The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-14
MANY LOCAL BILLS
CONFRONT THE GOVERNOR FOR
HIS SIGNATURE.
HASTE is URGED FOR SOME
RELATE TO ELECTIONS AND CANDI-
DATES ARE ANXIOUS.

Governor Pleased by the Action of
the General Assembly Making the
Public Property Fund Available
to Pay Interest on the bonded
Debt-DOorkeeper Robson Apollo
gives for Laying Hands on Repre-
sentative Knight Many Local
Fights Marked the Session.
Atlanta, Dec. 13.-Gov. Terrell spent
much of his time to-day in signing To-
cal bills, flood of which reached him
following the adjournment of the Cen
eral Assembly at 1855 O'Clock this morn
ing. He has also received the general
appropriations and general tax bills,
and has devoted some time to study
ing them, though he has not yet ap-
proved them.
The Governor saws he thinks the sit
uation has been saved by the action of
the House in finally permitting the use
of the public property fund to pay in
terest on the bonded debt. The deficit,
he thinks. will not be large enough to
hurt.
RObscn Offers an Apology.
The committee of five. appointed to
Investigate the attack by Clayton Rob-
son of Milledgeville on Mr.. Knight of
Berrien on the floor of the House, spent
about an hour celebrating, and report
ed at ten minutes to o'clock this
morning. 1t condemned the action OF
Mr.. Robson and demanded that he
apologize to the House, and to Mr..
Knight at the bar of the House. Mr.
Robson made due apology and the in
cident was thus closed.
Mr.. Robson says Speaker Morris, for
whom he has been acting as secretary,
told him personally early in the day
that he would call on him to aid in
seating the members. as they would
pay no attention to Messenger Penn.
This he states was why he acted as he
did when the Speaker called on Mr..
| Knight to be seated.
WaynesborO City Court.
An interesting local fight, which was
| had at the very close of the session.
/ was over the City Court of Waynes-
boro. A bill was passed some time
| ago. abolishing the present City Court
| of Waynesboro, and a companion bill
| introduced, creating a new City Court
| When it was found that Gov. Terrell
would refuse to appoint p. p. johnson
judge and Floyd Scales solicitor, the
bill was amended so as to name these
| as the new courts officials. This
would legislate out of office Judge Sea-
born Jones and Solicitor Pierce Zones,
| the present officials.
hard fight was had over the meas
| ure, but the amendments were finally
| agreed to by the House, they having
| been made in the Senate. 1t is under
stood that Gov. Terrell will veto the
bill, and this will leave Waynesboro
without City Court until the Legis-
lature meets again and passes another
bill.
The Senate refused to pass the bill
| creating a dispensary in Harris county
| and tabled the bill to abolish the City
/ Court of Dublin. Both of these meas
/ ures involved interesting local fights.
| There has been more fighting over To-
| cal measures at this session of the leg
! islature than has been known in years.
Bills Reach Governor Slowly.
A large number of local bills, includ-
| ing the last of those in which Chat
| ham county is interested, have not yet
| reached the Governor. Speaker Morris
was out of the city to-day, and Clerk
| Bouifeuillet went home this after
noon. Some measures involving cleo
| tions which are to be held early next
week, have not yet reached the Gov
ernor, and parties who are interested
| in them were here to-day to get them
pushed along and made laws.
Members of both bodies say that both
| of the coming summer sessions of the
present General Assembly will be f1f-
ty days, so that this Legislature will
serve $50, instead of 100, days. It will
have to pass general appropriations
and tax bills again at the summer ses-
sion in 1904