JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE. STATE Of G. EORGIA REGULAR SESSION At Atlanta, Wednesday, june 25, 1913. ATLANTA, GA.. CHA.S. P. BYRD, STATE PRINTER. 1913 JOURNAL SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA. Wednesday, June 25, 1913, 10 A.M. The Senators-elect :for the years 1913 and 191_4 met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day in the Senate Chamber, and was called to order by Hon. C. S. Northen, Secretary of the last Senate. The Secretary of the Senate submitted to the Secretary the certified list of Senators-elect; the following is the list: 1st District-J. R. Anderson. 2d District-G. M. Tyson. 3d District-G. W. T'aylor. 4th District-W. M. Olliff: 5th District-J. L. Sweat. 6th District-W. L. Converse. 7th District-S. M. Turner. 8th District-W. J. Bush. x 9th District-E. L. Smith. lOth District-L. L. Ford. 11th District-J. N. Watts. 12th District-G. Y. Harrell. 13th District-C. H. Richardson. 4 JouRNAL QF THE SENATE, 14th District-M. E~ Rushin. 15th District-0. H. Elkins. 16th District-Fred Kea. 17th District-C. H. Parrish. 18th District-0. L. Kelly. . 19th District-C. E. McGregor. 20th District-John T. Allen. 21st District-S. E. Jones. 22d District-W. D. McNeil. 23d District-R. L. Dickey. ;' 24th District-B. S. Miller. 25th District-R. 0. Bulloch. 26th Distriet-W. E. H. Searcy, Sr. 27th District-A. H. Foster. 28th District-Grant D. Perry. 29th District-N. B. Chennault. 30th District-R. T. DuBose. 31st District-J. T. Peyton. 32d District-J. H. Moore. 33d District-W. W. Stark. 34th District-M. D. Irwin. 35th District-H. M. Huie. 36th District-J. T. Longino. 37th District-J. T. Hixon. 38th District-W. E Spinks. WEDNESDAY, .JUNE 25, 1913. 39th District-W. W. Jones. 40th Distriot-J. F. Johnson. 41st District-A. H. Burtz. 42d District-John W. L. Brown. 43d District-M. C. Tarver. 44th District-Le Pope. I certify that the above list is a true and correct .list of the me~bers of th~ Senate as appears from the returns of file in this office. PHILIP CooK, Atlanta, Ga., June 25, W13. Secreta'ry :of State. The foregoing official list was called to ascertain the p~esence of a quorum being present, the blessings of God were invoked by the Rev. J. W. G. Watkins at the request of the Secretary. Senators-elect then presented themselves at the Secretary;s desk and took the prescribed oath of office, the same being administered by Hon. J. R. Pottle, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. The Secretary then announced that the next business in order was the election of a President of the body. Mr. W. E. Spinks withdrew the name of Senator Allen from the race for President. Ron. W. W. Stark of 33d District placed in nomination the Hon. J. Randolph Anderson for President of the Senate. 6 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, There being ilo other nominations the roll was called and the vote was as follows: Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Oonverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. F{)rd, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Wa.tts, J. N. Upon casting up the vote it appeared that Hon. J. Randolph Anderson had received 43 votes, which was all the votes cast, and was declared duly elected President for the ensuing two years. The President then announced the election of a Secretary of the Senate as the next order of business~ Whereupon Senator Hine placed in nomination Hon. C. S. Northen of Fulton County as Secretary for the ensuing two years. There being no other nominations the roll was called; the vote is as follows: Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Oonverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. WEDNESDAY, JcNE 25, 1913. 'l Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Lc, Richardson, C. H. Tarver, M. C. Rushin, M. E. Taylor, G. W. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Turner, S. M. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Tyson, C. M. wa.tts, J. N. Stark, W. W. . Sweat, J. L . MR. PRESIDENT. Upon casting up the vote it appeared that the Hon. C. S. Northen had secured 44 votes, which waH nII the votes cast, and was duly elected Secretary of the Senate for the ensuing two years. The next business was the election of a President pro tem. Senator Sweat placed in nomination Senator Bush for President pro tem-this was seconded by several. Senator Miller placed in nomination Senator E. L. Smith for President pro tem, and this nomination was ~econded by several. There being no other nominations the roll was called and the vote was as follows: Those voting for Senator Smith were MessTs.- Brown, John W. L. Irwin, M. D. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, S. E. Burtz, A. H. Jones,_ W. W. Bush, W. J. Johnson, J. F. Chennault, N. B. Kea, Fred, Converse, W. L. Kelly, 0. L. Di'Ckey, R. L. Longino, J. T. Elkins, 0. H. McNeil, W. D. Ford, L. L. Miller, B. S. Foster, A. H. Moore, J. H. Harrell, G. Y. Olliff, W. M. Hixon, J. T. Parrish, C. H. Huie, G. M. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. 8 JouRNAL OF THE SENATB, Those voting for Senator Bush were Messrs.- DuBose, R. T. McGregor, C. E. Richardson, C. H. Sweat, J. L. Smith, E. L. Tyson, C. M. Those not voting were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Upon casting up the vote it appeRred that Senator Smith had received 37 votes, which was a majority of all the votes. cast, and was duly elected President pro tem1. of the Senate for the ensuing two years. Tlhe next order of business was the election of a Messenger of the Senate. Mr. Miller placed in nomination the Hon. Flynn Hargett of Harris County for Messenger for the ensuing two years. This nomination was seconded by several; there being no other nominations the roll was called. Those voting for Hon. Flynn Hargett were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Irwin, M. D. Peyton, J. T. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, S. E. Pope, Le, Burtz, A. H. .Jones, W. W. Richardson, C. H. Bush, W. J. .Johnson, J. F. Rushin, M. E. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. F{)rd, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, c: E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. ' Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Perry, Grant D. MR. PRESIDENT. Those not voting were Messrs.- Allen, John T. DuBose, R. T. Smith, E. L. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 9 Upon casting up the vote it appeared that Hon. Flynn Hargett had received 42 votes, which was a majority of all the votes cast; was declared duly elected M'essenger of the Senate for the ensuing two years. The next order of business was the election of a Doorkeeper for the ensuing two years. Mr. Miller placed in nomination the Hon. I. J: Stephens of Coweta County; this nomination was seconded by several. Mr. Huie placed in nomination the Hon. Julius H. Cook of Fulton County. There being no other nominations the roll was called for the election of Doorkeeper, and the vote was as follows: Those voting for Hon. I. J. Stephens were Messrs. Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloeh, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Pen'y, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. Those voting for Hon. Julius H. Cook were :MessrS'.- Huie, G. M. Moore, J. H. 10 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Those not voting were Messrs.- Smith, E. L. Upon casting up the vote it appeared that Ron. I. J. Stephens had received 41 votes, which was a majority of all the votes cast, and was declared duly elected Doorkeeper for the ensuing two years. The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. Miller- Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has organized by the election of Ron. J. Randolph Anderson as President and Hon. C. S. Northen as Secretary for the ensuing two years. The following committee was appointed to select a Chaplain for the ensuing two years : Senators DuBose, Stark and Parrish. The above committee selected the Rev. J. W. G. Watkins as Chaplain, and this selection was confirmed by the Senate.. The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. Miller- Resolved, That until further ordered the rules of the Senate of 1911 and 1912 be and they are her~by adopted as the rules of the 1913 and 1914 Senate now in session. The following m:essage was received from thu House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof~ .WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 11 Mr. President: I am instructed by the House to notify the Senate that the House has perfected its organization by the election of Ron. :W- H. Burwell of Hancock, Speaker, and Hon. Jno. T. Boifeuillet of Bibb, Clerk, and is now ready to proceed with the business of the ses sion. The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. Tyson- Resolved, That the General Assembly :meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives tomorrow, Thursday, at 11 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of canvassing and consolidating the vo~e for Governor and State House officers, and declaringthe result. Mr. Miller offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two from the Sen.ate and three from the House be appointed to notify His Excellency the Governor that the General Asge:rrrbly has convened in regular session and is ready for the transaction of business. Committee on the part of Senate are Senators Miller and DuBose. The following resolution was read and adopted: :By Mr. MillerResolved, That a committee of two from .the Sen- 12 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, ate and three from the House be appointed to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect. Committee on part of Senate Senators Allen and Rushin. The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. DuBose- Resolved, That the .Secretary of State be requested to secure sufficient quantity of Swift Springs water for the use of the Senate for the session of 1913 and 1914. The following message was received from the House througft Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House has concurred in the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit: A resolution providing for a joint committee to notify His Excellency the Governor that the General Assembly has perfected organization and is now ready to proceed with the business of the State.. The Speaker appointed the following members as committee on the part of the House, to-wit: Messrs. Cheney, Holtzclaw, Akin. Mr. President: I am directed by His Ex~llency the Governor to deliver to the Senate a communication in writing, to which he respectfully invite's your attention: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 13 Governor's Message Atlanta, Ga., June 25; 1913. To the General Assembly: Upon your assumption of the responsibilities of legislation for the welfare of the people of this great Commonwealth, I extend to you a cordial greeting, with the heartfelt hope that o1Ir Almighty Guide will lead your minds into the c-hannels of wisdom and deliberation. I cannot doubt that the people have shown careful discernment in the choice of members of both of your houses, hence it is with confidence that I lay before you the views which I deem worthy your consideration, recommending their enactment into laws which I believe will enhance the well being of the 8tate. These views affecting the proper use of the ballot -the freeman's inherited right-the safety of person from disease and casualty, the economical, but judicious, expenditure of the people's money and the equitable levying of taxes for collecting the same, and other matters are such as experience and observation in the Executive Office have convinced me are necessary for the protection of the people and their progress on orderly lines.. I cannot refrain from premising with the statement that the words "Justice" and "Equality" a':"e 14 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, the bases upon which is built our governmental structure. Without justice government is a mock- ery, without equality we eannot have a republic. Therefore, if we be patriots, our life lines, our am- bitions and endeavors cluster around these fateful .words. . REGISTRATION LAws. First for consideration, I call your attention to the serious defects and unnecessary barriers in the registration law now upon the statute book. The requirement that the registration lists shall be closed six months in advance of regular elections is more d~astic than that in any other State in the , Union, and imposes unnecessary hardships upon the country people of this State. The same barrier to franchise rights for the choice of State and County officers prevails in only a less degree against the voters in the cities. Yet, in their municipal elections, the latter are allowed as short a time as they desire for registration. With some of them this limit is less than thirty days. Hence, I earnestly recommend that your honorable bodies make such changes in the registration laws as will protect all voters alike in their proper rights for exercising the franchise . .Under the present law upwards of twenty thousand white voters in Fulton County alone are deprived of the right to vote by the operation of the law in question. And the total number disfranchised throughout the State exceeds seventy-five thousand. The continuance of the law, as framed, WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 15 on the statute book will bring reproach upon the State. BuiLDING oF PuBLIC HIGHWAYS. The building of good roads is undoubtedly one of the main factors in the marked progress the State has made in material development during the past four 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 th~ facilities of the several counties. Therefore, it ~hould 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. 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 estab~ 1ished, and that it be filled with an experienced Civil Engineer, at a salary and traveling expense, etc., to he fixed by law. DouBLE-TRACKING 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 16 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, greater safety of the millions of passengers and the enormous amounts of freight transported. The sin- gle tracks of some roads are now becoming almost inadequate to modern requirements. With 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 and during the times when fertilizers are moving in the spring and fruits in the summer, cause our people each year an aggregate delay of an astonishing number of hours which, distributed over the hundreds of stations, meanS' an absolute and irre- parable loss to the productive and commercial energy of the State. The loss thus caused is, beyond all comparison, greater to the multitudes who travel and ship freight than it is to the owners of the railroads. I suggest that your bodies, together with the Rail- road Commission, take this matter under advise- ment, in order, by practical means, to bring about the benefits that double-tra-cking would afford. And in this connection I will call your attention to the fact that railroad building in Georgia for the past few years has not kept pace with the develop- ment of other general properties, as is shown by the following official figures: Total miles of single track railroads in Georgia in 1905 -----------------Total miles of single track railroads in 6424.46 Georgia in 1912 ------,-----------Percentage of increase, 11. 7166.36 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 17 Aggregate value of all property in 1905 _____________________________$ 577,840,282 Aggregate value of all property in 1912 ----------------------------- 842,358,342 Percentage of increase, 45.7. STATE AuDITOR. I respectfully call your attention to the great need ()f an up-to-date system of auditing accounts, and rooommend that you establish the office of State Auditor with such clerical force as is found needful. I am confident that an auditin~ department, with the authority to supervise all expenditures, would :save many times its cost each year. FARM CREDIT SYSTEM. The farm credit system which has wrought such -extraordinary results for good to the dwellers upon the farms in Germany and so~e other European .countries has attracted wide attention within the _past twelve months in this country. I attended a Conference of the Governors at the White Rouse, which was called by President T'aft, in Dooember, 1912, for the purpose of discussing this system. Experts appointed by the United States government and by the Governors of some -of .the States are now investigating this subject in foreign countries. Georgia is represented in this investigation. That our people may have direct information upon this s'nbjeet, I recommend that your honorable bodies appoint' a joint committee to whom shall be 18 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, added about three or five other citizens of Georgiato be named by .the Governor, for the purpose of securing and placing before our people the most. available plan of securing for our farmers at th& lowest rates of interest such money as they mayneed for the conduct of their affairs. When we realize that in Germany a farmer can borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent., whereas in Georgia the gross rate paid runs from twelve per cent. sometimes to even twenty per cent., the importance of this subject caii be readily realized as being param~unt. INHERITANCE TAX. I desire to here repeat the suggestion I made to-your predecessors in 1909, viz. : Over three-fourths of the States now have lawsproviding for an inheritance tax. A proposition to impose a national inheritance tax bas lately been presented to Congress, and.practically the only argument brought against the measure was to the effect that inheritances were properly subjects for State taxation, and that a majority of the States now: imposed such a tax. The policy of modern government is opposed to-the accumulation of vast estates, so hedged aboutby legal technicalities and safe-guards as to escape their equitable burden of taxation, In the enlightened view of the leading publicists and economists; of our times, no sound reason. exists why inheritances should not be subject to taxation. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 19 NEAR BEER TAX. The law providing for the collection of a license -tax for the sale of near beer is so drawn that the payment of this tax has been delayed or evaded by very many dealers. To prevent excuses for delay in paying this tax in -future, I recommend that you place the duty of its collection upon some of the county officers with J)roper compensation therefor and also provide adequate penalties for failure to make prompt payment. BANK ExAMINERS. The great increase in the number of State Banks has rendered it physically impossible for two examiners to adequately perform the work required by law. Under the present system two examiners'are rb quired to audit correctly the accounts of almost seven hundred banks semi-annually within this State. Hence, through no physical fault of the bank examiners those of the public who make their deposits in State banks have no assurance that all the banks are in a sound condition. It is, therefore, imperatively necessary that the number of bank ex:aminers be sufficiently increased to meet the demands for the proper protection of those who place their money in State banks. The very large increase in the number of banks to be examined necessarily demands an increase in the number of examiners. 20 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, VITAL STATISTICS. Nothing is of more importance to a State than the preservation of good health for its inhabitants~ The vital statistics. of Georgia are so incomplete asto really furnish us with no reliable information~ I, therefore, recommend the enactment of laws requiring physicians to report all births and deaths. coming under their purview. The birth statistics, of course, should show sex and race. The death statistics should show the disease, or complaint, of which each person died. If these statistics were kept fulJy and definitely,. we could within a few years ascertain what diseases were most prevalent in the various counties of the State, and in that way could be guided in taking steps toward alleviating the trouble to some extent. For example, if in one county there was a great proportion of deaths from malarial fever, and in another from pneumonia, or bronchial troubles, theconcentrated efforts of the State could be directed toward at least a partial removal of the cause, or the extension of knowledge among the local populations for handling the troubles most prevalent in their localities. In this connection. I call your especial attentionto those portions of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture which bear upon the shipment of tubercnlous cattle into this State and also to the inspections of dairies and butchers' establishments. No better use could be made of the surplus incomeof that department, after paying $10,000 each to the- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 21 District Agricultural Schools and the expenses of the department, than to provide for extension of inspections suggested by the Commissioner of foods of various kinds and the increased expense needed for the laboratory. These matters are of excessive importance in protecting the health and lives of the people. HISTORICAL RECORDS. vVork on the Colonial Records and on that por~ tion of the records which include the rosters of Georgia troops during the years 1861-65 is being well done; but I respectfully suggest that Georgia has much history not covered by the two periods indicated. The State should see that her history from the foundation of the Colony of Georgia by Oglethorpe to the present time ~ officially written. He~ people are entitled to know what has been done by Georgians throughout the whole period of the State's history. Georgia is amply able to perpetuate her records in definite form. Hence, I recommend that the office of Compiler of Colonial Records be perpetuated for such length of time as will ensure the proper writing of the State's history from the date reached by the present compilation until the date when such work shall have reached the then contem~ porary period. The expense of future work can be met by the net amount received from the sale of such books when published, also from the Acts of the Legislature and such other State bookS as you may see fit to include. 22 JovRNAL oF THE SENATE, That the people of Georgia may have facilities for acquainting themselves properly with the history of the State, I respectfully recommend that sets of these historic volumes be deposited in the Ordinary's office or other proper office in the court house of each county of the State. I know of no better mode of arousing State pride in the youth and to some extent even among the adult population than to put in reach of all of them the facilities for learning the achievements of Georgians and the power and glory of our great State 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 indistinguishable. As hallowed by association and memory as is this great symbol of Georgi;l 's sovereignty, common sense would seem to demand that a reproduction of it be made, which would enable all of the great doeuments of this State to be properly stamped. I, therefore, recommend that your honorable bodieS' take steps to effect the above purpose. PRISON CoMMISSION. I would suggest that the Prison Commission be given authority and directed to inspect jails. It is more important that persons detained merely for trial be properly cared for than That those already convicted of crime be treated well. Many' good women have urged me to advocate the enactment of a law providing for the inspection by WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. women of those quarters occupied by female prisoners. I deem the suggestion a good one and well in keeping with the demands of actual propriety and broad humanity, and as such commend it to you. In this connection I will state that it has been proposed in some circles to restore the practice of whipping female convicts in order to maintain discipline. I respectfully suggest that such a return to a practice semi-barbarous in its nature would not he in keeping with the enHghtened spirit of our modern civilization. The point has been raised in the public press and i11 some other circles that the State ought to allow moderate wages to convicts in the penitentiary, such wages to be paid to the families of these convicts whose protector and provider the State holds in confinement. I scarcely think that we are ready to take .such a step; but in the event it be seriously considered, I respectfuJly suggest that, inasmuch as the convict is immured because of his taking the life of another, or of some damage done to others, if wages be allowed by the State they should be paid mostly, if not entirely, to the family whom the convict has deprived of its protector and supporter. CHARGE TO JURIES IN CAPITAL CASE_S. Experience having shown that in capital cases trial juries from time to time have requested the presiding judge to re-charge them upon certain points where their memory had failed to retain the instructions in his charge, I respectfully su9gest 24 .JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, that it be required that in all capital cases the presiding judge shall, after reading bis charge to the jury, hand a copy of it to the foreman to be taken into the jury room for consideration in their deliberations. BY J SusPENDING SENTENCES TRIAL uooEs. It is a known fact that a number of the trial judges of this State, after conviction by juries, pass sentences in conformity with the law and then suspend them, such suspension to last during the pleasure of the judge. Although this procedure by these judges has been declared unlawful by the Supreme Court, yet the practice is persisted in. I do not as.sert that this practice is in itself against public policy, but undoubtedly it should be in conformity with the law if it is to be continued. Hence, I recommend that your honorable bodies enact such legislation upon this subject as your wisdom suggests. GoVERNORs' CoNFERENCE. 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 interchange 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 these annual conferences, also for print- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 25 ing 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, henee, the payment must come from the Governor, individually. I respectfully suggest the enactment of a statute authorizing these expem~es to be paid from the contingent fund of J:.he State, inasmuch a.s Georgia scarcely expects her Governor to fail to attend these annual conferences. I also suggest that the Governor be authorized to pay this State's quota for printing the minutes of the meeting of the Conference in Richmond, Va., d:nring December, 1912. DisTRICT AGRICULTURAL & MEcHANICAL ScHOOLs. The District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools having been taken into the University system of the State, I respectfully suggest that the co-operative relationship between the State Uni~ersity, through the State College of Agriculture, and the above district schools be made closer than they have heretofore been. 'l'o this end I suggest that the Board of Trustees of the State College of Agriculture appoint at least one member from its Board of Trustees to be an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the District Agricultural & Mechanical Sehool in his Congressional District, wher~by each of said district schools will have thereon one trustee of the State College of Agriculture. Such member should be required to attend the annual commencement exercises of the district school to which he is assigned and should have ful1 privilege and authority to aet 26 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, with the board of Trustees of the district school at that and all other meetings of the 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, pr9gress; etc., of the said District Agricultural & Mechanical Sc~ools. The Board of Trustees of the State College of Agriculture should also he clothed with. power to exercise such authority over the district schools as will cause them to conform to a general plan. u STATE NIVEBSITY. The demands of modern civilization are trending toward the greatest development of the human mind. That State which trains the brains of its young manhood and womanhood to the exercise of the highest powers is the State which by natural process take-s and holds the leadership over her civic sisters. The strongly developed mental faculties of a people have greater weight in the control of world powers than the broad-sides of battle ships. Genius makes conquests more abiding than are made by guns, and the strength in the trained brains of a people holds greater security than strength in the most elaborately constructed forts. And while you are appropriating money and enacting laws for the more efficient and extended cultivation of the soil of our State, hold ever in mind that the cultivation which will bring the greatest crops and choicest fruits is the cultivation of the minds of her youth. Hence, I urge you to build up WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 27 as rapidly as Georgia's resources will admit the State Uni~ersity which our forefathers created and which, with its branch colleges and other high educational institutions, can develop the mental powers of our young people of both sexes for keeping this great State abreast of her most ambitious rivals. Before passing from this subject I cannot refrain from the statement that the cha_rm of the University of Georgia is its democracy. From a close observation of the conduct of its affairs for the past four years, I am prepared to assert with pride that the son of the poorest parents in the State has equal consideration by the faculty with the son of the richest. Merit and application open the gates of opportunity to all alike, and it is especially pleasing to note that the citizens of Athens extend impartial kindness to all the students regardless of rank or wealth. The State, therefore, has a selfish interest, and pardonably so, in every dollar she appropriates to maintain to highest efficiency this, her great braintrainer. ScHOOL oF TECHNOLOGY, ETc. It is impossible to measure the value to the State of the School of .Technology. The high standard which its graduates hold is finding its reflex in tbe technieal development of the commonwealth from the mountains to the seaboard. The modern demands for education of this character in the architectural and mechanical development of our people are so imperative that we cannot afford to let this 28 .J Ol'R~ AL OF THE SENATE, great institution of learning lose aught of the high grade of efficiency now characterizing it. It is undoubtedly true that this school has lost several of its leading instructors by reason of the inadequate compensation they received. I, therefore, urge you to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars as an addition to the annual maintenance fund of the said sch9ol, making same immediately available. I also recommend the addition of $7,500 each to the annual maintenance funds of the Georgia Normal School and the Georgia Normal and Industrial SchooL PAYMENT OF ScHOOL TEACHERS. In my annual mesS'age to your predecessors last year I stated that the condition of the Treasury had permitted the payment of but 10 per cent. of the amount due for expenses of the common schools. I regret to report that, the appropriations having increased in greater proportion than the State's in- come, it has been impossible to pay any amount as yet of the common school appropriation for this year. During the past three months we have made inquiry into the question of the payment of teachers, that is, we have sought to get the truth of conditions as they are. The result of the investigation proves that the evil has not been exaggerated by those who have decried it. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 29 Briefly, we found that approximately one-third of :all the teachel\S in the public schools of the State in 1912 were forced io wait from two to twelve months for their pay, or, in lieu of waiting, had to discount their claims at from 8 to 25 per cent. A great proportion of those who received prompt payments were paid with funds borrowed by local boards of education, who were required to pay from 6 to 12 per cent. for the money. Concretely, we estimate from the reports received that advances made to boards or teachers during 1912 amounted to approximately $2,000,000, and that these advanees cost at least $75,000 in interest or discount. Thus, it is clear that the waste in money due to delayed remittances from the State is great, and there must be an equal loss in efficiency resulting from the indifference fostered by the faulty and difficult method of financing the schools. With $1,000,000 more revenue available during the Spring and Summer months the State would be able to make prompt monthly remittances to the s"Chool systems, and thus would practically overcome the difficulties now labored under, and growing worse. Therefore, I urge upon you the necessity for taking such steps as will enable the Executive Office to make prompt monthly payments as due on the appropriation to the public schools. The information gathered as the result of the investigation above referred to is on file in the Executive Office subject to your wishes. 30 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, EcoNOMY IN APPROPRIATIONS. While there has been a gratifying increase in thEttaxable valuations of the property in the State, yet. the demands for expenses to maintain schools and' other educational institutions and the civil list require more than the present income of the State. Hence, I urge your honorable bodies to exercise great discernment and care in the matter of approprinting the people's money; and that, so far as can be made practicable without militating against theactual needs of the State's institutions and the conduct o_f the government, you exercise the strictest economy. LAWLEss ELEMENT IN CERTAIN CouNTIES. within the pwst few months certain lawless persons have posted notices in Forsyth, Dawson, Cobb and other counties, warning all negroes to move from those counties under penalty of destruction of their homes and lives. Several of such threatened outrages have been perpetrated through the dynamiting of houses, besides the burning of one store. I am reliably infol"..Ded that quite a number of farms in Forsyth County have been practically abandoned this year for lack of labor, which has fled before these threats. The State cannot tolerate such a .condition of affairs. She cannot allow even a just resentment against lawless individuals to take the shape of wholesale intimidation of labor necessary for the conduct of farms and industrial enterprises. There is no reason why farms should lose their productive power and why t1ie white women of thi~ WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. iH State should be driven. to the cook stoves and wash pots simply because certain people blindly strike down all of one class in retaliation for the nefarious deeds of individuals in that class. The application _ of the law is to the individual who violates it, and all who are law-abiding are entitled to and must have the protection of the law. I, therefore, recommend the enactment of a statute which will meet the situation above indicated, and punish all who would impair the powers of honest labor. The penalty for dynamiting or burning residences should be fixed at $500.00 for each offense, and rewards of such amounts, not greater than $200.00 per perS'on, should be authorized for the arrest, with proof to convict, of every one guilty of posting threatening notices or using other measures for intimidating people and driving them from their homes. RAILROAD COMMISSION. Unnecessary offices which levy additional taxes upon the people should be abolished. It is against public policy to maintain sinecures. I therefore respectfully recommend to your honorable bodies the reduction of the membership of the Railroad Commission from five members to three. When it is considered that only one member of the five is required by law to devote his entire time to the service of the office, and that the larger number of memtbers makes that body cumbersome, as well as needlessly expensive, it is patent that it is to the State's interest to reduce the number of Com- 32 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, missioners, and also to dispense with the office or Special Attorney for the Railroad Commission. I will add that the Interstate CQmmerce Commis- sion has assumed the auth'ority to raise intra-staterates when it seems that these rates injuriously affect. interstate rates. The lower courts have upheld that Commission in this action. The Supreme Court o:f the United States ~as practically upheld this position in a recent decision, hence it would appear that a blow has been struck the Railroad Commissions of the States. In such event it would clearly be a waste of the people's money to maintain as many as five members on this Commission for the purpose mainly of supervising the occasional building of depots and the collection of statistical information. Furthermore, it is well known that the number of members of this Commission was increased in 1907 for the purpose of installing what were termed ''Port Rates.'' Yet, although the advocates of'' Port Rates" have been in the majority on the Commission from September, 1907, to June, 1909, and from November, 1911, to this date, there bas been no effort made by the Commission to even promulgate "Port Rates." Hence, as "Port Rates" have been proven to be a campaign theory, which it is impracticable to make effective, it is manifestly contrary to the public interest to maintain five members on this hoard at the expense of the tax payers. CRIMINAL LAWS. Inasmuch as our penal laws have undergone little change during the past half century, it might be WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 33 timely for you to make inquiry looking to amendments necessitated by changed conditions and modern developments. I wish to direct your attention to one important change that is needed. In misdemeanor cases where prison penalties with alternative fines are imposed leave should be given ror payment of the fine, or the pro rata portion of the fine ~ue at any time before the completion of the prison or chain-gang sentence. In most court jurisdictions it is held that o::ace the fine alternative is rejected, and the period fur accepting it elapsed, the fine cannot be paid except by commutation from this office. In no case will they pro rate the penalty, deducting, as they on in cities, for the period of time served by the prisoner. This' is manifestly unjust, amounting to a special penalty on poverty and misfortune. A great many perS'Ons are unable to raise the amount of the alternative fine when it is imposed upon them, but later do raise it, or a sufficient amount, allowing for the time served to meet the intent of the sentence imposed. The only way they can get relief is by coming to the Elxecutive Office with app1i~ations for clemency, which puts them to unnecessary expense and this office to much trouble, all of whioh could be obviated by your providing an automatic method for prisoners to pay their fines at any time before ~en tence is c!lmpleted. ApplicationS' for executive clemen~y are becoming more and more burdensome on the Executive Office. During the past eighteen months this office has be~ 34 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, forced to consider nearly 1,000 of such appeals. Outside the assistance rendered by the Prison Oommissian, the Executive Offiee each week is forced to read and answer scores of letters, and see or otherwise deal with scores of callers relating to such applications. Inasmuch as the Constitution places full responsib!lity in these matters on the Governor, he is in duty bound t~ examine each record and to make such investigatiQns and inquiries in addition to those made by the Commission as he thinks proper. The result is that this work takes up a large proportiQn of the time of the Executive Office, precluding attention to other important business. In additi:on to this, lack of time makes it impossible for this office to pursue investigation of many cases as thoroughly as their importance demands. Therefore, I recommend that you provide the Governor with a pardon clerk, or attorney, who shall devote his entire time to assisting in handling applications for executive clemency. TAXES. Again permit me to repeat the recommendation made in my general message of last year, and previous ones during a former administration, relative to the urgent need of a better method of assessing property for taxation. All who have studied the question agree that if property now escaping taxation, and other property bearing less than its equitable burden, wer"e required to contribute their just part to the support of the State government our revenues would be augmented WEmmsDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 35 to the extent of the deficit, which is now of serious consequence. It is but simple honesty to demand that all property be required to bear its' just share of the expenses of the government which gives it protection. Therefore, I recommend that you amend the tax laws so as to provide a method of assessment for, and equalization of, taxes more just than now prevails. DucKTOWN CoPPER MINES. The United States Supreme Court, some years ago, gave to the State of Georgia a decree against the copper companies operating in what is known as the Ducktown region in Tennessee. The fumes arising from the operation of the copper mines have been doing great damage to growing crops of citizens living in Fannin and other Georgia counties. This State, being willing to allow owners of the copper mines to continue the development of their property if our citizens were protected against damage, has allowed the copper companies time for perfecting appliances for taking care of the sulphur fumes. This is resulting in the manufacture of enormous amounts of sulphuric acid from__ the copper fumes. But as the damage is still being done to some extent, one of the companies, the Tennessee Copper Company, has offered to place in the hands of the State a sum approximating $15,000 annually for the purpose of indemnifying thos-e Georgia citizens who are damaged, such annual fund to be available unti] their im1proved appliances are completed. ................................ .........:................:..... 36 JOURNAL OF THE SENAT.E, I respectfully suggest, therefore, that you authorize the Governor to make this agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company, and require a similar agreement to be made with the other company or oompanies to the end that our citizens be protected from damages which are occurring during the growing season to crops each year. CoMPULSORY ARBITRATION NEcESSARY. During the fall of last year there occurred a strike by the employees of the street car company in Au- gusta, and another strike by certain employees of the Georgia Railroad, which, .for a number of days, prevented the public from having the benefit of the operation 'Of these common carriers. By the census of 1910, the city of Augusta had a population of 41,040 people, and the oounties serv- ed by the Georgia Railroad had an aggregate of 582,182. These figures give an idea of the wide- spread wrong which these striking employees com- mitted. These tWlo corporations were chartered by the State for the purpose of conducting commerce and the carriage of passengers. The "primary object of their charters was ~rvice t'O the public. Conse- quently, when the charters were granted and these roads were built a contract was Virtually entered into by the owners of theS'e properties and the State whereby the fiormer bound themselves to perform the duties of common carriers for the public, and the latter bound herself to protect them in the peace- nble performance of those duties. Not one word ... :...:......:. .. ......~........ . ... .~ .::..::............:..:. WJWNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. "lr-:" o)l was said in those charters giving the owners the right to suspend the operation of the roads to the detriment of public convenience, or giving the employees the same right. So long, therefore, as either of those companies attempts to perform the duty it assumed the State is under obligation to use extreme force, if necessary, to protect it in thus serving the public. Furthermore, in the amended Railroad Commission law, as embodied in Sections 2663 and 2664 of the Code of Georg1a, the Railroad Commission is authorized to require all common carriers and other public service companies und'er its l"upervision "to establish and maintain such public service and 'fa- cilities as may be reasonable and just." Also, "to order and compel the operation of sufficient and proper passenger service when in its judgment inefficient or insufficient service is being rendered the public or any community." Again, it has been very aptly said by one writing on the status of the State in relationship to the common carriers: ''The power to fix rates and charges for transportation is an attribute of sovereignty, because in operating a public highway a transportation corporation exercises the power of a sovereign. This power over public highways constructed for public use to accomodate public travel and secure public convenience is a matter of public concern and is absolutely essential to government.'' Hence, it necessarily follows that any person or combination of persons who obstructs, intimidates or otherwise prevents the operation of the common JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, carriers strikes a blow at the interests of the public and puts his or their will in conflict with the mandate of the sovereign. There is no escape, therefore, from the conclusion that those employees of the street car company in Augusta and of the Georgia Railroad put themselves in a state of open rebellion to the laws of Georgia. They ignored the cardinal tenet of republican government, viz: ''There shall be equal rights to all, special privileges to. none," and arrogated to themselves the exercise of special privileges for settling their quarrels with their respective managements at the expense and serious inconvenience of the public, 41nd in a manner which embodied defiance of the law which requires all dwellers in the State having differences which they cannot peaceably adjust to snhmit them to the State's courts. Again, their acts in leaving the service of the employing companies, and in virtually encouraging the formation of mobs to intimidate and personally assault those citizens whom these common carrier~ induced to take the places they had vacated, that the carriers might obey the law which created them, was logically a claim which can be expressed in these words: "This is your property, but it is my job on it. I and my partners, the union, will defend our mutual rights to exclusive ownership of the positions which we hold on your property. We will determine. for you whom you shall hire and whom you shall not hire, and what wages you shall pay. While H is true that we have not invested a dollar in this public service utility and you have invested millions in it, WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 39 yet, we have vested rights in these positions, rights which we have acquired by usurpation, and we will h!old them, while defying the laws of the State and subjecting the public to serious inconvenience and loss, even against you. On your property chartered to serve the public we are supreme over you, su- preme over the public, supreme over the law. The union label carries more authority than does your Great Seal of State.'' In considering the status of the public service cor- porations and their employees, there is one factor which can not be ignored. This is embodied in the fullowing words found in the last annual report of the Railroad O>mmission of Georgia : "In 1908, the railroads operating in Georgia employed in Georgia, 34,809 persons ; in 1912, they employed 39,691. ''The wages paid these 39,691 employees in 1912 exceeded the wages paid the 34,809 employees in 1908, $5,771,104.93 more than in 1908. This, however, was to a larger number of employees. The individual wage scaleS' show that had the number of employees for 1912 been kept the same as in 1908, they are being paid $3,668,725.21 more than in 1908. "In other words, the 34,809 employees in 1908 received $3,668,725.21 more in 1912, which is an average increase to each railroad empl1oyee in Georgia in 1912 over 1908 of more than $105 per annum. ''The Commission has taken ten trunk line roadR in the State, to-wit, the Southern, the Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast line, the Louisville & Nashville, the Georgia, Southern & Florida, the Georgia Railroad, the Atlanta &West Point, the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, the Central of Georgia, and the Western & Atlantic, and their wage accounts show that they 40 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, paid in 1912, to the same number of employees as in 1908, in wages, $2,604,794.90 more than in 1908. ''The individual wage .scale further shows that by far the largest increase in wages have been paid to employees belonging to labor unions, such as engi~ neers, firemen, eonductors, train hands, etc.'' In other WJOrds, while the average increase to each of the 34,809 employees in 1912 over 1908 was $105.00 per annum, the average increase to each member of a labor union was larger by far, in some instances, doubtless approximating $300.00 or more. Hence, we are brought face to face with the fact that these unions, or combinations of employees, not only on public service corporations but, as is generally known, on practically all other oorporations have forced their wages up above those received by workmen in all other departments of life who have :Qot formed these aggressively militant combinations. Tens of thl()usands of other citizens Who are not in these unions, therefore, are confronted by the fact that the unions are levying a tax upon them to the extent that they are forcing from the employers an inequitable proportion of the wages paid to the gen~ eral classes in the State. If the State not only authorizes these unions, or combinations, to exact higher wages than others receive, but also permits them by authority of law or by winking at their violations of it to hold up the general public and rob it of the facilities for trans~ portation, then she cannot claim the right to protect any farmer or other person employin? labor a~ainst his employees who might strike -and proclaim to him that nobody else should work his crop for him; that WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 41 if he hired any other employees they would burn his dwe1ling and barns, and, if needs be, kill him and his new e~ployees to establish their supremacy over him and his property. And if the State says to owners of railroads, factories, etc., : ''You shall pay tax on this property which you have created or bought, but another class shall control it. I hold you responsible for keeping it in condition for safely serving the public, but I al1ow them the privilege of wrecking it, or of depriving the public of the use of it,'' then how can she protect a farmer or any other citizen in the right to control his property? The same courts established by the Oonstitution and composed of judges elected by the people and jurors chosen from the people are open to the members of labor unions on the s-ame guarantee of equality as they are to farmers and all other classes in the State, and no method of settlement of quarrels by labor unions which results in inconvenience and damage to the public should be tolerated. Again, upon this point, it is generally understood that when the members of one of these unions stri~e against the employing company, the members of the same union on other companies are assessed to support the strikers until the strike is ended. If this be true the organization in question could assess its members one-tenth or one-fortieth of the amount and employ counsel to take the cause of controversy into court and could have justice secured Without damaging any of the interests of the public. 42 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Or, if the strikers are not thus supported by their brother members, they could assess themselves a sum insignificant beside the gross amount of wages lost during the period of the strike and could have their case adjudicated in the courts without inflicting damage upon the unoffending public. In either case they would go before judges and juries of their fellow citizens in precisely the same manner as every other one is required and compelled to do; and it is impossible for all other classes to concede that the members of labor unions have any preferential privileges suggesting, if not actually applying the process of anarchy when theythe masses-are required to submit to the prOcess of law. The mere fact that the laborers on a public service utility or in a factory have more votes than the owners of these properties have, has no bearing on the legal status of the case. Justice is not measured by the number of votes any more than by the weight of dollars. Each party is under the law. Each is entitled to the protection of its own rights in courL Neither is entitled to interfere with the rights of the other either in court or out of court. It should be further borne in mind in this connec-tion that it is primarily the poor people who are subjected to inconvenience and ~amage by the acte of strikers. In Augusta, for example, the rich could use their own conveyances or hire others for the purpose of coming into town and going out to their homes, but the poorer classes in some instances were WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 43 compelled to walk two miles each way to reach their places of employment and to return home; whereas, had these striking employees of the street car company abstained from the unlawful acts they committed in preventing the operation of that public utility, these laborers in the humbler ranks of life could have come from and returned to their homes at trifling cost. And the poorer people at the stations on the Georgia Railroad were subjected, at many points, to great privations which the rich were able to protect themselves against. Therefore, in such cases it is the striker, who, in his blind recklessness, puts his feet in the- bread tray of the poor man and interferes with or deprives him of the right to live,-the cardinal rigiht of humanity. Summing up the status of a strike by employees on a public service corporation, we can not fail to know that there are more than two parties to such strikes. There is a third party, the public, which is subjected to unmerited and unnecessary inconvenience and loss. And above all, there is a fourth party, viz. : The State, whose Constitution the strikers have ignored and whose laws they have trampled under foot. Concerning this fourth, and greatest, party, I will add: The crisis which a strike on a public service corporation brings upon the. masses of the people is not only a menace to their power to procure the necessities of life, but is also a challenge to the very sovereignty of the State in that it arrogates to itself 44 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, the power to prevent the railroads from performing the special funetions for which the State granted their charters, viz. : Those of being common carriers of persons and property. There is no power in Georgia greater than the pow"er of the State herself, and that power holds mastery over and gives direction to every other power which she permits within her borders. She is supreme in potential activities, whenever she finds it needful to exert them. She exacts allegiance and will not divide it. She ordains one process for all, and holds any rival process as rebellion. She is no respecter of persons in the enforcement of her laws. It is needless then to say that the State would not permit the management to shut down the operation of a street car line or a railroad. It is manifest, therefore, that the acts of the employees in pre>enting such operation is equally indefensible, equally condemnable, and that they should be just as inflexibly held aecountable to the laws of the State. No man, no combination of men, is greater than the .State and her laws. I have stressed the views herein advanced because the object lessons given by the striking employees. of the street car company in Augusta and of the Georgia Railroad have been a practical service of notice by the labor union to the State of Georgia that its law within her borders is greater than her law; that the allegiance of its members to it is more binding than the allegiance they owe to her. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 45 The Executive Office has not made this issue; the State of Georgia has not made it. The labor union has openly and recklessly thrown down the gauntlet. The State, therefore, cannot shrink from her duty to her Constitution and her people. It is a matter of current note that the power of the labor union to hurt the general public and to terrorize public men anxious to retain offices of honor and trust has been found in the fact that in several communities it votes solidly in blocks of scores or hundreds for those who cater to it and against those who refuse to bow to its demands; but I call your attention to the fact that, besides multitudes in the cities and towns whose interests are jeopardized by its exactions, there are uprwards of 200,000 voters in the rural portions of this State whose welfare can only be protected by. holding t.be members of the labor union to the same non-interference with the rights of others and lthe same accountability to law which they admit as governing themselves. They will certainly claim that the labor union men, individually and collectively, are no better and have no greater rights than they. I will add that it is no answer at all to say that labor cannot get its rights in any other way than by a strike and boycott. The courts are as open to the labor union man as to the farmer, and there is not the slightest reason why the latter should be required to settle his difference in the State's way, which injures no third party, and that the labor union man be left free to damage everybody else . while settling his difference by a strike. 46 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, He, therefore, who would remain in public life would do well to merit the approval of those myriads of law-abiding and peace-loving citizens beside ~hose numbers the lab~ union's is a trifle. Finally on this subject, I will observe that the trend of the laws of the present day is to the suppression of combinations, generally styled trusts, organized for the restraint of trade. These trusts are condemned by law because they endeavor to force from business all competitors save those in their guild and to exact out of the people unduly high prices for products they handle. Yet, while it is a matter of public note that the labor trust is the most widespread and aggressively exacting trust in America, politicians pander to it, statesmen stand in awe of it, and the public seems helpless in its grasp. Wh~r? Because i~ votes in blocks of thousands in almost every fficials, it being evident that the offense WaJS committed out of ignorance. PINKIE FosTER; Superior Court Floyd County, Fall term, 1903; manslaughter; fifteen years; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and extenuating circumstances connected with the crime. JOHN ANTHONY; Superior Court of Hancock County; Mareh term, 1908; burglary; twelve yeal'ls; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons :and doubt as to whether he should have been convicted of the crime.. MARY FoRTSON; Superior Court Fulton County, May term 1910; manslaughter; five years; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and ex-tenuating circumstances connected with the crime. ToM BELL; Superior Court Taylor County, May term, 1911; manslaughter; two years; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and the recom- 64 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, mendation of the Judge who expressed some doubt as to whether be should have been convicted. JERRY HoLMEs; Superior Court of. Chatham County, Spring term, 1896; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 10, 1912, for statutory reasons and evidence indicating that a verdict for manslaughter would have been proper. HENRY EvANs; Superior Court of Fulton County,. ,January term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment;paroled October 14, 1912, for statutory reasons, his' youth, and extenuating circumstances. JuLE RENFROE; Superior Court of Lowndes County, May term, 1910; assault with intent to murder; eight years; paroled October 21, 1912, for statutory reasons and developments indicating circumstances extenuating the offense. WILL BASKIN AND WILL KNIGHT; Superior Court of l!,ulton County, 'Spring term, 1911; burglary; fiveyears; paroled October 29, 11912, for statutory reasons and because of the youth of applicant!!.. JOHN RoBERSON; Superior Court .of W asbington County, September term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 31, Hl12, for statutory reasons, and doubt as to his guilt. BILL LuNDY; Superior Court of Screven County,. Novemher term, 1901 ; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 31, 1912, for statutory reasons and strong moral circumstances extenuating the. crime. JAcK BELL; Superior Court of Jackson County,. .August term, 1909; burglary; paroled November 5, WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 65 1912, for statutory reasons and the recommendation of the court officials, including the Judge, who stated that the sentence was probably too long. T. P. JoLLY; Superior Court Brooks Comity, May term, 1911; larceny; two years; paroled November 30, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a young man and the offense not particularly atrocious. JAMES BRucE; Superior Court of Pickens County, April term, 1910; robbery; fiv~ years; paroled November 20, 1912, for statutory reasons and the fact that the offense was not such as would class him as a confirmed criminal. W. G. CARTER; Superior Court of Polk County, August term, 1906; manslaughter; ten years; paroled December 12, 1912, for statutory reasons, and on the recommendation of all the court officials, who declared that in their opinion he had been sufficiently punished. ANNIE WooTEN; Superior Court of Fulton County, Spring term, 1893; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December Hi, 1912, for statutory reasons, and because she had served nearly twenty years, the offense not being one of extreme character. MITT HAMMOND; Superior Court of Decatur .County, June term, 1898; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December 16~ 1912, 'for ~tatutory reasons, and beeause the crime committed was not of extreme character and as reward for aiding in stopping a serious mutip.y in the camp where he was confined. 66 JOURNAL OF THE SENAT~, RoBERT BAKER; Superior Court of Mcintosh County, October term, 1892; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December 16, 1912, for statutory reasons, long and faithful service being to h~s credit, having been seriously injured while working in the coal mines. FoRT McELvoY; Superior Court of Muscogee County, Novem'ber term, 1910; larceny; four years; paroled December 30, 1912, for statutory reasons and on the recommendation of the Judge and other court officials who stated that he was a youth of low mentality. GEORGE BAILEY; Superior Court of Richmond County, October term, 1908; attempt to murder; paroled December 23, 1912, for 'Statutory reasons and because he had served two sentences from other courts for what was in reality only one offense. CHARLES SuTTON; Superior Court of Fulton County, January term, 1911; four years and two years (2 cases); robbery; paroled December 23, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a youth of only 20 years old and living in another State. JOHN ADAMS; ::Supenor Court of Whitfield Count) April term, 1911 ; burglary; three years ; paroled December 30, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a young man who probably was influenced by older persons. WALTER H. MooNEY; Superior Court of Fulton County, April term, 1907; burglary; eight years; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 67 paroled January 10, 1913, for statutory reasons and because the record did not show a peculiarly atrocious crime. A. Y. CHASTAIN; Superior Court of Grady County, September term, 1910; assault with intent to commit murder; three years; paroled January 13, 1913, for 1statutory reasons, and because new developments indicated a measure of moral justification for the offense. JOE TENNYSON; Superior Court of Emanuel County, October term, 1892; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 14, 1913, for statutory reasons, affidavits being submitted to the effect that the killing was accidental. Jr:M WILLIAMS; Superior Court of Stephens County, May term, 1909; burglary; ten years; paroled March 8, 1913, for statutory reasons and because it was made clearly evident that the sentence was excessive. JoHN HENRY HILL; Superior Court of Decatur County, May term, 1913 ;- burglary (3 cases) ; eighteen years in the penitentiary; paroled April 15, 1913, for statutory reasons, and because it was clear that the combined sentences were excessive. Doss KNrcKs; 8uperior Court of Murray County,February term, 1912; larceny; two years; paroled ..April17, 1913, for statutory reasons, applicant being a youth who had been promised leniency if he as~ sisted in recovering the stolen property which be did. 68 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, CHARLES V. GoNzALES; Superior Court of Fulton County, September term, 1910; burglary; ten years; paroled April 17, 1913, for statutory reasons and because it was shown that the penalty was out of proportion to the offense committed. MARTHA WOOTEN; Superior Court of Rabun County, August term, 1911; manslaughter; four years; paroled June 7, 1913, for statutory reasons, and because strong mitigating circumstances were shown. CLARENCE RICHARDSON; Superior Court of Early County, October term, 1909; manslaughter; four years; paroled June 7, 1913, for statutory reasons, he being a young man and strong mitigating circumstances being shown. EARL OvERBY; Superior Court of Bibb County, May term, 1911; larceny; five years; paroled June 12, 1913, for statutory reasons applicant having been only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time of the crime and of good family who promised to take and look after him. CoMMUTATIONs. WEBB GIBSON; Superior Court of Early County, October term, 1911; murder; death sentence; commuted to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, July 11, 1912, eviden~ which was not presented to the jury showing that the murder was not of such character as demanded the extreme penalty. wEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 69 MARTHA THOMAs; Superior Court of Early County, January term, 1912; selling liquor; twelve months on the chaingang, three months in jail or $100.00 fine; sentence commuted July 9, 1912, to present service and fine of $100.00, it being shown t"hat there was some douht as to her guilt and that the sentence evidently was ex-ceStSive. HENRY LEWIS; Superior Court of vVilkes County, November term, 1908 ; simple larceny ; one year on the chaingang; commuted July 10, 1912, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General. ABNER D. McMILLAN; City Court of Fulton County, February term, 1912; gaming; commuted July 10, 1012, from fine of $100.00 or twelve months to fine of $35.00, applicant having served nearly six months. RICHARD ALLEN; Superior Court of Coweta County; sentenced to State Reformatory; sentence commuted August 6, 1912, to present service, in order that his mother might take him to Chicago where she had gone to live. STANLEY AYLOR; Superior Court of Houston County, April term, 1912; shooting at another; six months or $100.00 fine; commuted to present service August 13, 1912, on statements from the Judge of the City Court and the Solicitor General that punishment had been adequate. ANDERSoN GooLSBY; City Court of Ocilla, December term, 1911 ; drunk on highway; twelve months ; commuted September 2, 1912, to fine of $50.00, on 70 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, recommendation of the Judge and Solicitor and other court officials. WILL JoNEs; Superior Court of Baker County, Spring term, 1911 ; larceny; two years ; commuted September 2, 1912, on recommendation of court officials and as recognition of heroic act in saving a white woman from death in a runaway on a road where he was working. WARREN HARDwiCK; City Court of Dooly County, Fall term, 1911; twenty-four months (two cases); commuted September 2, 1912, on statement of Judge that he had imposed the heavy penalty on information he later found to be false. W. T. ALLEN; Superior Court of Henry County, October term, 1911; twelve months; commuted September 2, 1912, to present service on recommendation of Judge and because of applicant's advanced age and feeble condition. .BEN MosEs; Superior Court of Baldwin County, July term, 1911; burglary; twelve months; commuted September 4, 1912, to present service on the statement of the Solicitor General to the effect that he had agreed for a fine to be imposed when applicant pleaded guilty to the charge. CLAuD QuARLES; Superior Court of Cobb County,. November term, 1911; larceny; :five year.s; commuted September 6, 1912, on reeommendation of prosecutor and court officials who said it had been understood that boy would be sent to the State Reformatory but had been put on gang. WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. J. W. BoLTON; Superior Court Decatur County, May term, 1911; violating prohibition law; two years or $100.00 fine (two cases); sentences commuteplicant should have been convicted of manslaughter. 74 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, G. E. CRAwFoRD; Superior Court of Fannin County, October term, 1906; murder; life imprisonmnt; com- muted October 15, 1912, to present service, on account of his age, doubt as to his guilt, extenuating circumstances and the recommendation of county offi,cers and court officials. G. F. BALMER; Superior Court Chatham County; embezzlement; three years; commuted October 29, 1912, on recommendation of prosecutors, and because of extenuating circumstances. RoE PmKLE; Superior Court of Hall County, January term, 1912; robbery; five years; commuted October 29, 1912, to one year and fine of $150.00 on recommendation of prosecutor who said that, owing to Pirkle's help in convicting others involved with him, sentence was excessive. Jun HoLLIS; Superior Court of Bibb County, May term, 1910; robbery; four years; commuted November 6, 1912, to present service on recommendation of Judge 'and Solicitor General who declared he had been adequately punished. HATTIE JOHNSON; City Court of Washington, Fall term, 1912 ; larceny; twelve months; commuted November 7, 1912, beca11.se .she was the only woman on the Wilkes County chaingang and it was represented that she was soon to be a mother. LuKE DYER; City Court of Athens, April term, 1911; larceny; twelve months; commuted November 7, 1912, to present service on recommendation of WEDNESDAY1 JuNE 25, 1913. 75 county commissioners, who said applicant was in the last stages of tuberculosis and a menace to the other prisoners. W. H. A. NESBIT; City Court of Waycross, October term, 1912; selling toy balloons without a license; commuted November 13, 1912, on reoommendation of court officials, who made it clear that applicant was ignorant of the law he violated. HuGH K. NisBET; City Court of Atlanta, July term, 1912 ; vagrancy; eight months; commuted to present service November 20, 1912, on recommendation of the court officials who said he had been sent to prison to become cured of the drug habit, which had been accomplished. REBECCA RoBINSON; City Court of Chatham County, May term, 1912; assault and battery; nine months;' oommuted December 12, 1912, because of her youth and recommendation of court officials. G. W. McCoRMICK; Superior Court of Mitchell County, August term, 1912; keeping whiskey in public place; thirty days in jail or $200.00 fine; commuted December 18, 1912, to present service, on recoonmendation of the Judge applicant having served two sentences in other cases, the three being imposed at the same time. W. H. NuNNALLY; City Oourt of Atlanta, Spring term, 1912; vagrancy; eight months; commuted December 19, 1912, on recommendation of court officials w:ho stated that applicant had been sent to 76 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, prison so he might be cured of the drug habit which had been accomplished. DocK CROSBY; Superior Court of Fulton County, April term, 1903; murder; life imprisonment; commuted December 23, 1912, on recommendation of court officials which recommendation was based on new developments showing that applicant should have been convicted at best of manslaughter. JOHN BANKS; City Court of Americus, November term 1912; gaming; $50.00 fine or twelve months; commuted January 17, 1913, to $50.00 fine, it being held that after he accepted the chaingang penalty friends he had been unable to communicate with in time could not pay the fine except by order of this office. Sm SMITH; City Court of Monroe County, July term, 1912; gaming; twelve months; commuted ,January 17, 1913, to present service, on the ground that sentence was excessive, the basis of the prosecution being a "ten-cent game of craps." Wrr.J.JAM B. QuiTOR and ERNEST A. GRANT; City Court of Decatur County, November term, 1912; larceny; $50.00 fine or eight months on the chaingang; commuted to present service January 17, 1913r on the ground that the penalty was excessive, applicants being boys and the offense consisting of stealing a few stalks of sugar-cane. WALTER HicKs; Superior Court of Taylor County,. April term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; c.ommuted January 18, 1913, to present WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 77 service, as it was S'bown be bad sold only one drink {)f whiskey and was dying from tuberculosis. BuBLEY CuMBY; City Court of Carrollton, May term, 1912; misdemeanor (two cases) ; $100.00 fine or twelve months in each caB'e; commuted January 18, 1913, to one chaingang sentence and fine of $100.00 to make effective the sentence of the court: J. H. DAvis; Superior Court of Cobb County, March term, 1912; assault and battery; eight months; commuted January 25, 1913, to a fine of $3'50.00 on recommendation of the Solicitor General and because of extenuating circumstances developing after the trial. HENBY TAYLOB; Superior Court of Baldwin County; murder; death sentence; commuted January 25, 1913, to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life, applicant being a youth of poor mentality, and it being shown there were strong extenuating circmnstances which were not developed at the trial. ALBEBT CoBNELL; City Court of Fulton County, October term, 1912; Larceny; $75 fine or twelve months; commuted February- 5, 1913, on recommendation of court officials and prosecutor, applicant being a young man of previous good conduct and the offense not being an extreme one. PEABL RYANS; City Court of Atlanta, January term, 1913; larceny; three months in jq.il; commuted February 14, 1913, on recommendation of court_ officials because she was soon to become a mother. 78 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, R. D. WHITAKER; City Court of Atlanta, November term, 1912; vagrancy; twelve months; commuted February 14, 1913, on recommendation officials who stated that applicant had been sent to prison to be cured of the drug habit which had been accomplished. GRACE CHAMBERS; City Court of Fulton County, December term, 1912; vagrancy; $100.00 fine or eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, as it was clear that he had come to Atlanta in search of a relative and was not guilty of the offense charged. JOHN HENRY CHANEY; City Court of Fulton County, December term, 1912; vagrancy; $100.00 fine or eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, as it was clear that he had come to Atlanta in search of a relative and was not guilty of the offense charged. AARON 0RDISTER; City court of Wilkes County, Fall term, 1910; larceny (four cases) ; four years; commuted February 18, 1913, on the ground that the punishment was adequate as the conviction was for virtually only one crime and that not an extreme one. 0LEY WALKER; Superior Court of Walton County, February term, 1910; forgery; four yearS'; commuted March 7,1913, on the ground of adequate punishment, as applicant was an ignorant negro boy who had forged an order for a small bill of goods which were recovered. FoREST JoNEs; City Court of Fulton County, October term,. 1912; carrying concealed weapons; eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, on recommendation of Associated Charities who certified that WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25; 1913. 79 investigation showed he had committed the crime in ignorance while taking a revolver to a pawn-shop to get money for his sick father. JuLIUS McBRAYER; Superior Court of HaralS'OJ!l County, January term, 1913'; being drunk at church; one year; commuted March 7, 1913, to fine of $100.00, on account of his youth (18 years) . .lB. B. Cox; Superior Court of Mitchell County, October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; $50.00 fine and thirty days in jail or twelve months on the chaing~ng; commuted March 7, 1913, on recommendation of Judge on the ground that applicant had been adequately punished. BoB DAvrs; Superior Court of Monroe County, August term, 1912; furnishing liquor to a minor; twelve months; commuted March 10, 1913, on recommendation of prosecutor. JoHN ScARBoRo; Superior Court of Bulloch County, Fall term, 1910; burglary; four years; commuted March 10, 1913, to present. service on account of his youth and good conduct as a prisoner. JIM STRICKLAND; Superior Court of Forsyth Oounty, August term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted March 19, 1913, because of his age (70 years) and the fact that it was established he was not an habitual violator of the law. ' JoE:N Cox; Superi'Or Court of Bulloch County, October teml, 1910; burglary; five years; commuted bO JouRNAL OF TIIE SENATE, March 10, 1913, on account of his youth and extenuating circumstances. ,JEFF GRIER; City Court of Flovilla, October term, 1912; larceny; twelve months on c:haingang; commuted March 21,1913, on statement of the Judge t~at he was convinced that the sentence was excessive. MARTIN V\rALKER; City Oourt of Carrollton; September term. 1912; disturbing divine worship; twelvemonths ; commuted March 19, 1913, to fine of $50.00, because of his youth and extenuating circumstances. WALTER SEAGRAVEs; Superior Court of Spalding County, ,January term, 1913; forgery; twelve tnonths; commuted April 2, 1913, to $125.00 fine on recommendation of the Judge who stated that if later developments had been known to the jury he doubted if applicant would have been found guilty. WILL HARBIN; Superior Court of Douglas County, September term, 1912; making whiskey; $200.00 fine or twelve months; commuted March 21, 1913, on recommendation of court officials who said there was doubt as to his guilt and that he had not been the principal in the transaction. SHINE HA"l'DEN ; City Court of Jefferson, July term, 1912; carrying concealed weapons, discharging pistol on Sunday and being drunk on highway; sentences aggregating two years; commuted April 17, 1913', to tine of $150.00, on the Judge's recommendation to the effect that the heavy penalties had heen imposed on information found later to be false. WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913. 81 RABuN AYEBS; Superior Court of Haralson County, February term, 1913; drunk on public highway; four months; commuted April17, 1913, on recommendation of the trial Judge and because of the youth of applicant who had served eight months for another offense. ULEY BELLINGER; City Court of Sylvania, July term, 1912; carrying concealed weapon and carrying weapon without a license; twelve months and six months; the six months sentence remitted April 17, 1913, on the statement that the heavy combined penalty had been imposed on a misapprehension as to the boy's character. FLETCHER WARE; Superior Court of Floyd County, October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; sixteen months on chaingang; commuted to $150 fine April 17, 1913, on .account of the bad health of th~ prisoner and the recommendation of the prosecutor and the Mayor of Rome. FORJ?ST CHESSER; City Court of Floyd County, Spring term, 1912; gambling; eight months; commuted April17, 1913, to fine of $50.00, in order to earry out the original sentence of the court, the time having passed for paying the fine originally imposed. ToM PowELL; Snperior Court of Lowndes County, January term, 1911; involuntary manslaughter; tw years; commuted April19, 1913, on recommend,ation of Solicitor General who stated be was convinced the sentence was excessive. ERNEST CARSoN; City Court of Atlanta, February term, 1913; assault and battery: twelve months; com- 82 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, muted April17, 1913, to $50 fine on statement of theSolicitor Gene~al that if new evidence had been known to jury boy would have been acquitted. CoLUMBUS LoWE; City Court of Spalding Countyr December term, 1912; violating prohibition law; commuted AP,.ril17, 1913; to fine of $175.00, on the state- ment of Judge that he had intended ro reduce the- penalijr to a fine but forgot to do so before adjournment of court. STONEWALL DAVENPORT; Superior Court of Ocone~ County, January term, 1911; IOObbery, ten years 7 . commuted April17, 1913, to present service on showing which proved clearly that the penalty wa:s' excessive. DAN SHAw ; Superior Court of Fulton Countyr February term, 1913; violating pr()hibition law; commuted April 22, 1913, to fine of $700.00 on recommendation of the Solicitor General. LEM STARR; Superior Court of Henry ~ounty1 October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted May 6, 1913, to $100.00 fine, as it was shown that he bad sold only one drink of whiskey. EARL ZuBER; City Court of Fulton County, 1913;; assault and battery; two years (two cases) ; commuted May 9, 1913, to present service, it being shown that be was crazy and should be sent to the asylum for the insane. - JIM HENRY; Superior Court of Floyd County1 October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 83 months in chainga.ng and $500.00 fine or six months in jail; commuted May 13, 1913, to fine of $150.00 on recommendation of the officers of th~ court and other officials. PERCY MARABLE; Superior Court of Oconee County, June term, 1912; misdemeanor (two cases); two years; commuted on recommenda,tion of Judge and Solicitor and other officials, it being shown that the two crimes consisted of but one act, carrying a pistol concealed to church, May 16, 1913. FEASTER McCuRRY; Superior Court of Floyd County, July term, 1912; violating prohibition law; six months; commuted MJay 22, 1913, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of court officials, new evidence indicating that he had been falsely convicted. DALLAs RussELL; City Court of Fulton County, April term, 1913; larceny; $50.00 fine or eight months; commuted May 23, 1913, to fine of $40.00, to carry out sentence of court. JAMEs GARRETT; Superior Court of Paulding County, February term, 1913 ; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted June 7, 1913, to present service on account of his youth and recommendation of Judge and Solicitor. THOMAS 0 'HANNIFEN; Superior Court of Floyd County, December term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted June 14, 1913, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of officers of the 84 JouRNAL o:F THE SENATE, court and others on the ground that be bad been adequately punished. WASH DEAN; Superior Court Houston County,. October term, 1912; murder; death sentence; commuted June 10, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor county officers and many citizens on the ground that the crime was not of such nature a& demanded the death penalty. B. B. EDWARDs; Superior Court of Floyd County, January term, 1913; violating prohibition law r twelve months and $250.00 fine; commuted June 14, 1913, to fine of $250.00 on recommendation of court officials to the effect that he bad been sufficiently punished. W. J. CoLLIER; Superior Court Richmond County, May term, 1907: car-breaking and burglary; two years (two cases); eommuted June 21, 1913, because of applicant's youth and on the earnest plea of the J"udge and Solicitor General who tried the case. CoMMUTATIONS As THE REsULT oF PAROLES. (These were reported to previous Legislatures in detail as paroles) : PRINCE McLIN; Hancock County; murder. ANDREW PARKs; Madison County; murder. JoHN SAXON; Oglethorpe County; murder. W. F. CuLPEPPE)R; Decatur County; manslaugbterp G. S. CoRKEN; Houston County; burglary. ,. JoHN McDouGAL; Lowndes County; murder. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 85 RESPITES. WEBB GIBSON; Early County; murder; from Ju'ne 28 to July 12, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. ( HARLES GIBBONS; Jefferson County; murder; from July 5 to July 19, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. JoHNSON -WEBB; Early County; murder; from July lH to August 9; from August 9 to September 6, from ~eptember 6 to September 20, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. JAcK BALDWIN; 8tewart County; murder; from October 11 to November 8, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. Aus ToLLIVER; Miller County; murder; from August 6 to :September 6, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. JOHN HAYGOOD; Habersham County; murder; from October 11 to November 8, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. W. J. McNAUGHTON; Emanuel County; murder; from November 16, 1912, to February 28, 1913, from February 28 to May 9 and from May 9 to September 5, 1913, to affOTd time for the disposal of indictment against Mrs. Mattie Flanders, jointly accused with 86 JOURNAL OF THE SEN ATE, MeNaughton of the crime for which he was convicted, but who had not been brought to trial or the indictment dismissed, that he might be used as a witness at said trial of Mrs. Flanders and that such pertinent disclosures as made at said trial might be available for consideration in connection with application for executive clemency made by MeNaughton. J. EDwARD BRAZZELL; Richmond County; murder; from December 6, 1912, to January 3, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. HENRY TAYLOR; Baldwin County; murder; from January 2 to January 17, from .January 17, to January 31, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. JAcK CRAWFORD; Putnam County; murder; from May 9 to May 23, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. WASH DEAN; Houston County; murder; from June 10 to June 13, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency. By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read first time : By Mr. Miller- A bill to create, provide for and require the payment of taxes whenever property p1u~ses by the laws of inheritance or succession by will ordered-and for other purposes. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. 87 Referred to the Finance Committee. By Messrs. Pope, J. T. Hixon et aL- A bill to put in force the Constitutional amendment ratified at the November election in 1912 of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution. Referred to the Agricultural Committee. By Mr. Smith- A bill to provide for verdicts and judgments to be rendered at the appearance term of City and Superior Courts of this State on unconditional contracts in writing after legal service upon the defendant, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Tarver- A bill to authorize and empower the Railroad Commission of Georgia to require of two or more railroads entering the same town, when practicable, in the interest of the public, the erection of joint union stations. Referred to Railroad Committee. By Mr. Smith- A bill to authorize and empower Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant charters to private companies in vacation. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. 88 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Tarver- A bill to amend Section 4424 of the Code of 1910, Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Tarver- A bill to amend the Constitution so as to provide for the creation of the new County of Tate. Referred to the Constitutional Audit Committee. On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. 89 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA. Thursday, June 26, 1913. . 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 : . Allen, John T. Irwin, M. D. Brown, John W. L. Jones, S. E. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, W. W. Burtz, A. H. Johnson, J. F. Bush, W. J. Kea, Fred, Chennault, N. B. Kelly, 0. L. Converse, W. L. Longino, J. T. Dickey, R. L. McGregor, C. E. DuBose, R. T. Mc.Neil, W. D. Elkins, 0. H. Miller, B. S. Ford, L. L. Moore, J. H. Foster, A. H. Olliff, W. M. Harrell, G. Y. Parrish, C. H. Hixon, J. T. Perry, Grant D. Huie, G. M. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Ric.hardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. }{R. 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 adopted the following resolutions of the House : A resolution providing for comm:ittee to arrange for inaugural ceremonies. 90 JouRNAL OF THE SENAT~, A resolution providing for a joint session of the House and Senate on June 26, 1913, for purpose of consolidating the vote for Governor and State House officers. A resolution to appoint a committee to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has been organized. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House has concurred in the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit: A resolution providing for a joint session Thursday, June 26, 1913, to canvass the vote for Governor and State House officers. A resolution providing for a joint committee to arrange for the inauguration of Governor. The Speaker has appointed the following members as committee on part of the House: Messrs. Wheatley, Hardeman, Blackburn. Mr. President: I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to the Senate a communication in writing, to which he respectfully invites your attention. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. 91 Mr. President: I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to your honorable body a sealed communication to which he invites your attention. Executive Session. The following Senate bills were read first time: By Mr. Hixon- A bill to .define who is able to contract marriage, and for other purposes. Referred to the Hygiene and Sanitation Committee. By Mr. Hixon- A bill to prohibit any person, persons, firms or corporations from shipping spirituous or malt liq~ors in this State.. Referred to the Temperance Committee. By Mr. Searcy- . A bill to make it unlawful for any person to purchase for another from a blind tiger any spirituous malt or intoxicating liquors in this State. Referred to the Temperance Committee. By Mr. Tarver- . A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction in the State of Georgia authority in certain cases to mold their s:entences as to allow defendants upon 92 J OL'RNAL OF THE SENATE, rendition of a verdict of guilty to serve same outside the confines of the chaingang, jail or other places of detention under the supervision of the court. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Tyson- A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this State creating the County of Evans. Referred to the Constitutional Amendments Committee. By Mr. Rushin- A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna in and for the County of Dooly. Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Ford- A bill to rearrange the Albany and Southwestern Judicial Circuits. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stark- A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee. THURSDAY, JUNB 26, 1913. 93 By Mr. Tyson- A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution so as to create the County of Hampton. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Mr. Olliff- A bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Charlton County. Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Du:Bose- A bill to a.mend the charter of the City of Athens, August 24, 1872, with regard to paving streets. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. DuBose- A bill to amend Section 2878, of the Code of 1911 to define the term "other like associations," therein referred to. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Elkins- A bill to amend Section 3354 of Civil Code relative to mechanic's liens. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. 94 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Mr. EJkinsA bill to regulate the meshes of seins, nets and traps in the waters of this State. Referred to the Agricultural Committee. By Mr. Elkins'- A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of' Fitzgerald so as to provide for compensation of court stenographer. Referred to the Special Judieiary Committee. By Mr. OllifflA bill to provide fees for the ordinary for issuing- licenses and collecting the tax provided in Sections 982, 983, 984, 1763, 1764 and 1765 of the Code of Georgia for 1910. Referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Bush- A bill to regulate and control the organization and operation of insurance companies in this State. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Bush and Searcy- A bill to regulate the reading of the Holy Biblein the opening of the public schoolS' of this State. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Foster- A bill to provide for the inspection of all county THURSDAY, JuNE 26, 1913. 95 jails, to abolish the chaingangs, and for other puBposes. Referred to the Penitentiary Committee. By Mr. PopeA bill to provide for the payment of fees now al- lowed by law to ordinaries as compensation for pen.sion work. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following resolutions were read first time: By Mr. Longino- A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to investigate the l>est thing to do with the W. & A. Railroad. Referred to W. & A. R. R. Committee. The following resolution was read first time: -:By Mr. Payton- A resolution authorizing the Secretary of State -to furnish High Rock lithia water for the use of the 'Senate. Referred to the Committee on Halls and Rooms. The hour of 11 o'clock having arrived the Senate repaired to the Hall of the House of Representatives f-or the purpose of opening, counting and de-claring the result of the election of Governor and ..other State House officers in the last general election. 96 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, The President of the Senate took the chair and called the General Assembly to order. The President appointed the following gentlemen as tellers: Senators DuBose, Huie, Olliff; Representatives Sheppard, wisdom, Garlington, Heath,. Anderson, 'Vright, Ragland. After performing thisduty the te1lers submitted lhe following report in the form of a resolution, as follows: By Mr. DuBose- Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, this: day lawfully convened in joint session, that upon consideration of the votes cast at the general election held throughout the State in October, 1912, for Governor and State House officers, the Hon. John M. Slaton of Fulton County received a majority of all the voteR cast for Governor. Hon. Philip Cook, of Lee County, received a majority of all the votes east for Secretary of State. Hon. W. A. vVright received a majority of all the votes cast for Comptroller-General. Hon. Wm. J. Speer of Fulton received a majority of all the votes cast for Treasurer. Hon. T. S. Felder of Bibb received a majority o:t all the votes cast for Attorney-General. And said named persons are now therefore declared elected to said respective offices for the terms now next ensuing, and the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House will enter this resolution! THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. 97 on their respective journals as evidence of the facts stated herein. The foregoing report of the tellers was read and agreed to. The President of the Senate declared the officers therein named duly elected. On motion the joint session wag dissolved, and the Senate repaired to the Senate Chamber and was called to order by the President. On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. 98 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, ~ENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA. Friday, June 27, 1913. 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 : Allen, John T. Irwin, M. D. Brown, John W. L. Jones, S. E. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, W. W. Burtz, A. H. Johnson, J. F. Bush, W. J. . Kea, Fred, Chennault, N. B. Kelly, 0. L. Converse, W. L. Longino, J. T. Dickey, R. L. McGregor, C. E. DuBose, R. T. McNeil, W. D. Elkins, 0. H. Moore, J. H. Ford, L. L. Olliff, W. M. Foster, A. H. Parrish, C. H. Harrell, G. Y. Perry, G,rant D. Hixon, J. T. Peyton, J. T. Huie, G. M. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. . MR. PRESIDENT. 'Uh.ose absent were Messrs.- Miller, B. S. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. T'he following report of the committee appointed to arrange for inaugural ceremonies was read and adopted by the Senate: Your committee appointed to make arrangements and adopt a program for the inauguration of the Governor-elect beg leave to report as follows: FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 99 (First-'TI.hat the inaugural ceremonies shall take place in the Hall of the House of Representatives at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday, June 28, 1913. Second-That at 11 :45 o'clock the House and Senate assembled in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate presiding. Third-That the joint committee of the Honse and Senate will repair to the Governor's office, where they will meet the Governor-elect, the retiring Governor, Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, State House officers, elect and retiring, exGovernors and Federal Judges. all of whom will be previously invited to be present at 11 :50 A. M., for whom seats: will be reserved immediately in front of the Speaker's stand. That the order of proceedings by the joint session of the General Assembly will be as follows: (a) Invocation by the Rev. J. B. Robbins. (b) PreS'entation of the Governor-elect to the General Assembly by the President of the Senate. (c) Administration of the oath of office to the Governor-elect by the Ron. Wm. H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (d) Presentation of the Great Seal of the Sta.te by the Secretary of State to the Governor, who shall deliver the same to the Governor-elect, who in turn delivers it to the Secretary of S.tate. 100 ,JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, (e) Inaugural address by the Governor. Fourth-Adjournment of the joint session of the General Assembly. Respectfully submitted, JNO. T. ALLEN, M. E. RusHIN, on part of 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 joint committee to make arrangements for the inauguration of the Governor-elect. The following Senate bills were read first time: By Mr. Huie- A bill to provide that notice by the carrier shall be given to consignors of freight before undelivered goods may be sold. Referred to the Railroad Committee. By Mr. Huie- A bill to amend Section 2626 of Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 so as to authorize the chairman as well as the Secretary of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to certify copies of reports, schedules of ra:tes, orders and all other records of the Railroad Commission, and for other purposes. Referred to the Railroad Committee. FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 101 By Mr. Jones'-- A bill to prescribe a method giving notice in writing charges against members County Boards of Education. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Anderson- A bill to regulate the employment of young children in certain kinds of labor, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Labor. By Mr. Bush- A bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Colquitt, approved August 15, 1905, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Watts- A bill to amend Section 2 of Article 11 of the Con- stitution so as to authorize the qualified voters of this State to abolish th~ office ef County Treasurer. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Messrs. Jones, Foster and Burtz- IA bill to amend Section 816 of the penal Code of Georgia, approved August 15, 1910. Referred to the General Judiciary Comttee. 102 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, ByMr.Kea- A bill to prohibit any person, firm or C{)rporation engaged in the delivery of messages or packages from sending any minor under the age of sixteen years to any disreputable place. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Parrish, by request-- A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Mr. McGregor, by requestA bill to amend the Constitution providing how new counties shall be established in Georgia. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend- ments. By Mr. Kea- A hill to amend Section 130, Volume 2, of the Code of Georgia, 1910, so as to give the Department of Commerce and Labor authority to designate where seats for females shall be placed. Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Labor. By Mr. Smith- A bill to amend Section 1229 of the Civil Code of FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 103 1910 by striking therefrom the word "December" and inserting in lieu thereof "November." Referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Smith- A bill to amend Section 1036 of the Penal Code of 1910, so as to provide that defendants in criminal cases shaH be subject to cross examination, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Kea- A bill to require factories, work shops, machine shops and other industrial plants to report to the Department of Commerce and Labor. Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Labor. By Mr. Brown- A bill to amend Section 2084 of the Code of 1911, relative to the Department of Agriculture.. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. Kea- A bill to amend Section 3137 of the Code of Georgia, and the Act of the Legislature, approved August .21, 1911, regulating the hours of labor in cotton and woolen mills. :~. 104 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Labor. By Mr. Olliff- A bill to require the holders of policies of insurance on their lives to return the cash-surrender value for taxation. Referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. ElkinsA bill to amend Section 1036 of the Penal Code. !Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Bush- A hill to make the State Superintendent of Schools member ex-officio of the Board of Trustees of the District Agricultural Schools. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Bush- A bill to provide for the fencing of the right of way of all railway companies in Miller County for the protection of live stock, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Bush- A bill to incorporate the City of Colq11itt in lieu of the town of Colquitt, and confer additional powers, and for other purposes. li,RIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 105 Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs Searcy and Smith- A bill to amend Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910, fixing the salaries of the stenographers of the Supreme Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. W. J. Bush- ' A bill to make it unlawful for any railroad company to receive and transport upon its trains passengers who are drunk or intoxicated, also for allowing or permitting the drinking of intoxicating liquors on passenger trains. To prescribe a penalty for violating this Act, and for other purposes. . Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Bush- A bill to amend Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt, approved August 7, 1912, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Huie- A bill to be entitled au Act to confer upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia the power and duty to place a time limit, in orders hereafter issued by it, approving the issuance of stocks, bonds, securities or other evidences of debt, within which, if 106 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, the powers, privileges or authority therein approved or granted are not exercised, the said orders and all powers, rights, privileges and authority therein given or conferred shall become null, void and no longer of effect, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Kea- A bill to require factories and workshops to provide proper ventilation and sufficient heat during the winter months, and to regulate toilets, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Labor. By Mr. Stark- A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of J e:fferson, approved July 16, 1903, so as to provide an official stenographer for said court, but at no expense to the County of Jackson, and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Elkins- A bill to amend Section 1037 of Penal Code so as to provide that the husband may testify against his. wife in certain criminal trials, etc. FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 107 Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. T'he following resolution waS' read first tim~: By Mr. -sweat- A resolution to provide for the appointment of a commission to investigate and report upon the extension of theW. & A. R. R. Referred to the W. & A. R. R. Committee. The following resolutions were adopted: By Mr. Elkins- A resolution instructing the Secretary of the Sen~ ate to arrange for additional electric fans for the /Senate. By Mr. DuBose- A resolution requesting the Secretary of State to procure Swift's mineral water for the use of the Senate. By Mr. DuBoseA resolution providing for a new standing com- mittee to be known as Committee on Insurance. The following communication from the Governor was read: 108 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Special Message To the General Assembly: There is no subject of more weighty interest to the people of Georgia than that of the future disposition of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. It is not to be considered that the State will seriously entertain a proposition for the sale of this, its most imporant piece of propercy. It is most important not only as to its value as an asset, but also in ib power for securing and maintaining competition in commercial lines for the people of the entire State. A large portion of the people, while generaliy holding in mind the notable commercial worth of this railroad to the State, have not grasped the fact that it is in some respects the most potent of all factors in controlling reasonable rates of freight from other States into Georgia. In fact, in its potency as a rate-fixer and competition-securer, our fathers, in constructing it, builded wiser than they knew. Running from Atlanta, which is unquestionably the South's chief distributing center of mercantile products, to the Tennessee River, at Chattanooga~ in the State of Tennessee, the length of its line is so short that its rates, added to the western rates from Ohio and Mississippi River points, hold down the rates which otherwise might be excessive and1 FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 109 in fact, might maintain serious discriminations against our people. The_ United States government has already opened the Mussle Shoals to boat navigation, and, within ~ertainly a few years, will have opened the only other serious barrier, viz.: Colbert Shoals, below Decatur, Alabama. When the latter WJOrk is done steamboats can run every day in the year from 8t. Louis and other Mississippi and Ohio River points to Chattanooga. These river rates will inevitably cause the general rates from the West to Atlanta to be reduced and, as the competition between the- transportation lines running from the eastern and western markets for the trade of interior Georgia is so acute, this will force down the eastern rates to interior points in Georgia. Inasmuch as it has been for upwards of thirty years a cardinal rule in rate-making that the rates from Baltimore to Atlanta shall be the same as the 1rates from Cincinnati, LoUJisville, or other Oltio River points to Atlanta, and as the western rates to Macon, Columbus and other Georgia points are made almost the sam(il as to Atlanta, the Western & Atlantic Railroad will always be able to prevent unreasonably high rates from being exacted out of the Georgia people by the interstate railroads, unless the Interstate Commerce Commission allows the rates from Chattanooga to Atlanta to be materially increased. Much has been said for years past on the subject of extending the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea, for the purpose of controlling cheap rates 110 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, into Georgia or for securing competition for the people of Georgia. My judgment, however, is that the fixed policy of the State as to her finances makes this a visionary scheme. In the first place the extension of the road from Atlanta to the sea would cost, when we include proper terminals, etc., undoubtedly more than fifteen millions of dollars. In fact, a report made to your honorable bodies, found on page 829, House Journal, 1909, estimated that the cost of the extension would be $71,650 per mile, making the total cost, if it were about 275 miles long, almost $20,000,00. If, however, the extension is to Savannah, Darien, Brunswick and St. Marys, the main line extension would be at least 125 miles more at a cost of upwards of $3,000,00o.OO, it being understood that terminals, rolling stock and other extra items are probably charged in the original estimate per mile. Every dollar of this amount would have to be borrowed. But, as the Constitution of the State forbids any increase of the public debt, it would first be necessary to amend the Constitution so as to saddle this enormous debt upon the people. At 4 per cent. the interest account on $20,000,000 alone would be eight hundred thousand dollars annually. Inasmuch as the rates on through freight, both ways between Atlanta and the Georgia ports, are on a large proportion of the business quite thin, it is not at all likely that the extended part of the road from Atlanta to the sea could be leased for more than, if really as much as, eight hundred thousand dollars per annum. This FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913. 111 would only pay the interest on the vast debt, leaving nothing which could be set apart as a sinking fund. But there is another very practical barrier in the way of this plan. It has been said, time and again, by the advocates of this extension of" the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea that the Atlantic Ocean can not be syndicated; yet it is a proven fac.t tha.t the steamship lines on the Atlantic Ocean can be and are syndicated. Hence, if the State, by adding enormously to her indebtedness, should extend her road to the sea she would have no assurance that she would get business for it when it reached a Georgia port. Of course, if she operated the road herself, she could not afford to spend millions of dollars building steamships of her own to run to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, etc., with the very great wharfage expense in those cities, and, certainly, she could not secure enough traffic. to mainta.in the road from tramp ships which might come in once a week or once a month. Therefore, whether the .State would or would not undertake to run the road herself, it is manifest that she would be a very great loser, expressing it moderately, by spending many millions of dollars in extending the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea_ And I will add that if she leased it, she could not do so to advantage if she required the lessees to receive less local rates on this road than were allowed by the Railroad Commission on competing lines. Therefore, as she has the power of fixing rates within her own borders, she can furnish ex- 112 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, actly the same rates for the roads now built as she would be able to furnish her own road after she built it. If the United States Government does not assume control over intra-state rates (and it is doubtful whether that government could fix the rates in Georgia on a railroad owned entirely by the State) and if Georgia is really willing to increase her public debt and spend as much as three millions of dollars in making any kind of an extension of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, she could put herself absolutely in possession of the power to force competition which would forever protect her people, if she and Tennessee, by agreement, would change the boundary line between the two States along a portion of the northern border of Dade County. At Shell Mound, in Tennessee, the Tennessee River runs within less than a mile of Nickajack Cave, in Georgia. If the two States would agree that the Georgia boundary line be deflected to the Tennessee River at or near Shell Mound and, after allowing Georgia a frontage of about a mile on the river, to deflect back to the present State line and, either adjoining that point or at some other locality, deflect the line inward so as to give to Tennessee an a~equate portion of Dade County to compensate for the portion added to Dade County by the. State of Tennessee, Georgia would, of course, have a landing on the Tennessee River. Then, if she would tunnel Lookout, Sand and Raccoon Mountains and extend a line to the Tennessee River from or near FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 113 Ringgold or Graysville, Georgia, this would enable ber Railroad Commission at all times to hold down the rates from the Tennessee River to Atlanta, to which would be added the low water rates to Shellmound, and in this way make the State absolutely independent of railroad monopolies, inasmuch as a reduction in the rates to Atlanta would bring a re-duction to all other cities in the State. This extension, I am told, would call for five or six miles of tunnels, costing about $250,000 per mile .and possibly upwards of thirty miles of additional railroad costing from $20,000 to $25,000 per mile, making a total for these two items of, say, $2,250,000. 'Therefore, it would appear that $3,000,000 ought to .cover the total cost of the suggested extension. Now, it may be said that Tennessee would not >Consent to such an arrangement. I am frank to .admit that I have no assurance that she will; but, from an experience of upwards of twenty years in handling railroad rates, I will assert that if Georgia -would bind herself to build the extension indicated, 'Tennessee could do for herself no wiser act than to make exactly the arrangement I have indicated, be.cause the reduction of the rates from the Georgia landing on the Tennessee River to Atlanta would .assuredly result in the reduction of the rates from Dhattanooga to Atlanta, inasmuch as the other railroad lines leading from Chattanooga to Atlanta -would not tolerate the proposition that this Georgia port s'hould have any lower rates than Chattanooga. .And the benefit to Tennessee would not stop at Chat- 114 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, tanooga, beeause the lines leading from Knoxville to interior Georgia points would be forced to reduce the rates from Knoxville to interior Georgia points to prevent Chattanooga from securing the trade which properly belong to Knoxville. All railroad officials and all the oommercial men handling business from Tennessee points to Georgia points need no argument to convince them that I have stated the ca.se correctly. It is readily admitted that the Georgia port I have referred to could not break down the trade of Chattanooga. Although all the boats coming up to Chattanooga would stop at or pass the Georgia port, this port would not handle probably one-tenth of the business from the river and none from the rail lines entering Ohattanooga, and none of the local business of Chattanooga, but it would fix the rates upon which all the other traffic from Chattanooga and Knoxville would move into Georgia. . Furthermore, just across the State line at the Georgia port referred to a Tennessee city could be built on the river from which business would reach the Western & Atlantic Railroad by mere sidetracks, thus receiving the same rates into Georgia as those made from the Georgia port. Hence, the exchange of territory which I have suggested would work out results of incalculable benefit to both States, if the Western & Atlantic Railroad were extended to the new landing on the Tennessee River. FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 115 The very few Tennessee people who, by the above indicated arrangement, would be annexed to Georgia, would come into a great and glorious State, and the very few Georgia people who would be annexed to Tennessee would also become citizens of one of the noblest States in the American sisterhood. Now, as I have indicated, the expenses of extension to the Tennessee River would. cost probably only fllbout three millions of dollars, which is less than the amount estimated for terminals alone, at coast cities, for the proposed $20,000,000 extension of the road to the sea; and the reduction of rates which would follow from the West to interior points in Georgia would force down the rates from Baltimore and other eastern cities, the rates from all the western cities being made the same as, or with fixed differentials above the Baltimore rates, and the rates from Philadelphia, New York, Boston, etc., being made but a few cents per hundred pounds higher than the rates from Baltimore. Therefore, while the extension of the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea would result in an enormous increase of the State's debt, with no assurance of securing competitive traffic from syndicated lines of steamships, the rates from the Georgia port on the Tennessee River to Atlanta would inevitably reduce the rates to Georgia cities from Chattanooga, Knoxville, and all other points touched by the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In the consideration of this subject, keep ever in mind that when water competition reduces the rates 116 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, from one Western center to Georgia cities the railroad lines reduce the rates correspondingly froni all other western centers to the same cities so as to protect each in the power to hold its proper proportion of the general business. There is another alternative method for practically putting the Tennessee River traffic at a landing place in Georgia. This can be done if Chickamauga Creek is widened, deepened and straightened from its mouth near Boyce Station to a point in Catoosa County, so as to allow boats from St. Louis and other western ports to come up the canal and cross the Georgia-Tennessee boundary line. The canal thus made would not be more than twelve miles long and should not cost $1,000,000. I will ask you to bear in mind that I am not recommending that the State increase her debt by makingan extension of her railroad from either end; but I am indicating that if she decides to adopt this policy she will secure immensely greater benefits for her people by spending, at the most, three millions of dollars in extending it to the banks of the TennesseeRiver in her own borders than by spending sometwenty millions extending it to the sea. I will here observe that my judgment is clear thatthe State of Georgia should not seriously entertain the thought of curtailing the terminal faeilities or the Western & Atlantic Railroad in either Chattanooga or Atlanta. Propositions have been madewithin the past few years for practically abandoning the terminals in the city of Chattanooga and, iru FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 117 merely a less degree, the same subject bas been mooted as to the Atlanta terminals. As to Chattanooga, I will state that, while this proposition is being advocated by some of our own people, the Southern Railway, which is the most pronounced competitor of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, bas been spending large sums of money in extending its line into the heart of Chattanooga, and it has already secured property within a few hundred feet of that which it is proposed that theWestern & Atlantic Railroad shall abandon for transportation uses in the center of that city. Although the State of Georgia bas an absolute advantage over her competitors in Chattanooga, it is seriously proposed that she shall abdicate that advantage and allow her competitors to suooeed to it. The plan advocated is to ground-rent a large portion of the track space in the center of Chattanooga, and enticing figures are shown as a reason why the :State should do this. Now, if the State proposes to go into the reaJ estate renting business and for that purpose is willing to impair her power for conducting a great transportation line, she can probably look with favor upon the proposed plan to dismantle the road. It is undoubtedly true that one mile of the road in Chattanooga is the means of securing more revenue than probably thirty or forty miles secure along the center of its line. The strength of the road lies in its superior facilities for receiving and distribut4 mg commerce. If the State withdraws from the 118 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, localities where the commerce is found and properly handled, she disastrously reduces the amount of commerce to handle. Hence, if Georgia wishes to own a great and well equippea railroad she will hold on to all of the terminal facilities she has at either end of it. In this connection, I will state, that the plan has been proposed of withdrawing the passenger terminals in Atlanta from the Union Station, which has been the terminal for upward of seventy years, to the Forsyth Street Bridge. But, by one who will look at the terminal facilities at the present location and at the proposed location at the Forsyth Street Bridge it will be seen that, if we allow needed space for freight tracks, the latter area is entirely too narrow, and that in almost every respect the change would work to the serious detriment of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. I will remark that, as to the freight terminals, the Central of Georgia Railway, the Southern Railway and the Georgia Railroad and allied companies have spent many hundreds of thousands of dollars in buying lands and extending their terminals into the very heart of Atlanta. For many years the Western & Atlantic Railroad had almost a monopoly of the business in the center of the city, hence the owners of the above named roads went to the enormous expenditure referred to for the purpose of competing with the Western & Atlantic. FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 119 Therefore, the proposition that the State of Georgia remove its present passenger and freight terminals in Atlanta and Chattanooga from their points of vantage really seems a strange one. For the reasons above given, I am firmly convinced that the State should erntertain no thought of dismantling her property and thereby putting herself at a disadvantage as compared with her transportation competitors. In this connedion, I will call your attention to the proposition which has been mooted to build a plaza over the railroad tracks, in Atlanta, extending from the Forsyth Street Bridge to the Washington Street Viaduct, with a commodious modern terminal station on the site of the present Union Passenger Station. This plan, if executed, would likely very greatly enhance valuations in the center of the city, hence should be encouraged by the >State. And, unless this plaza plan is carried out, the State will disastrously damage her passenger terminals in Atlanta if she permits the city of Atlanta to build bridges over the Western & Atlantic Railroad on Pryor Street and Central A venue. By no possibility can she prevent or escape very serious and permanent loss if she allows those bridges built with the general status remaining as it is at present. Now, as to the future disposition of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, it is well known that the present lease will expire December 27th, 1919. It is not too soon, therefore, for the State to begin to con- 120 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, sider what steps she will take toward protecting her citizens in determining the future of her railroad. I assume that practically very few people entertain any thought other than to lease the road again. Hence, the. question hinges upon the most advantageous method of leasing it. It has been proposed in some circles to lease it for a period of ninety-nine years, fixing the annual lease income on an ascending scale divided probably into a certain rate per month for the first thirtythree years, a certain higher rate per month for the next thirty-three years, and a still higher rate for the third period of thirty-three years. I am quite clear, however, in my conviction that the State ought not to consent to a lease for a longer period than thirty years. No one knows what may be the conditions, commercially and otherwise, thirty years from now. There may be complications which would result in serious discriminations against her people and great loss to the State if she bound herself to a lease of practically a hundred years. Therefore, she should hold it within her power to take back her road about once in the life time of each generation and adjust the new lease to the conditions then prevailing. By this means she could be reasonably sure of protecting her people in the power to hold their own with the people of other States within future decades, for bear in mind that FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913. 121 each generation is entitled to solve its own problems in its own way. We know not what complexities will confront our children and grandchildren in handling the affairs of the State, and should not handicap them. I know that it will be stated that if the road be leased for a very long period of years the lessees would then double-track it and make all other improvements needed for holding it on a parity with its competitors; but there is little reason to doubt that a company leasing it for thirty years, beginning at the end of the present lease, would he justified in making such improvements as the property would need. It might, I grant, be proper in fixing the new lease to take a smaller amount of rental for five or seven years than would be fixed for the next twenty-three or twenty-five years, with the agreement that the new lessees would double-traek the road by the end of seven years and make other corresponding improvements. This would be a matter of detail for consideration. I recommend, therefore, that your honorable bodies provide for a commission consisting of three or five citizens of Georgia, to be appointed by the Governor, whose duty it shall be to formulate a plan for the future leasing of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Yet, it may be best to defer action on this subject until your session in 1914. This will allow ample time for mature consideration, whereas, if all action_ were deferred for your successors, the. 122 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, next General Assembly, the matter might not l'eceive the careful thought it merits. Respectfully submitted, On motion the Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 123 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA. Saturday, June 28, 1913. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock A. M., 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 : Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Omverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins,' 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. .Tones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G W Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Wa.tts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. 'llhose absent were Messrs.- Allen, John T. :Miller, B. S. Upon motion the reading of the Journai of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. The following invitation was read and accepted: Atlanta, Ga., June 28, 1913. In behalf of the citizens of Gilmer County, I am authorized and requested to extend an earnest and urgent invitation to the President, Members and Of- 124 Jol;RXAL OF THE SEXATE, ftcers of the Georgia State Senate to attend a barbecue to be given by the citizens of Gilmer County at Ellijay, Ga., July 4, 1913. I earnestly hope the invitation will be accepted and assure my colleagues .of the Senate that their pleasure and comfort will receive the greatest consideration by the good citizens of Gilmer County, in whose behalf this invitation is extended. A. H. BuRTz, 41st District. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof. M1. President : The House has passed by the requisite Co~stitu tional majority the following bill of the House, towit: A bill to provide for the holding-of a special election for Senator of the United States from the Stat8 of Georgia for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, to declare the result thereof, .and for other purposes. The following message was received from tha House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof. Mr. Pre.sident : The House has adopted the following resolution Df the House, to-wit: A resolution inviting Ron. Herbert Myrick to address the General Assembly on July 15, 1913. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 125 The following House Bill was taken up and read the first time, to-wit: By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of Bibb-- A bill to provide for the holding of a special election for Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, and to declare the result thereof, and for other purposes. Ordered engros'Sed. The following resolution was read the first time: By Mr. Harrell- A resolution to create a commission, the duties of which shall consist of investigating the farming interests of the State. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. The hour of 11:45 o'clock having arrived, the Senate repaired to the Hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor. The President of the Senate took the chair and .called the General Assembly to order. /The res:olution convening the General Assembly in Joint Session was read by the Secretary. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. B. Robbins, D. D., .of Atlanta. 126 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The oath of office was administered to Governorelect Slaton by Chief Justice Fish, of the Supreme Court. The retiring Governor Brown delivered to Governor Slaton the Great Seal of the State, and the Governor returned it to the Secretary of State for safe-keeping. T'he President then introduced the Governor, Ron. John M. Slaton, who proceeded to deliver his inaugural address: Inaugural Address Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the General .Assembly: The progress of the world has been accomplished by the optimist. He has discovered new countriesr bui1ded railroads, united continents, established cities, founded institutions of learning, and by his faith and courage has proved a benefactor of his fellow-man. Never have the people of Georgia had greater reason to be proud of lier achievements, nor more sanguine of her future, than at present. In the exercise of its governmental functions it is rendering more service and contributing more to the happiness of her citizens than ever before. Thirty years ago, struggling under the burdens of the civil war, our brave and patriotic fore-fathers could hardly provide more than the protection o:i SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 127 the courts, with a scanty allowance for the education ()f her youth. For the year 1913, Georgia appropriated $2,550,, {)()().00 to her public schools, of which nearly $2,000,000.00, comes directly from the Treasury. No larger .amount is directly appropriated by any Southern State, and almost by no State in the Union. In those States which contributed much more than Georgia for educational purposes the money is Taised by local taxation. This State has adopted the wise and humane plaL <>f working her convicts on the roads in lieu of hiring them to priv-ate parties and receiving the proceedf'. -of their labor into her Treasury. Thus she has conferred on rural communities immeasurable benefits in rendering the markets accessible to their products, has made possible the establishment of easier inter-course with their neighbors, has caused the improvement of their schools, the facilitation of rural mail -delivery, and has enhanced to an immeasurable -extent the value of their lands. It is reported by the United States Government that, in 1911, more work was done on the roads of Georgia than in any other State, New Y'ork alone excepted. She has established her College of A~riculture, -and her Agricultural Schools in every District in Georgia, w:here the farmer boys may learn the dignity of their ca1ling, and the high ability and edueation which its intelligent pursuit requires. By the instruction afforded along these lines her citizens are taught the scientific methods of multiplying the 128 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, _products of the soil, and of eradicating those evils which have ever menaced farm life. In the increased production of corn, in soil examination and the scientific application of fertilizers, by the raising of" meat instead of its purchase, stimulated by knowledge of the means for the eradication of diseases of" hogs and cattle, our farms receive a greater charm, and our farmers a larger reward for their labors. The State provides a Health Department, which supplies facilities for the prevention and cure of infectious and contagious diseases that have threatened our less populous sections. By meam; of its suggestions, those epidemicR which have endang-ered our people have been checked, and their health improved and longevity increased by expenditure of the peoples' money. And yet. in the enjoyment of all these benefits we have failed to bear in mind that for these blessings enjoyed by our citizens for the first time, money must be paid, and we have overlooked the fundamental principle, the disregard of which means financial dishonor, that our appropriations must not exceed our revenue. Whatever be the temptation to the wise citizen to spend more than his income he curbs his desires and limits his expenditures acco:cdingly. He makes any sacrifices occa-sioned by the scantiness of his purse. A State which desires to maintain its credit and to command the respect of people at home and abroad, can not do otherwise than observe the course of every honest man. Besides SATURDAY, JuNE 28, 1913. 129 being just, it is befitting that the State should set that example to the citizen which is essential to his welfare. STATE's FINANCEs. I desire to impress upon you with a11 the force th~t a solemn duty commands, that it is imperative for you to make an investigation into the financial condition o fthe State, to consider the reasons occasioning the present situation and to take steps for the immediate correction of the eviL It is not the part of the patriot to shut his eyes to danger and to rush heedlessly to ruin. Our wise fore-fathersstatesmen wlho never departed from original principles-beneficiaries of the histories and fatal lessons of other peoples-endeavored by Constitutional provision to safeguard the expenditure of the peoples' money, and by the clearest constitutional mandate to prevent the incurrence of debt. They re-garded the payment of public debt as a matter of public honor, and every Georgian has inherited that lofty conception of public duty. In 1884, 1890, 1894, 1900, 1908, the people provided by Constitutional amendments for additional classes of pensioners, or Acts were passed in pureuance of such amendments. When the Constitutional amendment limiting the tax rate to five mills was passed in 1904, the sum appropriated to pensions was $865,000.00. In that year the amount appropriated to Publi~ Schools from ad valorem taxes, was $1,000,000.00. # JorRNAL oF THE SENATE, Now thQ amount appropriated to Public Schools directly from the Treasury, is approximat~ly $2,00,000.00. While we are increasing the appropriations on the one hand, we have been cutting off revenue on the other hand. In 1908, the State received from the hire of convicts the sum of $380,709.44. In 1909 there was received from this source the sum of $184,881.00, or a loss of revenue of $195,818.39. 8ince 1909, nothing has been received into the Treasury from this s'ource. Taking the amount received in 1908 as the basis of the value of the hire of convicts which, of course, is much less than they would bring now, the Treasury of the State will have lost from the beginning of the year 1908 to the end of the year 1913, the sum of $1,718,696.15. In calling your attention to any of the facts presented, I do not mean to criticise the legislative acts, or to doubt the wisdom of ,any of them. That is beside the question. The immense sum that would have been received into the State Treasury has been expended wisely upon the public highways, and aside from the moral aspect of the question, has enhanced the material prosperity and landed values many times the amount. The State has been splendidly repaid, morally and financially, by the change. In fact, by caning the attention of the people to the causes of the financial deficit, they will readily support you in any wise measures to remedy the difficulty. When they are taken into your confi- SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913'. 131 dence, and are informed how the public moneys were expended for their benefit, and the causes of the ..shrinkage in public revenue, they will cheerfully respond to every statesmanlike effort you may make to solve the problem. In 1907 the liquor tax amounted to ~33'4,282. 75. In 1908, on account of the Prohibition Law, the total sum received from the liquor tax from near bee~ licenses and from locker clubs, amounted to $48,7'38.03, or a loS's of $285,544.42. .Since then, taking the report of the Comptroller General of 1913, as a measure, the sum received from near beer licenses, and from locker clubs, amounted to $278,000.00 per annum, making a deficit of about $50,000.00 per annum. In 1912, the Legislature abolished the Dog Tax amounting to $130,000.00 per year, being t~e amount which it would require the tax on $26,000,000.00 of property to produce. For many of the foregoing figures I am indebted to the able Chairman of the House Appropriatio~ Committee of 1911-1912. !In 1904 the people adopted an amendment to the Constitution limiting the tax rate to five mills, thus declaring by their sovereign act in favor of economy in public expenditure and recording their judgment that such levy would be sufficient for the State's discharge of all public functions. The tax levy for the support of public schools for that year was 1-70/100 mills. Yet, I am official1y informed by the Comptroller 132 Jo-uRNAL oF THE SENATE, General that in 1912 the appropriJJ.tions exceeded the anticipated revenue $339,000.00, and the actual revenue $202,000.00, and as you will find by the report of that same officer on your desks, the excess of expenditures over anticipated income in 1913 is $231,562.00, requiring $46,312,400.00 taxable prop-erty to produce it. Thus you will perceive, that to meet the deficit of these two years alone, taking the anticipated revenue as a basis, an increase of the property of the State subject to ad valorem taxation must be $114,112,400. You will have observed that the same Legislature. which appropriated $339,000.00 in excess of its anticipated revenue, during the same session cut off $126,000.00 thereof. JStatistics, to be read and digested, must not be voluminous and I do not burden you with them. Suffice it to say, that the appropriations of 1911 exceeded the revenues, and you will observe that while appropriations were being increased sources of revenue were being lessened and no provision was being made to supply the deficit. The candle was being burned at both ends. LEGISLATIVE CoNDITIONS. Having been a member of the Legislature for seventeen years I can sympathize with the members of the General Assemtbly in yielding to the pressing claims made for appropriations. Every heart is responsive to the sentiment that our greatest wealth is in our children, and no one wishes to bear the SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913'. 133 responsibility of shutting the door of opportunity to. ()Ur boys and girls by denying them the privileges Of education. :Every patriotic feeling is aroused by the suggestion that a great State should render comfortable the declining days of the old Confederate Veterans who had imperiled their all in her hour of desperate need. And eloquent, irresistible appeals can be made for all the objects of expenditure which promise a rich harvest of return from every dollar granted by a meagre appropriation. Your Appropriation Committees, carefully balancing the receipts and disbursements, and recognizing. th~ primal duty of being just before being generous, report a bill appropriating all that the State's revenue will permit. Some gentleman arises in enthusiastic advocacy of an amendment to inerease a quarter of a million dollars, or more, the allowance for some popular purpose, and woe to him who makes the prosaic suggestion that the State has not the money r He is stamped in the Legislature and at home as the enemy of the people, and he sits down, weakened in his influence and misconstrued by his constituents, for having performed his sworn duty. THE SYSTEM WRONG. The system is wrong. It is contrary to the theory of our government, which everywhere endeavors to provide a method of checks and balances. It is not so with the present state of our law. 134 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, ' Prior to the Constitutional Amendment of 1904, limiting the ta:x rate to :five mills, the Governor and Comptroller General met and levied a ta:x sufficient to pay all appropriations. If the appropriations were large, the tax rate was increased, and the con- stituents at home being called upon for a heavier drain from their purses, taught a wholesome lesson to their representatives by refusing to re-elect them. The public expenditure was therefore a mat- ter of constant public supervision. This acted as a check, and reminded the Legislators that heavy ap- propriations meant increased burdens on the people. Now, the Legislature can appropriate what it pleases, and the tax rate remains the same. A mil- lion, more or less, does' not mean a cent more from the tax-payer. The Legislator has made. himself a favorite with his constituency by voting for every popular appropriation and nothing suffers but the State's credit. When the crisis arrives, no one can put his hand upon the one who caused it. He has yielded to the insistence of those who have pressed upon him the necessity for each appropria- tion, and has escaped the condemnation and miscon- struction of an unpleasant refusal. This situation is unfair to the Legislator and to the State. THE REMEDIES SUGGESTED. In suggesting the remedies for these conditions, it is necessary to consider one marked injustice now placed upon one class of our public servants. The teachers of our State are not paid until nearly a year after their services are performed. The Governor - SATURDAY, JuNE 28, 1913. 135 and the State House Officers are paid at appropriate season. T'he Legislator may draw his pay the :first day of the session. Of all the public servants, the teachers, upon whose :fidelity and efficiency depend the future of the children, who do more to shape their destinites than any influence save the parents, must wait nearly a year for their compensation, or be required to suffer the heavy discount of the money lender. I respectfully submit that this is wrong. Up to the 15th day of June, 1913, not one dollar had been paid on the $2,550,000.00 appropriated to Public Schools. I believe that if you propose to the people a Constitutional Amendment providing for an extra assessment of one mill for one year, and a half mill for the succe~ing year, in order that the teachers may be paid with greater promptitude and in order that the deficit in the Treasury may be relieved, such proposition will meet with popular approval. This is the brave and fair way to solve the problem in dealing with the Treasury, and with the teachers, upon whom the future of the children of this State depends more than all the buildings that may house them or the money that may be given them. To the tax payer who may demur, I submit that if the Constitutional Amendments limiting appropriations be adopted in accordance with my recommendation, the 1% mills extra taxes to be divided between two years will be the most economical and the wisest investment he can make. If they be not approved, the State may expect a heavy increase of 136 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, the deficit until sheer necessity will require a burdensome tax levy or -a drastic taxing law, resulting not . only in a drain upon the people, but in injury to the reputation, enterprise and development of the State. Should the Legislature deem it wise to submit an extra levy of one mill for only one year, the sum raised would approximate $862,000.00 and would be of great aid in expediting the payment of teachers, although it would not permit their monthly payment, in. view of the present deficit in the Treasury. PENSIONs AND ScHooLs. The appropriation for Pensions for 1913 amounts to $1,180,000.00. This is practically the largest sum ever granted to aid those to whom we are all debtors-. The justice of their claims, their heroism, their sacrifice, and their valor, constitute the proud heritage of us all. With each succeeding year their number iii diminishing, and each year this sum may be expected to decrease. The direct appropriation for Public Schools for 1913 is $1,962,251.00, which is supplemented by the special funds provided by the Constitution. In the report of the Comptroller General you will observe that excepting Public Schools and Pensions, onethird of one mill ad valorem~, tax added to the other revenues of the State would support ever,y other State institution, including the entire civil establishment and the State Sanatorium, which alone annu ally demands nearly $600,000.00. You will observe by the Comptroller General's SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 137 report that a tax of 2% mills, supplemented by the Constitutional appropriations to education, will raise the amount allowed to the Public Schools for 1913, b~ the largest amount ever granted for the purpoS'e. A direct tax of 1% mills will provide Pensions allowed for 1913, being likewise practically the largest sum ever appropriated. RECOMMENDATION. I recommend that you propose Constitutional Amendments which shall provide that the appropria- tion for schools shall not exceed 2% mills in addition to the Constitutional appropriation; and shall not exceed 1% mills, or exceed $1,180,000.00, annually for Pensions. [n the event these amendments are ratified, you will have submitted to the people a practical plan for preserving the State's credit. You will have applied to the State's affairs the same plan now in force under the Constitution in reference to counties, which are required to specify the purposes for Which levy is made. The diminution of the pension fund may be expected, because of the rapid diminution fif the pensioners. As the wealth of the State in~;reases the 2% mills for schools will produce a larger sum, and if local taxation, which has ~en suggested by educational authorities as a wise solution of the educational question, should cover a larger territory, the amount .eould be diminiS'hed if it be deemed proper in future years. Thus a flexible system would have been adopted. 138 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, In addition, these funds to Schools and Pensions would be consecrated to their special purposes and their recipients would be relieved from the delays consequent upon other demands. Certainly, in the present condition of the Treasury, any larger appropriations would be futile, as their payments are being longer and longer delayed, and the lack of money would prevent the issuing or honoring of warrants. The State must be like the father who educates his children according to his means, and certainly every one must pronounce you generous when the apportionment of the rate has been upon the basis of the highest appropriation yet made. And this generosity is emphasized by the fact that during the years for which the appropriations were made, the appropriations exceeded the revenue practically a half million dollars. In this connection, it may be asked why a similar apportionment for every public purpose should not be made. The answer is obvious. In the case of the State Sanitarium, whose demands are next largest in amount to schools and pensions, the State must provide for the insane, and no Constitutional limit can rationally be made. The sinking fund, the interest on the public debt, the new provision to be made for refunding the bonded debt in 1915, cannot likewise be imperiled by the possible diminution of values through a panic or other financial distress. The same is true of the Legislative expenses, salaries of State House Offiieers, Judges, etc. Other items of expenditure are almost negligible, and the minute fraction of a mm could not appropriately be made SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 139 the subject of a Constitutional Amendment. In fact, the courts and the entire civil establishment could be maintained without the imposition of one dollar ad valorem tax. REVENUE. It will be apparent to those who have had legislative service, that unless some check of the nature proposed be made, the increase of revenue will be of no avail in prev;enting the financial embarrassment of the State. under the enthusiasm of the moment one appropriation bill may exhaust it. Howe,yer, I deem it wise to call to your attention an appropriate source of enlarged revenue, without placing upon the people an unfair burden. More than four-fifths of the States of the Union derive revenue from what is known-as an inheritance tax. Practically every nation of the world regards this source of income as fair and easily paid. By inquiry from citizens of States where it is in forc-e, I am informed that this tax is the subject of least complaint. By common law the right to transmit property was a privilege granted by the State, and was not an inherent right of the citizen. The recipient of a legacy is a beneficiary of another's' favor and when the tax is moderate and conservative, it is much less burdensome than a tax upon the industry and enterprise of the one whose labor has accumulated the p11operty. In some States the heritage left to members of the 140 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, immediate family is exempted, as for example-New Jersey, Texas and Tennessee. In a large number the tax is small upon that property left to the immediate family, but increases in proportion to the remoteneseof the relationship, and is heaviest upon legacies left. strangers. Charitable gifts and those of a similar nature are exempted, as is also a reasonable sum left to members of the family. It may be well to suggest for your consideration the Constitutional provision of uniformity in the imposition of taxes. Eminent lawyershave given it as their opinion that in Georgia no exemption baS'ed on amount can be granted, nor can the taxes be increased in proportion to the size of the estate~ While legacies or inheritances can be differently taxed in proportion to remoteness of relationship, because of reasonable classification, it is questionable whether a varying rate can be imposed on the same class,. dependent upon amount. Upon this question of law I venture no opinion, but it is advisable to investigatethis position, should you contemplate an inheritance tax law. It must be admitted that the revenue to be anticipated from this source will be comparatively smali for many years to come, and cannot be made the basis for appropriating money until tested by actual' trial. This form of tax has been approved by the highest authorities and is one of the easiest borne and subject to fewer hardships than any other. No practical" method has been devised for forcing personal prop- erty to bear its .just proportion of the expense of SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 141 government. The drastic suggestions proposed operate as such hindrances to commerce, become so inquisitorial in character, and are susceptible of so many means of evasion, that all efforts to collect taxes from this source have been unsuccessful. The inheritance tax is to S'Ome extent a corrective. Thrift, enterprise and economy shauld be encouraged, but the small contribution suggested in the tax laws of other States, when inade by those who enjoy the benefit of others industry and sacrifice, would not be the cause of just complaint among our people. OccuPATION TAX oN CoRPORATIO::t-lS. Prior to the year 1905, many efforts were made to collect an occupation tax from corporations, but in the judgm~nt of the Legislature the exactions sug- gested were too severe and imposed a burden toe oppressive. Governor Terrell, in his message of the year 1905, called attention to the fairness of a reason- able charge by the State for granting charters to corporations; with the privileges accompanying such corporate life. He suggested in his message, that a small contribution from each corporation could be legitimately imposed, and recommended a tentative privilege tax based on capital stock of $100.00 peD year on corporations having a capital of one million dollars, or over. He anticipated from this source mQre than $100,000.00, a y~ar, .and thought that such sum eould reasonably be expected without hardship. Govertto'r . Terrell stated at the time t h a t .i f this ffiim. 142 JOUR~AL OF THE SENATE, was not received the tax could be adjusted so as to produce it. The State, however, has not received one-half this sum, and during the year 1913, the estimated revenue from this source is $48,000.00. I recommend that the maximum occupation tax ou corporations having one million dollars capital and over, be $200.00 per annum, and the tax on corporatio~s of less capital be adjusted accordingly. EQUALIZATION OF TAXES. The Democratic Platform of 1912, adopted at Macon, contains the following language: ''Among the most important matters affecting our State Government, which must be dealt with by the administration, is that of the State's finances. The solution of this question demands the attention and co-operation of all patriotic citizens. ''The State is rich, and no period of its history has shown a greater ratio of growing wealth than the present. But the State government's fiscal system has not developed with the times and the growth of our commonwealth. The period is approaching, if it has not already arrived, when the system must be reformed. ''Some method should be adopted whereby the State's finances will be rehabilitated and precautions should be taken to guarantee that at no time the expenditures wil'l be perrilitted . to exceed the revenues. Our system: of raising taxes has been improved but little since the present Constitution was. adopted. General wealth and the concentration thereof, having SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 143 increased to such a great extent and our population becoming so diversified, the method of levying taxes has been reduced to the obsolete and inefficient. The burdens of government should be placed in equal proportions to the benefits conferred and the protection enjoyed. All property should bear in equal measure its share of taxes. None should be taxed excessively and none should be permitted to escape taxation. "We recommend that the Legislature at its next session make provision for putting into practical effect the above undeniably correct principles of government.'' The foregoing extract from the Democratic creed must meet the approval of all. At this time, with the necessity upon this Legislature of providing for the r~funding of over one-half of the S'tate 's entire~ bonded debt, no revolutionary plan of dealing with our financial system can be attempted. Whenever it is done, if such course should be deemed wise, every feature of the new scheme will be subjected to attack on Constitutional grounds in both State and Federal Courts. No radical experiment should be made at this time. No objection, however, can be offered to a fair and conservative attempt to justly apportion governmental burdens, without imperil1ing the general income. It oon not be denied that injustice is done when one man pays taxes on ten per cent of the value of his property, while another pays on fifty per cent. Equalization of taxes, either through the enforce- 144 J OU"RNAL OF THE SENATE, ment of present laws, or now correctives, so that each may bear his proportionate burden, would not mean the increase of taxes upon any one now performing his duty, but would rather mean the lightening of his unfair portion of the load. I commend this subject to your attention. PuBLic EcoNOMY. In closing this part of my message, I beg to call your attention to the fact that I' have emphasized more than the raising of revenue the necessity of economy. The fundamental doctrine that the exaction of a larger sum from citizens than is necessary for the maintenance of government is tyranny, is often overlooked in legislative assemblies. But the flinction of government in contributing to the welfare and happiness of the citizen is constantly enlarging. With this broadening of the field of its activities within conservative limits is found not only an increasing elevation of citizenship, but an accompanying growth of material prosperity. BoNDED DEBT TO BE REFUNDED. An additional reason for e&tablishing and maintaining the State's finances on a sound basis, is the necessity of making provision for more than onehalf of the entire bonded debt of the State, maturing in 1915. This is an imperative duty resting on this Legislature. In order that your investigation of this subject SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 145 may be fa~ilitated I give you the detailed statement of the history and amount of these bonds, which statement is supplied by the State Treasurer: ''Statement of Bonds, State of Georgia, maturing, 1915, quotation of Acts and Code bearing upon Sinking Fund, etc. Ga. 4% o/o Bonds, Act 1884, issued 1885, due July 1915__________$3,392,000.00 Ga. 31j2 l}'o Coupon Bonds, Act 1894, issued 1895, due May 1915_____ 287,000.00 Total ----------------------$3,679,000.00 ''Act 1884-5, Foli(} 116, No. 60. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds of the State to the amount of $3,455,135.00, and negotiate the same for the purpose of raising money to pay off that portion of the principal of the public debt which may fall due during the years 1885 and 1886, said bonds to be issued and negotiated at such times and in such amounts (not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $3,455,135.00) as the Governor in his discretion may see proper, in order to meet the wantS' of the State, etc. "There were three deliveries made of bonds under Act 1884, namely: July 1, 1885, 100 bonds $1,000 each $100,000.00 Jan. 1, 1886, 250 bonds $1,000 each_ 250,000.00 May 3, 1886, 3042 bonds $1,000 each ---------- ______________3,042,000.00 Principal -------------------$3,392,000.00 146 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Premium of 5/16 on entire issue_ Interest less amount of old bonds exchanged -----------------Amount received, under resolu- tion Oct. 13, 1885 ------------ 10,600.00 49,927.50 1,730.19 $3,454,257.69 "Act 1894, Folio 127, Ko. 149. The Act provides for the sale of the Northeastern Railroad; to make provision for the discharge of the liability of the State on the bonds of the said Railroad Company, and for this purpose to authorize the issue of bonds of the State, the par value of which shall be equal to the amount of the State's liability by reason of its endorsement upon the bonds of said Company; to authorize the exchange of said bonds with the holders of the indorsed bonds, and to provide for the sale of so many of sai;:l bonds as may be necessary to pay such of the indorsed bonds as shall not be thus exchanged, and on all accrued interest on said indorsed bonds, and for other purposes, etc. ro Received from sale of 31Jz% bonds $287,063.80 3lj2 bonds and .premiums not issued ------------------------- 3,000.00 From Receiver N. E. R. R._______ 2,800.00 $292,864.46 "Sec. 914. Code. Ad valorem tax for payment of bonds. The Governor, by and with the assistanee of the Comptroller General, is authorized and empowered annually, beginning in 1910, to levy and assess a tax on the ad valorem value of the taxable property of this State at such rate as may be sufficient to raise the net amount of $100,000, as a sinking: SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 147 fund to pay off and retire the valid, outstanding bonds of the State as they fall due as required by article 7, section 14, paragraph 1, of the Constitution. The tax above authorized 1shall be specially levied and collected, and separate accounts of same shall be kept by the treasurer, and the money arising therefrom shall be applied to paying off the valid bonds of the State as they may mature. The amount so raised in the year 1910 shall be applied to paying off and retiring the valid bonds of the State maturing in 1912, and so on continuously, etc. CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA. ''Sec. 6571, Code. The General Assembly shall raise by taxation, each year, in addition to the sum required to pay the public expenses and interest on public debt, the sum of $100,000.00, which shall be held as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the bonds of the State which have not yet matured, and shall be applied to no other purpose whatever, etc.' No sinking fund was provided by law to retire the bonds aggregating $3,679,000.00 which are due in 1915, since it was the intention of the General Asgembly to later make provision for the retirement of this large amount. The entire State's debt is $6,452, 500.00, which does not mclude the obligations to the University, amounting to $291,500.00, and the Landscript Fund of '$90, 000.00. . All the qebt of $6,452,500.00 is provided for, or Will_be p~ovided for by the sinking fund required to 148 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, be raised aJlllually until the entire debt is paid off, except the $3',679,000.00 which falls due in May and July 1915, and excepting the bonds issued under the Act of 1891 and due 1920 amounting to $207,000.00, and those issued under the Act of 1895, and due in 1926, amounting to $230,000.00. No provision is made for the payment of $33,000.00 of bonds which mature in 1935, or of the University obligations. It should be borne in mind that the fund from the sale of public property applicable only to the payment of the bo:mded debt, now in the Treasuryr amounts to $37,450.00, which will be increasei $107,000.00 in 1915 by the la,st payment due by the South- ern Hailway Company on the purchase of the Northeastern Hailroad. If refunding bonds were issued in 1915, making the first $100,000.00 fall due in 1935, then the sinking fund could be made to run continuously and retire each year, until paid, $100,000.00 of this series of 1915 refunding bonds. This plan would seem advisable in order to relieve the Treasury and the people of the increased burden at this time, unless financial conditions at the time of the sale of the bonds should demand that their redemption begin at an earlier period in order to effectuate their more satisfactory disposition. Many details have been suggested to me in reference to making the investment in these securities the more attractive. Leading bond men in financial centers have stated that if they were certified by some responsible Trust Company, thus assuring their genuineness, and guarding against their being SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913'. 149 counterfeited, and if their validity were approved by attorneys who are specialists in this line, the expense would be more than repaid in the price that could be obtained. These are matters which you can determine upon appropriate investigation. Certainly no safer investment can be afforded than these bonds. By our Constitution the issuance of any new bonds, excepting to refund old ones, is prohibited. Likewise the State is forbidden to incur any new debt. All the State's property, including the Western & Atlantic Railroad, is pledged as security for its bonds, and the Western & Atlantic Railroad is worth three times the entire debt of Georgia. If every bond of the State were paid today from the sale of its railroad alone ove:r ten million dollars would be left in the Treasury. No Southern State, and so far as I know can any State, make such a showing. By Constitutional provision whatever else may remain unpaid, the interest on the public debt and the Sinking Fund to retire its bonds, must first be provided. Free from every tax, Federal, State County and Municipal, we c.an offer these ohligations of a prosperous State as possessing every attraction that can be offered to the investor. I recommend that through your appropriate Committees yon consider at once the matter of refunding the State's indebtedness above referred to. REGISTRATION OF VoTERS. ''There is nothing of more importance than the protection of the purity of the ballot, for. -~ 150 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, upon the franchises of the citizens the liberties of all must depend for perpetuation. However, the citizen should be encouraged to exercise the privilege of voicing his opinion in the conduct of his government. Severe and unnecessary restrictions should not be countenanced. "We believe the present registration law should be so amended that when a voter has once proven his qualification by registering and being enrolled, he shall remain a registered voter unless disqua1ified for cause due to himself. Permanent registration would stop the confusing difficulties now besetting the voter and provide a safe method for protecting the integrity of the ballot. We trust the next Legislature will amend the present law." The foregoing extract from the last platform upon which I was elected, expresses a principle which de- serves universal acceptance. It contemplates no change of the Constitution which provides for the qualification of the voter. It recommends no amend- ment which would degrade the requisites of suffrage. It only endorses the passage of legislation that will render easy the exercise of the inalienable right to vote by the man entitled to vote. The farmers of a neighborhood have duly regis- tered, but the succeeding year when busy with their crops they can not send their taxes to the collector by some neighbor going to town, except on penalty of being disfranchised. ' The. traveling men who have registered one year c.an not send their remittances the next year to the SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 151 proper officer, and so it is with men in every calling who perform civic duties and who have overlooked the last da:y of registration, or have been prevented from registering anew by compelling reasons. The professional politician never forgets. The registrars must in any event purge the list. If the citizen has moved into a new community and if he was not registered the year before, he may be re- quired to register in accordance with the present law. But I reccommend that the present registration law be amended to correct the injustice indicated. It would always be assumed that the voter must have paid his taxes and not subjected himself to any of the disqualifications provided by law. To place the present hardship upon the people is as indefensible as for Nero to have rendered it difficult for the people of Rome to learn its laws by placing them on a wall beyond their vision. HIGHWAYS. It is needless to impress upon you the importance of our highways. Their value is an asset of the entire State. The family that receives its daily mailT the farmer who hauls his product to market, the school with its improved facilities, are all debtors to good roads. A student of the subject has declared that every hard rain, in Georgia damages its roads more than one million dollars, due to unscientific construction. An intelligent Highway Commission, or Commissioner, clothed with proper authority, could be the 152 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, means of untold benefit in suggesting proper methods of building the road adapted to the locality, or in solving the problems of engineering which might arise in various sections. This proposition was embodied in the original Bill placing convicts on the roads, and was only defeated by one vote in the House. Its wisdom has been recognized by my predecessors and I concur in their recommendations. wESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD. I call your attention to the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the lease of which terminates in 1919. The wise disposition of this property requires the most enlightened statemanship, and in view of its immense value, probably three times that of the entire State's debt, immediate consideration should be given to this splendid heritage of our Fathers. Like any other proposition involving business judgment, this subject demands painstaking care am investigation. The suggestion has been made that at its terminals there is appurtenant much property un. necessary for railroad purposes, and which could be utilized by the State without damaging the railroad, at a largely increased revenue. Whether this be true, and if true what arrangement should be made with such property, calls for accurate and detailed knowledge. The Western & Atlantic Railroad belongs to the entire State, and during the period of our darkest hours it supplied with funds our scanty Treasury and constituted the guarantee of our school fund. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. 153 No one, I apprehend, would or should consider its sale, but the problem of its disposition should be considered by a commission with directions to report its recommendations and its reasons' therefor. To delay this matter will mean to put the State at the inexcusable disadvantage of unpreparedness when the time arrives for imperative action. CRIMINAL LAw. One of the fundamental purposes of government is the protection of life and safety of the citizen. While our people are law abiding, the enforcement of law must depend upon the machinery provided by the Legislature. If the rules of evidence are so shaped as to prevent the dis'covery of the truth, and if the State is deprived of the means of sifting the facts, the judges and juries are not to be blamed if crimes are allowed to go unpunished. In the reconstruction period, when antagonism existed between emancipated slaves and their former masters, it may have been essential that the white man, struggling for his existence, be allowed to make a statement possessing a value superior to all sworn evidence. This was a law of necessity, whi~h grew. out of the exigencies of the time. But conditions have changed. It is an anomaly that a defendant should take the stand, make any statement that he sees fit, or that his shrewd lawyer has prepared, and being immune from cross-examination, demand that the judge shall charge the jury that they may accept his unsworn statement in preference to all the evidence in the case. 154 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, His carefully written statement may contain all manner of prejudicial assertions which constitute no defense, but the State is not allowed to disprove or to question them. The jury is by law instructed that they may consider them. Without introducing evidence, in order that his attorney may make the last speech, he declares that he can prove assertions by various witnesses, often disreputable men, and challenges the Solicitor-General to introduce them. This onsideration the following Senate bills, which 1 "236 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt, in lieu of the town of Colquitt: A bill to amend the charter of the City of Colquitt. The Committee 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 town of Athens. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Chairman. Mr. Olliff, 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 the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County. A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903. A bill to amend the Act creating a system of public schools for the City of Oglethorpe, Ga. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1913. 237 A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson so as to change the time of holding the sessions of said court. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. McNeil, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following hill of the Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute. A bill to provide for verdicts and judgments to be rendered at the appearance term of the City and Superior Courts of this State, and for olher purposes. Respectfully submitted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. The following message wa.s 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 authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty 238. JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, County to contribute to the support of the hospital operated in Albany by the Albany Hospital Asso~ ciation. The following message was received from theHouse through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The Rouse has concurred in the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit: A resolution to invite Hon. T. Sambola Jones to address the General Assembly Tuesday, July 15th, 1913. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: I The House has adopted the following joint resolution of the House, to-wit: A resolution, that the House and 8enate meet in joint session on Friday, July 18th, 1913, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of hearing the address of Senator Hoke Smith. Mr. Elkins,. Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report: Mr. President : The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the fo11owing Senate bills which TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1913. 239 I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Fitzgerald, so as to provide for compensation of court stenographers in criminal cases, etc. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to-wit: A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction in the State of Georgia authority in certain cases so to mold their sentences as to allow defendants, upon rendition of a verdict of guilty, to serve same outside the confines of the chaingang, jail, or other places of detention, under the supervision of the court, and for other purposes. The committee has also had under consideration the following Senate resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that' ithe same do pass by substitute, to-wit: A resolution m regard to a new Great Seal of State. The committee has also had under consideration the follo~ng House bills which I am instructed to 240 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court of Johnson County. A bill to amend an Act approved August 22, 1907, by repealing the provisions calling for three commissioner districts, regulation, term of office, and for other purposes, Ben Hill County. A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. ELKINs, Chairman. Mr. Watts, Chairman of the Public Property Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Public Property has had under consideration the following resolution of the 1Senate which it instructs me to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass: A resolution to appoint a committee of the 8enate und House to receive offers for the sale of the Elxceutive Mansion. Respectfully submitted, J. N. WATTS, Chairman. On motion, the following Senate bill was re-committed to the Education Committee: Tu~SDAY, JUDY 15, 1913. 241 By Mr. Searcy- A bill to regulate the reading of the Holy Bible in the public schools of this State. The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage: By Mr. Jones of 39th Dist.A bill to prescribe a method of giving noti~e in writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education. Report of the Committee was agreed to as amended. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32; nays, 0. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended, and the amendments are as fOllows: Amend by striking from the 8th and 9th lines of Section 1 the words ''of Education.'' Senate bill No. 34 was tabled. The following Senate bill ~s re-committed to the Hygiene and Sanitation Committee: By Mr. Longino- A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in this State. The following joint resolution of the House was read and adopted: :.!42 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Mr. Miller- A resolution convening the Senate and House in joint session at 12 o'clock noon, Friday, July 18. The hour of 12 o'clock having arrived for the joint session of the General Assembly to listen to addresses of Hon. Hutbert Myrick of Springfield, Ill., and Hon. T. Sambola Jones of Louisiana, representing Panama Pacific Exposition, the Senate repaired to the Hall of the House of Representatives, and was called to order by the President. At the conclusion of the addresses, the joint session was dissolved, and the Senate returned to the Senate Chamber and was called to order by the President. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Senate stood adjourned until tomorrow morning- at 11 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 16, 1913. 243 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, July 16, 1913. 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. Allen, John T. Irwin, M. D. Brown, John W. L. ,Jones, S. E. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, W. W. Burtz, A. H. Kea, Fred, Bush, W. J. Kelly, 0. L. Chennault, N. B. Longino, J. T. OOnverse, W. L. McGregor, C. E. Dickey, R. L. McNeil, W. D. DuBose, R. T. Miller, B. S. Elkins, 0. H. Moore, J. H. Ford, L. L. Olliff, W. M. Foster, A. H. Parrish, C. H. Harrell, G. Y. Perry, Grant D. Hixon, J. T. Peyton, J. T. Huie, G. M. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. 'Illiose absent were Messrs.- Johnson, J. F. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Olliff, 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 244 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, ready for transmission to the House, the following Senate Bill to-,wit: A bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Harrell, 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 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 Paragraph, 2 Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to create the County of Milledge. Respectfully submitted, G. Y. HARRELL, Chairman. Mr. Chennault, 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 WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. 245 instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to put in force the constitutional amendment ratified at the November election in 1912, of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of this State so as to exempt from taxation, farm products. A bill to require all dealers in garden and agricultural seeds to have written or printed on the original packages as sold, a prescribed guarantee. The committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit: , A bill to regulate the meshes of seins, nets and traps in the waters of this State. A bill to amend Section 1, of an Act entitled an Act to regulate and control the sale of fertilizers in this State. Respectfully submitted, N. B. CHENNAULT, Chairman. Mr. Richardson, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Hygeine and Sanitation submitted the following report. Mr. President: The Committee on Hygeine and Sanitation have had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate 246 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, with recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to-wit: A bill to define who is able to contract marriage and prescribe how marriage license may be obtained. The Committee have also 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 regulate the practice of medicine in Georgia. Respectfully submitted, . C. H. RICHARDSON, Vice Chairman. .Mr. Peyton, Chairman of the Cammittee on Railroads, submitted the following report: Mr. President : The Committee on Railroads, have bad under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed as its Chairman to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass to-wit: A bill to wmend Section 414 of the Penal Code adopted August 15th, 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains on the Sabbath and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted, J. T. PEYTON, Chairman. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. 247 The following message was received from 1the House through r. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President : The House has passed hy the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills. of the Hous~ to-wit: A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Oglethorpe. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Unadilla. A bill to amend the charter of Norwood. A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Tunnel Hill. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Chattahoochee County. A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Greensboro. A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the city of Jackson. A bill to wmend an Act to amend the Charter of the town of Bluffton. 248 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to amend an Act creating Commissioners for Mcintosh County. A bill to re-arrange the Alhany and Cordele Judicial Circuits. . A bill to authorize the Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia to issue bonds. A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont. 1fue House has adopted the following joint resolution to-wit: A resolution to invite United States Senator Bacon to address the General Assembly in joint sessiOn. The Speaker appointed as a Committee on the part of the House under the above resolution the following members. Mes'Srs. Pickett, Connor, Wimberly. On motion the following bill was taken from the table and put upon the calendar. By Mr. Kea- A bill to amend Section 130 of Volume 2, of the Code. On motion the following Senate bill was recorn mitted to the General Judiciary Committee. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. 249 By Mr. HuieA bill to annend Section 5298, of Volume 1, of the Code. The following resolution wa.s read and adopted. By Mr. Anderson- Resolved that the Committee on Rules be authorized to revise the rules of the Senate as the same appear in the Legislature manual of 1911-12 and submit the revision to the Senate for its approval. The following Senate hills were read first time. By Mr. Brown- A bill to amend the act of the General kssembly approved August 17th, 1908, crEl!ating the \State Board of Veterinary Examiners for this State. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-tion. By Mr. SmithA bill to amend the Act creating the City of Edison relative to paving the sidewalks. Referred to Committee. on Corporations. By Mr. Elkins- A bill to create a system of public schools for the 'Town of Alma. .Referred to Committee on Edu~mtion. 250 J-ouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By :Mr. KeaA bill for the relief of T. B. Sicks of Laurens County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Longino_A_ bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kind of labor. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. The fol1owing House bills were read 1st time. By Mr. Grimes- A bill to amend the Act approved August 7th, 1912, creating a Board of County Commissioners of Miller County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Field and Smith- A bill to authorize the Mayor and town Council of Lithonia to call and have held an election by the qualified voters of said town for the purpose of determining whether bonds shall be issued for the purpose of erecting a City Hall and Jail for said town. Referred to Committee on Corporations. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. ?51 By Mr. BerryA bill to amend the charter of the town of Tunnel Hill. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs Foster, Wright and Nunnally of Floyd- A bill to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incotporating the City of Rome, Floyd County, State of Georgia, to create a new charter and municipal government for said city." Referred to Committee on Corporations. ~y Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to amend the Charter of the City Court of Griffin. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Adams of Hall- A bill to incorporate the tower of Clermont, Hall County, to provide for a Mayor and Council and -other officers and electors of same. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Warren of Turner, Clements of Irwin and Paulk of Ben Hill- A bill to rearrange the Albany and Cordele .Judicial Circuits of the State of Georgia. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. 252 JouR~AL oF THE SE~ATE, By -:\fr. Clark of Dougherty- A biH to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Daugherty from the treasury lof said county to contribute toward the support of the hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association in the City of Albany. Referred to Committee on Counties and County MatterR. By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh- A bill to amend the Act creating Commissioners for Mcintosh County, so as to make them elective by the qualified voters for terms of two years and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Mills of Butts- A bill to amend an Act approved August 14, 1909 ereating a new charter of the city of Jackson. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Cha ttachoochee. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. 25;{ By Mr. MeWhorter of GreeneA bill to amend the charter of the City of Greens- boro. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to amend the Charter of Norwood, Georgia. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. DeVaughn of Macon- A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia, etc. Referre~ to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Duncan of Dooly- A bill to amend an Act of the Legislature incorporating the town of Unadilla in the County of Dooly, approved, December 24, 1890, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council to exercise the right of eminent domain generally and for condemning property for opening and laying out streets. Referred to Committee on Corporations. Mr. Bell of Clay- A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the town of Bluffton in the county of Clay. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 254 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Wimberly of Bibb, Pickett of Terrell and Connor of Spalding- A resolution to invite United States Senator Bacon to address the General Assembly in joint session. Above resolution was concurred in. Committee on part of Senate are: Messrs. MeNeil, Moore. The following Senate bills were read second time. By Mr. Bush- A Bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Colquitt, approved August 7th, 1912. By Mr. McNeilA bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code. By Mr. Bush- A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt and for other purposes. By Mr. Tarver- A Bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction in this State authority in certain cases to so mold their sentences as to allow defendants to serve their sentence outside of the chaingang. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913. 255 By Mr. Elkins- A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald so as to provide stenographer for said court. By Messrs. Pope, Hixon and others- A bill to put into force the Constitutional amendment ratified November election 1912, of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of this State. By Mr. Parish- A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. By Mr. Parish, by request- A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution so as to create the County of Milledge. By Mr. HuieA bill to require all dealers in garden and agri- cultural seed to have written or printed on their original packages a prescribed guarantee. By Mr. HixonA bill to define who is able to contract marriage and prescribe how marriage license may be obtained. By Mr. SmithA bill to provide for verdicts and judgments to be 256 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, rendered at the appearance terms of City and Superior Courts of this State in certain suits. The following Senate resolution was read second time. By Mr. MeNeil- A resolution in regard to a New Great Seal of this State. The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage: By Mr. Kea- A bill to require factories and workshops to provide proper ventilation and sufficient heat during the winter months. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the a:yes were 28, nays 0, the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Kea~ A bill to amend Section 3137 of the Code, which regulates the hours of labor in cotton and woolen mills. Mr. Turner moved to table the bill. On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered .and the vote is as follows. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 16, 1913. 257 Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Oonverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. Harrell, G. Y. Huie, G. M. ,Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Kelly, 0. L. MeNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Swoot, J. L. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Fr the purpose of consolidating the vote for United States Senator in the special election of July 15, 1913. The following Senate bills were read 1st time. By Mr. Elkins- A bill to amend Sections 3321 and 3324 of the Code of 1910. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stark- A pill to authorize the Railroad Commission to fix the rate of speed a railroad train may run through incorporated towns or cities. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Burtz- A bill to amend Article 7, Section 1, Paragraph 1. of the Constitution, relating to pensions. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend ments. 308 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Mr. SearcyA Bill to amend Sections 2721 and 2722 of th( Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Railroads. Ry Mr. Payton- A bill to prohibit unfair commercial discrimina tion between different Sections, communities and localities. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. ElkinsA bill to. a1mend Section 838 of the Penal Code; Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. Tlhe following report of the Rules Committee was read and adopted. Atlanta, July 21st, 1913. Mr. President: Your Committee on Rules having had under consideration Senate Resolution No. 29, Tecommending a modification of Rule No. 137 as adopted by the Senate on July 17th, and having had their attention called to certain other changes suggested as being advisable beg leave to submit the following report for the consideration of the Senate, to-wit: 1. That the new Rule No. 137 be amended by striking out the words "three fourths" where the .MONDAY, JULY 21, l~)l;J. 309 same occur in said Rules and substituting the words ''two-thirds. '' 2. That a new Rule be adopted to be numbered No. 39 and to read as follows: "When a bill, etc., favorably reported by a Committee is on its third, or last, reading, if the report of the Committee is disagree~ to by the Senate the bill or measure shall be lost, unless the action of the Senate in disagreeing to the CQilllmittee report is reconsidered, within the proper time. 3. That the numbers of all the remaining Rules shall be changed so as to make them correspond and be consecutive. J 4. That Rule No. 61 as adopted July 17th (being old Rule No. 55 of the Legislative Manual of 1911-12) be repealed and the following substituted, viz : ''After the main question has been ordered, a motion to reconsider this action will, if adopted have the effect to repeal the ordering of both the main question and the previous question, and will leave the pending measure again open to debate, and amendment. This motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can be made only once; and if lost, or if the main question is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure, no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained. Respectfully submitted, B. S. MILLER, Vice Chairman. Adopted. 310 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The following resolution was read first time. By Mr. Longino- A resolution Fixing .Senate bill No. 104 a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July 22, 1913 immediately after unanimous consent. Referred to Committee on Rules. Mr. Harrell moved that the following bill of the Senate which was passed last Friday be reconsidered. By Mr. Smith- A bill to provide for verdicts and judgments to be rendered at the appearance term of the City and Superior Courts. On this motion the ayes and nayS' were ordered and the vote is as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Kea, Fred, Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. Parrish, C. H. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Tyson, C. M. 'l,hose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kelly, 0. L. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Perry, Grant D. Rushin, M. E. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G W MoNDAY, JrLY 21, HH:3. 311 Those not voting were Messrs.- Burtz, A. H. Chennault, N. B. Converse, 'w. L. Dickey, R. L. Foster, A. H. Ayes 12, nays 24. Turner, S. M. watts, J. N. The motion was lost. The following House Bills read first time. By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton- A bill to be entitled an Act to add an additional Judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit, to regulate the manner in which the Judges of said .Atlanta Circuit shall dispose of the business thereof, etc. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Piquet and Olive of Richmond- A bill to amend the City Charter of Augusta so that certain members of the police and fire department may be retired and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson- A bill to be entitled an Act to transfer Wilkinson County from the Ocmulgee to the Dublin Circuit and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. 312 .:rOURNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Tootle of TattnallA bill to amend the Charter of the Cit~T of Glenn ville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By My Ballard of Columbia- A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for the payment of insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Referred Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Thompson of Madison- A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer in Madison County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Adams of PikeA bill to incorporate the town of Meansville in tho County of Pike. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County, Georgia. Referred to Committee on Counties and Couut.v Matters. MoNDAY, JuLY 21, 1913. 3'13 By Mr. Jackson of White - A bill to repeal an Act entitled" A~ Act" to create a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Wheatley and Sheppard of Sumter. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 18th, 1906, amending Section 29 of the Charter of the City of Americus as provided in the Act .approved November 11, 1889, with reference to paving said streets of said City and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to provide for holding four terms Coffee Superior Court each year, to prescribe the time for holding same and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Oommittee. By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas in and for the County of Coffee _and all laws amendatory of and to abolish said Court, etc. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 314 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Rhodes ana Lipscomb of ClarkeA bill for the relief of S. J. Cartlege, authorizing County Commissioners to pay claims. Referred to special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Estes of Lincoln- A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Lincoln County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Connor of Spalding- A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the City of Griffin. Referred to Committee on Corporation. By Mr. McRae of Wilcox- A bill to incorporate the town of Kramer in Wilcox County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb- A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Lithonia, Georgia, to fix the incorporate limits, etc, Referred to Committee on Corporations. MoNDAY, JuLY 21, 1913. 315 Senate bill No. 2 was made special order for tomorrow. 100 copies of Senate .'bill No. ;9() was ordered printed for the use of the Senate. On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 316 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA. Tuesday, July :!2, 19lit 'J'he Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock and 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 : Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, vV. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Joue:;, S. E. Jones, ,V. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Long-ino, J. T. MeGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Panish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. f;earcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Wa.tts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. On motion the reading of the Journal 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 House, towit: TUESDAY, JuLY 22, 1913. 317 A bill to abolish the City Court for Pulaski County. A bill to provide for holding four terms of Pulaski 8uperior Court each year. A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Eastman. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court for Houston County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County. The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following joint resolution, to-wit: A resolution to authorize the Committee on the School for the Deaf to visit said institution in the interim between the sessions of 1913 and 1914. One hundred copies of the substitute to Senate Bill No. 8 was ordered printed for the use of the Senate. The following resolution was read and unanimously adopted : By Mr. Allen- A resolution, Whereas, the Senate has learned with profound sorrow of the death of Miss Ruth Burwell, the sister of our distinguished and esteemed Speaker of the House of Representatives. Therefore, be it resolved, that the Senate extends to him and his family its sincere sympathy. Be it further resolved, 318 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, that a copy of this resolution be furnished to Mr. Burwell, Speaker, by the Secretary of the Senate. The following Senate bill was read first time: By Mr. McGregor- A bill to empower the Governor to declare positions of trustees or directors of State institutions vacant under certain circumstances, and to fill the vacancies. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read third time, and put upon its passage: By Mr. Smith- A bill to amend the charter of the City of Edison, and for other purposes. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill tJ!e ayes were 31, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows: Mr. Smith proposes to amend Senate Bill No. 137 as follows: By adding the following paragraphs to said bill before the repealing clause, such paragraphs and the repealing clause to be numbered consecutively, towit: Section 10. Be it further enacted, that the Act TuESDAY, JuLY 22, 1913. 319 approved August 20, 1906, creating the City of Edison be and the same is hereby anmended by striking the word "January" in the second line of the fourth paragraph of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "December," so that hereafter the mayor and councilmen of said city shall be elected on the first Saturday in December in each year instead of in January. Section 11. Be it further enacted, that 'Section 6 of said aforesaid Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words ''on Monday'' in the first line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''on the first Monday in January,'' so that the newly elected officers aforesaid will begin their term of service hereafter on the first Monday in Jannary of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, as provided in said Section 6. Section 12. Be it further enacted, that Section 8 of the aforesaid Act approved August 20, 1906, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word "October" in the third line of said
ommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to create a new charter for City of Lithonia. A hill to incorporate the Town of Meansville. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Augusta. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Glennville. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Chairman. Mr. Peyton, 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 it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to-wit: A bill to confer upon Railroad Commission authority to require union depots in certain cases. Respectfully submitted, J. T. PEYTON, Chairman. Mr. Hixon, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Temperance, 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, by substi. tute, to-wit: 336 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to make it unlawful for any person to purchase for another, from a blind tiger any spirituous or malt liquorH, etc. Respectfully submitted, J. T. HixsoN, Chairman. Mr. Elkins, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. President: T'he Committee on Special Judiciary, has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instru0ted to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to be entitled an Act to amend, alter, modify and change, certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 17, 1905, establishing the City Court of Monore in Walton County, Georgia. A bill to amend an Act of the City Court of Miller County, approved August 6th, 1909, and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted, 0. R. ELKINs, Chairman. Minority report of the General Judiciary Commi-ttee on Senate Bill No. 119, providing for the rotation of Judges: Mr. President: The undersigned members of the General Judi- WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. 337 ciary Committee offer the following minority report to Senate Bill No. 119, the same being a bill providing for the rotation of Judges of the Superior Courts of Georgia, and for other purposes: We favor the rotation of Judges of the Superior Courts as provided for in this bill, and believe the measure one that will largely correct the evil that has grown up out of the election of the Judges by the people, and that the measure will conserve the more impartial administration of the law, as well as to divorce the judiciary from political influences which tendS' to distroy the confidence of the people in the impartial administration of the law. We therefore recommend that the bill as amended do pass. w. w. STARK, c. :M. TARVER, A. H. BURTZ, FRED KEA, M.D. IRwm, s. M. TURNER. Minority report from the Committee on General Judiciary on Senate Bill No. 72. Mr. President: The undersigned members of the Committee on General Judiciary, respectfully submit the following minority report upon Senate Bill No. -72, to amend Section 1037, Paragraph 4 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to the competency of husband and wife 338 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, as witnesses in criminal proceedings, by making them competent but not compellable to testify for or against one another, and for other purposes. Under the present law of this State neither the husband or wife are competent or compellable to give evidence in any criminal proceeding for or against each other except tha:t the wife shall be competent but not compellable to testify against her husband upon his trial for any criminal offense committed or attempted to have been committed upon her person. She is also a competent witnesS' to testify for or against her husband in cases of abandonment. of his child. To .amend the law as proposed would in our opinion be a prolific source of perjury. The close intimate relation existing between husband and wife would it is believed exert a greater influence over them as witnesses in criminal cases than the sancity of an oath. Moreover, the brutal, criminal husband would in~ variably compel his wife to testify for and in his behalf or he would make life to her a burden. F.or these and other reasons we might give, we are against the proposed bill and recommend that it do not pass.. Respectfully submitted, J. L. SwEAT, 5th District. 0. H. ELKINS, 15th District. w. E. SPINKS, 38th District. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. Mr. Olliff,. Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following rep~rt: Mr. President: The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossed, and ready for transmission to the House the following Resolution and Bills, to-wit: A resolution in reference to the Order of Business of the House of Representatives. A bill to alillend Sections 4424 and 4425 of Volume 1, of Code of 1910 relating to recovery for homicide. A mH to amend the Charter of the City of Edison. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. The following communication was read from the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Perry. Mr. President: I am directed by his Exe.ellency the Governor, to deliver to your honorable body a sealed communication to whieh he respectfully invites your consideration in executive session. The following House Bills were read second time. By Mr. Miller of Bibb- A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners fQr Bibb County to issue and sell 340 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, bonds for the following purposes, to-wit: For re~ modeling of County Court House and the construe~ tion of s'chool buildings in said County. By Mr. Miller of Bibb- A bill to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell County Bonds for certain specified purposes and for other purposes. By Mr. Grimes of Miller- A bill to amend an Act approved August 7th, 1912, and entitled an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Miller and for other purpos'es. By Mr. T'ootle of Tattnall- A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Glennville. By Messrs. Jones and Hollberg of Coweta- A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Sharpsburg in the County of Coweta. By Mr. Cook of ChattahoocheeA bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Chattachoochee, Ga., to provide for the appointment and qualifications of the Commissioners who constitute WEDNESDAY, JuLY 23, 1913. 341 said Board and to prescribe their duties, fix their qualification and for other purposes. By Mr. Clark of Dougherty - A bill to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dougherty from the treasury of said County to contribute toward the support and maintenance of the hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association in the City of Albany and for other purposes. By Messrs. Cook of Chattahoochee and Wohlwender of Muscogee- A bill to provide upon what conditions and in what manner a foreign fire insurance company or association doing business in this State, which reinsures all its policies and contracts in force in this State may retire and withdraw from the State including any and all securities on deposit with State officials and for other purposes. By Messrs. Picquet and Olive of Richmond- A bill to amend the City Charter of Augusta so that certain members of the police and fire departments may be retired and for other purposes. By Mr. Thompson of Madison- A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer in Madison County and for other purposes. 342 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh- A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the City of Darien so as to allow cash to be deposited in lieu of bond in police court and for other purposes. By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh- A bill to amend the Act creating Commissioners for Mcintosh County, so as to make them elective by the qualified voters for terms of two years and for other purposes. By Mr. Ragland of Tolbert- A bill to incorporate the town of Box Springs in Tolbot County. By Mr. Burnett of Walton- A bill to be entitled an Act to amend, alter, modify and change certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly approved August 17, 1905. By Mr. Grimes of Miller- A bill to amend an Act of the City Court of Miller County approved August 6th, 1909 and for other purposes. By Mr. Adams of Pike- A bill to incorporate the Town of Meansville in the County of Pike. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. 343 By Mr. Clements of Irwin- A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County, to provide for their compensation, term of office, etc., and for other purposes. By Mr. McRae of WilcoxA bill to incorporate the town of Kramer in Wil- cox County. By Mr. Connor of Spalding- A bill to amend an Act to create a Charter for the City of Griffin. By Mr. Clements of Irwin- A Bill to be entit~ed an Act to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County, approved August 11th, 1908, and amendment thereto and for other purposes. By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett- A bill to authorize and direct the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of the county funds of said county, raised by taxation, for paying expenses of court, etc., and for other purposes. By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalbA bill to create a new Charter for the City of 344 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Lithonia, Ga., to fix the incory>orate limits, etc., and for other purposes. The following resolution was read and referred to the Rules Committee. By Mr. McGregor- A resolution, Resolved that Senate Bill No. 51, be made special order for Thursday, immediately after the reading 9f the Journal. The following Senate bills were read second time. By Mr. ~rver-- A bill to confer upon the railroad Commission the power to require of two or more railroads entering the same town or city where practicable to erect union depots. By Mess'rs. Jones of 39th, Foster and BurtzA bill to revise jury lists in this State. By Mr. Searcy- A bill to make it unlawful for any person to purchase for another from a blind tiger any spiritous liquors in this State. By Mr. Stewart- A bill to authorize the execution of a lost or destroyed deed to be proved as to land in another County. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 23, 1913. 345 By Mr. Parrish- . A bill to amend an ...._<\ct creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bulloch County. By Mr. Harrell- A bill to Create and authorize the appointment of Notaries Public.for the State at large. By Mr. r_ryson- A bill to amend Section 1037, Paragraph 4, of the penal Code relative to compentency of husband and wife as witnesses. By Mr. Kea, by request- A bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks of Dublin, in Laurens County. By Mr. SearcyA bill to make it unlawful for any officer in thi!'l State to allow a prisoner in his charge to be subjected to any cruel process to extort testimony. The following House Bills were read first time. By Messrs. McGehee and Culpepper of Meriwether A bill rto be entitled an Act to creal:e a new Charter for the town of Woodbury. Referred to Committee on CorporaHons. 346 JpuRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Griffin and Jones of Lowndes- A bill to be entitled to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of RoadS' and Revenues in and for the pounty of Coffee. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Farris of WalkerA bill to provide quarterly terms of the Superior Court of Walker County, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski- A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court. of Pulaski; and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.. By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski- A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski, to provide for disposition of books, etc., and for otherpurposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. 347 By Mr. Moon of Troup- A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Troup County in the Coweta Circuit and for other purposes. By Mr. Spence of MitchellA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla in and for the County of Mitchell and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Methvin of Dodge- A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Eastman and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Clements of Irwin- A bill to. be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved December 17th, 1902, to establish a public school system for the City of Ocilla in Irwin County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Greene of Houston and Holtzclaw of Houston- A bill to amend an Act to create the City Oourt of Houston and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 348 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Wright of Floyd and Hendrix of Union- A resolution authorizing and directing the Governor of Georgia to investigate and give direction to differences between citizens of the State of Ga. and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. On motion the following House bill was read 2nd time and recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Stewart- A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Coffee County. The following House bill was read second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stewart- A bill to repeal the Act creating the City Court of Douglass in Coffee County. The following House resolution was read and concurred in. By Mr. Foster- A resolution to authorize the Committee on the school for the deaf to visit said institution between sessions. . WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913.. 349 Mr. Miller moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in passing the following bill of the.Senate on yesterday. By Mr. TarverA bill to amend Section 4424 and 4425 of the Code. The motion was lost The following Senate bills were read first time. By Mr. McGregor by request- A bill to extend the powers of the Pension Commissioner and to define his duties. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Peyton- A bill to authorize the granting of free passes to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of this State. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. DuBoseA bill to amend Section 3016 of the Code of 1910, relative to Children's Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. DuBoseA bill to amend Section 895 of the Penal Code relative to Children's Court. Referred to Genera_] Judiciary Committee. 350 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. KeaA bill to prescribe the amount of cost in cases involving $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. McNeil- A bill to amend Section 3955 of the Code so as to permit any Trust Companies of this State to be appointed County administrator where it has its principal office. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. IrwinA bill to make it compulsory upon Railroads to provide and keep a telephone in ticket offices. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Allen by request - A bill to fix the status of every resident of thi8 State whose spouse residing in another State or foreign country. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage. By Mr. Smith- A bill to authorize and empower the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant Charter to private Companies in vacati~n. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. 351 The following amendment was adopted: Amend Section 1, by inserting in the 4th line of said Section after the words "in vacation," the words ''at chambers.'' 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 as amended. By Messrs. Pope, Hixon and others- A bill to put into force the Constitutional Amendment ratified at the November election in 1912, of Article 7, .Section 2, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27, nays 3; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Hixon- A bill to prohibit any person firm or corporation from shipping any malt or intoxicating liquors into this State for illegal sale. The following amendment was offered by Mr. Dickey by striking in excess of three gallons and substituting in excess of one gallon. On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows. JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Dickey, R. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. Moore, J. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Huie, G. M. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. Ayes 20, nays 23. The amendment was lost. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 32, nays 3; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute as amended, and the amendment is as follows : Amend by inserting between the word same Bnd to in the fifth line of Section 2, the words "if in P.Xeess of three gallons.'' On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrowmorning at 10 o'clock. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. :i53 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, July 24th, 1913. The Senate met pursuant to adjourD!ment 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. Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. The reading of the Journal was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following Senate bin was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Parrish- A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of .Bullock. Report of the committee was agreed to. 354 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 39, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on 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 bills of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to authorize Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant charters to private companies in vacation and for other purposes. A bill to put in force the Constitutional a~end ment ratified at the November election, 1912, to exempt farm products from taxation. A bill to prohibit any person or private carrier from shipping mault and intoxicating liquors into this State. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Peyton, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report: Mr. PresidJent: The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Senate Bills which I am in- THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 355 structed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass to-wit: A bill to amend Section 2626 of Civil Code relative to duties of Chairman of Railroad Commission. A bill to provide that notice by the carrier shall be given to consignees of freight. A bill to confer upon the Railroad Commission the power to place a time limit in orders issued approving issuance 9f stocks, bonds, etc. Respectfully submitted, J. T. PEYTON, Chairman. Mr. Rushin, 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 it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that it do not pass, to-wit: A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Lincoln County. Respectfully submitted, M. E. RusHIN, Chairman. Mr. McNeil, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report: 356 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Mr. Presid)ent: The Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation do pass, to-wit: A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Irwin County. A bill to create an additional .Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. T!he Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the reco'llmendation that the same do not pass, towit: A bill to amend Section 1036 of the Penal Code. A bill to amend Section 1036 of the Penal Code so as to provide that defendantR shall be subject to cross examination. A bill to change the time of meeting of the General Assembly. A bill to provide a permanent registration of voters. The. committee recommends that the following Senate Bill be read a 2nd, time and recommitted to tl1e General Judiciary Committee, to-wit: A. biTI to fix the salary of the Solicitors General o1 the several circuits of this State. Respectfully subimtted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 3'57 Mr. President: The General Judiciary Committee having reported unfavorably upon Senate Bill No. 56, providing for Biennial Sessions of the General Assembly, we the undersigned members of said committee herewith file a minority report, and think that for the following reasons the said bill should pass. 1. T'here is enough law upon the statute book of Georgia. 2. The annual sessions have tendency to disorganize business, and an eternal amending of laws therefore confusing and leaving the public in state of uncertainty of what is the law. 3. It is too expensive when same work, passing same laws could be occomplished every two years. 4. Too frequent elections which disturb the public mind and local conditions and many other good and valid reasons here unnecessary to set out. JOHN T. ALLEN' w. M. OLLIFF, s. M. TURNER, w. E. SPINKS. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: Mr. P,-e.sid,ent: The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House Bills which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass, to-wit: 358 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, A bill wmending Act incorporating City of Americus. A bill amending Sec. 29 of Charter City of Ameri-cus. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTZ, 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 towit: A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville. A bill to incorporate the City of Comer. A bill to incorporate the City of Chickamauga. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Buford. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of :Sycamore. A bill to require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sumter County to work the county chain gang on the streets of the City of Americus. The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 359 A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson so as to change the time of holding its sessions. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, so as to provide for an official stenographer. The House has concurred in the Senate amendment to the following bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to amend the charter of the town of Tunnel Hill. By unanimous consent the following House bills were read third time.and put upon their passage. By Mr. Grimes- A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing rthe Oity Court of MiiJ.ler Co~ and fur :other purposes. 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. Adams- A bill to incorporate the town of Meansville in the County of Pike. ' 3611 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were ;~5, nays 0; the bill having received the requisitH Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Grimes- A bill to amend an Act approved August 7th, 1912, and entitled an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Miller. Report Qf 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. McRae- A bill to incorporate the town of Kramer in Wilcox County. The 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. By Messrs. Picquet and Olive of Richmond- A bill to amend the City Charter of Augusta so that certain members of the police and fire departn;tents may be retired and for other purposes. Report of the committee agreed to. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 361 Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Tootle- A bill to amend the charter of the City of Glennville. 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 Con- stitutional majority, was pa~sed. By Mr. Connor- A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the City of Griffin. 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. By Mr. Atwood- A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Darien. Report of the committee waS' agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 37, nays 0 ; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. 362 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Ragland~A bill to incorporate the Town of Box Springs in T.albot County. ;Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 39, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite co?stitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Clark- A bill to authorize and empower the commission ers of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dougherty from the Treasurer of said County to contribute toward the support of the hospital operated by the Albany Hospital association in the city of Albany. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the Bill the ayes were 3'5, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Cook- A bill to cr.eate a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Chattahoochee Oounty. Report of coonmittee 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. . THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 363: By Mr. Atwood- A bill to amend the Act creating Commissioners for Mcintosh County. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 34, nays o; the bill having received the requisite Con- stitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Burnett- A bill to amend, alter, modify. and change certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly of Ga., approved August 17, 1905, establishing 1the City Court of Monroe in Walton 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 pass~. By Mr. Shadburn- A bill to authorize the county commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of the county funds of said county raised by taxation for paying expenses of court, to the officers of the City Court of Buford,. etc. 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. 364 JiOURNAL OF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Field and Smith- A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Lithonia. Report of 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. ~Eller - A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners in Bibb County to issue and sell bonds for the following purpose, to-wit: F'or remodeling of County Court House and construction of school buildings. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes 3'5, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Miller- ' A bill to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioner!'~ of Bibb County to issue and sell County Bonds for certain specified purposes. 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. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. 365 By Mr. Clements- A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County, etc. 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. By Messrs. Jones and Rollberg of Coweta- A bill to create a new charter for the town of Sharpsburg in the County of Coweta. Report of committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 35, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Con. stitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Clements- A bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County, approved August 11th, 1908, and amendment thereto. Report of committee agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 34, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. ThompsonA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Comer in Madison County. 366 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Report of 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 Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage which was special order for today. By Mr. Adams of Hall- A bill to amend Paragraph 2 of Section 1, Article 2, of the Constitution so as to prov5.de /for the creation of the County 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. ThoS'e voting in the affirmative were Messrs._:_ Allen, John T. Bulloch, R. 0. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Oonverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. F~rd, L. L. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. .~weat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Watts, J. N. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Burtz, A. H. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Johnson, J. F. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Tyson, C. M. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913.. 367 'Tihose not voting were Messrs.- Riehardson, C. H. Ayes 25, nays 17. The bill not having received the requisite Constitutional majority was lost. Notice was given that at the proper time a motion would be made to reconsider the action of the Senate in defeating the above bill. The Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 368 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Friday, July 25, 1913. 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. Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. 1\f. Irwin, .M. D. .Jones, S. E. .Jones, W. W. .Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. .McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. 1\f. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E . Searcy, W. E. H. Sr Smith, E. L. Rpinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, 1\f. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. 1\f. Tyson, C. 1\f. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. The reading of the journal was dispensed with. On motion when the Senate adjourns today it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. DuBose moves to reconsider the action of the Senate in defeating the following bill of the House on yesterday. By Mr. AdamsA bill to amend Paragraph 2 of Section 1, of FRIDAY, JuLY 25, 1913. 36U Article 2 of the Constitution so as to create the County of Barrow. The motion prevailed and the bill was reconsidered. Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on Enprossing, submitted the following report: Mr. President: . .The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmis- sion to the House, the following Senate B. ill, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bulloch. Respectfully sub.mitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Foster, Chairman of the Committee on Education submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following bills : Senate Bill No. 41. An Act to make the State Superintendent of Schools a member ex-officio of the Board of Trustees of the District Agricultural Schools. Senate Bill No. 95. A bill to be entitled an Act to make the President Board of Trustees of the 370 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, South Georgia Normal College a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia. House Bill No. 449. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act approved December 17th, 1902, to establish a public school system for the City of Ocilla in Irwin County and for other purposes. I am instructed to recommend that these bills do pass. A. H. FosTER, Chairman. Minority report of the Committee on appropriations to Senate Bill No. 128. Mr. President: The undersigned members of the Committee on Appr.opriations, offer the following minority report to Senate Bil No.128, providing for the monthly payment to school teachers. We are opposed to said bill for the reason that th& condition of the State Treasury renders it impracticable and impossible to carry out the provisions of said bill. M.D. IRWIN, w. w. STARK, s. M. TuRNER, G. M. HUIE, c. H. PARRISH, JOHN T. ALLEN. Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Committee on AppropriatioJ1s:, submits the following report: FRIDAY, JuLY 25, 1913. an M1. President : The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 128, providing for monthly payment of school teachers and for other purposes, and I am instructed to report the same hack with a recommendation that the same do pass by substitute. W. W. STARK, Chairman. Mr. Brown, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. R. R., submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad have had under consideration the following House Resolution which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that same do not pass, to-wit: A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the advisability of purchasing the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad. Respectfully submitted, J. W. L. BRowN, Chairman. Minority report of the General Judiciary Committee on Senate Bill No. 68, to provide for permanent registration in Georgia. Mr. President: The undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee offer this their minority report on 372 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Senate Bill No. 68, providing for permanent registration and for other purposes. We favor the passage of this bill as amended, and believe the measure a good one, an:d one that will prevent a great many voters from being disfran- chised. We therefore recommend that the bill do pass as amended. w. w. STARK, s. B. MILLER, w. M. OLLIFF, A. H. BuRTZ, J. L. SwEAT, w. E. SPINKS, CHAS. M. TYSON' JNO. T. ALLEN, The following House bills were read first time. By Mr. Warren of Turner- A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Sycamore, in the County of Turner State of Georgia, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Thompson of Madison- A bill to create and incorporate the City of Comer in the County of Madison and to grant a Charter to that municipality under that corporate name, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. )!'RIDAY, JULY 25, 1913. 373 By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the City of Buford in Gwinnett County. Referred to .Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Thompson of Madison- A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to inorations. 414 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. McCants of Taylor- A bill to incorporate the Town of Mauk in the County of Taylor. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Picquet of Ric:hmond- A bill to create a Board of Civil Service CommiS'sion for the City of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By :VIr. Loyd of Newton- A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Newton County. Referred to Committl:!e on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Stovall and Wall of Elbert- A bill to amend an Act to provide Board of Commissioners for the County of Eilbert, approved Feb. 27. 1875, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Clements of Irwin- A bill to repeal an Act approved August 6th, 1909, to establish City Court_ of Ocilla. MoNDAY, JuLY 28, 1913. 415 By Mr. Sumner of WorthA bill to amend the Charter of the town of Oak- ville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Clements of Irwin County- A bill to establish a public school system for Ocilla in Irwin County. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Methvin of Dodge- A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the city of Eastman in the County of Dodge. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Smith of Rabun County- A bill to declare and make the Clayton Board of Education of the City of Clayton the legal successor of and to the Trustee of Clayton Academy. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Henders'on of Jones-- A bill to be entitled 'all Act to repeal an Act and an amendments thereto approved December 12, JS94-,. creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and' Revenues for the County of Jones and for other pur.poses. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. . --- j 416 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. McRae of TelfairA bill to amend an Act creating the charter ef Lumber City in the County of Telfair. Referred to Committee on Corporations. The following House Resolution read first time. By Messrs'. Bullard, Hardeman, et alA resolution to appoint the Hon. Walter P. And- rews as Consul-General to Paris, France. Referred to Committee on Rules. The following House Resolution read second time. By Messrs. Wright of Floyd, Hendrix of Union- A resolution authorizing and directing the Governor of Georgia to investigate and give direction to differences' between citizens of the State of Georgia and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee. The following Senate resolutions were read third time and put upon their passage. By Mr. Tarver- A resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to .investigwte the necessity of a State Sanitarium for dope fiends. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27, MoNPAY, JuLY 28, 1913. 417 :nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. Senate resolution No. 15 was recommjtted to the "Special Judiciary C(')mmittee. The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage. :By Mr. DuBose- A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910, :so as to define ''other like associations.'' 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 majori label the containers. A bill to amend S.ection 147 of the Penal Code. A bill to prevent unfair commercial discrimination between different sections' of the State. A bill to empower the Governor to declare positions of trustees or director <>f State institutions vacant under certain circumstances. The committee has had under consideration the following House Resolution which I am directed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to-wit: A resolution directing the Governor to give direction to differences between citizens of the State of Georgia and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee. The committee has had under consideration the following House bill which they direct me to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass', as amended, to-wit: A bill to transfer Jenkins County from the Middle to the Augusta Judicial Circuit. The committee have had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit: 484 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to transfer Turner County from the Albany Judicial Circuit to the Cordele .Judicial Circuit. Respectfully submitted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Co:11mittee on Corporations, submitted the f9llowing report: Mr. President: The committee on Corporations have 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 Macon. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Camilla. A bill to amend the Charter of the T10WD of Ludowici. A bill to c:lreate a new Charter for the City of Carnesville. The committe have had under consideration the following Senate bills which I -am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend the Charter of Town of Forest Park. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Blackshear. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Chairman. THURSDAY, JuLY 31, 1913. 485 We the undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee beg leave to submit this our minority report on the passage of Senate Bill Number 177. M1. President: The undersigned minority from the committee on General J udieiary are against the passage of Senate Bill No. 177, to amend Section 1036 of Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, which gives the defendant in trial of a criminal case the right to make to the court and jury such statement as he may deem proper in his own defense by striking therefrom all of the words of said Section except those contained in the first line thereof and substituting in lieu of said stricken words other words allowing such de- fendant the right either to make a statement or to be sworn in his own defense, and in the event he exercises his' right to be sworn, to give the State's counsel the right to cross-examine him with reference to the matters testified about by him in his direct examination and for other purposes. In our opinion such a' change in the law would be unwise as it would encourage perjury and would tend to prejudice the rights of the defendant before the jury. We trust. therefore that the bill will not pass. Respectfully submitted. J. L. SwEAT, 5th District, W. E. SPINKS, 38th District,. E. L. SMITH, 9th District, FRED KEA, 16th District, G. Y. HARRELL, 12th District. 486 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was recommitted to the Education Committee. By Mr. Kea- A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of an Agricultural College in the 12th Congressional District. The following resolution was read. By Mr. Ford- A resolution: Resolved that Senate Bill No. 129 be taken from the table and made special order for tomorrow morning immediately after the reading of the journal. Referred to Committee on Rules. 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 establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta and the several Acts amendatory thereof. A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon. The House has passed by the requisite Constitu- THURSDAY, JuLY 31, 1913. 487 t tional majority the following bills of the Senate towit: A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court or Fitzgerald. A bill to provide for holding monthly sessions of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stewart County. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. The following House bills were read first time. By :Messrs. Cochran, Smith and Blackburn- A bill to amend the Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28, 1874, and the several acts amendatory thereof. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By unanimous consent the following House bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stewart- A bill to repeal the Act establishing the City Court of Douglas in Coffee County. The fo1lowing House bills read second time: 488 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, t By Mr. Dorough of Franklin- A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Carnesville. By Messrs. Stovall and Wall of ElbertA bill to amend an Act to provide Board of Com- missiooors ror the County of Elbert. By Mr. Parker of LibertyA bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Ludowici. By Mr. Brinson of JenkinsA bill to rearrange the middle and Augusta Judi- eial circuits by taking from the middle circuit the County of Jenkins and adding said county to the Augusta Circuit. By Mr. Spence of MitchellA bill to amend an Act entitled" An Act to create a new Charter for the City of Camilla." By Messrs. Wimberly, Wowler and Miller of BibbA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon. By Mr. Duncan of DoolyA bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly. By Mr. DuncanA bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a THURSDAY, JuLY 31, 1913. 489 Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly. The following House Res,olution was read third time and put upon itS! passage. By Messrs. Wright a.nd Hendrix- A Resolution authorizing the Governor of Georgia to investigate and give direction to differences between citizens of the State of Georgia and Certain Oopper Companies located in the State of Tennessee. Report of the Commit~e was agreed to. Upon the passage of the resolution the ayes wer& 28, nays 0; the resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended and the amendment is as follows: Amend by inserting at the end of second Paragraph on page one, the following, The State of Georgia recognizing that Tennessee Copper Oompany J:J.as been and is endeavoring t~ control the gases' generated in the treatment of its ores and being willing that said company shall have an extension of time for opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of its acid plant and acid making appliances and to make all necessary improvements to maintain said plant and appliances to the highest known standard of efficiency is therefore willing to extend the time as hereinafter mentioned and specifically set out, and This bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the House. The following Senate bills were read first time. 490 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Mr. MillerA bill to provide for the registration of voters in the State of Georgia. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Sweat- A bill to provide for the protection of the Oyster industry in this State. Referred to Committee on Agriculture. Tlhe following Senate resolutions were read first time. , By Mr. WattsA Resolution to ,create a Commission for the pur- pose of disposing of the Governor's Mansion. Referred to Committee on Public Property. By Mr. TarverA Resolution to provide for the disposition of the State's Executive Mansion. Referred to Committee on Public Property. The following Resolution was read second time and adopted; ayes 29, nays 0. By Mr. AndersonA Resolution to authorize the Governor to call out ,a portion of the National Guard on request of the :Sheriff of Chatham County. THURSDAY, JuLY 31, 1913. 491 The following Senate bills were read second time: By Messrs. Bush, Foster, et alA bill to prohibit any person from inticing any female under the age of 14 years into a house of ill fame. By Mr. Turner- A bill to provide for amendment of indictment and: accusations in criminal cases. By Mr. Perry- A bill to require taxes to be paid by all personsr companies and corporations in the county in which they are by law required or directed to be returned in cases when the returns are made to the Comp. troller General as now provided by la:w. By Mr. HuieA bill to amend the Charter of Forrest Pa.rk. By Mr. ElkinsA bill to amend Section 1036 of the Code. - By Mr. TaylorA bill to amend the act incorporating the City of Blackshear in Pearce. By Mr. HuieA bill to provide for the election of United States. Senators by the people. 492 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, T'he foHowing Senate bills were read third tim6 and put upon their passage: By Mr. Foster- A bill to provide for the inspection of all County Jails and abolish ehaingangs in this State 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 substitute. By Mr. Bush- A bill to regulate and control the organization and operation of insurance companies of this State. 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 substitute. By Messrs. Searcy and Smith- A bill to amend Section 6134 of the Code, fixing salaries of stenographers of the Superior Court. Report of the committee was agreed to as amended. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 23, nays 11; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended and the amendment is as follows : THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1913. 493 Amend Section 1 by striking out two thousand in the 6th line and inserting in lieu thereof the words eighteen hundred and also S'triking in the 9th line and inserting eighteen hundred. ByMr.Kea- A bill to require factories, work shops, machine shops and other industrial plants to report to the Commerce and Labor Department. This hill was tabled. By Messrs. Jones and Foster, et al- A bill to revise jury lists in this State. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passa:ge of the bill the ayes were 29, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. The fol1owing request was read from the Penitentiary Committee: Mr. President: We, a majority of the Penitentiary Committee, request that Senator Ohennault be added to said Committee. TuRNER, Chairman, W. W. JONES, LE PoPE, A. H. BuRTZ, JOHN H. MooRE, G. w. TAYLOR, J. T. PEYTON, c. H. pARRISH, R. 0. BuLLOCH, M. E. RusHIN. 494 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The President added Senator Chennault .to said Committee. On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. FRIDAY, AuarsT 1, 1913. 495 SENATE CHAMBER Atlanta, Ga., Friday, August 1st, 1913. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 ()'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: Allen, John T. Irwin, M. D. Brown, John W. L. Jones, S. E. Bulloch, R. 0. .Jones, W. W. Burtz, A. H. Johnson, J. F. Bush, W. J. Kea, Fred, Chennault, N. B. Kelly, 0. L. Converse, W. L. Longino, J. T. Dickey, R. L. McGregor, C. E. DuBose, R. T. McNeil, W. D. Elkins, 0. H. Miller, B. S. Ford, L. L. Moore, J. H. Foster, A. H. Olliff, W. M. HarreB, G. Y. Parrish, C. H. Hixon, J. T. Perry, Grant D. Huie, G. M. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H . Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. Notice was given that at the proper time a motion would be made to recommend the action of the Senate on House bills Nos. 318, 340. On motion, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. On motion, the following bills of the House were reconsidered, which were passed on yesterday by the Senate. 496 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Stewart- A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commission of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County. By Mr. Stewart- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County. The motion prevailed and the bills were remitted to Counties and County "Matters Committee. By unanimous consent, the following- Senate bill was recommitted to the Genera1 ,Judiciary Committee. By Mr. McGreg-or- A bill to empower the Governor to declare positions of Trustees or Directors of the State Institutions vacant in certain cases. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following- report: Mr. President: The Committee on Corporations 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 not pass, to-wit: A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta so as to create a commission form of government. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BURTZ, Chairman. FRIDAY, AuausT 1, 19'13. '497 Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on 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 bills and resolution of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to regulate and control the organization and operation of insurance companies. A bill to amend Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910, fixing the salaries of the stenographers of the Supreme Court. A bill to prescribe the amount of costs in certain ~ases in the City Court of Dublin. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Arlington. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia. A bill to revise the jury lists of this State. A resolution to authorize the Governor upon request of the Sheriff of Chatham County, to order out such of the National Guard as may volunteer for the purpose of carrying out certain orders of the County Cemmissioners. 498 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill for the relief of 'L'. B. Hicks of Dublin, Laurens County. Respectfully s~bmitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Rushin, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: Mr. Presid'ent: The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, whieh it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass, to..wit: A bill to amend Act authorizing Commissioners of Bibb County to contribute to the support of the Macon Hospital Association. A bill to create Board of Commissioners for. Wheeler County. A bill to amend Act creating office of Commissioner of Telfair County. A bill to amend Act creating Commissioners of Putnam County. A bill to create office of Commissioners of Jones County. Respectfully submitted, M. E. RusHIN, Chairman. FRIDAY, AuausT 1, 1913. 499 Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: Mr. President : The Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following House bi1l, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same be read a second time and recommitted to the Committee on Corporations. A hill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta approved Feb. 28, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Chairman. 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 Acts and Resolution, to-wit: An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County. An Act to amend the kct creating the City Court of Jefferson so as to change the time of holding the sessions of said Court. 500 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903, so as to provide an official stenographer for said Court. An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the town of Colquitt and confer additional powers, etc. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City -of Colquitt, approved August 7, 1912. }fr. Elkin, 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 not pass: To repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas in and for the County of Coffee. Respectfully submitted, ELKIN, Chairman. The following report from the Rules Committee was read and adopted: August 1st, 1913. Mr. PTesident: Your Committee on Rules has had under consider- FRIDAY, AuGusT 1, 1913. 501 ation various resolutions, referred to it for Special Orders, and after considering the State of the business before the Senate deems it adv~nhle to clear the Calendar of certain clast';es of hills before the General Appropriation bill is reporte!l kwk to the Senate. Your Committee therefore -recommend~ the adoption of the following Special Orner of. Business for today to be taken up immediately after Unanimous Consents, to-wit: 1. Senate Bill No. 129, being legislatH.n necessary to be passed before the opening of the Cotton Season. 2. All Local, Senate and House billr,: ready tor 3rl reading. 3. All City Court bills. 4. All bills changing terms of Superior Courts. 5. All bills transferring counties from one Judi-cial Circuit to another. 6. All bills creating new Judicial Circuits or providing for the creation of new Superior Court Judgeships. B. S. MrLLER, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Brown, Chairman of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President : The Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad, have had under consideration Senate resolution No. 502 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, 10, and instructs me to report same back with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute offered by Senator Sweat of the 5th District, the same being: A Joint Resolution providing for the appointlJlent of a Commission to investigate and report upon Ct1tain matters affecting the western & Atlantic Railroad, as amended by the Committee. Respectfully submitted, J. W. L. BROWN, Chainnan. }fr. Elkins, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Special Judiciary bas bad un der 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 the payment of insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ocilla, in Irwin County. A bill to establish the City Court of Irwin County. A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta. A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon. FnmAY, Al:Gl:ST 1, 1913. 503 A bill to empower the Trustees of the M. E. Church South, of Perry, Ga., to sell certain real estate in Perry, Georgia. 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 Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County.. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Lexington. The Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit: A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Quitman. 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 not pass, to-wit: A bill to make it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to barter, sell, lease, rent, exchange, or otherwise dispose of for value any pistol or revolver to any person, firm or corporation. 504 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE~ The Committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit: A bill for the relief of S. J. Cartledge of Clarke County. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. ELKINS, Chairman. 1Ve the undersigned members of the General .Judiciary Committee hereby submit the following minority report on Senate Bill No. 109, which passed for labeling of all paints and publication on the cartons, cans and vessels containing any paint, the true per cents of all ingredients. We favor the passage of the bill for the reason that there is now no law in this State whieh protects the people in the purchase of paints and which prevents the sale of spurious and worthless paints. We believe the passage of the bill will give the people true information with regard to 'what each paint is composed of. No honest manufaCturer need have any fear of putting a label upon his paints. and will afford the people an opportunity to learn when they buy paint, whether the paint is made largely of dust material and worthless products. G. Y. HAR.RELL, w. M. OLLIFF, w. M. STAR.K, c. M. TYSON. FRIDAY, AUGU8T 1, 1913.. 505 By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was read first time. By Mr. SpinksA bill to increase the number of terms of the Su- perior Court of Paulding County, Georgia. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee. The following House bill was real 2d time. By Messrs. Cochran, Smith and Blackburn- A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta approved February 28, 1874 and the several Acts amendatory thereof: This bill was recommitted to the Corporation Committee. The following Senate bills were read the second time. By Mr. DuBose- A hill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Lexington in Oglethorpe County. . By Mr. DuBose- A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County. By Mr. Richardson- A bill to amend the Act establishing the County Court of Oglethorpe. 506 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The following Senate resolution was read the second time: By Mr. Sweat- A resolution to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner to investigate the report upon the extension of theW. & A. R. R. Mr. Harrell moved to disagree to the report of the Committee on the following bill of the Senate: By Mr. Harrell- A bill to require all firms and corporations who manufacture or sell in this State, any paints, shall label the contents of said paint. On the motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Foster, A. H. HarreH, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr~ Stark, W. W. Sweat, .[. L. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. rr1hose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. McNeil, W'. D. Miller, B. S. Rushin, M. E. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E .. Tarver, M. C~ FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913. 507 'Illiose not voting were Messrs.- Brown, Jrohn W. L. Converse, W. L. Watts, J. N. Ayes, 27; nays, 13. The motion pre:vailed. This bill was read the second time. 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 and resolution .of the House, to-wit: A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tift County. A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Lake. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Cochran. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville. A bill to amend an Act to establish a public scnool system of the City of Waycross. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court ~f Madison. 508 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Moultrie. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Pineview. A bill to change the time of holding Hart Superior Court. A bill to amend the City charter of Athens. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the election of the Solocitor of the County Court of Putnam County. A resolution to endorse Hon. J. Lindsay Johnson for the post of Consul General to the Orient. The House bas concurred in the Senate Substistute as amended to the following resolution of the House, to-wit: A resolution to authorize the Governor to investigate the differences between certain citizens of this State and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House bas passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913. 509 A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna. A bill to amend an Act creating a public school system for the City of Oglethorpe. Mr. Stark moved to disagree to the report of the Committee which is unfavorable to the passage of the bill. By Mr. Stark- A bill to provide permanent registration for voters of this State. The motion prevailed, and the bill was read the second time. The following Senate resolution was recommitted to the Committee on Public Property. By Mr. Peyton- A resolution providing for a joint Commission to receive offers for the sale of the Executive Mansion. The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage: By Mr. Ford- A bill to amend Sections 2135 and 2136 of the Code. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill, the ayes were 31, nays, 0. 510 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The bill having received the requisite constitu~ fional majority, was passed. By Mr. Huie- A bill to amend the charter of Forest Park. 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 constitu~ tional majority, was passed. By Mr. TaylorA bill to amend the Act to incorporate the City of Blackshear in Pierce 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 constitu- tional majority, was passed. By unanimous consent, the following House bill was tabled: By Mr. McRea- A bill to amend the Act creating the charter of the town of Lumber City. The following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage: FRIDAY, AUGUST i, 1913. 511 By Messrg. Stovall and Watts- A bill to amend the Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert, approved February 27, 1875. 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 Section 6 by striking the figures $750.00 in said section and inserting in place thereof the figures $840.00. . By Messrs. "Wimberly, Fowler and Miller- A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon. 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. Duncan- A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. for the County of Dooly. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26,. 512 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, nays 0; the bill having received a requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Dorough- A bill to create a new charter for the City of Carnesville in Franklin 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. By Mr. Picquet- A bill to create a Board of Civil Service Commission 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 hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Duncan- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly. Report of Committee agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. / 1 FRIDAY, ArausT 191~~- 513 By Mr. Shipp- A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski. 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. Spence- A bill to amend an Act entitled "an Act to create a new charter for the City of Camilla.'' Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27, n;.ys 0; the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Parker- A bill to amend the charter of the town of Ludowici in Liberty 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 con- stitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. McRaeA bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Wilcox County. Report of Committee agreed to. ' 514 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 25, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Brinson- A bill to rearrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits by taking Jenkins County from the Middle Judicial (~ircuit and adding to the Augusta Circuit. 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 to Section 2 and at the end thereof the following: Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of Jenkins County and ratified by them in the manner hereinafter provided for, to-wit: At the next general election to be held in Jenkins County the qualified voters of said county shall vote upon the question as to whether this act shall go into effect or not. Those favoring the provisions of this Act shall h~e written or printed on their ballots the words ''in favor of transferring Jenkins County from the Middle to the Augusta Circuit'' and those opposed to the Act going into effect shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''against transferring J en- ~""'RIDAY, .ATJGUST 1, 1913. 515 kins County from the Middle to the Augusta CirGregor, C. E. Miller. B. S. l\foore, .T. H. Olliff. W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perrv, Grant D. Rich~rdson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Rmith, E. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. ~hose voting in the negativr ,-ere Messrs;- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Burtz, A.. H. Hixon, J. T. Hnie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. ,..Jones, S. E. Jones, ,V. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McNeil, W. D. Peyton, .J. T. Pope, Le, Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Turner, S. M. WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 6, 1913. 887 Tlhose not voting were Messrs.- Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Ayes 21, nays 20. The motion was lost. Mr. Howell moved that the Senate do now ad~ journ. On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Thos-e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Ford, L: L. Harrell, G. Y. Irwin, M. D. Kelly, 0. L. McGregor, C. E. Miller, B. S. Richardson, C. H .. Rushin, M. E. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. 'IIhose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Longino, J. T. McNeil. W. D. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Watts, J. N. Tlhose not voting were Messrs.- Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Ayes 14; nays 27. The motion was lost. Mr. Converse, Chairman of the Committee on: Military Affairs, .submitted the following report: 588 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. President: The Committee on Military affairs 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, to-wit: A bill to repeal an Act approved August 16th, 1912, relative to the duty of Governor in calling out the Militia. T'he Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bll 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 regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out. Respectfully submitted, W. L. CoNVERSE, Chairman. At 1:45 the Senate went into executive session. Mr. T-arver moved that the Senate adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. The hour of adjournment having arrived the 'Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 3 <>'clock p. m., and was called to order by the President. On motion the roll call was dispensed with. WEDNESDAY, AuausT 6, 1913. 589 The following Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage. By Mr. Stark- A bill to provide permanent registr~tion for voters who have once qualified and who have been legally registered. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon. the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 2; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended and the amendments are as follows : Amend section one by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: ''Provided that in case said registered voter removes from said County the Board of Registrars or the clerk of the superior court thereof shall from the completed list of registered voters on file in his offi.ce as provided by Section 58 of the code of Georgia, 1910, issue and deliver to said registered voter a certificate of registration which certificate when presented to the tax collector or registrars of the .county into which said registered voter has removed shall entitle him to like registration therein on his first taking the oath now required of all voters before they can register with the tax collectors of this State." Amend by striking from lines six and seven of section one the following words 'entitled to permanent registration and be'' and substituting in lieu 590 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE,. thereof the following words ''permanently registered and.'' Provided further that no voter shall be entitled to permanent registration unless he registered under the provisions of subsections one or two, paragraph four of Section 36 of the Code of 1910. Add following proviso to Committee amendment: Provided further no such certificate of registration shall be issued as herein provided, in the judgment of said clerk or registrator:s the said voter is excluded from the right to vote under the provisions of the Constitution of this State in regard to qualification of electors. The following joint resolution was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Watts- A resolution to create a Commission to dispose of the Executive Mansion and for other purposes. 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.- Allen, John T. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Ford, L. L. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Miller, B. S. Richardson, C. H. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. ._[. WEDNESDAY, AuausT 6, 1913. 591 Tlhose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. HarreH, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Jones, 8. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. }'. Kea, Fred, Kell~. 0. L. Longino, J. T. 1\f!'Oreg-or, C. E. MrNPil. W. D. l\foore. 'J. H. Olliff. W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. '1'. Pope, Le, Rushin, M. 1~. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Taylor, G. W. 'Tihose not voting- wf'rE' MrRRrs.-- Brown, John W. L. Flkin~. 0. H. Foster, A. H. Ayes 19, nays 21. T'he resolution was lost. The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Watts- A bill to amend Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as to authorize the qualified voters in each of the several counties of this State to abolish the office of County Treasurer. Report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bil1 the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. DuBose, R. T. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Ford, L. L. Harrell, G. Y. Bush, W. J. Hixon, J. T. Chennault, N. B. Huie, G. M. Conve:r:se, W. L. -, Irwin, M. D. Dickey, R. L. Jones, S. E. ~ Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. 592 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Sweat, J. L. Rushin, M. E. Tarver, M. C. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Taylor, G. W. Smith, E. L. Turner, S. M. Spinks, W. E. Tyson, C. M. Stark, W. W. Watts, J. N. Those not voting were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Foster, A. H. Elkins, 0. H. Peyton, J. T. Ayes 39, nays 0. Tlhe bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed and the bill is as follows: An Act to amend Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as' to authorize the qualified voters in each of the several counties in this State to abolish the office of county treasurer. Section 1. Ee it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding at the end of said Section the following: ''Theoffice of county treasurer may be abolished in each of the several counties in this State by the qualified voters thereof at an election to be held at such time, in such manner and upon such conditions as the General Assembly may prescribe. If a majority of the qualified voters voting in. any such election in any county of this State shall vote to abolish t4e office of county treasurer, immediately upon the declaration of the result of the election as may be provided by law, the said office shall be abolished and the incumb- WEDNESDAY, AuousT 6, 1913. 593 ent thereof shall deliver to such person or agency as is designated by law as his successor, all money and property of the county in his hands. The General Assembly shall at its next session after the ratification of this amendment, provide for carrying the provisions thereof into effect. Section 2. Be it further enacted, that whenever the above propoS'ed 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 the journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed t'O cause said amendment to be published i~ at least tyvo newspapers in each Congressional district in this State for at least two months next preceding theJime for holding the next general election. Section 3. Be it further enacted that the above pr6posed 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 for 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 the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For ratification of the amendment to Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as to authorize the qualified voters in each 594 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, of the several counties in this State to abolish the office of county treasurer''; and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''Against the ratification of the amendment to Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as to authorize the qualified y;oters in each of the several counties' of this State to abolish the office of county treasurer''; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote for said amendment then said amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. Section 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 the first Section of this Section of this Act to a vote of the people as required by the Constitution of this State in Paragraph 1 of Section -,of Article 13 and by this Act. and if ratified the Governor shall when he ascertains such ratification from Secretary of State to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner a.s in cases of election of members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his Proclamation and cause the same to be inserted one time in one of the daily papers of this State annoul!cing such result and declaring such 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. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913. 595 The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Tyson- A bill to amend Section 1037, Paragraph 4 of the Penal Code, relative to competency of hushand and wife as witnesses. The previous question was called. The hour of adjournment having arrived the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 596 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, SENATE CHAMBER, Atlanta, Ga., Thursday August 7, 1913. 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. Notice was given that at the proper time a motion would be made to reconsider the resolution appointing a Commission to dispose of the Executive Manswn. Notice was also given that at the proper time a 'motion would be made to reconsider Senate bill No. 10. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Stark moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in defeating the following resolution of the Senate on yesterday: By Mr. Watts- A resolution to create a Commission for the purpose of making disposition of the Executive Mansion and for other purposes. On the motion to reconsider the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L.. Bulloch, R. 0. THuRSDAY, AuousT 7, 1913. 597 Burtz, A. I. Chennault, N. B. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Miller, B. S. Perry, Grant D. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. bonverse, W. L. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richards<>n, C. H. Rushin, M. E. ~earcy, w'. E. H. Sr. Taylor, G. W. MR. PRESIDENT. 'Tihose not voting were Mr~~>rs. Ford, L. L. Ayes, 21; nays, 21. The motion was lost. 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 prescribe the amount of costs in cases~in volving $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. The House has concurred in the Senate amendment No. 3, and has disagreed to Senate amend- 598 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, ments No. 1 and No. 2 of the following bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to rearrange the Middle and Augusta J udicial Circuit. The House has disagreed to the Senate amendments to the following bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman. The House has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: A bill to create a new charter for the City of Talbotton. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Springfield. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Scotland. A bill to provide four terms of Madison Superior Court. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele. A bill tQ a.mend an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele. Mr. Sweat moved to reeonsider the action of the THURSDAY, AuousT 7, 1913. 599 Senate in defeating the following resolution of the Senate on yesterday: By Mr. Sweat- A resolution to provide for the appointment of a Commission to investigate and report upon the extension of the W. & A. R. R. The motion prevailed and on motion, the resolution was recommitted to the W. & A. R. R. Committee. Mr. Tarver, Vice-Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Special Judiciary Committee have 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 City Court of Athens. A oill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the town of Pelham. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of LaGrange. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Dublin. A bill to provide for holding primary elections for Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah. 600 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania. A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Dublin. A hill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County. A bill to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst. A bill to create t~e City Court of Gray. A bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis County. A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Pembroke. A bill to provide for holding. four terms a year of Franklin County Superior Court. A bill to change the tinie of hplding the Superior Court for Hart County. ;, A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison. ;j A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla. ~~ A bill to amend an Act to esutlish the City Court of Lexington. The Committee have had under consideration the following Senate resolution, which I am instructed to report tion that back to the the same do Speanssa,tebywsituhbsthtieturteec, otmo-mweitn:da- THuRSDAY, AuausT 7, 1913. 601 A resolution in regard to the Great Seal of the State. The Committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recom:rnendation that the same do pass, as amended, to-wit: A bill to establish the County Court of Bryan County. Respectfully submitted, M. C. TARVER, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Hixon, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report : Mr. President: The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am in-structed to report back to the Senate with the rec-ommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to incorporate the Camilla School District. Tlie Committee has had under consideration the foilowing Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the ~enate with the recommendation -that the same do ~ass, to-wit: A bill to establish a system of public schools for :the town of Alamo. Respectfully submitted, J. T. HrxoN, Acting Chairman. ~'. 602 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submittQd 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 resolution and Senate bills, to-wit: A resolution providing for the appointment of a Commission to revise the Civil and Criminal procedure of the State. A bill to provide for a permanent registration of voters of this State. A bill to amend Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as to abolish the office of County Treasurer. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Miller, 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 recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 951 of the Civil Code of 1910. THuRSDAY, AuausT 7, 1913. 603 A bill to amend Section 964 of the Civil Code of 1910. A bill to amend Section 950 of Vol. 1 of the Code of 1~10. Respectfully submitted, B. S. MILLER, Chairman. Mr. Tyson, 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 Act to amend an Act creating the City Court ()f Fitzgerald. An Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna. An Act to amend the Act creating a system of public schools for the City of Oglethorpe. An Act to provide for holding monthly sessions ()f Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County. An Act to amend .an Act to incorporate the town of Alamo. An Act to amE;~nd ~n A,ct creating. the City Court of Statesboro. 604 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, An Act to amend the charter of the City of Edison. A resolution to authorize the Governor upon request of the Sheriff of Chatham County, to order out such of the National Guard in said county as may volunteer for the purpose of carrying out the orders of the County Commissioners. Respectfully submitted, CHAS. M. TYSON, Chairman. Mr. Tyson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Enrollment report as duly signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of th~ House of Representatives, and delivered to theGovernor the following Acts, to-wit: An Act to amend an Act, creating. the City Court. of Fitzgerald. An Act to repeal an Act, to establish the City Court of Vienna. An Act to amend the Aet creating a system of public schools for the City of Oglethorpe. Aii. Act to provide for holding monthly sessions. of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town ot Alamo. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 605 An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Edison. A resolution to authorize the Governor upon request of the Sheriff of Chatham County, to order out su,ch of the National Guard in said county as may volunteer for the purpose of carrying out the orders of the County Commissioners. Respectfully submitted, CHAs. M. TYsoN, Chairman. Mr. Harrell, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following re. port: 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 recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia. Respectfully submitted, G. Y. HARRELL, Chairman. Mr. Rushin, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: 606 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. President : The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the followin~ House bills, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass, to-wit: A .]:>ill to amend Act 1912, page 494, so as to include Lumpkin County. A bill to prevent pollution of the waters of the Ocmulgee River. A hill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County. A bill to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners of Appling County. A bill to amend Act creating Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tift County. A bill to amend Act providing for electing Solicitor County Court of Putnam County. A bill to repeal Act creating Commissioners of Washington County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Washington County. A bill to repeal Act providing for Board of Com- missioners of Heard County. A bill to create office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Heard. County. A bill to amend Act creating Board of Commi.s- sioners for Franklin County. . THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 607 A bill to amend Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Forsyth County. The Committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass as amended, to-wit: A bill amending Act creating Board of Commissioners of Early County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Appling County. Respectfully submitted, M. E. RusHIN, Chairman. Mr. McNeil, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report: Mr. President : The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to provide secret ballot in Augusta in all elections for members of Council. ', Respectfully submitted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following rep~rt: 608 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. President: T'he Committee on Corporations have had ander consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass: To incorporate the town of Helen. To repeal all laws and amendments to laws incorporating the City of Manchester. To amend the Acts incorporating the City of Marietta. To be entitled an Act to create and establish a new charter for the town of Harlem in the County of Columbia. To i:r;J.Corporate the City of Robertstown. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTZ, Chairman. Mr. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on Hygeine and Sanitation, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Hygeine and Sanitation 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, by substitute, to..,wit: THuRSDAY, AuausT 7, 1913. 609 A bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries canneries, restaurants, etc., in this State. Respectfully submitted, J. F. JoHNSON, Chairman. Mr. Chennault, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Agriculture have 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 provide for the protection of the Oyster Industry and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted, N. B. CHENNAULT Chairman. Mr. Rushin, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following re- port: Mr. President: The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that it do pass, to-wit: A bill to make all free rural routes public highways. The Committee has also had under consideration 610 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, the following Senate bill, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that it do not pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 469 Vol. 1 of the Code of 1910. The Committee has also bad under consideration the following House bill, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that it do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Act creating Board of Commissioners for Terrell County. Respectfully submitted, M. E. RusHIN, Chairman. The following Senate bills were read the first time: By Mr. BrownA bill to repeal Section 2624 of the Code of 1910. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. ElkinsA bill to amend the Act for the protection of game birds and animals, and for other purposes. Referred to the Agricultural Committee. By Mr. Brown- A bill to create the office of Pardon Attorney and for other purposes. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 611 Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. The following House bill was taken up with Senate :amendments, in which the House refuses to concur in .amendments Nos. 1 and 2, which submits the provision of this Act to the qualified voters of the Coun-ty of Jenkins; the Senate recedes from amendments Nos. 1 and 2. By Mr. Brinson- A bill to rearrange the Middle and Augusta Judi.cial Circuits by adding Jenkins County to the _Augusta Circuit. The unfinished business of yesterday was taken up, -read the third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Tyson- A bill to amend Section 1037 of Paragraph 4 of the :Penal Code. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the hill the ayes were 26, -nays 6; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. The following resolu.tion was read the 1st time: By Mr. Huie- A resolution authorizing the State Board of Ed~ucation to renew contracts for text-books for 5 years. Referred to the Committee on Education. 612 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The following House bills were read the 1st time: By Mr. RaglandA bill to create a new charter for Talbotton, Geor- gia. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. McRae- A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Scotland. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Thompson- A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Gower- A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Gower- A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of Cordele. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. THURSDAY, AuausT 7, 1913. 613 By Messrs. Hopkins and ReeseA bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs_ Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. ReiserA bill ~o amend the charter of Springfield. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. The following Senate bills were read the second time: By Mr. Elkin- A bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Alamo. By Mr. McGregor- A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out. _ By Mr. McGregor- A bill to repeal an Act approved August 16, 1912, relative to the Governor calling out the State Militia.. By Mr. Smith- A bill for tlie protection of the Oyster Industry and for other purposes. By Mr. Kelly- A bill to make all free rural delivery routes in Georgia public highways. ~14 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, The following Senate bill was read the third time :and put upon its passage: By Mr. Richardson- A bill to amend an Act of August 21, 1906, to inCorporate the town of Marshalville in the County of Macon. 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 bills were read the second time: By Mr. Lipscomb of ClarkeA bill to amend the charter of the City of Athens. By Mr. JonesA bill to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay. By Mr. Miller- A bill to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution. By Mr. Smith- A bill to repeal all laws and amendments to laws, incorporating the City of Manchester, to incorporBte the City under the name of College Park. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 615 By Mr. Moon- A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of LaGrange. By Messrs. Taylor and Harris- A bill to repeal an Act creating Commissionersof Roads and Revenues for vVashington County. By Mr. Dorough- A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Boards and Revenues for :H"ranklin County. By Mr. wisdom of Forsyth- A bill to amend Section 3 of an Act entitled an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roadsand Revenues of Forsyth County. By Mr. Arnold- A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County. By Messrs. Taylor and Harris- A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues. for Washington County. By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller- A bill to prevent the pollution of the waters of the Ocmulgee River. 616 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Whitaker- A bill to create the Board of Roads and Revenupg for Heard County. By Mr. Spence- A bill to amend an Act, entitled an Act, to ~~Ht nh lish a City Court in the town .of Pelham. By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman- A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Dublin: Approved August 15, 1910. By Mr. JacksonA bill to incorporate the City of Robertstown. By Mr. McCurry- A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in Hart County. By Messrs. Garlington and Olive- A bill to provide secret ballot in Augusta Georgia in all election for members of Council. By Mr. Ellis- A bill to create a Board of Commissionerl5 of Roads and Revenues for Tift County. By Mr. HendersonA bill to create the City Court of Gray in Jones County. THuRSDAY, AuGusT 7, 1913. 617 By Mr. Spence- A bill to incorporate the Camilla School DistrictS' in the City of Camilla. By Mr. Ballard- A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harlem. By Mr. Miller- A bill to repeal an Act, entitled an Act, to establish the City Court of Flovilla in Butts County. By Mr. Cheney~ A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Marietta. .By Mr. JacksonA bill to incorporate the town of Helen. By Mr. Arnold- A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Lexington. By Mr. Dorough- .A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Franklin County. By Mr. Lipscomb- A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Athens. 618 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Mr. Brookshear- A bill to amend the Act of 1912 as set forth on Page 494 of the Acts of 1912, and which was ap proved August 19, 1912 so as to add to it the provisions of the County of Lumpkin. By Mr. Carter- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County. By Messrs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick- A bill for the holding of primary elections in the City of Savannah. By Mr. ShippA bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski. By Mr. Evans- A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court -of Sylvania. By Mr. Whitaker- A bill to repeal an Act approved October 6th, 1885 as amended August 22, 1907, entitled an Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for the County of Heard. By Mr. TaylorA bill to amend the City CO'urt of Dublin, so as to THURSDAY, AuGusT 7, 1913. 619 provide for the payment of :fines and forfeitures intothe County Treasury. By Mr. Burney- A bill to amend an Act approved August 15, 1910,. establishing the City Court of Madison. By Mr. Slater- A bill to create and establish the County Court of Bryan Qounty. By Mr. Carter- A bill to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for Appling County. By Mr. Slater- A bill to repeal Act creating the City Court of Pembroke. By Mr. Davidson- A bill to amend an Act to provide for electing the Solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County by the qualified voters of said Munty. By Mr. Pickett- A bill to amend the Act approved September 21,. 1883, creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell County. The following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage: (;20 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, :By Mr. LoydA bill to create a new charter for the town of Newborn. 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 Con:stitutional majority, was passed. By Messrs. Field and Smith- A bill to amend an Act, approved August 17th, 1909, creating and establishing a new charter for the town of Decatur. 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. .B.y Mr. Moore- A bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis County 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. By Mr. Moon- A bill to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst in Jeff Davis County. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 621 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 Con- stitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Reiser- A bill to amend Section 12 of an Act, creating the City Court of Springfield in Effingham County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27, nays 0; ~he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Johnson- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Boads and Rev:enues for Wheeler County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the plitssage of the bill the ayes were 27, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and CochranA bill to carry into effect the Co~stitutional amend- ment to Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6 of the Constitution, so as to create a Municipal Court for the Qity of Atlanta. Report of the. Commitee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were :31, 622 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Sbipp- A bill to amend Act, to provide and create a new charter for the town of Cochran, in Pulaski Countyr 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 Con- , stitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Cooper- A bill to amend Section 17 of the charter of the City of Waycross relating to the power and authority vested in the Mayor and Council. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of ~be bill the ayes were 27r nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pa'ssed. By Mr. McCurry- A bill to amend the charter of the City of Hartweli 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. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 623 By Mr. Dorough- A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act, to incorporate the City of Lavonia in Franklin 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. Dorough- A bill to amend an Act approved August 24, 1905, incorporating Royston. 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. Field- A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town .of Lake View in DeKalb 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. Cooper- A bill to establish a Park and Tree Commission for the City of Waycross. Report of the Committee was agreed to. 624 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley- A bill to amend the Act to establish a new charter for the City of waycross, approved August 17, 1909. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26t nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended and the amendment is as follows: Amend by striking the words twenty-five and inserting in lieu thereof twenty-one. By Messrs. Slater and Aiken- A bill to amend Section 950 of the Code so as to provide occupation tax for corporations beginning 1914. 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 the caption and when eveT it occurs in the bill so as to make it read, Code of 1910 instead of 1911. By Mr. Aiken- A bill to amend Section 964 of the Civil Code of 1910. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 625 Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the biJl the ayes were 36, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Aiken of Glynn- A bill to amend Section 951 of the Code of 1910. 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. :ay Mr. Herrington of Emanuel- A bill to incorporate the town of Olive. 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. Shipp- A bill to create a new charter for the town of Hawkinsville. ~eport 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. JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. RhodesA bill to amend the Act of 1872, providing a char- ter for the City of Athens. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 27, 1mys 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. .By Mr. McRaeA bill to amend the Act approved on December 10, 1902, to incorporate the town of Pineview. 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. Field and Smith of DeKalbA bill to amend the charter of the town of East Lake. 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. Field and SmithA bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirk- wood. Report of the Committee was agreed to. THURSDAY, AuousT 7, 191iJ. 627 Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Hopkins- A biH to amend Section 1249 of the Political Code of 1910. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the biH the ayes were 25, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Shipp- A bill to amend Section 1249 of Vol. 1 of the Code of Georgia. 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. Stewart- A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Coffee 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 Con stitutnonal majority, was passed as amended and the amendment is as follows: Amend by striking 628 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, the word ''fourteen'' at the end of Section 2 and in fourth line thereof, and inserting in lieu of same the word ''fifteen.'' By Mr. DeVaughn- A bill to authorize the working of streets of towns in Macon County by the chaingang. 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: Provided this Act shall not become effective till satisfied by the majority of the qualified voters of Macon County at the next General election. By Mr. Smith- A bill to create a new charter for the town of McCaysville. 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: The Committee amends by adding the word ''have'' between the words shall and powers in line 7 of Section 1 of said bill. The Committee amends House Bill No. 378 by . striking Section 32 from said bill and inserting in THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. 629 lieu thereof the following, to be known as Section 32 : Be it further enacted that the corporate limits begin at the center of Fightingtown Creek, where State line crosses between the State of Georgia and the State of Tennessee; thence up said creek to the mouth of Kingtown Branch; thence due south to the original land line between lots of lands No. 33 and No. 40, running east and west ; thence east with said line to Oconee River ; thence a northern direction to the top of first little knoll just southeast of railroad bridge; thence a northern direction to the top of first hill southeast of Parristown; thence in a northern dir_ection to the original corner on the State line between Georgia and Tennessee; thence said State line to the beginning point, at the center of Fightingtown Creek. The following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage : By Mr. Huie- A bill to provide for election of United States Senator by the people. 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 Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage : 630 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Huie and Anderson- A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 3 of the Constitution of this State, so as to increase the number of State Senators. On motion the Senate adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock; was called to order by the President. On motion, the roll call was dispensed with. The following unfinished business was taken up: By Messrs. Huie and AndersonA bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State, so as to increase the number of State Senators. On motion, this bill was tabled. The following Senate bills were read the first time: By Messrs. Miller, MeNeil and TarverA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, as to provide for pro rata advalorem tax levy for Pensions of the .State. Referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Mr. BrownA bill to amend an Act, to consolidate and super- THuRsDAY, AuGUST 7, 1913. 631 sede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome in Floyd Oounty. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Miller, McNeil and Tarver- A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, so as I to provide for pro rata ad valorem tax levy for Common Schools of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage: By Mr. MeNeil- A bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to running freight trains on Sunday. Mr. Miller moved to table the bill and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Oonverse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Parrish, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Smith, E. L. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. ' Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Hixon, J. T. 632 JOURNAL OF TH~ SENATE, Jones, W. W. Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. Olliff, W. M. Perry, Grant D. Spinks, W. E. Pope, Le, Tarver, M. C. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Taylor, G. W Those not voting were Messrs.- DuBose, R. T. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Peyton, J. T. Ayes, 23; nays, 13. RichardS(}n, C. H. Watts, J. N. The bill was tabled. 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 City of Edison, so as to provide for the pavements of sidewalks in certain parts of the City and for other purposes. An Act to be entitled an Act, to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Alamo. An Act tO repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fit~gerald, so as to provide for compensation of Court Stenographers in criminal cases, etc. to An Act ~mend an Act cr.eating the City Court of Statesboro, THURSDAY, AuGUST 7, 1913. 633 An Act to amend the Act creating a system of_ Public Schools for the City of Oglethorpe, Georgia. An Act to provide for holding monthly sei3-Sions of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stewart County. A resolution to authorize the Governor upon re. quest of the Sheriff of Chatham County, to ord~r out such of the National Guard in said county as may volunteer for the purpose of carrying out the orders of the County Commissioners. The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage: By Messrs. Rushin and Anderson- A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition crossways and other approaches to public bridges between 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. Sweat- A bill to authorize the execution of a lost or destroyed deed to be proved as to land in any court in this State when the deed was never rendered and for other purposes. Report of the Committee was agreed to. 634 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 28, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional' majority, was passed. By Messrs. Bush, Foster and Searcy- A bill to prohibit any person from inveigling any female of previous chaste, character or child. under fourteen years of age into any home of ill fame. 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 ihe amendment is as follows: Amend the last line of Section 1 so that it shall read as follows: Imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years. On motion, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. FRIDAY, AuGua.r 8, 1913. 635 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Friday, August 8, 1913. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10 oclock, was called to order by the President. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain. On the call of the roll the following members answered to their names: Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. MeGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Ollift', W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver. M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. On motion the reading of the journal was dispensed with. Mr. Elkins, 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 bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the S'ame do pass, to-wit: 636 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to relieve S. J. Cartledge, authorizing County Commissioners to pay claims. A bill to repeal an Act to create a county court in each county in the State except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 18, 1872. The committee has also had 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. A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. ELKINs, Chairman. Mr. Olliff, Ohairman of the Committee on 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 Bills of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 1037, Paragraph 4 of the Penal Code of 1910, relating to the competency of husband and wife as witnesses in criminal proceedings. A bill to amend. the Charter of the Town of Marshallville. A bill to provide for election of U. S. Senators by the people. FRIDAY, Auoua:r 8, 1913. 637 A bill to provide for maintaining causeways and approaches to public bridges between counties. A bill to authorize the execution of lost deeds to be proved as to land in any county where the said lost deed was never recorded. A bill to prohibit any person from inveigling any female into any house of ill fame. Mr. Burtz, Chai:riiDan of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Corporations have had under onsideration 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 Charter of the City of Atlanta. Respectively submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Chairman. Mr. Foster, Chairman of the Committee on Education, s~bmitted the following report: Mr.. President: 'ITh.e Committee on Education has had under consideration House Bill No. 598. A bill amending an Act establishing a system of public schools for the City of Waycross and for 638 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, other purposes. I am instructed to report swme back with the recommendation that it do pass. A. H. FosTER, Chairman. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee 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 recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the several ActS' incorporating the City of Rome, to create a new charter and municipal government, etc., approved August 17, 1909, by providing a commission form of government. The committee has also had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same to pass, to-wit: A bill to create a new oharter for Talbotton. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Athens. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Scotland. A bill to amend the charter of Springfield. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs. FRIDAY, Auouo.r 8, 1913. 639 A bill to amend the charter of Cordele. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BURTZ, Chairman. Mr. Brown, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. Railroad, submitted the followng report: Mr. President: 'l'he Committee on W. & A. Railroad 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, by substitute, to-wit: A bill to provide for a joint committee on the lease of the W. & A. Railroad. Respectfully submitted, J. W. L. BROWN, Chairman. By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read second time and recommitted. By Messrs. Miller Tarver and McNeil- A bill to so amend the Constitution of Georgia aS' to provide for pro rata ad valorem tax levy for pensions of the State. By Messrs. Miller, Tarver and MeNeil- A bill to so amend the Constitution of Georgia as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools of the State. 640 JouRNAL 0}' THE SENATE, By unanimous consent the following resolution was read second time and recommitted : By Mr. Huie- A resolution to authorize the State Board of Education to renew the contract for said books for a term of five years. By unanimous consent the following House bil1s were read second time and recommitted. By Messrs. Taylor and Harris- A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the City of Washington. By Messrs. Taylor and Harris- A bill to repeal the Act creating the Commission of Roads and Revenues of Washington County. By Mr. McLendon- A bill to abolish the City Court of Blakely m E4arly County. By Mr. Mills- A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act establish. ing the City Court of Jackson in Butts County. By Mr. Henderson- ofA bill to repeal the Act creating the County Court Jones County. FRIDAY, Auauor 8, 1913. 641 By Messrs. Rhodes and LipscombA bill for the relief of S. J. Cartledge and for other purposes. ~he following resolutions were read first time. By Messrs. McGregor & Allen- A resolution requesting the State Board of Education to investigate the advisability of using the Webster Blue Back Speller in the public schools of Georgia. Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Olli:ff- A resolution recommending the preservation by the U. S. Government of Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island. Laid on table for one day. The following Senate bill was taken up with House substitute, and the substitute was concurred in with Senate amendment. By Mr. Sweat- A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County. The amendment is as follows: Amend the House substitute by striking Section 4 of same and then numbering the remaining Sections thereof so as to make same correspond consecutively therewith. 642 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Amend 'Section 5 of said substitute by inserting after the word "Waycross" when the same ooours in the fourth and fifth lineS' thereof the following words : ''Connecting with the public highways of the county,'' also amend said Section by striking from the fifth line thereof the word ''Exceeding'' and inserting in lieu of same the words "less than." The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk of the Hou,se. Mr. President: The House has pas'sed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: A bill to 8imended an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Osierfield. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the numbering of automobiles in this State. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon. A bill to establish a System of Public Schools in the town of Scotland. A bill to incorporate the town of Wesley. FRIDAY; AuauOT 8, 1913. 643 A bill to incorporate the town of Reno. A bill to abolish Justice Courts in the City of Macon. The Senate insists on its amendment to the following bill of the House, to-wit: By Mr. Edmondson- A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman. The following Senate bill was read the second time: By Mr. Brown- A bill to amend an Act to amend and consolidate the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome. The following House bills were read the second time: By Mr. Ragland- A bill to create a new charter for Talbotton m Talbot County. By Mr. Gower- A bill to amend the Act amending the charter of Cordele in Crisp County. By Mr. McRea- A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Scotland. 644 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Hopkins and ReeseA bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs. By Mr. McLendon- A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County. By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley- A bill to amend the Act establishing the System of Public Schools for the City of Waycross. By Mr. Reiser- A bill to amend the charter of Springfield. The following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage : By Messrs. Cochran, Smith and Blackburn- A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof. 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 amendments are as follows : Amendment to House Bill No. 282, amending the charter of the City of Atlanta, etc., by incorporating therein the following: F'BmAY, AuauOT 8, 1913. 645 Sec. 234(a). T'hat the tax assessors and receivers, acting jointly, or in case of difference of opinion, acting by a majority thereof, shall be the head of the tax office of the City of Atlanta and said tax assessors and receivers shall have the authority to nominate a chief clerk for the tax office, together with the assistants therein, subject to confirmation by the tax committee of the general council and same shall thereafter be submitted to the general coun- cil ~d be finally subject to confirmation by said general council. Said tax assessors and receivers shall have authority to receive returns of taxes, administer oaths to those making returns, in connection with the chief clerk and the assistants in the tax office, and said tax assessors and receivers shall have general supervision of the tax office, being the office where returns are made to the City of Atlanta for taxation and assessments entered thereon. The provisions of Section 2 of an Act to amend tlie charter of the City of Atlanta, approved August 19th, 1912, providing that the tax committee of the general eouncil shall elect a chief clerk for the tax office, is 'bereby stricken, and the same provision is stricken from Section 51 of the Act to which this amendment is offered, and furthermore, the provisions of said Section 2 of the amendment approved aforesaid and the Section 51 above noted, providing that the chief clerk shall have charge of tax returns in connection with such assistants as the tax committee or the general council. may provide, are likewise stricken. 646 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The provisions of this amendment shall become effective and shall be enforced by the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta when passed by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people with the other provisions of said charter, but shall be a law without regard to the vote at the election held under the provisions of the pending biU by which same were referred to a vote of the people. Sec. 234(b). The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the inspection of freight and passenger elevators used in the different buildings of the City and also to provide for the inspection of steam boilers wherever used within the limits of said city and to give the officers in charge of such inspection authority to enter on the premises where such elevators or boilers are located for the purpose of making such inspections. Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to p-rovide, by ordinances, regulations concerning the use of such elevators and steam boilers and to take any other steps necessary to secure the safe operation of said elevators and boilers and the prevention of the use of defective or dangerous elevators or boilers, within the limits of said city. Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to provide, by ordinance, for punishment by a fine not exceeding two hundred do1lars or by sentence upon the public works of the city for not exceeding thirty days, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the FRIDAY, AuGua.r 8, 1913. 647 discretion of the Recorder, for a violation by any person, firm or corporation of said ordinances and the regulations established thereunder. The provisions of this section shall become a law when this Act is approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people as piovided with reference to the other provisions of this Act. Further, by striking Section 201 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Sec. 201. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby vested with authority and power to require all social, locker or other clubs in which lockers or similar arrangements are maintained wherein intoxicants of any kind are kept for the use of members, to secure a permit for the operation of such clubs from the Mayor and General Council before beginning to operate or maintain or continue to operate and maintain same, if now operating, and furthermore said Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized and empowered to impose a license fee or charge against such clubs of not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, payable in such manner as may be provided by ordinance. Said Mayor and General Council are further authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance for the punishment of any person or persons violating the provisions thereof as herein provided, by a sentence to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to work upon the public works of said city for not exceeding sixty days, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder. 648 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Further, by adding to Section 215 the following: ''Provided first, the result of said election shall not effect the several provisions of this Act which provide that the provisions of said Act shall become a law when approved by the Governor; second, that the result of said election shall not effect the provisions of Section 215 (a), which submits to a vote of the people the question of vesting in the Recorder's Court of said city the power to impose a fine of five hundred dollars or a sentence to imprisonment or labor upon the public works for not exceeding sixty days, and Sec. 215(b), which provides for the submission to the people the question of incorporating into the charter of said city the principles of the initiative, referendum and recall.'' Further, by adding to said bill the following sections: . Sec. 215(a). At the same time that the other provisions are submitted to a vote of the people as provided in Sec. 215, there shall likewise be separately submitted to a vote of the people the following provisions : RECORDER's CouRT. ''That the Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the punishment of offences against the ordinances of the city, on conviction in the Recorder's Court, by a sentence to work on the public works for a term not exceeding sixty days, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty days, or by a fine not exceeding five :F'RmAY, AuGurovide a s~:stem of equalization of assessments of property for taxation. Respectfully submitted, B. S. _MILLER, Chairman. 712 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on 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 resolutions and bills of the Senate, to-wit: A resolution looking to the preservation of Fort Frederica, St. Simon's Island, by the United States. A bill to require school attendance of children of a specified age for a minimum period. A bill to more thoroughly carry into effect the provisions of an Act to prevent the adulteration of food. A bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries, eanneries, groceries, etc. A bill to require railroads to erect sign boards at certain points along right of ways. A bill to amend an Act approved August 21st. 1911, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor. A bill to amend Section 3955 of the Code of 1910, so as to permit any trust company to be appointed County Administrator. A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code as the same stands amended so as to extend the life of railroad charters. MoNDAY, AuGuST 11, 1913. 713 A bill to amend section 2571 of the Code of 1910, as to the number of directors required for navigation companies. A bill to increase the number of terms of the Superior Court of Paulding County. A bill to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. 0. H. Foster, of 27th district, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: Mr. President : Your Committee on Education have had under consideration House Bill No. 696, providing for the establishment of a public school system in the town of Scotland, Telfair County, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the rec001mendation that same do pass. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. FosTER, Chairman. Mr. President: The Committee on Finance having reported favorably a substitute for House Bill No. 6, commonly known as the revenue bills or tax measure, we, the undersigned members of said Finance Committee, respectfully dissent from the report and file this; our minority report. 714 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, The undersigned believe that this substitute will work a hardship on the people of the State, especially on that class owing from lands. We further believe that this substitute will not meet the approval of the people of Georgia and that it will create discord among the different counties of the State. For these reasons we dissent and ask that the m do not pass as recommended. Respectfully submitted, TooMBS DuBosE, N. B. CHENNAULT, W. J. BusH, c. H. RICHARDSON. Mr. Elkins, Chainnan of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Special Judiciary have 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 assist the Georgia Infirmary, approved December 31, 1871. A bill to provide for four terms a year of the Madison County Superior Court. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. El:.KINS, Chairma~. MoNDAY, AuGusT 11, 1913. 715 Mr. Ford, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Labor, submitted the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee on Commerce and Labor have had under consideration the following Senate Bill and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass, to-wit: A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor. Respectfully submitted, L. L. FoRD, Chairman. Mr. Peyton, Chairman of the Railroad Committee, submitted the following report: ' Mr. President : The Railroad Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate which it instructS' me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute. A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code. Respectfully submitted, J. T. PEYTON, Chairman. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President : The House has passed by the requisite Constitu. 716 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, tional majority the following bilJs and resolutions of the House, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzine, etc. A bill to amend Section 1795 of the Code of Georgia relative to inspection of fertilizers. A bi11 to appropriate $7,500.00 for the Chemical Department of the Department of Agriculture. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture. A bill to amend Section 2201 of the O>de of 1910 relative to change of name and capital stock of corporations. A bill to make an appropriation to pay the salaries and expenses of the Pure Food and Drug Department. A bill to amend an Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for Mitchell County. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alston. A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus. A bill to provide separate books for the recordation of mapS', plans and surveys in certain counties. A bill to revoke the charter o fthe town of Ranger. MoNDAY, AuousT 11, 1913. 717 A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks. A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. A. bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley County. A bill to create the affice of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Rentz. A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Comrmsswners of Roads and Revenues for Clarke County. A resolution to pay deficiency due the second assistant librarian. The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate. A bill to amend the charter of Forrest Park. nhe following Senate resolution was read first time: By Mr. Anderson~ A reS'olution to amend rule 44 of the Senate relative to immediately transmitting a bill. T!his resolution was referred to the Rules Committee. 118 .TouRNAL OJ<' THE SENATE, Mr. Smith moved to disagree to the report of the Committee on the following bill which is adverse to the pa.ssage of the bill. By Mr. Miller: A bill to fix the prima facie right of the custody of children of tender age. Report of the Committee was disagreed to and the bill was read second time. The following House bills read first time. By Mr. Hardeman of J effersonA bill to appropriate $340.98 to pay deficiency due the assistant librarian. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Messrs. Wimberly of Bibb, and Kimbrough of Harris---:. A bill to appropriate the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars for the department of Agriculture for the Chemical Department. Referred to Committee on appropriations. By Mr. Rhodes of Clarke- A bill to amend the Act to create the .Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rev~nues for Clarke County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. MoNDAY, AuGUST 11, 1913. 719 By Mr. Akin, of Glynn- A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzine and napthas, etc. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary. By Mr. Spence of Mitchell- A bill to amend an Act approved August 13, 1907, entitled ''An Act to amend ~m Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for the County of Mitchell." Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Akin of GlynnA bill to amend 2201 of the Code of Ga. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski- A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Blackley County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of Laurens- A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Rentz. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 720 .JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Myrick of Chatham- A bill to provide separate books for the recordation of maps, plans and surveys, to provide means thereof. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Redwine of Fayette- A bill to create a new Charter for the town of Brooks in Fayette County. By Mr. Brooks of WilkesA bill to appropriate $10,000 to the department of Agriculture. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By .Mr. Hopkins of rl,homas- A bill to amend Section 1795, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, etc. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Messrs. Swift, Slade and Wohlwender of Muscogee- A bill to amend the charter of Columbus. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Greene of Houston- A biU to appropriate a sufficient. sum of money for the purpose of paying the salaries of the pure food and drug department. MoNDAY, AuausT 11, 1913. 721 Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Neal of Gordon-A bill to revoke the Charter of Ranger. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By .Mr. Johnson of MontgomeryA bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Alston in Montgomery. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski- A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Pulaski. ." --Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA bill to i~corporate the town of Geneva in Talbot County. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Redwine- A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks in Fayette County. B-y Mr~ Shipp of Pulaski--,- A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Corr1 722 JoURNAL OF THE SENATE, missioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender- A bill to provide for a Commission Form of Government for the City of Columbus and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By unanimous consent the following House bills were read second time. By Mr. Myrick- A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to assist 11:& Georgia .Infirmary, 1Approved December 13, 1871. By Mr. McRae- A bill to esta:blish a system of Public SchoolS' for the town of Scotland. By Mr. Thompson- A bill to provide for four termS' of the Superior Court of Madison County. By Mr. McCrory- A resolution to provide for a Commission to investigate the !!!Chool book condition. MoNDAY, AuGUST 11, 1913. 723 The following messag~ 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: A bill to provide for a Commission Form of Government for the City of Columbus, Ga., in lieu of the aldermen, etc. The following Senate resolution was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Longino- A resolution providing for a joint Committee on the lease of theW. & A. Railroad. Mr. Harrell offered the following amendment by adding the Railroad Commission to the Committee and on this amendment the ayeS' and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows: Those voting in the affiirm.ative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. MeGregor, C. E. Olliff, W. M. Perry, Grant D. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Sweat, J. L. ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Burtz, A. H. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. DuBose, R. T. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Parrish, C. H. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, '/24 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Riohardson, C. H. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Those not voting were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Dickey, R. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Ford, L. L. Ayes 14, nays 24. Moore, J. H. The amendment was lost. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 35', nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed by substitute. By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and adopted. By Mr. T'aylor- A resolution requesting the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House Bill No. 556, Which was passed by the Senate, for a correction. : The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage: By Messrs. Hixon, Bush and Others- A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw and utter a check, draft or order whenever the drawer at the time has insufficient funds to meet the same. Mr. Smith offered the following amendment by inserting in the third line of t})e first paragraph of said Section the words shall and draw the words with intent to d,efraud. MoNDAY, AuGUST 11, 1913. 725 On this amendment the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote iS' as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Burtz, A. H. Elkins, 0. H. Harrell, G. Y. Irwin, M. D. Kea, Fred, Smith, E. L. McGregor, C. E. Spinks, W. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Tarver, M. C. Thos'e votinp: in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McNeil, W. D. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, .T. N. Those not voting were Messrs.- Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Ayes 10, na:ys 31. The amendment was lost. Report of the Committee was agreed to. 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.- Allen, John T. Chennault, N. B. Brown, John W. L. Converse, W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. DuBose, . R. T. Bush, W. J. F08ter, A. H. Hixon, J. T. Hnie, G. M. Jones, S. E. .Tones, W. W. 726 J OUBNAL OF THE SENATE, Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Burtz, A. H. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Harrell, G. Y. Irwin, M. D. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Those not voting were Messrs.- Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Ayes 30, nays 11. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended and the amendment is as follows: After the word ''order'' at the end of the fourth line of Section 1, the words for present consideration. By Mr. McNeil- A bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code adopted, August 15, 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains on Sunday. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26, nays 4; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas'sed, as amended and the amendment is as follows: MoNDAY, AuousT 11, 1913. 727 Amend by striking the words ''or cars'' in Section 5, line 6. By Mr. McNeil- A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Act known as Hill Bill No. 752 Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were -, nays 0 ; the bill having received the Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. By Mr. Brown- A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 17th, 1908, creating the State Board of Veterinary Examiners in the State 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. By Mr. Huie- A bill to amend Section 5298 Volume 1 of Code of 1910, relating to garnishment. On motion the Senate adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at: 3' o'clock, was called to order by the President : 728 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Upon the call of the roll the following memberH answered to their names: Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. .rones, S. E. .Jones, W. W. .Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, R.ichardson; C. H . Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr . Rmith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Rtark, W. W. Rwea.t, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor; G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watfs, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. The following Report of the Rules Committee was read and adopted: Mr. President : Y'Our Committee on Rules recommend the adopc tion of the following: 1. That no General House Bills pass~ by the. House after today shaH be acted on or referred to Committees of the Senate, but shall be tabled until the next session of the General Assembly, at which time they. shall be taken up for their first reading and for reference to committees. 2. That the session of the Senate this afternoon for the consideration of the tax bill shall be from 3 p. m. until. 7. p~ m. unless said Bill is sooner disposed of. :,: MoNDAY, AuGUST 11, 1913. 729 T!he following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. Pre.sident : T'he House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills and Resolutions, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of Georgia, adopted August 15th, 1910. A bill to create a new Charter for the town of Gibson in the County of Glasscock. A bill to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County who shall be ex-officio judges. A bill to 3Jlllend Section 1811, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the compensation of the General Oil Inspector. A resolution to appropriate certain money to J. H. Oxford, Crouch and Collier, et al. A resolution to pay the expenses of Ron. T. H. Kimbrough as a member of Cotton Tare Committee in attending convention in Washington, D. C., and Raleigh, N. C. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof. Mr. President: The House has agreed to the Senate amendments to the fo1lowing Bills of the House, to-wit: 730 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to create and establiS'h the County Court of Bryan County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County. A bill to authorize working of streets of towns in Macon County by County chain-gang. A bill to amend Section 950 of Volume one of the Code of 1910, to provide the occupation tax for corporations and beginning 1914. A bill to amend an Act to provide and establish a new charter for the City of Waycross approved August 17, 1909. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Washington. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County, Georgia. A bill to create a new charter for the town of McCaysville in Fannin County, Georgia. The House has agreed to the Senate substitu~e to the following Bills of the House to-wit: A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to estab- lish the City court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts. . . . ' - . . A bill to provide for the holding of primary elec- MoNDAY, AuausT 11, 1913. 731 tions in the City of Savannah for the selection of Mayor and Aldermen, and to fix the rules for holding same. The House insists upon its disagreement to the Senate amendments to the following Bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman. Mr. Olliff, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossted, and ready for transmission to the House, the following Bills and Resolution of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code adopted August 15th, 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains on the Sabbath. A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Act. A bill to amend an Act to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners, etc. A resolution providing a commission on the lease of the W. & A. Railroad. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, Chail'!lllan. 732 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Co~ttee on Corporations, submitted the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report s-ame back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit: A bill to provide for a Commission Form of Go,ernment for the City of Columbus. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waycross. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Rentz. A bill to create a new charter for the town of Brooks. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus. A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva. A bill to repeal an Act. to incorporate the town of Brooks. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Alston. A bill to amend the charter of the town of }(artin:-; in the County of Stephens. ' Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuR'rz, Chairman. Mr. Olliff, Cha'frman of the Committee on Engrossing: submitted the following report: MoNDAY, AuousT 11, 1913. 733 Mr. President: The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following Bill of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw and utter any check, draft or order, when the drawer has not at the time sufficient funds to meet the same. Respectfully submitted, W. M. OLLIFF, 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, to-wit: A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, debentures and other securities, to provide for the :filing of inform-ation concerning same, to punish violations of the Act. Mr. McNeil, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: ,The-,G;eneral Judiciary Committee has had under. c9n~ide~ation:,the foll~wing bill of the House whl~h it histructs m~'to report badk to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: t ,... 734 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, A bill to provide quarterly terms' of the Superior Court of Walker County. A bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910. A bill to provide for separate books for the recording of maps and surveys. A bill to provide for the election of U. S. Senators by the people. A bill to amend the act prescribing for the inspection of gasoline, etc., in this State. A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code of 1910. Respectfully submitted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. By unanimous consent the following House bill was recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. McLendon- A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of rA>m. missioners of Roads and Revenues for Eearly County. The following House bill was taken up and read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Lipscomb- A bill to provide for a system of equalization of assessments of property for taxation in this State. Report of the Committee was agreed to as amended. MoNDAY, AuausT 11, 1913. 735 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.- Allen, John T. Huie, G. M. Brown, John W. L. Irwin, M. D. Bulloch, R. 0. J onei!, S. E. Burtz, A. H. Johnson, J. F. Converse, W. L. Longino, J. T. Elkins, 0. H. McNeil, W. D. Ford, L. L. Miller, B. S. Foster, A. H. Moore, J. H. Harrell, G. Y. - Perry, Grant D. Hixon, J. T. Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Jones, W. W. Kea, Fred, McGregor, C. E. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Pope, Le, Smith, E. L. Taylor, G. W. .Those not voting were Messrs.- Kelly, 0. L. Peyton, J. T. Ayes 29, nays 12. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended and the substitute and amendments are as follows: Senate Committee substitute for House Bill No. 6: A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation in this State; to fix the time for the a:hnual opening and closing'of the tax digests in the several counties in this State; to create and provide for county 736 Jonr::uL oF THE SENATE, boards of tax assesHors in eaeh county; to fix their compensation; to provide for their appointment and term of office, and to define the-ir duties and powers, and oath of office; to provide for just and adequate returns of property for taxation and secure the equitable valuation thereof and provide a method of arbitration for the adjustment of differences, and fix the powers and compensation of said arbitrators; to create the office of State Tax Commissioner and provide for his appointment, qualification and term anq oath of office; to fix his compensation and provide for his clerical and other necesRary expenses; to define his powers and duties; to provide for the supervision, regula- tion and correction by him of the rounty tax digests, and for other purposeS'. ~h:cTION 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 several Tax Receivers of this State shall open their books for returns of taxes on the first day of February and shall close the same on the first day of May of each year, and within twenty days thereafter it shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver of each county to present the tax returns of the County for the current year to the Cou~ty Board of Tax Assessors created 'by this Act, for the purpose herein contemplated and provided. The Tax Receiver shall not ,tran:smit copieR of his tax digeRt to the Tax Collector and Ordinary of the County until after thf' Harne Rhall have been finally received and corrected to conform to the final findings of the State Tax Commissioner under MoNDAY, AuGuST 11, 1913. 737 the provisions of Section 14 of this Act. When the tu returns of any County are :finally adjusted and fixed as provided by said Section 14 of this Act, the Tax Receiver shall forthwith send one copy of the revised and corrected County rrax Digest to the Comptroller-General and one copy each, to the TaxCollector and Ordinary of the county as now provided by law. SEt'. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be and is hereby established in each of the several counties of this State, a Board of County Tax Assessors. Said County Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, or by a majority thereo.f, or by the Ordinary in Counties- which have no Board of County Commissioners. The order making such appointment shall be regularly entered upon the record of the Superior Court of the County, and a certificate from the Clerk of the Superior Court reciting said order, and that such persori has taken the oath required by hiw, shall constitute the commission of the members of such County Boards of Tax Assessors and no other or further form of commission shaH be required. SEc. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said County Board of Tax Assessors shall be appointed for a termo f six years and to continue until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, provided, that the first appointment under this Act shall be of one member for two years, one member for four years and one 738 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, member for six years, and thereafter the members shall be appointed for a term of six years except in cases of an appointment to fill an existing vacancy. In case of a vacancy in said County Board at any time caused by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled and the appointment shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as herein provided for the appointment of the members of the said County Board. The first appointment of the members of said Board in the several counties, shall be as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act and they shall be appointed for terms of office respectively, beginning on the first day of January, 1914. SEc.. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be qualified to serve as a member of said County Board of Tax Assessors who is not a free-holder and a resident of the county; and if any member of said Board at any time ceases to possess these qualifications it shall operate to vacate his office, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. The members of said Board shall take an oath before the Judge or the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county to faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upon them by this Act, and also the oath required of all civil officers. The members of said Board during the time they hold their office and for one year thereafter, shall be ineligible to hold any State, county or municipal office, hut they may be re-appointed to succeed themselves as members of said Board. They shall be paid as compensation for MoNDAY, AuausT 11, 1913. 739 their services such an amount as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners, or Ordinary, as the affairs of the County may be ander the jjurisdiction of the one or the ::other, provided that the compensation to be paid said members, shall not be less than three ($3.00) dollars per day each for the time they are in actual discharge of the duties required of them under this Act. The compensation of tlie members of said Board, and such other expenses as may be necessary to be incurred in the performance of the duties of the Board under this Act, shall be paid from the County 'l'reasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made. SEo. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Boards of Tax Assessors shall elect one of their number as Chairman for such term as they shall fix but not to be les's than two (2) years. T'he said Board shall have authority to employ a competent person to serve as Secretary of said Board. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of said Board, and shall receive for his services in this capacity the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day while actually attending sessions of said Board; the same to be paid out of the County Treasury in the same manner in which other County payments are made. The said Board shall have authority to employ an agent to seek out all unreturned property in the County and bring it to the attention of the Board, and for such services they may allow said agent a commission of ten per cent of the amount of the tax arising to the county from 740 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, such unreturned property so discovered and placed on the books by his efforts. T!he commission allowed said agent shall be paid from the County Treasury as a part of the expenses of said Board. SEc. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of County Tax Assessors in each County shall meet each year within twenty days from the date of the closing of the tax returns for the current year, to receive and inspect the tax returns to be laid before them by the Tax Receiver as hereinbefore provided. It shall be the duty of said Board to examine all the returns of both real and personal property of each tax-payer, and if, in the opinion of the Board any tax-payer has omitted from his returns any property that should be returned or has failed to return any of his property at a just and fair valuation, the said Board shall correct such returns and shall assess and fix the just and fair valuation to be placed on said property and shall make a note thereof and attach the same to such returns. It shall be the duty of said Board to see that all taxable property within the County is asses'sed and returned at its just and fair valuation and that valuations as between the individual taxpayers are fairly and justly equalized so that each tax-payer shall pay as near as may be, only his proportionate share of taxes. When any rmch correctiom;, changeR and equalizations shall have been made by said Board, it shall be the duty of the Boar(l to immediately give "':lotice to any taxpayer of any changes made in his returns, either personally or by leavhig sanie at hi~ residence ~r place 'of bus'i ' MoNDAY, AuGusT 11, 1913. 741 ness, or; in- case of non-residents of the county, by sending said notice through the United States mails to his last known place of address. If any tax-payer is dissatisfied with the action of said Board, he may, within ten days from the giving of said notice in case of residents, and within twenty days in case of non-residents of the County, give notice to said Board that he demands an arbitration, giving at the same time the name of his arbitrator. The Board shall name its arbitrator within three (3) days thereafter and these two shall select a third, a majority of whom shall fix the assessments and the property on which said ta:x-payer shall pay taxes and said decision shall be final, except so far as the same may be affected by the findings and orders of the State Tax Commissioner as hereinafter provided. The said arbitrators shall be free-holders of the county and shall render their decision within ten days. from the date of the naming of the arbitrator by said Board, else the decision of said Board shall stand affirmed and shall be binding in the premises. The said arbitration shall be had and the said arbitrators shall be compensated in the same manner as is n?W provided for the arbitration of individual tax returns except in so far as the existing law may be modifi.ed by the provisions of this section. SEc. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid~ T:hat it shall be the duty of the County Board Qf Tax Assessors to diligently investigate and inquire into the prop~:tty own.ed' in th~ county for the purpos~ of as~ertaining :what: property; :r~al and 742 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, personal, is subject to taxation in the county and to require its proper return for taxation. The said Board shall have authority to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and to require the production by any person, of all his books, papers and documents which may throw any light upon the question of the existence or liability of property of any class for taxation. If any witness, so subpoenaed, shall fail or refuse to attend at the time and place mentioned therein or shall refuse to answer questions propounded or shall fail or refuse to produce any such books, papers or documentsf such person shall be cited by said Board to appear before the Ordinary of the County, who shall hear, in a summary way, the reasons or excuses of such person for such failure or refusal, and the Ordinary shall have authority to impose such punishment as for a contempt, as he may see proper, not to exceed a fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars or imprisonment not to exceed ten days or both, in the discretion of the court. SEc. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the County Board of Tax Assessors may, by rule or regulation, provide the manner of ascertaining the value for taxation of any property real or personal not appearing in the digest of the preceding year, and in cases where there has been a change of ownership from any cauS'e; it being the purpose and intent of this Act to confer upon the said Board full power and authority to have placed upon the digest of the current year an assessment of MoNDAY, AuGUST 11, 1913. 743 valuation of all property of every character in the county that is subject to taxation; provided, that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to those persons, firms or corporations who are required by existing laws to make their returns to the Comptroller-General. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever under -the provisions of this Act, any notice subpoenas or writings are requirea to be given or served, the same may be served by any Sheriff of this State or his deputy, or by any lawful constable of this State except as otherwise herein provided; and such officer shall be paid for his services the same fees as are paid officers for serving similar process in civil suits; and the same shall be paid from the County Treasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made. SEc. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Boards of Tax Assessors shall complete their revision and assessment of the returns of tax-payers in their respective counties by July 1st of each year. The Tax Receiver shall then immediately forward one copy of the completed digest to the Comptroller-General of this State, for examination and approval by the State Tax CommiSS19ner. SEc. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of State Tax Commissioner is hereby created. He shall be appointed .'by the Governor by and with the approval of the Senate and shall holp office for and during the term of six years 144 ,JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. No person shall be appointed or be qualified to hold said office who is not a citizen and free-holder of this State. The said State Tax Commissioner shall be commissioned by the Governor and before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe before the Governor an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of the office, and to faithfully and impartially equalize the tax valuations of the several counties of this State. The State Tax Commissioner shall be paid a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. He shall have his office at the State Capitol in connection with that of the Comptroller General and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and in addition to the duties imposed upon him by this Act, he shall alRo act as Assista:at to the Comptroller-General. He shall be provided with a clerk at a salary of not over fifteen hundred ilolhtrR per annum and a stenographer at a salary of not over one thousand ($1,000.) dollars per annum to he employed by the C'omptroller-General. The compenRation of said State Tax Commissioner and the other salaries herein provided for, sha11 be paid from the State Treasury out of funds not otherwise appropriated, and Rhall be hereafter included and provided for in the general appropriation bill with the other expenseR of the State Government. SEc. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Tax Commissioner shall investigate all matters of taxation and recommend to the General Assembly through the ComptrollerGeneral from time to time, such changeS' ap.d altera- .:\ioNDAY, AmaJST 11, 191:3. 745 tio:us in the tax laws of the State as, in his judgment h~ may deem best to bring about a more perfect, adequate, and thorough system of taxation and valuation of property for State and County taxation. SEc. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State T!ax Commissioner to carefully examine the Tax Digests of the several Counties of thiS' State, filed in the office of the Comptroller General, and to conpare said digests for the purpose of ascertaining whether the tax valuation of the various classes of property as made in the respective counties of the State is reasonably uniform aS' between the respective Counties. It is the purpose and intent of this Act to bring about as far as practicable, an equalization throughout the State of the values of the various classes of property subject to be tax~d, so that the values fixed in one county shall not be out of due proportion to the values fixed in other counties on ' the same classes of property. If it shall. appear to said _Commissioner that in any. on,e or ~ore of the counties of thi~ State the taxable. values fixed upon ariy. one or more classes of property are not reason~. ably uniform with the values fixed ~lpon the same clllses o_f property in other co~nties, the saiq Com- niissio~er shall investigate and inquire ~s to tlle rea.son therefor, and,. after making such investiga-. tion and comparison, shall have authority to adjust arid e(]ualize the same, either by adding ~-fixed pe_r centum to the County valuation of any class of property in an~r County, if he finds the 0tmrityvaluation was too low, or hydeih1cting- a fixed fier centum 746 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, from the county valuation if he finds the county valuation was too high, as may appear to be just and right between the counties ; and the said State Tax Commissioner shall thereupon notify by United 8tates mail the Chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the county affected, that the county valuations upon the classes of property specified in said notice shall be raised or lowered by the per centum fixed by said State Tax Commissioner and the Comptroller-General shall thereupon return to said county its tax digest for correction accordingly. SEo. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the giving of any such notice by the State Tax Commissioner of changes or corrections to be made in the County Tax Digest, it shall 'be the duty of the Chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the County affected to call immediately a meeting of said County Board, and at said meeting the said County Board shall correct the county valuation :upon the class or classes of property specified by the State Tax Commissioner, so as to make the same conform to the findings of said Commissioner, by applying uniformly to the specified class or classes of property the fixed per centum of increase or of decrease specified by said Commissioner and by raising or lowering all the individual returns of all the tax-payers of the County upon the specified class or classes of property accordingly. If the County Board of Tax Assessors is dissatisfied with the changes and corrections' thus ordered MoNDAY, AuGusT 11, 1913. 747 to be made by the S.tate Tax Commissioner, the Chairman of the County Board may, within ten days from the giving of said notice, notify the State Tax Commissioner that arbitration is demanded on behalf of the County and shall, at the same time give the name and post-office address of the arbitrator so chosen by said County Board. The State Tax Commissioner shall name an arbitrator on behalf o the State within three days from the receipt of such demand for arbitration and the two thus named shall select a third within ten days and if they fail to agree upon a third arbitrator within that time, he shall be named and appointed by the ComptrollerGeneral. A majority of the Board of arbitration thus formed, shall have authority to render an award in the premises. No person shall be named as arbitrator by the State Tax Commissioner and no person shall be selected or appointed as the third arbitrator who is a citizen of or a property owner in the county affected by the arbitration. The said arbitrators shall meet at the county seat of the county demanding the arbitration and shall have all the powers to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and documents as are conferred upon the County Board of Tax Assessors within the provisions of Section 7 of thi~ Act, and to enforce obedience to the same by citation before the Ordinary of' the County in the same manner as is therein provided. This session of said arbitrators shall be limited to three days and they shall meet and render their decisionS' within twenty days from the date of the selection or appointment 748 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, of the third arbitrator or otherwise the decision of the State rrax Commissioner in the matter, shall stand affirmed and be final. rrhe decision of the arbitrators when made, shall be final, and upon tht=: rendering of their decesion or upon their failure to make a decision within the time herein limited it shall be the duty of the County Board of Tax Assessors to immediately revise and correct the County valuations in the manner hereinbefore in this section contemplated and provided. The revised and corrected prope:r:,ty valuations thus made, shall be the fixed and legal valuations of property for the payment of taxes, and it shall be the duty of the tax payer to pay his taxes thereon acoordingly. The compensation of S'aid arbitrators shall be seven dollars per day for the time they are actually in session, and they shall be allowed mileage at the rate of five cents per mile for the distance bavelled in going from and returning to their homes by the nearest practicable route. The compensation and mileage of said arbitrators shall be paid one-half by the county and one-half by the State. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the a"lithority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commissioner to visit annually t4e several counties in the State for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the character and values of the several classes of taxable property therein, of investigating the works and methods adopted by the Boards of County Tax Assessors and to ascertain wherein existing laws are defective or are improperly or negligently administered and to report the results of his investi- MoNDAY, AuGusT 11, 1913. 749 gation and the facts ascertained to the Governor through the Comptroller-General from time to time when required by him. the actual expenses of said Commissioner incurred in complying with the requirements of this section shall be paid by the Stat& Treasury from funds not otherwise appropriated. SEc. l 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Ac-t be, and the same are hereby repealed. By Mr. Anderson of the first and Mr. Miller of the 24th. Amendments to Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 6. 1. Amend Section 1 by adding the following: "The individual returns made by tax-payers to the Tax Receiver, shall be for property held and subject to taxation on the first day of J:anuary previously.'' 2. Amend Section 4 by adding the following: "Upon petition to the Judge lof ~the !Superior Court in term time or at Chambers, by ten or more freeholders of the county that any one or more members of the Board of County Tax Assessors are disqualified under this section, or are not properly and impartially discharging their duties under this Act, or are discriminating in favor of certain citizens or classes of citizens and against others, the said judge shall cite the members of said Board of T'ax Assessors so complained of to appear before him at a time 750 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, and place in the county to be fixed in said citation, not less than twenty nor more than forty days from the date of the presentation of said petition, to appear and make answer to said petition. A copy of said petition shall be attached to said citation and service thereof may be made of any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or Constable of this State. The officer making the service shall serve copies and return the original petition and citation to the clerk of the Court as other process is now returned. At the time and place fixed in said citation, unless postponed for reasonable cause, the Judge shall hear and determine the matter without the intervention of a jury and shall render such judgment and order, either dismissing the petition or removing the offending member or members of said County Board of Tax Assessors from office and declaring a vacancy therein as may be right and proper. If either party to the controversy is disS'atisfi.ed with said judgment and order, such party may take the same to the Supreme Court by fast bill of exceptions in the manner provided by Section 5540 of ~he C-ode of 1910." 3. Amend Section 6 by adding the following: ''Before entering upon a hearing, the said arbitrators shall take an oath before the Tax Receiver that they will faithfully and impartially make a true and just assessment of the tax returns and property in question and will determine the matters submitted to them according to law and the justice and equity of the case.'' MoNDAY, AuausT 11, 1913. 751 4. Amend Section 14 by adding the following: "Before entering upon a hearing, the said a;rbitrators shall take before the Ordinary of the County the same oath as is provided by Section 6 of this Act, to be taken in case of arbitrations of the findings of Oounty Boards of Tax Assessors.'' 5. Amend Section 1 by striking out the word "twenty" on the fourth line of the printed bill and ~ubstituting the word "ten." Amend Section 6 by striking out the word "twenty" in the second line of the printed bill and substituting the word "ten." 6. Amend caption by inserting the words "and removal'' between the word ''appointment'' and the word ''and'' in the fourth and fifth lines of the caption of the printed substitute. The bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the House. The following Senate bill was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. HuieA bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910. . 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 substitute. On motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 752 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE; SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, August 12, 1913. 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 fol1owing member~ answered to their names: Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Bnrtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse. W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. 'I'. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster. A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon. J. T. Hnie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. .Ton&<;, S. E. .Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. MrGregor, C. E. McNeil. W. D. Miller, B. S. }Toore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H . Ru~hin, M. E. . Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Hmith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S.M. Tyson, C. M. \Vatts, J. N. 'fR. PRESIDENT. On motion the reading of the journal was dispensed with. Mr. 011iff, Chairman of the Committee on Engros'sing submitted the fo11owjng report: M r .. Presideut: The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: TUESDAY, AuuusT 12, 1913. 753 A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910, relative to the life of railroad charters. Respectfully, W. M. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on corporations, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Corporations have 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 as amended, to-wit: A bill to amend the charter of town of East Ellijay. A bill to amend and consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta. The Committee have had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do not pas'S, to-wit: A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele. Respectfully submitted, R. H. BuRTz, Chairman. The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry: 754 JoURNAL oF THE SENATE, Mr. President: I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to your honorable body a sealed communication to which he respectfully invites your consideration in Executive Session. Mr. Foster Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee has had under consideration House Resolution No. 30 and I am instructed to report same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended by the Committee. Respectfully submitted, A. H. FosTER, Chairman. rrfue following House Bills read :first time. By Messrs. Stovall and Kimbrough of Elbert and Harris- A bill to amend Section 1811, Volume 1 of the Code of 1910. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. Mr. M:eS'srs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick of Chatham- A bill to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County who shall be ex-officio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties and for other purposes, so as to authorize said commissioners to TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 755 impose other ..duties upon the clerks of the Board and for the performance of such other duties, etc., as may be necessary. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By l\fr. Allen of GlascockA bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Spence of Carro11 and W ohlwender of Muscogee-- A bill to regulate the sale of stocks bonds, etc., and to provide for filing of information concerning same, etc. Referred to Committee on Insurance. By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton---:- A bill to amend Secti-on 887 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Referred to Committee on Special .Judiciary. T'he following House Resolutions were read first time. By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- A. resolution to appropriate certain moneys to .J. H. Oxf-ord, Crouch and Collier, et al. 756 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee- ~~ resolution to pay the expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough as a member of Cotton Tare Committee in attending convention in Washington, D. C. and Raleigh, N.C. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: }.[r. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bulloch County. The House has adopted the following joint resolution of the Senate. A resolution providing for appointment of a Commission to revise the civil and criminal procedure of the State. The House has passed as amended by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate. A bill for the relief ofT. B. Hicks of the City of Dublin. TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 757 A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Oglethorpe. The House has agreed to the Senate 81IDendments to the House substitute to the following bill of the . Senate, to-wit: A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com- missioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House has pasSied by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills and resolutions, to-wit: A bill to appropriate the sum of $13,286.80 to pay for work already done on the State Capitol and Executive Mansion and for work necessary to be done on same. A Resolution relative to preparing statement of unfinished business of Legislation. A resolution to auihorize and compensate the State Sanitarium and Penitentiary Committee to visit the State Sanitarium and farm at Milledgeville during the recess of the General Assembly. A resolution authorizing the House and Senate Committees on the Penitentiary to visit the Convict Camps in vacation. 758 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Appropriation Com_mittee, submits the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House Bills No. 360 amending Section 1795, of the Code of 1910, and also House Resolution No. 38, for the payment of a deficiency due the assistant librarian and I am directed to report the same back to the Senate with a recommendation that they do pass. Your Committee has also had under consideration the fo1lowing House bills to-wit: House Bills Nos, 359, 446, 411 and 533, and I am directed to report these bills back to the Senate with a request that they be read the seoond time andre-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. W. W. STARK, Chairman. 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 bill, to-wit: A bill to create a commission on the lease of the W. & A. Railroad. Mr. Rushin, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following,, report: TuEsDAY, AuGUST 12, 1~:~. 759 Mr President: The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following Senate Bills which it instructS' me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass, to-wit: A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Walton County. A bill to repeal Act August 6, 1903, vesting certain p~wers in Ordinary of Walton County. i'he Committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they d6 pas'S, to-wit: A bill to allow county authorities to appoint County Police. A bill to amend Act creating board commissioners of Early County. A bill to amend Act to provide Board of Commissioners of Mitchell County. . A bill to create office of Commissioner for Bleckley County. A bill to create office of Commissioner for Pulaski County. A bill to repeal Act to create office of Commissioners for Pulaski County. Respectfully submitted, M. E. RusHIN, Ohairman. 760 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, The following House bills were read second time and recommitted. By Messrs. Hancock and Slater- A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 per annum for two years to the State Board of Entomology $5,000 to become immediately available to be expended on the work of Board on wilt or black root. By Mr. Green- A bill to appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of paying the salaries of the pure food and drug department. By Messrs. Wimberly and Kimbrough- A bill to appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 for the Department of Agriculture for the Chemical Department. By Mr. BookerA_ bill to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dol- lars to the Department of Agriculture and for other purposes. At 10 o'clock the Senate went into executive session. The following House bills were read second time. By Mr. Olive: A bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910. TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 761 By-Mr. Fariss-'- A bill to provide quarterly terms o~ the Superior Court of Walker. By Mr. Akin- A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline and for other purposes. By Mr. Cheney- A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several acts incorporating the City of Marietta. By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender- A bill to provide for a Commission Form of Government for the City of Columbus. By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley- A bill to amend the Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Waycross. By Mr. Taylor- A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Rentz in Laurens County. By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery- A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the town of Alston in Montgomery County. By Mr. ShippA bill to repeai the Act entitled an Act creating 762 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, the official of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County, By Mr. Shipp- A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. By Mr. Spence- A bill to amend an Act approved August 13, 1907; entitled an Act to provide for a board of Commis- sioners for Mitchell County. By Mr. Shipp- A bill to create the office of Commissioner. of Roads and Revenues for Blackley County. By Mr. Redwine- .A. bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks in Fayette County. By Mr. Myrick- .A bill toprovide.separate books for the recording of maps plans and surveys and for other purposes. By Mr. Hays- . A.bill to ame.nd the Charter of the town of Martin in Stephens County. By Mr. Swift- A bill to amend the charter of tha City..of C~ium~ - b~~, 'Ga::, , . TuESDAY, AuousT 12, 1913. 763 By Mr. Ragland- A bill to inoorporate the town of Geneva in Talbot County. By Mr. Hopkins- A bill to amend Section 1795, Volume 1, of the Code of 1910. By Mr. Akin- A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code of Georgia. By Mr. Redwine-- A bill to create a new Charter for the town of Brooks in the County of Forsyth. The following House Resolution was read second time. By Mr. Hardeman- A resolution to appropriate $340.98, to pay deficiency due the assistant librarian. The following House bills were read third time and put upon their passage. By Mr. James- A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Ellijay in Gilmer County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31, 764 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended and the amendment is aS' follows : By striking all of Section 1 of said bill, after the word ''except'' in the second line on page two, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''In a northeasterly direction, where the one half mile limit will intersect with the Cartecay River, the said limits shall be the south hank of said river, in a westerly course to a ravine at the corner of the lot of E. T. Ray about two hundred yards above the public bridge; thence across said river, the original limit of one half mile, thence southerly course along the Jarrett mountain the half mile limit to the City limits of Ellijay.'' By Mr. Neal- A bill to amend the several Acts creating and relating to the Board of Commissioners of Gordon 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. 1Methvin- A bill to amend the Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. Rep...o. rt of . the.Comm- itte.e was agreed to. TuESDAY, AuousT 12, 1913. 765 Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 31, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. ClementsA bill to ~epeal an Act to incorporate the City of Osierfield. 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. Thompson- A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Madison 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. By Mr. Miller- A bill to abolish the Justice Courts and office of .Justice of the Peace and Notary Public ex-Officio Justice of the Peace and the office of Constable in the City of Macon. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29, nays 0 ;.the bill receiving the requisite Constitutional majoritY, was passed. 766 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. ~ollins- .A bill to incorporate the town of Reno in Grady County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 0; the bill receiving the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. Mr~ HerringtonA bill to incorporate the town of Wesley in Em~ anuel 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. Dorough- A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Franklin County. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 0; the bil1 having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Taylor- A bill to incorporate the Davisboro School District in town of Davisboro. TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 767 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. Wood- A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro. 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. Myrick- A bjJl to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia Infirmary approved December 13 1871. Report of the Committee 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. McRae- A bill to establish a system of Public Schools in the town of Scotland, etc. Report :of the Committee was agreed to. v~o~ .ih~. ;P~ss~e of th,e. bill t~~' ayes. wer~ :Zq;. nays o;. ~h~, lf..ill ~aving received the r~,qui~it~ Co.J;I.-. stitutioilal majority was passed. 768 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, By Messrs. Wimberly and Miller- _A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Macon, approved November 21, 1893, and the several Acts amendatory thereof. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 3'0, nays 2 ; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. The following Senators desired their names recorded against the bill : Senators Miller and Turner. By Mr. Berry- A bill to amend an Act approved February 24, 1874 and the several Acts incorporating the City of Dalton. 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 ConRtitutional majority, waS' passed: The following Senate bills were taken up with House amendment!'! and the amendments were concurred in. By Mr. Kea- A bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks, of Dublin in Laurens County. The amendment is as follows by adding thereto the folJowing: That the relief herein provided shall not be effective until all the costs for which the pricipal and surety on said bond are bound and shall TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 769 be duly paid to the officers' of court authorized to receive same. By Mr. Richardson- A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe. The amendment is as follows: Amend by striking therefrom Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of said bill and number remaining Sections accordingly. Amend said bill further by striking from the caption thereof the folJowing words appointment of a bailiff. The foJlowing Senate bills were read third time and put upon their passage. By -Mr. McGregor- .A bill to repeal an Act approved August 16, 1912, and for other ymrposes authorizing the Governor in calling out the militia in certain cases. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 2f:i, nays 0; the bi11 having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. McGregor- A bill Regulating the manner in which the State Militia may be called out and for other purposes. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of th~ bill the ayes were 29, 770 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. The following House bills and resolutions were read first time. By Mr. Wright- A bill to create a commission to investigate and report at the next session of this House the terms and form a lease for the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad. By Mr. Wheatley.A bill to appropriate the sum of $13,286.80 to pay for work already done on the State Capitol. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Slater- A bill authorizing the House and Senate Committee on Penitentiary to visit the convict camps in vacation. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Thompson- A ..resolution to authorize and compensate the . State Sanitarium and Penitentiary Committee to visit said histitutions. Refel'red to Committee on Appropriations. TuF.SDAY, AuousT 12, 1913. 771 B~ Mr. Carter- A resolution relative to preparing statement of unfinished husiness of the Legislature. This resolution was concurred in. _ On motion the Senate adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'cloek. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock, was called to order by the President. On motion the roll call was dispensed with. Mr. OHiff, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossing, submitted the following report: r. President : The Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly engrossed and ready for transmission to the House the following Bil1s of the Senate, to-wit: A bi11 to repeal an Act approved August 16, 1912, relative to the duty of the Governor in calling out the Militia. A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out. Respectfully submitt~d, W. 1\f. OLLIFF, Chairman. Mr. Burtz, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: 772 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr President : The Committee on Corporations have had under cosideration the following House Bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the saJine do pass, to-wit: A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson in the county of Glasscock. Respectfully submitted, A. H. BuRTz, Ohairman. Mr. Elkins, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Special Judiciary, have had under consideration the following House bill which ~ am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recO!IIlmendation that the same do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of 1910. 'Tihe Committee have had underconsideration 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 abolish the City Court of Bleckley in the County of Early. Respectfully submitted, 0. H. ELKINs, Chairman. Mr. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1913. 773 Mr. President: Your Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following House bill and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended, towit: A bill to amend an Act approved August 13, 1910, regulating the running of automobiles. The Committee have 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 res-olution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies upon reasonable terms. B. S. MILLER, Chairman. Mr. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: J11r. President: Your Committee on Finance have had under con. sideration the following Honse bill and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Honse with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit: A bill to provide for and require the payment of taxes on property received by inheritance or succession. Respectfully .submitted, 13. S. M:(LLER, Chairman. 774 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Tlhe following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: llfr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: A bill to amend Section 129 of the Code of 1910 so as to provide for an early primary. A bill to amend an Act to create a Bank Bureau. A bill relative to the custody and control of minor children. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. Presiden,t: The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House. A bill to esta:blish The Georgia Training School for Girls. A bill to create pe001anent qualification book. for qualified voters of this State. The following House bill was taken up with adverse report of the Committee and the report was disagreed to. By Mr. GowerA bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Cordele and other purposes. TuESDAY, AuausT 12, 1913. 775 The following House bills and resolutions were read first time. By Messrs. Miller and JonesA bill to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for girls. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. WrightA bill to create a permanent qualification book for qualified voters of this State. Referred to Committee on Rules. By Mr. Redwine of FayetteA bill to amend an Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bank Bureau. Referred to Committee on Banks. By Mr. Smith of Fulton and Mr. Olive of Richmond- A bill to define the duties, rights and powers of the Courts of this State in all cases affecting the custody of minor children. Referred to Gommitteeon General Judiciary. By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper of Ware~ A bill to amend Section 129, Volume 1, Code of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary. 776 JouRNAL OF THE SENA.TE, Mr. Bush, Vice Chairman of the Committe~ on Insurance, submitted the following report: 111r. President: The Committee on Insurance 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 regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, debentures and other securities. Respectfully submitted, W. J. BusH, Vice Chairman. The following House Resolution was read third time and put upon its passage. By Mr. Slater- A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies. 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. On Motion the Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at lO o'clock. ... WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 1913. 777 SENATE CHAMBER, ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, August 13, 1913. The Senate met pusuant 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 : Allen, John T. Irwin, M. D. Brown, J'Ohn W. L. Jones, S. E. Bulloch, R. 0. Jones, W. W. Burtz, A. H. Johnson, J. F. Bush, W. J. Kea, Fred; Chennault, N. B. Kelly, 0. L. Converse, W. L. Longino, J. T. Dickey, R. L. McGregor, C. E. DuBose, R. T. McNeil, W. D. Elkins, 0. H. Miller, B. S. Ford, L. L. Moore, J. H. Foster, A. H. Olli:tl', W. M. . HarreH, G. Y. Parrish, C. H. Hixon, J. T. Perry, Grant D. Huie, G. M. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. On motion the r~ading of the Journal was dispensed with. The following resolu~on was read and unanimously adopted. By Mr. Perry 28th-'" Resolved by the Senate: That Senator B. S. Miller be requested to reduce to writing his speech in explanation of Senate substitute to House tax bill, known as Sheppard substitute and that the news- 778 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, papers of Georgia be requested to publish said speooh for the information of the tax payers of Georgia. Mr. Moore, Vice Ohairman 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 it instructs me to report back with the recommendation that they do pass, to-wit: A bill to amend Act to create Board of Commissioners of Clarke County. A biU to amend Act to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County. Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. MooRE, Vice Chairman. Mr. Brown, Chairman of the Committee on the W. & A. Railroad, submitted the followi~g report: Mr. President: The Committee on theW. & A. Railroad has had under Consideration the following House bil1 which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to-wit: A hill to create a Commission to investigate and report at the next session of this House the terms WEDNESDAY, AuausT 13, 1913. 779 and form of a lease for the W. & A. Railroad and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted, J. W. L. BRowN, Chairman. Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, submHs the f.ollowing report : Mr. President: The Committee on .Appropriation have had under consideration House Resolution No. 123, to authorize and compensate the Committee on State Sanitarium to visit the same in vacation, and also House Resolution No. 155, to authorize the House and Senate Committees to visit the Penitentiary in vacation and for other purposes. .And I am directed to report said Resolutions back to the Senate with a recormmendation that they do pass. W. W. STARK, Chairman. Mr. McNeil, Cha~rman. of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on General Judiciary have bad under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pas'S, to-wit: A bill to define the duties, rights and powers of the Courts of this State in all cases affecting the custody of minor children. 780 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, 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 not pass, to-wit: A bill tQ amend .Section 129, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia, so as to provide an early primary. Respectfully submitted, W. D. McNEIL, Chairman. The following House bills and resolutions were read second time and recommitted. By Mr. Redwine- A bill to amend the Act creating in the Treasury Department a Bank Bureau. By Mr. Mills- A bill to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls. By Mr. Wright- A bill to create permanent qualification book for qualifierl. voters of this State. By MessrS'. Stovall and Kimbrough- A bill to amend Section isn, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for compensation for General Oil Inspector. WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 1913. 781 By Mr. Wheatley- A bill to appropriate the sum of $13,286.80 for work already done on the State Capitol. By Mr. Wohlwender- A resolution to pay the expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough as a member of Cotton Tare Committee in attending Convention in Washington, D. C. and Religh, N. C. By Mr. Pickett- A resolution to appropriate certain money to J. H. Oxford, Crouch and Collier. By Mr. MoonA bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Troup County. The following House bills read second time. By Mr. Slater- A bill authorizing the House and Senate Committees on the Penitentiary to visit the convict camps of the State in vacation and for other purposes. B"y Mr. Wright- A bill to create a commission to investigate and report at the next session of this House the terms and form of a lease for theW. & A. Railroad to investigate and report upon the case of the Terminal property and for other purposes. 782 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, By Mr. Allen- A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson in Glasscock. By Mr. Blackburn- A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. By Messrs. Spence and Wohlwender- A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, etc., and for other purposes. By Mr. Rhodes- A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clark . County. By Messrs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick of Chatham- A bill to be entitled an Act to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County, who shall be ex-<>fficio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties and for other purposes. By Mr. Thompson- A resolution to authorize and compensate the State Sanitarium and Penitentiary Committee to visit the State Sanitarium and farm at Milledgeville during recess of General Assembly. WEDNESDAY, AuausT 13, 1913. 783 By Mr. Smith and Mr. Olive- A bill to be entitled an Act to define the duties, rights and powers of the courts of this State in aU cases affecting the custody of minor children. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the clerk thereof: 1111. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate: A bill to establish a system of public schoolS' in the T'own of Alamo. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Blackshear in the County of Pierce. A bill to increase the number of tetm'3 of the Superior Court of Paulding County, GeOJgia A bill to amend an Act of August 21, 19:)fi. to in corporate the town of Marshallville in the County of Macon .. The House has pas'Sed as amended by tlle requisite Constitutional majority, the following hill of the Senate: A bill to amend Section 1079 of Volume 1. or tlw Code of 1910 of the State of Georgia.. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk th~reof: 784 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, 1l1r. President: The House has agreed to the Senate substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to provide for the equalization of the assessments of property for taxation. The House has agreed to the fo1lowing joint re~o lution of the Senate. A resolution looking to the pres'ervation of Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island. The House has disagreed to the following joint resolution of the Senate. A resolution requesting the House to return to the Senate House Bill No. 556. The following message was received from the House through Mr. BoifeuiHet, the clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the fo1lowing bill of the Senate. A bill to provide for the election of the. United States Senators by the people. The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry. Mr. President: I am instructed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to your honorable body a sealed coin- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913. 785 m~ica.tion to which he respectfully invites your consideration in executive session. Mr. Tarver moved to disagree to the report of the Committee which is adverse to the passage of tlie bill. By Mr. Crawley of Cooper- A bill to amend Section 129, Volume 1, Code of Georgia, so as to provide for an early primary~ On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. DuBose, R.. T. LM.gin!>, J. T. Rtark, W. W. Moore, J. H. Sweat, J. L. Olliff, W. M. Tarver, M. C. Peyton, J. T. Taylor, G. W. Pope, Le, 'furner, S. M. ~earey, W. E. H. Sr. Watts, J. N. T.hose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Burtz, A. H. Diekey, R. L. Ford,. L .. L. Foster, A. H. HmeH, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. MeGregor, C. E. MeNeil, W. D. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Riehardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Tyson, C. M. lllose not voting were Messrs.- Elkins; 0. H. Miller, B. S. Smith, E. L.. Ayes 18, nays 21. Spinks, W. E. The motion was lost. 786 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, The following House bills were read thj.rd time and put upon their passage. By Mr. McLendon- A bill to amend an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for E'arly 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 as amended and the amendments are as follows: Amend by striking the name of 0. E. Hall wherever it occurs in said bill and substituting therefor the name of 0. H. Sheffield and by striking the name 0. H. Sheffield wherever it occurs in said bill and by substituting therefor the name of 0. E. Hall. By Mr. Gower- A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Cordele and for other purposes. Report of the Committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26, nays 2; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. The :following protest was offered by Senator Olliff: 1\ir. Olliff of the 4th District- Files this protest against the passage of House Bill Number 703, for the following reasons: . WJ--'- iAvin,. M .. D. -,, < . t .... :. "- .' ~ .. A:-res 29, ~p.ys 13., ,; ,:: ::The billlliing r~ivoo :the 1t'eqtiisite Constitu~ tional majority; wtis passed; .' K ;:; . Mr. McNeii 'gave notice that al/'~:t[~l~:r;;;~;: ti~~ WEDN:ESDAY, AuousT 13, 1913. 7i}5 ;he would' move to reconsider the action of the Senate in passing the above bill. The following Senators were added to the Peni. tentiary Committee on request of the Chairman in open Senate: Senators Hixon, Huie, S. E. Jones, Richardson and Smith. On motion the Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock, was called to order by the President. Upon the call of the roll the following members answer~d to their names : Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. HarreH, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, l\1. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. J~hnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. 'Tihe following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof. Mr. President: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the following biJl of the House, to-wit: 796. JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Ellijay. The House has agreed to Senate amendments No. 2 and No. 12, and has disagreed to Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, to the following bill of the House, to-wit: A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government. The House has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit: A resolution authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur Copper and Iron Company. .The foUowiri.g message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House haR passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate, towit:'. A bill' to amend an Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor . The following message was received from the n~u~eJ;hrough. M;;.. BojfeUiUet, the Ci~rk thereof: - t. ~- ~... ... . .- . -~ . . .. . . Mr. President: ~ ;- ~he JI;ou~e has;..:passed by .iju~. r.equisite Constitu- tional majpl;ity. the,: .fo~lowing bills.: of the .Senate; t-Q- wit: WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 13, 1913. 797 A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910, relative to building and loan associations. A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1895, reiative to life of a railroad charter. The following Senate bill was read first time. By Mr. Irwin- A bill to amend an Act to amend the Constitution of the State by adding to said Constitution another paragraph settiilg forth the people may iniate laws upon petition and by petition have certain laws referred to the people for their approval. ~ -.R..eferred to Com.tnittee on Constitutional Amendment. Mr T1arver moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in refusing to disagree to the report of the Committee on the following bill of the House. By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper- A bill to amend Section 129 of the Code so as_ to provi.d..e early primaries. . On this motion the 'ayes and-- nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Those_ vo_ting i:p the affirmative were Messrs.- Brown, John. W. L. Burt~, A.' H. _ Bush~. W.;J. ---~ Chen#uli;: N. :8, Du~~e,.,_R~ T.__ Ford; I.t; L. . . Foster, '"A. H. Johnson, J. F. Longino, J. T. McGrElg'Ql:, C. E. _ Mjller, Moore, .B. l. :Sa:.. Olliff, ;'ft. Smith, - E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. :1;.. Tarver, :M. C,. Taylor,. G:. W. Turner,. -S. M .. ,_. 798 JouRNAL oF THE SENATE, Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Bulloch, R. 0. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. :Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. McNeil, W. D. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Tyson, C. M. rnhose not voting were Meesrs.- Converse, W. L. Peyton, .J. T. Rushin, M. E. Watts, J. N. Ayes 20, nays 19. The motion prevailed. Mr. Tarver moved that this bill be read second time and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Those voting jn the affirmative were Messrs.~ Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Chennault, N. B. Ford, L. L. Hixon, J. T. Tohnson, J. F. Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. Smith, E. L. Miller, B. S. Spinks, W. E. Moore, J. H. Stark, W. W. Olliff, W. M. Sweat, J. L. Pope, Le, Tarver, M. C. Richardson, C. H. Taylor, G. W. Rearcy, W. E. H. Sr. Turner, S. M. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Bush, W. J. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. .Tones, W. W. Kea, Fred, McGregor, C. E. McNeil, W. D. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Tyson, C. M. WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 13, 1913. 799 'IIhose not voting- were Messrs.- Peyton, J. T. Rushin, M. E. Watts, J. N. Ayes 22, nays 18. The motion prevailed. Mr. Howell moved that the bill be tabled and on this motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote is as follows : Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Burtz, A. H. Dickey, R. L. Elkins, 0. H. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Kea, Fred, McNeil, W. D. Parrish, C.. H. Perry, Grant D. Richardson, C. H. Tyson, C. M. 'l'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Brown, .Tohn W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse,. -W L. Ford, L. L. . Johnson, J. F. Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. MrGregor, C. E. Miller, B. S. Moore, .J. H. Olliff, W. M. Pope, Le, Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W: Turner, S. M. '.Dhose not voting were Messrs.- ThlBose; it T. Peyton, J. T. Rushln; M. E; Spinks, W. E. Ayes 18; nays 21. Watts, J. N. The motion was lost. Mr;:Ho:w~H moved that the reading of the bill the -seoonditime be postpOned mitlt:tem6rro-iv niorrung after unanimous conketits!have be~ii. disposed uf lind 800 JouRNAL oF THE SE~ATE, b.y unanimous consent the hill .w,as tabl~. for the ses- sion. The following resolution of the Rules Committee was read and adopted. By Mr. Miller- Resolved that for the balance of the session individual speeches on any matter be limited to 10 minuetes unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. The following House Resolution was read and concurred in. By Mr. Smith- A resolution authorizing tbe Governor of Georgia to inter into an agreement with the Ducktown Copper Company in behalf of the State of Georgia. The fol1owing House bills and resolutions were read third time and put upon their passage. By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender- A bill to provide for Commission form of Government for the City of Columbus.- 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. WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 1913. 801 By Mr. HardemanA resolution to appropriate $340.98 to pay de- ficiency due the assistant librarian. 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.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Bnrtz, A. H. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. ,Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. ,Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. Mc>Gregoor, C. E. Miller, B. S. Olliff'. W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Sta~k, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. Those not voting were Messrs.- Bush, W. J. MeNeil, W. D. Moore, J. H. Peyton, J. T. Rnshin, M. E. Ayes 36, nays 0. Spinks, W. E. Turner, S. M. The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. McCurry- A resolution to provide for a Commission to investigate the school text book condition. Report of the Committee was agreed to. 802 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, Upon the passage of the Resolution the ayes were 27, nays 0; the resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority" was passed as amended, and the amendments are as follows : Amendments of Huie of 35th, to amend as follows: 1. Amend line seven, page. one, by striking therefrom the words ''of seven'' and in~rting the words ''of eight.'' Amend line eight, page .one, by striking the words ''Governor and State Superintendent of Schools'' and inserting as follows: ''State Superintendent of schools and two other members of the State Board of Ed~cation in addition to said Superintendent to be selected by said Board.'' 2. Amend line seventeen, page two, by striking the wprds '"Governor and State Superintendent" and inserting in lieu thereof as follows : ''State Superintendent and two other members of the Board of Education selected by said Board.'' 3. Amend further hy ad~in.g after the word "contracts.'' in the second line and last page, the foliQwing words: ''or in its discretion renew the present contracts.'' Ani.e~d :further by, striking the \Vord ''si~'' in _the fifth line of the last page and inserting in.lhm thereof the word ''twelve.'' , Q~ mo~ion. th,e Sena.te adjourned until. tomorrow n;orning at;!Q :~ '~19ck.. !. .. . . ... .:: .,. THURSDAY, AuousT 14, 1913. 803 SENATE CHAMBRR, ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, August 14th, 1913. 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 Senators answered to their names : Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Bulloch, R. 0. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Diekey, R. L. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Ford, L. L. Foster, A. H. H'Rrrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Irwin, M. D. ,Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. MeNeil, W. D. Miller, B. S. :Moore, J. H. Olliff, W. M. Parrish, C. H. Perry, Grant D. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Richardson, C. H. Rushin, M. E . Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Sweat, J. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Tyson, C. M. Watts, J. N. MR. PRESIDENT. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed. Tha following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: 'Jlhe House has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate: A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction authority :in certain cases to mold their sentences. 804 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910 relative to the incorporation of railroads. The House has agreed to the Senate amendments to the following bills of the House: -A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County. The House has adopted the following joint resolutions of the House: A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly. A resolution relative to carrying over the unfinished business of the session of 1913. Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submits the following report: Mr. President : The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House Resolution No. 45, and I am di.rected to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass. Your Committee has also had under consideration House Bill No. 733, to provide for work already 4one and necessary to be done on the State Capitol and the Mansion and for other purposes, and I am directed to report the same back with a recomm(mdation that the ibill do pass as amended. W. W. STA1tK, Chairman.' THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913. 805 Mr. Miller, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: August 14th, 1913. Mr. President: Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the resoluti?n referred to, it touching the amendmentof Senate Rule 44 and beg leave to submit the following resolution which they recommend be adopted, viz : Resolved, That Senate Rule 44 be amended by striking out the words "a majority" on the 3d line of the printed rule and substituting therefor the words "two-thirds", so that said Rule 44 as amended shall read as follows: Rule 44. No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the House on the day of the passage thereof, unless two-thirds of the Senators present shall so order. Respectfully submitted, B. S. MILLER; Vice-Chairman. Read and adopted. . T}J.e followin,g message was received from His _Ex~ellen.cy~-the Governor, thro-ugh his Secretary, Mr. Perry: , .., I. ..... )l.fr. P(',esUJ,ent; :I amdi rectoo by His ExceUency the Governor, to deliver to your honorab}e bodya coinniurrieatioit' ih 806 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, writing, to which he respectfully invites your attention. The following ~nate bill was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the House amendment, to- wit: By Mr. Perry- A bill to amend Section 1079, of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia. The House amendment was concurred in. The following House bills were read the third time to be put upon their passage, to-wit: By Mr. Rhodes of Clarke- A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke. The report of the Committee was agreed and upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 29, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Allen of Glascock- A 'bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson in the County of Glasscock. The report of the Committee was agreed to and upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 0; the bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. THURSDAY, AuausT 14, 1913. 807 By Messrs. :McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick- A bill to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County. The report of the Committee was agreed to and upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 30, nays 0; the bill having receive,d the requisite Constitutio~aJ wa;jo]ity, was passed. By Mr. Swift and others- . A bill to provide and require the payment of taxes on property received by inheritance. The report of the Committee was agreed and upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 26 and nays 0; the bill having received the Constitutional majority, w.as passed. The following House resolution was taken up and concurred in, to~wit: By Mr. Miller of Bibb- r A resoJ:ution relative to t}le unfinished business of the Ge!tera) .Assembly. : Th~.following House resolution was taken up: ,p.. By :Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson- A resolution providing that the officers of the ~!ln~te and::R~mse shall r~main: at the capitol five .day~ 1\-fter .(!djou:r:nmenjAor. th~ purpose of :bringing up the hnE?ii).es~ of the General.AE~semb1y. ... ~~~:~.r:~~_-:r :t-~..-~:.;._ L ~_.~ . . ~, :.. ~p. 808 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, The resolution was adopted as amended and the amendment was as follows : Amend the last paragraph by striking out the words "one porter" and inserting two porters before the wordsa"of the Senate." 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 : A bill to amend Sections 2135 and 2136 of the Code of 1910 relative to the quarantine against the boll weevil. A bill to authorize Judges of the Superior Courts to grant charter to provide corporations. A bill to put in force the Constitutional amendment exempting certain farm products from taxation. A bill to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910 relative to directors of navigation 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 Senate: A bill to provide for a system of draining. THURSDAY, AuGusT 14, 1913. 809 A bill to require railroads to erect sign boards. The House has passed by substitute by the requisite Constitutional majority, the. following bill of the Senate: A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910 Telative to running freight trains on the Sabbath. The following message was received from the House through Mr. Boifeuillet, the Clerk thereof: Mr. President: The House has agreed to the Senate amendments to the following resolutions of the House: A resolution to appoint a Commission to investi- gate the text-book question. A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly. Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Appropriation Com- mittee, submits the fol1owing report: Mr. President: The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred. the General Appropriation bill, known as House Bill No. 389 together with the amendments thereto. Your Committee report this bill and amendments back with the recommendation that the Senate recede: from their amendments that were disagreed to by the House. W. W. STARK, Chairman. 810 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. President: We, the undersigned members of the Appropriations Committee, beg leave to submit for the serious consideration of the Senate a minority report on House bill number_______-:-known as the general appropriation bill. In the interest of the hon,or and credit of the State, we believe that it is imperative for the Senate to stand by its cuts in the general appropriation bill at this time. With a present deficit in our State Treasury of more than nine hundred thousand dollars and the appropriation bill as insisted upon by the House of Representatives increasing that amount by two hundred and eighty thousand dollars it is impossible to conceive of this body refusing to stand by its guns and insist upon the reduction so wisely made, to the end that we may finally relieve the Treasury of the State of its present embarrassment and put the State on a sound financial basis. It wili be inconsistent for this body to place itself on record first as favoring appropriations not to exceed the income of the State and then so soon as there is a remote prospect of increasing the revenues of the State to more than increase the appropriations to cover such prospective revenue increase. Our tax act as yet is purely problemetical and it may meet the fate of its predecessor, (that is be repealed), before any beneficial results can :possibly flow. therefrom. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913. 811 For this reason we feel that the Senate should stand by and insist upon every reduction made in the appropriation bill to the end that our treasury deficit may be wiped out and the public servants of the State who may have claims directly or indirectly upon the State be paid promptly without having to pay interest or discount on the same. We therefore desire to go on record in this protest against all ap- propriations in excess of revenue and for the furth- er reduction of expenditures until the deficit in the .. State Treasury . is wiped out.. Respectfully submitted, M.D. IRWIN, W. D. McNEIL, L. L. FoRD, A. H. BURTZ, w. G. TAYLOR, w. w. STARK, E. L.. 8MITH, 0. H. PARRISH. Mr. Stark,. Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Appropriation has had under consideration House Bill No. 4, to be entitled an A'ct to esta!blish an institution to be known as ''The Georgia Training School for Girls," and I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation 'that it do pass as amended. W. W. STARK, Chairman. 812 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House bill No. 533, providing for the payment of salaries of the Pure Food and Drug department and for other purposes, and I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass. The Committee has also had under oeonsideration House Bill No. 411, providing for the appropriation of $7,500.00 for the Chemical Department and for other purposes, and I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass as amended. The Committee has also had under consideration House Bill No. 359, providing for the appropriation for the State Board of Entomology and for other purposes, and I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass as amended. W. W. STARK, Chairman. Mr. Stark, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, submits the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House Resolution No. 53, providing for the payment to Ron. T. H; Kimbrough, expenses attending the Cotton Tare Convention, and THURSDAY, AuGUST 14, 1913. 813 I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass. Your Committee has also had under consideration House Bill No. 342, providing for the salary and clerk hire of the General Oil Inspector, and I am directed to report the same back with a recommendation that said bill do pass. w. W. STARK, Chairman. .The following House bill was read the third time to be put upon i.ts passage, to-wit: By Mr. Akin of Glynn- A bill to amend an Act approved August 13th, 1910 regulating the running of automobiles. The following amendments were offered: The Committee proposes to amend by striking from last paragraph of bill the following words beginning in the 4th line of said paragraph: ''The funds raised under this Act shall be known as a State Road Fund and the same shall be apportioned among the several counties of the State by the State Treasurer in proportion to the number of miles of rural route roads in the several counties, the same to be determined upon United States government reports." The amendment was adopted. Mr. Harrell moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in adopting the above amendment.. 814 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Upon this motion the ayes and nays were called. The vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirma~ve were Messrs.- Brown, John W. L. Jones, S. E. Burtz, A. H. Jones, W. W. Bush, W. J. Johnson, J. F. Chennault, N. B. Kea, Fred, Converse, W. L. Kelly, 0~ L. Dickey, R. L. Longino, J. T. Foster, A. H. McGregor, C. E. Harrell, G. Y. Moore, J. H. Hixon, J. T. Parrish, C. H. Huie, G. M. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Rushin, M. E. tlearey, W. E. H. Sr. Smith, E. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. ,Wa.tts, J. N. 'Dhose voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Bulloch, R. 0. DuBose, R. T. Elkins, 0. H. Irwin, M. D. McNeil, W. D. :Miller, B. S. _ Olliff, W. M. Perry, Qrant D. RichardSon, C. H. Spinks, W. E. Stark, W. W. Swea.t, J. L. Tyson, C. M. rnb_ose not voting were Messrs.- Ford, L. :L; A~es 28, nays 14. The amendment was reconsidered. Upon the adoption of the amendment the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- Bulloch, R. 0. Elkins, 0. H. IrwiD, M.D. McNeil, W. -D. Miller, B. S. Olliff, W .. M. Spinks, W. E. Perry, Grant D. Stark, W. W. Rieha.rdson:; C. H. Sweat, J. L. Searcy, W. E. H. Sr. Tyson, C. M._ Tii:UBSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913. 815 Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- Allen, John T. Brown, John W. L. Burtz, A. H. Bush, W. J. Chennault, N. B. Converse, W. L. Dickey, R. L. Foster, A. H. Harrell, G. Y. Hixon, J. T. Huie, G. M. Jones, S. E. Jones, W. W. Johnson, J. F. Kea, Fred, Kelly, 0. L. Longino, J. T. McGregor, C. E. Moore, J. H. Parrish, C. H. Peyton, J. T. Pope, Le, Rushin, M. E. Smith, E. L. Tarver, M. C. Taylor, G. W. Turner, S. M. Watts, J. N. Those not voting were Messrs..,. DuBose, R. , T. Ford, L. L. Ayes 13, nays 28. The amendment was lost. The Committee proposed further to: Amend by striking from the 9th and 32d lines of Section 1 (one) the words ''and shal1 be in lieu of municipal licenses or registrations.'' Amend further by striking the words ''and shall be in lieu of municipal licenses or registrations'' where the same appear, on lines 18 and 19 page two of the bill. Amend by adding another section to be numbered four and numbering the other sections in accordance therewith. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, ,That Section 12 of the Act approved August 13th, 1~10, be and :the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following : ''And pro- 816 JouRNAL OF THE SENATE, vided further that any municipality of this State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring every person, firm or corporation residing in such municipality for a period as long as thirtydays, and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act, to register the State License Number with the Clerk of council of said municipality or such other municipal officer as said municipality may direct, together with a brief description of said machine or vehicle, and to provide a penalty in such ordinances for failure to comply therewith. So that when said Section 12 is amended it will read as follows : Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as changing or interfering with any regulation or ordinance which has heretofore or hereafter may be adopted by any municipality of this State regulating the running and operation of the machines described in this Act, provided such regulation or ordinance is not in conflict with the provisions of this Act; and provided further that .any municipality of this State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring every person, firm or corporation residing in such municipality for a period as long as thirty days, and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act, to register the State License Number with.the Clerk. of Council of said municipality or such other muni&"=~!~~-~~e-~_a_c~~~~~-~f-~~~-~~~~~8-~~-~~~- 215 A cbriilml itnoalpcraosveisd_e__f_o_r__th_e__a_m__e_n_d_m__e_n_t__o_f__in_d_i_c_t_m_e_n_t__i_n 392 491 A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County _________________________ _452 505 531 A bill to incerase the number of terms of the Superior Court of Paulding County ______________________ 5()5 553 691 A bill to create the office of Pardon Attorney__________ 610 EDUCATIONAL- A bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in writing, ccahtairogne_s__a_g_a_in_s_t__m__e_m_b_e_r_s__o_f__C_o_u__n_ty__B__o_a_r_d_s__o_f_E_ d10u1- 226 241 A bill to authorize the County Boards of Education to borrow money to pay teachers___ ___________________ 376 Executive sessions _______ : _______________ 213 223 588 760 828 ELECTIONs-- -- A pbeiollplteo__p_r_o_v_id__e_f_o_r__e_le_c_t_i_o_n__o_f_U__._S__. _S_e_n_a_t_o_r_s__b_y_4th53e 491 629 HUNTING AND FISHING- ,. A bill to regulate the meshes of seines, nets and traps in waters of this State_____________________________ 94 A bill to amend the Act for the protection of game, birds andanimals______________________________________ 610 LIQUOR LAW8-- A bill to prohibit any person or corporation from shipping spiritous liquors in this State______________91 289 351 A bill to make it unlawful for any person to purchase for another any spitituous liquors in this state_____ _ 91 344 380 386 A bill to make it unlawful for any person or firm owning newspapers, etc., to advertise. any alcoholic liquors___ 162 J:NSURANCE-:A bill to regulate and control the organization of insurance companies_________________________ 94 195 396 492 830 A bill to require the holders of policies of insurance on their lives to return the cash value for taxation ______ 104 194 864 INDEX A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Act __ 191 576 727" A bill to amend the laws of this state regulating insurance companies in Georgia_________________________ 420 JOINT SESSIONS- 96 125 242 326 MESSAGES, HOUSE- 10 12 89 90 100 124 124 187 193 201 210 211 218 229 237 238" 238 247 264 274 296 316 331 358 373 393 393 421 447 486 499 507 508 523 541 543 574 597 632 642 674 692 696 696 703 715 723 729 729 733 756 757 758 774 775 783 783 784 794 796 803 808 808 809 827 827 832 842 845 853 MESSAGES, EXECUTIVE- 12 395 805 832: MISCELLANEOUS BILLS- A bill to define who is able to contract marriage _______ _ 91 255 379 451 468 A bill to certain regulate kinds of ltahbeore_m__p_lo__y_m_e_n_t__o_f__y_o_u_n_g__c_h_i_ld_r_e_n10in1 396 564 A bill to prohibit any person or firm engaged in the delivery of packages from sending minors to disreputable places___________________________________________ 102 A bill to require factories and work shops to report to the Department of Labor and Commerce________ 103 226 493 A bill to require factories and workshops to provide proper ventilation and sufficient heat during winter ___ 106 226 256- A bill to change the time of meeting of the General As- csmbly so as to provide for biennial sessions_________ 162 A bill to provide a permanent registration for voters of this state________________________________________ 177 A bill to provide for the registration of births and deaths in this state___________________________ ----------- 180 A Hbiigllhwtoaycsr_e_a_t_e__th,_ e__D__e_p_a_r_t_m_e_n__t _o_f__P_u_b__li_c__R_o_a_d_s--a-n_d- 182 A bill to prevent the sale of boots and shoes as of leather construction when other material is used ___________ _ 183 375 A bill to prohibit sale of pistols and revolvers in this state 184 A bill to make it unlawful for any farm laborer to un- . lawfully abandon his contract ______________________ 185 290 A cbhililldtroend_ef_i_n_e_a_n__d_r_e_g_u_l_a_te__t_h_e__tr_e_a_t_m_e.n. t__o_f_d_e_l_i_n_q_u_e_n_t 185. INDEX 865 A bill to amend an Act providing for a system of draining and reclaiming swamp lands _________________ }88 461 529 A bill to provide for the relief of Wm. B. Kent_________ 191 A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in this state __ 194 227 241 689 A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw a check unless you have sufficient funds to meet the same 198 213 219 227 724 A fboioldl st_o__a_m__e_n_d__a_n__A_c_t__t_o__p_r_e_v_e_n_t_t_h_e__a_d_u_l_t_e_r_a_ti_o_n__~_f 199 677 A bill to create and auth01ize the appointment of notaries public for the state at large ________________ }99 345 678 A bill to prm,ide for the sanitation of bakeries, restaurants, etc., in this state ___________________ 200 227 386 699 A bill to require all firms offering to sell mixed paints to label the contents_____________________________ 200 506 A bill to amend an Act to establish a State Board of Embalming_________________________________________ 230 A bill to require all dealers in garden seed to have printed . on packages a prescribed guarantee _________________ 231 255 A bill to protect and encourage the growth and conservation of the pine forests of the state _________________ 231 460 A mbiellrctoe aamndenLdabthoer _A_c_t__c_re_a_t_i_n_g_t_h_e__D_e_p_a_r_t_m_e_n__t _o_f_C_o2m24- 288 698 A bill to prohibit any person from enveigling any female under 14 years of age to any house of ill fame____ 231 491 634 A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly creating the State Board of Veterinary Examiners __249 288 423 727 A bill for the relief ofT. B. Hicks ___________ 250 345 470 768 A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor _________________________________ "-_ 250 A bill to require purchasers of fertilizers offered for sale tuoreretopobrrtatnod tshaemCe o__m_m__is_s_i_o_n_e_r_o_f__A_g_r_i_c_u_lt_u_r_e_a_n_y__f_a_il_- 283 459 A bill to prohibit unfair commercial discrimination between different sections____________________________ 308 A bill to revise jury lists in this state _________________ 344 493 A bill t{) fix the status of every resident of this state whose spouse residing in another state_____________________ 350 460 A bill to make it unlawful for any person to play cards onSunday_______________________________________ 376 A bill to fix the time of residence in Georgia of ex-Confederate soldiers and widows of veterans__ __________ 376 A Sboilul tth{)Greeomrogviae__th_e__E_x__p_e_ri_m__e_n_t_S_t_a_t_i_o_n_f_r_o_m___G_r_if_f_in__t_o 378 459 A bill to regulate the sale of tobacco and cigarettes in this state_ _______________________________________ 392 866 INDE:X A bill to provide a punishment for desertion and nonsupport of wife and children_______________________ 452 A ibnilslatmoep__ro_h__ib_i_t_t_h_e__s_a_le__o_f_c_o_t_t_o_n__se_e_d__m__e_a_l _w__it_h__h_u_ll_s 453 . A bill to amend the Act establishing the State Board of EntoDlology______________________________________ 460 A ibnil~lhtios pstraotvei_d_e_f_o_r_t_h_e__p_r_o_te_c_t_i_o_n_o__f _t_h_e_o_y__st_e_r_i_n_d_u_s_t_r_y 490 613 A bill to Dlake all fr.ee rural delivery routes established by the Post Office Depart01ent in various counties of Georgia public highways___________________________ 551 613 A bill tQ be entitled an Act to fix the priDla facie right to the custody of children__________________________ 576 718 MUNICIPAL LAW8- A bill to a01end the charter of the city of Athens ______ 93 214 A qbuililttt_o__1_\D__le_n_d__th__e_A__c_t_i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_in_g__t_h_e__c_i_ty__o_f__C1o0l1- 254 280 A bill to incorporate the city of Colquitt_________ 104 281 306 A qbuililttt_o__a0_1__en_d__t_h_e__A__c_t _t_o__in_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_e__th_e__c_i_t_y_o_f__C1o0l5- 254 289 A bill to 1\Dlend an Act to incorporate the town of AIDla __ 231 289 306 A bill to 1\Dlend an Act creating the city of Edison relative to paving the sidewaJks_____________________249 289 318 A bill to 1\Dlend the charter of the city of Augusta_____ 378 A cbiitlyl otof M1\aDcleonnd__a_n__A_c_t__c_r_e_a_ti_n_g__a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r_ 3th8e4 459 469 A bill to a01end the charter of the town of Arlington 392 462 469 A bill to 1\Dlend the charter of the city of Dublin______ 420 462 A bill to incorporate the city of Lavonia__________ _420 459 470 A Pbiallr kt o__1_\_D_le_n_d__t_h e o Act ____ _in_c_o__rp_o_r_a_t_in__g_t_h_e__to_w__n__o_f_F_o_r4e5s2t 491 510 .A sbhilelatro__1_\D__le_n_d__t_h_e_A__c_t_i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_ti_n_g_._t_h_e_c__it_y__o_f_B__la4c5k3- 491 510 A sbhialllltvoillae0_1_en_c_t__th_e__A__c_t _t_o__in_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_e_t_h_e__to_w__.n__o_f_M_ 5a5r1- 576 614 .A bill to 1\Dlend an Act to consolidate the several Acts incorporating the city of RoDle __________________ 631 643 690 .A dbeillel _t_o__a_0_1_e_n_d_.a_n__A__c_t _c_r_e_a_ti_n_g__a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r_C__o_r_- 672 774 MILITARYA xbnilalytoberecgaullleadteotuhte__0_1_a_n_n_e_r_i_n__w_h_i_c_h__th__e_S__ta_t_e__M__il3it9i1a 613 769 INDEX 867 A bill to repeal an Act relative to the Q{)vernor calling out the State Militia_ _____________________________ 613 769 NEW COUNTIES- A bill to provide for the creation of the new county of Tate__________________________________________ 88 A bill to create the new county of Lamar_____________ 216- 0RGANIZATION- PRISON COMMISSION.PENSIONs- A bill to extend the powers of the Pension Commissioner and define his duties______________________________ 349 PROHIBITION LAWS- RAILROADs- A bill to provide that notice by the carrier shall be given to consignors of freight before undelivered goods may be sold ___ -------------------- ________________ 100 377 417 A bill to provide for fencing of the right-of-way of all railway companies in Miller County___ ______________ 104 A bill to make it unlawful for any railroad company to receive any person who is drunk on passenger trains__ 105 A bill to prohibit the erection of obstructions to railroad tracks as to make them dangerous_________________ 184 A bill to amend an Act to require all railroad companies olifghtthsi_s__s_ta_t_e__t_o__e_q_u_i_p__th__e_ir__l_o_c_o_m_o_t_i_v_e_s__w_i_th___el_e_c1tr9i1c 460 677 A lbinilel _t_o_r_e_q_u_i_r_e_r_a_i_lr_o_a_d_s__t_o_e_r_e_c_t_s_i_g_n__b_o_a_r_d_s_a_l_o_n_g_2th1e5 576 700 A bill to require all street railway companies to separate the white and colored passengers----------------- 283 A bill to make it compulsory upon railroads to provide and keep a telephone in ticket offices_______________ 350 A bill to authorize and empower the A. W. & N. Railroad Co. to condemn certain land__________________ 454 RAILROAD COMMISSION- A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to require ,ttowoeroerctmuonreiornailsrtoaatidosnsw_h_e_n__e_n_t_e_r_i._n_g__th__e__s_a_m_e__t_o_w8n7 344 379 868 INDEX A Cboilml mtoi~bieoenntoitfleGd~arngiAactpotowecrontfoerpulapcoen the time Railroad limit in oborders Issued by it, approving the issuance of stocks, nds and other evidences of debt, within which, if the powers therein granted are not exercised, the said orders shall become null and void ______________ 105 377 418 A bill to authoriz.e the Railroad Commission to fix the rate of speed a train shall run through towns or cities_ 307 REGISTRATION LAWSA bill to provide for the registration of voters in State of Georgia ___________________________________ _409 509 589 SCHOOLS- A bil_l to reg"!llate the reading of the Holy Bible in the openmg of public s!:hools in this state _________________ 94 214 241 A bill to make the State Superintendent of Schools member ex-officio of the Board of Trustees of District Agricultural Schools ______________________________ 104 377 418 A bill to provide for the teaching of agriculture in the public schools __ ---------------------------------- 161 A bill to amend an Act creating a system of public schools for the city of Oglethotpe_______________________ l61 214 232 A Ib>iilsl trtioctp_r_o_v_i_d_e__fo__r _a_n__A__g_r_ic_u_l_t_u_r_a_l _S_c_h_o_o_l__in__tlh7e91229t0h 486 691 A bill to appoint members of Board of Trustees of Branch Colleges from the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia in rotation_____________________________ 188 A fbieildl atgoesre_q_u__ir_e__s_c_h_o_o_l _a_t_t_e_n_d_a_n_c_e__o_f_c_h_i_l_d_re_n__olf88sp2ec9i0- 673 675 A bill to make the President of the Board of Trustees of S. G. N. C. ex-officio a member of the Board oi Trustees of the University of Georgia ___________ 189 377 386 A bill to provide for the establishment of kindergartens in this state______________________________________ 192 290 A bill to revise the school laws of Georgia____________ 216 A bill to provide for monthly payments of school teachers 224 377 . A obfilAl ltmo ac_r_e_a_te__a__s_y_s_te_m___o_f_p_u_b_l_i_c_s_c_h_o_o_l_s_f_o_r__th__e_t_o2w49n 613 673 A bill to empower the Governor to. declare positions of trustees of State Institutions to fill vabancies_318 496 564 672 TAXES- A bill to create, provide for and require the payment of taxes whenever the property passes by laws of inheri- tance or succession by will ordererl or for other purposes 86 INDEX 869 A bill to require taxes to be paid by all rorporations in the county in which they are returned ___________ 216 491 530 SENATE RESOLUTIONS- Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate notify the House that the Senate has organized by the election of Hon. J. Randolph Anderson as President, and Hon. C. S. Northen as Secretary of Senate for the ensuing two years____________________________________________ 10 Resolved, That until further ordered the rules of the Senate of 1911 and 1912 be adopted as the rules of the 1913 and 1914 Semi-te.________________________ 10 Resolved, That the General Assembly meet in joint ses- sion for the purpose of consolidatin'g the votes for Governor and State House officers__________________ 11 Resolved, That a committee from the Senate and House be appointed to notify the Governor that General Assembly is ready for business__ ___________________ 11 Resolved, That a committee from the Senate 'and House bGeovaeprpnooirn-eteledctt_o__a_r_r_a_n_g_e__f_o_r__t h_e___in__a_u_g_u_r_a_ti_o_n__o_f__t_h_e 11 Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to secure Swift Spring water for the use of the Senate__ 12 A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the W. & A. R. R. _____________________________ 95 686 723 A resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to furnish High Rock lithia water_ ___________________________ 95 Resolved, That the General Assembly convened in joint session for the purpose of considering the votes cast at the last election for Governor and State House offi- cers find that Hon. John M. Slaton received a majority of all votes cast for Governor. Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State; Hon. W. A. Wright, Comptroller- General; Hon. W. J. Speer, Treasurer; and Hon. T. S. Felder for Attorney-GeneraL_______________________ 96 - A resolution to provide for the appOintment of a commis- sion to investigate the extension of the W. & A. R. R. 107 506 586 599 A resolution instructin~ the Secretary of Senate to arrange for additional electnc fans for the Senate____________ 107 A resolution requesting Secretary of State to procure Swift's mineral water for the ;u,se of the Senate______ 107 A resol'ution providing for a new st.anding committee to be known as the Committee on Insurance__________ 107 A resolution to create a commission, the duties of which shall consist of investigating the farming interests____ 125 A resloution providing for the appointment of a commission to investigate the necessity of a State sanitarium for "dope fiends" ______________________________ 162 290 416 870 INDEX A resolution changing the name of the Standing Com- Lmaibttoere__o_n__Im__m__ig__ra_t_i_o_n_a_n__d__L_a_b_o_r__t_o__C__o_m_m__e_r_ce___a_n_d 165 A resol~tion providing for a new Great Seal of the state_ 180 256 A resolution providing for joint meetings of the Senate and House Committees on Constitutional Amendments 182 A resolution providing for a joint commission of five members from the General Assembly to receive offers for sale of the Executive Mansion ______________ 182 509 590 A resolution providing that when the General Assembly adjourn today, it be adjOUrned uptil Monday________ 187 A resolution tenderin~ the Ul!tl of the Senate Chamber otof dMelrisv.eSri.nEg .adCdurnesnsmesg_h_a_m__a_n__d__o_th_e_r_s__fo__r _t_h_e__p_u_r_p_o_s_e 187 192 Resolved, by the Senate, that the Standing Committee known as Immigration and Labor, be changed to Commerce and Labor________________ ----------------- 194 A resolution extending the use of the Senate to the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association___________________ 206 A resolution to appoint a committee from the Senate arid House to secure information as to the sale of the A. B. & A. R. R--------------------------------- 208 A resolution providing that all applications for the use .aorfldthReooSmenBa_te__b_e__r_e_f_e_rr_e_d__t_o__th__e_C__o_m__m_i_t_te_e__o_n__H__a_ll_s 208. A resolution that the Hon. Hoke Smith be invited to address the General Assembly_~___________________ 208 A resolution ary of the tIonsauurtahnocriezeCtlherekp_a__y_m_e_n__t _o_f_t_h_e__e_a_r_n_e_d_s2a0l8- 215 228 A resolution directing the Governor of Georgia to investigate differences between citizens of this state and certain Copper Companies________________ , __________ 224. A resolution extending the thanks of the Senate to the Mayor and Council and Chamber of Commerce of Athens__________________________________________ 230 A resolution extending an invitation to the Hon. T. S. Jones of Louisiana to address the General Assembly__ 230 A resolution convening the Senate and House in joint session___________________________________________ 243 Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be authorized to revise the rules of the Senate____________________ 249 A resolution. Resolved, That the revised Rules of the Senate be amended by striking out of Rule 137 certain words___________________________________________ 293. A resolution, that House Bill No. 14 be made special order for next Wednesday__________________________ 293 A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 104 a special order forTuesday______________________________________ 310 INDEX 871 .A resolution. Whereas, the Senate has learned with profound sorrow of the death of Miss Ruth Burwell, the sister of our distinguished Speaker of the House, Therefore, be it resolved that the Senate extends to him and his family its sincere sympathy________________ 317 Resolved by the Senate that the House of Representatives is requested to amend its rules so as to provide a place for Senate Bills___________________________ 329 A resolution, that Senate Bill No. 51 be made special order for Thursday_________________ --------------- 344 A resolution endorsing the great work being done in this st.ate by Dr. Soule ______________________ ---------- 393 Resolved by the Senate, that beginning with next Monday the Senate hold afternoon sessions______________ 376 A resolution to authorize the Governor, upon request of the Sheriff of Chatham County to order out a portion of the National Guard ______ . _________________ 421 490 A resolution. Resolved, that Senate Bill No. 129 be made special order for tomorrow morning___________ 486 A resolution to create a commission for the purpose of disposing of the Governor's Mansion________________ 490 A resolution to provide for the disposition of the State's Executive Mansion ___________________________ A90 554 596 A resolution to appoint a commission to revise the Civil and Criminal procedure of this state_______________ 554 578 A resolution to extend the privileges of the floor of the Senate to the President's wife, son and daughter_____ 582 A resolution authorizing the State Board of Education to renew contracts for text-books for five years _____ 611 640 A resolution to amend rule 44 of the Senate________ .;__ 717 A resolution requesting the House to return HoW!e Bill No. 556 ,for correction____________________________ 724 Resolved by the Senate, That Sen. B. S. Miller be requested to reduce to writing his speech in explanation of Senate substitute to House tax bill. Resolved, that for the balance of the session individual speeches be limited t~ 10 minutes_________________ 800 A resolution that is the sense of the General Assembly that the acceptance on the part of the Hon. J. C. Hart of the office of Tax Commissioner will conflict in no wise with any contracts existing between him and the State of Georgia__________________________________ 817 Resolved by the Senate, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby extended to tha President for the able and Simenpaatreti_a_l__m_a_n_n_e_r__i_n__w_h_i_c_h__h_e__h_a_s__p_r_e_si_d_e_d__o_v_e_rc_th__e 828 A ~lu~ion, that the General Assembly do now adjourn sme die__________________________________________ 853 872 lNDl<~X HOUSE BILLS APPROPRIATION&- A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments of the State of Georgia____________ _437 448 536 538 544 82R A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 per annum for two years to the State Board of Entomology ______________ 701 760 837 A bill to appropriate $340.98, due assistant librarian_718 763 801 A bill to appropriate the $7,500.00 for the Department of Agriculture for the Chemical Department _____ 718 760 830 A Abiglrlictuoltauprep_r_o_p_r_ia_t_e__$_1_0_,_0_0_0_.0_0__t_o__t_h_e__D__e_p_a_r_tm__e_n_t72o0f 760 837 A bill to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay salaries of Pure Food and Drug Department_____ 720 760 840 A bill to appropraite the sum of $13,286.80 to pay for work already done on State CapitoL ___________ 770 781 sa-t BANKS- A bill to amend an Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bank Bureau __________________________ 775 780 844 CODE AMENDMENTS- A bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code ________ 286 760 844 A bill to amend Section 950 of Vol. 1 of the Code______ 554 567 A bill to amend Section 96 of the Civil Code ______556 568 624 A bill to amend Section 1249 of Vol. 1 of the Code 557 580 627 A bill to amend Section 951 of the Civil Code _____559 568 62S A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Political Code 562 5SO 627 A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code ________ 719 763 791 A bill to amend Section 1795 of Vol. 1 of the Code 720 763 794 A bill to amend Section 1811 of Vol. 1 of the Code 754 780 839 A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code __________ 755 782 841 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS- A bill to amend Paragraph 2 of Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution relative to qualified voters; and creating the new county of Warner _______________ 225 293 366 368 A bill to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution____________________________ _463 614 667 A bill to carry into effect the Constitutional Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6, to create a Municipal Court in the city of Atlanta ____________555 578 621 INDEX 873 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERs- A bill to amend the Act of 1912 as set forth on page 494 of the Acts of 1912 and approved August 19, 1912 560 618 659 A gbeilel tRoivperre_v_e_n_t_t_h_e__p_o_l_lu_t_io__n_o_f__th_e__w__a_te_r__o_f _t_h_e_O__c_m5u7l7- 615 661 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS- A bill to amend an Act prescribing the duties of the Commissionres of Ben Hill County _____________232 291 302 A bill to amend an Act repealing the provisions calling for three commissioner district.s _________________ 232 291 301 A bill to amend the Act creating a Board of County Commissioners for Miller County _____ ~ _____________ 250 340 360 A bill to authorize the commissioners of Dougherty County to contribute from the treasury toward the support of the hospital operated by the Hospital Association ______________________________________ 252 341 362 A bill to amend the Act creating commissioners of McIntosh County so as to make them elective for terms of two years___________________________________ 252 342 363 A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for the county ofChattahoochce ______________________________ 252 340 362 A bill to authorize and direct the Countv Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of funds of said county, for paying expenses of Court to the officers of City Court of Buford _____________________________________ 284 433 363 A bill to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell bonds 285 340 364 A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Road Commissioners for Irwin County __ 285 343 365 A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Bibb County to issue bonds for remodeling the County Court House and for school buildings _____________________________________ 285 340 364 A hill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for Irwin County _____________________ 286 343 365 A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Coffee County 312 348 479 495 627 A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for White County _____________ 313 4.56 478 A bill for the relief of S. J. Cartlege, authorizing County Commissioners to pay claims ________________ 314 536 641 693 A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for Lincoln County _______________________ 314 421 A bill to create a Board of Road Commissioners for Coffee County ________________________________ :346 472 496 874 INDEX A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Sumter CofoAunmtyeritcousw_o_r_k__t_h_e_i_r_c_h_a_i_n_g_a_n_g__f_o_rc_e_s__o_n__t_h_e__s_t_re3e7t3s 456 477 A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Road Commissioners of Wilkes County_______________ All 457 472 A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for an extra levy Cofouanttya_x__b_y__t_h_e__C__o_u_n_t_y__C__o_m_m__i_ss_i_o_n_e_r_s__o_f__C_a_t_o4o1s1a 456 471 A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Road Commissioners for Dooly County ______ A13 488 511 A bill to create the office of Road Commissioners for Newton County ______________________________ A14 457 658 A bill to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for Elbert County _____________________ _414 488 511. A bill to be entitled an, Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Road Commissioners of Jones County__415 455 475 A Dboilol lytoCocurenattye__a__B__o_a_r_d__o_f__R_o__a_d__C_o_m__m__is_s_io_n__er_s_4f6o2r 488 512 A bill to create a Board of Road Commissioners for Wheeler CountY---------------~-----------462 521 552 621 A JboinllestoCocurenatyte__t_h_e__o_ff_ic_e__o_f__C_o__u_n_t_y__C_o_m__im__s_s_io_n_e_r46o3f 521 534 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Road Commissioners of Telfair County_______ _463 521 532 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act so create a Board of Road Commissioners for Putnam County ___ _464 521 532 A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Commissioners of Bibb County to contribute to the support of the Macon Hospital Association____________________ _464 520 533 A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Road Commissioners for Early County _______________ A65 644 734 786 A bill to amend an Act entilted an Act to create a Board of Road Commissioners for Tift County _________ 518 616 662 A Abpilpl litnogCcroeuantetya___B_o_a_r_d__o_f__R_o__a_d__C_o_m__m__is_s_io_n__er_s_ 5f5o5r 618 656 A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis- sioners of Roads and Revenue for Franklin County__ . 556 615 766 A bill to repeal an Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners of Heard County_________________557 618 663 A WbiallshtiongctroenaCteouantBy_o_a_rd___o_f__R_o_a_d___C_o_m__m__is_s_io_n5e5r8s 6f1o5r 640 693 A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Road Commissioners of Washington County ___________ 559 615 640 695 A bill to create a Board of Comimssioners of Roads and Revenue for Heard County ____________________ 560 616 66! INDEX 875 .\ bill to amend Section :3 of an Act to abolbh the office of Road Commissioners in Forsyth County _______ 561 615 666 A bill to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners of Appling County___________________ 561 619 661 A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Terrell CountY--------~--------------------563 619 662 A bill to amend several Acts creating the Board of Com- , missioners for Gordon County __________________ 671 687 764 A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Dodge County_____________________________ 671 687 A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clarke _______ 718 782 806 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Mitchell County ___ 719 762 789 A bill to create the Board of Road Commissioners for Bleckley Cotmty ______________________________ 719 762 789 A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Pulaski County _______________ 721 762 788 A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. 721 762 792 A bill to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County who shall be ex-officio judges_~. _____ 754 782 807 COUNTY OFFICERS- A pboillilcet_o__a_l_lo_w___c_o_u_n_t_y__a_u_t_h_o_r_it_i_e_s__to___a_p_p_o_i_n_t__c_o_u7n0t1y 711 791 -COURTS, CITY- A bill to amend the charter of the City Court of Griffin__ 251 A fbiiellldt_o__a_m_e_n_d__a_n__A_c_t__c_re_a_t_i_n_g_t_h_e__C_i_t_y_C__o_u_r_t_o_f_S__p_ri2n8g4- 582 621 A mbiallnt_o__r_e_p_e_a_l_a_n__A__c_t_c_r_e_a_t_in_g__t_h_e__C_i_t_y__C_o_u_r_t__o_f_Q_u28it4- 520 534 A bill to be entitled an Act to amend certain portions of an Act establishing the City Court of Monroe ___ 286 342 363 A Abbilbl etvoillree_p_e_a_l__a_n__A_c_t__to___e_st_a_b_l_is_h__t_h_e__C_i_t_y__C_o_u__rt28o7f 554 575 A bill to amend an Act of the City Court of Miller County 287 342 359 A Dbiolul gtloasr_e_p_e_a_l__a_n__A_c_t__to___e_s_ta_b_l_is_h__t_h_e__C__it_y__C_o__u_rt31o3f 348 487 A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta _____________________ 346 520 531 A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski, to. provide for disposition of books, etc _____________________ 346 618 661 876 INDEX A bill to amend an Ad to establish the City Court of Camilla _____ --------------------- ____________ 347 554 575 A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Houston County ___________________________________ 347 554 575 A bill to establish a City Court of Irwin County __ _413 520 531 A bill to repeal an Act to establish a City Court of Ocilla 414 520 533 A bill to increase the salary of the Judf!;P of the City Court of Macon ______________________________ _487 l'i21 5:32 A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla__________________________ 516 617 661 A bill to amend an Act to abolish the City Court of Madison______________________________________ 518 619 661 A bill to establish a City Court of Hazlehurst_ ____ 555 579 (i20 A bill_ to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania_ ________ ____________________________ 555 618 659 A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson_ _______________ ________ 557 640 693 A bill to abolish the City Court of Blakely ____________ 559 640 A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Ccmrt of Lexington _____________________________________ 560 617 665 A bill to amend the City Court of Dublin ____________ 560 618 A bill to amend an Act abolishing the City Court of La- Grange _______________________________________ 561 615 666 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act establishing the City Court of Pelham _________________________ 562 616 6i'i8 A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish a City Court of Baxley_ _________________________________ 563 .')713 A bill to .create the City Court of Gray ___________ 577 616 656 A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Athens _______________________________________ 578 617 666 A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Pembroke ___________________________________________ 619 663 A bill to abolish Justice Courts and offices of Justices in City of Macon and create a Municipal Court __ 671 688 76.') COURTS, COUNTY- A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for Celoecutnintyg_t_h_e__S_o_l_ic_i_t_o_r_o_f__th__e_C__o_u_n_t_y__C_o_u__rt__o_f__P_u_t_n5a1m6 619 655 - A bill to repeal an Act to create a County Court in each county in the state, except certain counties mentioned 556 6!tl A bill to create and establish the County Court of Bryan County_______________________________________ 558 619 6o3 INDEX 877 A bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis County 562 582 620 A bill to rspeal an Act creating the County Court of Jones County_ ___________________________________ 640 COURTS, SUPERIOR AND SUPREME- A obfillJothoncshoannCgeouthnetyt_im__e__o_f_h__o_ld_i_n_g__th__e_S__u_p_e_ri_o_r__C_o2u3r2t 291 387 A bill to rearrange the Albany and Cordele Judicial Circuits____________________________________________ 251 A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Irwin County_______________________________ 287 375 388 A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Wilcox County 287 454 513 A ~ill ~o Cucmts _r_e_a_r_ra_n_g_e___th_e___M__id_d_l_e__a_n_d__A__u_g_u_s_t_a_ 2J8u7dic4i8a8l 514 611 A bill to be entitled an Act to add an additional Judge of the Supeiror Court for the Atlanta Circuit_ __ 311 375 515 A bill to be entitled an Act to transfer Wilkinson County from the Ocmulgee to the Dublin Circuit___________ 311 A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the payment of insolvent costs in Augusta Judicial Circuit_______ 312 520 533 A bill to provide for holding four terms Coffee Superior Court each year_ _________________________________ 313 A obfilWl taolkperrovCidoeunqtuya_r_t_e_rl_y__t_e_rm__s__o_f__th_e__S_u_p__e_ri_o_r__C_o3u4r6t r61 791 A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski_ ____________________ 346 454 513 A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Troup County________________ 347 781 A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in and for Hart County ____________________________ 517 662 A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County __________________________ 559 615 665 A bill to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Appling County__________________________ 563 576 A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Superior Court of Franklin County ______________________ 563 617 664 A fboirll MtoapdriosovnideCfoournhtoyl_d_i_n_g_f_o_u_r__te_r_m__s_o_f__S_u_p_e_r_io_r__C_o6u1r2t 722 765 A bill to define the duties, rights and powers of the courts ochf itlhdirsenS_t_a_te__i_n_a_l_l _c_a_s_es__a_f_fe_c_t_in_g__t_h_e__c_u_s_to_d_y__o_f__m_i7n7o5r 7.83 819 878 INDEX ELECTION LAWS- A bill to provide for Senators of Ufo. rs _th__e__h_o_ld_i_n_g__o_f__a__s_p_e_c_i_al__e_l_e_ct1io2n5 163 1&i A bill to provide for the election of U. S. Senators by the people _______________________________________ 678 711 HUNTING AND FISHINGINSURANCE- A bill to provide upon what condition a foreign fire insurance company doing business in this State may retire and withdraw from the State_____________ 225 341 378 MISCELLANEOUS BILLS- A bill to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia Infirmary 670 722 767 A Sbtialltet_o___re_g_u__la_t_e__t_h_e__r_u_n_n_i_n_g__o_f__a_u_t_o_m_o_b_i_l_e_s 6i7n1 t6h8i7s 812 821 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzine, etc _______________ 719 761 790 A bill to provide separate books for the recordation of maps, etc., and to provide means thereof_ _______ 720 762 792 A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, etc., and to provide for filing information concerning same____ 755 782 843 A bill to create a permanent qualification book for voters of thisState ___________________________________ 775 780 841 MUNICIPAL LAWS- A bill to amend the charter of Athens ____________ 225 292 305 A LbailGl rtaongcere_a_t_e__t_h_e__o_f_fi_ce__o_f__C__it_y__R__e_co__rd_e_r__f_o_r__c_it_y22o5f 291 303 A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Lithonia to hold an election to determine whether bonds shall be issued for the erection of City Hall and JaiL _250 2!)2 305 .A bill to amend the charter of the town of Tunnel Hill 251 293 301 .A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to consolidate aofndItosumpee_r_se_d_e__t_h_e__s_e_v_e_ra_l__A_c_t_s__in_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_in_g__t_h_e__C2i5t1y 292 302 A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont _________251 291 302 .A bill to amend the charter of the city of Greensboro 253 291 303 .A bill to amend the charter of Norwood ___________ 253 291 304 _A bill to amend the charter of the city of Oglethorpe 253 292 303 _a dbiilllla.t,o__a_m__e_n_d__t_h_e__A__c_t _i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_ti_n_g__t_h_e__to__w-n- o__f_U_2n5a3- 292 304 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the -Charter of Bluffton_ __________________ ____________ 253 INDEX 879 A bbuilrlgt_o__c_r_e_a_te__a__n_e_w___c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r__th_e__t_o_w__n co_f__S_h_a_r2p8s3- 340365 A bill to amend the charter of Darien _____________ 284 342 361 A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporat- ing the city of Americus _______________________ 284 374 387 A bill to incorporate the town of Box Springs ______ 285 342 362 A cbiitlyl toof Jaamckesnodna_n__A__c_t__c_re_a_t_i_n_g__a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r__t_h_e 292 304 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin_______ 292 303 A bill to amend the city charter of Augusta relative to the police and fire departments __________________ 311 341 360 A bill to amend the charter of Glennville ___ ~ _______ 312 340 361 A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer ____________________________ 312 341 365 A bill to incorporate the town of Mcansville _______ 312 342 359 A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act amending &ction 29 of the charter of Americus with reference to paving said streets___________________________ 313 375 387 A cbiitlyl toof aGmrieffnind_t_h_e__A__c_t _c_r_e_a_ti_n_g__a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r_ 3th1e4 343 361 A bill to incorporate the town of Kramer__________ 314 343 360 A bill to create a nPw charter for the city of Lithonia 314 343 364 A tboilwl ntoobfeVeVnotiotdlebdurayn__a_c_t_t_o__c_re_a_t_e_a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r_f_o_r 3th45e 454 473 A mbiollret_o__a_m_e_n_d__a__n__A_c_t__in_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_in_g__t_h_e__c_i_ty__o_f__S_y3c7a2- 455 472 A bill to create and incorporate the city of Comer___ 372 457 470 A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Buford ________________________________ 373 458 470 A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville_____________________ 373 458 478 A bill to incorporate the city of Chickamauga______ 373 458 476A dbiillllat_o__a_m__e_n_d__a_n__A_c_t_t_o__i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_te__t_h_e__to_w__n__o_f_U_4n1a0- 455 475 A bill to change the county site of Murray County from Spring Place to Chatsworth___________________ _410 419 449 A bill to incorporate the town of Danielsville__________ 410 455 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta so as to provide for the registration of voters ______ _411 455 473 A bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of Ocilla 411 455 476 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Columbus 411 454 475 A bill for the holding of primary elections in the city of Savannah for the election of Mayor and Aldermen 412 618 655. 880 INDEX . A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating West Point ________________ .. __412 455 473 A bill to amend the charter of Plainville _________ _412 458 478 A bill to amend the charter of Lawrenceville _____ _412 457 477 A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pavo __ _412 458 475 A bill to incorporate the town of Cotton _______ _413 456 472 A bill to amend the charter of Toccoa ____________ _413 458 474 A bill to incorporate the town of Mauk ___________ _414 454 474 A bill to create a Board of Civil Service Commissioners for the city of Augusta________________________ _414 457 512 A bill to amend the charter of the town of Oakville __415 459 474 A cbiitlyl toof Eamasetnmdana_n__A_c_t__c_r_ea_t_i_n_g__a__n_e_w__c_h_a_r_t_e_r__fo_r_4th15e 456 477 A bill to amend the Act creating the charter of I..umber City _________________________________________ 416 454 510 A bill to create a new charter for the city of Carnesville 462 488 512 A vbiilllle_to__c_r_e_a_t_e__a_n_e_w___c_h_a_r_te_r__f_o_r _t_h_e__t_o_w_n__o_f__:\_l_c_C_a4y6s3- 579 628 A bill to amend the charter of the town of Ludowici 464 488 513 A bill to authorize and empower the trustees of the Methodist Church of Perry to sell certain real estate in Perry, Ga _________ , _______________________ _464 521 534 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon ___ _464 488 511 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the city of Camilla_________________ _465 488 513 A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta____________________________ _487 505 644 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the city of Lavonia _______________________________ 516 581 623 A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Cochran _______________________________ 516 580 622 A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Hawkinsville ___________________________ 517 579 625 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Pineview ____________________ ~ _____ 517 580 626 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Athens ___ 517 680 660 A bill to amend the charter of Ea8t Lake _________ 518 581 626 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the city of Moultrie ____________________ 518 581 A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Rossville 554 A bill to establish a park and tree commission of Way- cross _________________________________________ 555 579 62:~ A bill to amend an Act to amend Section 17 of the charter of Waycross_ ________ . __ _556 581 622 INDEX 881 A bill to provide secret ballot for Augusta in elections for members of CounciL ________________________ 556 616 659 A bill to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Athens ________________________________ 557 614 626 A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the town of Decatur ______________________________ 557 579 620 A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating city of Pembroke_________________________________ 558 A bill to provide for a new charter for the city of Waycross _________________________________________ 558 581 624 A bill to incorporate the town of Olive _____________ 558 581 62;j A bill to amend the charter of HartwelL _________ 558 581 622 A Vbiilelwt_o__re_p_e_a_l__a_n__A_c_t__to__i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_te__t_h_e__to__w_n__o_f__L5ak60e 582 623 A bill to amend the charter of East Ellijay __________ 561 614 763 A bill to authorize the working of the streets of towns in Macon County by county convicts____________ 561 580 628 A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dublin ____ 562 616 659 A bill to create a -new charter for the town of Newborn 562 579 620 A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood __ 562 581 626 A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to il).corporate the town of Royston ______________________________ 563 580 62:3 A bill to incorporate the town of Helen ____________ 577 617 656 A bill to create and establish a new charter for the town of Helena__________________________________ ______ 577 A bill to incorporate the city of Robertstown ______ 577 616 663 A bill to repeal all laws and amendments incorporatin!l: Manchester, to incorporate the city under the name of College Park _______________________________ 577 614 665 A ebtitlla _to__a_m__e_n_d__t_h_e_A__c_t_s_i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_ti_n_g__th__e_c_i_t_y_o_f__M_ a5r7i8- 617 664 A bill to create a new charter for the city of Talbotton 612 643 694 ' A lbainlld t_o__a_m__e_n_d__a_n__A_c_t__in_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_t_in_g__t_h_e__to_w__n__o_f_S_c6o1t2- 643 695 A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for Cordele _____________________________________________ 612 786 A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of Cordele 612 643 695 A bill to amend the charter of the town of Meig~- __ 613 644 694 A bill to amend the charter of Springfield _________ 613 644 694 A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harlem __ 617 661 A bill to incorporate the town- of Reno _____________ 670 687 766 882 INDEX A bboilrlot_o_a_m__e_n_d__a_n__A_c_t_t_o__in_c_o__rp_o_r_a_t_e_t_h_e__c_it_y__o_f_S_w__ai6n7s0- 688 766 A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for Macon 670 688 768 A bill to incorporate the town of Wesley_____ ____670 687 766 A fbieilldl _to__r_e_p_e_a_l__a_n__A_c_t__to__i_n_c_o_r_p_o_r_a_te__t_h_e__c_it_y__o_f_O__s6ie7r2- 687 765 Abill to amend an Act to consolidate the various Acts incorporating the city of Dalton ________________ 679 688 768 A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Waycross ___________________________ 700 761 790 A bill to amend and consolidate the several Acts incorporating Marietta________________________________ 701 761 79:l A bill to amend the eharter of the tqwn of Martin ___ 701 762 79:l A tbhiell ttoownamoefnRdeanntz _A_c_t__e_n_ti_t_le_d__a__n__A_e_t__t_o__in_c_o_r_p_o_r7a1te9 761 790 A bill to ereate a new charter for the town of Brooks 720 76:l 788 A bill to amend the charter of Columbus__________ 720 762 792 A bill to revoke the charter of Ranger________________ 721 A bill to amend an Act incorporating Ralston ______ 721 761 '790 A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva ___________ 721 76a 789 A bill to incorporate the town of Brooks_____________ 721 762 A bill to provide for a Commission Form of government for the city of Columbus _______________________722 761 800 A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson 755 782 807 SCHOOLS- A bill to amend an Act to establjsh a system of public schools for the town of Eastman _________________:l47 458 478 A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to establish a public school system for the city of Ocilla_____ :l47 :l87 A biil to be entitled an Act authorizipg the establishment of a public school system for Canton ___________ _413 456 471 A bill to establish a public school system for Ocilla__415 457 476 A bill to declare and make the Clayton Board of Edu- cAactaiodnemlyeg_a_l__s_u_c_c_e_ss_o_r__o_f__a_n_d___to___tr_u_s_t_e_e__o_f__C_l_a_y4to15n 4p7 474 A bill to incorporate the Davisboro school district __462 687 765 A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for Waycross ___________________________ 516 644 69(} A bill to incorporate the Camilla school district_ ___ 558 617 665 A bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Scotland _____________________ - _____________ 670 722 767 INDEX 883 A bill to establish an institution known as the Georgia Training School for Girls_______________________ 775 780 826 "TAXES- A bill to provide for a system of equalization of assessments of property for taxation in the state of Georgia 551 734 A bill to create and require the payment of taxes on property received by inheritance_____ ___________ 701 711 807 HOUSE RESOLUTIONs- A resolution inviting Hon. Herbert Myrick to address the General Assembly_____________________________ 162 189 A resolution accepting an invitation for the General Assembly to viSit the city of Augusta______________ 194 197 198 A resolution to invite United States Senator Bacon to address the General Assembly in joint session_______ 254 A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the advisability of purchasing the A. B. & A. R. R_ __ 286 A resolution to hold a joint session for the purpose of consolidating the vote for United St;ates Senator_ ____ 307 A resolution authorizing the Governor to investigate differences between citizens of the aliate of Georgia and copper mines of Tennessee ______________348 416 437 489 A resolution to ,authorize the committee on the school for deaf to visit institution between sessions_________ 348 A resolution to appoint the Hon. Walter P . .A,ndrews as Consul-General to Paris________________________ 416 A resolution to request the President of the U. S. to 6:fe~~:- -~-- -~~-~~~ _~~~~~~_~~l~~e~e~~ _~ _~~~ 518 A resolution to .authorize the Governor to borrow, upon reasonable terms, money for deficiencies _________ 679 696 776 A resolution inviting the Hon. Harvie Jorda,n to address the General Assembly_ ____________________________ 552 A Creosuonlutyti_o_n_r_e_l_a_ti_v_e__t_o_t_h_e__u_n_g_r_a_n_t_e_d__l_a_n_d_s_i_n__C_h_a_t_h_a_m_ 552 578 A resolution to authorize the Governor to call out volunteers on request of sheriff of Chatham County__ ___ 552 A resolution requesting the Bdard of Education to investigate the advisability of using the Blue Back Speller in Public schools ___________ -------_________ 641 A resolution recommending the preservation by the U.S. Government of Fort Frederica_____________________ 641 691 A resolution to provide for a commission to investigate the School Text-Book Commission _______________ 702 722 801 884 INDE,X - A ret!Olution to appropriate certain moneys to J. H: Oxford, Crouch & Collier__________________________ 755 781 838 A resolution to pay expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough, as a member of the Cotton Tare Committee _____ .756 781 829 :\ bill to create a commission to investigate and report at the next session the t~rms of a lease for the W. & A. R. R ______________________________________ 770 781 819 A resolution to authorize and compensate the State Sanitarium and Penitentiary Committee to visit said institutions _____________________________________ 770 782 822 A ret!Olution authorizing the House and Senate Committee on Penitentiary to visit the convict camps in vacation ________________________________________ 770 781 818 A resolution relative to preparing statement of unfinished business of the Legislature_ ________________________ 771 807 A resolution authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Copper Co., in behalf of the State______________________________________ 800 A resolution providing that the officers of the Senate and House shall remain at the Capitol five days after adjournment, to finish up the business________________ 807 A resolution relative to a Legislative Reference Bureau_ 844 A resolution appointing a committee from the House and Senate to notify the Governor that the General Assembly had completed its business and was ready to adjourn_ ______________________________________ 844