The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-06-28
SoLoNs GETTING BILLS
THEIR SYSTEMS
,,,,mBER OF IMPORTANT
NnoacIrREs INTRODUCED
MN CARLY IN SESSION.

EHNHt
NTA Ga.-A bill providing
\ h. removal OF the capitol from
',,. ,r, to Macon, three bills aimed at
o' .ho,itioa or practical abolition OF
pc .o+e highway department, a bill to
n' 10, .be fax equalization law, bill
fepeail ;r NV for the Australian ballot sys--
RfoVumJ9 q bill to abolish the office OF
En- 11, anu General are among the meas
On'"oi Statewide Importance intro
ets u 5,r;np the first week of the leg
FI 4Ea ,csoital removal bill was intro
ln J n ~" The house by the Bib county
fu L,t Il and in the senate by
EeeseS0'H Holmes of the Twenty-sec-
l5s'' ! W,oblwender of the Twenty
Rna ,b and Ridley of the Twenty
'o Ltb Atlanta is already organizing to
fs i., ;+s usual determined fight to keep
n aN oo ~ from passing on the propo-
III ~, p'JbT nt it is believed the legislature
] III" submit it this time.
u coS s1 Neill, of Muscogee, intro
spi' measure which would estab-
ta.'4 The Australian ballot system in
E sp and Representative Moye, OF
B .O,h has a bill to repeal the anti
hoping law
wouId Abolish Solicitors General.
peoresentative Landlord of Toombs
, rMr has proposed a constitutional
l Uu"'i with companion statu-
'o-,, Mn TO do away entirely with the
'oricitors general of all superior court
,;rc,,its and establish in place what
r,q he known as county prosecuting
, "t whose duty it shall be to
,srdIe ali prosecutions in the city and
,mnerior courts and to represent all ap-
, ,5 in criminal cases in the appellate
courts, A feature of the measure will
,s tbe provision that each county
77rosecuting attorney shall defend ev-
srv ucontested divorce case brought
IN the county. 49,,
Two bills aimed at the state high
raw department have been introduced
NJ REPRESENTATIVE McMichael, of Ma
ion county. One is a bill to give the
feoartment only IS per cent OF the
motor vehicle fund and to limit the
roervising staff OF the department to
TX engineers. The other, a compan-
on bill, provides for distribution OF
!; Der cent OF the motor vehicle fund
mong the several counties. to be eX-
ended by them as they see fit.
REPRESENTATIVE Davis, of Oglethorpe,
Introduced bill which would in, effect
bolish the state highway department
W taking away from it entirely the
motor vehicle funds and distributing
he same among the counties on
yasis of post road mileage.
A bill providing for the repeal OF the
tax equalization law was introduced
yy Representative Watkins, of Butts.
The effect OF his measure would be to
Dut the state back on the old basis,
|prior to the enactment of the equaliza-
ton law, on the ground, he says, that
THE present system is unfair, unjust
and inequitable.
An Old Fued Appears.
In the house a joint resolution, call
ing for an investigation of all state de-
oartments, was introduced by Repre-
sentative McMichael. In the senate the
,ame resolution was introduced by
Senator Manson, of the Thirty-hfth
district. These two actions mark the
beginning OF the legislative controver--
y between the state department OF
agriculture and the state college OF
grlcuture. f
A resolution providing for joint
committee from the house and senate
0 make a thorough investigation of
he condition of the treasury and to
make an audit of the books of all de-
and to recommend to the
governor ways and means of placing
he financing of the state OH a sound
md satisfactory footing was introduce
d in the house Friday morning by
McMichael, OF Marion.
representative McMichael, in pri-
ate conversation with the newspaper
men at the press table, made the state
1ent that this resolution, if adopted
" the house and senate, would fore
tall the announced purpose OF oena-
or L. G. Brown to demand joint
ommittee for a special investigation
4 the department of agriculture.
Owes Newspapers Big Sums.
On Friday, the last day before his
etrement, Ex-Governor Dorsey sent
special message to the legislature
fquesting a deficiency appropriation
$4,000 to pay the balance due news
aP!ers over Georgia for publishing as
and advertisements the twelve consti-
auonal amendments submitted to the
teoPIe in the general election last fall.
wing to the large number of news
aP,erS IN which the amendments were
the cost to the state was
-9'VOO OF which $4,000 was paid from
ne contingent fund.