The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-03
TAX RATE BILL WAS PASSED.
AMENDED so As TO MAKE THE
MAXIMUM RATE FIVE MILLS.

New Bills Introduced in the House.
one Affecting Life Insurance Com
panies-Branch of the University.
other Legislative News.
Atlanta. Nov 2.-The House reversed its
action of yesterday in defeating the Chap
peH tax-rate bill and by the decisive vo,e
Of III to %, it went through to-day.
The bin was reconsldered upon the mo-
ton of Mr.. Ellis OF Bib and his amend
ment making the maximum rate mills
was adopted by a practically unanimous
vote The friends Of the bill were as
sured before the House assembled this
morning by several members that they
would vote for the bill, If the Ellis amend
ment was adopted.
Messrs. Chappell, Ellis. Hall and Ben
spoke briefly in favor Of reconsideration.
and Grassland Of Dougherty opposed e.,
He asked the House to postpone consid-
GRAFTON of the bill ill after the Tax Com
mission measure HAD been disposed OF.
Speaker Little was in danger Of having
his lungs impaired to-day in putting re-
quests of the members for unanimous con-
sent to introduce new bills. The clamor
for recognition became so general that
the House voted general unanimous con-
sent and the Speaker thanked the movant
for his thoughtful consideration. Thirty
five bills were introduced, and when the
reading clerk finished up the lot he was
so husky that his throat needed patch
ing up.
Mr.. Hardin of Liberty introduced MS
South Georgia Branch of the University
bill.
Joint Session for schIey.
The House unanimously passed Repre-
sentative Slaton's resolution converting the
general assembly IN joint session on Sat
urday 10 receive Admiral Schfey and APP
pointing a Joint committee on reception.
ASIDE from passing the tax rate bill the
House went further toward expanding bus
mess by abrogating the special orders pre-
viously arranged so that hereafter all
measures will come up in their regular or
der. This was done so that the consider
alton of the tax commission bin might not
be delayed Upon motion of Mr.. Bell
the House created a standing committee
OF eleven to supervise public expenditures.
Gov. Gambler to-day withdrew from the
Senate the nomination of r. B. Price to
be solicitor of county court of Worth. 1t
was shown to the Governor that Mr.
Price had recently moved without the lin
its Of that county.
New Bills Introduced.
OF the new bins, the following are the
most important:
By Reynolds of Rchmond-To supply or
dinaries and judges and clerks of the Su-
perior Court with expressions of law and
fact construed by the courts of Georgia"
By Bryan of Floyd-To prohibit any
voter who is a citizen of any Incorporated
town or village from voting in an election
for fence or no fence.
BY Herring and Bowers of Decatur-To
provide for compensation of witnesses in
criminal cases.
BY Mr. Dews of Randolph-To establish
a dspensary in the city of Cuthbert.
BY Calvin of Richmond-To establish a
State Board of Embalming. TO provide for
the better protection of life and health,
to prevent the spread of contagious dis
case, to regulate the practice of embalming
and the care and disposition Of the dead.
BY Lane of Early-To repeal the act es-
tablishing a dispensary in the town of
Blakely.
BY Willingham of Monroe-To provide
for the regulation of corporations. COM
panies or associations trausacting the
business of life insurance in the state upon
the mutual cooperative or assessment !
plan.
Branch of the University.
BY Hardin of Liberty-To establish as a
branch of the State University a college |
of agricultural and mechanical arts and
sciences in the southern part Of this state |
and to appropriate for the same.
BY Easterlin of Macon-To provide for
the payment of certain costs accrued in |
the conviction of feonies.
BY Moore of Carroll-To pay widows of
invalid soldiers quarterly
By Brandon of Fulton-Permitting nota-
ries public in cities to reside in any part
of said city over which they have, or may
have, jurisdiction.
BY Gay of Colquitt-To amend Sections
and z of the
school for the city of Moultrie.
BY Mcdonald of Ware-To paw the So
licitor in the City Court of Waycross a
salary of 500 per annum.
BY johnson of Bartow-To provide for
triennial revisions of jury lists
By Chappel of Muscogee-To prohibit
the having and keeping of burglars tools.
BY Spinks of Paulding-To make the
proceedings in contested election cases re-
turnable to the Superior Court and to pro-
vide for the carrying of the same to ST.
preme Court
BY Brown of Carroll-To provide for the
election of county school commissioners.
By Grassland of Dougherty-To allow
guardians of lunatics and idiots TO comply
with terms of the bonds for titles made
by their wards previous TO becoming de-
mented.
BY Howard of Dooley-Deining the
school year from July to June 80.
Judge Norwood Confirmed.
The Senate to-day confirmed the ap-
pointments of Judge Thomas NJ. Norwood
10 be judge of the City Court of Savannah,
and S. T. Reed to be judge of the County
Court of Jasper county.
Notice was given that Senator Maun's
bal to fix the salaries of solicitors general
in the state, which was introduced = few
days ago, win come up for consideration
before the General Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday after next at O'clock
Senator Mann's bill giving the Railroad
Commission authority over sleeping car
and telephone companies. was sent back
TO the General Judiciary Committee for
further consideration.
The General judiciary Committee report
ed favorably on the bill to repeal section
z763, volume of the code OF 1895 which pro
vl0es for notice to mortgagor in foreclos-
Ure of mortgages; also on the bill prescrib-
ing the ineiigibility of commissioners of
roads and revenue and county commission
eTS as Jury commissioners: also on a hin