The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-16
SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT
MUST BE SETTLED BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
CALENDAR Us OUT
Clerk of the House and Senate Have
Sent Them over the state-eilI
Passed by One House and Not the
Other to Come Up First.

Calendars Of the unfinished busi-
ness of the house and senate, Georgia
legislature, which have been furnished
to the members by Clerk John T.
Boifeuillet and Secretary C. S. Nor
then "a copy of which has been receiv-
ed by The News, indicate, in a meas
ure, what legislation stands the best
chance of getting through at the next
session.
One of the most interesting matters
upon which the general assembly will
/ have to act is the question of ratifi-
cation of the proposed amendment to
! the constitution of the United States
authorizing congress to levy a tax
upon incomes. 1t will be recalled
| what rocky career this amendment
had in the state senate at the close
of the 1909 session, and further, that
it was not touched in the house. The
resolution by Senator Perry proposing
ratification, came up several times,
but always was sidetracked, and the
senate failed to commit itself on the
direct proposition.
Next summer 1t will have to act cne
way or the other, and so will the
house. Just what will be the fate of
it is a question. But the attitude of
/ the senate when 1t was up was indi-
cative of the fact that it may have
some trouble ahead of it yet, so far
as that body is concerned. Some oi
the senators seemed to think the
states ought to retain this privilege
of taxing incomes while it is the CON
tention of Senator Perry and Others
favoring ratification that it Is imprae-
ticable for the states to exercise saoI
power
There are several important meas
ures, however. which passed either
one OF the other houses and are nov
| pending for final passage When a
| bill gets through one house. it does
: not always mean that it will go
/ through the other by any means, hGt
it is natural, of course, that those
which run one gauntlet, stand The
| best chance of getting safely by !he
other.
There is the game protect N bill,
for instance, which. had comparative
/ ly little trouble in getting through the
senate, but which is meeting pll sorts
of opposition from certain members
: of the house. 1t was tabled in the
| house when 1t came UP fcr passage.
The friends of the measure. Georgia
! sportsmen and others, feel confident,
however, that it will finally succeed.
They are at work now with that end
in view, and propose to urge the Inl-
! portance of it upon every member
of the lower house There is little
protection of game in Georgia NJ W
| adays, chiefly because the laws the
state has on the subject lack the ma
/ chinery to enforce them.
Many members believe tlat The
| present game and fish laws of the
state are good enough if the are en-
forced. The only question OF doubt
which enters into the matter is how
to have the law enforced.
The friends OF the new bill want
to create the Office of game commits
ioner and the bill also pro'ide3 for
game wardens In each county. The
pay of these wardens Is f1xed in ich
peculiar matter that 1t viii depend
entirely on the fines they collect to
pay them and the game commission
er, and that would give them IN i'm
mense power to assess fines. The pay
of the wardens alone would absorb ey-
cry cent of the fines collected II that
bill passes.
The new game law does not improve
on the one now In force, except to
provide for game commission. snd
wardens, and the members OF rho
house are not In favor Of creating any
more new offices. If game wardens
are appointed In each county there
would be no need of a commissioner
and the fines ought to go TO the CORN
ty in which they are assessed.