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-
Cessiye appropriations
In several speeches ne already has
| placed the Legislature on notice that
| he will not sign appropriation bills
! carrying more than the State can
|afford 10 pay, even II he has to 20 to
( the unusual length Of vetoing the
( entire general appropriation bin in
/ seeking To- sustain his ultima tum
/ SevevaI Legislatures Of late have
/ appropriated more than the entire
| income of the State, and the Conse-
! quence has been heavy annual en-
| baTTassment 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 TO the Gov
ernor Tor solution when the time
came 10 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
call halt on increased appropria-
tiOns until some effective means Of
increasing the revenue has been en-
acted into law, and 10 that end the
impression is deepening constantly
that the demands made upon the
Legislature this year by way OF ap-
propTiations will be modest. Few in
creases viii 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 If persisted in win greatly aid
the Legislature in evolving scheme
TO raise more revenue, and to that
extent will 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 bin to regulate
child labor; a bin to restrict the prac-
tiCe of medicine. a bill to reform and
Codify the banking laws, bill to
revise and extend the health, quaran-
tine and sanitation laws; a bill 20
revise ana SlmpllIN the reg lStIatOn
laws and the manner Of holding pri-
mary and general elections, bin to
provide for biennial instead Of annual
sessions Of the Legislature, with a
provision for salaries for the mem
beers instead Of a per diem system
Of compensation, and no limit on the
time OF the Legislatures slttings;
bill to require railroads In the disCre-
ton Of the Railroad Commission, to
provide underpasses and overpa sses
at all grade crossings, a bill TO pro-
vide a new Executive Mansion for
the Governor and his family during
his term Of service, bill looking 10
the release Of the Western q At
lantiC Railroad and It's extension TO
the Atlantic seabOard, a bill to pro
vide for the refundng of S3,l650 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; bill to pro-