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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
8
Governor Terrell vetoes bills creating city courts for Waynesboro Burke County and for Jackson County naming judges and solicitors. He says the measures improperly usurp executive appointment and election provisions, leaving Burke County without a city court for eight to ten months while the legislature reconsiders.
A special Georgia committee of new colonels will meet in the adjutant general’s office at the capitol to open bids for governor staff uniforms. Lt Col James W English Jr chairs. members include Lt Col Sam Wilkes Charles Crankshaw and I Van Holt Nash.
A legislative attempt to name citizens to judge and solicitor roles prompts questions of whether this is an election or an appointment. The constitution requires viva voce elections by the general assembly with journal entries, while appointment powers are executive. The discussion notes the act may be treated as either and debates the proper constitutional route and the division of legislative versus executive power.
A catalog style listing highlights gold and silver gifts including lockets lorgnettes bracelets belts buttons watches fobs bags corkscrews pocket knives pipes cigarette cases bill folds desk silver umbrellas gold headed canes decanters and flasks. Local advertisement notes variety and quality of items for personal use and gift giving.
Analysis argues that executive appointments in Georgia lie with the governor and general assembly cannot appoint city court judges. It notes registrars and notaries can be appointed by judges in some cases, and that city government officers for municipal and county affairs are not state department officers. The piece discusses constitutional separations and the need for executive action to appoint officers when not provided by the constitution.
Dr Marshal Beaty of the National Dispensary reports a middle aged consumptive patient deemed incurable by specialists was cured after using his antiseptic air treatment. The test was conducted without Dr Beaty seeing the patient. a written description guided the therapy. He offers a free trial to sufferers.
Mayor Mims will veto a council resolution declaring Murphy avenue to be 60 feet wide, return it to committee for hearings after petition from several council members. The dispute centers on a claimed 20 foot right of way that the Central of Georgia Railroad holds and whether the street was properly landacquired and heard. The affair follows a rapid last-session intro and a call for full, fair, impartial review before final action.
Attorney General John Chart argues a city court judge and solicitor are public offices not expressly provided by constitution and laws for election. He says they become appointed by the governor, cites uniform operation law, and warns the legislature overstepped authority by creating private citizen officers through act.
In Tashkend Russia Asia 1 December a devastating quake hit Andijjan in Russian Central Asia. Three officials and two soldiers died along with 150 natives mostly children. Twenty natives and seventeen soldiers were injured. About 9,000 native houses and 120 Russian residences were destroyed.
An old advertisement notes eye exams and lens exchanges after holidays at 14 Whitehall. It promotes safe deposit boxes with Title Guaranty and Trust Co and mentions Empire Building. Prices are implied as affordable to encourage securing valuables.
Knoxville Tenn December 18 A marriage arose from a matrimonial journal advertisement. H Parrott wed Miss C H Sarger at a justice of the peace office and left for Jefferson City near the groom’s home. The couple met in person Tuesday night after long correspondence and married within twenty four hours. The bride is said to be from Pennsylvania.
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