The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
A BUSY CLOSE
OF The SESSION
TIME PRESSING; BILLS MANY.
-vNERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEVEN
TEEN WORKING DAYS LEFT.

"a Receive the Consideration OF |
uouse and Senate-AfternOOn
sessions Will he Commenced in !
,,,a House to Meet the Stress of |
1usiness-OutIOOk for Many Con-
ferences.
Atlanta. July 24.-While there are
numerous general bills on the House |
calendar that will die with the pres
ant session. it is not likely that much |
# any. of the important and almost |
necessary legislation will be overlook |
I'd.
notwithstanding opposition TO spec |
ial orders, the House has thus favor |
81 quite a number of measures in the |
last ten days, and there are three |
others yet to come up this week, which |
will receive continued considers alton IN
til they are disposed of. These are
the bills providing for rotation of The
Superor Court judges, to increase the
Governors salary and to equip the
state department of entomology with
sufficient force to prevent the en-
trance of the Mexican boil weevil into
the state. Some twenty other bills
which their authors wanted made spec
ial orders were turned down by the
House OF course, every measure is
OF supreme Importance in the eyes
of its author, but the indications are
that the House is not illiberal enough
10 let go by without action any much
needed legislation.
The general appropriations bill will
be reported to the House on Wednes-
day by Chairman Davis, and it is
within his power to call it up for
consideration as soon as he sees fit.
As the measure has been delayed by
discussion in the committee room, it
Is probable that ii will be taken up
a $ soon as it is reported to the House
The appropriations bill promises to
evoke even more discussion that did
the general tax act; certainly it will
if The extended discussion in the COM
mittee room is any indication. There
is hardly an appropriation outside of
those fixed by law, that will not meet
with some opposition.
There remain only seventeen work.
ing DAYS in the present session, and
when the appropriations bill reaches
the House there will be but fifteen left.
II half a dozen of these are taken
up by this measure, there will be lit
tie time left for other matters. In
any event the Senate will have but
a short time in which to consider the
matter of appropriations.
Rotation of Judges.
Tomorrow morning the bill provid-
ing for rotation of Superior Court
judges, as prepared by a special com
mitee will be taken UP by the House
and considered as the special order
until it has been disposed of.
This bill provides for the creation
Of four judicial divisions to be made
up Of the various circuits of the state.
with the exception of those composed
Cf only one county containing a city
whose population is $4,000 or more.
The only exceptions, therefore, are
the Atlanta circuit, comprising only
Fulton county, and the eastern cir
cult, Which contains only Chatham
county The judicial divisions are to
be made up as follows:
The first judicial division composed
of the following circuits, numerically
designated: Rome circuit, No /; Blue
Ridge circuit, No. .; Cherokee circuit,
No. 3: TallapOosa circuit, No. A; Stone
Mountain circuit. No. 5, and Coweta
circuit, No. 6. The second judicial di-
vision composed of the following cir
cults, numerically designated: North
eastern circuit. No. l; Western cir
cult, No. 2; Flint circuit, No. 8; Oc-
mulgee circuit, No. A. northern cir
sion composed of the following cir
cults, numerically designated: Au-
gusta circuit, No. 1; middle circuit,
No. ,; Oconee circuit, No. 3; Atlanta
circuit, No. 4; Brunswick circuit, No.
o The fourth judicial division COM
posed of the following circuits, nu
merically designated: Chattahoochee
circuit, No. 1; Macon circuit, No. 2;
southwestern circuit, No. 3; Pataula
circuit No. 4; Albany circuit, No. 5;
southern circuit, No. 6.
The act is to go into effect Jan. /,
1905, after which each judge is to pre-
side over the circuit of the next high
er number above his own, and then
successfully over the circuits in the
order OF their number, for a period
OF one year to each circuit. Thus a
Judge will reach his own circuit only
once every four or five years. Judges
are TO be allowed to exchange circuits
only in case of sickness or disquali-
hcation, and during the time in which
they preside over any particular cir
cult they are to have exclusive juris-
dlction i'm all matters pertaining to
the Superior Court. They are to be
allowed not exceeding $500 per annum
for expenses while presiding in other
circuits than their own
Speaker Morris is an earnest advo-
cate of this measure, and when 1t
comes up for consideration he will
take the floor for the purpose of max
ING an argument in support of it,
There has been good deal of talk
anout the matter in the Blue Ridge
circuit
Anti-BoII Wsevil Bill.
What is known as the anti-boll Vice.
VIII bill will come up for consideration
as the special order on Tuesday after
the Dill to raise the Governors salary
mas first been disposed Of The Cover
nors salary bill is the first special Or
ger fixed for Tuesday, and the indica-
uons are that it will be passed without
much debate.
The anti-boll weevil bill, is, in effect
measure to increase the powers and
outles of the State Department of En-
toinology. 1t provides for an appro-
Nlation of $4,000 to this department
Win view to preventing, If possible
me Introduction into this state of the
Mexican cotton boil weevil. The mon
~ is TO be expended in providing an
Increased force in the department Of
entomology, and upon the entomologist
ana his officers are conferred certain
POWERS which they do not now possess
strong safeguards are made against
the Introduction of the boil weevil, but
II is provided that in the event 1t does
se. INTO the state and is found in any
Votton field, such cotton may be de-
sroyed, the owner to be remunerated
20 the extent Of IS an acre. The bill
provides also for n still stronger fight