The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-18
COL. DORSEY'S CARD
ON CITY COURT BILL
CITY COURT
nannIe of COhh county.

whether the people wanted IL OF not.
In a meeting on last Saturday July
9TH, the two representatives of the
county in the legislature were in
structed to introduce a bill creating
the court. This city court is not to
be confined to Marietta, but is to be
a court embracing the county, and
the expenses of which are to be paid
out of the county treasury.
At the outset, let me say that,
though ] am a member of the Mar
ietta bar, | I'D not, and do not agree,
to any act creating any city court,
the people footing the bills, unless
they are given the opportunity to
say whether or not they want it. |
believe in the sovereignty of the
people; / believe in the consent of
the governed; l believe in the great
honest heart and unbiased brain of
the common people and | am forey-
er opposed to "railroading' a bill
through the legislature, which af-
fects them, and in which they are
denied expression.
When the committee which had
been appointed at the lawyers meet
ing on Thursday reported at this
Saturday meeting a bill in which
there appeared no referendum sec
ton, that is to say, made no proyis-
ion to submit it to the people, | of
fered the following:
Sec } Be it further enacted
that whenever the above and within
Act shall have passed the two hous-
es of the General Assembly, the Or
binary of Cobb county shall cause
said Act to be published in the news
paper wherein all legal advertise
ments of said county are printed for
the period of two months next pro-
ceeding the time of holding the next
general election.
Sec. J Be it further enacted,
that the above and within Act
shall be submitted for ratification or
rejection to the voters of Cobb coun-
ty at the next general election to be
held after publication, as provided in
the preceding section of this Act in
the several election districts of said
county, at which election every per-
son shall be qualified to vote who is
entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly. All persons vot-
ing at said election in favor of ad
opting this Act shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
For the Act creating City court of
Marietta and all persons opposed
to the adoption of this Act shall
have written or printed on their
ballots the words Against the Act
creating City Court of Marietta"
Should a majority of the votes cast
at said election, as declared by the
managers, be for the creation of said
court, then the provision of this Act
shall be of full force and effect in
said county thereafter. If a major
ity of the votes cast disapprove the
Act, it shall not become operative"
l did not ask for any special cleo
ton on account of the unnecessary
cost to the county, but thought it
wise to provide for vote at the
general election in the fall OF next
year, and this would give the peo-
pie ample opportunity to decide
whether they wanted it,
My motion to incorporate the "a
bove in the proposed bill was second
ed by Mr.. Boston. The following are
two speeches. in substance, against
the motion; Don't tack that referen-
dunn clause to this bill for it will
kill it. | ask you gentlemen (point-
ing to Mr. Boston and myself does
the average man at one of these fac
tories, or the average farmer out
there on the square tpointing out
toward the square) know as much as
9bA w W AN tlVl va iiOt a WY SOtNl
would be beneficial to this county?
Il answered that he might not know
as much law as | did, but that he
knew what he wanted as we'll as I
did Continuing he said wouldn't it
be better to leave that question to
lawyers who are better qualified to
Judge as to whether a City Court
would be the economical or benif-
eial thing The other speaker; 4
am opposed to leaving it to the peo-
pie. They would not understand it
as we do You cant bluff me.
come out in the open and vote
against it. | have no political axe to
grind | don't care about Ne peo-
pie
At this juncture it was moved to
table the referendum motion, and
same by vote was tabled, thus de-
nyfRg you the right to vote on it,
Mr.. Moss refused to vote, stating
that he would give the opponents