The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
LAWMAKERS OF THE STATE.
The Chatham Registration Bill Passes
the Senate,

Mershon's Bill to Create State Board
of Health Defeated Bill of Mr.
Hill to Suppress Mob Violence Given
a Death Blow-The Defeat of the Bill
20 Create a Reformatory for Juvenile
Criminals Reoonsidered-Alien own
ership of Lands in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. S.-The Chatham
county registration bill was passed by
the Senate to-day in its amended form.
Carrying out the agreement with the cit
liens committee, the Chatham members
had the provision which places the regis
tration in the ordinary's hands stricken
out and substituted for it sec
tion providing for the creation of
registration commission. This commits
sion is to be composed of three members,
appointed, one by the Judge of the
superior court, one by the city court and
the third by the ordinary. This commits
sion then appoints two registrars, who
may be displaced at any time
in the pleasure of the commission.
The committee had already amended the
bill by abolishing the one year tax re
ceipt clause and changing the time of
registration to March, April and May.
An extra registration is also provided for
December. A good deal Of satisfaction is
| expressed by members over the
compromise on the bill Many
of those who supported it in the House in
its original form, did so under protest as
n courtesy to the Chatham members, and
they now feel relieved since both sides
have gotten together The bill will come
up in the House on Monday for concur
renee in the Senate amendments.
ACTION on TWO IMPORTANT BILLS.
The House did two things of impor-
tance to-day, besides going all to pieces
over resolution to pay q SlO0-Dension to
the widow of Nj. j, O'Kelly, who has un-
fortunately been unable TO gather salts
factory legal proofs TO come in under the
regular law. First, the state reforma-
tory bill, lost yesterday for the lack of
nine votes, was recOnsidered and may
now pass when there is a full House.
Representatives Styles, of Liberty, aud
Wilson, of Camden, the two colored mem
bers, took the floor in favor of a reforma-
tory. Representative Wilson said he rep
resented 10000 colored Baptsts, who
have asked for such an institution.
The other important step taken by the
House was TO kill the Mershon bill pro-
viding for state board of health The
bill provided for board of five, three OF
them physicians, q state health officer at
salary of $1,000, and an as
sistant at s15 per day when at
work both to receive mileage also.
Members of the board to receive 81
per day and mileage. Mr.. Osborne, OF
| Chatham, presented his substitute, pro-
yiding for a health board without any
health officer on fat salary, but allow
ing the Governor to draw $25, 900 from the
treasury in time Of epidemics.
VIGOROUS SPEECH.
DR.. Stewart, of Rockdale, in opposing
the bill, said it would create fat office
for a big and pompous autocrat TO be
known as health officer, around whom
at all times the little satellite of an as
sistant would be fiuttering. This little
satellite, who would get SIS a
day while he was at work,
would be kept at work ali
the time by the autOcrat who would be
drawing big salary. The autocrat
would hear of case of chicken-pox
measles or scarlet fever and he'd send
the satellite flying up there, so that he
could make his Sl5 a day. DR. Stewart
said it would not be dipping into the
| treasury with a spoon, bat with big
scoop.
A bill by Mr. Sears, Of Webster. was
passed, to submit to the people an amend
ment to the constitution, providing for
the pensioning of soldiers, who from age,
imfirmity, poverty or blindness, shall
have become helpless.
Mr.. Roddenburys resolution making
prize figh ting in Georgia punishable by
fine of from 800 to 81 900, or imprison-
ment not exceeding a year, passed the
| House
VIOLENCE ENCOURAGED.
The bill of Mr.. Hill, Of Meriwether.
which made it a felony 10 engage in any
mob violence and a misdemeanor TO refuse
TO help the sheriff capture the mob, was
| killed by the Senate.
The bill of Mr. StapletOn TO repeal the
law prohibiting foreign corporations from
owning 5000 acres Of land in Georgia,
created "a great deal of discussion. The
bill passed the Senate II allows foreign
corporations TO own and con- troll whatever
lands they may obtain by reason of hay-
ing bona fine loans on the lands when the
borrowers fail to pay back their money.
The bill, by Mr.. Hopkins, of Mcintosh,
regulating the selection Of county commits
siOners in that county, also passed.
Tomorrow morning. after the reading
the report of the committee on
the state Of the republic, as a
special order. The committee has
reported for passage set Of resolutions
| covering the Bacon-Ferguson and Wilson
resolutions, but savoring very strongly of
the Bacon ingredient. The House will be
asked 10 90 on record as indOrsing the
administration policy, and a hot debate
Is looked for