The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
Senator and Representative Leave
for Seat of Legislation.
THREE LOCAL BILLS ADVERTISED

One of These Is the Old Familiar
Bill to Abolish the City Court.
Senator and Representative May
Not Be in Accord as to When Elec-
ton Shall BE Held. Senator Irwin
Has a Number of Measures, and
Mr.. Marshall May Introduce a
Dog Law.
Senator J. R. Irwin and Repre-
sentative M. H. Marshall, Jr., left
for Atlanta Sunday, and will be pres
ent today, Wednesday, the 23rd,
when the general assembly of Geor-
gia convenes for a session of fifty
days.
Senator Irwin has a good deal of
work cut out, and will be a very busy
man and prominent in the delibera-
lions of the senate if he introduces
and puts through all of the measures
he advocated during his campaign
In his platform when he went before
the people last spring he promised
them to introduce bill to abolish
the City Court of Dawson, and made
that the paramount issue of the cam
paign. Another plank of his plat
form was a promise to save the
farmers from $500 to $500 a ton
on their guano by passing a bill pro- i
hibiting the use of worthless filters
in the manufacture of fertilizers, |
and he further declared that he |
would make an effort to save to the |
people of Georgia 100000 in taxes
by providing for a more equitable |
division of the educational fund be-
tween the white and cOlored races.
May Introduce Dog Law.
Representative Marshall has not
promised to place any new laws in
the statute books, and does not now
know of any bills that he will drop
into the legislative hopper. He
stated to The News before leaving,
however, that he was thinking of in
PRODUCING bill to tax dogs. He was
not positive, though, that he would
do so.
Mr. Marshall said that he is in
thorough accord with Governor
Brown on the question of biennial
sessions of the legislature, and will
support the new executive in his eff
forts to bring this about.
viii They Agree on When?
1t is understood that the senator
and representative are in accord on
the proposition to submit the ques-
ton of abolisning the city court to
vote of the people, but it is posi-
bic that they will not be able to agree
as to when the election shall be held.
Senator Irwin, who has led the
tight against the city court, will de-
part from his original intention to
introduce a bill to abolish the court
outright, and will, instead, introduce
a measure submitting the question to
vote of the people. 1t is Mr.. r.
wins intention to provide in his bill
for an election on some date early in
next year.
Representative Marshall, who is
understood to favor retaining the city
court, or having some other inter
mediary court, is willing for the
people to express themselves at the
ballot box, but he may not agree
with Senator Twins plan to have an
election early in 1909. To The
News he expressed himself as be-
lieving that an election should not
be held until the next general cleo :,
ton, which will not occur until Oc-
tober of next year, as recommended
by the grand jury.
The question is, therefore, will the
senator and the representative be
able to get together on this point? ;
Local Legislation.
There will be very little local leg
islation for Terrell county, as no.
tees of only three bills have been /
advertised.
One of these, of course, is the city |
court bill, and another is for a new
charter for the city of Dawson.