Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

no headquarters.
Charles ). Northen and John T
Boifeuillet Secretary Cf the Senate
and Clerk OF the House. respectively
viii be named To their Offices without
opposition. Each has served fol
years in previous Legislatures.
While both branches Of the Gen
eral Assembly viii be organized
promptly. IL viii be Monday OF next
week before they get down 10 the
annual legislative grind.
W Wednesday the Senate ana the
House will do nothing more than
elect their presiding officers and adopt
few perfunctory resolutions Incl
dent 70 organization.
Thursday. Governor Brown VIII
send n his farewell messarge. which
viii be read In both Houses The
Senate VIII receive from the retir-
ing Governor such Executive commu-
niCations as he may see AZ 90 de
liver. and they win be given imme-
diate consideration In Executive SEES
sion.
Friday. the vote for Governor and
various state house officers cast By
the people last October will be can
vassed BY the General Assembly. as
the law requires. and the results Ge-
clared. This Is a necessary fnrmality
3.
Governor and state house officers
Saturday Governor John VI. Slaton
viii be inaugurated.
Monday. Governor Slaton viii send
In his first message TO the General
Assembly. after which the new order
Of things in the capitol VIII get well
under way.
Governor Brown to Review.
Governor Browns farewell mes
! sage viii be review Of his ad-
ministration, and will deal both with
the finished and unfinished business
thereof
With respect TO such business as
Is unfinished the retiring Executive
will make certain definite and pre-
else recommendations to the Legls-
lature.
While he has permitted no one to
see the draft Of his last message to
the Legislature IL may be accepted
as authoritative that 70 will deal very
vigorously and in characteristic vein
with the question Of law enforcement
and 20 that extent at least Is sure
TO be an extremely interesting and
significant State paper
Governor Slaton's first message will
deal eNhaustively with the problem
OF taxation and the necessity Of more
stantly growing demands Of the State
institutions
II the incoming Executive has one
hobby above all others Il IL the prop
er support and maintenance OF the
various educational institutions with
III the Commonwealth. and they win
come tn for considerable attention in
his message.
FaVors inheritance Tax.
II Is understood, too. that he viii
urgently recommend an inheritance
tax IN Georgia as fine source Of
revenue
Governor Slaton's message, as will
Governor Browns. will be optimistic
N tone. and viii refer IN detail 10
Georgia's present splendid status
both agriculturalIy and commercially
ana II VIII be demonstrated that her
credit abroad Is Al and far ahead
Of a majority OF the States I'm the
Union.
The very FIRST general bill TO be
taken up for consideration in the Leg
lsature viii be "A measure providing
Tor the election OF successor to
Senator Augustus O Bacon in the
senate OF the United States.
This bill, as Il viii carry an appro-
pnstion, will originate in the House
ana VIII be Introduced by Mr. Win
berly, OF Bibb. Senator Racon's houe
county II win cali for an Immediate
election and win require thar the re
turns be sent In to the Legislature
Tor eanvassiug before the expiration
OF the Sundays limit of sitting CON
stltutionality imposed upon the Gen
eral Assembly
Bacon in Clear Field.
senator Bacon, who viii be the FRS.
senator elected under the recently
ratlned Federal constitutional amend
ment viii not he opposed. Re al
ready has been named as his own
successor In a Democratic primary
and his formal election TO office viii
he merely matter of legal process
Lhe incoming General Assembly IS
, s91 upon generally as a strong
ooay' and much Is expected Of II
Il is regarded as a non-factionsl
Legislature, having been named
neither as Smith" or Brown"
oooy. II Is the firSt Legislature
elected within the past ten years of
which as much might be said
early IN the session. u Is evident
enough now, the Legislature win he
literally swamped with proposed new
measures.
There are scores Of ambitions now
members anxious to win their Iagfe-
lauVe spurs just ~ soon as they
may. There are also many CAMPAIGN
promises 10 redeem. in greater or
less measures and this win preciui-
tate in part the anticipated 4vaIsncho
Of business
From present surface indications
fl looks as il at least two new conn
ties VIII be created by the incomfns
Legislature-Ba i'm North Geor-
gia, and Gambler. in South Georgia.
Besides these two. however there
viii be other new county propossIs
submitted for the critical analvsis
and consideration of the General As
sembly.
Tax Reform Prominent
Unquestionably. however. the one
big problem about which the entire
work Of the new Legislature win re-
volve viii be the matter Of tax re-
form.
The State must have more revenue
with which 70 pay its absolutely nee
essary bills, even If no single appro-
prlauou is enlarged. and the tax
rate, constitutionaly restricted 10
five mills, cannot be raised.
Various forms Of special taxation
viii be proposals the Inheritance
tax. for instanCe-but the paramount
puzzle to solve viii be how to get
the assessments up equitably and
fairly, so that taxation may be even
~ and justly distributed i'm the fu-
flIrE and Ayef-,- L. IS % mo 20 g,vh4.,.