Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-07
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Several Important Bills Are Acted
Upon.

Acted
Upon.
Atlanta, July 6.-The approximation
committee of the house of representa-.
tlYes held an important and what prov.
ed to o-be quite a sensational meeting
Tuesday afternoon. Several impor.
tant bills We're acted upoY, ths genera,
appropriation bill gone over and a
number Of items agreed upon and live
ly discussions indulged in when the
state sanitarium and Office of COM
missioner of agriculture were taken
up.
Two Of the most important bills act.
ed upon favorably We're those to In
crease the governors salary to $4,000
year and to create the office Of state
auditor.
1t was Mr.. Hall, of Bibb, who gave
the sensational turn to the delibera.
tions Of the committee. He made
some very severe criticisms ON the
way the finances Of the state santa.
rum, or Milledgeville mnatlo asvIum
as it is generally called, were conduct-
ed, and the result of his talk was that
the appropriation for the institution
was cut down $4,000.
Mr.. Hall also discussed at length
the employment of an assistant com.
missioner of agriculture ana said
there was no law by which the COM
missioner could create an office and
fix the salary for it, but that the mat
ter should be entirely in the hands of
the legislature
A resolution appropriating $500 for
an oil painting of General John B.
Gordon was reported upon favorably.
1t was agreed to report favorably
the resolution to allow $1,000 extra
for rewards for fugitives from Justice
this year.
The bill to increase the governors
salary after the expiration of the pres,
ent term from $4,000 to $4,000 was re-
ported favorably.
The bill to create the Office of audi.
tor at salary of $4,000 a year and
allow such auditor two clerks at sal
aries of $1,000 a year each was re.
ported favorabIy.
In the Senate.
A bill which will attract general at.
tention throughout the state, as il
provides for an increase in ne term
of office of all county officers in the"
state, was introduced in the senate by
AP hn
The bill seeks to ahmed tha tsection e
of the constitution which providesl.
that the term of all county officers
shall be two years, by substituting L
for the two" the word -four"
Senator Hopkins, Of the seventh,
introduced bill which provides for
the appointment by the governor OF
state board Of tax assessors, com.
posed Of three for a term of two years,
and with a salary of 81, 500 each. II
further provides for the appointment
by the ordinary of each county of a
county board Of tax assessors com,
posed of three for term Of two years
and with pay of 50 per day for actual
services rendered.
The following new bills were intro.
duced:
By Mr.. Comas, of the Thlrd-A bill
to amend an act approved July 16,
1908, entitled an act to create board
of road and bridge commissioners for
Appling county.
BY Mr.. Comas. of the Third-A bill
to amend an act approved December
%, 1896, entitled an act TO amend the
charter Of the city Of Baxley.
By Mr.. Mclean, of the Second-A
bill to amend paragraph of section
2 Of article II of the constitution by
striking out the word two" in third
line and inserting in lieu thereof the
word -four" so as to change the
terms of the county officers in the va
rious counties of the state from two
to four years.
BY Senator Hopkins, Of the Sew
enth--A bill to provide for board OF
tax assessors and county boards OF
tax assessors of all property in this
state liable for taxation, prescribe
their duties, etc.
By Mr.. Comas, Of the Third. Mr.. Nc
Michael, of the Twenty-fourth, and
Mr. Turner, of the Thirty-tQurth~-A
bill to amend and codify the common
school laws of Georgia.