Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-11

| The senate has passed it In its origi-
MAJ form, and the house with four
| amendments, so it must be voted on
again in at least one branch be-
fore becoming a law.
Threat to Override
1t has been reported that efforts
will be made in both branches to
override the rulings Of the presiding
officers that tWo-thirds vote is re,
quired to agree to a report of
conference committee. President
CarsWell has said that he does not
believe any senator will make such
movement, and Speaker Neill has
beer quoted as declaring that he
will not sign the bill, if it is adopted
through such tactics.
If Speaker Neill should refuse to
sign the bill. it would be necessary
for him to explain his reasons, and
he has said that he would attach
to the measure a certificate to the
effect that he did not consider its
passage legal, under the rules of the
house.
The report was current Saturday
that some of the tax reform leaders
are to start a movement to have the
house recede from it's amendments
and pass the Landlord measure as
it came over from the senate. In
that case the senate would not have
chance to vote on the bill again.
IL it is seen that this movement
will fail, it was said that the reform
forces would make a last desperate
effort to pass the Ellis statutory tax
bill, which lacked 20 votes of re-
celVlng a majority when voted on
Thursday night. Representative
Ellis, author of the bill, admits that
he made a mistake in advocating
too many amendments to the meas.
ure, and he believes that he can Sc.
cure the required majority for the
measure in a changed form.
A new complication was added to
the legislative program when the
senate Friday amended the Ennis
r-venue department bill in so many
respects that it was hardly recog-
nizable when it got back to the
house. The principal amendments
placed the department under the
control Of II. j. Fullbright, state tax
commissioner. Representative En-.
mis-, of Baldwin county, author OF
| the measure, asked the house to
| disagree to this amendment, and the
| house did so. Mr.. Ennis does not
| believe that the senate will insist
upon its action.
Conference Committee
If the senate does insist upon it's
amendments to the Ennis bill, a con-
| ference committee will be appoint.
ed Monday.
The house bill to repeal the tax
equalization law is scheduled to
| come up in the senate Tuesday, as a
! special order. The senate committee.
! to which the bill was referred, voted
| ten to five to report it with the
recommendation that it do not pass,
| but the five supporters of the bill
have filed a minority report recon-
| mending that it do pass, which will
bring the issue to the floor of the
senate.
The house had the school book
issue under consideration when it
adjourned Friday. The resolution
of Senator Beauchamp, providing
for textbook commission, was
under discussion, with a committee
substitute that had the Endorsement
of DR.. N. H. Ballard, state super.
intendent OF schools. This substi.
tute makes the state board of edu,
cation the textbook commission,
and authorizes them to enter into
a contract for textbooks for a
period of one or more years.
The substitute meets the agitation
for free school books by providing
that county, municipal or district
school boards shall be required to
keep a supply of textbooks on
hands, to either be furnished the
pupils free, rented to them at not
more than half the original cost, or
sold to them at cost not to ex.
coed the wholesale list price