Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia regular session at Atlanta, Wednesday, June 26, 1912

OF
THE SENATE
OF THE.
STA.TE OF GEORGIA
EXTRA SESSION
At Atlanta, Wednesday, January 24, 1912
ATLANTA, GA. CuAs. P. BYRD, State Printer.
1912

JOURNAL.

SENATE CHAMBER, Atlanta, Ga.

Wednesday, January 24, 1912, 10 o'clock, A. M.

The Senate of Georgia having convened in extra session at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. this day, by virtue of a proclamation of his Excellency, Hon. John M. Slaton, was called to order by the Hon. A. 0. Blalock, President pro tem.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. W. G. Watkins, Chap] ain of the_ Senate.

Upon the call of the roll the following Senators answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B.

Edwards, C. H.

Moore, 0. A.

Adams, G. W.

Ennis, W. H.

Morris, W. S.

Beauchamp, J. C. Felker, J. H.

Oliver, T. W.

Blalock, H. C.

Graham, L. C.

Owens, C. T.

Blalock, A. 0.

Grovenstein, A. N. Prather, J. D.

Brown, J.P.

Hamilton, W. W. Roberts, W. T.

Bn11h, I. A.

Harris, W. J.

Shaw, Emmett.

Cra.wford, W. D. Hill, T. F.

Shingler, J. S.

C<lpe1an, E. A.

Hnllender, W. C. Sheppard, J. E.

Cromartie, J. A. Kight, W. N.

Spence, R. E. L.

Culbreth, T. G.

Kincaid, J. B.

Whitehead, Walter.

Davis, J. S.

King, W. W.

Williams, Isaiah.

Dickerson, W. T. Mann, W. S.

Worley, S. T.

Douglass, J. B.

Marshall, C. B.

Duggan, C. I.

.Uayson, J. W .

The President pro tem. announced that a quorum

being present the Senate was ready to proceed with

the business for which convened.

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By order of the President pro tern. the Hon. C. S. Northen, Secretary of the Senate, read the following proclamation, to-wit:

A PROCLAMATION.

STATE OF GEORGIA,
Executive Department, Atlanta.
Whereas, the Honorable Hoke Smith did, on the 15th day of November, 1911, resign the office of Governor of this State, thereby creating a vacancy in said office :
Therefore, I, John M. Slaton, President of the Senate, exercising the executive powers of the government as provided by Par. 8, Section 1 of the 5th Article of the Constitution of this State and the laws in pursuance thereof, do issue this my proclamation ordering a special election for Governor, to fill the vacancy so occasioned for the unexpired term, to be held on the lOth day of January, 1912, under the laws of this State governing general elections. I also convoke the General Assembly of Georgia in extra session, at the Capitol of this State, on the 24th day of January, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m., to receive the returns and declare the result of said special election, or to elect a Governor in case no person shall receive a majority of the whole number of votes cast at such special election, as provided in the Constitution of this State.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand

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and caused the Great Seal of State to be affixed hereto, this 20th day of November, 1911.
JOHN M. SLATON' President of Senate, Exercising the Executive Powers of the Government.
Attest: PHILIP CooK, Secretary of State.

The following resolution was read and agreed to:
By Mr. Sheppard-
That the Secretary of the Senate notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has eonvened with a quorum present and is ready to proceed with the business for which it was convened.
The following message was received 1from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
I am instructed by the House to notify the Senate that the House has convened in extra session, with a quorum present and is ready to proceed with business.
The following resolution was read and agreed to:
By Mr. Mann-
That a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives be appointed by the respective presiding officers of each body, to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the General

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Assembly bas convened and is ready to receive any communication be may desire to submit.

T'be President pro tern. appointed as the commit-

tee on part of the Senate under the above resolution:

Messrs. Shaw and Mann.



The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. Presid~nt:
The House bas concurred in the joint resolution proposed by the Senate providing for a committee to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has convened and is ready to receive any communication he may desire to submit and has appointed on part of the House: :Messrs. Jones of Meriwether, Miller of Calhoun and A ult of Polk.

The following resolution was read and agreed to~
By Mr. Felker-
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly at 12 o'clock noon this day to count the vote and declare the result of the recent election of Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.
The following resolution was read and agreed to:

By Mr. Felker~
A resolution to notify the Secretary of State that the Senate is now ready to receive from him the re-

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turns of the special election for Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has adopted as amended a joint resolution proposed by the Senate providing for a joint session of the General Assembly to canvass the vote for Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.-

The Senate took up the Senate Resolution in reference to a joint session this day at 12 o'clock noon, to consolidate and declare the result of the election of Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor for the purpose of acting upon the amendments of the House.
The Senate agreed to the House amendment which changed the hour of convening from 12 o'clock noon to 11 o'clock a. m.
The Senate refused to agree to the House amendment striking out .the words ''and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.''

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House recedes from its amendment to the resolution providing for convening of a joint session

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of the General Assembly to canvass the vote for Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.

Mr. Shaw from the committee to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has convened in extra session reported that they had called upon his Excellency and that.he would communicate with the General Assembly in writing.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Ulm, his Secretary:
Mr. President:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to
present the accompanying communication to 'the
Senate.
Upon motion the communication was taken up and read. It is as follows, to-wit:

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA.

January 24, 1912.

To the General Assembly:
The Hon. Hoke .Smith having resigned as Governor effective on and after November 15, 1911, on notice from the Secretary of State and by virtue of

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the Constitution and the laws I was sworn in as Acting Governor on November 16, 1911. Shortly thereafter, in compliance with the law, I issued a proclamation calling a special election to fill the vacancy thus created and convening your body in session to canvas the returns and declare the results, or, in case of no election, to choose a Governor as provided by law.
The Constitution defines the purpose of this session of your body and limits your work to that outlined in the call. Therefore, it is not incumbent upon me to advise with you further than to review briefly the State of the government at the present time.
Entering upon the duties of the Executive office only a month and a half before the close of the fiscal year and remaining therein for a few weeks after the opening of the new fiscal year, it fell to my lot to handle more than one-half of the revenues of 1911.
On November 16, there was a balance of $253,879.18 in the State Treasury. Since that time approximately $3,000,000 has been collected, mainly from ad valorem taxes. I have used approximately $2,800,000 in meeting obligations of the State. There is now a balance of approximately $400,000, of which only about $100,000 is available for meeting general appropriations. This sum will be augmented by one-half to a million dollars during February.
On November 16, forty-one per cent. of the 1911 appropriation to the common schools had been paid. Since that time, I have paid fifty-nine per ce_nt., ex-

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eepting small amounts not yet applied for. My expenditures amounted to a total of $1,639,645.52.
Requisitions were made for overdue balances on the school fund amounting to approximately $1,150,000 and for 1912 pensions of about th~ same amount at practically the same time. Despite the high deserts and appealing claim of the latter, I felt that the State was morally and legally bound to meet overdue obligations of last year before undertaking to make large advances on this year's appropriations, and I so decided.
However, I am pleased to report that I was still able to pay nearly 50 per cent. of the pensions due deserving Confederate veterans and their widows. I found, after paying the teachers, that more than $500,000 not immediately needed for the expenses of the government was left in the Treasury. I, therefore, issued my warrant for $548,915 to be paid on the pension fund. After conference with the Pension Commissioner, the counties for early payments were selected by drawings, which removed the embarrassment of having to favor some over others..
I am advised by the State Treasurer that he will be able to meet all pension payments by February 1.
Outside of schools and pensions, my expenditures have been for the ordinary or miscellaneous expenses of the government.
It became my duty to reinsure the property of the State for a term of five years as provided for by special appropriation at your last session. This I have done to the best of my ability.
Applications for executive clemency on behalf 9f

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convicts have occupied much of my attention. . In dealing with this phase of the duties of the office I have endeavored to act with that discerning care and caution necessary to the protection of society and yet with full recognition of the demands of justice. Owing to the long illness of General Evans, and the subsequent illness of two other commissioners, a large number of such appeals ac~umulated before I became acting Chief Executive. Under the law, the approval of a full board of prison Commissioners is necessary to granting a parole, and this law is equally binding upon the Governor.
I herewith submit a report of the cases in whi~h I have exercised Executive clemency. (Exhibit A.)
~he state of the government and the ~ommon- . wealth in general has undergone no change that calls for advice from me at this time. The outlook is good for a prosperous year, and for this we should feel deeply grateful.
I now await your pleasure. Respectfully submitted', JOHN M. SLATON'
President of the Senate and Acting Governor.

EXBJBIT A.
In compliance with the mandate of the Constitution, I herewith submit a report of all pardons, commutations, paroles and reprieves granted by me:

PARDONS.
W. R. CuMBY.-Misdemeanor, City Court of Carrollton, December term, 1910. He was sen~n~ed to

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twelve months on the chain-gang for selling whisky. He served about nine, when he was adjudged insane and was sent to the asylum, his stay there more than completing the twelve. It was recommended by all the county officers.
RicHARD MARTIN-Larceny, from the City Criminal Court of Atlanta, August term, 1911. After serving four months of a twelve months sentence he became sick with an incurable complaint, being unable to move and with no hope of recovery.
JAMEs E. HICKEY-Robbery, from the fall term of the Superior Court of Lowndes. He was picked up a stranger after a robbery occurred and on trial was convicted and sentenced to ten years. Persons familiar with the circumstances declared him innocent. His conduct as a prisoner was exemplary and pat! ticularly appealing to members of the Prison Commission and other authorities.
BoB WooTEN-Larceny and burglary, from the March term of the Superior Court of Cobb county, 1902. He was given twelve months and ten years for the two crimes. It was his first offense, and caused a loss of only about thirty dollars. His conduct as a prisoner was without blemish.
JuDSON JorNER-:_Rape, from the Superior Court of Emanuel ~ounty, fall term, 1909. Peculiar circumstances surrounded the commission of the alleged crime, and these indicate that he was guilty of only a lesser crime. Many people in the county
. where it occurred-includfng about three hundred

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white women-asked that he be freed because of the convincing doubt as to his guilt.
HENRY FINCH-Burglary, from the Superior Court of Crawford county, fall term of 1910. At the time of the commission of the crime he was only 18 years old and a recent escape from the State Sanitarium for the Insane. Tire warden of the State Farm joined the Prison Commission jn urging his release.
BERNARD JOHNSON-Burglary, from the Sup_erior Court of Muscogee county, spring term, 1910. He is only a boy, and served fourteen months in the State Reformatory. The Superintendent recommended his release.
GENIE BENTON-Carrying concealed weapons, from the City Court of Newton county, September term, 1911. The camp physician certified that he was in the last stage of consumption, being so helpless that he could not walk across the room. He could not be given the attention he needed while in the convict camp.
LEE HowELL, alias LEE HARWELL-From the Superior Court of Jasper county, February term, 1911. Because of newly discovered evidence indicating his innocence, judge, solicitor and members of the jury joined in asking that this man be released.
EMMETT SHAW.;_Misdemeanor, from the Superior Court of Fulton county, March term, 1909. He was paroled in November, 1910, and so conducted himself as to be_ entitled to pardon.

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EvANS CooPER-Burglary, from the Superior Court of Mitchell county, July term, 1904. After serving seven years for the offense, which seemed to be nothing more serious morally than receiving stolen goods, judge, solicitor, jury, prosecutor and county offi~ers joined in asking that he be pardoned.
JoHN HuTCHENs-Bigamy,. from the Superior Court of Bartow county, July term, 1911. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twelve months. He and the woman separated immediately and she married again. On account of his mental and physical condition the judge, solicitor and county officers joined in asking his release.

COMMUTATIONS.
LEE JoNEs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Milton eounty, fall term, 1911. Commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment was recommended by the Solicitor-General, many citizens and the Prison Commission. The applicant, a negro, killed another negro while in a row over a gambling game.
J. S. MARTIN-Misdemeanor, from the City Court of Fulton county, January term, 1909. The offense consisted of using profanity in the presence of boys under very provocative circumstances. The judge and the solicitor recommended that sentence of $100 fine or twelve months be commuted to $40 fine.
ZEB PAGE-Three misdemeanor charges, from the City Court of Carrollton, June term, 1911. The

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judge, solicitor and county officers joined with many others in asking that sentence of eighteen months be oommuted to present service after he had served nearly six months. Their reasons were found to be both logical and convincing.
ANDREW ScoTT-Murder, from the Superior Court of Spalding county. For reasons quite convincing, the Prison Commission was unanimous in recommending commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment. ~ere was considerable conflict in the testimony, and from all the facts presented it seemed a ease well warranting execo.tive clemency.
J. C. HuNTER-Murder, from the Superior Court of Chatham county. He was indicted jointly with another for kil1ing three women. The other was acquitted following Hunter's conviction. The evidence was wholly circumstantial.
JERRY WHITE-Misdemeanor, from the City Court of Lexington, December term, 1910. He was sentenced to nine months and served more than half of it. He was feeble and infirm and able to do very little work. The prosecutor, trial judge and solicitor recommended clemency, and his sentence was reduced to a fine of $25.00.
JoHN MATTox-Burglary, from the Superior Court of Oglethorpe county, October term, 1910. It was evident from the record that he was guilty of nothing more than larceny from the house. After serving more than twelve months, his sentence was commuted to present service.

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CHARLES THOMAs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Brooks eounty, May term, 1896. He was paroled in October, 1910, and observed the terms of same with fidelity, thus proving that he could be safely released.
MAGGIE LENHART-Misdemeanor, from the City Court of Atlanta, March term, 1911. She was convicted of using profane language in the presence of females and was sentenced to twelve months. After serving ten months, the judge and solicitor recommended her release.
WILL PRICE-Carrying pistol without a license, from the City Court of Griffin, December term, 1911. The judge who imposed a sentence of twelve months declared that he intended changing it to a fine but overlooked the matter before the adjournment of the term. The Prison Commission's recommendation .that it be reduced to a fine of $75.00 was followed.
L. H. HowE-Selling whisky, from the City Court of Ben Hill county, fall term, 1911. He was sentenced to serve three months and pay a fine of $450. It was stated that .if fine were insisted upon, his wife, an honest school teacher, would have to raise the money and refund it from her salary. Sentence was. commuted to three months service.
SIMON LocKEY-Murder, from the Superior Court of McDuffie county, spring term, 1883. He was paroled in December, 1910, and served the period of probation without fault.
J. H. HARDIN-Cheating and swindling, from the

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City Court of Irwin county, Oc~ober term, 1911. Defendant was inflicted with epilepsy. Judge, solicitor, county officers and county commissioners asked that his sentence be commuted to present service.
THOMAS A. RoLADER-Misdemeanor, from the Superior Court of Cobb county, January term, 1910. He had served five months of a twelve months sentence. It was established that he was suffering from an incurable disease and mentally unsound.
JOHN BENTON-Misdemeanors, from the City Court of Newton county, March term, 1910. He served two sentences and was beginning on the third. Before the crime, his reputation was above the average and his conduct as a prisoner was good. The judge and solicitor recommended commutation.
HENRY BALDWIN-Murder, from the Superior Court of Houston county, October term, 1907. The jury agreed when making up the verdict to ask for clemency if his conduct was good. The judge does not oppose it. Most of the county officers recommend it. Sentence was commuted to five years in the penitentiary.
JoHN RoBERTs-Selling liquor, from the Superior Court of Franklin county, September term, 1910. He has served seven months of a twelve months ~en tence, which was orally suspended when imposed, it being made effective on his arrest later for an additional offense for which he has not been indicted. rr;he judge recommended clemency.
JIM TRICE-Carrying concealed weapon, from the

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Superior Court of Upson county, November tenn, 1911. The judge of the court and the sheriff of the county recommended that sentence be commuted after the prisoner has served three months of his sentence. There was doubt as to his guilt.

PAROLES.
WILEY ADAMs-Larceny, from the Superior Court of Early county, October term, 1909. He had served more than the minimum sentence and hjs record before the crime and as a prisoner was good. Court officials recommended clemency.
LuciUs STRICKLAND--Pointing gun at another, from the City Court of Early county, fall term, 190R. He was sent to the reformatory when ten years old and served three years. His conduct there, as weJJ as before going there, was good. The superintendent recommended his release.
JAMEs FosTER-Murder, from the Superior Court of Early county, spring term, 1894. The judge who tried the case, the solicitor general who prosecuted and others urged his release, because of his ]ong service and peculiar and appealing features connected with his commission of the crime.
CHARLES SIMONs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Fulton county, May term, 1898. His service of 17 years was beyond reproach, and the record failed to disclose that the crime was of such atrocious character as to put him beyond the pale of the parole law.

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ToM GASTON-Manslaughter, from the -Superior Court of Butts county, spring term, 1910. He was only fifteen years old when sentetnced to the penitentiary for four years. His conduct as a prisoner was good. The judge who tried him joined in the recommendation that he be released.
ALEXANDER FAvoRs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Pike county, April term, 1892. He served more than nineteen years of a life sentence, and his conduct was good. His record before the crime was all right. There were mitigating circumstances connected with the crime he was convicted of committing.
PARK EATON-Larceny, from the Superior Court of Oglethorpe county, November term, 1910. The judge, solicitor and others asked that in view of his previous good record he be paroled to his father, which the Prison Commission recommended.
MosE McGuRT-Murder, from the Supei-ior Court of Charlton county, spring term, 1889. His reoord before the crime and as a prisonert as well as circumstances connected with the crime, seemed to entitle him to parole. He was a trusty for eleven years and all wardens for whom he had worked joined in asking clemency for him.
ToNY HIGHTOWER AND CocHRAN MuRRAY-Robbery, from the Superior Court of Pike county, October term, 1908. The prosecutor makes affidavit that he doubts the guilt of the two parties, and other convincing reasons seem to entitle them to parole.

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En SwAIN-Murder, Superior Court of Colquitt county, fall term, 1897. His history previous to the crime, and his conduct as a prisoner, together with recommendations made on his behalf, entitle him to the benefit of the parole law.
CLINTON SMITH-Murder, from the Superior Court of Pulaski county, February term, 1898. His history previous to the crime and his conduct as a prisoner, together with the recommendations made on his behalf, seem to entitle him to the benefits of the parole law.
WILL ARNDALE-Robbery, Superior Court of Fulton county, January term, 1910. Judge Roan, who tried him, and <Others of high authority recommended a parole in his case, but owing to peculiar circum, stances connected with the case, it is stipulated that said parole shall not expire before the expiration of his full term without reduction for good behavior.
GEoRGE KING--Murder, from the Superior Court of Putnam county, .March term, 1889. His history previous to the crime, his conduct as a prisoner and other. appealing circumstances eomiected with the case seemto clearly entitle him to the benefits of the parole law.
CAP CoLCLOUGH-Burglary, from the Superior Court of Greene county, spring term, 1908. His record before the crime was good and his conduct during the four years of his service has been without fault. Since his incarceration, his wife has died leavingfour children on his hands.

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ToM RHINEHART-Murder, from the Superior Court of Baldwin county, spring term, 1898. He serV-ed nearly fourteen years of a life sentence. His conduct before the crime and as a prisoner was good. Other circumsta:p.ces connected with the case seem to clearly establish his right to the benefits of the parole law.
REPRIEVES.

HEZEKIAH STEPHENs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Hall county, October term, 1911. Granted November 29, until December 8, 1911, because he desired to make appeal to the Supreme Court and before the time limit for filing bill of exceptions the judge who tried him left the State for a short vacation, thus necessitating a respite.
ToM JACKSON-Murder, from the Superior Court of Lowndes county, May term, 1910. Granted December 1, effective until December 8, in order to give those appealing for commutation of sentence to appear before and present their case to the Governor.
ANDREw ScoTT-Murder, Spalding County Superior Court. Granted December 16, effective until December 21, in order that application for clemency might be heard by the Prison Commission and the Governor.
ANDREW SIMMONs-Murder, from the Superior Court of Brooks countY. It was represented to me that after this negro was sentenced to be hanged he became violently insane. In accordance with law I had him examined by a board of physicians which

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was unanimous in the report that he was insane. An indefinite respite was granted, pending his recovery, as the law directs shall be done in su~h cases.
W. D. CooK-Ass~ult and battery. From the Superior Court of Fannin county. On request of Prison Commission reprieve was granted to February 2, 1912, to give Commission opportunity to pass on application for executive clemency.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has adopted the following joint resolution, to-wit :
A resolution providing for a joint committee of seven from the House and four from the Senate to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor elect, and the committee on part of the House are Messrs. Holtzclaw, Cheney, Hall of Bibb, Jones of Meriwether, Wohlwender, Cannon and Hires.
The Senate took up and agreed to the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution providing for a joint committee of seven from the House and four from the Senate to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect of Georgia and the President pro tern. appointed the following as members of said committee on part of the Senate: Messrs. Copelan, Worley, Dickson and Graham.

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The following resolution was read and agreed to to-wit:
By Mr. Felker-
That the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to transmit to the House of Representatives the returns of the recent election for Governor and Commis. sioner of Commerce and Labor, which have this day been laid before the Senate by the Secretary of State.

An invitation was read and accepted from Ron. John M. Slaton, Acting Governor, inviting the members of the Senate to attend an informal reception to be given at his residence to-night at 8 o'clock.

The hour of 11 o'clock a. m. having arrived, the Senate proceeded in a body to the Hall of the House of Representatives, where they were received by the House of Representatives.
The President pro tern. took the chair and called the General Assembly to order, announcing that the joint session was eonvened for the purpose of opening and eonsolidating the returns and declaring the result of the recent election for Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.
The Secretary by direction of the President pro tern. read the joint resolution under which the joint session had convened.
By resolution of Mr. Beauchamp, of the 22nd District, it wail ordered that the President pro tern. ap-

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point three tellers on part of the Senate, and five on part of the House, to consolidate the vote.
The President pro tern. appointed Messrs. Beauchamp, Moore and Shingler of .the Senate, and Messrs. Turnipseed, Foster of Floyd, Fullbright, Kirby and DuBose of Clarke from the House, as such tellers.
After counting and consolidating the votes cast in the special election for Governor and Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, Mr. Beauchamp, of the 22nd District, as chairman of the tellers, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The tellers appointed to consolidate the votes for Governor and for Commissioner of. Commerce and Labor, beg leave to report that they find that for Governor, Hon. Joseph M. Brown, of the county of Cobb, received 28,852 votes, and A. F. Castleberry, of Muscogee county, received 300 votes; that Joseph M. Brown received a majority of all the votes cast. That H. M. Stanley, of Laurens county, received 28,872 votes, and G. E. Daniel received 305 votes fo:r Commissioner of Commerce and Labor; that H. M. Stanley received a majority of all the votes cast.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Hon. A. 0. Blalock, President pro tern. of the Senate presiding, then declared Hon. Joseph M. Brown, of the county of Cobb, duly elected Governor of the

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State of Georgia for the unexpired term of Hon. Hoke Smith, resigned, he having received a majority of all the votes cast in the special election held on the lOth day of January, 1912, and that Hon. H. M. Stanley, of the county of Laurens, having received a majority of all the votes cast in said election, was duly elected Commissioner of Commerce and Labor for the unexpired term.

Mr. Copelan, chairman on part of the Senate, of the joint committee to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect, submitted the following re port:
To the joint session of the General Assembly of Georgia:
Your committee appointed to arrange for the in auguration of the Governor-elect, beg to report as follows:
1st. That the Senate and House assemble in joint session in the hall of thl:l House of Representatives at 12 o'clock M. on Thursday, January 25, 1912, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect..
2nd. That the committee be granted further time to report the details of the ceremonies of inauguration.
Your committee ask the following resolution be adopted:
Resolved by the General .Assembly in joint session, That the Senate and House do convene in joint session in the hall of the House of Representatives

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at 12 M. on January 25, 1912, for the purpose of in-

augurating the Governor-elect, the Hon. Joseph M.

Brown, of the county of Cobb, for the unexpired

term.

Respectfully submitted,

E. A. CoPELAN,

Chairman on part of the Senate.

R. N. HoLTZCLAw, Chairman on part of the House.

On motion the report and resolution were taken up and adopted.

The joint session was. on motion dissolved, the Senate returned to its chamber and was called to order by the President pro tempore.

On motion of Mr. Copelan the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, Atlanta, Ga.,
. Thursday, January Z5, 1912, 11 :30 o'Clock, A. M.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, the President pro tern. in the chair.

Prayer was offered by the Chapl.ain.

On the call of the roll the following Senators answered to their names, to-wit:

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bro'Yn, J. P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. 8. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah "\Vorley, S. T.

The Journal of yesterday's session was read and confirmed.

Mr. Copelan, Chairman on part of the Senate, of the joint committee to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect, submitted the following report, which was taken up and adopted, to-wit:
Mr. President:
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auguration of the Governor-elect, and prepare a suitable procedure therefor, beg to report as follows:
1st. That the inauguration shall take place in the hall of tlie House of Representatives at 12 o'clock, noon, on January 25, 1912.
2d. That the House and Senate assemble in joint session in the hall of the House of Representatives at 11 :45 o'clock A. M., the presiding officer of the Senate presiding.
3d. That the joint committee of the House and Senate shall repair to the Governor's office at 11:45 o'clock, A. l\L, there to meet the Governor-elect and the President of the Senate Acting Governor and ExGovernors, and Justices of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, and the State House officers, all of whom will be previously invited to be present.
4th. The order of procession from the Governor's office to the House of Representatives shall be as follows:
(a) The joint committee of the Senate and House escorting the Governor and the President of the Senate Acting Governor.
(b) The family and party of the Governor-elect. (c) Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. (d) The State House officials. 5th. The order of proceeding of the joint session of the General Assembly shall be as follows: (a) Invocation by the Rev. John E. White, D.D., of Fulton county, Georgia. (b) Presentation of the Governor-elect to the

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General Assembly by the presiding officer of the Senate. _ (c) Administration of the oath of office to the Governor-elect by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
(d) Presentation of the Great Seal of the State by the Secretary of State to the President of the Senate Acting Governor, who shall deliver the same to the Governor-elect, who in turn shall deliver it to the Secretary of State.
(e) Inaugural address by the Governor. (f) Benediction by Rev. J. H. Patton, of Cobb county, Georgia. 6th. The procession from the hall of the House of Representatives shall be in the same order as that entering the hall, and shall accompany the Governor and ~his family to the Executive office in the State capitol. The members of the House and Senate shall stand during the entry and departure of the procession. 7th. Adjournment of the joint session.
E. A. CoPELAN, Chairman.

The President pro tern. introduced to the Senate Hon. J. H. Polhill, ex-Senator from the 18th District, who made a few remarks to the Senate.

The hour of 11:45 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the Senate in a body repaired to the hall of the House of Representatives, and being received in due form by the House, the President pro tern. called the General Assembly to order, announcing that the joint

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session had convened for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect, the Hon. Joseph M. Brown.
The Secretary of the Senate by direction of the presiding officer, read such portions of the Journal of the Senate as related to the opening, and counting the vote cast for Governor, and the announcing of the result.
At 12 o'clock M. the procession, headed by his Excellency, John M. Slaton, Acting Governor, and the Governor-elect, Hon. Joseph M. Brown, together with the joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, and following by the families of the Acting Governor and Governor-elect, Ex-Governors, Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appea1s, and State House officials, in conformity to the program this day adopted, was received by the General Assembly.
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. John E. White, D. D., pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta.
The Governor-elect then took the pres.?ribed oath of office, Chief Justice Fish, of the Supreme Court, administering ihe same.
Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, delivered the Great Seal of the State of Georgia to tb.e retiring Acting Governor, and it was delivered by him to the incoming Governor, who then placed the Great Seal in the hands of the Secretary of State.
The Governor-elect then delivered his inaugural address.

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The ceremonies were then closed with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Patton, of Cobb county.
The joint session was, on motion, dissolved. .

The Senate adjourned to its chamber and was called to order by the President pro tern.

The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Roberts-
That a committee of two from the .Senate and three from the House of Representatives be appointed to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly is now ready to adjourn sine die.
The committee on part of the Senate under this resolution are Messrs. Roberts and Aaron.

The following message was . received from the House through Mr._ Boifeuillet, Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has adopted the following resolution :
A resolution providing for a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Repre.sentatives, to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly is now ready to adjourn sine die. The committee on part of the House under this resolution is Messrs. Hall, Fullbright and Massengale.

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The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr.. President: The House has concurred in the following resolu-
tion of the Senate:
A resolution providing for a committee to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the General Assembly is ;.eady to adjourn sine die.
The committee on the part of the House is Messrs. Hall, Fullbright and Massengale.
Mr. Roberts, chairman of the committee to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the General Assembly was ready to adjourn sine die, reported that they had called upon the Governor and that he stated he had no communication to submit to the General Assembly.
The President of the Senate, the Hon. John M. Slaton, resumed the chair..
The following message was received from th~ House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President: The House has adopted the following resolution,
in which the concurr-ence of the Senate is respectfully asked, .to-wit: .
A resolution: providing that the General Assembly of Georgia do now adjou~ sine die.
Upon motion of Mr. Whitehead, the House resoh~ tion just reported, was taken up and agreed to.
Upon motion, the Senate adjourned sine die.

JOURNAL
Of
THE SENATE
Of THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
REGULAR SESSION
At Atlanta, Wednesday, June 26,1912

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
June 26, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at '10
o'clock; was called to order by the President, Ron.
Jno. M. Slaton.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered .to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Crawford, Vv. D.
C...opelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Dugg-an, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill. T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. ::\fayson, J. W.

Those absent were Messrs.-

::.;oore. 0 ..\. Morris, W. S. OliYer, T. ,Y. Owens, C. T. Prather, .T. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw. Emmett Shing-ler, .T. f:. Sheppard, J. F. "nitehead. Wrl:er 'Yilliams, Isaiah Mr. President.

Ennis, W. H. Harris, W. J.

Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B.

Spence, R. E. L. "Torley, S. T.

The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Sheppard-

Peolved, That tlte Secretary of the Senate be and he is hereby instructed to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened in regular session.

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The following resolution was also adopted: By Mr. Felker-

A resolution appointing a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has reconvened! and is ready for the transaction of business.
Committee on part of Senate are Senators Felker and Sheppard.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
I am directed by the House to inform the Sen-tte that the House has convened in regular session and is ready for the transaction of such business as may be brought before it.

The House has concurred in the following resolution of the Senate:
A resolution providing for a joint committe~ of the Senate and House to notify the Gov~rnor tha~ the General Assembly has convened and is now ready for the transaction of business.
The Speaker has appointed the following members as committee on the part of the House to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has convened:
::\Iessrs. Hall, of Bibb, Pope, of Dade, -Williams, of Bulloch.

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Mr. President:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to transmit the attached communication in writing to the Senate and invite its attention thereto.
The following is the message of the Governor which was read:

Governor's Message
STATE OF GEORGIA,
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, June 26th, 1912.
To the General Assembly: Durifig the past year an All-merciful Providence
has blessed our people with freedom from plagues or other ravaging diseases which paralyze business and appall the human mind. He has also given to us the most bounteous crops known in the history of the State; yet the economic causes which reduced .the price of our greatest agricultural product left our people .with probably less net money than had been their lot during the preceding year. Nevertheless, we have many things to be grateful for, hence with adoring hearts let us thank our Heavenly Father for His past mercies and .pray Him to protect and lead us during the future.
I will not attempt to dwell upon the many factors in the problems which confront us, but will say that there is naught which can be held more properly in mind in your deliberations than the necessity for

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protecting for our people the safety of life and property.
THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THE SUPREME LAw. The Latin maxim: "Salus populi suprema est lex," i. e., "The safety of the people is the supreme law," holds within itself the base-work, in fact, the whole fabric of human existence and happiness. The words, ''Safety of the People,'' therefore, I commend to you as being the keynote of all legislative enactment, yea, of all proper government. No nobler aim has the patriot than to safeguard the people, and no people respond more generously than do the citizens of Georgia to those who honestly and industriously endeavor to execute their ascertained will as embodied in laws which require impartial justice and protection to all. Therefore, ignoring the differences which have existed in the past, let us, while sitting in Georgia's Capitol, her arcanum of wisdom, justice and protecting power, counsel together and co-operate cordially in all matters affecting the safety and general interests of the people of this imperial State.
CoNDITION oF THE TREASURY.
Out of a profound sense of duty as head of the State, I call your attention to the financial condition of the Treasury. It is a subject demanding your closest scrutiny, one calling for patriotic attention on the part of every one sworn to guard the interests of the commonwealth.
The attention of your predecessor was directed to the fact that appropriations were and had been exceeding the revenues. In passing upon your bien-

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nial appropriation bill last year, Governor Smith

said:

"I have approved the general appropriation bill and the special appropriation bills although satisfied that the entire appropriations made will exceed

the total revenues of the State for 1912 and 1913

approximately $300,000 unless the revenues of the

State are increased next summer.

The

State cannot pay any portion of the $100,000 in-

crease to the public schools next year.''

When I speak of the condition of the State Treas-

ury, I do not refer to the ":financial condition of

the State.'' Georgia is rieh and prosperous to an

extent never before equalled; her government's basic

finances are so firmly grounded on the wise precau-

tions of our fathers that it would be foolish to hint

at possible bankruptcy or even impairment of essen-

tial credit. The State government's tangible, or

commercial assets, could be sold today for a sum

more than double its entire indebtedness.

But there is a wide difference between the finan-

cial condition of the State, as a people or lasting

government, and the current condition of the Tre.as-

ury. One is of permanent, the other of temporary,

concern.

The condition of the Treasury has been a subject

of some controversy during the past several years;

but, shorn of all its partisan aspects and possibili-

ties, we all must agree that the time has arrived

when we must act, not in contentious, but in co-

operative spirit to correct the evils that have crept

upon us-evils for which neither of our depart-

ments, or any administration, is solely to blame.

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The cumbrous fiscal system, which was designed at a time when our revenues were much smaller and less intricate, by which our funds are raised and disbursed makes it well-nigh impossible for the true situation to be presented in figures. There is conclusive evidence, however, that we have been borrowing from the future to meet the demands of the present; and the time has arrived when it is imperative that this should cease.
Under our system, anq the precedent has been followed for many years, we have only one large elastic fund which may be used to cancel or tide over existing disparities. That is the common school fund, perhaps in essential merit the most important of all, being expended for a purpose more nearly touching the welfare of all the people and comprising more than one-third of our total revenues. The State has ever been delinquent in meeting this obligation, and this delinquency has ~own as the evil I speak of has progressed and our emergencies developed; and it is now of such pressing importance that it compels us to pause.
It is with regret that I report to you that we have had sufficient funds to meet only ten per cent. of the current common school appropriation, though 50 per cent. of it is now due. This is the lo'Y"est on record. In 1911, at this date, only thirteen per cent. had been paid. The next lowest was in 1910 when twenty per cent. had been paid; and that total
payment, doubling the one for this year, was only
half the proportionate amount paid by June, 1904,
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This, I wish to impress upon you, is conclusive evidence that our appropriations are and have been exceeding our revenues.
Further evidence lies in the fact that the Treasury at this time is practically empty and it is highly probable that I will have to exercise the borrowing . power to procure funds with which to meet the ex penses of your session.
I repeat that this is a subject rising above any consideration of political contention.
I do not think that any one will dispute the stat& ment that there are no funds in hand or in prospect, unless additional sources of revenue are provided by you, with which to meet any new appropriations. On the contrary, it will he virtually impossible to meet the obligations already made for this and next year with the revenues to be raised under existing laws.
Therefore, such recommendations bearing on new appropriations ~ade herein by me are contingent solely upon the funds being provided to meet them. But I believe it to the public interest that you devote more serious attention to the scaling of expenditures than to the question of levying additional taxes.
In this connection I might say that the two constitutional amendments enacted at your last session, and intended to afford relief to the financial situation, at best can be only temporary palliatives-they in no wise can bring about a cure; for not one penny of additional revenues will be raised under either of them.

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STATE AuDITOR.
Economy being highly desirable, and at this time urgently necessary, I believe a material saving on appropriations could be effected by the establishment of an auditing department. Careful checking of accounts would not only b~ in keeping with modem business methods but, I am sure, would check wastes that would more than make up the cost of such a department.
One of the troubles with our disbursing system is that often when the State Treasury is depleted large sums of the State's money are lying idle in banks to the credit of others-being drawn in advance and held for direct payment. Without an auditing department this evil can not be more than partially corrected.
BETTER BANKING LAWS.
A bank chartered by the State of Georgia should be as safe for stockholders and depositors as a bank chartered by the United States. There has been an extraordinary increase in the number of State Banks within the last three years, and some defects have been from time to time pointed out by the State Bank ExaiQ.iner and other authorities to which I . trust your attention will be directed to the end that there be strid protection to all who invest their money in bank .stock or to those who make their deposits in banks chartered under the laws of this State.
I also call your attention to the recommendations
as to certain State Depositories, etc., found in the
annual report of the Staie Tr~.amret".

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INSURANCE LAWS.
It has been asserted, and apparently with too much reason, that the laws of Georgia regulating insurance companies are much more lax than are such laws in a majority of the States. This should not be true. The people of Georgia are entitled to proper protection by all enterprises or institutions doing business in this State.
BETTER MEDICAL LAws.
It has been stated that Georgia is the dumping ground for applicants who have failed in other States to secure licenses to practice medicine. Efficiency should be demanded in no profession or calling more strictly than in that which concerns the health and lives of the people. Hence, I recommend that your honorable bodies enact such laws as will forbid any one to practice medicine in this State until he has secured the requisite permit to practice from some reputable medical college established under the laws of this State or of other States.
REGISTRATION LAws.
In my annual message to the General Assembly,. June 25th, 1910, and June 28th, 1911, 'I took the position that the Registration Law, enacted in 1908, was more drastic than that of any other State in the Union. A vast number, which I placed at approximately one hundred thousand, of the white men of Georgia were deprived of their former right to vote, hence I recommended the removal of these unnecessarily bu:rdensome conditions.

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I respectfully renew the recommendations twice before made and would ask your attention to the reasons previously adduced therefor. I will only add that a striking illustration of the damaging effects of this l_aw is signally shown in Fulton County wherein your honorable bodies are now assembled in official session, viz.: The total white men of voting age in Fulton County, as shown by the United States Census for 1910, is 35,861. The total registration .in 1912 was 14,701.
The growth of the city of Atlanta has doubtless increased the apparent disparity indicated by the
in above figures; but any event it is safe to say that
o~ly two white voters out of every five are permitted under this law to exercise the right of franchise this year in Fulton County.
PuRE FooD.
The question of pure food is one of most vital interest to every household in the State. The investigations covering the multitudinous articles capable of adulteration which are sold in the thousands of localities in Georgia are made the duty of one inspector, who, besides necessary visits to other points, must also keep the proper records in his office in Atlanta.
I, therefore, recommend that your honorable bodie-s authorize the employment of an assistant pure food inspector, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture snd paid out of the funds collected by that office, the salary of such assistant to be named by your honorable bodies.

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ADULTERATIONS OF GASOLINE, ETC.
I also call your attention to the fact that it appears that there are damaging adulterations of gasoline, benzine and naptha. The adulteration of gasoline alone is liable to cause destruction of life and property. It further appears that upwards of one hundred thousand barrels of gasoline are used each year in Georgia.
I, therefore, recommend that gasoline, benzine and naptha and other like products of petro-leum be placed under the inspection laws which now apply to illuminating oils in this State. It has been estimated that a tax of one-half cent per gallon on the above products will produce a revenue of more than thirty thousand dollars per annum to the State.
STATE GEoLOGICAL SURVEY.
I also call your attention to the importance of continuing the State Geological Survey, with swamp and over-flow lands, reclamation and water power investigations.
I am advised that the United States will furnish five thousand dollars per annum for drainage purposes if the State will appropriate a like amount for the same work.
SoiL ANALYSIS.
More than a year ago, under the auspices of the State College of Agriculture, at Athens, was begun a soil analysis of the various counties in Georgia. This is making slow progress by reason of the small appropriation that can he allotted to the werk.

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There is probably nothing :which holds within itself greater possibilities for producing wealth for the people than the analysis of the soil. When made, this shows to the farming element the chemical properties of the soil and conversely the relative need of the various component parts which supply plant food. A definite knowledge of the soil not only enables the farmer to supply approximately a sufficient percentage of nitrogen, potash, etc., but also teaches him how to save money by not furnishing too great percentages of one or more properties. When we know the needed proportions we can by furnishing the mand by plowing deeply and seasonably, on an average, treble the production of the acreage now in cultivation.
This knowledge, before many years, will become an absolute necessity, for we must bear in mind that while the population of Georgia will likely increase by hundreds of thousands and eventually by millions, the State will never have another square mile of ground. Hence the impending necessity that we have a definite soil analysis in order that our people may be enabled to multiply the productive power of the present acreage.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
The financial condition of the State does not allow the rapid progress in educational jnatters which we would desire. However, the increased ~ppropriations which have been made for the above purposes are bearing fruits rich with future promise. As rapidly as the increase in taxable values will

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permit, we should extend. and improve the facilities for training the intellects of the youth of our State. This training, beginning with the common school education, should ultimately enable the young manhood and womanhoo<i of this State to attain to the high advantages of the college and university.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Georgia was the first Stalte in the American Union to establish a State University. In 1785, im-
mediately after !the vVar of the Revolution, our
forefathers, realizing from experience the superlative power of trained minds, determined that this State should be prepared to vie with and, if n~eds be, fight the intellects of other States or nations in the highest arenas wherein the forces sustaining the rivalry for supremacy should be found arrayed. To that end they enacted laws foundnig the University of Georgia, and through the succeeding decades they and their descendants have fostered it and gradually increased its powers for accomplishing the aims intended for it.
Lack of funds has retarded its progress. Wars have at times halted it; but "no steps backward" has been Georgia's motto in her noble design for it. She yet intends that in the forum of the mind her youth ~hall be prepared to meet even-handed the giants of other States.
Now as to our duty, as rapidly as the public revenues will allow, we should increase the powera ,of the University for fitting its sh!dents for supreme attainments in learning. Intellects highly-trained

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will not permit the State to stan~ upon the plane of mediocrity.
It may be truthfully asserted that Georgia's University affords a peculiarly appropriate medium for unifying the aims and solidifying the patriotism of the Georgians of the future. What Georgia wants is the arousing of a State pride among her people which will know no class, no section which will weld all her units together into one harmonious, Stateserving, democratic whole. By no means can she so surely secure this result as through her University.
It is a happy thought which, in addition to the School of Technology, the Augusta Medical College, etc., has caused the District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools to be taken into the University System. By this union the State University has been brought into close contact with the people in every Congressional District in the State. Instead of being a thing apart at Athens, it will hence be a visible, living factor in the intellectual uplift of the youtH in every section of the State. It will enable them to know each other, to be willingly held together by a common bond. It will develop and cultivate the spirit of unison of thought, desire and determination, which will make Georgians move forward like a disciplined army in an unbroken phalanx, placing this empire State above her rivals, not on the woedraped fields of carnage but in the arena where flourish the ennobling arts of peace.
The University of Georgia is not a rich man's club; it is the mental training ground for all the youths of Georgia. And she is pardonably selfish

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to the extent that ~he is training them to work for
her, to add to her power and glory. Hence it should be the policy of the State to bring all the college~ and schools which form the University System into ructive eo-operart;ion. 'l~s :plan is partly accomplished now, but the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia should be given full power of supervision over all the associated and subsidiary colleges and sehools and required to frame and enforce regulations wbich -will cause them to work together on one plane.
And I will here make bold to say that Georgia should not commercialize her intellect. She should
not train her youth merely to know how to operate
machinery, to be captains of industry and merchant princ~_s, and to make the soil quadruple its presentJ yield. These are vitally necessary to enable the rising generation to solve the material problems of life and should receive the most careful and consistent aid and attention; but the State should not say that only the affluent shall train the strictly mental powers, she should enable her youth in all ranks to also exeel in the literary branches, in the professions and in tl;e higher arts which will place her abreast of the most cultured of her sisters in the American Republic. No knowledge which elevates the soul can be ignored. No people are entitled to better things than are the Georgians. We must bear in mind that the power to make money carries with it great and agreeable power in many ways; but Mammon is not the only God.
I trust, therefore, that all branches of the Uni-

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versity of Georgia will be fostered by your honorable bodies and by your successors in office, that the aims of our forefathers may be accomplished and Georgia made the intellect-center of the South. And, as Georgia must realize that her poor boys are the same as her rich boys in industry, integrity and mental powers, and that upon these jointly she must rest her future, I trust that the facilities of higher education may be gradually made so ample and general that the son or daughter of ,the poorest citizen of Georgia may share its benefits, may be equipped by Georgia to work for Georgia on equality with the richest in the arena of the mind.
The mind is a democrat. No aristocracy holds it in purple rooes or gilded halls ; it dwells evenly in the cottage and the palace; it fits alike the renter's and the banker's son to hold hegemony in the field of human action. It makes the farmer's boy equal to the lawyer's boy in powers of speech and mental accomplishment. Its limit is not in rank nor wealth nor brawn. It burrows, walks and soars. The brain of sloth can tempt it not; it moves with him who works.
It is Georgia's duty to store her arsenals of. thought with the weapons with which her offspring can meet even-handed any rival and thus hold her with the foremost. Every brain she trains adds to her strength.
DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL SCHOOLS.
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the State, as already indicated, I respectfully suggest that the co-operative relationship between the State University, through the State College of Agriculture, and the above Distriet Schools be made closer than they have heretofore been. To this end I suggest that each of the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture be made an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the District Agricultural & Mechanical School in his Congressional District. Such member should be required to attend the annual commencement exercises of the District Schoo] in his respective district, and should have full privilege and authority to act with the Board of Trustees of the District School at that and all other meetings of the trustees of said District School; and should make to the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture after said commencement exercises a full report of the conditions, progress, etc., of the said District Agricultural & Mechanical School.
The Board of Trustees of the State College of Agriculture should also be clothed with power to exercise such authority over the District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools as will cause them to conform to a general plan.
I deem it proper to state that the official reports show an average attendance of 86 pupils during the year just ended at each of the eleven District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools. But it must be noted that four of these schools show an attendance materially under 86. In two of them the attendance during the year averaged 35 each, whereas, in two other of these schools the average attendance for

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this year was 130 each. Neither of the two District Schools that show an average attendance of 35 had during the term more than 83 enrolled pupils. One of them had 83 and the other 68. So it will be seen that in order to reduce the general average to 35 there must have been at some time during the term an average attendance of less than 20 pupils at ~ach of these two schools.
It is manifestly inequitable that the State should pay ten thousand dollars per annum to each of these District Schools, whether the average attendance be 130 or whether it be only 35 each.
I, therefore, recommend that the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture at Athens be authorized and required to acquaint themselves with the conditions producing such radical differences in average attendance at these District Schools and that whenever any one of them shall fall thirtythree and one-third per cent. below the general average attendance, the State allotment to such school in default be reduced by such an amount as the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture shall deem proper.
The above recommendation I make, not for the purpose of penalizing any of the schools, but rather for inspiring the Trustees and maculties to such efforts as will hold their respective schools at least approximately to the average of others receivingsupport from the State.
The spirit of our Constitution and Laws, which requir~s impartiality and equality in the administration of governmental functions, certainly has gen-

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eral application to these District Schools. The
money allotted to these schools is not a gratuity, but is intended to accomplish results; and the results in the districts should be on, at least approximately, a parity. And, I will add, it should be required by law that these schools be open to female as well as male pupils.

ScHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
I deem it proper to urge your prompt attention to
the needs of the Georgia School of Technology. It has become indispensibly necessary that more money should be appropriated for the maintenance fund and made immediately available. This great schooJ which should be and is the pride of Georgia has within the last twelve months lost several of its teachers by reason of inadequate compensation and further losses are threatened for the same reason: If these losses be incurred the high grade of efficiency which has characterized this school will be materially lowered.
I, therefore, urge you to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars as an addition to the maintenance fund of the said school, making same immediately available.
I also call your attention to the fact that the above school is in great need of a modern heating and lighting plant. The present plant is antiquated and inadequate. It must be apparent to every one that the young men and teachers in the above institution should not be allowed to suffer from cold during the extreme weather in December, .January

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and February. Pleurisy, bronchitis, pneumonia and general discomfort will greatly impair the powers of pupils and teachers1 and possibly destroy life.
I am advised that an adequate plant for the above purposes can be secured for thirtY thousand dollars and that, if the State will appropriate twenty thousand dollars, donations can be secured for the remaining ten thousand.
I earnestly recommend that your honorable bodies appropriate for the School of Technology about twenty-five thousand dollars needed for the two purposes above indicated, making the sum for the heating plant available after Deecmber 20, 1912..
N ORM.AL AND INDUSTRIAL ScHOOL.
To protect the Georgia Normal and Industrial School from the loss of several teachers because of insufficient salaries, I respectfully recommend the appropriation of five thousand dollars per annum as an addition to its maintenance fund.
SuPPLIEs FOR PuBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
In order to protect the taxpayers, it should be made a requirement of law that the trustees of all public institutions and other officers of the State, purchasing food, clothing, medical supplies and the like, shall make such purchases by awarding contracts to the lowest bidder, the same, however, not
to apply to the purchase of such articles as would
call for a total expenditure of less than one hun~~ed dollars per contract.
TRUSTEES OF STATE SANITARIUM.
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separably connected with the handling of the patients in the State Sanitarium, it would appear that the terms of the trustees should be longer than two years. Yet, the board should be at least partly renewed every two years.
I, therefore, recommend that the Board of Trustees of the above institution include one member from each Congressional District to be appointed by the Governor, one-half of the first appointees to serve for two years and one-half for four years; thereafter appointees to be named for full terms of four years. This would renew one-half of the Board .every two years and would enable the new members to receive the benefit of the experience of the other Trustees who had already served two years.
BurLDING oF PuBLIC HIGHWAYS.
The building of good roads is undoubtedly one of the main factors in the marked progress the State has made in mll:terial development during the past three years. Yet, as this progress is mostly due to the use of the State's convicts, the State has the right to require such handling of the convicts as will generally benefit all the people while increasing the facilities of the several counties.
Therefore, it should be required by law that, at least, a stipulated proportion of the convicts be worked upon the main roads in each county leading from its county site to the county sites of adjoining counties, or that all of the convicts be worked upon such main roads a stipulated proportion of their total time until said roads are completed.

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Furthermore, that the main roads be laid off and worked in accord with the demands of public necessity and modern science. I recommend that the office of Commissioner of Public Highways be established, and that it be filled with an experienced Civil Engineer, at a salary and traveling expenses, etc., to be fixed by law.
DouBLE TRACKING oF RAILROADs.
The increasing population and expanding commerce of the State of Georgia have now reached the point where the people's needs will soon demand that the main lines of the leading railroads of the State be double-tracked. This is required for the greater safety of the millions of passengers and the enormous amounts of freight transported. The single tracks of some roads are now becoming totally inadequate to modern requirements. "'\Vith the double tracks not only would life and property be better protected, but speed, comfort and practically all advantages would be materially enhanced. With the single tracks the delays alone, during the winter months a:nd during the times when fertilizers are moving in the spring and fruits in the summer, cause our people each year an a~gregate delay of an astonishing number of hours which, distributed over the hundreds of stations means an absolute and irreparable loss to the productive and commercial energy of the State. The loss thus caused is, beyond al~ comparison, greater to the multitudes who travel
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I suggest that your body, together with the Railroad Commission, take this matter under advisement, in order, by practical means, to bring about the benefits that double-tracking would afford.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC LEASE.

I respectfully call your attention to the following
suggestions made in my message to your honorable
bodies, June 28th, 1911.
"The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad will end December 27th, 1919. It is consequently pr<n>er to begin to consider the question of its disposition at the end of the present lease. In my opinion, the State should not.entertain any proposition to sell this property, and she should not make any lease contract for a period longer than thirty years. By this means she would be enabled to take back the railroad once within the lifetime of each generation and adjust it to the changing conditione of the trade of the country.
"It is quite probable that the main lines in this State and section will be double-tracked within the next ten or fifteen years. The expanding commerce of the United States will require the increased facilities indicated. It may be proper therefore for the State to consider this question with the present lessees or their successors, and, by some allowance from the monthly rental for a limited period of years, to
enable the leasing company to provide a double-
track, it being agreed that the two tracks and all appendages shall be the propery of the State at the end of the lease. This arrangement therefore would maintain the Western & Atlantic on a parity of facilities with its competitors, and hold for the people of Georgia a proper valuation of this, their greatest piece of property."

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RAILRoAD CoMMISSION.
I respectfully renew the suggestion made in my three preceding messages to the General Assembly that the number of members of the Railroad Commission be reduced to three and that the office of Special Attorney for said Commission be abolished.
There is really no more reason why there should be five Railroad Commissioners than that there should be five Prison Commissioners, or a surplus of officers in any other department of the State Government. Only one of the Rail:r:oad Commissioners is required by law to devote all of his time to the duties of the office. The attendance of the others is practically unnecessary except at stated periods, weeks apart. Yet, the taxpayers must pay their salaries whether they do or do not work.
In the interest of economy and efficiency I, recommend, therefore, that the number of Commissioners be reduced to three. Even if it becomes necessary to advance the salaries of the two Commissioners
other than the Chairman, and require them to also
give all their time to this work, the expense would be less than at present.
The Attorney-General should be the legal adviser of the Railroad Commission as he is of other departments of State Government.
The application of this suggestion would not lessen the powers of the Railroad Commission over such corporations as come within its supervision. Such regulation should 'be preserved in accordance with enlightened thought, to safeguard the rights of the people. The effectiveness of the Railroad Com-

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mission should rather be increased than lessened,
and this would be the result if my recommendations
were made effective.
GovERNORs' Co~FERENCE.
In my annual message June 28th, 1911, I ~ade
the following recommendations:
''As is well known, the Governors of the various States of the Union, annually hold a conference for mutual interchange of thought and with the idea of unifying, as nearly as can be made practicable, the laws which similarly affect in their application the people of all the States. Their suggestions to the legislative bodies and for general interchanges of thought may ultimately work out great good.
''It is the practice of most of the States to pay the expenses of their Executive officers when in attendance upon th~se annual conferences, also for printing and otherwise preparing the minutes of their meetings, and other expenses incidental thereto.
''The State of Georgia has no provision in law for this expenditure, hence, the payment must come from the Governor, individually. I respectfully suggest the enactment of a statute authorizing these expenses to be paid from the contingent fund of the State, inasmuch as Georgia scarcely expects her Governor to fail to attend these annual conferences."
The above recommendation I respectfully renew
and also suggest that, as the Governor is at present required to pay railroad fare and other expenses in
visiting State Institutions and the like in this State, he be allowed to pay the expenses of traveling upon the State's business and the like from the contingent fund.

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GAME AND FISH WARDEN.
I respectfully suggest that your honorable bodies amend the law creating this department so as to provide that the Commissioner thereof shall be elected by the people.
Hoa CHOLERA SERUM.
The manufacture of Hog Cholera Serum at the State College..of Agriculture should be continued. Hence, I recommend such moderate appropriation as will be found necessary for the above purpose.
PARDONS.
Applications for Executive clemency have constantly increased until, within the past few years, they have become a serious burden upon the Executive Office. The time that should be devoted to the welfare of all the people of the State is in a great measure demanded for attention to applications for demency by convicted malefactors.
While I would not hold that the door of hope is closed against practically any criminal in the penitentiary who will conduct himself with good order and diligence in performing his allotted tasks, yet by far the greater part of the time of the Executive Office should be devoted to the affairs of the honest, law-abiding people of the State. Encouragement should be constantly offered rather to the lawobserver than to the law-breaker.
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was done, however, when the lease system was in vogue and when the convicts were grouped in a few camps by lessees. At the present time, about 130 counties have camps from which the convicts are working the public roads. Supervision over these camps really requires all of the attention of the Prison Commissioners, yet, they find it necessary to devote about one week of each month to hearings and consideration of applications for ciemency. Under such conditions, that Board is not physically
able to give to these applications the careful exami-
nation they require and to also exercise proper supervision over the convicts scattered in more than six scores of counties. I therefore submit that it would be better to place the examination of such applications in a pardon secretary, versed in criminal law, or in an Assistant Attorney-General. Such secretary, or officer, could make careful examination of all applications for Executive clemency and in this manner save the Executive from the loss of time needed for the important matters of State.

LEGAL PROCEDURE.
,
In connection with the subject of inordinate applications for Executive clemency, I respectfully call your attention to the matter of legal procedure under which criminals are tried by the courts and upon which their pleas for pardons come to the Executive Office. In both the court proceedings and the Executive consideration technicality in all its forms is resorted to by counsel for the criminals. In truth, it may be asserted that technicality has become the

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ever-present enemy of law and order. While it is praetically ignored by the State, it is constantly invoked by the criminals.
I deem it but proper to declare that in my judgment there should be a shortening of legal process in criminal trials. It should be reoognized that the law-abiding people are entitled to certainly as much consideration as are those who break the laws.
As matters now stand, practically every advant-
age under the law is ac~orded to the accused. He is
presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. He is given twice as many strikes as the State in selecting the trial jury. If a jury acquit him the State has no recourse for another trial upon the issues involved, whereas, if he be found gu~lty he has the right .of appeal for a new trial. This appeal, if denied by the trial court, can be taken to the higher courts. Even after judgment is affirmed against him by the Supreme Court, he has the right to one extraordinary .motion for a new trial. These various recourses in favor of the criminal are also, at times, preceded by dilatory motions which carry his case from term to term; possibly for many months, within. which time unmerited sympathy begins to play its part, and important witnesses for the State may die or otherwise disappear from the State's jurisdiction.
Therefore, it can be fairly maintained that when a person has been convicted in the trial and that conviction has been upheld by the Supreme Court, he is properly adjudged guilty and should pay the penalty named for him under the law.

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Under the foregoing conditions, I respectfully suggest that your honorable bodies at the present session enact such laws as will prevent technicalities from defeating substantial justice. The honest and law-abiding people of the State are entitled to have their persons and property held safe at all times against those who would violate the laws, whereas, it must be conceded that the present legal procedure amounts almost to an encouragement to crime.

PROHIBITION.
No statute in Georgia has been more often invoked within the past five years, on the hustings, in the press and the pulpit, than that known as the prohibition law. That it has been sometimes improperly invoked has been, I may say, properly alleged; that it has been magnified, in fact, almost apotheosized, by many of its over-zealous advocates, is undoubtedly true; yet, while admiring the noble motives which inspired this law and, while cheerfully granting the merit in the law itself, we must bear in mind the fact that every other statute enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia is entitled to equal respect with that held for this statute.
It is manifestly improper that practically all other laws should be_ minimized in order that one particular law be magnified. Such procedure tends to weakening the administration of justice as to other offenses however grave they may be. Each law imposes as weighty obligation for obedience and enforcement as does any other law. A11 are on the same level.

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Ho-wever, regarding prohibition legislation, it is proper that I should state that this was made a distinct issue in the last gubernatorial campaign, and naught can be more true than the statement that the people of Georgia have given us a special mandate on this subject; in other words, they have definitely decided that if any change be made in the present statutes governing the manufacture and Rale of alcoholic liquors in this State, such change shall not be effective until after it has been submitted to them and has received their approval at the ballot box. Hence, until that is done, the present prohibition law should be obeyed by the people arid executed by the officers of the State in exactly the manner provided for all other laws of the State; and it should be borne in mind that the same legal process, the same machinery,-not attaching to or emenating from the Executive Office in Atlanta, but local to the counties, and including grand juries, trial juries, solicitors, judges, sheri;ffs, etc.-is provided for the execution of this law as is that provided for the execution of every other law on the statute books.
A perusal of the present law shows that it will be difficult, by the use of words, to make it stronger; but the effectiveness, as it stands or as it may be m:rended, necessarily is a matter of local enforcement.
GREAT SEAL OF STATE.
It is a matter of public note that the Great Seal of the State of Georgia has become so worn by use that its impression is now practically indistinguish-

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able. As hallowed by association and memory as is this great symbol of Georgia's sovereignty, common sense would seem to demand that a reproduction o.t: it be made, which would enable all of the great documents of this State to be properly stamped. I, therefore, recommend that your honorable bodies take steps to effect the above purpose.

REPORTS OF STATE OFFICERS.
It affords me great pleasure to commend all the officers of the .State Government with whom I have been associated during the past few months. No government can lay claim to a more conscientious and capable corps of officials than Georgia.
I respectfully call your attention to the reports of the heads of the various Departments and subDepartments. Each of them contains information and recommendations, rich with advantage to the State, of which you should be advised, but demands of space prevent their reproduction here.

CoNCLUSION.
In conclusion, allow me to rejoice with you in the fact that the people of our great State are now as ever showing a determination to measure up to the responsibility which is upon them as citizens. Moreover they are advising themselves as never before of the facts upon which their public affairs are based. They are winnowing out the chaff of sophistry and garnering the grain of correct thought. They are proving their devotion to their enacted laws and to the resolution that they shall be respected

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and obeyed. They are setting up a standard whereon is emblazoned, "Sincerity, and equal and impartia} justice I'' They are weighing the merits of those who seek their favors and are proving high powers of discernment in the conduct of their governmental affairs. They are true to the demands of patriotism ; and it behooves us whom they have named to manage their public affairs to live up to the ideals they have set for us.
I have an abiding faith in the people. I trust them implicitly. They will not fail to do, yea, to enforce the right if they are told the truth.
May a Gracious Providence grant to us Wisdom, J ustice and Moderation in our efforts for safeguarding the interests and magnifyiilg the glory of Georgia!

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EXHIBIT A.
REPORT OF PARDONS, COMMUTATIONS, PAROLES AND REsPITES GRANTED BY THE GovERNOR SINCE JANUARY 25, 1912.
PARDONS.
CLARENCE SEXTON; larceny; Polk Superior Court, Fall term, 1909; indeterminate sentence at State Reformatory. The Superintendent and Prison Commission reported that he made a record required for complete release and had showed that he could be trusted to make a good citizen.
HoVIs CARTER; using profane language; Pierce Superior Court, July term, 1910; indeterminate sentence at State Reformatory. T.he Superintendent and Prison Commission reported that he had made the record required, thus giving evidence of complete reformation.
COMMUTATIONS.
J. F. HERRING; violating prohibition law; City Court of Macon; $500 and costs and five months in jail, or in lieu of fine a total of twelve months in jail. After paying the fine and serving three months of the jail sentence, the trial Judge and other authorities urged that he be released because he developed a severe case of tuberculosis.
ANDERSON BuRNETT; simple lar;>eny; City Court of Atlanta, October term, 1911. After he served a part of his term he became ill with pneumonia, and

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physicians stated his death was expected at any moment. Commutation to present service was urged by the Judge and Solicitor who tried him and the prosecutor of the case.
GEORGE H. MERRELL; car-breaking and burglary; Carroll Superior Court, October term, 1910; one year in each case. He served about eighteen months, and on account of his youth, the Judge and SolicitorGeneral who tried the case urged that he be released. Under the law he could not be paroled.
RoBERT PosEY; abandonment; City Court of Floyd County; June term, 1911, ten month:::: on chain-gang. The Judge, Solicitor and prosecutor urged his release, after several months service, in order that he might provide for his family.
FRANK THOMAs; drunk on public highway; Superior Court of Hall CouJ;J.ty, July term, 1911. After he had served eight months, the Judge, SolicitorGeneral and all the county officers joined in recommending his release.
SoN CoLEMAN; murder; Superior Court Emanuel County, life sentence; commuted to three years. Affidavits were presented showing that he wns guilty at most of involuntary manslaughter, or homicide, in the commission of an unlawful act, i. e. : criminal negligence, he having pleaded guilty to the murder charge on the day of the crime when excited and scared and before the officers had time to make an investig-ation.
LuciUs MALLORY; stabbing; Bibb Superior Court, Fall term, 1911 ; twelve months on the chain-gang.

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Sentence was commuted because it was shown he was in the last stages of consumption and could live but a few days.
ZACH PoRCH; carrying concealed weapons; City Court of Newnan, July term, 1911; twelve months on the chain-gang or fine of $80. After serving seven months, the remainder of his term was prorated by commuting sentence to a fine of $50.
CLIFF FLEMISTER; rape; Superior Court Rockdale County, October term, 1906; ten years. The prosecutor made affidavit that she perjured herself at the trial and officers of the court urged the man's release.
CLAUDE DouGLAs; attempting to wreck railroad train; Superior Court Harris County; April term, 1911; senten,ced as for a felony. The Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor and others advised that a mistake was made in the prosecution, saying 1it should have been for a misdemeanor. Sentence was reduced to $100 fine, or six months on the chaingang.
BYRD A~DERSON; vagrancy; City Court of Hall County, August term, 1911; twelve months on the chain-gang. After serving several months, the Judge, Solicitor and county officers urged commutation because of his physical condition, being bedridden with tuberculosis.
NELLIE YARBROUGH; larceny from the house; City Court of J e:fferson, Fall term, 1910; indeterminate sentence at State Reformatory. An uncle in Panama

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cabled money for her to be sent to bim, and sentence was commuted in order that she might leave the State.
H. J. McCoRVEY AND B. W. DuRDIN; violating prohibition law; Superior Court Pulaski County, August term, 1911 ; twelve months on the chain-gang. The County physician, whose findings were verified by another doctor, certified after they had been confined for about seven months, that further detention would wreck their health. Sentences were commuted to fines of $300 each.
T. J. SLADE; wife beating; Superior Court Crisp County. November term, 1911; $100 fine and three months in jail. On recommendation of the Judge and Solicitor jail sentence was commuted after brief service.
GEORGE RAGAN; violating prohibition law; Superior Court Mitchell County, November term, 1911; two cases; six months imprisonment and $300 fine, or twelve months on chain-gang. The Judge advised that he intended suspending the twelve months sentence, but found he had no right to do so, and on his recommendation that part of his penalty was commuted.
J. E. McNEIL, J.D. GARDNER AND E. N. ANDERSON; violating prohibition law; Superior Court Pulaski County, August term, 1911. Two men convicted at the same time had been released on account of illhealth. After the above had served eight months their sentences were commuted on the recommendation of the court officials.

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En PIF.RSON; misdemeanor; City Court of Fulton County; January term, 1911. Sentence commuted on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor and on account of his health, being confined with tuberculosis.
HoGAN PERDUE; carrying concealed weapons and public drunkenness; City Court of Carrollton; March term, 1912; $40 fine and six months in each case. He was unable to pay fine within time allowed and after service of two months same was prorated.
N. Y. STRICKLAND; manslaughter; Superior Court Jackson County, August term, 1911; ten years in Penitentiary. Sentence commuted because doctors certified that he was in last stages of consumption and could live but a few weeks.
THOMAS EnwiN WILSON, alias JoHN RYAN; burglary (two cases) ; one year and two years; Superior Court Gwinnett County, 1906. Ht> escaped after serving more than two years. During the interim, he showed convincing evidences of reformation and aided the Federal authorities in convctng several professonal criminals of crimes of which he had knowledge. After surrendering to the Georgia authorities, officers of the United States Government asked that his sentence be commuted in order that he may be used as a witness in other cases still pending.
BoB WooDWARD; violating prohibition law; Superior Court, Decatur County, May term, 1911; twelve months on the chain-gang. After he served more than one-half his sentence, the ,Judge and county

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physician urged commutation to a fine because of his physical condition.
EwELL SMITH; assault with attempt to rape; Superior Court, Clayton County, March term, 1905; eight years. His youth (thirteen years of age) at the time precluded the probability of his being able to commit the crime charged to have been attempted. He escaped after several years service, served a term in the United States Navy, making a good record and returned and surrendered to the Georgia authorities. On account of evidence of reformation and doubt as to his guilt, sentenee was commuted to present service.

CoMMUTATIONs FuLFILLING PREVIOUs PAROLEs.
GEORGE P4LMER; murder; Superior Court Emanuel County, Fall term, 1901; life imprisonment. He was paroled in 1910, and, his record being good, sentence was commuted in contemplation by the parole law.
REUBEN AVERY; murder; Superior Court DeKalb County, February term, 1892; life imprisonment. He was paroled in 1910 and commutation was granted in consequence of the records he made.
JERRY WALDEN; murder; Superior Court Johnson County, September term, 1900. He was paroled in 1910, and commutation was granted in consequence of record made, as contemplated by the law.
E. C. CLIFFORD; burglary; .Chatham Superior Court, Spring term, 1911; ten years in penitentiary.

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He was commuted in consequence of a parole granted in 1910.
RESPITES. EnwARD B. AI.iroRD; Bibb Superior Court; murder; sentence of death. Three respites granted: First, from February 23rd to April 5th, to give this office needed time to pass on application for Executive clemency; second, from April 5th to April 12th, for the same reason. Third, from April 12th to May lOth, because it was represented to this office that his physical condition was so poor that he would have to be carried to the gallows on a stretcher.
WrrJJAM B. WALKER; Bibb Superior Court; murder; sentence of death. Respite deferring execution of sentence from March 1st to March 8th granted in order to afford time for a thorough examination of application for Executive clemency.
JAMES JEFFERSON; Muscogee Superior Court, murder; sentence of death. Respite deferring execution of sentence from March 13 to March 29 in order to afford time for a thorough examination of application for Executive clemency.
WEB GmsoN; Early Superior Court; murder; death sentence. Respite deferring execution of sentence from June 7to June 28, in order to afford time for a thorough examination of application for Executive clemency.
cHARLEs GmBONs; Jefferson Superior Court; mur-
der; sentence of death. Respite from June 21 to
July 5, in order to give time for thorough examination of application for Executive clemency.

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One hundred copies ordered printed.

Senator King was added to the Committee on Penitentiary and State Sanitarium.

The following is the report of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the Commissioner of Agriculture:
Two hundred copies were ordered printed by unanimous consent.

REPORT.
To the Senate.and House of Representatives:
The joint committee from the House and Senate appointed under the authority of the joint resolution adopted at 1911 session of this General Assembly, to make a thorough inquiry into all the details and workings of the State Agricultural Department, as now organized, ascertain the amount of its revenues, and the source from which they came and had been -expended, report the total number of employees o.f .all kinds who are under the control and direction -of the Commissioner of Agriculture, their names .and addresses, the position they hold, the fees or salaries they receive and the duties they perform, .and to make such recommendations as to changes in the laws and improvements in the methods of .administration as will reduce the cost and increase ihe usefulness and efficiency of the Department, beg leave to submit the following report:

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The committee met and organized July 31, 1911, by electing Senator Bush as Chairman, Representative Ault as Vice-Chairman, and Senator HarriS', Secretary. A resolution was passed requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish for the information of the Committee a statement giving the names and addresses of all employees of the Department, their post addresses, the fees or salaries received and the character of services performed, also a statement of all receipts and expenditures for a period beginning with the appointment of the present Commissioner and ending June 30, 1911.
The committee thought it best to have this statement upon which to begin their investigation and so stated to the Commissioner in making this request.
The Commissioner, having reported that it would be impossible for hi,s office force to prepare the statement above referred to in time to be submitted to the committee before the adournment of the 1911 session of the General Assembly, the Chairman appointed a sub-committee, composed of Vice-Chairman Ault, Secretary Harris, Representative Cabaniss, Hixon and Wimberly, to receive this statement when completed and to call for any information and make all preliminary arrangements prior to the meeting of the full Committee.
C. B. Willingham was employed to act as stenographer and the sub-committee was authorized to employ an accountant.
On October 5, 1911, the statement was completed and on October 7th same was received b,y the sub-

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committee. Vice-Chairman Ault was directed to call for such additional information from the Commissioner's office as he might deem best. He was also directed to employ R. W. Jemison, an expert accountant, to make a thorough examination of the books and accounts of the Department, covering a period beginning January 1, 1910, and ending June 30th, 1911, for the purpose of ascertaining the present methods of bookkeeping and reports, with a view of recommending improved methods, if such improvements were found to be necessary and proper.
Special reports for 1910 and :first six months of 1911, covering work done by Fertilizer and Oil Inspectors, and cost of such services were prepared by the office force of the Agricultural Department, upon request of the Vice-Chairman.
Owing to the illness of Commissioner Hudson, the accountant did not begin work until the latter part of December. The work of the committee was postponed for the same reason.
On January 26, 1912, the joint committee met in the Senate Chamber and continued in session from day to day, until the night of February 1st, at which time the active work of making the investigation called for in the resolution was completed.
During this time, several witnesses, including the Commissioner of Agriculture and various officials and clerks connected with the Department, former Commissioner Stevens and Dr. A. M. Soule were also examined.
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committee endeavored to constantly keep in view the fact that the purpose and intent of this investigation was to bring about such improvements in the methods of administration, as will reduce the cost and increase the usefulness and efficiency of the Department and directed the scope of the investigation accordingly.

REVENUES AND DISBURSEMENTS.

Your committee :finds that the Department derives its revenues from the following sources:

General appropriation for the support and
maintenance of Department, as provided by Code Section 2084__________$10,000.00

Receipts and Disbursements of annual appropriation, provided by law for the maintenance of Department of. Agriculture from August 1, 1905, to June 3'0, 1911, is hereto attached, marked Ex-
hibit ''A'' ------------------------- 10,000.00
Appropriation to carry out provisions of pure food and drug act, approved' August 21, 1906, (a statement of receipts and diS'bursements of this appropriation, from August 1, 1905, to June 30, 1911, is hereto attached), marked Ex-
hibit "B" ------------------------- 10,000.00

Appropriation to carry out provision relating to protection of live stock from contagious diseases, and for tick eradication, Act approved August 16, 1909__
(A statement showing recapitulation of receipts and disbursements of this appropriation from October 1, 1909, to June 30, 1911, is hereto attached, marked Exhibit "C.")

5,000.00

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Appropriation to pay_ Cattle Inspectors, appointed for the purpose of inspecting cattle, as provided by Act, approved December 20, 1899. (The work for which this appropriation was made seems to be covered and included by appropriation and expenditure set out
in Exhibit "0")-----:----------------

500.00

For the salary of State Veterinarian, $2,500 and

traveling expenses.

.. ....... /

In addition to the appropriations above men-

tioned, revenues are derived by the Department from

the following sources:

From the sale of fertilizer tags, as provided by

Section 1793 of the Code of 1911. Out of this fund

the Commissioner pays expenses and salaries of

inspectors and other expenses mentioned in Code

Section 1795, such as tags and bottles, paying the

balance into the Treasury. A statement s-howing

recapitulation of receipts and disbursements of fer-

tilizer fund, from August 1, in 1905, to June 30, 1911,

is hereto attached, marked Exhibit "D."

From fees received from official inspection of oils,

after deducting fees received by oil inspectors, as

provided by ~ections 1fl03 and 1804, of Code of 1911.

A statement of the oil fees received by the State,

as shown by th~ State Oil Inspector's book for the

years 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and from

January 1st to June 30, 1911, is hereto attached,

markeCi Exhibit ''E.'' This statement was fur-

nished by the Commissioner and is approximately

correct, although e rrors in some of the figures were

found by the accountant. These discrepancies will

be adjusted by the Department.

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From the inspection fees, and sale of stamps under pure food law, as provided by the Code of 19.11. A statement showing receipts and disbursements of the pure food fund, from August 1, 1907, to June 30, 1911, is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "F."

EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Complying with the terms of the resolution requiring the names and addresses of the various employees under the control and direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the positions they hold, the fees or salaries they receive, and the duties they perform, your Committee begs to submit herewith statement containing this information, a8' follows:
Employees of Department of Agriculture, located in Atlanta, Georgia, whose salaries are paid from the State Treasury and other funds, are set out in statement attached hereto marked Exhibit "G." This statement indicates the duties performed by the different employees, the salaries received and the funds from which same are paid.
Employees of the Chemical Department, located in Atlanta, Georgia, whose salaries are paid from the State Treasury and other funds, are named in a statement hereto attached, marked Exhibit "H," setting forth duties performed, salaries received, :and funds from which paid.
Employees engaged in carrying out the provisions of the law, relating to protection of live stock from contagious diseases, and for tick eradication, whose salaries are paid out of the special.appropria-

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tion for that purpose, are set out in statement attached, marked Exhibit "I." This statement shows number of months employed and salaries received. The salaries paid include the expenses, and regular reports have been required. These men are under the immediate direction of the State Veterinarian, the work and expense being shared by the Nati_onal Government.
Fertilizer inspectors. employed during the year 1910, and during the first six months of 1911, are set out, respectively, in Exhibits "J" and "K," attach-ed hereto. These statements contain the names and addresses of these inspectors, the period of employment, the total amount of salaries received, and expenses incurred, and the total number of samples reported by each inspector during the period named. Your committee thought best to set out this information as fully as possible on account of certain recommendations, made in this report, touching proposed changes in this branch of the Department, intended to promote greater efficiency and at less expense.
The oil inspectors employed during the year 1910 during the first six months of 1911, are set out respectively in Exhibits "L" and "M," attached hereto. These contain the names and addresses of these inspectors, the total gallons of oil inspected by each inspector, the fees received by the inspectors, and the balance of such fees received by the State, and upon the statements covering the first six months of 1911, the total number of inspections made by each inspector is shown. As certain changes in the rate of compensation received by all inspectors are

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recommended in this report, the committee sets out this information, in order to throw light upou the services rendered and compensation paid under existing laws.
The committee, acting under the authority of a joint resolution authorizing the same, emp~oyed a competent accountant to check the bookS' and accounts of the Department for a period beginning January 1, 1910, and ending June 3'0, 1911, and this accountant, after making a thorough examination, found no misappropriation of any funds, and that the books and accounts were correctly kept, with the exception of a few discrepancies, caused by clerical errors, which was noted by the accountant. The accountant found no evidence of any dishonesty in the accounts or in the handling of the funds.
We find that the Commissioner has been singu.larly wise in securing the services of thoroughly competent men to fill the positions of Chief Food Inspector, Chief Drug Inspector, State Chemist, and State Veterinarian, and find that each of these branches of the Department has been handled in an able and intelligent manner, resulting in inestimable value and protection to the people of Georgia.
In regard to the inspection and analysis of fertilizers, we find that the manufacture and consumption of fertilizer has increased by leaps and bounds during the past few years. The number of companies doing business in Georgia in 1900 was 159, while in 1910, there were 542 such companies doing business in the State. Notwithstanding the fact that the number of fertilizer inspectors !has 'been in-

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creased from 54 in 1906, to 118 in 1910, and that some of these Inspectors failed to discharge their duty, the number of samples collected increased from 4,532 in 1905, to 10,372 in 1910, and the average cost per sample decreased from $4.50 per sample in 1905, to $3.92 per S'ample in 1910. The number of samples analyzed in 1905 was 1,553, and in 1910, 4,010. The toi.al amount of fertilizers and cotton seed meal sold in Georgia in 1905 amounted to 830,677 tons, while in 1910, the fertilizer alone sold in Georgia amount to 1,113,200 tons.
The policy followed by the Department of taking special samples and making special analyses upon the request of individual farmers, has proven of great benefit not only to these particular farmerS', but to others as well. The taking of these special samples by inspectors is necessarily more expensive than the general work.
Notwithstanding the increased efficiency of the Department shown above, we find that 12 of the fertilizer inspectors employed and paid during 1910, and five inspectors employe'd during the first six months of 1911, reported no samples whatever, and that others reported very few samples. The terms of such inspectorS' ranging from two to five months, at $83'.33 per month.
Under the existing laws, the Commissioner can appoint ail many inspectors as he sees fit without regard to territory or location and the assignment of territory and work is left to his jud~ent and discretion.
We find that the Commissioner of Agriculture

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has used the discretion invested in him under the law by appointing inspectors in response to demands and appeals to him for such appointments without due regard to location and territory.
We :find that the Commissioner, after appointing these inspectors, has left the assignment of territory and the direction of the men with his Chief Clerk. we :find that this policy has resulted in some iiistances in the assignment to inspectors of territory located some distance from their residence, thus bringing about an expense account that, under ordinary circumstances, might not have occurred.
We believe that the appointment of inspectors who reside within the territory to be covered would get better results at less expense.
We find, that in some instances, the expense accounts of fertilizer inspectors were not clearly and distinctly itemized, and were not properly audited and checked in th.e Department.
Prior to the institution of this investigation, fertilizer inspectors were not required to make reports until samples were coUected and shipped into the Department, in which case reports were to be sent in with the samples. There was no rule requiring weekly, daily or monthly reports, and consequently no method by which the Commissioner could keep in close and constant touch with the men appointed to make fertilizer inspections.
The commissioner has spent a great portion of his time meeting the people and making addresses in the interest of improved agricultural methods, cooperating in this way with every movement for the

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purpose of enthusing the farmers and creating interest in progressive work along educational lines.
Your committee finds that it is not practicable at this time to transfer to the State College of Agriculture any of the duties now discharged by the Agricultural Department.
After a fuU consideration of all the evidence adduced before the committee, the committee respectively submits the following recommendations as to changes in the laws governing this Department, and in the methods of the administration thereof.

FERTILIZER INSPECTIONS.

Your committee recommends that the present

law allowing the Commissioner of Agriculture to

appoint twelve fertilizer inspectors, -or as many as

he may see fit, be repealed and in lieu thereof, that

the governing fertilizer inspectors be amended as

follows:

That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall ap-

point six general inspectors at a salary of $1,200.00

per annum, and traveling expenses. They shall be

known as State Inspectors, ttnd may be sent from

point to point, or located in the main centers of the

State, as the Commissioner may direct.

These inspectors shall give their entire time to

the service of the State, and shall be required to

inspect, not only fertilizers, but foods and oils, and

discharge any other duties that may be assigned

them by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

Your Committee recommends that the nower of

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the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint other

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fertilizer inspectors be limited by law, and that the total number of additional fertilizer inspectors shall not exceed forty in number during any one year.
That these inspectors shall receive compensation at the rate of $83.33 per month and their actual traveling expenses, the hotel bills of such inspectors not to exceed $2.50 per day when absent from home on duty for the State.
That the period of employment for these shqrt term inspectors be limited by law so as not to exceed four months during any year.
That all fertilizer inspectors be required to devote their entire time to the service of the State while so employed.
That the law provide that appointments of the short term inspectors be made to cover two inspection seasons, leaving the power in the Commissioner to discharge such inspectors for malfeasance in office and inefficiency only, and to designate the time for such services to be rendered, the term of such service not to exceed four months during any given year.
That all fertilizer inspectors be required, in addition to the oath now required of such inspectors, to swear at the time of their appointment that they are not in any way connected with either themanufacture or sale of any commercial fertilizers.
Your committee recommends that a law be enacted making it a misdemeanor for a manufacturer or dealer in fertilizers, or his agent or employee to give or offer to give any fertilizer inspector, or to a member of his family any compensation, present or gift of any character, directly or indirectly, or for

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such fertilizer inspector to receive from any such manufacturer, dealer or agent any gift or thing of value, directly or indirectly.
That a law be enacted requiring each dealer in . commercial fertilizers in the State of Georgia to
register as such with the Commissioner of Agriculture of the first day of January of each year, or before selling or offering for sale any fertilizers during the current year, paying a fee of one dollar for such registration, and receiving from the Commissioner a receipt therefor, which shall beJri.s or their receipt for such business for that calendar year; and that each manufacturer or manipulator of fertilizers shall be required to pay the sum of one dollar for each brand he may register each season.
Your committee recommendS' that in the future administration of the Department that the following rules and regulations be adopted:
That the Commissioner of AgricUlture devise a system of daily written reports to be required of each fertilizer inspector showing where he spent the day and nature and extent of services performed.
That a book be kept in the Commissioner's office, containing a record of the work of each inspector, as summarized and ascertained from such reports.
That this record be kept up to date so that the service rendered by each inspector can be readily ascertained at any time.
That each fertilizer inspector be required to render weekly reports of all daily expenses, showing points traveled, charges actually paid to and from such places, amounts paid hotel or boarding house,

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giving name of hotel, together with vouchers for all expenses.
That these reports and vouchers be carefully checked in the Commissioner's office.
That no inspector who fails to render any service to the State be retained or allowed to draw pay.
That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall designate some member of his office force to superintend and direct the inspections of fertilizers and oils, acting under the direction and general supervision of the Commissioner.
The committee recommends that after being held twelve months, that all samples of fertilizers received and held by the Department, except such samples as may be needed for use in the courts, be shipped to the Experiment Station.

OILS.
Your committee recommends that the law in regard to compensation of oil inspectors be amended and that in lieu of fees now received, averaging $30.00 per car, inspectors be paid $10.00 each for :first three cars inspected, and $5.00 for each additional car, and for inspecting small barrel lots the inspector shall receive all fees up to $10.00, and afterwards during the same month one-half of the fees collected. Provided that no inspP.ctor shall receive more than $66.66 per month.
Your committee recommends that the bill introduced by Senator Harris, of the 38th, changing the compensation of oil inspectors, when amended to

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conform to above recommendations, be enacted into law.
Your committee recommends that the office of chief oil inspector be abolished.
Your committee recommends that no deputies shall be employed in the inspection of oils, except in cases of sickness, or necessary absence of the inspector for a period not to exceed thirty days, and then only with the consent of the Commissioner of Agriculture, and that any inspector violating this rule shall forfeit his position.
Your committee finds that the provisions of Section 1803 of the Code, requirinng that reports of oil inspectors give the name of the inspector or deputy who inspected each lot of oil, has not been enforced by the Department in the past.
Your committee recommends that this law be strictly enforced hereafter, and where inspections are made by a deputy, that his name be given in the report.
Your committee recommends that a proper inspection of gasoline be required by law, and that the fees for inspection of gasoline be the same as now required for illuminating oil.
That the law governing the inspection of oils be amended so as to require the shipper and the railroad transporting oil and gasoline to notify the Commissioner of Agriculture of the date of shipment and date of arrival, shipping point, destination, name of consignor and consignee.
That no shipment of oil or gasoline shall be delivered to consignee until same shall have been in-

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spected and branded with name of inspector or deputy, who shall have in fact made the inspection.
That any railroad company, shipper, or consignee failing to comply with above provisions shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars.

CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT.
Your Committee recommends that the appropriation for Chemical Department be increased $6,000.00 for the purpose of adding four chemists and a bacteriologist, whose duties and salaries are to be fixed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

DRUGS.
Your committee recommends that the present narcotic law be amended so as to allow general dealers to sell veterinary remedies, where the quantity of opium is in excess of the quantity now allowed, to be sold under certain restrictions to be prescribed in a bill to be drawn by the State Drug Inspector.
Also that the present law governing the sale of poisons be amended, so as to allow general dealerS' to sell such insecticides as Paris Green, London Purple, and like preparations where they are sold purely insecticides, and rat poisons containing arsenic where they are sold for the purpose of destroying rats and mice, with cautionary labels attached to each package. Also bed bug poisons, containing corrosive sublimate where the package bears the usual cautionary label and skull and cross bones.
Foons.
Your committee recommends that Section 2116

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of the Code be amended so as to hold any person distributing any feed or food in this State, accountable for the condition of the product where he has knowledge, or by use of ordinary diligence, could have known of its unfitness.
Also that the law touching the inspection and sale of cotton seed meal be amended so as to include cotton seed meal as a feed and subject it to all the feeding stuff requirements.

CHECK AND DISPOSITION OF TAGS.
In the opinion of the committee, the method of handling fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags, and pure food stamps, heretofore existing in the Department does not furnish a sufficient check against the officials handling these tags, and does not afford proper protection to the State against possible loss and misuse of the tags and stamps in question.
Your committee recommends 'that the law in regard to these tags be amended so as to require that these tags and stamps be delivered to the State Treasury by the printer, and charged to the Agricultural Department as they are delivex:ed, and that all tags remaining unsold be returned to the Treasurer at end 'of each year, credited to the Department and counted and burned in the presence of the State Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Comptroller General; and that the food and feed stamps be returned and counted in the same inanner at the end of each year, credited and recharged against the Department as needed and delivered.

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METHOD OF HANDLING FuNDS.
Your committee recommends that the laws touching the handling of funds in the Department of Agriculture be amended so as to require all money receipted and collected in the Department to be paid directly into the State T~easury and that expenses be paid out of these funds on warrants drawn by the Commissioner.
The Committee considers that the present method of handling these funds under existing laws is unbusinesslike, and unsafe for the State.
GENERAL REMARKS.
If the Department of Agriculture is administered along progressive lines in the interest of the people, and accomplishes the purpose for which it was intended, other changes and improvements may become necessary from time to time; but your committee believes that the changes recommended in this report, if enacted into law and adopted in the administration of the Department will be a long step forward toward the abolishment of political sinecures and placing the Deparement on a sound business basis.
Other suggestions have been made to the Committee touching proposed changes in the method of the inspection of oil, but these suggestions were not submitted to the committee until after this report had been formulated and it was too late to give the matter due consideration with a view of making further recommendations.

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It is generally admitted that the compensation now received by oil inspectors is largely in excess of the value of the service rendered by these men. Your committee recommends, therefore, that their compensation be reduced immediately, as recommended in this report, regardless of any other changes which may be found desirable in the future.
The stenographic report of the evidence adduced before the committee has been filed with the clerk of each branch of the General Assembly. This report contains 315 pages, and may be seen and examined by anyone interested. The evidence being somewhat voluminous, the committee did not deem it best to incur the expense of printing the same, but decided to leave this matter open for further action on the part of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted, GEo. A. BusH, Chairman. J NO. A. CROl\'lARTIE, W. J. HARRis, Secretary. (On the part of the Senate.)
E. S. AuLT, Vice-Chairman. J. T. HIXON, E. CABANISS, S. H. BusH, MINTER WIMBERLY,
(On the part of the House.)

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EXHIBIT "A."

Recapitulation of Receipts and Disbursements of Annual Appropriation of $10,000 provided by law for the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture from August 1, 1905, to June 30, 1911.

1905.

Dr. To amount received from 0. B. Stevens........... To amount received from State Treasurer .........

Or. By amount paid office expenses......... By amount paid salaries................ . By eash on hand December 31, 1905 ......

$2,311.25 2,132.32 2,171.99

$1,615.56 5,000.00

$6,615.56

1906.

Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1906 ...................... To refund from fertilizer fund ..................... To amount received from State Treasurer.......... .

Or. By amount paid office expenses .......... . By amount paid salaries................. By cash on hand December 31, 1906 ......

$3,707.87 5,487.91 746.78

$6,615.56
$2,171.91* 270.57
7,500.00

$9,942.56
1907.
Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1907....................... To amount received from State Treasurer ..... . . . . .
Cr. By amount paid office expenses .......... $ 4,557.99 By amount paid salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,824.86 By cash on hand Dee. 31, 1907............ 1,863.93

$9,942.56
$ 746.78 12,500.00

$13,246.78 $13,246.78

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1908.

Dr.
To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1908 ................ To amount received from State Treasurer........

Cr.

By amount paid o:lfiee expenses .... $ 3,245.18

By amount paid salaries......... 6,967.84

By amount paid Veterinarians....

18.72

By cash on hand Dee. 31, 1908 ...... 1,632.19

1,863.93 10,000.00

$11,863.93
1909.
Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1909 .............. To amount received from State Treasurer...........
Or. By amount paid o:lfiee expenses ...... $ 4,288.10 By amount paid salaries ............. 6,012.50 By amount paid Veterinarians ......... 1,118.93 By cash on hand Dee. 31, 1909 ........... 212.66

$11,863.93
1,632.19 10,000.00

$11,632.19
1910.
Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1910....................... To amount received from State Treasurer............
Or. By amount paid o:lfiee expenses....... $ 3,235.37 By amount paid salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,340.00 By cash on hand Dee. 31, 1910............ 637.29

$11,632.19
$ 212.66 10,000.00

$10,212.66
1911 (To June 30).
Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1911. .................. To amount received from State Treasurer ........

$10,212.66
$ 637.24 5,000.00

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Cr.
By amount paid office expenses ......... . By amount paid salaries................ . By cash on hand July 1, 1911 ...........

$2,400.35 3,200.00
36.89 $5,637.24

$5,637.24

EXHIBIT ''B.''

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF FUNDS APPROPHl ATED BY LAW FOR MAINTENANCE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.

1910.

Dr. To amount received from Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cr.
By amt. paid general expense acct........ . By amt. paid drug inspector's expense acct. By amt. paid salary acct................ Cash on hand Dee. 31, 1910 ..............

$1,396.06 850.00
7,594.92 186.02

$10,000.00

$10,000.00 $10,000.00

1911.

Dr.
To amount on hand January 1, 1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To amount received from Treasurer...............

Cr.
By amt. paid general expense acct........ . By amt. paid drug inspector's expense acct. By amt. paid salary acct................. . Cash on hand June 30, 1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

$ 418.29 400.00
4,159.92 207.81

$5,186.02

$ 1M6.0l! 5,000.00
$5,186.12

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EXHIBIT ''C.''

Recapitulation of Receipts and Disbursements of Annual Ap propriation of $5,000, provided by law for Cattle Tick Eradication Work from October I, I909 to June 30, I911.

I909.

Dr. To amount received from State Treasurer.......... .

Cr. By amount paid expenses............... . By amount paid Inspector's salaries ..... . By amount paid Veterinarians ........... By cash on hand Dec. 3I, I909 ........

$ 141.45 I,300.00 548.45 10.IO

$2,000.00

$2,000.00

I9IO.
Dr. To cash on hand Jan. I, I910 .................... To amount received from State Treasurer........... .

Cr. By amount paid expenses................ . By amount paid Inspector's salaries..... . By amount paid Veterinarians........... . By -cash on hand Dee. 3I, I9IO ........

$ 286.Q7 5,562.50 I,129.35 I,532.I8

$2,000.00
$ IO.lO 8,<')00.00

$8,5IO.IO

I911 (To June 30).

Dr. To cash on hand Jan. 11, I911 ............... To amount received from State.Treasurer.......... .

Cr. By amount paid expenses............. By amount paid Inspector's salaries..... . By amount paid Veterinarians........... By cash on hand June 30, 1911 ......

$ _!!92.46 1,923.83 I01.46 I,714.43

$8,5IO.IO
$1,53ll.I!l 2,500.00

$4,032.I8 $4,032.18

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EXHIBIT "D."

STATEMENT OF FERTILIZER FUNDS.

1905.

Dr. To amount received from 0. B. Stevens ............ To amount received from tag sales ................. . To amount received from bulk sales ............... .

$ 1,067.18 22,450.60 4.71

Cr. By Inspector's salaries.................. $ 6,583.07 By Inspector's expenses............... 106.76 By general office expenses .............. 151.92 By amount paid for tax tags ............ . 1,660.13 By amount paid State Treasurer........ 13,000.00 By balance on hand ..................... 2,020.61

1906.

$23,522.49

Dr. To amount brought forward ...................... To amount received from tag sales ................ To amount received from bulk sales............... .

Cr.

By Inspector's salaries ............... $22,465.64

By Inspector's expenses ................ . 3,400.04

By general office expenses .......... 644.74

By amount paid for tax tags............ 3,512.11

By amount paid Veterinarians ........ 1,171.15

By amount paid State Treasurer ........ 30,000.00

By error ..........................

4.71

By balance on hand .............. 9,377.87

$23,522.49
$ 2,020.61 68,365.60 i90.05

1907.

$70,576.26

Dr. To amount brought forward ........... _. ...... To amount received from Pure Food aecount...... To amount received from tag sales ............ To amount received from bulk sales............... .

$70,576.26
$ 9,187.8:! 2,000.00
84,674.70 313.90

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Cr. By Inspector's salaries ............... $24,068.47 By Inspector's expenses ............ 3,538.69 By general office expenses ............. 1,588.74 By amount paid Veterinarians ......... 843.73 By amount paid for tax tags ............ 3,527.70 By amount tags redeemed ............. 110.00 By amount paid State Treasurer......... . 57,499.09 By amount transferred to Pure Food acct. 5,000.00

1908.

$96,176.42

Dr. To amount received from Pure Food account....... . To amount received from tag sales ................. To amount received from bulk sales...............

Cr. By Inspector's salaries .................. . $27,205.49 By Inspector's expenses ............... 3,905.52 By general office expenses .......... 987.43 By amount paid Veterinarians ........... . 718.76 By amount paid for tax tags ............ 3,341.06 By amount paid State Treasurer ......... 59,984.18

$96,176.4l!
3,000,00 92,886.90 255.54

1909.

$96,142.44

Dr. To amount received from tag sales................. To amount received from bulk sales .. ............. .

Cr.

By Inspector's salaries .............. $32,828.33

By Inspector's expenses ............... 4,605.55

By general expenses .................. 1,198.82

By amount redemption of tags ........... .

39.61

By amount paid for tax tags ............ 2,354.91

By amount paid State Treasurer........ 56,503.52

$96,142.44
$96,837.61 693.23

1910.

$97,530.74 $97,530.74

Dr. To amount received from tag sales ............. $107.073.4 To amount received from bulk sales .......... 1,042.91

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Cr. By inspector's salaries .................. $ 36,101.79 By Inspector's expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,653.09 By general office expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,051.58 By amount for tax tags.................. 6,060.71 By amount paid State Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . 57,248.43

*1911.

$108,111).41 $108,116.41

Dr. To amount received from tag sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114,143.66 To amount received from bulk sales............... . J,430.36



Cr.

By Inspector's salaries ..................$ 32,850.16

By Inspector's expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,541.61

l3y general office expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.33

By amount paid for tax tags.......... . . . 2,010.61

By amount paid for redemption of tags....

5.00

By amoup.t paid State Treasurer. . . . . . . . . 66,200.00

By balance on hand July I, 1911... . . . . . . . 8,469.31

*Statement to June 30, 1911.

$115,574.02 $115,574.02

EXHIBIT "E."
Oil fees earned for the State as shown by State Oil Inspector's book for the following years:
1905.................................. $11,897.45 1906................................... 12,241.47 1907. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,506.02 1908. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,871.48 1909................................... 14,982.51 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,988.68 1911 (From Jan. 1st to June 30th)...... 9,901.34
$96,388.95 Add fees earned in 1905 and paid in 1905 1,058.87
Total. .............................. $97,447.82

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Treasurer's Receipts of Oil Fees, as shown by Comptroller-General 's reports for same period of time:
1905................................... $11,479.77 1906. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,602.15 1907. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,976.23 1908. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,966.37 1909 ............................. . . . . . 16,710.23 1910................................... 18,397.06 1911 (From Jan. 1st to June 30th)...... 10,683.13

$97,814.94 97,447.82

$367.12
The total amount taken from the State Oil Inspector's books shows the amount earned for the State in oil fees from January 1, 1905, to June 30, 1911, to-wit, $96,388.95.
The totals taken from the Comptroller-General's report shows the amount of oil fees received by the State Treasurer for the same period of time, to-wit, $97,814.94. The sum of $1,058.87 was earned in 1904, and paid into the State Treasury in 1905, and is included in the Comptroller-General's report for that year, but is not included in the totals taken from the State Oil Inspector's books. (See statement attached to report for year 1905, marked Exhibit "B.") Adding this amount (1,058.87) to amount from State Oil Inspector's books ($96,388.95) we have the sum of $97,447,82) which should correspond with the Treasurer's receipts for the same period of time.
For a detailed statement, see reports for the years 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and until June 30, 1911.

100

JouRNAL oF THE SENATE,

EXHIBIT "F."

RECAPITULATION OF THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURI:Il!: MENTS OF THE PURE FOOD FUNDS FROM AUGUI:!'l' 1, 1907, TO JUNE 30, 1911.

1907.
Dr. To Stamp Sales ................................... $ 8,11!2.!!9 To amount received from Fertilizer fund ............. 5,000.00

$13,182.89

Cr.

By amount paid expense (office acct.) ................ $ 180.85

By amount paid expense (Laboratory, 3 Chemists, 1 In

spector) ...................................... 5,295.73 By amount paid salaries (1 Porter.) ................. . 2,275.00

By amount paid inspection expenses, samples, etc...... . 209.95

By amount paid redemption of stamps...............

8.95

By amount paid for inspection stamps ............... . 1,346.07

By amount paid fertilizer fund ..................... 2,000.00

By amount paid Treasurer .......................... . 1,866.34

$13,182.89

1908.

Dr. To Stamp sales

$13,904.55

Cr. By amount paid general expense account.............. $ 1,954.35 By amount paid salary account (3 Chemists, 1 Food In
spector, 1 Drug Inspector, 1 Porter)................ 6,732.50 By amount paid Inspector's expense account. . . . . . . . . . 800.00 By amount paid fertilizer funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 By amount paid R. E. Parks, Treasurer................ 1,417.70

To Stamp sales

1909. Dr.

$13,904.55 $15,214.16

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 26, 1912.

101

Cr. By amount paid general expense account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 92l.MO By amount paid salary account....................... 8,068.00 By amount paid Inspector '1:1 expense account. . . . . . . . . . 1,825.00 By amount paid Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,399.36

1910.

$15,214.16

Dr. To Stamp sales

$16,878.87

Cr.

By amount paid general expense account ............. $ 608.ll3

By amount paid. Inspector's expense account. . . . . . . . . . 1,050.00

By amount paid redemption of stamps.................

14.3ll

By amount paid State Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,323.ll0

1911.

$16,878.87

Dr. To Stamp sales

$12,175.UI

Cr. By amount paid general expense account .......... $ 265.25 By amount paid Inspector's expense account........ 500.00 By amount paid salary account ................... 1,249.98 By amount paid Treasurer ......................... 3,000.00 Cash on hand June 30th .......................... 7,159.96

$12,175.19

EXHIBIT "G."
EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHOl::l~ SALARIES ARE
PAID FROM STATE TREASURY.
Per Year. T. G. Hudson, Commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000.00 J. F. Johnson, Chief Clerk............................. 1,800.00

102

JouRNAL oF THE SENATE,

PAID FROM FERTILIZER FUND. Per Year.
T. J. R. Johnson, Asst. to Chief Clerk ............. $1,200.00 J. T. Harrison, Recording Clerk........................ 1,200.00 E. R. Terrell, Recording Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.00
PAID FROM APPROPRIATION FOR MAINTENANCE m'
DEPARTMENT. Per Year.
R. F. Wright, Assistant Commissioner................ $2,400.00 E. F. Williams, Stenographer........................ 1,500.00 J. T. Derry, Tag Clerk and Historian ................ 1,080.00 A. B. Duncan, Recording Cerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960.00 Eli Causby, Porter .................................. 420.00
PAID FROM APPROPRIATION TO FOOD AND DRUG DEPARTMENT. Per Year.
T. A. Cheatham, Drug Inspector ..................... $1,500.00
PAID FROM FUNDS ARISING FROM SALE OF FEED INSPECTION TAGS. Per Year.
P. A. Methvin, Food Inspector .................... $2,500.00

EXHIBIT ''H.''
EMPLOYEES OF CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT WHOSE SALARIES ARE
PAID FROM STATE TREASURY. Per Year.
R. E. Stallings, State Chemist ..................... $3,000.00 L. M. Carter, Assistant State Chemist.................. 1,000.00 L. W. Bradley, Assistant State Chemist................ 1,000.110
PAID FROM APPROPRIATION TO FOOD A1ffi DRUG DEPARTMENT. Per Year.
S. H. Wilson, Assistant State Chemist .......... , .... $1,800.00 R. C. Holtzclaw, Assistant State Chemist ......... 1,800.00 A. G. Nickles, Assistant State Chemist ............ 1,800.00 L. M. Carter, Assistant State Chemist .......... 400.00 Miss Daisy Oxford, Clerk .......................... 600.00 Abe Agoletree, Porter.......................... 420.00

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 26, 1912.

103

PAID FROM APPROPRIATION FOR LABORATORY. Per Year.
L. W. Bradley, Assistant State Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00 C. R. Clark, Assistant State Ohemist.................... 720.00 J. J. Tayor, Assistant State Chemist................... 720.00 Miss Daisy Oxford, Clerk. . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . .. . . . 300.00 Henry Young, Porter .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.00

EXHIBIT ''I.''
CATTLE INSPECTORS PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
JANUARY 1st TO DECEMBER 31st, 1910.
J. L. Colwell ....................................... Blairsville. B. E. Edge ...........................................'l'oecoa. J. F. Holbrook ......................................HartweU. J. R. Lumsden ......................................... ~autee. J. T. Waters ....................................... Gainesville. . E. T. Denham ....................................... Eatonton. J. L. Gaines ....................................... Gainesville. L. B. Jones .............................................. Lula. W. C. Mize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demorest. D. W. W'hitaker ..................................GreshamviHe.
JANUARY 1st TO JUNE 30th, 1911.
E. T. Denham ....................................... Eatonton. W. T. Lester ........................................... Athens. G. C. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.urrayviHe. J. F. Holbrook .......................................HartweH. W. C. Mize .......................................... Demorest. J. T. Waters ....................................... GainesviHe.
All cattle inspectors are started on a salary of $60.00 per month, the inspector to furnish his own horse and buggy and to defray his own expenses. If these men make good their salaries are increased until they reach the maximum amount paid, $75.00 per month.

EXHIBIT J.

J~-4

NAME.

ADDRESS.

Number Number Samples. Months.

TERRITORY.

Expense.

Allen, C. N___________ . ______ Atlanta.-------------~ 388

6

Allen, J. B-------------------- Yatesville____________ 31

4

Barrett, R. L ______ ---------- Meansville____________ 314

6

Brady, Albert_________________ Huntington_________ - 464

7

Brown, J. E------------------ Newnan______________ 69

6

Brown, J. W. L _________ ----- Cartersville___________ 91

3

Brown, R. D.________________ Hawkinsville__________ 46

9

Brumbelow, W. D.. ___________ Brunswick_____________________ _
Bullard, K. c_________________ Milledgeville__________ 101

2 4

Burdette, J. L ________________ Washington _____ ---- 118

2

Burt, C. H _____________ ----- Buena Vista__________ 57

4

Busbee, P. G _________________ Tifton_______________ 192

12

Brumby, J. W________________ Athens_______________ 120

2

Butt, J. K ________________ --- Blairsville.-------- _______ - ___ _ 2

Barrow, W. E_ ______________ . _ Ellaville. ______________ . ______ _

1

Collier, E. L ______________ --- Thomaston___________ 150

2

Camp, J. F ______ - ___ -------- Dalton_______________ 137

12

Carson, G. L _________________ Commerce____________ 231

2

Clements, W. H____ - ____ _____ Eastman. _____________________ _ 3

Collins, G. L------------------ Arlington____ --------- 124

2

Cook, E. E------------------- Cusseta------~------

18

2

Fulton. ________________ ----__ $16.27 Talbot_ ______________ ._. _. _.. 9.11 ~
g Pike, Meriwether------------__ 78.40
Sumter_______________________ 360.60 t~;~ Coweta. _______ ------------ ________ - . ~ Barton, Cherokee_____________ 27.62 t<

Pulaski, Dodge________________ 63.49 ~

Glynn, Camden ______ --------- -- - - - -Baldwin______ ---------------- 67.70 8~ Wilkes_______________________ 83.93 l.o;l

Alavion_________ ----------------------- 00

Bemen, Irwin, Worth__________ 108.61 Clarke___________________ .. -- 7.25

~
e3

Union_____ -_------__________ 10.35 J.l
Schley___.______________ ----- __ ------

Upson ______________ ----- .. -- 43.23

Whitfield, Catoosa, Murray_____ 67.57

Jackson, Walton ____ --------- 69.23 Dodge, Telfair_----- ________ - - ______ _

Cochran______________________ 26.78

Chattahoochee. ___ -- ____ ----_ 8.28

Crum, R. M------------------ Homerville__________ _ Crawford, J. J ________________ Ben Ridge ___________ _
Davis, R. M. _________________ Elko_________ --------
English, E.G_________________ Reynolds. __ . ___ . ___ _ Ellis, J. L. ___ . _. ___ . _______ Gainesville______ . ___ _ Felks, G. W. ____ __ __ ___ __ __ __ Warrenton. _________ _
Field, M. H._ ____ . ___ . _. __ Marietta. ____ ______ _ Florence, 0. D ________________ Augusta_____________ _

Deceased.

3

3

115

3

104

3

149

3

200

2

&3

2

153

7

Forrester, J. J ________________ Leesburg_____________ 15

3

Ford,J. W------------------- Grayson______________ 299

3

Garfunker, Chas. __ ___ ___ __ __ Savannah. __ ______ -- 156

9

Gardner, J. E _________________ Athens_______________ 55

11

Gaston, R. B _________________ Carrollton._______ ____ 86

2

George, Millard. __________ .___ Madison. _._________ 79

3

Graham, S. L _________________ Rome________________ 107

6

Griffin, L. C. _________: _______ Americus.. ___________ __________ 2

Groves, W. R.... ___ --------- Lincolnton. ___ .________________ 2

Goode, M.D._----- ____ ------ Lumpkin_____________ 48

3

Hartsfield, J. L_ ______________ Moultrie_____________ 117

2

Hesterly, Y. B---------------- Villa Rica.___________ 103

3

Hinton, H. P _________________ Athens_______________ 21

3

Holt, Hines___________________ Columbus____________ 89

2

Houser, Z. T __________________ Wrightsville__________ 145

2

Hart, W. B.. _______________ Georgetown___________ 44

2

Huason~ W. L ____________ ____ Hamilton.... _________ 133

3

Hughes, J. W------------- . Atlanta._.----------- Foods and Canneries.

Union ______________ _ Laurens _____________________ _ Taylor ______________________ _
Hall, Banks, Lumpkin. ______ _ Warner, McDuffie, Talisferro. __

17.96 102.83 39.05 42.59 73.63

C'-obb, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin._
Richmond, Burke Columbia, Jenkins____________________

20.71 95.94

~

Lee and Dougherty____________ 6.45 z
Gwinnett... _______ __ ____ __ ___ 95.05 ~

~~ Chatham, Effingham___________ 31.50
Oconee, Madison._____________ 15.61

CarrolL ____._ ________________ 37. 13 ~

Alorgania, Putnam. _______ .___ 88.06 ~

Floyd._________ ______________ 17.60 l%J Sumter _____ .____________ ____ __________ t-.:)

Lincoln_ ____________________________ . _ ~O'l

Stewart. ________________________ ----- .. ..,..

Colquitt______________________ 80.43 ~

Haralson, Polk. _______ . _______ 51. 79 ~

Clarke.______________________ 1.05

Muscogee____________________ 7.55

Johnson______________________ 38.53 Quitman ______________ ______ 57. 05

Harris _______________________ 22.54..,..

8

NAME.

EXHIBIT J-Contlnued.

ADDRESS.

Number Number Samples. Months.

TERRITORY.

I"""' 0
0')
Expense.

IrWiri., A. J ___ ---------------- Sandersville__________ _ 17

2

Johnson, A. J ____ --- __ ------- Mus8ella _________ - __

1

3

Johnson, J. H ___ -------- ------ Jeffersonville_________ _ 10

3

Johnson, W. H ______ ....______ _ Atlanta. ____________ _ 309

Jones, B. F. __ --------------- Fa~burn ____________ _

70

5 3

KKiinlbgu,rWn,.LM. J______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Macon.. -Adairsville ___________ _

9 90

6 3

Lane, W. T ______ -- __ - _----- __ Americus. __ . _________ Foods and Canneries.

MLeaed, d-Ho.xA, J-.-H--_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Mmhall, w. B. _____________ _

Marshallville._______ __ GreellBboro___________ Cordele_____ ---_-----

100 M 71

4 2 2

Miller, J. T------------------- Corinth______________

90

4

Miller, J. R ... _____ --------- _ Statesboro____________ 182

10

McAllister, R. C-------------- Ft.Gaines____ , _______ 103

3

McGough, B. L--------------- Fayetteville. _______ . _ 115

3

McKay, J. A----------------- Scotland. __ ---------- 73

2

McKenney, C. McWhorter, J.

M ____________ _
v_____________ _

Smithville.___________ Woodville____________

261 114

4 12

Napier, R. F---------------- __ Hawkinsville__________ . _________ 5

Nisbet, E. A----- Americus. ___ ._____

1

3

-- g!:::~-~~~~~~~-----~~:~~~t--~~~~~ ~
Twiggs and Laurens___________ 49.01 ~

Fulton.______________________ 18.40 ~

CaiDpbell____________________ 10.48 ~

Bibb_____________ -------------------- o
Gordon. ____ ~________________ 40.47 "'ll

1-3

Macon ______ - ____________ -_

35.84

~ till

Oglethorpe.__________________ 47.90 00.

CrisP--------------------____ 27.31 ~ Heard, Troup_________________ 11.12 ~

Bulloch______________________ 61.76 till Clay a.nd Points on River __________ ~ _____ ...

Fayette._____________________ 63.90

TeUa~-----------------------
Lee, Tennille_________________ Greene_______________________ Triggs_______________________

152.49 190.69 44.45
9.03

Wilcox.. ______ ---____________ 11.31

OOdliovmer,, JJ.. CD__._-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Newton______________ 77 <Jeorgetovrn ____________________ _

Ogletree, A. H. ______________ _ Jackson______________

45

3 2 3

Baker, Decatur, <Jrady_________ 6.966 QBuutittsm_a_n_.________________________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-______ __

PPaartek,erJ,. WW._H_-_-__-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__--_

Irwinton. _______ ----Quitman.____________

73 166

2 Wilkinson. _______ ------______ 35.37 4 Brooks, Thomas, Lovrndes. _____ 116. 93

Patton, J. S. M ______________ _ Union City___________ 115

3 Clayton______________________ 55.50

Pauek, D. T ____ --- __ --- _____ _ Fitzgerald __________ :_ 127

Perry, T. B------------------- Cornelia______________

63

Peyton, J. T_______ --- _______ _ Mt. Airy_____________

42

2 2 2

Jeff Davis, Turner_____________ 137.73 MitchelL . ______________ . __ 85.44
Habersham, Rabun, T i m e s,

t

White______________________ 43.90

Pearce, Chester ______________ _ Perry________________ 107

Prae, J. P ___________________ _ Sumner______________

30

Ramsey, 0. N ________ -------- Louisville.___________ 43

4 1 2

Houston______________________ Worth, Turner. ___________ .___
Jefferson_____________________

41.82 51.90
48.65

J

Reid, W. J ___ ______________ _ Ellaville._____________

4

Richardson, C. C. ____________ _ Byron. ____ . ___ . _____ 205

Riley, L. W__________________ _ ~lington_____________

57

2 2

Schley__ ______________________________ ~
z Bibb. ______________________ -- 65.78

2

Early, Miller _______________________ ---- t<J

Rutherford, Wm. ____________ _ Culloam__________ - __ 88

----1 Rucker, J. J _. _______________ _ Alpharetta____________

80

Sealy, J. T __________________ _ Cuthbert _________

169

Simmons, Ben.-_---_--- _____ _ DuP.Ont______________ 137

3

Crawford_____________________ 22.38 t-.:;)

2 3

.... Paneaing_____________________ 75.05 s~~~
Randolph. _____ -------"--____ 73.74

3 Clinch, Echols, Ware, Pierce,

~
f-'

Wayne_____________________ 82.77 ~

Sloek, E. E ____ _

Tifton ________________________ _

Smalley, C. D--------------- - Leathersville. __________________ _

3 2

TLiUncot-ln--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Smith, C. Y __ - -- - _---- -- --- -- Tennille.----------- 55

2 Tennille and EmanueL ________ 22. 38

Smith, R. F __ - - - ---- _- _~ ____ _ Decatur______________ 315

5 DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton___ .. 83.76

Smith, W. J _________________ _ Plains________________ --------Souter, J. F _________________ _ Preston. __ ... ____ .. ______ ------

2 2

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EXHIBIT J-cGntinued.

"0""'

00

NAME.

ADDRESS.

I Number I Number I

TERRITORY.

1 Expense.

Samples. Months.

Sawyer, Enoch________________ (l"'"'--------------~7

Stewart, J. F------------------ Ellaville______________

40

SThaiyrleosr,,JW. D. H--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-____

Arabi__ ________ -----Grllfin_______________

23 161

Tod, David___________________ Altamaha. _________ __ -106

2

Terrell _____________________ ._ 14.56

4

Schley _______________________ 2.21 <:...,

2 12 2

Turner_____________ .. -------Henry _______________________ TaMttncainllt,osBh r_y_a_n_,___L_i_b_e_rt_y___a_n_d_

13.39 48.59
136.01

0 ~
zt:d
~

Turner, DeLamary____________ Fitzgerald ________ ... _ 106

Van Buren, J. R. _________ .. __ Griswoldville__________

84

Walker, A. W_________________ Griffin _______________ 191

Wallace, H. P _________________ Butler_______________ Ward, Henry _________________ Douglasville __________
Ward, J. M___________________ Vienna_______________

136 141 72

Wardlaw, W. A--------------- LaFayette.. __________

80

Weaver, W. F ________________ Bowersville ___________

92

Williams, J. T ________________ Haddocks ____________ 111

3 3 3 3

Ben Hill, Telfair__________ ---Jasper _______________________
Spalding. ___ ________________ Taylor _______________________

44.69 19.17 66.73 18.72

0 ":J 1-'l ~
tzj

3 2 2

Douglas. _____________ . _. _____ Dooly ________________________
Walker, Dade Chattooga. ______

33.45 11.43 66.93

00.
ztzj
;.. 1-'l

2 Heard and Stephens_ ________ - 35.80 ,.tzJ

3

Jones ________________________ 105.21

Woodliffe, B. R. ___ ... __ ------ Flower Branch. _____ ! _ 95

Worsham, W. A., Sr___________ Yatesville. ___________ Wright, T. T----------------- Elberton _____________

109 149

2 Forsyth, Allston, Dawson. _____ 32.10 3 Monroe. _________ .. _______ --- 35.00 8 Elbert, Franklin_______________ 81.60

EXHIBIT K.

INSPECTORS NAME.

Jt
ADDRESS. ~ ~
Zoo

EXHIBIT K. Months Served.

TERRITORY.

...... ~
Ji ~0 ~~. ~ ~

Allen, C. N_________ J Atlanta ________ J 395
Allen, B. W_____ _. Columbus._ ._ 90 Barrow, W. E _______ Ellaville________ 4

$499.98~.92 ~ JanJu.,nFe_e_b_.,__M__c_h_.,__A_p_l_._, _M__a_y_,_

Atlanta, Ga., and Douglas
CountY---------------~-

~Jan., Feb., Mch _________ _ Hania County ______ . _____ January___________________ _ Schley and Mru:ion Counti,es __

208.33 14.37 ~
83.33 .. ---- ~

Barrett, R. L _____ _ Meansville_ ____ 237 Jan., Feb., Mch., April... _._ Pike and Upson Counties____ _ 333.32 41.26 t'l

Brady, Albert_______ Huntington_____

548

JanJu.,nFe_e_b_.,__M__c_h_.,__A_p_l_._, _M__a_y_, _ Sumter County____________ _

0
499. 981171. 23 l2j

Brown, J. E ________ Newnan________ 85 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May Coweta County____________ _ 416.65-- - .. 1~-'3

Brown, R. D ____ - __ Hawkinsville____ 23 Jan., Feb., Mch., April____ __ Pulaski County_________ .___ 333.32 7.85 l\l;j

Bullard,K.C_. _____ Milledgeville____ 141 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL _____ _ Baldwi,n County_________ .. __ 333.32 60.85 U1

Burdette, J. L ______ Washington_____ 126 Jan., Feb., March ____ ----- Wilkes. County_______ . ___ . __ 249.99 86.10 ~

Busbee, P. G _______ Tifton_________ 131 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May __ Tift County _______________ _ 416.65 37.42 ~

Boyce, F. L_________ Augusta______ - 123 Feb., Mch., April, May _____ _ Richmond, McDuffie, Colum-

,lo:l

bia and Lincoln Counties __ _ 333.32119.67 Butler, I. B---------~ Woodland _____ _ 101 February, March___________ _ Talbot County___ -- __ .. - _ 166.66 15.75

Brumbeloe, Bryant, W.

Wc_._D________

Barnesville. ___ _ Cornelia_______ _

Callier, E. L-------1 Thomaston ____ _

*** April, May __ . _____________ Pike C9unty.---------------

***

June. _____ . ____ . _. _____ .. __ Habersham and Rabun Counties. _________________ . _. _

--1 150 I Jan., Feb., March. ________ Upson County ____________ --

166.66 _____ _
83.331.----249.99 35.05

Camp, J. F---------1 Dalton________ _
Carson, G. L., Sr__ .. 1Commerce_____ _
Clements, W. H _____ Eastman ______ _ Cook, E. E .. _...... CUBBeta....... Cheney, P.M....... Valdosta...... . Chiles, J. R_________ Wayside_______ _ Collins, Homer______ Ellaville_______ _ Collier, T. F ___ .. _. _ Vienna__ . __ ....
Connell, C. c _______ Culverton ____ ..
Cunningham, Chas_ _ Oglethorpe __ . __
Crook, C. C ________ Danielsville ____ _ Carter, S. L ________ Milltown______ _ Davis, C. J. ___ . __ . _ Dickey-- ___ .. Davie, R. W________ Winterville____ _
Davis, F. C---------1 Decatur_______ _
Drane, W. E--------j Buena Vista___ _ Ellis, J. L. __ .. __ Gainesville...
Felts, G. W---------1 Warrenton_____ _ Forrester, J. J_______ Leesburg.

118 I Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL... Catoosa, Murray and Whitfield Counties._ .. __ ____ _
102 I January, February__________ _ Banks, Gwinnett and Jackson Counties. _._ .......... _.
70 Jan., Feb., March_____ ... __ . Dodge County............. 9 January, February.......... . Chattahoochee County...... . 28 Jan., Feb., March.......... . Clinch County............. 97 Jan., Feb., March.......... . Jones County_____ .. ______ . _ 36 January, February.......... . Schley County _______ _____ _
...94 Feb., Mch., ApriL......... . Dooly County____ ----------
76 Feb., March, ApriL ___ ..... . Hancock County__________ ._ February, March...... _. __ .. Montezuma, Oglethorpe and Andersonville, Ga ___ . ____ _
39 March, April............... Madison and Elbert Counties_ 13 April, May.. _.... _...... _. Berrien County____________ _ 189 January, February.......... . Early County_ .. _____ .... _. _ 456 Feb., March, ApriL ___ . ___ .. Clarke, Oconee and Madison
Cow1ties. ______ . _. ______ _
127 I Feb., Mch., Apl., May, June. Cherokee, Cobb and Pickens Counties __ _
I May, April ________________ _ Mar;ion County_. _______ - ..
121 Jan., Feb., March......... - Hall, Banks and Gwinnett Counties ____ . ____ . __ ._,
1561 Jan., Feb., Mch., April...... Warren County____ -------205 Ja., Feb., Mch., ~ApriL Lee, Worth and Dougherty
Counties -------- __ ----

333.321112.88
166.66 35.25 249.99 25.50 166.66 9.13 ....-! 249.99 29.15 <l 249.99 30.36 ~ 166.66 4.05 ~
249.99 24.06 rg
249.99 25.34,;
166.66 ____ - ~ 166.66 ______ ~ 166.66 7.82 t<.l 166.66 83.99 l:...:l
$!) 249. 99i159. 70 fool
.~ ....
416.65162.63 ~ 166.66------
249.99 32.30 233. 32 41. 97
291.65 66.35 ~.....

INSPECTORS NAME.

EXHIBIT K.......COntlnue4.

1l i ADDRESS.

~

Zoo

Months Served.

TERRITORY.

1-' 1-' t..:l
-J~~J

Fort, Tomlinson_____ Lumpkin_______

l GGeaomrgmea, gMe,ijJl.arcd__________

Madison _______ ~ Bronwood______

Garfunkle, Chas... _ Savannah______

Goode, M. D _______ , Lumpkin _______ , Graham, S. L _______ Rome_____ -----

Groves, W. R _______ Lincolnton _____
Hensler, H. K ______ Monroe ________
Holt, Hines______ .. _ Columbus______ Houser, Z. T ________ Wrightsville ____ Harvey, H. y _______ Pineview_. ___ Haslam, J. E _______ Marshallville____ Irvin, W. E _________ Greenville ______

Johnson, J. H _______ , Jeffersonville____ Johnson, W. H__ __ __ Atlanta ___ -. __

57 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May_ Muscogee, Quitman, Harris Counties and FOOD WORK.

971 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL _____ Morgan County_____________
66 Jan., Feb., 72 March_________ Terrell County______________

119 JanJu.,nFe_e_b_.,__M__c_h_.,__A_p_l_.,__M__a_y_,_ Chatham County_______ - ___

551 Jan., Feb., March----------- Stewart County__ -------- __ 248 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May.. Chtiaetsto_o_g__a__a_n_d__F_l_o_y_d. _C__o_u_n_-_

32 January, February----- ______ Lincoln County_____ ._. ____

183 Jan., Feb., Mch., 72 April _. __ Walton County ____ . ________

204 Jan., Feb., March _______ --- Muscogee County _______ . ___

...58 January, February___________ Johnson County_____________

133

Jan., Feb., Macrh ___________ June _______________________

Wilcox County____ -------lnspecitng 5 Canneries._ . _. __

T!;~-~~t~--~~:::::::::::1 60 JanJu.,nFe_e_b_.,__M__c_h_.,__A_p_l_.,__M__a_y_,_ Mt>xiwether, and Troup Coun-
13 Jan., Feb., March __ -------373 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL _____ Atlanta, Ga., and Campbell
County____ . --_ ------ ..I

g~
416.65 ______
333.32 73.35 l:d 208.33 43.09 ~

499.98 17.10 ::il

249.99 65.40 1-'l

~
416.65 42.93 tz;j

z 166.66 ---- -
291.65 34.53

0tz;0j

249.99 10.84 ~

166.66 10.26 J.l

249.99 107.33

83.33 ---- -

499. 981 73. 18 249.99 34.76

333.32, __ ---.

Jones, B. F ____ -----1 Fairburn _______,

Jamerson, M. D _____ J Sandersville_____ J

Kilburn, L. J __ - ----1 Macon __ ---- ---1

King, W. M-------Kendrick, J. R ______ Kent, T. J __________ Lee, H. A __________ Lester, M. Y _______ Marshall, W. B_____ Miller, J. L ________
Miller, J. R _________

Adairsville ______ Sharon _________
Stillmore _______ Marshallville ___ Glenn___ ---- ___ Cordele ________ Corinth ________ Statesboro ______

Moon, J. F ________ -~ Colbert,_______ -~ Mathews, L. A______ Dublin_________
Motes, N. B ______ __ Bohler_________

Mattox, J. L________ Meldrim _______ Moses, C. L ___ ---- Turin ________ -Matthews, J. W_____ Ft. Valley ______
McGough, B. L _____ Fayetteville_____ McKay, J. A_______ Scotland _______
McKenney, C. M ___ Smithville ____ . _

152 I Jan., Feb., Mch., ~ ApriL ___ Campbell and Clayton Counties. ___ -_--------------- -I
51 I Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL _____ Glascock, Washington and
Johnson Counties ________ _I
112 I Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May,
June _____________________ Bibb County ______________
851 Jan., Feb., March ___________ Bartow and Gordon Countie~;~_
93 January, February, __________ Taliaferro County ___________ 93 .January, February___________ Emanuel County__________ -
90 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ___ -- Macon CountY-----------20 February, March ____________ Polk County________________ 62 Jan., Feb., March ______ ---- Crisp County _____________ . _ 52 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ______ Heard County ______________ 197 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May,
June ___ , _______________ - Bulloch County______ . ______
721 January, February__ -- ___ . __ Elbert and Madison Counties. 156 Jan., Feb., March _______ ._.. Laurens. County~-- __________
83 January, February______ --- Columbia and Lmcoln Counties ____________ - __ ---
...102 Feb., Mch., ApriL----------- Effingham County___________
9 Feb., Mch., ApriL __________ Turin and Vicinity __________ June _____________ - ________ Inspecting 8 Canneriel!- ______
88 Jan., Feb., Mch., ~ ApriL ___ Fayette County__ . __________ 98 Jan., Feb., March __ . ________ Jeff Davis and Telfair Counties 258 Jan., Fel-., Mch., ~ ApriL ___ Turner, Lee, Dougherty and
Mitchell Counties. _______ _I

291.651 36.01
333.321 28.40
499.98 28.05 249.99 45.50
166.66 13.35 ~
166.66 40.19 ~ 333.32 38.36 ~ 166.66 40.31 1'fJ
249.99 14.92 ~
333.32 3.95 ~
~
499.98 51.44 ~ 166.66 25.60 t>;j 249.99 32.76 t-.::1
~0)
s 166.66 132.40 .....
249.99 47.13
249.99 ------ ~
83.33 -----291.65 54.05 249.99 53.93
291.65~00.64 .............. ~

INSPECTORS NAME.

ADDRESS.

EXHIBIT K-Continued.

]J

zJ~ p,

Months Served.

TERRITORY.

I-" I-"
j """'
~ .
jj j

McWhorter, J. v____ Woodville ____ ._ 185 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May, Greene, Oglethorpe and Talis.-

JuiJ.e _________________ ---- ferro Counties. _____ .- ___ 499.98 81.81

McLeod, G. F ______ Abbeville._ . _.. McLeod, W. A______ Mt. Vernon_____ McNair, G. H ______ Cochran________

...100
119

f Jan., Feb., March _______ . ___ Wilcox County______ -------- 249.99 53.30
Jan., Feb., March. _____ . __ ._ Montgomery County____ . _. _ 249.99 71.1!) J~nuary ____________________ Cochran, Ga.., and Vicinity

Napier, R. F________ Hawkinsville____

and Laurent! County___ . _. _ 31 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May __ Twiggs, Laurens, Montgomery

83.33 ------ ~

Odom, J. c_________

Newton ________

200

Colquitt, and Crisp Counties Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ______ Baker, Decatur, Grady and

416.65 59.20 ~ l':l

Miller Counties. __________ 333.32 143.25 00.

Ogletree, A. H ______ Jackson. _______
Ovel'Btreet, B _______ Sylvania.. ___ . __ Pate, J. W__________ Quitman _______

123 90 134

~n., Feb., March ___________ Butts County_______________ Januery, February...~----- __ Screven County_____________ Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May __ Brooks, Echols and Lowndes

~ 2.W.99 .- .-. - l':l
166.66 98.90
....

Counties._---------. _____ 416.65 58.71

Perham, A. p _______ Waycross.-----_ 52 .Tan., Feb., Mch, April_______ Appling, Pierce, Ware and

Wayne Counties. ____ . ____ 333.32 29.25

Parker, W. H _______ Irwinton. ____ ._ 70 Jan., Feb., March. __ . _. ____ Wilkinson County. __________ 249.99 47.10 Patton, J. S. M _____ Union City_____ 21 January, February___________ Union City, Ga.., and Vicinity. 166.66 .99

Paulk, D. T _____ --- Fitzgerald ______ 85 Jan., Feb., March ____ . ___ . Ben Hill County__ ---------- 249.99 90.74 Perry, T. B_________ Camilla.. _. __ 7 January, February. __________ Mitchell County____________ 166.66 12.28

Pickett, D. C. __ ___ Bainbridge_ .. 111 Jan., Feb., Mob., Apl., May Cotlieqsu_it_t_a_n_d__T__h_o_m__a_s_C__o_u_n___

Pierce, Ch('f>ter______ IIenderson______ 161 Jan., Feb., March._---_.---- Houston County___ ------- .. Passmore, L. L. __ .__ Weston ________ 79 Jan., Feb., March ___________ Webster County_________ . __ Pool, W. T __ ---- ___ Ellaville. ___ . _. _ 95 Feb., Mch., ApriL..... _____ Marion and Schley Counties. Rucker, J. J ________ Alpharetta. ____ 141 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ______ Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin,
and Milton Counties.. _. ____
I Ramsey, C. N.. j Louisville ........ ! 112 I Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May, Burke, Jefferson, Jenkins, June .. _________ ._________ Emanuel and Screven Counties. _____ ._ . _. ___ . ___ . ___
l I Riley, L. W--------~ Arlingtqn _______ 10 Jan., Feb., Mllrch .. --- ___ --~ Calhoun County________ .. ___
Rutherford, Wms____ Culloden ___ _-___ 121 Jan., Feb., ~arch._ . ______ .. ~onroe County ______ . ______
Rogers, C. A_____ --_ Mountian City. 24 March, ApnL _ _ ______ ... _ Habersham and Rabun Counties. ___ . ________________
Sealy, J. F _________ Cuthbert_______ 203 Jan., Feb., Mch., .% ApL ____ Quitman and Randolph Counties ____________ . _____ ._

Simmons, A. G.... ~_ Brunswick.. _. _ 45 Jsn., Feb., Mch., Apl., May __ Glynn, C11mden, Mcintosh

Counties.. _._. ___ . ___ ..

Smith, R. F. _. _.. Decatur________ 288 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ..... 1 DeKalb, Newton and Rock

dale Counties.------------

Smith, W. J ________ Plains... ______ 53 January, February___________ Plains, Ga.____ _. ____ . _____

SShayawlo;r,MII..sE_.___-________.__ Sutton, J. c ________

Roberta.. ----Tifton._ . _. __
Ft. Gaines... ___

Slappey, W. J _______ Ellaville... _____

94 January, February___ : _______ Houston County___ .. __ ._ ..

11
74 9

Jan., Feb., March. ________ ._ &rrien and Coffee Counties._

JJaann.u,aFryeb_._,_M__a_r_c_h__. _________.___._.____

Clay County________________ Marion and Macon Counties.

Shannon, J. F_______ Commerce..... 200 Feb., Mch., ApriL. __ . ______ Habersham, White, Rabun

and Jackson Counties______

416.65 80.25 249.99 73.66 249.99 4.68 249.99 25.95
333.32 42.05 ~
~
499.98 125.09 ; 249.99 ------ t:1 249.99 40.99 ~
166.66 9.57 ~ c:: ~
291.65 128.13 t_o;j
~
416.65 39.10 ~CJ)
333.32 64.54 ~""""
166.66 19.55 ~ 166.66 32.00 249.99 18.02 249.99 51.60 83.33 11.77
......
249.99 33.65 ~

EXHIBIT K-contlnued.

INSPECTORS NAME.

].i
~! ADDRESS.

Months Served.

TERRITORY.

J!~ . j:' ~0~ '

f-1. f-1.
0')

Small, D. B _________ Strong, D. D. ______ Sandefur, E. W _____ Taylor, W. H ____ . __
Tod, David______ --
Tumlin, Geo___ -- ~Turner, DeLamar___ Trent, W. S_________ Van Buren, J. R ____ Walker, A. W _______ Wallace, H. p _______ Ward, Henry _______
Wardlaw, W. A _____ Watterson, J. D _____ Wadley, L. R _______
Woodard, L. C.......
Weaver, W. F .

Valdosta _______ Arlington _______ R o b e r t a ________ Griffin _________
Altamaba. _____
Carrollton ______ Fitzgerald ______ Franklin _______ Griswoldville. ___ Griffin _________ Butler _________ Douglasville ____
L a F a y e t t e ______ Eatonton. ______ Bolingbroke. ___
Richland _______
Bowersville__ . _

47 January, February____________ Lowndes County ____________ 79 February, March ____________ Early County______________ . 323 Feb., Mch., ApriL ___ -_______ Crawford and Upson Counties 261 Jan., Feb., Mch., Apl., May,
June_____________________ Spalding and Henry Counties. 195 Jan., Feb., Mcb., ApriL ______ Bryan, Liberty, Tattnall and
Toombs Counties. _______ . _ 210 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ___ . _ Carroll County______________ 125 Jan., Feb., March ___________ Irwin County____ . __________ 52 Februflry, March ___________ Haralson County ____________ 82 Jan., Feb., March __________ Jasper County __ . ___ . _______ 100 Jan., Feb., March _______ . ___ Spalding County ____________ 137 Jan., Feb., Mch., ApriL ______ Taylor County______________
66 Feb., Mch., ApriL ________ - Douglas and Paulding Counties ______________________
58 , J~n., Feb., Mch., ApriL ______ Dade and Welker Counties ___ 92 Jan., Feb., March ___________ Putnam County_____________ 69 Feb., Mch., ApriL __________ Bibb County, except Macon,
Ga. ___ . _________ . _. _____
75 Feb., Mch., ApriL . __ . _____ Stewart and Chattahoochee Countiet~. ________________
204 Jan., Feb., Mcb., April_______ Franklin, Hart and Stephens Counties _____ ------- ___

166.66 31. 1

166.66 64. 8

249.99 98. 6~

0q
499.98 58. 12 l:d
~
333.32 244. 5 ~

333.32 66. 5 ~

249.99 66. 5 1-'3

166.66 23. 6 I:Q

249.99 30. 6 trJ

249.99 333.32

26. 00

21.

trJ
90~

249.99 13. 5...trJ 333.32 84. 4 249.99 38. ,9

249.99 17. 8

249.99 29.

333.32180. 4D

EXHIBIT L.

EXHIBIT L.

,.....

1-'

ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE OIL INSPECTOR FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1910

00

INSPECTOR.

WCATION.

W. C. Allen __________________ Wrightsville __________ N. C. Alston__________________ Richland. ________ . ___

D. L. Anderson _________ ------ Barnesville _____ ._ . _._ H. F. Armour_________________ Douglas____________ ._

F. M. Appleby___ .----- ____ --- Eastman. ____________ J. W. Arnett__________________ Sylvania _____________

W. T. Bacon__________________ Mad~on _____________ C. M. Baggs__________________ Pelham ______________

M. M. BradleY---------------H. P. Brewer_________________ R. C. Brinson_____ ------- _____ J. H. Booker__________________ I. M. Brooks__________________ A. J. Burch_______________ - __

Carrollton. ___________ Waycross _________ .... Millen _______________
West Point ___________ Brooks _______________ Vidalia _______________

J. B. Burkhalter_______________ Manassas_________ .. __ H. A. Burns ____ .. __ . ___ - __ . Jesup ________________ E. W. Butt. ________ . _________ Blue Ridge.. _________ N. N. Byrd___________________ Lawrenceville_________

C. D. Cannon_________________ Bowersville. ________ .. W. S. Coleman._______________ Cedartown. ________ ..

Total No. gallons.
11,300 30,939 66,267 41,962 57,126 45,280 56,223 45,917 39,123 143,658 24,828 20,563 12,617 52,106 41,995 25,188 44,099 16,347 78,088 284,325

Total Fees received.
$56.50 154.69 331.37 209.92 275.95 226.39 281.13 229.56 195.61 718.28 124.12 . 102.81 . 63.01 260.54 209.98 125.95 220.22
81.73 390.41 1,420.17

Inspector's salary.
$ 56.50 144.80 287.59 189.85 247.50 214.09 212.14 202.99 14:7.07 578.98 116.07 85.21 58.67 232.01 169.60 117.27 180.31
70.15 335.28 1,030,09

Amount Paid State.

$00.00 9.91 43.81 19.97 42.51 16.34 43.57 26.55 48.54
139.43 8.05 17.50 4.34 28.54 40.38 8.68 39.91 11.58 55.13
390.10

J
~ ~
t-3 ~ l':J
00.
l':J
j

J. A. Connell ------- . ---B. A. Crane. ----- ...... ----

AAtdheeLns. _--_-_-____-_-_-_-_-_.__._

J. B. Crummey________ -------M. M. Davis.----------------

CRoocvhinegllteo.n__._. _-_-_-_._-__-_-_-

8. R. Dickson. _____________ P. C. Dunegan----------------

CWaelshtoPuno_i_n_ t. ._-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-

J. J. Dunham.. --------------W. L. Edwards---------------W. E. Edwards.--------------
W. T. Clements--------------L. E. Elkins._--------.--- --'Ed Ellison. _--------------.Ira E. Farmer_________________ P. W. Fleming ________________

BC~ uet no an V_i_s_t_a_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Cordele ______________ Sylvester _____________ (}uyton ______________ Adrian _______________
Thomson _____________ Brunswick ____________

H. M. Franklin __ ---- _____ -- Tennille.. __ --. ___ . ___

R. A. Franklin.---. ___ -_--._-- Jackson______________

L. W. <Jardner-- _.. _. _.. ------ Montezuma_____ . ____

J. H. <Jilpin -------------J. <J. (}oodjoin. ____________ .--

Bainbridge. __ . ______ Fayetteville __________

B. W. <Jrant___ ---- ----------- Cornelia______________

J. L. <Jrantham --- --- _--. --- Cuthbert. _____ -- _____

J. W. <Jray. - ________________ R. W. <Jrubb___________ ------

ADdaraiiersnv_i_ll_e____________-_-_-_-_-_-

A. 8. Hardy__ - ____ _____ . _.- <Jamesville_. __ . ______

SP..MW.. HHaawrreiss_._-_-_-_-_-_-_--_._-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Carrollton ____________ Elberton _____________

J. L. Herring. __ .----. _____ --- Tifton__ .------------

47,190 247,047 25,207 80,818 67,098 37,222 11,083 10,228 81,880 33,704 41,932
1,300 73,573 161,994 93,510 76,630 35,138 135,492 6,490 58,449 25,240 97,157 24,362 120,633 52,882 47,205 59,315

235.64 1,235.20
126.03 403.96 335.99 186.13 63.09 51.14 409.28 168.52 209.58 65.00 368.00 809.84 467.77 383.17 175.68 667.48 32.45 292.24 126.20 486.78 121.79 601.78 264.42 236.04 296.67

215.44 399.46 117.30 352.43 281.97 157.40 58.71 42.43 339.55 145.69 189.73 60.00 336.97 631.82 397.77 338.76 158.81 533.30 30.04 261.49 117.46 408.08 114.51 484.51 234.64 207.59 264.60

20.20

301.74

8.73

51.53

53.54

28.72

4.37 8.71

~

69.73 ~

22.85

!2l
tEJ

~~ 19.85
5.00

31.03

178.02 ~

70.00 44.41

q !2l t:rJ

16.87

~:'-:)

134.18 ~~

2.41 ~

30.75

~
f-0

8.74 ~

78.65

7.28

117.27

29.78

28.45 f-0

32.07

f-0
~

EXIDBIT L-Continued.

'""'1\:)
0

INSPECTOR.

LOCATION.

Total No. gallons.

Total Fees received.

Inspector's salary.

Amount Paid State.

0. P. Hesser __________________ ~onroe ______________

20,054

100.25

85.30

14.95

W. C. Hightower ______________ W. E. Hill____________________
R.N. Holland___ ------------W. H. Hollingsworth __________ J. S. Hopkins _________________

Thomaston ___________ Washington ___________ ~arietta _____________ Lithonia ______________ Thomasville __________

29,160 64,504 115,338 80,469 134,714

145.78 322.54 608.23 403.35 643.04

137.62 265.42 488.46 343.22 518.46

8.18 59.13 119.77 59.13 124.58

~ c::
iz"
~

S. ~.Hunt.=----------------- Cordele ______________

24,384

121.42

100.77

20.65 ~

D. H. Jenkins-----~----------W. K. Jenkins---------~----~. C. Jones __________________

Griffin ___ ------------ 118,298

591.47

452.61

138.85

Ashburn______ . _______ Augusta________ --- ___

---------------
494,751

---------------
2,473.77

---------------
963.96

---------------
1,509.81

1--,3 ~
trJ

C. D. Jordan _________________ ~onticello____________

51,921

259.58

250.60

8.98 00.

G. W. Jordan_________________ Hawkinsville__________ Sidney Lewis _________________ Sparta_______________ H. L. Litchfield.~------------- Tate_________________

80,074 54,133 68,446

400.38 270.68 342.34

369.65 238.81 294.88

50.75 31.87

trJ
~

47.46 ,.trJ

F. P. Longley_________________ LaGrange ____________

74,485

372.44

323.29

49.15

T. A. Little... _____ -----~--- __ Commerce____________

73,357

366.16

318.97

47.19

S. P. Martin_____ . __ . _________ Savannah ____________ 4,949,348

4,747.04

1,697.04

3,049.23

S. L. Moore __________________ Statesboro____________

55,588

277.99

243.55

34.34

T. W. ~ethvin _______________ Senoia _______ ._ . _____

19,429

96.95

90.79

6.76

N. T. McDanieL _____________ Moxley ______________

52,918

264.42

245.41

19.01

J. T. c~Ghee_________________ Waverly Hall _______ ._

82,317

161.61

149.41

12.20

H. L. McLendon ______________
H. T. Mcintosh______ ----- ____ F. M. McNulty _____________ -R. W. O'NeaL _______________ J. W. Owens__________________ A. A. Parrish _________________ T. N. Peeples _________________
E. S. Perry_______ ----- ___ -_-_ J. A. Pope__ . _____ --- ____ --- __ C. L. Peacock_______ . ___ . _____ F. 0. Miller __________________ R. G. Morris__________________ C. R. Pyron __________________
C. D. Roberts______ --------- __ C. W. Robson ________________ E. H. Robertson ______________ C. C. L. RudicH_______________
J. E. Satterfield __________ ----C. L. Rowland. _______________ L. C. RusselL ________________ M. M. Shaw__________________
J. A. Scarborough _____________
R. L. Shipp___________ -------W. Shropshrre_________________
J. H. Sibley___________ ------0. H. P. Slaton _______________ Shelby Smith_________________

Fitzgerald _____ . __ . __ -1
Albany___________ : ___ Dawson. _____________ Glenn ________________ Roccoa _______________
Valdosta _____________ Dalton _______________ Iron City_____________ Quitman _____________ Douglasville __________ Ft. Valley ____________ Georgetown ___________ Reynolds _____________ Arlington _____________ Milledgeville __________
RDoaslslvailsle--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-
Dalton_______ ---- ____ Waynesboro __________
Winder__________ - __ Fort Gaines __________ Americus _____________
Moultrie _____________ Summerville.c ________ Union Point __________ Griffin _______________ Atlanta ______________

86,496 125,586 71,366
1,186 59,503 127,356 73,907 10,241 50,863 10,355 78,980
00,000 18,688 44,813 86,863 41,123 51,064 34,637 47,990 56,835 29,244 120,301 70,584 64,625 83,761 38,907 1,744,679

t32.48 627.91 355.85
~1.86
247.53 637.21 369.72 51.78 254.47 51.78 394.90
000.00 93.45 224.46 430.33 206.62 255.30 173.18 240.97 284.19 146.22 601.51 353.85 323.13 413.41 194.53 8,773.42

374.33 480.35 320.22 11.86 223.35 513.64 296.31 42.86 232.73 42.86 346.60
000.00 87.29 207.36 364.02 189.60 223.70 140.44 218.95 264.24 ... 130.81 484.33 318.56 282.06 350.61 154.67 1,871.75

58.15

147.56

35.63

000.00

24.18

123.57

73.41 8.92

~

21.74

t;l
t:l

8.73 2l t;l
48.30 ~

00.00 6.16

--~

17.10 ~

66.31 17.02

~
2l
t;l

31.60 I>:) 32.74 ~a:.

22.02 ...... 19.95 e.....o..
15.41 ~

117.18

34.29

41.07

62.80

39.86 ...... 6,901.67 I..>..:.).

INSPECTOR.

EXHIBIT L-Contlnued.

LOCATION.

Total No. gallons.

Total Fees received.

Inspector's salary.

't"--':":1"
~~
Amount Paid State.

H. J. Smith------------------H. M. Stanley-- _____ . _______ J. A. Stephens: _______________ Ed Stevens___________________
GI>.. TC.. SSpteeralirnmga_n________-_-_-__-_-_-_-__-__G. H. Sudderth_______________ T. R. Talmadge_______________ Roy Thompson _______________ B. I. Thornton________________
E. E. TreadwelL _____________ H. M. Turner_________________
JJ.. SB.. TTuurnrnere_r_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__J.P. Turner__________________ W. H. Turner_________________
J. R. Warren. _____ .. ___ .. --Jas. Whitehead________________
w. c. White__________________

I~>cuRbalein-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-___-
CNeu~th-b-e-r-t _-_-___-__-___-_-_-_ Social Circle __________ St. Marys ____________ Buford _______________ Forsyth ______________
Arlington _____________ Elberton _____________ I>ecatur ______________ __________ ~ci>onough ~aeon _______________
Eatonton _____________
Greenville. __ . _______ . Hogansville ___________ Stillmore _____________
Waverly Hall _________ Trenton ______________

57,123 82,965 94,578 14,012 38,215 00,000 3,780 20,526 20,111 20,649 10,244 32,777 575,588 35,111 55,227 00,000 48,087 12,082 00,000

285.94 414.26 472.86 70.06 191.07 000.00 18.90 102.64 100.55 103.25 51.22 163.87 2,875.57 175.57 276.11 000.00 240.45 60.41
00.00

106.34 365.58 407.29 63.37 171.29 000.00 18.90 93.40 83.70 85.50 42.48 151.34 1,573.61 158.71 250.73 000.00 218.62 48.61 00.00

28.46 48.68 65.63 6.69

~ z~ ~

19.78 ~

00.00

00.00

1-:3 ~

9.24 t;j

16.85 00.

17.75 8.74 12.53

t;j
j

1,302.28

16.86

25.38

00.00

21.83

11.80

00.00

W. H. Williamson _____________ E. L. Williamson ______________ L. 0. Wooten _________________
W. J. Wren__________ ---------
J. J. Yarbrough ___ -----------

Bremen ____________ JUenfafdeirllsao_n_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_Wren ________________ Columbus ____________

35,515 24,134 15,889 10,228 33,6919

TotaL ____ -- _______ ---------------------- 14,358,134

177.30 120.67 79.45 51.14 1,684.62
51,332.88

160.12 105.31 69.54 42.42 1,146.35
33,205.17

17.46 15.36 9.91 8.72 538.27
17,988.68
f
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EXHIBIT M.

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REPORT OF ILLUMINATING OIL INSPECTED IN GEORGIA BY LOCAL OIL INSPECTORS COVERING A ~

PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1st, TO JUNE 30th, 1911.

NAME OF INSPECTOR.

WHERE INSPECTED.

Total number Total amount

Number of of gallons

of fees Amount of

inspections. inspected. received.

salary.

D. L. Anderson ______________ Barnesville_______ ..

4

F. M. Appleby____ . __________ Douglas......... _._

6

41,092 26,999

W. F. Armour __________ .. -- Eastman._ .. _._._._

2

J. W. Arnett. ______________ .. Sylvaina.. __ ...... _ W. T. Bacon. ____ ------------ Madison ___________

4 3

M. M. Bradley_______________ Carrollton .. __ ._ ....

5

14,094 28,609 28,441 51,049

R. C. Brinson._ .. _. _.. _. __ . __ Millen ___ ----------

2

J. H. Booker_________________ West Point__ .. ___ ..

5

I. M. Brooks. ________ ._. ____ Richland._._. ___ ...

3

A. J. Burch... _______________ Vidalia_____________ S. A. Brown ______________ . __ E\Dn_______________

4 1

20,601 43,697 19,521
4 30,474 lO,a.Q

(New tank--commissioned in June.)

H. A. Burns _________________ Jesup ______________

1

10,229

E. W. Butt.. 0 --------- ------ Blue Ridge. _____ . __

1

D. A. Byrd ________ ---------- Lawrenceville. ____ . _

2

C. D. Cannon________________ Bowersville. _______ .

3

10,370 14,447 30,725

W. F. Clements.. ______ . ___ ._ Sylvester___ .. ---- __ W. S. Coleman... _. ___ . ______ Cedartown. ________

1

10,337

I 18

160,807

$205.46 134.99 70.48 142.97 142.21 255.26 103.01 218.49 97.61 152.36 51.70
51.15 51.85 72.24 153.64 51.69 804.02

$170.24 114.76 63.64 128.55 119.79 211.85 85.36 181.48 90.08 134.92 42.80
42.42 42.90 64.89 127.42 42.80 586.57

Amount

paid State. ~
0
~ $35.12
20.22

6.54 E:<

14.33 0

22.41 43.42

"1-":3'
~

17.65 l'j

39.50 U1

7.55 17.45

l'j
~

8.90 ~

8.73 8.95 7.38 26.22 8.89 218.31

E. S. Collins. ________ ________ Blakely____________

2

J. A. ConnelL _______________ AdeL ______ ------B. A. Crane. ________________ Athens_____________

4 10

J. S. Crummey_______________ Rochelle ___________

2

M. W. Davis. __ -- ______ ----- Covhlgton__________

6

P. C. Dunegan_______________ Calhoun____________

3

J. J. Dunham________________ Buena Vista. _______

2

W. L. Edwards_______________ Claxton____________

4

W. E. Elkins ________________ Guyton ____________

3

Ed Ellison___ ------ __________ Ira E. Farmer_______________

AdrUln------------Thomson ___________

1 6

J. M. Farr___________________ Waycross___________

17

P. W. Flemhlg _______________ Bruns~ck__________

11

H. M. Franklin. __________ --- TencrUlle____________

6

R. A. Franklin _______________ Jackson ____________

4

L. W. Gardner_______________ Montezuma_________

3

J. H. Gilpin _________________ Bainbridge _________

9

J. C. Goodgion_______________ Fayetteville______ . __

2

E. A. Graham ________________ Comer _____________

1

B. W. Grant_________________ Cornelia____________

3

J. W. Gray __________________ Adairsville__________

5

R. W. Grubb ________________ Darien _____________

1

Graham Hale ________________ Rising Fawn________

3

A. S. Hardy _________________ Gahlesville _________

9

J. L. Herring ________________ Tifton _____________ 0. P. Hester _________________ Monroe ____________

3 7

W. C. Hightower_____________ Thomaston_________

3

4,322 24,838 89,602 12,615 38,492 26,878 12,601 27,069 30,817
7,977 37,090 86,026 87,663 49,044 36,954 18,686 67,048 13,924 6,116 32,387 47,181 6,117 1,600 70,924 30,804 34,568 10,257

21.61 124.19 448.00 63.07 192.47 134.39 63.00 135.33 154.08 39.88 186.97 428.68 443.32 245.20 184.28 93.47 335.26 69.62 30.50 111.93 235.92 30.58
7.60 354.62 154.02 172.84 50.79

21.61 116.12 340.34 58.70 169.93 114.60 58.66 123.52 127.72 34.92 168.70 335.86 345.55 205.34 156.07 87.90 273.54 63.07 28.72 99.61 198.96 28.72
7.60 278.07 127.28 152.22 45.79

00.00

8.07

107.66

4.36

22.56

19.79

4.34

11.80 26.41 4.96 20.69 92.93 97.71

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40.70 ~
z 28.18 <:l
6.14 t'J

61.76 ~ 6.55 ~0)

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12.33 .

36.96 ~

1.86

00.00

77.54

26.33

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EXHIBIT M-Contlnued.

Total number Total amount

NAMEOF INSPECTOR.

WHERE

Number of of gallons

of fees

W. E. Hill__
R. N. Hollan, W. H. Hollin1 J. S. Hopkins S.M. Hunt_ W. K. Jenkins

INSPECTED. inspections.

--

Washington _________

3

Marietta ___________

8

Lithonia ____________

5

Thomasville ________

8

Cordele ____________

8

Ashburn ____________

5

inspected.
30,996 67,050 47,270 67,601 56,593 12,975

received.
154.98 359.80 236.35 338.10 282.96 64.38

M. C. Jones C. D. Jordan G. W. Jordan C. W. Kimbr' Sidney Lewis H. L. Litchfi T. A. Little. F. P. Longle. G. T. Longin, T. 0. Martin S. P. Martin T. W. Methv F. 0. Miller_ S. L. Moore.

Augusta________ -_-- 141

Monticello __________

3

Hawkinsville_____ --

10

Talbotton __________ Sparta _____________

1 2

Tate_______________

4

Commerce __________

4

LaGrange .. _________

4

Fakburn ___________

1

Wrightsville ________

2

Savannah__________ 124

Senoia _____________

2

Ft. Valley ___ . ______

4

.statesboro __________

3

271,673 27,137 32,433 10,250 20,465 35,079 41,240 32,826 10,318 5,070 492,895 12,224 41,077 26.600

1,360.21 135.68 162.17 51.25 102.56 175.39 2()6.24 164.11 51.59 25.35
2,464.49 61.12 205.43 133.50

Amount of salary.
128.32 281.85 199.22 275.28 221.97 55.64 710.92 115.46 141.21 42.50 84.90 141.92 170.83 142.74 42.73 25.35 835.71 57.41 170.28 114.03

f-1 1\:) 0')

Amount paid State.

26.66 78.45 37.12 62.59 60.99 8.74 649.29 20.22 20.96 8.75 17.43 33.41 35.42 21.37 8.86 00.00 1,628.78 3.70 35.13 19.47

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HN.. TT.. MMcciDntaonsihe_L_._.__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Moxley -------Albany_____ ._._----

5 8

H. L. McLendon ___________ .. Fitzgerald. _________

11

F. M. McNulty ______________ Dawson. ___________ . 4

R. G. Morris_________________ Georgetown_________

00

R. W. O'NeaL __________ ---- Gelnn. ___________ . _ J. W. Owen__________________ Toccoa_____________

0 2

A. A. Parrish._. __ _________ Valdosta.. ______

10

C. L. Peacock_______ . ________ Douglasville________

1

E. S. Perry_____________ . _. __ Iron City___________

3

J. A. Pope___________________ Quitman. ______ ----

6

C. L. Pyron _________________ Reynolds___________ E. H. Robertson. ____________ Dallas_____________

2 2

C. W. Robson _____________.__ Milledgeville. ___ . ___

13

C. L. Rowland--------------C. C. L. RudicH ____________

Waynesboro ________ Rossville ___________

3 6

J. E. Satterfield___ ... ------- Dalton. __________ . _

6

J. A. ScaPborough ____________ Americus.. _______ ...

7

M. M. Shaw_________________ Ft. Gaines. ___ . _____

2

R. L. Shipp__________________ Moultrie. __________

3

Wesley Shropshire. __________ Summerville________

4

J. H. Sibley_________________ Union Point. _______

5

0. H. P. Slaton______________ Grlifin _____________

10

Shelby Smith. _______________ Atlanta ____________ H. J. Smith_______________ . __ McRae_____________ l). A. Spence. ____________ .-- Pelham____________

124 3 4

H. M. StanleY-------------- Dublin_____ _______

11

32,806 68,604 53,160 36,066 00,000 00,000 16,763 67,262 6,111 23,307 25,165 14,045 16,432 52,422 22,845 23,969 49,581 59,220 12,607 27,152 36,220 38,798 86,650 968,193 30,966 26,659 60,273

164.03 343.02 265.83 185.33 000.00 000.00 83.82 336.34 30.55 116.53 125.83 70.23 82.16 262.11 114.23 119.89 247.91 296.08 63.09 135.76 181.11 199.01 433.24 4,840.94 154.88 132.26 301.36

151.05 262.02 225.63 156.89 000.00 000.00 72.47 265.89 28.70 102.69 117.12 63.68 71.43 219.57 101.14 105.74 198.60 239.08 58.72 115.44 154.44 174.13 338.82 954.59 128.32 113.82 250.99

12.97

81.00

40.20

28.44

00.00

00.00

7.28 70.49

~

1.85 13.84 8.71 6.75 10.73

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42.54 ~

13.09 14.11

cz::
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49.31 t-:) 57.04 ~CJ)

4.37 1-l

20.22

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20.22 ~

24.58

94.42

3,886.35

26.31

19.38 1-"

50.47

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NAME OF INSPECTOR.

EXHIBIT M-Continued.

Total number Total amoun,t

WHERE INSPECTED.

Number cif of gallons inspections. inspected.

of fees received.

J. A. Stephens_______________ Ne~------------

7

Ed Stevens__________________ Cuthbert. __________

3

D. C. Sterling________________ St. Marys __________

1

(New tank-oommiBSioned in June, 1911.)

G. T. Spearman______________ Social Circle ________

3

G. H. Sudderth _____ . _____ --- Buford_____________

0

T. R. Talmadge__ ------------ Fo~h------------

3

Roy Thompson ______ -- ____ Arlington___________

8

E. E. TreadwelL _____________ Decatur____________

4

B. I. Thornton_______________ Elberton ___________

3

J. B. Turner___ -------- .. ____ Macon _____________

42

W. H. Turner________________ Hogansville_________

5

J.P. Turner_________________ Greenville__________

4

H. M. Turner________________ McDonough ___ -----

2

J. S. Turner _________________ Eatonton______ . ___ -~

3

J. R. Warren ________________ Stillmore___________

3

John Whitehead ______________ Waverly Hall _______

2

W. C. White_________________ Trenton____________

0

W. H. W~n-----------E. L. Williamson _____ -------_

Bremen __________ . _ Jefferson ___________

3 2

L. 0. Wooten________________ Unadilla____________ W. J. Wren__________________ Wrens _____________

1 2

J. J. Yarbrough ______________ Columbus_---------

21

L. C. RUBBell __________ -- _--- Winder ____ ----- ___

4

59,800 20,155
110
22,465 00,000 20,557 36,854 29,534 30,688 273,492 9,964 33,132 16,362 26,613 26,599 20,613 00,000 30,559 14,008 6,101 12,626 189,522 37,102

299.55 100.78
1.10
112.35 000.00 102.82 184.26 147.67 153.41 1,367.50 49.27 165.69 81.81 133.07 133.00 103.07 000.00 152.80 70.07 30.51 63.13 947.59 185.52

Amount of salary.
241.32 92.18
1.10
101.72 000.00 93.53 150.54 131.76 127.26 774.41 49.27 143.79 71.20 113.77 113.61 83.38 000.00 126.58 63.38 28.67 58.75 607.01 157.01

......
Amount ~ paid State. 00

58.16 8.60 0.00

12.45 ~
! 00.00
9.26 33.7Z

15.91 ~

26.15

595.00 00.00

~
~

21.00 00.
~~ 10.60 t;l
19.29 19.34

17.69

00.00

26.20

6.69

1.84

4.38

340.51

28.51

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912.

129

The following resolutions were read:.
By Mr. Beaucha.mp-
A resolution to appoint a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to inquire into the management of State Board of Health.
This resolution laid over for one day.

By Mr. Sheppard-
A resolution requesting the Governor to return to . the Senate certain appointments made by Governor Smith which were returned to him last session.
This resolution laid over for one day.

The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the Act reapportioning the several Congressional Districts so as to change the Co~ty of Putnam from the 7th district and pl~ce it in the 8th district.
Referred to the Committee on Congressional Reapportionment.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require notice of an intention to apply
for .commutation of penalty to the Governor or the
Prison Commission. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

130

JoURNAL oF THE SENATE,

By Messrs. B_ush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend section 1795 of volume 1 of the Code prescribing the duties of Commissioner of
~griculture.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags a:nc food and feed stamps.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend section 1771 of volume 1 of the Code, providing for the registration of different brands of fertilizers.
' Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

. By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
.A bill to amend section 1780 of volume 1 of the Code, by striking certain words and inserting certain words.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

B~~ Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie',A bill to amend section 1810 of the Code to pro-vide for the appointment of general inspector of oils.
Referred to the Oommittee on Agriculture.



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912.

131

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie. A bill to amend section 1811 of volume 1 of the Code to fix the salary of the general inspector of oils.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie- _ A bill to amend section 1782 of the Code to. pre-
scribe the oath of inspectors of fertilizers.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to make it unlawful for any manufacturer
ofoommercial fertilizers to be employed as inspector. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to require each dealer in commercial fer-
tilizers to register with the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to amend section 2116 of the Code of Geor-
gia.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to amend section 2110 of the Co<m af
Georgia.



132

JouRNAL oF THE SENATE,

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend section 2114 of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 21, 1911, to define the tuition of non-resident in the Georgia School of Technology.
Referred to Committee on Education.

The following House resolution was read third time and tabled:
By Mr. Foster-
.A resolution that the Committee on the Georgia School for the Deaf be permitted to visit said. institution during the vacation.

Leave of absence was granted Senators Kincaid and Spence.
l'he following invitation was accepted by the Senate:

...

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 26, 1912.

133

CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., June 26, 1912.
RoN. JNo. M. SLATON, President of Senate, Atlanta, Ga.
The City of Crawfordville hereby extends invitation to the General Assembly of Georgia to attend the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ron. Alexander H. Stephens, at Liberty Hall, Crawfordville, Ga., July 4, 1912. You can leave Atlanta and return same day. Exercises arranged to suit train schedule. We urge your attendance.
W. 0. HoLDEN, Mayor.
On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

134

JoURNAL OF THE SENATE,

SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,

Thursday, J nne 27, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 :00 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adal!lls, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S: Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Harris, W. J. Kincaid, J. B.

Marshall, C. B.

Spence, R. E. L.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Cromartie, Chairman of the Committee on Congressional and Legislative Re-Apportionment, submitted the following report:

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912.

135

Mr. President:
Your Committee on Congressional and Legislative Re-Apportionment has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to re. port back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1911, to re-apportion the several Congressional .Districts of this State, so as to transfer Putnam County from the 7th to the 8th Congressional District.
Respectfully submitted,
J No. A. CROMARTIE, Chairman.

REPORT OF JOINT INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
To THE GENERAL AssEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
Mr. President:
Your committee appointed pursuant to a resolu-
tion passed at the 1911 session of the Legislature, providing for the revision of the insurance laws of this State, beg to submit the following report:
The committee . respectfully recommends the passage of a bill, which it has prepared and introduced.
The committee also recommends that 500 copies of said bill be printed for the use of the members of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted, E. A. CoPELAN, Chairman, Senate Committee.

136

. JoURNAL OF THE SENATE,

The following Senate bill was reaa first time: By Messrs. Morris, Moore and Shingler-
A bill to create the department of banking for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

Senate resolution No. 45 was made special order for July 9th, immediately after the reading of the Journal.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read second time:
By Mr. Adams-
A bill to 'amend the Act re-apportioning the several Congressional Districts of the State so as to place the County of Putnam in the 8th Congressional District.

The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions the right to place upon the pension rolls of the .State those Confederate vetel"allls wlho are worthy but unable to qualify under the present law.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to establish and maintain a system of electric lights for the town of Buena Vista, Ga.

THURSDAY, JuNE 27, 1912.

13'7

: Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to amend section 1207 of volnme 2 of the Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brown-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Dublin Cir.cuits to add the County of Toombs to the Dublin Circuit.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By unanimous consent, the following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Gardner-
A resolution donating cannon to Gordon College and relieving bond for same.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 29; nays, 1. The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution was taken up and put upon its passage: By Mr. Beauchamp-
A resolution to appoint a committee of 2 from the

138

JouRNAL oF THE SENATE,

Senate and three from the House to investigate the State Board of Health.
The resolution was adopted. Ayes 23 ; nays, 5.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee, read second time, and re-committeed:
By Mr. Felker-
A bill to amend the _primary election law approved August 15, 1908, so as to provide additional regulations for primary elections by any political party.

Senator Shingler was granted leave of absence until Monday.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

FRIDAY, JuNE 28, 1912.

139

SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,

Friday, June 28, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whitehea~, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were.. Messrs.-

Harris, W. J. Marshall, C. B.

Shingler, J. S.

Spence, R. E. L.

The Journal of Yi-'Sterday was read and approved.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

140

.JouRNAL OF THE SENATE,

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the Act re-arranging the several Congressional Districts of this State so as to place the County of Putnam in the 8th District.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Whereas, on the Congressional re-apportionment bill passed by the General Assembly of 1911, Putnam County was placed in the Eighth Congressional District; and
Whereas, after such final passage of the bill the copying clerk by a clerical error placed Putnam County in the Seventh Congressional District.

Mr. Hullender, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the Honse, the following Senate resolution, to-wit:
A resolution providing for a joint committee to

FRIDAY, JuNE 28, 1912.

141

investigate charges against the State Board of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
w. c. HULLENDER,
Acting Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended:
A bill to amend section 2050, volume 1, of the Code relative to stock law elections.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeu:illet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:

A resolution to appropriate $250 to purchase a

book case file for the Pension office.



A resolution to appropriate $200 to buy oil paint-

142

JOURNAL "OF THE SENATE,

ing ~f Gen. Clement A. Ev.ans to hang in the State Capitol.
The Speaker has appointed as committee on part of House to select oil painting of General Clement A. Evans, the following members of the House:
Messrs. Foster, of Floyd, Slade, Blackshear.

The following Senate bill was read first time:
By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture -or sale of fertilzers in the State of Georgia containing cinders, sand or clay.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. CrawfordA bill to amend section 1656 of the Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

Senator Aaron was added to the committee to visit the Academy for the Blind.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill
was withdrawn from the committee, read 1:\,econd
time and re-committed.
By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to regulate the use of mileage books on railroads in this State.

Fru:DAY1 JUNE 28, 1912.

143

Mr. Roberts offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourn today it
shall stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10
o'clock A.M. Amendment was accepted setting the hour 11 o'clock.

Mr. Bush moved to table the resolution on this motion. The ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Ada.ms, G. W. Brown, J.P. Rush, I. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H.

Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F.

.:Mann, W. S. Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.j 0

-

Harris, W. J. Marshall, C. B.

Shingler, J. S.

Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 22; Nays, 17.

The motion prevailed.

0



By unanimous consent, the following Senate ~ills

were read second time:

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By Mr. Crawford.. _A bill to regulate the .hearing of motions for new ,pi~ls in this State, and for other purposes.
'.tly Mr. Owens-
. A bill to amend section 2050, volume 1, of the
.C,. ode, relative to stock law elections.
The following House resolutions were read :first time:
By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to appropriate $200.00 to procure a picture of General Evans.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Baker-
A resolution to appropriate $250.00 to purchase book case for office of Conimissioner of Pensions.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. FelkerA bill to make the prohibition laws of the State
more effective. Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. FelkerA bill to require express companies doing business
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of liqu,or in this State and furnish same to Ordinaries.
Iteferred to Committee on Temperance.

'By Mr. ]1elkerA bill to amend section 2798 of the Civil Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. MooreA bill to fix the fees of Ordinaries for pension
work and to provide for its payment.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

The following bill was read second time:
By Mr. Owens-
A bill to put in force in all Counties in this State having a population of between 9,750 and 9,950 what is known as the Alternative Road Law.

On motion, the Senate adjourned :until tomorrow at 11 o'clock.

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.SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Saturday, June 29, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by
By unanimous consent, the roll call was dispensed with.
Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, submitted the following report: Mr. President:
The Appropriations Committee has had under con-
siderations the following House resolution whiclt it
instructs me to report back_ to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A resolution to appropriate $250.00 to purchase book case file for office of Commissioner of Pensions.
A resolution to appropriate $200.00 to purchase. picture of General Evans.
Respectfully submitted, W. H. ENNIS, Chairman.
Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report: Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and

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found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House of Representatives, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1911, so as to transfer Putna:Ql County from the Seventh to the Eighth Congressional District.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Agriculture has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1771, volume 1, of Code of 1911, providing for registration of different brands of fertilizers, acid phosphates, etc.
A bill to amend section 1782, volume 1, of Code of 1911, prescribing the oath required of fertilizer inspectors.
A bill to amend section 1780, volume 1, of the Code of 1911, in reference to fertilizer inspectors.
A bill to make it unlawful for any dealer in commercial fertilizers to employ any fertilizer inspector or member of his immediate family.
A bill to require each dealer in commercial fer-

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tilizers in the State of Georgia to register as such with the Commissioner of Agriculture.
.A bill to amend section 2116 of the Code of 1911.
. A bill to amend section 2110 of t4e Code of 1911
A bill to amend section 2114 of the Code of 1911. Respectfully submitted,
Goon A. BusH, Chairman.

The following resolution was read first time and laid over until Monday:
By Mr. Sheppard-
A resolution. Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That when the Legislature adjourns on Wednesday, July 3, that it adjourn to meet Monday, July 8, 1912, at 11 o'clock.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:
By Mr.. Owen-
A bill to amend section 2050, volume 1, of the Code, relative to stock law elections.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:

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Amend by striking the words according to the United States census for the year 1910, whenever they oceur. Amend further by adding the following proviso at the end of the word water course in line 16th of section 1 and at the end of said section, provided further, that in Cuunties declaring mountainous strips of country equivalent to fences the no fence law shall not go into effect in any section thereof except upon the same terms as Militia Districts. The County authorities, if they see fit, may assist in building fences with the County funds and may fix any reasonable bill for fences within any reasonable distanc~ of the line declAred do enquire about to fence.

By Mr. Owens-
A bill to put in force in all Counties of this State having a population of between 9,750 and 9,950 what is known as the Alternative Road Law.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes w~r.e 29 ; nays, 0. -

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolution was read and laid over for one day:
By Messrs. Sheppard, Adams, et. al.-
Resolved by the Senate of Georgia, That in the event the Georgia delegation in the Baltimore con-

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vention finds that Congressman Underwood cannot be nominated for President, it be and is hereby requested to vote for Governor Wilson for President and Congressman Underwood for Vice-President.
The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend the Act relative to legal advertising mediums in Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to protect persons purckasing property or obtaining contractual liens thereon from devisers and heirs at law of deceased persons as to prior unrecorded liens and conveyances created or executed by said deceased persons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to authorize any person lending money to be repaid on the installment plan to aggregate the principal and interest for the entire time at not exceeding six per cent. per annum.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read second time: By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amen~ section 1782 of the Code of 1911.

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By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie--
A bill to make it unlawful for any manufacturer or dealer in commercial fertilizer to employ any fertilizer inspector or his immediate family while sneh. inspector is in the service of the State.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-A bill to amend section 1771 of the Code of 1911.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie--
A bill to amend section 1780 of volume 1 of the Code.

By Messrs. Bush; Harris and Cromartie--
A bill to repeal section 2116 of the Code of Georgia.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-A bill to amend section 2110 of the Code of 1911.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromratie--
A bill to require each dealer of commercial fertilizers in the State of Georgia to register with the Commissioner of Agriculture.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris -and Cromartie-A bill to amend section 3114 of the Code of 1911.

The following House I'esolntion was read second time:

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By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to appropriate $200.00 to purchase portrait of General Evans.

By Mr. Baker-
A resolution to appropriate $250.00 to purchase book case for office of Commissioner of Pensions.

The following resolution was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. MurpheyA resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

MoNDAY, JuLY 1, 1912.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,

Monday, July 1, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromal'ltie, .J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. H1Jilender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-
Harris, W. J.

The Journal of Saturday was read and approved.

'llhe following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President:
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority, the following bill of the House, towit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to :1mend an Act approved August 9, 1911, to re-apportion the Congressional Districts of this State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has bad under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to establish a system of (l]ectric lights for the town of Buena Vista, Ga.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DicKERSoN, Obairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mt. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmiss.ion to the House of Representatives, the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2050, volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relating to stock law elections.
Also,

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~~ bill to put in force in Counties having a population between 9,750 and 9,950 what is known as the . Alternative Road Law.

Respectfully submitted,

WM. N. KIGHT,

Acting Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following House resolution was recommitted to the Appropriation Committee:
By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to appropriate $200.00 to purchase portrait of General Evans.

By unanimous consent the following House bill was read first time:
By Messrs. .Anderson, of Chatham, and Stubbs, of Putnam-
A bill to amend Act approved August 9, 1911, to re-apportion the Congressional Districts of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Congressional and Legislative Re-Apportionment.

The following resolutions were read first time and laid on table for one day:
By Mr. Shaw-
. A resolution relative to the preservation of Tallulah Falls, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Shaw-
A resolution to appoint a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to collect information and receive bids for the re-leasing of the W. & A. Railroad.

rrhe following resolution was read second time and passed:
By Mr. Sheppard-
Resolved, That when the General Assembly adjourn next Wednesday, it stand adjourned until Monday, July 8th.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time :
By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to establish and maintain a system of electric lights for the town of Buena Vista, Ga.

The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Whitehead-
A bill to fix the salaries of County Treasurers of this State.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Edwards-
A hill to prohibit the using of vulgar, obscene language in the presence of minors.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Senator W. W. King was added to the Western & Atlantic Railroad Committee.

The following resolution was read second time to be put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Adams, Sheppard, et. ul.-

Resolved, That in the event the Georgia delegation at the Baltimore convention finds that Congressman Underwood cannot be nominated for president, it is hereby requested to vote for Governor Wilson.

Mr. Mann moved that the resoluiion be tabled, and on the motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Tho~e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Drokerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Kincaid, J. B.

Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I.

Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T.

Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.--

Harris, W. J.

Hill, T. F.

Pr&.ther, J. D.

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Ayes, 23; Nays, 17.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was tabled.

The following Senate bill was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee:
By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to inspect all gasoline sold in this State.

The following resolution was read first time and laid over for one day:
By Mr. Shaw-
Resolved, That in case no man before the convention at Baltimore can be nominated that the Georgia delegB:tion be r~quested to consider the name of Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri.

Senator Culbreth was granted leave of absence for tomorrow.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

TuESDAY, JuLY 2, 1912.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,

Tuesday, July 2, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock ; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Ohaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromantie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.
Douglass, J. B.
Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mam:r, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

1\ioore, 0. A.
Morris, ,V. S.
Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. :Mr. President.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Culbreth, T. G.

Hanis, W. J.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. President: The Committee on Temperance has had under
consideration the following Senate bill which I am

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instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to require express and r&lroad companies to prepare in duplicate and furnish Ordinaries, a list of spirituous and malt liquors which may be delivered in this State.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to make the prohibition laws more effective.
Respectfully submitted, 0. A. MooRE, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitutional majority, .the following resolutions of the House:
A resolution to purchase painting of John McIntosh Kell to adorn walls of the <'apitol.
A resolution calling l!,POn the National Democratic Convention to express itself on certain questions.
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Honse:
A bill to define the tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.

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The House has concurred in the following resoln~ tion of the Senate:
A resolution providing for the adjournment of the General Assembly from Wednesday, July 3, to Monday, July 8th, 1912.

.The following Senate bills were read first time: B~ Mr. Roberts-
A hili to amend and codify the hws providing for the government of the Georgia .School for the Deaf.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Sheppard-

.

.

A. bill to amend secti.o-n 2665 of ~.he Code rel. ati.v....e

to the power of Railroad Commission.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Edwards and Blalock-

A bill to amend article 7 of loth division of volume 2 of the Code of 1~10 by striking therefrom section
388.

Referred to .Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Felker-

A bill to require all promissory notes given for
so certain stocks, to state in said note the contract
tnade, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. King-
A bill to authorize and empower the Atlantic, Waycross & Northern Railroad Company to cono.emn and take possession of certain property located upon the right of way.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. King-
A bill to make it the duty of Judges of the Superior and City Courts to call the criminal cases before beginning to try cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following House bill and resolution. was read first time: By Messrs. Brown and McElreath:__
A bill to define the tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia. By Mr. Dorsey-
A resolution to purchase painting of Jno. Mcintosh Kell to adorn the walls of the State capitol.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Messrs. Alexander, Blackshear and Hopkins-
A resolution calling upon the National Demoemtic Convention to express itself on certain questions.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:
By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to regulate the hearing of motions for new trials in vacation, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. CrawfordA bi11 to establish and maintain a system of ele~
tric lights for the City of Buena Vista.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 33; nays, 0. _
The bi11 having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolutions were read first time:

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By Mr. Owens-
.;~: .:re.solution. Resolved, That the Senate adopt the JJSe, of Pura Water.

By Mr. Prather-
A resolution. Resolved, That the Secretary of S't~fe furnish High Rock water for the use of the Senate.

The following Senate resolution was read second time:
By Mr. Shaw-
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring suit for the recovery of Tallulah Falls.
Mr. Felker moved to commit the above resolution to the General Judiciary Committee, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

..._.Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.. Cr;nvi'ord, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S.

Dickerson, \V. T. Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. :Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Cro.ma:r:tie, J. A. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N.

Hamilton; W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whiteheati, Walter Williams, Isaiah

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'l'hose not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Owens, C. T.

Culbreth, T. G.

Ayes, 21 ; Nays, 18.

Harris, W. J.

'l'he motion prevailed and :r:esolution was committed to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Shaw-
A resolution to appoint a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to enquire into and collect information and receive bids for the release of the W. & A. Railroad.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

The following communication was received from the Governor:

STATE OF GEORGIA,
ExEcUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA.
July 2, 1912.
To the General Assembly:
I have the honor to herewith transmit to you for your consideration the accompanying copy of a joint resolution of the Congress of the United States submitting to the Legislatures of the States a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the same being transmitted as certified to this office

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by the Honorable Secretary of State of the United States and as now of file in the Executive Department.
Respectfully submitted, JosEPH M. BRowN,
Governor.

The communication was read and referred to the Constitutional Amendments Committee.

Senators Owens and Williams were granted leave of absence for few days.

On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'.clock.

WEnNESDAY, JuLY 3, 1912.

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Wednesday, July 3, 1912. rPhe Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the roll ;:mil wa.s dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the House through :Mr. Boi~euillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to change the time of electing the Justices of the Peace and Constables.
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the manner of selecting official county newspapers.
A llill to repeal section 3296, Code of Georgia, relative to notice of foreClosure of mortgages in Justice Courts.
A bill to amend charter of City of Cartersville so as to create a Board of Education for City Public Schools.

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A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation of the power producing and municipal water works of the City of Augusta.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the. foll.owing re~olutions of the House, to-wit :
A resolution for relief of D. C. Hancock, of Floyd County.

A resolution providing a joint committee to pa~s on resolution of Congress relative to the election of United States Senators.

~Ir. Shaw gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the Senate in committing the Tallulah Falls resolution on yesterday.
M:r. Shaw moved to reconsider the action on the Senate in committing the Tallulah Falls resolution on yesterday.
Upon this motion the aye~ and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

. Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs:-

Aaron, 0. B.

Hamilton, W. W. ~roore, 0. A.

Beauchamp, J. C. Hill, T. F.

Prather, J. D.

Bush, I. A.

Hullender, ,y, C. ~haw, Emmett

Duggan, C. I.

Kight, W. N.

Hi1eppard, J. E.

Grovenstein, A. N. King, W. W.

Whitehead, "'alter

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Ad31llls, G. W. Blalock, H. C.
Crawford, w. D.
Copelan, E. A. Cutbreth, T. G. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, "\Y. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. :\Jayson, J. W. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. "~orley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J. P.
Cromartie, J. A. DaYis, J. S.

Dickerson, W. T. HaiTis, "\Y. J. l\Iorris, "~- S. Oli,er, T. W.

Ayes, 15; Nays, 17.

Owens, C. T. Spence, R. E. L. \Yilliams, Isaiah

The motion was lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Messrn. Beauchamp, Hamilton, et. aL-

A resolution extending congratulations to Governor Wilson.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the General ,Judiciary Committee, read second time, and recommitted:

By Mr. Sheppard-

A bill to amend section 2665 of the Code relative to the power of the Railroad Commission.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:

The General Judiciary Committee has' h-a'd under

consideration the following bills of the S~rtate which

1t instructs me to report back with. the, z:ecommeP:da-

tio)l that th~ .!',lame qo pass:





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A bill to authorize any person lending money to be repaid on the installment plan to aggregate the principal and interest not to exceed 6 per cent. per annum.
A bill to amend the Act relative to legal advertisements in Georgia.
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector.
A bill to amend section 919, volume 2, Code of 1910, relative to officers making arrests.
A bill to provide how State officials may be registered as voters.
A bill to amend and codify the laws providing for the government of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

The Committee also recommends that the following bill do not pass :
A bill to pro~de for the filing of an abstract of title in claim cases , and for other purposes.

The Committee also recommends that the following resolution of the House do pass:
A resolution for the relief of the estate of J. W~
Rushing.

The Committee also recommends that the following resolution of the House do not pass:
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman~

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912.

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Mr. Douglas, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation t.hat the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1656 of the Code of 1910, so as to provide the number of members of State Board of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. DouGLAS, Chairman.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing report that U1ey have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to regulate the hearing of motions of new trials in vacation for amendments thereof, for continuances of same, etc.
Also,
A bill to establish a system of electric lights for

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the town of Buena Vista, in the County of Marion. Re.spectfully submitted, 0. B. AARON, Acting Chairman.
:Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on
. Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under con sideration the following Senate bill which I .am. instructed to report back.to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Act approved August 21, l!Hl, to define tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.
~Ir. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Specia1 Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. P1esident:
rrhe Committee on Special Judiciary has had UD der consideration the following Senate bill whjch I am instructed to report. back to the Senate with the recommendation that .the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions the right to place certain Confederate veterans upon the pension rolls. Respectfully submitted,
W. S. MANN, Chairman.

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The following Senate bill was read first time:
By Messrs. Edwards and Graham, et. aL-
A bill to amend section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution, relative to election of County Treasurer.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

The following House bills were read first time :

By Mr. Burwell. A bill to regulate the manner of selecting official
county newspapers, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judici~ry Committee.
By Mr~ Jones-

A bill to repeal section 3296, Yolume 1, of the Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Christopher-

A bill to change the time of electing the Justices of the Peace and Constables, and for other purposes.

- Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

B..y Messrs. Cal'houn and Johnson-

A bill to amend charter of the City of Carters~lle,

so as to create a Board of Education.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Blackshear, Garlington and Pierce-
A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation of the power producing canal and municipal water works of the City of Augusta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following House resolutions were read first time:
By Mr. Harris-
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Hancock, of Floyd County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Alexander-
A. resolution providing a joint committee to pass on resolution of Congress, relative to election of United States Senators.
This resolution was tabled for one day.

The following resolution was read second time and adopted:
By Mr. Prather-
Resolved, That the Secretary of State furnish High Rock Water to the Senate.
The following resolution was read first time and tabled for one day:
By Mr. Shaw-
A resolUtion requesting the General Judiciary

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Committee to report the Tallulah Falls resolutiDn back to the Senate next Monday.

The following Senate bills were read second time:
By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions the right to place upon the Pension rolls of this State worthy Confederate veterans.

By Mr. Bush. A bill to amend the Act to define the tuition of non-residents in the School of Tecbnology.
By Mr. DickersonA bill to amend section 919, volume 2, of the Code.

By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to provide how State officials may be registered as voters.

By Mr. CrawfordA bill to amend section 1656 of the Code.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to make the prohibition laws more effective
by requiring each person to secure stamps from the
Clerk of the Superior Court to place upon intoxicating liquors.

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Jl Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend the Act relative to legal advertising mediums.

By Mr. Roberts-
...- A bill to amend and codify the laws providing for the government of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require all express companies to prepare i.n duplicate a list of all shipments of whiskey.

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to authorize any person lending money to be paid in installments to aggregate the principal and interest for the entire periou not to exceed 6 psr cent. per annum.

B); Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector.
The following House resolution was read second time:
.By M. essrs. Holtzc.law and. Hobb. s-
,..,A. resolution for the relief of J. W. Rushing.
'Leave. of absence was granted Senators Davis, Duggan, King and Aaron until next Wednesday.
Mr. Felker moved that the Senate adjourn, and

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on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H .. C. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Douglass, J. B. Edw.ards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B.

Mann, W. S. .Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S. Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

-Aaron, 0. B. Bush, I. A. Duggan, C. I. Kight, W. N.

King, W. W. Mayson, J. W. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett

Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter

. Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Cromavtie, J. A. Davis, J. S.

Dickerson, "~ T. Harris, W. J.
Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W.

Ayes, 22; Nays, 10.

Owens, C. T. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah

The motion prevailed and the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Monday, July 8, 1912. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
'
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the roll cull was dispensed with.
The Journal of Wednesday was read and approved.
The following Senate bills were read first time: By Mr. Owens-
A bill to amend the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton and to authorize the City to main. tain an electric light and power plant.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. HarrisA bill to provide for the regulation and supervis-
ion of investment companies. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. HarrisA bill to create the office of State Auditor. Referred to Committee on Finance.

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By Mr. King-

. A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County, Georgia, to enter into a contract with the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Company to obtain bridge rights over the Altamaha River, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. .

By Mr. King-
A bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the State by amending paragraph 2, section 1, article 11, and as amended by Acts of 1904 and 1906, as ratified by the people.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Hill-
A bill to create a board of Commissioners of . Roads and Revenues for the County of Banks.
Referreq to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Harris-

A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of

Public Printing, and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on Public Printing.

By Mr. Whitehead-

A bill to regulate contracts of surety between com-

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mon carriers and their employees and sureties upon such tracts.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following Senate resolutions were read first time:
By Mr. Harris-
A resolution to authorize the appointment of a joint commission to investigate the report to the General Assembly upon the matter of new lease of the W. & A. R. R.
By Mr. Harris-
A joint resolution for the creation of a commission on employers liability and workman's compensation, to define the duties and powers of such commission, and for other purposes.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Roberts-
A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Govern~r of Georgia, on the 30th of October, 1882.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution was read second time and adopted as amended:
By Mr. ShawA resolution requesting the General Judiciary

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Committee to report the Tallulah Falls resolution
. back to the Senate by next Wednesday.
The following House resolution was read second time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Alexander-
A resolution providing for a joint committee to pass on resolution of Congress .relative to election of United States Senators.
'rhe resolution was adopted.
Committee on part of the Senate are Senators Sheppard and Roberts.
This resolution was ordered imniediately transmitted to the House.

By unanimous consent, the fol1owing Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions .of Georgia the right to place upon the pension rolls of the State, certain worthy Confederate veterans~
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C.

Bush, I. A.
Crawford, \Y. D. ('opelan, E. A.

Cromartie, J. A. Dm1dass, J. B. Graham, L. C.

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Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.

King, W. W. Mann, W. S.
Mayson, J. Vv.
:Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T.

Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Cul'bretb, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, ,V. H. F!\lker, J. H. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B.

Ayes, 26; Nays, 0.

Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolution was unanimously adopted:
By Mr. Slaton-
Resolved, That the best wishes of the Senate of Georgia be extended Miss Kathleen Blalock, the charming young daughter of our distinguished colleague and President pro tern., Hon. A. 0. Blalock.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at lOo'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, .ATLANTA, GA.,

Tuesday, July 9, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J. P. Bush, I. A.
Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Curbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W.
Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W.

:Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Ennis, W. H.

Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B.

Shaw, Emmett Whitehead, Walter

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

The following message was received from the .. House, through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitn-

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tional majority, the following resolutions of the House, t-o-wit:
A resolution for relief of A. M. Hutcheson of Hancock County.
A resolution for relief of 0. H. Dearing and W. D. 0 'Halloran.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional ma,.iority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2167, Code of Georgia, so as to allow females to hold office of Commercial Notary Public.
A bill to amend section 442, Code of Georgia, relative to drunkenness in public places.
A bill to authorize Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to levy a tax for school and other purpses.
A bill to amend Act incorporating the town of Lone Oak.
A bill to amend Act establishing public school system for the City of LaGrange.
A bill to authorize the City of LaGrange to issue
bonds for waterwork purposes.
A bill to amend Act to in~orpprate the town of Bowden.
The Speaker has appointed under House resolution providing for a joirit committee to investigate

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the questions envo1ved in the Congressional resolution relative to election of United States Senators by the people, the following members as committee on part of the House.
Messrs. Alexander,
Hall of Bibb, Anderson of Chatham.

The following special order was taken up, which is as follows:
By Mr. Sheppard-
A resolution requesting the Governor to return to the Senate certain appointments made by former Governor Smith, which was returned to the Executive Department the last day of last session.
Mr. Dickerson moved to indefinitely postpone ac:-tion on this resolution.
The previous question was called, and main ques.tion ordered on Mr. Dickerson's motion, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adlllllls, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Blaloek1 A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromar.tie, J. A.
Culbreth, T. G.

Dickerson, W. T. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, ,V. H. Felker, J. H. Glaham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W ..w.
Harris, W. J.
Hill, T. F.
Hullender, ,V. C.

Kight, W. N. Mann, W. S. ~Iarshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. :\~oore, 0. A. Munis, ,Y. S.
Owens, C. T.
Roberts, w. T.
"'hit~head, Walter Worley, S. T.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. King, W. W.

Oliver, T. W. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S.

Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Davis, J. S.

Kincaid, J. B.

Ayeis, 29; Nays, 11.

The motion prevailed, and the resolution was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cartersville.
A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation of power producing canal and municipal water works of City of Augusta.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to amend the charter of tlte City of Dalton, in the County of Whitfield.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DICKERSON, Ohairman.

Mr. Whitehead, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia, submitted the following re. port:
Mr. President:
The Committee on University of Georgia has had under consideration the following bill of the House, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to define the tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. WHITEHEAD, Chairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing report that they have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House of Representatives, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions the

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right to place certain Confederate veterans upon the pension rolls.
Respectfully submitted, WM. N. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. President:
The General Judiciary Committee has had un.der consideration the following bills of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to amend the primary election laws approved August 15, 1908, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend section 2798 of the Civil Code.
A bill to amend section 2665 of the Code.
A bill to require all notes given for.- mining stock to have said contract stated in note.

The Committee also recommends that the follow. ing Senate bill do pass, as amended:
A bill to require notice of an intention to apply for reprieve, commutation of penalty, and for other purposes.

The Committee also recommends that the following Senate resolution do pass:

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A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor, on the 30th of October, 1882.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

The following House bills were read first time:
-.
By _Mr. Stubbs-
A bill to enable females to hold the office of Commercial Notary Public.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. AultA bill to amend section 442 of the Code of vol-
ume 2. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Hall, Wiembery and DeFore--
A bill to authorize and require the County Com-
missioners of Bibb County to levy a tax.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Jones and Williams-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Live Oak. .. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to amend the Act establishing a system of
public schools for the City of LaGrange.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange to purchase or construct a system of water works.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Spence and HixonA bill to amend the Act incorporating the town
of Bowden.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following Honse resolutions were read first time:
By Mr. Burwell-
A resolution to relieve the sureties upon the bond of A. M. Hutchinson, Tax Collector of H:ancoek . County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A resolution for the relief of 0. H. Dearing and W. D. O'Halloran.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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The following Senate bills were read second time and recommitted:
By Mr. Hill-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Banks County.

By Mr. Blalock-
A ~ill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of fertilizers in this State containing cinders, sand and clay.

The following Senate bill was read second time:
By Mr. OwensA bill to amend the various Acts incorporating the
City of Dalton.

The following House bill was read second time:

By Messrs. Blackshear, Garlington and Pierce-

A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation
ol the power producing canal and municipal water
wor\s for the City of Augusta.



Senate bill No. 230 was withdrawn from the Corporation Committee and sent to the General Judici-

ary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read first time: By Mr. Morris-
A bill to amend section 5268 of the Code of 1910, which relates to garnishments.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to authorize Confederate soldiers and their widows who are not eligible to a pension under existing laws certain rights and powers.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Whitehead-
A bill to amend article 7, paragraph 1, section 1 of the Constitution of this State.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Harris-
. A bill to require all county and municipal funds to be deposited in banks offering the highest rate of interest.
Referred to Committee on Finance.

By ~fr. Harris- .

A bill to require depositors for funds of the State to be selected by competitive bids, and for other pur-



poses.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to direct the State Treasurer not to with-

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draw from the depositories of the State therein made until needed to pay warrants on the Treasury
Referred to Committee on Finance.

By Mr. Aaron-
A bill to authorize the Brinson Railroad to change the location and route of its branch line, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time and recommitted:
By Mr. King-
A bill to authorize the Atlantic, Waycross & Northern Railroad Co. to condemn certain parts of the Southern and A. B. & A. R. R. right of way.

The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:
By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend section 2665 of the Code relative to the powers of the Railroad Commission.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By_ Mr. Felker-
A bill to amend the primary election law approved August 15, 1908, relative to the primary election laws of this State.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Amend by adding to section 7 wherever said section occurs in said bill the following words, to-wit: Provided, however, that if there should. be a trial under the county unit plan, then the plurality or majority vote shall govern as may be determined by the convention.

By Mr. Dickerson-
A bill to amend section 919, volume 2, of the Code relative to officers making arrests.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Provided the bond shall be assessed and approved by the Judge of the Superior Court, City Court

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. Judge or County Court Judge, or in the absence of such officers from the County, then by the Clerk of the Superior Oourt.

On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, 'GA.,

Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll,. the following members answered to their names:

.Aaron, 0. B. .Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Croma11tie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H . Ennis, W. H . Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Morris, W. S. Olher, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah worley,. S. T. Mr. President.

Marshall, C. B.

Mr. Dickerson gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the Senate in passing Senate bill No. 105 on yesterday.
The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
Mr. Dickerson moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in passing the following bill of the Senate on yesterday :

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By Mr. Dickerson-
A bill to amend section 919, volume 2, of the Code relative to officers making arrests.
The bill was reconsidered and the report of the Committee was reconsidered, the first amendment was withdrawn and the following amendment was adopted:
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read third time and put upon its passage, which has just been reconsidered :
By Mr. DickersonA bill to amend section 919, volume 2, of the Code
of 1910.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Copelan, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Public Property has had under consideration the following Senate resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
.A resolution to appoint a joint committee to consider the question of leasing the W. & A. R. R.
Respectfully submitted, E . .A. CoPELAN, Chairman.

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Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:

The Committee on Engrossing report that they have e:xamined and found properly en~rossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bills, to-wit:

A bill to amend section 2665 of the Code of 1910, relative to the power -of the Railroad Commission.

A bill to amend the primary election laws approved August 15, 1908.

Respectfully submitted,

0. B. AARON, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Cromartie, Chairman of the Committee on Legislative and Congressional Re-Apportionment,
. submitted the following report:
Mr. President:

The Committee on Congressional and Legislative Re-Apportionment has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit :
A bill to amerid an Act approved August 9, 1911, to re-apportion the Congressional Districts of this State.
Respectfully submitted, J NO. A. CROMARTIE, Chairman.



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Mr. Mayson, Chairman of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee orr Western & Atlantic Railroad has had mider consideration the following resolution of the Senate which it instructs me to report back
to the Senate with the recommendation that the same
do pass:
A resolution to authorize the appointment of a joint committee to investigate and report to the General Assembly upon the matter of a new lease of the W. & A. R. R.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. MAYSON, Chairman.

The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Owens-
A bill to amend the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton, in Whitfield County, so as to authorize said City to maintain an electric light plant.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 34; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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Senate bill No. 239 was withdrawn from the Committee on Banks and referred to the Finance Committee.

By unanimous consent, the "following House bi1l was read second time :
By Messrs. Calhoun and Johnson-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cartersville, so as to create a Board of Educatiop..

Senate bill No. 167 was made special order for rtomorrow, \immediately after the reading of 'the Journal.

The following Senate bill was read first time: By Mr. Worley-
A bill to amend the Act amending the charter of the town 'of Canton, in Cherokee County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following Senate resolution was read first time:
By Mr. Shaw-
A resolution refunding to J. H. Oxford, Crouch & Colyer, Palace Market and Word & Johnson of the City of Dawson, certain funds paid as license to sell near beer.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to abolish the County Court of Taliaferro County.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hickox.
A bill to abolish the City Court of Newton, in and for the County of Baker.
A bill to amend Act consolidating the various A-cts incorporating the City of Forsyth.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bolingbroke.

The following Senate bills were recommitted to the Temperance Committee:
By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require all express companies and railroad companies to prepare in duplicate and furnish to the Ordinaries of the various Counties a complete list of all whiskey shipped into said Counties.
By Mr. Felker-
A bill to make more effective the prohibition laws of this State.

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The following Senate hill was recommitted to the Committee on General .Agriculture:

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector of this State.

The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:
By Mr. Bush-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 21, 1911, so as to define the tuition of non-residents to the School of Technology.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. SheppardA bill to provide how State officials may be regis-
tered as voters. Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
.The bill: having received the requisite Constitu...: tional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. CrawfordA bill to amend section 1656 of the Code.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend the .A:ct relative to legal advertising mediums in Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passe~l

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to authorize .any person lending money to be repaid on the installment plan to aggregate the principal and interest not to exceed 6 per cent. per annum.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend and codify the laws providing for the government of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

At 11:45 o'clock the Senate went into Executive session.

Senator Edwards was added to the Western & Atlantic Railroad Committee.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, A'l'LANTA, GA.,
Thursday, July 11, i912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Ohaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members
answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Cutbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C.
Gr;ovenstein, A. N:
Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mann, W: S. Mayson, J. W.

Morris, w~ S. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Kincaid, J. B.

Marshall, C. B.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

'Tihe following message was received from the House, through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:

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A bill to create a new charter for the town of Grantville.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Elberton.
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Commerce.
A bill to declare the public policy of this State, in reference to commerce in alcoholic liquors.
A bill to amend Act establishing City Court in Hall County.

The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Sheppard-
A resolution to appoint a Committee of 5 with the President of the Senate as ex-officio Chairman of the Committee to examine all the facts relative to a difficulty that occurred in the Senate Chamber on yesterday between two citizens of this State. The following Senators were appointed as Committee on above resolution: Slaton, chairman, Sheppard, 1\fayson, Crawford, Douglass.

The following special order was taken up :
By Mr. HarrisA bill to provide for State and County Boards of
Tax Returns for the state of Georgia.

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Mr. Sheppard moved to indefinitely postpone the above bill.
Mr. Blalock moved to table the bill and this motion . prevailed.

Mr. Harris, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Finance has had under consideration the . following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the reoommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the office of State Auditor.
A bill to direct the State Treasurer not to withdraw from the State Depositories deposits therein made until needed to pay the warrants.
A bill to require all County and municipal funds to be deposited in banking institutions offering the highest rate of interest.
The Committee has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to require depositories for funds of the State to be selected by competitive bids.
Respectfully submitted, WM. J. lliRRis, Chairman.

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Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report :

Mr. President:

The Oommittee on Temperance has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to .report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended:

A bill to make the prohibition laws of Georgia more effective.

The Committee has had under consideration the following 'Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to require railroad and express companies to furnish Ordinaries of various Counties where delivered a complete list of shipments of liquors, etc.

Rspectfully submitted,

0. A. MooRE, Chairman.

Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under COllsideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to amend an Act establisning a system of public school-s in the City of LaGrange.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committe.~ on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the rec-ommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Canton.
The Committee has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the County Board of Commis- sioners to levy a tax.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Lone Oak, in Meriwether County.
A bill to authorize the City of LaGrange to construct a system of water works.
A bill to amend the charter of the town- of Bowdon.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

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Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committeeon Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing have examined and' found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to provide how State officials may be registered as voters.
A bill to amend an Act approved Aug. 21, 1911, fixing tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School" of Technology, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend section 1656 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
A bill to amend the Act relative to legal advertising mediums in Georgia.
A bill to authorize any person lending money on the installment plan to aggregate the interest for the whole period.
.\. bill to amend and codify the laws providing for
the government of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
A bill to aniend the charter of the City of Dalton.
A bill to amend section 919, volume 2, Code ot 1910, relative to officers making arrests.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARoN, Acting Ohairman_

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Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President: .

The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:

A bill to define a sufficient assignment of error in bills of exceptions in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

The C-ommittee also recommends that the following bill do pass, as amended :
A bill to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contractual liens thereon from devisees and legatees.

The Committee also recommends that the following bill do pass by substitute :
A bill to amend section 3270, volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
The Committee also recommend,; that the following Senate bill do not pass :
A bill to prohibit the using of vulgar or profane language in the presence of minors.
The Committee also recommends that the following Senate. resolution do pass:
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring

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suit in the name of the State to recover Tallulah Falls.
The Committee also recommends that the follow-ing House bill and resolution do pass:
A bill .to amend section 442 of volume 2 of theCode.
A resolution to relieve the sureties on the bond of A. M. Hutchison, Tax Collector of Hancock County.
Respectfully submitted,
1,V. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Coun-ties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended:
A bill to fix the salaries of County Treasurers.
The Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am :instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to~wit:
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of" Roads and Revenues for the County of Banks.

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A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County to enter into a co?tract with the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Co. to obtain bridge rights.
The Committee have had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to abolish the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of White County.
Respectfully submitted,
J. S. DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Williams, the Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submits the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee on Pensions has had under consideration Senate bill No. 236, a bill to authorize Confederate soldiers and the widows of Confederate soldiers who are not eligible to a pension under existing laws, to apply for a pension, to take testimony of their enlistment, etc., and for other pur-
poses, and they instruct me as their Chairman to . report the bill back with a recommendation that it
do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
IsAIAH WILLIAMS, Chairman.

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At 11:45 the Senate went into executive session.

"By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read second time: By Mr. Felker-
A bill to amend section 2798 of the Code.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require all promissory notes given for mining stock to have the contract printed in the face of the note.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage: By Messrs. Blackshear, Garlington and Pierce-
A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation of power producing canal and municipal water works of the City of Augusta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Senator Blalock, of 26th District, was added to the Committee on Agriculture.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 12, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J. P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Diekerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein1 A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight) W. N. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Douglass, J. B.

Harris, W. J. Kincaid, J. B.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.
Mann, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution was taken up and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Shaw-
A .resolution requesting the Governor to bring . suit in the name of the State to recover Tallulah Falls.

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The resolution was adopted.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Hill-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Banks County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 34; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pa~sed.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time:
By Mr. Harris-
A resolution authorizing the Rppointment of a joint commission to investigate and report to the General Assembly upon the matter of a new lease of the W. & A. R. R.

The following resolution was read first time:
By Mr. Copelan-
Resolved, that when the Senate adjourns today it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Bush moved that the resolution be tabled, and

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on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affinnative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W, Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Culbreth, T. G. D~vis, J. S.

Die.kerson, '~'{. T. Duggan, C. I. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Shing-ler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Graham, L. C. Hill, T. F. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

Tl.hose not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0 . Cromal"tie, J. A.

Douglass, J. B. Mann, W. S.

Ayes, 24; Nays, 13.

Morris, W. S. Sheppard, J. E.

The motion prevailed.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments have had under consideration the following Senate bills whieh I am instructed to report back to the

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Senate with the recommendation that the same do -pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend paragraph 2 of 3ection 1 of article 11 of the Constitution of Georgia.
A bill to amend article 7, paragraph 1, section 1 of the Constitution, by striking certain words.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. FELKER, Chairman. ;

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the C:ommittee on Agriculture, submitted the following report: Mr. President:
The Committee on Agriculture have had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the 'Same do pass, .to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1795, volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to prescribe the method of handling fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags.
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of fertilizers containing cinders, clay or sand.
Respectfully submitted,
S. H. BusH, Chairman.
By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read second time :

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By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Bowdon, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read second time :
By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution.

By Messrs. Edwards, Graham and King.A bill to amend section 3, article 11, paragraph 1
of the Constitution, relative to the election of County Treasurers.
By Mr. WhiteheadA bill to amend article 7, para~raph 1, section 1
of the Constitution of this State.
The following Senate bills were read first time: By Mr. Copelan-
A bill to prohibit the entering into and the solemnizing of the marriage contracts, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. MaysonA bill to require all railroad corporations to erect
mile limit bounds at certain points.

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Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Beauchamp---
A bill to codify the public school laws. Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to fllrther promote the efficiency of .the military of the State.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Marshall-
A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly approved August 17th, 1908, creating the State Board of Veterinary Examiners.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

The following message was received from the . House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:

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A bill to abolish the County Court of Quitman.
A bill to repeal Act creating office of County Commis,sioners of Coffee County.
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court in Newton County.
A bill to repeal Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Glascock County.
A bill to abolish City Court of Calhoun County.
A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of DeKalb County.
A bill to amend charter of City of Monroe.
A bill providing for public school system for the City of Jefferson.
A bill to amend Acts establishing City Court of Griffin.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following resolution of the .House:
A resolution providing ~or a Committee to investigate questions involved in Congressional resolution relative to ''cotton tare.''

The following House bills were read first time: By Messrs. Tippins and A'lexander-
A bill to declare the policy of this State in reference to commerce in alcoholic liquors.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By Mr. Kendrick-
A bill to abolish the County Court of Taliaferro County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Kirby & Brannon-
A biU to create a new charter for the town of Grantville, in Coweta County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. MiddletonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Hickox
in Wayne County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Stovall and Cordell-
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Elberton.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bu~hA bill to abolish the City Court of Newton. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Deese-A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski C01mty. Referred to Special Judiciar~ Committee.

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.By Mr. DarseyA bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

.By Mr. Adams-



A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court in Hall County.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

.By Mr. Lord-

A bill to amend the Act inoorporating the City of

Commerce.



Referred to Committee o~ Corporations.

.By Messrs. Vlorsham and JacksonA bill to amend the Ad consolidating the various
Acts incorporating the City of Forsyth. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

.By Messrs. Worsham and JacksonA bill to incorporate th~ town of Bolingbroke, in
the County of Monroe. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

.By Mr. HolderA bill to provide for a public s~hool system for
Jefferson, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Newsome--
A bill to repeal the Act creating the Board of' Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glascock County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Miller.A bill to abolish the City Court of Calhoun County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Burnett
A bill to abolish the- County Court of Quitman County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Newton County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lott-
A bill to repeal the Act to create the office of County Commissioners of Coffee County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. DarseyA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court
of Griffin.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Alexander and Fields-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of DeKalb Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Blasingame and WoodA bill to amend the charter of the City of Monroe. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. l\fayson-
A bill to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contractual liens thereon.

By Mr. WhiteheadA bill to fix the salaries of County Treasurers.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-

A bi11 to prescribe and fix the method of handling

and checking fertilizers and cotton seed meal.

A bill to direct the State Treasurer not to with-

draw deposits from the depositories unless needed

to pay warrants on the Treasury.



By Mr. Harris-

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By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to provide for Confederate soldiers and their widows not eligible to pension under existing laws to apply for a pension to take testimony of their enlistment, and for other purposes.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to create the office of State Auditor.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to define a sufficient assignment of error in bills of exceptions to the Court of Appeals and Superior Court.

By Mr. King-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County to enter into contract with the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Co. to obtain bridge rights.

The following House resolution was read first time:
By Messrs. Johnson and Kimbrough-
A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate the question involved in the Congressional resolution regarding eotton tare.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

The following Senate bills were read second time:

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By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-A bill to amend section 1795 of the Code.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require notice of an intention to apply for commutation of penalty or reprieve, and for other purposes.

By Mr. WorleyA bill to amend the charter of the town of Canton.

. By Mr. HarrisA bill to require the funds of the State to be deposited in depositories paying the highest rate for same.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to require all County and municipal funds to be deposited in banks paying the highest rate of interest.

The following Senate resolution was read second time:
By Mr. Roberts-
A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, on 30th of October, 1882.

The following House bills were read second time:

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By Messrs. Jones and Williams-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Lone Oak.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hiers-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange to purchase or construct a system of water works.

By Messrs. Brown & McElreath-
A bill to define the tuition of -non-residents in the Georgia School of Teehnology.
By Mr. Ault-
A bill to amend section 442 of the Code of Georgia.

By Messrs. Hall, Wimberly and DeFore-
A bill to authorize and direct the Board of Commissioners of Bibb County to levy a tax for certain purposes.

By Messrs. Alexander and StubbsA bill to amend the Act approved August 9, 1911,
reapportioning the Congressional districts of the State, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read seoond time:
By Mr. BurwellA resolution to relieve the sureties on the bond of
A. M. Hutchinson of Hancock County.

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The following resolution was taken from the table and adopted:
By Mr. Copelan-
Resolved, that when the Senate adjourn today, it stand adjourned until next Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

The following invitation was accepted:
To the Senate of Georgia:
The Merchants and Manufacturing .Association of Rome, through W. H. Ennis, Senator of the 42nd District, desire to extend an invitation to the Senate and all white attaches to attend a barbecue, etc., in the City of Rome on July 18th, 1912.

The following resolution was offered and referred to the Committee on Rules: .

By Mr. Mayson-

Resolved by the Senate, that Senate bill No. 184

be

made

special
'

order

for

next

Tuesday

at

11

o'c. lock.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until next Monday at 11 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAM:MR, ATLANTA, GA., .
Monday, July 15, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Ad3Jms, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Oromal'tie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaiq, .J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.
Mayson, J. w.
Moore, 0. A.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Rhaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Srence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah 'Yorley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Mann, W. S.

The Journal of Friday was read and approved.

Mr. Oliver, Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, submits the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Public Printing has had under consideration the following biB of the Senate which

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it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of Public Printing.
Respectfully submitted,
T. W. OLIVER, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under -consideration the following House bills whieh I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Grantville.
A bill to amend the charter o~ the town of Hickox, in the County of Wayne.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Commerce.
A bill to amend an Act consolidating various Acts incorporating the City of Forsyth.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bolingbroke, in the County of Monroe.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

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Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House of Representatives, the following Senate resolution and Senate bill, to-wit:
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring suit for the recovery of Tallulah Falls.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of !
Roads and Revenues for the County of Banks.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. N. KIGHT,
Acting Chairman.

Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration a bill to be entitled an Act to fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work; to provide for its payment, and for other purposes. We recommend that the bill do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
IsAIAH WILLIAMs, Chairman.

The following resolution was adopted: Whereas, Senator Mann is 'necessarily kept away from his post of duty by reason of continued illness, Resolved, That the Senate hereby extends to said

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Senator its profound sympathy, and hopes for his early recovery.
CRAWFORD, of 24th District.

The following 'Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Culbreth-
A bill to change the time of holding elections from the first Wednesday in October to Tuesday after first Monday in November.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Kincaid-
A bill to create a commission to examine and report to the Governor upon a book called the '' Georgia Manuel" prepared by Geo. F. Gober.
Referred to General J udieiary Committee.

By Mr. Blalock-

A bill to amend section 2104 of the Code.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture..

The following message was received from the

House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President :



The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the follo0wing bills of the House, to-wit:

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A bill to change time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.

A bill to amend Acts incorporating town of CaveSprings.

A bill to change time of holding Superior Court of Dawson County.

A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Jenkins County.

A bifl to change time of holdin~ Superior Court

of Wayne County.



A bill to create office of County Commissioners for Glascock County.

A bill to incorporate town of Howell.

A bill to repeal Act incorporating town of Herod~

A bill to amend .Act providing for County. Commissioners for Quitman County.

A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Monroe, in Walton County.

A bill to repeal Act creating a charter for town of Om~a.

A bill to repeal Act establishing City Court of' Lumpkin.

A bill to amend Act to create office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski Oounty.

A bill to amend section 5989, Code 1910, relativeto compensation of stenographic reporters in certain Counties.

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The following Senate bill was recommitted to the Agricultural Committee:
By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers in this State containing cinders, sand or clay.

The following Senate bills were recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee:
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to amend section 1795 of the Code.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizers and cotton seed meal in this State.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was tabled: By Mr. Mann-
A bill to .amend section 3270 of the Code.

Mr. Roberts moved that Senate bill No. 185 be withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee and referred to the Railroad Com.mittee.

Mr. Shaw moved that the rules of the Senate be suspended and the bill above mentioned be engrossed. Mr. Shaw's motion prevailed.

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The following senate resolutions and bills were read third time to be put upon their passage :
By Mr. Harris-
A resolution to authorize the appointment of a joint Committee to investigate and report to the General Assembly upbn matter of a new lease of the W. & A. Railroad.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The resolution was passed.

By Mr. Roberts-
A resolution \to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by Ron. Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, on the 30th of October, 1882.
Report of the Committee was ggreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The resolution was passed.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to define a sufficient assignment of error in a bill of exception in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25 ; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require notice of an intention to apply for reprieve, commutation of penalty, or removal of disability.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon ~e passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

Amend by ~dding to section 1 the following, towit: Provided the Governor or Prison Commission on proper showing in their discretion may prescribe what notice shall be given in emergency cases.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to make the prohibition law more effective
and to lessen the evil of intemperance, to prevent
blind tigers from evading the law, and for other purposes.

Mr. Shaw offered the following amendments:
Be it further enacted, That half of the funds raised under this Act be used only for the purpose of good roads, to be apportioned between Counties as to area.

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On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.---

Cmwford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Harris, W. J.

Hullender, W. C. Kineajd, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C'. T. Shaw, Emmett Williams, Isaiah \\'orley. S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Blalock, H. C. Bush, I. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Kight, W. N.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Ro'berts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Edwards, C. H. Graham, L. C.

Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. King, W. W.

Ayes, 14; nays, 20.

Mann, W. S. Prathet, J. D. Shingler, J. S.

The amendment was lost.

Mr. Ennis moved that the Senate adjourn, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. :Blalock, A. 0.
Crawford, ,V. D.
Copelan, E. A. ; Culbreth, T. G. Diekerson, W. T.

Ennis, w. H.
Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Kincaid, J. B.
Mortis, ,V. S.
Roberts, W. T.

Shepvard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Waller Worley, S. T.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B.
Mayson, J. ,V.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Edwards, C. H. Hill, T. F.

King, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Ayes, 16; nays, 20.

Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S.

The motion was lost.

Senator Blalock was granted leave of absence for Tuesday.
On motion of Senator Sheppard, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLAN1'A, GA:,
Tuesday, July 16, 1912. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names :

. Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W." D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. i>iekerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H . Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shinglet, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter
'"\'"illiams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.M-ann, w. S.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

The following message was received from the House, through Mr. &ifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House:

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A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
A bill to create a I}oard of County Commissioners for Coffee County.
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior"Court of Colquitt County.
A bill to repeal Act establishing City Court of Moultrie.
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Irwin County.
A bill to repeal Act establishing City Court of Ocilla .
. A bill to repeal Act creating City Court of Swainsboro.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro.
A bill to repeal office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
A bill to fix salaries of Bailiffs of City Courts in certain Counties.
A bill to incorporate the town of Mableton.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County C~mmissioners of Floyd County.
A bill to authorize City of LaGrange to establish a gas plant.
A bill to create a new charter for town of Omega.

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A bill to amend Act incorporating town of Norwood.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Thomasville.
A bill to amend Act incorporating City of Valdosta, so as to extend City limits.
A bill to amend Act creating charter for City oi Valdosta, so as to levy a special tax.
A bill to provide for opening of defaults in City Court of Athens.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate by substitute, to-wit:
A bill to amend Acts incorporating the City oi Rome.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House of Representatives, the following Senate resolutions and bills, to-wit:
A resolution authorizing the appointment of a joint Commission upon the matter of re-leasing the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation~

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ordered by Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, October 30th, 1882.
A bill to define sufficient assignment of errors in a bill of exceptions.
A bill to require notice to be given of intention to apply for reprieve, commutation l)f penalty, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Beauclmmp, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the fol1owing report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to provide for a public school system for J e:fferson, Ga.
The Committee has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to codify the public school laws.
Respectfully submit~d, J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Mr. Spence, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Military .Affairs has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am
instructed to report back to the Senate with the
recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
.A bill to promote the efficiency of the militia or this State.
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States. over the military reservation known as Fort Oglethorpe.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT E. L. SPENCE, Chairman.

Mr. Crawford, Vice-Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submits the follows report:
Mr. President:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Hall County.

A bill to abolish the City Court of Calhoun County
.A bill to amend an .Act establishing the City Court of Griffin.
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County~

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A bill to abolish the City Court of Newton, in the County of Baker.
A bill to abolish the County Court of TaliaferroCounty.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. CRAWFORD, Vice-Chairman.

The following Senate bill was taken up to be put upon its passage as unfinished business:

By Mr. Felker-

A bill to make the prohibition laws more effective,. to lessen the evils of intemperance, to prevent blind tigers from evading the law.

Mr. Ennis moved to table the bill, and on this motion the ayes and nays were orderedr and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W-. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hill, T. F.

Kincaid, J. B. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adwms, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A.
Oroma:rtie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Felker, J. H.

Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J, W. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T.
J: Shaw, Emmett
Shingler, S. Sheppard, J. E. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.--

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.
King, W. w.

~;ann, ,,~. S.
Morris, W. S. Prat.hE:'r, J. D.

Ayes, 11; nays, 23.

The motion was lost.

Mr. Copelan moved that the bill be referred to a Committee of five lawyers of the Senate to investigate the Constitutionality of the bill, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the a'flirmative were Messrs.--

Blalock, H. C.
Crawford, ,Y. D.
Copelan, E. A.
Cutbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hill, T. F. Mayson, J. W. Roberts, W. T.

Sheppard, J. E. SJ:ence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Gromarlie, J. A.
Davis, J. S. Felker, J. H.

Hamilt-on, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hutlender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan; C. I. King, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Morris, ,V. S.
Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 16; nays, 19.

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The motion was lost.
Mr. Harris moved that the bill be referred to the
General Judiciary Committee with instructions ro
report back to the Senate tomorrow morning.
On this motion the ayes and nays were orderedr and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Diockerson, W. T. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, ,V. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Marshall, C. B. .Mayson, J. W.

j\1oore, 0. A. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Bush, I. A. Oro~artie, J. A. Davis, J. S.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Kight, W. N.

Kincaid, J. B. Oliver, T. W. Shingler, J. S. Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Morris, W. S.

Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 24; nays, 14.

The motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time :

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By Mr. Harris-
A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of Public Printing.

The following special order was taken up :
By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to amend paragraph 2 or" section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create the Oo~ty of Barrow.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adaliils, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Prather, J. D.

Felker, J. H.

Ayes, 38; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitu:.. tional majority, was passed, as amended, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL

To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified
electors of this State an amendment to paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19th, 1904, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to paragraph 2, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution of this State, as amended by tlie ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act of July 19th, 1904, to-wit: By adding to said paragraph the following language. Provided, however, that in addition to the Counties now provided for by the Constitution there sliall be a new County laid out from the Coun1ies of Gwinnett, Walton and Jackson, said County bounded as follows : Beginning at a point amid stream where the Mulberry River crosses the Hall County line joining Jackson County, thence following the line between Hall and Jackson Counties to the oorner of Hall, Gwinnett and Jackson Counties, thence in a direct line across the A'ppalachee River at Freeman's Mill to a point one mile from the South bank of said river at the crossing point, thence on a line

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down said river and one mile along from the South bank of the same to the line between Walton and Oconee Counties, thence following the line between Walton and Oconee Counhes to the common corner of walton, Jackson and 000nee Counties, thence following the line between Jackson and Oconee Counties to the Clark County line dividing Oconee and Clark Counties, thence in a direct line to McClesky's bridge at the central point over the Mulberry River and thence up the said Mulberry River to the beginning point on the Hall County line. That Winder., Georgia, shall be the Oounty site of said County. Said County shall be attached to the Ninth Congre:,!Sional District and to the Western J udieial Circuit, and shall be attached to the 33rd State Senatorial District. That the said name of said new County shall be "Barrow," and that all legal voters residing iu the limits of said County of Barrow, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, under the laws of Georgia, shall on the first Tuesday in .January, 1913, elect an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a County Surveyor and a . County Treasurer. Said election to be held at Winder, Ga., the County site of said County. That the Superior Oourts of said County shall be held on the fourth Mondays in March and September of each year. The limits of said County, the Congressional and Senatorial Districts and the ,Judicial Circuit to which it is attached, the time of holding the terms of the Superior Oourts !'!hall be as above designated until changed by law.

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Section 2. Be it further enacted, That when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to- each of the two Houses and shall have been entered on the Journals of each House with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be advertised in at least two p~pers in each Congressional District at least two months before the next general election to be held on the :first Wednesday in October, 1912. And he shall also provide for a submission of the p"iooposed amendment at said general election. And if a majority of the electors shall ratify such proposed amendment by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly such amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of Georgia.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said amendment to the people at said election in the following form. That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets ''In favor of ratification of the amendment to the Constitution c_reating the County of Barrow, with Win~er, Georgia, as the County site," and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets ''Opposed to the ratification of amendment to the Constitution creating the Gounty of Barrow, with Winder, Ga., as the County site."
By unanimous consent, the following House bill

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was read second time and recommitted to the Counties and County Matters Committee:
By Mr. Lott-
A bill to repeal Act creating offi.ce of County Conimissioners of Coffee County.

The following House bills were read :first time: By Mr. Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Howell. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Burnett-
A bill to amend an Act approved February 22, 1873, providing for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Quitman County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. MeltonA bill to repeal the Act incorporating the town of
Heard. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glascock County.
.Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. McKee-
A bill to change the regular terms of Dawson Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brinson-
A bill to amend the Act to repeal the Act establishing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jenkins County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. MiddletonA bill to change the time of holding the Superior
C'ourt of Wayne County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. HarrellA bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court
of Lumpkin.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Deese--
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Pulaski County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Messrs. Blassingame and Wood-

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Monroe.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. CookA bill to repeal the Act creating the office of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. McElreath and WestmorelandA bill to fix the salaries of the City Court of this
State. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Payton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro, in Worth County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. EllisA bill to -create and provide a new charter for the
town of Omega. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Hall and DeFore-
A bill to amend section 5989, volume 1,. of the Code.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to repeal the Act establishing the City Court of Moultrie.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Cheney and York-

A bill to incorporate the town of Mableton.

:Referred

to

Committee

on .

Corporat.ions.

By Mr. Lott-

A bill to create a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Paulk-
A bill to repeal the Act establishing the City Court of Ocilla.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Ashley and Converse-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Valdosta.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to repeal the Act creating the City Court of Swainsboro.
Referred to Special.Tudiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slade and W oh1wender-
A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court of Muscogee Oounty.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. CollinsA bill to ainend the.Act creating the Board of
County Commissioners for Mitchell County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
By Mr. HarrisA bill to amend all Acts amending the Acts incor-
porating the town of Cave Springs. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Paulk-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Irwin County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By .Mr. DuBose-
A bill to provide for the opening of defaults in the City Court of A:tbens.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ellis-
A bill to repeal the Act creating the charter of the town of Omega.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Ashley and Converse-
A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the City of Valdosta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to provide four terms of Superior Court of Colquitt County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to amend an Act to provide uniformity in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Floyd County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. MassengaleA bill to amend the Act incorporating the town
of Norwood.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hiers-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of LaGrange to establish and maintain a gas light plant.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hopkins, Macintyre and Reese-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 15, 1905, creating the City Court of Thomasville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Whitehead-
A bill to am~nd article 7, paragraph 1, section 1 of the Constitution.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as foHows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Diekerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.

:-.:ur~lwll, C'. B. }rayson, J. W. :iroore, 0. A.
Monis, W. S. Oliver, T. ,V.
Roberts, ,V. '1'.
Shaw, Emmett Hhing-le1", J. S. Srence, R. E. L. Whitehead, 'Valter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Felker, J. H. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 35; nays, 0.

Sheppard, J. E. "Torley, S. T.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, and the bill is as follows:
A BILL

To be entitled an Ad to amend article 7, section one, paragraph one of the Constitution of this State, by striking therefrom the words ''In the elementary branches of an English education only,'' in lines :five and six, so that when so amended, the said article, section and paragraph shall read aA follows, to-wit:
'' T.he powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the

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following purposes only: for the support of the State Government and public institutions :
For educational purposes in instructing children.
To pay interest on the public debt.
To pay the principal of the public debt.
r.L'o suppress insurrection, to repeal invasion and defend the State in time of war.
To supply the soldiers who lost a limb or limbs in the military service of the Confederate States with substantial artificial limbs during life, and make suitable provision for such Confederate soldiers as may have been otherwise disabled or permanently injured in such service, or who may, by reason of age and poverty or infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty be unable to provide a living for themselves and for the widows of such Confederate soldiers as may have died in the service of the Confederate States or since from wounds received therein, or disease contracted in the service, or who, by reason of age and poverty or infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty are unable to provide a living for themeslves, provided that the ~ct shall only apply to such widows as were married at the time of such service and have remained unmarried since the death of such soldier husband.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That article seven, section one, paragraph one of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby amended by striking

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therefrom the words ''in the elementary branches of an English education only" in li!)es five and six, so that when so amended the said article, section and paragraph shall read as follows, to-wit:
"The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes only:

"For the support of the State Government and the public institutions.
''For educational purposes in instructing children. ''To pay interest on the public debt.
''To pay the principal of the public debt. '' To suppress insurrection ; to repeal invasion and defend the State in time of war.

''To supply the soldiers who lost a limb or limbs in the military service of the Confederate States with substantial artificial limbs during life, and make suitable provisions for such Confederate soldiers as may have been otherwise disabled or permanently injured in such service, or who may by reason of age and poverty, or infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty are unable to provide a living for themselves; and for the widows of such Confederate soldiers, who may have died in the service of the Confederate States or since from wounds received therein, or disease contracted in the service, or who, by reason of age and poverty or infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty are unable to provide a living for themselves; provided that the Act shall

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only apply to such widows as were married at the time of such service and .have remained "Qllmarried since the death of such soldier husband.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House it shall be so entered on their Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon; the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional Districts in this State for a period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State, at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided in the second section of this Act, in the several election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly.
All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting this proposed amendment to the Constitution, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''For amendment of Constitution, article seven, section 1, paragraph one, lines five and six; to provide for educational purposes in instructing children,'' and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots, the words ''Against amendment of Constitution, article seven, section 1, paragraph 1,

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lines five and six, to provide for educational purposes, in instructing children.''
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority af-oresaid, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act tq a vote of the people, as required by the Constitution of this State in article 13, section 1, paragraph 1, and if ratified, the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Sec,retary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner, as in cases of election. for the members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The following report of Special Committee was read and adopted by the Senate:

Mr. President:

Your Special Committee appointed under Senate resolution No. 63 to which was referred the difficulty which occurred on the afternoon of July lOth, 1912, beg leave to report as follows:
A bill in reference to the Public Printing had been referred to the Senate Committee on Public Printing, and was before that body for consideration.

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One gentleman was favoring and others opposing the measure. After the adjournment of the Committee, it appears that in the Senate Chamber one of the gentlemen opposing the measure threatened personal punishment to an advocate of the bill in the event he used expressio~ derogatory of the former~ character. A fight took place in which metal knucks were used, and it is probable that one of the parties had such knucks at the session of the Committee.
Nothing offensive occurred before the Committee.
We only took so much evidence as would afford a basis for determining whether the entire transaction should be inquired into, and whether the matter was of sufficient gravity to warrant a thorough investigation with report of all the evidence to your Honorable Body.

From an investigation of all the accessible authorities, and upon consideration of the facts in their most adverse light, we are of the opinion that no disrespect either of the Senate or of its Committee was intended by any of the combatants. The fact that all parties refrained from violence until after the adjournment of the Committee is evidence of the lack of such intent.
It is true that every citizen has the Constitutional right to appeal to the Legislature for appropriate legislation on any subject and no violence should be threatened to prevent the exercise of this right.

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On the other hand, it may be expected that unnecessarily offensive remarks would be resented.
The carrying of metal knucks is prohibited by law, and of course is reprehensible, but if such knucks were in the possession of any pel'Son appearing be- fore the Committee there was no evidence of intended violence or of their use in the presence of the Committee, or while it was in session.
We do not deem that the facts of this case, viewed in their strongest light would warrant your Committee in laying down the conditions under which the Senate should proceed for contempt.
All of the evidence not having been introduced before us, we do not undertake to declare the exact facts, or make exact findings as to what transpired. The evidence taken is herewith submitted.
We are, however, unanimously of the opinion that there was a total absence of intent on the part of any of the parties to show disrespect to the Senate, or its Committee, and we, therefore, recommend t.hat the Senate take no further action in the premises.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. SLATON,
Chairman ex-officio.
w. D. CRAWFORD,
J. E. SHEPPARD, J. W. MAsoN, J. B. DouGLASs.

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The following Senate bill was read :first time:
By Mr. Shingler-
A bill to amend the Act authorizing the Governor to appoint additional State Depository for the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:
By Messrs. Anderson and Stubbs--
A bill to amend an Act approved August 9th, 1911,. to reapportion the Congressional Districts of this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill toamend the Act of August 12, 1910, incorporating the town of Bowdon, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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The following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage.

By Mr. Burwell-
A resolution to release the sureties upon the bond of ,A. M. Hutchison, Tax Collector of Hancock County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 31; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, .July 17, 1912.
The Senate m~t pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. AdllJms, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, L.A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Dug'gan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, \\-'. H. l<'elker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Kiug,W.W. Marshall, C. B. Yayson, J. \V. Moore, 0. A.

~Iorti5, \Y. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Rheprard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. ~~r. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-
Hamilt<m, W. W. Harris, W. J.

Mann, W. S.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

The following House bill was withdrawn from
the Special Judiciary Committee and referred to
the General Judiciary Committee:
By Messrs. Blasingame and Wood--
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Monroe.

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By unanimous consent, the following bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. King-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Glynn County to enter a contract with the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Company to obtain bridge rights over the Altamaha River:
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were __ ,
nays, --
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
Amend section 1 by inserting after the word "their" in the 12th line the words "contenst and" so that when so amended said section will read as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the County of Glynn in said State ading by and through its Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Company, in consideration of not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, cash to be paid said railroad company for the operation and maintenance over the bridges and trestles of the railroad company as they shall

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be constructed over the A.ltamaha River and its various branches from a public highway in Glynn County to a public highway in Mcintosh County of a motor car service for the benefit of the public and for the transportation of vehicles and their contents and passengers, thus giving to the citizens of Glynn County and the public generally public roads and bridge rights across said river.

The following message was received from the House, through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has passed, by the requisite Constituti<>nal majority, the following bills of the H<>use, to-wit:
A bill to amend Ads incorporating the City of Rome.
A bill to establish City Court of Quitman.
A bill to establish Board of County Commissioners of Telfair County.
A bill to authorize City <>f Savannah to convey certain property to J a:cob S. Collins.
A bill to create Board of County Commissioners for Pierce County.
A bill to amend charter of City of Oglethorpe.
A bill to amend section 1249, Code of Georgia, so as to add Sylvester to list of State Depositories.

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A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Monroe County.
A bill to regulate employment of children of certain ages.
A bill to amend charter of City of Bainbridge.
A bill to amend section 1249, Code 1910, so as to add Temple to list of State Depositories.
Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:

The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following Rouse bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act creating a new ~barter for the town of Omega.
A bill to authorize the City of LaGrange to establish a gas plant.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Norwood.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.
A bill to provide a new charter of the town of' Omega.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cave: Springs.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Howell. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta. A bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro. Respectfully submitted,
W .T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

To the Senate:
Your Committee having under consideration the question as to whether Senate bill No. 208 is Constitutional, beg leave to report that in our opinion said bill is Constitutional.
W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed, and ready for transmis. sion to the House, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend article 7, paragraph 1, section 1 of the Constitution of this State.
A bill to amend paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARON, Acting Chairman.

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Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. President:
The General Ju.diciary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that'the same do pass, as amen- .. ded:
A bill to amend section 1207 of the Code.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. President:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under eonsideration the following bills of the Senate whicl it instructs me to report back to the Senate witb the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to amend section 1795 of the Code.
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizers and cotton seed meal, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

Senate bill number 222 was withdrawn from the

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Railroad Committee and recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

Senate bill No. 110 was withdrawn from the Emmigration and Labor Committee and recommitted tothe General Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution of the House was with- drawn from the Agricultural Committee, read second time and recommitted to the Agricultural Committee.

By Messrs. Johnson and Kimbrough-
A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate the question involved in the Congressional resolution regarding cotton tare.

The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to amend Ad 446 of the laws of Georgia of 1908, approved August 15th, 1908, to provide for additional registration of voters of this State.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Dickerson-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend section 5261 of the Code of 1895 which provides for the payment of witness fees.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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Mr. Douglass, Chairman of the Committee on. Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
M1. President :
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following Senate bin which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1908, to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners in the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. DouGLAS, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following bill of the Senate was read third time and put npon its passage:
By Mr. Felker-
A bill to make the prohibition law~ more effective, to lessen the evils of intemperance and to prevent blind tigers.
Mr. Morris offered the following amendment :
Amend by adding at the end of section 6 the following: Provided, That this Act shall not go into effect in any County of the State unless the voters of said County adopt said bill.

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Upon this amendment the ayes and nays was. ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.--

Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D.

Ennis, W. H.

Prather, J. D.

Grovenstein, A. N.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Ad311lls, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Cop~lan, E. A. Oromaliie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edw.ards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

l\,foore, 0. A. Olive1, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, WalterWilliams, .Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Dickerson, W. T.

Graham, L. C. King, W. W. l\fann, W. S.

Morris, W. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 5; nays, 29.

The amendment was lost.

The previous question was called and main question was ordered on the passage of the bill.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays wereordered, and the vote is as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.--

Aaron, 0. B. Ada.ms, G. W. Beauchamp, J ._ C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J.. S. Douglass, J_ B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F_
Hullender, W- C. Kight, W- N. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J_ W. Moore, 0_ A.

Oliver, T- W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T_ Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J_ S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah
Wurley, s_ T.

Those -voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W- T_

Ennis, W_ HGrovenstein, A. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

Morris, W. s_
Prather, J. D.
Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C.

Graham, L_ C_

Ayes, 29 ; nays, 11.

Mann, W. S.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Amend by striking from the second line of section 4 the words "10 cents per gallon" and substituting therefor the following words, to-wit: " 8 cents per gallon on -kegs or barrels and 1 cent per pint or less in bottles.''
Amend further by substituting 20 for 25 cents, 60 cents for $1.00, in the 5th and 6th lines respectively of section 2, and 15 cents for 25 cents in the last line of said section 2.

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Further amend by substituting 20 cents for 25 cents in the 3rd line of section 4 and by substituting 60 cents for $1.00 in the 4th line of said section 4.

Further amend by striking out the folloWing words in section 5 in the last two lines of said section~ towit: "And shall direct when the remainder of said funds realized from the sale of stamps shall be paid and expended,'' and substituting in lieu of the same the following words, to-wit: ''And the Clerk of said Superior Court shall pay to the Treasurer of the State of Georgia monthly the net amount realized from the sale of stamps.''

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require all express companies, all railroad companies or other common carriers doing business in this State to prepare in duplicate and furnish to Ordinaries of the various Counties m Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28; nays, 8.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to establish the office of Public Printing. Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were order and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Roberts, 'V. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H.

Morris, W. S.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A.

Davis, J. S. Graham, L. C. Hill, T. F.

Mann,W. S. Moore, 0. A. Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 29 ; nays, 5.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute.

Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Banks has hud under consideration the following Senate bill which I am in-
structed to report back to the Senate with the recom.
mendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to amend the Act authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional State Depository in the City of Atlanta.
Respectfully submitted,
\V. S. MoRms, Chairman.

Senate bill No. 210 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review procedure and practice in the courts of this State, approved August 21st, 1911, so as to provide that no judgment of a trial court in criminal cases shall be reversed for lack of proof of venue.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Ennis moved that when the Senate adjourn today it stand adjourned until Friday morning at 10 o'clock, so as to attend barbecue at Rome.
On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:
Those. votingin the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Dickerson, W. T. Douglass. J. B. Ennis, V{. H. Graham, L. C. Kincaid, J. B.

Marshall, C. B.
Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Ha.rris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts. W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Whitehead. Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Cromartie, J. A.

Mann, W. S.

Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 15; nays, 24.

The motion was lost.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time :
By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to amend section 1207 of volume 2 of the Code.

The fol~owing House bills were read first time: By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act and all amendatory Ads incorporating the City of Rome.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to regulate the employment of minor children of certain ages.

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Referred to Committee on Emmigration and Labor.

By Mr. BowerA bill to amend the charter of the City of Bain-
bridge. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Oglethorpe.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Strickland--
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Pierce County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. BeckA bill to establish the City Court of Qu"itman. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Payton-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Political Code of 1910.
Referred to Committee on Banks.

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By Messrs. Alexander, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to authorize the mayor and Council. of the City of Savannah to grant and convey to J aeob S. Collins 10 feet and 10 inches of land, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Cook-
A bill to establish a Board of :five Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 19th, 1907, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Monroe County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. SpenceA bill to amend section 1249 of volume one of the
Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
Senator Oliver was granted leave of absence until July 22, 1912.
On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, .July 18, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

On motion, the roll call was dispensed with.

On motion, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report :
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to make the prohibition laws of Georgia more effective.
A bill to require express companies and other common carriers to furnish the Ordinaries where delivered, a ,complete list of shipments of malt and spirituous liquors.
A bill to enlarge the powers of the Commissioners of Public Printing.
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Glynn County to enter into contract with Georgia

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'Coast and Piedmont R. R. Company to obtain bridge .rights over the Altamaha River.
Respectfully submitted, W"lt!. N. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Coun-ties and County Matters, submitted the follovving report:
Mr. President:
The Committee ori Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to create the office of Commissioner8 of Roads and Revenues for the County of Glascock.
The Committee has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
-A bill to amend an Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rever:ues for Jenkins County.
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of County Commissioner of Coffee County.
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of ~ulaski.

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A bill to amend the Ad creating the Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and. Revenues for Coffee Qounty.
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of CGmmissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
A bill to provide uniformity in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County.
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Glascock County.
Respectfully submitted,
J. S. DAvis, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. President :
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the Senate whic-h it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A bill to amend s~ction 5268 of the Code.
A bill to amend the Act prescribing certain matters of review.
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees.

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The Committee also recommends that the follow'ing Senate bills do not pass :
A bill to provide for a division of the 'Superior Court Circuits in this State.
A bill to enquire into the disqualification of any Judge of the Superior and City Courts.
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to interfere in any manner whatever with any contract of a farm laborer.
A bill to amend section 5298 of the Gode.
A bill to change the time for holding elections from the first Wednesday in Odober to Tuesday .after first Monday in November.
A bill to amend section 2177 of the Code.
A bill to amend section 4732 of the Code.
The Committee also recommends that the following bill be recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture:
A bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to have gasoline inspected.
The Committee also recommends that the following House bills do pass :
A bill to regulate the manner of selecting County newspapers.
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Elberton.

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A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Newton County.

A bill to provide for four terms of Elbert Superior Court.

A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Court of Dawson County.

A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Court of Wayne County.

A bill to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.

A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of DeKalb County.

The Committee also recommends that the following House resolution do pass :

A' resolution for the relief of 0. H. Dearing and W. D. O'Halloran.

The Committee also recommends that the following bills of the House do not pass :

A bill to allow defendants in celiain City Courts to withdraw waivers for demand for indictment.

A bill to change the time for electing Justices of the Peace and Constables.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Monroe.

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court

of Monroe.



The Committee also recommends that the following House resolution do not pass :

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A resolution calling upon the National Democratic Convention to express itself on certain subjects.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:

The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bain-

bridge.



A bill to authorize the City of Savannah to con~ey to Jacob S. Collins a certain strip of land.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Oglethorpe.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Rome.

W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

Mr. Cl-awford, Acting Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President: The Special Judiciary Committee has had under
consideration the following bill of the House which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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A bill to amend section 5989 of the Code. Respectfully. submitted,
W. D. CRAWFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Temperance has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to declare the policy of this State in reference to commerce in alcoholic liquors, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
0. A. MooRE, Chairman.

The following report of Special Committee appointed to investigate certain charges against the Messenger was read and adopted:

Mr. President:
Your Committee appointed at the 1911 session of the Senate to investigate the appointment of pages for said session have carefully investigated said appointment of pages and beg leave to submit the following report, to-wit:

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A rumor was current during the session of the Senate, 1911, that our Messenger had appointed a page who did not reside in this State. This rumor, it seems, referred to the appointment of young Otis Green, who served as surplus page or errand boy during the said session of 1911. From information furnished by persons who know Otis Green and his family, it appears, that his family is divided in their pla:ce of residence, a part residing in Atlanta, Ga., arid others living in South Carolina, and these same persons positively state that Otis Green resides with that part of his family which lives in Atlanta, Ga., at No. 45 West Cain Street. We further find that the per diem of ypung Otis Green was paid by outsiders and that his services as surplus page or errand boy did not cost the State anything whatever.
We, therefore, fully exhonorate our Messenger, Hon. Flynn Hargett, from any wrong doing in making this appointment.

Your Committee has further considered the statements made by a member of the House of Representatives during the 1911 session, to-wit: That during the session of the Senate of 1906, our present Messenger had directed a page named Robert Ledsinger to pay over to another page the amount of $15.00 out of his; Ledsinger's per diem. Our Messenger, Hon. Flynn Hargett, emphatically denies the truth of this statement and his denial is overwhelmingly sustained by statements furnished by Senators who served during all session of 1906.

We, therefore, again f~lly exhonorate our Messen-



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ger, Hon. Flynn Hargett, from any wrong doing whatever in this matter.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman,
w. H. ENNIS, w. T. RoBERTS.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to regulate municipal elections in City of Savannah.
A bill to amend Constitution of State so as to abolish office of Justice of Peace in certain cities.
A bill to amend Constitution of State so as to provide for a Lieutenant Governor.
A bill to amend Constitution so as to create new County of Bleckley.
A bill to incorporate City of Metter.
A bill to incorporate town of Bonaire.

Mr. Williams, Chairman of the Pension Committee, submits the following report:
Committee on Pensions have had udner consideration bill No. 12, to raise the pension of indigent Con-

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federate soldiers and their widows from sixty dollars to one hundred dollars per annum.
We recommend that it do pass, with amendment, which is hereto attached.
Respectfully submitted,
IsAIAH WILLIAMs, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following bill of the House was read second time and made special order for next Wednesday; 100 copies ordered printed:
By Messrs. Tippins and Alexander-
A bill to declare the policy of this State in reference to commerce in alcoholic liquor, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read second time:
By Mr. WhiteheadA bill regulating contracts of surety between com-
mon carriers and their employes and sureties upon such contracts.
By Mr. MarshallA bill to amend an Act approved August the 17th,
1908, to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners for this State.
By Mr. Beanchamp--
A bill to codify the public school laws.

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By Mr. MorrisA bill to amend section 5268 of the Code.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to further promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bush-
A bill t_o amend an Act to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review. procedure and practice in the courts of this State.

By Mr. Shingler-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint addi:tional Depository in the City of Atlanta.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe, in Catoosa and Walker Counties.

The following House bills were read second time: By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Glascock.
By Messrs: Kirby and BrannonA bill to create a new charter for the town of
Grantville.

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By Mr. Holder-
A bill to provide a public school system for Jefferson, Ga.

By Mr. Payton-
A. bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro, in Worth County.

By Mr. Lott-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

By Mr. Middleton-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of .. Hickox, in the County of Wayne.

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bolingbroke, in the County of Monroe.

By Mr. Ellis-
A bill to create and providing for a new charter for the town of Omega.

By Mr. J?eeseA bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.

By Mr. Frederick- .
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Oglethorpe.

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By Mr. Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Howell, in Echols County.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act and all amendatory Acts incorporating the City of Rome.

By Mr. McKee-
A bill to change and regulate the time for holding Dawson Superior Court.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in the City of LaGrange.

By Mr. Bush-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Newton, in Baker County.

By Mr. Bower-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge.

By Mr. Miller.A bill to abolish the City Court of Calhoun County.

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By Mr. Middleton-
A bill to change the time of convening the Superior Court of Wayne County.

By Messrs. Alexander and Field-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of D~Kalb County.

By Mr. Darsey-
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Griffin.

By Mr. DarseyA bill t9 amend the charter of the City of Griffin.

By Messrs. Ashley and Converse-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Valdosta.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hiers-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and City Council of the City of LaGrange to establish and maintain a gas plant.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to amend an Act to provide uniformity in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County.

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By Mr. Ellis-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a charter for the town of Omega.

By Mr. Worsham-
A bill to amend an Act consolidating various Acts incorporating the City of Forsyth.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.

By Messrs; Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah to convey to Jacob S. Collins 10 feet and 10 inches of land.

By Messrs. Hall and DeForeA bill to amend section 5989 of the Code.
By Messrs. Ashley and ConverseA bill to amend an Act to create the charter for
the City of Valdosta.

By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Glascock County.

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By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to amend the Act and all Acts amendatory thereof incorporating the town of Norwood.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to regulate the manner of selecting official County newspapers.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act and Acts amendatory thereof incorporating the town of Cave Springs.

By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Mitchell County.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of" Hall County.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Newton County.

By Mr. Brinson-
A bill to amend the Act repealing the Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jenkins County.



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By Mr. Kendrick-
A bill to abolish the County Court of Telfair County.

By Mr. Lord-
A bill to amend the Ad incorporating the City of Commerce.

The following resolution was read second time:
By Messrs. Slade and WohlwenderA resolution for the relief of 0. H. Dearing and

W. D. O'Halloran.
By unanimous consent, Senator Adams was added to theW. & A. R. R. Committee.

The following House bills were read first time :
By Mr. McElreath-
A bill to amend article 6, section 7 of the Gonstitution of this State.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to incorporate the town of Metter. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to regulate municipal elections in the City of Savannah.

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to create a new County named Bleckley with Cochran as the County site.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Messrs. McElreath, Adams, Hall and Worsham-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to create the office of Lieutenant Governor.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Holtzclaw and HobbsA bill to incorporate the town of Bonaire, in the
County of Houston. Referred to Committee on Corporations. The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Mann-
A bill to provide regulations with referen~ t~ investments of life insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Douglas-
A bill to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia.

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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
The following Senate bill was read second time:
By Mr. Williams-
A bill to increase the pension of indigent Confederate veterans, soldiers and their widows.

The following House bill was recommitted to Committee on Counties and County Matters:
By Mr. Cook-
A bill to repeal the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County.

The following House bill was recommitted to the Corporation Committee:
By Mr. Bower-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge.

The following Senate bills were read third time and recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee:
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend section 1795 of the Code.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags and food and feed stamps.

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By unanimous consent, Senate bill No. 213 was tabled.

.By unanimous consent, Senate bill No. 215 was tabled.

The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage :

By Mr. Edwards-

A bill to amend section 1207 of volume 2 of the

Code.

,,

Report of the Committee was agreed to. c-;; :

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 34; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

Amend by striking from caption after the word "words" in the second line and before the word "may" in the 3rd line the following: "or that Counties having a population of less than 7,000," and substituting in lieu thereof ''any County or Counties not desiring to work their quota of convicts."

Amend by striking from the 5th and 6th lhtes of section 1 the words '' or that Counties having a population of 7,000," and inserting therefor "any
County or Counties desiring to work their quota of
convicts.''

Further amend section one by striking from the

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fiftieth and fifty-first lines the words, ''or that Counties having a population of less than seven thousand" and substituting therefor ''any County or Counties not desiring to work their quota of convicts."

By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to regulate the use of mileage books and mileage tickets in this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to direct the State Treasurer not to draw funds from the State Depositories therein named until needed to pay warrants on the Treasurer.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 3.
ThE: bill having received the requisite Constitu tional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
By adding after "Treasurer" in 9th line, "or unless it be necessary to protect the interests of the State."

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By unanimous consent, the following House bills was tabled:
By Messrs. Stovall and Cordell-
A bill to provide four regular terms of Elbert Superior Court.

By Messrs. Stovall and Cordell-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Elberton.

The following House bills were read second time with adverse report from the Committee. The report was agreed to and the bill was lost:
By Messrs. Blasingame and Wood-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Monroe.

By Messrs. Blasingame and Wood-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Monroe.

The following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
"By Mr. Lott-
A bill to create the office of County Commissioner of Coffee County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32 ; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Messrs. Holtzclaw and Hobbs-
A resolution for the relief of the estate of J. W.
Rushing.
Report of the Commitooe was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 19, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
On motion the roll call was dispensed with.
On motion the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to regulate the use of mileage books and mileage tickets in this State.
A bill to regulate the use of mileage books and mileage tickets in this State.
A bill to amend section 1207 of vol. 11 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to direct the State Treasurer not to with-

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draw funds from the State depositories until needed to pay warrants.
Respectfully submitted, 0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Agriculture has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling fertilizer tags.
Respectfully submitted, I. A. BusH, Chairman.

Mr. Crawford, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend Article 7 of the 1()th division ot vol. 2 of the Code of 1911.
The Committee has had under consideration the

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following Honse bills, which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to regulate municipal elections in the City of Savannah.

A bill to fix the salaries of bailiffs of the City Courts of this State.

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of

Thomasville.



. A bill to provide for opening of defaults in the City Court of Athens.

Respectfully submitted,

W. D. CRAWFORD, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Hamilton, Chairman of the Committee O:Q Emigration and Labor, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Emigration and Labor has had under consideration the following Honse bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to regulate the employment of minor chil dren of certain ages, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
W. W. HAMILTON, Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following House bill was recommitted to the Emigration and Labor Committee:

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to regulate the employment of minor children of certain ages.

By unanimous consent the following House bill was read second time.

By Messrs. Stovall and Cordell-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Elberton.
The following bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Williams-
A bill to increase the pension of indigent Confederate veteran soldiers and their widows.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House:
A bill to require certain county officers and State officials to keep a record of all costs and fees collected by them.

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A bill to provide four terms of Superior Court of Tattnall County.

A bill to repeal Act incorporating town of Patten in Thomas County;

A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of Carrollton.

A bill to create City Court of Millen.

A bill to provide four terms of Suyerior Court of

Emanuel County.



A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of Jackson.

A bill to change time of holding Superior Court of Henderson County.

A bill to amend At creating charter for town of Salt Springs.

A bill to amend charter of town of Thomasville.

A bill to amend Act incorporating town of Bartow.

A bill to amend Acts incorporating City of Brunswick.

A bill to provide for four termS' of Superior Court

of Brooks County.

'

A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Miller County.

A bill to repeal Act incorporating City of Springfield.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Barretts.
A bill to incorporate the town of Chauncey.
A bill to amend Act increasing number of terms of Superior Court of Chatham County.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolution of the House:
A resolution to refund to the Fruendschafts-bund $500.00.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate:
A bill to establish a system of electric lights for town of Buena Vista.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Dalton.
Mr. Douglass, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to-wit:
A bill to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted, J. B. DouGLASs, Chairman.

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Mr. Shaw, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:

The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge.
Respectfully submitted, SHAW, Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contractual liens thereon from devisees and legatees and heirs at law of deceased persons as to prior unrecorded liens, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.

Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N.

Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.

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King, w. w.
Marshall, C. B.
Mayson, J. W. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.

Felker, J. H.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Hill, T. F. Mann, W. S. Moore, 0. A.

Ayes, 26; nays, 3.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Spence, R. E. L.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows : Amend by adding between the words "all" and "persons" in the 2nd line the word "innocent," and by adding after the word "corporation" and before the word "who" in the third line the words "acting in good faith and without actual notice.''

The following Senate resolution and bill were read first time:
By Mr. Harris-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the Senate and House to consider a method of handling local bills before the General Assembly.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Felker-
A bill to permit railroad companies .to accept advertisement from newspapers for transportation, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Prather-
A bill to regulate telephone. and telegraph com- . panies, and to provide a penalty for violation of their duties.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
};.. bill to amend section 1651 of the Code of Georgia of1911.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the general appropriation Act of 1911 and 1912 so as to provide for the appointment of the pages by the Messenger.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Beauchamp--
A bill to provide for the immediate registration of all births and deaths and burial or removal permits.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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The following House bills were read the third time

and put upon their passage :

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By Mr. Bower-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31 ; nays, 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority,. was passed.

The following House bill were read first time:
By Mr. BrinsonA bill to create the City Court of Millen in and for
the County of Jenkins. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Converse~:\. bill to incorporate the town of Barretts. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to incorporate the town of Chauncey. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Maclntyre--
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Thomasville.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. RobertsA bill to amend the Act approved .A;ugust 6th,
1909, creating the City Court of Miller County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. HardemanA bill to amend the Act approved September 20th,
1887, incorporating the town of Bartow.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Carrollton, in Carroll County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lawrence--
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6th, 1909, which amended an Act approved August 12, 1904, and for other purposes.
Referred to General ,Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Calloway and Tippins-
A bill to provide for holding four terms each year of Superior Court of Tattnall County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Beck-

A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Brooks County.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Moore-
A bill to amend the act establishing the City Court of Jackson, approved August 1, 1911.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Green-
A bill to repeal the Act incorporating the City of Springfield.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Turner County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to require certain County officers and State officials to keep a record of all costs and fees collected by them.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Yomnans and WallerA bill to provide for holding four terms of Supe-
rior Court of Emanuel County. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. ButtsA bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the
City of Brunswick. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Maclntyre-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Patten in Thomas County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Upshaw-
A bill to amend the Act approved December 12, 1882, creating a new charter for the town of Salt Springs.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following House resolution was read first time:

By Mr. Brown-
A resolution to refund to the Freundschafts-bund, a fraternal beneficiary order of Atlanta, Ga., the sum of $500.00.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Sheppard-
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourn today, it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

The following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to consolidate the several Acts incorporating the City of Forsyth.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 33; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following House bill was read second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Diese-
A bill to create a new County named Bleckley with Cochran for the county site.

The following House bill was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee :

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By Mr. Christopher-
A bill to change the time of electing Justice of Peace and Constables.

Senators Duggan and Bush were granted leave of absence until Tuesday.

On motion the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Monday, July 22, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock, was called to order by the P~esident.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.
Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

::\Ioore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T; W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bush, I. A.

Duggan, C. I.

l'he Journal of Friday was read and approved.

Mr. Crawford, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the City Court of Millen in and for the County of Jenkins.
Respectfully submitted, W. D. CRAWFORD, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Brown, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee on Privileges and Elections has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend Act No. 446 of the laws of 1908, to provide for additional registration of voters.
Respectfully submitted, J.P. BROWN, Chairman.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report: Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing report that they

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have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bill, to-wit:
A bill to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contractual liens from devisees, legatees, etc.
Respectfully submitted, 0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Appropriations has had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
A resolution to appropriate $200.00 for a por. trait of General C. A. Evans.
Respectfully submitted, W. H. ENNIS, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House throug~ Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit:

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A bill to amend Act creating public school system in City of Oglethorpe.
A bill to provide for four terms a year of Superior Court of Telfair County.
A bill to repeal Act creating City Court of McRae.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Madison.
A bill to amend Act relating to Board of County Commissioners for County of Camden.
A bill to amend Act incorporating City of Molena.
A bill to create Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Henry County.
A bill to provide an additional .Judge for Atlanta Judicial Circuit.
A bill to amend charter of town of Screven.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Washington county.
A bill to amend Act amending the charter of Flovilla.
A bill to incorporate the town of Crest.
A bill to incorporate town of Cadwell.
A bill to authorize City of Atlanta to construct bridges on Pryor Street and Central Avenue.
A bill to authorize railroads entering Union depot to lower tracks.

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A bill to amend Act creating charter of the City of Lilly.
A bill to amend Act to create City Court of Jeff e r son.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Macon County.
A bill to create a new charter for town of Statesboro.
A bill to prescribe terms of office of officials of City Court of Savannah.
A bill to confirm rights of Thomas F. Screven to certain docks in City of Savannah.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the Appropriations Committee, read second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the Appropriation Act of 1911 and 1912 so as to provide for the appointment of the Pages by the MesS'enger.

By -unanimous consent the following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Stovall and Cordell-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Elberton.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Jones and Williams-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Lone Oak in Meriwether County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu- tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Collins-



A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Mitchell County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brinson-
A bill to amend an Act repealing an Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jenkins County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

ByMr. McKee-

A bill to change and regulate the time of holding the Superior Court of Dawson County.

Report of th'e Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

tional majority, was passed.



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By Messrs. Kirby and Brannon-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Grantville.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional ma.jority, was passed.

By Mr. Middleton-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Hickox in the County of Wayne.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26.; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines'--
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange to purchase or construct a system of waterworks.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Bush-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Newton in Baker County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. DorseyA bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Hall, Wimberly and DeFoor-
A bill to authorize and direct the County Board of Commissioners for Bibb County \o levy a tax paid, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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331

By Mr. Kendrick--'
A bill to abolish the County Court of Taliaferro County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutiona1 majority-, was passed.

By Mr. Middleton-
A bill to change the time of holding Superi~r Court of Wayne County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in the City of LaGrange.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Deese-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Holder-
A bill to provide for a public school system for the town of J e:fferson, Ga.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Howell in the County of Echols.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passe<;I.

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By Mr. Payton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro in Worth County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having re~ived the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Lott-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Coffee County,
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to amend the Act and all Acts amendatory thereof incorporating the town of Norwood.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
~e bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Adams-
.A: bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the County of Hall.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pasS'ed.

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bolingbroke in Monroe County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nayS', 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to amend an Act to provide uniformity in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Floyd County.
Report of t4e Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. FrederickA bill to amend the charter of the City of Ogle-
thorpe, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange to establish and maintain a gas plant, and for other purposes.
Report of the. Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act and all amendatory Acts incorporating the City of Rome in Floyd County.
Report of the Committee was ~ooreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. MillerA bill to abolish the City Court of Calhoun County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;
nays, 0. The bill having received the requisite Constitu-
tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act and all Acts amendatory thereof incorporating the town of Cave Springs.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having receive~ the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ellis-
A bill to provide a new charter for the City of Omega.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to grant and convey to Jacob S. Collins 10 feet and 10 inches of land.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ~ nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Hall and DeFoor-
A bill to amend section 5989, volume 1 of the Code relative to compensation of stenographic reporters.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; 'nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Ashley and ConverseA bill to amend the Act creating a charter for the
City of Valdosta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Ashley and Converse-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Valdosta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dorsey-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Griffin.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pasS"ed.

ByMr. Lord-.
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Commerce.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Foster-
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Newton County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to amend the Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill .the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ellis'---
A bill to repeal the Act creating the Charter f01: the town of Omega.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0..
The bill having received the requisite Constitu. tional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Reve:p.ues for the County of Glascock.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ~ nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows :

Amend section 1 by striking therefrom th~ words "20th day of July, 1912, at noon," and inserting in lieu thereof the words '' passage of this Act.'' Amend section 2 by striking the words ''20th day of July, 1912, at noon," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "passage and approval of this Act.''

By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to repeal the Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Glascock County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26, nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended and the amendment is as follows: Amend section 1 by strik:-

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ing the words "20th day of July, 1912, at noon," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "passage of this Act.''
House bill No. 618 was laid upon the table.

The following House bills were read first time:
By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill authorizing the railroads entering the Union depot in Atlanta to lower their tracks.
Referred to Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad.

By Messrs. McElreath and WestmorelandA bill to provide an additional Judge of the Su-
perior Court of the Atlanta Circuit. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend the Act amending all Acts incorporating the City of Molena, in Pike County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. MiddletonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Screven. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. FrederickA bill to amend the Act approved August 26, 1872,

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entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Macon County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. AllenA bill to incorporat~ the town of Crest in Upson
County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Statesboro.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Joiner and Lord-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Washington County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to authorize the City of Atlanta to con struct bridgeS' on Central Avenue and Pryor Streets at Union station.
Referred to Committee on Western & Atlantio Railroad.

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343

By Messrs. Holder and LordA bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to estab-
lish the City Court of Jefferson. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham-
A bill to confirm the rights of Thomas F. Screven and his assigns in the East Broad Street docks in the City of Savannah.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. AdkinsA bill to amend the Act creating the City of Lilly,
Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Henry County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Burney-

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court

of Madison.

.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County

Matters.

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By Mr. C?okA bill to provide for holding four terms of Supe-
rior Court of Telfair County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. MoonA bill to amend the Act amending the charter of
Flovilla. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lawrence, Anderson and McCarthyA bill to prescribe the terms of office of the Clerk
and Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend the Act creating a system of public schools in the City of Oglethorpe.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. CookA bill to repeal the Act establishing the City Court
of McRae.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ta-ylorA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Frohock-
A bill to amend the Act approved February 17, 1877, relating to the appointment of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Camden County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County .Matters.
The following Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. SheppardA bill to amend section 5859 of volume 1 of the
Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock

JouRNAL OF THE SENATE,

SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, July 23, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; waS' called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, .A.. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. .A.. Cromartie, J . .A.. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.
Graham, L.. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter. Williams, Isaiah. Worley, S. T. Mr: President.

Thos.e absent were Messrs.-

Bush, I. A.

Duggan, C. I.

The reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President :
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Swainsboro.
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Jackson, approved August 1, 1911.
A bill to .amend an Act to establish the City Court of Jefferson.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Carrollton.
A bill to prescribe the terms of office of the Clerk and Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MAN~, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
'The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Barrets.

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A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Springfield.
A bill to consolidate the several Acts incorporating the City of BrunsWick.
A bill to incorporate the town. of Chauncey.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Molena. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Statesboro. A bill to incorporate the town. of Metter.
A bill to incorporate the town. of Bonaire.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town. of Patten.
A bill to amend charter of the town. of Screven. A bill to incorporate the town. of Crest.
A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of Flovilla.
A bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.
A bill to amend the charter of the City pf Lilly.
A bill to amend the charter of the town. of Salt Springs.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Thomasville.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town. of Bartow.

The Committee on Corporations has also had un.-

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der consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of
Herod.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DrcKEBSON, Chairman.

The following message was received from 'the House, through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Perry.
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Vienna.
A bill to abolish the County Court of Greene County.
A bill to create City Court of Greensboro.
A bill to amend Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
A bill to authorize the City of Savannah to abolish that certain lane in Ardsley Park.

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A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Toombs County.
A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town .of Milner.
A bill to establish new charter for City of Albany~

The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Perry, his Secretary :

Mr. President:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the Senate a sealed communication in which he invites the consideration of your honorable body in executive session.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read first time :

By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to require all railroads in this State to charge not more than two cents per mile for passengers.
Ordered engrossed.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read second time :

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By Mr. Douglass-
A bill to provide for the appoiniment of a Board of Me.dical Examiners for the State of Geor.gia.
The following resolution was read a:nd adopted:

By Mr. Felker-
Resolved, that the House be requested to return to the Senate, House bill No. 692, which was passed on yesterday.
The following Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. Copelan-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 15, 1904, to establish, organize and maintain a State Normal School of the University, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee, read second time, and recommitted:

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to authorize railroad companies of this State to grant transportatioll to editors of newspapers in return for advertising.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Messrs..Slade and Wohlwender-
A resolution to the relief of 0. H. Dearing and W. D. O'Halloran.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upan the passage of the bill the ayes were 32 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. Beauchamp-
A bill to amend section 1621 of the Code of 1910, establishing a sanitarium for treatment of consumptives.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita,... tion.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee, read second time, and recommitted:

By Mr. King-
A bill to make it the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court and City Courts to call the criminal docket before convening to try cases.

By unanimolis consent, the following Senate bill with adverse report from Committee, was recom1 mitted to the Pension Committee:

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By Mr. Moon-
'A bill to :fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work, and for other purposes.

The following Senate resolution was read second time and recommitted to the Corporation Committee.

By Mr. Harris-
A resolution that a joint committee be appointed to investigate the methods pursued by other States in regard to local bills.

At 11 :50 o'clock the Senate went into executive session.

The following Senate bills were read third time to be put upon their passage :

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to require all promissory notes given for mining and other stock to have the contract printed in the face of the note, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

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Amend by inserting the word "penal" before the word "Code" in the last line of section 3.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to create the office of State Auditor.
This bill was made special order to follow special order on tomorrow and 100 copies of substitute ordered printed.

By Mr. Whitehead-
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees.
This bill was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following House bill was read second time:

By Mr. Brinson-
A bill to create the City Court of Millen.
The following bill of the Senate was referred to
special Committee composing of Senators Harris, Sheppard, Shingler, Bush and Copelan.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to provide for a State Board of Tax Equalizers, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bill was read first time:

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By Mr. Cromartie.A bill to amend section 4941, article 5, of the Code
of 1910. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Ennis and SpenceA bill to prevent cruelty to animals in this State,
and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate resolution was read second time:

'By Mr. Shaw-
For the relief of J. H. Oxford, Couch & Colyer, Palace Market of the City of Dawson.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. BoifeuiHet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President :
The House has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
.A resolution to return to the Senate House bill
No. 692.

The action of the Senate in passing the followin~ bill of the House on yesterday was reconsidered.

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By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County, and for other purposes.
The following House bill was read first time:

By Mr. Clark-
A bill to create and establish a new charter for the City of Albany.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock_.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, July 24, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F.
Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett. Sheppard, J. E. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter. Williams, Isaiah. Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

By unanimous consent, the following bill of the House was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee:
By Mr. Burnett-
A bill .to amend the Act approved February 22,

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1873, providing for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Quitman County.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was recommitted to the Counties and County Committee:

By Mr. Burney-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison, in and for the County of Morgan.
The following Senate bill was read second time and recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Copelan-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 15, 1904, ainending an Act to establish, organize and maintain a State Normal School at the University.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

.Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-
tional majority, the following bills of the Honse, to-
wit:
A bill to amend section 6004 of the Code of Georgia, relative to compensation of Constables.
A bill to repeal the charter of the town of Metter.
A bill to amend section 1485 of the Code of Georgia relative to pensions of blind suldiers.

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The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House:
A bill to repeal the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners for_ Glascock County.
A bill to create the office of County Commissioner for Glascock County.
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners for Terrell County.
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners for Marion County.
A bill to provide for the apportionment and disbursement of taxes in Echols County.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following resolutions O!f the House:
A resolution to pay William Akins his pension.
A resolution to provide for the payment of the per diem and expenses of the Penitentiary Investigating Committee..

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Jud~ciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had un
der consideration the following House bill which I
am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to establish the City Court of Quitman.
The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to-wit:
A bill to make certain modification as to the jurisdiction relating to the City Court of Moultrie.
R-espectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Appropriations has had in consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the S.:mate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to amend the general appropriation Act for 1911 and 1912, so as to provide that Senate Pages shall be appointed by the Messenger of the Senate.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
To purchase painting of John Mcintosh Kell to adorn walls of State Capitol.
The Committee has had also under consideration

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the following House resolution which I am instructed to report hack to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
To refund to the Fruendschaftsbund the sum of $500.00.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. ENNis, Chairman.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted. the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:

A bill to require all promissory notes taken for mining stock, to have expressed in the face of such notes the consideration or kind of stock for which
same was given.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARON, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Hamilton, Chairman of the Commit~e on Immigration and Labor, submitted the following report:

Mr. President: The Committee on !~migration and Labor has had

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under consideration the following House bill ~hich I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

A bill to regulate the employment of minor children of certain ages.

Respectfully submitted,

W. W. HAMILTON, Chairman.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has bad under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create a new County of Bleckley, with Cochran as the County seat.
The Committee has also bad under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to amend article 6, section 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Respectfully submitted,
J. a FELKER, Chairman.

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. Mr. Ennis, Chairman of t~e Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:

The Committee on Appropriations has had under

consideration the following Senate resolution which

,

I am instructed to report back to the Senate, with-

out recommendation, to-wit:

A resolution to refund J~ H. Oxford, Crouch and Colyer, and Palace Market of Dawson, Ga., unused near beer licenses.

Respectfully submitted,

W. H. ENNIS, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and Oounty Matter8 has had imder consideration the following House
bills which I am instructed to report back to the
Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Macon.
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners for the County of Pearce.

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A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Monroe County.
A bill to amend an Act approved February 17, 1877, relating to the appointment of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Camden County.
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Henry.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison.
A bill to amend an Act providing for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Quitman County.

The Committee has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate ~th the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to abolish the County C'ourt of Quitman County.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIs, Chairman.

The following communication. was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Perry:

Mr. President:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the Senate a sealed communication, in

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which he respectfully asks the consideration of your honorable body in Executive session.
Leave of absence was granted theW. & A. R. R. Committee for next Friday and Saturday.
The following special order was taken up.

By Messrs. Tippins and Alexander-
A bill to declare the policy of this State in reference to commerce in alcoholic liquors, and for other purposes.
The previous question on the bill and amendments, and main question was ordered..
Mr. Mann offered the following amendment:
Provided, this Act shall not go into effect until submitted to a vote of the people for ratification.
On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Blalook, H. C. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G.

Dickerson, W. T. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
King, w. w.

Mann, W. S. Morris, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adanns, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalook, A. 0. Bush, I. A. C<>pelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Hamilron, W. W.

Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

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l\foore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-
Hill, T. F.

Ayes, 13; nays, 29.

The amendment was lost.
Mr. Crawford offered the following amendment:
Amend by striking from section 2 all of said section after the word "volume" in the 4th line thereof.
On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Crawf>rd, W. D.

Ennis, W. H.

Mann, W. S.

Grovenstein, A. N. Morris, W. S.

King, W. W.

Spence, R. E. L.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. AdiiJlilS, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromavtie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, .J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

:Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Hill, T. F.
Ayes, 9 ; nays, 33.

The amendment was lost. The following amendment was offered:

By Senator Douglas of 25th-
Amend section two by striking from said section beginning with the word and after the word "beverage" on the fifth line of said section and striking therefrom the remainder of said section.

On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Mess:rS.-

Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G.

Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Grovenstein, A. N. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Morris, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

Those voting' in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-
Hill, T. F.

Ayes, 11 ; nays, 31.
The amendment was lost.
The following amendment was offered:
Mr. Dickerson proposes to amend by striking after the word "liquor" in 3rd line of 2nd section of printed bill, down to and including the word "volume'' in 4th line.
On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Crawford, W. D. Cul'breth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Grovenstein, A. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Spence, R. E. L.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bla,lock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C.. Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. V'lhitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-
Hill, T. F.

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Ayes, 11 ; nays, 31.
This amendment was lost.
The following amendment was offered:
Amend by striking 'out the word ''Governor'' wherever it occurs in section 4, and substituting the words ''Sheriff of the County.''
On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Morris, W. S. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Ayes, 13; nays, 30.

This amendment was lost.
The report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Ad81DlS, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Ennis, W. H.

Grovenstein, A. N. Morris, W. S.

King, W. W.

Spence, R. E. L.

Mann, W. S.

Ayes, 35 ; nays, 8.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Thursday, July 25, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. . Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. M11orshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

:~Ioore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W . Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved.
The f-ollowing message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, tihe Clerk thereof:

Mr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-

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tiona! majority, the following resolutions iof the House, to-wit:
A resolution to provide appropriation for repairs in State Library.
A resolution for relief of J. D. Bridges, as security on bond of Charlie Strowder.
A resolution for relief of J.D. Bridges as security on bond of Bill Johnson.
A resolution to provide for sale of certain school property in Thomasville;

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to regulate pay of Land Prosessioners and County Surveyors.
A bill to authorize Brinson Railway Co. to change
location of its branch road.
A bill to amend section 8 of Act to put in force , Constitutional amendment relative to Confederate
soldiers.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of Oominissioners for Burke County.
A bill to amend charter of city of Columbus, relative to pensions of policemen and firemen.

The following special order was taken up, read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Harris-
A bill to create the office of State Auditor, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bush moved that this bill be referred to a special Committee of five, and that they be instructed to report back to the Senate on ne.xt Monday. The Comm~ttee is composed of Senators Sheppard, Harris, .Singleton, Dickerson, Worley.

At 11 o'clock the Senate went into executive session.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read second time and recommitted:

By Messrs. Joiner and Lord-
A bill to amend the Act creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Washington County.

The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to amend the game laws so as to give to the citizens of White, Union and Habersham Counties the right to kill gray squirrels when they are destroying crops.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Mann-
A bill to incorporate Scotland School District, in Telfair County, and to define the boundaries of the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to lay out and create the County of Blecldey from the County of Pulaski, and that Cochran shall be the County. site.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. . Adams, G. W.
Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ennis, W. H. Hill, T. F.

Shaw, Emmett

Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 39; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL
To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to paragraph 11, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19th, 1904, and by the Act approved July 31st, 1906, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to paragraph 11, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of the State of the Act approved July 19, 1904, and of the Act approved July 31, 1906, to-wit: By adding. to said paragraph the following language, "provided, however, that in addition to the Counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new County laid out and created 'from the territory now composing Pulaski County, to be made up and composed of all that part of the tenitory of Pulaski

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County lying north and east of a line extending northwest and southeast aeross said County, said line beginning at the point on the boundary line of Pulaski and Dodge Counties, where land lots Nos. 123 and 148 in the 20th land district of Pulaski County meet, and thence extending from said point in a northwesterly direction along the line dividing said lots 123 and 148, thence continuing in a northwesterly direction along the dividing lines of the following J.and lots, Nos. 122 and 149, 121 and 150, in the 20th land district, and numbers 300 and 301, 299 and 302, 298 and 303, 297 and 304, 296 and 305, 295 and 306, 294 and 307, 293 and 308, 292 and 309, 291 and 310, 290 and 311, 289 and 312, 288 and 313, 287 and 314, 286 and 315, in the 21st land district and Nos. 354 and 361 and between lots 360 and 355 and between 359 and 356 between 358 and 357 in the 24th land district to the Ocmulgee River a:J?.d to the line of Houston County.
That the said new County shall be known as the County of Bleckley and the City of Cochran shall be the County site of the s-ame.
That the said County of Bleckley shall be attached to the same Congressional District and to the same Judicial Circuit and to the same Senatorial District as those to which the County of Pulaski is attached at the date of the ratification of this amendment.
That all legal voters residing within the limits of the County of Bleckley, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia, shall on the first Wednesday in January following

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the ratification of this proposed amendment elect an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a County Surveyor and a County Treasurer, and one Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for :said new County and said election shall be held at Cochran.
That the Superior Courts of said Bleckley County shall be held on the second Monday in January and the first Monday of July of each year.
That the Congressional and Senatorial Districts, the Judicial Circuit to which said County is attached, the time of.holding the terms of said Superior Court and the limits of the County shall be as designated above until changed by law.
Provided, that the laws applicable to the organization of new Counties as found in sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1911, are hereby made applicable to said County of Bleckley whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution and that said County when created shall become a statutory County and shall be at all times subject to all laws applicable to all other Counties in the State.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses .of the General Assembly and the same has been entered on their Journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, the Governor Slhall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to

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cause the above proposed amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for the l,)eriod of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election, and the Governor is further authorized 8.nd directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote, who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, all persons voting at said election in favor of adopting said proposed amendment, shall have writteB. or printed on their ballots the words ''for amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Bleckley," and all persons opposed to the adoption of the said ,amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''Against the Amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Bleckley.''
If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote for ratification of said proposed amendment, then the Governor shall, when he ascertains the same from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns from said election shall be referred in the manner as in cases of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one iTisertion in one daily paper of the State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws

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and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Cromartie-
A bill to require the Ordinary, Treasurer, Clerk of the Superior Court, Tax Collector and County Superintendent of Public Schools to make and render quarterly statements of all fees received and disbursed by them, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Owens-
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of Murray County.
Referre~ to General Judiciary Committee.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to amend the General Appropriation Act for 1911 and 1912, so as to provide that the Messenger of the Senate shall appoint the Pages.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Banks has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1249 of volume one of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
A bill to amend section 7249 of the Political Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MoRRis, Chairman.

Mr. Mayson, Chairman of the Committee on W & A. Railroad, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on W. & A. Railroad has had un
der consideration the following House bill which 1
am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to auJthorize the railroads entering the Union Depot in Atlanta, Georgia, and the lessees of the State property to lower the railroad tracks.
Respectfully submitted, J. W. MAYSON, Chairman.

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Mr. Mayson, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. Railroad, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on W. & A. Railroad has had un der consideration the following House bill which 1 am instructed to report back tQ the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the City of Atlanta to contract for bridges on Pryor Street, and on Central Avenue, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, J. W. MAYSON, Chairman.

Mr. Cromartie, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Railroads has hH-d under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to prescribe regulations for telephone and telegraph companies, by requiring companies to publish time of filing messages.
Respectfully submitted, J NO. A. CROMARTIE, Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am 'instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish and maintain a State Normal School.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Temperance has had under. consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to prevent cruelty to animals.
Respectfully submitted, 0. A. MooRE, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following House resolutions were read first time :

By Mr. Nix-
A resolution to provide for the payment of per diem and expenses of the Penitentiary and other Committee.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. LawrenceA resolution t~ provide for the retinting of the
walls and hard wood floors in the State Library.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations

By Mr. Bryan-
A resolution to pay William Akins, of Catoosa Oounty, his pension for 1911..
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges, security on the bond of Bill Johnson of Worth Oounty.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hopkins-
A resolution to provide for the transfer and sale of certain school property in the City of Thomasville, <J:a.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches.
The following House bills were read first time:

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of
Milner.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. MerrittA bill to create the City Court of Greensboro, in
Greene County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. GreeneA bill to authorize the Brinson Railway Co. to
change the route of its branch.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Newsome-
A bill to amend section 8 of an Act approved July 11, 1910, to put into force the Constitutional amendment ratified at November election, 1908, with reference to Confederate soldiers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Parker-
A bill to amend the Act to create the Board of Roads and Revenues for Marion County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. ChristopherA bill to amend section 1485 of volume 2 of the
Code of 1910.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to amend section 6004, volume 1, of the
Code, which refers to compensation of Constables.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Melton-
A bill to amend the Act creating the County Commissioners of Terrell County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to repeal charter of Metter, and for other
purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hall-
A bill to provide for the appointment and manner of disbursement of the taxes collected in Echols County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Adkins-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Vienna.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Holtzclaw- . A bill to amend the Act establishing a public school
system for the town of Perry. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. FosterA bill to regulate the pay for land prosessioners
and County Surveyors. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and' Alderman of
the City of Savannah to close and abolish certain land in Ardsley Park.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. .Slade-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Peacock-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Toombs County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. JonesA bill to amend the Act creating the Board of

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Burke County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Johnson County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Merritt__:_
A bill to repeal the Act creating the County Court of Greene County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. DeFore, Hall and Wimberly-
A bill to amend the Act creating a new charter for the City of Macon. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following House resolution was read first time:

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges on the bond of Charlie Showder, in Worth Oounty.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee..
Senators Dickerson and Bush were added to the W. & A. R. R. Committee.

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On motion of Senator Sheppard, when the Senate adjourns today it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. WorleyA bill to amend the charter of the town of Canton. Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to further promote the efficiency of the military, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The pill having received the requisite Consti.tu-
tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe, in Catoosa and Walker Counties.
. \-.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, A'l'LANTA, GA., Monday, July 29, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock ; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis,-W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W; J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. :Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. :Mayson, J. W.

M:oore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-
Crawford, W. D.
The Journal of Thursday was read and approved. The following message was received from t"M House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

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Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitu.tiona! majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend Constitution of State so as to exempt certain farm products from taxation.
A bill to amend Act incorporating City of Hapeville.
A bill to change compensation of County Commissioners of Early County.
A bill to incorporate town of Ducktown.
A bill to incorporate town of Plainfield.
A bill to incorporate City of Colquitt, in Miller County.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Miller County.
A bill to amend charter of town of Boston.
A bill to amend charter of City of Cedartown.
A bill to amend charter of City of Buford.
A bill to amend Act to abolish office of County Commissioner for Gwinnett County.
A bill to amend Act to create a new charter for City of Douglas.
A bill to amend charter of City of Eatonton.
A bill to amend Ad establishing City Court of Blakely.

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A bill to amend Act incorporating the City of Blakely.
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a third State Depository in the City of Macon.
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners for Forsyth County.
A bill to amend Act of 1877, County Commissioner Act, so far as same relates to Taliaferro County.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel, in the County of Dodge.

By unanimous consent, the following House bills were read second time :

By Mr. Beck-
A bill to establish the City Court of Quitman, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McElreath-
A bill to amend article 6, section 7 of the Constitution of this State.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn from the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, read second time, and recommitted:

By Mr. CromartieA bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 11

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of the Constitution, so as to create the new County of Hardeman.

By unanimous eonsent, the following Senate bill was withdrawn by its author:

By Mr. King-
A biU to authorize the Atlantic, Wa.yeross & Northern R. R. Co. to condemn certain parts of the Southern and A. B. & A. R. R. right of ways.

The following House bill was read second time and recommitted to the Constitutional Amendments Committee:

By Messrs. McElreath, Adams and Worsham-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the office of Lieutenant Governor.

Mr. Whitehead, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on University of Georgia has had under consideration the following House resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A resolution to provide for the transfer and .sale

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of certain school property in the City of Thomasville, Georgia, by the University of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted, W. E. WHITEHEAD, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary,. submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employes and sureties upon such contracts.
A bill to amend section 5261 of Yolume 2 of Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
A bill to permit railroads of this State to accept advertising ftom the newspapers of this State for transportation for their employees and immediate members of their families.

The Committee has had also U.nder consideration the following House resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Hancock of Floyd County as surety on the bond of Ben McLendon.

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The Committee has had also under consideration House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same dq pass, to-wit:
A bill to change the time for electing the Justices of the Peace and Constables.
A bill to provide an additional Judge for the Superior Oourt of the Atlanta Circuit.
A bill to provide for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Emanuel County.
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of the County of Turner.
A bill to amend an Act August 6, 1909, creating the City Court of Miller County.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6, 1909, whidh amended an Act approved August 12, 1904, to increase the number of terms of the Superior Court Chatham County.
A bill to provide fur holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Tattnall County. .
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Committee on .Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. President: The Committee on Agriculture has had under

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consideration the following House resolution which
I am instructed to report back to the Senate with
the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate the questions involved in the Congressional
resolution regarding cotton tare.
The Committee has had also under consideration the following Senau; bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal section 1811, volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to repeal section 1810, v:olume 1 of the Code 1910.
A bill to amend section 2104 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
The Committee has had also under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same he laid on the table:
A bill to amend section 1795, volume 1, of the Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted,
Goon A. BusH, Chairman.

Mr. Marshall, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Canton.
A bill to further promote the efficiency of the militia.
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe.
A bill to amend the General Appropriation Ac.t for 1911 and 1912 so as to provide that Senate Pages shall be appointed by the Messenger.
Respectfully submitted, C. B. MARSHALL, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
JThe Committee o;n Enrollment report as duly signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and delivered to the Governor, the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Dalton.
An Act to establish a system of electric lights for the town of Buena Vista.
Respectfully submitted, C. B. MilsHALL, Chairman.

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Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following -report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the following Acts, to-wit:
An Ad to amend the charter of the City of Dalton.
An Act to establish a system of electric lights for the town of Buena Vista.
Respectfully submitted, C. B. MABBHALL, Chai-rman.

Your Committee on Pensions have had undi)T consideration House resolution No. 163, to pay 'Villiam Akins of Catoosa County, his pension for 1911.
We recommend that it do pass.
IsAIAH Wrr.r.uvs, Chairman.

The following communication was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Perry~

Mr. President:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the Senate a sealed communication in which he respectfully asks the consideration of your honorable body in executive session.

The following Senate bills were read first time:

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By Mr. FelkerA bill to repeal an Act taxing substitutes for in-
toxicants for support of penitentiary system.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Harris and Hamilton-
A bill to prevent the collection by attorneys of extortionate contingent fees in damage suits, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Immigration and Labor.

By Messrs. Harris and Sheppard-
A bill to define the liability of employers to employees in hazardous employment for personal injury, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to repeal the forty-seventh section or paragraph on page 35 of the Acts of 1907, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1911, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint ten inspectors of oil.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

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The following message was received from ffis Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry, to-wit:

Mr. President:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to establish a system of electric lights for the town of Buena Vista.
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Dalton.
Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Com~ittee on Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Agriculture has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of fertilizers in the State of Georgia contai.n,ing cinders, sand, clay or other artificial filler, providing penalty.
Respectfully submitted, I. A. BusH, Chairman.

Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

Mr. President: The Committee on Banks has had under considers-

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tion the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

A bill to regulate banking in the State of Georgia.

Respectfully submitted,

MoBBIB, Chairman.

Mr. Marshall and others submits the following minority report on Senate bill No. 207:

Mr. President:

We, the undersigned members of the Agricultural Committee submit the following minority report on Senate bill No. 207, and recommend that same do not pass.

Respectfully submitted,
c. B. MABtffiAU.,

RoBEBT E. L: SPENCE,
s. J. SHINGLER,
'1.'. w. OLIVER,

IsAIAH WILLIAMs,

c. H.

BLALOCK,

C. T. DuGGAN,

A. N. GBOVENSTEIN,

w. GEO.

ADAMS.

The foll~wing House bills were read first time:

By Mr. RobertsA bill to amend the Act approved August 22, 1905,

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creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Johnson and Ault-
A bill to amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so as to exempt certain farm products from taxation.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ducktown, in Forsyth County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Plainfield, in Dodge Councy-.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel, in Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Brown-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmorel8JldA bill to amend the Act to incorporate the City
of Hapeville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to change the compensation of County Commissioners of Early County.
Referred to Committee on Counties 8lld County Matters.

By Mr. HopkinsA bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. DeForeA bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a third
State Depository in the City of Macon. Referred to Committee on Banks.
By Mr. KendrickA bill to amend the Act of 1877 of the General
Assembly of Georgia, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stubbs-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eatonton so as to provide for election of the police force of said City by the Board of Council.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Blakely.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend an .Act to establish the City Court of Carrollton, in the County of Carroll, .so as to increase the salary of said Judge.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to incorporate the City of Blakely in lieu of the town of Blakely.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the City
of Colquitt, in Miller County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Lott-
A bill to amend the Act to create the new charter for the City of Douglass.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 17, 1911, to abolish the office of County Commissioners of Gwinnett County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Ault---:-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of Cedar-
town. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following House bills were read second time:

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Statesboro.

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By Mr. Greene-
A bill to repeal the Act incorporating the City of Springfield.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend the Act amending the Acts incorporating the City of Molena, in Pike County.

By Mr. Butts-
A bill to amend the Act entitled an Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Brunswick.

By Messrs. Holder and Lord-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Jefferson, in the City of Jefferson.

By Mr. ConverseA bill to incorporate the town of Barrets.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to incorporate the town of Chauncey.

By Messrs. McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to provide an additional Judge for the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to incorporate the town Metter.

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By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in the' County of Turner.

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to amend section 1249, volume 1, of the Code of 1910.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 26, 1872, entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Macon.

By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to repeal an Act creatingthe City Court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel County, Georgia.

By Mr. Roberts- .
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6, 1909, creating the City Court of Miller.

By Mr. Upshaw-
A bill to amend an Act approved December 12, 1882, creating a charter for the town of Salt Springs, in the County of Douglas.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Mcintyre-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Thomasville.

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By Messrs. Youmans and Waller-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Superior Court of Emanuel County.

By Mr. Lawrence--
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6, 1909, which amended an Act approved August 12, 1904.

By Messrs. Callaway and Tippins-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a._ year of the Superior Court of Tattnall County.

By Mr. Moore--
A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of Flovilla.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act app:roved September 20, 1887, incorporating the town of Bartow.

By Messrs. Lawrence and Anderson-
A bill to prescribe the terms of office of the Clerk and Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah.
I
By Mr. Frohock-
A bill to amend an Act approved February 17, 1877, relating to the appointment of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Camden.

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By Mr. Allen-

A bill to incorporate the town of Crest, in Upson County, Georgia.

By r. TaylorA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 19, 1907, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Monroe County.

By Mr. DnBose-
A bill to provide for the opening of defaults in the City.Court of Athens.

By Mr. Adkins-
A bill to amend the Aet creating the charter of the City of Lilly, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mcintyre-
A bill to repeal the Act incorporating the town of Patten.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westm.oreland-
A bill to authorize railroads entering Union Station to lower their tracks.

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By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to regulate municipal elections in the City of Atlanta.

By Messrs. McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to fix the salaries of Bailiffs of the City Courts of this State.

By Messrs. Hopkins, Mcintyre and Reese-
A bill to amend the Act of August 15, 1905, creating the City Court of Thomasville.

By Mr. Payton-
A bill to amend section 124~ of the Political Cod6 of 1910.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to regulate the employment of mino1 children in this State, arid for other purposes.

By Mr. Melton-
A bill to repeal Act incorporating the town of Herod.
.
By Mr. Middleton-
A bill to amend charter of the town of Screven.

By Mr. Christopher-
A bill to change the time of electing Justices of the Peace and Constables.

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By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to authorize the City of Atlanta to construct bridges on Central Avenue and Pryor Streets at Union Station.

By Mr. ffiers-
A bill to make certain modifications as to jurisdi~ tion of the City Court of Moultrie.
The following House resolutions were read second time:

By Mr. Hopkins-
A resolution to provide for the transfer and. sale of certain school property in the City of Thomasville.

By Mr. Brown-
A resolution to refund to the Frnendschaftsbund a fraternal beneficiary order of Atlanta, Ga., the sum of $500.00.

By Mr. Darsey-
A resolution to purchase painting of Jno. Mcintosh Kell to adorn the walls of the Capitol:

By Mr. Bryan-
A resolution to pay Wm. Akins of Catoosa County, his pension for 1911.
Senate bill No. 254 was made special order for

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next Wednesday at 12 o'clock, and 100 oopiesof the bill ordered printed.
The following :Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. BlalockA bill to amend section 2135 of the Civil Code. Referred to Committee on Agriculture. The following Senate bills were re~d second time:

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to amend Act No. 446 of the laws of Georgia so as to change the time of closing books for the registration of votes.

By Messrs. Ennis and Spence-
A bill to prevent cruelty to animals. and to provide penalty for same.

By Mr. Shaw-
A bill to require certain railroad companies in Georgia to maintain a flat two cents rate.

By Mr. Felker-.
A bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to have all gasoline inspected.

By Mr. Morris-
A bill to create a department of banking in the State and to regulate the banking laws of Georgia.

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By Mr. Smith-
A bill to create the offioo of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the City of Henry.

By Mr. Strickland-

A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners

of Pierce County.

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By Mr. Moon-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Jackson.

By Messrs. Holtzclaw and Hobbs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bonaire, in Houston County.

By Mr. BlalockA bill to amend section 2104 of the Code of 1911.

By Mr. Prather-
A bill to prescribe regulations for telephone and telegraph companies relative to delivering messages.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to repeal section 1810, volume 1, of the Code providing for the appointment of inspector of oils.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to repeal section 1811, volume 1, of the Code which provides salary of oil inspector.

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The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Copelan-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 15, 1904, amending an Act to establish, organize and maintain a State Normal School of the University, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having received the .requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, July 30, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G, W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.
Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Banks has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed

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to report back to the Senate with the recommendat~on that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a third State Depository in the City of Macon.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MoRRis, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 4941, article 5, of the Code of State of Georgia, adopted August 15, 1910.
The Committee has bad also under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to confirm the rights of Thomas F. Screven and his assigns in the East Broad Street Dock in the City of Savannah.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee OJJ Engrossing, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish a State Normal School.
Respectfully submitted, WM. N. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Douglass., Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and :Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit :
A bill to amend section 1621 of the Code of 1910 establishing a sanitarium for the treatment of consumptives.
Respectfully submitted,
DouGLAss, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following reporl:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Temperance has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act taxing substitutes for intoxicants for support of penitentiary system.
A bill to repeal the 47th section or paragraph on
page 35 of the Acts of 1907, relative to "locker club" . tax.
Respectfully S}lbmitted, 0. A. MooBE, Chairman.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendnlents, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, towit:
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create the County of Hardeman, with Alma as its County seat.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to

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report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2
of the Constitution which relates to the power of the General Assembly to exempt property from taxation.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Milner.
A bill to establish a new charter for the City of Albany.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel, in the County of Dodge.
A bill to incorporate the town of Plainfield, in the County of Dodge.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
A bill to amend the charter of City of Macon.

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A bill to authorize the City of Savannah to close up that certain lane in Ardsley Park.

A bill to repeal the charter of town of Metter.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Hape-

ville.



A bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford.

A bill to incorporate the town of Ducktown.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Miller.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Douglas.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston.

A bill to amend the charter of City of Cedartown.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eatonton.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Mableton, in the County of Cobb.

Respectfully submitted, W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President: The Committee on Corporations has had under

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consideration the following Senate bill and resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommend~tion that the same do pass, to~wit:
A bill to incorporate the Scotland School District, in Telfair County.
A resolution providing for a joint Committee to investigate methods pursued by 9ther States in reference to local legislation.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage :

By Mr. McElreath-
A bill to amend article 6, section 7, of the Constitution of this State, relative to election of Justice of Peace.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis. W. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. HHrris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.

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Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T.

Prather, J. D. Roberts,_ W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Morris, W. S.

Those not voting were Messrs.--

Davis, J. S. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 37; nays, 1.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL
To be entitled an Act to amend article 6, section 7 of the Constitution of this State, which provides that there shall be in each militia district, one Justice of the Peace; so as to provide that the Legislature may abolish Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace in certain cities and establish in lieu thereof such court or system of courts, as the General Assembly may deem necessary; to provide for the jurisdiction of such courts, and for rules of procedure therein and the method of correcting errors in said courts and of appeals therefrom, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General AssembiY of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by

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authority of the same, That article 6, section 7, of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to paragraph one of said section the following words, to-wit: "Provided, however, that the General Assembly may in its discretion abolish Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and of Notary Public or ex-Officio Justices of the Peace in any City of this State having a population of over twenty thousand, except the City of Savannah, and establish in lieu thereof such court or system of courts as the General Assembly may, in its discretion, deem necessary, conferring upon such new court or courts or system of courts when so established the jurisdiction as to subject matter now exercised by Justice Courts and Justice of the Peace imd Notaries Public ex-officio Justices of the Peace, together with such additional jurisdiction, either as to amount or subject matter, as may be provided by' law, whereof some other court has not e~clusive jurisdiction under this Constitution, together also with such provisions as to rules and procedure; and as to new trials and the corrections of errors, either by certiorari or by writ or error to the Court of Appeals, as the General Assembly may from time to time provide. Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in paragraph 1 of section 9 of article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia.'' So that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: "There shall be in 'each Militia District one Justice of the Peace, whose of6cial term, except when elected to fill an unexpired term, shall be four years; Provided, however, That the General

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Assembly may, in its discretion, abolish Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and of Notary Public ex-officio Justices of the Peace in any City of this State having a population of over twenty thousand, except the City of Savannah, and establish in lieu thereof, such court or courts or system of courts, as the General Assembly may, in its discretion, deem necessary, oeonferring upon such ~ew court or courts or system of courts when so estab- . lished the jurisdiction as to subject matter now ex ercised by Justice Courts and by Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public ex-officio Justices of the Peace, together with such additional jurisdiction, either as to amount or subject matter, as may be provided by law, whereof some other court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution, tO. gether also with such provision as to rules and pro cedure, and as to new trials and the correction of errors, either by certiorari, or by writ or error to the Court of Appeals, as the General Assembly may from time to time provide. Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in paragraph one of section 9 of article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia.

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be 'agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two months pre-

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vious to the time for holding the next general election and shall at the next general election be submitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For ratification of amendment to article 6, section 7 o.f the Constitution, authorizing the establishment of other courts in certain cities in lieu of Justice Courts,'' and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: ''Against ratification of amendment to article 6, section 7 of the Constitution, authorizing the establishment of other courts in certain cities in lieu of Justice Courts," and if the majority of the electors qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and return there~f made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result by publishing the results of said election by one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, declaring the amendme~t ratified.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflct with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Hopkins-
A resolution for the purpose of transfer and sale of certain school property in the City of Thomasville by the University of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 34; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House:
A bill to amend sedion 1249, Code of Georgia, so as to add Folkston to list of State Depositories.
A bill to amend Act establishing a public school system of Moultrie..
A bill to authorize town of Watkinsville to issue bonds for electric lights.
A bill to amend section 1249, so as to add Lincolnton to list of State Depositories.
A bill to amend Act to establish public school system for City of Carrollton.
A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of Dublin.

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A bill to amend charter of town of Berlin.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Monticello.
A bill to create a Board of County Oommissionel"B for Pike County.
A bill to repeal Act to abolish Board of County Commissioners for Wilkes County.
A bill to amend Act to create office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County.
A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of Statesboro.
A bill to empower certain tax collectors to employ a clerk.
A bill to amend Act creating City charter of LaFayette.
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State au-
thorizing Judges of the Superior Court to grant
charters to private companies in vacation.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate:
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Glynn County to obtain bridge rights over the AltamahaRiver.

By unanimous consent, the following bill of the Senate was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Whitehead-

A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees and sureties upon such contracts.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28;

nays, 2.



The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute.

Mr. Whitehead asked una:ri.imous consent that this bill be immediately transmitted to the House.

There was objection.

Mr. Whitehead moved that the bill be immediately
transmitted to the House.

This motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has concurred in the Senate amendment to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State so as to abolish Justice Courts in certain Cities.

By unanimous consent, the foUowing bill of the Honse was read third time .and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Beck-
A bill to establish the City Court of Quitman, in Brooks County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Cromartie-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create new County of Hardeman, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

Those voting fu the affirmative were Messl'S.-

Aaron, 0. B. Ad81IUS, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Cul'breth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I~ Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Blalock, H. C.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Davis, J. S. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. King, W. W.

Ayes, 36 ; nays, 1.

Mann, W. S. Sheppard, J. E.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL
To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to paragraph two of section one of article eleven of the Constitution of this State as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19th, 1904, and further amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of the State of an amendatory Act approved July 31st, 1906, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to paragraph two of section one, article eleven of the Constitution of this State as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act of July 19th, 1904, and further amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of the State of an amendatory Act approved July 31st, 1906, to-wit: By adding to s8id paragraph the following language:

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"Provided, however, that in addition to the Counties now provided for by the Constitution there shall be a new County laid out from the Counties of Appling, Pierce and Ware, that the name of said County shall be Hardeman and the boundaries shall be as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of land lot number one sixteen (116) originally Appling, now Jeff Davis County, and following said County line east
to the southeast corner of land lot number one
twenty-two (122) in Jeff Davis County, and continuing said line east to ,Satilla Creek and down the center of said Creek to the northeast corner of lot of land number seventy-six (76) in the fourth land district now Pierce County, then south along the land line to the southeast corner of land lot number seventy-seven in fourth land district, now Pieree County. Then west along land line to the southeast corner of land lot number thirty-nine in the fifth land district now Pierce County. Thence south along land line to the southeast corner of lot of land number thirty-five in the fifth land district now Pierce
County; thence west to the southeast corner of lot
of land number one hundred and four in the fifth
land district now Pierce County; thence south to the
southeast corner of lot of land number one hundred and eight in the fifth . land district now Pierce County; thence west to the southeast corner of lot of land number one hundred and fifty-four in the fifth land district now Pierce County; thence south to the southeast corner of lot of land number one

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hundred and fifty-five in the fifth land district now Pierce County; thence west along line of Pierce and Ware County to southwest corner of lot of land number five hundred and twenty-three in the fifth land district of Ware County; thence north along land district line to the southwest corner of lot of land number five hundred and seventeen (517) thence east to the southwest corner of lot of land number four hundred and seventy-one; thence north to the southwest corner of lot of land four sixty six; thence west to the southwest corner of lot of land number fiv~ hundred and twelve; thence north to the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and sixteen, originally Appling now Jeff Davis County, to the starting point.
That Alma shall be the County seat of said County. That the said County shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District and to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, and to the Third Senatorial District. That all the legal voters residing in the limits of said County of Hardeman entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia, shall on the first Tuesday in January, 1913, at Alma, the County seat of said County, elect an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a County Surveyor, a County Treasurer, and three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said County.
The limits of said County, the Congressional and Senatorial Districts and the Judicial Circuit to which

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it is attached, shall be as above designated until changed by law. The Superior Courts of said County shall be held on the first and second Mondays in May and first and second Mondays in December.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses and shall have been entered on the Journal of each House with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be advertised in at least two papers in each Congressional District, at least two months before the next general election to be held on the first Tuesday in October, 1912, and he shall also provide for submission of the proposed amendment at the said general election.
And if such propos~d amendment shall be ratified
by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly, such amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of Georgia.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said amendment to the legal qualified electors at said election in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed
on their tickets "In favor of ratification of the
amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Hardeman with Alma as the County seat," and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets "Op-

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posed to the ratification of amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Hardeman with Alma as the County seat.''
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same ~re, hereby repealed.
House bill No. 205 was made special order for next Tuesday, immediately after the reading of the Journal.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to authorize railroad companies in this
State to exchange transportation to editors of newspapers and their families in exchange for advertisements.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

AdlliillS, G. W.
Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C.

Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Blalock, Ii. C.
Douglass, J. B.
Duggan, C. I.

Hill, T. F. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Davis, J. S.

Mann, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 25 ; nays, 12.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent, the following House resolution was read second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Nix-
A resolution to pay the per_ diem of certain Committees performing their respective duties during enterim.

By unanimous consent the following Senate biUJ were read second time:

By Mr. Mann-
A bill to incorporate the Scotland School District, in Telfair County.

By Mr. CromartieA bill to amend section 4941, article 5, of the Code.

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By Mr. BeauchampA bill to amend section 1621 of the Code.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to repeal an Act taxing substitutes for intoxicants for support of penitentiary system.

By Mr. FelkerA bill to repeal the forty-seventh section or para-
graph on page 35 of the Acts of 1907.
The following House bills were read first time:

By Mr. BeckA bill to amend the charter of the town of Berlin,
in Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. TaylorA bill to amend the Act establishing the City
Court of Dublin. Referred to Special Judiciarj Committee.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the Act of November 26, 1886, establishing a system of public schools for the City of Carrollton.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Messrs. McCarthy, Lawrence and Anderson-

A bill to empower Tax Collectors of this State to

employ a clerk.



Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Farrar-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Monticello.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mitchell-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Civil Code, so as to add Lincolnton to list of State Depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks.

By Mr. Elder-
A bill to authorize the town of Watkinsville to issue bonds.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. ffiers-
A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly establishing system of public schools for the City of Moultrie.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Scott-
. A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code, so as to add Folkston to list of State Depositories.

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Referred to Committee on Banks.

By Messrs. Jones and Holtzclaw-
A bill to amend article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution embraced in section 5780 of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend the Ad creating the board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and Co~ty Matters.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to amend the Act abolishing the office of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court
of Statesboro.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Thurman-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City charter of LaFayette, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
Mr. Sheppard, Chairman of the Special Committee on Senate bill No. 227, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Special Committee to whom was referred the bill of the Senate to create the office of State Auditor has instructed me as its Chairman to report the bill back to the 1Senate with the reco:nimendation that the same do pass, by substitute, viz.:
A bill to create the office of State Auditor.
Respectfully submitted, J. E. SHEPPARD, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill . was read third time to be put upon its passage:

By Mr. Harris-
- A bill to create the office of State Auditor for the . State of Georgia.

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On the adoption of the substitute offered by the Committee, the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

AdMlls, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P.

Cromal'tie, J. A. Harris, W. J. Oliver, T. W.

Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Spence. R. E. L.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Blalock, H. C. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. R.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.
King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.

Moore, 0. A. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D.. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.
Davis, J. S.

Douglass, J. B. Graham, L. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S.

.:\fayson, J. W.
Morris, W. S. Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 10; nays, 22. The substitute was lost.

The substitute offered by Senator Sheppard was lost.
The report of the Committee was disagreed to, and the bill was lost.

On motion, .the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, July 31, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clook; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B.

Edwards, C. H.

l\Ioore, 0. A.

Adams, G. W.

Ennis, W. H.

Morris, W. S.



Beauchamp, J. C. Felker, J. H.

Oliver, T. W.

Blalock, H. C.

Graham, L. C.

Owens, C. T.

Blalock, A. 0.

Grovenstein, A. N. Prather, J. D.

Brown, J.P.

Hamilton, W. W. Roberts, W. T.

Bush, I. A. Cra~:f'ord, W. D.

Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F.

Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S.

Copelan, E. A.

Hullender, W. C. Sheppard, J. E.

Cromartie, J. A. Kight, W. N.

Spence, R. E. L.

Culbreth, T. G.

Kincaid, J. B.

Whitehead, Walter

Davis, J. S.

King, W. W.

Williams, Isaiah

Dickerson, W. T. Mann, W. S.

Worley, S. T.

Douglass, J. B.

Marshall, C. B.

Mr. President.

Duggan, C. I.

Mayson, J. W.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

The following message was received lfrom the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:

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A bill to amend the Constitution of this State, so as to create the new County of Kent.
A bill to amend charter of Lawrenceville.
A bill to establish office of Commissioner of Roads and Reven' 1es for Wilkes County.
A bill to-:~''lcorporate town of Tarrytown.
A bill to incorporate Fairview School District.
A bill to amend Acts incorporating town of Doerun.
A bill to re-arrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee Judicial Circuits.
A bill to change time of holding Marion Superior Court.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitu/tional majority, the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:

A resolution to lend cots to Reunion Committee for State Reunion at Marietta.

A resolution for relief of D. C. Finch.

By unanimous consent, Senate bill No. 207 was made special order :for next Monday at 11 :30 o'clock.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Cromartie-

A bill to amend section 4941, article 5, of the Code, so as to permit women to practice law.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24;

nays, 5.

-'- .

The bill having received the requisite Constitlltional majority, was passed, by substitute.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bill which I
am instructed to report back to the Senate with the
recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to establish the City Court of Lumpkin.
The Committee has had also under consideration
the following Senate bill which I am instructed to
report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute :
A bill to increase the pension of Confederate veteran soldiers and their widows.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.
Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President :
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees and sureties upon such contracts.

A bill to permit railroads to accept advertising from newspapers for transportation for editors of such papers, their employees and immediate families.

A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create the new County of Hardeman.
Respectfully submitted,
0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President :
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back with the recommenda~ tion that the same do pass:
A bill to amend section 2798 of the Code.
The Committee also recommends that the following bill do pass by substitute :

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A bill to provide for regulation and supervision of investment companies in this State.

The Committee also recommends the following bill and resolution of the Senate do not pass:
A bill to provide regulations witli reference to investments by life insurance companies doing business in this State.
A resolution for the relief of Geo. T. Betts of Turner County.

The Committee also recommends that the following bills of the House do pass :

A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court

of Colquitt County.



A bill to amend section 8 of an Act approved July 11, 1910, relative to pensions of ex-Confederate veterans.

A bill to repeal section 3296 of the Code.

A bill to repeal the County Court of Greene County.

A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Johnson County.

A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Toombs County.

A bill to amend section 6004 of volume 1 of Code.

The Committee also recommends that the following bills of the House do pass, as amended:

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A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Moultrie.

A bill to regulate the pay for land processioners and County Surveyors.

The Committee also recommends that the following House resolutions do not pass:
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges of Worth County as surety on the bond of Charlie Showder.
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges on the bond of Bill Johnson.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBEBTS, Chairman.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:
Mr. President :
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has had under consideration the following Senate bill
which I am instructed to report baek to the Senate
with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, giving

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the General Assembly the right to abolish the office of County Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House. bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Bridges for Washington County.

Respectfully submitted,

DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Education,. submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to establish a public school system for the town of Perry, Georgia.
A bill to establish a public school system for the City of Moultrie, Colquitt County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a system of public schools in the City of Oglethorpe.
A bill to amend the Act of November 26, 1886, establishing a system of public schools for the City of Carrollton.
A bill to amend charter of town of Berlin, in Colquitt County, Georgia. Amend caption by adding after "Town of Berlin" in 6th line to provide for public schools.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Mr. Dick~rson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to add Folkston to the list of State Depositories.
A bill to authorize the town of Watkinsville to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting an electric light plant.

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A bill to amend the charter of La:Fiayette. Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution embodied in section 5780 of Civil Code, authorizing and empowering Judges of Superior Court to grant charters to private companies.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman.

The following Senate bill was read second time:

By Mr. H*ris-
A bill' to regulate domestic investment companies in the State of Georgia.

The following House bills were read second time:
House bill No. 40 was made second special order for next Monday morning.

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By Messrs. Johnson and Ault-

...

A bill to amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so as to exempt certain farm products from taxation.

By Mr. JonesA bill to repeal section 3296, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Biers-
A bill to repeal the Act creating the City Court of Moultrie.

By Mr. ScottA bill to amend section 1249 of Political Code.

By Messrs. J one& and Holtzclaw-

. A bill to amend article 3, section 7, paragraph 18

~of the Constitution.



By Messrs. Brown and McElreath-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Hapeville.

By Mr. ClarkA bill. to create a new charter for the City of
Albany.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel, in Dodge County.

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By Mr. HopkinsA bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Milner.

By Messrs. Chaney and YorkA bill to incorporate the town of Mableton.

By Mr. DeFore-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint !\ third State Depository in the City of Macon.

By Mr. Peacock-:-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of Ruperior Court of Toombs County.

By Mr. Lott-
A bill to amend the Act to create a new charter for the City of Douglass.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson'
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford.

By Mr. Thurmond-
A bill to amend the Act creating the charter of City of LaFayette.

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By Mr. Ault-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown.

By Mr. Slade-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.

By Mr. Stubbs-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eatonton, so as to provide for election of the police force of said City by the Board of Council.

By Mr. MerrittTo abolish the County Court of Greene County.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ducktown, in Forsyth County.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to establish a public school system for the City of Moultrie, in Colquitt County.

By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt, in the County of Miller.

By Mr. LawrenceA bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of

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the City of Savannah to close and abolish that cer-
tain lane in Ardsley Park in the City of Savannah.

By Messrs. DeFore, Hall and Wimberly-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter
for the City of Macon.

By Mr. Harrell-
A bill to repeal an Act to establit;h the City Court of Lumpkin.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the Act of November 26, 1886, establishing a system of public schools for the City of Carrollton.

By Mr. Beck-
A bill to amend charter of town of Berlin, in Colquitt County, Georgia. Amend caption by adding
after town in 6th line to provide for public schools.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend section 6004 of volume 1 of the Code of 1910.

By Mr. Newsome--
A bill to amend section 8 of Act approved July 11, 1910.

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By Mr. Holtzclaw-
A bill to establish a public school system for the town of Perry.

By Mr. Lawrence--
A bill to confirm the rights of Thomas F. Screven and his assigns in the East Broad Street Dock in the City of Savannah.

By Mr. Foster-

A bill to regulate the pay for Land Processioners

and County Surveyors.



By Mr. fliers-
A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Colquitt.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to incorporate the town of Plainfield.

By Mr. Elder-
A bill to authorise the town of Watkinsville to issue bonds.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend an Act creating a system of public schools in the City of Oglethorpe.

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By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to change the time of holding Superior Oourt in Johnson County.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to repeal charter of Metter.
The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to amend section 1249 of volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Henderson~
A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Court of Turner County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
The bill having received. the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By unanimous consent, the following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Williams-
A bill to increase the pension of indigent Confederate veterans and their widows.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Dickerson, W. T.
Douglass, J.. B.
Duggan, C. I. Graham, L. C.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. :Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C.

Brown, J.P.

'Dhose not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Mann, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 33; nays, 2.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute.

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By Messrs. Edwards, Graham and King-
A bill to amend section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State, so as to authorize the Legislature to abolish the office of County Treasurers of the State of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Oromartie, J .. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.
M.ann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W.
Owens, C. -:r.
Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

'nlose not voting were Messrs.-

Davis, J. S. Ennis, W. H.

Felker, J. H.

Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 39 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute, and the substitute is as follows :

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A BILL

To be entitled an Act to amend section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by adding at the end of said section the following words: ''And the General Assembly may abolish the office of County Treasurer in any County in this State,'' and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 1State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act section 3, article 11, paragraph 1.of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: ''And the General Assembly may abolish the office of County Treasurer in any County in this State, so that when thus amended it shall read as follows:
Section 3. Paragraph 1. Whatever tribunal of officers may hereafter be created by the General Assembly for the transaction of County matters shall be uniform throughout the State, and of the same name and jurisdiction and revenues, except the General Assembly may provide for the appointment of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in any County and the General Assembly may abolish the office of County Treasurer in any County in this State.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever .the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to

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each of the Houses of the General Assembly and the same has been entered on their Journal with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in the State for a period of two months next preceding the term of holding the next general election.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication as provided in the second section of this Act in the several election districts of the State at which elec-tions every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting in said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For amendment of section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution, permitting the General Assembly to abolish the office of the County Treasurer in any County of the State," and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or, printed on their ballots the words "Opposed to amendment of section 3, article 11, paragraph 1 of the Constitution, permitting the General Assembly to abolish the office of County Treasurer in any County of this State."
Section 4. Be it enacted, That the Governor be and is hereby authorized and directed to provide 'for the submission of the amendment proposed in

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this Act, to a vote of the people as required by the Constitution of this State in paragraph 1, section 1, article 13, and if ratified, the Governor shall, when he ascertains ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner as in the cases of elections of members of the General Assembly, count and ascertain the results issue his proclamation for an insertion in one of the daily papers in this State announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

House resolutions Nos. 191 and 192 were recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

Senate resolution No. 38 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

By unanimous consent, the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage :

. By Messrs. Joiner and LordA bill to amend' the Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Bridges of Washington County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

By striking from paragraph 2, section 2, the words extend to and over a period of four years prior thereto, and inserting in lien thereof the words extend to and over a period of two years prior thereto, and such period prior to this period of two years as the Board of Roads and Revenues may direct, so that said bill as amended and said paragraph thereof shall read as follows : The first audit of the expert acc-ountant as hereinbefore provided shall extend to and over a period of two years prior thereto and such period prior to this period of two years as the Board of Roads and Revenue'S may direct, but all subsequent audits shall be annual and cover the period from the last audit.
Amend further by inserting in section 2, paragraph 2, after the words T'ax Collector, the word Sheriff.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Henry County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Honse bill was read first time:

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By Mr. Kent--
A bill to amend paragraph 11 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create the County of Kent.
Referred to Committee on Constitutionai Amendments.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Marshall-
A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly approved August 17, 1908, creating a Board of Veterinary Examiners for the State of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite ConstitUtional majority, was passed.

House bill No. 783 was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution of the House was read third time and put upon its passage :

By Mr. Bryan-
A resolution to pay pension of William Akins of Catoosa County.

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Report of the Committee was ~OTeed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grov;enstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. l\Iarshall, C. B. :Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W~ T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Cromartie, J. A.

Davis, J. S. Ennis; W. H.

Mann, W. S. Sheppard, J. E.

Ayes, 37; nays, 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent, the following House bills were read third time and put upon their .passage:

By Mr. Brinson-



A bill to create the City Court of Miller, in Jenkins

County.

the Report of Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35; ;nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the Act to create the Board of County Commissioners of Mitchell County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendments are as follows:

By striking out all of sections 1, 2, 3, except the enacting clause, and renumbering the section beginning with section 4 as section 1, and putting the enacting clause at the beginning of that section with the following words: That from and after January 1, 1913, so that beginning with what was section 3 it will read : Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority thereof, That from and after January 1, 1913, that the candidate, etc., balance as section 3 now reads.
' By unanimous consent, the following House bills were read first time:

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By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts incorporating the town of Doerun, in Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Corporationsp

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to establish the Board of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County 'Matters.

By Messrs. Simpson and Picket-
A bill to incorporate the Fairview School District, in Cherokee and Pickens Oounties.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to incorporate the town of Tarrytown, in Montgomery County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. DuPreeA bill to rearrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee-
Judicial Circuits.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Parker-
A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Court of Marion County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following House resolutions were read first time:

By Mr. Chaney-
A resolution to allow the Adjutant-General to lend cots to Reunion Committee for Rtate Reunion at .Marietta.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. BrinsonA resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch as secu-
rity on two bonds of J. .A. Fowers. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend section 2408, volume 1 of the Code which provides for investments of insurance companies.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. CromartieA bill to amend an Act ~reating the City Court of
Blackshear, approved August 15, 1911.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following House bill was read second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Farrar-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Monticello.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Banks has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1249 of the Civil Code, so as to add the town of Lincolnton to the list of State Depositories.
Respectfully submitted,
W. S. MoRBts, Chairman.

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Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committee on Appropriation has had underconsideration the following House resolution which I am instructed to ~eport back to the Senate 'with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A resolution to provide for the payment of the per . diem and expenses of the Penitentiary Investigating
Committees.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. ENNIS, Chairman..

Mr. Whitehead, Chairman of Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches, submits the. following report:

Mr. President:
The Senate and House Committees on University of Georgia and Its Branches met at Athens April 1st, 1912, under call or" Chairman of respective Committees in joint session.
Present from Senate: Whitehead, Mayson, Harris, Worley, Spence, Mann, Ennis, Oliver, and Copelan.
Present from House: Beck, Lawrence, Moore, Cannon, Ragsdale, Slade, Tippins of Appling, Tippins of Tattnall, Cheney, DeFoor of Clayton, Gast- .

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ley, 8impson, Baker, Worsham, Bell, Lord of Washington, Blackshear, Kirby, Cordell, Thompson, Harper, Kent, DuBose of Clarke, and Stovall.
On motion, Whitehead was elected Chairman of Joint Committee, and Stovall, Secretary.
On motion, it was decided to visit the State institutions located at Athens in a joint body, and then divide into sub-committees to go to the North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega; the University of Georgia Medical College at Augusta; the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville; and the Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah, Georgia, with instructions to the various sub-committees to reunite in Atlanta on Saturday; that the entire Joint Committee might visit the Technological School i.J?. a body. Having thus organized, we visited and found conditions as follows at the .different institutions :
The University of Ged'.rgia proper was chartered in 1785, and in its long history of success and achievement, at no time has there been greater enthusiasm than is found amongst the present student body. There seems to be alike in both faculty and students, the determination to send out from this college, men who will distinguish themselves in the annals of the State.
We were especially gratified at the splendid behavior of the student body and the courtesies shown us by all connected with .the college.
The summary of the 1911-1912 registration shows

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419 students in Franklin College, not including 223 students at the Agricultural College.
The student body was assembled during our visit, and presented a most inspiring spectacle. We found buildings, grounds, etc., neatly kept and in creditabl~ condition.
The law school of the University of Georgia was established in 1859. From this date until the present time the law school has been continuously in session except for the interruption during the war between the States. Today the law department is conducted in three rooms located on the second floor of what is known as the Academic Building. Two of these rooms are used as lecture rooms and the third room, being about 25 feet long by 15 feet wide, is used as a library for the school. For years the State furnished absolutely nothing to the Jaw school of this institution, not even the State publications. A !lumber of years ago an .Act was passed providing fhat the State publications should be furnished by the librarian to this school. The law school struggled for many years without even the pretense of a library. Later on the library consisted of 40 or 50 volumes, and this condition continued until several years ago when the Denmark library was presented to the law department. This library was a fair working library for the average practitioner. Two years ago the Trustees of the University appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars with which to make some additions to the law library, and for the last two years this body has appropriated two hun-

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dred and two hundred and fifty dollars, respectively, for the purchase of books. At present the small room used as a library is filled. It is furnished with a.few cheap chairs, and old table that was discarded by one of the other departments, and with the exception of the unit book cases in which the Denmark books were placed the shelving consists of rude, cheap shelves nailed to the walls. The recitation rooms are furnished with ancient desks and cheap chairs, the larger number of the chairs being the cheapest variety. These rooms are dark, poorly ventilated and poorly heated, and are as ill-suited . for the purposes for which they are used as could be imagined. Despite the abominable quarters in which this school has struggled for years, despite the lack of a proper library and all modern equipment and facilities, this school has steadily improved. Its curriculum has been enlarged, it has been raised to a two years school, admission requirements have been advanced, and in every way it has grown. This year it had an enrollment of 75 pupils. Today the school is making every effort to continue upward and make its course and diploma really worth something. It seems an exaggerated statement, but nevertheless it is true that during the existence of this school extending over a period of fifty odd years, the State of Georgia has only contributed to it the small sum of $4,300.68. It is remarkable that nnder such adverse circumstances and with such niggardly treatment that this school could be alive today and doing the character of work which i~ is. If this department had received the proper assistance

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from the State which it has deserved, it would be difficult to calculate the results which it might have accomplished. As the school is situated today the so-called library will hold no more books. The room is now so crowded and unattractive but few men can avail themselves of research work. The recitation rooms are crowded and neither one of them will hold .comfortably the two classes when assembled together. Should there be any additions to the faculty or any growth in the school, all of which is confidently expected, the present quarters simply could not accommodate the school. Your committee considers this one of the most important departments of the University of Georgia. In the past the other departments of the 'State institution have been enlarged, handsome sums of money have been expended in buildings and in various lines of development, and looking back over the past it is almost incomprehensible to believe that the great State of Georgia would permit its law school to fight for one-half century and only give it during all these struggling years about $4,000.00. It is the opinion of your committee that it is of great importance that the future lawyers of this State be given the best training. No class of men have exerted a greater influence on the history of the State and the nation than the lawyers, and to continue this extreme policy in reference to the law school would be highly prejudicial to the best interests and future developments of our State. In the last few years this treatment of the law school has been commented upon and criticised by various boards of visitors, committees from the student body

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and others familiar with the situation. A great awakening has taken place among the students and
the alumni of the University of Georgia as to the
condition and needs of this school. Committees have appeared before theBoard of Trustees for the last three years calling attention to the present condition of affairs and urging a rectifying of the same. The faculty of this school are very much. alive to the situation and are doing and have done much hard work to improve the school and to get the proper recognition from the State. Your committee believes that it is exceedingly urgent that sufficient
appropriation be made to provide a proper building
for this growing school and recommends that the sum of $50,000.00 be appropriated by this Legislature to erect this most needed building. Your com-
mittee has looked into the conditions of the law
school carefully and submits this recommendation after this critical investigation and hopes that this assembly may be able to assist this most neglected department of our great University.

The Committee next visited the State Normal College. There we were received and entertaind in a most cordial manner. In the dormitory lunch was served. After lunch, buildings, grounds, etc., were inspecte4. We found that more room and more buildings are almost absolutely essential for the successful carrying on of the invaluable work of this very important branch of our system. Many Georgia boys and girls are denied admission because of inadequate facilities. We earnestly recommend the

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appr()priation asked for and now pending for the erection of a new building, in order that these much regretted conditions may be removed.
We next visited the State Agricultural College, to which we appropriated $100,000 for its support at our last session. After investigating the work which is being done at this branch, we are thoroughly convinced this is a wise expenditure. 4-griculture is the principal industry of our State and the main source. from which our material prosperity must come. Experience bas clearly demonstrated the value of agricultural education in permanently improving the soil, multiplying its yield, and increasing the value of its products. Sincere, enthusiastic interest prevails throughout the State in the achievements here made, and instruction here furnished; too much cannot be said in commendation of this great school. This branch of the system was established in 1906 and is an outgrowth of the old State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts founded as a co-ordinate branch of the University of Georgia 1 in 1872. Its enrollment for 1911-1912 shows an attendance of 223.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA MEDICAL COLLEGE AT AUGUSTA.
Thursday, April 4th, a part of the Committee visited the University of Georgia Medical College at Augusta. This school was founded in 1827 and while to some extent connected with our institutions, it was not until1911 that by legislative Act it became

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an integral part of the State's system and its Board of Trustees were appointed by the Governor. The college will enter its new building the coming term. This building is excellently located with hospital closely adjacent, has all the requisites necessary for a first-class medical college. The curriculum now extends over four years. Six full time teachers have been employed for the elementary brantilles. It has in its faculty 58 professors, assistants, and lecturers. There is connected with its operation a training school for nurses. The hospital experience so easily obtained and other advantages furnished splendid opportunities for the student.
On Friday, April 5th, the Committee visited the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledegville. This institution was created by Act of the General Assembly of 1889. The students adlnitted from 1892 to 1911 inclusive aggregate 7,496. There were admitted in 1911 :five hundred and forty-nine (549), according to enrollment. ~1.ve hundred and sixty-five were not admitted for wantof accommodations. The college buildings, grounds, and other equipment here are worth approximately $375,000. Those who aided in the establishment of this institution were indeed benefactors of our State.

This college has become thoroughly installed in the confidence of the people of Georgia. We find taught here the things upon which rests the very foundation
of our economic, industrial, social and moral future.
We call especial attention to the fact that during last year more were turned away than were admit-

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ted. It is clearly the State's duty to provide needed relief as early as practicable.

GEORGIA ScHooL oF TECHNOLOGY.
On Saturday, April 6th, the entire reunited committee visited the Georgia School of Technology. We were reseived by faculty and students in a most cordial ma:nner, shown through the various depart. ments, and delightfully entertained at lunch. This college received its first State aid in 1885 ; (to show its marvelous development) during 1911 its attendance was 890 students. We advise liberal treatment for the especial reason that here not only the mind, but also the hand is trained as well. This school has sent out and will continue to send out graduates who are fitted to cope with the great oncoming material and industrial development of our State.
To the Committee of the University of Georgia:
Your sub-committee, appointed to visit the North Georgia Agricultural College, have to report as follows:
We find the student body in excellent condition, doing good work. The health condition of this school makes it appeal to us with especial interest. It is so high the natural drainage keeps it in a perfectly sanitary condition, and the improvement of the students in a physical way is especially noticeable; possibly, another condition contributing largely to this end, is the military feature of the school, which is doubtless the best in the South.

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We should feel especially proud of the military department, owing to the fact that it has merited praise from people all over the Union who speak from knowledge and experience.
The faculty and student body seem to be in sym-pathy and working together in perefct accord to the best interests of the institution and the students. The Presiden:t of the school understands the nature of the material he has to deal with and the school typifies the understanding and co-operation of a -family relation.
The attendance of the school varies from 200 to .-250. The average being for the present terin, two hundred and ten.
The maintenance fund is $21,500 and being all the appropriation made to the school in 1911. The cost, :therefore, per student is extremely low and as low, ;as, or probably, lower than any other school in the .State, of which we should take especial note. They offer the college degrees : A commercial -eourse,
.agricultural course, a mining course, and an elec-
trical engineering course, thereby accommodating the youths of Georgia to almost any course desired.
The sehool needs a gymnasium in order that the boys may have some place where they can engage in exercise, which they can feel is not work or duty. The military feature of the sehool doubtless affords sUfficient exercise to give the young men proper physical development if it were not for the fact that the idea of work and duty aceompanies it, and the

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exercise is not of that free and pleasureable kind. that give the best results.
They have no place of assembling the student body, which is of course a necessity at times, nor have they a library or a place to keep the few volumes that they now have.
They have a large number of volumes piled on the floor and in such condition that they are unable to use them because they have not the space for book cases and shelves.
The greatest need of the institution, however, and the one that should be given attention immediately, is the mining department. There are about half of the students taking the agricultural, mining and electrical engineering courses ; the mining department is .the only place in the South where such a course can be had. It is located in what appears to be tenant houses or shanties, with the floors tom out, with no equipment to accommodate more than one student at a time. The equipment necessary to fit up this department properly would add greatly to the efficiency of the agricultural department, and would serve the electrical engineering courses ; and in view of the fact that the students pursuing these courses are rapidly increasing in number, having reached at least half the attendance, the facilities have become far too limited and inadequate to furnish them these courses and realize the best results.
The sentiment that seems to be gaining ground rapidly throughout the country that we should give

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more attention to hand mind training or to the industrial features of our schools, assures us that this increase in the number of students who are taking these degrees will continue to grow and it is essential that we not only provide for the needs of these departments at the present time, but should prepare for the future as well.
We, therefore, recommend that the Legislature
appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for a building and equipment for this department, .and beg to submit herewith a statement of. the condition of the same, and of the needs of the department.
We further beg to extend our thanks to the faculty and trustees of the school and to the citizens of the town of Dahlonega for the hearty welcome accorded us during our recent visit.
Respectfully submitted,

GEoRGIA STATE INDUSTRIAL CoLLEGE FOB CoLORED
YouTHs.
We find that the money appropriated for the support of the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah has been judiciously .and economically expended; that the accounts of the institution are kept neatly, accurately and scientifically; that the school is being conducted upon the lines intended by the State when it was founded, and that the work being done deserves encouragement.
This report adopted by joint session of House and

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Senate Committee July 26th, 1912, and respectfully submitted to Senate July 31st, 1912.
W. E. WHITEHEAD, Chairman. A. S. J. STOVALL, Secretary.

The following special order was taken up, read third time, and put upon its passage :
By Mr. Douglass-
A bill to establish a Composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia, and to define their powers and duties.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

By the Committee-
The Committee moves to amend by striking thewords and figures ''Section 1039 of the Penal Code of Georgia, volume III," which occurs in the 9th and lOth lines of section 15, and in 6th and 7th lines of section 16 and 18th lines of section 16, by inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia.
Amend section 18 by adding in last line of said

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section, after the words ''dispense or administer drugs" the words "or chiropractors, who are now practising in this State."

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow

morning at 10 o'clock.



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SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, August 1, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'cloek; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adaans, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. Presiif,ent:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmis-

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sion to the House, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to increase the pension of Confederate veteran soldiers and their widows.
A bill to amend section 3, article 11, .paragraph 1 of the Constitution, relative to County Treasurers.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1908, to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners.
A bill to amend section 4941, article 5, of the Code of 1910, with reference to qualifications of lawyers.
Respectfulfy submitted,
0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to give citizens of White, Union and Habersham Counties the right to kill squirrels when destroying crops.

A bill to require the Ordinary, Treasurer, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector and

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County Superintendent of Schools of each County to make and render quarterly statements of all funds and fees received and disbursed.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill ro <lhange the compensation of the County
Commissioners in Early County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth C01:tnty,
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board 9f Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
A bill to amend an Act of 1877 of the General Assembly of Georgia.
A bill to amend an Act to create a County Board of Commissioners Roads and Revenues for Marion County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Harris County.
A bill to abolish the Board of County Commissioners Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
A bill to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County.

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A bill to abolish the office of County Commissioners Gwinnett County.

Resvectfully submitteci,

DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Sheppard, Vice-Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The General Judiciary Committee has haq under consideration the folloiwng bill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to amend section 2408 of the Code, which provides for investment of insurance companies in this State.
Respectfu!lly submitted, J. E. SHEPPARD, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Agricultural Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same ~o pass:
. A bill to amend section 2135 of the Civil Code.
A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1910.

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The Committee also recommends that the following bill do pass, by substitute:
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of Inspector of Oils in this State.
Respectfully submitted, Goon A. BusH, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Vice-Chairman of the Pension Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Pension Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work, to provide for its payment, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, 0. A. MooRE, Chairman.

Mr. Cromartie, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, suoinitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Railroads has had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, towit:

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A bill to require all persons or corporations operating railroads in this State to erect mile limit boards.
The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the Brinson Railway Co. to change the location and route of its branch lines.
Respectfully submitted, CRoMARTIE, Chairman.

Mr. Hamilton, Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Labor, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Immigration and Labor has had under consideration the following Senate bill
which I am instructed to report back to the Senate
with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to prevent the collection by attorneys of extortionate contingent fees in damage suits.
Respectfully submitted,
W. W. HAMILTON, Chairman.

The following Senate bills were read second time:

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By Mr. MoonA bill to fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work.

By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to require all persons or corporations operating railroads in this State to erect mile limit boards.

By Mr. Dickerson-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend section 5261 of the Code of 1895, which provides for witness fees.

By Mr. Cromarti~
A bill to require the Ordinary, Treasurer, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff and Tax Collector and County School Superintendent to render quarterly statements of their fees.

By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to give to the citizens of White, Union and Habersham Counties the right to kill gray squirrels when they are destroying crops.

By Mr. Blalock-

A bill to amend section 2135 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartl~ A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1910.

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By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend section 2408, volume 1, of the Code, which provides for investment of insurance companies.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to provide for the election of the Road Commissioners of Emanuel County by the people.
A bill to establish a County Board of Education in certain Counties.
A bill to repeal Act establishing office of County Commissioners for Gwinnett County.
A bill to authorize Bishop C. K. Nelson to sell certain lots in City of Columbus.
A bill to amend Act establishing City Court of Macon.
A bill to repeal Act to create Board of County Commissioners for Gwinnett County.
A bill to amend Act creating Po1ice Commission for the City of Augusta.
The House has passed, as amended, by the requi-

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site .Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Act to put in force the Constitutional amendment relative to a certain class of pensions.
The following House bills were read second time:

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to amend the Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1911, to abolish the office of County Commissioners of Gwinnett County.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to repeal the Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Public Property in Wilkes County.

By Mr. Mitchell-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code, so as to add Lincolnton to list of State Depositories. '

By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 22, 1905, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.

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By Mr. Greene-
A bill to authorize the Brinson Railway Co. to change the location of its branch roads.

By Mr. Melton-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell County.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to change the compensation of County Commissioners of Early County.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County.

By Mr. Parker-
A bill to amend the Act to create the Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Marion County.

By Mr. Kendrick-
A bill to amend the Act of 1877 of the General Assembly, relative to County Commissioners of Taliaferro County.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth County.

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The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. President:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to
deliver to your honorable body the attached sealed communication to which he respectfully invites your attention in Executive session.

The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage :

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Statesboro, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 36; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Converse-
A bill to incorporate the town of Barretts, in Lowndes County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 26, 1872, to create a Board of Commissione;rs of Roads and Revenues for Macon County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Strickland-
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Pierce County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to incorporate the town of Metter, and for
other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional maj.ority, was passed.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Chancy, in Dodge County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Clark-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Albany.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Plainfield, in Dodge County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Mcintire, Hopkins and Reese-
A bill to amend the Act of August 15, 1905, creating the City Court of ':phomasville.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr: Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel, in the County of Dodge.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having receiv~d the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Elder-
A bill to authorize the town of Watkinsville to issue bonds.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayeS' were 27; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court
of Carrollton.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to amend the Act establishing public schools for the City of Moultrie.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Act to incorporate the City of Molena.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Frederick-
A bill to amend the Act creating a system of public schools for the City of Oglethorpe.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. TaylorA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. AllenA bill to incorporate the town of Crest, in Upson
County. Report of the Committee was ~OTeed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;
nays, 0. The bill having received the requisite Constitu-
tional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Milner.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford, in Gwinnett County.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;

nays, 0.



The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Lott-
A bill to amend the Act creating a new charter for the City of Douglass.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Farrar-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Monticello, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stubbs--
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eatonton.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend an Act approved November 26, 1886, establishing a system of public schools for the City of Carrollton.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hopkins-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of.Boston, in Thomas County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Upshaw-
A bill to amend the Act approved December 12, 1882, creating a charter for the town of Salt springs.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;
nays,~
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. La'Wrenc~

A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of

the City of Savannah to close up and abolish that

certain lane in Ardsley Park.



Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Beck-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Berline, in Colquitt (J()unty.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ault-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Frohock-
A bill to amend an Act approved February 17th, l8!7, relating to the appointment, etc., of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Camden.
Report of the Committee was 3.o11Teed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Holtzclaw-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school systeru for the town of Perry.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constituti~nal majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and WestmorelandA bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of
Hapeville.
Report of the. Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were ?7; nays; 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harrell-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Lumpkin.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Murphy and WilliamsA bill to repeal the charter of Metter. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ;
nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. MiddletonA bill to amend the charter of Screven. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ;
nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Holtzclaw and Hobbs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bonaire, in Houston County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ducktown, in Florsyth County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Colquitt, in Miller County.
Report of the .Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 6, 1909, creating the City Court of Miller.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-. tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Adkins-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lilly, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Butts-
A bill to amend the Act entitled an Act to amend
and consolidate the several Acts incorporating the City of Brunswick.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Mclntire-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Patten.
Report of the Committee w;as agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Worsham and Jackson-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 19, 1907, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Monroe County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Moon-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Jackson, approved August 1, 1911.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to confirm the rights of Thomas F. Screven and his assigns in the East Broad Street Dock in the City of Savannah.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lawrence, Anderson and McCarthy-
A bill to prescribe the terms of office of the Clerk and Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend the Act approved September 20, 1887, incorporating the town of Bartow.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. MerrittA bill to repeal the Act to create the ~unty Court
of Greene County.
Report of the ~mmittee was agreed to~
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Moon-

A bill to amend the Act creating the charter of Flovilla.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Scott-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code, so as to add Folkston to list of State Depositories.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland.._
A bill to authorize the City of Atlanta to construct bridges on Pryor Street and Central Avenue, at the Union Station.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Peacock-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Toombs County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill th{'! '&yes were 28; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hiers-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Moultrie, in Colquitt County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows :

By striking the following words from section 4, lines 4 and 5 : "On the 21st day of August, 1912," and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''At the general election held in October, 1912."

By Messrs. Johnson and Ault-
A bill to amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so as to exempt certain farm products from taxation.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the pass,age of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adaans, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.

Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Ofiver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Morris, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Crubreth, T. G.

Davis, J. S. Shingler, J. S.

Ayes, 33; nays, 5.

Williams, Isaiah

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL
To be entitled an Act to amend article seven of section two, paragraph two of the Constitution of this State, which relates to the power of the General Assembly to exempt from taxation public property so that the General Assembly may exempt from taxation certain farm products, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That article seven, section 2, paragraph two of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby amended by adding to and at the end of said paragraph the following words: ''The General Assembly shall further have power to exempt from taxation farm products including baled cotton, grown in this State and remaining in the hands of the producer but not longer than for the year next after their production.''
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members. of the General Assembly of

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each House, the same shall be entered on their Journal with the ayes and nays thereon taken and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for two months immediately preceding the next general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their ticket ''For ratification of amendment of article seven, section two, paragraph two of the Constitution of this State" for authorizing the General Assembly to exempt from taxation farm products; or ''Against ratification of amendment of article seven, section two, paragraph two of the Constitution of this State" (against authorizing the General Assembly to exempt from taxation farm products) as they may choose; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next General Assembly voting shall vote in favor of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of article seven, section two, paragraph two of the Constitu.tion of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.
Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

By Messrs..Chaney and York-
A bill to incorporate the town of Mableton, in the County of Cobb.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
Amend by adding at the end of section 2 the following words : Provided the provisions of this Act shall not in any manner interfere with a certain contract or agreement which has been or is about to be entered into between the Commi8sioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County and the Southern Railroad Company with reference to closing certain roads or streets in the village of Mableton and opening a new street in the place thereof and also building a bridge across said railroad.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Mclntire-
A bill to ame:r;td the charter of the City of Thomasville.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
By adding a new section to be known as section 3, as follows: Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all provisions of said charter providing for annual P lPfltiom: of M Hvor_ AldP.rm'ail.

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Clerk, Marshall, Treasurer and Sexton of said City be and the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter the terms of office of said Mayor, Alderman, Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer and Sexton shall be for 2 years instead of one, as heretofore, and the successors of the present Mayor, Alderman, Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer and Sexton shall be elected at the election on the third Tuesday in January, 1913, for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the election for said office shall be held bi-ennially thereafter. All vacancies shall be filled as now provided. Amend the caption by inserting between the words "City and and" in the last line, the following: To provide for bi-ennial election of the officers of said City. Amend further
by changing number of section 3 of the bill to sec-
tion 4.

By Mr. Melton-
A bill to repeal_ the Act incorporating the town of Herod.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
By adding two new sections before repealing clause to be known as sections 2 and 3, and other sections to be numbered accordingly.

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Section 2. Be it further enacted, That this bill shall not become law until a majority of the voters of that City of Herod who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and for State House officers have voted on same; those for the bill to have printed on their ballots ''For charter repeal.'' Those opposing this bill have printed on their ballots "Against charter repeal."

Section 3. Be it further enacted, That this election be held on the same day as the general State election in October, and that result of same be published in the Dawson News by the Mayor and Council of the City of Herod.

House amendments to the following bills of the Senate were concurred in by the Senate:

By Mr. Moon-
A bill to amend section one of the Act passed and approved July 11, 1910, to putin force the Constitutional amendment of paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution, relative to pensions.
House substitute ':for the !following bill of the Senate was adopted by Senate:

By Mr. Ennis-
A bill to amend the Act entitled an Act to consolidate and supercede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome, and for other purposes.

The following Senate bills were read first time:

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By Mr. Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Wilkerson.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Harri~A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court
of Polk County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court
of Polk County, in the City of Cedartown.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to amend section 2624 of the Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Slaton (by requestA bill to provide for the receiyer of the charter of

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a corporation incorpora:ted by judgment of the Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate resolution was read first time:

By Mr. Copelan-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to exchange the site of the Governor's Mansion for other certain property in the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.
Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President : -

The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court

of Monticello.

I

Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Presi(/)ent: The Committee on Agriculture has had under con-

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,sideration the following Senate bill which I am in-
structed to report back to the Senate with the recom-
mendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1651 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, Goon A. BusH, Chairman.

The following bill of the Senate was read third time and put upon its passage :

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to amend section 2798 of the Civil Code which refers to vinue of snits against corporations.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was recommitted to the Hygiene and Sanitation Committee:

By Mr. Beauchamp-
A bill to amend section 1621 of the Code, so as to
establish a sanitarium for the treatment of consumption.

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The following resolution of the House was concurred in by the Senate:

By Messrs. .Johnson and Kimbrough-
A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate the questions involved in the Congressional resolution regarding cotton tare, nnd for other purposes.
Committee on part of Senate are Senators Cromartie ,and Hamilton.

By unanimous consent, the following bill of the House was read second time and recommitted to the Constitutional Amendments Committee:

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to amend paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution, so as to create the County of Kent.

Leave of absence was granted Senators Shaw and Sheppard until Monday.

On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 2, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 1( o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Oromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

:Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter "\Yilliams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry, to-wit:

Mr. President :
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Act, to-wit:

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An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Glynn County, Georgia, to enter into a contract with the Georgia Coast and Piedmont R. R. Company to obtain bridge rights over the Altamaha River.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to-wit:
A bill to amend paragraph 11 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution so as to create the County of Kent.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman.

Mr. Spence, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Military Affairs has had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution to allow the Adjutant-General to lend

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cots for State Reunion of Confederate Veterans at Marietta, Ga.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT E. L. SPENCE, Chairman.

Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Appropriations has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1485, volume 2 of the Code of 1910, relative to pensions.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution providing for tinting walls and fixing floors of the State Library.
Respectfully submitted, "\V. H. ENNis, Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President: The Committee on Special Judiciary has had un-

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der consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Blackshear.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the' recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 157 of the Code, pertaining to Keeper of Public Grounds.
A bill to rearrange the Middle and Dublin Circuits.
A bill to prohibit certain persons from entering into the solemnization of the marriage contract.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which we recommend be withdrawn, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ocilla.
A bill to provide for four terms a year of the Superior Court of Irwin County.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal certain Acts establishing the City Court of Brunswick.

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The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the City Court of Greensboro.
A bill to establish the City Court of Dublin.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blakely.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Statesboro.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Kent-
. A bill to amend paragraph 11 of section 1 of article 11 of the Constitution so as to create the County of Kent, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P.

Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Cul'breth, T. G.

Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H.

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Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.

Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

Shingler, J. S. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 34; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the bill is as follows :
A bill to be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified voters of this State an amendment to paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of this State, as amended by the ratification of the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved .July 19, 1904, and as further by the ratification of the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 31, 1906, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the following amendment is hereby proposed to paragraph 2, section 1, article 2 of the Constitution of this State as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19, 1904, and as further



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amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 31, 1906, to-wit, by adding to said paragraph the following language: "Provided, however, that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out from the County of Montgomery, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the western bank of the Oconee River where the Laurens County line intersects with said River, thence down the western bank of the said river to the mouth of the said river, thence up the northern bank of the Ocmulgee River to the mouth of the Little Ocmulgee River, thence up the said Little Ocmulgee River to the line of Dodge County, thence east along said line of Dodge County and Laurens County to the western bank of the Oconee River to the starting point.
That said new County, the boundaries of which are described herein, shall be called and known by the name of Kent, and shall be attached to and become a part of the twelfth Congressional District, the Fifteenth State Senatorial District, and the Oconee Judicial Circuit, and the County site of said new County shall be the town of Alamo. That all legal voters residing in the limits as herein described of said proposed new County of Kent, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia, shall, on th~ first Tuesday in January, 1913, elect an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a County Surveyor, a County



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Treasurer, and three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County, said election to be held at town of Alamo, the County site of said new County. 'That the Superior Courts of said County shall be held on the first Monday in March and on the first Monday in September of each year. The limits of the said County, the Congressional and Senatorial Districts, and the Judicial Circuit to which it is attached, and the time of holding the terms of the Superior Courts, shall be as designated above until changed by law. Provided, That the laws applicable to the organization of new counties as found in section 829 to 848 inclusive, of the Code of 1911, are hereby made applicable to said County of Kent whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution, and that said County when created shall become a statutory County and shall be at all times subject to all laws applicable to all other Counties in this State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when this proposed amendment shall be agreed. to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses composing the Legislature of the State of Georgia, such proposed amendment shall be entered on the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon; and the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District at least two months before the time of holding the next general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1912, and he shall also pro-

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vide for a submission of the proposed amendment at said general election. And, if the people shall ratify such amendment h~ a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, such amendment shall becorue a part of the Constitution of Georgia.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall become the duty of the Governor to submit such amendment to the people at said election in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets, "In favor of the ratification of the amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Kent, with the town of Alamo as the County site.'' And "those opposed to the ratification of the amendment to. the Constitution creating the County of Kent, with the town of Alamo as the Oounty site." Which votes cast at said election shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and returns thereof made to the Goyernor; and, if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall vote in favor of the ratification of the amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Kent, with the town of Alamo as the County site, the Governor shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result of said election in the manner provided by law.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

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Amend said bill by striking therefrom wherever it appears the name "Kent County" and inserting in lieu thoreof the name "Wheeler County," and by striking from said Act wherever it appears the name "Kent". and inserting in lieu thereof the name "Wheeler," so that when said Act i~ amended as herein provided, said County shall be known and designated as "Wheeler County."
Committee amends Section 11 by striking out the words "the first Wednesday in October, 1912," in line 15 and inserting in lieu thereof the words '' Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the year 1912. ''

By unanimous consent the following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. NixA resolution to provide for the payment of the per
diem and expenses of the Penitentiary Investigating Committee, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committeewas agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Cromartie. J. A. Cutbreth, .T. G.
Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N.

Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

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Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. R<l'berts, W. T.

Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, \\alter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

AdMils, G. W. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B.
Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Graham, L. C. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A.

Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 30; nays, 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to amend section 2408 volume 1 of the Code, which provides for investments by insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu. tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dickerson-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 5261 of volume 2 of the Oode, which provides for payment of witnesses.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
A bill to provide for the opening of defaulters in the City Court of Athens.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bills were read first time:

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to prohibit the tax assessors in cities having certain population from valuing and assessing their own property.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. HarrisA bill to permit cities having a certain population

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to elect their own aldermen by a vote of the entire city.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to confer upon Justice of the Peace jurisdiction to try an issues raised by counter affidants to the levy of distress warrants without the intervention of a jury, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The fo11owing House bills were read first time:

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
A bill to establish a County Board of Education in the several counties of this State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Pearce, Garlington and BlackshearA bill to amend an Act creating Police Commis-
sion for the City of Augusta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to authorize C. K. Nelson, Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta, to sell and convey certain lot in city of Columbus.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Wilson-
A bill to repeal an Act approved August 15, 1911, creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Gwinnett County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Hall and DeForeA bill to amend the Act approved August 14, 1885,
establishing the City Court of Macon. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to repeal an Act approved August 19, 1911, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gwinnett County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Waller-
A bill to provide for electing Road Commissioner!'! of Emanuel County by the people.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The following resolution of the House was read third time to be put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Brown-
A resolution to refund to the Freundschaftsbund the sum of $500.00.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Culbreth, T. G. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.

Kincaid, J. B. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Sheppard, J. E. whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Brown, J.P. Davis, J. S. Di'Ckerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Graham, L. C. Hill, T. F. King, W. W. Mann, W. S.
Marshall, C. 1\.
Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 23 ; nays, 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. President: The Committee on General Judiciary !has had

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under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, by sub. stitute:
A bill to provide for filing of an abstract in claim cases.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Douglas, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following Senate bill,

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which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be. tabled, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1621 of the Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, DouGLAss, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of Murray and Gordon Counties.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to prevent the granting of letters of administration on the estate of any person after twenty years from the date of the death of such person.
A bill to prohibit fighting, or other riotous, disorderly or indecent conduct without the limits of incorporated towns and cities.

The Committee has had also under consideration

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the following Senate resolution, wh[ch I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A resolution for the relief of George T. Betts as security on the bond of Major Binns, colored.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Marion County.
A bill to rearrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit.
A bill to empower Tax Collectors of this State to employ a Clerk.

The Committee h~s had also under consideration the following House bill, which I am rnstructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to enable females to hold the office of Commercial Notary Public.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of McRae.

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A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Telfair County.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges of Worth County.
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges of Worth County.
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch of Millen County.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to provide for reviver of charter, etc.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTs, Chairman.

To the General Assembly of Georgia:
Your Committee to whom was referred the resolution of the Congress proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States in the matter of the election of the Senators, with instructions to inquire and report whether the amendment is proposed according to the terms of the Constitution report as follows:

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In the year 1776 the thirteen American Colonies, then subject to the British Crown, jointly published to the nations of the world a declaration of their purpose to sever their connection with the mother country for reasons fully set forth in that instrument. The declaration made was in these words:

"That these United Colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegience to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved, and that as free and independent states they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish eommerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.''
The Colonies were not at that time Un.ited by any other bond that as allies in war.
Upon the issue made by this declaration, wager of battle was joined with the state of Great Britain and the war terminated by a treaty of peace signed at Paris in the year 1783 whereof the first article was as follows :

"His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. : New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticutt, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent states; that he treats with them as such; and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claim to the government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.''

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During the continuance of the war, to-wit: in the year 1777, the delegates of the several states agreed tentatively upon certain articles of confederation erecting a form of government mutual to them all, and these articles, being afterwards separately considered and consented to by the several states, each for itself, were signed on the 9th day of July in the year 1778 by the respective delegates of the states, each delegation acting in that matter, in pursuance of specific instructions from their own states directing them so to consent.
The government thus created was styled by these articles ''a firm league of friendship.'' It was in fact but little more than such a league, and in the second article of it, specifically maintained the status of the several states as described and recognized in the treaty of Paris, in these words:
"Art. II-Each state retains its sovereignty freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.''
By the fifth of these Articles, it was provided that each state should, annually, and in such mooner as its own legislature should determine, appoint delegates to a congress of the United States "for 'the more convenient management'' of their general interests, the number so selected by any one state to be not less than two nor more than seven, each state maintaining its own delegates, and each state having one vote in the Congress and no more.

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The government created by these Articles did not prove adequate to its own necessities, and in the year 1787 delegates were selected from the several states to meet in convention at Philadelphia under a resolution of the Congress adopted February 1st, 1787, in these words:
''Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next, a Convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures, such alteration and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union."
In response to this expression from the Congress, twelve of the States did send delegates to such a convention, and the present constitution, except the amendments thereto, was the result of its deliberations, being proposed by the Convention in September, 1787, and afterwards, and before the end of the year 1788, ratified and agreed to by eleven of the states, and the new government put into operation between them. Afterwards, in November, 1789, the state of North Carolina acceded to the new government and Rhode Island did likewise in May of the year 1790.
There can be no doubt that the States all showed during the entire period of these negotiations and proceedings, extreme solicitude for the preservation

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unimpaired of their respective sovereignties, and an almost jealous apprehension of any possible assumption by the federal government of any authority not expressly delegated to it by the free consent of all the States. This solicitude, indeed, found expression in an amendment agreed to so early, and so earnestly insisted upon in the ratification of many of the States as a condition upon their consent, as to be practically a part of the original constitution. That amendment stands in these words:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
Nor can there be any doubt that prior to the final adoption of the Constitution no state could be subjected to any new subtraction from its sovereignty except by its own free consent. That is to say, no change in the Constitution could be imposed upon any state prior to that t4ne without its own consent, even though all the other states so decreed; a prin~ ciple clearly illustratE!d in the faet that, although eleven states agreed at first to the new Constitution as a substitute for the old, no attempt was made to impose its obligation upon Rhode Island or North Carolina.
This principle that no state could ever have any alteration of the Constitution imposed on it except by its own consent, was departed from, for the first time, by the terms of the Constitution of 1787, and then only by the free consent of every State. It is

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therefore pertinent to look to the question of how this alteration occurred, and see to it that no extension be consented to by implication beyond the exact terms of the original grant.
When the convention of delegates, representing only twelve states, formulated the Constitution, they fully recognized their own want of authority to impose its changes upon any State, and took notice at the same time of the fact that it was impossible to foresee which States would and which would not accede to the new government. Therefore they wrote into it as the last article this provision:
"The Ratification of the Convention of Nine States, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.''
The ninth State to ratify the Constitution, New Hampshire, did so on June 21, 1788, but Virginia and New York did likewise on June 26th, and the new government went into operation between ele:ven States.
The fifth Article of this Constitution made the first provision ever contemplated by the United States or any of them for the amendment thereof without the unanimous consent of the States, and therefore was the first authority that the States ever consented to for the imposition upon any one of them of any dereliction from its own sovereignty by a vote of the others or of any number of the others. That provision remains of force.
Bearing in mind the historic reluctance of the

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several States to part with any of their reserved powers, or to permit any impairment of the sovereignty and independence they had wrestled in war from the British Crown and so jealously safeguarded in the formation of this government, it seems but a prudent and proper adherence to our just and honorable traditions to make no further concession upon this subject, and consent to no changes in the fundamental law except such as are made in strict conformity to its terms.

The provisions on this subject to which our fathers agreed are expressed in the following words :

''The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the Year One Thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article ; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.''
Before any State can have imposed upon it any
alteration of the Constitution, it is provided by this
Article that three-fourths of the States must so de-
cree. If three-fourths do so decree, and that decree

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is elicited in the method pointed out by the Constitution, a State may have new terms imposed upon it or its sovereignty altered or impaired in any way and to any extent whatsoever, except in the sole particular of its right to equal representation in the Senate. The vast possibilities of this power of amendment, therefore, ought to warn every State, in cases of proposed amendments, to insist upon exact compliance with every prerequisite stated by the Constitution, and that such insistence should be as jealous and as scrupulous as was the traditional care of our fathers to pres~rve to each State every vestige of its sovereign power not .deemed necessary to be surrendered for the general good.
The obvious prerequisite without which no number of States can impose any alteration in the frame of government on any one of them, is this, that the first step for setting in motion the machinery of amendment shall be in its proposal by two-thirds of each house of Congress. Unless two-thirds do so propose an amendment, it seems hardly open to question that no amendment is possible without a violation of the terms of the covenant.
The only possibility of difference in this matter, lies in the question whether the requisite two-thirds means two-thirds of those present in each house or two-thirds of the entire membership of each. The language of the Constitution is, "two-thirds of both houses," and it is at least certain that a literal construction of these words could not mean "two-thirds of those present in each house" or "two-thirds of

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those present and voting in each house.'' If there

were no other light in the Constitution by which to

interpret these words, it would at least be a fatr

argument to contend that if the framers had intended

"two-thirds of those present," they would have said

so in unambiguous words.



But it happens that there is other light in that great instrument, for by the third section of the first article, dealing with the question of impeachment, it provides that "no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.'' In like manner the power to make treaties, granted to the President in the second section of the second article has this condition, "Provided twothirds of the senators present concur." By all the approved rules of legal construction, sanctioned by the wise experience of a thousand years, these passages ought to solve all doubts unless some other clause be found to raise a just renewal of the question.,

The provision in the 5th section of the first article which constitutes a majority of each house a quorum to do business, can not be considered to raise such question; for obviously that section refers only to the general and ordinary course of normal legislation, and if it bad any application to extraordinary matters, no necessity would have existed for the provision that in cases of impeachment the twothirds required to convict, means two-thirds of those "present."

Impeachments are in the nature of bills of attain-

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der, of such high authority as are not necessary to be based on previous statute defining and prohibiting the offense, and are therefore extraordinary in their nature. The treaty power is perhaps most danger- ous to the reserved sovereignty of the States, for under it the President, with the requisite advice and consent, may exerdse far reaching power over them. Amendment of the Constitution, for reasons already stated, is in ~uch higher degree an extraordinary power. Indeed, we feel safe in saying, in view of the history herein set forth, that to no subject whatever did the prudent men who framed the government give more cautious attention than to the fixed purpose that each State should reserve its sovereignty undiminished and incapable of abatement except upon its own consent. All these acts of Congress therefore, require a larger vote than any ordinary legislation. In two of them the consent of twothirds of those "present" is required. In the other the consent of two-thirds of each house is needful. It seems impossible to doubt that the difference is the language used by the exact men who wrote the Constitution, was designed.
These considerations, it seems to us, are greatly emphasized by the faet that, if the meaning we have . attached to the Constitution in this regard be not the true one, then it follows that barely more than one-third of each house could set in motion the extraordinary machinery which might result in the subtraction from a State of some vital portion of its sovereignty without its own consent. Such a possibility is wholly inconceivable as having been con-

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sented to by the grave and cautious men who framed the Constitution and so jealously guarded the sovereignty of the several States therein.
The amendment proposed by the Congress and referred to this Committee did not receive two-thirds of each house, and therefore was not proposed to the states in the manner pointed out by the Constitution for its own amendment.
This fact raises the unavoidable inquiry as/to what course should now be taken by the States to whom the amendment is proposed. Without regard to the merits or demerits of the proposal, and although the legislatures of them all might desire the amendment made, it seems to your committee to be but a matter of reasonable prudence to determine that those States that are jealously mindful of their rights, and scrupulous to observe the Constitution and preserve it unimpaired, should decline to take action at all on the proposed amendment until it shall have first been submitted exactly in the method pointed out by the Constitution. To do otherwise is to consent to an unauthorized power never delegated by the States to the Congress and to disregard the solemn teachings of experience. In interpreting the Constitution on this subject, the States are not bound by the precedent of any Congressional determination.
But the terms of the resolution direct this Committee further to report whether the proposed amendment, if properly initiated and ratified, will involve any surrender by this- State of any measure of control over its own suffrage.

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The first step in the selection of a Senator now occurs at the ballot box when we choose our legislature. It is certain that Congress is wholly without authority at the present time for interference there. It can not prescribe the qualifications of the electors nor can it be pretended that it can interfere in any way with the registration or the balloting. It can not now determine the time or manner in which we set in motion or condud this initial step in our selection of our own peculiar representatives.
But the Constitution does confer upon the Congress now, the power to prescribe the time and manner in which the legislatures of the several States shall choose their Senators. If we consent, as is proposed, to eliminate the authority of the legislature now interposed between the people at the ballot box and the choosing of the Senator, and do not at the same !ime stipulate for a withdrawal of the power heretofore delegated to the Congress in this particular in the 4th section of the 1st Article of the Constitution, that grant of power will take on a different quality, not belonging to it now up.on any just interpretation of its terms, and will by inevitable consequence give to Congress a power it has not now, and will subtract from the State a power which the State now holds by unquestionable right, to-wit: the power to fix the time and manner in which the people of Georgia shall indicate at the ballot box their choice for their own senators.
What will be the extent and meaning of this power to fix the mann~r of election if such change is made

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as is proposed, will be a question open at least to doubt. We ourselves should not be disposed to think that. it would include the right to regulate the 'terms and. manner of the registration, but language recently used upon the floor of the Federal Senate, m answer to an inquiry from one of our own Senators, warns us to expect at least the possibility of interpre- "' tations to be attempted, far more strained than that. Warned by past experience, the State of Georgia ought not to forget that in times of high political excitement partisans are able to find E!trange powers in the instrument of Union and justify themselves in the doing of things that in more tranquil seasons they would themselves condemn as being directly violative of its prohibitions. There are times when to doubt should be to be resolved.
It seems to your Committee that this is a case in which it is necessary to change the language of th.e Constitution in order to preserve its meanirig. If we alter the constitutionally appointed method of choosing senators, as is proposed, and do not withdraw the power of statutory regulation, the statute is likely to be more potent than the constitution, and the power delegated be something other than was meant in its delegation.
If your Committee could believe it to be within the scope of its instructions to consider or report upon the wisdom of the policy of delegating to the Federal Congress any authority over the time, place or manner, in which a State shall choose its own Senators and Representatives, we think it .might well be

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doubted whether there ever was any necessity or just reason for such a delegation of authority, or whether any good purpose is attained even in the case of representatives in the more numerous branch of the Congress. But we conceive our instructions to have been complied with in this matter, when we point out, as we have endeavored to do, the exact particulars in which the adoption of the proposed amendment derogates anew from our reserved powers and adds to the authority of Congress.
Your Committee believes that it can safely declare the people of Georgia to be very largely in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to provide for the popular election of senators. Indeed t]le people of this State, under the operation of their voluntary party primaries, have used to so elect for many years; and it seems to us hardly possible to doubt that they are almost unanimous in favor of such change. We believe it to be almost equally as certain that neither for that nor any reason whatsoever would any considerable number of the people of Georgia ever endure the suggestion that we ought to surrender the least vestige of our control over our own suffrage or our own elections. It is not needful that we discuss the reasons for this attitude of our people. It is, in our judgment, a closed question in Georgia.
In view of the considerations expressed in this report we recommend that the General Assembly agree to this report as in the nature of a preamble and to the following resolutions based thereon:

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1st. That the legislature of Georgia can not consent to receive or act upon any proposal for the amendment of the Federal Constitution, until the same is made by two-thirds of the full membership of each house of the Congress, and conceives it to be in derogation of the reserved rights of the States for. any amendment to be proposed until it receives such vote.
2nd. That the Governor be and he is hereby directed to return to the proper office of the United States from which it emanated, the communication proposing an amendment as to the election of Senators, with the respectful protest of this State against the proposal as having been made by less than the requisite vote and therefore in derogation of the Constitution.
3rd. That a copy of these resolutions and of the report in which the same are embodied be communicated to our Senators and Representatives in the Congress, with the request that the same be brought to the attention of that body.
4th. That the Governor be and he is hereby directed to communicate like copies to the Governors of the several States of the Union, with the request that the same be laid before their respective legislatures as an expression of the sentiment of this State, and in the hope that all the States may join with Georgia in earnest insistence that the Congress do not hereafter propose amendments to the Federal Constitution otherwise than upon the vote of two-

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thirds of the entire membership of each house thereof.
5th. That in the interest of candor we conceive it proper to say that the State of Georgia will be
prompt to agree to the election of senators by the
people of the respective States, if the IJroposal therefor be made in what we conceive to be the method provided by the Constitution for its own amendment, but not in any terms which derogate in any degre~ whatsoever, directly or consequentially, from our reserved right of entire and unqualified control over our own suffrage, registration, and elections.
Respectfully submitted, J. E. SHEPPARD,
w. T. ROBERTS,
Committee on behalf of Senate.

HooPER Ar.EXANDER, J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON, Committee on behalf of the House.

The following Senate bills were read second time:

By Mr. CromartieA bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of
Blackshear.
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CromartieA bill to amend Section 1651 of the Code of
Georgia.

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By Mr. Owen-
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Court of Murray and Gordon Counties.

By Mr. Slaton-
A bill to provide for charter of Corporations granted by Judges of the Superior Court.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to provide for filing of an abstract in claim cases, and for other purposes.

The following resolution was read second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Copelan-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to exchange the present site of the Governor's Mansion for certain property in the City of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend Act establishing a Reformatory in Richmond County.

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A bill to require Treasurer of any Board of School Trustees to give bond.
A bill to amend Section 1221, Code of Georgia, relative to tax collectors making weekly statements.
A bill to authorize the City of Savannah to grant heirs of Mary J. Roberts a certain lot.
A bill to establish City Court of Eastman.
A bill to repeal Act establishing City Court of Eastman.
A bill to amend Acts incorporating City of Savannah relative to city limits.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Waynesboro.
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Tattnall County.
A bill to incorporate the City of Springfield.
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners for Toombs County.

The following House bills were read second time:

By Messrs. Lawrence, McCarthy and Anderson-
A bill to empower Tax Collectors of this State to employ Clerks.

By Mr. Stubbs-
A bill to enable females to hold the office of Commercial Notary Public.

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By Mr. Parker-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Marion County.

By Mr. DuPree-
A bill to rearrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee Judicial Circuits of this State.

By Mr. Christopher-
A bill to amend section 1485 of volume 2 of the Code so as to increase pensions from $60.00 to $100.00 per annum.

By Mr. Merritt-
A bill to create the City Court of Greensboro in Greene County.

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Statesboro.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Dublin.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Blakely.

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- The following House resolutions were read second time:

By Mr. Lawrence-
A resolution to provide for the retinting of the walls and hard wood floor of the State Library.

By Mr. Chaney-
A resolution to allow the Adjutant-General to lend cots to Reunion Committee for State Reunion at Marietta.

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J_ D. Bridges on the bond of Charlie Showder.

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J.D. Bridges on the bond of Bill Johnson.

By Mr. Brinson-
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch as surety on two bonds of J. A. Fowler.
The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to regulate municipal elections in the City of Savannah.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Green-
A bill to authorize the Brinson Railroad Company to change the location and route of its branch line.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having r.eceived the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Melton-
A bill to amend the Act creating the board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Mitchell-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code so as to add the town of Lincolnton to the list of State Depositories.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Roberts-

A bill to amend an Act approved August 22, 1905,

creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and

Revenues of Miller County.

.

Report of.the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Parker-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Marion County.
Report of the Oommittee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bin the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. GardnerA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com-

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missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Harris.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
T'he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 17, 1911, to abolish the office of Count~; Commissioners of Gwinnett County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Copelan-
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourn today it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

Senator Edwards was granted leave of absence until next Wednesday.
On motion the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 5, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock A. M., and was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following Senators answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adwms, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.
Oroma:riie, J. A. Cul'hreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Di'Ckerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

:\Ioore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. l\fr. President.

By unanimous consent the reading of Friday's Journal was dispensed with.

A petition from citizens of Bartow County against the passage of House bills Nos. 332 and 894 was read and referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Coun-

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ties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
A bill to establish a board of five Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report baek to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Burke.

The Committee has had also under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Wilkinson.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIs, Chairman.

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Mr. Davis~ Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to provide for electing Road Commissioners of Emanuel County.
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of CommissionerS' for Gwinnett County.
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads for Gwinnett County.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to establish the office of Commissioner and Board of Directors of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIs, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

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Mr. President:

The Honse has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Honse:

A bill to repeal Act to incorporate town of Cadwell.
A bill to amend Act to incorporate town of St. George.
A bill to amend charter of Jeffersonville.

A bill to repeal Act incorporating town of Hahira.

A bill to amend charter of Pine Park.

A bill to amend Act incorporating town of Spread.

A bill to amend Act incorporating town of Midville.

A bill to amend Act creating public school system for Wadley, Ga.

A bill to amend section 11 of Act creating new charter for City of West Point.

A bill to amend seetion 25 of Acl to create a new charter for City of West Point.

A bill to amend section 13 of Act to create a new charter for City of West Point.

A bill to amend Act establis~ing {lharter of Alamo. A bill to amend charter of City of Marietta. A bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Pitts.

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A bill to prohibit killing of game birds in Hall County for a period of three years.
A bill to amend charter of the City of Conyers.
A bill to amend charter of the City of Sparta.
A bill to incorporate the town of Sardis.
A bill to amend Act establishing charter of Georgetown.
A bill to amend Act to ~ncorporate the town of Mitchell's District.
A bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Cornelia.
A bill to incorporate the Chester School District.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele. A bill to amend section 43 of Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point.
A bill to authorize City of West Point to sell certain streets and alleys.
A bill to amend section 4 of Act creating a new charter for City of West Point.
A bill to extend the corporate lhnits of the town of Martin.
A bill to create a Park Commission for the City
of Barnesville.

A bill to amend Acts incorporating the City of Swainsboro.

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The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolution of the .House, to-wit:
A resolution to authorize the County Commissioners of Cobb County to change certain roads and crossings.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: .
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Canton.

The following communication was read:

HEADQUARTERS CAMP A, WHEELER's CoNFEDERATE CAVALRY,
ATLANTA, GA.
August 2, 1912. Resolved, (1) That the sincere thanks of this Camp be tendered our State Senate for their action in naming a County in Georgia for our illustrious Commander, General Joseph Wheeler.
Resolved, (2) That we respectfully petition our House of Representatives to confirm the action of the Senate in this important matter; for we, the survivors of Wheeler's old Command, and who followed his lead in more than three tremendous years of war, claim the right to say that Georgia honors herself in honoring the memory of such as he.
Resolved, (3) That we respectfully bu~ most earn-

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estly request that the name of the new County be "Joe Wheeler," the name by- which our mtrepid leader was best known and most loved and admired.
Resolved, (4) That our Adjutant be required to transmit copies of these resolutions to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
J. E. TooLE, Adjutant. Approved:
J NO. S. PRATHER, Commander.

The following resolution was read and laid over, to-wit:

By Mr. Beauchamp-
A resolution requesting His Excellency, the Governor, to transmit to the Senate certain information as to the appointment of members of the State Board of Education.

The following communication was read and unanimously accel?ted, to-wit:

HoN. A. 0. BLALOCK,
President Pro Tern. Senate, City.

Dear Sir: I cordially invite the Senate, its officers and clerical force and representatives of the newspapers reporting the proceedings, to a barbe-

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cue to be given in honor of the Legislature, on Wednesday, August 7th.
A car will leave the Mitchell Street entrance to the Capitol at 1 :15 o'clock.
Very respectfully,
JOHN M. SLATON.

The following House bill was read the third time to be put upon its passage:
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Political Code of 1910.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following House resolutions were read the third time to be put upon their passage:
A resolution to relieve J. D. Bridges, security on the bond of Charles Strowder, of Worth County.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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A resolution to relieve J. D. Bridges, security on the bond of Bill Johnson, of Worth County.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following House bills were read first time:

By Mr. Lawrence--
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and
incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. GowerA bill to amend the charter or" the City of Co.rdele. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to establish the City Court of Eastman. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Green-
A bill to create and incorporate the City of Springfield in the County of Effingham.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines.A bill to amend section 4 of the Act <lreating a new
charter for the City of West Point. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of West Point to vacate and sell certain streets and alleys.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to amend section 25 of the Act to create a
new charter for the City of West Point.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to grant to heirs of Mary J. Roberts 10 feet and 10 inches of land lot '' T '' Reynolds Ward, Savannah, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act inoorporating the town of Spread, approved August 15, 1903, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Harvey-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Pitts in the Co~ty of Wilcox, approved August 23, 1905, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. GastleyA bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Corne-
lia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Fullbright-
. A bill to incorporate the town of Sardis in the County of .Burke.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By. Mr. Blackshear-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a reformatory Institute in the County of Richmond.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill for the protection of certain game in the County of Hall for a period of three years.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. AlmondA bill to amend section 2 of the Act amending the

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charter of the City of Conyers, approved August 11, 1911.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By.Mr. Hayes-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of Martin in Stephens County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Fullbright-
A bill to amend an Act approved February 20, 1877, incorporating the town of Midville, in Burke County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Tippins and Calloway-
A bill to amend the Act of 1906 creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Tatnall County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County . Matters.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 43 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point.
~eferred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. GhaneyA bill to amend charter of the City of Marietta,
which was approved August 15, 1904.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to repeal an Act approved August 23, 1905,
establishing the City Court of. Eastman.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. FullbrightA bill to amend an ~1\.ct creating the City Court of
Waynesboro, approved August 15, 1903.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to incorporate the Chester School District
in Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Peacock-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Toombs County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. PaulkA bill to amend Section 1221, Code of 1910.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committ~e.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a charter for the town of Alamo.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6, 1903, which amended an Act approved December 16, 1895, creating a public school system for the town of Wadley.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By -Mr. Taylor-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Cadwell iin the County of Laurens.
Referred to .Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to create a Park Board or Commission for City of Barnesville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 13 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point with reference to maximum fines.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 11 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of Wes~ Point in reference to qualification of policemen.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Youmans and Waller-
A bill to amend an Act and other amendatory Acts thereto incorporating the City of Swainsboro in Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Wood-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jeffersonville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to amend the charter of City of Sparta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporation~.

By Mr. Ashley-
A bill to repeal an Act approved October 2, 1891, incorporating the Mayor and Council of the town of Hahira.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Burnett-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21, 1906, establishing the charter of the town of Georgetown.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the charter of Pine Park in Grady County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mitchell's District, in Pulaski County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Scott-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Saint George in Charlton County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Chaney and York-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County to change the Atlanta & Marietta public road where it crosses the W. & A. Railroad.

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577

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to require the Treasurer of any Board of Trustees of a public school to give bond.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for signatures of President of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives the following Act, to-wit:
An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Glynn County, Georgia, to enter into a contract with the Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad Company to obtain bridge rights over the Altamaha River.
Respectfully submitted,
C. B. MARSHALL, Chairman.

Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment; submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly signed by President of Senate and Speaker of House

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of Representatives, and delivered w the Governor, the following Act, to-wit:
An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Glynn County, Georgia, to enter into a contract with the Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad Company to obtain bridge rights over the Altamaha River.
Respectfully submitted,
C. B. MARsHALL, Chairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report, to-wit:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Civil Code, section 2798, which :fixes the venue of suits against railroad companies.
A bill to amend section 2408, volume 1 of the Code of 1910 which provides for investments by insurance companies..
A bill to repeal an Act to amend section 5261 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, which pro-rides for the payment of witness fees, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

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The hour of 11 :30 a. m. having arrived, the Senate took up the special order, being Senate bill No. 207.

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of fertilizer in this State containing cinders, sand, clay, or other artificial filler.

Mr. Dickerson moved that the Senate adjourn, an don this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

AdMlls, G. W. Crawford, W. D. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C.

Grovenstein, A. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. l\fann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S.

Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A.

Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Kight, W. N. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. OI.iver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J.P. Oromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Hill, T. F.

Hullender, W. C. Prather, J. D. Williams, Isaiah

Ayes, 18 ; nays, 17.

The Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 6, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Morris, W. S. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
The following message was received 'from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-

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tiona! majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Stone Mountain.
A bill to incorporate the City of Rex. A bill to incorporate town of Orchard Hill. A bill to incorporate the City of Sycamore. A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira. A bill to incorporate town of Vanna. A bill to amend charter of town of Kirkwood. A bill to incorporate town of Shingler. A bill to incorporate town of Luella. A bill to incorporate the Macedonia School District.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, by substitute, to-wit:
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring suit for recovery of Tallulah Falls.

The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following resolution of the House, towit:
A resolution to provide for the payment of the per diem and expenses of the Penitentiary Investigating Committee.

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The following 'resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Kight-
A resolution requesting the House to return to the Senate House bill No. 981, which was passed on yesterday.

The following unfinished business was taken up:

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of fertilizers in this State containing cinders, sand, clay or other artificial filler, providing penalty, and for other purposes.
Previous question was called and main question was ordered.

The following amendment was offered:
Be it further enacted, That any manufacturer, dealer or other person may be relieved from operation of section 1 of this Act provided they shall stamp upon each sack or tag number of pounds of each ingredient contained therein. Provided, no manufacturer, mixer or dealer shall place any injurious or deleterious filler in any .fertilizer.
'
Upon this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. , Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Grovenstein, A. N.

Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H.

Ayes, 27 ; nays, 13.
The amendment was adopted.
On the adoption of the resolution offered by Senator Harris the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Felker, J. H.

Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hams, W. J. Hill, T. F. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Morris, W. S. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Cutbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Duggan, C. I. Hamilton, W. W. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W.

:\ioore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H.

The substitute was adopted.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as .follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. AdMlls, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Mes_srs.-

Crubreth, T. G.

Morris, W. S.

Grovenstein, A. N.

Sheppard, J. E.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Oromariie, J. A. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H.

Mann, W. S.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. This bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

The following Senate resolution was taken up, which was passed by the House by substitute, and the substitute was concurred in.

By Mr. Shaw-
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring suit for the recovery of Tallulah Falls.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read first time:

By Mr. HullenderA bill to amend an Act creating the charter for the
City of LaFayette, and Acts amendatory thereof. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to fix the salaries of bailiffs of the City Courts of this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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The bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit:
A bill to amend charter of Villa Rica in the Counties of Carroll and Douglass.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:
By Mr. Slaton, by requestA bill to provide for revision of charters, and for
other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bills were read first time:
By Mr. Kincaid-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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587

By M~. GrahamA bill to incorporate the Wigham School District
in Grady County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following Senate bills were read second time and recommitted:

By :M:r. Harris-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County in the City of Cedartown.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Po1k County, so as to define its jurisdiction and powers.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Mann-
A bill to incorporate the Scotland School District in Telfair County, and to define the boundaries of same.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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At 12 :00 o'clock the Senate went into executiye session.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution requesting the return of House bill No. 981 to the Senate.

The following special order was taken up, read third time and put upon its passage :

By Messrs. Morris, Moon and Shingler-
A bill to create the department of banking and provide for the granting of charters to banks, and for other purposes.

On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow

morning at 10:00 o'clock.



WEDNESDAY, AuousT 7, 1912.

589

SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names:

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromame, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. . Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

Those absent were Messrs.-
Sheppard, J. E.

On motion the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
The following resolution was read and adopted:

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By Mr. BushA resolution that, beginning with the session of
tomorrow, the Senate will convene at 9 o'clock a.m.
The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Bush-
A resolution that the time from 9 to 10 o'clock, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reading Committee reports, Senate and House bills first time, Senate and House bills favorably reported the second time, local bills and bills of local application
(Senate and House) a third time.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Oonstitu. tional majority the following bills of the House, towit:
A bill to amend section 3414, Code of Georgia, relative to homestead.exemption.
A bill to provide for the reviver of corporations created by judgment of Superior Court.
A bill to amend section 2267 Code of Georgia rela- tive to directors of banks.
A bill to amend charter of town of Dallas.
A bill to amend section 1572 Oode of Georgia, rela-

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tive to appointment of Trustees for the Georgia State Sanitarium.
A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of McRae.
A bill to amend Act to establish City Court of Sparta.
A bill to amend section 4203, Code of Georgia,
touching deeds executed outside the United States.
A bill to amend charter of City of Marietta.
A bill to amend section 1571, Code of Georgia,
relative to Georgia State Sanitarium.
A bill to prohibit the authorities at cemeteries from interfering with the burial of the dead.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-
tional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-
wit:
A bill to amend Act establishing a State Normal
School of the University.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit :
A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by the Hon. Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, in 1882.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitu- .

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tional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Lydia Carrol.
A resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. President:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to your Honorable body the attached sealed communication, to which he invites your attention in executive session.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House, which was passed by the Senate, was reconsidered for the purpose of amending said bill :

By Mr. TaylorA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell, and for
other purposes.
The following unfinished business was taken up:

By Messrs. Morris, Moon and Shingler-
A bill to create the department of banking and provide for the incorporation of banks, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read first time:

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593

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to authorize the Judge of any Superior, City or County Court of this State for Providential or other good cause to excuse one or more jurors from the consideration of a case after trial has begun without prejudice to the case or the parties thereto, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Cromartie-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Blackshear, approved August 15, 1911.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Calloway and TippinsA bill to provide for holding four terms a year of
the Superior Court of Tatnall County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1912.

595

SENATE CHAMBER.
Atlanta, Ga., August 8, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by Senator Aaron.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson,. W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kiricaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. ~ayson, J. W.

1\-Ioore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Sl!eppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T. Mr. President.

On motion the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted tbe following report':

Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am in-

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strncted to report back to the Senate with the rec.ommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the Fairview School District in Cherokee and Pickens Counties.
A bill to incorporate the Chester School District in Dodge County.
A bill to require Treasurers of Boards of Trustees of Public School to give bonds.
A bill to establish a County Board of Education in certain counties of this State.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the Senate, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to define liability of employers to employeea
. in hazard employment for personal injury, and for
other purposes. . A bill to permit cities having certain population
to elect their aldermen by vote of the entire city.
The Committee also recommends that the following Senate bill do not pass.

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A bill to amend Section 416 of volume 2 of the Code.
The Committee also recommends that the following hill of the House do pass.
A bill to authorize C. K. Nelson, Bishop diocese of Atlanta, to sell certain property in the city of Columbus.
The Committee also recommends that the following bill of the House do pass, as amended:
A bill to amend section 4424 of the Code of Georgia.
The Committee also recommends that the following House bills do not pass :
A bill to amend section 1221 of the C'Ode.
A bill to require certain County and State officers to keep a record of all fees received by them.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:

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A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Blackshear.
Respectfully submitted, 0. B. AARoN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
'rhe Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County.
The Committee has had under consideration the following Senate hill, which I am instructed to report to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to estbalish the City Court of Polk County.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be laid on the table, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved February 22,

.

.

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1873, providing for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Quitman County.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Cromartie, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The COmmittee on Railroads has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2624 of the Code of 1910 of the State of Georgia, creating the office of Attorney to the Railroad Commission.
Respectfully submitted, J. A. CRoMARTIE, Chairman.

Mr. Kincaid, Chairman of the Oommittee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of fertilizers containing any pyrites, cinders, coal cinders, or injurious filler, etc.

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A bill to provide for reviver of charters, and for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the Scotland School District in Telfair County.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. KINcAID, Chairman.

l\fr. Crawford, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Penitentiary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A bill to amend an Act establishing a reformatory Institute in the County of Richmond, approved October 6, 1885, for other purposes.
Respt:\ctfully submitted, W. D. CRAWFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the followi.l:!g House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the

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Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Toombs County.
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tatnall County.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House Resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution authorizing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County to change the Atlanta and Marietta public road where it crosses the W. & A. R. R.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel County.

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A bill to amend an Act approved August 14, 1885, establishing the City Court of Macon.
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Waynesboro, approved August 15, 1903.
A bill to repeal an Act approved August 23, 1905, establishing the City Court of Eastman.
A bill to establish the City Court of Eastman, in the County of Dodge.
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Oourt of Vienna.
The Committee also recommends that the tollowing House bill be tabled, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Act to create and incorporate the City of Blakely, in lieu of the town of Blakely, so as to increase the number of members to City Board of Education, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr: Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Oorporatiol}.S has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:'
A bill to incorporate the town of Tarrytown.

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A bill to create and incorporate the City of Springfield.
A bill to amend an Act creating Police Commissioners for the City of Augusta.
A bill to ereate a Park Board for the City of Barnesville.
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of Martin.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Midville.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to grant to. heirs of Mary J. Roberts a strip of land in Lot "T," Reynolds Ward, Savannah, Ga.
A bill to amend an Act creating a system of public schools for the. town of Wadley.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Conyers.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Spread.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mitchell's District.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of J efferso:ttville.
A bill to amend section 13 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta.

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A bill to amend the charter of the City of Sparta.
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Hahira.
A bill to amend section 4 of the Act creating the new charter of the City of West Point.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Swainsboro.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville.
A bill to amend and revise the several Acts incorporating the town of Doerun.
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Alamo.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Pitts in the County of Wilcox.
A bill to incorporate the town of Sardis.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Cornelia.
A bill to amend the charter of town of Georgetown.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pine Park in Grady County.
A bill to amend section 11 of the charter of the City of West Point.
A bill to amend section 43 of the charter of City of West Point.

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A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of West Point to vacate and sell certain streets.
A bill :to amend section 25 of the charter of the City of West Point.
A bill to amend the charter for the City of St. George.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah.
The Committee has had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed :to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, :to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge.
A bill to incorporate Whigham School District.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cedartown.
A bill to prohibit tax assessors in cities of certain population from valuing for city taxation their own property.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

The following message was received i.from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

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Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majonty, the following bill of the House, towit:
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A resolution to relieve J. D. Bridges as bondsman for Lula Barber.
A resolution authorizing the Attorney-General to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company.
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Moultrie.
A bill to repeal Act incorporating the town of Herod.
A bill to incorporate town of Mableton.
A bill to amend Act to create Board of County Commissioners for Washington County.
A bill to amend charter of City of Thomasville.

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The following message was received tfrom the House through Mr. Boifeiullet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite Oonstitu tiona! majority the following bill of the House, to-
wit:
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance.
The following House bill were read first time:

:By Mr. Field-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of :Stone Mountain and to change the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ashley-
A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to incorporate the City of Sycamore, in Turner County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. PaytonA bill to incorporate the town of Shingler in
Worth County. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the charter of Villa Rica, in the County of Douglas.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. DeForeA bill to incorporate the City of Rex, in Clayton
County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to incorporate the town of Luella in Henry County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McCurry-
A bill to incorporate the town of Vanna in Hart County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. DorseyA bill to incorporate the town of Orchard Hill in
Spaulding Oounty. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. RawlinsA bill to incorporate the Macedonia School Dis-
trict in Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr~ Tarver-
A bill to amend section 3414, volume 1, of the Code of Georgia, 1910.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Almand and Brown-
A bill to prohibit the owners, managers and superintendents of cemeteries in t-his State from interfering with the burial of the dead.
Referred to Committee .on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. GowerA bill to amend the charter of Cordele. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. BurwellA! bill to amend Section 41 of an Act to create the
City Court of Sparta.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

B~ Mr. Ohaney-.A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Anderson and Baker-
A bill to amend section 1571 of the Code of 1910 relating to the State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on State Sanitarium.

By Messrs. Anderson and BakerA bill to amend section 1572 of the Code relating
to the appointment of Trustees of the State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on State Sanitarium.
By Mr. Ragsdale---:A bill to amend section 69 of the charter of the
town of Dallas. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to. provide for the reviver of corporations created by the judgment of the Superior Court.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to amend section 4203 of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. McElreath and WestmorelandA bill to amend section 2267 of the Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. C.ook-
A bill to repeal section 46 of the Act approved August 3, 1905, to establish the City Court of McRae.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following House resolutions were read first time:

By Mr. Thurman-
A resolution to provide for payment of pension to Mrs. Lydia Carroll of the County of Walker.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Farrar-
A resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price, of Jasper County, for principal amount of two bonds of recog. nizance in City Court of Monticello.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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The following House bills were read second time:

By Mr. Hires-
A bill to amend, revise, consolidate and supercede the several Acts incorporating the town of Doerun.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the Chester School District in Dodge County.

By Mes~rs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to grant to heirs of Mary J. Roberts 10 feet and 10 inches of land in Lot '' T,'' Reynolds Ward, Savannah, Ga.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 4 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 43 of the Act creating a
new charter for the City of West Point, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to incorporate the town of T'arrytown in the County of Montgomery.

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By Mr. DuBose-
.A bill to establish a Oounty Board of Education in the several counties in this State.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to establish the City Court of Eastman in Dodge C~unty.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to establish the office of Commissioners of Board of Directors of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.

By Mr. GreenA bill to create and incorporate the City of Spring-
field in the County of Effingham.
By Messrs. Simpson and PicketA bill to incorporate the Fairview School District
in Cherokee and Pickens Counties.

By Mr. Gastley-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Camilla, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the City o;f Lawrenceville.

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By Mr. Gower- . A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.

By Mr. Blackshear-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Reformatory Institute in the County of Richmond.

By Mr. Peacock-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Toombs County.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to create a Park Board or Commission for City of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Tippins and Callaway-
A bill to amend.the Act of 1906 creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Tatnall County.

By Mr. Harvey-
A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the town of Pitts, in Wilcox County.

. By Mr. Waller-
A bill to provide for the election of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Emanuel County.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to amend section 11 of the Act creating a

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new charter for the City of West Point relative toqualifications of policemen.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 6, 1903, which amends Acts approved December 16, 1895, creating a public school system for the town of Wadley.
By Mr. Burnett-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 21, 1906, establishing the charter for the town of Georgetown, Ga.

By Mr. Ashley-
A bill to repeal an Act approved October 2, 1891, incorporating the Mayor and Council of the town of Hahira, in Lowndes County.
By Mr. BurwellA bill to amend the charter of City of Sparta, and
for other purposes.

By Mr. Aimand-
A bill to amend section 2 of the Act amending the charter of the City of Conyers, approved August 11, . 1911, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fullbright-A bill to amend Act creating the City Court of

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Waynesboro, approved August 15, 1903.

By Mr. Word-
A bill to amend the charter for the City of J effersonville as contained in the laws of 1909, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Burke County.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to require the Treasurer of any Board of Trustees of a Public School to give bond, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to repeal an Act approved ~ugust 19, 1911, creating the office of Commissioners of Roads of Gwinnett County.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill :to authorize C. K. Nelson, Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta, to sell certain property in the City of Columbus.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mitchells District, in Pulaski County.

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By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Spread, approved August 15, 1903.

By Mr. Hays-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of Martin, in Stephens County.

By Messrs. Pearce, Blackshear and GarlingtonA bill to amend an Act creating Police Commis-
sioners -of the City of Augusta.
By Messrs. Waller and YoumansA bill to amend an Act and other amendatory Acts
thereto incorporating the City of Swainsboro.

By Mr. Fullbright-
A bill to amend an Act approved February 20, 1877, incorporating the town of Midville in Burke County.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to ame~d section 13 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point.

By Mr. Fullbright.-
A bill t-o incorporate the town of Sardis in th~ County of Burke.

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By Mr; Scott-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of St. George in Charlton County.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to amend the Act establishing a charter for the town of Alamo.

By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the charter of Pine Park in Grady County.

By Mr. Cheney-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta, approved August 15, 1904.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend section 25 of the Act to create a new charter of the City of West Point.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aildermen of the City of Savannah.

By Messrs. Adkins and Smith-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Vienna, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Wilson-
A bill to repeal the Act approved August 15, 1911, creating a Commission for Gwinnett County.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of West Point to vacate and sell certain streets and alleys, and for other purposes.

By Mr.. Rawlins-
A bill to repeal an Act approved August 23, 1905, establishing the City Court of Eastman, and for other purposes.
The following House resolution was read the second time.
By Messrs. Cheney and York-
A resolution to authorize the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County to change the Atlanta and Marietta public road where it crosses . the W. & A. R. R.
By unanimous consent the following House resolution was taken up with adverse report from the Committee; the report was disagreed to and the resolution was read the second time and passed to a third reading.

By Mr. HarrisA resolution for the relief of D. C. Hancock,. of

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Floyd County, as surety on the bond of Ben McLendon.
The following Senate bills were read the second time:

By Mr. Harris: A bill .to amend section 2624 of the Code of 1910.

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to authorize the Judge of any Superior, City or County Court of this State for providential or other good cause to excuse one or more jurors from the consideration of a case after trial has begun without prejudice to the case.

By Mr. Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Wilkinson.

By Mr. Harris--:-
A bill to permit cities having a certain population to elect their Aldermen by vote of the entire city, and for other purposes.
This bill was recommitted.

By Messrs. Harris and Sheppard-
A.:: bill to define the liability of employers in haz-
ardous employments for personal injury in certain cases.

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By Mr. Harris-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown in Polk Com:tty.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to prohibit the tax assessors in certain cities having certain population from assessing their own property.

By Mr:_Hullender-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City charter of LaFayette, and Acts amendatory thereof.

By Mr. Kincaid-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge.

By Mr. GrahamA bill to incorporate Whigham in Grady County. The following Senate bills were read the third
time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Owens-



A bill to provide for granting quarterly terms of

the Superior Court of Mur~ay and Gordon Counties.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30 ; nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to give the citizens of White, Union and Habersham Counties the rights to kill squirrels when they are destroying crops.
Mr. Williams offered the following amendments:
That they shall kill them only in the field doing damage.
On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Duggan, C. I.

Hamilton, W. W. King, W. W.

Prather, J. D. Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

.Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.

Kincaid, J. B. Mann, "\Y. S. ).Jayson, J. W. :.\ioore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Marshall, C. B.

Morris, W. S. Roberts, W. T.

Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The amendment was lost. Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30;

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nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet the Clerk thereof.

Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit:
.A bill to make additional appropriations for the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition causeways and other approaches to bridges.
The House has. passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House:
A resolution to define the boundaries of the lands granted James DeVeaux, in the years 1756 and 1763._
The following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 6, 1909, which amended an Act approved August 12, 1904, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upop the passage of the bill the ayes were 24;

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nays, 0. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to change the compensation of the County Commissioners in Early County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hires-
A bill to provide four terms of the Superior Couri of Colquitt County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.

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.The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Youmans and waller-
A bill ttJ provide for holding four terms a year of
Superior Courts of Emanuel County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27: nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Kendrick-
A bill to amend the Act of 1877 of the General Assembly, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
/
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; uays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following unfinished business of yesterday was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Morris, Moon and Shingler-
A bill to create the Department of Banking and provide for the chartering of banks, and for other purposes.
Mr. Shaw offered a substitute, and on this substitute the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Shaw, Emmett

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. , Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Graham, L. C.

King, W. W.

Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 1 ; nays, 39.

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The substitute was lost.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 3.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 205 BY COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND BANKING.
The Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration House bill 205, entitled,

An Act to Regulate Banking in the State of Georgia; create Departments of Banking in the State of Georgia; to provide for the incorporation of banks and the amendment and surrender of charters; to provide penalties for violation of laws with reference to banking and all banking business in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, and recommend the following amendments to said bill:
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 1, Artide 1, to strike from line 5 the words: ''for circulation as money.'' So that said section shall read as follows :
ARTICLE I.
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. BANK, DEFINITION oF. The term "bank" as used in this Act means any monied cor-

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poration authorized by law to receive deposits of money and commercial paper and make loans there. on, to discount bills, notes, and other commercial paper, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and to issue bills, notes, or other evidences of debt, and shall include incorporated banks, savings banks, banking companies, trust companies and other corporations doing a banking business in this State, and receiving money or commercial paper on deposit, but shall not include private b~ers, co-partnerships or voluntary associations doing a banking business, or national banking associations.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 4, Article 1, at the end of line 43, to add the following words: "provided that no private bank engaged in the business at the time of the passage of this Act shall be required to change the name adopted and in use by it;'' to strike from line 50 the words: "not under State supervision" and substitute therefor the words: "not incorporated"; to strike from line 54 the words: "not under State supervision" and substitute therefor the words: ''not incorporated." So that said section shall read:

SECTION 4. PmvATE BANKs. No private person, firm or voluntary association engaged in the business of banking in this State, not subject to the supervision of the Superintendent of Banks, and no private corporation, except a bank duly chartered and organized under the laws of this State or under the Acts of Congress, shall make use of any office sign at the place where such business is transacted,

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having thereon any name importing a corporation, or the name of any city, town, or county, or other words, indicating that such offiee or place of business is that of a regularly chartered bank; nor shall such person, firm or corporation 'make use of or circulate any letter-heads, bill-heads, blank notes, blank receipts, certificates, circulars, or any written or printed paper whereon such name importing a corporation, or name wherein the name of any city, town, or county is used, or any other words, indicating that such business is the business of a regularly chartered bank. Provided that no private bank engaged in business at the time of the passage of this Aet shall be required to change the name adopted and in use by it.
No person, firm, or voluntary association, or private corporation, other than a regularly chartered and organized bank, shall use the words ''bank,'' "banker," "banking company," "banking house," or any other similar name indicating that the business done is that of a bank, either upon any office sign at its place of business or upon any of its letterheads, bill-heads; blank notes, receipts, certificates, circulars, or any other written or printed paper, without also using therewith the words plainly written or printed, so that the same may be readily read, "Not Incorporated," and every person, firm, association, or private corporation other than a regu,.. larly chartered bank, advertising to receive, or receiving deposits, shall at the window or desk at which such deposits are received place a conspicuous sign with letters not less than one inch in height, upon

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which shall be printed the words, "not incorporated.''
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 3, Article II, at the end of line 94 to add the words: "When the Assistant Superintendent shall hold the office of Superintendent as herein provided, he shall receive the same salary and give the same bond as herein provided for the Superintendent of Banks.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 3. VACANCIES, How FILLED. In the event there should be a vacancy in the office, when the Senate is not in session, caused by death, resignation, or disability of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent shall act, holding the office until the Senate convenes and a successor to the Superintendent of Banks is appointed and qualified, and upon the convening of the Senate the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a Superintendent of Banks for the remainder of the unexpired term. When the Assistant Superintendent shall hold the office of Superintendent as herein provided, he shall receive the same salary and give the same bond as is herein provided for the Superintendent of Banks.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 5, Article II, to strike from line 105 and line 106 the words: ''salaries of other officers of the State,'' and substitute therefor the words: ''other expenses of the Department of Banking"; to strike from line 107 the words: "paid into the State Treasury," and substitute therefor the word "deposited"; at the

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end of line 108 to add the words: ''as hereinafter provided.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 5. SALARY oF SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Banks shall receive a salary of Thirty-six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars per annum, to be paid in the same manner as the other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. He shall receive no fees or perquisites for any official act, but the fees prescribed herein shall be collected by him and deposited to the credit of the .Department of Banking, as hereinafter provided.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 13, Article II, to strike from lines 182 and 183 the words: ''by warrants drawn by the Superintendent of Banks on the Treasury" and substitute therefor the words : ''as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid." So that said section shall read:
SEoTroN 13. TRAVELING EXPENSES. The traveling expenses of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent, and the Examiners, actually paid in the discharge of their duties, shall be audited !lnd approved by the Superintendent of Banks, and paid monthly as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. Itemized statements shall be kept by the Superintendent and Examiners, showing in detail their expenses and each and every item thereof, in such form and accompanied by such vouchers as the Superintendent shall prescribe, which statements shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent.

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The Committee recommends amendment to Section 14, Article II, to strike from line 193 the words: ''covered,'' and substitute therefor the word : ''deposited"; to strike from line 193 the words: "into the State Treasury,'' and substitute therefor the words: ''in such bank or banks as he may select subject to his check as such Superintendent.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 14. EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, How PAID. All the expenses incurred in and about the conduct of the business of the Department of Banking, including the salaries of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent, the Examiners, and Office Assistants, and the traveling expenses incurred in examining banks, except the office expenses provided for in Section 8 of this Article, shall be collected from the banks as hereinafter provided. All amounts so paid shall be deposited by the Superintendent of Banks in such bank or banks as he may select subject to his check as such Superintendent, and shall be used for the expenses of the Department of Banking only.

The Committee recommends amendment to Section 5, Article II, to strike from line 301 the word: "covered," and substitute therefor the word: "deposited'' ; and to strike from line 301 the words: ''into the Treasury of the State''; to insert in line 302 after the word ''banking'' and before the words: "in proportion" the words: "as hereinbefore provided,'' and strike from line 304 the figures '' 15.00,'' and substitute '' 12.50,'' and strike from line 306 the

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figures '' 20.00, '' and substitute '' 15.00,'' and strike from line 308 the figures '' 30.00,'' and substitute '' 22.50, '' and strike from line 310 the figures'' 40.00,'' and substitute '' 30.00,'' and strike from line 312 the figures "45.00," and substitute '"40.00," and to strike from line 330 the figures '' 150.00, '' and substitute "140.00," and strike from line 331 the figures "200.00," and substitute "150.00," and strike from line 334 after the word "permit," and before the word "is" the words: "to begin business," and strike from line 335, after the word "issued" and before the word "any" the words "or on," and substitute therefor the word: "for." So that said section shall read.
SECTION 5. FEEs FOR EXAMINATION. Each bank shall pay for each semi-annual examination to the Superintendent of Banks, to be deposited by .him to the credit of the Department of Banking, as herein before provided, in proportion to the capital, surplus, and undivided profits, as follows:
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is $25,000.00 or less, $12.50.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $25,000.00 and not exceeding $50,000.00, $15.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $50,000.00 and not exceeding $75,000.00, $22.50.
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is more than $75,000.00 and not exceeding $100,000.00, $30.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $100,000.00 and not exceeding $125,000.00, $40.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $125,000.00 and .not exceeding $150,000.00, $50.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $150,000.00 and not exceeding $175,..: 000.00, $60.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $175,000.00 and not exceeding $200,000.00, $70.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is ntore than $200,000.00 and not exceeding $225,000.00, $80.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $225,000.00 and not exceeding $250,000.00, $90.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $250,000.00 and not exceeding $275,000.00, $100.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $275,000.00 and not exceeding $300,000.00, $110.00.
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is more than $300,000.00 and not exceeding $500,000.00, $125.00.
Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $500,000.00 and not exceeding $750,. 000.00, $140.00.
Where the capital, .surplus and undivided profits is more than $750,000.00, $150.00.
In addition to the fees hereinabove fixed each bank operating branch offices shall pay for each branch office so operated for each semi-annual examination, $10.00.
For any examination herein provided to be made
before permit is issued, for any amendment to char-
ter, or on any consolidation or merger, or on any voluntary liquidation, and in all other cases of like character, a fee of $25.00 shall be paid for each examination.
The Committee recommends amendment to Sec-
tion 6, Article III, to insert in line 341 after the
word: ''execution'' and before the word: ''against,'' the words: ''in the name of the State.'' So that said section shall read :
SECTION 6.. FEEs, How CoLLECTED. In the event any bank should fail or refuse to pay on demand the amount herein fixed as fees for examinations, the Superintendent of Banks shall forthwith issue an execution in the name of the State against such bank for the amount of such fees, which shall be enforced in like manner as executions issued by the Superior

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Courts of this State upon judgments rendered by them.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 5, Article IV, to strike from line 412 the words: "paid into the State Treasury," and substitute therefor the words: "held by the Superintendent of Banks'' ; to strike from line 413 the word: ''placed,'' and substitute therefor the word: ''deposited.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 5. PENALTY FOR FAILING TO REPORT. Any bank which fails to make and transmit or to publish any report as required by this Act shall be subject to a penalty of $10.00 for each day after the periods, respectively, herein mentioned that it delays to make and transmit its report or proof of publication.
Whenever any bank delays or refuses to pay the penalty herein imposed for the failure to make and transmit or to publish its report, the Superintendent of Banks is hereby a:uthorized to issue an execution against such bank for the amount of such pPnalty, which shall be enforced in 1ike manner as executions issued by the Superior Courts of this State upon judgments.
All penalties collected shall be held by the Superintendent of Banks as other funds collected and deposited to the credit of the Department of Banking.
The Committee recommends amendment to Sec-
tion 24, Article VII, to strike from lines 702 and 703
the words : ''covered into the State Treasury,'' and

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substitute therefor the word: ''deposited.'' So that said section shall read :
SECTION 24. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS AND DEPOSITS. Dividends and unclaimed deposits remaining unpaid in the hands of the Superintendent for six (6) months after the order for final distribution, shall be by him deposited in a bank, to be selected by him, at the best rate of interest obtainable, to the credit of the Superintendent and his successors in office, in trust for the several depositors in, and creditors of, the liquidated bank, and the Superintendent may pay over the money so held by him to the persons, respectively, entitled thereto, who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of their right to the same. In case of doubtful or conflicting claims, the Superintendent may require an order from the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located authorizing and directing the payment thereof. The interest earned on the moneys so held by him shall be applied toward defraying the expenses incurred in the payment and distribution of such unclaimed deposits or dividends to the depositors and creditors entitled to receive the same. The balance of interest, if any, shall be deposited and held as other funds to the credit of the Department of Banking.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 1, Article VIII, at the end of line 765, to add the words: ''provided the par value of each share of stock shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100)." So that said section shall read:

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ARTICLE VIII.

INCORPORATION OF BANKS.

SECTION 1. .APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. Any number of persons not less than five (5) may form a corporation for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking, by filing in the office of the Secretary of State an application in writing signed by each of them, in which they shall state:
1. The naine by which such bank is to be known.
2. The particular city, town, or village, where its office is to be located.
3. The number of shares into which such capital stock shall be divided, provided the par value of each share of stock shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100).
4. The purposes and nature of the business proposed to be conducted, with any other matters which they may deem it desirable to state.
5. The number of directors of the bank, which shall not be less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15).
Said application shall be filed in triplicate, and a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Secretary of State to be covered by him into the Treasury of the State, on filing the application and the Secretary of State shall not receive said application until said fee shall be paid.
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tion 5, Article VIII, to strike in lines 797 and 798 the .

words: ''and whether the public convtlnience and ad-

vantage will be promoted by its establishment."

Strike in line 804, the words: "establishment of the

bank as proposed is expedient and desirable,'' and

substituting in lieu thereof the words: ''character

and general fitness of the subscribers to the stock of

the proposed bank is such as to command the confi-

dence of the community in which the bank is pro-

posed to be located.'' So that said section shall

read:



SECTION 5. EXAMINATION BY, AND CERTIFICATE 01!' SuPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Banks shall ascertain from the best sources of information at his command whether the character and general fitness of the persons named as subscribers to the stock of such bank are such as to command the confidence of the community in which such bank is proposed to be located. If so satisfied, he shall, within thirty (30) days after the application shall have been filed with him for examination, issue under his hand and official seal a certificate approving the granting of the charter for such bank, and shall transmit a copy of such certificate of approval to the Secretary of State, who shall enter the same of record in his office. The said Superintendent shall also keep of file a duplicate of said certificate in his own office. If the Superintendent shall not be satisfied that the character and general fitness of the subscribers to the stock of the proposed bank is such as to command the confidence of the community in which the

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. bank is proposed to be located, he shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of said application with him notify the Secretary of State that he refuses to approve the granting of a charter, and no charter shall in that event be granted by the Secretary of State.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 1, Article IX, in line 882 to insert the word: ''divided,'' and before the word ''and,'' the words : ''so as to change the par value thereof to One Hundred Dollars ($100) each." So that said section shall read:

ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS OF BANK CHARTERS.
SEcTION 1. WHAT AMENDMENTS ALLowED. Any bank, whether incorporated by special Act of the General Assembly or by the Secretary of ~te under the general law, may have its charter amended so as to change its corporate name, or the city, town, or village in which its office is located, or the amount of its capital stock, or the number of shares into which its capital stock is divided so as to change the par value thereof to One Hundred ($100) Dollars each; and any bank heretofore incorporated by special Act of the General Assembly may have its special charter amended so as to incorporate therein any provision of this Act or any amendment thereto.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 9, Article IX, to strike out of line 955 the word

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''original,'' and insert after the word '' stockholders" the words: "of record at time of increase"; also strike out of line 956 the word ''original.'' So that sara section shall read :
SECTION 9. INCREASE OFFERED TO STOCKHOLDERS. When the capital stock of any bank shall be increased, the additional stock shall be offered to the stockholders of record at time of increase pro rata, and if any such stock shall not be subscribed for or taken by such stockholders, the same shall then be offered to the public upon such terms as may be fixed by the board of directors, subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Banks, provided that no stock shall ever be sold for less than par and that no subscription shall be payable in anything except cash.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 1, Article XVIII, in line 1402 insert after the word: "duties," and before the word: "fixed" the word: "and"; and strike from line 1402 the words: ''and remove them at pleasure,'' and substitute therefor the words : ''as may be provided by the bylaws.'' So that said section shall read:

ARTICLE XVIII.
PowERS OF BANKS.
SEcTION 1. GENERAL PowERs oF BANKs ENuMERATED. A bank organized under this Act shall have power:
1. To have continual succession for the term of thirty (30) years, with the right of renewal for a like

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term, with all corporate powers and privileges herein granted.
2. To sue and be sued.
3. To have 'and use a common seal, and at pleasure to alter the same.
4. To appoint such officers, agents, and employees as the business of the bank may require, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation as may be provided by the by-laws.
5. To make such by-laws as may be necessary or proper for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs.
6. To hold, purchase, encumber, dispose of, and convey such real and personal property as may be necessary for its uses and business, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein prescribed.
7. To discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt; to receive and pay out deposits, with or without interest; to receive on special deposit money, bullion, foreign coin, stocks, bonds, or other securities, or other property; to buy and sell foreign or domestic exchange, or other negotiable paper; to lend money upon personal security, or upon pledges of bonds, stocks, or securities; to take and receive security, by mortgage or otherwise, on property real or personal.
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9. To increase or decrease the number of directors in the manner herein provided.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 3, Article XIX, in line 1441, insert after the . word" stock," and before the word "he" the words: ''and have such transfer entered upon the books of the bank or give to the bank written notice thereof;'' in line 1442 insert after the word "of" and before the word ''such'' the words: ''the entry of,'' and by adding at the end of said line 1442 the words: ''or, from the delivery of such notice to .the bank.'' &> that said section shall read:
SECTION 3. LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDER AFTER TRANSFER oF STocK. Whenever a stockholder in a.ny bank is individually liable under the charter, and shall transfer his stock, and have such transfer entered upon the books of the bank, or give to the bank written notice thereof he shall be exempt from such liability by such transfer, unless such bank shall fail within (6) months from the date of the entry of such transfer,. or from the delivery of such notice to the bank.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 3, Article XX, to strike in lines 1507 and 1508, the words "and that the same is not in any way pledged or encumbered as security for any loan or debt. and will not be so pledged or encumbered during his term of office. So that said section shall read:
SEcTION 3. OATH OF DIRECTORS. Each director,

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when elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves upon him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the bank, and that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be . violated, any of the provisions of law applicable to such bank; and that he is the owner in good faith and in his own right, of the number of shares of stock required by this Act, standing in his own name on the books of the bank. Such oath shall be subscribed by the director making it, and certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and shall be immediately transmitted to the Superintendent of Banks, and filed and preserved in his office.

The Committee recommends amendment to Sectiqn 7, Article XX, in line 1566 insert after the word "due" and before the word "shall," the words : "for a period of one year and which are not amply secured" ; in line 1567 insert after the word "that" and before the words ''interest'' the words: ''all past due''; strike from line 1568 the word and figure ''six (6),'' inserting therefor the word and figures "twelve (12)." So that said section shall read:

SECTION 7. AcTION ON REPORT. The board of directors at the meeting at which such report of the semi-annual examination is read shall, by resolution entered on the minutes, require that all debts due to the bank which are past due for a period of one year and which are not amply secured shall be collected, placed in suit or charged to profit and loss; that all past due interest shall be collected upon any note upon which no such interest has been paid within

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the last preceding twelve (12) months, or that said note shall be collected, put in suit, or charged to profit and loss; and that all assets or claims in favor of the bank, which in the opinion of the directors are worthless or uncollectible, shall also. be charged to profit and l,pss and not included in the list of assets of the bank. Said board shall at such meeting also require that alllQans in excess of the amount herein authorized to be made shall be reduced at once so as to bring them within the proper amount.
A certified copy of the resolutions of the board acting on the matters brought to their attention in the report of the semi-annual examination shall be filed with the Superintendent of Banks within ten (10) days after said meeting shall have been held.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 4, Article XX, in line 1514, strike the words: "each month" and insert therefor "every three months." So that said section shall read:
SECTION 4. MEETINGs OF THE BoARD oF DmEcTORS. The board of directors shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be fixed by the by-laws, at least once every three months, and shall at all times be subject to call by the president or by any two members of the board. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Correct written minutes of all meetings shall be kept in well bound permanent books kept for that purpose, and the minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the chairman and secretary

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thereof, and shall record the names of the directors present at such meeti.ilg. At each meeting the minutes of the preceding meeting shall record the names of the directors present at such meeting. At each meeting the minutes of the preceding meeting shall be read, corrected, and approved. The minute book shall be submitted to the Examiners at ~ach of the semi-annual examinations, and sh~1ll be e:x:amined, and the fact of such examination shall be noted in the Examiner's report, and in the minute book.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 9, Article XX, in line 1598, insert after the word ''officers'' and before the word ''as,'' the words: "and agents as may be provided by the by-laws and.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 9. OFFICERS. The board of directors at their :first meeting after the annual election shall elect one of their number president. They shall also elect one or more vice-presidents, a cashier, and such other officers and agents as may be provided by the by-laws, and as may be required for the prompt and orderly discharge of the business of the bank. Immediately upon their election, a list, giving the names and addresses of the officers elected, certified under the seal of the bank, shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Banks and be kept on :file by him.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 11, Article XX, by striking from line 1615 the word ''all'' and adding at the end of line 1616 the words: "provided, that the borrower shall not vote

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or participate in any way in passing upon any loan in which he is interested. Provided, however, by their by-laws banks may be empowered to make loans which may be approved by a majority of their board or committee, under like restrictions, within 30 days after date of discount or purchase.'' So that said section shall read :
SECTION 11. BoRROWING FOR PERSONAL UsE BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED ExcEPT BY PERMISSION oF THE DIRECTORs. No officer, agent, or employee of any bank shall use or borrow directly or indirectly for himself, nor shall any firm of which he is a member, or corporation of which he is an officer or director, borrow, directly or indirectly, any money or other property belonging to any bank of which he is such officer, director, agent or employee, without the express authority and permission previously obtained of a majority of the directors or of the members of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, which permission shall be evidenced by the signatures of such directors ; provided, that the borrower shall not vote or participate in any way in passingupon any loan in which he is interested; provided, however, by their by-laws banks may be empowered to make loans which may be approved by a majority of their board or committee unde'l" like restrictions within thirty (30) days after date of discount or purchase. .

The Committee recommends amendment to Section 12, Article XX, from line 1619 strike the word "all"; in line 1620 insert after the word "act" and

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before the word ''provided'' the words: ''such majority not to include the borrower'' ; at the end of line 1622 add the words: ''by majority vote of the board of regular meeting assembled, the borrower to have no vote and not to participate in any way in passing upon the loan.'' So that said section shall read:
SECTION 12. LoANs TO OFFICERS. No bank shall . lend any officer, director, agent, or employee except
upon good collateral or other ample security to be approved by a majority of the directors, or by the members of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act; such majority not to include the borrower; provided, that directors who have a good commercial rating or financial standing may be allowed to borrow without security upon the approval of the board of directors, by majority vote of the bo.ard in regular meeting assembled, the borrower to have no vote and not to participate in any way in passing upon the loan.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 13, Article 20, by striking.from line 1624 and 1625 the words and figures ''thirty (30) '' and striking from line 1625 after the word ''capital'' and before the word "unimpaired" the word "and," and adding after the word ''surplus'' the words "and undivided profits," and insert in line 1626 after the word "capital" the words "except upon good collateral or other ample security and with," and strike from line 1626 after the word "capital" and before the word "the" the word "without."

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And strike from line 1641 after the word "where" and before the word "more" the word "on," and insert in lieu thereof the word ''no,'' and strike from line 1641 after the word ''than'' the words ''seventyfive" and insert in lieu thereof the words "eightyfive," and strike from line 1642 the figures (75) and insert in lieu thereof ~the figures (85) ; and strike from line 1646 the words and figures "twenty-five (25)" and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifteen (15)," and insert in line 1651 after the word "limit" and before the word" and" the words ''or the excess charged to profit and loss provided in his opinion such excess is not well secured.'' So that said section shall read:
SEc. 13. LoANs BY BANK, LIMIT OF. No bank shall be allowed to lend to any one person, firm, or corporation more than thirty (30) per cent. of its capital, unimpaired surplus, and undivided profits. And no 'loan shall be made in excess of ten (10)'per cent. of the capital except upon good collateral or other ample security and with the approval, previously obtained, of a majority of the directors, or of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, which approval shall be evidenced by the written signatures of said directors or the members of said committee. In estimating loans to any person, all amounts loaned to firms and partnerships of which he is a member shall be included; provided, however, that a bank may buy from or discount for any person, firm, or corporation, bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values, or commercial

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or business paper actually owned by the person negotiating the same, in addition to loans directly made to the person, firm or corporation selling the same, such pur~hase or discount, if in excess of ten (10) per cent. of the capital, to be approved in writing by a majority of the directors, or by a committee of such board authorized to ac! before such purchase or discount shall be made; and provided, that the limit of loans herein fixed shall not apply to bona fide loans made upon the security of cotton, turpentine, resin, or other crude products having a market value and for which there is ready sale in the open market, title to which by appropriate transfer shall be taken in the name of the bank, and which shall be secured by insurance against loss by fire with policies made payable to the bank, where no more than eighty-five (85) per cent. of the market value of such products shall be loaned or advanced thereon. In all such cases a margin of twenty-five (25) per cent. between the amount of the loan and the market value of the products shall at all times be maintained; and the bank shall have the right to call for additional collateral when the difference betw.-: en the market value and the amount loaned shall be less than fifteen (15} per cent., and in the event of the failure to comply with such demand, to immediately sell all or any part of such products in the open market and pay the amount of the loan and the expenses of sale; and the balance to the borrower.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Banks to order any loan in excess of the amount herein

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:fixed reduced to the legal limit, or the excess charged to profit and loss, provided in his opinion such excess is not well secured; and if such reduction shall not be made within thirty (30) days after such notification, to proceed as in other cases provided for violation of the orders of the Superintendent.

The Committee recommends amendments to Section 17, Article XX, from line 1677 strike the words ''discount made, or upon any note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of debt,'' and insert therefor the words: ''advance of money or forbearance to enforce the collection of money"; at the end of line 1648 add the words : ''the purchase in good faith from the real owner thereof of the note or other obligation of a third party at a discount of more than eight per cent., shall not be deemed usurious,'' S() that said section shall read :
SECTION 17. INTEREST IN ADVANCE. Any bank may take, receive, reserve and charge on any loan or advance of money or forbearance to enforce the collection of money, interest at the legal rate, and such interest may be taken in advance, reckoning the days from which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt has to run; provided that such interest deducted in
. advance shall not be for a longer period than one
year; and the purchase, discount or sale of a bona fide bill of exchange, payable at another place than the place of said purchase, disco~t or sale, at not more than the current rate of exchange for sight drafts in addition to the interest, shall not be considered as taking or receiving a greater rate of in-

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terest; the purchase in good faith from the real owner thereof of the note or other obligation of a third party at a discount of more than eight per cent. per annum, shall not be deemed usurious.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 20, Article XX, by adding at the end of line 1718 after the word "bank," the following words: "Nothing in this section is to be construed as applying to Trust Companies or Savings Banks doing a Trust Company or Savings Bank business,'' so that said section shall read :
SEcTION 20. UNAUT!!ORIZED INVESTMENTs. No bank shall employ or invest its funds in the purchase or holding of the stock of any industrial, mercantile or mining corporation, or in the purchase or handling of merchandise, farm or manufactured products, except to secure a debt previously contracted in good faith, and if any such stocks, merchandise, or products are purchased to protect the bank from loss, the same shall be disposed of at public or private sale within six (6) months after receiving the same, or the same shall be charged to profit and loss and not carried as assets by the bank. The limit of time, however, may be extended by the Superinte:qdent of Banks, if in his judgment it is for the best in terest of the bank that such extension should be granted, but in no case shall such time be extended longer than twelve (12) months from the time of the purchase of the same by the bank. Nothing in this section is to be construed as applying to Trust

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Companies or Savings Banks doing trust company or savings bank business.

The Committee recommends amendment to Section 21, Article XX, in line 1721 insert after the word "counties," and before the word "or" the word "districts"; insert after the word "or" and before the word "purchasing" in line 1727 the words "from subscribing for''; insert in line 1727 after the word "purchasing" and before the word "stock" the words "or holding"; at the end of line 1727 add the words ''and provided, that by approval of the Superintendent of Banks a bank may purchase good interest bearing stocks or bonds, upon which dividends have .been paid for two years immediately preceding such purchase in an amount not exceeding twenty per cent. (20<fo) of its capital stock, and provided, that savings banks doing a strictly savings bank business may with like approval of the Superintendent invest not exceeding twenty-five (25%) per cent. of their total assets in such stocks," so that said section shall read :
SEcTioN 21. PuRCHASE oF STOCKS oR BoNDS. No bank shall subscribe for or purchase any stocks or bonds except bonds of the United States, of the State of Georgia, or of the several counties, district or municipalities thereof, which have been duly and regularly validated as provided by law, or of the other States of the United States; provided that nothing herein contained shall limit or interfere with regularly authorized trust companies doing a trust company business, advancing or lending money on

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syndicate underwritings, upon which such trust companies are authorized to charge such commissions, in addition to interest, as may be agreed upon by the parties, or from subscribing for, purchasing or holding stocks, bonds, or other securities, and provided that by approval of the Superintendent of Banks, a bank may purchase or hold good interest bearing stocks or bonds upon which dividends have been paid for two years immediately preceding such purchase in an amount not exceeding twenty (20) per cent. of its capital and provided that savings banks doing a strictly savings bank business may with like approval of the Superintendent invest not exceeding twenty-five (25%) per cent. of their total assets in such stocks.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 23, Article XX, insert in line 1741 after the word "surplus" and before the word "except," the words "and undivided profits," and strike lines 1747 and 1748, which read as follows: "Fourth. Commercial paper re-discounted to an amount not exceeding the amount of its capital," so that said section shall read:

SECTION 23. REsTRICTION OF BANK's LIABILITY. No bank shall at any time be indebted or in any way liable to an amount exceeding double the amount of its capital stock actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, plus the amount of the unimpaired surplus and undivided profits, except on account of the following:

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First. Moneys deposited with or collected by the bank.
. Second. Bills of exchange or drafts drawn against money actually on deposit to the credit of the bank or due th~reto.
Third. Liabilities to the stockholders of the bank for dividends and reserve profits.
Provided, however, that in case of temporary emergency, or to pay its depositors, temporary loans, in excess of the amount hereinabove fixed, may be made, when approved in advance by the Superintendent of Banks.
The Committee recommends amendment to Se~ tion 25, Article XX, strike from line 1760, the words and figures "twenty-five (25)" and insert therefor the words and figures ''fifteen (15) '' ; strike from lines 1764, 1765 and 1766 the following words and figures "two-fifths (2/5) of the amount of such reserve shall be on hand in the office and vaults of the bank in,'' and substitute therefor the !following: "Such reserve shall consist of"; strike from line 1767 the words and figures "three-fifths (3/5) of the amount of such reserve may consist,'' and substitute therefor: "in the office and vaults of the bank and"; strike from lines 1768 and 1769. the following words: ''or of bonds actually owned and held by the bank at the market value thereof''; and substitute therefor the words : '' such banks or bankers to be approved by the Superintendent of Banks," so that said section shall read :

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SEcTION 25. RESERVE. Every bank whose depos- its are subject to check shall at all times maintain a reserve of :fifteeri (15) per cent. of the amount of its demand deposits, and in the event such bank also receives savings deposits, which deposits are not subject to check without notice, it shall also maintain a reserve of ten (10) per cent. of the amount of such savings deposits. Savings banks and trust companies whose deposits are not subject to check without notice shall maintain a reserve of ten (10) per cent. of the amount of their deposits. Such re serve shall consist of lawful money of the United States, gold certificates, silver certificates, or National Bank notes in the office and vaults of the bank and of moneys on deposit subject to call with other banks or bankers, such banks or bankers to be approved by the Superintendent of Banks.

The Committee recommends amendment to Section 26, Article XX, to strike from line 1771 the words and :figures "twenty-five (25)" and insert therefor ":fifteen (15)," so that said section shall read:
SEcTION 26. REsERVE NoT MAINTAINED. Whenever the reserve of any bank shall fall below the amount of :fifteen (15) per cent. of its demand deposits and ten (10) per cent. of its savings deposits not subject to check, and whenever the reserve of any savings bank or trust company whose deposits are not subject to check, shall b~ below ten (10) per cent. of its. deposits, such bank, savings bank or trust company shall not increase its liabilities by making any

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new loans or discounts otherwise than by discounting or purchasing bills of exchange at sight, nor shall any dividend be declared out of the profits of such bank, savings bank, or trust company, unti~ the required proportion between the aggregate amount of
its deposits .and the amount to be held as a reserve
has been restored. The Superintendent of Banks may notify any bank, savings bank or trust company, whose reserve shall be below the amount required to be kept on hand, to make good such reserve; and if such bank, savings bank or trust company shall fail within thirty (30) days thereafter to make good its reserve, the Superintendent of Banks may take charge of the business and assets of said bank, savings bank and trust company, as in other cases herein ,provided.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 28, Article XX, to strike from line 1796 the words "or surplus" and substitute therefGr the words "nor reduce its surplus below twenty per cent. (20ro) of its capital," so that said section shall read:

SECTION 28. uNEARNED DIVIDENDS PROHffiiTED. No bank shall withdraw or permit to be withdrawn either in the form of dividends or otherwise any portion of its capital, nor reduce its surplus !below twenty per cent. (20o/o) of its capital. If losses have been sustained at any time by such bank equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividends shall be declared, and no dividends shall ever be declared by any bank to an amount greater

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than its undivided profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts. All debts due to any bank on which interest is past due and unpaid for a p~riod of six (6) months, unless the same are well secured or in process of collection, shall be considered ''bad debts'' within the meaning of this sec-tion.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 30, Article XX, to strike from line 1818 the words and figures "six (6)" and substitute therefor the words and figures "twelve (12) "; insert in line 1819 after the word ''period'' and before the word ''there'' the words: ''except such debts as are in the opinion of the Superintendent of Banks well earned,'' so that said section shall read :
SECTION 30. CALCULATION OF PRuFITs. Interest unpaid, although due or accrued on debts owing to the bank, shall not be included in the calculation of its profits previous to a dividend, unless such interest be accrued upon loans secured by collaterals as provided for by this Act. The undivided profits from which alone a dividend oan be made, shall be ascertained by charging in the aocount of profit and loss and deducting from the actual profits:
1. All expenses paid and incurred, both ordinary and extraordinary, including taxes, attending the management of the affairs of the bank, and.the transaction of its business.
2. The interest paid, or then due and accrued, on debts owing by it.

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3. All losses sustained by it. In the computation of such losses, there shall be included all debts owing to the bank which shall have been due, without suit for twelve (12) months, and upon which no interest shall have been paid during that period, except such debts as are in the opinion of the Superintendent of Banks well secured. There shall also be included in such computation all debts due the bank on which judgment shall have been recovered, which judgment shall have remained for more than one (1) year unsatisfied, and on which no interest shall have been paid during that period.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 20, Article XXI, to strike from line 2061 the word ''all,'' so that said section shall read:
SECTION 20. BoRROWING BY 0Fl'ICERs, DIRECTORs, AND EMPLOYEES. Any officer, director, agent, or employee of any bank who shall use or borrow for. himself, directly or indirectly, or for any firm of which he is a member or corporation of which he is an officer or director, any money or other property belonging to any bank of which he is an officer, director, agent, or employee, without such use or loan being approved by a majority of the directors or by the members of a committee of the board ~f directors authorized to act, as provided by Article XX, Section 11, of this Act, or who shall in like manner procure any such loan which is not secured in the manner provided by Article XX, Section 12, of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The Committee recommends amendment to Sec-

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tion 21, Article XXI, to strike from line 2071 the word ''all,'' so that said section shall read :
SECTION 21. LOANS TO OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND EMPLOYEES. Any officer, director, agent, or em-
ployee of any bank who shall lend to any other offi-
cer, director, agent, or employee, or to any firm of which such officer, director, agent, or employee is a member, or to any corporation of which such officer, director, agent, or employee is an officer or director, or who shall discount any note, draft, or other paper for such officer, director, agent, or employee or such firm or corporation, directly or indirectly, without such loan or discount being approved by a majority of the directors or by the members of the committee of the board of directors authorized to act as provided in Article XX, .Section 11, of this Act, or who
shall make any loan to any such officer, director,
agent, or employee, or to any such firm or corporation which is not secured in the manner provided by Article XX, Section 12, of this Act, or who shall be concerned in making any such loan or discount, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The Committee recommends amendment to Section 24, Article XXI, to strike from line 2092 the word "undivided" and substitute therefor the word "not,".so that said section shall read:
SECTION 24. U NEABNED DIVIDENDS AND MISUSE 011' CAPITAL. Any director of any bank who concurs in any vote or act of the directors of such bank, by which it is intended to declare a dividend, except from the net profits arising from the business of the

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bank; or to divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the bank; or to purchase or reduce its capital stock, except in pursuance of law; or to discount and receive any note or other evidence of debt in payment of any installment of capital stock actually called in and required to be paid, with intent to provide the means of making such payment; or to receive or discount any note or other evidence of debt with the intent of enabling any stockholder. to withdraw any part of the money paid in by him on any stock held by him in such.bank; or to apply any portion of the funds of such bank, except as allowed by law, directly or indirectly, in the purchase of shares of its own stock, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The Committee recommends amendment to Section 35, Article XXI, to strike from line 2171 the words: "it shall be the duty of" and insert in line 2171 after the word "bank" and before the word "to" the words: "shall have the right," so that said section shall read :

SECTION 35. CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GRAND JURIEs. The Superintendent of Banks shall have the right to submit to the grand juries of the respective counties of the State any criminal violations of the banking laws known by him to have occurred in such counties. But this provision shall not be so construed as to prevent the Superintendent or other persons from proceeding in such cases by affidavit and warrant.

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The Committee recommends amendment to Section 1, Article XXIIT, to strike from line 2194 the figures '' 2322'' and insert therefor the figures '' 2332, 2333, '' so that said section shall read :
SEcTION 1. SPECIFIC ConE SECTIONS REPEALED. The following sections of the Civil Code of 1910, towit: 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2267, 2268, 2269, 227~ 2271, 2272, 2273, 227~ 2275, 2276, 2277, 227~ 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301. 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337' 233'8, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342.
Amend Article 2, Section 12, line 178, by striking the words and figures "Twenty-four Hundred ($2,400)" in said line and substituting the words and figures "Three Thousand ($3,000.00)."
Amend Section 2, Article 20, page 66, line 4, by striking out the word ''ten'' and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''five.''
Amend Article 20, Section 1, page 65, by striking out the word "fifteen" (15) and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five" (25).
Amend page 34, line 769, Article 8, by striking out the word ''fifteen'' (15) and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five (25).

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Amend Article 14, Section 1, page 51, lllie 1152, by striking out the words "fifteen {15)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five (25)."

To BE 0FFEBED IF No. 2 Is NoT ADoPTED.
Amend Section 5 of Article 9 by striking therefrom the words "and in case said application is for the increase of capital stock, that the amount of such additional capital has been paid in, in cash," whereever the same occur, and by adding thereto the following paragraph:
"If the amendment permits an increase of the capital stock upon the completion of the subscription thereto, the said bank shall submit to said Superintendent of Banks a copy of the increased subscription and the terms of its subscription and payment, and unless paid in in C'ash the method of such payment, which shall an be approved by such Superintendent of Banks, before such subscription shall be deemed finally accepted and such stock paid up.
Amends by striking all of Section 37 of Article 20.
Amends section 28 of Article 21 by adding after the word "Individual" in line 2125 the words: "And loss or injury shall result to said depositor.''
Amends by striking out lines 1894 to 1896 inclusive.
Amends by striking out all of Section 22, Article 20.
Amend Section 28, Article 20, line 1800, by strik-

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ing out the words and figure "six (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twelve (12)."
Amend Section 39, Article 20, line 1901, by striking out the words "and creditors."
Amend Section 2 of Article 2 of said bill by striking out of line Nos. 84 and 85 the words after the word commence, "immediately upon the expiration of the term of office of the present State Bank Examiner,'' and insert in lieu thereof ''on January 1st, 1915,'' and strike from line 85, the figures '' 1917'' and insert the figures "1919," so that said section after amended shall read as follows:
SECTION 2. SuPERINTENDENT OF BANKS. The chief officer of the Department of Banking shall be known as the Superintendent of Banks. He shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold office for the term of four (4) years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The term of office of the first Superintendent of Banks shall commence on January 1st, 1915, and shall expire on the first day of January, 1919.
The first Superintendent of Banks shall be appointed by the Governor who shall be elected at the general election of 1912.
Also to amend said bill in Section 1, Article 22, by striking from line 2177 "the passage thereof," "the State Treasurer,'' and from line 2178, the words ''as Ex-Officio State Bank Examiner during the remainder of his present term of office,'' and insert in lieu

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thereof, the following words: ''January 1, 1913. The present State Treasurer during the remainder of his term of office and the State Treasurer elected at the general election of 1912 until January 1, 1915, as ExOffido State Bank Examiner," and strike from line 2181 "his present term of offiee," and insert in lieu thereof ''their respective terms of office within said periods,'' and strike from lines 2183 and 2184, the words: ''upon expiration of present term of office of the State Treasurer," and insert therefor the words: ''After January 1, 1915, of the term of the State Treasurer elected at the general election in 1912," so that said section after amendment shall read as follows:

ARTICLE 22.
AcT TO TAKE EFFECT, WHEN.
8EcTION 1. AcT, WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT. This Act shall take effect from January 1, 1913. The present State Treasurer during the remainder of his term of office and the State Treasurer elected at the general election of 1912; until January 1, 1915, as Ex-Officio State Bank Examiner shall have and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties herem prescribed for the Superintendent of Banks, and the Clerks of the Treasury Department and the Bank Examiners under the direction of the State Treasurer during their respective terms of office within said periods shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Assistant Superintendent, Examiners, and Office Assistants herein pro-

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vided for. After January 1, 1915, of the term of the State Treasurer elected at the general election in 1912, the powers and duties herein conferred upon him and all the powers and duties previously exercised and discharged by him with reference to banks and banking shall terminate, and such powers and duties shall be imposed upon and exercised by the Superintendent of Banks herein provided for.
Amend Article 20, Section 23, line 1740 by striking out the word "double" and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''four times.''
Amend by striking Section 13, page 71, and insert. ing in lieu thereof the following words :
''No bank shall lend to any person, firm or corporation an amount exceeding ten per cent. of its capital and surplus without first securing the written approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, recorded in the Minute Book of the bank, at a formal meeting, and any such loans exceeding ten per cent. of the capital and surplus to any one person, firm or corporation shall be safely secured.
On motion the Senate adjourned until three o'clock this afternoon.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at three o'clock p.m., and was called to order by the President.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.

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By unanimous consent the following House bills were read first time:

By Messrs. James, Collins and Dickey-
A bill to authorize the Attorney-_General to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and in behalf of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Mines and Mining.

By Messrs. 0. T. Gower, Hardeman and Chandler-
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, and to provide for the regulation and control of insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Finance.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmor'eland-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following House resolution was read first .time:

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges as bondsman for Lula Barber.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Banks bas had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with th~ recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2267 of the Civil Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MoRRis, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of 'the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners for the County of Burke, and for other purposes.
Mr. Williams, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Pensions bas had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

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A bill to fix the fees of Ordinaries of this State for doing pension work.
Respectfully submitted, IsrAH WILLIAMS, Chairman.

Mr. ,Bush, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture; submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Agriculture has had under consideration the following ,Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, towit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector.
Respectfully submitted,
I. A. Bus:tr, Chairman. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the follcrwing bill of the House, towit:
A bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of fertilizers containing cinders or other artificial filler.
The following Senate resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. Harris-
A resolution appointing a Joint Committee to investigate the methods pursued by other States in regard to local legislation, and for otherpurposes.
The resolution was tabled.
The following Senate bills were read. third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Crawford-
A bill to provide for filing of an abstract in claim cases, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
.
By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-:-
A bill to repeal sect~on 1811, volume 1 of the Code to provide for fixing the salary of the General Inspector of Oils, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee. was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to repeal section 1810, volume 1, of the Code of 1910, which provides for the appointment of a general inspector of oils.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Moore-
A bill to fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work, to provide for its payment, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having :received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
By striking out the first section of said bill after the enacting clause. Also strike out number two of second section, and make that first section of the bill. Then add to the end of said section the words that the one dollar so paid shall be in full of whole service.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of Gen-
eral Oil Inspector of this State.

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Mr. Morris offered the following amendment: By striking out the word gasoline whenever it occurs in the bill. On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-.-
Morris, W. S.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Ennis, W. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. :Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown, J. P. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G.

Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Edwards, C. H.

Ayes, 1; nays, 33.

Moore, 0. A. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The amendment was lost.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31 ; nays, 1.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

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By Mr. Cromartie-
A bill to require the Ordinary, Treasury Clerk of the Superior Court, <Sheriff, Tax Collector and County Superintendent of Schools to render quarterly statements of all fees received by them.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, waR passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County in the City of Cedartown.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Oourt of Polk County, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes w:ere 29; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
The following House resolution was read first time:

By Mr. McCarthy-
A resolution to define the boundaries of the land granted to James DeVeaux Septemper 8, 1756, and ~pril16, 1763.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee..
On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., Friday, August 9, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Kight, Chairman of the Committe on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President: The Committee on Engrossing has examined and
found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to fix the fees of Ordinaries for pension work.
A bill to give citizens of Union, Habersham and White Counties the right to kill fox and gray squirrels.
A bill to. provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of Murray and Gordon Counties.

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A bill to require county officers in certain counties to render quarterly statements.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County.
WM. N. KmHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Shaw, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am
instru~ted to report back to the Senate with the
recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.
Respectfully submitted, EMMETT R. SHAW, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Copelan, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:

'Mr. President :
The Committee on Finance has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to provide for the establishment of a De-

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partment of Insur~ce, to provide for the regulation and control of insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. CoPELAN, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the Macedonia School District in Dodge County.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

The following special order was taken up, read third time, and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to pro.vide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in this State.
Report of th~ Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill by substitute the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. l\foore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs~

Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S.

Mann, W. S.

Sheppard, J. E.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Ayes, 33; nays, 4.

Morris, W. S. Spence, R. E. L.

The bill having received the requisite Oonstitutional majority was passed by substitute, and ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

The following House bill was read second time:

By Messrs. Gower, Hardeman and Chandler:
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, to provide for the regulation and control of insurance companies, and for other purposes.
100 copies of the above bill ordered printed for the use of the Senate. The above bill was made spe-

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cial order for next Monday, immediately after the reading of the Journal.
At 10 o'clock the Senate went into executive session.
The following message was recEived from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President :
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to fix and make uniform the terin of office of Oounty Superintendent of Schools.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Thomasville.
A bill to amend Act to provide for a Board of County Commissioners for Colquitt County.
A bill to create office of Oounty Commissioner of Dodge County.
A bill to abolish Board of County Commissioners for Dodge County.
A bill to require Ordinary of Stephens County to have all roads worked in said County.
A bill to revise laws governing the administration of County affairs of Screven County.
A bill to amend Act to incorporate Andrew Female College.

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A bill to amend Acts incorporating the city of Brunswick.
A bill to amend charter of City of Zebulon.
A bill to incorporate Sparks School District.
A bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Colquitt.
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners.
A bill to amend Act to create Board of County Commissioners for Montgomery County.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Haralson.
A bill to create office of County Commissioner for Greene County.
A bill to amend Act to create a Board of County Commissioners for Taliaferro County.
A bill to incorporate Nashville School District.
A bill to amend Act incorporating Dudley in Laurens County.
A bill to authorize town of Decatur to condemn land for school purposes.
A bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Maysville.
A bill to incorporate town of Oliver.
The following House bills were read first time:

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By Mr. Hayes-
A bill to require the Ordinary of Stephens County to work all public roads established by law leading through each of the incorporated towns of said County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to create ,a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Burke.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Butts-
A bill to amend the Act consolidating the several Acts incorporating the City of Brunswick.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Massengale of Warren-
A bill to make additional appropriation for support and maintenance of the Confederate Home of Georgia, and :for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues passed in 1911,

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so as to add another Section to said Act of 1911 so as to provide for collecting the road tax in each militia district.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Patten-
A bill to incorporate the Sparks School District in Berrien Oounty and define the boundaries of same.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Kirby and Brannon-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Haralson, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Colquitt, approved December 17, 1901.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Alexander and Field-

A bill to authorize the town of Decatur to condemn land for school purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Patten-
A bill to incorporate the Nashville School District in Berrien County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads arid Revenues for Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. ffiers--
A bill to amend .an Act approved August 21, 1911, to provide for a Board of County Commissioners of Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Merritt-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in Green County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. White-
A bill to revise and consolidate the laws governing the administration of the county affairs of Screven County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. GardnerA bill to amend the charter of the City of Zebulon,
in Pike County. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Mcintire-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Thomasville, and to confer additional powers on said corporation.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Waters, Banks and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Maysville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

ByMr.Beck-
.A!. bill to fix and make uniform the term of office of County Superintendents of Schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. WhiteA bill to incorporate the town of Oliver as the
City of Oliver.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to amend the Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the Counties of Warren and Taliaferro.
Referred to Committee on Counties and Oounty
Matters.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition causeways and other approaches to public bridges.
Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of, in and for the County of Dodge.
Referred to Committe on Counties and County :Matters.
By Mr. White-
A bill to amend the .Act approved December 17, 1902, incorporating Dudley, in Laurens County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Cabaniss-
A bill to prohibit the sale and manufacture of fertilizers containing cinders,-sand, clay, and other artificial fillers.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Watts-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Andrew Female College at Cuthbert.
Referred to Committee on Education.
The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to establish the City Court of Eastman in Dodge Oounty.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Green-
A bill to create and incorporate the City of Springfield in Effingham County.
Report of Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Merritt-
A bill to create the City Court of Greensboro in the County of Green-
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. ffires-
A bill to amend, revise and consolidate and supercede the several Acts incorporating the town of Doerun.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the 'bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA bill to am.~nd the charter of the City of Law-
renceville. Report of the Committe was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Simpson and Picket-
A bill to incorporate the Fairview School District in CiJ:J.erokee and Pickens Counties.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. DuBose-
a A bill to establish County Board of Education
in the several counties of this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to amend Section 4 of the Act creating a
new charter for the City .of West Point.
Report of the Committee Wat? agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to establish the office of Commissioners and Board of Directors of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes
County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the. passage of the bill the ayes were 28 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
That the returns of said election herein provided for shall be made .and certified to the Ordinary of Wilkes County; and the result of the same shall by him be declared and published on the minutes of the records of the Court of Ordinary of Wilkes County, and by publication of the same in the newspaper in said County in w:hich the Sheriff's advertisements appear.

By Mr. Green-
A bill to repeal Act incorporating City of Springfield, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to be entitled an A.ct to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of West Point to vacate and sell certain streets and alleys, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gower-

A bill entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Cordele, etc.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;

nays, 0.



The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jones-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to
create a Board of Commissioners of Roads 'and

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Revenues for the County of Burke, and for oth~r purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Deese-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mitchell's District in the County of Pulaski, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upo:n the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
'l'he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incor- porating the town of Spread, approved August 15, 1903, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to grant to heirs of Mary J. Roberts 10 feet and 10 inches of land in lot "T," Reynolds Ward.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gastley-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate town of Cornelia, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the pasage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Waller-
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for electing Road Commissioners of Emanuel County by tthe people.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

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693

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Cheney-
A bill to allow the Adjutant-General to lend cots to Reunion Committee of State Reunion of Confederate Veterans at Marietta, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish the City Oourt of Statesboro.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the Chester Scllool District in Dodge County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to .

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Oonstitntional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 11 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point in reference to qualifications of policemen.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0..
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, w~s passed.

By Mr. Ashley-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved October 2, 1891, incorporating the mayor and council of the town of Hahira, in Lowndes County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 36; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, w:as passed.

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By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to amend. Section 13 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed ~o.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 43 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Wood-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Jeffersonville, as contained iJ;l the laws of 1909, pp. 977-1003, bystriking from the third sentence of section 35 of said Act the words "one dollar and :fifty cents," and inserting in lien thereof the words "ten dollars," etc., and for other purposes.
Report of the .Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Oonstitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Buchannon-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Blakely, in and for the County of Early, State of Georgia, to define its jurisdiction, powers, proceeding and practice, to provide for the appointment of officers therefor, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Youmans and Waller-
A bill to amend an Act and other amendatory Acts thereto incorporating the City of Swainsboro, in the Oounty of Emanuel, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Oonstitutional majority, was passed.

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697

By Mr. Rardeman-
A bill to be entitled an Am to amend an Act ap proved August 6, 1903, which amended an Act approved December 16, 1895, creating a public school system for the town of Wadley by changeing the number of members of the Board of Trustees of the public schools, to provide the manner of election, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Tarrytown, in the County of Montgomery, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Fullbright-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town
of Sardis, in the County of Burke, to define its incorporate limits, to provide for an election of a Mayor

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and Council and other officers of the town, to provide the duties and powers of said officers, to provide for the government of said town, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
'11he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Tippins and Callaway-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Act of
1906 creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tatnall County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. .Almond-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2 of the Act amending the charter of the City of Conyers, approved August 11, 1911, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.

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699

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Pearce, Blackshear and darlington-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating Police Commissioners for the City of Augusta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Burnett-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act, approved August 21, 1906, establishing the charter for town of Georgetown.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutionrtl majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harvey-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Pitts, in the County of Wilcox, approved August 23, 1905, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Blackshear-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a Reformatory Institute in the County of Richmond, in this State, approved October 6, 1885, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; . nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Fnllbright-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act cre-
ating the City Court of Waynesboro, etc., approved August 15, 1903, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of tlhe bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Sparta, and for other purposes.

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Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
. The bill having received the requisite Collstitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
..& bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved August 19, 1911, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads for Gwinnett County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Wilson-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved August 16, 1911, creating Board of Commissioners of Gwinnett County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Gardner-

A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Park Board or Commission for City of Barnesville, and for other purpo.ses.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26;

nays, 0.



The bill having received the requisite 0onstitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved August 23, 1905, establishing the City Court of Eastman, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Peacock-
A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs, and for; other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to!
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; . nays, 0.

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703

'l1l.e bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. DeFore-
A bill to be entitled an Act_to authorize the Governor of Georgia to appoint a third State Deposi-
tory in the City of Macon, and for other purposes.
lteport of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passing of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu~ tiona! majority, ~as passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 13 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of :West Point in reference to maximum fines and sent~ces, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County, and for other purposes.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the pasage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Collins-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend charter of Pine Park, in Grady County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; 11ays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and Hines-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 43 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of West Point, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lovejoy and HinesA bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 25

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of the Act to create a new charter for the City of West Point, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Scott-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to
incorporate the City of St. George, in the County of Charlton, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constituwas passed.

By Mr. Cheney-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter
of the City of Marietta, which was approved August 15, 1904, and for other puiiposes.
Report of the Committee was ~OTeed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Dublin in and for the County of Laurens, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill ihaving received the requisite Constitu.tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Fullbright-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved February 10, 1877, incorporating the town 'of Midville, in Burke County, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Adkins and Smith-
A bill to be ~ntitled An Act to amend an Act granting the City Court of Vienna, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

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707

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hayes-
A bill to be entitled an Act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Martin, in Stephens County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a charter for the town of Alamo, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize C. K. Nelson, Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta, to sell and by proper deed to convey lot in the City of Columbus, to purchase and reinvest the proceeds in another lot for church purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
T:he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Parker-
A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Marion County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. DuPree-
A bill to be entitled an Act to rearrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit of the State of Georgia, by taking from the Dublin Circuit the County of Wilkerson and adding said County to the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; -nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to be entitled an Act to inoorporate the town of Cadwell, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
Mr. Kight offers to amend the bill by striking out all of section 21 after the word ''follows'' and substituting in place of said words stricken the following words, to-wit: "Five hundred yards from the center of the intersections of Burch and Dexter streets in said town in each of the four directions on said streets, so that the corporate limits shall be a

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square (or as near the same as practicable) instead of a circle. Said square to be described or run on said 1,000 yards on said streets, as aforesaid.

By Messrs. Booker and DuBose-
A bill to be entitled an Aet to repeal an Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads. and Revenues and Public Property for the County of Wilkes, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
That the returns of said election herein provided for shall be made and certified to the Ordinary of Wilkes County; and the result of the same shall by him be declared and published on the minutes of the records of the Court of Ordinary of Wilkes County, and by publication of same in the newspaper in said County in which Sheriff's advertisements appear.
~he following resolution of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Chaney and York-
. A resolution to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County to change the

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Atlanta and Marietta public road where it crosses the W. & A. R. R., and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Committee proposes to amend the resolution as follows:
{1) Amend caption or preamble, inserting after the word ''desirous' J and the word ''of'' in line three (3) the following words, to-wit: "From changing the public road which leads from the City of Marietta towards the town of Kennesaw in said County at the place where said public road crosses the Western & Atlantic Railroad, about three miles from the City of Marietta, and to build a bridge over said railroad at said poillt, also.
(2) Also amend the first section by striking out the word road in line five and inserting the word ''roads.''
(3) By striking out the word ''crosses" in line five and inserting the word ''cross.''
(4) By inserting after the word "river" and before the word "in" in the last of said section the following words, to-wit: "And also at the point where a public road which leads from the City of

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Marietta towards the town of Kennesaw, m said County, crosses the Western & AtJ antic Railroad about three miles from the City of Marietta, and to move said crossing about 250 feet South of the present crossing, and to build a bridge on said rail road at said point towards said City of Marietta, all being"
(5) Also amend by striking out the word "bridge" in line 8 of the second section and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''bridges.''
(6) Also amend by striking out the word ''bridge'' whenever it occurs in the last section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "bridges."
On motion the Senate adjourned until this afternoon at three o'clock.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at three o'clock; was called to order by the President.
On motion the roll call was dispensed with.
Mr. Adams, Chairman of the State Sanitarium Oommittee, submits the following report:

Mr. President :
The State Sanitarium Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1572 of the Code of Georgia.

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A bill to amend section 1571 of the Code of 1910. Respectfully submitted,
GEo. W. ADAMS, Chairman.

Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the followng report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bills, to-wit:
A bill to provide for filing of an abstract in claim cases.
A bill to repeal section 1811, volume 1 of Code of 1910 providing and fixing the salary of General Inspector of Oils.
A bill to prohibit tax assessors in cities having a certain population from valuing for city taxation their own property.
Respectfully submitted, WM. N. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.
Mr. Kight, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmis-

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sion to the Ho~se the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to regulate banking in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, WM. N. KIGHT, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Shaw, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
T,he Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the. recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Shingler.
A bill to incorporate the town of Sycamore.
Respectfully submitted, E. R. SHAw, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Douglass, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate

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with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to prohibit owners of cemeteries from interferirig with the burial of the dead by prescribing arbitrary regulations, etc.
Respectfully submitted, DouGLASs, Chairman.

'nhe following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional maj"Ority the following bill of the House, towit:
A billto fix qualifications for locomotive firemen:
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to create the new C'Ounty of Kent.
i'he House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to appropriate money to pay the salary of the Game Commissioner.
A bill to appr&priate the sum of $7,500 for the erection of d"Ormitories at the First District .Agricultural and Industrial SCihool.

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A bill to repeal an Aet to incorporate the town of Lake View.
to A bill repeal an Act creating the Board of
County Commissioners for the County of Tattnall.
The Honse has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the Honse, to-wit:
A resolution to provide funds for the erection of a dormitory at the Seventh District .Agricultural School.
The following Senate bills were read third tims and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Kincaid-

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge, and for other purposes.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:

1. Amend section 2 of the bill entitled ''An Act

to amend the Charter of the City of Blue Ridge, and

for other purposes,'' by striking all of Section 2 of

said proposed bill.

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2. Amend section 3 of said proposed amendment by striking from said section 3 paragraphs one and

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two, and by strik:ning from section 4 of the Act ap-

proved August 10, 1911, as proposed to be amended,

all of said section as amended except the following,

to-wit: ''In the event the office of mayor or any one

of the councilmen shall become vacant by death, res-

ignation, removal or otherwise, said vacancy or va-

cancies may be filled by an election of the qualified

voters of said city, in case of vacancies in the coun-

cil, and the person or persons so selected shall be

duly qualified, upon taking the prescibed oath, to fill

said vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term

or terms of such persons whom he or they may suc-

ceed."



By Mr. Graham-
A bill to incorporate the Whigham School District in Grady County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkinson County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of tJhe bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to permit cities having a certain population to elect their aldermen by vote of the entire city.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hullender-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Charter of La Fayette, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown in Polk County, approved December 13, 1898.
Report of Committee was agreed to.

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719

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harri~
A bill to prohibit the tax assessors in cities having a certain population from valueing and assessing their own property for taxation.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Kincaid'-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows :
Amend section 2 of the bill entitled "An Act to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge, and for other purposes" by striking all of section 2 of said proposed bill.

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Amend section 3 of said proposed amendment by striking from said section 3 paragraphs one and two and by striikng from section 4 of the Act approved August 10, 1911, as proposed to be amended all of said section as amended except the following, towit: ''In the event the office of mayor or any one of the councilmen shall become vacant by death, r~signation, removal or otherwise, said vacancy or vacancies may be filled by an election of the qualified voters of said city, in case of vacancies in the council and the person or persons so elected shall be duly qualified, upon taking the prescribed oath, to fill said vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term or terms of such petsons whom he or they may succeed. ''
Adopted.
The following House bills were read second time:

By Mesrs. Anderson and BakerA bill to amend section 1572 of the Code.

By M,r. McElreathA bill to amend section 2267 of the Code.

By Messrs. Almond and Brown-
A bill to prohibit the owners, managers and superintendents of cemeteries in this State from mterfering with the burial of the dead.

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721

By Messrs. Anderson and BakerA bill to amend Section 1571 of the Code.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the Macedonia School Di~ trict in Dodge County.

By Mr. GowerA bill to amend the charter of Cordele.

By Mr. Thurman-
A resolution providing for payment of a pension to Mrs. Lydia Carroll, of Walker County.
Mr. Aaron, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Wilkinson.
Respec::tfully submitted, 0. B. AARON, Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:


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Mr. President :
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the :r:eoommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to require the Ordinary of Stephens County to work all public roads in said County with convicts.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Sparta.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Bush, Chairinan of the Agricultural Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Agricultural Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to prohibit the killing of certain game in Hall County for a period of three years.
Respectfully submitted, I. A. BusH, Chairman.

The following House bills were read second time:



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By Mr. Adams-
A bill to prohibit the shooting or killing certain game in Hall County for a period of three years.

By Mr. Payton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Shingler in the County of Worth-

By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to incorporate the. City of Sycamore in Turner County.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to amend section 41 of an Act to create the City -court of Sparta.
Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to make uniform the term of office of County Superintendent of Schools.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Andrew Femrue College, of Cuthbert.
A bill to incorporate the Nashville School District.

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A bill to authorize the town of Decatur to condemn land for school purposes.
A bill to incorporate the Sparks School District.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:

The Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the.same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to authorize the Judge of any Superior, City, or County Court for Providential or other good cause to excuse one or more jurors.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following House resolutions, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-~t:

A resolution to relieve J. D. Bridges as bondsman of Lula Barber.

A resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price, of J as-

per County.



The Committee has also had under consideration
the following House bills, which I am instructed to
report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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725

A bill to provide for the reviver of corporations. A bill to amend section 3414, volume 1 of Code of 1910. A bill to amend section 4203 of the Code of 1910. Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

The following message was received \from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of -the House, towit:
A bill to make appropriation for Agricultural and Mechanical Schools at Americus.
The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to authorize Confederate soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers who are not eligible to pension under existing laws to take testimony of
their enlistment.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows: Amend by adding a repealing clause.

By Mr. Morris-
A bill to amend section 5268 of the Code of 1910, which relates to garnishment.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 5.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to require depositories for funds of the State to be selected by competitive bids.
Mr. Shingler called the previous question. The call was sustained.
On the putting of the main question the ayes and nays wer.e ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
AdllDIIS, G. W.
Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.

Cromartie, J. A. Duggan, C. I. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C.

Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Marshall, C. B. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett Williams, Isaiah
j'

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727

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Culbreth, T. G. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N.

Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H . Hill, T. F.

Ayes, 19; nays, 17.

King, W. W. Spence, R. E. L.

The main question was orde!ed.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the pasage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Duggan, C. I. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J.

Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Owens, C. T. Shaw, Emmett

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Culbreth, T. G. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N.

Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Moore, O.A.
Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H. Hill, T. F. Kincaid, J. B.

Ayes, 17; nays, 18.

King, W. W. Spence, R. E. L.

The bill was lost.

Mr. Mann offered the following resolution: That

when the Senate adjourn today it will stand ad-

journed until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

~

On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Duggan, C. I.

Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. 1\fayson, J. W.

l\Ioore, 0. A. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H.

Hill, T. F. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 19; nays, 16.

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The resolution was adopted.
The following House bill was read :first time, by unanimous consent:

By Mr. Nisbet-
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School the sum of six thousand dollars.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Shepherd, Acting Chairman of the Corporations Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
r.Dhe Corporations Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I
am instructed to report back to the Senate with the
recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 69 of the charter of the town of Dallas, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Vanna, in the County of Hart, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Oliver, in the County of Screven, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of

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the City of Zebulon, in Pike County, Georgia, a~ proved August 11, 1909, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate the town of Thomasville; to confer additional powers on said corporation, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Maysville, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Rex, in the County of Clayton, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved December 17, 1902, incorporating Dudley, in the County of Laurens, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood, anq for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Luella in the County of Henry, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incor. porate the town of Haralson, and for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Orchard ffill, .in Spalding County, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incor-

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731

porate the town of Colquitt in the County of Miller, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta in the County of Cobb, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the charter of Villa Rica, in the Counties of Carroll and Douglas, and for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira, and for other purposes.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town oil Stone Mountain, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, J. E. SHEPPARD, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of Committee on Counties and County Matters, submits the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to revise and consolidate the laws governing the ~dministration of the county affairs of Screven County, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to

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create a Board of Commissioners of Roads, Public BUildings and Public Property and Finance, for the Counti9s of Warren and Taliaferro, and for other purposes, approved February 12,1877, so as to make the term of office for said Commissioners for Warren County two years instead of four years, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Burke, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, passed in 1911, so as to add another section to said Act of 1911, and for other purposes.

To abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of, in and for the County of Dodge, and for other purposes.

To repeal _an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County, and for other purposes.

To amend an Act approved August 21, 1911, to provide for a Board of County Commissioners of Colquitt, and for other purposes.

To create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Green County, and for other purposes.

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733

To create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dodge, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIs, Chairman.

On motion the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.

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SENATE Cl:IAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., Monday, August 12, 1912.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o 'eloek; was called to order by the President.

Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names :

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H.
Ennis, w. H.
Felker, J. H.
Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F.
Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.
Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett. Sheppard, J. E. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter. Williams, Isaiah. Worley, S. T.
Mr. President.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the action of the Senate was recon~idered in passing the following bill of the Senate on last Friday :

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735

By Mr. 'KincaidA bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue
Ridge. The amendment was withdrawn.
By unanimous consent the following bill was put upon its passage :

By Mr. Kincaid-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Blue Ridge.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having received the .requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Messrs. Busb, Harris and Cromartie--
A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizers and cotton seed meal tags and feed stamps.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu.. ' tional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to require each dealer in commercial fertilizers in this State to register as such with the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having reeeived the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and Cromartie-
A bill to make it unlawful for any manufacture!' or dealer in commercial fertilizer or fertilizer mat~ rial, his agent or employer, to employ any fertilizer inspector, or a member of his family, in any capacity: whatever.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Bush, Harris and CrqmartieA bill to repeal section 2116 of the Code.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.

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737

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Mayson- .
A bill to require all persons or corporations operating railroads in this State to erect mile limit boards at certain points.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received 'the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Blalock, of 40th-
A bill to amend Act No. 446 of the laws of Georgia of 1908, approved August 15, 1908, to provide for additional registration of voters in this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0.
Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B.

Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Morris, W. S. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Worley, S. T.

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, L.A. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S.

Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Kight, W. N.
King, W. W. Mayson, J. W.

Oliver, T. W. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Moore, 0. A.

Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 23; nays, 18.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Sheppard moved to reconsider the action of
the the Senate in passing the above mentioned bill, and
on this motion ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. AdMIIs, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I.

Felker, J. H. Hamilton, W. W. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C.

Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T.

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739

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Shaw, Emmett

Worley, S. T.

Ayes, 19; nays, 23.

The motion was lost.

By Mr. Shingler-
A bill to amend the Act authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional State Depository in the City of Atlanta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
trpon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the following House resolution was recommitted to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

By Messrs. James, Collins and Dickey__.
A resolution to authorize the Attorney-General to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and in behalf of the State.
The following House bill and resolution was read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. GowerA bill to amend the charter of Cordele.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 36; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harris-
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Hancock, of Floyd County, as- security on the bond of Ben Me. Lendon.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following message. was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority- the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A })ill to incorporate the City of Osier:field in the County of Irwin.
A bill to appropriate $25,000 for the erection of an additional building at Dahlonega, Georgia.
A bill to incorporate the town of Charing.

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A bill to amend an Act to provide for an additional Assistant Librarian.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Butler, in the County of Taylor.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hoschton, in Jackson County.
A bill authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint oil inspectors.
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code of 1911, in reference to State Depositories.
A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of the Fourth District Agricultural School.
A bill to amend the Act of 1911 in reference to manufacture of hog cholera serum.
A bill to increase the salary of the County Commissioner of Jackson County.
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
A bill to incorporate the town of Modoc, in Eman.uel County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Newnan.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt.
A bill to incorporate the town of Mount Zion in Carroll County.

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A bill providing for an appropriation for the eradication of the cattle tick.
A bill to amend section 1795, volume 1 of the Code of 1911, relative to disposition of fertilizer inspection fees.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Baihbridge, in reference to election of chief of police.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Newnan.
A bill to create the City Court of Wrightsville.
A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution, in the Counties of DeKalb and Fulton.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Jefferson.
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners for DeKalb County.
A bill to amend charter of the City of Savannah.
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners for Ware County.
A bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf.
A bill to amend the Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton County.
A bill to provide for the inspection of benzine, gasoline and naphtha in this State.
A bill to amend an Act relative to stationary engineers in certain counties.

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.A<. bill to amend section 1780, volume 1, of the Code of 1911, in reference to fertilizer inspection.

A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the town of Harlem.

A bill to incorporate the t?wn of Canoochee, in Emanuel County.
A bill to provide the manner of holding elections in the City of Augusta.
The House has passed by. the requisite Constitutional majorlity the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A resolution to authorize the destruction of useless volumes of the Code of 1895.
. A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the Committee that visited the School for the Deaf.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitu:ti.onal majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the Scotland School District.
The House returns to the Senate for correction of amendment the following bill of the House, to-wit:

A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

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Mr. President:

The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House:

A bill to create a new charter for the town of East Point.

A bill to amend section 1456, Code of Georgia, relative to firing woods, etc.

The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-

tional majority the following resolution of the House,

to-wit:



A resolution to refund $540 to the Georgia Northern Railway Company.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President:

The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following resolution of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A resolution to define the boundaries of the land grants to James DeVeaux, September 8, 1756, and April 16, 1763.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

Mr. Kincaid, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to repeal section 1810, volume 1, of Code of 1910, providing for the appointment of a General Inspector of Oils.
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of General Oil Inspector of this State.
A bill to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies.
A bill to amend section 5268 of the Code of 1910, which relates to gar.nishments.
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the City of Cedartown.
.A:. bill to provide for Confederate soldiers and their widows not eligible to pensions under exist- ing law, to take testimony of service and file with Commissioner of Pensions.
A bill to permit cities of this State of a certain population to elect their Aldermen by vote of the entire city.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge.

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A bill to incorporate the Whigham School District.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. KiNcAID, Chairman.

Mr. Copelan, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Public Property has had under consideration the following Senate resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution providing for a Joint Committee to exchange the Governor's Mansion for certain other property in the City of Atlanta.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. CoPELAN, Chairman.

Mr. Sheppard, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

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.A: bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Respectfully submitted, 3. E. SHEPPARD, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Owens, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Mines and Mining has had under consideration the following House resolution, whi~h I am instructed to report back to the Senate, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution authorizing the Attorney-General tp enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and in behalf of the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted, C. T. OWENS, Chairman.
The following messag~ was received from His Ex-
cellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Presiilent:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the Senate a sealed communication, to which he respectfully invites the consi~eration of your honorable body in executive session.

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By unanimous consent the following House bill was read first time :

By Mr. GarlingtonA bill to fix the qualifications for locomotive ~e
men, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 23 of Acts of 1911 rel~tive to game animals and birds.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate:
A bill to amend section 972, Code of Georgia, rela-
tive to tax on dogs.
Mr. Kincaid, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report :

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing have found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

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A bill to prescribe and fix the method of handling and checking fertilizer and cotton seed meal.
A bill to require each dealer in fertilizers to register as such with the Commissioner of Agriculture.
A bill to repeal section 2116 of the Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. 'KINcAID, Chairman.

The following House bills were read first time:

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of East Point.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to create the City Court of Wrightsville, in the County of Johnson.

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Jefferson.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and WestmorelandA bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter
for the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. StricklandA bill to amend section 23 of an Act of 1911 in ref-
. erence to what constitutes game birds and animals.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Garlington-
A bill to provide the manner of holding elections in the City of Augusta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. WimberlyA bill to appropriate money to provide for salary
of Game Commissioner. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et al.A bill to amend section 1780 of the Code.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Field-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Lake View, in the County of DeKalb.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hixon and Spence-
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Fourth District Agricultural School of $6,000.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Ault, Hinton, et. al.A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline,
benzine and naphtha.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. White-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code of 1910, volume 1.

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Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking~

By Mr. Bower-
.A bill to amend the. charter of the City of Bainbridge so as to provide for the election of chief of police.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. PaulkA bill to incorporate the City of Osierfield in Irwin
County. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A bill to make the salary of Chairman of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jackson County $1,200 per annum.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Paulk, Bryan, et al.-
A bill to provide appropriations for the eradication of the cattle tick in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee On Appropriations.

By Mr. Hollis-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 1, 1883, amending an Act to incorporate the town of Butler.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ballard-
A bill to amend the Act and supercede the several Acts incorporating the town of Harlem.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Waller and YoumansA bill to incorporate t~e toWn. of Modock. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to amend article 11, section 1456, of the Code of 1905, with reference to firing woods.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McCarthyA bill to amend Act approved August 15, 1910,
relative to stationary engineers.
Referred to Committee on Emigration and Labor.

By Mr. Harrell-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the C?.ty of
Colquitt.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Ault, Paulk, et al.l A bill to amend section 1795 of the Code.

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Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By :Mr. Alexander-
A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution, in the Counties of Fulton and DeKalb.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Murphy and Williams-
A bill to appropriate the B1l1D. of $7,500 for the purpose of erecting an additional dormitory for the First District Agricultural College.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Chaney and TippinsA bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to Uni-
versity of Georgia for the purpose of building and p,quipping. a new Industrial building.
Referred to Committee on .Appropriations.

By Mr. HollisA bill to incorporate the town of Charing. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A!. bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Hoschton, in Jackson County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Walker and Youmans-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Canooche, in Emanuel County, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
Aoill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Mt. Zion, in Carroll County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

ByMr.Ault-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1911 so as to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint ten inspectors of oils.
Referred to Co.mmittee on Appropriations.

By Mr. DuBose-
A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 19, 1911, in regard to

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the manufacture of hog cholera serum, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Kirby and BrownA bill to amend an Act to create a new charter fol
the City of Newnan, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Callaway and Tippins-
A. bill to be entitled an Act to repeal the Act ap.
proved .August 20, 1906, creating a Board of Com missioners in and for the County of Tatnan~ and fo1 other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Committee.

By Mr. McElreath-
~ bill to amend an Act approved August 14, 1900. ~ntitled an Act to provide for an additional Assistant Librarian.
Referred to Committee on State Library.

By Messrs. Kirby and Brown-
A. bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to
create a new charter for the city of Newnan, and fo1 other purposes.
Beferred to Committee on, Corporations.

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By Mr. FosterA bill to be entitled an Act to appropriate ten
thousand dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following resolutions were read first time:

By Mr. Lawrence--
A resolution to authorize the destruction of unbound and useless volumes of the Code of 1895.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to pay the per diem of four days and expenses of the Committee to visit the School for the Deaf.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr Johnson-
A resol~tion to provide funds for building dormitory of Seventh District Agricultural College.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. HiersA resolution to refund to the Georgia Northern
Railway Company the sum of $540.00. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following special order was taken up to be

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put upon its passage, which is the following bill of the House, to-wit:

By Messrs. Gower, Hardeman and Chandler-
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, and for other purposes.
The hour of 1 o'clock having arrived, the Senate adjourned until three o'clock this afternoon.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at three o'clock; was called to order by the President.
On motion the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Tfue following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to provide for a public weigher and grader in each cotton growing county in this State.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A resolution fot the relief of W. A. McRae and others on the bond of Henry Cook, colored.
A resolution for the relief of M. L. Moore and others as sureties for G. W. Akridge.

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The following resolution was unanimously adopted.

By Mr. Felker-
A resolution. Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That we regret that it will be impossible for the General Assembly to attend the unveiling of the monument of the late United States Senato11 A. S. Clay.
The following unfinished business was taken up, read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. Gower, Hardeli1.8Jl and Chandler-
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance for the State of Georgia.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.
Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H.
Ennis, w. H.
Felker, J. H.
Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F.
Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Dickerson, W. T.

Hullender, W. C. Prather, J. D.

Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

'The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Amends line 38 of section 29 by striking the words "any record office of the State" and substituting therefor ''the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County wherein said legislation is made.''
Mr. Oliver moves to amend by adding after the word "in" and before the word "this" in the eighth \ine of section 39 the following: "a division in."
Amend section thirty-four by inserting in line three, after the word "governments" and before the word ''shall'' the words ''except societies which limit their membership to any one hazardous occupation."
Amend section 27 by striking the word "fidelity" in the first line of said section.
Mr. Oliver moves to amend by adding at the end of section 26 the following: ''Provided, sections 25 and 26 shall not apply to assessment farmers' cooperative fire companies doing business in this State in not more than four counties in a division.''
Senator Morris, of 18th, moves to amend by adding between the word "persons" and the :word

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"any" in 'the seventh line of section 20, the foliowing: ''Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any life insurance company now in process of formation under commission from the Secretary of State, which will do a non-participating business only."
Mr. Felker amends section 20 by inserting the word "penal" before the word "Code," in line 11 of said section.
Mr. Oliver moves to amend by inserting after the word "in" and before the word "the" in the fifth line of Section 23 the following words : ''a division
in.''
Amends by adding to section 23 the following: ''Provided, that at the time of issuing a policy of fire insurance on any property the company issuing the same and the owner of said property or their agents shall agree on the value of said property, which value shall be written in the face of said policy and in the event of loss or damage to said property said company issuing said policy shall settle on the basis of said valuation, less the natural depreciation of said property from wear and tear or other cause.''
Amend section 21 by inser~ing between the words "policy" and "when" in the eiglth line of the printed bill the words "under the terms of the contract.''
Amend by adding at end of section 19 the following: ''Provided that this section shall in no way have

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effect on Companies now chartered by the Secretary of State and now in process of organization.''
Amends section 8 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''And any note or other evidence of debt given in consideration of said policy shall be null and void, and any premiums paid on such policy may be .recovered back by such policyholder hi any court having jurisdiction thereof.''
Mr. Oliver moves to amend by adding at end of section 3 the following: ''Provided, this section shall not apply to assessment farmer's co-operative fire insurance companies doing business in this State in not more than four counties in a division.''
Amend section 17 by striking out the word '' acturial" in the third and fourth lines and substituting in lieu thereof the words "practical insurance."
Amend section 38 by inserting between the words "State" and "and" in line 5 the following words:
''Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to insurance companies now chartered and organized in. this State and issuing and selling sueh certificates, until the :first day of January, 1913."
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read :first time :

By Messrs. Edwards and Davis, by request-
A resolution providing for the relief of Wm. B. Kent as a practicing attorney so as to permit him to practice law in the State of Georgia.

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Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend section 2624 of the Code.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24 r
nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Mayson, Chairman of the Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report:

Mr. PresidJent:
The Committee on W. & A. R. R. has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition causeways and other approaches to public bridges.
Respectfully supmitted,
J. W. MAYSON, Chairman.

Mr. karon, Vice-~Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

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Mr. President:

The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engro~sed and ready for transmission to the Senate, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

A bill to make it unlawful for any manufacturer or dealer in commercial fertilizers to employ any fertilizer inspector or member of his immediate family.

A bill requiring all corporations operating railroads to erect mile limit boards along the right of way on .such railroads.

A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint an additional State Depository in the City of Atlanta.

Respectfully submitted, 0. B. AARoN, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Kincaid, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend the registration laws of 1908, a~

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proved August 15, 1908, to provide for additional registration of voters.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. KINcAID, Chairman.

Mr. Roberts, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. PresiO;ent:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
A bill to amend article 2, section 1456, of the Code of 1910.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.
Mr. Owens, Chairman of Committee on Mines and Mining, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Mines and Mining have had under consideration the following resolution of the House, Wlhich it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
A resolution authorizing the Attorney-General to

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enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and in behalf of the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted. C. T. OwEN, Chairman.

The following House bills and resolutions were read first time:
By Messrs. White and TippinsA bill to provide for the appointment of a public
weigher and grader in each County of this State.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Cook-
A resolution for the relief of W. A. McRea, J. H. 0. Maloy and Dr. J. G. Williamson on bond of Henry Cook.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Collins~
A resolution for the relief of M. L. Moon, C. F. Akeridge, J. V. Akeridge and W. H. Bozeman as sureties on the bond of G. W. Akeridge.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following House bills were read second time :

By Messrs. .Spence and Hixon.A:. bill to amend the charter of Villa Rica.

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By Mr. Ragsdale-
A bill to amend section 69 of the charter of the town of Douglass.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Mcintire-
. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Thomasville.

By Mr. Field-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Stone Mountain.

By Mr. AshleyA bill to incorporate the town of Hihara.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
h. bill to amend the Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.

By Mr. White-
A bill to amend and consolidate the laws governing the administration of the county affairs of Screven County.

By Mr. ltoberts--
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Colquitt, approved December 17, 1901.

By Mr. PattenA bill to incorporate the Sparks School District

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in Berrien County, Georgia, and to define its boundaries.

By Mr. GardnerA bill to amend the charter of the City of Zebulon.

By Mr. Merritt-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Green County.

By Mr. Brown-
A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition causeways and other approaches to public bridges.

By Mr. Beck-
A bill to fix and make uniform the term of office of County Superintendents of Schools, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to provide for the reviver of corporations created by the judgment of the Superior Court.

By Messrs. Alexander and Field-
A bill to authorize the town of Decatur to condemn land for school purposes.

By Messrs. Kent and MontgomeryA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com-

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missioners of Roads and Revenues, passed in 1911, so as to add another section to said Act of 1911, so as to provide the collecting of the road tax in each Militia District and spend the p1oney on the roads in the said district, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hayes-
A bill to be entitled an Act to require the Ordinary in and for Stephens County to work all public roads established by law .leading through each of the incorporated towns and cities in said County, with the convicts of the chain-gang in said Oou_nty, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Public Buildings and Public Property and F"mance for the Counties of Warren and Taliaferro, approved February 12, 1877, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.

By Messrs. Kirby and Brannon-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Haralson, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 4203 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Tarver-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3114, volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, and for other purposes.

By Mr. White-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Oliver as the City of Oliver, in the Couniy of Screven, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Watts-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Andrew Female College, of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Butts-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts incorporating and chartering the City of Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia, and for other purposes than mentioned, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Cheney-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta, in the County of Cobb, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. White-
A bill to amend an Act approved December 17, 1902, incorporating Dudley, in County of Laurens,. and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Waters and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Maysville, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Patten-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the Nashville School District, in Berrien County, Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jones-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Burke, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Luella, in the County of Henry, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McCurry-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the toWn. of Vanna, in the County of Ware, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to be entitled an Act to create the office of Comissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dodge, provide method of su~h election, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hires-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21, 1911, to provide for a Board of County Commissioners of Colquitt County, and for other purposes.

By Mr. DeFore--
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Rex, in the County of Clayton, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Darsey-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Orchard Hill in Spalding County, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to be entitled an Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of, in and for the County of Dodge, and for other purposes.

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The following House resolutions were read second time:

By Mr. McCarthy-

A resolution to define the boundaries of the lands

gtranted to James DeVeaux, September 8, 1756, and

April16, 1763.

.

By Mr. Farris-
A resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price, of J asper County.

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges as bondsman for Lula Barber.

On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. .

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 13, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at,.9 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Kincaid, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report:
Mr. President:
The Committe~ on Engrossing has examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate bill and resolution, to-wit:
A resolution of regret by the General Assembly at not being able to attend the unveiling of the monu- ment to the memory of Hon. A. S. Clay, unveiled at Marietta, Ga.
A bill to amend Section 2624 of the Code of 1910, creating the office of Attorney to the Railroad Commission.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. KINCAID, Chairman.

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Mr. Hamilton, Chairman of Committee on Immigration and Labor, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Immigration and Labor have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 15, 1910, relative to stationary engineers, in certain counties, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. HAMILTON, Chairman.

Mr. Culbreth, Chairman of the Committee on Public Libraries, submits the following report :

Mr. President :

The Committee on Public Libraries has had under consideration the following House bill, which it in-
structs me to report back to the Senate with the rec-
ommendation that the same do pass:

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 14, 1909, entitled an Act to provide
tor an additional Assistant Librarian, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

T. G. CULBRETH.

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Mr. Bush, Chairman of Committee on Agriculture, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
. The Committee on Agriculture have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, benzines and naphtha, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1795, volume 1, of the Code of 1910, and for other purposes.
Second, the Committee recommends that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge, Ga., and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of fertilizer in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Third, the Committee recommends that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1780, volume 1 of the Code of 1911 in reference to fertilizer inspectors and for other purposes.

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A bill to amend section 23 of the Acts of 1911, in reference to what constitutes game birds and animals, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, GEo. A. BusH, Chairman.

Mr. Mann, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, subtpitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the City Court of Wrightsville.
The Committee has had under consideration the following House bill, which they report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of McRae.
Respectfully submitted, W. S. MANN, Chairman.

Mr. Mayson, Chairman of the W. & A. R. R. Committee, submits the following report:

Mr. President: Your Committee on theW. & A. R. R. has made

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the annual inspection of this property of the State and found about the same conditions existing this year as were detailed in our report for the year 1911, there being but slight changes for better or worse.
We are of the opinion that it is of vital importance to the State that the question of the new lease be settled as soon as possible. We believe that a lease of not longer than thirty years is desirable, and that a provision for double tracking the road; at least from Cartersville to Atlanta, should be inserted. The necessity for drill yards in Chattanooga is imperative and should receive immediate attention.
We are still of the opinion that a trade should be made so as to allow the City of Chattanooga to extend Broad Street through the old yard adjoining the passenger shed. After reserving about one hundred feet abutting and on line with the passenger depot, for delivery warehouses, the rest of this yard property could be leased separately from the railroad property, we believe, with much greater profit to the State. We recommend that the standing committee, provided for in the :S:arris resolution, give the suggestions we have made careful consideration.
J. W. MAYSON, Chairman.

Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President : The Committee on Corporations has had under

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consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Cadwell.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
'The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed .to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Fulton County.
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County.
A bill to fix the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Jackson County.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit:

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A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court
of Madison.
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tatnall County.
Respectfully submitted, J. S. DAVIs, Chairman.

Mr. Dickinson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Canoochee, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Newnan.
Also a bill to amend an Act to create a new charter of the City of Newnan.
A hill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hoschton.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.
A bill to create a new charter for the City of East Point.

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A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah.
A bill to amend an Act td incorporate the City of J e:fferson.
A bill to repeal an Act to inc'Orporate the town of Lake View.
A bill to incorporate the town of Modoc.
A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution.
A bill to incorporate the town of Mt. Zion.
A bill to incorporate the town of Osierfield.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Colquitt.
A bill to amend an Act to in9orporate the town of Butler.
A bill to incorporate the town of Charing.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which they recommend that the same do not pass, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate the Acts incorporating the town of Harlem.
W. T. DICKERSON, Chairman.

Mr. Ennis, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submits the following report:

Mr. President : The Committee on Appropriations have had under

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consideration the following House resolutions, w:hich it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that th~ same do pass, to-wit:
A resolution to pay per diem of four days and expenses of Committee that visited the School for the Deaf.
A resolution to refund to the Georgia Northern Railway Company the sum of $540.
A resolution to provide funds for the building of dormitory of Seventh District Agricultural School.

The Committee has also had under consideration the following bills of the House, which it recommends that the same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to make appr.opriation to the Trustees of the
Fourth District Agricultural School.
A bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars to the
Georgia School for the Deaf.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to the University of Georgia.
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees
of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School, the sum of $6,000.
A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly of
Georgia, August 19, 1911, in regard to manufacture
of hog cholera serum.
A bill providing an appropriation for the eradication of cattle ticks.

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A bill to appropriate money to provide for salary of gaine warden.
The Committee hat;~ also had under consideration the following bills of the House, which it recommends that the same do pass, as amended.
A bill to make additional appropriation for support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $75,000 for the erection of an additional dormitory for the First District Agricultural School.
Respectfully submitted, W. H. ENNis, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
Mr. Presidtmt :
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit:
A bill to authorize any person lending money on the installment plan to aggregate the interest for the whole period.
A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of Georgia relative to running special ice trains on Sunday.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of -the Senate, as amended, to-wit:

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A bill to require railroad companies to put cinder deflectors in the windows of passenger coaches, and for other purposes.
The House bas concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills and the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners for Wilkes County.
A resolution to authorize the County Commissioners of Cobb County to change eertain public roads.
A bill to establish office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
Mr. Roberts, Chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on General Judiciary has had un- der eonsideration the following resolutions of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A resolution to authorize the destruction o unbound and useless volumes of Code of 1895.
A resolution for the relief of M. L. Moore, C. F.

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785

Akridge, J. V. Akridge, and W. H. Bozeman as sureties for G. W. Akridge.
A :resolution for relief of W. R. McRae, J. H. 0. Maloy and Dr. J. G. Williams on release on bond of Henry Cook, colored.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTS, Chairman.

Mr. Felker, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the office of Lieutenant Governor.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. FELKER, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was taken up with the House amendment, and the amendment was concurred in:

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to require railroad companies to put cinder deflectors in the windows of passenger coaches.

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The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. Presidemt:
The House has agreed t~ the report of the Joint Committee of the Legislature of Georgia relative to the Joint resolution of Congress proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. providing that Senators shall be elected by the people of the several States and have adopted the resolutions embodied in the report of the Joint Committee of the Legislature and the Senate is requested to concur in this action.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read second time:

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et al.-
A bill to amend section 1780, volume 1 of the Code of 1910.

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et aL-
A bill to amend section 1795, volume 1 of tht:. Code of 1910.

By Mr. Strickland-
A bill to amend section 23 of the Acts of 1910 in reference to what constitutes games birds.

By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 15, 1910, relative to stationary engineers.

,

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787

By Mr. McElreath-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 14, 1909, entitled an Act providing for additional Assistant Librarian.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend the Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta. This bill was recommitted.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution in DeKalb and Fulton Counties.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of East Point.

By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to incorporate the town of Canoochee, in Emanuel County.

By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to create City Court of Wrightsville in Johnson County.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.

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By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah.

By Mr. Jackson-
A bill to abolish the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of White County.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners for DeKalb County.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hollis-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act approved August 1, 1883, entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Butler in the County of Taylor so as to extend the corporate limits of said town; to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of said town to issue :fi. fas. heretofore issued by said Mayor and Council so as to repeal that part of said section excluding certain land from the operation of said charter, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Anlt, Hinton, Cabaniss, Bush, and Wimberly-
A bill to be entitled an Act to prescribe for the

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inspection of gasolines, benzines, and naphtha, providing for fees, tests, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-



A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of ~oschton, in the County of Jackson, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A bill to be entitled an Act to make the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jackson County twelve hundred dollars.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of J e:fferson, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hollis-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Charing, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Mt. Zion, in Carroll County, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Kirby and BroWn-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Newnan, and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of.Modoc, in Emanuel County, define corporate limits, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Kirby and Brown-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Newnan, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Paulk-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Osierfield, in the County of Irwin, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harrell-
A bill to amend an Act entitled 8.ll Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt, in lieu of the town of Colquitt, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Field-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Lake View, in the County of DeKalb; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for election and appointments of officers for same; to prescribe their powers and duties, and the manner of their election ; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes, and for other purposes, same being found in the Acts of Georgia Laws for 1910, on pages 853-857, inclusive.

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791

By Mr. White-
A bill to amend section 1249 of the Code of 1910.
This bill was recommitted to the Committee on Banks.
The following House resolution was read second time:

By Mr. Cook-
' A resolution for W. A. McRae, J. H. Maloy and
Dr. J. G. Williamson, release on bond of Henry Cook, colored, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Collins of Mitchell, and Taylor of Ware-
A :resolution for the relief of M. L. Moore, C. F. Akridge, J. V. Akridge and W. H. Bozeman, as se-:curities for G. W. Akridge, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A resolution to authorize the destruction of unbound and useless volumes of Code of 1895; ~d for other purposes.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Banks has had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the rec-ommendation that the same do pass.

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A bill to amend Section 1249, Code of 1911, volume 1, with reference to State Depositories.

W. S. MoRRis, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Messrs. Kirby and Brannon-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Haralson, and for other purposes.
. Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Villa Rica, in Carroll County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Mcintire-
A bill to amend the Act to reincorporate the town of Thomasville.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. FieldA bill to establish a new charter for the town of
Stone Mountain.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays. 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. J
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows: Amend by striking out the words northwestwardly in the 4th line from the end of section 4, and substituting in lieu thereof the words northeastwardly.

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By Mr. Ashley-
A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira, in Lowndes County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to incorporate the City of Sycamore, in Turner County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr.' DeF'ore-
A bill to incorporate the City of Rex, in the County of Clayton.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
T'he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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795

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to incorporate the Macedonia School District in Dodge County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Butts-
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate the several Acts incorporating the City of Brunswick-
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dorsey-
A bill to incorporate the town of Orchard Hill in Spalding County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Payton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Shingler, in the County of Worth.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dodge.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rawlins-
A bill to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dodge County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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797

By Mr. Hires-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21, 1911, providing for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rev~nues of Colquitt County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Chaney-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta, in Cobb County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Hayes.....,...
A bill to require the Ordinary of Stephens County to work all public roads established by law leading through incorporated towns.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. AdamsA bill to require the Treasurer of any Board of
Trustees of public schools to give bond. This bill was tabled.

By Messrs. McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend section 2267 of the Code.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to amend section 41 of Act entitled an Act to create City Court of Sparta, County of Hancock, and for other purposes.

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Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Watts-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Andrew
Female College, of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McCurry-
A bill to incorporate the town of Vanna, in Hart County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to incorporate the town of Luella, in the County of Henry, and for other purposes.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upvn the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Roberts-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Colquitt, in Miller County, approved December 17, 1901.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows: By adding at the end of section 1: Provided, this power to increase ad valorem tax to 1 per cent. shall exist for the year 1912, only.

By Mr. Burwell-
A bill to provide for the reviver of corporations created by the judgment of the Superior Court.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

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801

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads, Public Buildings and Public Property and Finance for the Counties of Warren and Taliaferro, and for other purposes, approved _February 12, 1877, so as to make the term of office for said Commissioners for Warren County two years instead of four years, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lawrence, McCarthy and Anderson-
A bill to be entitled an Act to empower tax collectors of this State to employ a Clerk, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. White-
A bill to incorporate the town of Oliver, in the County of Screven, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. White-
A bill to amend an Act approved December 17, 1902, incorporating Dudley in County of Lawrence, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the. ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Waters and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Maysville, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Alexander and Field-
A bill to authorize the town of Decatur to condemn land for school purposes.

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Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jones-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Burke, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Merritts-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Green County, to provide methods of election of such officer, prescribe his duties and powers, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Patten-
A bill to incorporate the Nashville School District in Berrien County, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu. tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Patten-
A bill to incorporate the Sparks School District, in Berrien County, Georgia, to define the boundaries of same, to regulate the management of schools in said District, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for :Ware County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29 ; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. White-
A bill to revise and consolidate the laws governing the administration of the County affairs of Screven County, providing for the election of a Commissioner, the working and repairing of their public roads and bridges, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gardner-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, approved AuguSt 11, 1909, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Kent-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, passed in 1911,

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so as to add another section to said Act of 1911, so as to provide for collecting the road tax in each m.ili. tia district and spend the money on the roads in the said district, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the following House bills were read second time:

By Messrs. Paulk, Bryan, et aL-
A bill to provide an appropriation for the eradication of the cattle tick.

By Messrs. Hixon and Spence-
A bill to amend an Act appropriating to the Trustees of the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School the sum of $6,000.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf.

By Messrs. Chaney, Tippins, et aL-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to the University of Georgia Trustees to erect a new industrial building at the North Georgia College.

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By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to repeal the Act creating the town of Cadwell in Laurens County.

By Mr. Wimberly-
A bill to appropriate money to pay salary of Game Warden.

By Mr. Nesbit-
A bill to appropriate to the Third District Agricultural College the sum of $6,000.

By Messrs. Williams and Anderson-
A bill to appropriate $7,500 to build new dormitory at the First District Agricultural College.

By Mr. DuBose-
A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly in regard to the manufacture of hog cholera serum.

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to make additional appropriation for the support of the Soldiers' Home. This bill was recommitted.
The following House resolution was read second time:

By Mr. JohnsonA resolution to provide for the building of a dor-

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mitory for the Seventh District Agricultural College.

By Mr. Foster-
A resolution for the payment of per diem of four days and expenses of the Committee to visit the School for the Deaf.

By Mr. Hiers-
A resolution to refund to the Georgia Northern Railway Co. the sum of $540.00.

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend the Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Committee moves to amend by striking from House bill No. 859 all of seetion 14 and numbering the remaining sections accordingly.
The Committee moves to amend House bill No. 859 by inserting at the end of section 6 thereof, the following:
"Provided, that the terms of this section shall not

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become operative unless a majority of the qualified voters residing in said territory shall vote in favor of said annexation. An election shall be held on Monday, September 2, 1912, at the store-house, known as Lunsford's, at corner of Dill and Seminole Streets or Avenues, the polls opening at seven (7) o'clock a. m; and closing at six (6) o'clock p. m. on said day. Three managers and three clerks shall be appointed to hold said election by the Ordinary of Fulton County, at least two days prior to said date. Said managers shall take and subscribe on oath to fairly conduct said election before entering upon their duties. If any manager or clerk fail to appear, at time and place named, the remaining manager or managers shall fill the vacancies from any of the residents of said territory. Those favoring said annexation shall have written or printed on their tickets the words ''For Annexation.'' Those opposed thereto, shall have written or printed on their tickets the words ''Against Annexation.'' The managers and clerks shall canvas the result of said ballots and certify the result thereof to the Ordinary 'of said County by twelve (12) o'clock m. of the day following. Said Ordinary shall cause the result, so certified, to be entered on the minutes of his Court. If a majority vote in favor of annexation, then the provisions of this section shall become operative and take effect, upon the filing of the certificate of the result, as above required. If a majority vote against annexation, then the provisions of this section shall become null and void upon the filing of said certificate. The qualified voters above referred to shall

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be such residents of said territory as have been duly reii.stered by the registrar of Fulton County for the year 1912 and are entitled to vote for State officers in the election to be had therefor this year.
Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on En- ' rollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Presidun,t :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives the following Acts and Resolutions, towit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Canton.
An Act to amend an Act approved August 15, 1904, amending an Act to establish, organize and maintain the State Normal School of the University.
A resolution requesting the Governor to bring suit for the recovery of Tallulah Falls. .
A resolution to ratify settlement of "litigation ordered by Hon. Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, on the 30th of October, 1882.
Respectfully submitted, C. B. MARsHALL, Chairman.

Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Presidmt:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly signed by Jhe President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and delivered to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend section 1 of the Act passed and approved July 11, 1910, to put in force the Constitutional amendment of paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution so as to strike therefrom certain words.
An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome.
Respectfully submitted,
C. B. MARSHALL, Chairman.

The following House resolutions were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Lawrence-
A resolution to provide for the retinting of the walls and floor of the State Library.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauehamp, J. C. Blaloek, H. C.

Blaloek, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H.

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Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.
Kincaid, J. B.

King, w. w.
Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.
Morris, W. S.
Oliver, T. W.

Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Harris, W. J. Mann, W. S.

Ayes, 30; nays, 0.

Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to appropriate the sum of $200.00 to purchase a portrait of the late General C. A. Evans.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J.
Hill, T. F.
Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.

Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter

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Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A.

Davis, J. S. Graham, L. C. Hamilton, W. W. Marshall, C. B.

A-yes, 32 ; nays, 0.

Moore, 0. A. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Amend by striking out $200.00 and inserting $500.00.

By Mr. Payton-
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges as bondsman for Lula Barber.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu. tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dorsey-
A resolution to purchase a painting of Jno. McIntosh Kell to adorn the walls of the Capitol.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ord~red, and the vote is as follows :

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalook, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Oopelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. :;\foore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Williams, Isaiah

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Oromartie, J. A. Graham, L. C.

Hamilton, W. W. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 32 ; nays, 0.

Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:

Amend by striking the figures $200.00 and inserting $500.00.

By Mr. Baker-
A resolution to appropriate $250.00 to purchase a book file case for the office of Commissioner of Pensions.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.
Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N.
Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A.

Davis, J. S. Felker, J. H. Mann, W. S.

Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 33; nays, 0.
The resolution was passed.
By unanimous consent House bill No. 66 was made special order for tomorrow morning immediately after the reading of the Journal.
By unanimous consent the following House bill was read second time and recommitted to the Agricultural Committee.

By Messrs. White and Tippins-
A bill to provide for a public weigher and grader in each cotton raising County of this State.

By Mr. AultA bill to amend section 1800 of the Code.

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At 12 o'clock the Senate went into executive sesSion.
On motion the Senate adjourned until 3 o'dock this afternoon.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
The Rules Committee submitted the order of business for the afternoon session.
Mr. Beauchamp moved to add Senate resolution No. 69 to the order, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H.

Hamilton, W. W. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

AdMn.s, G. W.

Edwards, C. H.

Kincaid, J. B.

Blalock, H. C.

Ennis, W. H.

Mann, W. S.

Brown, J. P.

Graham, L. C.

Morris, W. S.

Crawford, W. D. Grovenstein, A. N. Roberts, W. T.

CQpelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F.

Shingler, J. S. ,,
Worley, S. T.

Dickerson, W. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Douglass, J. B.

King, W. W. Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 19; nays, 19.

Shaw, Emmett

The motion prevailed.

On the report of the Rules Committee setting House bill No. 128 for a second reading the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S.

Ennis, W. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Kincaid, J. B. Mayson, J. W.

Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Adatms, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I.
Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

King, W. W.

Owens, C. T.

Ayes, 17 ; nays, 23.

Shaw, Emmett

The report was disagreed to.

On adopting the report of the Rules Committee setting House bill No. 767 special order for this

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afternoon, the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.

Davis, J. S.
Duggan, C. I.
Hamilron, W. w.
Harris, W. J. Kight, W. N.

King, w. w.
Mayson, J. W.
Roberts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E.
Williams, Isaiah

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Adams, G. W; Crawford, W. D.
Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Diekerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalook, H. C.

Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 15 ; nays, 25.

Worley, S. T.

The report was disagreed to.

Mr. Bush, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee on :Agriculture have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to provide for the appointm~nt of a public weigher and grader in each cotton growing County.
The Committee has also had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it recommends that the same do pass, as amended.
A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1911 so as to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint ten inspectors of oil.
Respectfully submitted, I. A. BusH, Chairman.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. Presidoot:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 1434, Code of Georgia, relative to Governor calling out militia.
A bill to amend Section 414, Code of Georgia, relative to running certain trains on Sunday.
A bill to further promote the efficiency of the militia.
A bill to promote the efficiency of the Military Department.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, as amended, to-wit:

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A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe.

The House has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution relative to the unveiling of the monument of Hon. A. S. Clay.

The House has failed to pass by the requisite Constitutional majority the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution to investigate State Board of Health.

The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills and resolutions of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend Act to establish new charter for City of Atlanta.
A. bill to amend Act to incorporate town of Colquitt.
A resolution to appropriate funds for picture of General Clement A. Evans.
A resolution to purchase painting of John Mcintosh Kell.

The House has concurred in Senate substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to provide for reviver of corporations creAlted by judgment of Superior Court.

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The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. Presidf:mt :
The House has concurred in Senate amendments
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13 to House bill No.
752, known as the general insurance bill, and disagrees to Senate amendments Nos. 6, 9, 11, 14 and 15 to said bill.
The following bill of the House, which was passed July 22d, was returned to the Senate by the House for correcting an amendment, as follows:

By Mr. Collins-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Mitchell County. The first amendment was withdrawn from the bill.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
By Mr. Burk-
.Amend by striking out all of section 1 after the word "follows" in the 9th line, and amend section 4 by adding after the word ''that'' in the second line and before the word "no," the words "that from

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and after January 1, 1913.'' Amend section 4 by striking out the words ''Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid." Amend by making section 4 section 1.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry, to-wit:

Mr. President:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the Senate a sealed communication, to which he respectfully invites the consideration of your honorable body in executive session.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. President:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit:
An Act to amend section 1 of the Act passed and approved July 11, 1910, to put in force the Constitutional amendment of paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution, so as to strike therefrom the words _in the 7th and 8th lines in parenthesis. "(not now drawing a pension from the State of Georgia)", and shall strike the word fifteen in the 11th section of same Act and insert the word ''first,'' and for other purposes.

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An Act to amend an Act approved August 15, 1904, amending an Act to establish, organize and maintain a State Normal School of the University, to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes.
The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Stubbs-
A bill to enable females to hold the office of Commercial Notary Public.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the .ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
Amend by adding at the end of section 1 the following: ''Provided, that any female Commercial Notary Public shall be subject to process of subpoena.''

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to regulate the pay of land processioners and County Surveyor.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 1.
The bill having received the requisite Gonstitu-

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tional majority was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows:
Amended by substituting Code of 1910 instead of Code of 1911 where it appears in the bill.

By Mr. Harris-
A bill to amend section 6004 of vol. 1 of the Code. Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 2.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority,. was passed.

By Messrs. Jones and Holtzclaw-
A bill to amend article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution of Georgia embraced in sec.tion 5780 of the Code.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes ana nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Diekerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Mann, W. S.

Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.
Culbreth, T. G.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalook, A. 0. Brown, J. P. Graham, L. C.

Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.

Ayes, 30; nays, 1.

Moore, 0. A. Shaw, Emmett Sheppard, J. E. Worley, S. T.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed, and the bill is as follows:

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3, Section 7,
Paragraph 18 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, embraced in Section 5780 of the Civil Code of this State, authorizing and empowering Judges of Superior Courts of this State to grant charter to private companies in vacation, and for other purposes.
:SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That Paragraph 18, Section 7, Article 3 of the Constitution of this State, embraced in Section 5780 of the Civil Code of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word ''Courts'' in the sixth line thereof the fol-
lowing words: ''It may confer this authority to
grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to the Judges of the Superior Courts of

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this State in vacation,'' so that said section and paragraph as aforesaid, when amended, shall read as follows: ''The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies, to make or change election precincts, nor to establish bridges or ferries, nor to change names of legitimate children, but it shall prescribe by law the manner in which such powers shall be exercised by the courts. It may confer this authority to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to the Judge of the Superior Courts of this State in vacation. All corporate. .powers and privileges to banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express and telegraph companies shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, and if in any event the Secretary of State should be disqualified to act in any case, then in that event the Legislature shall provide by general laws by what person such charters shall be granted.

SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly and the same has been entered on their Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election.

SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the above

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proposed amendment shall be submitted for rati:fica. tion or rejection to the electors of this State at the
next general election to be held after publication, as provided in the second section of this Act, in the several election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who ii entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their bailots the words "For amendment of Constitution authorizing Judges of the Superior Court to grant charters . in vacation,'' and all persons opposed to adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''Against amendment of Constitution authorizing Judges of the Superior Courts to grant charters in vacation.''

SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Governor . be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act to a vote of the people, as :tequired bythe Constitution of this State, in Paragraph 1, Section 1, of Article 13, and if ratified the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner as in cases of election for mem~ bers of the General Assembly, to grant and ascertain the results in his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.

SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and

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parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

By Mr. Ault-
A bill to amend section 442 of volume 2 of the Code of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Brinson-
A resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch as security on two criminal recognizances of J. A. 'Towns.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 34; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The hour of 5 o'clock having arrived, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

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SENATE CHAMBER,
Atlanta, Ga., August 14, 1912.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reruling of the Journal was dispensed with.
The following .message was received from th~ House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:
M,.. President : The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to require certain officials receiving fees to keep a daily account.
A bill to amend charter of the town of Tallulah Falls.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit:
A bill to put in force in certain counties the alternative road law.

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The House has. concurred in the Senate amend. ment to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend charter of the City of Savannah relative to extending city limits.

By unanimous consent the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Adams-
A bill to require the Treasurer of any Board of Trustees of the public school to give bond, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended,. and the amendment is as follows : Amend by adding the following to Section 5 : Provided, further, that the provisions of this bill shall not apply to any Secre tary or Treasurer who receives no compensation.
The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Felker-
A resolution accepting the oil painting of Tallulah Falls, which was presented by Mrs. Helen Long. street.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted:

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831

By Mr. Copelan of 19th District-
Whereas, the Rev. J. W. G. Watkins has been Chaplain of the Senate of Georgia, continuously, for a period of nineteen years, during which long term of service he has, by his earnest piety and Christian deportment, endeared himself to the members of the Georgia Senate, who have been intimately associated with him for this long period, therefore be it
REsOLVED, That the Senate of Georgia heartily commends its present Chaplain for his high Christian character, and his deep and earnest piety, and expresses the hope that he may continuously hold the office of Chaplain of the Senate as long as he may desire.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was taken up with House amendment and the amendment was concurred in.

By Mr. Blalock-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Tallu. lah Falls.
The following House resolutions were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Messrs. Collins and Taylor-
A resolution for the relief of L. M. Moore, C. F. Akridge, J. V. Akridge and W. H. Bozeman as sureties for G. W. Akridge, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Farris-
A resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price, of Jasper County, Georgia, for principal amount of two bonds of recognizance of the City Court of Monticello, Ga.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 33; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Con. stitutional majority, was passed.
The following message was received from 'the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate:
A bill to regulate the use of mileage books and mileage tickets in this State.
A bill to amend section 1656, Code of Georgia, relative to State Board of Health.
The House bas passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, as amended, to-wit:

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A bill to provide for the issuing of bonds to build school houses in certain school districts.
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of fertilizers containing certain fillers.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has adopted the following resolutions of the House- to-wit:
A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly.
A resolution to appoint Joint Committee to select painter for portrait of General Clement A. Evans.
Mr. Dickerson, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submits the following report:

Mr. President :
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which it instru~ts me to report back to the Senate with th~ recommendation that the same do not pass:
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Ailanta.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DICKERsoN, Chairman.

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Mr. Ennis, Chairman Committee on Appropriations, submits the following report:

Mr. President:
The Committee has had under consideration a bill to be entitled an Act to make additional appropriation for support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and to provide for the furnishing and heating of the building and hospital annex belonging thereto for the years 1912 and 1913, and for other purposes.
The Committee recommends same do pass, as amended.
W. H. ENNis, Chairman.

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. President:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Canton.
An Act to amend, consolidate and supercede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome, in Floyd County, and State of Georgia, to create a :p.ew charter and municipal government for said city; to extend and define the corporate limits thereof, and to declare the rights and powers of .said cor-

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835

poration, and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1909, and for other purposes.
A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered by Hon. Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia, on October 30, 1882.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was taken up with House amendment, and
the amendment was concurred in.

By Mr. Beauchamp--
A bill to provide for the issuing of bonds for the purpose of building school houses in school districts.
It was moved that the session of the Senate be extended until 1 :30 o'clock, if it be necessary, to dispose of business before the executive session, and that the Senate go into executive session at 12:30 o'clock.
By unanimous consent the following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Hires-
A resolution to refund to the Georgia Northern Railroad Company the sum of $540.00.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, .A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Hamilton, W. W. King, W. W. :Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Ayes, 30; nays, 0.

:Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett Williams, Isaiah

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolution of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. McCarthy-
A resolution to define the boundaries of the land granted to James DeVeaux September 8, 1756, and April 16, 1763.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
.The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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837

By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of Committee that visited the School for the Deaf.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp; J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. C<>pelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

EdW'ards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A.
Culbreth, T. G.
Dickerson, W. T.

Ennis, W. H. Kight, W. N.
King, W. W.

Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 35; nays, 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority the following bill of the Senate, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 2798, Code of Georgia, relative to a certain class of venue suits.
The following bill of the .Senate was taken up with House amendments, and the amendments were concurred in:

By Mr. Sheppard-
A bill to require State House and other officers to keep an account of fees received by them.
By unanimous consent the following Rouse billa were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Beck-
A bill to fix and make uniform the term of office of County Superintendent of Schools, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Waller and Youmans-
A bill to incorporate the town of Canoochee, in Emanuel County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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839

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 33; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Harrell- .
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the town of Colquitt.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ragsdale-
A bill to amend section 69 of the charter of the town of Dallas.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

840

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Field-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lake View in DeKalb County, and all Ads amendatory thereof.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was I?assed.

By Messrs. Kirby and Brannon-
A bill to amend an Act to ereate a new charter for the City of Newnan.
.. Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By MeS"srs. Brown, MeElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of East Point.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

WEDNESDAY, AuausT 14, 1912.

841

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stephens-
A bill to create the City Court of Wrightsville, in Johnson County.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Christopher-
A bill to amend section 1485 of volume 2 of the Code of 1910, so as to increase the pension of certain Confederate veterans.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adaans, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalook, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.
Edwar!ls, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Mann, W. S.

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Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Owens, C. T.

Roberts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E.

Spence, R. E. L. Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Ennis, W. H. Kight, W. N.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 31; nays, 0.

Shaw, Emmett Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Johnson-
A resolution to provide funds for the building of dormitory of ,Seventh District Agricultural and Industrial School.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative ~re Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. . Bush, I. A.
Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Dn~an, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S . Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A,

Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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843

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Oromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Dickerson, W. T. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H.

Ayes, 34; nays, 0.

Graham, L. C. Kight, W. N. Shaw, Emmett

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McElreath-
A bill to amend the Act approved August 14, 1909, entitled an Ad providing for additional Assi~tant State Librarian.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Christopher-
A bill to change time of electing Justice of the Peace of this State.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Mr. Sheppard moved to table the bill, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, an_d the vote. is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G.

Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Felker, J. H.

Hamilton, W. W~ Hullender, W. C. Mann, W. S.

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Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Shingler, J. S.

Sheppard, J. E.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Kight, W. N.
Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Cromartie, J. A. Ennis, W. H.

Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D.

Ayes, 13 ; nays, 23.

Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The motion was lost.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Cromartie, J. A. Diekerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Beauchamp, J. C. Crawford, W. D. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S.

Felker, J. H.
Hamilton, W. W. Mann, W. S.

Marshall, C. B. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E.

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845

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0. Copelan, E. A. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C.

Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W.

Ayes, 21; nays, 10.

Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The bill not having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. .Strickland-
A bill to amend section 23 of the Acts of 1911 in reference to what constitutes game birds and animals, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23 ; nays, 3.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Nesbit-
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, amounting to $6,000.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were MessrS'.-

Aaron, 0. B.

Adams, G. W.

Beauchamp, J. C.

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Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H.

Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

~!oore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Williams, Isaiah Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Ennis, W. H. Kight, W. N. Mann, W. S.

Ayes, 34; nays, 0.

Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to incorporate the town of Mt. Zion, in Carroll County, and for other purposes:
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to repeal an Ad to incorporate the town of Cadwell, in the County of Lawrence, approved Aug-

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

847

ust 22, 1907, and all Acts amendatory thereof; and for other purposes. _
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
~
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Spence and Hixon-
A bill to incorporate the town of Mt. Zion in Carroll County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution, in the Counties of DeKalb and Fulton.
Upon the passage of the "bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Waller and YoumansA bill to incorporate the town of Modoc, in Eman-

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uel County, define corporate limits, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Knight and Brown-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Newnan, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Anderson, Lawrence and McCarthy-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah to establish a commission form of government, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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849

By Mr. Taylor-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hollis-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act approved August 1, 1883, entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Butler, in the County of Taylor, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Almond and Brown-
A bill to prohibit the owners, managers and superintendents of cemeteries in this State from interfering with the burial of the dead by prescribing arbitrary regulations with reference to caskets or the receptacle used to enclose such caskets.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to make additional appropriation for support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers' Home, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. AdMIIS, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawfard, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

:Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C. Oromartie, J. A. Graham, L. C.

Harris, W. J. Kight, W. N.
King, W. W.

Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 35 ; nays, 0.

The bill having rec.eived the requisite Constitu-

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tional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
By Mr. Bush-
Strike $12,500 and insert in lieu thereof $5,000 in clause relating to Georgia Normal and Industrial College, at Milledgeville.
Committee amends paragraph 8 by striking in line four the amount $837.50 and inserting in lieu the amount $1,062.50, and by striking in line six the amount $900.00 and insert in lieu thereof $1,200.00.
Amend paragraph 20. By adding at end of said paragraph: ''For repaying of over-paid taxes by W. F. Hall, of Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, the sum of twenty dollars.
For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the .State Normal at Athens the sum of five thousand dollars for each of the years 1912 and 1913, said sum to be in addition to the sum appropriated in the General Appropriation Act of 1911. This amendment to be known as paragraph 13, following paragraphs to be numbet-ed accordingly.
Committee amends by striking all of paragraph 14, providing weights and measures.
Add to paragraph 17 the following: That the sum of seventy-five dollars is hereby appropriated to Jno. T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and th.e sum of fifty dollars is hereby appropriated to C. S. Northen, Secretary of the Senate, to pay said Clerk and Secretary respectively for preparing and mailing to the members of the House

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and of the Senate a printed statement of the status of the business of the ses'sion of 191i unfinished at the adjournment of said session.
And amend said paragraph 17 by inserting after the figures "1912" before the words "said sums" ''to the High Rock Water Company the sum of $33.30 for water furnished the Senate for the session 1912; and to the Benscot Lithia Springs Company the sum of $62.50 for water furnished the Senate for the session of 1911. ''
Amend paragraph 22. Be amended by adding at the end of said paragraph the following: That Section 3 of said General Appropriation Act of 1911 be amended by striking therefrom the words ''during 1911and by the President of the Senate thereafter" in lines 53 and 54 of said section; so it will read: ''For compensation of five (5) Pages of the Senate to be appointed by the Messenger of the Senate, etc."

By Messrs. Hixon and Spence-
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School the sum of $6,000.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W.

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0.

Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.

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Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J.

Hill, T. F.
Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Marshall, C. B.
Mayson, ;r. W.
Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T.

Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, H. C.
Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G.
Dickerson, W. T.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Kight, W. N.

Ayes, 31 ; nays, 0.

Mann, W. S. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Messrs. Williams and Anderson-

A bill to appropriate the sum of $7,500 for erecting additional dormitory and mess hall at the First District Agricultural College.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were_.:Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Ada.ms, Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.
Felker, J. H.
Grovenstein, A. N.
Hamilton, W. W.
Harris, W. J.

Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W.

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Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T.

Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

Whitehead, walter
Williams, Isaiah
Worley, S. T.

~ose not voting were Messrs.-

Oromai'Itie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Kight, W. N.

King, W. W. Moore, 0. A. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 33; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows : Amend the caption of the bill so as to make the caption correspond with the body. of the bill, by striking out the words five thousand dollars in the second line of said caption and illserting in lieu thereof $7,500.

By Mr. Foster-
A bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars for the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nay~ were ordered, and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D.

Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W.

Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C~ Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

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Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T.

Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L.

Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, A. 0.
Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Kight, W. N.

Ayes, 31; nays, 0.

King, W. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Wimberly-
A bill to appropriate money to provide salary of Game Commissioner.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Copelan, E. A. Douglass, J. B. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A.

Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Crawford, W. D. Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S.

Dickerson, W. T. Ennis, W. H. Hamilton, W. W. Kight, W. N.

King, W. W. Morris, W. S. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 33; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. DuBose-
A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 19, 1911, in regard to manufacture of hog cholera serum, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Douglass, J. B.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Kight, W. N.

Ayes, 35; nays, 0.

Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Paulk, Tarver, et al.-
A bill to provide an appropriation for the eradication of the cattle tick in the State of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follcrws:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.
Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C.
Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Duggan, C. I. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B.
King, w. w.
Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Sheppard, J. E. Shingler, J. S. Whitehead, Walter. Williams, Isaiah. Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brow~ J.P.
Cromartie, J. A.
Douglass, J. B. Edwards, C. H.

~' W. IL
Hill, T. F.
Kight, W. N.
Mann, W. S.

Morris, W. S. Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett. Spence, R. E. L.

Ayes, 31; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Chaney, Tippins, et aL-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to the University of Georgia for the purpose of building and equipping a new industrial building on the campus of the North Georgia College at Dahlonega.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Ad3IIIIS, G. W.
Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Davis, J. S. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B. Mayson, J. W.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S.. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.
Aaron, 0. B.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Cromartie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

Ennis, W. H. Hamilton, W. W. Kight, W. N. King, W. W.

Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah

Ayes, 31 ; nays, 1.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
At 12:30 o'clock the Senate went into executive session.
At 1 :30 o'clock the Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Senate met pursuant to a1ljournment at 3 o'clock; was called to order by the President.
On motion the roll call was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

A bill to repeal section 1435, Code of Georgia, relative to calling out of the militia by the Sheriff or certain other officials.
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of Superior Courts of Murray and Gordon Counties.
A bill to give citizens of certain counties the right to kill squirrels when destroying crops.
A bill to amend Act to create a Board of County . Commissioners for Wilkinson County.
A bill to prohibit tax assessors in certain cities from assessing their own property.

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A bill to amend' Act creating charter for City of LaFayette.
A bill to incorporate the Whigham School District.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of Senate, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to protect persons obtaining contractural liens on property or purchasing property from de. visees, legatees, etc.
A bill to require all promissory notes taken for purchase of mining stock, to have expressed on face of notes the consideration or kind of stock for which same was given.
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
The House has failed to pass by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to fix fees of Ordinaries for pension work.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Se:nate, as amended, to-wit:
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees.

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861

The following joint resolutions were read and adopted:

By Mr. Foster-
A resolution to appoint a Joint Committee to select painter for portrait of General Evans.
Committee on part of Senate are Senators Williams and Whitaker.

By Mr. Hardeman-
A resolution relative to unfinished business of the Legislature.
The following message was received from the Hovse through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

111r. President:
The House has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution to authorize Clerk of House to enroll resolutions embodied in report of Joint Committee on Congressional resolution relative to election of United States Senators by the people.
The House has concurred in the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution thanking Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet for oil painting of Tallulah Falls.
'The following specialorder was taken up, which is a bill of the House with Senate amendments which the House refuses to concur in.

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By Messrs. Gower et aL-
A bill to create the Department of Insurance for the State of Georgia.
The Senate insists on its amendments Nos. 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, and asks Committee of Conference.
Committee on part of Senate are Senators Bush, Morris and Prather.
The following Senate bill was taken up with House amendment, and the House amendment was concurred in. Ayes, 28; nays, 0.

By Mr. Felker-
A bill to so amend Civil Code section 2798, which fixes the venue of suits against railroads and electric compames.
The following Senate bill was taken up with House amendment, and the amendment was concurred in:

By Mr. Mayson-
A bill to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contradural liens thereon, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The Speaker has appointed as Conference Com. mittee on part of the House, on the Insurance De-

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partment bill, the following members of the House: Messrs. Gower, Burwell, and DuBose.
The Speaker has appointed as Committee on part of the House under House resolution to select painter for portrait of General Clement A. Evans the following members of the House: Messrs. Foster of Floyd, Slade, Blackshear.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read third time and put upon their passage:

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et aL-
A bill to amend section 1780, volume 1 of the Code of 1911 with reference to fertilizer inspectors.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed, as amended, and the amendment is as follows: .Amend by striking out figures '' 1911 '' and inserting '' 1910, '' which refers to the Code.

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et aL-
A bill to amend Section 1795 of the Code prescribing the duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.

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Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:
.1. Amend said bill by striking out Section 1 and substituting therefor the following, to-wit:
''SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Q-eneral Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1795 of volume 1 o~ the Code of 1910 prescribing the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture as to the collection and dis; position of money received from the inspection of fertilizers, be and is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words ''after paying out Qf said sum," appearing in the fourth line of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words: ''from day to day as received, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall draw warrants on the Treasurer against said funds from time to time for," and also by adding at the end of said section the following words:
''The Treasurer shall honor all warrants drawn by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the salaries and expenses above mentioned, and all warrants drawn by the Governor for the payment of monies due the several District Agricultural and Industrial Schools as provided by law, and charge the same against the funds derived from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags.



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A sufficient sum, not to exceed the total amount received from the inspection of fertilizers and the sale of tags, is hereby appropriated annually for ' the purpose of paying the salaries and expenses herein mentioned and the amounts due the several District Agricultural Schools as provided by law, so that said section as amended shall read as follows:

Sec. 1795. Commissioners duty as to collections. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to keep 3: correct account of the money received from the inspection of fertilizers and to pay same into the Treasury from day to day as received, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall draw warrants on the Treasury against said funds from time to time for the expenses and salaries of Inspectors and for tags and bottles used in making such inspection, and materials used in recording same, and for postage in sending out bulletins pertaining to fertilizers. Provided, this expense of said materials for making inspections and records of said inspections, and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars per annum. The Treasurer shall honor all warrants drawn by the Commissioner of Agriculture for salaries and expenses above mentioned, and all warrants drawn by the Governor for the payment of monies due to the several District Agricultural- and Industrial Schools as provided by law,_ and charge the same against the funds derived from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags.

A sufficient sum not to exceed the total amount re-

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ceived from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags is hereby appropriated annually for the purpo.:.c of paying of the salaries and expenses herein mentioned, and the amounts due the Slveral District Agricultural Schools as provided by law.
Amend the caption of said bill as follows :
a. By striking out the figures '' 1911'' in the sec,.. ond line and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1910."
b. By inserting after the words tt herein mentioned'' in line 24 of caption, the following words : ''And all warrants drawn by the Governor for the payment of moneys due the several District Agricultural and Industrial Schools as provided by law."
c. By striking out the words ''the balance of said funds to be paid out and dishursed, as now provided by law."

By Messrs. Ault, Bush, et aL-
A bill to provide for the inspection of gasoline, benzine, and naphtha in this State, and for other purposes.
Report of Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows:

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Amend section 6 .by striking therefrom the word ''not.''
Amend section 8 by striking therefrom the words ''and in his judgment'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''as in his judgment.''
Amend section 4 by adding at the end of said section the following words: ''The fees herein pre~ scribed shall be paid by the owners of the gasoline, benzine, and naphtha, at the time inspections are made.''
Amend section 8 by adding at the end thereof the following words : ''Nothing in this Act shall prevent dealers from delivering gasoline by pumping or pouring same into automobiles."

By Mr. Ault-
A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1911 so as to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint ten oil inspectors.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passd by substitute.
The following Senate bill was taken up with House amendment, and the amendment was concurred in.

By Mr. BlalockA bill to prohibit the sale or manufacture of fer-

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tilizer containing pyrites, cinders, coal cinders, or injurious fillers.
On the adoption of the amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. .Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T.

Douglass, J. B.
Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C.

Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Mayson, J. W. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bush, I. A. Oromartie, J. A. Ennis, W. H. Kight, W. N.

King, W. W. Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S.

Ayes, 31; nays, 0.

Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah

The amendment was adopted.

The following Senate bills were taken up with House amendments, and the amendments were concurred in:

By Mr. Whitehead-
A bill to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and their employees.

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By Mr..Felker-
A bill to require all promissory notes for the purchase of mining stock to have expressed in the face of such notes the consideration or kind of stock for which same was given.
On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The following bills of the House were read third time and put upon their passage :

By Messrs. Lord alld Holder-
A bill to make the salary of the Chairman of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jackson County $1,200 per annum.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Sheppard-
Resolved, that when the Senate adjourns this even~ ing that it will reconvene tonight at 8:30 o'clock.
The following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Messrs. -White and Tippins-
A bill to provide for the appointment of a public weigher and grader in each cotton growing county in this State.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hollis-
A bill to incorporate the town of Charing, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 98; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Lord and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Jefferson, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was a.oo-reed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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871

By Messrs. Brown, McElreath and Westmoreland-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. President:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like Cominittee from the House on the disagreements between the two Houses on House bill 752 beg leave to report as follows:
First. For Senate amendment No. 6 to section 20 of the bill, we submit the following substitute, to-wit: "Amend section twenty by adding between the word "persons" and the word "any" in the seventh line of section 20 of the printed bill, the following: "Provided, however, that until the first day of January, 1915, the provision of this section shall not apply to any life insurance company now in process of forma~ tion under commission from the Secretary of State, which will do a non-participating business only." Adopted.
Second. The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 9 to section 23 of the bill. Adopted.

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Third. The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 11 to section 19 of the bill. Adopted.

Fourth. The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 14 to section 17 of the bill. Adopted.

Fifth. The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 15 to section 38 of the bill. Disagreed to.

. Respectfully submitted, AARoN A. BusH, W. S. MoRRis, J.D. PRATHER,
Conference Committee from the Senate.

The above report was adopted with the exception of the fifth amendment, and the following Senators were appointed as a Conference Committee on this amendment: Messrs. Copelan, Mann and Davis.

By unanimous consent the following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Newson-
A bill to amend section 8 of Act approved July 11, 1910, to put in force the Constitutional amendment ratified at November election in 1908 with reference to Confederate veterans.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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On motion the Senate adjourned until tonight at 8:30 o'clock.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 8 :30 o'clock; was called to order by the President.

By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed

with.



The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Sheppard-
A resolution requesting the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House bill No. 752 known as the Insurance bill, for the purpose of disagreeing to Conference Committee's report on amendment to section 19.
Mr. Hamilton offered a resolution setting House bill No. 40 as special order for 3:30 o'clock, and the Committee reported adversely on the resolution.
Mr. Hamilton moved to disagree to the report of the Committee, and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P.

Grovenstein, A. N. King, W. W.
Hamilton, W. W. Whitehead, Walter Harris, W. J.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.

Adams, G. W. Blalock, H. C. Bush, I. A.

Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Culbreth, T. G.

Davis, J. 8. Dickerson, W. T. Douglass, J. B.

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Felker, J. H. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Mayson, J. W. Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D.

Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Cromartie, J. A. Duggan, C. I.

Edwards, C. H. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C.

Kight, W. N. Shaw, Emmett

Ayes, 8; nays, 27.

The motion was lost.

The following House resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Thurman-
A resolution providing for payment of a pension to Mrs. Lydia Carroll, of the County of Walker.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, G. W. Beauchamp, J. C. Blalock, H. C. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A.
Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Doug-lass, J. B. Edwards, C. H.

Felker, J. H. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kincaid, J. B. King, W. W. Mann, W. S. Marshall, C. B.

Moore, 0. A. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Prather, J. D. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

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875

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B. Blalock, A. 0. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cromartie, J. A.

Duggan, C. I. Ennis, W. H. Graham, L. C. Kight, W. N.

Ayes, 30; nays, 0.

:Mayson, J. W. Roberts, W. T. Shaw, Emmett Spence, R. E. L.

The resolution having rece_ived the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendment is as follows: By adding the words "the House and .Senate concurring," also by adding after the figures '' 1912 '' the words, ''and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the payment of the same.''

The following message was received 'from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments -Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and has disagreed to the Senate amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 8 of House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill.
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to enable females to hold office of Notary Public.
A bill to make appropriation to First District Agricultural and Industrial School.
The following House bill was read third time and put upon its passage:

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By Mr. McCarthy-

.

A bill to amend an Act approved August 15, 1910,

relative to stationary engineers.

Report of the Committee was agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28 ; nays, 0.

'The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Biers-
A bill to make certain modification as to jurisdiction, terms, powers, practice, procedure, etc., for the City Court of Moultrie.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Cook-
A resolution for the relief of W. A. McRae, J. H. O'Maley and Dr. J. G. Williamson, release on bond of Henry Cook.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes wer,e 24; nays, 0.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

877

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bill was taken up with House amendment, and the Senate insisted on its amendment:

By Mr. Spence-
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military ~eservation of Fort Oglethorpe.

By Mr. Lawrence-
A bill to amend seetion 4203 of the Code of Georgia.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By. Messrs. Brown and McElreath-
A bill to define the tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 24; nays, 0.
The bill having received the. requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

878

JouRNAL OF THE SENATE,

The following message was received from the .House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on House bill No. 752-the Insurance Department bill-except that it recedes from its disagreement to Senate amendment No. 15 and concurs in the said Senate amendment No. 15 to section 38.
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House:
A bill to require Treasurers o~ Board of School Trustees to give bond.
A bill to ptovide for inspection of gasoline, etc.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The. House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 1780, volume 1 of the Code of 1911, in reference to Fertilizer Inspectors.
A bill to amend section 1795, volume 1 of the Code of 1911, with reference to the collection and disposition of fertilizer inspection fees.
A bill to regulate the pay of Land Processioners and County Surveyors.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

879

A bill to amend section 1800 of the Code of 1911, in reference to the appointment of Oil Inspectors.
The House has receded from its amendment to the following bill of the Senate:
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over Fort Oglethorpe.
The House concurs in the Senate substitute to the following bill of the House:
A bill to fix the salary of Chairman of Board of County Commissioners for Jackson County.
The following is the report of the Joint Committee to visit the Penitentiary.

To THE GENERAL AssEMBLY:

In accordance with a resolution adopted at the

1911 session of the General Assembly, during Octo-

ber, November and December, 1911, sub-committees

composed of members of the House and Senate Com-

mittees on Penitentiary visited and inspected the

convict camps of the State. More than a hundred

counties were using the convicts. For convenience

the State was divided into seventeen districts, a sub-

committee composed of one Senator and three to

four members of the House being appointed to visit

and inspect the camps in each sub-division of coun-

ti~

.

The reports submitted to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Committees indicate the thoroughness of the inspections. In nearly every instance each camp was specially reported upon in detail.

880

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These reports we are filing so that reference to them may be had by anyone desiring to acquaint himself with the details thereof.
The lease system terminated April 1, 1909, and all convicts, felony and misdemeanor, except women, children and men not able to do hard labor, were placed upon the public roads of the various counties.
Approximately 4,500 men are now building public highways in Georgia.
The change from the lease system to that now in operation was so radical that one not acquainted with the conditions could, to a very slight degree only, conceive of the varied and serious difficulties encountered by the Prison Commission and the county authorities.
The new law was radical and required a complete change from former methods. The Act of 1908 contemplated humanitarianism as the basis of the management of the State's convicts in the infliction of punishment, and that the >State, through its employees paid by the State, and the State only, should exercise authority over the convict.

In accordance with the law of 1908 the Prison Commission formulated rules and regulations for the government and control of the convicts, and those having charge of them.

To a degree which is remarkable the law, in letter as well as spirit, and the rules and regulations of the Commission, are being enforced. Some of the pro-

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

881

visions of the law are not perfectly clear, and possibly do not speak the legislative intent at the time the law was passed. This arises, no doubt, from the . fact that the bill when enacted, was in some particulars hastily amended. The practical enforcement of the new system indicates that some changes would enure to the successful operation of the law.
There have been some abuses. The camps and the management of the same in some of the counties showed a higher degree of conformity with the law i than in others.
We called the attention of the Prison Commission to every violation of the law discovered by us, and are assured that remedial measures have been taken. The Commission now has employed a large number of inspectors. In our opinion the number ought to be sufficiently large to enable the inspector to spend one entire day at each camp during each month.
No woman ought to be left in any convict camp. The danger is too great. They should be sent to the State Farm without any exception.
It is deplored that in many camps little attention is given to religious worship.
It ought to be a source of great satisfaction to every citizen of the State that the convicts are not longer considered an object of merchandise, beasts of burden, but on the contrary, are treated as human beings, as men and women who have souls. They labor in the open air, eat and sleep; their habits are regular; they are, to a remarkable degree, healthy,

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strong, able-bodied men and women, and the death rate is less than half that of the population of the State taken as a whole.
In our opinion the convict Act contemplated the complete separation of the races. For lack of proper facilities the Prison Commission has not as yet been able to accomplish this end; but in no case, so far as we could learn, did they eat at the same table or sleep in the same room.
The law provides that the State shall employ and pay the wardens and guards. In theory this is done; but not in fact. Indeed it is practically impossible to comply with this requirement; but it ought to be done. The beneficiary of the labor of the convict ought not in the remotest manner to control or manage the convict. The State furnishes the labor of the convict to the county to build and improve the public highway, but it was not the intention of the law that the State should delegate any of its authority over the convict to the county. The county pays the expense of maintenance. The State is the one person, the county is the other. Wardens and guards ought to be under no obligations to the county authorities, but it is not so, and cannot be so, under the present law, as construed. Formerly a convict was sold to private individuals or corporations. Now, in order that the counties may not make the mistake of feeling that the convicts are GIVEN to them, the strictest supervision is necessary.
In some instances the county authorities appeared to exerci~e a property right over the convict.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

883

Herein lies the danger of the present system. There's the weak spot.
The magnitude of the work being done in Georgia by the convicts at the present time, and the results being accomplished, are almost beyond conception.
A conservative estimate places the value of road building equipment, including stock, in the State at nearly $2;500,000. During the past year about 6,000 miles of road have :been graded and made permanent. 15,000 miles have been to some extent permanently improved.
The county authorities are rapidly learning the art of road building, and the results as the years pass will be much more gratifying.
A very careful investigation of the cost of the maintenance of the -convicts, including food, clothing, transportation, guard and warden hire and food for the same, stock feed, repairs, and every expense of the maintenance, shows that in the several counties of the State it varies from about forty cents per day to one dollar and :fifty cents per day per convict. The average is eighty to ninety cents. The maintenance of the convicts upon the roads, exclusive of equipment, is costing the several counties of the State in the aggregate in round numbers about $1,500,000.
The convict, eating wholesome food regularly, sleeping regularly, being well cared for, healthy and strong, as a rule labors cheerfully. With little or no inconvenience he accomplishes double as much

884

JoURNAL oF THE SENATE,

in a day as a free laborer. Therefore, as compared with free labor, the average cost of the convict to the county is forty to fifty cents per day. The free laborer must have a dollar a day or more. Thus the convict labor is costing the county less than half what free labor would cost.
w. D. CRAWFORD,
Chairman Senate Committee on Penitentiary.

0. A. NIX, Chairman House Committee on Penitentiary.

The following House bill was taken up with Senate amendments, in which the House refuses to concur:

By Mr. Massengale-
A bill to make additional appropriation for the support of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The Senate insists on its amendments, and asks a Conference Committee. Committee on part of the Senate are Senators Blalock, Morris and Whitehead.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The Speaker has appointed as Conference Com.. mittee on the part of. the House on House bill No.

WEDNESDAY, AuausT 14, 1912.

885

957, the General Deficiency bill, the following members of the House: Messrs. McElreath, Jones of Meriwether, Blasingame.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has failed to pass by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the presiding officer of the Senate.
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A hill to amend Act fixing tuition of non-residents in Georgia School of Technology.
The following bill of the House was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Messrs. McElreath, Adams, et aL-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the office of Lieutenant-Governor.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Aaron, 0. B.

Adams, G. W.

Blalock, H. C.

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Blalock, A. 0. Brown, J.P. Bush, I. A. Crawford, W. D. Copelan, E. A. Cro:martie, J. A. Culbreth, T. G. Davis, J. S. Dickerson, W. T. Duggan, C. I. Edwards, C. H.

Ennis, W. H. Felker, J. H. Graham, L. C. Grovenstein, A. N. Hamilton, W. W. Harris, W. J. Hill, T. F. Hullender, W. C. Kight, W. N. Kincaid, J. B. Mann, W. S.

Mayson, J. W. Morris, W. S. Oliver, T. W. Owens, C. T. Roberts, W. T. Shingler, J. S. Sheppard, J. E. Spence, R. E. L. Whitehead, Walter Williams, Isaiah Worley, S. T.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, J. C. Douglass, J. B. King, W. W.

Marshall, C. B. Moore, 0. A.

Ayes, 36; nays, 0.

Prather, J. D. Shaw, Emmett

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By unanimous consent the above bill was reconsidered.
The following resolution was read third time and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Lawrence-
A resolution to authorize the destruction of unbound and useless volumes of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes were 24; nays, 0.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1912.

887

The resolution having received the requisite Con. stitutional majority, was passed.
The following is the Conference Committee's report on the Deficiency Appropriation bill:

Mr. President:
Your Conference Committee on part of the Senate begs leave to report that they have failed to agree with House Committee as to amendments 2, 3 and 8, and requests that a new Conference Committee be appointed.
That the Committee recommends an amendment to paragraph 8 as follows: By striking out the words "$2,666.66" and insert in lieu thereof the words '' $2,233.33.''
A. 0. BLALOCK, W. S. MoRRis,
w. E. WHITEHEAD,
Committee.

The report was adopted and the new Conference Committee was apointed consisting of Senators Harris, Copelan, and Roberts.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee No.1, on House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill.

888

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE,

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The Speaker has appointed as Conference Committee No. 2, on the part of the House on House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill, the following members of the House, to-wit: Messrs. Burwell, Hardeman, Wilson of Gwinnett.
The following is the Conference report of the Committee on the Deficiency Appropriation bill.

Mr. President :
Your Committee on Conference on the part of the Senate on House bill No. 957, beg leave to submit the following report:
First. The Senate recedes from amendment No. 2 to paragraph 8 of the bill.
Second. The House recedes from its disagreement to amendment No.3 to paragraph 20 of the bill and concurs in same.
Third. The Senate recedes from its amendment No.8 to paragraph 22 of the bill.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. RoBERTs, E. A. CoPELAN, WM. J. HARRIS,
Committee.

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 14, 1912.

889

The Senate agreed to the first part of the report but refused to agree to the last past.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has adopted the report of Conference Committee No. 2 on House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill.
The House has adopted the following resolution of the House :
A resolution, that the House is now ready to adjourn, sine die.
The following Senators were appointed as Conference Committee on Deficiency bill: Messrs. Adams, Marshal and Beauchamp.
'The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The Speaker has appointed as Conference Committee No. 3 on the part of the House on House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill, the following members of the House: Messrs. Nix, Cabaniss, Hixon.
The following is Conference Committee report on Deficiency Appropriation bill :

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Mr. President:
Your Conference Committee beg leave to submit the following report:
'That the Senate amendment with reference to the appointment of Pages be modified so that the Messenger appoint the Pages for the first 25 days of the next session, and that the Senate adopt such rules as it sees proper in the appointment of Pages for the ~emainder of the session.
ADAMS, BEAUCHAMP, MARSHALL,
Senate Committee.
The report was adopted:
The following message was received lfrom the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. President:
The House has failed to pass by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the :Senate:
A bill to establish a composite Board of Examiners for State of Georgia.
The House has concurred in the Senate amendments to the following bill and resolution of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend Acts relating to City Court of Moultrie.
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Lydia Carroll.

WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 14, 1912.

891

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. PresidJent :
The House has failed to pass by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill and resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to prohibit managers of cemeteries from interfering in the burial of the dead.
A resolution to appoint a Joint Committee on the lease of theW. & A. R. R.
The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. PresidJent:
The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2408, Code of Georgia, relative to investments of insurance companies.
Mr. Marshall, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. PresidJent:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives the following Acts, to-wit:

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JouRNAL OF THE SENATE,

An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Wilkinson.
An Act to amend section 414 of the Penal Code so as to permit the running of special ice trains on Sunday.
An Act to amend section 1656 of the Code of 1910, to provide the number of members of the State Board of Health.
An Act to amend section 972, volume 1 of the Code of 1910, regulating tax on dogs.
An Act to amend section 1434, of volume 2 of the Code of 1910, providing the duty of the Governor as to calling out the militia of the State.
An Act to promote the efficiency of the Military Department.
An Act to require railroad companies to put cinder deflectors in the windows of passenger coaches.
An Act to amend section 414 of the Code of 1910 relative to running certain trains o~ Sunday.
An Act to authorize any person lending money on the installment plan to aggregate the interest for the whole period.
An Act to further promote the efficiency of the militia.
An Act to put in force in all counties having a population between 9750 and 9950 what is known as the alternative road law.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912. .

893

An Act to amend an Act creating the City charter of LaFayette.
An Act to incorporate the Whigham School District.
An Act to incorporate the Scotland School District in Telfair County.
An Act to prohibit use of injurious filler in fertilIzers.
An Aet to regulate contracts of surety between common carriers and the employees and sureties upon such contracts, and for other purposes.
An Act to regulate the use of mileage books and mileage tickets in this State.
An Act to protect persons purchasing property or obtaining contractual liens thereon from devisees, legatees, etc.
An Act to prohibit tax assessors in cities having certain population from assessing for city taxation their own property.
An Act to amend an Act approved August 21, 1911, fixing tuition of non-residents in the Georgia School of Technology.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Tallulah I!,alls.
An Act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservation of Fort Oglethorpe.

894

JouRNAL OF THE SENATE,

An Act to amend section 1435, volume 2 of the Code of 1910, relative to calling out the organized militia.

An Act to provide quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of Murray and Gordon Counties.

An Act to give the citizens of white, Union and Habersham Counties the right to kill fox or gray squirrels when destroying crops.

An Act to provide for the issuing of bonds for the purpose of building school houses in school districts.

An Act to require all State House officers, county officers, etc., who receive fees to keep a daily account of such fees.

An Act to require all promissory notes taken for the purchase of mining stock, etc., to have expressed in the face of such notes the consideration or kind of stock for which same was given.

An Act to amend section 2408, volume 1 of the Code of 1910, which provides for investments by insurance companies.

An Act to so amend Civil Code section 2798, which fixes the venue of suits against railroad companies as to define the words ''electric companies,'' etc.

Respectfully submitted,

c. B. MARSHALL,

Chairman Enrollment Committee.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.

895

Mr. Whitaker offered the following I'esolution:

R_esolved, That the Secretary of the .Senate notify the House that the Senate has completed its business and is ready to adjourn sine die.

Mr. Blalock, of 26th District, offered the following resolution :

Resolved, by the Senate, the House concurring, that the Governor be notified that the General Assembly is now ready to adjourn sine die.

The resolution was adopted.

The Committee reported that they had performed that duty.

The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof:

Mr. Ptesident :
The House has adopted the conference report of Conference Committee No. 3 on House bill No. 957, the General Deficiency bill.
The House has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution that the Governor be notified that the General Assembly is ready to adjourn.
The House has adopted the following resolution of the House :

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JoURNAL oF THE SENATE,

A resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.
Upon motion the above resolution of the House was taken up and concurred in.
Upon motion the Senate adjourned sine die.


INDEX
TO THE
SENATE JOURNAL
FOR THE
YEAR 1912

INDEX

SENATE BILLS

ADJOURNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

896

APPROPRIATIONSA bill to amend the General Appropriation Act ... 315 326 379

BANKs-
A bill to create the department of banking for the State of Georgia ..................... 136 412 626 588 592
A bill to require depositors for funds of the State to be selected by competitive bids ............... 192 227 726
A bill to direct the State Treasurer not to withdraw from the depositories of the State therein made, until needed to pay warrants on the treasury .. 192 225 304
A bill to amend the Act authorizing the Governor to
appoint additional State Depository for the City of Atlanta ................................... 266 294 739

CODE AMENDMENTS-
A bill to amend Section 1795, Vol. 1 of the Code pre scribing duties of Commissioner of Agriculture ... 130 227 235 302
A bill to amend Section 1771, Vol. 1 of the Code relative to registration of fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 151
A bill to amend Section 1780, Vol. 1, of the Code. . . . 130 151 A bill to amend Section 1810 of the Code providing
for general inspectors of oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 413 671 A bill to amend Section 181 1, Vol. 1, of the Code
relative to salary of oil inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 131 413 670 A bill to amend Section 1782 of the Code, to pre
scribe oath of inspectors of fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . 131 150 A bill to amend Section 2116 of the Code of Ga .. 131 151 736 A bill to amend Section 2iiO of the Code of Ga ...... 136 151 A bill to amend Section 2114 of the Code of Ga. . . . . 132 151 A bill to amend Section 1207, Vol. 2, of the Code. 137 281 303

900

INDEX.

A bill to amend Section 1656 of the Code ...... 142 175 203

A bill to amend Section 2050, Vol. 1, of the Code

relative to stock law elections .................... 144 148

A bill to amend Section 2798 of the Civil Code.145 214 518 862

A bill to amend Section 2665 of the Code relative to

Railroad Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 169 193

A bill to amend Art. 7, Vol. 2 of the Code of 1910. . . .

161

A bill to amend Section 919, Vol. 2, of the Code .....

175 194 197 192

A bill to amend Section 5268 of the Code. . . . . . 191 294 726

A bill to amend Section 2104 of the Code ........... 233 413

A bill to amend Section 3270 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . .

235

A bill to repeal an Act to amend Seetion 5261 of

the Code .................................. 274 488 530

A bill to amend Section 1651 of the Code ........... 315 553

A bill to amend Section 5859, Vol. 1, of the Code...

345

A bill to amend Section 1621 of the Code of 1910 352 436 518

A bill to amend Section 4941, Art. 5, of the Code ... 355 443

A bill to amend Section 1800 of the Code of 1911 ... 399 488

A bill to amend Section 2135 of the Civil Code ...... 412 488

A bill to al!lend Section 2408, Vol. 1 of the Code. 466 489 530

A bill to amend Section 2624 of the Code of 1910. 516 620 763

A bill to amend Section 4203 of the Code...........

877

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS-

A bill to amend the Act re-apportioning the Con-

gressional Districts so as to change the County of

Putnam from the 7th district and place it in the

8th district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 136 140

A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Dublin Circuits

to add Toombs County to the Dublin Circuit......

137

A bill to put in force certain counties in this State

what is known as the Alternative Road Law. . . . . 145 149

A bill to amend the game laws relative to the counties

of White, Union and Habersham Counties .... 373 488 622

COMMITTEES SPECIAL-

Report of Special Committee on Senate Bill No. 227. .

439

Report of Special Committee to investigate the reso-

lution of Congress relative to the election of United

States Senators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

538

INDEX.

90i

COMMITTEES SPECIAL REPORTs-

Report <lf Joint Insurance Committee..............

135

Report of Committee on Senate Resolution No. 63....

263

Report of Special Committee to investigate certain

charges against the Messenger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

290

Report of Conference Committee on House bill No. 752

871

Report of Joint Committee to visit Penitentiary.....

879

Report of Conference Committee on Deficiency Appro-

priation bill ............................... 887 888 889

COMMITTEES STANDING-

Report of Committee on Congressional and Legislative

Re-Apportionment : ......................... _... 134 198

Report of Committee on Engrossing .... 140 146 154 171 187

198 210 232 242 272 284 307 323 361 396 416 443 482

535 578 597 599 675 713 713 721 744 748 763 764 774

Report of General Judiciary Committee . . . . . 141 169 188 216

273 273 286 394 416 444 485 534 536 596 724 744 765 784

Report of Appropriations Committee ............... 145 468

Report of Committee on Agriculture ... 147 218 308 395 485

517 669 722 776 818

Report of Committee on Corporations ... 154 186 209 231 271

289 313 347 419 420 448 602 676 714 729 746 778 780 833

Report of Committee on Temperance. . . 159 208 290 382 417

Report of Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation . . . . 171 275

312 417 535 714

Report of Committee on Education ................. 172 208

243 447 595 677 723

Report of Committee on Special Judiciary. . . . . . . . . . 172 244

289 308 322 346 359 381 443 517 522 598 601 721 777

Report of Committee on University of Georgia .. 187 393 468

Report of Committee on Public Property ............ 197 746

Report of Committee on W. & A. R. R.. . 199 380 381 763 777

Report of Committee on Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 676

Report of Committee on Counties and County Matters 212 285

363 447 483 562 563 600 731 779

Report of Committee on Pensions .. 213 232 292 398 486 668

Report of Committee on Constitutional Amendments. 217 362

418 446 449 521 785

Report of Committee on Public Printing. . . . . . . . . . . .

230

Report of Committee on Military Affairs ........... 243 521

Report of Committee on Banks. 279 380 400 415 467 667 791

Report of Committee on Emigration and Labor. . . . . 309 361

487 775

902

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Report of Committee on Privileges and Elections....

323

Report of Committee on Appropriations ............ 324 360

363 522 781 834

Report of Committee on Railroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 486 599

COMMITTEES STANDING-

Report of C'ommittee on Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 398

577 578 810 810 891

Report of Committee on Penitentiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

600

Report of Committee on State Sanitarium...........

712

Report of Committee on Mines and Mining ......... 747 765

Report of Committee on Public Libraries...........

775

Committees minority reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

401

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-
A bill to amend Section 3, Article 11, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution relative to election of County Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 457
A bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the State by amending Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, as ratified by the people .. 179 219 248 393 429
A bill to amend Article 7, Paragraph 1, Section 1 of the Constitution ........................ 192 219 258 5J5

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Glynn County to contract with the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad Co. to ~btain bridge rights over the Alta maha river . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 226
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Banks County. . . . . . . . . 179 191 216 269
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Wilkerson County ................ 516 620 717
COUNTY OFFICERS-
A bill to fix the fees of Ordinaries for pension work. 145 353 488 671
A bill to fix the salaries of County Treasurers of this State . . ....................................... 156 225
A bill to require certain county officers to render quarterly statements of all fees received and disbursed by them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 488 673 838

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903

A bill to confer upon Justice of Peace jurisdiction to

try all issues raised by counter affidavits to the levy

of distress warrants without the intervention of a

jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

532

OOURTS, COUNTY-

COURTS, CITY-
A bill to amend an Act cre11-ting the City Court of Blackshear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 553 593
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Polk County ............................ 516 587 673
A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Polk County ............................... 516 587 673

OOURTS, SUPERIOR AND SUPREME-
A bill to make it the duty of Judges of the Superior and City Courts to call the criminal cases before beginning to try cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 352
A bill to define a sufficient assignment of error in bills of exceptions to the Court of Appeals and Superior Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 236
A bill to amend an Act to regulate certain matters of practice in the Courts of this State, so as to provide that no judgment of a trial Court in crimi nal cases be reversed for lack of proof of venue. . . 280 294
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of Murray County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 554 621
A bill to provide for the receiver of the charter of a corporation incorporated by judgment of the Superior Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 554
A bill to authorize the Judge of any Superior, City or County Court of this State to excuse one or more jurors from the consideration of a case after trial has begun without prejudice to the case ..... 593 620

EDUCATIONAL---Executive sessions ............... 373 588 679 !n6 835 859

ELECTIONS-

A bill to amend the primary election laws . . . . . . . . . 138 194

A bill to change the time of holding elections. . . . . . .

233

904

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INSURANCE-

A bill to provide regulations with reference to inYest-

ments of life insurance companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

301

MESSAGES, HOUSE-
35 141 153 160 167 183 201 205 220 233 240 270 292 310 324 349 355 358 371 390 400 426 428 441 48~ 554 563 580 586 588 590 603 607 623 668 669 679 715 725 740 743 748 758 783 786 819 821 829 832 833 837 859 861 862 875 878 878 884 885 887 888 889 889 890 891 891 895

MESSAGES, EXECUTIVE-

36 492 520 592 747 822 834

MISCELLANEOUS BILLS-

A bill to prescribe the method of handling and check-

ing fertilizer tags and stamps. . . . . . . . . . . 130 225 302 735

A bill to make it unlawful for any manufacturer of

fertilizers to be employed as inspector. . . . . . . . 131 151 736

A bill to require each dealer in commercial fertiJ.izers

to register with the Commissioner of Agriculture 131 151 736

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of fertilizers in

the State of Ga. containing cinders, sand or elay ..

142 191 235 579 582

A bill to regulate the hearing of motions for new

trials in this State .............................. 144 163

A bill to amend the Act relative to legal advertising

mediums in Ga.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 176 203

A bill to protect persons purchasing property from

heirs at law of deceased persons as to prior unre-

corded conveyances executed by deceased persons

150 225 313 862

A bill to authorize any person lending money to be

repaid on the installment plan to aggregate the

principal and interest for the entire time at not

exceeding 6 per cent.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 176 203

A bill to prohibit the using of vulgar, obscene lan-

guage in presence of minors.....................

156

A bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture

to inspect all the gasoline sold in this State ...... 158 412

A bill to require all promissory notes given for eer-

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905

tain stocks, to state in said note the contract so

made . . .......................... : . . . . 161 214 353 869

A bill to amend Act creating the office of general oil

inspector of this State .................. 162 176 202 671

A bill to provide how State officials may be regis-

tered as voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 202

A bill to provide for the regulation and supervision

of investment companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 449 677

A bill to create the office of State Auditor.... 178 226 354

373 43!

A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of

Public Printing ............................. 179 248 278

A bill to regulate contracts of surety between com

mon carriers and their employees..... [ 79 293 354 428 868

A bill to prohibit the entering into and solemnizing

of the marriage contracts and for other purposes..

219

Bill to amend the Act creating the State Board of

Veterinary Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 293 462"

A bill to create a commission to examine and report

on the "Georgia Manual" by Geo. F. Gober. . . .

233

A bill to establish a composite Board of Medical

Examiners . . .......... ; ................... 301 351 480

A bill to provide for the immediate registration of

all births, deaths, and burial and removal permits.

315

A bill to prevent cruelty to animals in this State .. 355 412

A bill to prevent the collection by attorneys of ex

tortionate fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

399

A bill to define the liability of employers to em

ployees for personal injury .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3~9 620

A bill to repeal the 47 Section of the Acts of 1907. . 399 436

A bill to provide for filing of an abstract in claim

cases .

670

MUNICIPAL LAWR-
A bill to establish and maintain a system of electric lights for Buena Vista ...................... 136 156 163
A bill to amend the various Acts in~orporating the City of Dalton, and authorize the city to maintain an electric light and power plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 199
A bill to require all connty and municipal funds to be deposited in banks offering the highest rate of interest ..................................... 192 227
A bill to amend the Act amending the charter of the town of Canton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 227 388

906

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A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to consolidate

the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome..

515

A bill to alter and amend the charter of Cedartown ..

516 621 718

A bill to .permit cities having a certain population

to elect their own aldermen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 620 718

A bill to amend an Act creating the charter for the

City of LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 621 718

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Blue

Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 621 719 735

MILITARY-
A bill to rede jurisdiction to the United States over the military reserYation of Fort Oglethorpe 220 294 38S 877
A bill to further promote the efficiency of the military of the State ........................... 220 294 388

NEW COUNTIES-

ORGANIZATIONExtra session ................................... .

3 34

PRISON COMMISSION~
A bill to require notice of an intention to apply for commutation of penalty to the Governor or the Prison Commission .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 227 237

PENSIONS-
A bill to give the Commissioner of Pensions the right to place certain Confederate veterans on the pension rolls .............. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 175 181
A bill to authorize Confederate soldiers and their widows vrho are not eligible to a pension, certain rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 226 725
A bill to increase the pension of indigent Confederate veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 310 456

PROHIBITION LAWS-
A bill to make the prohibition laws of this State more effective . . ................ 144 175 201 237 245 275 365

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907

:j.'tAILROADS-

A bill to regulate the use of mileage books on rail-

roads in this State .............................. 142 304

A bill to require express companies doing business in

this State to furnish duplicate of deliveries of liquor

to Ordinaries . . ....................... 145 176 201 278

A bill to authorize the Atlantic, Waycross and North-

ern Railway Company to condemn certain property

on the right of way ......................... 162 193 393

A bill to authorize the Brinson Railroad to change

the location and route of its branch line..........

193

A bill to require all railroad corporations to erect

mile limit bounds at certain points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 737

A bill to permit railroad companies to accept adver-

tisement from newspapers for transportation .. 315 351 434

A bill to regulate telephone and telegraph companies

in this State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 413

A bill to require all railroads in this State to charge

not more than two cents per mile for passengers. . 350 412

A bill to require railroad companies to put cinder

deflectors in the windows of passenger coaches. . .

785

REGISTRATION LAWS-
A bill to amend Act 446 of the laws of Georgia to provide for additional registration of voters. 274 412 737

SCHOOLS-

A bill to amend an Act to define the tuition of non-

residents in Georgia School of Technology. 132 175 202 877

A bill to amend the laws providing for the govern-

ment of the Georgia School for the Deaf. . . . . 161 176 204

A bill to codify the public school law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 293

A bill to amend the Act relative to a State Normal

of the University .......................... 351 358 414

A bill to incorporate Scotland School District, in

Telfair County ............................ 374 435 587

A bin to incorporate the Whigham School District 587 .621 717

A bill to provide for the issuing of bonds for school

purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

835

TAXES-
A bill to provide for State and county boards of tax returns for the State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 354.

908

INDEX.

A bill to repeal an Act taxing substitutes for intoxicants for support of penitentiary system ......... 399 436
A bill to prohibit tax aHsessors in cities having certain population from valuing their own property .. 531 621 719

SENATE RESOLUTIONs-

A resolution that the Secretary of the Senate is

instructed to notify the House of Representatives

that the Senate has convened in regular session...

34

A resolution appointing a committee from the Senate

and House to notify the Governor that the General

Assembly has reconvened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35

A resolution to appoint a committee from the Senate

and House to inquire into the management of the

State Board of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 137

A resolution requesting the Governor to return to

the Senate certain appointments made by Governor

Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 185

A resolution that the Committee on the Ga. School

for the Deaf be permitted to visit said institution

during vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132

A resolution that the Senate stand adjourned until

Monday morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

143

A resolution, that when the Legislature adjourns on

July 3, it adjourn to meet July 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 156

A resolution. Resolved, That in the event the Georgia

delegation in the Baltimore convention :finds that

Underwood cannot be nominated for President it

is requested to vote for Gov. Wilson for President,

and Congressman Underwood for Vice-President .. 149 157

A resolution relative to the preservation of Tallulah

Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 164 215 585

A resolution to appoint a committee from the Senate

and House to receive bids for the re-leasing of the

W. & A. Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 165

A resolution. Resolved, That in case no man before

the convention at Baltimore can be nominated, the

Ga. delegation be requested to consider the name

of Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri..................

158

A resolution, that the Senate adopt!; the use of

Pura Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

164

A resolution, that the Secretary of State furnish High

~ock water for the use of the Senate ............. 164 174

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909

A resolution extending congratulations to Governor

Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 169

A resolution requesting the General Judiciary Com

mittee to report the Tallulah Falls resolution back

to the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 180

A resolution to authorize the appointment of a joint

commission to investigate th~ new lease of the

W. & A. R. R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 216 236

A joint resolution for the creation of a commission

on employers liability and workmen's compensation

and define duties and powers of same. . . . . . . . . . . . 180

A resolution to ratify settlement of litigation ordered

by Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia .. 180 227 236

A resolution. Resohed, That the best wishes of the

Senate of Georgia he extended Miss Kathleen Bla

lock, the eharming young daughter of our President

pro tern., Hon. A. 0. Blalock.....................

182

A resolution refunding to .T. H. Oxford, Crouch &

Colyer, Palace Market and Word & Johnson of the

City of Dawson certain funds paid as license to

sell near beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 355

A resolution to appoint a committee with the Presi

dent of the Senate as chairman, to examine the

facts relative to a difficulty that occurred in the

Senate Chamber between two citizens of the State.

206

A resolution, that when the Senate adjourns today it

stand adjourned till Monday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

216

A resolution. Resolved, That the Senate hereby ex

tends to Senator Mann its profound sympathy, and

hopes for speedy recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

233

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to consider

a method of handling local bills..................

314

A resolution. Resolved, that when the Senate ad-

journ today, it stand adjourned till Monday.......

320

A resolution, that the House be requested to the

Senate House bill No. 692.......................

351

A resolution, that a joint committee be appointed to

investigate the methods pursued by other States in

regard to local bills ............................. 353 670

A resolution. Resolved by the Senate, that Senate

bill No. 184 be made special order for next Tuesday 229

A resolution authorizing the Governor to exchange

the site of Governor's Mansion for other certain

property in Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 554

910

INDEX.

A resolution, that when the Senate adjourn today it

stand adjourned till Monday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

560

A resolution requesting His Excellency to transmit to

the Senate certain information as to the appoint

ment of members of the State Board of Education.

567

A resolution requesting the. Hou!e to return to the

Senate House bill No. 981. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

582

A resolution, that beginning with the session of to-

morrow, the Senate will convene at 9 A. M........

590

A resolution, that the time from 9 to 10 o'clock to

reading committee reports, House and Senate bills

first time, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

590

A resolution. Resolved by the Senate, the House

concurring, That we regret that it will be impossi

ble to attend the unveiling of the monument of the

late A. S. Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

759

A resolution for the relief of W. B. Kent as a prac-

ticing attorney so as to permit him to practice

law in the State of Georgia......................

762

A resolution acceptin!! the oil painting of Tallulah

Falls which was presented by Mrs. Helen D. Long-

street

830

A resolution expressing the appreciation of the Senate

for the faithful services of the Rev. J. W. G.

\\'atkins, Chaplain of the Senate.................

831

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to select

painter for portrait of Gen. Evans...............

861

A resolution that when the Senate adjourns this even

ing, that it will reconvene at 8:30 tonight........

869

A resolution requesting the House to return to the

Senate House bill No. 752.......................

873

Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate notify the

House that the Senate bas completed its business

and is ready to adjourn sine die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

895

Resolved, by the Senate, the House concurring, that

the Governor be notified that the General Assembly

is now ready to adjourn sine die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

895

INDEX.

911

HOUSE BILLS.

APPROPRIATIONS-
A bill to make additional appropriation for support and maintenance of the Confederate Home of Georgia . . .............................. _. . 681 807 850 884
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Third Agricultural and Mechanical School the sum of $6,000.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 807 845
A bill to appropriate money to provide for salary of Game Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 807 855
A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Fourth District Agricultural School of $6,000.00 751 806 852
A bill to proYide appropriations for the eradication of the cattle tick in the State ............... 752 806 857
A bill to appropriate the sum of $7,500 for the erection of a dormitory for the First District Agricultural College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 853
A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to University of Georgia for new building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 806 858 A bill to be entitled an Act appropriating ten thous-
and dollars to the School for Deaf. . . . . . . . . . 757 806 854

BANKs-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a third State Depository in the City of Macon. . . . . . . 403 451 703

CODE AMENDMENTs-

A bill to repeal Section 3296, Vol. 1, of the Code. . . . 173 450

A bill to amend Section 442 of the Code . . . . . . . 189 228 828

A bill to amend Section 5989, Vol. 1, of the Code. 255 293 337

A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code . . . . . . 282 407 410

A bill to amend Section 1249, Vol. 1, of the Code. 283 455 568

A bill to amend Section 1485 of Vol. 2 of the Code ...

384 556 841

A bill to amend Section 6004, Vol. I, of the Code. 385 453 824

A bill to amend Seetion 1249 of the Civil Code, so as to

add Lincolnton to list of State Depositories .. 437 490 558

A bill to amend Se'ction 1249 of the Code adding

Folkston to the State Depositories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 508

A bill to amend Section 1221 of the Code of 1910....

573

912

INDEX.

A bill to amend Section 3414, Vol. 1, of the Code .... 609 770

A bill to amend Section 1571 of the Code relative to

State Sanitarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 721

A bill to amend Section 1572 of the Code relative to

Trustees of the State Sanitarium ................. 610 720

A bill to amend Section 4203 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . 611 770

A bill to amend Section 2267 of the Code ........... 611 720

A bill to amend Section 1780 of the Code ...... 751 786 863

A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . 751 791

A bill to amend Article 11, Section 1456 of the Code..

753

A bill to amend Section 1795 of the Code. . . . . . 753 786 863

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 1800

of the Code relative to oil inspertors ........ 755 815 867

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTs-
A bill to amend Article 6, Section 7, of the Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 392 421
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to create the office of Lieutenant Governor ............ _... 301 393 885
A bill to amend Section 8 of an Act with reference to Confederate soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 872
A bill to amend Article 7, Section 2, Par. 2, of the Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 450 510
A bill to amend Article 3, Section 7, Paragraph 18 of the Constitution ......................... 438 450 824
A bill to amend Par. 11, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create the County of Kent .. 462 519 524

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERs-
A bill for the protection of certain game in the County of Hall .................... : . .......... 571 723
A bill to revise and consolidate the laws relative to county affairs of Screven County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 767 805
A bill to provide for the appointment of a public weigher and grader in each county in the State.. 766 815 870

COUNTY COMMISSIONERs-
A bill to authorize and require County Commissioners of Bibb County to levy a tax ................ 189 228 330
A bill to repeal the Act creating the Board of Com-

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913

missioners of Roads and Revenues of Glascock Co.

224 298 340

A bill to repeal the Act to. create the office of County

Commissioners of Coffee County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 252

A bill to amend an Act to provide for Commissioners

of Roads and Revenues for Quitman County. . . . 252 358

A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads

and Revenues for Glascock Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 294 340

A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act establishing

Commissioners of Roards and Revenues for Jenkins

County . . ................................. 253 299 328

A bill to amend the Act creating the office of Com

missioners of Roads and Revenues of Pulaski Co.

253 298 339

A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commis

sioners of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County. 254 302

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads

and Revenue for Coffee Co.............. 255 295 305 333

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of County

Commissioners for Mitchell Co.. . . 256 298 327 356 464 821

A bill to amend an Act to provide uniformity in the

Board of Commissioners in Floyd Co.. . . . . . . . . 257 297 334

A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of

Pierce County .............................. 282 413 493

A bill to establish a Board of five Commissioners of

Roads and Revenues of Telfair County. . . . . . . . . . .

2S3

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commis-

sioners of Monroe County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 409 506

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commis-

sioners for Macon County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 407 493

A bill to amend the Act creating a Board of Commis-

sioners for Washington County .............. 342 373 460

A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads

and Revenues for Henry County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 413 461

A bill to amend an Act relating to the appointment

of the Board of Roads and Revenue Commissioners

for Camden County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 408 502

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis

sioners for Marion County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 491 559

A bill to amend an Act creating the County Commis-

sioners of Terrell County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 491 558

A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Com-

missioners for Burke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 616 690

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commis-

sioners for Miller County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 490 559

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INDEX.

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Forsyth County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 491 624
A bill to change the compensation of County Commissioners of Early County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4{)3 491 624
A bill to amend the Act to abolish the office of County Commissioners of Gwinnett County. . . . . . . . . . . 405 490 560
A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Harris County ................. 438 481 569
A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners for Wilkes County......... 438 490 707 710
A bill to amend the Act abolishing the office of County Commissioners for \Vilkes County ......... 438 490
A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners for Wilkes County ............................. 465 613 689
A bill to amend the Act of 1877 of the General Assembly relative to Commissioners of Taliaferro County. 403 491
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Gwinnett County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 616 701
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioners for Gwinnett County . . . . . . . . . . . . , 533 619 701
A bill to provide for electing Road Commissioners of Emanuel County by the people ............... 533 614 692
A bill to amend the Act of 1906 creating a Board of Commissioners for Tattnall County . . . . . . . . . . . 572 614 698
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Toombs County . . ................................. 573 614 702
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County to change the Atlanta and Marietta public road where it crosses the W. & A. Railroad .............................. 576 619 711
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Burke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 771 803
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners passed in 1911 adding another Section to said Act providing for collecting road tax. . . . 682 769 805
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Ware County ......... 682 787
A bill to create the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 772 796
A bill to amend an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners for Colquitt County. . . . . . . . . . . 683 772 797
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Greene County ............. 683 768 803
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Warren and Taliaferro Counties. . . 685 769 801

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915

A bill to abolish the Board of County Commissioners

for Dodge County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 772 796

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of WRre

County . . ............................. 749 769 804 849

A bill to provide for a Board of County Commis-

sioners for DeKalb County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 788 839

A bill to make the salary of chairman of the Com-

missioners of Jackson County $1,200 per annum 752 789 869

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis-

sioners for Fulton County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 788 871

A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating

a Board of Commissioners for the County of Tattnall

A bill to abolish the Commissioners of Roads and

Revenues for White County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

788

COUNTY OFFICERS-

A bill to enable females to hold the office of Com-

mercial Notary Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 555 823

A bill to require certain county officers and State

officials to keep a record of all costs and fees col-

lected by them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

318

A bill to regulate the pay for land processioners and County Su~veyors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 454 823

A bill to empower Tax Collectors of this State to

employ a clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 555 801

A bill to establish a County Board of Education in

the several counties 6f this State ............ 532 613 688

A bill to require the Ordinary of Stephens County

to work all public roads leading through incor-

porated towns of said county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 769

A bill to fix and make uniform the term of office of

County Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . 684 768 838

COURTS, CITY-
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Elberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 305 310 327
A bill to abolish the City Court of Newton ..... 222 296 330 A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County...
222 295 332 A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court
of Hall County ............................ 223 299 334 Bill to abolish the City Court of Calhoun County. 224 296 336 A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court

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of Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 297 338

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court

of Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 453 503

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of

Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 268 305

A bill to fix the salaries of Bailiffs of the City Court

of this State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 410 585

A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court

of Moultrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 450 509

A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court

of Ocilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

A bill to repeal the Act creating the City Court of

Swainsboro . . ............................. 256 407 625

A bill to provide for the opening of defaults in the

City Court of Athens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 409 531

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of

Thomasville . . ............................. 258 410 495

A bill to establish the City Court of Quitman. . . 282 392 428

A bill to create the City Court of Millen, in and for

the County of Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 354

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of

Miller County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 407 463 505

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court

of Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

317

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court

of Jackson ................................ 318 413 506

A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish

the City Court of Jefferson ....................... 343 406

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court

of Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 358

A bill to prescribe the terms of office of the Clerk

and Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah. . . 344 408 507

A bill to repeal the Act establishing the City Court

of McRae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

344

A bill to create the City Court of Greensboro. . . 384 556 687

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of

Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 618 706

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court

of Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 556 696

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court

of Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 496

A bill to make certain modificatioM as to jurisdiction

of the City Court of Moultrie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 876

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of

Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 556 706

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917

A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of

Monticello ................................. .437 !467 499

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of

Statesboro ................................... 439 556 693

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of

Macon . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 533

A bill to establish the City Court of Eastman ...... 569 613 686

A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of

Eastman .................................... 573 619 702

A bill to amend an act establishing the City Court of

Waynesboro ................................. 573 615 700

A bill to amend section 41 of an Act to create the City

Court of Sparta ................................. 610 723

A bill to repeal section 46 of an Act to establish the

City Court of McRae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

611

A bill to create the City Court of Wrightsville ..... 749 787 841

COURTS, COUNTY-
A bill to abolish the County Court of Taliaferro County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 300 331
A bill to abolish the County Court of Quitman County. . 224 A bill to repeal the Act creating the County Court of
Greene County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 452 508

COURTS, SUPERIOR AND SUPREME-

A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of

Newton County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 299 339

A bill to provide for holding four terms of DeKalb

Superior Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 297

A bill to change the regular terms of Dawson Superior

Court ................... : . .................. 253 296 328

A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court

of Wayne County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 297 331

A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court

of Muscogee County .................... ,...... 256 296 326

A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the

Superior Court of Irwin County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

A bill to provide four terms of Superior Court for

Colquitt County .............................. 256 454 624

A bill to provide four regular terms of Elbert Superior

Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

305

A bill to provide for holding four terms each year of

Superior Coo.rt of Tattnall County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 408 593

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A bill to provide for holdjng four terms of SnpPrior

Court of Brooks County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

318

A bill to change the time of hol<.ling the Superior Court

of Turner County ............................ 318 407 455

A bill to provide for holding four terms of the

Superior Court of Emanuel County ............ 319 408 625

A bill to provide an additional .Judge of the Superior

Court of the Atlanta Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 406

A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior

Court of Telfair County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

344

A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior

Court for Toombs County .................... 386 451 509

A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court

of .Tohnson County ........................... 387 455 703

A bill to rearrange the Dublin and Ocmulgee .Judicial

Circuits .................................... .466 556 709

A bill to change the .time of holding the Superior Court

of ~arion County ............................ 466 556 708

A bill to provide for the reviver of corporations created

by the judgments of the Superior Court ........ 610 768 800

COURT OF APPEALS-

ELECTION LAWS-
A bill to change the time of electing Justices of Peace and Constables .............................. 321 410 843

HUNTING AND FISHING-
A bill to amend section 23 of an Act in referenee to what constitues game birds and animals ........ 750 786 845

INSURANCE-
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 678 758 759 862

LIQ"C"OR LAWS-
A bill to declare the policy of this state in referen~e to commerce in liquorS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 293

INDEX.

919

MISCELLANEOUS BILLS-

A bill to amend an Act to re-apportion the Congressional

Districts in this State ........................ 155 228 266

1\ bill to regulate the manner of selecting official County

ne>~"spapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 299

A bill to change the time of electing the Justices of

Peace and Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

173

A bill to regulate the employment of minor children of

certain ages ................................ 281 310 410

A bill to prohibit owners of cemeteries in this State

from interfering with the burial of the dead .....6{)9 720 849

A bill to authorize the Attorney-General to enter into an

agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for

and in behalf of the State of Georgia .............. 667 739

A bill to prohibit the sale and manufacture of fertilizers'

containing cinders, sand and clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6S6 868

A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzine

and naphtha ................................. 751 789 866

A bill to amend the Act relative to stationery engixeers

753 786 876

A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly in re-

gard to the manufacture of hog cholera serum .. 755 807 856

A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for

an additional assistant S'tate Librarian ........ 756 787 843

:MUNICIPAL LAWS-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cartersville .. 173 200 A bill to provide a method of fixing the valuation of
mu~icipal water works of the City of Augusta 174 191 214 A bill to amend the Ac't incorporating the town of Lone
Oak ........................................ 189 228 327 A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of LaGrange
to construct a system of waterworks ............ 190 228 329 A .bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of
Bowden ..................................... 190 219 266 A bill to create a new charter for the town of Grant-
ville ........................................ 222 294 329 A bill to amend the charter of Hickox ............ 222 295 329 A bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin. . 223 297 330 A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of
Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 300 338 A bill to amend the Act consolidating the Acts in-
corporating the City of Forsyth ................ 223 298 320

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INDEX.

A bill to incorporate the town of Bolingbroke ...... :.l:l3 295 334

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Monroe. . . . 225 305.

A bill to incorporate the town of Howell .......... :.l52 296 332

A bill to repeal the Act incorporating the town of Heard

252

A bill to incorporate the town of Bridgeboro ...... 254 295 333

A bill to create and provide a new charter for the town

of Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 295 336

A bill to incorporate the term of Uableton ........ 255 451 512

A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of

Valdosta .................................... 255 297 338

A bill to amend all Acts amending the Acts incorporating

the town of Cave Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 299 336

A bill to repeal an Act creating a new charter fJ;Jr the

town of Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 298 339

A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the City

o~ Valdosta ................................. 257 298 337

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of

Norwoou .................................... 258 299 333

A bill ~o authorize the Mayor and Council of La-

Grange to establish and maintain a gas light

plant ....................................... 258 291 335

A bill to amend the act and all amendatory Acts in-

corporating the City of Rome .................. 281 296 335

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge

282 296 302 316

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Ogle-

thorpe ...................................... 282 295 334

A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Savannah

to convey to Jacob S. Collins certain land ........ 283 298 337

A hill to incorporate the town of }fetter.......... 300 406 493

A bill to regulate municipal electio"ns in the City of

Savannah ...................................... 300 557

A bill to incorporate the town of Bonaire.......... 301 413 504

A bill to incorporate the town of Barretts ........ 316 406 492

A bill to incorporate the town of Chauncey ........ 316 406 494

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Thomas-

ville ........................................ 316 407 513

A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of

Bartow ..................................... 317 408 507

A bill to repeal the Act incorporating the City of Spring-

field ........................................ 318 406 689

A hill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City

of Brunswick ................................ 319 406 505

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921

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of

Patten ..................................... iH9 409 506

A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the

town of Salt Springs .......................... 319 407 500

A bill to amend the Act amending all Acts incorporating

the City of Molena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 406 496

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Screven 341 410 503

A bill to mcorporate the town of Urest ............ 342 409 497

A bill to amend the charter of the C1ty of Statesboro 342 405 492

A bill to amend an Act approved Aug. 6, 1909, which

amended an Act approved Aug 12, 1904 ........ 317 408 623

A bill to confirm the rights of Thomas F. Screven and

his assigns in the East Broad Street aocks in the City

of Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 455 507

A bill to amend the act creating the City of Lilly.... 343 409 505

A oill to amend the Act amending the charter or

Flovilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 408 50o

A bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.. 344 409 497 592 709

A bill to create and establish a new charter for the City

of Albany ................................. 356 450 494

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of

Milner ...................................... 383 451 498

A bill to repeal the charter of Metter ............ 385 455 503

A bill to authorize Mayor and Alderman of Savannah

to abolish certain land in Ardsley Park .......... 386 452 501

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.386 452 498

A bill to amend the Act creating a new charter for the

City of Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 453

A bill to incorporate the town of Ducktown ...... 402 452 504

A bill to incorporate the town of Plainfield....... .402 454 494

A bill to incorporate the town of Bethel ......... .402 450 495

A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the City of

Hapeville ................................. .403 450 502

A bill to amend the charter of Boston ............ 403 451 500

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Eatonton

relative to election of police force ............. .404 452 499

A bill to incorporate the City of Blakely in lieu of the

town of Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

404

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Buford ... 404 451 498

A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the City of

Colquitt ... ................................. 405 452 504

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the

City of Douglas ............................. .405 451 499

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INDEX.

A bill to alter and amend the charter of Cedartown 405 452 501

A bill to regulate municipal elections in the City of

Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

410

A bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of Herod 410 514

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Berline 436 453 501

A bill to authorize the town of Watkinsville to issue

bonds ..................................... .437 454 495

A bill to amend an Act creating City charter of La-

fayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 451

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrence-

ville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 613 687

A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the town

of Doerun .................................. 465 612 687

A bill to incorporate the town of Tarrytown ..... .465 612 697

A bill to amend an Act creating a Police Commission for

the City of Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 617 699

A bill to authorize Bishop C. K. Nelson to sell certain

lot in City of Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 616 708

A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incor-

porating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of

Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 569 618 793

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele

569 614 690 739

A bill to create and incorporate the City of Spring-

field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 613 6S6

A bill to amend Section 4 of an Act creating a new

charter for West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 612 688

A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of West

Point to sell certain streets and alleys .......... 570 619 690

A bill to amend Section 25 of an Act to create a new

charter for West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 618 704

A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Savan-

nah to grant to heirs of Mary J. Roberts 10 feet and

10 inches of land lot '' T '' Reynolds Ward, Savan-

nah, Ga...................................... 570 612 692

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of

Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 617 691

A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the

town of Pitts ....... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 614 699

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of

Cornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 613 692

A bill to incorporate the town of Sardis ........... 571 617 697

A bill to amend Section 2 of an Act amending the

charter of the City of Conyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 615 698

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923

A bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of

Martin ...................................... 572 617 707

A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of

Midville ...................................... 572 617 706

A bill to amend Section 43 of an Act creating a new

charter for West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 612 704

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta . . . . 573 770

A bill to amend an Act establishing a charter for the

town of Alamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 618 707

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of

Cadwell ........................................ 574 848

A bill to create a Park Board for the City of Barnes-

ville ........................................ 574 614 702

A bill to amend Section 13 of an Act creating a new

charter for West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 617 695 703

A bill to amend Section 11 of an Act creating a new

charter for West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 614 694

A bill to amend an Act and other amendatory Acts

incorporating the City of Swainsboro .... , . . . . . 575 617 696

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jefferson

ville ........................................ 575 616 695

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Sparta.. 575 615 700

A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Mayor and

Council of the town of Hahira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 615 694

A bill to amend an Act establishing the charter for the

town of Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 615 699

A bill to amend the charter of Pine Park .......... 576 618 704

A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the town of

Mitchell's District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 616 691

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of

Saint George ................................ 576 618 705

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Stone

Mountain and to change the same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 767 793

A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira . . . . . . . . . 607 767 794

A bill to incorporate the City of Sycamore . . . . . . . . 607, 723 794

A bill to incorporate the town of Shingler. . . . . . . . . . 608 796

A bill to amend the charter of Villa Rica .......... 608 766 792

A bill to incorporate the City of Rex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 772 794

A bill to incorporate the town of Luella . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 771

A bill to incorporate the town of Vanna. . . . . . . . . . . . 608 771

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirk

wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 772 797

A bill to incorporate the town of Orchard Hill ...... 609 772 795

A bill to amend the charter of Cordele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

609

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INDEX.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Marietta

610 618 705 797

A bill to amend Section 69 of the charter of the town

of Dallas ................................... 610 769 839

A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for

the City of Atlanta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 767

A bill to amend the Act consolidating the several Acts

incorporating the City of Brunswick ........... 681 770 795

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of

Harralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 769 792

A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the town of

Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 767 800

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Zebulon .. 684 768 805

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of

Thomasville .................................684 767 792

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mays-

ville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 771 802

A bill to incorporate the town of Oliver ............ 685 770 801

A bill to amend an Act incorporating Dudley . . . . . . 685 771 802

A bill to create a new charter for the town of East

Point ....................................... 749 787 840

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savan-

nah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749 788 848

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of

Jefferson ................................... 750 789 870

A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the

City of Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 787 808

A bill to provide for the manner of holding elections in

the City of Augusta ............................ .

750

A bill to repeal an act entitled an Act to incorporate

the town of Lake View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 790 840

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Bainbridge

752

A bill to incorporate the City of Osierfield ........... . 752 790

A bill to amend the Act ameniling the Act to incorpor-

ate the town of Butler ........................ 752 788 849

A bill to amend the Act and supersede the several Acts

incorporating Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

753

A bill to incorporate the town of Modock .......... 753 790 847

A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of

Colquitt ..................................... 753 790 839

A bill to incorporate the town of Constitution .... 754 787 847

A bill to incorporate the town of Charing.......... 754 789 870

A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of

Hoschton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 789

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925

A bill to be entitled o.n Act to incorporate the town of

Canooche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755! 787 838

A bill to be entitled an Act to .incorporate the town of

Mt. Zion .................................... 755 789 846

A bill to amend an act to create a new charter for the

City of Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756 789 840

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create

a new charter for.Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756 790 848

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Tallulah

Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

831

NEW COUNTIEs-
A bill to create a new county named Bleckley with Cochran as its county site ..................... 301, 320 374

RAILROADs-

A bill authorizing the railroads entering the Union

depot in Atlanta to lower their tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 409

A bill to authorize the city of Atlanta to construct

bridges on Central Avenue and Pryor Streets at Union

Station .................................... 342 411 509

A Bill to authorize the Brinson Railway Co. to change

the route of its branch ...................... 384 491 558

A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition

causeways and other approaches to public bridges. . . . 685 768

A bill to fix the qualifications of locomotive firemen. . . .

748

PENSIONs-

SCHOOLs-
A bill to defuie the tuition for non-residents in Georgia School of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 221!
A bill to amend an act establishing a system of public schools for LaGrange ........................ 190 296 331
A bill to provide for a public s~hool system for Jefferson, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 295 332
A _bill to amend the Act creating a system of public schools for the city of Oglethorpe .............. 344 455 497
A bill to amend the Act establishing a public school system for Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 455 502
A bill to amen'd the Act establishing a system of public schools 'for Carrollton ....................... .436 453 iJI!O

926

INDEX.

A bill to amend the Act establishing a system of public schools for Moultrie ........... : . ............ .437 453 496
A bill to incorporate the Fairview school district .. 465 613 688 A bill to amend an Act to establish a reformatory In-
stitute in the County of Richmond ............ 571 614 700 A bill to incorporate the Chester School District. . 573 612 693 A bill to amend an act which amended an Act creating
a public school system for the town of Wadley .. 574 615 697 A bill to require the treasurer of any. Board of Trus-
tees of a public school to give bond ............ 577 616 830 A bill to incorporate the Macedonia school district .. 609 721 795 A bill to incorporate the 'Sparks school district and de-
fine its boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 767 804 A bill to authorize Decatur to condemn land for school
purposes ..................................... 683 768 802 A bill to incorporate the Nashville school district .... 683 771 804 A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Andrew Female
College, Cuthbert, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 770

TAXE8-

A bill to provide for the appointment and manner of

disbursement of taxes collected in Echols County. . .

385

HOUSE RESOLUTIONs-

A Resolution donating cannon to Gordon College and

relieving bond for same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

137

A Resolution to appropriate $200.00 to procure a picture

of General Evans ........................ 144 152 155 812

A Resolution to appropriate $250.00 to purchase a book

case for office of Commissioner of Pensions ...... 144 152 814

A resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch. . . . . . . . . . . . 152 828

A Resolution to purchase painting of Jno. Mcintosh

Keii to adorn the wails of the State Capitol .... 162 411 813 A Resolutio~ calling on the National Democratic Con-

vention to express itself on certain questions. . . . . .

162

A Resolution for the relief of D. C. Hancock ...... 174 619 740

A Resolution providing a jeint committee to pass on re-

solution of Congress relative to election of United

States Senator .................................. 174 181

A Resolution for the relief of J. W. Rushing.......... 176 306

A Resolution to relieve the sureties upon the bond of A.

M. Hutchinson .............................. 190 228 267

A Resolution for the relief of 0. H. Dearing 'and W. D.

0 'Halloran .................................. 190 300 352

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927

A Resolution providing for a committee to investigate

the question involved in the Congressional resolution

regarding cotton tare ........................ 226 274 519

A Resolution to refund to the Friendschafts" band, a

fraternal beneficiary order of Atlanta the sum of

$500.00 .. :. . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 319 411 534

A bill to provide for the payment of per diem and ex-

penses of the Penitentiary and other committee .. 382 435 529

A Resolution to provide for the retinting of the walls

and hard wood floors in the State Library ...... 383 557 811

A Resolution to pay Williams Akins .............. 383 411 462

A Resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges security on

the bond of Bill Johnson ...................... 383 557 569

A Resolution to provide for the transfer and sale of

certain school property in the City of Thomasville. . 383 426

A Resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges on the bond

of Charlie Showder .......................... 387 557 568

A Resolution to allow the Adjutant-General to lend cots

to Reunion Committee for State Reunion at Marietta

466 557 693

A Resolution for the relief of D. C. Finch as security on

bonds of J. A. Flowers .......................... 466 557

A Resolution to provide for the payment of pension of

Mrs. Lydia Carroll ........................ 611 721 874

A Resolution for the relief of 0. D. Price for amount

of two bonds ................................ 611 773 814

A Resolution for the relief of J. D. Bridges as bonds-

man for Lula Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 773 813

A Resolution to define the boundaries of the land granted

to James De Veaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 773 836

A Resolution to authorize the destruction of certain

Volumes of the Code of 1895 .................. 757 791 886

A Resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the

committee to visit the school for the Deaf ...... 757 808 837

A Resolution to provide funds for bmlding dormitory

of Seventh District College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 807 842

A Resolution to refund to the &eorgia Northern Railway

Company $540.00 ............................ 757 808 835

A Resolution for the relief of W. A. McRae, J. H. 0.

Maloy and Dr. J. G. Williamson .... : . . . . . . . . . 766 791 876

A Resolution for the relief of l\f. L. Moon, C. F. Aker-

idge, and_ W. H. Bozeman ...................... 766 791 <-31

A Resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn

sine die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

896