The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-19
NO MONEY FOR EXHIBITS.
THE COMMISSIONERS REFUSE TO
MAKE AN APPROPRIATION.

They Decided They Could Not DO II
Legally Unless by Clear subter-
fuge, 80 Thought IL best TO Make
no Appropriation ut AiI-The cues
tion Considered In Committee Of
the Whole and Only the Final
Order Heard From In the Meeting.
The industrial committee will get no
appropriation from the county for the
city and county exhibit at the Atlanta
exposition. This was decided at a special
meeting Of the commissioners yesterday
afternoon.
The matter was not discussed at the
board meeting. but the board resolved it.
self into a committee of the whole, to
which the matter had been referred, so
that it could retire and discuss the matter
without any outside interference. 1t
could not be learned just what each Of
the commissioners thought upon the sub
jcct. ii Is stated, however, that they all
wanted to make an appropriation, but
could find no legal way OF doing 1t. When
the members came out of the committee
room the following resolution was intro
duced by Commissioner J. A. q. Carson
and unanimously passed.
The committee of the whole. to whom
was referred the petition of sundry citi-
zens, asking for an appropriation for an
exhibit at the exposition to be held at
Atlanta. beg leave to report that under
the provision Of the constitution and laws
of Georgia the public moneys cannot be
appropriated, or the public credit loaned
20 any corporation, company, associa-
ton, institution or Individual except for
purely charitable purposes. Your com
mittee therefore. with much regret.
recommends that the petition be not
granted J. A. G. Carson, Chairman.
One Of the commissioners was asked
after the meeting how they stood on the
matter.
I'VE were all Of one mind" he said.
pointing 10 the order, land that is our
opinion
The board was in favor of making an
could be done legally, but there was no
satisfactory way which we could find to
get around it, and that was the only
course We could pursue.
How about the proposition to appoint
commissioners to gather information
with regard to road building" he was
We'll that was the plainest sort of
subterfuge, was the reply, land / do
not see how we could consistently have
done anything of that kind. The ma
jorty of the board was of the opinion
that II would be better to make an APP
preparation to the fund outright than to
which would undoubtedly have been the
cause of more comment than would have
resulted in the case of an out and out
appropriation"
The commissioners all stated that they
wanted to give something toward the
work of exhibiting Chatham county's re-
sources, but they did not see how they
could have acted otherwise than they did.
The only other thing discussed at the
meeting was the new barn which the
commissioners expect to build shortly on
the county farm. This barn win be a
portion of the new convict camp, which
may be built within few years, as the
money has already been appropriated.
There were some decided opinion, how
ever, with regard to the plans for the
new barn. Chairman Dale did not see
how seven-foot wagon with a hay rack
and a big load of hay could get into a
space that was only eight feet wide. II
ought to be ten feet he said, and it was
some time before the commissioners coulG
reach any conclusion in the matter The
committee on poor farm, consisting OF
Commissioners Kehoe, Dale and Chaplin.
will go out to the farm this afternoon for
the purpose of deciding on a location for