Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
COMMISSIONERS NAME
NEW OFFICERS. ROME
NEXT CONVENTION CITY
M. c. B. Holly, of Richmond,
President; With DR.. Heard, Of
Bibb, Browne and Jones
BOND PROPOSAL LOST
AS Is Also Proposition to Recon-
mend Tax on Gasoline and
Motor Oils

The County Commissioners Asso-
citation Of Georgia in session at tbo
Rylander Theater here Friday elected
officers who viii direct the destinies
of the association during the ensuing
year. The nominating committee Of
which DR.. Charles Davis, of Wafm
Springs, is chairman, made It's report
shortly after eleven o'clock and the
names of those presented were unan-
imously chosen. They are; President,
Dr.. J. II. Hardy, Of Troup county;
first vice president. M. G. B. Holley,
of Richmond: second vice president,
DR.. j H. Heard, Of Bibb; and third
vice president, Rhodes Brownes oI
Muscogee.
Following the election Dr. Hardy
resigned and the convention elected
the following who will serve: Prcsi-
dent, M. C. B. Holley, of Richmond;
first vice president, DR.. ]. H. Heard,
of Bibb; second vice president Rhodes
Browne, Of Muscogee; third vice pres
ident, G. H. Jones, OF Liberty.
Rome was selected as the next con
vention city, with invitations eXtend-A
ed by Rome, Brunswick and Savan-
nah.
The convention opened Friday
morning with Judge Moore in the
chair. The first business called for
the report Of the resolutions commit
tee While waiting for the committee
Judge T, e. Patterson. Of the Prison
Commission Of Georgia, stated to tic
convention that the county physicians
had formed an organization Thursday
and would meet each year with the
county commissioners and requested
a place on the program for one of its
members. The doctor stated that the
physicians would inform the commits
sioners what they thought was nee
essary for the commissioners to do
to control infectious diseases in the
prison camps and in otherwise better
ing the health of the counties, in line
OF sanitation and health work.
The resolution extending life nenl-
bership in the assoeiation{to all ex-
presidents of the association was
unanimously adopted.
The resolution memOrlalizlng the
General Assembly to take from the
governor the power or authority 10
revoke rules of the prison commission
was unanimously adopted.
"a resolution establishing COM
mittee on membership, whose duty X
will be to endeavor to secure the
membership of every county com
missioner in the state for membership
in the County Commissioners Asso-
citation, was adopted.
A resolution offered by the Sum
ter county delegation was unani-
mously adopted, requesting the legis-
lature to amend the auto tag tax 50
that the tag would show the horse
power and tonnage Of all motor
trucks and the tonnage and horse
power Of all motor vehicles carry
ing passengers for hire.
The morning session was featured
by the discussion of a proposal to IS
sue S30,000,O00 in state bonds Tor
the building of the state highway sys-
TEN. Commissioner Mann, of Giynn
who was one of the first speaker,
declared that if the association should
try for any LARGE bond issue without
really first finding a basis for finane-
ing at least $50,000,000 in BOMBS,
which would require some three 2f
four million dollars in annual inter-
est, that the proposition would be te-
iected both ty the General Assembly
and the people.
He called attention to the fact
that Georgia has not yet developed
a revenue sufficient to sanction such
d bond issue as had been proposed,
although this has been done in North
Carolina and other neighboring
states The situation in Georgia, he
declared, is now very acute, and he
advised the assembled commissioner
to act cautiously, asserting that It
would be unwise and probably would
weaken the strength of the body to
20 beyond what the state is now able
to sustain financially in the way Of
bond issue.
He suggested that the commission
ers either recommend three year
program covering some fifteen on
twenty counties as a start, or mat 4
the proposition he financed Upon g
cash revenue basis. The need Of Seer.
gia, he declared is some wise SOLD
ton of the states income problem
during the cominp session of the leg
islature For the first time in the his
tory of Georgia, Mr. Mann asserted,
several constitutional amendments
submitted to the peopie last fall weee
rejected. 1--WE must take the peopl
into our confidence" he said, and
continuing asserted that the commits
sioners should be exceedingly cau
tious AS the work progresses coed
roads supporters viii have opport1n
ity to present the problems Of the
highway department to the people, ne
said, and at the conclusion Of lli
address he moved the adoption Of the
amendment providing for a bond ls-
sue of $4,000 and the adoption 81
three-year road building progranl'
with roads constructed of 9 type 70
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