The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-19
A COURT OF APPEALS BILL.
SENATOR HARRIS PROPOSES Az
ITINEBANT BODY.

The Judges to Receive $4,000 Each
Per Annum and Travelling EN-
Penses-The Measure Not Intended
10 BE AntagOni~tfc 10 the Pro-
posed Constitutional Amendment
scheme Three Conductors OF
County school Institutes at $1,000
Per Annum Each-A Bill Relating
10 City and County COnvicts-TVyO
savannah Bills Brought Up.
Atlanta. Ca, Nov. 1S-Senator Harris
OF the Twenty-second district introduced
in the Senate to-day bill providing for
the establishment OF a court Of appeals
on a plan that is somewhat different
from either Of the other plans for the
court of appeals now before the general
assembly as a means of relieving the bur
dens of the supreme courts, as at present
constituted. Senator Harris prepared the
bill with a view TO the immediate neces-
stiles Of the situation. A constitutional
amendment to increase the number of SUI
preme court judges and divide that tri-
bunal into sections, as proposed by the
Fleming bill. could not become effective
under a year or more, ana Senator Harris
bill proposes to furnish the relief that is
demanded in the interim. 1t is not in
tended TO be antagonisuc TO the pro-
posed constitutional amendment, but is
an emergency measure primarily, although
as a permanent institution the senator
believes that the court Of appeals will
fill a long-felt want The bill provides
for an itinerant court of three judges,
who shall receive salary Of $3.50 each
per annum, with travelling expenses. The
court is to sit at various points In the
state that may be convenient for the
hearing of appeals from the various jU-
dicial circuits, although il Is not to sit IN
every circuit, several of the circuits be-
ing grouped at each place OF sitting.
Another important bill introduced in the
Senate was presented by Mr.. Beeks 1t
provides for the appointment of three can
ductors OF county school institutes, and
was prepared pursuant TO the recOmmen-
dalton of the Georgia Teachers AssOcta-
ton at their last annual meet
mendatiOn of the convention of county
school superintendent, which met here
recently. Under the bill the institute CON
ductors are to receive a salary of 81, 800
each, with 500 for expenses; they are to
be appointed by the state board of educa-
ton upon the recommendation OF the state
school commissioner after they have un-
dergone thorough examination as TO
their competency at his hands.
Mr. Monroe introduced in the Senate to-
day a bill placing county and municipal
department of the penitentiary. 1t pro-
vides also for the appointment of an
other assistant keeper Of the penitentiary
at a salary Of 1880 per annum, TO look
after this department of the work.
Senator Monroe also introduced a bill
authorizing county authorities to hire
their misdemeanOr cOnvicts to private par
ties. The supreme court has decided that
this is illegal under the present law.
In the House. one of the most import
ant new bills of the day was that of Mr..
Broyles of Fulton to so amend the con-
StitutiOn as to strike out the word male"
in the section relating to the right of suf-
frage, thus giving women the right to
vote in Georgia elections. The bin was
introduced by request and is the re-
suit of the agitation of the women suf-
frage question, by the local branch of
that organization.
Mr. Boifeuiet of Bibb introduced the
bill recommended by the Georgia Asso-
ipal corporations the right to exempt man
ufacturers from municipal taxes for such
period Of time as they may deem proper
for the encouragement of manufactur-
ing
Mr.. Price of Lumpkin introduced a bill
to prohibit the sale Of patent medicines
in Georgia, and Mr. Wynne of Wilkes
a resolution 10 appropriate money to
purchase a portrait of Hon. Robert
Toombs TO be placed in the capitol.
Another important bill was one intro
duced by Mr. Gray of 'Catoosa, requiring
that all cavalry and infantry companies
shall be assigned to some regiment in the
volunteer service; also a bill providing
for the appointment of a board to revise
and consolidate the military laws of the
state.
Hon. Charles Jewett. ex-speaker of the
House Of Representatives Of Indiana. was
a visitor on the floor of the House this
morning, and at the invitation of the
House. through a resolution by Mr. Battle
OF Muscogee, delivered a brief address.
MT. Willink to-day introduced a bill to
establish board of tax receivers and as
SCISSORS for the city of Savannah
The bill to abolish appeals from the po-
nee court OF Savannah passed the House
to-day.
GEORGIA DAY ar THE EXpns1rrn,r