The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-05
STATE WILL HAVE
A Big DEFICIT
SENATOR DAVIS WORRIED.
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY
HOUSE MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.

Chairman of Senate Finance Com
mittee Figures Where State Is Co
ing to Rum $500, 900 Behind-senate
Increased Governors Salary to
S5.OOO-Each County Will Have
Board of Tax Assessors as Well as
the state.
Atlanta, Aug. 4.-The Senate to-day
passed the poll tax assessors bill by
substitute, and the bill to increase the
Governors salary, after amending it so
as to make the salary $4,000.
The poll tax assessors bill originally
provided for a board of assessors to
assess corporation property such as is
returned to the Controller General, to
consist of three members, and to be
appointed by the Controller General.
The Senate substitute passed by
vote of "a to 8, provides for a state
board of tax assessors, to be appointed
by the Governor, to pass on corporation
tax returns, and county boards of as
SCISSORS, to be appointed by County
commissioners in each county, to pass
on all disputed returns between prop
erty owners and the tax receiver.
Senators Perry and Snead offered the
substituted, holding that only the orig
inal bill was needed, but the Senate
was determined to leave no doubt of
the constitutionality of the measure.
and by providing for county boards as
we'll as a state hoard all classes of
property was treated alike.
Governors Salary Increased.
The only other matter acted on by
the Senate was the bill increasing the
Governors salary. The Senate prompt
" adopted the committee amendment
making the salary $4,000 instead of So
900, as passed by the House, and then
passed the bill by vote of 80 to D.
The bill can now be carried through the
House by a majority vote, instead of
two-thirds as was required on its
original passage.
The anti-boycott bill, which pre-
scribed that it should be a misdemeanor
to picket" or to engage in any form
of boycotting, introduced by Senator
Starr of the Forty-second, and passed
by the Senate by a practically unani-
NOUS vote was reported adversely
by the House judiciary Committee, by
d unanimous vote.
The measure was strongly opposed
by the Federation of Trades. The COM
mittee, however did not call for any
argument, and made the unfavorable
report Immediately after hearing the
measure read. This means the bill
cannot again be considered during the
session.
States Financial Condition.
Senator Davis of the Seventeenth.
bQi Of 40
mittee has been looking up figures rela-
tive to the state finances, preparatory
TO a consideration of the general ap-
preparation bill by the Senate.
He said to-day: THE House already
appropriated in general appropriations
bill and in a few special bills, 1928, 405
more than can be raised under the
general tax act which has beer. passed.
This does not include special ap-
propriations amounting to 100000, bills
which are now pending before the Gen
eral Assembly, and Some of which
must be passed, such as the bill to
appropriate $4,000 to replace the build
ing burned at the State University on
which the state carried half of the in
surance, as prescribed by law.
will BE Big Deficit.
I'm case all of these bills are passed
and the present appropriations, includ-
ing an addition of 100000 to the school
fund, go through, this will make a
deficit of more than $30O,000 in the
states income
I'm making these calculations. /
have taken into consideration the
states increased revenue of about $780,
600 as result of about SIS, zoo, 900 in
creased tax returns this year. 1 don't
know just what will be done. but we
nave got to do something to make i'm
come and outgo come nearer balanc-