Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-26
BILL SUBSTITUTING
CHAIR FOR MOOSE
PASSED BY HOUSE
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would try again to take the measure
! from the table.
Representative II. H. Elders, OF
Tattnan county, chairman Of the
house education committee, rose tC
a point of personal privilege on the
| floor of the house to state that the
Dawton B. Evans, of Augusta, haG
never at any time taken any part
in the Richmond county educational
tax fight other than to state his OBJ
position to the bill of the Richmond
delegation as originally written and
then to appeal to the committee that
If it was passed the bill be submit
ted to a referendum of the voters of
Richmond county.
The bill to restrict the Richmond
county educational tax levy to ten
mills was passed Wednesday in the
house with a committee amendment
which makes the effective date Jan
uarY l, 1926.
Representative Rowe, of Rich
mond county, introduced a bill to
provided for the regulation and in
spection of hotels and restaurants.
Under the bill the office of commits
sioner of hotels is created by ap-
pointment of the governor for a
four-year term, with a salary of
$4,000. The bill provides that all
hotels or restaurants must make
each year an application to the
commissioner for license. The IL
cense fee for hotels having less
than Is sleeping rooms would be
$40, for those having over Is and
less than s. sleeping rooms, SIS,
and so on in a graduated scale until
the meXimum fee is reached of $40
for all hotels containing 200 or more
rooms.
Every hotel and restaurant would
be subject to annual inspection, and
the granting of a license would be
contingent upon the report.
The bill also provides that in no
hotel or restaurant Of the state shall
common drinking cups be allowed
and requires that in those sections
of the state where mosquitoes are
prevalent that all hotel bedrooms
must be thoroughly screened or
mosquito nets placed over each Led
Committee bearings were in the
spotlight on the thirtieth day Of
the present session of the legisla-
ture. Hearings on the Atlanta va
duct resolution and the bills TO per
NIT the development of the state :
water power resources were seized,
uled for the same hours O'Clock
Thursday afternoon.
The Niaduct resolution will be
considered at meeting of the
Western and Atlantic railroad com
mittee of the state senate, in the
senate chamber. The mea sure seeks
to give the city of Atlanta permits
sion to construct viaducts TO relieve
the traffic congestion at Pry l
street and Central avenue, at the
two ends of the UuiOn depot The
yiaducts are TO be constructed on
plans approved by a joint committee
of me house and sen9te, the rail
road commission, and the governor.
There has been 4 bitter fight on
the viaduCt resolution. although few
members of the senate know just
where yhe opposition originates
they say. Senator Redvine, chair
man of the committee. has urged all
parties concerned to appear before
the committee. When the house
had the measure under considera.
ton. a large delegation Of proper V
owners on the TWO stress. repre-.
sentativeS of the n. c & ST. L. R r
leases Of he property. and other
interested parties ppeartd before
the house WAYS and means
COMMITTEES and urged the passage Of
tie resolution.