The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-15

the Chattahoochee, Flint. Apalachicola
rivers and Apalachicola bay for the IA
cihtation Of navigation.
By vote of 80 TO /, bill by Mr. Laing
OF Terrell, authorizing City or Superior
Court judges to preside at any time, in
place Of another City Court judge, i'll or
disqualified, passing the House.
A bill by Mr.. Barron of Jones. authoriz-
ing the withdrawal of prosecutions for Sc
ducuon at any time after arraignment or
pleading. by marriage, or continuous Of
Ter OF marriage, passed by a vote of IS to p
The anu-cigarette bill Of Mr. Harvard of
Dooley was lost, the vote being 50 to 81
The House passed the bin by Mr. VIII
bingham of Monroe, forbidding county
commissioners to expend public funds with
themselves under any condition. This is
to prevent fraud and obstruction of com
petition.
The bill by Mr.. Speer of Sumter, Great
ing state board of health was tabled, on
motion of its author. who stated that he
did not think it possible to pass the bill in
the limited time of the session.
A bill, by Mr.. Rogers Of Marion, revising
the statutes governing tax collectors, and
giving them less authority, was killed on
the plea that it was unnecessary.
Mr.. Beauchamp of Pike gained unani-
nous consent to take up his bill to allow
private hospitals and sanitariums to re-
ceive as patients victims of alcoholic Ii
quors, morphine and other drugs. The
bill was passed by a vote of s. to 3.
Brunswick HarbOr.
The resolution by Mr.. Emanuel of Glynn
to memorabilia Congress to appropriate
enough money to keep the channel and bar
at Brunswick at a depth of twenty-six
feet for a period of ten years, passed the
House this afternoon. The harobr was
deepened by Col. c. p. Goodyear. by means
of dynamite.
The House passed the following bills to-
night:
BY Mr.. Jones of Burke-To allow the
Mayor and Council of Waynesboro to is
sue $4,000 of bonds; also TO allow the
same TO grant franchise to an electric
street railway.
BY Mr.. Gross of the Twenty ninth-To
amend charter of the city of Augusta.
BY Mr.. Wilcox of the Flfteenth-To pay
costs in misdemeanor cases to the county
officers in Irwin; to regulate the pay of
jurors and bailiffs of Irwin county.
Work of the Senate.
In the Senate, the resolution by Mr..
Bond of Madison. to elect United States
senators by the people, was indefinitely
postponed, and the cigarette resolution OF
Mr.. Harvard of Dolly was killed.
The following House measures were
passed:
By Mr. Emanuel of GIynn-To establish
the City Court of Brunswick.
BY Mr.. Post of Coweta-To require pur-
chasers of native gold bullion, gold dust
gold nuggets and gold amalgam, to keep
a register of such purchases and to make
returns thereof.
BY Mr.. Park of Greene-To authorize
and empower any owner Of a bill of sale
to personal property, TO foreclose same as
mortgages are foreclosed.
BY Mr. Tracey of Dooley-To amend an
act Incorporating the city of Cordele, also
TO amend an act establishing public schools
for the city of Cordele.
BY Mr. Hane of Walton--To provide for
the support of the Prison Commission for
the year 1900 and to make the necessary
appropriation therefor.
BY Mr.. Denny of Floyd-To appropriate
s. 900 TO the Georgia School Of the Deaf.
BY Mr.. Blalock of Fayette-Providing
pay for a clerk to the adjutant general.
A bill by Mr.. Morris to require the
judges of the Superiors courts to render
judgments at the appearance term was
defeated.