The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-22
PERSONS SLATED FOR PRESI-
DENCY OF SENATE, AND BUR-
WELL SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
HARRIS INAUGURAL JUNE 26

BTuch Important Legislation Is Pro
posed. The Prohibition Question
is Being Agitated by the DRY
Element.
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. morning
lat 10 O'Clock the 1915-1916, gen.
9eral assembly will begin its first fifty
days session at the capitol
This Legislature is expected to be
both abusy and important one. The
sone particularly big question which
it will be called upon to handle will
be the arrangements for the releasing
of the Western and Atlantic railroad,
a property owned by the state and
worth approximately $4,000, 900,
the property upon which the states
credit is mostly based. 1t is expect
ed that early in the session a joint
committee from both house and SEN
atea with probably the addition of
some outside expert railroad men,
will be appointed to take an inVento-
nv of the property, investigate all the
features of release and make rec
concentrations to the legislature.
Other Measures.
Among the other proposed legisla-
ton of a general character is the fol-
lowing:
bill providing for woman suf-
frage
Bills to abolish the sale of near
beer and to outlaw locker clubs.
A bill providing for a system OF
cotton warehouses.
A compulsory education bill.
Ia bill to require the state to print
the textbooks for the common
schools of Georgia.
A bill to place sOlicitors-general on
salary instead of on fees as at pres
emit.
A bill to take the selection of
county school superintendents out of
politics by making them appointlVe
bv the state school superintendent or
elective by the state board of educa-
tion after they have passed eXamina-
aion as to their fitness and character.
This bill, it is said, will remove the
restriction which requires a candi-
date for county school superintend-
ent to be resident Of the county in
which he seeks office.
"A bill to abolish capital punish
ment
Highway Commission.
IA bill to create a state highway
commission and to maintain it with
money derived from automobile reg
istration fees.
A bill providing that certain per-
centage of the state tax levy shall
Zoe set aside for the public school
fund
IA bill to create the Office OF lieu
tenant governor. Representative
Crawford Wheatley Of Sumter cOun-
ty, who has for many years sought
the passage of such an act, and who
on two occasions came very near get
ting it passed, will, it is said, rein
troduce his bill early in the session. I
A bill backed by the independent |
ice manufacturers Of the state, SINH |
lar to the so-called 'Wimberly anti
trust" bill, which failed to pass the |
last legislature, and which is design |
ed to prevent big concern establish |
ing branches in var Gus cities and, |
by unfair competition, drive the |
smaller ones out of business.
A bill backed by certain large in
surance companies to separate the |
state insurance department from the |
comptroller generals department.
A bill to establish a state orphans
home.
A bill to provide that in elections
for governor, United States senators
and other state officers the candi-
dates receiving the highest number I
of county unit votes shall be given
the nomination. This bill is design
ed to eliminate convention nomina-
lions. In case. of tie on county |
unit votes the candidate receiving
the highest number of popular votes
would be the nominee
A bill providing for the permanent |
registration of voters for city and |
town elections along the line of the
law which now prodyides for the
permanent registration of voters for
county and state elections.
A bill providing for the secret bal
lot in all general and primary cleo
aionsM
A bill providing that farmers may |
give mortgages on their crops before |
the crops are planted if the mort !