Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-17
APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS
PASSED BY SENATE, 31-7
Exempting School
and College EndoWmentS
From Taxation Approved

Only slightly changed from the form
in which il came from the committee
the general appropriations bill was
passed by the state senate Wednesday
Afternoon at 1925. The vote was 81
to Z.
The house substitute bill exempting
from taxation all church. college and
seminary endowments, except in in
stances of colleges and seminaries not
open to the general public. was passed
Wednesday afternoon by the senate.
Other house bills passed by the SEN
A measure appropriating $1,000 to the
Third district agricultural school.
measure empowering the governor
to appoint a home guard, or state con-
stabulary.
A measure appropriating $4,000 for
the establj shment of an agricultural
school for negroes.
The amendments made to the measure
by the senate included one providing
$4,000 for a state council of defense,
another changing the caption of the act
making 1t apply to the deficiencies of
1917 as we'll as the two previous years,
an amendment to make it operative for
the next two years instead of just one,
and another authorizing the paying of
the journal clerk for indexing the jour
nal.
The big fight on the appropriations
bill in the senate conferred around the
school appropriation. The house bill
provides 100000 for educational pur-
poses while this amount was cut to
10000 by the senate. However, 1t
is the general opinion among the men,
bers of the upper house that the lower
branch will not accept this feature OF
the measure and that the bill will have
to be placed in the hands cfa confer
ence committee.
During the debate on the school APP
preparation Senators Brown and Wohl-
wender contended that the common
schools were being neglected while
Senator Hopkins declared that in his
opinion the institutions of higher edu-
cation should be made to suffer the
same as the common schools.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Senator Carswell, a member of the
committee. stated that while he did
not agree with some of the provisions
of the bill it represented the best
judgement of the committee and that
in his opinion there were questions in
volved which would have to be thresiI-
ed out by a conference committee. I'M
mediately after the bill passed it was
transmitted to the house.
The section of the appropriations bill
authorizing the payment Of a balance OF
about $4,000 for the silver service given
the battleship Georgia to c. w. Crank
shaw was allowed to stand by the sen
ate.
President Olive, of the senate, Wed
nesday morning made a strong appeal
to the senate to get together" with
the house and pass an appropriation
bill which will not exceed the antici-
pated revenues of the state. He urged
prompt action in order to avoid the
necessity of an extra session.
OPPOSES EXTRA SESSION.
President Olive said:
"The state of Georgia neither needs
nor want an extra session of the gem
eral assembly. The governor has Of
ficially notified the house and SEN
ate that he will not approve any appro-
priation bill grossly in excess of the
anticipated revenue of the state Only
one day remains of the session. The
chair does not believe the situation is
without solution. If the house and sem
ate will meet in a spirit of compromise
the duty they owe to the commonwealth
can easily be done.
"As your presiding officer the chair
has endeavored to render the rules of
the senate elastic so that every sena-
tor might nave Iull opportunity "
serve the people of his district and state,
Under a strict construction of the rules
business can be transacted rapidly,
Every member of this body is familiar
with the conditions confronting 1t.
The chair respectfully urges the
speedy passage of an appropriation
bill. If the senate concurs with the
house an extra session will result from
the veto of the bill; full and ample no.
tice having been given by his excel
lency, the governor.
''The chair, therefore, earnestly urges
the earlitse action compatible with pro-
per consideration If the conference
committees are needed they should be
appointed and at work by early after
noon.
THE secretary will read the general
appropriation bill"
The senate passed the Wright anti
vice bill specially designed to prevent
vice i'm the cities in which army can
tonments are located. An amendemtn
wa sadopted the effect of which is to
make the penalties less esvere. The
bill was sent back to the house Tor
concurrence in the amendment. The
senate received a telegram wednesday
morning from Josephus Daniels, sec
rotary of the navy, endorsing the Dill
and urging its passage.