Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-05
SPECIAL ORDERS
OCCUPIED HOUSE
Much Debate Over Report OF
Rules Committee.
TO ISOLATE THE coNsuMPrWEs
The Hall Anti-Pase Bill Must Await Its
Turn, but Pure Focd Bill and the
Mattingley Bond Bill Will Come Up
Next Week.

Turn, but Pure Focd Bill and the
Msttingley Bond BiH Will Come Up
Next Week.
Atlanta. Aug. 4.-The greater por-
| tion of Fridays session of the house
of Representatives was consumed in
| the discussion Of the report of the
rules committee to set certain bills
| down as special orders for next week.
The resolution to make the Hall an
ti-free lass bill an immediate special
order was voted down, after which
the house set down the Mattingly bill
introduced by a special committee, of
which Mr.. Wright, of Richmond i.
| chairman, as special order for Tues
day, and the Wright pure food bill as
| a special order for Monday.
bill by Messrs Hardman and Hol-
| der of Jackson, appropriating 10,000
| for the erec ion of fou rwards at the
! state asylum at Milledgeville for the
isolation of insane consumptives, was
| passed, An amendment was adopted
| providing that this sum should be
| taken from the amount already ap-
| propriated for the institution for 1908
and 1907, and that new buildings
should not be erected if the buildings
now in existence be sufficient for the
purposes Of the bill.
The citizens of Fitzgerald, In ex-
preston of their gratitude of the pass
| age of the bill creating Ben Hill coun-
| ty, extended an invitation through Mr..
Wilcox, of Irwin, tosthe legislature to
| attend a banquet to be given Satur-
| day night at Fitzgerald in honor of
| the creation of the new county, of
which Fitzgerald is to be the county
| seat
Saturdays session of the house was
| devoted to the third reading and pass
age of local bills and general bills
with local application
The proceedings of the house was
as follows:
The house convened at O'clock
Speaker Slaton presiding.
A resolution by Mr. Calvin, of Rich
mond. fixing the order of business for
Saturday as the reading of senate bills
| the first time, the reading of house
and senate bills a second time, re-
| ports of standing committees, the read
ing and passage of local bills and
| the Introduction of new matter, was
adopted.
A bill by Messrs.> Hardman ana Hol-
der, of Jackson, to appropriate $4,000
for the building of four separate build
ings at the state sani ,arium at Mil
ledgeville for the isolation of insane
| cOnsumptiVes, was put upon it's third
reading and passage, the house re
solving itself into the committee of
the whole, with Mr. Adams. of Elbert,
| in tho chair.
Mr.. Hardman explained that the re-
ports of the sanitorium for the two
years showed that 250 had died of con-
sumption, this being one-fourth of the
| tO,al number of inmates. The bill
provides fat the $4,000 appropriate
| ed shall be taken from the sum al
ready appropriated for 1906 and 1907
| for the state sanitarium
Regardless of the fact that we
mako all annual appropriation of $10O-
600 for the state sanitarium, the cry
| goes up each year that they are over
crowded" said Mr.. Hall, of Bibb.
''IH tell you why they are over
| crowded." cried Mr.. Hall It's the
dumping ground for every poor house
| In Georgia"
Mr.. Hall declared that there was no
necessity for more buildings; that
they had enough buildings there now
DO l understand" asked Mr.. Grif-
| fin, Of Cobb, that patients who are
not insane are kept at the state sani-
| tarium?"
Yes" Replied Mr.. Hall "They
are sent there to sober up, and when
they get sober they are discharged.
Mr.. Akin, of Barlow, spoke in favor
of the measure, and Mr.. Alexander, of
DeKalb, offered an amendment that
should the appropriation be exceeded,
the official responsible therefor shall
be personally liable therefor.
''It has become the accepted thing
for our state officials" said Mr. Alex.
ander, 'to exceed appropriations at
will, a practice which should be
stopped"
Mr.. Knight, of Berrien, opposed the
idea Of making an appropriation for
new buildings, declaring that there
were already a sufficient number to
serve every purpose,
Mr.. Hines, of Baldwin, spoke in fa-
vor Of the BILL after which action
upon the amendments offered.
Mr.. Alexanders amendment, that
| the official responsible for exceeding
the appropriation provided should be
personally responsible therefor was
adopted.
The amendment Of Mr.. Lane. of
Jasper, that new buildings should not
be erected II the buildings now there
were sufficient for the purpose, was
| also adopted.
The bill was passed by vote of
120 to Z, and on motion of Mr.. Kelly,
| of Glascock, was Immediately trans
mitted to the senate.
| Dies of Heart Failure.