The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
HOUSE AND SENATE
FINALLY AGREED
ON MATTERS IN DISPUTE
AND THE LEGISLATURES SESSION
CAME TO A CLOSE.

appropriation for the Common
Schools 81 ,OOO. 900, the House Win
ming Out Against the Senate.
Schools VIII Receive $4,000 More
Thnn Ever BefOre-MOney shark
Bill Passed, but Lumbermen LOST
Their Fight.
Atlanta, Aug. 1.-THE Georgia Leg
islature adjourned its summer session
of fifty days at midnight. Among the
acts passed was one increasing the
salary of the Governor from So 1000 20
$4,000, those of the Supreme Court
Justices from $4,000 to $4,000 and
those of the Superior Court judges
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
Atlanta. Aug. 11.-COmmon schools
get $1,OO0,000 by direct appropriation,
the Australian ballot bill is dead, the
Hall tax assessors bill is dead, the
money shark" bill was passed by the
House with the substitutes agreed to
by the Senate, and the bill to require
railroads to equip lumber cars with
standards was killed by an adverse
committee report.
Such. in brief. is the record for the
important events of the last day of
the legislative session of 1904 In addi-
tion to this many Senate bills went
| through the House. and many others
were killed, the General Assembly re-
J naming in session for work on these
measures until almost midnight when
it adjourned sine die
Agreement on the general appropria-
tions bills was reached early this morn
! ing, the second conference committees
report being adopted by both bodies.
| The Senate finally consented to the
81 100000 appropriation for the common
schools, and the House receding from
its opposition to the 81, 500 appropria-
tion for conducting farmers institutes.
| The State Sanitarium appropriation
was fixed last night at $337000.
Opposed It vigorously.
The 81 100000 appropriation for schools
was vigorously opposed by Senator
| Davis of the Seventeenth, even after
the Conference Committee had recon-
| mended it, He declared there would
he a deficit in the treasury of 1925, 900.
The school fund had already been in
creased $l25,000 for 1905, by an increase
in the receipts from convicts. He
warned the Senate that it was going
too far in given $1,000. 900 to schools, an
action which he said might prove dan
| gerous, If not disastrous TO the schools
themselves.
Senator Merritt of the Senate Con-
| ference Committee had filed minority
report urging that the Senate insist
on 100000 and Senator Davis urged
that this should be adopted. Senators
| Jordan and Middebrooks spoke in fav-
| or of the $1.000,000 amount.
a tn
| amount by vote of q to 3. This
means that the common schools will
get for 1905. total of 81 100000 and
| more, or about $4,000 more than they
have ever received before.
The fate of the Kelly Australian ball
lot bill was not decided adversely un-
til 1t had passed through the hands of
three conference committees, the last
one recommending that the Senate re-
cede from its amendments providing
for submission of the matter to the
vote Of the people OF each county.
This the Senate refused to do. and
this afternoon the House adopted a
motion to send the original bill back
to the Senate, thus putting the blame
for the defeat OF the bill on that body.
Members of the House said they
would prefer to have no ballot re-
form measure at all than that proposed
by the Senate. and so the bill Is dead.
Two conference committees failed to
agree on the Hall tax assessors bill.
The House has persistently refused to
accept the Senate substitute, and the
Senate has Just as persistently de-
manded its substitute or nothing. This
attitude means that the bill cannot
become a law in anv shape.
"Money Shark" Bill.
The passage of the money shark"
bill was the feature of the afternoon
session of the House. Mr.. Hall OF
Bibb made a persistent and dogged
fight against the measure, showing
much feeling. The bill was passed by
vote of 92 to Z. though the vote on
adopting the House Committees sub
stitute was 106 to "a.
The substitute. as passed by the
House and subsequently adopted by
the Senate, provides that all money
lenders who lend money on household
goods and personal property, which
they do not receive into their posses
sion. NUT have license. The criminal
feature was stricken from the bill. and
the penalty for violation Of the law is
forfeiture of license and forfeiture OF
the loan.
The money lenders are permitted un-
der this bill to charge the legal rate Of
interest, with the following additions
as fees: on S. or less. 80 cents: on
over IS. and up TO s10 20 cents: SO to
500. fee of 81; 500 to $35. fee Of S1.50;
S35 to $50. a fee of $3.50: over $50 and
up to 800. fee of per cent; on
amounts over 500 a fee OF 8 per cent.
I'm addition to the legal rate.
When the bill had been read, Mr. Hall
OF Bibb moved TO table IL. This was
voted down by 102 to 2S.
Ordered Hall to SIT Down.
Then somebody called the previous
question. Mr.. Hall said the Steering
Committee had allowed forty minutes
for debate. but the Speaker ruled that
the motion for the previous question
was in order. II was put and car
ried, and the main question was order
ed. Mr.. Hall arose to a question Of
personal privilege. He began to dis
cuss the Steering Committees action
in allowing debate and the action of
the House in shutting 1t Off.
"The gentleman from Bibb Is out OF
order" said Speaker Morris.
|. Mr.. Hall attempted to continue his
remarks. 81 appeal to this House to
vote down this BILL he said.
1.-The gentleman from Bibb Is out OF
order The sergeant-at-arms will see
that he takes his seat" said Speaker
Morris.
Mr.. Hall called for the ayes and nayes
on the adoption OF the substitute. Sew
eral OF the members suggested from
their seats that the ave and nay vote