The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-02
MANY BILLS ON
THE CALENDAR
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IN ALL, SIX SEPARATE AND Dis
TINcT PRoH1elTIoN MEAS.
L uRES ARE SUBMITTED.
.GIGARETTS ARE DOOMED
So Far Have These Bills Gone That
One OF Them Makes it a Mlsde.
\ meanor for One to smoke a
Cigarette in the State.

( Atlanta July THE first weeks
session of the general assembly will
so down in history as reform week
from the fact that the house was
aealeteiy swamped with bills of re-
form bills looking forward to prohi-
biti f. legislation. automobile legisla-
tior cigarette legislation. child labor
and anti-pass measures.
On the subject of prohibition there
We're Just six bills introduced, five
in the house of representatives and
one in the senate. The first bill to
be introduced was by Senator Hard
man. which was followed by Repre-
sentative Fur. of Banks; then in
succession came the rest. Senator
Hardman's bill is to declare state
prohibition. The others are:
Mr. Furr, of Banks-Act to pro-
hlbit the sale or manufacture of spir-
ituous or malt or Intoxicating bever-
ages in the state of Georgia after
FJanuary l.
! Mr. Covington, of Cqlquitt-To pro-
Ihibit railroads and express copipa-
MES from carrying liquors sinto dry
counties
MI Persons, Of Monroe--To pro-
hibit shipment OF intoxicating liquors
into dry counties.
Mr. Novel;. of Walton-To make 1t
illegal to malntain blind tiger on
sell Intoxicating liquors in dry coun-
ties
Next in order came. the cigarette
bills The first to be introduced was
by Senator Camp which was fol-
lowed by Representative Furr of
Banks. Senator Camp in his bill
makes 1t unlawful to manufacture
cigarette papers or cigarette tobacco
and further makes it misdemeanor
J for any of these articles to be found
on the person. Representative Furr
makes it unlawful for anyone to
smoke a cigarette.
The anti-pass bills play a very
prominent par this year, Senator
Born introducing the first one. Rep
resentative Perry, of Hall, follows
with two bills regarding the matter.
The first is to make 1t unlawful for
street railways or electric railways
to give passes or franks or reduced
passenger rates in the state of Geor-
gIa. The second applies to electric
railways, telephone companies, tele
graph companies and express compa-
MES. In Senator Born's bill all of
the corporations mentioned in the
two Of Representative Berry's bills
are covered
The house OF representatives took
the opening shot at shady elections
Mr. Anderson, OF Bulloch and Mr.
Williams, Of Laurens, introduced the
following bill: To amend the con-
stitution regarding voting qualifica-
ltions Mr. Foster, Of Cobb and Mr..
Wright, of Richmond. also introduced
a bill regarding the matter: TO reg
ulate primary elections, holding GER
itain ones on same day and provide
penalty for election offenses. Mr..
Wright, Of Richmond. also introduced
bin to make the offense Of buying
or selling votes to be designated and
punished as bribery
There are many novel bills before
the house
The first is from Representative
McMichael, requiring all secret or
ders or societies in Georgia, doing
business behind closed doors, to
make bond Of $4,000 to $4,000. The
next is from Representative Black
ourn, to protect manufacturers and
bottlers of sort drinks from the loss
OF their bottles. The third is from
Representative White, to require cir
cuses to give separate performances
Tor white and colore9 people.