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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1906
Page
11
A hall tax bill cleared the chamber by a large margin while a party amendment granting powers to the railroad commission was defeated by a close vote. The result shapes fiscal policy and regulatory authority for transportation oversight.
A bill by Messrs Dunbar Richmond and Hardman would establish a Georgia Sanatorium for Incipient Tuberculosis with a state board of trustees and funding up to $25,000 for site and building, plus an annual max $7,500 for costs. The plan sets admission rules, patient charges up to $10 weekly, and county or municipal transport costs for paupers.
The Georgia House debated measures creating the Alapaha judicial circuit encompassing Dooly Wilcox Swain Tift Turner Worth and Crisp counties. Routine business included adjournment plans for the Glorious Fourth and numerous committee resolutions on tax, schools, and public works.
New York July 2 The board of aldermen adopted a resolution directing the district attorney to begin criminal proceedings against officers of the American Ice Company for criminal conspiracy to raise the price of ice. Thirteen ice manufacturers were arraigned in Philadelphia and held to answer in court.
Chancellor Barrow and university trustees urged the General Assembly to back a $100,000 appropriation for a new state agricultural college building. Barrow argued Georgians should own land and highlighted a Harvard-equivalency diploma as proof of educational strength. The judiciary committee also moved a Sunday car-switching bill for perishable freight to aid fruit shippers, amid debates on legal powers to suspend sentences and local judicial conduct.
Senator Steed led the approval of a general assembly bill granting comfortable passenger rooms in rail stations in all towns. The Senate debated and dispatched numerous bills and resolutions, including juror qualifications and a secretary of state as corporate commissioner, with votes and referrals noted.
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