The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-28
MUNICIPAL COURTS
ARE QUESTIONED
STATE SUPREME COURT WILL DE-
eide LEGALITY OF coNsTlTu-
rIoNAL AMENDMENTS.
CREATING MUNICIPAL COURT
Existence of Courts in Macon and At
Ianta Rest Entirely Upon
Decision

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The state supreme court will be cal
led upon to pass on the legality Of the
amendment to the constitution Of the
state which creates the municipal
courts Of Atlanta and Macon and alb
dishes the justice of the peace courts
Of these cities. This will be the first
time in the history Of the state that
the supreme court has been called up
on to pass on the legality Of an amend
ment to the constitution which has
been voted on by the people.
Should the supreme court decide
that the amendment was not properly
submitted to the people, the munich
pal courts Of Atlanta and Macon will
cease to exist and the legality of their
acts will be brought into question,
The case reaches the supreme court
from the court of appeals, which IS
requested to submit all constitutional
questions to the higher court.
The court of appeals asked ruling
| from the higher court, as it doubted
its jurisdiction in case which had
been appealed from the municipal
court of Atlanta on writ of error,
which plan of appeal appears to have
been contemplated in the act rather
than to appeal to the supreme court,
One of the points the supreme court
will be called upon to decide viii be
whether a one-class constitutional
amendment can legally amend several
separate and distinct clauses of the
constitution.
New Officers for X. of P.
Macon.-The grand lodge of Geor.
gia, Knights Of Pythias completed all
of its business Of the annual conven.
ton in one day and formerly adjourn
ed, after electing officers and selecting
Savannah as the meeting place for
1915. Savannah was chosen over
Rome, after rather spirited fight
d. M. Stanley, of Dublin, was hon
ored with the office of grand chancel
lor. Other officers elected were:
Grand vice chancellor, John P. Che
ney, Of Marietta; grand prelate, Rev
Troy Beatty, Athens; grand keeper O
records and seal, William H. Leopold
Savannah, reelected; grand master o
exchequer, r. C. Norman, Washington
re-elected; grand master at arms
George C. Schaulefe, Augusta; CRANE
inner guard, Joseph D. Smith, Barnes
Vile; grand outer guard, Sam ]. Bell
Jefferson.
William H. Leopold, of Savannah
who has been grand keeper of records
and seal for eleven years, had opposi
ton this time in the person of Free
Terrell, of Atlanta, but easily over
came it. Mr. Leopold succeeded hi
father in office.
Charters we're granted to four neV
lodges today as follows; Douglasville
Decatur, Acworth and Odum.
The office Of state deputy CRANE
chancellor, the field man of the order
was abolished and in its place th'
grand lodge created six districts, eacl
one to be presided over by grant
lodge officer. The territory will b
mapped out later by the grand chan
cellor.
The grand lodge fixed the per capit'
tax at fifty cents per year, payable
semi.annually.
Burns Permit Revoked.
Atlanta. BY revoking the detectiv,
agency permit of c. E. Sears, manage
of the Atlanta branch of the w J
Burns National detective agency. tn
board of police commissioner
put itself on record as beini
opposed to the operation in this cit,
of the detective who recently invest
gated the Frank case.
The board wanted to revoke the i
cense of Sears and would have done SC
except for a ruling by City Attorne,
Mayson that this was beyond tn
boards authority Attorney Maysol
explained that a detective agency L
cense is issued by the city clerk o.
Recommendation of the police board
He said the board could rescind it
recommendation on which the licens
o. Sears was issued, but could not re
woke the license itself. He said no
even the city clerk could revoke tn
license. Only the general codnci
would have this authority, he said.
State Highway Commission.
Macon That the greatest need t.
day is a state highway commission
was the declaration here by Captai
George G. Scales, government highwa
engineer, in addressing the openin
session Of the state good roads rail-
at the City auditorium, which was on
of the features of the Georgia Jubile
celebration.
Bond Issue Sanctioned.
Atlanta state railroad con
mission issued an order wherein
granted the application of the Georgi
Railway and Power company for al
thority to execute a new mortgage t
secure the S1SO.0OO,0OO bond issu
created for it by the commission j
1912. and wherein it allowed the p'
tition of the power company for al
thority to increase the first installmer
issue Of the bonds to be marketed frol
sl2. 400, 600 to S12.s17, 900. The remail
ing S17.0SS, 600 Of the thirty million i