Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-09
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
TWO INSTITUTIONS
ADOPTED BY HOUSE


vote of 80 to 13, passed an amend
ment to the general tax bill inpos-
ing a tax of per cent on the price
of admission to all places of anluse-
ment in Georgia. Efforts to effect
compromise by eliminating the gem
tax of ST. 900 on grand opera alone
lost by vote Of 81 to Is.
Two deficiency appropriation bills
occupied almost the entire Monday
morning session Of the house of rep
resentative and were finally passed.
One was a bill by the Richmond dele
cation appropriating $4,000 a year
for the. next two years to maintain
the training school for mental de-
fectives at Augusta. The other was
bill by Representative Ennis, of
Baldwin, appropriating $150,00O to
supply a deficiency in this years
maintenance of the insane asylum at
Milledgeville.
The training school originally car
ried $4,000 a year. The approprla-
tons committee cut the figure to $25,-
900 a year. When the bill came up
fered an amendment making the fig
ure $4,000 a year, but withdrew this
amendment after some discussion AMI
accepted $4,000. The insane asylum
bill originally carried 100000, but
the figure was cut to $780, 900 by Rep
resentative Ennis, who stated that he
would ask the trustees of the asylum
to make every effort to finish this
year within that sum.
On motion of Mr.. Ennis the house
had placed upon the days calendar
a bill appropriating $108,00O to COM
plete the nurses dormitory at the in
sane asylum, but Representative En-
mis- withdrew his bill when it came
up to be voted on.
Rulings Save Institutions
All of the above and numerous 9TH
er deficiency appropriation bills had
failed in the house on Saturday when
the house refused to consider them
and adjourned at 1 o'clock.
This action of the house created
the general impression that the bills
were lost, BECAUSE only three days of
the session remained. On Monday
morning, however, the presiding OIL
GERS of the house and senate held
that any bill passed by the house on
Monday could be Immediately trans
| mitted to the senate and given its
| first reading in the senate Monday,
| thereby making possible it's passage
before the session expired.
The house also passed Monday a bill
authorizing street railroad companies
to consolidate with street railroad
lines operating in adjoining states
for the purpose of forming continu-
Gus interurban lines under one man
agement between cities on or near
state lines.
This was a senate bill introduced
by Senator Wohlwender of Columbus
and supported in the house by the
| Muscogee delegation. They explain
ed that the bill was applicable only
to interurban lines in the city of
Augusta and the city of Columbus.
The DeKalb delegation put through
| an amendment providing that nothing
in this bill should alter the status
of any valid contracts now existing
between street railroad companies
and municipal governments, the pur-
pose of this amendment being to
Safeguard the scent fare contracts
of the city Of Decatur and the city
of College Park. The amendment was
accepted by the authors of the bill.
Forty Students Enroll
The training school for mental de-
fectives at Augusta was put in op-
Grafton about six months ago. 1t
has enrolled already forty students
and has waiting list of sixty more.
Unless the bill passed by the house
Monday morning is passed by the
senate and approved by the governor
| the school will be left without any
| funds whatever for maintenance mex
year and the year thereafter. 1t wa:
| stated by Representative Mcdonald
of Richmond. in urging the house tt
pass the bill. that the training schoo
would have to be closed unless pro
vision was made for its mainten
| nance.