The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-04
WILL TALK IT OVER AT HOME.
CuLLINsXILLE TAXATION BILL
HELD Up FOR \ FEW DAYS.

Chntham'S Representative Favor
the Measure. hut Are willing to
Hear From the Mayor and Alder
men - Appropriations COMMITTEES
and Not the Military Committee
RESPONSIBLE for Knocking out the
Military ApprOpriatiOn-An Impor-
tant Oyster Law Amendment.
Atlanta. Dec. 3-The bill amending the
act which exempts "Counsville" from
municipal taxation. will lie dormant in
the committee room until some time next
week.
The Chatham representatives. after con-
ferring with the Savannah gentlemen who
came up to Atlanta yesterday TO protest
against the passage Of this bill, have
agreed to wait until these opponents of
the proposed act shall have time TO confer
with city authorities. Until they reach an
understanding, or, at least, try to. the
House committee viii not take the bill up.
Mr.. Mcmillan, however, said to-day that
the representatives, are in favor of the
passage Of the bill, and, in the absence
of any official opposition from the city
government it will be passed as 1t now
stands The opponents viii. of course
have fun opportunity to be heard before
the committee if they desire to fight it
there
The idea of the conference with the city
officials is that perhaps some agreement
may be reached in regard TO the opening
of certain streets leading into Collinsvile.
Mr.. Mcmillan says that he thinks that
Collinsvlle is already bona fide enjoying
the benefits and privileges of the munich
pality of Savannah, and, therefore, the
exemptions under the act of 1854 should
be Withdrawn.
There seems to be an erroneous impress
sion in Savannah about the military APP
preparation, or rather the failure of the
committee TO recommend any appropTia-
ton at all 20 the state militia From the
interview with Col. Lawton in the Morn
ing News of Friday, It seems that the mil
itary committee of the House is being held
accountable for the lack OF the military
appropriation.
This view, 1t is stated is unjust to the
military committee, which has nothing to
DO with the failure, except to enter its
vigorous protest against The injustice done
the military by the appropriations com
mittee
Mr. Mcmillan is the only member of the
Savannah delegation who Is a member of
the appropriations committee, and he was
engaged in an investigation of the Hays
and Scott bonds when the military item
was passed upon. All three members of
the delegation are heartily in favor of an
adequate appropriation for the military,
and will make a vigorous fight for it on
the floor of the House.
Mr. LaRoche of Chatham to-day intro
duced a bill in the House amending the
law regulating oyster beds in this state
Under the present law the geotic survey,
known as bulletin 10. is made conclusive
evidence of what are and what are not
public oyster grounds. The amendment
proposed to-day by Mr.. LaRoche strikes
out the word conclusive" in the code, and
leaves the survey open to dispute. Mr.
LaRoche says The object of the bill is to
save the people from unjust conviction,
as il has repeatedly happened that people
were found guilty of trespassing under the
survey charts, when they should not have
been convicted.