Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-17
HOUSE VENUE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE

A heated argument over the house
bill authorizing judges to order a
change in venue in bank defalcation
cases, during which Senator Thomas,
Of the Third district, hurled the lie
at Senator Bellah, Of the Forty-sec-
ond, caused all business to suspend
for thirty minutes in the senate
Tuesday until a special committee
made an investigation and report.
On recommendation of the COM
mittee Senator Thomas apologized
to the senate and to Senator BeIIah
for his supplementary language
and declared he acted in the heat of
debate and under a misunderstand-
ing.
The bill, which finally passed,
gives judges authority to transfer
grand jury jurisdiction from the
county in which the crime is COM.
mittedi to some other county in bank
embellishments in cases where un-
successful effots have been made to
obtain qualified grand jury in the
county where the defalcation oc-
Cured.
The senate tabled the house bill
allowing railroads to sell unclaimed
freight in sixty days and perishable
freight at any time necessary to pro-
tect their interests; passed the house
bill creating the office Of state fire
inspector. and passed two house
bills affecting Decatur, one changing
it's name from the Town of Decatur
to the City of Decatur, and another
creating the city court of Decatur.
House bills including the tax
equalization law, the income tax bill,
and the biennial sessions bill will
come up for action in the senate on
Wednesday according to a schedule
announced by the rules committee
after meeting Tuesday.
The senate at its Tuesday session
reconsidered it's action Of Monday
in defeating the substitute highway
bill of Senator Jones, providing for
a 100000 bond issue for the con-
struction Of state system Of roads.
An effort will be made to get the
bill before the senate for further
debate at the night session Tuesday.
A number of house bills were passed,
including the bill allowing the trus-
tees of the Georgia School Of Tech
nology to charge tuition fees; the bill
establishing negro agricultural
school at Forsyth; a measure pre-
venting persons from catching fish
in the state except by hook and line,
and the bill placing two members of
the Georgia division of the Daugh-
tiers of the Cenfederacy on the board
of trustees Of the Old Confederate
Soldiers Home at Atlanta.
With only a short while left in
which to dispose of the many pend
ing measures, the senate was max
ing slow PROCESS Tuesday by rea-
son Of point Of order raised by
Senator Wohlwender which Presi-
dent Clay sustained, that every bill
must be read in full in order to
comply fully with the constitution.
The senate late Tuesday afternoon
voted down resolution by Senator
Campbell expunging from the rec
ords all references to declaring last
Saturday a dies non and providing
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Wednesday instead Of extending the
session to Thursday.
Senator Campbell, Joined by Sen
ator Kimsey, declared the constitu-
ton requires the legislature to re-
main in session fifty consecutive
days, and any legislation enacted
Thursday would be null land void.
Senators Nix and Walker took an
opposite view, declaring the consti-
tuition says nothing about consecu-
tive days.
The house of representatives ear
lier in the day also had voted down
a resolution similar to that of Sena-
tor Campbell.
The house bill, allowing railroads
Of the state to issue passes to depu-
ty sheriffs, passed by a vote of 26
to s, after the senate had killed an
amendment by Senator Thomas to
require railroads to give free trans
portation to the members Of the gen.
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