The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-25
Georgia May Have One
After the Present
Year
IN COMMITTEES HANDS
Report viii be Rendered at Coming
Session Of the LegisIature--other
Interesting Questions that are
to Come up.

Tie following is from the Atlanta
joarn Of yesterday and viii be OF
general interest in this city as we'll as
IN an sections Of the state.
The question Of state agdisor las
been in The public eye for several
se-ls aad the report OF the seci
.eeis ative committee to The leeis,a-
,cre. whca il meets uext month win
be full OF interest
II tAe recommendations of the spe-
eial legislative committee, which has
been making a rigid exs mination OF all
the state Institutions are carried out
Georgia viii have a state auditor next
yer and all Che money OF the state
will be disbursed directly from tha
state treasury.
1t is understood that such recon.
mendatlons viii be male by the com.
mittee in its report to the general as.
sembly. The committee has been
very thorough in its work, mas gone
into all the detsils OF the workings
.oi the different institutions ard has
accomplished good work.
While every institution visited. md
all the various departments at the
state capitol which have been exanin.
ed have been found in good condition
and every cent Of money appropriated
accounted for, the committee is Of
The opinion that more care and eau
zion should be exercised, that different
systems Of bookkeeping should be EN-
ployed and above all, that the states
money should bo paid out Of the state
treasury,
No shortages in any department or
in any state institutions have been
found. The committee has found all
The officials ready and willing to give
2li the information necessary at all
times. III fact, the committee is well
satisfied with the showings which have
been made everywhere, but the mem
Jers OF the committee are of the opin.
ion that the state method OF conduct.
ing business should be brought up to
date, and that there should be state
auditor whose duty it will be to go
from institution to Institution and from
department to department, checking
up the books Of each department and
inquiring into the methods of how the
department is worked.
This, the committe believes will
save the state many thousands of dol
lars, and will bring things which are
now in an apathetic state to a state
where more attention will be paid to
everything. The idea of the commit,
tee is to have the'state auditor make
several trips each year to each institu-
ton, just as a state bank examiner
does.
The suggestion on part OF the com.
mittee that all money should be paid
from the state treasury, while admit
ted to be a good idea, will no doubt
meet with considerable opposition, as
there are many banks in the state
known as state repositories, which
pay the state two per cent interest on
the use OF the states money and al
the same time disburses the funds for
the state. These banks would no
doubt make combined fight against
such change, but the rnembers of
Inc committe are ready 10 make the
tight as they believe it is to the inter
gst OF the tate to do SO.
The committe has adjourned until
the first day of June when the work
Of examination will be resumed. The
archaeological school win be thorough
iy examined. as viii be the North
Georgia college at Dahlonega. The
agricultural department of the state is
also to be examined. On account OF
the illness OF Commissioner Stevens
last week the committee was unable to
make an inspection OF his department
When these examinations are made
The report will be framed for the leg
stature. The members composing the
committee receive per diem and tray
cling expenses for Their work. And il
must be said that the committee has
done an immense amount Of worl
since last June when it was appointed
Each members OF the committee wa,
provided with o receipt book, and al
eXpenees were noted in the book will
the approval OF Chairman Hall
Before leaving the capitol the com
mittee took turn through the base
ment and found stored there thousands
Of volumes OF valuable state ssob