New Auto Tax Bill Favored by Ways and Means
The Ways and Means committee yesterday urged passage of the Jones automobile license tax bill in substitute form. The bill shifts distribution to counties by public road mileage outside town limits and sets new rates for motorcycles autos and commercial trucks. Manufacturers and dealers may obtain two license tags for demonstration at $10 with duplicates at $2 each.
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Ways and Means
Tha Jones
Jones
Coweta
Ways End Means
Fulton
Coun
Endowment Bill Pass Predicted In Georgia House Debate
Georgia lawmakers debated an endowment tax exemption bill that has cleared the Senate. Supporters predict a two thirds vote is achievable, with planning to vote as unfinished business when the House resumes. Judge Atkinson delivered a forceful address urging enfranchising education through the measure.
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Atl Oelock
Dusiness
House
Senate
Blackburn
Pulton
Culpenger
Meriwether
Andit Lew
Lutton
Atlanta
Mir Anderson
Jenkins
Olive
Richmond
Sam
Questors
Georgia
Edwards
Harrison
Wudge Spencer
Atkinson
Fulton
State University
Federal Assembly
Judge Atkinson
Walter P Andrews
House resolution seeks payment for militia service
A house resolution introduced yesterday calls for an appropriation of 537615 to cover the state cost when ex Governor John Slaten commuted Leo M Frank’s death sentence. The measure, referred to the appropriations committee, lists other bills on plumbing examiner boards licensing warehouses near beer taxes general fund financing and constitutional amendments to allow local laws without legislative introduction.
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John 2. Slaten
Leo M Frank Wan
Committee On Appropriations
Blackburn
Fulton
Board of Plumbing
Bullard
Carmobell
Fullbright
Burke
Harris
Washington
Judge Russell Cleared In Committee Report
The special house committee investigated charges against Judge Richard B Russell. The report exonerates Russell, lauds his character, and urges expunging all charges from official records. It was unanimously adopted.
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Richard B Russell
W J. Moyers
Jwiga Russel
Fun
Russol
Av Oviock
Mer Moyers
Court of Appeals
Russi
Haawell
Russell Sua
Vovers
al Lhd
Tnt 1
Jude Rusand
Russelleleh
Judes Russell
Parkhurst Accepts New York Advertising Role
William F Parkhurst, former Atlanta Writers club president, leaves for New York to join a large national advertising agency and maintain correspondence with New York and Chicago pubs. He resigns as Atlanta Writers club president and gifts 21 volumes to be donated to the Library of the University club. His wife, Anna Parkhurst, will relocate to Nashville Ga. A turpentine still near Nashville owned by Keefe and Bullock and valued at 1600 dollars burned, with cause undetermined and owners absent.
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William F Parkhurst
Atlanta Writers Club
Ad Mens Club
Atlanta
New York
Hotel Broztel
Fifth Avenue
Twenty Seventh Street
Air Parkhurst
Chicago
Nashville Ga
E Keefe
Fr WM Bullock
Nashville
Bullock
Keefe
Cheaper School Books Through McCrory Bill
Debate over Senator McCrory’s bill to enlarge the state board of education powers to publish Georgia school books. Proponents argue for cheaper, better books for children. opponents from Gunn & Co and others urge thorough investigation. a subcommittee was appointed to draft and report.
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M'Crory
State Board of Education
Georgia
McCrory
Senate Education Committee
L Brittain
Mcl Grary
Yankeedom
Educational Department of
Sahgol
Ransom
Stovall
Senate
Moon
Buliain
Sanater Akin
Brunswick
Bavannah
Benatét Dobbs
W & A, Railroad Waa
Third District Agricultural School
America
Boykin
Friends of the
DII
Ernor
Turner Highway Bill Replaces Andrews Bill In Georgia
A Georgia legislative move replaces the Andrews and Elders highway bills with Turner’s substitute creating a five member highway commission and a chief engineer. The plan, supported by Pennybacker and Winn, would fund engineers from automobile tax revenue and place the commission under rural engineer supervision. Georgia faces unique conditions for road building and aims to secure federal cooperation via a state highway commission.
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Andrews
Hitlerr
Martin Turner
Floyd
Hoth County
Joe Aparews
Georgia Highway Commission
Love Wno
Highway Commission
Turner
University of Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Chaipigan
Prison Commission
Penny-backer
Georgia
Congress
Union
Tiongh
Tom Winn
Sultry Weather Continues Into Wednesday Forecast
The region endures hot conditions with tropical heat as 93 degrees was recorded yesterday. Forecasters expect continued fair skies and high temperatures today. Morning readings climbed from dawn to early afternoon, signaling an unabated heat wave across the territory.
Crankshaw to Get 31500 for Georgia Silver Service
The appropriations committee yesterday recommended favorable action on a joint resolution to pay $13 300 toward a debt Georgia owes the late Crankshaw brothers for a silver service presented to the battleship Georgia. The bill broadens the earlier appropriation of 2028 to cover principal only, noting the debt has endured for eight years and the service is highly regarded.
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Crankshaw
Georgia
House
Senate
Greakshaw Brothers
Atlanta
Jamestown
Itate
Wheatley
Sumter
Irresistible California Exposition Travel Offer
Attractive Rock Island travel brochure invites Algerian citizens to explore California and the Panama Exposition pages. Offers a round trip from Atlanta for 7196 with stopovers, famed trains, all steel equipment, superb dining, and staff ready to provide itineraries and literature on California and the Expositions.
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Panama
San Francisco
San Diego
Geo California
Old Missions
Colorado
Rockies
Salt Lake
Atlanta
Callésenia
Rock Island
California
Rock Island Travel Bureau
Polere
Atlants
Hunt
Protection for small cotton raisers via loan of stored cotton
Commissioner of Agriculture Jo D Price testified before the joint agricultural committees in support of a bill to permit money advances to small cotton raisers against their stored and properly receipted cotton, enabling market timing. The bill faced opposition in Ways and Means, with the Gonson bill amending the equalization tax law recommended not to pass. Insurance committee also moved three measures including investigations of fire insurers and a change to licensing fee provisions.
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Price
P Coles
Central Hank and Trust Corporation
Atlanta
Witham
Joint House and
Wenate Agricultural Committees
Ways and Means
Mr Jones
Coweta
Johnson
Gwinnett
HILIA
House Committee On Insurance
Ledbetter
Polk
Yeterday Afternooan
Georgia
Georgina
Dr Paulk of Alapaha A cheerful Senate figure and prankster
Dr George A Faulk of the sixth district is a jovial state legislator known for his optimistic mood. He is credited with befriending many in the senate, often granting favors, and once hid Senator Peacock’s coat. He has his 23-year-old son Felix Hyman Faulk serving as a page, both touting the “Alapaha spirit” from Berrien County while the pair stay at the Majestic.
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George Paulk
Senate
George A. Faulk
Javier
Park
Dr Paulk
Senator
Committees Approve Measures Affecting State Health Board
House hygiene and sanitation committee approved tax measures to expand the state board of health powers for water purity. The plan prorates taxes by population, setting 100 dollars yearly for cities over 25 000, 50 for towns 2000 to 25 000, and 25 for towns under 10 000. The committee also recommended passage of a bill abolishing the secretary of the state board of health.
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State Board of Health
Alien
Jackson
Sheffield
Allen
Theate Board of Health
Committee On Sanitation and Hygiene
Establishment of a State Health Commissioner Office
Provisions create a commissioner of health to devote full time to the office with a salary of 3000 dollars per year. The role includes maintaining a record of vital statistics and developing methods to prevent contagious diseases, absorbing duties of the secretary of the state board of health at 2000 dollars annually and the recorder of vital statistics at 1800 dollars.
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Intel
State Board of Health
The Observant Child and a Judge's Quip on Cars
A playful courtroom quip features a judge and a girl remarking on her father’s car trouble. The exchange reveals humor in a domestic setting.
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