Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
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Legislatures fiscal session.
The incoming Governor VIII take a
very vigorous stand against ex-
cessive appropriations
In several speeches he already has
placed the Legislature on notice that
| he viii not sign appropriation bills
carrying more than the State can
afford TO pay, even II he has 10 go 20
the unusual length Of yetoing the
entire general appropriation bill in
seeking 70 sustain his ultima tum
Several Legislatures Of late have
appropriated more than the entire
income Of the State, and the conse-
queuce has been heavy annual en-
barrassmcnt to the Executive Depart
ment In undertaking to meet the bill
thus incurred.
Individual Legislators, anxious to
plaCate the folks back home" have
pressed appropriation claims regard
less Of the States ability to pay, and
then put the matter up 10 the Gov
ernOr for solution when the time
came to meet the amounts set aside
here and there for specific purposes.
Need for Economy Felt.
There seems to be feeling among
the boards of trustees Of the various
State institutions that the State must
tons until some effective means Of
increasing the revenue has been en-
acted into law, and to that end the
impression is deepening constantly
that the demands made upon the
Legislature this year by way Of ap-
preparations will be modest Few in
creases win be asked for, and then
only when absolutely necessary.
Realizing that the State has no
money with which to pay increases
anyway. the various boards OF trus-
tees apparently have determined to
make a virtue Of necessity and not
ask favors just now.
This attitude Of the boards OF con
troll II persisted in Will greatly aid
the Legislature in evolving a scheme
to raise more revenue, and to that
extent win simplify the biggest prob
lem the General Assembly has to
face.
Among some Of the more impor-
tant measures to be introduced dur
ing the forthcoming session of the
Legislature are: A bill to regulate
child labor: a bill to restrict the prac-
tice of medicine; a bill to reform and
codify the banking laws. a bill to
revise and extend the health, quaran-
tine and sanitation laws; a bill TO
revise and simplify the registration
laws and the manner Of holding pri-
mary and general elections, "A bill to
provide for biennial instead of annual
sessions OF the Legislature, with a
provision for salaries for the mem
bers instead Of a per diem system
of compensation, and no limit on the
time Of the Legislatures sittings; a
bill to require railroads, in the dtscre-
ton Of the Railroad Commission, to
provide underpasses and overpasses
at all grade crossings; a bill to pro-
vide a new Executive Mansion for
the Governor and his family during
his term Of service; a bill looking TO
the release Of the Western g. At
lantiC Railroad and its extension to
the Atlantic seaboard; a bill to pro-
vide for the refunding of $3,165, 900 Of
State bonds, maturing in 1915; a bill
to amend the convict laws In such
wise as to permit the state to par
ticipate in the Federal aid to good
roads act; a bill to furnish to the
Secretary OF state fire proof files
for the many precious documents now
utterly unprotected: a bill to pro-