The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31

ture and all state and county officers.
! This principle has already been APP
piled to Judges of the supreme and
superior courts. Then, too, Mr.. Hall
will no doubt make another fight for
the passage of his measure seeking to
provide a different method for the ar
! bitratiOn of corporation tax returns,
in connection with which there will
doubtless appear measure, though
not from Mr.. Hall, to provide for
county boards of tax assessors as we'll
as a state board.
The General Tax Act.
The general tax act and the general
appropriations bill for the years 1906
| and 1907 will have to be passed, and
some interesting developments are eX-
nected in connection with these i'm
nortant measures. For one thing, the
! State University officials will seek to
secure a specific levy for higher edu-
cation, the taxes derived from this
lew to be distributed to the university
| and it's branches. One of the objects
of this move is to found a complete,
uD-tO-date agricultural college in con-
nectiOn with the university at Athens.
! Following are some of the interest
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| it will be sought to legislate:
| An effort will be made to extend the
commissions of the present members
of the governors staff during Gov
ernor Terrell's second administration
| instead of cutting the staff TO twenty
eight members as required under the
| new law.
/ The legislature will be called upon
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preservation of the fOrty-odd Georgia
battlefags recently returned to the
state by the United States govern
ment.
The general assembly will be called
upon to consider a recommendation
that the negro troops of the state be
disbanded
The Railroad Tax Measure.
A bill will be introduced requiring
that the taxes on personal property
! belonging to railroad corporations be
| distri buted throughout the counties,
cities and towns through which such
railroads pass instead of having all
/ such taxes paid, as now, at the pr!n-
cipal Office of such corporation. This
promises to be one of. the develop
ments of the pending litigation against
the Georgia and Central of Georgia
railroads for the collection of taxes on
large amount of stock in the West
ern Railway of Alabama.
A pure food bill will be pressed.
A harder fight than ever before will
be L AIDE for the passage Of child la
Dor bill.
Several amendments will be offered
to the present fertilizer inspection
laws, one of which will require the
grading of fertilizers under three or
four grades, instead of the present
several thousand different brands
which are calculated to confuse the
purchaser.
If the report of the TOrrens Land
Committee is made, a system for the
proper registration of land titles will
be considered.
Several important changes will be
recommended in the banking laws of
the state One of these will be to
change the time for paying notes and
drafts which fall due on Sunday or a
legal holiday, SO as to make them pay
a bic the day after instead of the day
before such holiday.
The action of the commission APP
pointed to burn the states old can
celled bonds and coupons, in failing
to do this because they may be needed
as important evidence in possible liti-
cation over the fraudulent and out
IaWed bonds, will be another subject
for consideration.
The immigration Question.
Another effort will be made to es-
tabliSh state bureau of immigra-
ton.
The state board of health will seek
an extension of it's powers in dealing
with the health and sanitary situation
throughout the state.
The question of making a state eX-
hibit at the jamestown exposition will
come to the front.
The election of county school super
intendents by the people will be
strongly urged by several members.
A strong effort viii no doubt be
made to to secure the passage of
law providing for the election of rail
road commissioners by the people.
Several bills will be introduced and
urged looking to extending the power
of the railroad commission in dealing
with these corporations.
Several constitutional amendments
will probably be proposed similar to
those under consideration at the last
session and which failed and many
other matters, some OF which have
not yet come to light, will demand the
attention of the legisl ative body.