The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE.
SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS CONFIN-
ED TO THE SENATE.

Senator Carter Called TO Taw - A
Spat over the Appropriation of
SI3O to Defray the Cost of Erect
ing the Inauguration Grand stand.
The Debate on the General APP
| preparation Bill to Last Three
Days-A Number of Bills Passed.
| Atlanta, Ga, Dec. THE session of the
House to-day was lacking in anything to
cause any show of excitement or general
activity. The Senate monoRolized the sem
sational features.
In addition to the calling of Senator Car
ter to "taw." the upper house also had
a spat over the resolution appropriating
$50 for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of the inaugural ceremonies, Sem
ators strothers and Yancey Carter opposed
the passage of the resolution. Senator
Carter said that the payment of the $1SO,
which was for platform in the open air,
would be setting a bad precedent, and that
If the money was paid the governor would
be erecting platforms that cost $1,000. The
resolution was tabled.
In the House Chairman Little OF the
finance committee announced that the gen.
eral appropriation act, which comes up as
the special order tomorrow, together with
the general tax act scheduled to follow,
would occupy at least three days. This
means at least three days of lively work.
Marriage licenses are at present required
to be returned to the ordinaries offices,
but under the present law the time when
the return shall be made seems to be left
discretionary, and no penalty attaches in
the case. A bill sent UP this morning by
Mr.. Calvin of Richmond. requires that at
the expiration of thirty days the minister,
judge or justice of the peace, who offici-
ated. shall be liable to ne of $25 unless
the law has been complied with within that
time.
Mr.. Awtry's resolution, authorizing the
appropriation of $4,000 to pay the widows
or minor children of confederate soldiers
who died pending the payment of their
pensions after their applications had been
approved, was passed. The resolution APP
plies to those widows whose husbands died
in 1895.
The bill of Mr.. Harrell of Dodge to
make twenty days the scholastic month
was passed.
The bill to allow judges of superior
and city courts to hold court elsewhere
than their regular court house when there
is sufficient reason for doing so, was pass
ed.
Mr. Felder's bill to allow guarantee in
surance companies with S250,OOO capital to
become surety on attachment bonds was
passed. The bill provides that weekly re-
ports be made to the state insurance COM
missioner by all insurance companies and
requires that foreign insurance companies
elf ~, he sfaka &rao
$50, 900.
Mr.. Blalock's bill to authorize the gov
ernor to appoint a commissioner of pen
sions came up. 1t was amended to establish
the office for only six years unless it was
necessary to continue the Office by ad-
ditional legislation.
Mr.. Hail of Coweta spoke in favor of the
bill He said that 1t was absolutely nee
essary to have another man in the pension
department. as there are now 10000 pen
sioners on the roll and 5000 applications are
expected next year. The bill provides
that the pension commissioner shall re-
ceive salary of $1,000 year.
Mr.. Pierce of Houston introduced two
interesting bills-one to send forth a COM
mittee to scour the country and report the
best means of dispoSing of the state con-
victs when the terms of the present lease
expires, and the other to authorize police
men and other officers doing kindred du-
ties 10 carry tnelr weapons IN their
breeches pocket or their boots, or wher-
ever else may be convenient, despite the
general law against the carrying of con-
cealed weapons.
The special order at the night session
of the House was the bill appropriating
$4,000 to the state normal school for build
ing a dormitory. In committee of the
whole this was discussed for two hours.
Mr.. Chapman of Muscogee moved to
amend by making the appropriation $751;
600, and this amendment was adopted, re-
ceiving seventy-three votes. Then, by a
vote of 81 to IS, the bill was reported back
to the House, with recommendation that
it do not pass, after which the House ad-
| journed The friends of the bill are con-
fdent that it will pass tomorrow, when
there is a full house.
The bin to sell the Northeastern rail-
road was temporarily tabled tonight, and
| the bill by Mr.. Branch of Columbia re-
| quiring that all school moneys must be
paid into the county treasures was killed
upon an adverse report of the committee
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