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wants Mamie De Girls pardoned by the
Governor and introduced d joint reso-
luton to that effect.
Senator Sneed asked immediate con-
slderation for his resolution. He made
brief speech urging action in the
matter, stating that the woman was
still confined at the prison farm where
her sentence has almost expired He
thought she had been sufficiently pun
ished and that she should be liberated.
Following is the text of Senator
Sneed's resolutions:
Resolved. by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring, That
his excellency, the Governor, be and he
is hereby requested to grant a pardon
to Mamie De Girls, convict who is
now confined in the penitentiary farm
of Baldwin county"
The Senate was opposed to action at
the time, and it was referred to the
Penitentiary Commission.
Mamie De Girls is the woman dia-
mond thief sent up from Chatham
County, whose whipping by a deputy
wa den at the prison farm last sum-
mer caused such disturbance
throughout the state and led to many
petitions at that time for her pardon.
The Senate passed by vote of 26 to
the bill by Senator E. H McMichael
of the Twenty-fourth, providing for an
amendment to the act of 1897 so as to
increase from 100000 to $500, 900 the
amount which the treasurer is permit
ted to transfer from the general fund
to the school fund in the spring for
the purpose of paying the school teach
ers of the state when their salaries
are due.
Pensions to Ordinaries.
~
ed the House bill by Messrs. Dawson
of Greene and Underwood of White.
authorizing and directing the commits
sioner of pensions to pay to the ordi-
naries of their respective counties, the
pensions due deceased veterans, where
sucn veterans die just prior to the time
at which such pensions are to be paid,
for the use and benefit of those who
have contributed to the support of such
veteran, or who have paid his funeral
expenses, and the balance, if there be
any, is to go TO his widow.
This bill now goes to the Governor
for his signature.
Senator Harvie Jordan of the Twen-
ty-eighth introduced a joint resolution
requesting the Governor to appoint a
medical commission to consist of one
from each congressional district which
commission shall report the number of
cases OF tuberculosis IN Georgia; Sec
ond, the annual deaths in this state
from tuberculosis: third, the number
of cases contracted in this state, and
the number imported from other
states; fourth, the measures taken for
preventing the spread of tuberculosis,
and fifth, whether the physicians of
the state generally favor measures for
preventing the spread of the disease.
1t is provided that the members of this
board shall serve without compensa-
ton.
Immigration Commission.
Senator Matthews of the Twenty
third introduced a bill providing for
the creation of an immigration COM
mission for Georgia. His bill differs in
some features from that which has al
ready been introduced in the House of
Representatives, but is, in effect, on
the same line.
Among other measures which were
introduced in the Senate, were the fol-
lowing:
BY Senator Ledford-To regulate the
sale of domestic wines made from fruits
grown on the owners land, etc.
BY Senator Davis-To provide for
remedy on official bonds given by Off
GERS of this state in the event of de-
fault or the Misrepresentation of the
states money. so that the Governor
may issue a II ia directly against the
surety, without being required to bring
suit.