The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07
FOUR DAYS MORE
FOR LEGISLATURE
AND BUSINESS is PRESSING
TWENTY-FIVE BILLS SCHEDULED
FOR ACTION TOMORROW.

Calvin Wants Names md vOcatiOns
of Parents of Students of Certain
Georgia Institutions and of Alum
nj of Those Institutions Published
in Reports and CatalOgues-Har-
den's Library Law Amendment
Passes the senate.
Atlanta, Aug 6.-The House held the
usual Saturday session to-day, despite
the fact that there are only four more
working days left.
The Steering Committee has fixed an
order of business for Monday which
contemplates action on about twenty
five House bills. Monday being the Fast
day on which House bills can be pass
ed in time to go through the Senate.
Included in those to be considered Mon
day is the bill providing for the Office
of state auditor of accounts the appro-
priation to the Technological School
for chemical laboratory, the appro-
priation to the State University for re-
building Science Hall, the appropriation
to the Georgia Normal School at Mill
edgeville, the game and fish law amend
ment, a number of private pension
bills and several others of minor con-
sequence. The gold mining condemna-
tion bill, which was defeated yester-
day was also included In the order OF
business for Monday.
The House passed a resolution by
Mr.. Calvin of Richmond, calling upon
certain Georgia institutions, namely.
the Neurological School, the state
University. Dahlonega University, the
Georgia Normal and Industrial and
others, to include in their annual re-
ports and their catalogues the names.
places of residence and vocations OF
parents of all undergraduates and the
vocations and residences of all alumni
of such institutions
Amending Library Lnyv.
large number Of local House and
Senate bills was passed. Included
among these was the bill by Mr.. Cam
of Chatham providing for an amend
ment to the charter of the town OF
warsaw, so as to require that the deed
to property which entities the resi-
dents to vote in elections, shall be re-
corded in the Superior Court of Chat
ham county.
The Senate also held short session
to-day, but only passed four local bills
| and adjourned. The Senate passed the
Dill by Mr.. Harden of Chatham,
amending the law regarding public Ii
| braries, so as to permit cities which
contribute to the establishment of such
Libraries to name their own boards Of
trustees and managers. Under the
present law 1t is required that boards
of education shall have the manage
ment of such Libraries.
Signed salary Bill.
Gov. Terrell to-day signed the bill by
ethn three Chatham atat
providing for an increase from $1,000
70 $4,000 in the salary of the judge of
the Superior Court of Chatham county.
the increase to be paid from the coun-
ty treasury. The Governor also sign
ed the bills by Mr.. Reid of Campbell.
authorizing the Governor to borrow
200 TO meet casual DEFICIENCIES. and
by Senator Harrell, authorizing the
treasurer to burn old cancelled bonds
and coupons now in the treasury vault
in the presence of the Governor and
other state officials.
II may now be safely predicted that
the common school fund TO be directly
appropriated by the Legislature will
be 100000 While the Senate Appro-
priations Committee has cut the fund
from 81, 000 as fixed by the House,
to 100000 as il formerly stood, it is
understood that this was done so that
the Senate would be in position to
meet the House half way when the
matter goes before a conference COM
mittee and agree on 100000 With an
appropriation of 100000, which is now
practically sure to be fixed, the total
school fund for 1905 will be 81, ,s07 OBS.
This encludes poll taxes. convict hire,
half the rental of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, and all other appro-
priations made to the school fund This
will be S216,000 more than the common
school fund has ever reached before,
the next largest amount being that for
1904, $1,591,44