The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-11
At THE STATE HOUSE.
u,ouGIA LAWMAKERS HOLD
SHORT SESSIONS YESTERDAY.

nortant Dill for Revision of Tax
laws Executive Appointments
sent to the Senate.
Atlanta, Nov. 10.-Both the House
and Senate held short sessions to-day,
adiourning out of respect to the menu
orv of the late Senator P. ]. Sullivan
NJ the Eighteenth district. When
,be Senate met at IL o'clock, a resolu-
tion was offered by Senator Snead, of
the Twenty-ninth. expressing deep re-
gret at the death of Senator and Pres
ident pro tenn Sullivan, and providing
for the appointment of committee of
five from the Senate and ten from the
House to accompany the remains to
Augusta. Remarks relative to the
death of the senator were made by
Senator Snead and President Howell.
The resolution then went to the House,
where it was promptly concurred in.
In the House brief remarks were made
by Messrs. Dunbar of Richmond, KEEL
w of Glascock, Stovall and Cam of
chatham, Franklin of Washington and
blackburn of Fulton. The House
PASSED appropriate resolutions and adj
journed.
The committee appointed was as fol-
lows: From the Senate, Senators
snead, Perry, Shelton, Davis and lis
niger; from the House, Messrs. Null
herin, Calvin, Dunbar, Phillips of JEFF
ferson, Kelley, Davis, Howard of Bald
win, Cam, Hayes and Holder.
committee of fifteen from the Augusta
Bar Association arrived at noon to-
day, and accompanied by the legisla-
tive committee, took the body to Au-
gusta this afternoon, where the fu-
neral will take place tomorrow.
The House this morning passed three
bills. The one of most interest, per-
haps, is that amending Section 739 of
the Code, so as to make councilmen and
aldermen, when they resign. eligible to
the mayoralty or other offices. This
bill was prepared for the purpose of
removing all doubt as to the eligibility
of Capt. Evan P. Howell as Mayor of
Atlanta. The bill, before being passed,
was so amended as to make it apply
only to Atlanta. The House also pass
ed the bill, by Mr.. Harden of Chat
ham, fixing a minimum salary for bail
ifs and deputy sheriffs of City and
Superior Courts in cities of more than
$4,000 and less than $4,000 inhabitants.
The salary is fixed at $65 per month.
affects only Chatham county. The
other bill passed by the House, pro-
Vides for the Incorporation of the Ten
mill School district in Washington
county.
The most important bill introduced
was by Mr.. Gambler of DeKalb, and
provides for a revision of the tax laws
Mr.. Gamblers bill provides for the APP
pointment by the Governor of state
nf
shall consist of three members, each to
receive a salary of $500 a year, and
whose appointment shall be confirmed
by the Senate. 1t shall be the chief
duty of this board to assess for tax
alton the property of all railroad, tele-
graph and telephone companies, such
as is not returned to the controller gen.
eral for taxation. Each county is to
have a board of three tax assessors,
to be appointed by the State Board
on recommendation of the grand jury
These county boards are to assess all
real and personal property within their
counties. Each member of such a
board is to receive 81 a day for his SER
vices while employed in such capacity.
Similar legislation has been before the
House before, but for one reason and
another, never reached any final de-
termination. Mr.. Reid of Campbell in
troduced the usual resolution permit
ting the Governor to borrow 100000
to supply casual deficiencies, in case
such should be necessary. He also In
troduced a resolution to provide for
a tax levy for the annual sinking fund
of $100 900. Other new bills introduced
in the House are as follows:
By Mr.. Mills of Cherokee-To amend
Section S21 of Code SO as to authorize
tax collectors to issue executions
against unreturned wild lands.
Nv Of MuG To
amend Section 1921 of the Code by
striking out the words, Provided the
agents of such company exercise all
ordinary and REASONABLE care and dill
gence."
BY Mr.. Tigner of Muscogee-To au-
thorize street railroads to carry pack
ages at a charge of 5 cents each and
to limit their liability to such charge.
By Mr.. Alexander. of Wilkes.-To
amend Section GIL of the Code so as
to make the wrongful sale of mortgage
ed property misdemeanor.
By Mr.. Grice, of Pulaski.-To amend
Section $3.50 of the Code relative to
the competency of witnesses.
By Mr.. Steed, of Taylor.-To amend
Section 1924. of the Code relative to
the granting of injunctions.
By Mr.. Glenn, of Whitfield.-To amend
Section 4.045 of the Code so as to dis
qualify any Superior Court judge to
seat on the second trial of a case
where had shown personal partially
to either of litigants.
Executive Appointments.
Governor Terrell to-day made the
following appointments of judges and
solicitors subject to approval by the
Senate, which body win consider them
during the session tomorrow:
A. M. Raines. to be judge of City
Court of Dawson for the term of four
years from December 10: 7. F. Bran
men, to be judge of the County Court
OF Bulloch county for the term of four
years from December IL; Henry
Reeves, to be solicitor of the City
Court of Lagrange for the term of two
years from January l, 1908: r. w.
Moore, to be solicitor of County Court
of Hancock county for the term of two
years from December "a; E. NJ. Smith,
to be solicitor of the County Court of
Henry county for the term of two
years from December /.
In the senate.
In the Senate to-day the following
bills were introduced for first reading
and referred to appropriate committee:
By Senator Comas of the Third-To
amend Section S12 of the Code of 1895,
relative to the tax returns of corpora
tons.
By Senator Lee of the Forty-F Fourth
To change the time of meeting of the
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