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rged By ptroller General
right in His Annual Report.
FAVORS INHERITANCE TAX
Future Appropriations Must Be Held
Down Until Revenue is Increased From
Other Than Present Sources. 1
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Atlanta, Ga.—Comptroller General
Willlam A, Wright's annual report to
the legislature, transmitted througi
Governor Smith, contains some in
teresting statemens with reference to
financial and other affairs of the
state,
That the appropriations of the state
should be held down in future until
the revenue of the state is increased
from other than present sources; that
the laws governing the conduct of
fnsurance companies should be more
stringent and that the laws govern
ing the taxation of insurance compa
nies in general should be silghtly
modifled so as to encourage their op
eration in this state, are among the
principal rccommendations made by
Comptroller General Wright,
Using the same figures embodies by
Btate Treasurer Park in his rgeent
report, the comptroller general shows
that the finances of the state are in
practically the same condition they
were in this time last year, notwith
standing the loss of $240,000 in reve
nue from the whisky tax.
He shows that the state has been
able to meet all appropriations up
to date, which was made pecssibly
only by the abnormal increase in tae
taxable values of the state in 1907
and 1903, as well as an increase us
revenue from special or occupation
taxes and from the collection of $69,-
000 through a suit brought by the
comptroller general's department
against the Georgia Railroad for back
taxes on 15,000 shares of Western
Railway of Alabama stock.
The comptroller general shows that
the uanparalleled increase in the val
ue of the taxable property of the
state can nct be reasonably expected
to continue and for that reason he
urges that appropriations in future be
held down until other sources of reve
nue are found.
As a means for increasing the rev
enue he cuggests extending the laws
taxing occcupations and the taxation
of inheritance, as is done in many
states. .
The comptrcller general recom
mends a thorough revision of the rev
enue system and declares that the de
fective and disjointed machinery for
assessing property for taxation not
only encourages but permits much
taxableq property of the state escap-
Ing taxation. He says that some
methed should be adopted whereby
the return of invisible persvnal prop
erty. such as notes, mortgages, stocks,
bonds, ete., should be enforced.
The insyrance laws should alss be
revised ,says General Wrigh*, aud
that the jurisdiction of the comptrol
ler general jas insurance commission
er should be extended to -all classes
of insuranci‘r companies for the prc
tection of the policybuiders.
The cOmpj'troli)er zeneral shows that
in 1908 the totel business written
by all companies in this state amount
ed to $676,452,981.24 and the premiums
collected amounted to $14,409,578.16.
In view of the enormous amount of
business done by them, he suggests
that they should be encouraged to op
erate in this state and that just and
equitable taxation laws should be en
acted for the reason that in the end
the burden of taxation is borne by
the policyholder.
An interesting feature of the comp
troller’'s report is a tabulated state
ment showing the increase of proper
ty owned by negroes in this state
from 1880 to the present year. In
1880 the total amount of property re
turned by negroes for taxation
amounted to $5,764,293. In 1908 it
amounted to $27,042,672.
SULLY’S PLAN IMPRACTICABLE,
Member Cotton Exchange Sees Noth
ing in |t,
Savannah, Ga.—Statements of local
cotton factors and from reports re
ceived from other cities in Georgia,
Indicate that the plan ofj Daniel J.
Sully® to throw a chain( of cotton
ware’ ouses across the south capable
of ho.ding one-third of a year’s cot
ton crop, will be strongly opposed if
it ever threatens to become a fact,
and that it will have very slight if
any support at all in this section.
A member of the Savannah cotton
exchange states that the plan, in the
first place, is impracticable; that had
the south wanted it, the plan of the
Farmers’ Union would long ago have
sacured support, instead of Mr. Sul
ly's plan, and that cotton factors cce
in it nothing to commend itself to
them or to the planters,
He indicated that no improvement
upon the present conditions can be
expected fro mthis new course, and
that locally efforts along that line
would meet with probably more than
passive ressitance. .
SERUM FOR DIPHTHERIA.
Board of Health Ready to Furnish
Anti-toxin.
Atlanta, Ga.—A sufficient amount of
anti-toxin for diphtheria to supply the
wants of the entire state, i 3 now on
bhand in the laboratories of the state
‘board of health, The antitoxin has
been made in the laboratories of the
‘board, and has been carefully and ac
curately prepared in every way. Phy
sicians may secure any amount, free
of cost, by weiting or telegraphing to
the secre Ary: of the b ,a.}»: m& )
ot the lajg ratories in the wiate cap-
M,,;rm ie PP Aot o IR S A T
-STATE GLEANINGS.
The prison commission has issued
an order prohibmngh the use in fu
ture of chains or shackles of any
kind upon female convicts, either in
the state penitentiary or on county
chaingangs, The order grew out of a
ca%e in Clarke county in which shack
les were placed upon a white woman,
recently convicted of a misdemeanor,
The commission’s attention was at
tracted to the matter through the
newspaper reports, The commission’s
order on the subject follows: “It is
ordered by the prison commission
that the following rule be, and the
same is hereafter adopted, subject to
the apprnval of the governor: No.
14, No chains or shackles shall be
placed upon any female in the peni
tentiary or chaingang., A sufficient
guard and other necessary means
must be provided to prevent escape.”
Governor Smith promptly signified
his approval of the order, Under
the new law the prison commisgion
has jurisdiction over county chain
gangs, and the new rule will be en
forced both as to these and the state
penitentiary.
It has been decided to make a per
manent annual event of the great
Southern Musical Festival that is to
open in Atlanta next May the 4th,
sth and Gth, The interest which the
festival has already aroused through
out the state proves that the people
of Georgia and the.south are eager
to support such an undertaking, and
that the opportunity is ripe to make
this section one of the big musical
centers of the United States. Here
after it will not be necessary to go
to New York to hear famous singers
and performers, In fact, many of
them, Caruso being included, will be
heard at the festival next May.
Complete rural delivery service
has been ordered established in Mur
ray county, Georgia, effective May 1,
1909. The number of rural routes in
the county is ten, seven of which are
new and originate from offices within
the county, as follows: Carters, one;
Chatsworth, one; Cisco, one; Cran
dall, one; Eton, one; Fairy one; Ram
hurst, one; Spring Place, three.
A monument to the Georgia sol
diers who participated in the seige of
Vicksburg is being looked forward to
by the Vicksburg Park commission,
iwhich is said to be actively interest
ed in furthering the project for the
'monument., The monument is in con
templation now. The raising of funds
will soon be undertaken, and it is
possible that the state of Georgia
may be asked to share in the expense.
'The park is a national military res
'ervation and is rapidly filling up with
' monuments to the memory of the
brave men who fought over its terri
tory.
| The Georgia branch of the Ananias
club is being rapidly promoted by
"Governor Hoke Smith, who replies to
| Commissioner Wiley Willlams on
'that state farm proposition and says,
'among other things, that “the state
jment that the commission was ready
(to report to me ‘wo weeks before
‘March 11 can nrot be true.” The
igoveruor loesn’t mince words r e
"plying to Mr. Williams’ published
statement., He says the selection of
lthe old Milledgeville farm was one
blunder and he wishes to save the
state from another. He says the
prison commission had plenty of time
to select a farm and there has been
“no excuse for delay.” He says the
Wimberly farm, the choice of the
commission, is partly swamp land,
unhealthy and subject to overflow,
and he doesn’t understand how the
commissioners ever picked it out,
nor why they can not choose from
a list of better tracts. In conclusion,
he takes up the expressed intention
of the commissioners to work the
white convicts on the public roads,
and intimates strongly that such a
plan is calculated to render the abo
lition of the lease system unpopular.
“Surely this can not be the desire of
the commission?” he concludes. “It
certainly is not my desire.”
An advance of 10 per cent of the
1909 school fund will be distributed
among the teachers of the state im
mediately, notwithstanding the heavy
drains made upon the treasury by the
prepayment of pensions and other
matters since the first of the year.
Governor Smith authorized State
| School Commissioner Pound to pre
pare for the distribution of $225,000.
This advance on the school fund will
relieve conditicns that have lately
been growing somewhat strained. Pay
is unexpectedly coming to teachers
who had begun to reconcile them
selves to doing without till the end
of the year. Theoretically the school
fund is not available for distribution
till the general taxes are in along to
ward the last of each year.
Assistant State Commissioner of
Agriculture R. F. Wright is in Haber
sham county on a tour of inspection
of the dread “cattle tick.” Mr. Wright
will visit a number of counties, where
the cattle disease has appeared.
Now that it has been determined
that the white convicts of the state
must go temporarily on the public
roads, becausee of the failure of
agreement between Governor Smith
and the prison commission relative
to the purchase of a farm, the ques
tion is being asked, why should they
not stay there and save the state the
expense of purchasing a righ-priced
farm? This view of the matter was
in considerable favor in the discus
sion at the capitol following the gov
ernor’s action in disapproving the
commission’s recommendation. “The
good people of Georgia are tired of
this maudlin sentimentality which is
trying to force the view that the
white convicts are too good wWOrk
on ‘the public roads,” said omi
nent south Georgian, and mer
udge of the superior court, -on
yisit to the capitol. = T
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