Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
ASSEMBLY QUITS
To CELEBRATE
4TH Of JULY
Legislature Reconvenes Monday.
Ihirty-eight Days Left After
Adjournment.

The Legislature adjourned iE both
branches to-day until July z, the
House 70 reasonable at II a. m. and
the Senate at noon.
When the General Assembly meets
Monday It will have before it exactly
IS days of life, as it viii have used
up twelve days by that time. II is
limited to a total sitting Of 50 DAYS.
Today's proceedings in both
branches were more or less perfume
tory and adjournment was effected
In each before II o'clock.
The committees, however. are well
ahead Of the Senate and the House.
and both will have full opportunity
to catch up all time that viii be lost
between now and Monday, after the
Assembly reconvenes. The Houses
can not adjourn for more than three
days at time, except by joint reso-
luton, passed by two thirds of eaca.
An echo Of the successful fight to
unseat Representatives Macarthur, Of
Wheeler, and Browning, of Bleckley.
was beard to-day I'm a resolution pro
posed by Mr.. Wheatley, Of Sumter.
Powers of Delegates Asked.
This resolution, which went TO the
Committee on Rules, provides that
| both Macarthur and Browning shall
have seats in the House, with the
right to consult and be consulted on
local matters but shall not be per
mitted to vote or serve on commit
| tees.
If this resolution goes through.
Messrs. Macarthur and Browning will
| occupy positions in the Georgia Leg
lSlature somewhat similar to that oc-
Cupied by territorial delegates on the
| floor Of the House of Representatives
| in the National Congress.
The resolution will have many sup
| porters, provided il comes from the
Committee on Rules with a favorable
report, but strong fight unduestion-
| aply VIII be made against it's adop-
| tion in any event
| New Enrolment Committee.
The House, by special rule. Gre
/ ated new Committee on Enrolment
to-day, as 1t already is evident thai
the crush of matter is growing far
too heavy for the present Committee
| on Engrossing to handle.
Virtually the entire Legisla tive
| membership either left Atlanta this
| afternoon or will leave Tonight
many Of them going to various Fourth
| OF July celebrations throughout the
| State
| The recent recommendation of
| Judge Roam that the office Of public
| defender be instituted in Georgia in
! contradistinCtion to the office Of pub
| lie prosecutor. or solicitor General
seems likely to bear fruit in the pres
| ent Legislature.
Representative Blackburn. of Full
| ton, has introduced a bill seeking to
| set up this office. and il is now before
the General Judiciary Committee for
consideration.
Paid Like the Solicitor.
Blackburn'g bill proposes that the
/ lawyer assigned to the defense OF a
pauper or ignorant defendant shall
be paid for his services from the
| county treasury, in the same manner
that a Solicitor is compensated eN-
cept that his pay shall not arise from
fees incident TO the case at bar.
In this way II is figured that poor
defendants may have their rights on
trial safeguarded to the same extent
that the State safeguards its own in
| terests. which is exactly what the
law, in theory, COntemplates
This bill has the Endorsement Of
lawyers generally and the judges of
the State are said to favor it almost
as a unit
The outlook for its passage seems
to be good
Another bill that is attracting a
good deal of attention among law
yers is the bin to reinstate William
+. Kent. a member Of the last Legis-
lature, who recently was disbarred
from the practice Of law in Georgia
This bill was proposed by MI Ed
mondson, of Brooks. and will be
pushed vigorously.
Mr.. Kent was disbarred from the
practice Of law during the session of
the last House and his friends claim
that there was much behind the aC-
ton that was unwarranted and un-
just
Action Arouses interest
They will make a strong plea to
have him reinstated this year
Disbarments are rare in Georgia,
and as Mr. KentS was effected for
alleged unworthy practice. the action
Of the Legislature. in the attempt
that Will be made therein to upset the
findings OF the court that put Mr.
Kent of the list Of practiCing attor-
neyS in Georgia. will be watched with
keen interest