The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-02
STATE,
REDISTRICT
HOUSE NAMES COMMITTEE FOR
THIS PURPOSE.

THIS PURPOSE.
Hitch of Chatham and Mitchell oil
Emanuel Named From the First
District-The BARRIERS Bill Causes
Lauehter-Mr. Harden Introduces
Three Bills 10 Protect Fish and
Oysters in Tidal Waters-Senate
viii Investigate Manner of Pas
sage of Franchise Tax Bill by the
House.
Atlanta. Nov. 1.-Speaker Little to-
day appointed the House Committee on
congressional reapportionment with
Mr. T. w. Hardwick of Washington
as chairman. This is the most I'M
portant action taken by the House to-
day.
The committee is as follows: Messrs.
Hardwick of Washington, chairman
Tenth; B. S. Miller of Muscogee, vice
chairman. Fourth; Hitch of Chatham
and Mitchell of Emanuel, First; Wight
of Dougherty and Ship of Colquitt,
Second: Grice of Pulaski and Steed or
Taylor, Third; Davis of Merriwether,
Fourth; Hithrock of Douglass and
Houston of Fulton, Fifth; Howard of
Baldwin and Flynt of Spalding, Sixth;
johnson of Barlow and Morris of Cobb,
Seventh: Burnett of Clarke and Hodges
of Hart. Eighth; Rhine of Pickens,
Welborne of Union, Ninth; Reid OF
Taiaferro, Tenth, and Stubs of Lau-
rens and Symons of Glynn, Eleventh.
Mr.. Hardwick, it is stated, will re-
sign on Monday, as he contemplates
making the race for Congress against
Hon. w. H. Fleming. This will re-
quire the appointment of a new sena-
tor from the Tenth.
The committee will meet to take up
the work of apportionment early next
week 1t is. understood the present
congressman are opposed to any
changes. but strong efforts will be
made to bring about changes in the
Tenth and Fourth.
Not the savannah Bill.
The BARRIERS bill, introduced in the
House to-day created some laughter
and comment: BY Mr.. Miller of Mus
cogee, Mr.. Little of Muscogee, Mr..
O'Connell of Richmond Mr.. Hitch OF
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regulate the occupation of BARRIERS and
provide for the sanitary regulation of
barber shops in this state. This is not
the Savannah bill, but one modelled
after the law of Minnesota, and Mr..
Miller says it is an important meas
ure. 1t provides for the examination
and furnishing of certificates to bar
bers, as we'll as for cleanliness in bar
Der shops.
Another bill of widespread interest
was one introduced by Mr.. Bruce of
Lumpkin, seeking to make education
compulsory in Georgia. Still another
was one by Mr.. Yates of Catoosa seek
ing to broaden the power of the Rail-
road Commission so that the commits
sion might compel the construction OF
such railroad sidetracks and physical
connections as railroad patrons de-
manded.
The Committee on Temperance rec
commended that the bill providing that
drunkenness in public places shall be
q crime be enacted into law.
Flowers From Normal Girls.
An interesting incident in the House
was the presentation to Speaker Lit
tie by Mr.. Howard of Baldwin of q
huge bunch of handsome chrysanthe-
NUNS from the girls of the Normal and
Industrial College at Milledgeville.
a. VI
the part of that school in the Senate
to President Howell by Senator Donald
Both presiding officers made appro-
pirate responses.
Among the other bills introduced in
the House were the following:
To Protect Fish and Oysters.
BY Mr. Harden of Chatham-To pre-
serve fish, oysters or terrapin in this
state, and to provide for the issuance
of licenses to take such fish, terrapin
or oysters.
BY Mr.. Harden of Chatham--To pro-
tect fish in the tide waters of the state
by prohibiting the use of nets and
seins.
BY Mr.. Harden of Chatham-To
amend section 1907 of volume l of the
code. relating to compensation of in
formers upon violations of the fish
oyster and terrapin laws.
To Make Education Compulsory.
BY Mr.. Bruce of Lumpkin-To make
1t compulsory for all children of the
state, between the ages of s and II
years, inclusive. to attend some public
or other school in their county fol-
number days each year, equal at least
two-thirds of the number of days
which the public schools are taught
in their county.
BY Mr.. Rawls of Effingham-A joint
resolution requiring the commissioner
of pensions to make a printed detailed
report to each session of the Genera
Assembly of all pensions paid.
By Mr.. Symons of Glynn-To regu'
late the catching of fish on the sea
coast of the state.
By Messrs. Clayton and Houston
Fetton-To provide that where a per
son under 16 years of age is sentenced
to an industrial farm that such sen
tence shall be during the minority O.
the person.