Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-28
FIRST
DAY BRIEF; SHORT
SESSION PROPOSED

Converting Wednesday morning
for its annual fifty-day session, the
general assembly of Georgia was
faced with consideration of di-
versity of legislative proposals
through the introduction of new
measures in both houses, including
those for increasing the term of gov
ernor from two to four years, for
substituting the electric chair for
TIE gallows in the state, and for
the issuance of a $40,000,000 bond
issue for the improvement of state
highways.
Other med lures included one for
enewal of the fight for creation oil
Peach County, through the intro
duction by Senator Green, of the
Twenty-third district, of the consti-
tutional amendment needed to eff
feet such a change, and the intro
dlctoin by Senator Pace of the
Thirteenth district of a measure
which would limit the present ses
sion to 25 days, with sine die adj
journment July 10.
The senate remained in session
for but 35 minutes before it ad
journed out Cf respect to the late
Senator J. c. Douglas, Of the Thir-
ty-fifth district, while the house
held open until 1870 o'clock.
Convene Promptly
Both houses were convened
promptly Oh the hour, with Speaker
Cecil Neill, of Muscogee, in the
chair in the lower house, and with
President George Carcwell handling
the gavel in the senate. There was
one new face in the upper house,
E. B. Douglas, succeeding the late
Senator J. C. Douglas, while the
three new representatives an
nounced by Speaker Neill and recog-
nized on the floor were Thomas G.
BE- kley, of Rabun, succeeding ]. e.
Bleckley, deceased Joseph S. Bur
gen, of Marion, vice E. H. McMich-
ael, deceased, and j. D. Weaver, of
Terrell county, succeeding w. B.
Parks, resigned.
About two-thirds of the member
ship of the house was present when
Speaker Neill raped his gavel and
after brief instructions to the door
keeper, introduced DR.. B. K. Lacy,
Jr., pastor of the Central Presby-
terrain church, Atlanta, who opened
the session with prayer. The roll call
followed.
Resolutions deploring the death of
Representatives Bleckley and Nc
Michael were introduced in the
house, while that body also adopted
a motion to reconsider its action last
summer on senate bill No. 40, which
would provide that the motor bus
lines of the state be placed under
the control of the public service
The bill was defeated
in the house last year, after it had
been passed by the senate. The bill
will come up for consideration later
Representative Mann, OF Glynn
county, introduced as a new bill
house bill No. 539-to be known as
the 100000 highway bond bill.
This bill was referred to the COM
mittee on amendments to the consti-
hnn6
in the state of Georgia for the i'm
o. permanent paving OF
roads in tine state, and asks that the
governor be authorized ana provide
for the submission of the proposed
to The voters of Georgia
at the next genearl election. The bill
also provides that during the year
1924-25 the bond commission should
have the power to issue Sdna ell
have the power to issue and sell not to
exceed the principal sum CT $3,000,0 900
Of state bonds each year.
A bill by Representative Arnold,
Of Lumpkin, to change the appor-
.ionment Of senator's and representa-
-ives in the general assembly of the
state Of Georgia" would provide for
twelve senators and fifty-one repre-
the new number to take
effect after the terms of the present
nmebers Of the general assembly eX-
Dire. The new apportiOnment would
De one senator from each congress
sional district and one representative
rom each of the fifty-One state sena-
torial districts. Nhe bill was refererd
to the committee Oh amendments to
he constitution.
The bill to establish a College of
Agricultur eand Mechanical Arts as
a branc hof the University Of Geor-
gia, to be known as the South Geor-
gia Agricultural and Mechanical col.
Iege, was introduced by Representa-
tive Ellis, of Tiff; knight, Of Ber
rien; Jones, of Cook Bozemen, Of
Worth; TOole, Of Decatur; Weaver,
Of Terrell. and Wingate, of Baker.
The bill would provide for the es-
Of the college in the
city of Triton, Tiff county, on the
tract of land where the Second Dis
trict Agricultural and Mechanical
school now is located Free tuition
would be given to all residents of
the state of Georgia under the bill,
and the college would be rated as 3
junior college.
Political Regulation Moves
Two bills designed to regulate po
itical events in Georgia were among
The new ones. One, introduced by
Miner, of Dodge
would be IAN act to fix the
date of holding party primaries held
for the purpose OF nominating the
for president and county