The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-08
WITH The SOLONS
IMPORTANT BILL OF MIR. GAMBLER
OF DE kALB.
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
APPLYING To CHURCH, SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE HOLDINGS.

Also COnte plated to Amend the
Measure So to Include Orphan
AsyIums, Such as Bethesda, Near
Savannah Committee Appointed
to Examine Treasurer's Books and
Report on states Financial Com
dItiOn-House Passed Its First Bill
Yesterday Relating to Charities in
BIbb County.
Atlanta, Nov. I'm the House to-
day the bill by Mr.. Gambler of DeKalb
| to amend the constitution so as to give
the Legislature power to exempt from
taxation all church, school and college
| property in the state, was made the
| special order for next Tuesday morn
| ing, Immediately after the reading of
the Journal This is one of the most
important measures that will come be-
fore the House. as it will, if passed.
lead to the exemption from taxation
of school and college endowments, and
tend to building up state educational
institutions. 1t Is contemplated to
amend the measure so as. to include
| orphan asylums such as the Bethesda
Orphanage near Savannah, and it
is stated the author of the bill and
others who will urge its passage are
| favorable to such an amendment.
Speaker Morris appointed Messrs.
Hayes of Macon and Mulherin of Rich
mond as the House members of the
Joint Finance Committee. which will
examine the treasurer's books and re-
port on the states financial condition.
The House concurred in the Senate
resolution, inviting the Secretary or
Agriculture, James Wilson and DR.. II.
w. Wiley of the Department of Chem
istry to address the Legislature on the
occasion of their coming visit to Geor-
gia.
President John M. Egan Of the Cen
trail and all those who arranged the
trip for the Legislature to visit the
State Fair at Valdosta, were rendered
a unanimous vote of thanks.
The House passed its first bill to-
day 1t was a bill by Mr.. Fielder OF
Bibb. to authorize the County Commits
sioners of Bibb county to contribute TO
t the hospital which is maintained by
the Macon Hospital Association.
! Two other local bills were passed.
: MIR. Hall of Bibb introduced bill
E providing for the appointment by the
{ controller general OF board of three
disinterested citizens, who shall assess
? all property of corporations which Is
, now returned for taxation to the con-
troller general. Another bill by Mr..
Hall provided for the repeal of the
present laws with reference to the re-
; turning for taxation Of corporation
property.
Mr.. Hall also introduced his bill,
which was before the last Legislature
; ito restore the right of trial by jury
Mr. Hall wants to repeal the present
: section of the code, which gives judges
the right when the evidence justities,
to direct q verdict.
Other bills introduced in the House
are as follows:
BY Mr. Underwood of White-To d.
rect the Governor to subscribe TO the
Georgia Justice, a copy to be delivered
to each justice of the peace and notary
public in the state at a cost OF not
more than 81 a copy. and to be paid
for out of the state treasury.
BY Mr.. johnson of Clinch-To reg
ulate the carrying of deadly weapons
in the state and to require license
for same.
The Senate held a very brief session
| and adjourned over until 10 o'clock
Tomorrow morning when the senator's
will hear and read a special message
. from Gov. Terrell. During the session
a resolution and one new bill were
presented for consideration.
The resolution was by Senator Sy-
mons of the Fourth District, and was
to the effect that the states represent
| tative in Congress be urged to use
their endeavors to have the govern
ment assign torpedo boats to duty for
2 the protection of Georgia harbors.
| Senator Dodd of the Forty-third dis
trict introduced a bill to amend the
pension act so as to pay pensions to
all widows of Confederate soldiers who
[ are natives of Georgia.
I The bill was referred to the Com
a mittee on Pensions
! The Committee on Banks recon-
: ! mended the passage of the several bills
seeking to include the cities of La
fayette and Baxley in the list of cities
, in which state repositories may be To-
! Gated.
! University Trustees Meet.
s The trustees of the State University
met to-day in the state library at the
e Capitol for the purpose of taking steps
Y to secure the cooperation of the Legis-
. lature i'm a plan that will give the
e University a new fire-proof library
: building and a new dormitory. which
o Will provide room on the college CAM
= pus for seventy-two more students.
a The plan as presented to the Appro-
priations Committee by Chancellor Hill
: contemplates the donation to the State
0 University by George Foster Peabody,
a former Georgian, now distinguished
by his educational gifts, of a new fire.
proof library building to cost not less
than $4,000, provided the Legislature
will appropriate to- the University for
= maintenance the sum of $4,000 year
for two years; and also enough money
to construct an annex to the old library
building so that with the space vacat-
I ed by the removal of the books, suffi-
4 cient room can be provided for the six
z schools now taught in New College, .
= thus enabling the trustees to turn
I new college" back into dormitory,
/ which will provide room for seventy
g two more students. 1t is estimated
d that the cost of making these contem-
}. plated changes will be $12.500.
I Following Chancellor Hills state
$ ment of the plan i'm view, speeches n
e behalf of the University were made
k by former Gov Henry ID. Mcdaniel
Hon. Henry G. Turner of Quitman
Senator A. %. Bacon and others whit
are members of the Board OF Trustees
In all of whom urged the committee
+ 10 make the small appropriation
~ The members of the Appropriation
al Committee were very fayorably i'm
~ pressed with the strong presentation
Is OF the case made nv the trustees
81 Chairman Davis requested that tn
IN trustees put IN writing just what the.
= desired the General Assembly 20 "a
~ and promised that the Commits