Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-28
ASKED To
AID TECH SCHOOL
Senate Bill Provides for State
Tax on Liquor of One Mil
lion Dollars a Year.
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School of Technology to erect and equip
heating. lighting and power plant
upon the campus. 1t also offered bill
raising the appropriation for the school
this year $4,000 instead of $4,000.
Asks Condition of Treasury.
Joe Hill Hall offered a resolution
calling on the governor to furnish a
report on the condition of the treas
ury Mr. Hall. always the watchdog
of the treasury, says the state only has
$4,000 cash on hand and desires to
warn enthusiastic members against
spending too much money. The resolu-
ton went over for one day
Putnam county was taken from the
Seventh congressional district, by the
passage of house bill. and placed in
the Eighth. where it naturally belongs.
placed in a district a hundred miles
from its own territory. 1t was restored
in time to take its proper part in the
coming congressional election.
Mr. Hixon, of Carroll. introduced a
bill to prohibit card playing and dice
playing in public houses. 1t would
stop card playing, even "for fun on
trains and in hotels
Mr. Cabaniss. Of Oglethorpe offered
bill to prohibit the sale of fertilizers
containing cinders. sand or other arti-
fetal filters.
A bill to raise the salaries of mem
bers of the legislature from 81 to s.
day and mileage from to 10 cents
mile was offered by Representatives
Williams and Murphy. of Bulloch coun-
ty 1t takes the form of a constitution
al amendment, to be submitted to the
people.
Messrs. Spence and Hixon. of Car
roll, offered a bill to provide for the
regulation of investment companies,
giving the secretary Of state greater
power Of supervision over such corpo
rations.
Mr. Blackburn of Richmond offered
bill backed by Philip Weltner, of
Atlanta. to provide a penalty for pa
rents or guardians who encourage 4
child to be delinquent, and placing such
cases in the custody of the children's
courts The bill is one of the several
reform measures planned by Mr. Welt
ner solicitor Of the Fulton county ju
vcnile court. to reclaim hayward chill
dren. provide for their care and make
parents responsible for the offenses Of
their offspring
Senate to Convene Tomorrow.
Some senators, imbued with the idea
that they came to Atlanta to legislate,
and some with a sneal<ing suspicion
that they could put over motion to
adjourn next Wednesday until the fol-
lowing Monday, combined and defeated
4 motion to adjourn until Monday. The
senate will convene at II O'Clock to-
morrow morning
Senator Adams obtained the passage
Of a bill transferring Putnam county
from the Seventh to the Eighth con-
gressional district, correcting a cleri
cal error in the apportionment bill
passed the last session.
Newton county's long standing pro-
test on the backwater from the Cen
trail Georgia Power Company dam or
the OCmulgee river in Butts county
took the form of a bill in the senate
Residents Of Newton county by the |
laws of venue governing damage suits !
against electric companies are re-
quired to file suit against the Central |
company in Macon. on behalf Of the
Newton citizens. Senator Felker sent
in bill to amend the code TO make |
the venue law regarding electric com |
panies the same as that on railroads |
Under the railroad statutes suits are
brought when the damage is done
CAMP Brown TO MEET.