- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation.
- Title:
- Governor's message [Hugh M. Dorsey] to the General Assembly of Georgia, July 25, 1917
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor (1917-1921 : Dorsey)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dorsey, Hugh Manson, 1871-1948
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Georgia] : [Office of the Governor]
- Date of Original:
- 1917-07-25
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description based on: January 18, 2012 ; title from PDF caption (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017).
Latest issue consulted: September 16, 2015 (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .S1 M4 1917/July 25
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b1917-sjuly-b25
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b1917-sjuly-b25
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
CONTENTS
Page
Introductory ................................................... 3
Earlier Official Ascertainment and Announcement of Governor's
Election Advised ...................................... 3
Governor Should be Seated in January.......................... 4 Abolish Conventions ........................................... 4 Governors' Conference ......................................... 5
Law Reform-
Age of Consent ............................................ 5 More Frequent ~ e s s i o ~ofs Superior Courts Advised ......... 6 Uniform Judicial System................................... 6 Divorce .................................................... 8
Commerce and Labor-
Regulations regarding factories, workshops. etc.............. 9 Child Labor ............................................... 9 Employment and Immigration Agencies ..................... 11
Agriculture-
Co-operation of different Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Experiment Station a t Griffin ............................... 12 Conservation of Agricultural Resources ...................... 14 Degree course in Veterinary Medicine advised ............... 15 Sheep Raising ............................................. 15 Market Bureau ............................................ 16 Development of Industrial Resources ............................ 16
Education-
Federal Vocational Educational Law ......................... 17 Negroes ................................................... 20 State Library .................................................. 20 Department of Archives ........................................ 21
Georgia State Sanitarium-
Voluntary admission ....................................... 22 Speedy cures .............................................. 22 Criminal Insane and Convicts should be cared for elsewhere .. 23 Georgia School for the Deaf a t Cave Springs, Ga................. 23 Charities and Corrections ....................................... 24 Pensions to Confederate Soldiers ................................ 25
Health-
Hydrophobia .............................................. 27
Drug Addicts .............................................. 27
Page
Military-
Home Guards .............................................. 28 State Police Force ......................................... 29
Repeal of Law Exempting Members of the National Guard
from Jury Service advised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
State Council of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Roads and Highways ........................................... 31 Harbors. Western & Atlantic Extension. and Rivers Commission .. 33 Game and Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Executive Mansion ............................................ 37 Georgia-South Carolina Line .................................... 38 State Printing ................................................. 39 Portrait of General Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Finance and Taxation-
Revenue insufficient to meet appropriations heretofore made;
Finance Committee advised ............................. 39 Board of Control or Efficiency Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Revision of Tax Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tax Equalization Law ...................................... 42 Taxation of Invisible Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Railroad Commission should be made a Corporation Com-
mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Revenue should be collect~df ~ o mDetective Agencies . . . . . . . . . 46 Tax on Mortgages and Deeds of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 License for Non-Resident Corporations ....................... 46 Later date for making Tax Returns advised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Taxation of Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Poll Tax should be paid by Parent or Guardian before child-
ren enter school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
More Specific and Definite Description of notes and s ~ c u r i t i e s 48
Method of con~pensatingTax Recciver should be changed . . . . 48
Increase of per cent tax on Inconles of Insurance Companies . 49 Duty of General Assembly to fix the tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Committee on Governor's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exhibit "A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-55