The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-10
GEORGIA JUDGES
WILL GET A RAISE
$1,000 A YEAR THE INCREASE.
1T APPLIES TO SUPREME AND ST.
PERIOR COURTS.

PERIOR COT RTS.
No Free transportation or Franks
However, VIII BE Permitted the
Judges-To Receive Them Would
BE 10 Render Themselves Liable
to observation-disclosures Court
Judges VIII get $4,000 and SUI
perior Court Judges $4,000.
Atlanta, Aug Georgia Judges had
Al 900 year added to their salaries to-
dav by the vote of the House of Rep
resenta tives. but they were forbidden
to accept or ride on free passes or to
receive telephone, telegraph and ex
press franks. under penalty of i'm
parchment.
The House passed by a vote Of III to
81 the bill by Senator Comas, which
passed the Senate by a two-thrds ma
iority last year and which provides for
On increase from $4,000 to $4,000 IN the
salary of Supreme Court judges and an
increase from s., 900 to $4,000 in the sal
airy of Superior Court judges. The bill
tnuS received III tiIS L1puoD Aoui VIZ"
more than the two thirds majority
necessary to make it a law.
But the House did not pass the bill
without conditions 1t was provided in
the bill that hereafter no judge of the
Supreme or Superior courts shall re-
ceive for himself or any member of his
family any free pass from any railroad
or any frank from any telephone, tele-
graph or express company upon pain
of impeachment, nor shall any judge
who accepts such favors from this class
of corporations be entitled to receive
the increased salary provided for in the
bill
Nice Work Got $500 More.
1t was a very pretty piece of parlia
mentary tactics that the salaries were
put at $4,000 and $4,000. instead of ST.
500 and $500. An amendment provid-
ing that no Judge who received such
favors from corporations should be
paid the 5000 and $4,000 salaries, as
provided for in the bill, was tackled on
to the anti-free pass amendment at the
instance of Mr.. Slaton of Fulton, when
the anti-free pass amendment which
therefore, fixed the salaries at $4,000
and $4,000. and all amendments for
less amounts, of which there were sew
eral were thus out of order.
There is no doubt that the House
will stand by the anti-free pass
amendment, for it was largely through
that condition If not altogether, that
the increased salaries We're secured. 1t
is expected, however, that the Senate
will readily agree to the amendment
as it can do by a majority of a
quorum, because the Senate has al
ready cast twenty-one votes in favor
of anti-free pass measure
Judges VIII Accept.
1t is understood the judges viii be
well satisfied to accept the conditions.
Many of them now are inclined not
TO accept free passes, but do so in or
der that they may not seem queer or
different from others. There is no
thought that as a rule free passes in
huence the judges in any way, and the
particular reason for prohibiting them
from accepting them is to do away
with any bad impression which that
act might make on the public mind.
There was quite a long debate over
the bill, Speaker Morris, Messrs. Fielder
of Bibb, Slaton of Fulton Moses Of
Coweta and others urging its passage
and all supporting as well the anti
free pass amendment. The salaries
Fixed in the bill are the same as those
that passed the Senate. As soon as
the Senate concurs in the anti-free
pass amendment, the bill will go to
the Governor for his signature. All of
the members from Chatham voted for
the bill.
Disagree to senate Amendme nts.
At the afternean--sassion, the House
spent most of the time in hearing the
speeches of Gen. Lee and Col. Goode.
1t was nearly o'clock, when busi-
ness was resumed and the general ap-
preparations bill was taken up for &C
ton on the Senate amendments. The
House, after some little discussion, re-
fused to concur in the Senate amend
ments. increasing the appropriation to
the sanitarium from $3.50, 900 to $780,.
900, in reducing the common school
fund from Sl,000,0O0 to 100000 and in
increasing the state board of health
appropriation from $4,000 to $500.
Most of the other minor Senate amend
ments were rejected. Tomorrow con-
ference committees will be appointed
on these subjects by the House and
Senate and the disagreement will be
on in earnest.
IL is question OF Wnlcn House is
the more stubborn. The appropriations
will likely not be settled until after
midnight Thursday night.
Passed ones Killed One.
The Senate passed one important
measure and killed another. The first
mentioned was a bill by Messrs. Eel
der, Hall and Kilburn Of Bib TO al
low the trustees of the State Blind
Academy at Macon to sell the present
buildings and grounds of that insti-
tuition, located between Orange and
College streets, for a price not less
than $50 900 and re-invest the proceeds
more suitably to the needs of the
academy. To accomplish this the trus-
tees are permitted 10 suspend opera
lions OF the Institution for one year
~ necessary.
The bill which was killed was by
Senator Smith and provided that nc
one should be hereafter licensed ia
practice medicine in Georgia, unless
he should previously have spent foul
terms Of six month each, each term
10 come In a separate and Distinct
year. in some recognized medical col
lege or university. The bill was not
actually voted down, but so much OPP
position developed that Senator Smith
himself moved TO table IT,
The House resolution by Mr.. Fields
Of Dolly authorizing a commission
TO the Jamestown exposition, was
adopted. This commission is TO con.
sist Of the Commissioner of Agricul.
ture, the state geologist and three citi.
gAus IN he appOipted nv the Governor