The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
LAST DAY OF THE LAW MAKING.
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS LOST IN
THE FINAL RUSH.

Every Member Apparently Bent on
Getting Local Measures Through
without Regard to the Fate OF
bills Affecting the whole state.
The Bill to Create the ONCE OF
Lieutenant Governor One of Those
That We're Lost.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 12-The final session
of the legislature last night was more
distinguished for the important measures
that We're killed than for those that were
passed. 1t seemed that nothing but local
bills had a chance to survive the scram-
BILE Many OF the members, especially
those who want to come back next year,
had bills lying upon the table that Affect
ed their constituents and they were Of
paramount Importance. Had there been
plenty Of time many of those that were
of general application and Importance to
the state. which met an adverse fate,
would doubtless have been enacted into
laws. but in the press for time they could
not get proper hearing.
Among the important bills that were
lost on account of this impatience was the
Senate bill to create the Office Of lieutenant
governor, which the House laid out cold
without giving it hardly breathing spell.
Another bill that met a similar fate was
that providing for the supervision OF coun-
~ and municipal chaingangs by the state
penitentiary department and creating the
office OF second assistant principal keeper
OF the penitentiary to do the work. Some
Of the economical members OF the House
declared that there was nothing in the
bill but desire TO create a new office for
some one, like the bill creat-
ing the office OF pension
commissioner. and although there was
probably never a more undeserved at
tack made upon any BILL II was sufficient
to carry it to the bottom, at a time
when no one would pay any attention to
the explanations or arguments OF any
The bill to allow counties that have no
chaingangs TO hire their convicts TO pri-
vate parties under strict conditions. also
met IT'S death in the House, as well as
the Senate bill gallantly introduced and
championed to a successful issue in that
body by Mr.. Mercer, increasing the salary
of the assistant state librarian, Miss Eli
len Dortch.
The bill exempting the investment or
endowment property of churches and
schools, so ably defended In the Senate
by Senator ~ r. Harris, and passed there.
was also turned down in the House;
The bill amending the law regulating
the sale of fertilizers so that no more
than one brand may be sold from each
analysis passed by narrow margin.
There was strong opposltion 20 ~ IN
and at any other time IL would probably
have been killed.
The bill providing for material mems
liens was passed, and the bill amending
the insurance brokers' bill so as to re-
quire the brokers TO pay the same license
as regular agents got through with
slight amendment.
In his farewell remarks to the House
last night Speaker Fleming took occasion
to say that he would not come back to
the next legislature and would not there-
fore be a candidate for speaker again. II
had been reported that he would. This
leaves the present candidates for the
speakership, Representatives Boifeuillett
OF Bibb, and Jenkins Of Putnam. with oth-
er entries as the next session draws near,
Representative Little Of Muscogee Will
be candidate for speaker pro tenn.
So far as is known, there are no candide
ates out for president OF the Senate.