The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-15
NO CONVICTS FOR THE CITY
BILL TO WORK ZEBRAS ON DAW-
SONS STREETS WITHDRAWN
County Commissioners Joined the
Farmers Union in Protesting
Against the Proposition.

Farmers Union in Protesting
Against the Proposition.
Representative Mercer has with
drawn the bill he introduced in the
legislature at the request of the city
council to provide for working the
county changing on the streets of
Dawson.
Last week The News printed reso-
lutions that were adopted by the
Farmers Union of the county oppos-
ing the bill, and the board of county
commissioners, at a recent meeting.
adopted strong resolutions protest.
ing against the measure and forward
ed the representative copy of them
The commissioners declare in their
resolutions that if the changing
works Dawson's streets the streets
OF all other incorporated towns in
the county should also be worked
and that if the county were to work
the city's streets the county authori-
ties would be compelled to collect
road tax from citizens of Dawson
who are subject to road duty, which
would cause confusion. The com
mlssioners also contend that from a
business viewpoint good country
roads are of as much or more value
to the towns than to the people of
the country. The resolution that was
adopted by the commissioners are as
follows:
1t is hereby resolved by the Board
OF commissioners of Roads and Rev.
enues of Terrell County, now in reg
ular session, that it is the sense of
this body that the proposed legisla-
ton to compel the Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Terrell Coun-
ty to work the county chaingang on
the streets of Dawson is wrong, and
should not become a law, for the
following reasons: That if they
worked the streets of Dawson they
should work the streets of all the
other incorporated towns of the
county; that if the streets of Daw-
son are worked by the county au-
by said county authorities from those
subject to road duty in said city Of
Dawson, which would conflict with
the charter of said city of Dawson,
thereby causing strife and confusion;
and last, but not least, in using the
county changing only on the public
roads outside of the incorporated
towns and cities the whole people
OF the county are benefited, the
towns and city more, if anything,
than the county outside the city and
| towns, as good roads bring business
to the towns. We therefore recon-
mend that our Representative and
Senator be requested to use every
endeavor to prevent the passage of
said bill. Done in regular session,
this the 9TH day of July, 1908"
Mr.. MERGERS Letter.
Representative Mercer has written
letter, of which the following is a
copy, to the officers of the Farmers
Union and the clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners notifying
them of his withdrawal of the bill:
House of Representatives, At
lanta, Ga, July 8, 19O8.-Dear
Sirs: The bill introduced at the
request of the Dawson City Coun-
Gil in the matter of working the con-
victs on the streets of Dawson was,
after the receipt of your respective
resolutions, withdrawn from consid-
Grafton of the General Assembly,
which required the unanimous con-
sent of the House. At my request
this was granted this a. m. The
| bill is therefore withdrawn. 1t was
| the opinion of your representative
| that the bill was wrong, but | had
promised the Mayor and Council to
| introduce the measure. Afterwards
it met with strong opposition from
| individual constituents, and ex-
pected to get sufficient documentary
evidence of the undesirability of the
proposed law to Justify it's death in
committee. Having received so
many letters, and your resolutions,
l felt justified in Withdrawing the
bill, as stated. Yours humble SER
want, J. r. MERCER.