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THJfi. DAILY SUN
Saturday Mobning., Novembeb 23
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
THE CAPITOL,.
Tho Senate spent most cf the day yes
terday in the consideration of a Hill that
^provides a means of recovering the prop
erty of which the State or the Western
and Atlantic Railroad has been defraud
ed. The bill provides that any money or
property stolen from the State, or the
State Road, or of which either may liave
been defrauded, may be recovered wher
ever identified; and provides also the
process by which such property or mon
ey may be recovered.
The bill is a most complete one, and
seemingly closes all avennes of escape to
those who may have such momy, or snch
Droperty, in their possession. It hunts
them down, and wit *out complicated
proceedings, follows them from county
to county, and reclaims stolen prop
erty wlierever found, and no matter in
whose hands it may be found.
Action may be begun by Solicitors
General, upon information given by any
citizen, upon oath. An attachment mya
issue upon the oath of the informer, that
to the best of his knowledge and belief,
the defendant has defrauded the State of
money or property, as the case may be.
and such attachment may be levied upon
any and all property of the defendant.
The passage of the bill is to be con
sidered a notice to all the world that the
State lays claim to such money or prop
erty, held or owned by any person who
has held any office or any position nnder
the State or the State Road since July
1866. All suits nnder the act to be be
gun within one year fc after its passage.—
The property recovered under the act is
to.bo sold, and the net proceeds are to
be paid into the State Treasury.
The bill provides against wrongful, or
malicious prosecutions, by requiring the
informer, when able to do so, to give
bond, in order that the defendant may be
protected from costs and other expenses
—except connscl lees—in cose he maybe
proven clear of the charges upon which
action is brought.
The principal controversy in the Sen
ate, was upon a motion to strike out the
ninth section of the bill which re
quired the informer to give bond for the
protection of i uocent defendants. 4 Sen
ators Reese, Kannully and Brown vigor
ously opposed striking it out, and sue
ceeded in their opposition. They ar
gued very properly that, without tho
safeguards therein contained, a great
many innocent people might bo made
victims of a system of black-mailing, by
unscrupulous persons. Their points were
well taken and ably sustained, and it was
highly creditable to the Senate that they
were heeded.
The Senate passed tho bill, aud the
House, no doubt, will concur at once.
Those who have property or money, out
of which the State or the State Road has
been defrauded, may then begin to ex
pect to be brought to justice.
The Over-Issue Returned.
Yesterday, Dr. Angier received at the
T. j stay tbe bonds which Bullock had
o\<. r issued to the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad. It seems that ho had turned
them over to Mr. Kimball, who had hy
pothecated tliem. The party holding
them, no doubt, had a wholesome fear of
the wrath to come, and has voluntarily
surrendered them to the State.
The Brunswick, and Albany
Railroad Fraud.
When the late peculating body of men,
yclept the Georgia Legislature, passed the
bill granting such enormous swindling
subsidy to those who made the building
of the above named road a pretense by
which to fleece our people out of millions
of money, a few men in the body, who
had stood aloof from the influence of
corruption and corruptionists, earnestly
fonght the passage of the bill, for which
they deserve the thanks of the people of
Georgia.
Conspicuous among tho patriots of that
day was the Hon. Rufus E. Lester, of
Savannah, then, and now, iu the Senate.
After those who had stood with him in
patriotically opposing the great
fraud, had done all they could
to prevent tbe passage of the
bill without avail, he drew up a pro-
tart against tho measure, wnieh was
signed by those Senators who agreed
with him, and ordered to be spread upon
the Journal.
This protest is too lengthy for publica
tion in our columns entire, which we'
regret; but proceed to give tho points
presented with such extracts as we can
find room for:
Mr. President: The recent passage of a
bill entitled “an act to aid the Bruns
wick & Albany Railroad Company,”
under the spur of the call for the previ
ous question, without tb opportunity to
the opponents of the measure of discuss
ing tbe merits of the bill, renders it nec
essary for ns to avail ourselves of our
privilege, and to enter upon the Journal
of the Senate our solemn protest against
its action. Were this an ordinary mat
ter, we would not undertake to dignify
it by snch a proceeding; hut conceiving,
as we do, that evils of the greatest mag
nitude cluster around this bill, and not
wishing to be held responsible for them,
we feel i t due to ourselves and to our con
stituencies to take this coarse.
We protest, because the assertions of
tue bill, in our opiiron, are not true, and
Decause it does not speak the sentiments
of our people.
The report then alludes to (the claim
that the State was liable for the damage
arising from the destruction of the road
during the war—a portion of which was
built and in operation before that time.
Those who asked for the huge subsidy of
$25,000 a mile, based their claim partly
on this plea:
Upon what principle, we ask, did the
State thus become liable ? Did the act
of Governor Brown, in taking certain
control of the railroad in October, 1861,
upon invitation of the stockholders
and managers of the road, make the
State liable ? The contract made with
the said stockholders, was doubtless com
plied with, and if not, we cannot see
upon what principle the State, in the
face of the Constitutions und ordinances
of 1865 and 1868, can las held liable u on
this war contract, if contract it be, much
less do we see how she cau be made liable
for a wjir tort, if tort it be. To advocate
the principle u'-on which this claim is
based wonld be to acknowledge the jus
tice of hundreds of claims amounting to
many millions of dollars, and to iuvolve
the State in financial rain. Yet, we con
ceive that this body, in passing this bill,
has acknowledged this ruinous principle”,
and has opened the doors to idl war
claimants, whose demands the State
should pay in order to be consistent with
this precedent
Besides, it is well known that the loss
or destruction of the Brunswick & Alba
ny Railroad was the act of the Confede
rate States, through its agent, and that
the iron rails taken from the road-bed,
were distributed for war purposes l>y
that government.
It, then, specifies that of the iron
taken from the road 608 tons was dis
tributed to the W. & A. R. R., worth
$54,000; and adds:
Wo have the State, therefore, indebted
to the Brunswick & Albany Railroad
in the sum of $54,000, with interest, if
you please, ail'd to pay which the S'ate
makes itself liable to pay over three mil
lions of dollars; and this is what the ma
jority of this Senate call “the best and
easiest solution and conclusion of the
difficulties growing out of the whole
matter in controversy.” Georgia has
come to a bad pass, indeed, when it takes
three millions of her bonds to pay fifty
four thousand dollars. 3
Besides, it is known that the Bruns
wick & Albany Railroad was paid, iu a
great measure, for the iron of that road
by the Confederate States, the money in
vested in cotton, which, since the war
has been sold for the benefit of that
road; and the fund arising from this
sale we understand to be under the con
™°i! Proprietors of this road
What this amount is we are unable to
discover; and we are further informed
that no mention of this matter was made
to your committee.
They then protest against the bill be
cause it violates every principle on which
State aid is granted,the theory of which is
First. The entire protection of the
btate from loss.
Second. The development of the re
sources of the country.
The protection from actual, certain
loss is the mortgage or lien of the State
upon the railroad. But the State gives
to the railroad company $15,000 per mile
in gold—amounting to about $20,000 in
currency—more by $2,000 per mile than
tho entire construction of the road will
cost—the average cost of railroads in the
bouth being about $18,000 per mile.
Ihe cost of this road will be below the
average, because it penetrates a section
easily graded and covered with suitable
timber for construction. You, therefore
do more than build this railroad for this’
company. Suppose that the State is put
to the necessity of availing herself of her
security, does any one suppose that the
road will sell for the amount of its cost ?
If the road will not pay, do you suppose
that any one will pay cost for it ? And if
the btate takes it upon her hands, it
must of course be worthless to her. All
the available security, therefore, that the
btate can have will be the rolling stock
and tbe iron—certainly not worth more
than half the cost of construction. The
biate, then, under the most favorable
calculation, must lose at least a million
aud a half dollars in coin. To comply,
then, with the first qualification for
btate aid—viz: the security and protec
tion of the btate—the State should not
indorse for more than half the value of
the railroad to be constructed. But in
this c:ise we have violated this great rule,
and actually propose to indorse for an
amount more than equal to the cost of
the road, thereby exposing the State to
enormous loss, and placing it in the pow
er of the persons you propose to aid to
put into their pockets immense sums of
the State’s mouey without any conside
ration. In other words, we build this
railroad for the company, and make th*
company a present of at least a thousand
dollars a mile besides. And this is what
we call giving aid; and this is the way
we secure the State against loss.
1 ae report then goes on to show, con
clusively, that the road will not pay when
built, and that owing to the country
through which it passes, and the comple
tion of other roads, will make it a strug
gle for existence, if not a certain failure.
Again:
Ken, except to laborers; nor to any com
pany in which there is not already an
equal amount invested by private per-1
sons,” &c. The objeot of this provision
is to give the State ample security—the
rule being, according to the wisdom of
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
twenty-first bay’s proceedings.
SENATE.
Friday, November 27.
o>—- - -—o — >nouuui v* I Tho Senate met, President Trammell
the framers of that instrument, that the in the chair; prayer byKev. Mr. Wright;
loan of the State is not safe iu hands I the roll called, and the journal approved,
that have not invested as much as they Mr. Coleman moved to reconsider the
ask the State to lend them. No such passage of the bill to provide a remedy
amount as three millions of dollars, in by which money or property stolen from
com, is invested mtlii3 interprise by the the State or the Western and Atlantic
stockholders who ask your credit. All Railroad, may be recovered,
that we can discover ever invested was I Mr. Burns hoped it would not prevail,
about a million of dollars, and this we PHe thought the motion to reconsider was
take from the statement of the stock- the result of the strenuous efforts of a
holders themselves. They have nothing few persons who were interested in the
to show for this investment, according to Mitchell property. We are not here to
their showing, but 60 miles of graded legislate to promote the interest of a few.
road, worth, perhaps, a half million of He would vote for a resolution exempt-
e?nni? 0™°°- g ? and tbls 13 PM against mg this property from the operation of
83,000 000, in com, only one-sixth in- the bill, or would consent to the appoint-
waiaof one-half Now, no sensible man ment of a special committee to invest!
will hold but that if the stockholders of gata this case.
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad would Mr. Nunnally said he would not vote
invest m this enterprise the amount they for a resolution exempting the Mitchell
ask of tue State, the road could be built property from the bill. He favored re-
withouta dollar from the State—and this consi ’ eration because he believed that
tney must do before they cau constitu- the proviso which allows any vagabond
tionally get this aid. to bring suit under it, without giving
We cannot close this protest without bond, ought to be struck out. He was
putting upon record the further fact, that willing to compromise on the same kind
tins is not the hrstand ouly time the of bond as is given in Attachments, and
State has aided the Brunswick & Albany denied the charge of attempting to clog
Railroad. In 183o, the date of its char- the wheels of justice; but desired to pre-
j aU *&!"■ giyiug tliem land, veut the prosecution of innocent men by
and in I806 the State built the Atlantic thieves. ’
& Gulf Railroad, commonly known as Mr. Hinton animadverted upon the
the Main Trunk Road, at a cost of a intimation that the proviso allowing an
million of dollars, to assist this very affidavit to be filed instead of a bond
road; and now, a third time, when her would open the door to thieves. It
stock has passed into the hands of capi- would open the door to poor men—those
tahsts, she asks, through these capital- who are best acquainted with the frauds
ists, who are the only interested parties, and peculations arrived at. The proceeding
and wlm do not need your assistance, | contemplated by the bill, is as old as the
still more aid.
Respectfully submitted.
John Harius, 27th District,
Wm. T. Winn, 35th District,
M. C. Smith, 7tli District,
John T. Burns, 42d District,
A. W. Holcomb, 39th District,
William Griffin, 21st Distric
J. J. Collieu, 14th District,
R. T. NsSBrit, 9th District,
Milton A ( ’-andler, 34th District,
Wm. J. Anderson, 23d District,
W. W. Mkurell, 37th District,
Rufus E. Lester, 1st District,
B. B. Hinton, 24th District,
Thos. J. Adams, 20th District.
This Protest was against the first in
dorsement of the bonds of the Road by
State, and has always worked well. Was
the bill to be framed for the benefit of
rich informers or for substantial justice ?
He wanted the humblest citizen in the
State placed on an equality with the rich
est, in the enforcement of the law. The
proviso placed tbe plaintiff and defen
dant on the same footing, and ■without it,
the bill is incomplete, unjust and dis
criminating against the State.
Mr. Snfdth called the previous question
The motion to reconsider prevailed:
Ayes—Messrs. Anderson, Black, Brock,
Brown, Bruton, Campbell, Clark, Cole
man, Crayton, Deveaux, Erwin, Jervis,
McWhorter, Nunnally, Peddy, Iteese,
Richardson, Smith, Steadman, Wallace
and Welch—21.
the State to the amount of 815,000 'pit oS?mZ&fiZtSSSTiSSZ
mile, and before the Legislature granted Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews and
the additional ard of $8,000 per mile. Simmons—13.!
I Mr. Nunnally moved to suspend the
From Ihe Greensboro, Ga., Herald, 23d Nov., 1871. rules aud take up the bill; carried.
Georgia Democracy—Its Duty
its Destiny.
We say tbe Georgia Democracy, be
cause it would,, perhaps, be deemed in
delicate and impertinent to thrust our
views upon our political friends of other
States, though iu the general administra
tion of the affairs
Government, we
have a common interest aud common des
tiny, and must sink or swim together.
In rendering assistance to persons, it
is important to know who they are—to
know whether cr not they actually need
your assistance. Do the stockholders of
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad need
the assistance of the State ? According
to their statements they are all Northern
and English capitalists, worth, accord-
mg to a statement we have seen, at least
thirty xmllious of dollars. Is there a ne
cessity for aiding them? If the enter
prise 13 so feasible, and the prospect of
B^ht so great as they represent, they
will oui.d this road themselves; and if
“a 4 . disposed to engage their
private funds in the business, it is a good
reason for the State to be cautions. You
may conclude from this that the only ob-
ject of these stockholders in seeking your
aid is to make money in some way upon
j our capital and at your risk.
Y» e protest further^ because we co’n-
suier the passage of this bill a palpable
violation of your Constitution. The lat-
ter ciause of paragraph 5, of section 6,
oi article o, ot that instrument reads as
follows: The General Assembly shall
pass no law making the State a stock
holder in a corporate company, nor shall
the credit of the State be granted or
loaned to aid any company without a
provision that the whole property of the
company shall be bound for the security
of the btate, prior to any other debt or
Mr. Nunnally moved to strike out the
proviso permitting an affidavit to be filed
that the defendant is unable, on account
of poverty, to give bond; carried.
Mr. Candler offered an amendment ex
cepting attorneys’fees from the penalty
of the bond; adopted.
Mr. Bruton called the previous ques
tion on the bill and amendments.
The hill was passed.
A message from the Governor, trans-
But as a Georgian, one of her people I ^ leport of t ' 10 Trustees of the
an<l S ei 8 iti™to whatever iovohJTC “fJ r A V h,m '
welfare and renown, we take the liberty ■■. House resolution to recover the tax
of freely expressing our opinion in rek- pa i d £ n cottoa was adopted,
tion to the dnty and destiny of the Dem- A - ° uso resolution, providing for the
ocratic party of our own State. in this a P poiat . ment of a general investigating
hour of its greatest peril. . Reve£fove \ ^ ^ ^
with unimportant exceptions, Democrats r Mr " Nnnnall y offered a substitute that
everywhere have stood together as a unit. n U1 • committees be appointed by the
This has been pre-eminently the case in of tb ® Senate and the Speaker
Georgia. Thus united they have stood up ® House; the one to investigate the
grandly before the country in defense and ^ conduct of Rufus B. Bullock,
maintenance of those great Constitutional t f ° r that purpose to employ a banker
principles which are fundamental to civil * n< pessary, to investigate the financial
liberty and republican institutions transactions m relation to State and to
Their attitude before the world was' „ I Railroads, &c.; another to examine into
proud one. Holding fast the profession i ,_ management of the Western and At-
of their faith, standing firmly upon their I Hadroad; another to investigate
principles, it is not strange that extraor- ° r anf . ain mss of the contract
dinary appliances should have been tow ^ etweaa Hufus B. Bullock and the
brought into requisition by the Federal Western “M Atlantic Railroad Company,
Autocrat and his supple minions, to wrest a i lt 7i an °ther to investigate the conduct
the political sceptre from them and turn ii i • commisslon . er s appointed to audit
over tbe Empire State of the South to ?l 1 +^ lai T S . aS Y ere - J 1 U 1 st y dues ? ld railroad
Radical bummers and spoilsmen. Fail- at , t ^ e f a . te °* said ] ease > aad to inquire
ing to a .*compliph their object bv direct ( c * aim8 have been allowed which
means, and knowing the potency 7 of mo- due ’ The sabsfcitute
ney, they determined to secure by indi- vtt 15 -'• . , . . .
rection what they could not achieve bv i latr oduced a resolution that
open assault. Tee feastings andrevelinrs .V bereas * 18 desired to legislate with as
—the toasting and hob-nobbing of the h ® x Pense as possible, the session shall
Delauo-Cameron ring, filled with riuc-1 ^ br ° ugbfc to a close within the time
streaked and shaky politicians of every pr ??. < :?’ lbed b y the Constitution; adopted,
hue and dime, teVthe t£eof D S : "■gW 4 .
cratic demoralization in onr good old • - * 4 n „ e 2® on determine of whom
State. The outcroppings of this demor- d C0mp0s ? d m certain cases,
alization are visible in and around the Hrown—To incorporate the At-
Capitol, and unless speedily and siimma- 1 ^ aad Bine Ridge Railroad.
rily checked, will soon sound the kuell of Mr. Candler To incorporate the
Georgia Democracy. Georgia Rehable Insurance Company of
It is apparent to the most superficial ,
observer, that Democracy everywhere By Mr. Claik—To amend an act mcor-
but especially iu Georgia, has reached a poratmg the town of Boston » ia Thomas
crisis. As a party of principle—honest C0 £ nt fo- w m
Jeffersonian tenants,and faithful reforma- By Mr. Estes—To repeal an act mcor-
tory practices, they cau retain the confi- porabng the town of Gainesville and to
dence and support of the people, and the I m ^ ,rp 1 S rat 4 tlie / a ^ e ' ,
oontrol of public affairs in our cherished .• By Heard—To provide for the elec
State. This is of paramount importance. tlon ? f an Audltia S Board in Greene
Occupyiug and maintaining this proud C °?? ty ir-n m .
position, and avoiding all questionable I , Hmyer—To amend an act to amend
concessions and complications, and com- tr e „ cba Her of the Atlanta and Roswell
mittals, at the proper time they should act Badroad Company; also, to enable jonr-
promptly, decisively, effectually, as the ne y n ? e . n mechanics to obtain credit for
best interests of the country demand. P ro , v . lsloa8 ’ ® xce P t spirituous liquors, by
By pursuing this coarse the Democratic maaiD S their wages subject to garnish-
party can best promote the public weal ment , for . tbat P nr P ose ; also, to incorpo-
i bright and ben I rate tbe Atlanta and Fayetteville Narrow
The Senate then adjourned until 10
a. M., to-morrow.
Note—(Our report of yesterday’s pro
ceedings undesignedly represented Mr.
Brown as raising the question in regard
to the operation of the bill to recover
property detained from the State upon
Mitchell property. This caso was first
referred to by another Senator when Mr.
Brown replied, challenging an investiga
tion of the transaction by a Committee.)
and work out for itself a bright and ben- ^ te tb< L Abanta and Fayei
eficient destiny. Already it has yielded ^geBmlroad Company
too much to temporizing, shaky spoils- By Mr. Jordan—To amend the attach-
men. Let us keep the old fla" firm" menfc laws of tbe ® tete 80 tas authorize
with all its patriotic historic recollections I au attaobment to issu e against purchas-
and it shall lead us yet to clorioiM vie- ers of P ro P ert J not P a id for; also, to
tory. J glorious vie change the tJme o{ Lolding the s uperior
change the time of holding the Superior
- _ . | Courts of Jasper county.
Hodge’s accounts have been bal- Mr. Jordan offered a resolution that
anced, and he is found to be short onlv I tlre Governor famish the county of Jasper
*446,249 47 ins‘ead of tall „ million, i Steten^p 0rtS °' S " Preme C ° Urt:
u as erroneously reported to the detri- Mr. Hinton—To encourage the raising
ment of his official and moral standing. I of stock in Georgia.
o ~ IT* * Mr. Kirkland—To require the owner
bouthern Temperance Convention of all lands to return and pay the taxes
is in session at Chattanooga. That is a thereon in the county where the land
good plan for snch a convention to meet, ^
for the whisky there is so mean that it Kibbee -To authorize the Ordinary
will make a temperance man out of the n C ° nQ H t0 T™ bond s to build
worst toper. tne a Court House; also, to incorporate the
1 Hawkinsville and Eufauk Railroad Com-
^' <m ^ tercLa ^ (Eldi-1 3Ir. Lester—To lay outandestal,
cal) says, that Tammany disease is con- lish a county from the counties of
tagious.” Really, it seems as if it were Macon and Houston, to be called McDon-
true. Hodge had it bad. Scott, of South a - ld counfc y-
Carolina, is down with it the worst sort. By Mr * Matthews—To provide for the
Bullock is said to have been sorelv afihe- pay “ ent . of insolvent cost8 in Upson
*ii *i. ttj ,, ^ I county; also, to incorporato tb© Wayman
ed with it. Warmouth and his whole & Franklin. Manufacturing Company
pack are sadly broken out with it down in a ^ s0 > to incorporate the Flint River Man-
Louisiana. Indeed, it seems to be sadly ufacturin o Company of Upson county,
contagious, and the whole Radical partv Nlu ? nab y _ : T< ? cl *? Q S tb e name
is believed, is mompr less iofeeted. I toMiS Spring ’
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
House met, Speaker Smith presiding.
Prayer by the chaplain. Journal ap
proved.
Mr. Jackson moved to suspend the
rules to take up a resolution offered by
himself requiring Messrs. Red wine, Ham
mock and Rawson, who were appointed
to take charge of the books of the State
Road, to make a report of their actings
and doings in the premises. Rules sus
pended and resolution adopted.
On motion of Mr. Simmons of Gwin
nett, the rules were suspended, and a bill
to alter Sections 1035 and 1038 Code, in
relation to Public Printing, was read first
time.
The unfinished Business of yesterdav,
to-wit: The bill to reduce the per diem
of members, &c., was resumed.
Mr. Riley favored reduction, remarking
that the forefathers of the present mem
bers oDly received four dollars per day,
Messrs. W. D. Anderson, Scott, Jack-
son, Johnson of Jefferson, and McMil
lan, favored reduction and urged the ex
travagance of the present nine dollars
per day; the burdensome taxation now
oppressing the people; the necessity for
reform, and for that reform to be inau
gurated in tlie law making body.
Messrs. Cumming and Snead were op
posed to reduction, and in eloquent
speeches urged that putting down the
per diem at a very low figure would be
to build up an aristocracy so that none
but the rich could afford to be members
of the Legislature, and that the people
are not unwilling to give good compensa
tion to those whom they recognize as
their true representatives.
Mr. Stoval moved to lay the whole mat
ter on the table; lost.
Mr. Goldsmith called the previous
question on Mr. McMillan’s amendment
to the substitute, which fixes the pay of
the presiding officers of the House aud
Senate at $10 per day, and of members at
$7 per day and $5 for every twenty mues
traveled. This amendment provides that
the pay of the presiding officers shall be
$7, and of members $6, and $3 for every
twenty miles traveled.
The amendment, so far as the pay o?
officers, did not prevail.
On the motion to strike out seven and
insert six dollars as pay of members, the
yeas and nays were called with the fol
lowing result: yeas 84, nays 54.
Three dollars for every twenty miles
traveled was inserted.
Mr. Bacon moved to reduce the pay of
members to three dollars per day, and to
strike out mileage; ruled out of order.
Clower of Mouroe moved to strike out
that clause which declares that this law
shall take effect from the beginning of
the session; ruled out of order.
The report of the committee, as
amended, was agreed to. On the pas
sage of the substitute, as amended, the
yeas and nays were called with the fol
. owing result: yeas 104, nays 27.
A message from the Governor w r as re
ceived, saying that the following acts and
resolutions had been approved and sign
ed, to-wit: An act to incorporate the
Excelsior Slate Mining Company of Polk
county; also, an act to incorporate Van
Wert Slate Mining Company; also, a
resolution appointing a committee to ex
amine and repoit upon a codification of
the laws of this State in their application
to Justices Court; also, a resolution in
structing the Standing Committees on
Public Printing to inquire whether jus
tice to the State requires any change in
the compensation allowed to the State
Printer.
The following bills were introduced
and read first time:
O’Neal of Baldwin—To regulate labor
in Baldwin county; also, to provide who
shall be jurors iu cases in Baldwin courts
when colored persons are p irties.
Mr. Gray of Bartow—To prevent cities,
towns or villages from collecting tax on
land held for agricultural purposes; also,
to amend charter of Adairsville; also, to
require Tax Receivers to take and make
return of the number of acres of laud
planted in grain.
Mr. Wofford of Banks—To reduce bond
of the Sheriff of his county; also, to re
quired Tax Collector of his county to re
ceive jury certificates, &c.
Mr. Peeples—To repeal Sections 4480,
4665, 4666 and 4667 revised Code.
Mr. Nutting—To protect the people of
this State against fraudulent and illegal
issues of what are called State Aid Bonds
to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad;
also State bonds claimed to be in the
place oi Second Mortgage Sinking Fund
Bonds of said road.
Mr. Bacon—A bill to alter the road
laws of this State so far as they relate to
Bibb county, and to authorize the Ordi
nary of said county to levy a tax for road
purposes; also, to legalize tax levied by
Ordinary of Dougherty county; also, a
bill to change the time of holding the
Superior Courts in the Macon Circuit.
Mr. Peeples—To amend homestead
laws. ,
Mr. Berrien—A bill relating to fences
and protection of crops in this State-
also, to amend Section 2532 of the Code
relative to returns of appraisers.
Mr. Hunter—To amend an act to com
pel non-residents to pay tax on cattle,
etc., grazing in Colquitt county.
Mr. Baker, of Bryan—To repeal local
road laws in Bryan county.
Mr. Hillyer—To appoint a commission
for certain purposes; also, a bill to endbw
the Atlanta University.
Mr. Russell—To refund to Jackson,
Lawton and Bassinger, certain over-paid
taxes.
Mr. Rutherford—To regulate pay of
jurors in Crawford county.
Mr. Payne—To alter Section 3434 of
the Code.
Mr. Johnson, of Clay—To amend the
charter of Fort Gaines; also, to organize
a County Court in Clay countv.
Mr. Pentecost—To change the name of
Bowdoin Collegiate Institute.
Mr. Goldsmith—To amend the charter
of the town of Stone Mountain; also, to
incorporate the Stone Mountain, Law-
renceville and Athens Railroad; also, for
the relief of Wm. Harnbry, of DeKalb.
Mr. Jackson—To incorporate the At
lanta and Tennessee Railroad Company.
Mr.Cleghorn—To consolidate’the Chat
tanooga Coal and Iron Railroad and
Trion Railroad Company. '
Mr. Stovall—To amend the charter of
the town of Thomson.
iriH r iaiS 1,! ' itt ~ ,I:oa “ or,TOS relating to
Mr. Payne—To change the lines -he
M? Carlton t ^ C0U S
th^Code ° amend Secti °a of
sssrs. O’Neal^Jenkins^Cody 13 ^
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Deavo_ of absence
Messrs,
ows,
. A resolution .
inquire and report whether tki?K ?t °
is safe, was agreed to. wilding
House then adjourned until 3 p. M-
EVEXING 8ESSION.
Bills read the first time-
the d Cot^'
sons other than defendants- PS /:
amend Section 4026 of the Code -
incorporate the Atlanta and at’ fi 0 ’ 40
Railroad Company U<1 Moub ceUo
weffi r ‘ H ° Se ~ FoV ' r ’' c of John Cald-
Fitoaid'TZT", Sf*' H °“
Mi. \Vilson—To change the fine w
tweeu the counties of Campbell aid
Mr. Dell—To create a Board of Countv
Commissioners for Screven county 7
Mr. Jones of Hart—To extend tliofim
its of tho town of Hartwell “
“ eadS “«°“ 1626 of
Mr. McWhorter—To submit to the peo
ple the question of abolishing fencL
around larms.
Mr Simmons of Gwinnett-To incor
porate the Macon and Knoxville Rail
road Company; also, to allow W. M. Hnn-
meutt to peddle free of license; also, to
authorize the Ordinary of Gwinnett to
issue bonds to build a court house.
Mr. Bryan—A resolution in relation to
appointment of Wiliie Jones as pa<r e
Mr. McMillan—To amend the law in
relation to receiving jury certificates in
Winm and Habersham counties.
G^Grie^ 1 ^—^ memorial from Fleming
Mr. Simmons ->f Hall—To repeal an
act incorporating the town of Gainesville
under the name of the city of Gainesville”
aud to incorporate the same as a town. ’
, Mr Hancock—To incorporate the town
of Jefferson.
Mr. Johnson, of Jefferson—To pro
hibit the sale of agricultural products in
his county after dark.
Mr. Griffin, of Houston—To incorpo
rate the city of Fort Valley; also, to
change the fees of officers in certain cases-
also, to require Justices of the Peace to’
return to Receiver of Tax Returns all
persons liable to pay taxes; also, to create
a Board of Commissioners of Bonds and
Revenue in Houston county; also, to
amend an act to establish a system of
public instruction, etc.
Mr. Barron—To consolidate the offices
of Sheriff and Tax Collector iu Jones
couutyf also, to incorporate the town of
Ciiutou.
Mr. McWhorter—A resolution iu rela
tion to introduction of new matter into
this House.
Mr. Riley—To compel owners of wild
lands to register said lands in the county
where they lie.
Mr. Hall of Meriwether—A resolution
relating to fencing up stock.
Clower—To amend the homestead
laws; also, to provide by law for jurors in
the county of Monroe.
Mr. Floyd—Declaring who shall be
jurors in certain cases in Morgan county.
Mr. Howell—To change the line be
tween the counties of Forsyth aud Mil-
ton; also, to amend an act to incorporate
the Grand Lodge Knights of Jericho.
Mr. Davis of Newton—To authorize
the Governor to pay the Treasurer of the
State Agricultural Society amounts due
under act of December 20th, 1860.
Allred—To exempt certain persons
from road duty in Pickens county; also,
to change tbe line between Pickens and
Gilmore; also, to repeal the School law
of 1870.
Mr. Knowles—To regulate the levying
of taxes in Pierce county; also, to require
the Tax Collector of Pierce county to re
ceive jury certificates for taxes.
Mr. Baker of Pike—To compensate ju
rors in Pike county.
Mr. Hendley—To change the line be-
tw< eu Wilcox and Pulaski counties; also,
to make it a misdemeanor to sell farm
products in the .night time iu Pulaski
county.
Mr. Clara of Richmond—To amend
the various acts amendatory of the act to
protect planters iu the sale of fertilizers.
Mr. McNeil—To make it unlawful for
any city or town to levy a tax on cotton
sales. i
Mr. Crittenden—A general appropria
tion bill.
Mr. McNeil—To authorize Ordinaries
to order the sale of the Homestead when
an issue of value is made up; also, to
secure officers’ cost; also, to incorporate
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Loan and Trust
Company of Cutlibert.
Mr. Cumming—A bill for the relief of
Catharine S. Fleming; also, to amend
tlio act incorporating the proprietors of
the Augusta Canal, etc.
Mr. Snead to promote the propagation
of shad in the Savannah River; also, to
amend Section 4203 of the Code.
Mr. Scott—To provide for selling hor
ses, etc., in certain cases, when levied on
and claimed.
Mr. Bateman—To incorporate the town
of Butler.
Mr. Emerson—To incorporate the Dal
ton and Southwestern Railroad Com
pany.
Mr. Griffin of Houston—To incorpo
rate tho Griswoldviile and Jeffersonville
Railroad Company.
Mr. Emerson—To prohibit felling tim
ber in Couasanga river.
Mr. Lewis—To prescribe who shall be
jnrors in Stewart county.
Mr. Jones of Terrell—To fix fees of
Sheriff iu his county.
Mr. Twiggs—To incoiporate the town
of Jeffirrso nille.
Mr. Bowie—To amend Section 2, Ai-
ticle 4 of the Constitution of the State.
Mr. W*-st—To exempt certain maimed
persons from taxation.
Mr. Hall of Upson—Resolution iu re
lation to indorsement of bonds of Chatta
nooga and Alabama Railroad Company.
House then adjourned until 9 a. m.
Jem Mace, , says the Boston Post
when told that his fine physique oughl
to make him quite a'lady-killer, replied
“My eye, if I wanted to make the womer
spoon on me, I’d go aud be a piano-
player.’