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SHARP &FLOYD,
Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jb.,
ATLANTA, GA„
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
We KMp a I>arg« and Varied Assortment of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCK,
DIANOXDN, JEWELRY,
AND
SPECTACLES.
sm mm wmi,
A SPECIALTY.
We Manufactaae Tea Seta, Forks, Spoons.
Goblet*, Cups, Knives, etc.
ffqemiums Ifoij Agijicuituijal 3fati?s.
We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to givo any information in
regard to I‘reiniume.
Orders by mall or In person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order.
All Work Guaranteed. jm
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE.
SIlAItlI*'& FLOYD.
May 23, swty.
Lawshc & Haynes,
Haveonhand and are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond, and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with eat care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
uierica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices te suit the times;
Gold, Silver aud Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages
Watches mul Jewelry
Rkpairsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
R. W. SATTERFIELD & BRO.
Are mow receiving and
opening tlieir new stock of
FALL & WINTER
DRY GOODS,
AND
Invite EVEKYBODY to
Come and see them, and, if
quality and priee suit, buy
them. We guarantee sales
If these are the conditions
of the purchase.
Cartersville, oct 31st
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1871.
tfiiofeasional <2a^ds.
“ArP7Wofford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARTiaSVII.I,3, GEORGIA, j
Office in the Court-Home,
Tune 23,1810.
A. 71. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CiRTE'iSTILLE GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will Practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, (Jordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MILNER, O. H. M!I.NEK.
Milner A Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERS VTI.LK GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the, Htate.
Sum. 11. Patillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
WILL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover A Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
W. R. HounlraMtlc,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office in front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
BARTOW HOUSE,
|;j;| CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
BY J. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Bovs’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store, East
side of the Railroad. sept. 29.
I. O. O, F.
THE regular meeting of Etowah Lodge, No.
49,1. O. O. F., is held on every Thuvsdi v
night, in Lie Masonic Hull.
JOHN M. DO PBS, Sec’v.
Carte •sville, Gu., Oct. 9th, 1871.
Cherokee Railroad Time Table.
ON and alter Monday, October 9th, trains on
the Cherokee Rail Road will run as fol
lows :
Leave Taylorsville £,30 A. M.
“ Siiles’ooio 9 “ “
A :, ’ iv« at Carte,sville 9,50 “ “
RETURNING.
Leave Cariersville 1.30 P. M.
Stileslio o 2,30 •* “
Arrive at Taylo svi n e 2,50 “ “
C. T. SABIN, Sup’t.
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 7,1871.
11 GEAR SHOP,” by
W. C. amis, *jjP
CART.SRSVILLE, GA.
Manufacturer of Harness, Bri
fMßmh dies, Gear, etc-, and Dealer in
V™* Sad(ile*, Leather.
Itepai tng done on short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the test* Hides Wanted,
jan. 24,1871.-swly
SASSEEN HOUSE.
(Formerly United States Hotel,)
CORNER ALABAMA & PRYOR STS,
Atlanta, Georgia.
E. R. SASSEEN, Agent .... Proprietor
Terms—Transient Boarders, per day, $2
iSngle meal and lodging, 50 cents.
Just Received
FINE
TABLE CUTLERY!
A NewgSuppiy of Castors
AND OTHER PLATED WARRE.
CHEAP AS THEY CAN’.BE BOUFHT
in any Southern market.
J. T. OWEN.
J* C. Register, Tinner,
AID DEALER II
JM wks
wF
Cook, Heating and Office <
STOVES AND GBATES TIN-WAR •
REMOVAL.
TOM BRID G-33S
Has rsmoved his
EATING SALOON
AND
CONFECTIONERY,
To Judge Parrott’s new build
ing, under Town Hall,
CJK TI.RSV'ILLE, O.
On and after the 15th instant,
Single Meal, 50 Cents.
Board—per month, $lB.
FRESH OYSTERS
Confectioneries, Fruits, and
Family Groceries kept on hand
and for sale. sep 15,
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
To the General Assembly of Georgia.
Lxicv.ivs Defak XES-’,
Atlanta. Ga.. Novembe 4, It/.
To the Senate end Hcriw of Rep. etentaUvee:
The unexpected resignation of his
Excellency Governor Bullock, has
devolved upon me, as President of
the Senate, the exercise of the func
tions pertaining to the Executive
Department.
In entering upon the discharge of
this laborious and responsible task
at this exciting period in our history,
I can but express the diffidence
which I feel in assuming this weighty
responsibility. I enter upon the
discharge of these duties, however,
with the fixed purpose that I will,
during the limited period of my offi
cial term, do all in my power to pro
mote peace, harmony, and good will
among our people, and to advance
the best interests of the State.
While it is well known to you and
the people of Georgia that I have
been, and am now, a consistent and
unyielding Republican, I shall not
in the discharge of my Executive
duties, permit politics to have any
thing to do with my conduct. While
in my present office, I am Governor
of the people of the whole State,
without regard to party distinctions;
and I invite all, without reference to
race, color, or party alliance, who
may have business connected with
my department, to approach me
freely, and make known their wishes
at any time, with the assurance that
I will do all in my power to promote
the interests of each, in every mat
ter pertaining to my official duties,
to the extent of my ability.
It seems to me that we have had
enough of wrangling and strife, and
crimination and recrimination. The
county needs repose and quiet,
which can never be promoted by
continually fomenting political strife.
We have had experience enough to
demonstrate that nothing has been
gained to the people of the South by
the adoption of a defiant and bois
terous course, while the power rests
in the Government backed by a vast
majority of the people of the Uuion.
Under these circumstances, it is my
sincere wish that every department
of the government of this State, and
every class of people, may so shape
their conduct that, there may be no
reason for any declaration of mar
tial law, any suspension of the writ
of habeas corpus , or any further re
construction. If the people of tne
South will be law abiding and law
enforcing, and lay aside all extreme
measures, my opinion is that the day
is not far distant when the Congress
of the United States will proclaim
by act universal amnesty, thereby
restoring every citizen of the South
to the full measure of citizenship,
with all the rights pertaining to the
same. This is a consummation de
voutly to be hoped for at the earli
est day possible.
FINANCES.
Avery large proportion of the
property of the people of this State
was destroyed by the late unfortu
nate war, leaving our people greatly
impoverished, and very much dis
couraged. They have struggled
however with an energy and zeal
that are highly commendable. We
see around us on every hand the
signs of returning prosperity, which
is very gratifying to the heart of
every patriot. But the heavy bur
dens of the government have a very
depressing effect. The taxes are
much higher than they were before
the war, while the property owned
by the people of the State, upon
which taxes are to be paid, is infin
itely less. Under these circumstan
ces it is a question well worthy the
attention of every department of the
government how we may so admin
ister the affairs of the State as to im
pose the lightest burdens upon the
people, and secure the greatest effi
ciency in the administration of pub
lic affairs. In my ©pinion, it is the
imperative duty of the Legislative
and Executive Departments of the
Government, to do everything that
can be done consistently with reason
and an enlightened policy to reduce
taxation and remove the burdens un
der which our people now groan. To
this end it is my fixed purpose to
curtail all unnecessary expenses in
every matter connected with my de
partment, to cut off all supernumer
aries, if any be found, from positions,
and to administer the affairs of the
Executive Department upon princi
ples of the strictest economy, not ex
pending a single dollar unless it is
actually necessary to do so. In this
matter I trust and believe I shall
have the hearty co-operation of the
General Assembly, and that you will
so shape your legislation as to satis
fy the people of the State that the
‘government is in the hands of those
who have regard for their interest,
aud who are determined to remove
from them every burden which is not
absolutely necessary to be borne.
And in this connection, I beg to
state in advance that I can sanction
no legislation of any character which
looks to wasteful extravagance or to
an unnecessary expenditure of the
people’s money. We must econo
mize in such ways as to do justice
to the tax payers, and restore popu
lar confidence in the government.
The public expenditures should not
be enlarged nor the public debt in-
ET9., ETO., CARTERAVJLLE, GEORGIA-
“ONWARD AND UPWARD.”
creased, unless upon the most solid
and substantial considerations.
On account of the short period
since I entered upon my Executive
duties, I am unable to give to the
General Assembly a statement of the
public debt, or to inform you of the
disposition made of the bonds of the
State, authorized by the General As
sembly to be issued. I will, howev
er, take prompt steps to inquire into
the whole matter, and most earnestly
urge upon the Legislative Depart
ment of the government to make
thorough investigation into this
matter, and I will most cheerfully
give all the aid of the Executive
branch of the government, so as to
have this important subject fully and
clearly understood.
EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.
It is well known to the General
Assembly that violations of the law,
growing, in a great measure, no
doubt, out of the demoralization
which always fallows from a war of
the magnitude of that through which
we have just passed, have been
alarmingly frequent in this State ;
and it is certainly the duty of every
public officer and every good citi
zen to do everything in his power to
discountenance and check lawless
ness and crime of every character.
So long as popular sentiment is
not decided upon this question, and
criminals can feel that they have
popular countenance, we can expect
but little improvement. It there
fore becomes the duty of the Execu
tive, Legislative and Judicial De
partments of the Government to take
a firm and decided stand in favor of
law and order and to punish crime
wherever it may be legally shown to
exist, no matter whether the perpe
trator may be high or low, rich or
poor. To this end, the General As
sembly should enact such laws, if
there be any defect in our present
system, as are necessary to give the
courts the full power over this sub
ject, and the courts and the juries
should take hold of this matter with
decision and energy, and teach
criminals that the law cannot be vio
lated with impunity. And it will be
a source of pride and pleasure to
me, while exercising the Executive
functions of the government, to aid
in every possible manner in the exe
cution of the laws, both civil and
criminal. When a court and jury
have investigated a case calmly and
dispasionately, and the law has
been administered impartially, the
case will have to be an extreme one,
having some features of mitigation
that absolutely call for executive ac
tion, before I shall interfere and ar
rest the execution of the criminal
laws. The safety, peace and pros
perity of all depend upon the prompt
and vigorous execution of the crim
inal laws in the present deranged
condition of our society. In this
matter, I shall carefully co-operate
with the other departments of the
government in all measures inten
ded to promote the public good, and
to restore confidence and quiet; and
I respectfully solicit the aid of all
good citizens in every portion of the
State, without regard to party affin
ities, race or color, in support of the
government in this important work.
Let us, by our conduct, show to the
world that we are still capable of
self government, and that there is
virtue, intelligence, and integrity
enough among our people, to secure
all the ends for which government
is instituted and maintained. If we
will take this course, we will relieve
much of the apprehension whicn ex
ists at the present day, and will do
much to restore confidence among
our people, and secure immigration,
the influx of capital, and the gener
al development of the resources of
the State, and will thereby remove
all possible pretext for Federal in
terference of any character in our
local affairs.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
The General Assembly at its lajst
session enacted a law providing for
public schools in this State, which
in the main, meets my hearty co-op
eration. The act, as is the case in
the inauguration of every new sys
tem, probably has some defects
which a year’s reflection and prac
tice may have suggested to those
who are now entrusted with the re
sponsible duty of representing the
people. But I trust a system" of
popular education may meet with
general favor, and commend itself to
all. It is very important that we
give our people the advantage of a
liberal education in all cases where
we have the means to do so, and
that we should place within the reach
of every citizen the means of acquir
ing the rudiments of a common En
glish education.
I presume that no intelligent man
who has investigated thi» question
can doubt that in the education of
the masses rests the greatest securi
ty of our government in the future,
and the greastest power for the de
velopment of our vast resources.
I can but commend the wisdom
and fore-thought of the late General
Assembly, inlaying down as one fun
damental provision of the system in
this State, that *the different races
shall be seperate in the schools. We
can have no mixed schools. It is
not for the interest of either race
that it should be so. While there
should be equal justice done in the
distribution of the public funds for
the education of the children of both
races, our schools should be seper
ate, and our colleges should be sep
erate.
STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTU
RAL COLLEGE.
I cannot too strongly commend to
the General Assembly the impor
tance of a liberal endowment to our
State University. No one who reads
the history of the State, and the
provisions on the subject incorpora
ted in the earlier constitutions, can
doubt that it was the intention of
our fathers to establish and main
tain in Georgia a first class Univer
sity ; and it is a matter of deep re
gret that the people of Georgia have
so long failed to carry out, in all its
munificence and magnitude, this
grand scheme of those wise and
great men who laid the foundation
of our government. Under our
present system, it becomes a mat
ter of necessity that we develop, to
the highest extent, the minds of our
sons and daughters. We have vast
physical resources, probably unsur
passed by any State in the Union,
but they can never be fully develop
ed until we have first developed the
mental resources of our people. We
must educate our sons for every de
partment in life.
Before dismissing this subject, I
would further remark that justice
demands an endowment of the At
lanta University for the colored pop
ulation of our State, which will be
sufficient to provide for all their
wants at their present stage of ad
vacement. By making reasonable
provision for them and building up
their college in this State, we forev
er settle the vexed question, which
would become a very troublesome
one, if the}’ should seek admittance
into the University of the State, and
carry out the good understanding
which has already been inaugurated
between the two races—that not on
ly their schools, but their colleges,
are to be kept perpetually seperate
and distinct from each other.
THE STATE DEBT.
The reports of the Comptroller
General and Treasurer will be laid
before you at an early day. On ac
count of the pressure of other du
ties, to which I have been subject
since I entered upon the discharge
of Executive functions, I have had
no time to examine them carefully,
and prepare any comments upon
them. They will, however, doubt
less give you a correct statement of
the present indebtedness of the
State.
While I regret that our liabilities
have been increased to the amount
already reached, and would advise
great caution upon this subject in
the future, I cannot too strongly im
press upon you the convictions of
my own mind as to the importance
of maintaining the public faith in
violate. No State in the Ijnion has
maintained a higher or more unsul
lied character for integrity and the
faithful performance of her obliga
tions in connections with all finan
cial matters than our own beloved
Georgia. And what may be the
burdens to whieh we are now sub
ject, and whether wisely or unwise
ly incurred, we should meet them
with that spirit of integrity and hon
or which has always characterized
the people of Georgia, and their rep
resentatives who have been our pre
decessors, and which will, I trust,
always continue to be a subject of
just pride. Whatever may be our
misfortunes, or our depressed con
dition, let it never be said that the
State of Georgia has violated her
plighted faith or failed to regard as
sacred and meet promptly all her
legal and moral obligations.
In concluding this communica
tion, I desire again to urge upon
you the importance of moderation,
wise caution, and harmony in all
our official action; and sincerely
invoke the blessing of Almighty
God upon our beloved State.
Benjamin Conley,
Governor.
An editor, after spending Wash
ington’s birth-day at the house of a
friend, wrote the following item for
his paper :
“ Three cheers for the twenty-sev
enth of secondary, Birthington’s
washday !”
There’s no doubt of the nature of
the beverage used by him on that
occasion.
Anna Story was recently married
to Robert Short. Avery pleasant
way to make a Story Short.
An eye-witness of the Chicago
fire saw twenty-five or thirty servant
girls rush to the roof of one of the
large hotels to leap into the streets be
low, but the whole roof fell in and they
perished.
The Milledgeville Union says H.
I. Kimball has gone up the spout,
and asks “how is that for HI.”
What the Mormons Threaten.
The Mormons threaten- if the con.
victions for bigamy contiue, to burn
Salt Lake City and leave the country.
I *3OIBL ATI VE PROCEEDINGS*
SENATE.
Monday, Nov. 6,1871.
Mr. Heard, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Library, reported advers
ly on a resolution to furnish each
member of the Legislature with a
copy ot Irwin's Code.
Bills read the first time:
Mr. Brown: A bill to amend sec
tion 1,711 of Irwin's Code, making
adultery alone a sufficient ground
for divorce.
Mr,Cone: A bill to amend the
attachment laws of this State.
Mr. Hinton: A bill to repeal an
act to provide for an election, aud
to prescribe the m inner of holding
the same.
Mr. Iloyle : A bill to provide for
ascertaining the amount of certain
State bonds issued, and to require
the same to be registered.
Mr. Jervis: A bill to provide a
inode of filling vacancies that do
now or may hereafter exist in the
office of ordinary in any county in
this State.
Mr. Lester: A bill t' regulate the
practice of dentistry in this State,
making a diploma necessary thereto,
and constituting a Board of Dentis
try.
Mr. Reese : A bill to incorporate
the Chattahoochee Manufacturing
Company, and for other purposes.
Also a bill to amend and add to
the law of arson in this State so as
to make the burning of fences a
felony.
Also a bill to regulate the mode
of trying felonies in this State, re
quiring judges before whom said
trial may be had to make a note of
all the pleadings and motions in the
case.
Also a bill to amend section 61 of
the Code in relation to rewards of
fered for criminals.
Also a bill to allow plaintiffs in
execution to recover damages in
certain cases.
Also a bill to relieve parties plain
tiff in certain cases now pending in
this State from the operation of the
law to extend the lien of set off and
recoupment of debts contracted be
fore June 1, 1865, etc.
Also a bill to merge the legal and
equitable jurisdiction of the courts
of this State.
Also a bill to amend section 4208
of the Code, so as to secure the per
formance of contracts of labor.
Also a bill to regulate the order of
business in the Superior Courts of
this State, requiring its civil dock
ets to be finished before the criminal
docket shall be called.
Also a bill to enforce the sth sec
tion 2d paragraph of the Constitution
relative to providing of juries.
Mr. Hillyer: A bill to make cer
tified extracts prove the records of
railroad companies and bank’s evi
dence in certain cases.
Mr. Simmons : A bill to amend an
act making certain appropriations,
approved October 3d, 1870.
Mr. Smith: A bill for the relief
of crippled soldiers and widows—
exempting the same from taxation
to the amount of one thousand dol
lars.
Mr. Steadman: A bill to repeal
sections 1875 and 1876 of the Code.
A message was received from the
House stating the adoption of the
following resolution :
Resolved, That Rufus B. Bullock, late
Governor of Georgia, who has resigned
his office and left the State under circum
stances creating grave suspicion that he is
guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors,
has, in charging, in a letter bearing- date
23d October, 1871, addressed to his polit
ical friends and the people of Georgia, that
a majority of the House of Representatives
have pledged themselves to vote for articles
of impeachment against him without inves
tigation, and that the Senate has deter
mined to unseat a sufficient number of Re
publicans Senators to secure his conviction
without regard to the truth and validity of
the charges, defamed this General Assem
bly, by charges which are untrue. That
the statement in the same letter, to the
effect that the people of Georgia have de
nounced or ignored the Constitution of the
United States, is false and defamatory of
the people of this State. On the contrary,
we assert that the people of this State do
now, ai they did six months ago, when, ac
cording to the letter of the said Rufus B.
Bullock, they were peaceabiy disposed, ac
quiesce in the results of the war, and
neither entertain any hostility towards the
United States, nor deny to any person
within the limits of the State the equal
protection of the laws.
Passed.
Yeas 29. Nays 8.
Mr. Smith, 36th District, explain
ed his vote by stating that as far as
applicable to bis District, the reso
lution s are true.
Bills were read the first time.
A message from the House was
received stating the repeal of a joint
resolution of the last session author
izing the Treasurer to pay certain
warrants, and asking the concur
rence of the Senate.
Mr. Wellborn introduced a reso
lution that hereafter the regular
hours for the daily meetings of the
Senate shall be from 9 a. m. to 1
p. M. Adopted.
The resolution sent from the
House was taken up and concurred
in.
Mr. Welborn offered a resolution
providing for the appointment of a
joint committee of two from the
Senate and three from the House to
examine the Digest of Georgia Re
ports prepared jby Messrs. Green
Smith, Wiki© & Cos., Proprietors’
and Bivins. Referred to Judiciary
Committee.
Mr. Hinton : A bill to prohibit
the sale of agricultural products af
ter sundown, and for otfcier purposes.
On motion of Mr. Erwin the Sen
ate adjourned until 9 a. m. to-mor
row.
HOUSE.
Monday, Nov. 6, 1871.
Rev. W. H. Strickland was ap
pointed Chaplain.
Bills read the first time :
Mr. Riley: A memorial of the
Trustees of the North Georgia Ag
ricultural College.
Mr. Bush: A bill to repeal the
act organizing the District Court.
Mr. Howell: A bill to fix the per
diem of members of the General As
sembly.
Also a bill to make it • penal for
negroes and whites to gamble.
Mr. Pou, of Muscogee : A bill to
authorize a counter showing in a
motion for continuance.
Also a bill to alter section 2267 of
the Code of Georgia so as to make
the burning of tenements abadc rent
in certain cases.
Also a bill to alter section 3472 in
relation to continuances of cases in
court.
Also a bill to repeal the act abol
ishing the chain-gang.
Also a bill to punish employers and
employees for breaking contracts for
services when such contracts have
been reduced to writing.
Mr. Netherland : A bill to repeal
an act to amend and secure the pro
ceeds, profits, and rents from home
steads.
Also a bill to repeal section 14 of
an act to carry into effect the second
clause of section 13, article 5, of the
Constitution of Georgia.
Mr. Camming: A bill to limit tLa
hen of judgments of Justins’ Courts.
Mr. Dill : A bill to repeal the 22d
section of the Appropriation Act of
1870, and for other purposes.
Mr. Craig: A bill to bring on an
election for Governor.
Mr. Wood: A bill to repeal an
act to amend an act to fix the sala
ries of Supreme Court Judges.
Also a bill to fix the mode of re
pealing the Code.
Mr. Bowie of Walton : A bill to fix
the per diem of members.
Mr. Taylor of Washington : A bill
to amend section 22G1 of the Code
in relation to lien 9 of landlords on
crops.
Mr. Sargent: A bill to authorize
Agents and Attorneys to make oath
to pleas in all civil cases.
Mr. Phillipps : A bill to repeal the
act organizing the District Court.
Mr. Rawls: A bill to change the
time of the meeting of the General
Assembly.
Mr. Scott: A bill to amend the
charter of the State University.
Mr. Hoge: A resolution to appeal
to Congress to refund the tax on
raw cotton collected in 1865, 1866,
and 1867.
Mr. Cumming offered a resolution
rescinding the resolution authoriz
ing the Treasurer to pay all war
rants drawn by the Governor and
countersigned by the Comptroller
General, and also to suspend the
twentieth section of the appropria
tion act. Adopted.
A message from the Senate was
received saying that the Senate had
adopted a resolution postponing the
collection of tax sixty days.
HOUSE.
Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1871.
Mr. Hoge, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported that there were
some grave questions of law in con
nection with the election of a Gov
ernor, which the Committee desired
to look into carefully, and that fur
ther time was asked for before mak
ing a report. He also said that the
Committee had authorized him to
recommend to the House the inex
pediency of having afternoon ses
sions in consequence of the large
amount of business before the Com
mittees. Further time was granted
as requested.
A message from the Senate was
received, saying that the Senate had
passed the “ Atlanta Bill,” and con
curred in the House resolution in
relation to Governor Bullock’s re
signation ; also, in the joint resolu
tion of the General Assembly, ap
proved May sth, 1870.
Mr. McMillan from the Committee
on Enrollment, reported that the
following bills and resolutions were
duly enrolled and ready for the sig
nature of the Speaker, to-wit: The
bill in relation to the manner of
holding elections in the city of At
lanta ; also a resolution declaring
that R. B. Bullock, late Governor,
had defamed the members of this
House and the people of Georgia ;
also, a joint resolution rescinding a
joint resolution of the General As
sembly, approved May sth, 1880.
A resolution providing that the
Committee on Public Printing on
the part of the Senate and House
enquire into the report that Samuel
Bard, Public Printer, had resigned,
and said Public Printing is being
done under a contract made by R.
B. Bullock, late Governor ; that if
said report be true said Committee
be authorized to contract for Public
Printing until a Public Printer can
be elected. This resolution was
adopted.
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