIRIT0OUS AND MALT
LIQUOR DISPENSARY.

However-An Adjournment Resoly
tion-The Rebuilding Of the Direc
Tax Money-Psy Of Boards Of Educs
tion-Senete Proceedings.
ATLANTA GA, Aug. 10.-The H
went to work with will this morning. II
attendance, though, was rather small.
The following bills were passed:
A Senate bill to authorize the judges
the superior courts of this state to fix an
? prescribe the grade of turnpike roads in tn
state. aud for other purposes.
A bill to repeal section OF the local OF
ton law of Clarke county. This section r.
fers to physicians furnishing liquors to thei
patients.
ATHENS DISPENSARY BILL.
The following bill was read the third time
"a bill to authorize and empower the mayol
and council Of the city of Athens to estao
lish dispensary for the sale of sprituouf
and malt liquors. and to provide for the
regulation OF the dispensary."
While the bill was being read the mem
bers were gathered in knots over the hall
discussing it.
The opposition first showed itself IN the
form of the following amendment by MI;
Atkinson of Coweta: ITO amend section o
by adding thereto the following; provided
further, that nothing IN this act shail De
construed to allow any pront maze from
the sale OF liduor by the dispensary to be
used for any purpose other than TO defray
the exnanses incident to the dlspenSary.
Mr.. Morton Of Clarke hoped that the
House would pass the bill, as the people OF
Athens had agreed upon 1t. Every good
citizen in Athens wanted the bill passed as
1t stands.
Mr.. Atkinson was opposed to the prece-
dent of CITY setting up dispensary for
the sale of liquors for the purpose Of max
ing profit.
The following amendment to section
was offered: provided that no liquors
shall be sold under this act except for med
ical and mechanical purposes, and for the
purpose of art"
Mr.. Whitfield Of Baldwin made a strong
speech in favor of the original bill. He
thought the people of Athens should be ac-
corded the rightto manage the affair for
themselves, as il was local matter
The first amendment was lost. but on the
second amendment the yeas and nays we're
called for. but the call was not sustained 1t
seemed that the members did not wish to be
recorded.
THE ORIGINAL BILL PASSES.
The amendment was lost, aud the original
bill came up on its passage. The vote stood:
Yeas 10l nays 10, and the bill goes to the
Senate intact
A bill to abolish the county court Of APP
pling county passed.
Bob Lewis of Hancock is frequently heard
from One Of the House clocks not running
this morning he introduced resolution to
withhold s. from the person whose duty it
Is to keep the clocks in order.
A bill to amend section 1880 of the Code
of Georgia was introduced. 1t provides
that the words, "Or final as to some mate
rial party thereto" may be added after the
word cause, in the fifth line of said sec
Eion.
AN ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION.
Mr. Sears of Webster introduced the fol- |
lowing resolution:
Resolved by the House, the Senate concur
ring that this general assembly do adjourn sine |
die at 10 O'Clock on the list daV of September
next.
1t was referred to the committee Of rules.
Relative to the refunding of the direct tax
money. the following was introduced by
Mr.. Fleming: "An act TO provide for the
payment to the persons entitled thereto of
the money received by the state OF Georgia
from the United States under the act APP
proved March 2, 1884, refunding the direct
tax collected under the act of 1861"
PAY OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
During the last session of the general
assembly bill was introduced which pro-
vided that members of the boards of educa-
ton in the several counties be paid salary
for their services. That bill was lost To-
day Mr.. Strickland of Bryan introduced
bill to provide for the compensation of MEM
bers of the board of education of Bryan
county.
The bill Incorporating the Peoples Saw
iDgs Bank Of Macon was passed.
A bill was passed providing that the reg
istration law of Dooly be amended.
Mr.. Smith of Decatur introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was referred:
WHEREAS, There are large number of bills
now pending before the House; and
WHEREAS, The people throughout the state
are demanding an early adjournment of the
present legislature; therefore be it
Res tUed, That from and after Monday. Aug.
IL, there shall be two sessions on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays of each week; the
morning session on such days to convene at 10
O'Clock, and the evening session to be from
5 p. m. to p. m.
BILL VETOED.
The governor to-day vetoed the bill which
relieves the Smithsonia and Dunlap railroad
from the penalty provided by the act of
Sept. II, 1889. Such bills are null and void,
SO the supreme court of Georgia has de-
cided.
OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.
Apropos Of the Sunday observance dis
cussion which Is rampant now, the general
judiciary committee OF the House reported
favorably this afternoon on bill requiring
judges to specially give in their charges to
grand Jurles the several sections of the
Code relative to keeping the Sabbath.
"