The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-26
BY HEARD AND CANN
ARGUMENTS ABOUT CoNyICTs
MADE BEFORE COMMITTEE.
AS WOODWORKING BILL IS IN
ACTION ON sAvANN All CASE WAS
POSTPONED.

An Item OF $4,000 for the state
University That Had Been Over
looked Is Now Included Among
Legislative Appropriations Har-
den's Bill for Benefit of BaiIiRs
and Deputy Sheri6s of Savannah
Courts Becomes Law-soda-
Water syrup Man IA facturers TO BE
Taxed.
Atlanta, Nov. 25.-Mr. Chas. s.
Heard. president of the Mill-Havon
| Company of Savannah. was heard by
the Special Judiciary Committee to-day
on MIR. Cams bill to prevent convicts
from being worked within two miles of
the limits of any town or city. Mr..
Cam also appeared in behalf of the
bill. Action was postponed, pending
! action by the House on Mr.. FEEDERS
bill to work all convicts on the roads.
The Appropriations Committee in
Guided in the general appropriations
bill an item of $22,5OO for the State Uni
versity, which was overlooked in yes
terday's reports This. II passed, win
enable the university to take imme-
date advantage of George Foster Pea
body's offer of new $4,000 library.
The bill was reported to the House to-
day. and made the special order for
Friday.
For Deputies md BaiIIn'a.
Gov. Terrell to-day signed the bill
by Mr.. Harden of Chatham, fixing
compensation of not less than s65 a
month for deputy sheriffs and bailiffs
of Superior and city Courts of all
counties of more than $4,000. and less
than $4,000 inhabitants. This bill af-
fects only Savannah.
The Ways and Means Committee CT
the House, of which Mr.. Reid of Camp
| bell is chairman, to-day fixed the limit
OF the tax rate for 1903 at mills. This
is exclusive of the rate for raising the
100000 for the sinking fund, which Is
~ mills Itemized, the limit Of the
TAX rate for next year is 1852 mills for
the common school fund and g. Is mills
for the general fund This limit. over
which the Governor and controller gem
eral In fixing the rate cannot go, Is 2
mills below that fixed for last year.
During the meeting the committee
completed the general tax bill, and
the chairman was instructed to sub
nit K 70 the House to-day with the
| request that 200 copies be printed for
the use of the members. Tse bin VIII
come uD for consideration by the
House and will be disposed of with ali
possible speed. A feature of the meas
ure is the section which subjects fran
chises to the same tax as that supplied
to other property of companies oper-
ating under such grants.
one change made by the committee
he al tox
yesterday was to require a tax of
5000 a year of all manufacturers OF
syrups sold to soda water fountains.
Another change was to require a
yearly tax of $3.50 each on slot ma
chimes that are loaded with articles
Of food, while other slot machines will
be taxed $50.
Commission for school Books.
After spirited debate, the Educa-
tional Committee of the House this
afternoon adopted a substitute to the
resolution b. Mr.. West OF I.owndes.
providing for the creation OF a conn
mission to investigate the subject Of a
system of uniform text books for the
common schools Of Georgia.
This substitute which was offered
by Mr.. Cam of Chatham. provides
that the commission shall be composed
OF eight members of which the cham
cellor Of the University is to be chair
man. Two of the members who are
to be prominent educators of the state.
are to be appointed by the Governor;
three members Of the House, TO be APP
pointed by the Speaker, and two MEM
hers Of the Senate. to be appointed by
the president of the Senate
This commission is to investigate the
question and report at the next ses-
sion.