Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-12
HOUSE WON'T RAISE
APPEAL JUDGES SALARY
Declines to Concur in Senate
Amendment-SeveraI
Measures Passed

Representative Ellis of Bibb county
appreciates a good joke. even if it is on
himself. wherefore he is impelled to
laugh at his own attitude before the
house Tuesday at noon, when, after a
, feverish search, he found a man-Repre-
sentative Johnson of Jeff Davis-who
had not voted on the bill to increase APP
pellate court judges salaries, and
brought that man triumphantly to the
speakers stand to register his vote.
! Mr.. Ellis strongly advocated the in
crease. The house was voting whether
1t should stand pat on its bill without
the amendment purporting to increase
the salaries but gravely leaving them
just where they are now. Only a major
, tty of those voting Ca quorum benign =
cessary, Of course) had to favor the
amendment TO decide the increase.
1t was with some pardonable pride.
therefore, that Representative Ellis ush-
cred Representative johnson up to the
/ speakers rostrum and bowed of one &C
cord with him.
| But the light faded from the eyes of
Representative Ellis, an dthe gladstone
expression left his features, when Mr..
Johnson said solemnly as he suppressed
a smile of his own:
FOOLED MIR. ELLIS.
II wish to be recorded as voting no."
The house caught the situation and
roared with appreciation of II, while Mr..
I Ellis beat a skillful retreat from the spot
! light q.
/ And. as II developed a moment later,
! the very vote that Mr.. Ellis secured I'M
der a mistaken apprehension-a very dis
astrous Observation-Disclosures the one
which broke tie and defeated the fight
| for the increase. A moment or two be-
! fore the vote was Is to IS. Then one
member came in late and asked to be
recorded AYE and another came In and
voted no. While Clerk Boifeuillet was
again casting up the columns another
member voted no and another aye. Only
few CMr. Ellis not included) knew the
tie was there. All knew the vote was
close. But, through the cordial efforts
of Mr.. Ellis of Bib, the tie was broken
and the final count stood " against to
rs for.
The first debate Of the morning arose
on the senate bill to permit mergers OF
! Georgia street or interurban railway
companies with similar companies In
adjoining states.
Mr.. Wright of Floyd opposed this bill
on the ground that by so merging ana
involving themselves in interstate rela-
tions, the Georgia companies could re-
of Georgia courts. >.
defense Of the bill was led by Mr..
/ Anderson, of Chatham, who pointed out
the obstacles arising under the lack OF
this law in the operation of street rail-
WAYS across the state border at Augusta
aud other similar places.
The bill passed by vote OF lo2 TO "A.
Under a privileged resolution by Mr..
Stubs, OF Thomas, the speaker of the
IArlr q nd
secretary OF the respective bodies, the
enrolment committees and two members
each of the auditing committees, the
postmistress and some of the porters Of
the assembly, will when the senate con-
ours, be authorized to remain at work
for FIVE days after adjournment.
HURRY PRINTING OF LAWS.
A resolution by Mr.. Edwards, of Wal
ton, instructing the senate librarian to
hurry the printing of the new laws. was
adopted after Mr.. Reid. of Campbell. had
! explained that the delay lies with the
state printer.
A sharp fight on the game bill, said
to have been melted by fear OF call for an
aye and nay vote on the passage of 1t,
was developed when Mr.. Turnipseed, Of
Clay. moved to take the bill from the
table, where 1t had just been put and
place 1t on it's passage.
This motion prevailed as strongly as
the motion to table was carried. Then
came the argument on the bill. During
this a motion to table the bill again
was made ana lost. Finally, when the
time fixed (after some discussion) for
debate expired and just as the vote was
about to be taken to put II IN its pass
age, another motion to table was made.
1t prevailed, and the bill will die for
this session. Two OF it's provisions were
that hunter must pay 81 a year for a
license to hunt, and that nobody can
hunt on the land Of another without
the owners express personal permis-
sion
WON'T RAISE PAY.
, The last order of the morning was the
bill 90 increase the salaries of the Judges
or the state court of appeals The house
finally refused to concur in the senate
Amendment on this measure, and the mat
ter was lost-for the time being. It's
I friends announce their determination TO
get 1t up again, and say they can pass
1t. The opposition is equally determined.
This measure has had peculiar career,
and the uniqueness of It lasted I'D till
the last minute, when a tie vote was
broken by one solitary vote that turned
the fortunes of the day against the in
| crease. Twice the vote was tied. be-
| fore any announcement of the count was
made.
The measure originated in the house.
/ in a bin to increase the salaries OF the
appellate court judges. An amendment
making those salaries $1,000 Dust what
they were to begin With was adopted.
and the bill went over to the senate in
that form. The senate amended It to
5000, which was a real increase, and
In that shape II came back to the house
for concurrence In the senate amendment.
To concur, only a majority of a quorum
lover half of SO, or AZ votes, or a ma
Jority Of those voting II they numbered
more than 90 altogsther) was needed. The
final vote was rs to II.
BILLS PASSED.
The following measures were passed by
the house Monday morning:
Senate bill. to amend the act relative
| to wrongful sale of mortgaged property.
Senate bill, to change the time OF hold
| ing superior court of Marion county.
Senate bill, to prohibit shooting into or
toward any occupied dwelling.
Senate bill. TO amend the law allow
ing mergers of street railroad companies
so as to permit merger OF Georgia COM
panies with corporations in other states
| Just across the border.
! Senate bill-To provide proper protec
tion for the sinking funds OF mu-
nicipal corporations.
Senate bill-To increase the maxi
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