Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-11-19
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
House Catches Up With All Business
on Calendar,

Atlanta. Nov. 1S.-The house caught
up with all the business on its calen-
dar yesterday, but there was nothing
done of Unusual interest. Several new
bills were introduced, number of 10
cal and unimportant bills were passed
and the remainder of the session was
devoted to reading bills second time.
Among the new bills there appeared
one to provide for a new lease of the
labor of state convicts; one measure
to require the state board of pharma-
cy to hold two sessions year and an
other to prohibit the appointment on
such board of a graduate Of any school
of pharmacy in the state; bill to re-
peal the law providing for the commit
ment of certain classes of children to
the Georgia Industrial home and other
similar institutions; bill to provide
for the location of the ,knes Of the
Georgia troops in the fighting around
Vicksburg, Miss, and several other
measures of special interest.
The bills to provide for a roster of
Georgia soldiers and sailors and for
board of tax assessors to assess for
taxation the property of all corpora
tions now returned to the comptroller
general were tabled in the absence of
their authors. The resolution provid.
ing for a committee of five to inves-
tigate conditions at the Soldiers home
was passed.
The house passed the following bills,
BY Mr.. Beachamp of Butts-To re-
peal the act establishing a county
court for Butts county.
BY Mr.. Underwood of White-To
amend section 151, volume 8, Of the
code, defining robbery, SO as to include
within the term the sudden snatchi1g
of money or any other property by one
person from another, without consent
of the owner.
BY Mr.. McCurry of Hart-To amend
section 982 Of the code so as to In.
clude the town of Hartwell in the list
of cities and towns in which state de-
positories may be designated by the
governor.
By Messrs. Alexander and Granade
of Wilkes-To repeal an act establish.
ing dispensary in the city of Wash
| ington, in Wilkes county.
BY Mr. Bush of L4iller-To establish
and maintain a dispensary in the town
of Colquitt, in Miller county.
BY Mr.. Steed Of Taylor-To provide
for the better protection of confederate
veterans mentioned in an act approved
Dec. 8, 1897
In the Senate.
The senate yesterday passed three
bills, two of which were of a general
character. One was by Senator Lee,
of the fourteenth district, to abolish
the Office of special agent of the West.
ern and Atlantic railroad another by
Senator Sweat, of the fifth district, pro.
hibits the adulteration of spirits Of
turpentine, while the third, by Sena.
tor Worsham, of the twenty-second,
provides for the incorporation of the
Forsyth school district in Monroe coun-
| ty.
Two papers having reference to the
convict system were introduced. One
of these was a bill by Senator Middle.
brooks, of the twenty-seventh districc,
providing that one-half Of the felony
convicts should be leased out at the
end of the present contract for term
of FIVE years, and that the other one
half should be loaned to the various
counties to construct country roads.
According to the provisions Of this
measure the proceeds from the hire Of
one-half of the felony convicts is to be
used in defraying the expenses Of
sending the other half to the different
counties for road work, and whatever
balance may remain Is to go to the
public school fund. ANY counties de-
string convicts to work the roads may
secure them by making request of
the prison commission the counties re-
ceiving the work of the convicts to
supply the necessary barracks, food
and the like