The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-22
HOUSE WAS BUSY
TT DID MUCH BUSINESS AT YEsTER-
DAYS SESSION.
PASSED TWENTY-FoUR BILLS.
GENERAL APPLICATION BORNE BY
NINE OF THESE.

1Iow Is Aimed mt Cocaine Fiends.
Drug Must BE Sold Only Upon Doc
tors PrescriptiOn-Measu which
Allows Counties So Desiring TO
Establish County POIice-Measures
for Protection of Terrapin and
oysters. Passed-Harden $, Bill for
Deputy City Court Clerks Passed.
Atlanta, Nov. 21.-The House did
more practical work to-day than it
has on any day of the present session.
Twenty-four bills were passed, nine of
them being of general application.
Among the important measures
nassed by the House was one by Mr..
Fielder of Bibb, providing that cocaine
shall be sold only on a Doctors pre-
scription. The bill puts cocaine on the
same basis with other poisons, and
throws the same safeguards around its
sale.
A general measure by Mr.. Fielder of
Bib, which was passed. requires that
in all claim cases the claimant shall
set out in his affidayits all the grounds
relating to his claim. so as to put the
opposition on notice of all the points
he will have to meet.
Two other general bills by Mr.. Slaton
were passed. One of these applies the
law against cheating and swindling to
those who cheat or swindle corpora
tons and firms, as we'll as those who
defraud individuals or the public.
The other amends Section 513 of the
Code so as to permit clerks of courts
to amend executions SO as to conform
TO amended judgments issued by their
courts.
A bill by Mr.. Flint of Spalding to
amend the act providing for appoint
ment of inspectors of roads and bridges
in counties of more than $4,000 inhab-
itants, provided 1t is first recommend
ed by the grand jury, was passed with
slight opposition. The object of the
bill is to provide county police in all
counties which desire them, as in Full
ton now.
The House had a little fun out of
two bills relating to the catching of
oysters and terrapin, but passed them
both. One was by Mr.. Butts of Glynn
and Mr.. Proctor of Camden, and pro-
Vides that any non-residents who shall
catch or take oysters or fish In any or
the public waters of Georgia for the
purpose of selling them, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. The other, by Mr..
Butts of Glynn, makes it a misde-
meanor for anyone to have in his pos
session terrapin under five and one
half inches in length. This latter bill
excerpts those who operate regular ter
rapin crawls.
The House passed the bill by Mr..
Harden of Chatham authorizing the
clerks of City Courts of this state to
appoint deputy clerks. Mr.. Harden ex-
planned that the bill was designed to
give validity to the acts of deputy
clerks of these courts, especially in
Chatham county, where they had
sometimes been called into question.
The House reconsidered it's action in
defeating the antf-free pass bill by
Mr.. Hall of Bibb, by vote of 73 to As,
Mr.. Hall having promised he would
not bring the bill up again until next
session.
A number of general bills. on which
there was a contest, were tabled on ac-
count of a rather small attendance in
the House.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the House:
BY Mr.. Cannon of Bartow-To sep
arate the College of Agriculture and
Mechanical Arts from the University
of Georgia and to locate it at the site
where the best bid is offered.
BY Mr. Cam of Chatham-To
amend, revise and consolidate the va
rious acts Incorporating the town of
Warsaw, in Chatham county, to extend
its limits, etc.
BY Mr. Wellborn of Union-To au-
thorize the Prison Commission to re-
lease certain convicts upon parole.
BY Mr. Cam of Chatham-To amend
Section 2157, paragraph of the Code,
relating to the powers of navigation
companies.
BY Mr.. Hall of Bibb-To provide for
the issuance of the writ of quo war
ranto in certain contests over public
Office.