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LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED
The general assembly has ad.
iourned and it was one of the
most harmonious in several
years; there was very little par
tisanship, even in the matter OF
vetoes of the Governor. Last
year the political opponents OF
the governor did not hesitate to
oppose everything he favored
with the result that the session
of that year went down into the
history of the State as the bit
terest and the most fruitless
ever held, but this year there
was a different feeling notwlth-
standing the fact that the oppo-
nents of the Governor were in
the majority in both Houses, the
disposition was to transact the
business on merit, and when a
veto was presented it was dis.
cussed on it's merits and acted
upon in the same spirit.
The Act of more wide import
ance than any other in our opin-
ion was the Act to levy a one
mill school tax for the aid of
the rural schools, this Act did
not become a law as the author
of it intended, in fact. we are
not at all pleased with it because
it does not give the support to
the schools as intended.
The original proposition as
recommended by the Governor
provided for straight one mill
tax to be expended in aid of the
rural schools and in the towns of
less than $500 population. this
money was to be turned over to
the State board Of education to
be prorated among the several
counties under the supervision
of the county boards, in this way
the weak counties would have
greatly benefited, because those
counties that are now collecting
enough to run their free schools
would not get any Of this one
mill tax but the money collected
from those rich counties would
have been given to such as do
not raise enough to run their
school full terms and have not
enough funds TO build school
houses or extend their terms.
The upper section of this State,
where the railroads and the man
ufacturing industries abound,
and those counties which have
dispensaries would have under
the Act originally proposed con-
tributed largely to aid the free
rural schools throughout tn e
State-it would have been a
blessing to this county.
The Lawson ame ndment to this
measure so ruined it that those
of as who worked with night
and main for the free schools had
to finally vote against the entire
bill, because, as it is now we can,
if are so disposed, levy upon our
selves as many mills as We de
sire without being forced to by
the legislature, and the Lawson
amendment has so made it that
we are compelled to pay an ad-
ditional mill and only fifty per
cent Of the money raised by the
levy can be expended in aid OF
the schools independent of the
provisions which have been pro
Vided for by the laws. The Act
passed provides for one mill
levy, fifty per cent to go to pay
the several amounts for high
schools, term extensions, ETC.,
and fifty per cent to be retained
in the county to be expended as
the comfy board directs, there
fore it can be readily seen that
by this manipulation we have a
law forcing the people to pay an
additional one mill tax without
being able to get a dollar to help
the weak schools from the rich
counties, the Act is not what Was
wanted and ltshould not have be-
cone the law, and the only reas-
on the veto of the Governor was
not sustained, the appropritieu
bill had already been acted ~
on, and it was argued that if the
veto was sustained the rural
schools would not be able to get
the money the Acts of 19l0-1l-12
had provided; several Senators
openly said the Act was a delu
sion, that it was giving to the
people sop when they were ask
ing for something substantial,
but inasmuch as the appropria
ton bill could not be recalled at
that stage of the session they
would yield their Judgment and
vote to pass it over the veto,
there were however, a few 9TH
ers who were unwilling to palm
Off on the people such an abor-
tion, preferring to stay over an
other week at our own expense
in order to recall the appropria-
ton bill so that schools would
get what was honestly intended
for them, the majority would not
consent to this, preferring to do