Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-17
EDUCATIONAL BILL
RECOMMITTED
TO CURE DEFECT

A bill to amend the constitution
so as to remove the restrictions
from educational appropriations was
house of representatives on Wednes-
day and probably would have passed
the house if an improperly wordeo
amendment had not been adopted
without a careful reading.
The disposition of the house was
decidedly favorable to the bill. When
the effect of the amendment was dis
covered, the house recommitted the
bill to the constitutional amend
ments committee to straighten out
the tangle.
?Georgias constitution since 1877 has
limited educational appropriations
to the elementary branches and to
donations for the University of Geor-
gia. The purpose of the present bill,
which was introduced by Represen-
tative Landlord, of Toombs county,
is to remove this limitation, so that
the legislature may legally appro-
pirate money for purposes of higher
education, such as high schools, col
leges, chronological schools, etc.
These appropriations are being
made at the present time, and have
been made for several years, but
there has always been some ques-
ton as n ae 5heir n asEali Restored
The house disagreed to the adj
verse report of the constitutional
amendments committee on the bill
providing for biennial sessions Of
the, legislature. The effect of this
calendar of the house. so that it
may be brought up for debate and
conclusive action.
When the house adjourned at ]
o'clock there was under debate a bill
to amend the constitution so as to
authoritize the issue of street paw
ing bonds in the city of Atlanta.
This is a measure which the city
authorities of Atlanta have been
seeking to pass through the legisla-
ture for several years. The indica-
tons are that it will pass the house
by the necessary two-thirds MAORI
ty. The bill went over until Thurs
day as unfinished business.
The house on Wednesday adopted
a report by the rules committee set
ting as a special order for Thursday
Knight, of Berrien, to distribute the
automobile license fund among the
counties on a pro-rata basis instead
of placing it in the hands of the
state highway commission for the
construction of a state highway
the life or death of the state high
way program, and will be bitterly
contested by those who succeeded
last year in putting the highway
program under way in spite of the
opposition of Representative Knight
and his aggressive minority.
A resolution commencing Cover
nor Clement, of Vermont, for refus-
ing to call an extraordinary session
Of the Vermont legislature to ratify
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage
amendment was introduced in the
house Wednesday morning by Rep
resentative Jackson, of Jones coun-
ty, one of the most aggressive oppo-
nents of the suffrage amendment in
the general assembly, and the lead
er in the house against ratification
when the suffrage amendment was
rejected at the 1919 session.
The resolution declared that both
ties have used the suffrage amend
ment as a political football; that a
certain element in both parties has
diSregarded the constitution and the
traditions of. local lf-government;
that it is very refreshing to that
small remnant of patriots who are
unwilling to eradicate state lines to
find a governor with the courage to
uphold the fundamental principles of
the American constitution against
political expediences.
The resolution concluded with the
following tribute to Governor Glenn
ent:
Resolved by the house of repre-
sentatives, That we 1ndorse his posi-
ton in refusing to call the legisla-
ture of his state in extraordinary
session for the purpose of forcing
the Susan B. Anthony amendment
upon an unwilling state and that we
commend him to the people of the
nation as a public official worthy of
the trust reposed in him by the peo-
1,1n of his sn1endid state"