The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-16

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Goa aAusrAu DRUGGISTS sOsS sot esRH UnI
an act creating Board of Commissioners
of Coffee county, was lost.
The bill by Mr.. Overstreet of Screven, to
require ordnaries to publish legal notices
in the newspaper or public gazette In
which the sherif's advertisements are
published. was indefinitely postponed.
Afternoon Session of House.
The House this afternoon offered It's
sympathy to Representative Spinks of
Spalding, who mas just lost his father
and also to Representative Grassland, who
suffered similar misfortune.
The child labor bill which came from
the Senate, was tabled by vote of Il to
q, after very little discussion.
The House considered bill by Senator
Redding of the Twenty third, further pro-
tecting plaintiffs in garnishment proceed
ings, forcing defendants to prove that they
are exempt from such proceedings and
giving plaintiffs the right 20 appeal. Their
appeared to be such lamentable ignorance
in the House over the provisions and eff
| fects of the bill that the House tabled the
bill by vote of IS to u.
Mr. Bell of Forsyth was refused unani-
nous consent to take up the resolution
appointing commissioners to the Paris Ex-
position and much time was wasted by
sparring over petitions for unanimous con-
obtain order in the hall.
Text Book Bill Lost.
The uniform text book bill of Senator
Clifton of the Second district was tabled
by a vote of n to % for the same reason
prevailing in the child labor bill case, be-
| cause it was impossible to give the bill the
consideration it merited at the eleventh
/ hour of the session. Mr.. Mitchell of
| Thomas gave notice that he would to-
/ cider ia n
| the House in tabling the text book bill.
| Mr.. Hall of Bib moved that the House
/ adjourn sine die at noon tomorrow. Mr..
! Slaton of Fulton denounced the resolution
as preposterous and unprecedented, and
| that it would leave an immense amount
/ Of the states business unfinished. He
moved that it be tabled, and this motion
was almost Unanimously adopted.
The House was evidently in a mood for
work this afternoon, as it tabled by a
vote of 81 to IA the bill by Senator Nc
| Lester Of the Twenty-fourth, providing for
Board of Tax Assessors in each county,
for the same reasons given in the text
book and child labor bill cases.
Bill for Laboring Men.
Mr.. Overstreet of Screven made a
strong speech against this tendency, when
it was moved to postpone indefinitely a
bill by Senator Hand of the Eighth dis
| trict, providing laborers the same as ma
! AtItdl supply HlNiis Will a lAtn OIL WOFk
done just as for material furnished,
against the true owner unless the debt
be direct to a contractor, and quite a de-
bate ensued Mr.. Slaton explained that
this bill would be of no effect if the true
owner could show waiver signed by the
plaintiff, admitting that he looked to con-
tractor for mis- compensation.
Mr.. Tatum of Dade moved to amend by
providing that all contractors be required
TO submit to the owner receipted bills
for all labor and material furnished or
the building before he secured his money
Mr. Post of Coweta said that the bill
meant making contracting a monopoly
among wealthy contractors and left on
the poor man. The Tatum amendment
was lost The bill passed by a vote o.
80 to 30.
A resolution by Senator West of tn.
Sixth district. correcting the map of tbs
official survey of the Western and At
lantic road in Fulton county. was table,
, on motion of Mr.. Hall of Bib, as nt
one in the House seemed able to ex
plain IT,
The House on motion of Mr.. Park o
Green, non-concurred in the Senate amend
ments regarding the oil inspectorship bill
Mr.. Park slipped this action through th'
, House unanimously. There is notice o
: a motion to reconsider.
The House and Senate by joint resolu
ton, thanked the people If Brunswick an,
tended the general assembly on Thanks
giving day.
Atlanta Depot Problem.
Mr. Hall of Bibb spoke at length on III
resolution by Sena or West of the Sxt
district. contemplating a summary settle
I ment of the Atlanta depot difficulty. II
said that the proposition 10 Gust tie raj,
a TO de ed with the Nashville, Chaua
noova and St. Louis Railroad, which leas
ed The depot from the state, and could nc
be accomplished by the legislature
was folly to try to rush this measur
!, through when none of the members wer
: familiar with II. He moved to table an
print so copies Of the bill, and while thi
y point was being debated. the hour of al
!, ternoon adjournment arrived
, Senate's Night Session.
The Senate reconvened In session at 4;
n o'clock. 4 number Of House bills wer
y read che first and second times. The 70
;. lowing bills were passed:
o BY Messrs. Arnold and Maxwell-A bill [
y require the owner Of land traversed b
creeks OF other streams IN ORlethorp
r. county 10 clean out all distractions In III
3 same.
p By Mr. carlton-A bill amending III
2. charter Of Athens
r by Mr LaRocbe-To amend the charte
Of he Vernon Shell Road Company Of 81
~ 1 Vaunah
= BY Mr. Dcnny-TO ~ tile Zine o. hoIf
j. 1s ne terms ~ The Superior Court IN "a
Rome circuit.
81 ~ 8E Gay-To establish q system Z