The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-07-19
Some Important Bills will
Come Before the SoIOns
This Week
fNTENSION OF STATE ROAD
This is Among the Bills Expected to
be Disposed Of During the Week,
and One in Which Brunswick
is Greatly Interested

Atlanta, July 18.--Many serious pro
positions confront the general assem-
ibIy during this week. The house is
in the midst of the general tax act
following which it has to consider sew
eral measures of Importance which
must be acted ON at this session. The
senate is confronted with three or
f'our meausres of consequence, which
have been passed by the house, any
one of which will stir up a warm dis
cussion in that body. Altogether there
is in propect one Of the most inter
esting and important weeks since the
present general assembly Logan its
session
The question Of taxing dispensaries
win, by no means, be out Of the woods
when the house has acted on it. The
members of'the senate are already dis
icussing the dispensary matter, and
there are indications of wide differ
onces of opinion regarding the ques-
ton. Is the state entitled to receive
an income, call it taxes or whatever
else one will. from the city, town and
county dispensaries which have been
established in the dry counties OF the
state?
Owing to the doubt about the legal
ity Of directly taxing them, because
Of the supreme courts decision that
they are public property. tho house
has decided to go about the matter
in another way and there is every
indication that when the matter comes
Iup the amendment first proposed by
Mr. Moses OF 0oweta, and afterwards
by Mr.. Hall of Bib. to demand from
the dispensaries a percentage of their
| net income, is quite likely to be adopt
cd. Mr. Moses proposed 10 per cent
| and Mr.. Hall s. 1t is said that s per
cent ON the net income would yield
he state a revenue Of anywhere from
1000 to $4,000 rom each dispensary
in the state, since they are doing an
annual business which is va"iously es
timated, according to population from
$4,000 to 100000
/ The members from the dispensary
counties are prepared to fight this pro
position to the last ditch.
! When the dispensary question has
been disposed Of the rest Of the gen
cral tax act will furnish comparative
ly plain sailing
other Matters in the House.
Following the final disposition OF
the general tax act several department
tai bills will have to be acted on.
These have been set for special order
Immediately following the tax act.
Ther are such matters as the resolu-
tion permitting the goyernoc to bor-
row to the extent of 100000 to sup
| ply casual deficiencies in case the ne
cessity arises the sinking fund bill,
and several others Of like charac-
| ter.
The next special order which has
precedence is the bill by Mr.. knight
of Berrien. providing for an extension
Of the Western and Atlantic railroad
to the seacoast. This bill was refer
red to the committee Of the whole,
the Western and Atlantic committee
having failed to act on IT, Mr. Knight
| bill proposes to use the states con
yicts for the purpose Of doing the nee
essary grading and other work Incl
dent to the proposed extension OF the
road. This measure has been given
some serious consideration, particular
ly in view of the fact that competing
lines are parelleing the states road
and its value as an asset is threaten
ed. It is generally recognized that
the state will have to take some ac
ton in the matter without much fur
ther delay, if it wishes to preserve the
value OF this property
i Another bill which is made the spe
cial order following the general ta'
act is that by Mr.. Wooten OF Mont
gomery TO amend the constitution il
the matter Of succession to the GOV
ernorship in case Of the death or tn
disability of the governor. The pres
ent constitution provides only for tn
president Of the senate and then tn
speaker OF the house 70 perform tn
duties Of governor i'll such cases
Since the time Of the meeting OF tn
e general assembly has been changed t
G June, thereds period Of about eigh
/ months during which there IS neithe
S a president Of the senate nor speai
q er Of the house Mr. Wootens bi
then fixes the succession upon the SEE