Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-02
RELIEF NOW CERTAIN
FOR SUPREME COURT
House Concurred in Amendment
of Senate.
LEGISLATORS ENJOY BARBECUE

ow of Veteran Was Defined for Pen
sion Purposes as One Whose Es
tate Does Not Exceed $1,000.
Atlanta, Aug. 1.-Relief for the
oYerburdened supreme court is now
assured, the house of representatives
having on Tuesday concurred in the
amendment of the senate providing
that the terms of the three judges OF
the court to be lected by the people
at the October election shall be for
two, four and six years, the respective
terms to be decided by lot.
| The house amended the senate
amendment by providing that the re-
turns of the election should be can
vassed by the secretary of state, and
| this amendment was Immediately con
Cured in and the bill transmitted to
the governor.
With applause from the members
of the house and the galleries, crowd
| ed with ladies and gentlemen, the
| bill to create the new county of Ben
| Hill was passed TUESDAY morning.
The new county is to be created from
| portions of Irwin and Wilcox coun-
ties, with Fitzgerald as the county
| seat, should the people ratify the pro-
| posed amendment of the cons stitution
| at the October election. The bill
was passed by substitute for the bill
OF CO 1e AZ 4
it for the establishment of the new
county is due to Mr.. Wilcox, of r.
| win who introduced a bill in the house
for that purpose.
By a vote of 103 to 20 the house
decided to define an INDECENT confed-
crate soldier, or the widow of con-
federate soldier, to be one of pension
purposes, whose estate is not worth
more than $1,000, and the income,
therefrom not more than S100 per an
num-. and who is at least 65 years
of age and unable to do manual la
Dor.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb,
the house reconsidered its action of
Monday in defeating the senate bill
to increase the amount allowed the
comptroller general for clerk hire.
The bill proposes an amendment to
! the constitution, and takes it's place
at the foot of the calendar, where it
will scarcely be reached unless it be
made special order. The bill was
defeated by failure to receive 8 more
affirmative votes to make the requi-
site constitutional majority of III
votes
At the afternoon session the bill of
Messrs. Hardman and holder of
Jackson, to require the owners and
operators of cutting machines to pro-
vide certain appliances for the preser
walton of human life, was passed af-
ter the house adopted an amendment
proposed by the authors of the bill
providing that no civil liability should
attach to persons from failure to OBJ
serve the provisions of the bill. The
bill requires owners of cutting ma
chimes to keep on hand a rubber tou-
nequet and a hypOdermic syringe for
the injection of saline solution to be
made from tablets which shall be kept
on hand.
An attempt was made to pass the
bill of Mr.. Kelly of Glascock, to mend
the constitution SO that the sum ap-
piled to the education of the white
and negro races should be apportion-
ed according to the taxes paid by
each, but after short discussion the
bill was tabled.
The bill of Mr.. Kelly of Glascock,
to require all patent and proprietary
medicines sold in the state to bear
the formula, was discussed after it's
third reading. DR.. Kelly and DR..
Whitley, of Douglas, spoke In behalf
of the measure, which is indorsed by
the Georgia Pharmaceutical associ-
alton, but the bill and the substitute
therefor, were recommitted to the
committee on hygiene and sanf-
tation.
The house concurred in senate
amendments to the Bell child labor
bill, and the bill to allow towns and
cities OF 500 population to elect in
which county its sites shall be when
1t lies partly in two or more counties.
Wednesday the general assembly
were the guests of President West.
of the senate, and Speaker Slaton, of
the house, at a barbecue given by
these two gentlemen at the Cold
Springs barbecue grounds. Special
cars left the Mitchell street entrance
of the capitol at o'clock in the af.
ternoon direct to the grounds.