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

The Legislature adjourned iE both
branches to-day until July z, the
House % reasonable at II a. m. and
| the Senate at noon.
When the General Assembly meets
Monday It viii have before it exactly
IS days OF life, as 1t viii have used
up twelve days by that time. It 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 viii have full opportunity
to catch up all time that will 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 each.
An echo of the successful fight to
Unseat Representatives Macarthur. If
Wheeler and Browning. of Bleckley.
was heard to-day In a resolution pro
| posed by MIR 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
united to vote or serve on commit
tees.
If this resolution goes through.
Messrs Macarthur and Browning will
occupy positions in the Georgia Leg
islature somewhat similar to that oC-
cupied by territorial delegates on the
| moor OF the House of Representatives
| in the National Congress.
The resolution will have many sup
| porters, provided it comes from the
! Committee on Rules with a favorable
report, but strong fight unquestion-
ably Will be made against its adop-
| ton, In any event
New Enrolment Committee.
The House. by a special rule, ere
| ated a new Coumittee on Enrolment
! to-day, as 1t already is evident thai
! the crush of matter is growing far
! too heavy for the present Committee
on EnErossng to handle.
! Virtually the entire Legislative
membership either left Atlanta this
| afternoon or viii leave tonight.
| many of them going 10 various Fourth
/ OF July celebrations throughout the
! State.
The recent recommendation of
! Judge Roam that the Office Of public
! defender he instituted i'm Georgia In
! contradistinctton 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 it is now before
| the General Judiciary Committee for
| consideration.
Paid Like the Solicitor.
! BlaCkburn's 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 Solicitor is compensated. eN-
| Cept that his pay shall not arise from
/ fees incident to the case at bar.
In this way It 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, COniem plates.
! This bill has the Endorsement of
lawyers generally and the judges OF
! the state are said to favor 1t almost
! as a unit
The outlook for its passage seems
/ 10 be good
Another bill that is attracting a
| good deaf 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 Mr. Ed
! mondsou, Of Brooks, and will be
| pushed vigorously.
! Mr.. Kent was disharred 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 wifi make a strong plea to
| have him reinstated this year
| Disbarments are rare in Georgia.
and as Mr.. Kent's was effected for
| alleged unworthy practice. the action
| OF the Legislature in the attempt
4 that viii be made therein to upset the
| findings OF the court that put Mr.
Kent off the list OF practicing attor-
neys in Georgia, will be watched with
keen interest,