The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
CUPID GIVEN PARTING
SLAP BY LEGISLATURE
MUST POST NOTICE OF INTEN-
TON TO MARRY BEFORE IL
CENSE CAN BE PROCURED.
IMPORTANT LAWS ARE PASSED

Legislature in Session All Night Try
ing to Finish Work Before Final
Adjournment The House Storm
Center in Last Hours.
ATLANTA, Ga.-The Georgia leg
islature adjourned its 1924 session sine
die Thursday morning at 6:10 o'clock
after spending an unusually turbulent
night at the state capitol and break
ing all records as to longevity, accord
ing to veteran officers of the two
houses. The hands of the clock were
turned back at midnight and the work
of making laws continued several
hours after 50 days had expired.
For the first eight hours of the noe
tural grind the house was the storm
center of all activities. Long and bit
ter parliamentary battles followed
each other with Speaker Neill almost
constantly hammering with his. gavel
in efforts to restore something of a
semblance of order Many of the most
bitter legislative struggles were wit
messed.
Eleventh Hour Action.
The house took eleventh-hour &C
ton on a number of important meas
ures of statewide interest, while the
senate, its calendar clear practically
throughout the day, contented itself
with marking time while the house
provided it with grist for the legisla-
tive mill
Features OF the last days activities
were:
The senate bill requiring posting of
a notice OF intention to procure mar
rage license five days before the IL
cense is issued by the ordinary was
passed after being amended so as to
forego the notice when the parents or
guardian of the girl appear before the
ordinary and give written permission
for the issuance of the license.
The house concurred in the senate
amendment to the bill substituting
e1ectrocution for hanging, The senate
amendment provided that the bill shall
not affect persons already under in
dictment for murder.
Consolidation of Offices.
Passage in the house of bill al
ready passed by the senate which will
allow counties to consolidate the OF
fees of tax receiver and tax collector.
Passage in the house of the absentee
bill. which had already been approved
by the senate, and which will allow
voters unavoidably absent from their
homes to cast their ballots by mail I'M
der certain circumstances.
Failure of the state port bill to Sc
cure constitutional majority IN the
house, which means that the project is
definitely lost for the present.
A bill giving Brunswick the right
to issue bonds to the extent of seven
| per cent of her taxable property for
! the purpose of developing port facill-
ties was passed by large majority.
A bill by Senator Pace giving all
counties of $4,000 or more population
the right to change from the fee sys-
TEN of paying county officials was de-
feated by the house after it had been
amended so as to apply to all counties
in the state. The vote was ITO Tor and
1856 against it. A vote of 1873 was re-
ouired to pass it, which was propos-
| ed constitutional amendment.
Bad Check Law Amended.
A bill was passed making it mis-
demeanor to issue a check without sui
fcient money in bank to cover it. Re
moves present allowance OF 81 days
| to make a check good. .
| Following are other outstanding
measures that were passed during the
1924 session:
The biennial sessions bill providing
for one 60-day session OF the general
assembly every other year, instead OF
5O-day annual sessions. Is a constltu,
tionai amendment and must be ratifled
bv the people at the next election.
Fulton county officers and solicitors
of the Fulton superior court and At
1anta city court we're placed on a sal
arv instead of a fee system. Another
}biil that was passed allows Chatham,
Bib. Muscogee, Richmond and De
Ka1b counties to change from the tee
system to a salary basis for county OF
I fcers.
The new county of Peach was ere,
ated out of portions OF Houston and
Macon counties. 1t is a constitutional
amendment and must be voted on at
the November election.
Another new law extends the lien
on crop mortgages so that mems may
he made before crops are planted.