Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-15
$4,000 VOTED FOR NEW
STATE NORMAL BUILDING
House Adopts Vinson Bill, A.
ter Debate Lasting Whole
Morning on One Measure

Thirty-fve thousand dollars is given to
the Georgia Normal and Industrial col
lege at Milledgeville, If the senate con-
ours in the action of the house in pass
ing, Thursday. the bill by Mr.. Vinson
of Baldwin county, providing that APP
preparation for the purpose of erecting
new building on the campus of the col
lege. The vote was los S. This bill
was ne the first introduced last year,
it's number being l6. But 1t has just
reached a vote, being reported back to
the house with the favorable recommen-
dalton of the appropriations committee
together with lot of other special APP
propriations aggregating about 100000.
Consideration of these appropriations
was the special order of business of the
house of representatives Thursday. But
the house progressed no further than the
first bill taken up-that of Mr.. Vinson
fol- the Georgia Normal, on which the de-
bate and the vote lasted till lilo O'Clock,
when the house adjourned. All the 9TH
err matters will be continued as unfin-
ished business, having the right of way
over eserything else except special orders
till they are finished. The compulsory
education measure, defeated once. is set
for a special order Friday, and mas
much as nothing save local bills are Ia
ken up on Saturdays. the remaining APP
preparations will go over till next week.
The house transacted no business Of In
terest except this, Thursday. practically
all OF tn esession being given over to
the normal schol appropriation.
On the question of appropriating SS5.001
to erect new building for the Georgia
Normal and Industrial college at Mil
ledgeville the house acted first, Thurs
day morning, in the list of appropriations
(among them one for Tech and others
for the state sanitarium) which had been
set down as a special order for the day
The consideration OF all these measures
began at 1910 o'clock. House bill No. 1e,
by Mr.. vinson, of Baldwin, for the pur-
pose indicated above, being taken up
first.
This was preceded for an hour and 10
minutes by a grist of routine Of mat
ter-a rapid succession of new bills, sec
ond reading bills, recommitted bills and
few pass bills of minor Importance.
Speaker Holder, Immediately after the
Vinson bill No. 16 was read, declared
the house resolved into a committee OF
the whole, and called Mr.. Alexander Of
DeKalb to the chair.
Mr.. Jones OF Meriwether chairman of
the appropriations committee, which
recommended the bill for passage, spoke
in favor of the bill, saying that up to
that moment the 1s09-1910 house held the
record as being the first body to go
whole session without passing single
special appropriation. He made the
statement that though the condition OF
the treasury was, not so very long ago,
pointed to as deplorable, and though there
is never an appropriation suggested that
is not met with the cry that there is no
money for II, he has not yet heard of the
governor having to borrow any money.
$780, 900 IN TREASURY.
Mr.. Jones, though house bill No. Is was
under particular consideration. discussed
all the special appropriations as a whole.
He said that under the heading of gen.
eral appropriations the present legislature
has appropriated s4,997Ooo. in round fig
ures, and that the special appropriations
under consideration call for S346,0OO more.
This would raise the total to a few dol
lars more than s5343,0oO. The books show
that the states revenue for the past two
years has been over s5,300,00O per year.
There is at least $55o,oOo now in the treas
ury at the disposition OF the house, said
he.
TRTRTTTYE TO SCHOOL