The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-02
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE.
MANY INTERESTING MATTERS LAID
BEFORE THE BODY.

Road For s2S7. OOO-The Finance
Committee of the House RECON-
mends a Number of Good sized APP
prOpriatiOns-A Bill TO Prohibit
AduIteratiOn of Candy.
Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 1.-The bill by Mr..
Knowles of Fulton appropriating s25,oOO
10 the Georgia school of technology for
building a dormitory and establishing an
electrical department was the special Or
der in the House to-day and took up much
Of the time of the session, without being
disposed of.
sneeches were made in favor of It by
Mr.. Knowles. Mr.. Wright of Dougherty,
Mr.. Boifeuilett of Bibb and Mr.. johnson
of Hall. Mr. Blalock of Fayette oppos-
ed it.
On motion of Mr.. Fogarty of Richmond
the bin to make women eligible to the Of
fce of state librarian was made the spec
iaI order for tomorrow. The legislative
calm will then be enlivened. A sharp
fight is expected when the bill comes up.
A petition in its favor signed by 5000 Geor-
ria women, is now upon the clerks desk.
Some members Of the House are of the
Z opinion that the measure will be passed,
but not until there has been some stub
born fighting.
The committee which visited the state
iunatic asylum reported the institution
20 be well kept and managed. The ex-
penditure of 100000 for additional dormi-
tories by the trustees was economically
made and the accommodations are now
ample. The insurance carried on the
property, $4,000. is not equal to one
fourth the value of the property, which
is over 81, 100000. and an increase of the
amount is recommended. For the first time
in a long while it was found that there
is plenty of room at the asylum
The House passed the bill appropriating
$50 to nav the expenses of Gov. Atkinson's
recent Inauguration, after some discus
sion, and also the bill appropriating $1,000
to At up rooms for the new supreme
court justices.
Among the new bills introduced were
the following
BY Mr.. Armstrong of wilkes-To au-
thorize the sale of the Northeastern rail
road The bill provides that after adver-
Using 1t thirty days in four daily news
papers, the governor shall sell the road,
provided it bring not less than $2S7 600.
The purchasers are to pay $4,000 cash,
and the rest in installments of the same
amount.
Mr.. Wright of Dougherty-A bin to
amend the common school law in sec
ton 80, so that the estimates of the pro-
rata parts of the state school fund shall
be transmitted to county officers by
Jan. IS.
BY Mr.. Boynton of Calhoun-A bill to
authorize the courts to grant injunction
mandamus to compel railroads to COM
ply with the rules of the railroad commits
sion.
BY Mr.. Reed of Bibb-A bill to prevent
the adulteration of candy. The penalty is
a fine of $50 to 800.
BY Mr.. Charters of Lumpkin-A bill to
prevent the dismissal of cases in the SUI
preme court when the record fails to reach
the court within the time prescribed by
law when 1t is not the fault of the attor-
ney.
The finance committee of the House is
making a record for liberality that is
causing members of other legislatures to
open their eyes. Added to the commit
tees recommended ton of last week that the
common school fund be increased $40O, 900
by direct taxation and the ap-
proval of the request of the mill
day, the committee this afternoon passed
up number of large appropriations. Fiji
" thousand dollars was added to the reg
ular appropriation for the state lunatic
asylum, the committee recommending
that this institution be given $2S0,OO0 for
1887 and $4,000 for 1898, as well as an ad-
ditional 5000 for new water main The
state normal college at Athens was voted
$4,000 for a new building, in addition to
the regular fund for maintenance which
Will appear in the regular appropriation
bill. The girls normal and industrial col
lege at Milledgeville was voted 5000 extra
TO furnish the new dormitory. The appro-
priations for the academy for the blind
and the deaf and dumb asylum were
allowed to remain as heretofore. 500. OOC
each.
The finance committee to-day also agreed
20 report favorably the bill by Mr. Boif.
euillet of Bibb providing for the payment
or the Hayes and Scott bonds, which have
been before the legislature for settlement
Tor number of years past. 1t will take
about $4,000 to do this. but the holders OF
the bonds propose TO accept new bonds al
per cent. instead of the cash. The rec.
concentration of the finance committee is
TO pay the bonds both principal and inter.
est
Chancellor Boggs and Professor H. C
White of the state university appeared be
this afternoon in support of the PROPOSE
tion to give the state university $4,000 fol
the erection of new buildings. 1t may b,
that this appropriation will be tackled OF
to the regular appropriation for the main
fenance of the university in the genera
appropriation bill, or 1t may be recon
mended on the bill introduced to-day b,
Mr.. Thomas of Clarke, which makes tn,
appropriation independent of the genera
act.
The bill by Senator Hopkins to cleo
superior court judges and solicitors gen
eral by vote of the people of their re
spective circuits will be the special orde
in the Senate tomorrow. The genera
judiciary committee has reported the bill
adversely but despite this Senator Hop
kins will undertake to have ii passed b,
making the fight on the floor of the Sen
ate. At the last session Mr.. Hopkins
who was a member of the House iron
Thomas county. introduced a similar bill
but it was killed upon an adverse repor
Of the committee
The Senate to-day killed the bill by Sen
stor Yancey Carter, which provided
change in the assessment of property 70
taxation by arranging matters so tina