The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
NEW LAWS BY LEGISLATORS.
REPEAL OF THE REGISTRATION
LAW PROPOSED.

a List or the TAX DeA"ui'S'S
posed as Sufficient Guide for the
Election managerial Woman for
state Librarian and Woman
Physician at the State Lunauc
Asylum Acknowledgement OF
the senate Committees.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. MANY new bills
were introduced in the lower house Of
the general assembly to-day and read
the first time. Among them were several
of great general Importance throughout
the state.
Mr.. Swift of Ebert county introduced
a bill to repeal the registration law
passed by the last Legislature and given
its first trial at the recent elections, and
another bill proposing to substitute for
its provision the requirement that the tax
collectors of the counties be required to
furnish election managers with lists Of
the tax defaulters and that these be used
as the guide to voting instead of reg
istration. No one whose name appears on
the defaulters' list being allowed to vote.
Mr.. Thomas of Clarke introduced a bill
to make women eligible to the office of
state librarian, so that Miss Ellen Dortch,
the present assistant librarian, may be-
come an applicant for the position when
the next vacancy occurs.
Mr.. Calvin of Richmond also intro
duced a bill affecting women He pro
proses that a woman physician be added
to the staff at the state lunatic asylum,
and wants competitive examination to
select her.
A joint bill from Fulton's three repre-
sentatives was read the first time. 1t Is
bill to make criminal the transfer OF
any claim for debt for the sending Of the
same out of the state by a citizen of this
state and against a citizen of this state
to any one in another state for the aur-
pose of attaching wages when they are
exempted.
Mr.. Reid Of Bibb introduced a bill to
amend the game law by shortening the
season one month. Birds can now be
killed until April 1. This bill seeks to
shorten the time to March l.
Mr.. Worsham of Monroe introduced a
bill to change the pension law as it re.
fers to widows of confederate soldiers.
The law is now that a woman must snow
that her husband died from the effects
OF wounds received during the war or dis
ease contracted therein The bill of M
Worsham does away with this and all
that woman will have to prove IL IL
passes, is that she was the wife of the
soldier and that he was on the invalid
pension list.
Mr.. Clarke introduced a resolution to
appropriate $4,000 to the state university
Tor the purpose of erecting buildings for
the normal school.
Mr. Watkins of Gilmer introduced a, bill
to require railroad companies to fence
their roadbeds and to provide stock pits
at all crossings.
Mr.. Meldrm of Chatham introduced the
bill to authorize the governor to appoint
an Inspector of rife practice
The chairmen of the Senate committees
as announced by President Berner to-day.
are as follows:
Temperance-Senator Atkinson.
State of the Republic-Senator Culver.
Internal Improvements-Senat Ever
EFT.
General Judiciary-Senator Battle,
Enrollment-Senator Brinson.
Banks-Senator T. d. Stewart
Auditing-Senator Whether
Academy for the Blind-Senator Geoser
Privileges of the F'loor-Senator Thomp-
son.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Starr.
Public Library-Senator B. f. Walker.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sheffield.
Petitions-Senator Wooten.
Sehools-Senator Ham.
experimentation <5oIightIy.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Redwine.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dunwoody
Public Roads-Senator Mcfarland.
Mines and ADMINISTRATORS ]. Y.
Walker.
Privileges and Elections-Senator Tur-
ner.
Relief Of Supreme Court-Senator Hop
kins
Agriculture-Senator Hudson.
Ffnance-Senator Blalock.
Engrossing-Senator Westmoreland.
immigration and Labor-Senator Mann.
Lunauc Asylum-Senator J. A. Stewart
Penitentiary-Senato Phil Cook.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum-Senator
Comas.
Public Halls, Property and Committee
Rooms-Senator Gray.
Journal-Senator Van Buren,.
Hygiene and Sanitation-Senator VIII
cox
Pensfons-Senator Flewellen.
Special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Shropshire.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stevens.
Railroads-Senator Fitzpatrick
Upon the report of the committee on
rules, OF which President Berner is ex-
of1cio chairman, the finance committee
was divided, and the new division given
the name of the committee on appropria-
lions. The announcement of the commit
tees was all the work done by the Senate.