The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03
SHORT SESSIONS YESTERDAY.
LITTLE BUSINESS DONE IN HOUSE
AND SENATE.

Members of House Are Annoyed mt
Senate's Action in Questioning
Their Procedure in Passage OF
the Tax Franchise Act and the Re-
ceipt of the Senate Resolution Is
Likely to Cause Warm TaIk-Mr.
Foster of Floyd Wants to Protect
Foxes During January and No.
vember-Many Local Bills Passed
to the House.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.-The House of Rep
resentatives held brief session to-day,
and did nothing outside of hearing a
few new bills read, passing a few local
bills, and receiving the reports CT
standing committees. 1t was expected
TO hear from the resolution by Sena-
tor Ellis calling on the House for a
certified copy Of that portion of its
jour relating TO the passage OF the
Howal franchise tax bill, and this
was lvoxed to furnish the only inter-
esting feature of the Saturday session.
There as considerable talk about
the Ellis esolution among some of the
members i llS I1puSC dAA0 oNf ~ u 40
gestions were made with regard to how
the resolution should be received.
What right has the Senate to ques-
ton any statement made in our mes
sage? - was ..e general question asked
by members of the House.
Some suggested calling for a cert1-
fed copy OF the portion of the Senate
Journal relating to the Ellis resolution,
and other plans were spoken of for hit
ting back at the Senate, but the House
adjourned at 10: 80, a half hour before
the Senate met, so the Ellis resolution
did not come over. 1t will probably be
received Monday morning and an inter
esting discussion is expected to fol-
low.
Among the bills introduced in the
House was one by Mr.. Foster of Floyd
for the protection of foxes, making 1t
unlawful to kill them in January and
November. The passage of the bill
would materially limit the fox chasing
season.
The following bills were among those
passed by the House:
BY MIR. johnson OF Jefferson-To in
corporate the town of Wrens in the
county of Jefferson.
By Mr.. Stubs of Laurens-To amend
an act establishing the city court OF
Laurens.
BY Mr. Gresham of Burke-To au-
thorize the city of Waynesboro to issue
bonds to the amount of 100000.
BY Mr. Ousley of Lowndes-To pro-
vide a new charter for the town of
Valdosta.
BY Mr.. Bush of Miller-To repeal an
act incorporating the town of Colquitt.
BY Messrs. Knowles. Foster and
Wright of Floyd-To permit the estab-
lishment Of a dispensary in Floyd
county.
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate were the following:
BY Mr.. johnson of Bartow-To pro-
vide that the penalty for attempt at
criminal assault should be the same as
for criminal assault
BY Mr.. Hitch of Chatham-To pro-
vide that the Mt. Vernon Bank may
be selected as a state depository.
My Mr.. Ousley of Lowndes-To re,
peal an act creating the City Court OF
Valdosta.
BY Mr.. Hitch of Chatham-To amend
Section 2234 of the Code, relating to
the stopping of railroad trains at street
crossings.
My Mr.. ousley of Lowndes--To ere.
ate a city court of Valdosta.
The Senate adopted resolution pro-
viding that the constitutional amend
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ographer, but fixed no provision for
compensation.
The Senate passed. among others,
these bills:
BY Mr.. Harrell of the Twelfth-An
act to require the state chemist to
make an analysis in the case of pois-
oning at the request of the ordinary of
the county where the poisoning takes
place.
BY Mr. Berrong of the Fourth-An
act to restrict and restrain the sale of
cocaine and providing punishment
therefor.
The INDECENT Pension Bill.
The bill introduced by Senator Smith
of the Thirty fourth was presented to
the Senate by request of the ex-Con-
federates who were in Macon recently.
The bill provides for placing the grant
ing Of pension upon the INDECENT basis.
This is not intended as has been in
ferred to interfere with any pensions
now granted. It applies only to such
pensions as may be applied for in the
future.