Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-07-29
LITTLE BUSINESS DONE
BY MEMBERS OF HOUSE
Morning Consumed In Special
Order Argument. xass
ONLY ONE MEASURE PASSED

WII9nLI OF TloyO, ana NOVEL;, OF wal
ton, Urged that Members Be Forced
to Attend, but No Action Was TAX
en~by the House.
Atlanta, July 28-The house of rep
resentatiVes accomplished but little
In the way of legislation Friday, pass
ing but one bill, that of Mr.. Dunbar,
OF Richmond, to prevent the dominat-
ing of judgments, this being accom-
plished by providing that all execu-
tion6 and entries there on shall be en-
tered upon the general execution dock
et
The remainder of the morning ses-
sion was consumed in considering and
discussing the report of the commit
tee on rules, which recommended the
limitation of debate to thirty minutes,
and that house and senate bills in
volving amendments to the constitu-
ton should be taken up and voted on
separately as to whether or not they
should be made special continuing or
ders for the day and Monday.
The rule limiting debate to thirty
minutes was adopted, after which the
house voted down separately six house
bills which were sought to be made
special orders, and four senate bills.
The only exceptions made were in
making the bill of Mr.. Galloway, of
Walton, to amend the constitution rel
ative to widows of confederate sol,
diers, and the senate bill to provide
additional clerical assistance for the
comptroller general, special orders.
Bills proposing amendments to the
constitution must be passed by next
Friday, or they will be ineffective. the
constitution requiring the publication
OF such proposed amendments for two
months prior to the general election.
II these bills are not taken up out of
their regular order on the calendar,
they will not be reached in time.
At the afternoon session nothing
was accomplished, there being but SO
members present. The bill which
was made the special OTdeHt', that of
~'AA NCAIAON ey VI w d1lOu, W pension
widows of confederate soldiers who
married on or before Jan. 1, 1870, re-
quiring III votes to pass it.
In order to save the bills status as
special order, the house adjourned
at $3.50 O'Clock, and the bill will come
up as unfinished business on Monday.
The house met at o'clock Saturday
morning and passed between 80 and
10 local bills, which came up for
third reading
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, offered a
resolution to amend Rule No. l so as
to empower the speaker to compel the
attendance of members
Every day" said Mr. Wright,
members pick up thcir hats and
walk quietly out of ths house to go
to ball games AS the rule now
stands, the speaker of the house can
only compel attendance when a roll
call discloses the absence of a quo
rum. Unless something is doae we
can't keep enough members here to
transac- the business Of the house.
On motion Of Mr.. Mitchell, of Thorn
as, the resolution was tabled.
The most viJa,ly interesti.., :, matter
that came before the sel' ) was the
favorable report on the Carswen an
ti-pass bill Ly the committee on con
stitutOnal amendments. The bill
was placed on second reading, and
Will doubtless be taken up for consid-
GRAFTON the latter part of next week.
The measure includes prohibition of
assemblymen accepting railroad pass
es, favors from telephone and tele-
graph companies, express companies
and other such corporations. 1t also
provides for raising of the salaries
of the members of the legislature
from 81 to 81 per day 1t is belieced
that the bill will pass the senate, as
it received a unanimous report by the
committee