Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-19

which does not include the legislature s
share approximately 5000 in the state
printing bill. The price of the lawmak-
Ing of 1908 to Georgia was made up of The |
following items:
Incidental expenses (towels, soap.
etc)........ .... ...sf ..............S u5.OO
Indexing journals. =. :. -. 10000
Pay roll Qncluding mileage and
extra session.. -............ l04,SSZ.Z-
Stationery. -. go. go. &C.. $3.50. 1880
Convict lease investigation COM
mittee.... S,VeO-VO
Total. 80 - 49,. ......... sos 721 .O2
The figures given as indicating the re-
ceipts of the state are the annual reve-
nue. of Georgia, and do not include the
balance was $S04, 44493. On January l,
of 1907 or 1908. On January l, 1907, that
balance was $SO4, 444.SS3. On January /,
1905 1t was found to be $500. 1911. At the
beginning Of 1909 however. the state had
a balance to it's credit of only SIS, 7l7.S2.
Auto Tax Increase
The receipts for 1908 shows that the
automobile taxes collected had increases
to 81, 49, 16 from $3.50 In 1907. A correspond
ing decrease is shown IN the bicycle
agents tax, from $765.6S in 1907 to $5SO5o
in 1903
One lone item Of $40 is credited to the
conscience" fund. ThA money. it Is
said, was RENTED anonymously to min
lister in Augusta, with request that it be
transmitted to Treasurer Park.
The corporation tax represents an in
crease of $4,000 approximately, for 1908.
The general tax is shown to be $2,-
| Ss3,57S.74 for 1908, as against SEATS
227.97 for 1907.
ury $1,000 during 1908. Nothing had
been credited, of course, on that fund
to 1897. The liquor tax, representing
| some delinquent payments that were
due in 1907 but were made in 1908,
amounts to $14,7SS.03 on the 1908 re-
port, as against $234,2s2.57 collected in
1907. @ -
The lease of certain oyster lands in
Chatham county, belonging to the state,
is credited with S20 revenue for the
| wear -trses. lrsf -, av~.r"a ess -ff r.f -'-
S14,85O in Locker Tax
The sum of s14,S5O was collected in
| locker taxes during 1908. 1t is said
that locker licenses are being taken out
in 1903 quite as rapidly as they were
seized upon at the beginning of prohi-
! pition.
The poll tax, 1908, is shown as SS16,-I
I 600, as opposed to S272,OOO for 1907.
Railroads paid taxes amounting to
| S676,914s3 in 1908, and are credited
J with collections amounting to only
| $306, 325.42 in 1907.
The discrepancy in favor Of 1908 is eX-
planned by Captain Harrison, of the
comptroller's office, who says that certain
delinquents from 1907 paid in the first few
days of 1908, and that all the taxes due
| In 1908, practically, were collected before
| the years end.
An item of $27O credited on table No.
to tax on brewing companies, also ex-
planned as representing delinquent pay
ments from the time before prohibition.
One item of $50, 900, which is included in
the aggregate receipts, represents simply
| a loan effected by the state during the
early part of the year, and not yet paid
back, though a much larger amount was
| paid out to cover loans contracted in
1907 and brought forward.
The smallest item on the statement of
receipts is $780, credited as tax on wild
lands. This is a case, 1t is said, where
the owner of certain wild property was
unknown to the state and the property
had to be sold for taxes
With regard to the disbursements shown
as having been made during the year, the
following items attract particular in
terest as contrasts between 1907 and 1908.
In this past year there was made no
disbursement corresponding to that OF
$40 900 which was specially appropriated
to the academy for the blind during 1907.
There was an increase of $500 in the
board of health expenses during 1908
The expenses of the civil establishment
increased $26,OOO
Payments out of the fertilizer fund de-
creased from s6,s11.12 in 1907 to $4,32S.32.
The legislative payroll for the year in
creased from S66 900 to $1O4, co., in approx
mate figures.
Some copies made of London records,
for use of the compiler, Ex-Governor Can
dler, cost $522.64.
Military Expenses
The military expenses during 1908
decreased by about $4,000. The Ogle-
thorpe monument at Savannah cost the
state $1,000 on the 1908 sheet. The
taxes overpafd and refunded during
1908 were some $1,000 less than in
1901 There was an Increase Of S21, 900
in the prison fund appointments
among the schools.
publishing Georgia Colonial Rec
ords" is one OF the curious items OF
the bill. In 1907 it had been $S,74S.13.
In 1908 it was Ss.S06.O1.
The school fund was increased from
1861, 475.25 in 1907, to $2,2O6,3S6.92 in |
1905.
The state Agricultural college re-