The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-07-04
THE LEGISLATURE
DOWN TO BUSINESS,
Governor Smith inaugu-
rated. Some Impor-
tant Bills.

. The prohibitionists control the present
legislature, and forced T. S. Fielder,
candidate for president of the senate,
: to retire, and elected Hon. John
W. Aiken, of Gainesville. Hon John
M. Slaton was elected speaker of the
house, and John T. Eoifeuillet, clerk.
Mr.. D. F. McClatchey, of Marietta, is
reading clerk. Charley Northen is Sec
rotary of the senate.
The Inauguration of Governor Smith
took place Saturday,
The special message of Governor Ter
rell to the legislature asks for the care
of the 5000 Confederate dead in the
cemetery at Marietta, which has been
decided to the state by the Ladies' Me-
mortal Society.
Senator Camp, of the 3lst, introduced
one of the most radical anti-cigarette
bills in the Senate to-day that has ever
made its appearance before any legisla-
tive body. 1t prescribes q penalty not
only for the manufacture and sale OF
cigarettes and cigarette papers, but for
smoking them.
Senator Fielder, of the 22nd, intro
duced his automobile speed limit bill,
requiring that automobiles in incorpo-
rated cities and towns shall not run
more than one mile in six minutes, and
on the country roads not more than
one mile in three minutes. Automo-
bilists are required to stop whenever
eignalled to do 80 by the driver of a
horse or mule, and wait until such We
hicle passes.
| Senator Steed, of the 9th, introd uced
a bill making 80 per cent of the daily,
weekly or monthly wages of journey
man laborer subject to punishment i;
also bill to make county school COM
missioners elective by the people.
Senator Hartman has introduced q
State prohibition bill, and it looks like
it will pass.
More bills, and more important bills,
were introduced at Fridays session OF
the house, perhaps, than at any previous
session. There were 300 in all, and
nearly every one provides for some sort
of reform
Chief among those introduced Friday
were the bills providing for the return
of assessments to the comptroller gen
eral; the increase of the size and power
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of the railroad commission the anti
pass bill; bill making an attempted
criminal assault punishable by death
as we'll as the assault itself, and meas
ure calling for thorough investigation
into the property status of the Central
OF Georgia railroad and the Southern.
By Mr.. Edwards, OF Habersham-TO
provide for the rotation of the judges
of the Supreme court,
To amend section 1899 of the code so
as to make salaries of sOlicitors-gcneral
$500
To further restrict registration, so
that tax collectors alone can register
voters, and no person can pay taxes of
voters, etc.
To amend constitution so as to in
crease per diem Of members of general
assembly.
To tax gifts, legacies and inherit
ances.
BY Messrs. Foster and Anderson, OF
Cobb-To increase salary of insurance
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To create board of commissioners for
Cobb county.
By Mr.. Foster, of Cobb-To amend
act relative to pension of Confederate
soldiers, etc.
To provide for amendments to bills of
indictments IN courts Of the State.
To amend section 5130 Of code with
reference to continaances.
To require taking and noting of ex-
ceptions to all rulings, orders and
charges in courts in civil and criminal
cases.
To amend section 2316 of code rela.
tive to refund of OverchArges by COM
mon carriers.
By Messrs. Foster, of Cobb, and
Wright, of Richmond-To regulate pri-
mary elections, holding of certain one
on same day, and to provide penalties
for election offenses.
By Mr.. Foster, Of Cobb-To amend
section 1923 Of code in regard to recov-
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