The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-18
ENOUGH BILLS ARE ALREADY IN
SIGHT TO LAST THE SOLONS
FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS.
Mr.. WOHLWENDER is LOADED

Bill to Protect Calves Is One of His
Measures. The Prohibition Fight
Will Be On Again, and the Women
Will Want Votes.
ATLANTA months in ad-
vance of the opening of the session
there is plenty of talk about the bills
which the members of the Georgia
legislature propose to introduce this
! summer. Indications are that they
are coming here with pockets full OF
them and that the first call of the
roll for the introduction of new mat
ter will bring such a flood of propos-
ed new measures to the clerks desk
that it will take the general assembly
two or three ordinary sessions to I'M
ravel them.
Representative Ed Wohlwender of
Muscogee, for example, who was in
Atlanta the other day, says he has
already drawn three bills, which, ii
properly considered, will keep the
legislature busy for two or three
weeks, even if there is not another
measure introduced
One of these measures is a blue
sky" law, similar to that introduced
| by Mr.. Wohlwender and other mem
bers at the last session. 1t seeks to
make impossible the operations OF
wild cat stock companies in Georgia.
The Atlanta chamber of commerce
and practically every reputable stock
and bond house in the state favored
the passage of this measure, but for
some reason it did not go through at
the last session.
Veal Outlet Measure.
Another bill which Mr. Wohlwen-
| der proposes to offer will prohibit the
killing of calves under two years OF
age. Some construe this into an at
! tack on the veal outlet industry, but
! Mr.. Wohlwender declares that it is
only designed to protect the beef
growing industry of Georgia.
| Another measure which he has up
his sleeve and which promises to call
! forth considerable discussion is res
olution calling for a joint committee
| from the house and senate to revise
| the states judiciary and practice sys-
tenn. This resolution will call for
consolidation of the supreme court
and the court of appeals, and an in
crease n the number of justices from
six to ten. 1t will further suggest
the abolition of all city courts and
that it be permitted to try misde-
meanor cases in the superior courts
on accusations instead of requiring
indictments His proposal is far
Aeaching and contemplates radical
revision of the present judiciary sys-
tenn of Georgia.
Old vital statistics will have an
other inning in the legislature this
summer. Georgia has been lamenta-
bly, deficient in the matter of vital
statistics.
For Vital Statistics.
In fact, they are not kept at all
except in a few of the larger cities
of the state. According to advanced
information the Ninth Congressional
District Medical Society, which meets
at Gainesville next week, will pass a
resolution calling on the state for the
enactment of law providing for
county boards of health in each coun-
ty of Georgia, coupled with the re-
quirement that these boards OF health
keep the vital statistics for the coun-
ty. Under the present arrangement
it is impossible to tell with any de-
gree of accuracy as to the number of
births and deaths in Georgia, or to
know the number of deaths caused
by particular disease. Other medi-
cal societies have already demanded
similar legislation, but it is said the
Ninth district society will appoint a
committee to go before the legislature