The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-07-27
WHAT THE LAWMAKERS IN SEES
SION IN ATLANTA ARE
DOING.
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
New Bills introduced and Passed in
the Senate and in the
House.

<AtldAlobs
With only one dissenting vote the
general judiciary committee No. 1 Of
the house of representatives took ia
vorable action upon the bill allowing
women to practice law in Georgia.
The committee reported the measure
back to the house, with the recon-
mendation that it do pass.
The ways and means committee of
the house voted to recommend the
passage of the bill which seeks to
raise the state license tax on near
beer saloons from $500 to $500 per
year. Judge Hopkins of Thomas Of
fered an amendment raising the tax
to $1,000 per year, but the committee
thought that amount too large. Mr..
Ashley of Lowndes, the author of the
bill. stated that the amount derived
by the state from near beer tax last
year was about $240,000, and he ex-
pressed the belief that with the in"
creased tax the state will derive an
increase over this amount of at least
$150,000 per year. The committee
voted down the bill by Mr.. Adams of
Hall and others to repeal the tax of
81 per annum on dogs. Mr.. Adams
and other members of the committee
who favor the repeal of the tax will
submit a minority report recommend
ing that the tax be repealed.
A statement from former Governor
Brown, the production Of the files by
Chairman Warner Hill of the railroad
commission, and the report that Gov
ernor Smith would make immediate
investigation of the situation, We're
the developments in the case of the
alleged violation of the lease contract
of the state road on the part of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and ST. Louis,
the leasing company. 1t is said that
Governor Smith will look into the mat
ter at an early date with a view to-
ward taking steps to declare null and
void the lease held by the Nashville,
Chattanooga and ST. Louis over the
state road because of their failure to
adopt Georgia instead of Southern
freight classifications between Allan
ia and Chattanooga.
The following general bills were
passed by the senate:
By Senator King of the Fourth-A
bill to prohibit the measurement OF
timber otherwise than by the stand
ard measures of the state.
BY Senator King of the Fourth-A
bill to prohibit the publishing of the
name of any female alleged to have
been raped.
By Senator Edwards of the Thirty
second--A bill to exempt males from
road work when they pay the amount
to employ laborer.
The railroad committee of the
house tuprned down bill providing
for the employment of an expert to
see that the railroads are kept in safe
condition.
The special judiciary committee de-
cided to recommend favorably the bill
prohibiting the use of repeating guns
that shoot as many six times with
out reloading in shooting birds in this
state.
The anti-lobby bill passed by the
senate will be recommended favora-
bly, gy general judiciary committee
No. /.
The Harris senate resolution pro-
viding for a commission to investi-
gate the subject of releasing the state
road was referred to special sub
committee when taken up by the
house Western and Atlantic commit
tee. The subcommittee is composed
of Messrs. Bower chairman; Hall of
Bibb; Ault, yinson, Turnipseed and
Alexander.
About one-half of the members of
the general assembly left these parts,
most of them going to Milledgeville
on the annual trip of inspection to
the state institutions there. The con-
vict farm and state reformatory was
gone over by the penitentiary COM
mittee, and the state sanitarium was
viewed by its committee, Chairman
Dix of the former and Chairman Ba-
ker of the latter headed the delega-
tions.
Without dissenting vote, but only
after two-hour battle, in which
amendment after amendment was vot-
ed down, the Georgia senate passed
the Ault resolution, providing an in
vestigaton of the laws governing the
department of agriculture, exactly as
it came from the lower house, The
resolution provides for the appoint
ment of joint committee, the major
ity of whom are farmers, to investi-
gate the department of agriculture.
The committee may make its report
at any time that suits its convenience,
but not later than the first day of the
next session of the legislature. The
resolution provides for ten-day ex-
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