The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-04
SESSION WAS BRIEF
HOUSE DEVOTED TO INTRODUCTION
OF BILLS.
WILL GO TO VALDoSTA FAIR.
WILL MAKE TRIP NOV. 6. WHICH
WILL BE DIES NON.

Among New Bills One for Relief of
Former Tax Collector of Floyd
County and His Sureties-BiII by
Messrs. Hall and StOvaII to Provide
for an OniciaI Who Shall Compile
From TIE Public Records the CO.
IoniaI and Confederate History of
the state of Georgia.
Atlanta, Nov. 3.-The brief session
of the House to-day was devoted al
most entirely to the introduction of new
bills and resolutions.
1t was decided that the Legislature
should take it's postponed trip to VAL
dosta for the purpose of visiting the
State Fair on Thursday, Nov. 6. The
House passed a joint resolution by Mr..
McRae of Lowndes, accepting the in
vitation to visit Valdosta that day, and
declaring the day a dies non.
DR.. Waldo Buttrick, secretary of the
General Educational Board, who has
been spending much time in Georgia
in the interest of educational matters,
will address the House and Senate in
joint session at 1915 o'clock to-mor-
row.
A joint resolution was adopted in
viting him to appear before the Cen
eral Assembly.
A resolution by Mr.. Gambler of De-
Kalb, extending the thanks of the
House to the people of Athens, and
others for their kindness, is entertain
ing the members of the General Assem-
bly, on the occasion of the laying of the
cornerstone of the Winnie Davis memo
rial iIf Athens on Saturday, was unan-
iInously adopted.
Among the new matters introduced
in the House was resolution by Mr.
Ennis of Floyd for the relief of former
Tax Collector V. Il. Sanford, and his
surety from the penalty Tor failure TO
make prompt returns TO the controller
general AS will be remembered the
settlement of MIR. Sanford's accounts
with the state had to be made by his
surety, the United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Company of Baltimore, and
as it was not made in the time re-
CURED by law, the penalty of 20 per
cent had to be collected by the con-
troller general. The total amount Of
the penalty was $1,2S4.29. The surety
company made as prompt settlement
| as possible and now asks to be re-
| lieved of the penalty.
Mr.. Walker OF Monroe introduced an
| interesting bin which provides for the
payment Of fees of officers of courts.
| including justice courts, by counties
| having chsingangs, whenever a crimi-
| nal is convicted and sent to a county
| chaingang
An important and interesting meas
| ure introduced by Messrs Halves of
Ebert and Stovall of Chatham pro-
vides a method of compiling all the
colonial and Confederate records OF
Georgia and having them printed.
Some action on this line has been
recommended in the messages of gov
errors for years past. This bill pro-
vides for the appointment of an official
by the Governor, who shall be known
as the compiler of public records. who
shall have such assistants and office
force as are necessary, and whose sal
airy shall be $4,000 a year. 1t Is pro-
vided that the work shall be completed
within three years and that the records
shall be printed by the public printer
The compiler of public records is to
gather all information and data rela-
tive to the colonial and Confederate
history of Georgia and have 1t publish
ed in complete and consecutive form.
A short bill introduced by Mr.. Glenn
of Whitfield provides for the abolition
of the death penalty in Georgia in all
cases except for rape. The question
of the abolition of capital punishment
has been considered by the Legislature
before.
The following are among the new
bills and resolutions introduced in the
House
BY Messrs. Knowles and Ennis of
Floyd-To regulate the sale Of prison.
made goods in this state.
By Mr.. Fields of Dooly-To make il
unlawful for any landlord without good
cause to discharge farm laborer, crop
rer or renter, or for laborer, cropper
or renter to abandon his employment
BY Mr.. Newton of Colquitt-To 1n-
corporate village of ODE, In Colquitt
county. into town Of Norman Park.
BY Mr.. Thompson of Hall--To amend
election laws of the state of Georgia,
by repeating all of Section 81, of Vol.
]. of the State Code,an to insert there
for law requiring all persons to vote
at precinct, militia district, In which
they reside.
By Mr.. Kent of Johnson-To require
the judges of the several judicial cir
cults of Georgia to hold quarterly ses-
sions of said court In each county of
their respective circuits.
By Messrs. Alexander and Granade
of Wilkes-To protect owners or keep
NiS VI ilOi 5SS, DuBSlSS1 UT OIHeT animals
or vehicles for hire
BY Mr.. Boothe of WaIton-Prescrib
ing the qualifications of Jurors in Su-
perior Courts of Georgia.
By Mr.. Underwood of White-To
amend Section ia. of the Code of 1885.
so as to make the abandonment of a
child by its father a continuing Of
tense.
The SENATE.
II the bill introduced in the Senate
to-day by Senator Perry of the Thirty
third district becomes a law, county
officers all over the state will be re-
quired to keep an even more vigilant
eye open to catch those who operate
gambling houses. The mes sure prescribes
an oath to which detectives and ball
ifs will be forced to subscribe or else
be removed from office, and the oath
will put ii right up to the officials to
make every effort to bring to Justice
the persons guilty of running gamb-
ling places.
Another interesting bill was that in
troduced by the same senator and
which provides for the creation of a
state common school library board to
be composed Of five members, four Of
whom are 10 be appointed by the Gov
ernor and the fifth being the state
school commissioner who, in addition
TO being a member will also be ex-
offieio chairman. The board is to Sc
lect a list Of some fifty books, en-
bracing many subjects to supplement