The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-13
SOME MEASURES
WILL BE VETOED
SIGNATURE OF GOVERNOR
WILL BE WITHHELD UPON CON-
STITUTIONAL GROUNDS.

Mileage of Deceased Members
May Be Set Aside by the Cover
nOr-GOvernOr Must Pass Upon
Many Measures Within Five Days.
Atlanta, Aug. 12.-It is learned to-
day that Gov. Terrell will probably
veto several of the pension resolutions
and the resolution providing for the
payment of per diem and mileage of
deceased members to their widows,
which were passed by the General AS
sembly just adjourned, on the ground
that they are unconstitutional.
These resolutions have been brought
to the attention of the Governor by
several members of the House and
Senate, who express the belief that
they are clearly unconstitutional, par
ticularly the resolution which proposed
to pay the salaries of deceased mem
bers who died before the session began.
The members were r. B. Johnson of
Clinch, w. A. P. Lowe of Chattooga.
and w. r. Welch of Gilmer. All of
them died before the session began,
and other members were elected in
their places and drew the salaries for
the time they served.
Many to BE Considered.
Gov. Terrell says he hopes to get
through with the many bills and reso-
lutions yet to come to him without
using the veto power. He will consider
these matters carefully before acting
adversely on them.
The House and Senate clerks are
| busily engaged in preparing the num-
erous bills passed at the heel of the
session for the Governors signature.
/ All of them must be acted on by next
| Tuesday, only five days being allowed
| the Governor in which to approve or
| disapprove all measures. There are
some 200 bills, most of them local
measures, for him yet to consider
The Governor signed about a dozen
bills to-day, among them being the
measure by Senator Moore of the First
| District to provide for increasing the
| number of terms of Chatham Superior
| Court from three to four.
Among the general bills which be-
| came laws to-day by the Governors s
signature is one by Senator Howell of
| the Thirty fifth prohibiting traffic in
nom transferable signature tickets is
sued by common carriers. This is the
anti-scalpers bill.
Tuberculosis Commission.
The Governor also signed the resolu-
tton by Senator Jordan, providing for
| the appointment of a commission of
one from each congressional district
to investigate the prevalence of tu-
berculosls in Georgia and the meas
ures necessary for stamping out the
disease or reducing the number of
cases.
Another bill signed is by Senator
| Symons of the Fourth and abolishes
the municipality OF Everett in Glynn
county.
The measures providing that the
State Board of Pharmacy shall meet
| twice a year, and that all insane con-
victs shall be cared for ait the state
prison farm also became laws to-day
While Gov. Terrell and Controller
General Wright will not fix the state
tax rate for 1904 for several days to
come, the Governor thinks it will be
less than mills and considerably less
than last year. The reduction in the
rate this year Is made possible by the
greatly increased tax returns, the in
crease amounting to about $4,000 000
which at mills would mean am addi-
tional revenue of 100000 net. The ap-
preparations for 1904 are practically the
same as those for 1905; hence ii will be
possible with this great increase in re-
turns to reduce the state rate for this
year. 1t Is thought 1t will be about
$3.50 on $1,000.
Expects No Dehcit.
After carefully investigating the
matter Gov. Terrell does not think
there will be much of a deficit in 1905,
I'm spite of the fact that the Legisla-
ture appropriated over 100000 more
than for 1904. He has carefully can
vassed all the sources OF revenue and
believes with good management the
states Income can be made to meet
the expenses fixed by the Legislature
just adjourned. If this is done vt will
be absolutely necessary for the Legls-
lature of 1905 not to pass any special
appropriation bills
An interesting feature Of the laws
recently passed by the General AS
sembly, raising the salaries of judges
of the Supreme and Superior courts
to $4,000 and $4,000 respectively, and
the salary of the Governor to $1,000.
is being discussed at the Capitol to-
day While these increases were made
by the Legislature, that body made
no appropriations 70 pay the increases.
All Judges who are elected in October
and will get their new commissions
Jan. 1. 1905. are entitled to the in
creased salaries from that time Not
withstanding this fact, there Will be
because no appropriation has been
made They must wait, therefore, un-
til the Legislature Of 1905 meets and
makes the necessary appropriations,
for they will be entitled to the in
crease from Jan. 1.
Must Give Up Passes.
-Four of the Supreme Court justices.
Justices Simmons, Fish, Evans and
Lamar, will begin to receive Increased
pay next year, while Justice Chandler
will not begin to get the increase until
Jan. /, 1907, and Justice Cobb must
wait until 1909, because of the fact that
the bill does not apply to judges in
commission at the time OF its passage.
Notwithstanding the fact that these
two judges must wait two and four
years respectively for the increase,
they must, along with all the others,
give up their free passes and tele-
phone, telegraph and express franks,
because the bill makes the receipt and
use OF these favors from corporations
"A ground OF impeachment. This fea-
/ ture OF the law goes into effect at once.
as to all Supreme and Superior Court
Judges