The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
BATCH OF SAVANNAH BILLS.
ROUSE PASSES THE COMMISSION
REPEALING MEASURES.

They Provide for the Adjustment
of the Fire, Police and Wafer
Commissions; the Commissioners o.
Public Works, the Board of Tax
Assessors, and the Bill Allowing d
Person to Hold Only One Office.
Bill Repeating Registration Law
Introduced.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. ga whole string of
Savannah local bills passed the House to-
day and one new one was introduced.
Those passed were as follows: Abolish
ing the Fire Commission, abolishing the
Police Commission, abolishing the Water
Commission, abolishing the Commissioner
Of Public Works. abolishing the Board of
Tax Assessors. and repeating the law
which prohibits one person in ChathaO
county from holding more than one public
office.
The only one of the commission bills
now remaining in the lower house is the
Park and Tree Commission bill.
The new local bill was introduced by Mr..
McDonough. 1t simply repeats the local
registration law passed in 1894, when the
Citizens Club was in power in Savannah.
Conspicuous among a number of new
bills presented was one by Mr.. Mcfarland
of Franklin to reduce the per diem of the
members of the general assembly from 81
to 50. Mr.. Mcfarland is Popuhst and
the same member who introduced bills a
few days ago TO cut all of the state house
officers salaries.
Mr.. Calvin of Richmond presented, on
behalf of a number of prominent women
in the state, a petition requesting that
physiology be taught in the public schools,
especially in regard TO the harmful re-
suits of the use of narcotics and stimu-
lants.
The House passed bill by Mr.. Park of
| Greene 10 repeal the law which provides
for the examination of private banks.
Mr.. Hall of Bibb handed in another anti
railroad bill. 1t proposes to modify the
rule of negligence in actions by servants
or by the husband, wife, parent or child of
| deceased servants, against masters for
| injuries received by reason of the defects
in machinery or other APPELLANTS. The ball
| provides that the servant shall not be de-
prived of the right of action because he
| knew of the existence of such defect un-
| less il shall be made to appear he had
neSlgenlLy IaHeu 10 monty the master OF
the existence Of the defect, and that the
master was ignorant thereof.
| Mr.. Park of Greene introduced bill to
require all persons or firms doing private
banking business to have stamped on their
| stationery the words mot Incorporated"
Other new bills were as follows
By Mr.. Bennett of Mitchell-A bill to es-
| tablish dispensaries in the incorporated
towns of Mitchell county.
! BY Mr.. King of Houston-A bill to allow
the bonded debt to be increased not ovel
$500 600 annually for ten years for the sup
| port of common schools.
By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-A bill ia
pay off and retire maturing state bonds
The bill provides for the levy of an extra
state tax for 1899 and 1900 sufficient to raise
100000 each year.
BY Mr.. Allen of Baldwin, bill to make
1t the duty of the tax collector to collect
| the Communication road tax
BY Mr.. Freeman of Coweta--A resolu.
ton to authorize the Governor to borrow
money to supply casual deficiencies.
Mr.. Calvin's resolution providing for the
members of Congress from Georgia to bt
requested to votefor the Nicaraguan pro.
| ject was adopted.