The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-29
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
THE PAPER LAID BEFORE THE
LEGIsLATJRE

1t i LONG and Able Document
Dealing with All the Uppermoss
TONES Of the state Government.
Rcnrcscntatiye Rockwell in His
seas-A Large Number of BILLS In
trcduced in Each Branch of the
AssenlbIy-Hou. Thomas Eason Re
elected solicitor General Of the Oe-
muigce Circuit.
Atlanta. Ca. oct. es-Hon. T. D. Rock
well. the missing member of the Chat
ham delegation. was in his seat this
morning when the lower house Of the
legislature was called to order. He win
doubtless ne found there at roll can
every day from now on to the end Of
the session. for in the last session there
was no more punctual member than he.
To-day-s business in both the House
and Senate was chiefly the Introduction
of local bills and the reading of the gov
ernor's message, with the reelection OF
Solicitor General Thomas Eason OF the
Ocmulgee circuit as an incident MI
Eason had no opposition, and his election
was therefore a perfunctory matter.
The governors message was listened TO
with close attention in both houses, and
his recommendations will doubtless re-
ceive the fun attention TO which they
are entitled.
In the House the new bill that attracted
most attention was that introduced by
Mr.. Polhu Of Bibb, TO make dogs prop
erty, and properly define the CANNES
status under the law. There have been
bills like this one in the past, but they
were unfortunate, from the fact that
I..s1
Polhin is anything but a humorist, how
ever. and intends to have his bill
PASSED if it is possible to get enough votes
to do it. Speaker Fleming was one of
the champions of the last dog bin in the
House. and he will no doubt help Mr..
Polhin and his bill out this time.
Among the new bills introduced to-day
was one to still further enlarge the cor
porate limits of the city of Atlanta so
as TO take in everything this side of
the De Kalb county line. With the eN-
position on hand Atlanta thinks she Is
Just a little too large for her present size
and therefore Mr.. Broyles has undertake
en- to enlarge things.
Other bills of importance introduced
to-day were as follows:
BY Mr.. McCurry of Hart-To provide
for redeeming land sold under execution
by the debtor his Vendee, creditor, or
their legal esentatives.
By Mr.. Hill of Terrell-To amend an
act relating to all parties living on
lines of counties and districts
where the fence law Of the state is in
force. and where the adjoining counties
and districts have adopted no fence law.
By Mr.. Branan of Fulton-Io provide
for and fix the salaries and percentages
of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk OF
superior court and other county Uhclals.
President Nenable introduced three inn
pOrtant bills, bearing upon the rights OF
iitgamts and municipal corporations one
a. j. no 90 IN nsf
by prescription so that no time shall bar
a municipal corporation from opening
any part Of a street heretofore dedicated
TO public use. Another bill provides that
there shall be no recovery by abutting lot
owners for loss or damage from an orlgi-
nal grading of any street, lane or alley
within the corporate limits of any munich
pal corporation, unless it shall appear TO
the satisfaction of the court and jury try
ing the case that such grading was un-
reasonably or neglgently done. The third
is a bill to amend the law limiting the
time in which actions for damages 10
realty. personally and injuries to person
shall be maintained against any municipal
corporation. The bill seeks to limit the
time to one year
Senate bills were introduced as follows:
by Senator Sheppard-A bill to amend
the law setting aside years support TO
widows and minors.
BY Senator Starr-A bill to amend an
act increasing the number of supreme
court judges from three to five.
BY Senator Harris of the TWenty-second
"A bill 10 supplement the present law Of
service by publication.
BY Senator Brand-A bill to amend the
law exempting a certain amount Of wages
from garnishment
BY Senator Roberts-A bill to amend the
law providing for the exemption of per-
sonal property.
Following is the full text of the COVER
nor's message.
Members OF the General Assembly: In
obedience to official duty. il is my pleas
ure TO communicate to you such infor-
nation Will aid in the discharge Of
the important trusts confided to you, and
TO make such suggestions and recommen-
datiOns as, in my judgment, will promote
the interest Of the state. Fortunately for
me in the performance of this duty, the
reports from the departments of state
made 10 me in conformity to law are so
thorough and comprehensive that by
transmitting them TO you, which / will
do, ] place you in possession of such in
formation that it is unnecessary for me
to enter into an extended statement COW
ering the subjects so ably discussed in
these reports. l call your special atten-
ton to each Of these, and ask that you
give due consideration to the recommen-
dations of these thoughtful, painstaking
and faithful officers.
Il is a source of great qualification to
myself and il must be to each of you,
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