The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
RIVAL LINES OF RAILROAD.
THE OSBORNE AMENDMENT PASSES
THE SENATE.

The Key West Dry Dock Resolution
Laid on the TabIe-The savannah
Fire Commission Bill Passes the
senate-COuntfes without Chain
gangs to he Prohibited From Hir-
ing COnvicts-The senate Tables
the Bill In Reference 20 the Earn
inEs of Married Women.
Atlanta. Ca. Nov. 3)-The resolution by
Mr. Hopkins Of Thomas county endorsing
the proposed dry dock TO be built 10y the
government at Key West. Fla, which
passed the House Thursday. reached the
Senate to-day and came up for action by
that body, but instead Of concurring in il
the Senate laid il on the table TO make
place for other work.
The Senate found its Saturday session
a profitable one in the matter Of legisla-
tive accomplishment, as it resulted in
clearing everything of the secretary s
desk. and leaves the body in condition
10 handle promptly anything that may
turn up from now on.
Among the measures passed to-day was
the amendment to the general raiiroad
law introduced by Senator Osborne. The
general law threatened 10 keep the Geor-
gia and Alabama railroad out Of Savan-
nah on account of its paralleling the Cen
trsl. As stated in these dispatches several
days ago however, Mr.. Conner after a
conference on the subject agreed to an
amendment by which the general law is
not TO apply where the physical conditions
preclude the possibility OF any new road
entering a city without violating it. In
such cases the state railroad commission
the roads interested. having first failed to
agree upon route for the proposed road,
is to decide the route to be occupied. the
route so selected TO he one which viii do
the least injury TO the line paralleled. 1t
is understood that this change is accept
able to all parties
The Savannah fire commission bill
passed the Senate to-day. and is now
ready for the governors signature, when
It viii become q law.
Mr. Monroe's bill to prohibit the county
authorities of counties having no chain
gangs from hiring convicts to private
Mr.. Wilson's bill to authorize the admis-
sion. as evidence, of any written instru-
ment, where the author OF the same is
dead, insane, Incompetent, inaccessible or
being produced does not remember the
transaction, passed.
Mr. Rawlings bill regulating the fur
nishing of election blanks TO justices of
the peace, and several local bills, also
Mr.. Fleming's bill. to make the earnings
Of a married woman her personal prop
erty and not liable for ner husband 8
debts. was tabled by the Senate. as also
was the Tatum bill, to authorize Justices
of the peace and notarles public to pre-
side in districts other than those 10 which
they We're elected. when the resident Of
fcer is disqualified.
A bill by Afr. Monroe. authorizing coun-
ties that have no chain gangs to hire
their convicts to private parties, under
certain conditions, was also tabled.
Mr. Branchs bill 10 amend the general
railroad law was recommended to the
committee on railroads
In the House the session was taken up
pretty much the same as in the SENATE
by the reading of Senate and House bills
the first and second time and the recep-
ton of reports A few bills We're passed.
At the opening of the session Mr.. Hurst
of " alton moved to reconsider the ac-
tion of yesterday in defeating his resolu-
ton on the subject of church and state.
The motion prevailed and Mr.. Walton in
troduced a substitute, simply putting the
legislature on record as opposed to any
legislation, national or otherwise, that
would tend to a union of church and state,
Mr. Branch of Columbia introduced a
bill to relieve teachers of the public
schools from road duty.
Mr.. Anderson Of Jones presented a bal
for first reading, providing for an appro-
priation to build dormitOry at the Girls
Normal and Industrial College at Milledge-
vile.
The committee on education to-day re-
ported adversely on the bill to pay county
school commissioners a fixed salary, in
stead of a per diem, for the time served;
also adversely upon the bill to prescribe
qualifications for teachers in the common
schools.
The bill authorizing graduates of the
Girls Normal and Industrial College to
teach in the common schols of the state
without further examination was recon-
mitted to the committee, after being read
the second time.