Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-04
STATES FINANCES
STILL WORRY
HOUSE
TECH WILL GET $4,000 NEXT
YEAR AND THE PUBLIC
FUND WILL NOT BE
TOUCHED.

The following is the list of absentees, as
| taken from the journal of the house:
) Carr, Deal. Foster, of Towns; Harden.
Howard. of Laurens; Johnson. of Baker;
Mann, Naples, Morton. Ridley, shackel-
| ford and Walker of Pierce
Immediately following the call of the
! roll and reading of the journal Tuesday
| the appropriation bill, which was Mon
| day afternoon favorably reported by the
| committee of the whole, was taken up
| by the house.
The appropriations which had been fav-
! orably recommended by the committee
were, according to resolution introduced
| at an early part % the session by Hon
] Joe Hill Hall, of Bib, applicable for only
| one year, that of 1903.
As soon as bill was taken UP Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Reid, of Campbell, chair
man of the ways and means committee.
! moved to amend the first section of the
/ appropriation bill so as to make all Of
the appropriations applicable to the years
| 19O3-1904
| Mr.. Hail. Of Bib, also fought the effort
to make these appropriations applicable
for two years instead of one He said
that the appropriations for two years had
| only been done because, twenty years ago,
| the house met only every two years. He
| said that the committee of the whole had
the impression that they were to stand
! for only one year, and that 1t was mani
| testify unjust to attempt to make the ap-
( preparation for two years.
Mr.. Reid, of Campbell, in support OF
his amendment, said that nearly one-half
| OF the session had been taken up in an
effort to pass up the general appropria-
| ton bill, and that it was only fair to the
members who mad important measures to
| come up at the next session to pass the
| appropriation bill for two years. He said
| there were many important bills which
| would never come up in the house If the
/ members had to consider the appropria-
i ton bill at the next session.
Mr.. Reds amendment was lost by q
/ majority vote of the house.
The appro priation bill was then taken
up paragraph by paragraph, and the diff
| ferent appropriations were passed without
| a dissenting vote until the appropriation
/ of $4,000 to the Georgia School of Tech
nology was reached.
AS soon as the Tech appropriation was
reached, Mr.. Hall, OF Bibb. took the floor.
| He began by stating that he had not OBJ
| jected to sthe increase OF the Tech appro-
| priation when it came up in the committee
of the whole house because Mr.. Slaton, OF
/ Fulton, who was in the chair, desired to
urge the Increase OF 5000 for the Tech.
Mr. Hall stated that the Georgia School
| of Technology was now getting nearly
/ twice as much monsRas the other branch
| es of the State university, and was now
| clamoring for more9lMrs Hall made quite
a lengthy argument against the increase
Of 5000 to the Tech. ending with the
| statement that IL the Tech. was doing
such a great good, then he guessed the
| state could get along for awhile on $40-
| 600 worth of good.
| Mr.. Evans, of Washington, wanted to
| know why there had been only ten gradu-
ates at the institution last year; eight the
year previous and six the year before that.
Mr.. Slaton, of Fulton, an ardent friend
| of the institution, made an eloqeunt APP
peal for the $4,000 appropriation to the
school.
THE question of the gentleman from
Washington is perhaps the highest in
| dorsement the school has received on the
| floor of the house. The boys who attend
| this school leave before they receive the
| diplomas of the institution because there
is such a demand for their services and
because they can receive remunerative po-
| sitions. .Nl 49,.
1.-THE county in which I live pays from
| one-seventh to one-eighth of the taxes
of this state. When you wanted 100000
increase for the public schools of the
state, the three representatives from Full
on county voted solidly for the increase,
of the sum. ~ 81
You talk about your taxes. They are
a mere bagatelle when compared to the
taxes paid by the people of Atlanta"
Mr.. Slaton was followed by Messers
George, Of Morgan. land Fielder. of Bibb,
who both made appeals for the appropria-
ton of $4,000 to the Tech and paid high
tribute to the school and to the people
of Atlanta who had themselves frequently
given for the support Of the Tech school.
The increased appropriation was passed
by vote of so to AZ, and the Tech will re-
ceive next year the sum of $4,000.
There were no further attempts to
change the appropriation bill as reported
until the appropriation for the soldiers
home, near Atlanta, was reached Mr..
Steed, of Carroll, moved to increase this
sum from 500 to $4,000 and made a
strong appeal for this increase, but the
house refused to increase the sum, giving
only s12,5O0.
The next item was the appropriation
of $S00, 900 to the common school fund, in
addition to money received from other
sources. Mr.. West, of Lowndes, wanted
this appropriation made $S50,0O0, but his
motion to increase the common school
fund was lost and only 100000 was given
by the house.
The next section taken up was the APP
preparation of 100000 interest on bonds
maturing January, 1903, to be paid out OF
the sinking fund and of 1921, $50 for the
year of 1908 to pay interest maturing that
year, to be paid from funds from the sale
of public property, known as the public
property fund.
The house on Monday acting as a
committee of the whole, decided not to
use the public property fund of $4,000
for the payment of the interest. This
refusal of the committee to use the pub
lie property fund would leave a deficit of
a sum equal to the public property fund,
or would necessitate a special tax levy
for the purpose of paying off this debt.
Mr.. Davis, of Meriwether. chairman of
the appropriation committee. which had
urged the use of the public property fund
moved that the house disagree with the
decision of the committee of the whole
house in refusing to use the public prop.
erty fund. In urging that the house use
the public property fund. Mr.. Davis urged
that the state must either use the fund
or face a deficit which would have to be
raised by ar additional taxation upon the
poorer classes who were unable to paw
an increased tax levy. Mr.. Davis said
he was no lawyer, but he was a law abid-
ing citizen, and that so long as the SUI
preme court mad allowed the previous use
e. the public property fund. he was salts
fed that the public property fund could
be used.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, who two years made