Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-11-14
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Favorable Report on Bill to Cause
Railroads to incorporate.


Railroads to incorporate.
Atlanta, Nov. 13.-After a lively
discussion the house committee on
general judiciary late yesterday az
ternoon, by the close vote of IA to
II, made a favorable report on the bill
which, if passed, will cause the South
ern railway to incorporate in Georgia.
The measure was introduced by
Messrs. Hall, Knight, Underwood,
Rankin. Tigner, Glenn, Richardson
and Deal, and one of its most import
ant sections provides that roads not
incorporated in the state shall be re-
garded as tresspassers and will not
be entitled to defend any action
brought against them for damages
for injuries to persons or property
until they do incorporate.
Not only this, but it stipulates that
no person, persons or association of
persons shall operate any railroad in
Georgia or maintain and railroad
along or across any public road or
street or obstruct any public road
or street with the tracks or buildings
or structures of any chRacter, unless
first incorporating under the general
laws of the state for the incorpora'
ton of railroad companies.
Unless thus incorporated, the bill
declares that the occupation of any
street or road, whether public or pri'
vate, by the road shall be illegal.
The following bills were introduced
in the house yesterday:
BY Mr.. Shannon, of Walker-To
amend paragraph of section 1496 OF
the code of 1895, which relates to the
state board of pharmacy SO as to
grant licenses without examinations
only to the graduates of medical col
leges who have practiced medicine
for FIVE years prior to January 1, 1893,
instead of October rs, 1899.
BY Mr.. Howard, of Baldwin-To ap.
propriate 100000 for the building of
a new recitation hall and dormitory
for the Normal and Industrial college
at Milledgeville.
BY Mr.. Brinson, of Decatur-To
amend the act of 1899 defining the
composition and appointment Of board
of trustees of the University of Geor.
gia, by providing that the president
of the Georgia State Agricultural so
ciety and the president Of the Georgia
State Horticultural society shall be
m - cpAI
In the Senate.
The senate had a busy session yes
terday morning. q A number of meas
ures were introduced, four senate bills
were passed, and one was lost, 1t no.
having received the requisite consti
tutional majority.
Senator Jordan, of the twenty
eighth, introduced one of the most
important bills that has been submit
ted at the present session. 1t Is a
measure which provides for the ap-
pointment of commission to inves-
tigate the feasibility of locating an
agricultural and industrial school IN
each congressional district in the
state.
Another interesting bill introduced
was that by Senator Comas, of the
third, to authorize the supreme court
to arrange the different judicial cir
cults of the state into districts and to
rotate the judges so as TO equalize the
work as far as possible. At present
some of the superior court Judges are
on the bench the greater part of the
year, while others sit for about six
months in all.
Hon. H. w. Hopkins. of Thomas.
vile, who represents the seventh dis
trict in the upper house of the general
assembly of Georgia, was yesterday
unanimously elected president pro
TEN. of the senate He succeeds the
late Senator Patrick ]. Sullivan, of
Augusta, who dia6' last week.