Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-04
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
General Appropriation Bill Is Finally
Completed.

Completed.
Atlanta, Dec. 3.-The house finally
completed the general appropriation;
bill yesterday, the time of both morn
ing and afternoon sessions having
been consumed, and the bill will &c
to the senate today Altogether foul
days were consumed in consideration
of the measure, three of them in com
mittee of the whole.
The bill as passed by the house
contains only one change from the
shape in which it came from the com
mittee of the whole. 1t was provided
by the house that the $4,000 for the
department of agriculture shall come
out of the fertilizer inspection fund
instead of from the general fund In
the treasury as was the case In the
committee bill.
Some of the appropriations were
fought all over again on the floor OF
the house, the hardest struggle, per
haps, being had by the military item.
An old law, approved In 1889, was res.
directed by Mr., Rankin, of Gordon
which made an annual appropriation
of $1,000 for the expenses Of the mil
itary establishment Of the state. Mr.
Rankin made the point OF order that
the military appropriation was thus
fixed by law. and he offered an amend
ment fixing it at that amount.
This law and Mr.. R4pkin's point
produced CONSERVATION in the ranks
of the friends of the military for 6
few minutes, but they rallied and or
the final vote the $4,000 appropriation
carried the day.
Likewise earnest efforts were made
to cut the appropriations to the Tech
biological school and several other Ia
stitutions and nearly two hours were
spent in the effort to cut INDECENT sol
diers down from $4,000 to $SS5,000
but none of these efforts were sue
cessful, and with the exception of the
one change noted, the bill was passed
in its entirety as it came from the com
mittee of the whole.
There was long fight in the house
looking to a reduction In the amount
given to INDECENT pensioners from
$4,000 back to $685. the amount
given by the APPROPRIATIONS tornmitt6y
bat It was unsuccessful, and the pen
sion figures remain just as they were
fixed by the committee of the whole
There was no attempt to change any
of the pension funds except that for
indigents
In the Senate.
For three hours yesterday morning
the upper house Of the general assem-
bly, was in busy session and during
that time Al bills-the majority Of
them being local house measures
were passed, while any number oi
measures were read for the first and
second time. -Four new bills were in
troduced and were referred to appro
pirate committees.
The senate had It's first real de
bate over the passage Of the bill by
Senator Sweat, of the fifth district, tt
make it punishable by fine of not
more than $50 or a sentence of not
more than GO days on the public
works for any one guilty Of being IN
toxicated and disorderly on any public
street or thoroughfare in the state out
side Of incorporated towns and cities
In amended shape the bill was passed
after a lively discussion, by a vote
of 23 to 8, having received just enough
votes to pass.
The bill by Senator Comas to en-.
large the powers of the railroad com
mission was passed and was then re.
considered and recommitted after a
very little discussion.
The measure seeks to confer on the
commission the authority to locate
and require the building and mainte.
nance of side tracks by railroad com.
panies for the accommodation of their
patrons; to empower the commission
TO require the railroad companies to
make physical connection of their own
with the railway tracks of any other
person or corporation having the same
gauge, and 70 prescribe the terms and
conditions under which one railroad
company shall be required to trans.
port the cars Of another; to prescribe
a method of enforcing its orders with
refernce thereto; to provide a penal.
ty for non compliance with such or.
ders.