The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-11
WANTED 1T RECoNSIDERED.
AN EFFORT TO RECOMMIT THE
CITY COURT BILL.

Reported-Child Labor Bill Again.
MIR. Carlton wants the Rate of In-
tercst Made Per Cent.--Another
Confederate Soldier Measure.
Atlanta. Nov. 10.-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made this afternoon to have
the chairman Of the House General Judi
eiary Committee request the re-commlttaI
of Mr. LaRoche's City Court solicltorshlp
bill, to that committee. for the purpose OF
amending 1t. The motion was promptly
laid on the table.
The effort was made by Mr. Bass oa
Hahersham, after Mr.. LaRoche had Left
the committee meeting, but the motion
was laid on the table upon the motion Of
Mr.. Brandon of Fulton who said that tho
amendment could be proposed In tho
House, as Is often DONE and that to re@
commit the bill now would cause it to lose
its place on the calendar and would seri-
ousy impede its progress.
Representative LaRoche said tonight
that the proposed amendment was the one
suggested by Mr.. Osborne to submit the
matter to the voters OF Chatham county,
at a special election, to be held in De-
cember. 1900. Mr.. LaRoche said he was
satisfied the people Of Savannah were op-
posed to this special election scheme. The
bill was read in the House to-day for the
second time, and now awaits It's turn on
the calendar. and will probably be reached
some time next week, unless there is ans
| other filibustering expedition.
Representative McDonough's bill TO elect
| the clerk and sheriff OF the City Court
of Savannah was reported favoraby to
| the House to-day.
| A member of the Senate Committee on
Labor and Statistics said might thar
| there was a tacit understanding Of the
members to favorably report the child
| labor bill on Monday, eliminating the
| clause requiring sixteen weeks attendance
at school before a child beyond 10 and IA
| years of age could be employed In fac
tory. as It is said the committee regarded
| this proposition as unconstitutional He
also said the age limit for children working
| in cotton factories might be made ~ lu-
| stead of 10.
Some Important Measures.
There was a marked contrast In the
| conduct OF business in the House to-day
over yesterday and i'm The matter of trans
| acting business the members made up for
| lost time
An even dozen bills, all Of local nature,
! were passed and thirty eight new ones In
| trodueed, some of which would very ma
/ ttTlhliy eHtCt CAiSllnR GOBdluous, il pdHs-
| ed. Perhaps the most radical change pro-
| posed Is that BY Mr. Carlton of Clarke,
! reducing the legaf rate Of interest to
| per cent. per annum and prescribing for
| feiture of not only the interest charge,
but also the entire Indebtedness where
usury is charged
Another important new measure IS that
of MIR. Calvin of Richmond, TO make il un-
| lawful for any Confederate soldier who 10
a beneficiary under section 1912, vol. / of
| the code OF 1885, and the amendatory acts
| thereof which relate to certain privileges
| granted to an Confe ate so diers over 20
| years of age, to transfer to any person or
| persons the privilege granted TO him by the
state. and providing a penalty for any vio-
latlon OF the provisions OF this act as a
forfeiture OF the privilege
Mayor Herman Myers of Savannah tele-
| graphed to-day for a copy Of this measure,
and II was forwarded on to-nights traia.
Mr.. johnson of Floyd thinks there Is a
| wide field for the employment of depend
! cnt women in cotton factories, and to-day
introduced bill to allow women over IS
years OF age to enter the textile depart
ment of the Georgia School of Technol-
| ogy.
Many other New Bills.
The other new bills were:
| BY Fort of Harris-To provide for a sta
| tistical report of the cotton crop raised i'm
Georgia annually.
BY Park OF Greene-To provide that IL
| any manager or managers Of any election
| held In this state under any law thereof,
shall knowingly permit any one to vote
at any OF the precincts In the state who
| is not entitled to a vote under laws OF
said state at said precincts, or shall know
| ingly prevent any one from voting who
| Is entitled to vote at said precinct, shall
be guilty OF a misdemeanor and punished
| accordingly.
BY Park of Greene-To authorize and
empower any owner of bill of sale TO
personal property TO secure
| debt to foreclose the same in
the same mannery as mortgages on
| personal property are now foreclosed,
| where the amount of the principal debt
does not exceed 500. and providing de-
fenses 10 said foreclosure.
| BY Park of Greene-To provide that the
| officer or officers of the several COM
panies in the state having charge of coun-
| ~ matters shall appoint all election mans
ayers and clerks a all general and spe-
| cal elections held under the laws of this
state to provide their compensation.
BY Mr. Jordan Of Jasper-To provide two
assistants for the state chemist.
Wants Them Examined.
BY Jordan of Pulaski-To require all stu-
| dents or graduates of any school, college
| or other institution Of learning, the State
| Normal School at Athens Ga, alone ex-
| cepted 20 stand an examination to teacn
| in the common public schools of the state.
BY Handy Of Rabun--To provide an ap-
| preparation for the publication and dlstri-
| button Of Inc geological survey of this
| state for the years 1899 and 1900
BY Denny OF Floyd-To provide for the
admission Of County School Commissioners
into the state Normal School al Rock Col
lege. at Athens.
BY Sturgis Of McDuffie-To repeal Sec
tons 1851 and 1878, providing for the in
spection, analysis and sale Of fertilizers In
this state.
BY Park of Troupe-To provide a new
method Of registration for the officers and
employers of this state and the United
States who are citizens of this state wtile
| absent from home.
BY Harden of Liberty-To prohibit non-
residents from hunting, fishing or trap-
ping or camping for such purposes in Lib
| erty county.