Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-25
HARDW|CK To URGE
REVISED EXPENSES

Salient features Of Governor-elec
Thomas w. Hardwick's recommenda-
lions to the Legislature respecting
the states finances will include the
following suggestions. in the qudg-
ment of legislators and state house
officers who are familiar with con-
ditions and acquainted with Mr..
Hardwick's views:
/. Rigid economy in every branch
panied by a legislative policy Of re-
trenchment in relation to future ap-
preparations.
2. A revision of the appropria-
lions made by the last Legislature
for the maintenance and conduct of
the state institutions.
8. The funding of the rentals Of
the Western & Atlantic railroad for
a period of years as a means Of OBJ
tanning ready cash for the liquida-
ton of immediate and pressing re-
quirements of the treasury.
4. The imposition of additional
occupation and special taxes, includ-
ing, very likely, sales or consump-
ton tax on sales of gasoline and
soft drinks.
/ 5. The submission to the people
of a constitutional amendment au-
thorizing the legislature to revise
the taxation system of the state
through the substitution of a system
of, income taxes in lieu of the ad
valorem tax system.
To Address Assembly
The recommendations OF the gov
ernor-elect will not be given to the
legislature in his inau, ural address
on Saturday, although it is believ-
ed he will touch generally on the
depleted state of the treasury. The
recommendations will be the subject
of a special address to a joint ses-
sion of the two houses during next
week. at a time to be selected by
Mr.. Hardwick.
AS to the fundin gof the Western
& Atlantic rentals ana the submits
sion Of an income tax amendment to
the people, it - understood that the
governor-elect will be specific as to
means and methods in his address.
But as to a revision or the appro-
priations heretofore made FOR 1921
and to the rate OF tax and the class
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be levied, it is believed Mr.. Hard
wick will content himself with the
enunciation of the principle and
leave to the legislature the practical
application of his suggestions.
Although Mr.. Hardwick himself
has made no public statement con-
corning his reported purpose to rec
ommend a revision of the appropria-
tions of the last legislature for
1921, it is regarded as certain that
he will insist upon a revision Of ap-
preparations in his special address to
The legislature.
If, as is believed, the governor
| elect recommends a revision of the
| appropriations heretofore made, il
may be accepted as fact that he
will qualify his recommend ton to
the extent of insisting upon the pro-
lection and payment of all moral OBJ
Legations; that is to say, he will urge
| that no appropriations be revised
downward where injury or loss may
be sustained by an innocent third
party.
Unpaid Appropriations
The unpaid appropriations for 1921
which would be affected by a legis-
lative revision follow:
rurai Schools. $50 $751; ,25o G- albany Normal
School flor colored), $4,000; Board of
| Health, 100000; Civil Establishment $751;
437.50; College for Colored, $31 ,640; Con-
r Commission, 81, 900; Contingent Fund su-
preme court, $S4, s54O4: Contingent Fund
Court of Appeals, ..4,640; Department of
Agriculture a. Ma Maintenance, s1o75o; 90
000.02; (dl Contagious Diseases, $4,000;
| (e) Hog Cholera Serum, $4,000; (f) In
spectors' salary etc est, S24,9 ?g)
| Of Gd27 rfp ont of o.
riculture warrants, Fertilizers, est, $780,
602.55; Department of Archives and His
tory, $4,015S9; Department of Commerce
Station, sS,77119; Game Protection fund,
s2,7OO; Geological fund, $13,046.O1; Georgia
Medical College, S36,640; Georgia Normal
and Industrial College, $4,000; Horticul-
tura1 fund, $Sa,25O.
$225; indexing house and senate Journal,
$3.50: Indian Springs fund. s1o5; inspection
ment fund, $1,000; land script fund inter
est $S157o1 legislative Pay az d roh ,h est,
fund. court Of appeals, s1,e2s, so; market keet
bureau, $21 ,569.98; military fund. $40. ST z;
department Of agriculture a.. & FL, 3d.,
| 500; library commission, $4,000: department
of public printing, salaries and expenses,
salaries, $6,O75; by North Georgia A. y NJ.
college, SEQ. 900; overpayment taxes refund
printing fund, $24s.1O; printing fund, R.
Il. commission. 81 .922.07; prison fund, $751;
| 1929. SO.
Public buildings and grounds, $3,467.50;
publishing Georgia Reports, sig, 90; pub
lie debt (a) interest, S147,5S3. o5; o. sink ink
ing fund, $500; rate expert fund, So, 800
reward fund, $3.50; roster fund, So, 2S7 IA
school for the deaf, $27 .336, 81; school fund,
81, 4S6, 420. 49, school of Technology, $50, 200
Soldiers home, $29,243; solicitors generals
fees, estimated, G,255; South Georgia A.
and NJ college, VAL, 42,O7O; special appro-
priation legislative committee, $500; State
Normal school, S34,9S0; state sanitarium,
S519, 944. So; State university, support fund,
$63, 200; State University for Agricultural
college, $50, $40; State University for Smith:
Lever, $21, 562.9S; University for Farmers
institute, 81 500; State university for summer
school, $500; stationery, general assembly,
est, $192.3S; temporary loan, $500,OO0;
Training School for Girls, $2o,5Oo; Tubercn-
losis sanitarium, $31, 900; vocational educa
tion, $50, 103.79; summer school (coloredl,
$4,000; Training School for Boys, $17,500;
vocational rehabilitation, $19, s9S.49; School
Gov fol nafoo ituro