The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-14

Lost-The Bill to Codify the Laws
Passes-The House Votes In Favor
OF a Naval Militia-A Lively Debate
over the Bill Giving Cadets Militia
Appointments.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 13.-The general as
sembly adjourned sine die this afternoon
at o'clock. Both branches did a good
deal of business In the home stretch and
the legislation that failed to receive at
tention is not worth mentioning, with
the exception of one measure, that intro
duced last session by Judge John l. Hall,
revising the penal code of the state This
bill went through the House but the SEN
ate undertook to amend it. The House
refused to accede to this amendment and
conference committee to-day endeavored
in vain to get together on it. So it went
by default.
There were other conference commit
tees, however, which made better results.
That on the bill to pay teachers quarterly
agreed, and the bill passed
The committee on the bill TO appoint a
commission to codify the laws got to-
gether, and the bill was passed as the
Senate amended it, which vests the power
to appoint the commission in the governor
and the supreme court.
The Senate receded from its amend
ment to the Boifeuillet newspaper libel
law, and the bill passed as it came from
the House.
One of the last things the House did
was to pass the bill establishing the state
naval militia.
APPOINTMENTS OF CADETS.
The bill by Senator Wooten empower
ing the governor to appoint graduates of
certain schools to second lieutenants in
the state service and assign them to
special duty, which was tabled
yesterday, came up. A very
disorderly sscene was enacted
while this bill was under consideration.
Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, made bitter
speech against it and was followed by
Mr.. Battle, Of Muscogee, who championed
1t in very favorable manner. Then Mr..
Branch, the third party member from
Columbia, began making an excited
speech against the bill. He was inter-
rupted by Representative Styles, the col
ored member from Liberty, who set the
House in an uproar by asking which side
the member from Columbia was speaking
on. At this MIR. Branch became angry,
and said members who were afraid to
show their own faces had been using
Representative st yles to ridicule him on
the floor Mr.. Battle thought Mr.. Branch
referred to him, and was on the point of
making a still more lively scene, when
explanations were begun. Mr.. Branch
finally took the floor and apologized to
MIR. Battle.
The bill was passed by vote Of 80 to 81.
PRESENTATIONS IN ORDER
Speaker Atkinson was presented with
handsome set Of silver spoons and forks
by the House.
Mr. Boifeuillet, of Bibb, who is already
in the field for speaker of the next house,
made the presentation speech. During
his eulogistlc remarks he said Mr.. Atkin-
sons fellow members hoped soon to see
him called to the gubernatorial chair.
This reference was greeted with applause.
Col. Atkinson made brief reply, but did
not refer to politics.I
President Clay, of the Senate, was pre-
sented with handsome silver service.
Senator Persons in presenting the gift
referred to Senator Clay as gubernato-
rial timber.
There were several other presentations.
j. l., Boynton, chairman of the enroll
ment committee, was presented with
gold-headed cane by his committee.
The committee on the state lunatic
asylum gave its chairman, DIR. Stewart,
of Rockdale, a handsome china dinner
set
o. II. B. Bloodworth, chairman of the
committee on corporations, received a
gold-headed cane from his committee
DR.. II. II. Pate, of Dooly, chairman of
the committee on sanitation, was pre-
sented with gold-headed cane.
THE NEW GAME LAW.
The Senate substitute for the game bill
of Mr.. Graham, of Appling, was agreed TO
in the House this morning. The bill, as
1t now stands, allows partridges pleas
ants, wild turkeys and snipe to be trapped
and killed in any county in the state be-
tween Oct / and April l. Doves can be
killed from July 10 to April /, and deer
can be killed from Oct. / until Jan. /.
Crows, larks, English sparrows, rice and
wheat birds can be killed at any time.
The Senate put in very busy day, pas
sing great many bills, together with the
Bacon financial resolutions
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing:
10 appropriate 100000 to erect build
ings at the lunatic asylum.
10 appropriate $1,000 to the state uni
versity.
To amend the law organizing a state
normal school for Georgia, so as to admit
women teachers.
To authorize any court in this state to
relieve the necessities of confederate
soldiers without placing them in the poor
house.
TO regulate the teeS OF conStaDleS.
To pension widows of confederate
soldiers who have died since the war.
To change the time Of meeting of the
legislature from October to July Of each
year.
The Senate, in executive session, to-day
confirmed the nomination OF Hon. I. Il.
Tarver, to be Judge of the county court Of
Effingham; Hon. A. ID. Patterson. to be
Judge of the county court of Colquitt;
Hon. III. G. Jones to be Judge Of the county
ceurt of DeKalb, and Thomas A. Parker,
TO be judge Of the county court of APP
pling.
Earl A. jackson was confirmed as solic-
itor of the county court of Walker county.
The Senate, by unanimous vote. passed
the House resolutions demanding the
coinage of both gold and silver as stand
ard money metals, and calling upon con-
gress to take such action as win restore
the currency Of the country TO bimetal-
lie standard.
The resolution also ipdorses tax on
incomes without discrimination against
individual incomes and for readiust-
ment Of the tariff TO revenue basis
The resolutions will be promptly signed
by the governor and transmitted TO Geor-
gia's representatives in both houses of
congress.