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- Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, at the regular session of the General Assembly, at Atlanta, Wednesday, October 23, 1895
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- Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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- [Decatur, Ga.] : [Bowen Press],
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- 1895
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JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
At Atlanta, Wednesday, October 23, 1895.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER. The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.)
1895.
J O U . R N. . A . L .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, October 23, 1895.
The House met pursuant to law, at 10 o'clock this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called and a quorum found present, the following members responding to the call of their names :
Allen,
Gaines,
.Anderson,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
Arnold,
Gibson,
Armstrong,
G-ray of Houston,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
:Bailey,
Gr>~y of Paulding,
.Battle
Gregory,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Rennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Bell;
Hall,
Bird,
Harrell,
:Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Blalock, of Rabun, Hill,
:Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Henrlerson,
Boynton,
Hightower,
.Boyd,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
Branch,
Hogan,
Branan,
Hodge,
Broyles,
Houst.on,
Brown, of Washingt.onHolbrook,
:Brown, of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Burnett of Douglas, Humphreys,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts. Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell,
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Bush,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
!':pence,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Thompson,
Dorough,
Law,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Martin,
Walker,
Durham,
Mallette,
wallace,
Edenfield,
:Marchman,
Walden,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
West,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilson,
Florence,
Mell,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Williams,
Fouchii,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fink,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Fogarty.
Montfort,
Worley,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
\Vright,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Wren,
Futrell,
McDonald,
Wynne,
Fullwood,
McElmurray,
Vaughn,
Fussell,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
Bon. John D. Little, member-elect from the county of Muscogee, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Morgan McMichael. Hon. Harry Willink, member-elect from the county of Chatham, to fill the vacancy of Hon. J. J. Doolan, deceased, and Hon. W. L. Burnett, memberelect from the county of Quitman, to fill the vacancy of Bon. William Harrison, resigned, presented themselves and were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives by Hon. C. C. Smith, Judge of the Oconee Circuit.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1895.
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Mr. Fouche, chairman pro tern, of the Committee on
"Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report, to wit:
.Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following contested election cases, to wit:
Mr. James M. McMichael against Mr. T. J. Dempsy from the county of Butts.
Messrs. W. A. Cosby and L. F. McDonald, contestants
:against Messrs. J. F. Espy and H. L. Peeples from the
-county of Gwinnett.
Messrs. J. T. McGehee and J. H. Booker agaigst Messrs. R. B. Traylor and S.D. Greer from the county of Harris.
Messrs. J. R. Hill and S. Z. Zeiner, contestants against Messrs. B. S. Willingham and R. C. McGough, contestees from the county of Monroe.
And Mr. Thomas J. Barrett, contestant against Mr. John F. Redding, contestee from the county of Pike, and after having heard the evidence and considered the law applicable to each of said cases, the committee direct me to report back to the House that the contestees in each of said cases having received a majority of all the legal votes cast for members ofthe General Assembly at the elections held in their respective counties, on the third day of October, 1894, were duly elected as members of the House of Representatives; and I am further directed to report for the consideration of the House of Representatives the following resolution, with the recommendation that it be adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That the contested election cases from the <:ounties of Butts, Gwinnett, Harris, Monroe, and Pike be
'
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dismissed, and Messrs. T. J. Dempsey, from the county of Butts, J. F. Espy and H. L. Peeples, from the county of Gwinnett, R. B. Traylor and S. D. Greer, from the county of Harris, B. L. Willingham and R. C. McGough, from the county of Monroe, and John F. Redding, of the county of Ptke, the contestees in each of said cases, were duly elected members of the Legislature from their respective counties,. and are each entitled to seats in the House of. Representatives, as such.
Respectfully submitted. R . .T. FoucHE, Chairman protem.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, its Secretary :
Mr. Speaker :
I am directed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened for the session of 1895, and is ready to proceed with business.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following joint resolution in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is asked, to wit :
A resoluti.on providing for the appointment of a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives, to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and inform him of the reassembling of the General Assembly, who, being ready to proceed with business, await any communication he may deem proper to submit.
WEDNF..SDAY, OcTOBER 23, 1895.
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The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Broughton and Beeks.
The following joint resolution of the Senate was taken up, read, and concurred in, to wit:
A resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives, to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and inf~rm him of the reassembling of the General Assembly, who, being ready to proceed with business, await any communication he may deem proper to submit.
Upon the part of the House the Speaker appointed Messrs. Boynton, Hodges, and Fouche.
The following resolution, by Mr. Jenkins of Putnam, was offered and reao:l, to wit:
A resolution welcoming the chief magistrate of this republic, the Vice-President, and the members of the cabinet, and providing that a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to convey our greeting to our distinguished guests and request that they honor us with a visit to the hall of the House of Representatives
The above resolution was referred to the following committee: Messrs. Jenkins, Bush, McCurry, Johnson of Hap, and Brown of Pulaski.
Upon motion of Mr. Johnson of Hall, the call of the counties for the introduction of new matter was suspended.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Worley of ElbertA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of
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obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.-
By Mr. Little of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Brown of PulaskiA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the public
school of Cochran, Pulaski county, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. Montfort of Taylor, moved for a reconsideration of the action of the House on the last day of the first session, upon bill No. 261, being a bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county.
At the suggestion of the Speaker, and upon motion of Mr. Boynton of Calhoun, the point of parliamentary law involved in this motion was referred to the Committee on Rules.
The GOmmittee to whom the resolution welcoming the President of the United States, Vice-President, and members of his cabinet to our State made a report recommending its adoption, which report was adopted.
Upon this resolution, Messrs. Jenkins, Hall of Coweta and Boifeuillet were appointed as the committee.
WEDNESDAY, OcTOBER 23, 1895.
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The following bill was introduP-ed by Mr. Worley of Elbert, which was read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time for holding the regular quarterly term of the city court of Elbert county, so that the same shall commence on the second Monday in February, May, August, and November of each year, after January 1, 1896, and to make the February term, 1896, the trial term for all cases that would otherwise stand for trial at the March term, 1896.
Also, the following bill, by Mr. Reece of Floyd, was read the first time, and referred to the Committee on Corporations, to wit:
A bill to be entiiled an act to repeal an act approved November 25, 1893, incorporating the village of Hayne, in Floyd county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
The following resolution by Mr. Boynton of Calhoun, was read and adopted, to wit :
A resolution providing for the appointment by the Speaker of a committee of three from the House to notify the Senate that the House of Representatives is now in session and ready to ~proceed with the business of the General Assembly.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Reece of Floyd, Humphreys of Brooks, and Gilreath of Bartow as such committee.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Holbrook and Brown of Washington.
Upon motion of Mr. Hurst of Walton, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Thursday, October 24, 1895.
The House met this day pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock A. M., was called to order hy the Speaker and opened with prayer by Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names :
Allen,
Gaines,
McCurry,
Anderson,
Giles,
McGough,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
McCurdy,
Arnold,
Gibson,
McClure,
Armstrong.
Gray, of Houston, McWhorter,
Awtrey,
Gray, of Catoosa,
Neely,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Battle,
Gregory,
Owen,
Bagget.
Griffin,
Parker,
Bennett, of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of ljarris,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hall,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blalock of Fa}ette, Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Price,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reagan,
Branch,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Douglas, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett e>f Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Spence,
ClementsofMontgm'y Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Johnson oi Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro Smith of Rockdale,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 189f).
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Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Lee, Little, Longley, Lovett, Law, Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, 'l'raylor, Walker, Wallace, Walden, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. l::ipeaker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and approved.
The Speaker made the following new committee appointments to vacancies occurring since the last session:
1. Chairmanship of Committee on Privileges and Elections made vacant by the resignation of Hon. William Harrison-Ron. R. T. Fouche.
2. Chairmanship of Committee on ~anufactures made vacant by resignation of Hon. John .A. Barnes-Ron. Evan P. Howell.
3. Chairmanship of Committee on Public Printing. made vacant by the death ofHon. J. J. Doolan-Hon.John '1'. Boifeuillet.
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Ron. John D. Little, of Muscogee, is assigned to the
followiJ?g committees, to wit : Finance, Military Affairs,
Railroads, General Judiciary.
Ron. H. L. Willink, of Chatham, is assigned to the following committees, to wit: Banks, Labor and Labor Statistics, Lunatic Asylum, Public Printing.
Ron. W. L. Burnett, of Quitman, is assigned to the following committees, to wit: General Agriculture, Pensions, Penitentiary, Railroads.
Mr. Reece, chairman of the committee appointed to notify the Senate that the House was organized and ready for business, submits the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee appointed to wait upon the Senate and
notify them that the House is organized and ready for
business has performed that senrice and asks to be dis-
charged.
J NO. H. REECE, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, chairman of the committee appointed to notify President Cleveland, Vice-President Stevenson, and his cabinet of the unanimous passage of a resolution by the Legislature extending to them a cordial welcome to Georgia, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee, on the part of the Honse, that were appointed to notify President Cleveland, Viee-President Stevenson, and the cabinet, of the unanimous passage of a resolution by the Legislature extending to them a cordial welcome to Georgia, and inviting them t? visit the Legislature at such an hour as suited their pleasure, beg leave to report that they called upon the presidential party and
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conveyed to them the message and greeting of the Legislature. The committee were heartily and warmly received~ and the President, for himself and party, expressed their deep appreciation at the action of the House, and said it would have afforded them great pleasure to have visited the Legislature while in session and meet the members personally, hut they were unable to accept the invitation~ as the program for the day's ceremonies had already been arranged, and the party were scheduled to leave the city last night and would not be in Atlanta to-day.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman, J. T. BuiFEUILLET,
HEULET HALL.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the joint committee on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon the Governor and notify him that the General Assembly had reassembled and were now ready to receive such communications as his Excellency may see proper to make, submits the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, requests your committee to report to the House that he is gratified to see so many of the members return in good health to resume their. labors, and that he will communicate by message some time during the present week.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNToN, R. T. FOUCHE, M. T. HODGE.
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. William Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred with joint resolution requesting his Excellency, the President, and his cabinet to visit the General Assembly.
The following Senate bill was read for the first time, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved December 20, 1892, with the following captions: An act to carry into effect paragraph 18 of section 7 of article 3 of the Constitution of 1877, as amended in relation to the .chartering of banks, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
The following Senate bill, to wit :
A bill to be entitled au act to authorize banks incorporated under the laws of this State to issue circulating notes, and for other purposes, which came up for its third reading, and upon which it appeared there had been no report made by the committee, was, upon motion, referred to the Committee on Banks.
Upon motion of Mr. McCurry of Hart, the rule for the introduction of new matter was suspended, and the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
.city of Rome, so as to enable said city to issue and ex-
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change,:or to issue and sell, bonds to retire its bonded debt which matures in the year 1896, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the corporate limits of the city of Rome, so as to include therein the following described land : Beginning at the northwest corner of land lot 237, thence along the line between land lots 203 and 204 to the right of the Rome and Decatur railway, thence westerly along said right of way to the east side of West street in West Rome, thence southerly along said east side to Howard avenue, thence along the east side of Howard avenue to the right of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad, thence easterly along said right of way to the present corporate limits of Rome, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to repeal section 46Jofthe act of the General Asembly, approved September 25, 1883, then known as the "Charter of Rome," and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to create a water commission for said city, to define its powers and duties, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the Fulton
Banking Company, and for other puposes. Referred to the Committee on Banks.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the trial of insane persons under sentence of death, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Pitman of TroupA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the town coun-
cil of Hogansville to issue bonds, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of Fult~nA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the Georgia
Title Guarantee Company, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. McDonald of WareA bill to be entitled an act for a four month's term of
free school for the county of Ware, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Brown of Pulaski-
A bill to be entitled and act to locat(l the Georgia College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, J,ow operated as a co-ordinate department of the University of Georgia, at the Agricultural Experimental Station, situate m Spalding county, .Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Agricultural Committee.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895.
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By Mr. Thompson of Banks-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Alto, in the countief:! of Banks and Habersham, 'lnd for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Dennard of WilcoxA bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of pub-
lic schools for the town of Abbeville, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Neely of Burke-
A bill to be entitled an act to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Pitman of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee.on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fogarty of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to grant to administrators and executors the right to redeem within the year prescribed by law, all property of the person whose estate they may represent, which has Leen sold at tax sale, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
2h
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By Mr. Fogarty of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibited the levying and collecting by an incorporated city or town or village in this State, of any license or tax on any traveling salesman for the taking of orders for the sale ofgoods by sample, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution, offered by Mr. Armstrong, of Wilkes, was read and adopted, to wit :
Resolved, That Hon. G. R. Glenn, State School Commissioner, be invited to address the General Assembly at such time as suits his convenience on the educational interest of the State.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Blalock of Fayette, Wrenn of Jefferson, 'Vilkins of Miller, Newton of Colquitt, Branch of Columbia, and l!urst of Walton.
Upon motion of Mr. Walker of Pierce, the House adjourned untillO o'clock to-morrow morning.
ATI,ANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, October 25, 1895.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names, to wit :
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong,
Gaines, Giles, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter,
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.Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Neely,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Battle,
Gregory,
Owen,
Bagget,
Griffin,
.
Parker,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hall,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
PricP,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Pol hi!!,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reagan,
Branch,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett of Douglas, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Spence,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Symons,
Cureton,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Law,
Walker,
Dodson,
Martin,
Wallace,
Durham,
Mallette,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
West,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Mell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
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Fouche, Fink,
Fo~arty,
Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, 1\1{' Daniel,
Wilkinson, Willingham, worley, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Arnold, chairman of the Committee on the Journal, reported that the Journal of yesterday had been examined and approved.
The Journal was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Boynton, chairman pro tem., of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
jb. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the question of the right of the member from Taylor county to have a vote taken, on a motion to reconsider the action of the House on the last day of the eession of 1894, in d~feating House bill No. 261, the same being a bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county, submits the following report:
On December 12, 1894, the same being the last day of the first session of this General Assembly, bill No. 261, to abolish the county court of Taylor county, was put on its final passage, and defeated for lack of a constitutional majority of 88, the ayes being 73 and nays 65.
The Journal of that day recites that "Mr. Montfort gave notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the House upon this bill at the proper time, at the beginning of next session."
Accordingly on October 23, the first day of the present session, the member from Taylor, Mr. Montfort, rose to a
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point of order, and asked the Speaker if it was permissible for him then to press his motion for reconsideration. The Speaker replied that the question was a new one, and while there was no precedent for his guidance, yet in view of the act of 1892, preserving the status of unfinished business from the first session over to the second session, he would hold that the motion to reconsider was still in order, but suggested the propriety of having the question more fully considered by the Committee on Rules.
On motion of Mr. Boynton, the question was referred to the Committee ou Rules, the parliamentary rights of the maker of the motion not to be impaired by the delay.
Your committee have no hesitation in announcing that under general parliamentary law, and under the special rules of the House, a motion to reconsider a vote taken on the last day of a session can be and must be made on the same day.
But in 1892 the General Assembly passed an act "that all bills, resolutions, and all other matters pending at the end of the first session of Pach General Assembly shall go over to the next session of such General Assembly as unfinished business, and occupy the same place on the calendar of the second session as such bills, resolutions, and other matters occupied at the first session of such General Assembly."
The language of this act seems too plain to fairly admit of any construction, except that placed upon it by the Speaker, namely that notice in due time of a motion to reconsider the vote on a bill defeated on the last day of the first session is a "matter pending at the end of the first session" in view of rule No. 101, which provides generally that a motion to reconsider a vote can be made on the following "day," which of course means "legislative" day.
On the other hand if it is in order on the first day of the second session to reconsider the action of the House in de-
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feating a bill on the last day of the first session, it would seem to follow that such a motion would also apply in the case of a bill which has been adopted or passed. This would lead to most serious consequences, as a single member by giving timely notice of a motion to reconsider a bill passed on the last day of the first session might possibly hold it up till the second session, or at least cause serious embarrassment.
This danger exists only as to bills or resolutions that have passed, not to those that have been defeated as in the case under consideration.
Even if the motion to reconsider could not now be acted on, the member from Taylor, or any other member, would ~ have the unquestionable right to reintroduce the bill at the second session, thus entailing greater loss of time on the House than direct reconsideration.
Your committee therefore report that the motion to reconsider House bill No. 261 is now in order, and we recommend such an amendment to the act of 1892 as will except from its operation motions to reconsider bills and resoiutions that have been passed.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON,
Chairman pro tem. Committee on Rules.
Mr. Montfort, of Taylor, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House on bill No. 26 I, the same being a bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county, passed on the last day of the first session.
Mr. Arnold, of Walton, called for the previous question, .which call was sustained.
Upon taking the vote upon this motion, the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
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Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative wet"e Messrs.-
Allen,
Gilreath,
Bagget,
Gray of Paulding,
Bennett of Jackson, Gregory,
Boyd,
Griffin,
Caldwell,
Greer of Harris,
Clement of Milton, Henderson,
Davison,
Hopkins,
Dorough,
Hogan,
Durham,
Jenkins,
Edenfield,
Lee,
Ennis,
" Florence,
Lovett, Law,
Fink,
Mallette,
Franklin,
Montfort,
Futrell,
Murrah,
Fullwood,
McDonald, McDaniel, McWhorter, Owen, Peeples, Pope, Price, Salter, Sell, Short, Spence, Sumner, Traylor, Waloen, Wilkinson.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bailey,
Greer of Macon,
Battle,
Hall,
Bennett of Wayne, Harvey,
Bell,
Hill,
Bird,
Hodges,
Blalock of Rabun, Hightower,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Boynton,
Houston,
Boyett,
Holland,
Branan,
Hudson,
Broyles,
Humphreys,
Brown of Pulaski, Hutcherson,
Burwell,
Hughes,
Burch,
Jarrell,
Clements of Montgm'y Johnson of Hall,
Coleman,
Jones of Dodge,
Collier,
Latham,
Cook of Decatur,
I~ittle,
McCurdy, McClure, Neely, Parker, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reece, San deford, Shropshire, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Tatum, Thompson,
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Cureton, Dempsey, Dennard, Dodson, Farmer, Fletcher, Fouche, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fussell, Gaines,
Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Middlebrooks, McElmurry, McCurry, McGough,
walker, Wallace, West, Wheatley, Williams, Willink, Willinghai!l, Worley, Wright, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Awtrey,
Harrell,
Pool,
Blalock of Fayette, Howell,
Reagan,
Boifeuillet,
Holbrook,
Roberts,
Branch,
Hurst,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Johnson of Taliaferro, Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Jones of Dougherty, Wilson,
Burnett of Douglas, Longley,
Wilkin,
Bush,
Martin,
Wren,
Collins,
Mel!,
Mr. Speaker.
Espy,
Newton,
Yeas 46. Nays 99. Not voting 29.
So the motion to reconsider was declared by the Speaker to be lost.
The Speaker made the following appointments to fill the vacancies in the Committee on Privileges and Elections, caused by the resignations of Mr. Harrison of Quitman, and Mr. Barnes of Richmond, to wit: Latham of Campbell, Hutcherson of Cherokee.
The following resolution, by Mr. Bailey of Spalding, was read and adopted, to wit :
Resolved, That the thanks of the House are hereby extended to Mr. Venable, the President of the Senate, and the Exposition Directors, fi>r their liberality in giving to the members passes to the Cotton States aud International Exposition.
FRIDAY, Ocro~ER 25, 1895.
The following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Fleming of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to make the personal earn-
ings of a married woman her separate property and not liable for the debts of her husband.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Redding of Pike-
A bill to be entitled an act to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts, of Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond.
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Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Middlebrooks of XewtonA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 534 of the
Code of 1882, as amended by act of General Assembly of 1891, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Perkins of HabershamA resolution to appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to
pay the pension of W. C. Shore of Habersham county. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Pope of HaralsonA .bill to be entitled an act to amend section 9 of the
general registration law of Georgia. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Hodges of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to fi.x and define the liability {)f receivers, trustees, and other persons operating railroads in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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Bv Mr. Boifeuillet of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the road commissioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at such times and places and in such manner as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Comity and County Matters.
By Mr. Dodson of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Rawlings of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide compensation for election managers and clerks at all general and special elections held in Washington county, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Marchman of UpsonA bill to be entitled an act to allow Robert G. Trice, of
Upson county, Georgia, to peddle without license, etc. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Hopkinll of ThomasA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city of
Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of $35,000 to pay for improvements, and fi)r other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
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By Mr. Johnson of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroad, insur-
ance, express, telegraph, canal, and navigation companies.
Referred to the General ,Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Anderson of JonesA resolution by the House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia, the Senate concurring, that Congress is hereby petitioned to recognize Cuba as possessing belligerent rights.
Referred to the Committee on the State of the Republic.
By Mr Bird of EffinghamA bill to be entitled an act to provide in what manner
militia districts not wishing the "no fence law," in counties that have been proclaimed under the operation of the "no fence law," can return to the operation of the "fence law," and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following bills which came up for a third reading were, by request, displaced from their regular order, to wit:
By Mr. Hodges of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hodges of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State issued by Chas. J. McDonald, Governor, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Polhill of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent corporations not municipal, and persons operating and controlling corporate property in this State, who may require bonds or other obligations of indemnity from persons in their employ or seeking employment, from refusing to accept solvent personal or corporate security resident in this State, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act to amend an act entitled an act to protect game, and for other purposes.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit muscle, venter, and any other dances of similar character in this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Farmer, of Coweta, called the previous question, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee recommending the passage of this bill by substitute was adopted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were called, which called was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Armstrong, Bailey, Battle, Bagget,
FuSRell, Gaines, Giles, Gilreath, Gibson,
McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurdy, McClure,
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Bennett of Wayne, Gray of Houston,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Catoosa,
Bell,
Gray of Paulding,
Bird,
Gregory,
Bloodworth,
Griffin,
Boifeuillet,
Greer of Macon,
Boynton,
Harvey,
Boyd,
Hill,
Boyett,
Hodges,
Branan,
Henderson,
Broyles,
Hightower,
Brown of Pulaski, Hopkins,
Burwell,
Hogan,
Burnett of Douglas, Houston,
Burch,
Holland,
Bush,
Hudson,
Caldwell,
Hutcherson,
Clements of Montgm'y Hughes,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins.
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty,
Davison,
Jones of Dodge,
Dennard,
Lee,
Dorough,
Little,
Dodson,
Longley,
Durham,
Lovett,
Edenfield,
Law,
Ennis,
Martin,
Farmer,
Mallette,
Florence,
Marchman,
Fletcher,
Mansfield,
Fouche,
Meadow,
Fink,
Melton,
Fogarty,
Moore of Clayton,
Ferguson,
Moore of Heard,
Franklin,
Montfort,
Futrell,
Murrah,
Fullwood,
Middlebrooks,
McWhorter, Neely, Owen, Parker, Pittnan, Pope, Price, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reaga~, Salter, San deford, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, f;ymons, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Walker, Wallace, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Wilkinson, Willingham, \Vor!ey, Wright, Wynne.
Those voticg in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Blalock of, Rabun, Hall,
.Johnson of Hall, McCurry,
Reece, West.
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Those not voting were Messrs.-
Atkinson,
Harrell,
Perkins,
Arnold,
H&well,
Pittard,
Awtrey,
Hodge,
Pool,
Blalock of Fayette, Holbrook,
Roberts,
Branch,
Humphreys,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Hurst,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Jarrell,
Screven,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Traylor,
Collier,
Latham,
Walden,
Cook of Decatur,
Mell,
Wi1kin,
Cureton,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Dempsey,
McGough,
'Vren,
Espy,
Newton,
Vaughn,
Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 125. Nays 7. Notvoting 42.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was declared by the Speaker passed.
The following resolution, by Mr. Boynton of Calhoun, was read and adopted, to wit :
Resolved, That Colonel John Harwood, a member of the staff of the Governor of Virginia and a member of the Virginia Legislature, be invited to a seat on the floor of the House of Representatives during his stay in the city.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Vaughn, Hutcherson, Espy, Pitman, Bailey, Farmer, Polhill, Walden, Mell,Jarrell, Middlebrooks, Little, Fouche, Salter, Boyd, McElmurry, Gray of Houston, West, Marchman, Dempsy, Rawlings, and Willingham.
Mr. Wilson, of Clay, moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Mr. McCurry, of Hart, offered as a substitute that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
The substitute prevailed, and the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock.
SATURDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1895.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, October 26, 1895.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names :
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Giles,
Anderson,
Gilreath,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Awtrey,
Gray of Paulding,
Bailey,
Gregory,
Battle,
Griffin,
Bagget,
Greer of Macon,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Bell,
Harrell,
Bird,
Harvey,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
Branan,
Hogan,
Broyles,
Hodge,
Brown of Washington Houston,
Brown of Pulaski, Holbrook,
Burwell,
Holland,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Burnett of Douglas, Humphryes,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Bush,
Hughes,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Clements of Montgm'y,Jarrell,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
McCurry, McGough, McUurdy, McClurP, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith, of Clinch, Smith, of Hancock,
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Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith, of Rockdale,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith, of Telfair,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Latham,
Symons,
Lee,
Sumner,
Little,
Tatum,
Longley,
Thompson,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Law,
Walker,
Martin,
'Vall ace,
:\lallette,
Walden,
Marchman,
"rest,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Mell,
Williams,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Montfort,
Worley,
Murrah,
Wright,
Middlebrooks,
'Vren,
McDonald,
Wynne,
McElmurry,
Vaughn,
KcDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Blalock of Fayette, Branch,
Rockwell.
Mr. Arnold, of the Journal Commitfee, reported that the Journal of yesterday had been examined and approved.
The Journal was then read and confirmed.
:Mr. :McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration House bill No. 256, to repeal an act approved October 10, 1891, to amend an act approved October 22, 188i, entitled an act to provide for the registration of all voters in county of Morgan.
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Also, House Bill 345, providing for registration of the voters of the county of Stewart, etc., and instruct me to report the same back, with the recommendation that the introducers have leave to withdraw the same.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The following bills were withdrawn by request of the members introducing same, to wit:
By Mr. Wallace of Morgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved October 10, 1891, to amend an act approved October 22, J 887, entitled an act to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Morgan, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Boyett of Stewart-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the registra-
tion of voters in the county of Stewart, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, the rule of the House respecting the introduction of new matter was suspended, and the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. McCurry of HartA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of
obotructions of nil kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers and creeks, and other running streams in Hart county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Jenkins of PutnamA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide
that all bills, resolutions, and other unfinished business pending in the Senate and House of Representatives at the close of the first session of each General Assembly shall go over to the second session of such General Assembly as unfinished business, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Bird of EffinghamA bill to be entitled an act to provide a system of pub-
lic schools for the town of Guyton, Ga. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Bird of Effingham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporat-
ing the town of Guyton, to define the qualification of voters
therein, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Meadow of Madison-
A bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts of this State, upon the continuance of any case in the superior courts, to enter upon their dockets opposite such case the date of such continuance, and for other purposes.
Referred to General ,Judiciary Committee.
.By Mr. Gray of Catoosa-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize county authorities in this State to contract with authorities of United States for the erection of bridges, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matte1s.
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By Mr. Mell of Clarke-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to create the office of rail-
road inspector. Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Fogarty of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the republica-
tion of the Georgia Reports from the 77th to the 8:3d inclusive.
Referred to Library Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to prevent the excavation of
paved roads, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to make the owners of dead
animals bury same, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Bush of Mitchell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Camilla, so as to deprive tbe mayor and council of" said town of all power and authority to issue license for the sale of ardent spirits, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
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By Mr. Reagan of Henry-A resolution providing for the relief of Willis Fields of
Henry county, and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bill, by Mr. Barnes of Richmond, was, upon motion, recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to require the publication of the charters and amendments thereof of railroads granted by the Secretary of State under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 17, 1892.
The following bill, by Mr. Symons of Glynn, was, upon motion, recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act for the better organization, discipline, and regulation of the volunteer forces of the State, and for other purposes.
The following bills, which came up for their third reading, were, upon motion, tabled, to wit:
By Mr. Hodges of Bibb~ A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the appoint-
ment of a board of visitors to each annual camp of instruction of the volunteer forces of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Boifeuillet of BibbA bill to he entitled an act to appropriate money to the
University of Georgia, to be used for equipping and maintaining the State Normal School at Rock College, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Moore of Heard-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit drunkenness in public places, to provide a penalty for the same, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Dodson of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to better protect small incorporated towns or villages when there will be a large gathering or assembly therein, and for other purposes.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Burwell, Worley, Longly, Sumner, and Moore of Bulloch.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, October 28, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock this day, pursuant to adjournment, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called, and the following members were present, to wit:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle,
Ba~et,
Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Bitd, Blalock of Fayette,
Gaine~,
Giles, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Harrell, Harvey,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely,
~ewton,
Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope,
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Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Price,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Henderaon,
Polhill,
Boynton,
Hightowe1,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reagan,
Branch,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Balter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
8hrop~hire,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett of Douglas, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Sho1t,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Spence,
Clemeotsoi Montgm'y Jenkins,
Smith, of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith nf Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson of Talliaferro Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Symons,
Curetnn,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
D::~rough,
Law,
Walker,
Dodson,
Martin,
Wallace,
Durham,
Mallette,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
'Vest,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Mell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Fouchi,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fink,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Fogarty,
Montfort,
'Vorley,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
'Vright,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Wten,
Futrell,
McDonald,
Wynne,
Fullwood,
McElmurry,
Vaughn,
FuBI:!ell,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
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The following joint resolution, by Mr. Humphreys of Brooks, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution conveQing the House and Senate in joint session at 11 o'clock A. M. this day, to elect a solicitorgeneral for the Oconee circuit, beginning January 1, 1896.
Upon a call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to be entitled an act to declare the status of dogs
as property, to provide for their registration, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Henderson of ForsythA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal
of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county, and for other purposes.
Referred to CommittP.e on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Atlanta, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A joint resolution providing for the payment to the city of Atlanta of .the State's proportion of the expense of paving West Cain street, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Sell of JacksonA bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of
Jackson county, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fletcher of IrwinA bill to be entitled an act to change the time of hold-
ing the fall term of Irwin superior court, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Sell of JacksonA bill to be entitled an act to raise the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace in civil cases, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Little of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Trustees of the First United Freewill Baptist Church of Columbus, Ga., to sell by proper deeds certain lands held by them for church purposes, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judicia-ry.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for redeeming land sold under execution, decree, etc., by the debtor, his vendee, creditor, or their legal representatives.
Referred to Committee on Gs:-neral Judiciary.
By Mr. Hill of Ter'rell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 9, 1885, to allow parties living on lines of counties and districts where the fence law of the State of Geor-
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gia is in force, and where the !adjoining counties and districts have adoptd no fence law, to erect public highways, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters
By Mr. Branan of FultonA bill-to be entitled an act to provide for and fix the
salaries and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk of the superior court, sheriff, tax-collector, taxreceiver, coroner, county treasurer, court stenographer and transcriber, and ~wlidto1s of the city and criminal courts serving under a special or local act, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Win. Clifton, S~cretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate bas concurred in the joint resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session for the purpose of electing a solicitor-general for the Oconee circuit.
The hour of 11 o'clock having arrived, the time for convening the joint session of the Senate and House, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House of Representatives, and the joint session was called to order by the President of the Senate.
The resolution under which the joint session convened was then read by the Secretary of the Senate.
The business first in order being the election of a solicitor-general of the Oconee circuit, for the term beginning
January 1, 1896, the Hon. ,V. L. Smith, of Telfair, placed
in nomination the name of the Hon. Tom Eason of the county of Telfair.
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Upon the call of the roll of the Senate, the vote was as follows:
Those voting for Mr. Eason were Messrs:
Beeks, Broughton, Bush. Bussey, Boyd, Brand, Brown, Harris of the 12th, Harris of the 22d, Harrison. Johnson,
Keen, Lewis, Long, Little, Lumpkin, Md\iillan, Mercer, :Monro, McGarity, McClure, Norman,
Osborne, Ryals, Roberts, Sheppard, Sanford, Sharpe, Starr, Tatum, Wilcox, Mr. President.
Those not voting were Messrs:
Cumming, Craigo, Harris of the 3d, McGregor,
Morton, Story, Snead, Upchurch,-
'Vii son, Wade, Whitley, Williams,
Upon the call of the roll of the House, the vote was as follows:
Those voting for Mr. Eason are Messrs:
Allen,
Jones of Dougherty,
Anderson,
.Tones of Dodge,
Atkinson,
Lee,
Armstrong,
Little,
Awtrey,
Lovett,
Bailey,
Law,
Battle,
Martin,
Bagget,
Mallette.
Bennett of Wayne, Marchman,
Bennett of Jackson, Mansfield,
Bell,
Meadow,
Bird,
Melton,
Blalock of Rabun, Moore of Bulloch,
Bloorlworth,
' Moore of Clayton,
Boifeuillet,
Moore of Heard,
Boynton,
Murrah,
Boyett,
Middlebrooks,
Branch,
McDonald,
Pope, Price, Pool, Polhill, Redding, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Shaw, Short, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stoke!', Symone,
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Broyle!l, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Enuis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fussell, Hill, Howell, Jenkins, Johnson of Hall,
McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Owen, Parker, PeE;ples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard,
Traylor, "'alker, Wallace, Walden, \Vest, Wheatley, wilson, Williams, Will ink, Willingham, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
Those not voting were Messrs:
Arnold,
Futrell,
Boyd,
Fullwood,
Branan,
Gaines,
Brown of Washington Giles,
Brown of Pulaski, Gilreath,
Burw~>ll,
Gibson,
Burnett of Qnitman, Gray of Houston,
Burnett of Douglas, Gray of Catoosa,
Burch,
Gray of Paulding,
Bush,
Gregory,
Caldwell,
Griffin,
Clementtl of Montgm'y Greer of Macon,
Clement of Milton, Greer of Harris,
Collins,
Hal',
Coleman,
Hammond,
Collier,
Harrell,
Cook of Decatur,
Harvey,
Cureton,
Hodges,
Davison,
Henderson,
Dempsey,
Hightower,
Dennar I,
Hopkins,
Doroue:h,
Hogan,
Fletcher,
Hodg~,
Fouchi,
Houston,
Fink,
Holbrook,
Fogarty,
Holland,
Ferguson,
Hudson,
Franklin,
Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes,
Hur~t,
Jarrell, Johnson of Taliaferro, Latham, Longley, Me II, Montfort, Neely, Newton, Rawlings, Reagan, Reece, Screven, Sell, Spence, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Vaughn, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Worley, Wright, Wren.
Upon counting and consolidating the vote it appeared
that the total number of votes cast was 169; necessary to
a choice 90.
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Mr. Eason having received all of the votes cast was declared duly elected solicitor-general of the Oconee circuit for the term beginning January 1, 1896.
Upon motion of Senator Beeks the joint assembly was dissolved; the Senate retiring, the House was called to order by the Speaker.
The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his private Secretary, Mr. Callaway, to wit:
Jfr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in wtiting:
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Atlanta, Ga., October 23, 1895.
Members of the General Assembly :
In obedience to official duty, it is my pleasure to communicate to you such information as will aid in the discharge of the important trusts confided to you, and to make such suggestions and recommendations as, in my judgment, will promote the interest of the State. Fortunately for me, in the performance of this duty, the reports from the departments of State, made to me in conformity to law, are so thorough and comprehensive that by transmitting them to you, which I will do, I place you in posses~ion of such information that it is unnecessary for me to enter into au extended statement covering the subjects so ably discussed in these reports. I call your special attention to each of these, and ask that you give due consideration to the recommendations of these thoughtful, painstaking, and faithful officers.
It is a source of great gratification to myself, and it must
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be to each of you, that you comene at a period in the history of our State when we are enjoying the blessings of Providence in fruitful harvests. I rejoice that the worst of the terrible financial panic which has been upon us is over, and am confident we can look forward to an era of prosperity. "rhile the cotton crop of this year is not so large as we had hope for, the unexpected good price and the large yield of corn, peas, potatoes, rice, and other food crops, places the people of the State in better condition than they have been for years.
COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
The effort of some of the public-spirited and enterprising citizens of this State to hold this year a great International Exposition, which was at first regarded as an audacious undertaking, bas been brought to a happy termination. In its arrangement, variety, and proportions it excels any exhibition of the resources and achievements of the American people (with the exception of the world's Fair at Chicago) which bas ever been made, and will bring to Georgia visitors from every quarter of the globe, whose impressions of our people, our civilization, our resources, and our inviting fields for investment will in the near future greatly advance our growth in industries, population and wealth.
STATE EXHIBIT.
Realizing the importance of this great event, at your last session you made an appropriation which you directed to be used for the purpose of making an exhibit of Georgia's resources at the Cotton States and International ExpositiOn. The duty of expending this money and making the proposed exhibit was imposed by you upon Hon. R. U. Hardeman, State Treasurer; Hon. J. M. Terrell; AttorneyGeneral; Hon. G. R. Glenn, State School Commissioner;
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Hon. W. A. Wright, Comptroller-General; Hon. R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner of Agriculture, and uvon myself. The board selected Hon. W. S. Yeates, State Geologist; Hon. Geo. F. Payne, State Chemist, and Hon. Robert J. Quinn, Assistant School Commissioner, as honorary members, each of whom has rendered us valuable aid without compensation. Mr. George W. Kelly was elected as assistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who was the executive officer of the board, and Mr. E. M. Durant was elected as secrt>tary. \Vith this force we undertook to do the work entrusted to us, and feel a just pride in the magnificent exhibit made by the State. At an early period in our work we became eonvinced that the sum appropriated by the State would not enable us to make so complete an exhibit of all the rt'sources of the State as we felt it was the duty of the State to make on such an occasion. Fortunately some of the public-spirited and patriotic citizens of the State, who are interested in manufilCturing, came to our aid. With their approval and co-operation a convention of the manufiwturers of Georgia was called to meet in the hall of the House of Representatives. The convention was largely attended, and as one of the results thereof money was raised, and a special building erected at the expense of the manufacturers themselves, in which yon will find the exhibit of the Georgia manufacturers. The variety, character, and extent of this exhibit must inspire the pride of every Georgian, and when taken in connection with the exhibit made by the State Board, places Georgia before the world in a most enviable light. Those who come from abroad to visit this great exposition, and views Georgia's resources as exhibited in the State Bnildingand in the Georgia Manufacturers' Building, will leave us wit.h a higher estimate of the resources and capabilities of our State and the character and achievements of our peovle. The
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influence of the exposition and of the State's exhibit will be of incalculable value in directing to Georgia a vast amount of capital which the revival of business will cause to seek safe and profitable investment.
COl-IPTROLLER-GENERAL'S REPORT.
The report of the Comptroller-General presents a number of interesting facts. I call your special attention to two tabulated statements arranged by him, the one showing the value of the different classes of prop>rty in 1R79 and in 1895, and the other the value of the taxable property of our colored population during each of the years within that period :
1879.
City and town real estate ............ $49,007,286
Agricultural lands . . . . . . . .......... 90,493,822
Live-stock .......................... 21,017,634
Farm implements..... .............. 2,971,372
Household furniture................ 9,156,404
Merchandise ....................... 12,012,755
Money, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,513,005
Cotton factories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640,000
Iron works, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,640
Bank capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,667,567
Railroad property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,866,129
1895.
$116,311,095 120,872,615 21,174,632 4,754,651 15,165,146 17,419,116 31,056,175 9,684,286 968,333 13,093,686 39,1:J52,572
STATEMENT OF PROPERTY RETURNED BY COLORED TAXPAYERS FROM 1879 TO 1895.
1879..... .. . .. .. .................................. $ 5,182,398
1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,764,293
1881. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,478,951
1882. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,589,876
1883 .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 7,582,395
1884....... . .. .. . . . .. .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .... . . . .. .. 8,021,525
18S5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,153,300
1886. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,655.298
1887. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 8,936,479
1888........ .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .
9,631,271
1889.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 10,415,330
18!10................ . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 12,322,003
1891............. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . ..
14,196,735
1892.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
14,869,575
1893... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ...... 14.960,675
1894 ............................................... 14,387,730
1895 ................................................... 12,941,230
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The tax returns for the present year show a loss of nineteen million dollars of valuation as compared with the returns for the previous year. While this is to be regretted it is scarcely to be wondered at when we consider the depressing effect of the panic upon business and property values everywhere.
THE NEED OF A NEW ASSESSMENT LAW.
In reference to the Yalue of property as shown by the Comptroller-General's report gathered from tax returns, it is my duty to say to you that it does not approximate the real or market value of the property of the citizens of the State subject to taxation. Under the present system of making tax returns, outside of where the returns are affected by local assessment systems of towns and cities, each man is his own tax-assessor and places upon his property such value as he sees fit, even himself in many instances confessing that the amount at which it has been returned by him for taxes bears no approximate relation to the real value of the property. While the legislature nominally fixes the tax rate for the State to be collected from her citizens, each citizen has the power to fix his own tax rate, and many of them do fix it at an unjustly low rate by placing a value upon their property far below its value and on a scale much lower than that by which the property of their neighbors are valued. The man who pays taxes up~m property unfairly valued at $500, while on propt>rty of the same value his neighbor pays on $1,000, is lowering his own tax rate one-half, depriving the State of its just revenue, and placing an unjust burden upon his honest neighbor who values his property corrt.>ctly.
I most earnestly recommend that so __ e plan be devised hy which the State can arrive at something like a just valuation of the propert~ of its citizens subject to taxation and protect the man who honestly returns his taxes against im-
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positions from those who return their property at an improper valuation. It is well to bear in mind that any plan which you may adopt will, when pnt in practical operation, prove imperfect, but as these defects appear it will be the duty ofyour successors to correct them and continue to perfect the law. Certain it is that no system which can be adopted can be open to greater abuses or more flagrant injustices than the law under which our property is now returned for taxes. A proper plan for assessment of property for taxation will not only equalize values but place upon the tax books a vast amount of personal effects which now escape taxation. In connection with this recommendation I desire to suggest that you authorize the Comptroller-General to prescribe and furnish to the tax-collectors and tax-receivers of this State such books as in his judgment should be kept by them and to prescribe rules directing how these books shall be kept. This will enable him to require the business of the State conducted by each of these officers to be conducted in a systematic and business-like manner, and will result in a large saving to the State.
TREASURER's REPORT.
The report of the State Treasurer will give you ample information as to the conditions of our finances. By reference to this report it will be seen that under the law enacted by your honorable body at its session in 1894 providing for the quarterly payment of teachers that the treasury will have a severe strain to bear. The payment, soon to be made, will require the treasurer to advance to the school fund about four hundred thousand dollars. I respectfully suggest that your finance committee make close inquiry into the effect of this great draft upon the treasury, and that such legislation as may be needed for its relief, if any, be enacted.
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STATE DEPOSITORIES.
Soon after coming into office I undertook, in conformity with the Act of 1878, to make an arrangement with the various depositories providing for the payme~t of interest upon the public funds entrusted to them. As a result of this effort I consummated contracts with all of the banks bnt two, which two resigned rather than pay intereat, which contracts provided for the payment of interest at the rate of two per cent. on daily balances from March 1, 1895, to March I, 1896, to be paid semi-annually. I am informered by the State Treasurer that the amount of interest due the State for the first six months, ending September 1, will approximate eight th(.usand dollars. It must be borne in mind in this connection that the provision for quarterly payment of teachers, which is a wise and proper one, has largely reduced the State's deposits in its various depositories, and for that reason the income from this source can be nothing like so large as it would otherwise have been. It is gratifying, however, to know, notwithstanding this large decrease of deposit, that within the first six months I have been able to make for the State the sum of eight thousand dollars from this unexpected source. I respectfully suggest that the law providing for State depositories be so amended as to remove all doubt that may exist in the mind of any one as to the power of the Governor to appoint a successor when be is unable to agree with them upon the rate of interest to be paid upon the State deposits.
3t SALE OF
PER. CE~T. BONDS AT A PRE:mU.M.
Under the provisions of the Act approved December 18, 1894,499 five hundred dollar bonds on the Xortheastern Railroad indorsed by the State were deposited with the treasurer to be exchanged at par for the new three and onehalf per cent. bonds to be issued under said Act. Fortu-
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nately, however, for the State these new three and one-half per cent. bonds were, when offered for sale, sold to the Columbus Savings Bank at a premiumof 11-100 per cent. for each five hundred dollar bond. To have sold a bond bearing three and one-half per cent. interest at a premium driring such a financial stringent% is an event in our history ot which all Georgians may well be proud, and speaks volumes for the high standing of our State in the commercial world. The sale of these bonds enabled me to discharge our obligation on the Northeastern Railroad bonds which had one year to run and were bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum. The saving to the State in the differencc between 7 and 3! per cent. for the period that these 7 pe1 cent. bonds were to run was the sum of $8,155.
PROCEEDS OF SALE OP BO:SDS.
l<""'rom the following statement of the State Trea~;uer you
will see what disposition was made of the proceeds of these
bonds:
R. U. HARDEMAN, TR.,
3! IN ACCOUNT WJTH PROCEEDS ARISING FRO)! SALE PER CENT. BONDS.
DR.
Toamount received from sale 3~ per cent. honds ....... $ 28i,063 RO
""
" ~l~ bonds anrl premiums not issued
in my hands...................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 66
To amount. received from R. K. Reaves, Receiver North-
eastern Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,800 00
*292,863 -16
CR.
By amount paid holders of bonds and coupons ....... $ 281,3i4 50
'' " " Prodamations for sale R. R. and bond
transaction . . . . . . . . ............................. . 2,346 2!}
By amount paid engraving, printing, and express charges
82i 41)
Bonds in my hands not issued and premium .. . ..... . 3,000 66
Balance on hand .............................. .
5,315 55
$ 2H2,864 46
This balance is now on deposit with the Merchants Bank of this city, a State depository, to meet the outstanding bonds of the Northeastern Railroad, all of said bonds having been paid by me, with the exception of eleven (llJ fise hundred ($500) dollar
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bonds and coupons which will make outstandin~r bonds and coupons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 6,077 50 And as above stated, I have on hand................... 5,815 55
Leaving a balance of........ . . ............... $ 761 95
==
Which amount we can get from the receiver of the road, or by the issuance of one of the bouds now in my hands, as your Excellency may determinine.
It is proper tor me to call your attention to the condition of some of the past du~ coupons on the bonds of the :Northeastern Railroad which I have not seen proper to advise the treasurer to pay, and suggest that you decide the course to be pursued in reference thereto. Coupons attached to these bonds, amounting to the sum of eleven hundred dollars, which were past due at the time the State was notified of the default of the road on payment of interest have not been paid.
These bonds indorsed by the State contained the provision that whenever there should be a default on the part of the road and notice of such default given the State, that the Governor should seize the road and operate it so as to protect the State as surety on these bonds. Had the State been notified of the default of this road at the time these coupons matured it could have at once seized the road and operated it from that period. Its failure to seize and operate it from that time, secure an income therefrom and protect itself from further loss on maturing coupons was due to no fault of its own, but was the fault of the holder of the bonds, declining to give the State notice of the default of the road. Under these conditions I have thought proper to refer the matter to you, that it might be disposed of as you thought just.
CONDITION OF NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
Since coming into office I have found it necessary to go to considerable expense in putting the Northeastern Railroad in good condition. Among other extraordinary expenditures incurred was in the purchase of an ~ngine, for
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which we paid four thousand dollars. We were paying fifteen hundred dollars per year as rental for an engine, and under the contract were required to keep the same in repair at our own expense. This policy I did not deem wise to continue and therefore n1ade the purchase as above stated.
SALE OF THE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
As provided by law, and advised by Act of 1894, after advertising same according to law, that part of the Northeastern Railroad lying between Athens and its junction with the Southern Railroad was exposed to sale in the city of Athens on the 16th of April, 1895, and bought in by me for the State of Georgia for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, t.his being the only bid made. The deed to the property has been made to the State and properly recorded. I submit herewith a statement showing the running expenses and expenditures of the road from date of seizure by the State to date of sale, and from date of sale to deptember 1st:
Statement of Earnings and Expenses of the Northeastern Railroad
-.:-- of Geo.rgia from November 20, 1893 to April 16, 1895, J,nclusive.
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T"
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: Earnings.. ! Expenses. :Net l!arnings. i Deficit.
Nov., 1893.................... $ 2,354 111$ 1,535 53!$ 818 581$ ........
Dec., 1893. .. . ... ...... .. 7,883 74 5,259 40i 2.624 34 ......... .
Jan., 189-L...... ... ........ 5,!195 66 3,597 59i 2,398 07 ........... .
Feb., 1894.. ..... ... .... .. 5,021 51 3,fl32 841 1,088 67 .......... .
Mch., 1894.... .... ..... ..... 6,844 27 3,943 22, 2,901 05 .......... .
April, 1894.. . .. ... ....... 8,\J77 58 3,739 841 237 74 ...........
May, 1894.. ..... ............ 3,374 81 3,193 95! 180 86 .......... .
June, 1894.......... ........ 3,321 04 2,928 751 392 29 ........ .
July, 1894.. .... ... ..... . 3,296 16 3,007 06; 289 10 ........... .
Aug., 1894.. ..... ........... 4,108 82 3,728 02j 380 80 ..........
Sept., 1894.. ........ ....... Oct., 1894........ ......... ...
3,S94 12 7,074 33
41392 8 , 22~ 73:
670 39 ...... - ...
39 2,681 94 ........... .
Nov., 1894........ ....... ... 8,45-5 25 4,169 62 4,285 63 ........ ..
Dec., 1894................ ... 6,108 70 4,084 58,1 2,024 12 .......... ..
Jan., 1895.. ..... ... ........ 4,5'67 18 3,410 661 1,156 62 ......... ..
Feb., 1895............. ..... 4,091 98 3,342 091 749 89 ......... ..
Mch., 1895. .... ............ 5,751 97 3,315 681 2,436 29 ........... .
- - - - April, 1895........ ... ......... 2,674 67 3,339 79: ...... .. ......... 665 12
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--------~----- $ 88,795 90 $ 64,144 741$ 25,311?__~8 $ 6ti,5___!~
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Statement of Earnings and Expenses of the Northeastern Railroad of Georgia from April 17, 1895, to .September 30, 1895, Inclusive.
I I
1
.
I
i
I Earnings. [ Expemes. Net Earnings.[ Deficit.
.
:
I
April,~89~
i
..... $
1,304 ~1'1!$
:
1,549 51 1$.............. 1$ 244 60
May, .89o........ ...... ..... ~.269 ~4 3,281 38: ..........:...... 21 64
June, 1895.. ... ... ......... 3,147 14 3,079 22
July, 1895....... ...... .... 3,420 !lsi ~,974 a1:
68 52 .... . 446 67t ...........
Aug., 1895................... ;__.!:~~__2ll_3~263 98; ___602 95 .:.:.:..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.::.
'* 15,010 3o1$ 14,158 401$ 1,ns IH1 266 24
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After purchase of the road I placed in charge Hon. R. K. Reaves, who has been operating the road since the purchase as agent of the State. There is no doubt that the road will earn a very large dividend on-the purchase price paid therefor by me, and will yield a sufficient income to pay the iutere~t on the entire series of bonds which the State issued to take up the old honds of the Northeastern Railroad indorsed by it.
FUTL'RE DISPOSITION OF THE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
I desire to call your attention to this property, and submit to your consideration the question of its future operation or disposition. If, in your judgment, it is wise to sell or lease this property, it will be necessary for you to enact the provisions under which you desire the sale or lease contract to be made.
BLUE RIDGE AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
This road reaches from Cornelia, on the Southern Railroad, to Tallulah Falls, and was originally a part of the Northeastern Railway property. Growing out of this fact is the claim of the State thereon to secure the payment of the bonds indorsed by the State on the Northeastern Railroad property. This claim, it is understood, will be contested
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by those who at present claim the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad. The road is now in the hands of a receiver appointed by the United States court. It. has been reported to me that one-half of it has been abandoned, and is not now being operated. It has been, and is now, a mooted question as to whether or not an effort to enforce the claim of the State will result in expense or benefit to the State. I respectfully suggest that a committee of the best business men in your body make an examination of this property, consider its connections and surroundings, and give directions whether or not. the State shall proceed to enforce its claim thereon.
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC CO~UIISSION.
In pursuance of an act passed by the General Assembly in 1894, providing for a method of sPttling controversies between the State and other parties over property connected with the Western and Atlantic Railroad, I appointed as Commissioners to pass upon and determine such questions as might be submitted to them under the terms of the act, Hon. John L. Hopkins, of Fulton county; Hon. T. R. Jones, of Whitfield, and Hon. H. W. Hill, of Meriwether. There was submitted to them for adjustment a controversy over some railway property lying between Whitehall and Forsyth streets, in the city of Atlanta. The value of this property was very great, and the case was a long and tedious one, and hotly contested on both sides. After hearing evidence and argument the court decided the issues involved in favor of the State. The evidence is so voluminous that I have not deemed it advisable to go to the expense of printing. The finding of the Commission I have ordered printed, and will in a short time be placed before you. I have agreed, as authorized by law, to pay each of these Commissioners the sum of six hu.ndred
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( 600) dollarR, subject to your approval. I respectfully ask that your body make provision for the payment of this sum, and for other expenses incurred by the Commission to the amount of three hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents.
PENSIONS.
I herewith submit to you a statement showing the amount of pensions paid to Confederate soldiers for each of the last three years. It will be seen, notwithstanding a number of deaths, that there has been an increase in this sum due to the fact that as they grow older their wounds and afflictions increase their disabilities and make it necessary for them to call upon the State for assistance:
MAIMED SOLDIERS. Number,
Year ending 26th October, 1893 ..... ...... ......... 3,222 Year ending 26th October, 1894..................... 3,235 Year ending 26th October, 1895......... ........... 3,369
Amount.
$185,000 00 185,000 00 190,000 00
The following table will show the amounts received by widows for each of the three years, during which they have received sixty dollars per annum:
WIDOWS. Number.
Year ending 15th February, 1893......... ......... 4,068 Year ending 15th February, 1894. ......... ........ 3,997 Year ending 15th February, 1895.:........ ...... .. 3,929
Amount.
$244,080 00 239,820 00 235,740 00
The decrease in the amount paid as pensions to the widows of Confederate soldiets has been about five thousand dollars per year.
PENSIONS UNDER ACT OF 1894.
Under the Act of the General Assembly providing for the payment of pensions to indigent soldiers, the number of applicants approved to date are 1,768, and new applications continue to arrive. To pay the claims already approved would require $106,080. The appropriation made for the payment of this class of soldiers was only thirty thousand
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dollars. Following the precedent established heretofore in cases where the appropriations fell far short of the demands for pensions, it was deemed wise not to pay out this thirty thousand dollars, and for that reason nothing has been paid under this Act. I submit to you these figures and leave to your wisdom to determine what shall be done. It. is probable that it will take $125,000 to meet the requirements of this Act. I cannot forbear saying that the motives which prompted the passage of this Act were generous, noble, and worthy the great State of which you are the accredited representatives. There is no class of our fellow citizens, no class of our pensioners, who are more deserving of the State's bounty than those who are entitled to pensions under the provisions or this Act, and I most earnestly recommend that you make provision for the payment of this class of pensioners.
TRANSFER OF PENSIONS TO OFFICE OF ADUJANT-GENERAL.
The work in the Pension Department bas grown to such an extent that it has become a great burden upon the limited clerical force in the Executive Department. It has beeR mentioned by my predecessors, and by one of them
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' the reJommendation was made that the Executive Department be released of this burden. As the Constitution limits the clerical expenses there we cannot for the purpose of doing this work increase the appropriations for the Executive office. I therefore recommend that you authorize the transfer of the entire work of the Pension Department to the office of the Adjutant-General. and that you provide a clerk for that department. At the time the Constitution limited the amount of expenditures in the Executive Department the State granted no pensions. The number of pensioners under all existing laws will be near to ten thousand and will require an enormous amount of labor. To
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consider carefully every application, guard against imposition, and to do justice to every worthy petitioner is a delicate and arduous task which should not be done hastily or carelessly.
PENITENTIARY.
The report of the Prineipal Keeper .of the Penitentiary will give you all ne.:essary information in reference to that important and growing department. It is gratifying to know, however, that during the last twelve months the increase in the number of convicts has been smaller than the year previous, and, with few exceptions, smaller than any year since the Lease Act went into effect. The greatest trouble with the lessees during the year just past has grown out of what is known as 'trusties" in the convict service. From my knowledge of these camps and the way they are conducted, I am satisfied that it is wise to permit this to some extent under strict rules and limitations, but as to whether or not this practice of making trusties of some convicts is being abused is now a grave question. I have instructed the Principal Keeper and his assistant to make diligent inquiry into this custom, its use and abuse, and report to me with such recommendations as may in their judgment be wise.
The Principal Physician of the Penitentiary reports that, in his opinion, two of the camps now being operated in South Georgia may prove disastrous to the health of convicts which are required to labor therein. As both these are comparatively new camps, we have not as yet had sut:. ficient opportunity to thoroughly determine this question to my satisfaction. I will have these camps closely cared for and take prompt action if the conditions should at any time demand it.
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ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.
The enforcement of the criminal laws of this State has been carried on for the last twelve months with gratifying results. On several occasions it has been found necessary to call out the militia. It affords me pleasure to say that in each instance the troops have borne themselves in a commendable and soldierly manner, and for their prompt and efficient services rendered on these occasions they are entitled to the thanks of the commonwealth.
LYNCHING.
Since the day of my inauguration there have been five persons lynched in this State. In each instance the party lynched was charged with the same offense. Noone has been lynched during my administration except for the crime of rape. I have vainly endeavored, by an appeal to the civil authorities and by offering rewards for the lynchers, to bring to trial some of these violators of the law; but neither an appeal to the courts nor the offering of rewards have had the desired effect. The courts have been unable to secure proof, and without this they are powerless to enforce the' law. Our people are peculiarly situated. No civilized people on earth other than Southern States are surrounded as we are. Our country in many sections is thinly settled, and fully one-third of our population is composed of those who up to a few years ago were slaves, a large percentage of whom lack moral training, and have not the proper respect for law or the rights of others.
In some portions of the State our women in the conntry are constantly exposed to the brutal attack of the outlaw, who has respect for neither virtue nor law. It is for this reason that sometimes, when these outrages upon women do occur, people-who feel that the safety of our women depend upon P.rompt pun-
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ishment, find their indignation uncontrollable and inflict penalties which should only be imposed by lawful authority after a trial by a court of justice. This is wrong. It sacrifices the good name of our State in the eyes of the civilized world, the good opinion of which should be desired by all. These mobs, by violating the law, create a spirit of lawlessness and indirectly increase the very crime which they seek to suppress. In several instances the parties lynched in this State have been taken from the hands of officers and most brutally, cruelly, and inhumanly treated. Such conduct. cannot be too severely condemned. In my opinion it will be wise for the General Assembly to enact a law prodding that wherever a person is taken from the hands of officers and maltreated or murdered, that the Governor be authorized to remove from office the man from whose custody he was taken, that the administrator or the family of the deceased shall have the right to recover from the county the full value of his life. The State has no right to permit its officers to take charge of a man, render him powerless to protect himself, and while in this helpless condition in the custody of the State to be taken by an armed mob and maltreated or murdered. In all such instances their legal representatives should have redress in the courts, with right to sue in any county adjoining the one where the offense was committetl, and the Govemor should be empowered, in his discretion, to remove the officer.
Such provision would make more active our law-abiding citizens in suppressing lawlessness and encouraging all of our people to resort to the courts for the punishment of the crime, even where the offense charged is the most brutal, the most dastardly and the most heinous. In each of the instances mentioned the party lynched has been a negro. What excuse can be given for this conduct when our race has control of the Legislature and of the courts, furnishing both the judges and the jurors? No white 'man should
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insist upon the infliction of punishment in a case where he is unwilling to e':ltrust the trial to the most intelligent and upright of his own race. If a fair trial cannot be had hefore these in a court of justice, how can one be justly and fairly had by a raving mob.
REFORMATIOS IN CRDIINAL LAWS.
I commend your action in promptly taking up at your
previous session the matter of reformation of our criminal
laws. If I am correctly informed a bill covering this sub-
feet has already passed the lower house.
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I recommend that action be taken upon this measure at
tile earliest practicable moment in order that such changes
in the criminal laws as may be made may be embodied in
the codification of our laws which is soon to be published.
DIRECT TAXES.
Herewith I furnish you statement of direct tax refunded by the Federal Government to the State of Georgia, to be disbursed to such of her citizens as were entitled to it under the provisions of the act of Congress :
Total amount received by State .......................... $83,031 03
Balance in Treasury October 18, 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . .
19,031 03
Am~unt paid out during my administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 27
GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STATION.
The expenses of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Experiment Station are now paid by the State. As this institution receives from the Federal Government fifteen thousand dollars annually, and the State has already furnished the farm and erected its buildings, it is entirely proper that the expenses of the meetings of this Board be paid out of the funds at their
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command. If the fund [received from the Federal Government cannot be used for this purpose-and I see no reason why it shouid not-it should be paid from the products of the farm. The sum paid annually to this Board of Directors, covering their expenses, amounts to about eight hundred dollars-a sum worth saving to the State.
VIOLATION OF TREATY WITH SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
I transmit herewith letters with accompanying documents from the Secretary of State of the United States requesting that Georgia make indemnity for the violation at Bruuswick of the treaty of the United States with Sweden and Norway. I called upon the Honorable Secretary of State to furnish me with some precedent where States had beeu called upon and paid the indemnity in such cases. He has, however, failed to furuish me with this information. The relation of our people with foreign governments is regulated by international law and treaties entered into by the United Stat~s. For a violatiou of these laws aud and obligations the United States is responsible to the foreign governments, and unless the Secretary can furnish some author\ty to justify the demand that the State of Georgia pay in this case, this amount, I cannot advise its payment. I, however, furnish you with the documents giving all the information at my command, knowing that after making thorough investigation that you will dispose of it as is just and wise. If, in your judgement, it is proper that the State of Georgia pay this, -you are rf'qllested to make the needed aplJropriation.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The educational iustitutions of Georgia, though not perfect, show such progress as to furnish cause for just pride. The convention ot the County School Commissioners held in
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the lmll of the Honse of Representatives but a few days since furnishes high evidence of the improvement of our schools and the progress being made by the various counties in securing efficient County School Commissioners. It was an intelligent body of earnest men, who impressed all who looked upon them, not only Georgians but strangers, that our common schools are in the control of competent men. The progress in this respect was cheering and means much. The common school fund for this year is as follows :
SCHOOL FUND FOR THE YEAR 1895.
Sources. Liquor tax ................... . Show tax ....................... . Dividends, Georgia Railroad stock .. Hire of convicts ................... . Fees oil inspectors. . . . . . . ........ . One-half rental W. & ,A. R. R ... . Direct appropriation............ . Poll tax............................ .
Aggregate............... .
Amount. . .. $ 102,000 00
1,500 00 2,046 00 15,000 00 17,500 00 210,006 00 600,000 00 208,000 00
...... $1,156,052 00
Add to this $500,000, the total amount raised by local taxation iu various counties and cities, and we have as the total amount raised by taxation in the State for educational purposes $1,656,052.00. This great interest merits your careful attention and substantial aid. While heartily favoring continued increase in the aid of the State to our common schools, I recommend that you take such steps as will encourage counties and localities to co-operate with the State in seeking to upbuild t.he common schools. There is no better work in which you can engage as legislators. If we can secure the hearty co-operation of the citizens of this State and induce them by local taxation voluntarily impose upon themselves by the people of each locality to co-operate with the State and aid us in completing and perfecting our common ~:chool system until the State is
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able of itself to run an eight months' school, you .will accomplish a great work tor the children of Georgia and for the State.
I commend to your consideration, as especially worthy of your encouragement, the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, the State Normal School of Athens, the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, the School of Technology at Atlanta, and the U ni\ersity of Georgia at Athens. In my opinion, the great need of most of these institutions is buildings. At the last session of the General Assembly I called your attention to. the great need of additional boarding apartments at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
While embarrassed by the present condition of the treasury, I cannot forbear calling your attention again to this matter. You have made the appropriation to employ the teachers, to secure all necessary appliances, and yet for the want of building a very large number of the class of girls whom we are most anxious to aid are unable to attend, because unable to pay the board required of them when boarding outside of the college building.
COLORED SCHOOL AT SAVANNAH.
I had the pleasure of attending the commencement exercises of this institution, and was highly pleased with the result -of the work of the students as exhibited on this occaswn. The members of the Board of Commissioners are to be commended for their zeal in behalf of the success of this institution, which means so much to the t~olored people of Georgia.
I respectfully recommend that this school be opened to both males and females, and that greater facilities be afforded for the training of teachers. We have assumed the obligation, and properly assumed it, to educate this class of
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our fellow-citizens, and cannot overlook the great need of normal training among their teachers, nor underestimate the importance of having them under the guidance of friendly influences. I earnestly recommend that a large part of the work of thit~ State institution be devoted to the training of teachers who may 1!0 out and take charge of the colored schools, and that the State make ample provision to enable this institution to afford the ample facilities to fulfill its mission.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
I invite your attention to the reports and recommendations from the Lunatic Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Institute, and the Academy for the Blind, and respectfully ask that you give to each of these institutions all needed aid. It would be wise to add two members to the Board of Trustees to the Lunatic Asylum. The enormous expenditures of money necessary to sustain this charity, and the large number of inmates from every part of the State, make it inlportant to have enough members on the Board to distribute between the various sections of the State, and there should be at least two so near the Asylum that they can at any time be consulted when emergencies arise upon which the superintendent and other officers do not deem it safe to act without advice from the Board of Trustees.
BONDS OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
It is the practice in many counties to receive as sureties on the bonds of the public officers security companies, whose main offices are in other States. I invite your attention to this practice, and to the great evils which may accrue therefrom. I recommend that each of such companies doing business in Georgia should be required to make a deposit with this State in a manner similar to that now exacted of insurance companies.
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LIEUTE~A~T GOVERNOR.
Now that the great evil of frequent elections is tully realized, I call your attention to the fact that in case of the death of the Governor under existing laws, it would be necessary to lwld a special election in order to elect a successor. This would involve the people in enormous expense, annoyance and sacrifice of business. I recommend that the constitution be so amended as to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor at the same time that the Governor and State House officers are elected.
ELECTION LAWS.
I congratulate you upon the progress made in the improvement of our election laws, and advise that you continue in this work until every imperfection is corrected. In addition to such legislation as may be passed by you regulating the holding of elections, it w-ould, in my opinion, be wise if the Constitution should he so changed as to provide that contests for seats in the General Assembly be heard before the judges of the superior courts, with right of appeal to the supreme court. Those who have had experience with contests in the General Assemby will readily concede that a fairer and more just conclusion can be reached before the courts than can be ordinarily expected from the decision of partisan bodies.
SUPREME COURT.
The accumulation of business in the Supreme Court of <>nr State has for a number of years caused considerable public discussion, but as yet no solution has been reached. In my opinion, the action of the people in voting down the amendment to the Constitution, providing for two additional Judges to the Supreme Court was wise. That amendment would have burdened us with two- salaried officers
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and left the difficulty on our hands and the problem unsolved. The business of the court has increasecl, as you will see from the table attached, to such an extent that one court cannot properly do the work. It may decide the cases, but it cannot thoroughly investigate every case and give to each question the thought to which it is entitled.
STATISTICS OF BUSINESS IN THE SUPREME COURT.
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Year.
On I
Dockets.[
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
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541 529 66";" 698 723
DISPOSED OF
By Opinions.
399
13%
445
84%
563
84%
597
86%
626
81%
Otherwise.
148
27%
84
16%
104
16%
101
14%
97
13%
1895.-To this date, October 18th, 796 cases have been docketed. Oi these, 308 have been disposed of.
If the business of the court is not diminished by placing additional restrictiOns upon litigants to prevent their reaching that court, relief to the Supreme Court must come not from increasing the number of judges, but by the establishment of another court. If a separate court is established each case can then be properly and thoroughly discussed, the principles involved intelligently and wisely settled, and our courts command more completely the respect and confidence of our own people and the admiration of people of other States.
(A) "FORMER RECOMENDATIONS."
Without tiring you with repetition, I call your attention to the recomendations made you in my former message, and especially to those relating to the equalization of the work of judicial circuits, the necessity of more speedy action of our courts, the need of State supervision of mis-
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demeanor convicts and the great need of the correction ot the evils growing out of, and incident to the fee system.
IN CONCLUSION.
The foregoing information and recommendations, together with the reports from each department and institution, which will be placed before you, are submitted to you for consideration. In our government responsibility for the conduct of public affairs rests upon the party in power. ln this State the people have entrusted with the management of the commonwealth the Democratic party, to which a majority of each House of the General Assembly owe their allegiance. I know I can confidently rely upon these representatives to enter upon the dischar!!e of their important duties with courage and wisdom, and I sincerely hope. that in the discharge of the high trusts confided to them they will have the hearty co-operation of the members of all political parties.
W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor.
CLEMENCY.
The following list contains the names of persons to whom clemency bas been extended !"ince my message in 1894, together with the reasons for action in each case:
GEORGE Bmn.-Convicted of assault with intent to murder, November term, 1894, Troup county; sentence, two years. Pardoned upon recommendation of many citizens, also of judge and solicitor-general.
L. N. CHASTAIN.-Convicted of carrying concealed weapons, Gilmer county; sentence, two months in chaingang. Pardoned upon recommendation of judge, solicitorgeneral, and a large number of petitioners.
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ERWIN GREE~.-Conyicted of horse stealing, April term, 1892; sentence, 11 years. After two years' service, with a good prison record, pardoned upon urgent recommendation of judge, solicitor-general, a majority of trial jury, the prosecutor, senator, representative from that county in present General Assembly, and the principal physician of the penitentiary.
JoHN ANGUS WILLIA)IS.--Convicted of burglary, spring term, 1893, Fulton county; sentence, three years. At time of commission of crime very young, and pardoned because earnestly requested by judge and solicitor-general on account of age.
Gvs PENRIFAY.-Convicted of assault and battery, October term, 1894, county court of Jasper county; sentence, $60 fine or twelve months ou chain-gang. Pardoned on petition signed by presiding judge, the solicitor, county officers, and large number of citizens, representing that Penrifay was affiicted with an incurable disease, and attending physican thought that humanity demanded ~is release.
JoE OzBURN.-Convicted of murder, September term, 1891, Newton county; senteuce, life. Pardoned because he had received a serious injury, which resulted in complete paralysis of his lower extremities, and the principal physician of the penitentiary reported that his condition was pitiable and deplorable, and the penitentiary committee of the House of Representatives, in the present General Assembly, unanimously recommended his pardon.
IsAAC SLAPPY.-Convicted of assault and battery, July trm, 1894, county court Houston county; sentence, $75 or twelve months on chain-gang. Pardoned because of good behavior and the capture of a desperate criminal, and upon the recommendation of the county judge and solicitor, the county officers, and many citizens.
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GEORGE ,V. MooRE.-Convicted of retailing liquor
without license, April term, 1894, Emanuel county; senteuce,$500 fine or twelve months on chain-gang. Pardoned after serving eight months' sentence upon affidavits made by two reputable physicians that his health was greatly impaired, that he is quite old, and also upon recommendation of judge and solicitor-general.
JoHN H. MARTIN.-Convicted of malicious mischief, June term, 1894, city court of Jackson county; sentence, fine $50.00 and costs, or twelve months in the county chaingang. Pardoned because evidence does not disclose a purpose to violate the law, though the defendant was perhaps technically guilty, and after his conviction he became blind, and the judge who presided at the trial urgently recommended executive clemency.
JosEPH F. MILLER.-Convicted of" shooting at another not in his own defense," June term, 1894, Chatham county; sentenced to confinement in the county jail for one year. Pardoned upon certificate of jail physician that Miller was in a critical mental and physical condition, and upon recommendation of judge and solicitor-general.
SIDNEY LILIENTHAL.-Plead guilty in superior court of Chatham county of larceny from the person ; sentence, three years. After serving twenty months, pardoned upon recommendation of judge and the expressed doubts about the offense being really a felony.
WILLIAM GmsoN._:Convicted of larceny from the bouse, Towns county; sentence, twelve months. Having served more than two-thirds of his term, his prison record being good, and the judge and solic}tor-general so recommending, he was pardoned.
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JoRDAN NEELY.-Convicted of assault with intent to murder, March t~rm, 1893, Coweta county; sentence, two years. Long known to the Governor as a good citizen, and in consideration of facts and circumstances surrounding him at time of commission of crime as developed at the trial, which was heard by the Gov.ernor, and of his good record since confinement, and believing that the law was fully vindicated, he was pardoned.
JoHN HAYEs.-Convicted of an assault with intent to murder, fall term, 18!13, Fulton county; sentence, four years. Assault made under circumstances of great provocation, defendant's wife having been grossly insulted and assaulted by the party on whom defendant made assault. The trial jury filed a strong appeal for clemency, and the solicitor prosecuting the case recommended the same, and Hayes having served more than ten months of his sentence, was pardoned.
NAT PoRTER.-Convicted of gambling, county court, Dodge county; sentence, nine months on chain-g-,mg. He received an unmerciful whipping from authorities of chaingang, causing painful wounds upon his body, and the county judge and solicitor having so recommended, he was pardoned.
RoMOLIS CLOWER.-Convicted of selling spirituous liquors without license, April term, 1894, Jones. county; sentence, $50 fine, or six months in the chain-gang. He became totally blind, and for that reason the authorities had not been able to dispose of him in any chain-gang1 and he had been in jail nine months. Pardon recommended by the ordinary, judge, and solicitor of the county court, and sheriff.
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JoHN JoHNSON.-Convicted of violation of the liquor laws, January term, city court of Clarke county. Two sentences; one, fine, $100 and costs, or eight months on chain-gang; second, $500 and costs, or t.wel ve months on the chain-gang. Pardoned after serving eight months, upon recommendation of judge, solicitor, county officials, and many citizens. His health very bad, and he was entirely unable to pay fine.
HENRY WEHUNT.-Convicted of rape, September term, 1891, Cherokee county; sentence, fifteen years. Testimony shows that there was considerable doubt as to whether the offense was rape or not, as there was no evidence of force or violence being used. Judge and solicitor-general urged pardon, they both being doubtful about the guilt of the defendant. Petition signed by nine jurors, all the county officials, eleven ministers, and more than five hundred citizens living in the neighborhood where the crime is alleged to have been committed.
ED PETTY--Convicted of larceny, September term, 1891, criminal court of Atlanta; sentence, twelve months on the chain-gang. New evidence showing innocence of prisoner, and pardon recommended by judge and solicitor.
RoBERT HENDRIX or HENRY KENNY.-Convicted of burglary, October term, 1892, Fulton county ; sentence, three yel;trS. After serving half his sentence pardoned upon recommendation of judge, solicitor-general, and prosecutor.
WILEY O'KELLY.-Convicted of aiding a prisoner to escape, May term, 1894, Douglas county; sentence, one year. Had served two-thirds of sentence and his conduct good. Pardon recommended by judge, solicitor-general, trial jury, a number of the grand jury, and the prosecutor.
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RoBERT HARRINGTON.-Convicted of lanceny from the house, September term, 1894, Gwinnett county; sentence, twelve months on chain-gang. Physical condition such that he could not bear hardships of a convict camp. Pardoned at recommendation of judge and solicitor-general.
JoHN H. TAYLOR.-Convicted of larceny after trust, April term, IS94, Irwin county; sentence, one year. Pardoned after sening three-fourths of his SP.ntence upon a petition numerously signed setting forth the fact that the amount stolen was small and that his conduct since confinement has been exemplary. Application also indorsed by the judge.
RoBERT HEATH.-Convicted of voluntary manslaughter, fall term, 1893, Schley county; sentence, fiftePn years. Pardon recommended by grand jury, petit jury, the father of the man killed, and a large number of good and lawabiding citizens. The evidence leaves considerable doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner.
JAMES SHEATS.-Convicted of assault with intent to murder, February term, 1892, Milton county; sentence, ten years. Pardoned upon recommendation grand jury, judge, and solicitor, the def{mdant having always borne an excellent reputation prior to this trouble.
CHAS. THWEATT.-Convicted of simple larceny, adjourned term, August, 1891, Monroe county; sentence, five years. Good character before conviction, good behavior since. Recommendation judge and solicitor-general. Served four of his five years' sentence.
HARDY "'HEELis.-Convicted of simple larceny, December term, 1892, Oglethorpe county; sentence, twelve years. Pardoned upon request of judge, solicitor-general, grand jury, traverse jury, and prosecutor. Defendant quite young when crime was committed.
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LAURA PAYNE.-Convicted of forgery, spring term, 1893, Fulton county; sentence, three years. In a wretched physical condition, suffering from an incurable malady.
CHARLES JoHNSTON.-Plead guilty to burglary, spring term, 1894, Jasper county; sentence, three years. Pardoned upon application of judge, solicitor-general, and a large number of good and law-abiding citizens.
J A~lES LANDSBERG.-Convicted of assault with intent to rape, March term, 1892, Chatham county ; sentence, twelve years. Petition for pardon signed by eleven of trial jury (twelfth member being dead), by mayor and aldermen of the town where lives the girl upon whom assault was made, numerously signed by citizens of said town, including the ladies and all the ministers of the gospel of Hazelhurst, by all the county officers of the county of Appling, where said girl resides; signed by the father of the girl, by a large number of the best citizens of Chatham county, where the crime was committe,.), by a large majority of the members of the legislature, and especially urged by the three members and the se_nator from Chatham county, and the member from Appling county. Served about three and one-half years.
AARON FAMBRo.-Convicted of assault and battery, spring term, 1895, Spaldingcounty; sentence, three months in chain-gang. Shown that Fambro is a physical and mental wreck and would hardly survive sentence. Pardon earnestly requested by judge, solicitor-general, and many good citizens of Spalding county.
MANUEL CHOICE.-Convicted of burglary, spring term, 1892, Hancock county; sentence, ten years. Convicted upon a supposed state of facts, since found not to exist, and the prosecutor and prosecuting attorney represent that, in
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their opinion, in the light of new facts, the defendant is not guilty. Prior to his trouble bore a good reputation and had conducted himself well in penitentiary.
T. E. HAYNES.-Convicted of bigamy, February term, 1893, Joh'nson county; sentence, three years. Petition for pardon signed by judge, solicitor-general, grand jury, petit inry, four-fifths of the citizens of Johnson county.
H. S. MooRE, JR.-Convicted of ~rder, April term, 1889, :Fulton county; sentence, life. Pardon urged by three prosecuting attorneys, including solicitor-general, the jury who tried him, and five thousand citizens of northwest Georgia, including county 0fficials, representatives and exrepresentatives, a number of relatives of the deceased. Also shown that Moore is suffering with an incurable scrofulous disease, and that it callsjfor a treatment and surroundings that cannot be accorded him in the penitentiary. The evidence, discloses extenuating circumstances. His conduct exemplary during his six years of confinement.
M. J. RoBERTs.-Convicted of burglary, spring term, 1894, Fulton eounty; sentence, three years. At time of commission of crime very much intoxicated, the amount taken small, and up to that time had borne a good reputation. Application indorsed by judge, solicitor-general:, and prosecutor.
BARNEY WHITE.-Convicted of murder; pardoned because he could live only a short while. Suffering with consumption. Application signed by one thousand citizens, by solicitor-geneml, and officials of the court.
SusiE MARKs.-Convicted of larceny, superior court of Muscogee county; sente'?ce, eight months on the chaingang. Pardon upon affidavit of county physician that she
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would soon be delivered of a child, and upon recommendation of judge, solicitor-general, and all county officers.
GEORGE REYNOLDs.-Convicted in the criminal court of Atlanta, August 25) 1894, larceny; sentence twelve months in chain-gang. Pardon upon affida,it of county physician that he was suffering from consumption, and was in a very serious condition. Judge signed application.
MARSHAL O'NEAL.-Convicted of burglary, March term, 1888, Talbot county; sentence, ten years. Pardon upon request of solicitor-general who prosecuted the case, and of the present solicitor-general, and because. O'Neal had lost one of his hands while blasting.
LIGE OsBORNE.-Convicted of pointing a gun at another, county court of Quitman county; sentence, five months in chain-gang. Application recommended by judge and prosecutor. ,
JoHN PARKER.-Convicted of burglary, Octclber term, 1892, Lumpkin county; sentence, three years. A very old man and had conducted himself well during his confinement of over two and one half years.
W. P. SMITH.-Convicted of horse stealing. February term, 1893, Walker county; sentence, five years. Having served two years for same offense in Tennessee and two years of his sentence in this State, pardoned.
EuGENE HowARD.-Convicted of larceny from the house, county court of Thomas county, March, 1895; sentence, $25.00 fine, or two months in chain-gang. Pardoned upon recommendation of judge and many citizens, and it appearing that his family was in reduced circumstances.
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JoHN LUDDITH.-Convicted of misdemeaner. Bartow superior court; sentence, twelve months in the chain-gang. Judge and solicitor-general asked for pardon upon ground that Luddith wa;; a physical wreck.
WALKER ALLEN.-Convicted of selling whisky in violation of law. DeKalb county; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. Recommended by solicitor-general. Since his confinement, his wite has died and one of his children lost a foot by being run over by a train. Several more minor children who need his care and are dependent upon him for a support.
BoB PARSONs.-Convicted of bastardy, criminal court city of Atlanta, March, 1895; sentence, $250 fine or nine months on chain-gang. Since his conviction married the girl and legitimized the child, and the judge and prosecutor asked tor the pardon.
JERRY MooRE.-Convicted of burglary, August term, 1893, Murray county; sentence, penitentiary. Judge who presided says that the verdict ought to have been larceny from the house, and the solicitor- general and .prosecutor recommended executive clemency.
JosEPH HoPKINs.-Convicted of murder, March term, 1888, Rabun county ; sentence, life. Pardon recommended by judge and solicitor-general, the judge stating that the verdict might have been for a lesser offense. The testimony shows that the rock that struck the fatal blow was thrown by the brother of Joseph Hopkins. Conduct during confinement exemplary.
CHAS. T. TRICE.-Convicted of manslaughter in superior court of Pike county; sentence, 1;3 years. Evidence shows that killing was done in the heat of passion, that at the time of the killing the deceased was advancing upon defendant with an open knife, and that there was an instant
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evidence of grief by defendant for the killing of his brother. The presiding judge, in a letter to the executive, stated that "the sentence was for a longer time than the law required. His pardon asked for by the members of a Christian church in the neighborhood where defendant and deceased lived, by the minister in charge of the church, by all the jurors who convicted him, by the prosecutor, the wife of the deceased, by. the attorney who prosecuted the case, and the solicitor-general protem., by a petition signed by 300 citizens of the county where the conviction was had. His conduct exemplary.
"\\rrLLIAM WHITLOCK.--Convicted of misdemeanor, county court of Elbert county, August, 1894; sentence, 12 months in chain-gang. Pardoned in consideration of the fact that the defendant is quite a youth, about 13 years of age, that he pleaded guilty to the offense, and that he is a simple, weak-minded boy.
GEORGE BoYD.-Plead guilty of bigamy, November term, 1895, Troup county; sentence, two years. It seems that said Boyd is a very ignorant negro and acted upon tht advice of his employer, and that he did not realize the enormity of his crime. Pardon urged by judge and solicitor-general and many citizens.
WASHINGTON 'VILLIE-Convicted of larceny from the house, spring term, 1895, of Fulton superior court; sentence, twelve months. Pardoned upon affidavit of county physician that he had become violently insane.
Lours RENDER-Convicted of arson, spring term, 1887, Meriwether county; sentence, twelve years. Pardoned upon affidavit of camp physician that Render was in the last stages of consumption and the request of other camp officers and the solicitor-general.
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.ADAM DAVIS.-Convicted of carrying concealed weapons, county court of Chattooga county, April 9, 1895; sentence, six months on chain-gang. Pardoned upon application of many citizens of Chattooga and affidavit of county physi<'ian that Davis was in bad health.
JrM DAvrs.-Convicted of using opprobrious words, county court of Chat.tooga county, April 9, 1895; sentence, six months in chain-gang. Pardoned upon a numerously signed petition from the citizens and upon affidavit of . county physician that Davis is suffering with heart disease and that further confinement would be fatal.
SAM SLEDGE.-Convicted of assault, November term, 1894, Bibb county; sentence, six months in jail and afterwards twelve months in chain-gang. Been in jail twelve months, suffering terribly with rheumatism, has lost the sight of one eye, and his pardon asked for by judge, solicitor-general, six of the jury and a number of law-abiding citizens.
HARDY BRAGG.-Convicted of arson, May term, 1894, Screven county; sentence, three years. October the time offense was committed. Bragg was only twelve years of age and he was induced to commit it by an adult relative. Petition indorsed by judge, solicitor-general, and a large number of citizens.
J. R. PHILLIPS.--Convicted of larceny, May term, 1894, Catoosa county; sentence, two years. After serving over one half of his sentence, pardoned upon request of the judge, solicitor-general, prosecutor, ten of the jury, all of the county officers and numerous citizens. Exemplary conduct since confinement.
C. B. BALTON.-Convicted of larceny from the house and simply larceny, county court of Walton county; three sentences aggregating thirty months on chain-gang. The
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value of the goods stated only seven dollars in all, and he had served about two years of sentence.
WILL SliHTH.-Convicted of kidnapping, May term, 1895, Br6oks superior court; sentenced to chain-gang. when first arrested after crime, was taken by a mob of negroes and severely beaten, causing permanent injuries. Procfs submhted that he is weak-minded and that the testimony at his trial was highly colored by prejudice. Pardon asked for by the grand jury, judge, solicitor-general, trial jury, sheriff, ordinary, clerk, county court judge and solicitor, prosecutor and .fifty-two citizens of Catoosa county.
'VALTER S. HILL.-Convicted of larceny, May term, 1895, city court of Atlanta; sentence, nine months in chain-gang. After serving three months of sentence, his health became such that a delicate operation should be performed, and upon recommendation of judge and solicitor was pardoned.
'VILL PATRICK.-Convicted of burglary, October term, 1~91, Oglethorpe county; sentence, fifteen years. Goods takeu of small value. Conduct since c<nfinement exemplary. Pardon asked for by prosecutor, part of grand jury, trial jury, judge and solicitor-general, and county officers.
JAMES HENNESSEE.-Convicted of robbery, fall term, 1891, Fulton county; sentence, five years. Judge and solicitor-general request executive clemency on account of Hennessee's heroic efforts to save life and property at the burning of the mills of the Enterprise Lumber Company, and also because of his excellent conduct as attested by penitentiary officials. His habits good before his trouble. and the evidence upon which he was convicted largely circumstantial.
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CICERO REESE.-Convict.ed of larceny, December term, 1894, Cherokee county; sentence, ten months in chaingang. Pardoned because of a serious attack of fever. Good character previous to conviction; good conduct since confinement. Recommended by solicitor-general and many citizens.
HENRY 'VARD.-Convict<>d of carrying concealed
weapons, January term, 1895, of Dougherty county court; sentence, 12 months on chain-gang. Suffering from consumption, and, in opinion of county physician, can't live. Recommended by county physician, chairman board of county commissioners, sheriff, clerk, county solicitor, and county judge.
LoUis CHARBOUNE.-Convicted of bigamy, spring term, 1893, Fulton county; sentence, three years. He is a foreigner, and was unacquainted with the laws and customs of Georgia. The solicitor-general recommends his pardon, penitentiary officials urge it. because of his most exemplary conduct, and since the father of the girl whorn he married signed the petition. Pardoned.
J. B. MoonY.-Convicted of selling liquor without license, spring term, 189:3, Douglas county; sentence on these indictments, 3 years. Petition numerously signed by good and law-abiding citizens. A separate petition, signed by the county officers, the l'lenator from the 36th district, the representative from Douglas. Physician makes affidavit that Moody is suffering from inflammatory rheumatism.
RoBERT STITH.--Convicted of murder, August term, 1892, Dodge county; sentence, life. Crime claimed to have been committed at Eastman seat. Evidence for prosecution not certain as to Stith's identity, and very strong
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to establish alibi. The chief witness for the State admits that he might have been mistaken. Judge and solicitorgeneral and trial jury recommend the pardon.
GLENN TOTHEROW.-Convicted of burglary, spring term, 1893, Gordon county; sentence, six years. The amount stolen inconsiderable, and shown that Totherow is of unsound mind. He had servPd two years, and pardon recommended by solicitor-general.
WADE HAMPTON.--Couvicted of burglary, October term, 1893, Fulton county; sentence, five years. At time of his conviction was a mere child, and since confinement has lost a leg. Application for pardon indorsed by judge and several of the county officers. Pardoned after serving one-half of his sentence.
JoHN KIMBALL.-Convicted of larceny from the house, superior court of Fulton county; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. Pardoned October 8, 1895, upon affidavit of superintendent of public works and the county officers that there has developed upon his body tertiary syphilis, and is a nuisance, from the loathsomeness of the disease, to the other convicts. Pardon recommended by judge.
RESPITES.
MoNROE MITCHELL.-Convicted of murder, March term, 1894, of the superior court of Berrif'n county; sentenced to be executed on Friday, 7th day of December. A numerously signed petition by many good and law-abiding citizens presented, asking for commutation of sentence to life imprisonment, and this request being also joined in by the senator and representative, respited December 6th until Friday, 4th of January, 1895, in order to give proper consideration to facts in case.
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EDDIE DAVIS.-Convicted of murder, Chatham superior court; sentenced to be executed .January 18, 1895. Respited January 18, 1895, thirty days, a request being made to suspend execution of said sentence in order that certain facts might Le placed before the Governor.
JoHN FoRD.-Convicted of murder, superior court Decatur county; se!ltenced to be executed J nne 21, 1895. Respite granted f()r thirty days, J nne 17, 1895, new evidence discovered bearing on the case. Respit(ld a second time, July 15, 1895, until Friday, 30th day of August, 1895, the Governor's sickness having prevented consideration of the case during time of first respite.
ELIZABETH NoBLEs.--Convicted of murder, special term of superior court of Twiggs county, July, 1895; sentenced to be executed August 16, 1895. Court adjourned on the same day that order for execution was issued, and before motion for new trial could be made; and since no motion for new trial can be made before the regular term of the court after that adjournment, which regular term will not convene before October, .a date after the execution would have been made, a respite granted August 14, 1895, until October 18, 1895.
Gus FAMBLEs.-Convicted of murder, special term superior court of Twiggs county, .Jnly, 1895; sentenced to be executed August 16, 1895. Petition for commutation of sentence filed, and it being impossible to obtain a copy of the evidence before the day of execution, and that it is _necessary to a correct determination of the case, respite granted 14th August, 1895, until October 18, 1895.
DISABILITIES REMOVED.
WILLIAM MUNDAY.-Convicted of malpractice in the office of notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace,
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July term, 1894, city court of Columbus; sentence removed from office and a fine of $1.00. Disabilities removed November 30, 1894, upon request judge superior court, judge and solicitor of city court, and many citizens.
JoE BRANCH.-Convicted of aiding an escape, November term, 1887, Marion county; sentence, one year. Disabilities removed December 12, 1894, after serving said sentence, upn an application signed by solicitor-general, by representative and senator in General Assembly and by a number of citizens.
GEORGE BLEDSOE.-Convicted of simple larceny, lOth of March, 1885, Greene county; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. Sentence was fully discharged, and it appearing that, from the written statements of the county officials, since his discharge he has conducted himself honestly and uprightly, his disabilities were removed and privileges as an elector restored December 24, 1894.
NELSON MILLER.-Convicted of simple larceny, county court of Greene county, 1881; seQtence imposed was fully discharged, and it appearing from written statements of county officials that he has conducted himself as a good and upright citizen, disabilities removed December 26, 1894.
BERRY BuRT.-Convicted of larceny, superior court of Pike county; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. After he had fully discharged said sentence, a number of respectable and law-abiding citizens having recommended it, his disabilities removed December 31, 1894.
JAMES SMITH.--Convicted of larceny from the house, September term, 1893, Chattahoochee county; sentence, twelve months on chain-gang. Sentence fully discharged,
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and it appearing that he has conducted himself well since his discharge, disabilities removed January 24, 1895.
LEWIS PRICE.-Convicted of simple larceny, spring term, 1891, Oconee county; sentenced to pay a fine of $86.50, or serve 12 months on chain-gang. Fine paid in full, and Price having borne a good reputation previous to offense, and since offense has been an upright and lawabiding citizen, disabilities removed February 20, 1895.
C. E. HILL.-Convictcd of burglary, spring term, 1894, Cobb county; sentence, one year in penitentiary. Fully discharged his sentence, and it appearing that his character was good previous to crime, and his conduct since has been honest and upright, di~abilities removed February 26, 1895.
F. E. BABBITT.-Convicted of forgery, January term, 1893, Chatham superior court; sentence, three years.
Sentence fully discharged, and upon the urgent request of general manager of camp where Babbitt was confined, and the principal keeper of the penitentiary, diabilities removed. September 3, 1895.
J. fl. lRVIN.-Convicted of larceny, superior court of
Hall county. Having discharged his sentence, and upon petitio1 of the county officers of Hall county, the judge and solicitor-general, and the representatives, disabilities removed September 12, 1895.
COMMUTATIONS.
B. F. MALCOL:\1.-Convicted of selling or otherwise disposing of mortgaged property, November term, 1894, county court of Walton county; sentenced pay a fine of $18:3.54, or to work twelve 'months in the chain-gang. Application made for executive clemency bearing the sig-
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nature of the solicitor of said court and a large number of citizens, and there being some doubt as to defendant's intention to violate the law, the sentence commuted to a fine of $91.77.
JosiE PITTMAN.-Convicted <fassault and battery, September term, 1894, of the criminal court of Atlanta; sentenced pay a fine of $50 and costs, or to work six months in chain-gang. After serving three and a half months, upon application of judge, sentence commuted to fine of $20.
Doc BALDWIN.-Convicted of murder, November term, 1894, superior court of Wayne county; sentenced to be executed January 11, 1895. Evidenc~ showed that Baldwin had reason to believe that the deceased intended to take his life and acted to a certain extent in self-defense, and the judge and solicitor-general recommending such action, sentence commuted to life imprisonment January 8, 1895.
EDDIE DAvis.-Convicted of murder, Chatham superior court; sentenced to be executed .January 18, 1895. Respited until February, 1895. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment February 6, 1895. New evidence found after sentence imposed that was mitigating. Recommended by county and city officials, by solicitor-general, and many citizens of Chatham county.
CHAS. M. CARLEY.-Convicted of shooting at another, October term, 1893, Rockdale county ; sentenced to pay a fine of $800 and costs. Upon application of many citizens, sentence commuted, February 16, 1895, to the payment of $160, in addition to the amount already paid.
H. G. HARDISON.-Convicted of violating the liquor laws, fall term, 1894, Crawford county; sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000, or twelve months in chain-gang. Upon
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application of many citizens, sentence commuted, February 28, 1895, to the payment of $500.
Lis BowERS.--Convicted of assault and battery, March term, 1895, Franklin county; sentence, fine of $20 and proportionate costs, or to serve 12 months in chain-gang. Commuted to the payment of $20 and costs, April 23, 1895.
JosEPH HoPKINs.-Convicted of murder, March term. 1888, Rabun county; sentenced to penitentiary for life. Sentence commuted, April 27, 1895, to ten years, upon recommendation of judge and solicitor-general, and it appearing that the fatal blow was struck by another, and the conduct of Hopkins since confinement having been exemplary.
WILLIAM WHITLOCK.-Convicted of a misdemeanor, county court of Elbert county, August, 1894; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. At the time of commission of offense defendant very young, simple, and weak-minded. Sentence commuted to ten months May 14, 1895.
ED BrRD.-.-Convicted of larceny from the house, spring term, 1894, Fulton county; sentence, twelve months in chain-gang. After conviction he remained in jail through no fault of his for three months and ten days and then served eight months on chain-gang, and judge and solicitorgeneral so recommending, sentence commuted, June 8, 1895, to time already served.
GLENN ~cCoRn.-Convicted of perjury, fall term, 1889, Fulton county ; sentence, eight years. Sentence two or three years longer than the usual sentence for that offense, and in consideration of his exemplary conduct since his confinem!lnt and his good character previous to his conviction, and the fact that the solicitor-general and the county and city officers, and a great many good and law-abiding
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Citizens recommend his pardon, sentence commuted to six years and ten months.
R. A. CRooMs.-Convicted of assault and battery, fall term, 1895, Bibb superior court; sentenced to be confined in the common jail for six months, and after the expiration of that time to serve twelve months on the chain-gang. Commuted to the payment of $100 fine and service of four months in the chain-gang.
HERRY BRYANT.-Convicted of assault, city court of Atlanta; sentence, six months in chain-gang. Sentence commuted August 12, 1895, to confinement in the common jail for thirty days because of bad health and the recommendation of the judge and many court officials.
JAMES E. SHEELEY.-Convicted of forgery, July term, 1895, superior court of Bartow; sentence, two years. Offense committed in the extremities of poverty, the loss to prosecutor small, and he, with the judge and solicitorgeneral, having asked for executive clemency, sentence commuted September 3, 1895, to twelve months from the time of his incarceration.
HENRY SMI'fH.-Convicted of forgery, August term, 1892, Spalding county; sentence, five years. Evidence shows that case was not an aggravated one, the amount involved being snail, and he was detected before any injury was done. Executive clemency recommended by judge and solicitor general, and conduct having been excellent since confinement, sentnce commuted September 3, 1895, to three years and six months from the time of his confinement.
WASH. DAVIS.-Convicted of an attempt at arson, March term, 1893, of the Dooly superior court; sentence, four years. Executive clemency requested by many citizens, county officers, and the prosecutor. Sentence commuted Septsmber 3, 1895, to three years.
CHARLES DELoNG.-Plead guilty to carrying concealed
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weapons, county court of Richmond county; ~entence, fine of fifty dollars, or six months on chain-gang. Prosecution appearing to have been a prosecution by boy's stepfather, DeLong only carrying a pistol from the store where he purchased it to his home, and since his mother and other children are dependent upon him for a living, and the judge and solicitor having recommended the exercise of executive clemency, sentence commuted September 6, 1895, to payment of five dollars.
MALINDA WEST.-Convicted of misdemeanor, city court of Atlanta; sentence, twelve months. Sentance commuted to eight months. Numerously signed petition asking for it.
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Commutation of sentences _________ ----------- 1X
Reprieves and suspension of sentence__ _
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The following resolution ~as offered by Mr. Perkins of Habersham, which was read and laid over, under the rules, until to-morrow, to wit:
Resolved by the House, the Senate r.oricu1ring, That that portion of the Governor's message relative to the Blue Ridge and Atlanta Railroad be referred to a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate, and for other purposes.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Meadow of Madison, Clements, and Mell of Clarke.
Upon motion of Mr. Sanderson of Burke, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Tuesday, October 29, 1895.
The House met pursuant to adjournment; at 10 o'clock A. M., this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names, to wit:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gaines,
Anderson,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
Arnold,
Gibson,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding,
Battle,
Gregory,
Baggett,
Griffin,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Bell,
Hall,
Bird,
Harrell,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Hendel'!'on,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
Branch,
Hogan,
Branan,
Hodge.
Broyles,
Houston,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Burnett of Quitman, Humpheys,
Burnett of Douglas, Hutcherson,
Burch,
Hughes,
Bush,
Hurst,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Owt>n, Parker, Pet>ples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, San deford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdalt>, Smith of Telfair,
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f'oleman, Collier. Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard,
Dorou~~:h,
Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
J ohnsonof Taliaferro, Stokes,
Jones of Dougherty, Symons,
Jones of Dodge,
Sumner,
Latham,
Tatum,
Lee,
Thompson,
Little,
Traylor,
Longley,
Walker,
Lovett,
\Vallace,
Law,
Walden,
Martin,
West,
Mallette,
Wheatley,
Marchman,
Wilson,
Mansfield,
Wilkin,
Melton,
\\' illiarus,
Moore of Bulloch, Williuk,
Moore of Clayton, \\ ilkinson,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Montfort,
~-orley,
Murrah,
Wright,
.Middlebrooks,
"'ren,
McDonald,
\Vynne,
McElmurry,
Vaughn,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
McCurry,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Clementsofl\'lontgm'y,Mell, Meadow,
Newton.
Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas, Hnuse Bill No. 384, which is a bill to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of$35,000 to pay for improvements. Proofs correct.
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By Mr. McDaniel of Fannin, House. Bill No. 358, which is a bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of Morgantown in the county of Fannin. Proofs correct.
Respectfully submitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman.
Mr. Arnold, chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal of yesterday had been examined and approved.
The Journal was then read and confirmed.
At this juncture the Hon. Henry C. Hammond, the member-elect from the county of Richmond, presented himself and was sworn in as a membet of the House of Representatives by the Hon. Robert Falligant, Judge of the Eastern Circuit.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. McCurry, of Hart, which was read and adopted, to wit:
&~olved, That 400 copies of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the House.
Upon mQtion of Mr. Humphreys of Brooks, the action Jf the House upon this resolution was reconsidered and referred to the Finance Committee.
The Speaker made the following committee appointments of Hon. Henry C. Hammond of Richmond, to wit:
Finance, Manufacturers, Military Affairs, Railroads, General Judiciary.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
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Jfr. Spen ker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 250 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, the following House bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the granting of divorces in this State only for one cause or ground, that allowed by the Scripture, adultery or fornication.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the payment of checks in case of the death of the drawer before payment.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner in which proofof protest, demand, non-payment, notice, and service of the same shall be made.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submits the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special ,Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill for the protection of fish in the waters of Fannin county, to fix penalty for same, and for other purposes.
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Ah;o, a bill to change the time of holding the regular quarterly terms of the city court in Elbert coJnty, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to enable said city to issue and sell bonds, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the ccrpomte limits of the City of Rome, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to repeal section 46 of the act of the General Assembly approved September 25, 1883, then known as the charter of Rome, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission for said city, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act for the removal of ali obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for the purpose of operating mills and machinery of any kind hom the running streams in Hart county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the fall term of Irwin superior court, and tor other. purposes.
Also, the following bills, which the committee recommends do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to change the time of holding the superior court in White county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Emanuel county, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bills, which the committee recommend do not pass, to wit:
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A bill to provide for the inspection of steam boilers in Georgia, the appointment of a State board of inspectors, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to allow Robert G. Trice, of Upson county, to peddle, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make the owners of dead animals bury the same, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bills, which the committee recommend that the introducer have leave to withdraw, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the registration of legal voters of the county of Taylor, and to repeal all formal laws on the subject, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide for a three months' public school in the county of Ware, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The following bill, by unanimous consent of the House, was introduced, read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Temperance, to wit:
By Mr. Bush of MitchellA bill to be entitled an act to abolish barrooms, to pro-
hibit the manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Bush, 300 copies of the above bill were ordered to be printed for the use of the members of the House.
Mr. Fouche, chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges and Elections have had
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under consideration the contested election case of Columbus Blair, contestant, against G. W. Burnett, contestee, from the county of Douglas. After a full consideration of the case and all the legal evidence submitted by the parties, I am directed by the committee to report to the House that the contestant, Columbus Blair, received a majority of all the legal votes c:ast at the election held in Douglas county on the 3d day of October, 1894, for member of House of Representatives from said county. And I am further instructed to submit for the consideration of the Honse the following resolution, with the recommendation that the same be adopted, viz.:
Resolved, That Columbus Blair, of the county of Douglas, was legally elected a member of the House of Representatives from said county at the election held in that county on the 3d day of October, 1894, and is entitled to be seated as such member instead of the sitting member.
Respectfully submitted. A. T. FoucHE, Chairman.
Mr~ Fouche, of Floyd, moved that the report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring Columbus Blair, of the county of Douglas, to have been legally elected a member of the House of Representatives from said county, at the election held in that county on the 3d day of October, 1894, and is entitled to be seated as such member instead of the sitting member, be adopted.
Mr. Branch, of Columbia, offered the following as a substitute to the resolution submitted by the report of the Committee on Privileges and :Elections, to wit:
Resolved, That no legal election for member of the House of Representatives from Douglas county was held in 1894.
Upon the resolution and substitute the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
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Upon taking the baHot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bagget,
Ennis,
Lo,ett,
Bennett of Jackson, Florence,
Law,
Blalock of Rabun, Fink,
Montfort,
Boyd,
Franklin,
McWhorter,
Branch,
Fullwood,
Pope,
Caldwell,
Gray of Paulding, Pool,
Clement of Milton, Greer of Harris,
Salter,
Collins,
Henderson,
Sell,
Davison,
Hogan,
Traylor,
Durham,
Johnson of Taliaferro, \Vren.
Edenfield,
Those voting in the negative were ~Iessrs.-
Anderson, Arnold, Arm'ltrong, Awtrey, Bailey,
Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hall, Hammond,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Neely, Owen,
Battle,
Harrell,
Bennett of Wayne, Harvey,
Parker, Perkins,
Bell, Bird, Blalock of Fayette,
Hill, Hodges, Hightower,
Pitman, Pittard, Price,
Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Broyles, Bush, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur,
Hopkins, Hodge, Houston, Hudson, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jenkins,
Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Roberts, Rockwell, Sandeford, Shropshire, Shaw,
Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Farmer, Fletcher,
Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Lee, Little, Martin,
Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes,
Symon~,
Thompson,
Fouche, Fogarty, Ferguson, Futrell,
ih
Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Melton,
\Valker, \Vallace, Walden, West,
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Fussell,
GaineE~,
Giles, Gilreath, Gibson. Gray of Houston,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDaniel, McCurry,
Wheatley, Wilson,
William~,
Willink, Worley, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Howell,
Atkinson,
Holbrook,
Branan,
Holland,
Brown of \Vashington, Jarrell,
Brown bf Pulaski, JohnRon of Hall,
Burwell,
Longley,
Burnett of Quitman, :Meadow,
Burnett of Douglas, M:ell,
Burch,
Moore of Bulloch,
Clements of Montgm'y McDonald,
Cureton,
McElmurry,
Espy,
Newton,
Griffin,
Peeples,
Reece,
~creven,
Short, Spence, Smith of Rockdale, Sumner, Tatum, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Willingham, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. :-lpeaker.
Yeas 31. Nays 104. Not voting 39.
So the substitute was declared by the Speaker to be lost.
Upon the motion to adopt the report of the committee the yeas and nays were called, which call was not sustained.
The motion preYailed, and the resolution dedaring the Hon. Columbus Blair entitled to a seat upon the floor of the House, as a member from Douglas county, was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Symons of Glynn-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the county of Glynn to issue coupon bonds of said county in a sum not
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exceeding sixty-nine thousand dollars, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Houston of DeKalbA bill to be entitled an act to fix the time and manner
of electing the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Worley of ElbertA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to prohibit
the sale of alcoholic, spirituous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or intoxicating drugs of any kind in the county of Elbert, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Hightower of EarlyA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 6 of an act
to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Jenkins of PutnamA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the appointment
of a commissioner of pensions, to prescribe the powers and duties of such commissioner, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lee of Walker-
A bill to be entitled an act to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain public roads approaching to the Chickamauga National Military Park, in the counties of 'Valker and Catoosa, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee onSpecial Judiciary.
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By Mr. Houston of DeKalb-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit prize fighting and pugilism, and fights between men and animals, and provide penalties therefor.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Houston of DeKalb-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent irregular traffic and sale of railroad passenger tickets, and to require railroads to redeem unused portions of railroad tickets, and for other purposes. ' Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to abolish appeals from the
police court of Savannah, and for other .purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciaty.
By Mr. Rockwell of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of land in Crawford ward for the purpose of straightening a street.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Jenkins of Putnam-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide what cases shall be taken to the Supreme Court.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Willingham of MunroeA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2385 of the
Code of Georgia of 1882, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Giles of HoustonA bill to be entitled an act to regulate the making and
rendering of verdicts in jury trials in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts in this State.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Pitman of TroupA bill to be entitled an act to more fully define the crime
of perjury in Georgia. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
_,_"tfr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the House is aek~d, to wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to examine into the condition of the Xortheastern Railroad, and report thereon.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Long, Harris of Twenty-second, and Lewis.
Mr. 'Vest, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaka:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 169, to establish night schools in the State of Georgia, which they recommend do not pass.
Respectfully submitted. W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
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The following bills were withdrawn at the request of the members introducing the same, to wit:
By Mr. McDonald of Ware-
A bill to be entitled an act to require a term ot entire free school of three months in each and every year for the county of \Vare.
By Mr. Gray of HoustonA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the registra-
tion of legal voters of the county of Taylor, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Bush of MitchellA bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner in
which proof of protest, etc., shall be made, and for other purposes.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
By Mr. Hodges of BibbA bill to be entitled an act t:> amend section 250 of the
Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to be entitled an act to establish uight schools in
cities and towns of 2,500 or more population, and fiJr other purposes.
Mr. Polhill, of Bibb, moved that the House disagree with the adverse report of the Committee on Education upon this bill.
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The motion to disagree with the report of the committee was lost, and the report of the committee, reporting the bill adversely, was adopted, and the bill lost.
By Mr. Symons of GlynnA bill to be entitled au act to authorize the payment of
.checks in case of the death of the drawer before payment. . The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
By Mr. Franklin of WhiteA bill to be entitled an act to change the time of hold-
ing the superior court of White county.
By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to be entitled an act for the protection of fish 111
the waters of Fannin county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Worley of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the regular quarterly term of the city court of Elbert .county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved
August 22, 1883, incorporating th!l town of Morganton, in the county of Fannin, and for other purposes.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of
obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers and .creeks and other running streams in Hart county.
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By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas--
A bill to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the amount of $35,000, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission fot said city, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to repeal t'ection 46 of the act of the General Asseh1bly approved September 2.5, 1883, and for other purposes.
By Mr. :Fletcher of Irwin-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the fall term of Irwin superior court, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the corporate limits of the city of Rome, and for other purpose;;.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to he entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, S.) as to enable said city of Rome to tssne and sell bonds to retire its bonded debt.
By Mr. Marchman of Upson--
A bill to be entitled an act to allow Robert G. Trice, of Upson county, Georgia, to peddle, etc.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
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At this juncture the Hon. Columbus Blair, of the county of Douglas, presented himself and was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives by Judge Robert Falligant of the Eastern circuit.
By request of the authors, the following bills were recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to make the owners of dead.
animals bury same.
Recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. McDonald of WareA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the granting of
divorces in this State only for one cause, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to Committee on Gemral Judiciary.
By Mr. Doolan of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the inspection
of steam boilers in Georgia, and for other purposes. Recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following joint resolution, by Mr. Hurst of Walton,. was temporarily laid upon the table, to wit:
A joint resolution expressing the sense of the General Assembly of Georgia as being antagonistic to all movements which look to or result in a union of church and State, and for other purposes.
The following resolutions were read the first time, and under the rules, laid over until to-morrow, to wit:
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By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to take into consideration that portion of the Governor's message recommending State supervision of misdemeanor convicts, ..,-;ith power to report by bill or otherwise.
By Mr. Awtry of Cobb-
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of five from the How>e and two from the Senate to investigate the recommendation of the Bar Association of the State, that the judicial circuits be renuced from twentythree to fifteen.
'l'he following Senate resolution was read for the first time, and under the rules, laid on the table until to-morrow, to wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to examine into the condition of the Northeastern Railroan and report thereon.
The following resolution, by Mr. Perkins of Habersham, was read and.adopted, to wit:
Resolved b;t~ the House, the Senate concu1"ring, That that portion of the Governor's message relative to the Blue Ridge and Atlanta Railroad be referred to a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate, and for other purposes.
The following resolution came up for its third reading, to wit:
A resolution to appropriate $205.88 to pay H. W. Thomas for transcribing records in Secretary of State's office.
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The resolution involving an appropriation, the House went into a committee of the whole, and Mr. Willingham, of Monroe, was called to the chair.
After deliberating, the committee arose and the chairman of the same reported back the resolution to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to, and the resolution was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Holland of Cobb, Pool, Marchman, aud Symons.
Upon motion of Mr. Jenkins of Putnam, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
'Vednesday, October 30, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names, to wit:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Rennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Blair,
Gaines, Giles, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gra.y of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, .Hammond, Harrell,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope,
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-Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Rawling8,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reece,
Branch,
Hogan,
Rob<:.>rts.
Branan,
HodgE>,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Houst.on,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burwdl,
Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Hhaw,
Eush,
Hurst,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jarrdl,
~pence,
Clement of .C\Iilton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Rmith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dou~herty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Sumn!'r,
Davison,
Lee,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Jjttle,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Longley,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Walker,
Dodson,
Law,
\Vallace,
Durham,
Martin,
\Valden,
Edenfield,
1\-Iallette,
West,
Ennis,
:'<Iarchman.
Wheatley,
Espy,
"Mansfield,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Mel!,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
FouchP,
Moore of Clayton, \Vilkinson,
Fink,
~Ioore of Heard,
Willingham,
Fogarty,
Montfort,
Worley,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
\Vright,
.Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Wren,
Futrell,
McDonald,
W Jnne,
Fullwood,
McElmurray,
Vaughn,
Fussell,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Clements of Montgm'y l\icadow, Holland,
Symons.
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Mr. Arnold, chairman of the Committee on Journal
reported that the Journal of yesterday had been examined'
and approved.
The Journal was then read and confirmed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee, on the part of the !;louse, to consider rhat portion of the Governor's message relating to the Blue Ridge and Atlanta Railroad, to wit: Perkins of Habersham, .Johnson of Hall, Wynn of Wilkes, Rawlings of Washington, Pool of 'Varren.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Honse bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act approved November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the right and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to am~nd section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide compensation for election managers and clerks at all general and special elections held in 'Vashington county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swarts, of Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report that :the same do not pass, to wit:
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A hili to amend section 936(a) of the Code of 1882, which provides that tax-receivers receive only one-half the amount allowed to tax-collectors for collecting county taxes,
and for other purposes. Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
Upon motion of the chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, the following members were added to the committee, to wit: \Vaiden, Wallace, Rockwell, Smith of Rockdale, Moore of Heard, Hogan, and Wyn.ne.
Upon a call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Longly of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Dalton, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Longley of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Dalton, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Longley of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an. act to amend charter of the city
of Dalton, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Dodson of SumterA bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Fogarty of Richmond- ,
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the more speedy determination of proceedings under the writ of habeas corpus.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Fogarty of Richmond-,-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to prevent mob violence in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Blalock of RabunA bill, to be entitled an act to alter and amend section
605 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Revenues.
By Mr. Fullwood of Polk-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties composing the Tallapoosa circuit. -
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fullwood of Polk-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the filing, bearing, and determining contested elections in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Fullwood of Polk-
A bill to be entitled an act to reqnire public officers to keep an account of their fees, publish the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General J ndiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Fullwood of PolkA bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an
act to amend section 3910(d) of the Code of Georgia. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Walker of PierceA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 943(a) of
the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Banks.
By Mr. Middlebrooks of NewtonA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4255 of
the Code of 1882, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Giles of HoustonA bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of
1877 by adding an additional article thereto, and for -other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Johnson of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to deelare councilmen and aldermen of cities ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office m said town, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene--
A bill to be entitled an act to refund to Chas. J. Doherty {)f Greene county a certain amount of the liquor license for 1892.J
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
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By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice in the
courts of this State. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to define the duties, liabilities, and obligations of receivers, trustees, and assignors of corporations owning or operating property or franchises in this State, and for other purposes. .
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. McCurdy of DeKalb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the first section of an act to regulate the rates and manner of legal advertising in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hutcherson of CherokeeA bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the time of trial
for divorce cases in this State, and for other purpose8. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Wilkinson of ChattahoocheeA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit merchants open-
ing their place of business on Sunday. Referred to .the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Screven of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to exempt certain State,
county, and city officers and lawful posses from provisions of section 4527 of the Code of 1882.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
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By Mr. Willink of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose ofwidening, extending, and straightening any street, etc.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend section 205i(f) of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Co~mittee.
By l\Ir. Spence <'f Carroll--
A bill to be entitled an act to define the duties of the officers of certain municipal au_thorities, commission merchants, and fa-::tors, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Moore of ClaytonA bill to be entitled au act to amend section :2584 of the
Code of Georgia, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Branan of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require owners of real estate to return for taxation the value of the land separate from the improvements thereon.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
The Speaker announced the fi)llowing committee appointments of the Ron. Columbus Blair of the county of Douglas, to wit: Penitentiary, General Agriculture, Finance, and Railroad~.
Upon motion of Mr. Humphreys, chairman of the Committee on Lunatic Asylum, the following members were
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ttdded to said committee, to wit: Messrs. Fogarty of Richmond, and Bagget of L-c1urens.
The following resolution, by Mr. Bush of Mitchell, was read and adopted, to wit:
.A resolution that the use of the hall of the House of Representatives for to-night and to-morrow night be ten-dered to the temperance convention now in session in this
~ity.
The following resolution, by Mr. Broyles of Fulton, was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Chancellor of the State University he invited to address the -General .Assembly on Tuesday, November 5, 1895, at 11 .o'clock a. m.
The following bills were, upon motion of the members introducing same, recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Hodges of BibbA bill to be entitled an a<'t to amend section 250 of the
Code of 1882. Recommitted to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Franklin of WhiteA bill to be entitled an act to change the tjme of holding
the superior court of White county, and for other purposes.
Recommiteed to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
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By Mr. Coleman of EmanuelA bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court
of Emanuel county.
The report of the committee, reporting said bill with an amendment, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this biil the yeas were 109 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to be entitled an act to protect fish in the waters
of Fannin county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 107, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved
August 22, 1883, incorporaiing the town of Morganton,. in the county of Fannin.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 106, nays 0 So the bill, .having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Wo~ley of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time for holding the regular quarterly term of the city court of Elbert county.
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The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 93, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to amend the chart~r of the
dty of Rome, so as to allow said city to issue and sell bonds to pay off its bonded debt, and for other purposes.
, The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 98, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority,. was passed.
By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to change the corporate limits
of the city of Rome, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 97, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Rome, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the years were 99, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission, and forother purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 91, nays 0.
So the bill, having receiv:ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city of
Thomasville to issue bonds for the amount of $~5,000, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 99, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. McCurry of HartA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of
all obstructions, except dams used in the operation of mills or machinery, etc., in the running streams of Hart county~ and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 93, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Fletcher of IrwinA bill to be entitled an act to change the time of hold-
ing the fall term of Irwin superior court, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 95, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. wright, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters, having had under consideration the following bills, instruct me to report to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to require the road commissioners of BibiJ county to work the convict force upon the public bridges, sewers, upon public roads, swamp drainage, canals, dams, and other public works in said county.
Also, a bill to authorize county authorities iu this State to contract with authorities of the United States for the erection of bridges in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 9, 1885, allowing parties living on lines of counties and districts where the fence law is in force, and where the adjoining county or counties and districts have adopted no fence law, to erect on public highways on said line, so as to empower the commissioners of roads and revenue of Terrell county to locate gates in said county, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
MosEs WRIGHT,. Chairman.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Smith of TelfairA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 936(a) of
the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was adverse, was agreed to and the bill lost.
By Mr. Little of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved Kovember 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and ior other purposes.
By Mr. Redding of PikeA bill to be entitled au act to relieve and reimburse
R. L. Swatts of Pike county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Rawlings of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide compensation for election managers and clerks at all general and special elections held in Washington county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Boifeuillet of BibbA bill to he entitled an act to require the road commis-
sioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at such time and places as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb county.
By Mr. Gray of CatoosaA bill to be entitled an act to authorize county authori-
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ties in this State to contract with authorities of the United States, aud for other purposes.
By Mr. Dodson of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hill of Terrell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 9, 1885, to allow parties living on lines of counties and districts where the fence la\v is in force to erect public highways, and for other purposes.
The following resolution, by Mr. McCurry of Hart, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that a special committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to take into consideration that portion of the Governor's message recommending State supervision of misdemeanor convicts, with power to report by bill or otherwise.
The following resolution, by Mr. Fleming of Richmond, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution by the House, the Senate concurring, providing for congratulations of the Governor and other members of the board upon the splendid exhibit of Georgia at the Cotton States and International Exposition, and for other purposes.
The following Senate resolution was read and concurred in, to wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to examine into the condition of the Northeastern Railroad and report thereon.
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The following resolution, by Mr. Awtry of Cobb, was referred to a special committee previously appointed, to wit:
A resolution providing for a committee from the House and Senate to investigate and report upon the recommendation of the Bar Association as to the reduction of the judicial circuits, etc.
By request of the Committee on Penitentiary, Hon. B. T. Rawlings, Hon. A. E. Bird, Hon. T. J. Dempsey, and Hon. John L. Gaines were added to said committee.
Upon motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock, 300 copies of bill Xo. 16; the same being a bill to be entitled an act to establish a reformatory prison in the State of Georgia, were ordered to be printed, and this bill made the special order for Friday immediately after reading the Journal.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. \Villingham, McElmurry, Thompson, Melton, Gilreath, and Armstrong.
Upon motion of Mr. Humphreys of Brooks, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Thursday, October 31, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A .M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names, to wit :
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter,
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Armstrong,
Gray of Paulding, Neely,
Awtrey,
Gregory,
Newton,
Bailey,
Griffin,
Owen,
Battle,
Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bagget,
Greer of Harris,
Peeple@,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Perkius,
Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
H11rvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Pol hill,
Hoifeuillet,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyd,
Howell,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branch,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Branan,
Housion,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Hudson,
San deford,
Brown of Pulaski, Humphreys,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Hughes,
Sell,
Burch,
Hurst,
Shaw,
Bush,
Jarrell,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jenkins,
Spence,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Clinch,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hancock,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Rockdale,
Cook of Decatur,
,Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Cureton,
Latham,
Rtokes,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennartl,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Law,
Walker,
Durham,
Martin,
Wallace,
Edenfield,
Mallette,
Walden,
Ennis,
Marchman,
West,
E~py,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
:Farmer,
Meadow,
Wilson,
}'Iorence,
)felton,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Mell,
Williams,
Fouche
Moore of Bulloch, Will ink,
Fink,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
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Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Giles,
Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McDaniel, McCurry,
'V"illingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bennett of Wayne, Clement of Milton, McElmurry,
<Jlements of Montgm'y Holland,
Symons.
The .Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Anderson, of Jones, moved to reconsider the action -of the House on yesterday upon House bill No. 336, the same being a bill to amend section 936(a) of the Code of 188:2.
The motion prevailed, and the bill was placed in its order upon the calender.
Upon motion, this bill was recommitted to the Committee -on Finance.
The Speaker appointed, as a committee upon part of the House, to investigate the Northeastern Railroad, the following members, to wit: Messrs. Mell, Gray of Houston, Worley, Houston, Murrah.
Mr. McCurry, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under considt>ration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back, with recommendation that the same do pass, .to-wit:
A bill to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads, approaches
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tQ the Chickamauga National Military Park, in the counties of Walker and Catoosa, in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to make the owners of dead animals bury the same, and for other purpose.
Also, a bill to fix the time and manner of electing the mayor and city council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, and fix the terms of office of said officers.
The committ~e has also had under consideration the fol-
lowing House bill, which they instruct me to return back
to the House, with tb~ recommendation that the same be
read the second time and recommitted to the Special Judi-
ciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of the county of Glynn, to issue bonds not to exceed $69,000.00, bearing interest not to exceed 5 per cent., and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. H. G. 1\fcCuRRY, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution in which it asks the concurrence of the House of Representatives, t() wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee to visit the State Normal College and report thereon.
The Senate has concurr.:,d in the resolution of the House appointing a joint committee to consider that part of the
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Governor's message relative to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad. The committee appointed on the part of the Senate are Mes8rs. Long, Harris of the Twenty-second district, and Lewis.
By request of the members of the penitentiary committee, and upon motion of Mr. Reagan, the chairman thereof, Ron. H. C. Hammond was added to said committee.
Upon request of the Committee on Special Judiciary, Mr. Willink, of Chatham, was added to said eommittee.
The Speaker appointed the following committee to take into consideration that portion of the Governor's message referring to State supervision of misdemeanor convicts, to wit: Messrs. McCurry, Dempsey, and Fullwood.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read for first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Jones of DoughertyA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
dty of Albany, and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wynne of WilkesA bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved
October 15, 1885, relative to the duties of tax-coilectors. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wynne of WilkesA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved
October 17, 1885, prescribing the duties of tax-collectors. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Wynne of WilkesA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 863 of the
Code. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Mallette of ThomasA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
town of Boston, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA resolution to appropriate $1,000 to paint and repair
the capitol building. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Law of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners for the county of Liberty, approved October 26, 1889.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Branan of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act m relation to the sale of mileage books by railroads, and protecting the railroads against the abuse of the same.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Jones of DoughertyA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the purchase, sale,
and exchange or delivery of cotton seed in the county of Dougherty between sunset and sunrise, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Awtry of CobbA bill to be entitled an act to prehihit the operation of
opium joints in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Rockwell of Chatham-
A resolution to pay Columbus Blair mileage and per diem.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hall of CowetaA resolution providing for the appointment by the Gov-
ernor of a committee of five able and discreet citizens, whose duty it shall be to investigate different penitentiary systems for the punishment of criminals, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Henderson of ForsythA bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraphs 2 and 3
of section 3 of article 6 of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.
The following resolution, by Mr. Battle of Muscogec, was read, to wit:
Resolved, That after the passage of this resolution the various committees of the House shall not be increased by the assignment of any member to any committee.
Mr. Reagan, of Henry, moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Rules.
Mr. Humphreys moved to amend said motion by instructing said committee to report the same back to the House at to-morrow morning's session.
The motion and amendment were passed.
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The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Little of MuscogeeA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved
November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 112, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Rawlings of Washington-A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an
act entitled an act to provide compensation for election managers and clerks at all general and special elections held in Washington county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 101, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Dodson of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
Mr. McCurry, of Hart, moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Special Judiciary, which motion was lost.
Mr. Giles, of Houston, called the previous question, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
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Upon taking the ballot vit'a voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, :Bailey, Bagget, Bell, Bird, Blair, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, lloyd, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Caldwell, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Davison, Dempsey, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fink,
Ferguson,
Perkins,
Futrell,
Pope,
Gibson,
Price,
Gray of Houston, Pool,
Gray of Paulding, Polhill,
Gregory,
Ra~lings,
Griffin,
Redding,
Greer of Macon,
Reagan,
Hill,
Roberts,
Henderson,
Rockwell,
Hightower,
Salter,
Hopkins,
Sandeford,
Hogan,
Shaw,
Houston,
Short,
Hudson,
Smith of Clinch,
Hurst,
Smith of Rockdale,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Jones of Dodge,
'l'raylor,
Law,
Walker,
Mallette,
Wallace,
Mansfield,
West,
Moore of Heard,
Wheatley,
Murrah,
Wilson,
Middlebrooks,
Williams,
McDonald,
Willink,
McGough,
Wilkinson,
McCurdy,
Willingham,
McWhorter,
Wright,
Owen,
Wren.
Parker,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, :Battle, :Bennett of Jackson, Blalock of Rabun, Collins, Coleman, Dennard,
Hammond, Hodges, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Jarrell, Jenkins, Johnson of Hall,
Mell, Moore of Clayton, McDaniel, McCurry, McClure, Peeples, Pittard, Reece,
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Fouche, Fogarty, Franklin, Fullwood, Gaines, Giles, Gray of Catoosa,
Latham, Lee, Little, Longley, Lovett, Martin, Meadow,
Shropshire, Sell, Smith of Hancock, Symons. Sumner, Wilkin, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Bennett of Wayne, Gilreath,
Blalock of Fa) ette, Greer of Harris,
Boynton,
Hall,
Brown of Washington Harrell,
Brown of Pulaski, Harvey,
Burnett,
Howell,
Burch,
Hodge,
Bush,
Holbrook,
Dlements of Montgm'y Holland,
Clement of Milton, Marchman,
{Jureton,
Melton,
Espy,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fussell,
Montfort,
McElmurry, Neely-, Newton, Pitman, Screven, Spence, Tatum, Thompsqn, Walden, Worley, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 92. Nays 45. Not voting 38.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Boifeuillet of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the road commissioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at such times and places and in such manner as they may be, directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb eounty, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 93, nays 0.
'.
. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional :majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Redding of Pike-
A bill to be entitled an act to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts, ofPike county, for payment offorfeited bond.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 111, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Gray of Catoosa-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize county authorities in this State to contract with authorities of the United States, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 109, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hill of Terrell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 9, 1885, to allow parties living on lines of counties and districts where the fence law is in force to erect public highways, and for other purposes.
By request of Mr. Hill of Terrell, he was allowed to , withdraw the above bill.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to compel the owners of dead animals to bury same, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the time and manner of electing the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain public roads approaching Chickamauga National Military Park in the counties of Walker and CatooAa, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the board of commissioners of roads and revenues to issue coupon bonds of said county in a sum not exceeding sixty-nine thousand dollars, and for other purposes.
Upon motion this bill was rP.committed to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Harvey, Ben~ett of Wayne, Hill of Terrell, Smith of Telfair, M~ore of Heard, Stokes, Fink, Neely, Anderson, and Bush.
Upon motion of Mr. Wilson of Clay, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Friday, November 1, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson,
- Atkinson,
Arnold,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa,
McGough, McUurdy, McClure, McWhorter,
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Armstrong,
Gray of Paulding, Neely,
Awtrey,
Gregory,
Newton,
Bailey,
Griffin,
Owen,
Battle,
Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bagget,
Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill, .
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyd,
Howell,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branch,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Washington Holland,
San deford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
llavison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Law,
Walker,
Durham,
Martin,
'Vallace,
Edenfield
Mallette,
Walden,
Ennis,
Marchman,
'Vest,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Florence,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Mell,
Williams,
Fouche,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
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Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Giles,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McDaniel, McCurry,
Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, \Vren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bennett of Wayne, Clementsof Montgm'y, McElmurry.
Mr. Polhill, of the Journal Uommii:iee, reported that the Journal of yesterday had been examined and approved.
The Journal was then read and confirmed.
Upon motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock, House bill No. 16, the same being a bill to establish a prison reformatory in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, which was made.the special order for to-day, was made the special order of the House for November 12, 1895.
Upon a call of the roll of the counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Fussell of Coffee. A. bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of Coffee county.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to be.entitled an act to prohibit and prevent the insurance of. infants or minors under the age of twelve years, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
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By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to be entitled an act to change the county site of
said county from Morganton to Blue Ridge, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA resolution to appropriate $50.00 to repay the. Atlanta
Electric Railway Company.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill t<> be entitled an act to amend the charter of
Hapeville. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of
Hapeville. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a State Board of Dental Examiners and to prescribe their duties, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Symons of Glynn-
A joint resolution for the purpose of. relieving the sureties on the bond of the Brunswick State bank of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
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l3y Mr. Willingham of Monroe-
A bill to be entitled an act to- amend au act approved -october 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in -counties having a population of 15,000 inhabitants or more.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
JJy Mr. Little of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow the payees, holders, or owners of promissory notes to recover judgment or judgments upon the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Jenkins of PutnamA bill to be entitled an act to separate all felony convicts
under the age of seventeen years, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
JJy Mr. Fogarty of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to create a land commission
1'or immigration and other purposes in this State. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
J3y Mr. Fogarty of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the mode of pleading in civil actions, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
JJy :Mr. Edenfield of ScrevenA bill to be entitled an act to regulate the tolling ofrice
in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Dennard of WilcoxA bill to be entitled a"b act to make legal the sales of wild lands in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Boyd of McDuffieA resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDuffie
county. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Willink of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to fix the time for electing
the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah, and forother purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Willink of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to create and organize a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Willink of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to create and organize a board"
of police commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for
other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following message was received from the Senatethrough Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has concurred in the following joint resolu.-
tion of the Hou~e, to wit :
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A resolution inviting the Chancellor of the State University to address the General Assembly on the condition, interests, and wants of the University.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills which I am instructed to return, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to more fully define the crime of perjury in Georgia.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to declare the status of dogs as property, to provide for their registration and thtJ compensation therefor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require the judges of the superior courts of this State, upon the continuance of any case in the superior courts, to enter upon their docket~ opposite such case the date of the continuance thereof, etc.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the method of attestation and acknowledgment of deeds to realty and per- sonalty executed without the State, etc.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Banks, to 'wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 21, 1891, etc.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass., to wit :
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A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the granting of divorces in this Stab~ only for one cause or ground, thllt allowed by the Scriptures, adultery or fornication.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submit.s the following report :
Mr. Speaker : The Special Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following House bills which they instruct me to report hack to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so a.'i to authorize the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tern., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk of the council' to collect all fees, licenses, and taxes for the city.
Also, a bill to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a system of public schools, and for other purposes.
The committee has also had under consideration the fol. lowing House bill, which they instruct me to report back to
the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit :
A bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements. The committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill prohibiting merchants from opening their stores on Sunday, and for other purposes.
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The committee has also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
A bill to abolish the county court of Houston county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The undersigned members of the Committee on General Judiciary submitted the following minority report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
House bil1 No. 144, to be entitled an act to prohibit the
granting of divorces in this State only for one cause or
ground, that allowed by the Scriptures, adultery or fornica-
tion, which they recommend do pass.
Respectfuliy submitted.
HENRY c. HAMMOND,
wM. H. BURWELL,
H. A. HALL.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mv. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
House bill No. 375, to establish a system of public schools
for the town of Abbeville, which they instruct me to report
back to the House, with the recommendation that the same
do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEST, Chairman.
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Gray, of Catoosa, chairman of Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report to the House, with a recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 534 of the Code of 1882, as amended by acts of the General Assembly of 1891, which provides for allowing Confederate soldiers to peddle without license, to ext-end the provisions of said act to Indian and Mexican war soldiers.
Respectfully submitted.
GRAY, of Catoosa, Chairman.
Mr. Reagan, chairman protem. of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker :
The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That after the passage of this resolution the various committees of the House shall not be increased by the assignment of any member to any committee.
After due consideration, we recommend that the resolution be adopted by substitute, as follows:
That rule No. 170 be amended by adding thereto the following proviso, to wit: provided, that no request to add new names to any committee shall be entertained except upon the regular written report of the committee, showing that the request was made at a regular meeting of the com-
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mittee, and was voted for by a majority.of all the members -of the committee.
Respectfully submitted. REAGAN, Chairman.
Mr. Reagan, of Henry, moved to adopt the substitute to the resolution, which was submitted to the Committee on Rules on yesterday, and which was reported back to the House to-day. The substitute was adopted and the resolution passed.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, .submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 148, to be entitled an act to require the publication of the charters and amendments thereof of rail-roads, granted by the Secretary of State and by virtue -of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 17, 1892, with the recommendation that it do not pass.
House bill No. 145-, to be entitled an act to appropriate :$330, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry into ~ffect act of October 12, 1885, requiring publication of <Jharte~s, etc., of railroads, and for other purposes, with .recommendation that it do not pass.
House bill No. 321, to be entitled an act to appropriate to the trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be used in the construction of additional buildings and furnishing the same for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and for other purposes, with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
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By request of Mr. Broyles of Fulton, House bill No~ 406, the same being a bill to be entitled an act te amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes,. was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the third time and put. upon their passage, to wit:
.A bill to appropriate $330.00 to carry into effect the act of the General Assembly, approved October 12, 1885, for the publication of charters, etc.
Mr. Fogarty, of Richmond, moved that further action upon this bill be postponed until to-morrow morning,. which motion, after debate, was withdrawn.
Mr. Fogarty then moved to disagree with the report oi the committee, which motion was lost.
The report of the committee, which was adverse to the biJI, was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
Also, a bill to provide for the publication of charters oi railroads, and for other purposes.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require owners oi dead animals to bury same, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the time and manner of electing the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State to certain roads approaching the Chickamauga National Military Park in Webster and Walker counties.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon th~ passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The followin!]; bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the granting of divorces in this State except for one cause-viz., adultery or fornication.
Mr. McDonald, of Ware, moV(d that further action upon this bill be postponed, and that it be made the special order of Monday next immediately after the reading of the Journal, which motion prevailed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 21, 18!)1, preecribing the method of granting charters to banking companies.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to declare the legal status of dogs, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to appropriate the sum fifty thousand dollars. to the trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of the Normal and Industrial College, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this bill was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbeville and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to he entitled an act to prohibit the opening of their places of business by merchants, and for other purposes.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and the bill lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior court, upon continuance of any case in the superior court, to enter upon their dockets the date of such continuance, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to allow the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tem., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to more fully define the crime of perjury in Georgia.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of Houston county, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bill WI},S read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
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A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner of the attestation and acknowledgment of deeds to realty and personalty executed without the State, to authorize their . record in this State, and for other purposes.
The committee to whom this bill was referred reported the same back to the House with an amendment.
The report of the committee reporting said amendment was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Willingham, of Monroe, moved that when the House adjourns to-day it adjourn until Monday morning at 10 o'clock, which motion prevailed.
The following Senate resolution was read and concurred n, to wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee to visit the State Normal College and report thereon.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Ferguson, Martin, Greer, Owen, Dorough, Traylor, Middlebrooks, Sandeford, Dennard, Collins, Farmer, Hudson, 'Vheatly, Bell, Mallette, Bailey, Hall, Boyett, Johnson of Taliaferro, Shropshire, Williams, Smith of Hancock, Montfort, Murrah, Jarrell, Reagal!, Pitman, Broyles, Pope, Hightower, Fletcher, Blalock of Fayette.
Upon motion of Mr. Little of Muscogee, the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
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ATLANTA, 9-EORGIA.
Monday, November 4, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. l\I. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
Tbe roll was called, and the following members ans.wered to the call of their names, to wit:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Griffin,
Anderson,
Greer of ~lacon,
Atkinson,
Hammond,
Armstrong,
Harrell,
Awtrey,
Hill,
Battle,
Hodges,
Bennett of \Vayne, Henderson,
Bennett of Jackson, Hopkins,
Bi1d,
Howell,
Blair,
Hogan,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodge,
Rloodworth,
Houston,
Boifeuillet,
Holbrook,
Boynton,
Holland,
Boyd,
Humphreys,
B1anch,
Hutcherson,
Branan,
Hughes,
Broyles,
Hurst,
Burwell,
Jarrell,
Burnett of Quitman, Jenkins,
Bnrch,
Johnson of Hall,
Caldwell,
Jones of Dougherty,
Clements of Montgm'y Jones of Dodge,
Coleman,
Latham,
Collier,
Lee,
Cook of Decatur,
Little,
Cureton,
Lovett,
Davison,
Law,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Edenfield,
Mansfield,
Espy,
Meadow,
Fouche,
Mell,
Fink,
Moore of Bulloch,
McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pittard, Price, Pol hill, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, ShropE hire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Stokes, Symons, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Wallace, Walden, West, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams,
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Fogarty, Franklin, Fullwood, Fussell, Giles, Gilreath, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy,
Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, \Vright, \Vten, \Vynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Farmer,
Melton,
Bailey,
Florence,
Montfort,
Bagget,
Fletcher,
Middlebrooks,
Bell,
FerJ!:uson,
Owen,
Blalock of Fayette, Futrell,
Pitman,
Boyett,
GaineE,
Pope,
Brown of Washington, Gibson,
Pool,
Brown of Pulaski, Greer of Harris,
Rawlings,
Bush,
Hall,
Redding,
Clement of Milton, Harvey,
Reagan,
Collins,
Hightower,
Bdlter,
Dempsey,
Hudson,
Sandeford,
Dennard,
J o1m11on of Talliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
D3rough,
Lon!!ll'y,
Traylor,
Durham,
Martin,
\Valker,
Ennis,
Mal:ette,
Wheatley.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee to visit the Normal School, to wit:
Messrs. Jenkins, West, Armstrong, Bird, Hogan, Shropshire, and Hopkins.
Upon motion of Mr. McDonald of Ware, House bill No. 144, the same being a bill to prohibit the granting of nivorces in this State, except for one cause, and for other purposes, which was made the special order of to-day, was eontinued over until wednesday and made the special order of that day immediately after the reading of the .Journal.
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Upon a call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appr1Jpriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. McDonald of WareA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved
September 19, 1889, authorizing the establishing and maintenance of a system of sewemge for the city of Waycross, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporatione.
By Mr. FlE-ming of Richmond~ A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of
the State, by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fleming of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to relieve the Supreme Court,
and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Little of :MuscogeeA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the seizure and
sale of equities of redemption and bond for title interests in land situated in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. West of LowndesA bill to be entitled an act to require the claimant to
disclose his title by attaching to the claim affidavit an abstract of his title, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Fouche of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide who may redeem real estate which has been sold at tax sale.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fouche of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an
act to provide for the appointment of auditors, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. Giles of Houston__,.. A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4527 of the
Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Houston of DeKalbA bill to be entitled an act to create a board of education
for the town of Lithonia, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By M1. Houston of DeKalbA bill to be entitled a~ act to limit the jurisdiction of the
city court of DeKalb, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on County and County
Matters.
By Mr. Houston of DeKalbA bill to be entitled an act to repeal so much of the act
creating a board of commissioners for the county of DeKalb as limits the compensation of the clerk thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County :Matters.
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By Mr. Worley of ElbertA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the proper
drawing of wills, deeds, etc., and for other purposes. Referred the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. McClure of DawsonA bill to be entitled an act to change the time of hold-
ing the spring term of Dawson superior court, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fussell of CoffeeA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of
Douglas, in the county of Coffee, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Awtry of CobbA bill to be entitled an act to make penal prize-fighting
in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hutcherson of Cherokee-
A bill to be entitled an act not to require judges to write out their charges on certain conditions.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hutcherson of Cherokee-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4669 of the Code.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Screven of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Screven of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the mayor and aldermen of Savannah for sanitary purposes.
Referred tQ the Committee on Spedial Judiciary.
By Mr. Screven of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to authorize policemen of the
-dtr of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporate limits.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Neely of BurkeA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and
-eouncil of the city of Waynesboro to issue bonds to the ~mount of $7,000.00, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of
the State, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to be entitled an act to create the office of game
.and fish warden, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to be entitled an act to create an appellate. court,
~nd for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Gilreath of Bartow-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a. system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, and forother purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Polhill of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to require electric street railroad companies to provide suitable glass or other front to all cars operated by such companies between the 15th day of October of each year and the 1st day of May next thereafter, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to extend the corporate limits. of the city of Albany, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following message was received from the Senate,. through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof.
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majorities, the following bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 21 of an act approved December 18, 189~, which relates to theissuing and granting corporate powers and privileges to insurance companies by the Secretary of State, etc., by makingthe same apply to "live-stock" companies.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 752 of the Code of 1882, so as to provide additional privileges to miners for carrying off crude ores, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 472 of the Code of Georgia, repealing that part of the same which makes it the duty of the arrP_sting officer to carry the accused to the county in which the offense is alleged to ha"Ve been committed, and authorizing him to hold or imprison the accused until an officer from the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed may go after him, and for other purposes.
Aiso, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved October 22, 1887, by striking the word " fishing" from the first line of the title of said act, and to repeal the second section of said act, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act establishing a new charter for the city of Madison, approved October 6, 1~91.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act incorporating the city of Cartersville (Bartow county, Georgia) approved August 27, 1872, and the various acts amendatory thereof, so as to change the term of office of the mayor and aldermen of said city, to enlarge their powers and jurisdiction, etc., etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council of Augusta to increase its water supply by constructing waterworks beyond the corporate limits of the city of Augusta, to purchase and hold property for such purposes, to lay water mains, aud exercise the right of eminent domain beyond the corporate limits of said city; to contract with persons or corporations for using water beyond the city limits; to ratify the purchase of land already made beyond the corporate limits of said city, and for other purposes.
The Senate has concurred in the resolution of the House congratulating the Governor, the Commissioner of Agri-
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culture, and other memLets of the board on the Georgia exhibit at the exposition, and the Cotton States and International Exposition Company upon the magnificent success of this enterprise.
The following House bill, having failed to receive the neceEsary constitutional vote, was lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to Le entitled au act to make penal the offense of slander or oral defamation, to provide punishment for the same, and for other purposes.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Spea,ker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of land in Crawf0rd ward to straighten a street, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
A bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of the county of Glynn to issue bonds to the amount of $69,000, bearing an interest not to exceed 5 per cent., and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The following bills were, upon motion, placed temporily upon the table, to wit:
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A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbeville, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to appropriate to the trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and for other purposes.
The following bill, by Mr. West of Lowndes, upon motion, was made the special order of next Thursday week, to wit, November , 1895, immediately after the reading of the Journal, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend and alter the school laws of this State by establishing and maintaining a uniform course of text-books, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their pas:o;age, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the town of Ho.gansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts of this State, upon the. continuance of any case in the superior court, to enter the same upon their dockets, the date of such continuance, and announce the same in open court, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90, nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to declare the status of dogs as property, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Polhill of Bibb, this bill was made the special order of V.lednesday next, immediately after the special order already set.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to more fully define the crime of perjury in Georgia.
Mr. Little, of Muscogee, moved tct lay this bill upon the table, which motion prevailed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Glynn county to issue coupon bonds in a sum not exceeding $69,000, and for other purposes.
The committee reported this bill back, with a recommendation that it do pass, with the amendment as submitted by said committee.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93, nays 0. So the bill, having received ~he requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Daltun, so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tern., and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk, to collect all taxes, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional :majority, was passed.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to grant the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of land in Crawford ward for the purpose of straightening a street.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 534 of the Code of J 882, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and .appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. BeeksA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 21 of an act
.:approved December 18, 1893, relating to the issuing of -eharters to insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CorporatiOns.
Ry Mr. Boyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 752 of the .Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining.
By Mr. HarrisA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved
{)ctober 22, 1887, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Mr. Broughton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act establishing a new charter for the city of Madison, approved October6, 1891.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4721 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lumpkin. A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporat-
ing the city of Cartersville, Bartow county, and for otherpurposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Cumming-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council of Augusta to increase its water supply by constructing wateny-orks beyond corporate limits of the city of Augusta~ and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
House bill No. 361, to establish a system of public
schools for the town of Cochran, Pulaski county, which
they instruct me to report back to the House, with the
recommendation that the same do pas!3 as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEST, Chairman.
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Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Dempsy, Dur-
bam, McCurry~ Coleman, Bird, Wynne, Brown, Middle-
brooks, Worley, Gaines, Walker, Moore of Clayton,
Meadows, and Sell.
Upon motion of Mr. Fogarty, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Tuesday, November 5, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names, to wit:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, .Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle,
Ba~et,
Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Blalock of Rabun, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles,
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Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Hammond, Harrell, Hill, Hodges, Hendel'flon, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holland, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst,
McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton . Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Scre\en,
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Brown of Washington, Jarrell,
Sell,
Burwell,
Jenkins,
Shaw,
Burnett of Quitman, Johnson of Taliaferro, Short,
Burch,
.Tones of Dougherty, Spence,
Bush,
.Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Clinch,
Caldwell,
Lntham,
Smith of Hanco.::k,
Clements of Montgm'y Lee,
Smith of Telfair,
Clement of Milton, Little,
Stokes,
Collier.
Longley,
Symons,
Cook of Decatur,
Lovett,
Sumner,
Cureton,
Law,
Tatum,
Davison,
Mallette,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Marchman,
Traylor,
Dorou~h,
Mansfield,
Walker,
Dodson,
Meadow,
Wallace,
Edenfield,
Melton,
Walden,
Espy,
l\Iell,
West,
Florence,
Moore of Bulloch, Wheatley,
Fletcher,
Moore of Heard,
Wilson,
Fouche,
Montfort,
Wilkin,
Fink,
Murrah,
Williams,
Fogarty
McDonald,
Willink,
Franklin,
McElmurry,
Wilkinson,
Fullwood,
McDaniel,
Wright.,
Fussell,
McCurry,
Wren,
Giles.
McGough,
Vaughn,
Gilreath,
McCurdy,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Arnold, Bell, Bloodworth, Brown of Pulaski, Collins, Coleman, Dempsey, nurham, Ennis, Farmer, Ferguson,
Futrell, Gaines, Greer of Harris, Hall, Harvey, Hightower, Hodge, Holbrook, Hudson, Johnson of Hall,
Martin, Moore of Clayton, Middlebrooks, Pitman, Rawiings, Reagan, Smith of Rockdale, Willingham, 'Worley, Wynne.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
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A resolution changing the time that the chancellor of the State University shall address the Legislature from November 5th to November 8th at 11 o'clock A. M.
Mr. Giles, chairman pro tem. of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. President :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
t h eAsebvielrlatloaacmts eanmdetnhdeatcohrayr tthe reroefoft,hbeyccithyanogf inAglbt.ahneyt,earmn ds
of mayor and councilmen from one to two years, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to create a system of public schools in the town of Cartersville, Bartow county, Georgia.
Also, a bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro, in the county of Burke, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
A. S. GILES, Chairman pro te:m.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Jtir. Speaker:
The Committee on Finance have h!id under considration the following bills, which I am inst.ructed to return, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Waynesboro to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000.00, and to provide for the payment of
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the principal and interest on the same, and for other purposes.
A resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDuffie county.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the levying and {)Ollecting by any incorporated city, town, or village in this State of any license or tax on any traveling salesman for the taking of orders, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to define the duties, liabilities, and obligation of receivers, trustees, and assigns of corporations, etc.
Also, the following bill, which the committee recommend do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to fix and define the liability of receivers, trustees, and other persons operating railroads in this State, etc.
The committee have also had under consideration the following resolution, which they recommend do pass, to wit:
A joint resolution to pay Columbus Blair mileage and per diem.
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The committee also instruct rue to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4372 of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 534 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
The committee reported the bill back, with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
The report of the committ~e was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savimnah a strip of land in Crawford ward for the purpose of straightening a street.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Toe following bills were read the second time, to wit:
A resolution to pay Columbus Blair mileage and per diem, and for other purposes.
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Also, a resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDuffie county.
Also, a bill to be entitled au act to amend section 4372 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.
By request of Mr. McCurdy of DeKalb, this bill was withdrawn.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the public school system of the town of Cochran in Pulaski county.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the levying and collecting, by towns or cities, any license or tax on any traveling salesman, and for other purposes.
Also, a biil to be entitled an act to fix and define the liability of receivers, trustees, etc., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to define the duties, liabilities, and obligations of receivers, trustees, and for other purposes.
Also, the city
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Waynesboro to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately re(erred, to wit:
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By Mr. Fussell of Coffee-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court of Coffee county.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Mel~n of ApplingA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit hunting with dogs
and guns and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters..
By Mr. Little of Muscogee. A resolution for the relief of the North Highlands Railroad Company.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Greer of MaconA bill to be entitled an act to authorize and provide for
the payment of the insolvent criminals' costs of the clerk of the superior court of Macon county.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Longley of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of
Cohutta, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Hill of Terrell-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the board of roads and revenues of Terrell county to permit persons living on the line of said county to erect gates, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
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By Mr. Bennett of WayneA bill to be entitled an act to fix and prescribe certaiD
fees for the judge of the county courts of this State. Referred to the Special ,Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Farmer of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districtsof this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Williams of SchleyA bill to be entitled an act to authorize the grand juries.
of the several counties in the State of Georgia to pass upon and recommend, as being worthy of pensioning, such applicants as they, in their judgment, may deem- worthy.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct met(} report back, with the recommendation that the same d(} pass.
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A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to increase its water supply by constructing waterwork~.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The .following Senate bill was read the second time,. to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council of Augusta to increase its water supply, and for other purposes.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted,. to wit:
A resolution providing that the Hon. G. R. Glenn, StateSchool Commissioner, be invited to address the General Assembly at 11 o'clock A.M., Thursday, November 7, 1895,. on the educational interests of the State.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Farmer, Smitlt of Clinch, A. J. Smith, Greer of Harris, Holland, Ennis,. and McDaniel.
Upon motion of Mr. Walker, the House adjourned until 10 o;clock to-morrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Wednesday, November 6, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by theChaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names, to wit:
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Those present were Me8srs.-
Allen, Anderson,
Giles, Gilreath,
McDaniel, McCurry,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
McGough,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
McCurdy,
Armstrong, Bailey,
Gray <>f Catoosa, Gray of Paulding,
McClure, McWhorter,
Battle,
Gregory,
Neely,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon, Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Newton, Owen,
Bell,
Hall,
Parker,
Bird,
Hammond,
Peeples,
Blair,
Harrell,
Perkins,
Blalock of Rabun, Harvey,
Pittard,
Boifeuillet,
Hill,
Pope,
Boynton,
Hodges,
PricP,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Pool,
Boyett, .Branch,
Hopkins, Howell,
Polhill, Rawlings,
Branan,
Hogan;
Redding,
Broyles,
Houston,
Reagan,
Brown of Washington Holbrook, Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Reece, Roberts,
Burwell,
Humphreys,
Rockwell,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Burch,
Hughes,
F:andeford, Shropshire,
Bush, Caldwell,
Hurst, Jarrell,
Shaw, Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Collier,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur, Cureton,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons,
Dempsey,
Latham,
Rumner,
Dennard,
Lee,
Tatum,
Dorough,
Little,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Longley,
Traylor,
Durham,
Lovett,
Walker,
Edenfield,
Law,
Wallace,
Farmer,
Martin,
Walden,
Florence, Fletcher, Fouche,
Marchman, Mansfield, Melton,
West, Wilson, Wilkin,
Fink,
Mell,
Williams,
Fogarty,
Moore of Bulloch, Wilkinson,
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Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry,
Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Vaughn, 1\Ir. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Awtrey, Ba!l'get, Blalock of FayettR, Bloodworth, Collins, Coleman, Davison, Ennis, Espy,
Griffin, Hil!htower, Hodge, Hudson, Mallette, Mt>,adow, Middlebrooks, Pitman,
Salter. Screven, Sell, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Wheatley, Willink, Wynue.
The Journal of yesterday was read and confirmed.
Tbe following message was received from tbe Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has concurred in the resolution of the House postponing the time for the joint session of the General Assemhly to hear the address of the Chancellor of the State
University, fixing the time at 11 o'clock A. M., November
8th, instead.
The Senate has passed by tbe requisite constitutional majority the follo~ing bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice in the superior courts in cases now or hereafter pending, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled au act to amend an ast approved October 21, 1891, in reference to methods of working public roads in the State, and for other purposes.
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Mr. Giles, chairman pro tern. of the Special .Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
.Hr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have bad under consideration the following house bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize and provide for the payment of the insol vent costs 9f the clerk o the superior court of Macon county in certain cases.
Respectfully submitted. A. S. GILES, Chairman.
The committee on the part of the House appointed to visit the Girls' Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville during the commencement exercises for the year 1895, beg leave to submit the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee of the House appointed to visit the Girls' Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville during the commencement exercises for the year 1895, and report on its condition, visited said institution during the commencement exercises, beginning the first of ,June, and find that there were in attendance last session three hundred and sixtyfive pupils. Three hundred and nine of these were regular college students, and fifty-six were children of the Model School. Of the number of students in attendance ninety per cent. were boarding pupils, as there is only a limited number admitted into the college from Milledgeville.
In the student body there were representatives from ninety-six different counties in Georgia, and 70 per cent. of these students were from the rural districts-that is, from people w.w make their living entirely by tilling the
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soil. Of the number of young women in attendance, seventy-six paid all of their expenses with money earned by themselves.
The Normal Department of the college bad an attendance of one hundred and fifty-eight pupils, or nearly 50 per cent. of the entire student body. Nearly all the other pupils attending college came for the purpose of perfecting themselves in one or another of the various industrial arts taught in this college.
A very large majority of t~e students who attend this <lollege each year come for the purpose of either fitting themselves for the profession of teaching, or to ~rfect themselves in one or another of the industrial arts with a view to using it as a means of livelihood. This college has been in operation only four years, and in that time two hundred and five of its students, graduates and undergraduates, have become teachers in Georgia schools, and more than one hundred others who have gone out from this institution have found positions as stenographers, bookkeepers, dressmakers, and telegraph operators,-industrial arts learned at this school.
The entire cost of a year's attendance on this college is .$110 for girls who board in the dormitory, and $145 for those who board in private families. While there are usually over three hundred boarding pupils, the present .dormitory will accommodate only one hundred and eighteen students, thus rendering it necessary for a large majority to board out in private 1amilies, which is not only more expensive than boarding in the dormitory, but disadvantageous to the girls in many other ways. The coosequence is, many girls and young women who are anxious to attend this college cannot do so, because they cannot g~t accommodations in the dormitory, and are not able to pay higher rates in private families.
This institution is run upon a high educational plane,
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and is abreast with the times in all modern school training.
On account of the large at.tendance the condition of the
recitation rooms is very much conjested, and the space
allotted to apparatus and other necessary equipments for the
school is exceedingly limited. The most urgent need,
however, is an additional building to be used for a dormi-
tory.
W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
D. w. MEADOW,
HoPE PoLHILL.
Mr. Speer, chairman pro lem. of the Special Judiciary Committee, submits the following report.
Mr. Speaker :
The special Judiciary Committee has Lad under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the reeommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Respectfully submitted.
R. L. GREER, Chairman protem.
Mr. Fouche, chairman protem. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to declare all obligations to pay attorney's fees, in addition to the interest specified therein, upon any note or other evidence of indebtedness, void and of no effect, etc.
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Also, the following bill, which the committee recom-
mend do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the making and
rendering of verdicts in jury trials in all causes, civil and
criminal, and in all courts and judicatories in this State.
The committee also recommend that the following bill
be read the second time and referred to the Special Judi-
ciary Committee. A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and
aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose
of widening, extending, or straightening any street, etc.
Respectfully submitted. R. T. FoucHE, Chairman pro tern.
The undersigned members of the General Judiciary
Committee beg leave to 8ubmit a minority report upon
House bill No. 429, being "a bill entitled an act to regu-
late the making and rendering of verdicts in jury trials in
all causes, civil and criminal, and in all courts and judica-
tories in this State," and recommend that !!aid bill do not
pass. Respectfully submitted.
RoBERT HoDGEs,
c. E. BATTLE,
H. A. JENKINS,
w. T. HUMPHREYS,
FLETCHER M. JOHNSON' WESLEY SHROPSHIRE,
w. s. WEST, B.s. WILLINGHAM,
w. M. HARRELL,
A. J. ARNOLD, J. R. wILLIAMS,
IsAAC A. BusH, SLEDGE TATUM,
w. K. WILKINSON,
p. E. WILKINS, E. J. REAGAN, W. A. DoDsoN, J. N. WORLEY,
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Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have bad under consid~ration the following Houae hill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to abolish the county court of Coffee county.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the spring term ofDawson county superior court.
Also, the following bills, which they recommend be read the second time and recommitted to this committee:
A bill to organize a park and tree commission for the -city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to fix the time for holding the election for clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah.
Also, a bill to create a police commission for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to require electric rail way etre~t-cars to put glass fronts to their cars.
Respectfully submitted.
A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Wright, chairman on County and County Matters, has submitted tlie following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
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A bill to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of all obstructions other than dams used for the operation of mills and machinery of any kind from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in the county of Elbert, and for other purposes therein contained.
Also, a bill to require the ordinary to investigate jails and prisons of their respective counties, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to change the county lines between the counties of Houston, Bacon, Stewart, and Randolph. Approved February 26, 1876.
Also, the following bill of the Senate.
A bill to amend an act approved October 22, 1887, by striking the word "fishing'' from the first of the title of said act, and to repeal the second section of the same, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bill of the House, which they recommend do not pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize a registration law for the county of Douglas of this State.
Respectfully submitted. :MosES WRIGHT, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following reaolution was introduced, read for the first time, and referred to the Finance Committee, to wit:
By :Mr. Humphreys of Brooks-
A resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Taver for services, and for other purposes.
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The following bills, which were made the special order for to-day, were taken up, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the granting of divorces in this State, except for one ground, and for other purposes.
Upon the motion to agree to the adverse report of the committee, Mr. Bush, of Mitchell, <;ailed the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Gray of Catoosa,
Arnold,
Gregory,
Armstrong,
Greer of Macon,
Battle,
Greer of Harris,
Blair,
Harrell,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Boynton,
Hodges,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Branch,
Houston,
Broyles,
Holland,
Brown of Washington, Humphreys,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Clements of )iontgm'y Jenkins,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Collins,
Jones of Dougherty,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Cureton,
Latham,
Dempsey,
Lee,
Dodson,
Little,
Farmer,
Lovett,
Florence,
Law,
Fouche
Mell,
Fogarty,
Moore of Bulloch,
Ferguson,
Moore of Clayton,
Futrell,
Moore of Heard,
Fullwood,
Montfort,
Gaines,
McElmurry,
Giles,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Neely, Parker, Perk ius, Pittard, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Shropshire, Shaw, Spence, Smith of Telfair, Sumner, 'fraylor, Wallace, West, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, \Vilkinson, \Vorley, Wright, Vaughn.
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson, Bailey, Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, -:Bell, Boileuillet, Boyd, Branan, Burwell, Bush, Caldwell, Cook of Decatur, Dorough, Durham, Edenfield, Fletcher, Fink, Franklin,
Fussell,
McWhorter,
Gilreath,
N e;wton,
Gibson,
Owen,
Gray of Houston, Gray of Paulding,
Peeple81 Pope,
Griffin,
Pool,
Hall,
Reagan,
Hammond,
Salter,
Henderson,
Sandeford,
Hogan,
Short,
Hughes,
Smith of Hancock,
Hurst,
Rtokes,
Jarrell,
Symons.
Johnson of Taliaferro, Tatum,
Longley,
Thompson,
Marchman,
Walker,
)!elton,
'Vaiden,
Murrah,
Willingham,
McDonald,
Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Awtrey, :Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Bloodworth, Brown of Pulaski, Burnett of Quitman, Coleman, Davison, Dennard, Ennis, Espy,
Hightower, Howell, Hodge, Holbrook, Hudson, Martin, Mallette, Mansfield, J.feadow, Middlebrooks, McDaniel,
McCurry, Pitman, Price, Screven, Sell, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Wheatley, Willink, 'Vynne, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 85. Nays 57. Not voting 33.
So the motion prevailed and the bill was lost.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to declare the status of ~ogs, to provide for their registration, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were .called, which call was not sustained.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 83 and nays 20.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Polhill, of Bibb, gave notice that he would movethe reconsideration of the action of the House upon thisbill on to-morrow.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, towit:
By Mr. Fogarty of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to provide a license for the-
conduct of the business of money lending, and for otherpurposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Price of LumpkinA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 21 of an act
entitled an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the common school laws of the State.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Hurst of WaltonA bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1 of
section 4 of article 8 of the Constitution of 1877, and forother purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Hurst of WaltonA bill to be entitled an act directing the State School
Commissioner to prepare the course of study, covering a
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-period of three years, on the history of education, and for -other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Hurst of Walton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require presidents or chief -officers of all schools to submit reports to the Governor, :and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
13y Mr: Hurst of Walton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the last paragraph -of the fourth section of an act entitled an act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, judi.()iary and legislative departments and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Educ~tion.
By Mr. Traylor of Harris-
A bill to _be entitled an act to create a lien for service in favor of owners of stallions, jacks, bulls, rams, and for -<>ther purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Agriculture.
By Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to create a board of com-
missioners of water for the city of Savannah. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
y Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to create a board of fire
.()Ommissioners for the city of Savannah. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Greer of MaconA bill to be entitled an act to require tax-collectors to-
keep their offices at the county sites, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Bagget of Laurens-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide f()r the disposition of costs in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committeee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Shaw of BerrienA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of
the county commissioners for the county of Berrien, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Shaw of BerrienA bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act for the pro-
tection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to protect pheasants in the
State of Georgia, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Greer of Macon-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved December 18, 1893, entitled an act to prohibit the sale or
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soliciting the sales of intoxicating liquors in counties where such sale is prohibited.
Referred to the Cl?mmittee on Temperance.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit ordinaries and boards of commissioners of roads and revenues of the counties of the State of Georgia from legislating upon the question of fence or no fence, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Shaw of BerrienA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of
county school commissioner and board of education for the county of Berrien, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Connty and County Matters.
By Mr. Cureton of DadeA bill to be entitled an act to require railroad companies
to build and maintain stock-guards in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Hurst of WaltonA bill .to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an
act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Stokes of GilmerA bill to be entitled an act to exempt from taxation fifty
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dollars' worth of household and kitchen furniture of every widow in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Bird of Effingham-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the appointment of a clerk of the county court of Effingham county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Clement of Milton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish boards of medical examiners for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose of widening, extending, or straightening any street, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to amend an act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved---- 22, 1887, and for other :purposes.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice in the superior court in cases now or hereafter pending, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 21, 1891, in reference to the method of working public roads, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read and adopted to wit :
Resolved, That the House extend its thanks to the exposition managers for courtesies extended.
Leave of absence was granted to MesRrs. Brown of Pulaski, Middlebrooks, Davison, and Parker.
Upon motion of Mr. Giles, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Thursday, November 7, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the
Ch~plain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen, .Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, knnett of Jackson, Bell,
Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard,
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Bird,
Hill,
Pope,
Blair,
Hodgeil,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Henderson,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Polhill,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Howell,
Redding,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Reagan,
Branch,
Houston,
Reece,
Branan,
Holland,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Hudson,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Humphreys,
Salter,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Sandeford,
Burnett of Quitman, Hughes,
Shropshire,
Eush,
Hurst,
Screven,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
~pence,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons.
Cureton,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dorough,
L'lw,
Walker,
Dodson,
Martin,
'Vallace,
Durham,
Mallette,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
':Vest,
Florence,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Fletcher,
Mcadow,
Wilson,
Fouche,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Fink,
Mell,
Williams,
Fogarty,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Ferguson,
Moore of Clayton, wilkinson,
Franklin,.
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Futrell,
Montfort,
Worley,
Fullwood,
Murrah,
Wright,
Fussell,
McDonald,
Wren,
Gaines,
McElmurry,
Wynne,
Giles,
McDaniel,
Vaughn,
Gilreath,
McCurry,
Mr. Speaker.
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Those absent were Messrs.-
Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Bmwn of Pulaeki, Burch, Collins, Ennis,
Espy, Farmer, Hodge, Holbrook, Latham,
Middlebrooks, Sell, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Polhill, of Bibb, moved to reconsider the action of the House taken yesterday upon House bill No. 405, the same being a bill to declare the status of dogs, and to provide for their registration, and for other purposos, which motion prevailed, and the bill was again placed upon the calender, to be taken up again in it8 order.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speake:r :
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution inviting Hon. G. R. Glenn, State School Commissioner, to address the General Assembly on the educational interests of the State, at 11 o'clock A. M., Thursday, November 7, 189.5.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
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A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Guyton, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton.
Also, the following bills, which I am instructed to report, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee:
A biJI to authorize the town council of Hogansville to issue bonds.
Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit :
A bill to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Giles, chairman pro tem. of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
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A bill to incorporate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield, to define the corporate limits thereof, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districts of this State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. S. GILES, Chairman protem.
Mr. Polhili, chairman pro tem. of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled au act to abolish the county court of Houston county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. HoPE PoLHILL, Chairman pro tem.
Mr. Fouche, chairman protem. of the General Judiciary Committee, submttted the following report :
Mr. Speaktw:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the deposit of money or securities by mutual life insurance companies of this State who seek to do business in other States.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make the personal earnings of a married woman her separate property and not liable for the debts of her husband.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4721 of the
Code of Georgia, repealing that part of the same which
makes it the duty of the arresting officer to carry the ac-
cused to the county in which the offiense is alleged to have
been committed, etc.
l am also instructed to return the following bill, with the reeommendatlon that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to protect game in this State during certain seasons, approved October 6, 1891, etc.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 610 of the Code of 1882, by striking from the second line thereof the word "sixteen," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighteen."
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide in what manner militia districts not wishing the "no fence" law, in counties that have been proclaimed under the operation <>f the "no fence" law, can return to the operation of the fence law, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the first section of an act to regulate the rates and manner of legal advertising in this State, approved October 15, 1879.
Respectfully submitted. R. T. FoucHE, Chairman pro tern.
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Mr. Dennard, of Wilcox, moved that House bill No. 375, a bill to establish a public school system for the town -of Abbeville, and for other purposes, be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.
Upon motion of Mr. Jones of Dougherty, the following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Albany, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 97 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Upon motion of Mr. McCurry of Hart, bill No 398, the same being a bill to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes, was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House -of Representatives a communication in writing.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Atlanta, No\ember 7, 1895.
To the General Assembly of Georgia : I transmit herewith a copy of a letter received by me
from a committee from the Atlanta Bar, tendering to the
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. State the portrait of Hon. N. J. Hammond, now 1n the State library.
I informed the committee that their communication would be transmitted to the General .Assembly, that suitable action might be taken upon their tender of the portrait of this distinguished Georgian.
W. Y . .ATKINSON, Governor.
ATLANTA, GA., August 15, 1895.
To His Excellency, W. Y. Atkinson, Governor: On behalf of the bar of Atlanta, the undersigned com-
mittee beg to present to you, as representing the State of Georgia, an excellent portrait of Hon. N. J. Hammond, lately executed at the instance of the members of the bar here, and to ask that it may be displayed at the capitol in such position as you may designate, with that of other eminent Georgians already on the walls of that edifice.
It is believed that no Georgian of his generation is more worthy of this honor than the distinguished citizen whose portrait is thus offered the State. .As attorney-general of the commonwealth during the administration of Governor James M. Smith, as a conspicuous member of the convention which framed the Constitution of 1877, as a representative in Congress from the .Atlanta district, as a lawyer in active practice for a great many years, in all of which he occupied an enviable standing, and in which relation his usefulness is still unimpaired; as a friend of popular education, as evidence of his long and faithful Eervice on the board of education of the city of Atlanta, and as a member and chairman of the board of trustees of the State University, his very valuable services to the people of Georgia are generally known and widely appreciated; and it is not out of place to add that his private life has also been an exemplary one.
We feel sure that not only his fellow-citizens of Atlanta,
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but also those of the whole State will be gratified at the
opportunity of keeping in this durable form the excellent
likeness of this prominent Georgian.
Thanking your Excellency in advance for the granting
of this request, we have the honor to be
Your obedient servants,
(Signed)
J. A. ANDERSON,
THOMAS ,v. LATHAM, CHAS. w. SMITH.
The following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Moore of BullochA bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the
appointment of auditors, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Atkinson of CamdenA bill to regulate the use and carrying of Winchester
rifles in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Putnam of Jenkins-A bill to create a commissioner of pardons, and for
other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Jenkins of PutnamA bill to prescribe the manner in which the official bond
of the ordinaries, clerks of the superior court, and sheriffs of the various counties in this State shall be fixed, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Houston of DeKalb-
A bill to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, to provide for the registration and license of every trade of business, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Rockwell of Chatham-
A resolution to authorize the purchase by the State of 400 volumes of McDonald's Index Digest of the local laws of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Spence of CarrollA bill to amend section 4582 of the Code of 1~82, and
for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Bell of WebsterA bill to amend an act to create a board of roads and
revenues for the county of \Vebster, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wren of JeffersonA bill to incorporat~ Mount Moriah Camp-ground, in
Jefferson county, and for other purposes. Referred to the CommitteE' on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Gaines of HallA bill to provide for and authorize the payment of pen-
sions to certain widows, and for other purposes. Referred to the Finance Committee.
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By Mr. Broyles of FultonA. bill to appropriate money to the trustees of the Uni-
versity of Georgia, for the State Technological School, and for other purposel:l.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Longley of Whitfield-
A. bill to fix the respective salaries of the members of the railroad commission of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to amend an act approved October 20, 1889, in-
corporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Branan of Fulton-
A. bill to require public officials whose income is derived from fees, to report such gross income on the first day of each year, and for other purposes.
Referred t? the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Mr. Rockwell, chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Public Library has had under consideration the following bill, which it recommends do pass:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the republication of the Georgia Reports from the 77th to the 83d inclusive.
R3spectfully submitted. T. D. RocKWELL,
Chairman Committee on Public Library.
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. Mr. Pitman, of Troup, offered the following resolution, to wit:
A resolution inviting the Hon. Charles F. Crisp to address the General Assembly upon the public issues of the day at such time as may be convenient for him.
Mr. Hurst, of Walton, moved to amend this resolution to the effect that the address shall be made not during the hours of the session of the General Assembly.
The motion, as amended, prevailed.
The hour of 11 o'clock having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the flollr of the House, and the joint session was called to order by the Hon. C. H. Brand, Vice-President of the Senate.
The resolution convening the joint session was then read, after which the Hon. C. H. Brand introduced the Hon. G. R. Glenn, State School Commissioner, who addressed the General Assembly upon the educational interests of the State.
Upon motion, the joint assembly was dissolved; the Senat~ retiring, the House was <'.alled to order by the
~peaker.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was read and engrossed, to wit:
A resolution requesting the Governor to pay certain coupons of the Northeastern Railroad.
The following resolution was read aud referred to the Finance Committee, to wit:
A resolution to pay Mrs. Arthenia A. Sailors fifty dollars, and for other purposes.
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the ~cretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4422 of the Code, relating to the fraudulent conversion of property, money, or other things of value entrusted to or deposited with any bailee, etc., and prescribing a penalty therefor, so as to make said fraudulent conversion or larceny after trust a misdemeanor when the property so converted is under the value of fifty dollars, and to prescribe a penalty therefor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4423 of the Uode of 1882, relating to the fraudulent taking and carrying away or converting to his own use, by any person employed as a clerk, agent, etc., in any store, warehouse, counting-room, etc., property entrusted to him, and prescribing a penalty therefor, so as to make said fraudulent taking or carrying away, etc., a misdemeanor when the property so taken and converted is under the value of fifty dollars, and providing a penalty therefor, and for other other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4424 of the Code of 1882, which provides that if any person who has been entrusted with any money, notes, bills of exchange, bonds, checks, drafts, bank-notes, orders for the payment of money, or other valuable article or thing, etc., shall fraudulently convert the same to his own use, or otherwise dispose of them, etc., shall be punished as therein described, so as to make said fraudulent conversion, etc., a misdemeanor when property fraudulently converted is under the value of fifty dollars, and to prescribe a penalty therefor, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the application of:all public school fun~s to the Douglasville College that are distributed to school children within the corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill'to be entitled an act to amend section 943(b) of the Code of 1882, by adding after the word "chapter," in the eighth line, the following words: "And in the event any depository so named shall refuse to make a satisfactory contract with the Governor as to interest to be paid, the Governor shall have the power and authority to remove such depository and appoint another. In the event only one bank is situated in any city designated as a legal depository, then the Governor can place said deposits in the ~epository nearest situated with whom a satisfactory contract has been made.
Also, the Senate has agrP.ed to the following resolution, in which they ask the concurrence of the. House, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to perfect a plan for the future care of persons sentenced for violating the laws of this State.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Senators Mercer, Boyd, and Sheppard.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following resolution, which they recommend do pass by substitute, to wit :
A reso.lution relieving the Brunswick State bank and its
sureties from payment of interest on fl. fa.
Also, the following bills :
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A bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements, which they recommend do not pass.
Also, a bill to refund to Chas. _J. Doherty a part of the amount of the liquor license for 1892, which they recommend do not pass.
Also, a bill to establish a reformatory prison for juvenile <lriminals in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, which they recommend be reported back to the House . without a favorable or unfavorable recommendation, but that it occupy the position it had prior to being recommitted to the Finance Committee. And this recommendation is made without prejudice to the right of this committee to act upon the said bill, and without committing any member of the Finance Committee for or against the bill.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
The following bills were read the third. time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A resolution to pay Columbus Blair mileage and per diem.
This resolution involving an appropriation, the House went into a committee of the whole, and Ron. J. L. Boynton of Calhoun was called to the chair.
The committee arose, after deliberation, and the chairman thereof reported the resolution back to the House, with the recommendation that it be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
The report of the committee was adopted, and this resolution was recommitted .to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDuffie county.
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The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 98, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the public school of Cochran, Pulaski county, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Hurst, this bill was temporarily laid upon the table.
Also, a bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbeville, and for other purposes.
The committee reported the bill back with an amendment.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. Also, a bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro, and for other purposes. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Lee, Newton, Bloodworth, McClure, and Perkins.
Upon motion of Mr. Hurst, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, November 8, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by theChaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names, to wit:
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gibson,
McCurdy,
Anderson,
Gray of Houston, McClure,
Atkinson,
Gray of Catoosa,
McWhorter,
Arnold,
Gray of Paulding, Neely,
Armstrong,
Griffin,
Owen,
Awtrey,
Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bailey,
Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Battle,
Hall,
Pitman,
Bagget,
Hammond,
Pittard,
Bennett of Wayne, Harrell,
Pope,
Bennett of Jackson, Harvey,
Price,
Blair,
Hill,
Pool,
Blalock of Fayette, Hodges,
Pol hill,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reece,
Branch,
Hogim,
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
San deford,
Bufwell,
Humphreys,
Shropehire,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Screven,
Burch,
Hughes,
Sell,
Bush,
Hurst,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Short,
Clementsof Montgm'y Jenkins,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
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Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, :Fogarty, Ferguson, Futrell, l!'ullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Giles, Gilreath,
Little, Longley, Lovett, Law, Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Melton, Mel!, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry,
Tatum, 'l'raylor, Walker, Wallace, Walden, West, Wheatley. Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bell, Bhd, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Brown of Pulaski, Coleman,
Farmer, .Franklin, Gregory, Hodge, Hudson, Meadow,
McGough, Newton, Perkins, Smith of Clinch, Thompson.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following bill, which was made the special order forto-day, was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to regulate the making and rendering of verdicts in jury trials in all causes, civil and criminal, and for other purposes.
Mr. Giles moved that this bill be recommittEid to the General Judiciary Committee, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committ ee,submitted the following report :
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Mi. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following resolution, which I am instructed tQ return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A resolution to pay Columbus Blair mileage and per diem.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do. pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide a penalty for any person to make, keep, Q~ sell any article marked "sterling" or "coin silver" which is not genuine.
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following bill, with pass by substitute,
to wit:
A bill to amend section 3554 of the Code.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A. bill to be entitled an act to expedite the establishment Qf lost or destroyed papers.
Also, a bill to repeal section 2057() of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved December 18, 1893, entitled an act to amend section 2706 Qf the Code of 1882, etc.
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I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do aot pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to make penal the acting by any person as the agent 'in the purchase of any whisky, brandy, or other intoxicating liquors, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to allow justices of the peace and notaries public, e;v officio justices of the peace to have their court rooms located separate and apart, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix and define how property shall be given in for taxotion in cases where the legal title of the property returned for taxes is in one person and an equitable interest thereof in another person, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act tJ require the ordinary
of each county in this State to procure and keep in his office a general index to estates, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the lien and priority of mortgages upon the property mortgaged.
Respectfully submitted. C. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have bad under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
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A bill to be entitled an act to extend for sanitary purposes the jurisdiction of the mayor and aldermen of the eity of Savannah.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah.
Also, the following bill, which the committee instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
A bill to authorize the policemen of Savannah to make arrests within two miles of the corporate limits of said city.
Also, a bill to create an office of game and fish wardens in this State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee:
A bill to be entitled au act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
The following resolution, by Mr. Bailey of Spalding, was read and referred to the Finance Committee, to wit :
A resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the books of his office, from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1895, the unexpended balance of 1894~ and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read and_ referred to the Committee on Pensions, to wit :
A resolution for the relief of the heirs of James P. Quigly, and for other purposes.
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The following resolution, by Mr. Rockwell of Chatham, was then taken up and put upon its passage, to wit :
A resolution to pay Columbus Blair, of the county of Douglas, mileage and per diem.
This resolution involving an appropriation, the House went into a committee of the whole, and the Ron. F. M. JohiM!on was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the resolution back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
This bill involving an appropriation, the yeas and nays were called upon its passage.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
Arnold,
Gibson,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding,
Battle,
Gregory,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Bird,
Greer of Harris,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Boifeuillet,
Hill,
Boynton,
Hodges,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Branch,
Hopkins,
Branan,
Houston,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
Brown of Washington Holland,
Burwell,
Humphreys,
Bush,
Hughes,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McWhorter, Owen, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven,
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Collins, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dorough, Dodson, Edenfield, Espy, Florence, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Futrell, Fussell, Gaines,
Jenkins,
Shaw,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Rockdale,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons,
Latham,
Tatum,
Lee,
Walker,
Little,
Wallace,
Lovett,
Walden,
Law,
West,
Martin,
Wheatley,
Mallette,
Wilson,
Marchman,
Wilkin,
Mansfield,
Willink,
Melton,
Willingham,
Mell,
Wor!ey,
Moore of Bulloch, Wright,
Moore of Clayton, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Bagget, :J?urham,
Ennis, Fullwood, Hogan,
Short, Wilkinson, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Blair, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Boyett, Brown of Pulaski, Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Dennard, Farmer, Fletcher, Franklin, Griffin, Hall,
Harrell, Henderson, Howell, Hodge, Hudson, Hutcherson, Jones of Dougherty, Longley, Meadow, Moore of Heard, McDaniel, McClure, Neely, Newton, Parker, Peeples, Perkins,
Pitman, Pittard, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Sell, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Sumner, Thompson, Traylor, Williams, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 115. Nays 9. Not voting 50.
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So the resolution, haviug received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his private Secretary, Mr. Callaway, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House -of Representatives a communication in writing.
STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE OFFICE. ATLANTA, November 8, 1895.
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
I herewith transmit a copy of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Cotton States and International Exposition and a letter from Director-General C. A. Collier, that they may be read and suitable action be taken thereon.
I hope the General ARsembly will comply with the re-quest made and appoint a joint committee to arrange a program for Georgia day.
W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor.
ExECUTIVE CoMMI'ITEE. November 4, 1895.
Mr. Atkinson presented a resolution prepared by him, 'lelative to "Georgia Day"; and
'VHEREAS, It is especially desired that the people of -Georgia should, as far as possible, lay aside business on that day and visit the Exposition; and
WHEREAS, By the efforts of comparatively a few men the grandest Exposition (except the World's Fair at Chi-eago) has been completed and is ready for the inspection of the people of the State at their very door; and
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WHEREAS, The people of the State could not possihly spend their time or money in a more beneficial manner than in a visit to the great Exposition, where exhibite illustrative of the varied resources, practically of the whole .country and in many respects of the world, have been placed in a magnificent group of buildings, and in grounds which either in daytime or at night, when illuminated, -offer a dream of beauty rivaling Chicago, and where the .contents of thesP buildings are object-lessons, in many respects more striking and better arranged and more readily .comprehended than any that have ever been gathered together at a similar exhibition; and
WHEREAS, The opportunity of a lifetime is offered to the people of Georgia, and every man, woman, and child in the South should visit the Exposition on account of its educational features, and because it will be of untold benefit to .every intelligent person who visits it in quickening impulses and as an inspiration to greater efforts, and as a complete education in itself; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the management of the Cotton States and International Exposition Company respectfully request the Governor of the State, the members of the Senate and Honse of Representatives, and all of the officers of the State government to take this day in charge and to i'!sue .such proclamation, and to use all and every agency by which the people of the entire State in this day may be stirred up to enthusiasm, so that this day, set apart as indicated above, will be in truth "Georgia Day," and so that the people of the StatP. may show that they fully appreciate the opportunities offered them for deriving benefit from t.his great exhibition, which is in itself a liberal edu-cation, and from which more good can be derived by them in a few days than they could possibly obtain from years of study.
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ATLANTA, GA., November 6, 1895.
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, Governor of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.:
DEAR SIR :-I beg to advise you that the Board of Directors of the Cotton States and International Exposition Company have set apart Tuesday, Xovember 19, as "Georgia Day," and most respectfully request that the General Assembly, through proper committees, take charge of the day and arrange such program for exercises as in their judgment will be suitable fot the occasion. By resolution from the board a committee from the Exposition has been arranged, consisting of Mr. T. B. Neal, Mr. E. P. Chamberlin, and Mr. H. E. W. Palmer, to co-operate with such committee as may be appointed by the General A!!sembly, and upon notification of your committee will be glad to meet with them at any time. It is the purpose and desire of the Exposition Company to make this, if possible, the red letter day of the Exposition, and we confidently rely upon the public spirit and patriotism of the General Assembly to give the matter such direction as will redound to the credit of the State.
With sentiments of the highest regard, I am, Very truly yours, C. A. CoLI-IER, President and Director-General.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed the following House bills, to wit:
A bill for the protection of fish in the waters of Fannin county, to fix penalties for violation of the same, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to amend an act approved November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of $:35,000 to pay for improvements after submitting the question of "bonds or no bonds" to the qualified voters of said city.
Also, a bill to require the road commissioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at such times and places and in such manner as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bihh county upon the public bridges, sewers, for the benefit of public roads, system of sewers, drainage, canals, dams, open drains, ditches and trunks and other public works estabiished by the county board of commissioners, etc.
Also, a hill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Hart county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to require all convict-made brooms sold in this State to be stamped in such manner to show that same are made by convict labor; and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1 of section 11 of article 6 of the Constitution of the State, so as to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from three to five, so that said court shall cunsist of a chief justice and four associate justices, and for other purposes.
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Also, the following Senate resolutions and ask the concurrence of the House, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee of two from Senate and three from House to ascertain what companies are in arrears for convicts and report to General Assembly. Committee on part of the Seuate, Sanford and Tatum.
A resolution reopening assessment Savannah Street Railroad.
A resolution tendering thanks to the Atlanta bar for the portrait of the distinguished statesman, N. J. Hammond, aud appointing a committee to receive the same and have it placed in position in the State capital.
Tl\e committee on the part of the Senate were Senators Beeks and Harris of the Twenty-second.
The Senate has also concurred in the amendment proposed by the House of Representatives to the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to prescribe the method of a'ttestation and acknowledgment of deeds to realty and personalty executed without the State, to authorize their record in this State, and for other purposes.
The following resolution, by Mr. Hurst of "\\'alton, was read, and under the rules, was laid upon the table until tomorrow, to wit :
A resolution requesting the president of the Technological School to report to the next session of the J..egislature the best way by which poor boys may work their way through said school, and for other purposes.
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By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Dempsy of ButtsA bill to apptopriate $1,400 to the Georgia School for
the Deaf to cover deficit, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Symons of Glynn-
A bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Futrell of Crawfi>rdA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of
Roberts, so as to prohibit the sale of any brandy, whisky, rum, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Willingham of MonroeA bill to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Bank:.
ing, Loan and Guarantee Company. Referred to the Committee on Banks.
By Mr. Symons of GlynnA bill to establish the city court of Brunswick in and for
the county of Glynn, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Lee of Walker-.
A bill to amend section 4565(a) of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Gray of PauldingA bill to incorporate the town of Braswell, in the county
of Paulding, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight, widow, and Mrs. Susan E. Massey, widow, both of Gwinnett county.
Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Bailey of SpaldingA bill to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese,
and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Bailey of Spalding-
A bill to repeal an act approved February 17, 1877, to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office and records and hold his courts at a place other than at the courthouse in said county.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Giles of HoustonA bill to amend the Constitution of 1877, as to verdicts
of jurors. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Boyett of StewartA bill for the relief of A. T. Lyon of Stewart county. Referred to the Finance Committee.
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By Mr. Little of .Muscogee-
A bill to declare when mortgages in this State shall take ~ffect on 'personal property, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The hour of eleven o'clock having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session was called to order by. Hon. C. H. Brand, president pro tempore of the Senate.
The resolution convening the joint session was then read, after which the Hon. C. H. Brand introduced the Hon. W. E. Boggs, Chan~ellor of the State University, who addressed the General Assembly upon the condition and needs of the State University.
Upon motion, the joint session was dissolved; the Senate retiring, the House was called to ordet by the Speaker.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 494, to create a board of education for the town of Lithonia, and to prescribe its powers and duties, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Also, House bill No. 538, to amend an act entitled an act to establish boards of medical examiners for the State of Georgia, to define their duties and powers, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report to the House, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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Also, House bill No. 372, to establish a four months~ school for the county of Ware, to be supported by local taxation in connection with the common school fund, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the author be permitted to withdraw the same.
Also, House bill No. 524, to amend the last paragraph of the fourth section of an act entitled an act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive~ judicial, and legislative departments of the government, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Also, House bill No. 539, to amend an act entitled an act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government and public institutions for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of .an :English education, and fi,r other purposes, which they instruct me to report back to the ~ouse, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
The following joint resolution was offered by Mr. Jen.kins of Putnam, which was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution providing a. joint committee to provide a program for Georgia day at the Cotton States and International Exposition, and for other purposes.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Polhill, Greer of Macon, Rawlings, Gray of Paulding, Wilkinson, Edenfield, Blalock of Rabun, Burwell, McWhorter, Middlebrooks, Neely, McElmurry, Broyles, M-cCurry, Fouche, Bennett
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of Jackson, Brown of Washington, Branch, Lovett, and Worley.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, November 9, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. H. Eakes.
Upon motion of Mr. Hodges of Bibb, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee, upon the part of the House, to arrange for Georgia day at the exposition, to wit: Messrs. Howell, Rockwell, Wright,. Giles, Battle.
The following House bills were read the second time,. 'to wit:
A resolution to relieve the sureties on the Brunswick
State bank from payment of interest on fl. fa., and for
other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize and provide for the registration of voters for Douglas county.
Upon motion, this bill was laid on the table.
Also, a bill to provide for the deposit of money on sureties by mutual life insurance companies in this State,. and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to expedite the establishment of lost or destroyed papers.
Upon motion, this bill was tabled.
Also, a bill to provide a penalty for any person to make, sell, or keep any article marked "sterling or coin" which is not genuine.
Also, a bill to require ordinaries to inspect the jails and prisons in their county, and report the same to the grand jury, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to repeal an act entitled an act to declare all obligations to pay attorney's fees void, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to change the county lines of Houston and. Macon counties.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds from rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county.
Also, a bill to make the personal earnings of a married woman her separate estate, and not liable for the debts of her husband.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Guyton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide for the republication of Georgia reports from the 77th to the 83d inclusive.,
Also, a bill to remove obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in the county of Elbert, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Coffee county.
Also, a bill to create a board of education for Lithonia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the spring term of Dawson superior court, and for other purposes.
Also, it bill to authorize policemen of the city of Savannab to make arrests within two miles of the corporate limits in certain cases.
Also, a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the police court Qf Savannah.
Also, a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the mayor and council of Savannah for sanitary purposes.
Also, a bill to create the office of game and fish warden,
and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize and provide for the payment of the insolvent criminal costs ot the clerk of the superior court of Macon county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districts in this State.
Also, a bill w create a park and tree commission for the
city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to create and organize a board of police commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Cohutta in the <lOUnty of Whitfield, and for other putposes.
Also, a bill to fix the time for electing the clerk and .sheriff of the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.
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By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Boynton uf Calhoun-
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Short of Marion-
A bill to p!"ovide how the contestant and contestee shall be paid where the seat of a member of the General Assembly is contested and the contestant is seated.
Referred to the S"pecial Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Atkinson of Camden-
A bill to make Stafford's Calendar legal evidence covering all dates between the years 1490 and 2000, an.d for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Pitman of Troup-
A bill to make penal the offense of hindering or interfering with officers cJarged with the duty of executing thesentence or order of court, after trial had of persons charged with crime.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Griffin of GordonA bill to establish a new cha~ter for the town of Cal-
houn in Gordon county, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
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By Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to create the office of commissioner of public
works for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Shropshire of ChattoogaA bill to amend the charter of the town of Lyerly, Ga.,
.and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Farmer of Coweta-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the county of Coweta, .and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and .appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to amend section 943(b) of the Code of 1882, .and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
Also, a bill to provide for the application of all public school funds to the Douglasville College that are distributed to school children within the corporate limits of said town, :and for other purposes.
Referre'd to the Committee on Education.
Also, a bill to amend section 4424 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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Also, a bill to amend section 4423 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to amend section 4422 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Ah;o, a bill to amend paragraph 1 of section 11 of article 6 of the Constitution of the State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to require all convict-made brooms sold in this State to be stamped in such manner as to show that same are made by convict labor.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bill was read the second time, to
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wit:
A bill to amend section 4721 of the Code of Georgia, . and for other purposes.
The following Senate resolutions were read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee of three from the
Senate and five from the House to perfect a plan for the
future care of persons sentenced for violating the laws of
this State.
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Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Also, a resolution appointing a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to ascertain what
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companies are in arrears for convicts, and report to the Generai Assembly.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
Also, a resolution reopening assessment of the Savannah Street Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit :
A resolution tendering thanks to the Atlanta bar for portrait of the distinguished statesman, N. J. Hammond, and appointing a committee to reeeive the same and have it placed in position in the State Capitol.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House to accept the portrait of Hon. N. J. Hammond, to wit: Messrs. Hall, McDonald, Peeples.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report :
..W. r. SpeaJcer:
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a land and immigration commission in this State; to provide the scope and purposes of the same ; to provide for the publication and dissemination of a hand-book of the resources of the State, and for other purposes, and instruct me to report same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do not pass.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
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Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following bill, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of alco-
holic, spirituous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or
intoxicating drugs of any kind, in the county of Elbert,
:and for other purposes therein contained, which they in-
struct me to report back to the Honse, with the rec?m-
mendation that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
BusH, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Penitentiary Committee :
A bill to be entitled an act to separate all felony convicts under the age of seventeen from the older ones, to provide for their punishment, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create a commissioner -Qf pardons, to provide for his appointment, define his duties, and fix his compensation.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Pensions:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the appointment -Qf a commissioner of pensions, to prescribe the powers and duties of such commissioner, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following Senate bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to make it penal for any person or persons to attempt in a wanton and malicious manner to injure or destroy the good name, character, or reputation of innocent females; to prescribe the punishment therefor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend and regulate the practice concerning motions for Iiew trials and bills of exceptions.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. 'Vest, chairman of the Committee on Education, .submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 350, to amend an act to provide for local taxation by counties for the support of common schools, approved Sevtember 16, 1891, increasing the .amount of tax which may be levied, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Also, House bill No. 1, to amend the common school laws, so as to make operative section 21 of said act, in re,gard to purchasing sites, buildings, and equipping schoolhouses, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
15h
W. S. WEST, Chairman.
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The following bills were withdrawn by unanimous consent, to wit: House bills Nos. 391, 372, and 159.
The following bills were recommitted to the Penitentiary Committee, to wit: House bills Nos. 475, 420, 543,. and 538.
The following bills were recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit: House bills Nos. -!82, 370,. and 509.
The following bills were recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit: House bills Nos. 524 and 539.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Montfort, Poole,. Willingham, Law, Price, Wilson, Collier, and Thompson.
Upon 'motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, November 11, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names:
.Allen, .Anderson, .Atkinson, .Arnold, .Armstrong, .Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson,
Giles, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall,
McCurry, McGough, McUurdy,
McClur~>,
McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins,
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Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
Price,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reagan,
Branch,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett' of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Bush,
Hughes,
~::!haw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clements of Mont~riD'Y Jarrell,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Callier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
llavison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Law,
Walker,
Durham,
Martin,
Wallace,
Edenfield
Mallette,
Walden,
Ennis,
Marchman,
West,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Florence,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Me II,
Williams,
Fouche,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Fink,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fojl&rty, ,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Ferguson,
Montfort,
Worley,
Franklin,
Murrah,
Wright,
Futrell,
Middlebrooks,
'Vren,
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Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Blalock of Rabun.
The Journal of yest{lrday was then read apd confirmed.
Upon a call of the roll of the counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Moore of HeardA bill to fix salaries for the treasurer, tax-collector and
tax-receiver of Heard county, and tor other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Coleman of EmanuelA resolution for the relief of William Bohler of Emanuel
county. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Coleman of Emanuel-
A bill to require all persons who peddle goods, wares, or merchandise, on foot or vehicle, in the county of Emanuel to pay a license of one thousand dollars per annum, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Dodson of Sumte' r-
A bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous, alcoholic, malt, or intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of the town of DeSoto in Sumter county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Temperance Committee.
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By Mr. Gray of Catoosa--
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Catoosa, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Gray of CatoosaA resolution for the 'relief of John M. Williams of
Catoosa county.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Gray of Catoosa-
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide compensation for the members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Catoosa county.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Burch of Towne-
A bill to incorporate the town of Young Harris in Towns county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Cureton of DadeA bill to require railroad companies to fence their tracks,
and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Jenkins of PutnamA bill to approve, adopt, and make of force the code of
laws prepared under the direction and by the authority of
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the General Assembly, to provide for the printing and publication of the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Screven of Chatham-
A bill to permanently fix the title and status of the piece of ground on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Giles of Houston-
A bill to regulate the method of pleading in civil actions commenced by petitions in the courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Bush of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Temperance Committee.
By Mr. Middlebrooks of Newton-
A bill to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, in the county of Newton, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the committee appointed to examine the work of the commissioners appointed under an act to provide for the codification of the laws of Georgia, submitted the following report :
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To the General Assembly of Georgia :
The committee appointed under the resolution of the last session of this General Assembly, approved December 15, 1894, to car~fully examine the work of the commissioners :appointed under an act to provide for the codification of the laws of Georgia (approved December 19, 1893), met in the -capitol at Atlanta, Georgia, in company of said commissioners, on the 17th day of June, 1895, proceeded to dis-charge that duty, and make the following report as the result of their examination :
The first work of the committee was to see that the acts -of the Legislature of public and general character were embodied in the work of the commissioners. This the committee did by commencing with the acts of 1882-3, and -calling attention to each act separately in order to verify the fact that th~ commissioners had omitted nothing necessary to be placed in their work. By this process the committee is authorized to say that all the acts of the General Assembly since the Code of 1882 are embodied in the work -of the commissioners. The committee is, by the same process, satisfied that the addenda in the Code of 1882, ex-cept those sections repealed, are embodied in the present Code.
When the committee had completed this part of their investigation, they then compared the new legislation with the manuscript of the commissioners, and found this part -of the work complete in every particular; having copied the acts, and, as far as practicable, omitted all meaningless words and repetitions ofi!entences, and placed the same in proper Code language. This work has been accomplished by the commissioners to the entire satisfactiorr of the committee.
All matter in the Code of 1882, and acts since that Code -of a special or local nature, both of time and locality, have been omitted by the commissioners. By the adoption of
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thi~ method much of the matter now embraced in the Code-
of 1882 is omitted, thus, to some extent, reducing the vol-
ume of matter .to be printed.
So far as the committee has been able to observe, all the
sections of the Uode of 1882, and the acts since that Code
that have become obsolete, superseded, or that are unconsti-
tutional, have been omitted. The acts of doubtful con-
stitutionality have been retained with references to the-
same.
The General Assembly is especially cited to the fact that
the committee bas directed the commissioners to eliminate-
the chapter in the Code of 1882 on the subject of" Court
Contracts," embracing sections 2756 to 2772 (a) inclusive,.
the committee being of the opinion that the sections men-
tioned are both obsolete and unconstitutional ; in this.
opinion the committee are sustained by the unanimous vote-
of the commissioners.
The commissioners have placed in the Code, and in.
Code language, many decisions of the Supreme Court re-
lating to the fundamental principles of law which have not
heretofore appeared in the Code. These sections are
properly numbered and placed in their appropriate places,.
with marginal notes referring to the decisions. These de-
aisions were necessary to give symmetry and completeness
to the statutes which they follow, and will be of incalcu-
lable benefit to the magistrate, lawyer, and student.
Referring to the act by which the present commissioners-
were appointed, they were authorized to codify and arrange
in systematic and condensed form; all tbe laws now of force
in Georgia, from whatever source derived, following the-
general plan and system of the Code of 1863, and subse-
quent revised editions thereof. These directions the com-
missioners have followed, with the exception of the arrange-
ment and grouping of the sections, which change the com-
missioners felt authorized to make under the act. The
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committee observed with pleasure that the commissioners have arranged the grouping of the sections of the Civil and Penal Code, so that each and every section will fall under its proper division. This orderly arrangement of the sections will simplify, the work of investigation.
Under the act above referred to, the commissioners were required to preserve, as far as practicable, the numbering of the sections contained in the Code of 1882. This work was found by the commissioners to be wholly impracticable, and the committee was unanimous in the opinion that this could not be done. The commissioners have retained the sections of the Code of 1882 intact, and have arranged the references and marginal notes so that the practitioner will be able to find any act that be may seek to investigate.
The committee is of the opinion that the commissioners have fully complied with the requirements l)f the law as to the marginal notes and references.
Referring again to the defined duties of the commissioners, they were required to make a full, complete, and separate index to the Civil and Penal codifications. The committee is unanimously of the opinion that this work could not be done with completeness and accuracy from the manuscript in the hands of the commissioners, and that it would be better for the interest of the State that this duty imposed upon the commissioners be postponed until the work shall go to the press; at which time when the printed matter comes from the press, the commissioners will be better able to index the work, and by this means the index can be arranged with perfect accuracy.
The Penal Code, text and annotations, is now complete and ready for action by the General Assembly. The text of the Civil Code is also complete, but the annotations are incomplete, and that part of the work is not ready for publication. The work of preparing the annotations proved
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to be far greater than the commissioners at first supposed, and it was so vast that its completion by this time was next to impossible; but we are informed that this work will be. completed by the first of April, 1896.
The work of the commissioners in th~ present codification of the laws has been extremely laborious. The legislation of the past decade has been so voluminous and eonflicting, they have been forced to cull through an immense mass of matter in order to determine what laws are of fore~, and what have been repealed or superseded by other legislation. The commissioners having this work in eharge have labored incessantly for more than eighteen months to bring out of chaos a perfect system of laws.
The committee feel it their duty to say that from the patient and unceasing toil of these able and distinguished men, the Code of laws, civil and penal, has reached a higher point of perfection than ever yet attained. This statement is made without reference to or comparison with other Codes, but in justice to the progressive science of the law. The commissioners are entitled to the highest praise for their unselfish and patriotic service to the State, and it is much to be regretted that their compensation, from a finan,eial standpoint, is not commensurate with the faithful service performed.
This compilation of laws is not confined to statutes, but principles of the common law, and constructions placed by the courts upon statutes covering a broad field of legal J"cience, making the Code of Georgia a lawyer's library, and the citizen's protector within and of itself.
With the exceptions hereinbefore stated, the commisJ:~ioners have fully discharged their duties as lar as the work of compiling and codifying the laws are concerned; yet the work is of such great moment to the State, and its correct publication of such importance, the committee is unanimous in the opinion that the services of the commissioners
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should be requested by the StateJ at a reasonable and just compensation, to supervise and superintend the publication of their work. In view of the fact that the Civil Code is not ready for publication, we recommend that the civil acts of the present session of the General Assembly be incorporated ther'in, and that this committee be continued, or some other committee be appointed, with authority to examine and approve the work after the new acts have been incorporated and the annotations compiled.
We further recommend the acceptanc' of the Penal Code and annotations thereto, and its immediate publication.
We also recommend that the text of the Civil Code be -aecepted, and that it be published as soon as the acts of the present session of the General Assembly are incorporated .therein and the annotations completed and approved.
We recommend that the General Assembly pass the bill herewith submitted by the committee, providing for the printing, binding, and distribution of the three (3) several volumes therein specified.
H. A. JENKINS, D. G. FoGARTY, R. T. FoucH, A. G. McCuRRY, J. H. PITMAN, Committee on part of House of Representatives.
M.G. BoYD,
TRAMMELL STARR,
w. w. SHEPPARD,
Committee or part of Senate.
Mr. Gray, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Pensions, having under consideration
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House bill No. 420, return the same to the House, with the request that the bill be read the second time and recommitted.
Respectfully submitted.
GRAY, Chairman.
Mr. Wright, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and Conuty Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report hack, with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit :
A bill to prohibit the hunting with dogs and guns and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling.
Also, a bill to provide for the election of the county commissioners in the county of Berrien.
Also, a bill to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
ltlr. Speaker :
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, to wit :
House bill No. 521, to amend section 25 of an act entitled an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the common school laws of the State of Georgia, approved October 27, 1887, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass :
Also, House bill No. 522, to amend paragragh 1 of sec-
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tion 4 of article 8 to provide by a general law for the levy and collection of county taxes for school purposes, which they instruct me to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Also, House bill No. 525, directing the State School Commissioner to prepare a course of study covering a period of three years on the history of education, the science of pedagogy, and psychology, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEST, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts, to wit:
An act for the protection of fish in the waters of Fannin county, to fix penalties for violation of the same, and for other purposes.
An act to amend an act approved November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes.
An act to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of $35,000.00, to pay for improvements, after submitting the "question of bonds or no bonds to the qualified voters of said city.
An act to require the road commissioners of Bibb county
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to work the convict force at such times and places, and in such manner as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb county, upon the public bridges, sewers, etc., and for other purposes.
An act to provide for the rerrroval of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind,- from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Hart county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
The ipllowing bill was read the second time, to wit: A bill to authorize the appointment of a commissioner of pensions, and for other purposes.
This bill was, upon motion, recommitted to the Committee on pensions.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend section 3554 of the Code of 1882.
Upon motion, this bill was tabled.
Also, a joint resolution to relieve the sureties of the the Brunswick State bank from the payment of interest due the State.
The Committee on Finance reported this resolution back to the House, with a substitute.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the pasmge of this bill, the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
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Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Futrell,
Mallette,
Anderson,
Fullwood,
Marchman,
Atkinson,
Fussell,
Meadow,
Armstrong,
Gaine~;~,
Melton,
Awtrey,
Giles,
Mell,
Battle,
Gilreath,
Moore of Bulloch,
Bell,
Gibson,
Moore of Heard,
Bird,
Gray of Houston, Murrah,
Blair,
Gray of Catoosa,
Middlebrooks,
Bloodworth,
Gray of Paulding, McDonald,
Boifeuillet,
Griffin,
McElmurry,
Boynton,
Greer of Harris,
McGough,
Boyd,
Hall,
McCurdy,
Boyett,
Hammond,
Neely,
Bunvell,
Harvey,
Owen,
Burch,
Hodges,
Parker,
Bush,
Hightower,
Peeples,
Caldwell,
Hopkins,
Perkins,
Clementsof Montgm'y Howell,
Pittard,
Clement of Milton, Hogan,
Pope,
Collins,
Houston,
Ret>ct>,
Coleman,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Cook of Decatur,
Hoiland,
Sandeford,
Curt>ton,
Humphreys,
Shaw,
Dempst>y,
Hutcherson,
Smith of Hancock,
Dennard,
Hughes,
Symon~;~,
Dodson,
Hurst,
Sumner,
Durham,
Jenkins,
Traylor,
Edenfield,
JohnRon of Hall,
Walker,
Espy,
Johnson of Taliaferro, wallace,
Farmer,
Jones of Dougherty, Walden,
Flort>nce,
Jones of Dodge,
West,
Fletcher,
Latham,
Wheatley,
Fouche,
J..ee,
Wilkin,
Fink,
Little,
Williams,
Fogarty,
Longley,
Wright.
Ferguson,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Pool,
Spenct>,
Wynne.
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Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Hill,
Bailey,
Henderson,
Bagget,
Hodge,
Bennett of Wayne, Hudson,
Bennett of Jackson, Jarrell,
Blalock of Fayette, Lovett,
Blalock of Rabun, Law,
Branch,
Martin,
Branan,
Mansfield,
Broyles,
Montfort,
Brown ofWasbington, Moore of Clayton,
Brown of Pulaski, McDaniel,
Burnett of Quitman, McCurry,
Collier,
McClure,
Davison,
McWhorter,
Dorough,
Newton,
Ennis,
Pitman,
Franklin,
Price,
-Gregory,
Polhill,
Greer of Macon,
Rawlings,
Harrell,
Redding,
Reagan, Roberts, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Short, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Tatum, Thompson, Wilson, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wren, Vaughn, Mr. l:ipeaker;
Yeas 109. Nays 3. Not voting 63.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
The following bill, by unanimous consent, was taken from the table and put upon its passage; to wit:
.A bill to authorize and empower the corporation of the town of Cochr-an to provide for the establisment, mainten-ance, and government of a system of public schools for said county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with the ..amendments submitted by the committee.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 97 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to provide for the deposit of money or securities by mutual life insurance companies of this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal an act entitled an act to declare all {)bligations to pay attorney's fees upon any note or other evidence of indebtedness void, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this bill was laid temporarily upon the table.
Also, a bill to provide a penalty for any person to make, sell or keep any article marked "sterling or coin" silver which is not genuine.
The committee reported the bill back with an amendment.
This bill was, upon motion, temporarily laid upon the table.
Also, a bill to require ordinaries to examine jails, prisons, etc., monthly, and report to grand juries, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 79 and nays 24.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act to change the county lines between the counties of Houston and Macon, and Stewart :and Randolph. Approved February 26, 1876.
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Upon motion, this bill was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Houston county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 1.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds other than dams from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prohibit the levying and collecting by any incorporated city, or town, or village in this State, of any license or tax on any travelling salesman for the sale of goods by sample, and for nther purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to fix and define the liability of receivers, trustees, or other persons operating railroads, and for other purposes.
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243
The committee reported the bill back with amendments thereto, which amendments were adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 104 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following bills were, upon motion, recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit: House bills Nos. 64 and 65.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Davison, Gregory, and Perkins.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Tuesday, November 12, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names;
Those pre3ent were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne,
Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Grt>er of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harrell,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Ntely, Owen, Parker,
Pieple~,
Pitman, Pittard,
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Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Blair, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Burnett of Quitman,
Burch, Bush, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Collins, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Giles, Gilreath,
Harvey,
Pope,
Hill,
Price.
Hodges,
Pool,
Henderson,
Pol hill,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Howell,
Reece,
Hogan,
Roberts,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Holland,
San deford,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Humphreys,
Screven,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Hurst,
Short,
Jarrell,
Spence,
Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Latham,
Symons,
Lee,
Sumner,
Little,
Tatum,
Longley,
Thompson,
Lovett,
'l'raylor,
Law,
Walker,
Martin,
Wallace,
Mallette,
Walden,
Marchman,
West,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Meadow,
wilson,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Mell,
Williams,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Montfort,
Worley,
Murrah,
Wright,
Middlebrooks,
Wren,
McDonalrl,
Wynne,
McElmurry,
Vaughn,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
McCurry,
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Tho'!e absent were Messrs.-
Blalock of Fayette, ClementsofMontgm'y Newton,
Blalock of Rabun, Florence,
Perkins,
Brown of Washington Gregory,
Reagan.
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. 'Varren, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing, with accompanying document.
ExECUTIVE OFFICE.
ATLANTA, GA., November 12, 1895.
Gentlemen of the General A.~sembly : In my communication to you in 1894 I recommended
that provision be made for State supervision of misdemeanor convicts. After the adjournment of the General Assembly reports reached nie touching the management of these convicts, which indicate such a state of affairs that I felt it my duty as the Chief Executive of the State, charged with the obligation to see to the proper enforcement of the law, to investigate and place before you facts showing the true state of affairs, that the subject might be intelligently considered and wisely acted upon by you.
To perform this important work, I engaged the Hon. R. F. Wright, who had faithfully and efficiently performed the duties of Assistant Keeper of the Penitentiary during the term oi my immediate predecessor, to visit each camp in the State where misdemeanor convicts were worked, and make a thorough investigation and report to me.
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This task he has partially completed, and I herewith send you his report upon the camps visited. It reveals such inhuman and barbarous conduct upon the part of some of those engaged in w'orking this class of convicts that comment by me is unnecessary to induce you to act promptly to save our State from longer submitting to this burning shame.
There is but one remedy for the deplorable conditions now existing, and that is through State supervision by which uniform treatment can be required under one set of rules enforced by our penitentiary department. I aek that you give this valuable report, which I now submit to you, carelnl consideration, and to the subject upon which it bears, that attention which its importance demands. The special report made to me upon each camp visited gives in detail the result of Mr. Wright's investigation and is subject to inspection by such committee as may have in charge legislation upon this subject.
\V. Y. ATKINSON, Governor.
To His Excellency, W. Y. Atkinson, Governor:
SIR :-Having been requested by you to report on the work in which I have been engaged for the past month or two, viz. : inspecting the condition of the misdemeanor chain-gangs of the f?tate, and the convicts therein confined, I beg to submit the following, although the inspection has not yet been completed, as there still remains perhaps fifteen chain-gangs which I have not visited, including those located in the most populous counties in the State.
Since my employment I have visited thirty-three chaingangs, located in the following counties : Oglethorpe, Coffee, Dooly, Wilcox, Lowndes, Echols, Laurens, Baldwin, Putnam, Wilkes, Newton, Jasper, -Morgan, Berrien, Lee, Irwin, Pulaski, Washington, Ware, Thomas, Emanuel,
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.Jefferson, and Greene, and to the best of my ability, hivestigated each thoroughly and conscientiously, with the single idea of ascertaining and reporting the true condition of each, and of the systems under which they are operated.
Of the thirty-three camps visited, twenty-ix are worked by private individuals, and are of that class which the Supreme Court bas recently held to be illegal, and of the remaining seven, fhe are regularly organized county chaingangs, and two are worked jointly by county and municipal authorities.
The total number of convicts imprisoned in these gangs is Reven hundred and ninety-five (795), of which there are twenty-seven white males, no white females, seven hundred and forty-nine (749) colored males, and nineteen colored females.
The average length of sentence I found to be nine months. Average number of hours worked per day, ten, with au average rest of one hour.
These convicts are employed in farming, saw-milling, brick-making, turpentine farms, and a few on public roads.
In the private gangs where the convicts are leased or hired to private individuals, the hire per month ranges from three to six dollars per capita, the average being about five dollars per month.
Generally the whites and blacks are not chained together, nor are the males and females, but they are worked together indiscriminately, and in many of the gangs practically no provision is made for a separation of races or sexes during the day, or at night in sleeping quarters.
There are among this number many convicts still under their majority, and I found eleven under the age of fourteen.
Very little attention is given to the comfort or sanitary -condition of the sleeping quarters; some sleep in rude
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houses with no floors, some in tents on the bare ground, and a few in bunks. The bedding is generally scant and filthy, frequently fnll of nrmin. In a number of the camps no fire is allowed even in the coldest weather. The ventilation generally is very poor and insufficient; in many instances in summer the sleeping quarters are veritable sweat boxes, being constructed only with a view to preventing escapes, comfort and sanitary conditions being entirely ignored.
With few exceptions, I found no hospital buildings for the sick, and no preparation for their care, comfort, or medical treatment.
In fact, it seems to be expected that misdemeanor convicts never get sick, or require no treatment if they do; one superintendent having boasted that in his gang, which averages twenty-five convicts, "he had not had a physician in five years," and yet., in one gang of eighteen men, I found there had been eight deaths in the past twelve months. In the vicinity of a few camps, I found physicians residing who are called in when needed, but most of the gangs are practically without physicians, one being sent for only in extreme cases.
In a few of the camps the eonvicts are fairly fed, but generally the food, which consists of cornbread and fried meat, with no change from day to day, is scant and meager, and really insufficient to sustain health and strength.
The clothing is generally scant and filthy, some convicts going weeks without a change; hence veriuin of all kind are not infrequent.
At some camps, only cotton clothes are used 'winter and ' summer, and at a number of camps, the convicts had no
clothes except what they were then wearing. I found female prisoners working side by side with their-
male confederates, dressed in full male attire, the authorties claiming that "this mode of dress was less in the way?
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and besides it seemed to be the tendency of the "new woman.""
With one or two exceptions, no record is kept showing name of convict, crime of which convicted, term, date received, date discharged, or record of daily conduct upon which the good time allowed by law should be based.
In many cases the convicts had to be looked up and counted before I could ascertain how many were in the gang. It was impossible to learn, on this account, how many convicts have been held beyond the term imposed by the courts; hut, from my observation, taken in connection with other facts which will hereafter be mentioned, I am satisfied such cases occur not infrequently.
At some camps the authorities have required convicts to make up ali time lost by sickness, and in some cases where an escape was recaptured, his term has doubled without indictment, trial, or authority of law', as I was reliably informed. The act of 188-1 allows a convict commutation eight days off of a twelve months' sentence. I found that this law has never been observed, except in three out of the thirty-three gangs visited, notwithstanding this law has been on the statute books for the past ten years.
At many camps I found no regular whipping-boss, but all guards and bosses carried straps and punished the convicts ad libitum, and from this fact have gone out the reports, in many cases too true, of cruelty and inhuman treatment.
'Vithout encumbering my report with the many cases which were discovered of ill treatment and mtielty, I shall mention one which only illustrates the others. At one camp I found five convicts who had been so severely punished that though three or four weeks had elapsed, the effects were still plainly vi'lible on my visit.
Judging from the condition of these convicts at the time of my visit, the punishment must have been cruel, brutal,
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savage, and barbarous. Many similar cases came under my observation.
The deaths for the past twelve months, so far as could be aseertained, amounted to twenty-seven, a rate more than double the mortality in the State penitentiary. These deaths were reported to me by the superintendent or lessee, from memory only, there being no record kept from which this data or any other could be ascertained.
Escapes are very frequent, there having been ninetyight reported to me at the camps visited during the past twelve months, or more than twelve per cent. of the whole number confined therein.
With this report I send in to your Excellency the details of my investigation of each camp, upon which this general report is based, and which will give some idea of the scope of the investigation made, and I trust will to some extent illustrate the magnitude of the undertaking and the care, with which I endeavored to ascertain the facts.
I cannot close this report without commending your Ex<lellency for endeavoring to procure some legislation which will bring this system into order and regularity, properly punish the unfortunate criminals, but at the time afford them protection and humane treatment. It is a disgrace to <livilization that, when most of the misdemeanor convicts go from the courts to the chain-gangs, they are sold bodily for the term of their sentence, often to private parties who. are responsible to none for their treatment.
Many of the lessees I found to be good business men, intelligent and humane, who are anxious to be informed of their duty under the few laws now of force touching the misdemeanor chain-gangs, and who expressed themselves as thoroughly in accord with your Excellency in endeavoring to improve the system by proper legislation.
Realizing and appreciating the evils, they yet feel powerless to correct many of them under the existing statutes,
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and would hail with delight any legislation which would
correct the evils, and bring the various gangs under one
general uniform management.
I am glad to report also that the people of Georgia are
awakening to the true condition of the chain-gangs, and are
demanding legislation which will correct the many evils.
When I shall have finished the inspection, I shall make
to your Excellency a complete and more comprehensive
report, going more in detail, and giving it that thorough
preparation which I could not give :to this, owing to the
hurried manner in which it was prepared.
In the meantime, I have the boner of subscribing my
self,
Very truly yours,
R. F. WRIGHT.
The following message was received t'rom the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to enable said city to issue and exchange, or to issue and sell, bonds to retire its bonded debt which matures in the year 1896.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to change the corporate limits of the city of Rome.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to repeal section 46 of the General Assembly, approved September 25, 1883, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission for said city, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the board of commissioners of roads and revenue of the county of Glynn to issue coupon bonds of said county in a sum not exceeding sixty-nine thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent. per annum, for the purpose of refunding the present bonded indebtedness of said county incurred prior to the Constitution of 1877, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to he entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tern., and for other purposes.
The Senate bas also concurred in the following joint resolution, to wit:
A resolution appointing a joint committee to prepare a program for Georgia day at the Cotton States and International Expo~ition, and for other purposes.
The committee appointed on the part of the Senate are: Senators Beeks, Venable, and Sheppard.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to make the personal earnings of a married woman her separate property and not !iable for the debts of her husband.
Mr. Fleming moved to amend the first section and also the title by inserting in each after the word "woman" the following words, to wit:
When working for any one other than her husband. The amendment was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bell, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boyd, Boyett, Braneh, Branan, Broyles, Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Caldwell, Cook of Deeatur, Davison, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, :Farmer, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Gaines,
McCurry,
Giles,
McGough,
Gray of Catoosa,
McCurdy,
Gray of Paulding, McClure,
Griffin,
MeWhorter,
Greer of Macon,
Owen,
Greer of Harris,
Parker,
Hall,
Peeples,
Hammond,
Pope;
Harvey,
Price,
Hill,
Rawlings,
Hodges,
Redding,
Hightower,
Reece,
Hopkins,
Roberts,
Howell,
Rockwell,
Houston,
Rhropshire,
Holbrook,
Shaw,
Humphreys,
Short,
Hughes,
Spence,.
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
Jones of Dou!!herty, Smith of Hancock,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Lee,.
Stokes,
I~ittle,
Symons,
Longley,
Tatum,
Mallette,
Traylor,
Melton,
Wheatley,
Mell,
Worley,
Moore of Clayton, Wright,
Moore of Heard,
Wren,
Montfort,
Vaughn,
Murrah,
Mr. Speaker.
McDaniel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Arnold, _<\.wtrey, Blair, .Burwell,
Gibson, Henderson, Holland, Hutcherson,
Neely, Pittard, Screven, Smith of Rockdale,
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Bush, Clement of Milton, Collins, Ennis, Ferguson, Gilreath,
Hurst, Latham, Marchman, Moore of Bulloch, Middlebrooks, McElmurry,
Sumner, Walker, Wallace, Willink, Willingham.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
Bennett of Wayne, Gre~ory,
Bennett of Jackson, Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Hogan,
Boynton,
Hodge,
Brown of Washington Hudson,
Brown of Pulaski, Jarrell,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Coleman,
Johnson of Hall,
Collier,
Lovett,
Cureton,
Law,
Dempsey,
Martin,
Dennard,
Mansfield,
Dorou~b,
Meadow,
Florence,
McDonald,
Fogarty,
Newton,
Perkins, Pitman, Pool, Polhill, Reagan, Salter, Sandeford, Sell, Thompson, Walden, West, Wilson, Wilkin, 'Villiams, Wilkinson. Wynne.
Yeas 98. Nays 29. Not voting 48.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was, upon motion, laid over and made the special order of Wednesday, November 20, 1895, to wit:
A bill to establish a reformatory home for juvenile offenders in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Willingham of Monroe, which was read, to wit:
A resolution providing that a committee of five be appointed from this House to investigate the charges and slanderous arguments which are being printed in certain
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newspapers espousing a bill known as the anti-barroom bill, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this resolution was adopted.
By unanimous consent the follo\ving bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Humphreys of BrooksA bill to amend section 4814 of the Code of Georgia. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Mallette of ThomasA bill to provide compensation to the commissiOners of
Thomas county, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Farmer of CowetaA bill to amend an act to alter and amend sections 1341
and 1344 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on Lunatic Asylum.
By Mr. Branan of Fulton-
A bill to regulate and fix the office hours of the treasurer of Fulton county.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Branan of FultonA bill to require street railway companies to provide
guards and fenders for their cars. Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
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By Mr. Branan ofFulton:A. bill to amend section 719(1) of the Code, and for
other purposes. Referred to the Committee ou Railroads.
.By Mr. Branan of FultonA bill to authorize fidelity and casualty insurance com-
panies to be taken as the sole surety upon bonds of county officers.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to incorporate the town of Battlehill m Fulton
<!ounty. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to amend the general railroad law of 1892. Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Tatum of TroupA bill to amend the act for Tr~up county, so as to elect
<!ommissioners at general elections. Referred to the Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
By Mr. Hall of Coweta.A bill to amend au act entitled an act to amend and con-
solidate the laws governing the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizers, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Agriculture.
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By Mr. Blair of DouglasA bill to amend section 1688 of the Code, so as to pre-
vent the abatement of snits, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Blair of DouglasA bill to amend section 1712 of the Code, and for other
purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speake1:
The Finance Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to be entitled an act to appropriate fourteen hundred ($1,400) dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf, to cover deficit occurring in the support fund for the year 1H95, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act for the relief of A. F. Lyon of Stew'lrt county, which they recommend that the author have leave to withdraw, as the subject-matter of this bill is already covered by law.
A resolution for the relief of the North Highlands Railroad Company, which they recommend do pass by substitute.
Also, a resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Faver for services; also the following Senate resolution, which they recommend do pass:
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A resolution appointing a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to ascertain what companies are in arrears for convicts, and report to General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. Fouche, chairman pro te:m. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake_r :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize guaranty or security companies to become security upon the bond or bonds of guardians, administrators, executors, and trustees~
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide who may redeem real estate sold at tax sales.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to confer on the judges of the superior and city courts of this State jurisdiction to hear motions for new trials, certioraries, and to hear and determine all other matters which they can decide without the intervention of a jury, in vacation, without any order therefor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section 3719 of the Code of 1882.
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I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice m the .()Ourts of this State.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that it be read the second time and recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of 1877 as to verdicts of jurors.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to with-draw the same, to wit .
A bill to be entitled an act to make receivers of railroad .()Ompanies in this State liable in damages for all injuries to .an employee resulting from the negligence of a coemployee, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide that bonds for title and obligations to recovery shall not be required in .(lertain cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize .all Confederate soldiers who are over the age of fifty years, .and who have been residents of this State for ten years next preceding their application, to peddle in said State without obtaining a license from said State or any county .or municipality thereof, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4565of the Code of Georgia on the subject of the sale of domestic wine.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1329of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the manner of obtaining permanent letters of administration on estates whose value does not exceed five hundred rlollars, for the manner of obtaining leave to sell the property o[ said estate, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the sale of real property set aside for the support of wife in divorce cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the clerk and reporter of the supreme court from practicing in theil" court.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require solicitorl'lgeneral and other collecting officers of this State to pay into the county treasuries fines, forfeitures, etc., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide how fire insurance companies not making a deposit of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be allowed to do business in the State of Georgia, providing penalties for violations of the provisions of this act, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
'V. T. FoucHE, Chairman pro tem.
The following resolution, which was offered by Mr. Dodson of Sumter, was read and adopted, to wit :
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.A resolution providing for a joint session of the Senate :and House to hear the address of Hon. Charles F. Crisp to-morrow evening.
The following bill was read the second time, to wit:
.A bill to amend the Constitution of 1877, and for other purposes.
This bill was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage :
.A bill to incorporate the town of Guyton, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county, and for other purposes. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. .Also, a bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in the county of Elbert, and for other purposes. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0 So the hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements.
Upon motion, this bill was recommitted to the Committee on Pensions.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Daltonr and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submittingamendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to define the duties, liabilities, and obligations of receivers, trustees, etc., in this State, and for othei" purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was, upon motion, withdrawn, to wit~ A bill for the relief of A. F. Lyon of Stewart county.
The Speaker appointed the following committee to investigate the charges in .connE-ction with the anti-barroom bill, to wit: Messrs. Willingham, Bush, Hopkins, Traylorr and Hall.
Upon motion, the following bills were temporarily laid upon the table, to wit: House bills Nos. 402 and 405.
By unanimous consent Mr. Bush was excused from acting upon the investigating committee in regard to the
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charges in connection with the anti-barroom bill, and Mr. Price was placed upon said committee in his stead.
A communication from the Hephzibah Baptist Association indorsing the anti-barroom bill, and requesting members from certain counties to support the same, was read by the Clerk, and, upon motion, referred to the Committee on Temperance.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Dennard, Arnold, Fouche, Gilreath, Fink, and Griffin.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, November 13, 189.5.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gray of Houston,
Anderson,
, Gray of Catoosa,
Atkinson,
Gray of Paulding,
Armstrong,
Gregory,
Awtrey,
Griffin,
Bailey,
Greer of Macon,
Battle,
Greer of Harris,
.Bagget,
Hal',
Bennett of Wayne, Hammond,
Bennett of Jackson, Harrell,
Bell,
Harvey,
Bird,
Hill,
Blair,
Hodges,
Blalock of Fayette, Henderson,
Bloodworth,
Hi~htower,
McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton,. Owen, Parker, Pe{;ples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Rawlings,
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Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boynton,
Howell,
Reagan,
Boyd, Boyett,
Hogan,
Hodg~,
Reece, Roberts,
Branch,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Branan,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Broyles,
Holland,
Sandeford,
BurwP.ll,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Bush,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clement:! of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro,Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Denn11r.l,
Longley,
Thompson,
:Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Martin,
walker,
Durham,
Mallette.
Wallace,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
\Vaiden,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
West,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
.Farmer,
Melton,
Wilson,
Florence,
Mell,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Williams,
Fouchii,
Moore of Clayton, \Villink,
Fogarty,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson,
Ferguson,
Montfort,
Willingham,
Franklin,
Murrah,
Worley,
Futrell,.
Middlebrooks,
Wright,
l<'ullwood,
McElmurry,
Wren,
Fussell,
McDaniel,
\Vynne,
G-aines,
McCurry,
Vaughn,
G-iles,
McGough,
Mr. Speaker.
Gibson,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Brown of Washington L'l.w,
Blalock of Rabun, Fink,
McDonald,
Brown of Pulaski, Gilreath,
Polhill.
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The following resolution, by Mr. Hurst of Walton, was, upon motion, taken from the table and read, to wit:
A resolution requesting the president of the State Technological School to report to the General Assembly the best methods by which the poor boys may work their way through said school.
Upon motion, this resolution was adopted.
Upon motion, the following bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to abolish barrooms, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bush moved to make this bill the special order for Wednesday, November 20, 1895, which motion prevailed.
The follo"wing resolution was offered by Mr. West of Lowndes, which was read and adopted, to wit :
A resolution inviting the Ron. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, to atldress the General Assembly on the public issues of the day one evening next week, at such time as he may designate.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Worley of Elbert, which was read and lost, to wit:
A resolution that Ron. J. H. Jackson, Supreme VicePresident of the A. P. A. sflciety, be allowed the use of this hall on Friday evening next, at R o'clock, to m.ake an address setting forth the object and principles of that organization.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Special Judiciary Committee have had under con-
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sideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to .wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to create a board of com- missioners of water for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of \Vebster.
Also, a bill to change the county site of Fannin from Morganton to Blue Ridge.
Also, a bill to abolish appeals from police court of Savannah.
Also, a bill to create the office of commissioner of public works in the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Braswell, in the county of Paulding.
Also, a bill to fix the time for the election of the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the bills be read the second time and recommitted to this committee:
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Albany, in the county of Dougherty, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prohibit. the purchase, sale, exchange, or delivery of cotton seed in the county of Dougherty, between sunset and sunrise, and for other purposes.
The committee has also had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
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A bill to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe.
Also, a bill to incorporate the city of Culloden, in the county :of Monroe, to define the limits of the same, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to amend section 3910(h) of the Code.
Also, an act to be entitled an act to amend section 2005 of the Code of 1882, which provides that every person claiming the benefit of the exemption of personal property shall make a full disclosure of all personal property of which he may be possessed, and other provisions to prevent fraud upon creditors, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 6, 1880, making it the duty of the clerk of the county court, where there is one, and the clerk of the superior c.mrt, where there is no clerk of the county court, to select a judge where the parties litigant fail or refuse to agree upon counsel, instead of transferring same to the superior court.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create a county court in each county of the State ot Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19, 18i2, and all acts amendatory thereof, so far as they apply to the county of Gwinnett.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Gwinnett, in and for the county of Gwinnett ; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following joint resolution, in which it asks the concurrence of the House, to wit :
A resolution authorizing and directing the ComptrollerGeneral to reopen the matter of the assesament of the Postal'Telegraph and Cable Company.
Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: .
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to return, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, and to provide for its manufacture and sale for other purposes; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved Dec_ember 18, 1893, entitled an act to prohibit the sale or soliciting the sale of intoxicating liquors in counties where such sale IS prohibited.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Roberta, so as to prohibit the sale of any brandy, whisky, rnm, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the
sale of spirituous, vinous, and malt liqnors iu this State; to
fix a penalty for the violation of the same, and for other
purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
I. A. BusH, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate~ through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following joint resolution, in which it asks the concurrence of the House, to wit :
A resolution appointing a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to arrange for a reception by the General Assembly of Governor Daniel H. Hastings of Pennsylvania and his escort.
Committee on the part of the Senate: Senators Snead and Harris of the Twenty-second.
The following message was received from the Senate~ through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred .in the following House reso-
lution, to wit :
A resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session Wednesday, November 13, at 8 P.M., to hear the address of Hon. Charles F. Crisp.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
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By Mr. Middlebrooks of NewtonA bill to establish a new charter for the town of Coving-
ton, in Newton county. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Rockwell of ChathamA bill to repeal section 4162 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Moore of Clayton-
A bill to amend an act approved December 17, 1894, to provide for the levy and sale of property, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Blair of DouglaS&A bill to provide for a correct survey and plats of the
Cherokee purchase line, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Blair of DouglasA biU to prevent the shooting of any gun or pistol or
other firearms on the Sabbath day. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Little of MuscogeeA bill to amend section 1855 oC the Code of 1882, and
for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Smith of RockdaleA bill to amend the various acts chartering the city of
Conyers, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
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By Mr. Greer of MaconA bill to amend section !3740 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on Specill:l Judiciary.
By Mr. Dodson of SumterA bill to prescribe and define the manner of carrying
criminal cases from the county courts to the superior courts by certiorari, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee ou General Judiciary.
By Mr. Martin of RandolphA bill to amend the charter of the town of Shellman. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend the act known as the general pension act
of 1894. Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Farmer of CowetaA bill to prescribe and regulate proceedings to sell real
estate under a power of sale in mortgages and deeds, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hutcherson of CherokeeA bill to relieve G. W. Chambee, of Cherokee county,
from taxes illegally assessed for the year 1894, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
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The following resolution was offered by Mr. Redding, which, upon motion, was read, and laid over, to wit:
A resolution providing that bill No. 96, known as the election bill, and all other bills on the subject, be referred to a committee of three to prepare and report a bill to this House.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose of widening and straightening any street, and for other purposes.
Tbis bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Waynesboro to issue bonds to tbe amount of $7,000.00, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 97 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate resolution was read and concurred in, to wit :
A resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to arrange for a reception by the General Assembly of Governor D. H. Hastings of Pennsylvania, and his escort.
The Speaker appointed upon said committee, upon the part of the House, Messrs. Price, Fogarty, Rockwell.
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The following resolution, by Mr. Giles of Houston, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution that the House adjourn at 11 :30 o'clock A. )l. to enable the members to accept the very courteous and cordial invitation of the local committees to attend the commercial men's congress and barbecue at the exposition grounds.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to appropriate fourteen hundred dollars ($1 ,-!00) to the Georgia School for the Deaf, to cover rleficit occurring in the support fund for the year 1895.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. ::\IcDonald, Traylor, Humphreys, l\Ielton.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLAXTA, GF.ORGIA.
Thursday, November 14, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )f. this day, was called to order by the Speakct and opened with pmyer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of \Vayne,
JHh
Gaine~,
Giles, <iilreath, Gibson, (:Tray of Hon~ton, Gray of Catoosa, (iray of Pauldin!!, (iregory, (irittin, lireer of :\lacon,
::\Id:Jmurry, ::\IcDaniel, ::\IcCnrry, ::\IcGough, ::\fcCurdy, ::\IeClnre, ::\Ic\Yhorter, Xt>ely, Xewton, Owen,
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Bennett of .Jaekson, (ireer of Harris,
Parker,
_Bell,
Hall,
Peeples,
Bird,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Blair,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blalock of Fa' ette, Harvev
Bloodworth,
Hill, '
Pope, Priee,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Pool,
Boynton,
Hen<lerson,
Polhill,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Hawlings,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Hedding,
,Branch, Branan,
Howell, Hogan,
Reagan. Reece,
:Broyles,
Hodge,
Hobert!',
lBrown of \Vashington Houston,
Hockwell,
'Brown of Pulaski, Holbrook,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Holland,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, H ndson,
Screven,
Burch,
Humphreys,
Sell,
'Bnsh,
Hutcherson,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
i"pence,
oClements of l\Iontgm'y Hurst.
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson oi Hall,
Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
.Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfa1r,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
.Tones of Dodge,
Symons,
Cureton,
Latham,
Sumner,
Davison,
Lee,
Tatum,
Dempsey, Dorough,
J,ittle, Longley,
Thompson, Traylor,
Dodson,
Lovett,
\Valker,
Durham,
Law,
\Vallace,
Edenfiehl,
l\Tartin,
\Vaiden,
Ennis,
l\Ialhtte,
West,
Espy, Farmer,
Marchman, l\Ianstiel.-1,
\Vheatley, \Yilkin,
Florence,
:\leadow,
\Villiams,
Fletcher,
l\Ielton,
Willink,
Fouche,
l\Iell,
Wilkinson,
Fink,
l\Ioore of Bulloch, Willingham,
Fogarty,
Moore of Clayton, Worley,
Ferguson,
Moore of Heard,
\Vright,
Franklin,
Montfort,
\Vren,
Futrell,
Murrah,
\Vynne,
Fullwood,
Middlebrooks,
Vaughn,
Fussell,
:\IcDonald,
l\Ir. Speaker.
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Those absent were 1\Iessri-i.-
Blalock of Rabun, Dennard, Jenkins,
Perkins, Salter,
Short,
~\Yiison.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution providing that four hundred copies of the report of the joint committee to examine the work of the Code commissioners be printed for the use of the House.
Mr. Hodges, chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker :
The Committee on Banks have had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend an act approved October 21, 1891
presctibing the method of granting charterioi to banking'
companies.
Also, a bill to amend section 943 (a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection, by the Go\ernor, of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, and the several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia amendatory thereof, so as to add the city of Blackshear, Pierce county, Georgia, to the list of such cities.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company, and for other purposes.
Also, the following Senate bill, which they instruct me return to the House, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit :
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A bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1892, to provide for the incorporation of banking companies by the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. RoBERT HoDGEs, Chairman.
::\Ir. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman ot the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
.Jfr. Speake; :.
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to return, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act known as the general pension act of 189-!.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
)fr. )IcCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
J/1. Speakl'l':
The Special ,J ndiciary Committee has had under consideration the following House bill;,:, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pa~s, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to declare crmncilmen and aldermen of towns and cities ineligible during their term of
. office to an.y othe1 municipal office in said towns and citie",
approyed XO\ember 12, 188H.
.-\.!so, a bill to amend section :37-W of the Code of Georgia of 1S82.
Also, a hill to require the tax-collectors to keep their office at the county site, and remain at the same for the purpose of eolleeting taxes.
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The committee has also had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Pension Committee :
A bill tJ authorize the grand jurors in the several counties of this State to pass upon and recommend as being worthy of pensioning such applicants as they see fit to do.
The committee has also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer have leave to withdr~w the same, to wit:
A bill to pro,ide for the admiRsion of school children residing in the county of Floyd into the public schools of the city of Rome, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Gray, chairman p1o tem. of the committee on the part of the House to attend the dedication ceremonies of Chickamauga Kational Military Park, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
Your committee on the part of the House, appointed to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Chickamauga :Katioual Military Park, and make report as to the advisability of erecting memorials to commemorate the gallantry of Georgia troops, fiud as follows:
we find that the National Government has appropriated the sum of $745,000 in improving the grounds in said park, and that the various Korthern and western States have appropriated sums varying from one hundred thousand to twenty thousand dollars, and aggregating the sum
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of $402,000 for the purpose of erecting memorials to their
respective troops engaged in the hattie of Chickamauga.
We further find that the entire battle-field of Chickamauga
is within the borders of the State of Georgia, and that no
Southern State has any monument or other memorial
erected to commemorate the gallantry of their troops.
We further find that Georgia had the largest number of
troops of any other Southern State engaged in said battle,
except the State of Tennessee. 'Ve therefore recommend
that the sum of $25,000 be appropriated to the State me-
morial board for the purpose of erecting such memorials as
they may deem proper.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
.Jfr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed the following bill of the House hy substitute, in which it asks the concurrence of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide penalties for certain violations of the penal laws of this State as defined or described in the section of the Code of 1882, and the statutes referred to in this act, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following bill, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Albany and the several acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also adopted the following resolution, in which they ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to wit :
A resolution requesting State School Commissioner Glenn to have printed his recent address and that of the Chancellor of the State University.
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Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
J[r. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts and resolution, to wit:
An act to authorize the board of commissioners of road~ and revenues of the county of Glynn to issue coupon bond~ of said county in a sum not exceeding sixty-nine thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five percent, etc.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission for said city, to define it~ powers and duties, etc.
An act to amend the charter of Rome, so as to repeal section 46 of the act of the General Assembly, approved September 25, 1883, then known as the "charter of Rome," and so as to repeal an act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of Rome to adjust and settle the present bonded indebtedness of the city, etc., passed on the 28th day of February, 1876, etc., and so as to repeal an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, passed on the 26th day of December, 1890, and so as to repeal sections 3 and 5 of an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of RomE) to make a temporary loan, etc., passed on the 21st of December, 1893.
An act to change the corporate limits of tbe city of Rome.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to allow the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tem., etc.
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An act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to enable said city to issue and exchange, or to issue and sell bondH to retire its bonded debt which matures in the yeat 1896.
A resolution appointing a committee of three from the Senate and five from ;the House to arrange a program for " Georgia Day" at the Cotton States and International Exposition.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the tollowiug House bills, which they instruct me to report baek, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A bill, by Mr. Hopkins of Thomas, to amend an act approved October 20, 1889, incorporating the town of Meigs, in the county of Thomas.
A bill, by Mr. Mallette of the county of Thomas, to amend the charter of the town of Boston, in the county of Thomas.
A bill, by Mr. Fusse!l of Coffee, to incorporate the town of Douglas, in the county of Coffee.
Also, the following Senate bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommen<iation that the Rame do paRS:
A bill, by Mr. Broughton of the Twenty-eighth, to amend an act to establish a new charter for the city of Madison.
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A bill, by Mr. Beeks of the Twenty-sixth, to amend section 21 of an act approved December, 1893, which relates to the issuing and granting corporate franchises and privileges to insurance companies by the Secretary of State.
Respectfully submitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman.
Mr. 'Vright, chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report :
M. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have had nuder consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that same do not pass.
A bill to provide for and fix the salaries and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk of the superior court, sheriff, tax-collector, tax-receiver, coroner, county treasurer, ~ourt stenographer and transcriber, and solicitors of the ~ity and criminal courts, and for other purposes.
MosEs 'VRIGHT, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Comllnittee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that i:he same do pass as amended.
A bill to create and organize a board of police commis:Sion for the city of Sa\annah, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to organize and create a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah.
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Also, a bill to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education,, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1 :
The Committee on Education have had under considera-tion the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 553, to amend section 4582 of the Code of 1882, relative to the disposition of fines arising from a violation of the Sabbath laws, which they recommend do pass.
Also, House bill No. 394, to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton, which they instruct me
to report back to the House, with the recommendation that
the same do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
Mr. Mel!, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor,, the following acts :
An act to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of $35,000 to pay for improvements_.. etc.
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An act to require the road commissioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at such times and places and in such manner as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb county, upon the public bridges, sewers, etc.
An act to amend an act approved November 29, 1890, entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation.
An act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds other than dams used for operating mills and machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Hart county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
An act for the protection of fish in the waters of Fannin
county, to fix penalties for violation of the same, and for
other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Wheatly of SumterA resolution to establish a new committee to be know
as the Committee of Commerce. Referred to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Gray of CatoosaA bill to appropriate to the State Memorial Board
money for the purpose of marking by monuments the positions occupied by the Georgia troops.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
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By Mr. Vaughn of TwiggsA bill for the relief of Jane Saunders. Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to place the county and city chain-gangs of this
State under the control and management of the penitentiary department of this State.
Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
By Mr. Gray of HoustonA bill to punish and prescribe the crime of stealing hogs,
and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Farmer of UowetaA bill to regulate the manner of obtaining affidadts In
judicial proceedings, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Worley of Elbert-
A bill to authorize the town council of Bowman to ISsue bonds to be used and disposed of in the discretion of said council.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By :Yir. Broyles of FultonA bill requiring the county treasurer to make reports
to county commissioners when required to do so. Referred to the Committee on County and County Mat-
ters.
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A bill to provide for the confinement of certain felons in the discretion of the comt in county chain-gangs.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was displaced and made the special order for wednesday, Xovember 20, 1895, to wit:
A bill to amend and alter the school laws of this State by establishing a unifimn course of text-books, and for other pnrpo:-:es.
The following risolntion, by l\Ir. Redding of P~ke, was taken up and withdrawn, to wit:
A resolution providing that bill Xo. 96, known as the election bill, and all other bills on this subject, be referred to a committee of three of this House, to prepare and report a bill to this House.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted to wit:
A resolution providing that the joint committee appointed to arrange f()r a reception to the Governor of Pennsylvania and his escort, be further instructed to include in -;aid reception the Governor of Massachusetts and the Go,enwr of Xew .Jersey, with their escorts.
The report of the :-:pecial attorney for the W'estern and Atlantic Hailroad for the year ending October 23, 1895, was, upon motion, referred to the Committee on Railroads.
The followiug bills were read the third time and nut upon their passage, to wit:
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A bill to abolish the county court .of the county of Coffee:
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 99 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite cpnstitutional majority, was .passed.
Also, a bill to fix the time of electing the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create a board of education for the town of Lithonia, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with the amendments submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and navs 0.
So' the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to more fully define the crime of pe1jury in Georgia, and for other purposes.
Mr. Pitman, of Troup, offered a substitute to said bill, which substitute was lost.
Upon the passage of this bill, Mr. Hurst, of Walton, called the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
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Upon taking the ballot tira mee, the vote was as flllows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bailey, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Broyles, Clement of ~filton, Fouche, Futrell, Greer of Macon, Hall,
Hill, Hopkins, Howell, Houston, Holland, Latham, Mallette, :\IcGough, Parker,
Pitman, Pope, Reece, Sandeford, Shropshire, Symons, Tatum, 'Vest.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Giles,
Keely,
Anderson,
Gilreath,
Xewton,
Atkinson,
Gray of Houston,
Owen,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Peeples,
Battle,
Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Bagget,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Bell,
Hodges,
Price,
Blair,
Hightower,
Pool,
Blalock of Fayette, Holbrook,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Rawlings,
Boifeuillet,
Hughes,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hurst,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Jarrell,
Roberts,
Branch,
Johnson of Hall,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Johnson of Taliaferro, Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Jones of Dougherty, Shaw,
Burwell,
Jones of Dodge,
Short,
Burch,
Lee,
Spence,
Bush,
Little,
Smith of Clinch,
Caldwell,
Lowtt,
Smith of Hancock,
Cureton,
Law,
Smith of Rockdale,
Davison,
Martin,
Stokes,
Dempsey,
Marchman,
Sumner,
Dorough,
Mansfield,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Meadow,
Traylor,
Durham,
Moore of Bulloch, Vaughn,
Edenfield,
Moore of Clayton, 'Vallace,
Ennis,
Moore of Heard,
Walden,
Espy,
:Montfort,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Middlebrooks,
Williams,
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Fletcher, Ferguson, Franklin, Full woo!, Gaines,
:\IcDaniel, McCurry, )JcCurdy, :\IcClure, :\IcWborter,
Willink, Wilkinson. 'Vorley, Wright, Wynne.
Those not voting were :Messrs.-
Armstrong,
Fogarty,
Arnold,
Fussell,
Bennett of Wayne, Gibson,
Blalock of Rabun, Gray of Paulding,
Boynton,
Gregory,
Branan,
Griffin,
Burnett of Quitman, Hammond,
Clements of .Montgm'y Harvey,
Coleman,
Henderson,
Collier,
Hogan,
Collins,
Hodge,
Cook of Decatur,
Hudson,
Dennard,
Humphreys,
Farmer,
Jenkins,
Fink,
Longley,
:\IcDonald, :McElmurry, !\Ielton, :\I ell, Murrah, Screven, Sell, Smith of Telfair, \\' alker,
~Wheatley,
Willingham, Wilson, 'Vren, )Jr. Speaker.
Yeas 26. Xays 10:). Xot voting -1-!.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to create a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to create a board of police commissioners for the city of Sa\annah.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to change the time for holding the spring term of Dawson superior court, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the biil, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize policemen of the city of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporate limits of the city, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to extend, for sanitary purposes, the jurisdiction of the mayor and aldermen of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the police court Df Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and
nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutionat majority, was passed.
The following Senate bill was rea<l the third time and put upon its passage, to wit;
A bill to amend an act, approved October 12, 1887, to prohibit hunting upon lands in 'Yayne county, and for 0ther purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
upon the passage of this oil!, the yeas were 91 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate resolution was .taken up and read, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to ascertain what companies are in arrears for convicts and report to the General Assembly.
Upon motion, this resolution was concurred in.
The Speaker appointed as the committee to ascertain what companies are in arrears for hire of convicts, the following members, to wit : Messrs. Gray of Houston, Brown of Washington, Davis of Greene.
Upon motion of Mr. ~Ioore of Heard, Honse bill Xo. 168 was made the special order for Tuesday next, November 19, 1895, immediately after the reading of the Journal.
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The following bill was recommitted to the Committee on Pensions, to wit: House bill No. 519.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Hightower, Cook of Decatur, Neely, Hurst, Bird, Hogan, Pope, Atkinson, Jenkins, Smith of Telfair, Boyd, Moore of Heard, Wilkin.
Upon motion, the Roese adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, NoYember 15, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. llf. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of \V ayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch,
Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of :\[aeon, Greer of Harri8, Hall, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hender!'on, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hodge, Houston, Holbrook,
l\IcCurdy, i\IcClure, :\fc\Vhorter, Xeely, Xewton, Owen, Parker, Pe.Pples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell,
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Branan,
Holland,
Salter,
Broyles,
Hudson,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington, Humphreys,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Screven,
Burch,
Hughes,
Sell,
Bush,
Hurst,
f-ihaw,
Caldwell,
.Jarrell,
Short,
Clement of Milton, .Johnson of Hall,
Spence,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
f'oleman,
.Tones of Dougherty, Smith of Hanco(!k,
Collier.
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Rockdale,
Cureton,
Latham,
Stokes,
Davison,
Lee,
Symons,
Dempsey,
Little,
Sumner,
Dennard,
I.ongley,
Tatum,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Law,
Traylor,
Durham,
2\lartin,
Walker,
Edenfield, Ennis,
Mallette, Marchman,
Wallace, 'Vaiden,
Espy,
Mansfield,
'Vest,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Florence,
Melton,
wilson,
Fletcher,
l\Iell,
Wilkin,
Fouche,
Moore of Bulloch, Williams,
Fogarty
Moore of Clayton, Willink,
Ferguson,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson,
Franklin,
Montfort,
Willingham,
Futrell,
1\lurrah,
worley,
Fullwood,
Middlebrooks,
Wright,
Fussell,
McElmurry,
'Yren,
Gaines,
McDaniel,
'Vynne,
Giles,
McCurry,
Vaughn,
Gilreath,
McGough,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Blalock of Rabun, Cook of Decatur,
Brown of Pulaski, Fink,
Burwell,
Hogan,
Clements of Montgm'y
Jenkins, McDonald, Smith of Telfair.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Rockwell of Chatham, which was read and adopted, to wit :
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A resolution that the House and Senate convene in joint session at 10 o'clock A. ~I. this day for the purpose of receiving the Governors of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and their escorts.
Mr. Fouche, chairman pro tem. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake~ :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide compensation to the commissioners of Thoma;; county, and to authorize the commissioners to fix the salary of the clerk of said commissioners' meetings.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1855 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same clo pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of 1877 as to verdicts of jurors.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to give to blacksmiths a special and general lien, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate Mount Mariah Camp Ground,. in Jefferson county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R T. FoucHE, Chairman protem.
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill for the relief of Mrs. John Clements.
Respectfully submitted.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has concurred ID the following House resolution, to wit:
A resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session Friday, November 15th, at 10:30 A. 211., for the purpose of receiving their Excellencies, the Governors of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and their escorts.
Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following repost:
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.Nr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration House bill Xo. 577, by Mr. Dodson of Sumter, and recommend that it do pass, with the following amendment : By striking out in the third line of section 1 the word " March," and substituting in place of same the word "April."
I. A. BusH, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A bill to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000 for public school purposes.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Young Harris, in Towns county.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose of straightening streets, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 863 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved October 15, 1885, relative to the duties of tax-collector.
The committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute :
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A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 17, 1885, prescribing\he duties of tax-collectors-
The committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
A bill to amend section 1712 of the Code of Georgia by adding permanent insanity as a ground for total divorce.
Also, a bill to require officials, both State and county,. whose income is derived from fees in part or entirely, toreport gross income by the first of January of each year.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The joint committee appointed to visit the University of Georgia, during its commencement exercises, submitted the following report which was read, and one hundred copies thereof were ordered to be printed for use of the House, to wit:
Mr. Speaker :
Your committee visited the University during its last commencement; attended daily the public exercises of said institution ; were constantly thrown in closest contact with the faculty and students; and investigated, as far as possible, all such matters and things as we deemed of interest to the public touching the University.
The public exercises of this, the State's College, were in every respect highly creditable, both to the faculty and to the students, evidencing the most careful and skillful training; a high standard of scholarship, literary culture,. and progress in knowledge.
The moral character, the digiJity, and gentlemanly bearing of all the students are deserving of our highest commendation, and as an honor to themselves, and a tribute
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to this time-honored institution, are well worthy m this
respect of public recognition. The fund appropriated at the last session of this General
Assembly for the repairing and refurnishing of halls of
the literary societies has been wisely expended for the
purpose intended, and we are gratified to know that new
interest has been revived in these useful and important
branches of a university education. From a careful examination made, we are satisfied that
there is urgent need for more class and laboratory room;
especially is this true in view of the increased and con-
stantly increasing attendance upon the University; and we
respectfully invite the attention of the General Assembly
to these important facts. :Means should be provided to enlarge and develop the
electrical department of the University, a branch of knowl-
edge which is now challenging and absorbing almost uni-
versal attention. Many young men, we are informed, ~tre
leaving our State fot other institutions because of the
meager facilities furnished in our own for the study of this
most important branch of hnman knowledge. In view of its importance to our material development,
and of the recent legislation on this subject, we would re-
spectfully suggest the necessity of making provision to fill
the chair of geology, now vacant in the University.
Respectfully submitted.
A. G. McCuRRY,
w. s. WEST,
J. H. BOYD.
,J. P. BROWN,
w. D.
MEADOW,
J. T. HoLBROOK,
HoPE PoLHILL,
w. P. PRICE. On part of House~
WALTER Q. BEEKs,
w. w.
SHEPPARD,
w. A. BROUGHTON,
On part of Senate~
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Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the Hous' and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
An act to change the cmporate limits of the city of Rome.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to enable said city to issue and exchange, or to issue and sell, bonds to retire its uonded debt which matures in the year 1896.
An act to amend the charter of Rome, so as to repeal .section 4() of the act of the General Assembly approved .September 25, 1883, then known as the charter of Rome; and so as to repeal an act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of Rome to adjust and settle the present bonded debt of the city, and provide for the payment .of the same, passed on the 28th day of February, 1876, so far as any further issue of bonds or debts are concerned, etc.
An act to authorize the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of the county of Glynn to issue coupon bonds of said county, in a sum not exceeding sixtynine thousand dollars, etc.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to elect a mayor pro tern., etc.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Rome, so as to create a water commission for said city1 etc.
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A resolution appointing a committee of three from the
Senate and five from the House to arrange a program
fi>r "Georgia Day" at the Cotton States and International
Exposition.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Corporations have had under con-
sideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do paRS:
A bill, by Mr. Middlebrooks of Newton, to establish a new charter for the city of Covington, in the county of Newton.
A bill, by Mr. Reese of Floyd, to repeal the charter of the town of Haynie, in the county of Floyd.
Respectfully submitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman.
The following message was received from the ~enate through Mr. Clifton, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the. charter of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk of the council to collect all property taxes and license fees due the said city, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following House bill with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is.asked, to wit:
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A bill to compel insurance companies to pay the full amount of loss sustained upon property covered by policies of insurance up to the amount expressed in the policies, notwithstanding any stipulations in such policies to the contrary.
~he Senate has also passed, by the reqms1te constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustees and guardians in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section 4625(c) of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
The Senate has concurred m the resolution of the House instructing the Joint Committee appointed to arrange for the reception to the Governor of Pennsylvania and his escort, to include in said reception the Governors of Massachusetts and New Jersey, with their escorts.
The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, in which it asks the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to wit:
A resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State.
The Committee on the part of the Senate: Senators Whitley and Bush.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to create a system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, in Bartow county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agre~d to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize and provide for the payment of the insolvent criminal costs of the clerk of the superior court of Macon county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districts of this State, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this bill was laid upon the table.
Also, a bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane Clements.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill lost.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose of widening streets, etc.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield, and for other purposes.
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The report of the committee was agreed.
Upon the passage of this bill, the y(as were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional m~ority, was passed.
The hom of 10:30 o'clock having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor, and the joint session was called to order by the President of the Senate.
The GO\~ernors nf Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and their escorts, were received by the General Assembly.
After which the joint session was dissolved; the Senate retiring, the House was called to order by the Speaker.
The following Senate bill was recommitted to the Committee on Banks, to wit:
A bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1892, and for other purposes.
The following bill wai:i, upon motion, tabled, to wit:
A bill to create the office of game and fish warden, and for other purposes.
The following bill was, upon motion, macle special order for Friday, November 22, 1895, immediately after the reading of th~ Journal, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of 1877, as to verdicts of jurors, and for other purposes.
The following bill was, by unanimous consent, read the <>econd time, to wit :
A bill to change the county site of Fannin county, in the State of Georgia, from Morganton to Blue Ridge, and for other purposes.
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The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia, so far as the same applies to the county of Gwinnett.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to establish the city court of Gwinnett county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special ,Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 6, 1880, making it the duty of the clerk of the county court, where there is one, to select a judge, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Co.mmittee.
Also, a resolution requiring the Comptroller-General to reopen the assessment of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
Also, a resolution proyiding for a joint committee of the Honse and Senate to investigate the convicts of the State.
Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
The following House bill was taken up, and the Senate amendment agreed to, to wit:
A bill to compel insurance companies to pay the full amount of loss, and for other purposes:
The following bill was made the special order for Tuesday, November 19, 1895, immediately after ~he special orders already placed, to wit:
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A bill to repeal an act entitled an act to declare all obligations to pay attorneys' fees in addition to interest, etc., to be void, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were intro{}uced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Rockwell of Chatham-
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Sa\annah.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
By Mr. Clement of Milton___!_
A bill to amend an act entitled an. act to prevent the sale Df liquor at Trion f~ctory, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Clement of Milton-
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line at Duluth, in Gwinnett county.
Referred to the Special ,Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bill was taken up, and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
The following joint resolution was offered by Mr. Fleming of Richmond, which was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution tendering the aseurance of the General Assembly of Georgia of a deep appreciation of the brotherly
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and non-sectional feeling of which they spokethis morning to Governors Hastings of Pennsylvania and Lippett of Rhode Island.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Houston, Hopkins, Martin, Ferguson, Gray of Paulding, Fullwood, Gray of Harris, Murrah, Spence, Boyett, Florence, Clement of Milton, Branch, Holbrook, Durham, Bennett of Jackson, Middlebrooks, Bush, Symons, Bagget, Allen, Blair, Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Giles, and West.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, November 16, 195. The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. Upon motion, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill to amend section 4696 of the Code, and for other
purposes. Referred to the Committe on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Wynne of WilkesA bill to amend an act approved December 4, 1893,
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which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of Washington to issue b~nds.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brown of PulaskiA bill to change the time of holding the superior court
of Pulaski county. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A hill to amend the charter of the Vigilant Live-Stock Mutual Insurance Company.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Walker of PierceA bill to fix compensation to be paid persons employed
as clerks in holding general elections in Pierce county. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to authorize, in counties of 60,000, the payment
by the county for dockets of the justices of the peace. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles o FultonA bill to fix the compensation for the two bailiffs of the
second division city court of Atlanta. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Sell of Jackson-
A bill to amend section 369-J. and section 2041 of the Code of 1882.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Mr. Sell of Jackson-
A bill to amend section 3695 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Hall of Coweta-
A bill to prevent the sacrifice of real property, sold at legal sales, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Law of Liberty-
A bill to compel all persons who sell or offer to sell in the county of Liberty any beef, pork, or mutton, to exhibit the ears of the animal killed, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution, by Mr. Tatum of Troup, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution changing the time for the address of the Hon. Hoke Smith to the first Tuesday in December, 1895.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
A bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton.
Also, a bill to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Faver for services.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Douglas.
Also, a bill to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Also, a bill to provide who may redeem real estate sold at tax sale.
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Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 17, 1885, prescribing the duties of tax-collectors.
Also, a bill to amend section 863 of the Code.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston.
Also, a bill to repeal an act approved October 15, 1885, relative to the duties of tax-collectors.
Also, a bill to regulate practice in the courts of this State.
Also, a bill to amend an act to oeclare councilmen and aldermen of towns and cities during their term of office ineligible to any other municipal office.
Also, a bill to abolish appeals from the police court of Savannah.
Also, a bill to repeal an act approved November 25, 1893, incorporating the village of Haynie, in Floyd county.
Also, a bill to authorize the proper county authorities of the border counties of this State to co-operate with authorities of the aojacent States in building and keeping bridges, etc.
Also, a bill to authorize guaranty and security companies to become surety upon the bond or bonds of guardians, etc
Also, a bill to give blacksmiths a special and general lien, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution requesting the Governor to pay certain coupons of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a bill to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue hoods, aud for other purposes.
Also, a bill to fix and define the fees of solicitors-general and the solicitors of county and city courts of this State.
Also, a bill to amend section 1855 of the Code of 1882.
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Also, a bill to amend the act known as the General Pension Act of 1894.
Also, a bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of DeSoto, in Sumter county.
Also, a bill to require tax-collectors to keep their offices at the county sites and to remain at the same for the purpose of collecting taxes.
Also, a bill to provide compensation to the commissioners of Thomas county.
Also, a bill to establish a new charter for the city of Covington, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in this State.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Young Harris in Towns county, Georgia.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Braswell in the county of Paulding.
Also, a bill to alter and amend section 605 of the Code of Georgia.
Also, a bill to prevtnt the excavation of paved roads.
Also, a bill to appropriate. money for the building of class-rooms and gymnasium of the University of Georgia.
Also, a bill to pay Mrs. Arthenia A. Sailors fifty dollars, one yenr's pension.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company.
Also, a bill to create the office of commissioner of public works for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to amend section 3740 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend an act to consolidate, amend; and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth
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Also, a bill to amend the charter of Roberta, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 4582 of the Code of 1882. Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 20, 1889, incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 18, 1893, entitled an act to prohibit the sale, or soliciting the sale, of intoxicating liquors in counties where such sale is prohibited.
Also, a bill to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
Also, a bill to provide for the election of the county commissioners for the county of Berrien.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of water for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prohibit hunting with dogs and guns and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling.
Also, a bill to prohibit the purchase, sale, exchange, or delivery of cotton seed in the county of Dougherty between sunset and sunrise.
Recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary. Also, a bill to extend the corporate liniits of Albany, and for other purposes. Recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee. The following bills were recommitted, to wit: House bill No. 549 to the Finance Committee. House bill No. 550 to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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Mr. Jones, of Dougherty, chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, submitted the following report:
.:.l'Ir. Speaker :
The Committee on Roads and BridgeR have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend section 605 of the Code of Georgia, whieh provides for giving notice of the application for laying out or altering roads.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to pre,ent the excava-
tion of paved roads.
E. R. JoNES, Chairman.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Finance Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report haek to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pas!:i as amended, to wit:
A bill to appropriate money for the building of additional class-rooms and a gymnasium at the UniYersity of Georgia.
Also, the following bill, which they recommend he recommitted to the Pensions Committee:
A bill to authorize the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers who are on the invalid pension roll.
Also, the following resolution of the House, which they report back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
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A resolution to pay Mrs. Arthenia A. Sailors, widow of .John B. Sailors, $50.00, one year's pension, due John B. Sailors at the time of his death.
Also, the following Senate resolution, which they report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution authorizing and directing the ComptrollerGeneral to reopen the matter of assessments of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
Also, the following Senate resolution, which they recommend do pass :
To reopen assessment of the Savannah Street Railroad.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. l\IcCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
~l:fr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instrncted to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Cartersville, Bartow cvunty, Georgia.
Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Gwinnett county.
Also, a bill to establish a city court for Gwinnett., in and for the county of Gwinnett, in the State of Georgia.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendatiou that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
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A bill to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in Monroe county.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Fouche, chairman pro tern. of the General J udiciacy Committee, submitted the following report:
~lfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to return, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 6, 1880, maki_ng it the duty of the clerk of the county court, where there is one, to select a judge, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the fi>llowing House bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to fix and define the fees of solicitors-general and solicitors of county and city courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Respectfully submitted.
R. T. FoucHE, Chairman protem.
The minority of the General Judiciary Committee submitted the following report :
l'lr. Speaker:
The undersigned, a minority of the General Judiciary CC!mmittee, dissent from the report of the majority on a
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bill to fix and define the fees of solicitors-general, and solicitors of county and city courts of this State, and for <>ther purposes, and recommend that the same do not pass.
L. M. F AR)fER,
w. A. DODSON,
MosEs 'VRIGHT,
RoBERT HoDGEs,
FLETCHER M. JoHNSON,
c. HENRY HAl\I.MOND,
JoHN D. LITTLE.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustees, and f~r other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled au act to amend section 4625(c) ofthe Code of 1882.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Also, a bill to amend section 2005 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to amend section 3910(b) of the Code.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to establish the city court of Gwinnett county.
Also, a bill to repeal an act entitled an act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the city of ~artersville, in Bartow county.
Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a new charter for the city of Madison.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 6, 1880, making it the duty of the clerk of the county court, where there is one, and the duty of the clerk of the superior court to select judge, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 21 of an act approved December 18, 1893, which relates to the issuing and granting corporate powers to insurance companies, and for other purposes.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Armstrong, Screven, Vaughn, Williams, Hodg~', Brown of Pulaski, Sumterf J ohnsou of Hall.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, November 18, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awt;ey, Bailey,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin,
McGough, McUurdy, McClurP, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen,
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Battle,
Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bagget,
Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bennett of Wayne, Hall,
Perkins,
Bennett of Jackson, Hammond,
Pitman,
Bell,
. Harrell,
Pittard,
Bird,
Harvey,
Pope,
Blair,
Hill,
Price,
Blalock of Fayette, Hodges,
Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Henderson,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boifeuillet,
Howell,
Redding,
Boynton,
Houston,
Reagan,
Boyd,
Holbrook,
Reece,
Boyett,
Holland,
Roberts,
Branch,
Hudson,
Rockwell,
Branan,
Humphreys,
Salter,
Broyles,
Hutcherson,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington Hughes,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Hurst,
Sell,
Burnett of Quitman, Jarrell,
~haw,
Burch,
Jenkins,
Spence,
Caldwell,
Johnsun of Hall,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, .Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Rockdale.
Coleman,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
Latham,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Lee,
~ymons,
Cureton,
l,ittle,
Sumner,
navison,
Longley,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Lovett,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Law,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Martin,
Walker,
Dodson,
Mallette,
\Vallace,
Durham,
Marchman,
Walden,
Edenfield
Mansfield,
\Vest,
Ennis,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Mell,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Moore of Bulloch, Wilkin,
Florence,
Moore of Clayton, Willink,
Fletcher,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson,
Fouche,
Montfort,
Willingham,
Fogarty,
.}lurrah,
Worley,
Franklin,
.Middlebrooks,
Wright,
Futrell,
McDonald,
\Vren,
Fullwood,
McElmurry,
Wynne,
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Fussell, Gaines, Giles,
McDaniel, McCurry,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Brown of Pulaski, Ferguson,
Bush,
Hopkins,
Clements of Montgm'y Hogan,
Fink,
Hodge,
Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Melton, Screven, Short, Williams.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were .introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Price of Lumpkin A bill to prohibit the sale of patent medicine m this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance. By Mr. Wynne of Wilkes-
A resolution to. appropriate money to purchase portrait of Hon. Robert Toombs.
Referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Blalock of Rabun-
A bill to prevent the taking of fish with seine in the waters of the Tallulah river.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Hill of Terrell-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Hodges of BibbA bill to define the powers of the Supreme Colll't in certain cases. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr..Humphreys of Brooks-
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Quitman, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Perkins of HabershamA bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within
the county of Habersham.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA resolution for the relie of the Union Casualty Com-
pany from penalty for failure to return taxes at proper time. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A bill to amend article 2, section 1, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so as to extend the provisions of said article, section, and paragraph to females.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to provide for the registration of trade-marks,
brands, etc. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Ry Mr. Coleman of EmanuelA bill to appropriate $150.00 to Mrs. Mary A. Laue. Referred to the Com mittee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Boifeuillet of BibbA bill to amend section 2 of article 7 of the Constitution
of this State. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
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By Mr. Polhill of BibbA bill for the relief of A. J. Davis, and fo~ other pur-
poses. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. West of Lowndes-A bill to amend section 4559 of the Code, and for other
purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Willink of Chatham-
A bill to organize and create a board of tax-assessoisand receivers for the city of Savannah.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Bagget of LaurensA bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. McCurdy of DeKalbA bill to amend section 450 ofthe Code of 1882. Referred to the General ,Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Dempsy ofButtsA bill to protect levying officers in this State, and for
other purposes. Referred to the. General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Gray of CatoosaA bill to require the infantry and cavalry companies of
the Georgia Volunteers, colored, in this State, to be attached to one of the present existing regiments or battalions of the State.
Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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By Mr. Gray of Catoosa-
A bill to create a board of military laws of this State, to recommend fully such alterations and additions as may be deemed desirable, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed the following House bill, to wit .
A bill to repeal an act approved August 22, 1883, in~orporating the town of Morganton, in the county of Fannin, and all amendments thereto.
The Senate has concurred in the following resolutions ()f the House, to wit:
A resolution inviting the Hon. Hoke Smith to address the General Assembly on the issues of the day.
Also, a resolution tendering to G~vernors Hastings of Pennsylvania and Lippett of Rhode Island assurance of appreciation for their patriotic addresses before the. General Assembly.
By order of the Senate I herewith return for correction House bill No. 400, by Mr. Broyles of Fulton, being a bill to make the owners of dead animals bury the same.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
11-.fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts, to wit:
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An act to compel insurance companies to pay the full amount of loss sustained upon property covered by policies of insurance up to the amount expressed in the policies, notwithstanding any stipulations in such policies to the contrary.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Albany and the several acts amendatory thereof.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk of the council to collect all property taxes, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolution, to wit:
A resolution to imite Hon. Hoke Smith to address the General Assembly in joint session on the first Tuesday in December, 1895, at 8 o'clock P. M.
The following communication was receiverl from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary :
Jlr. Speake;:
The Governor has approved the following acts of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to authorize the board of conuni;.;sioners of roads and revenues of the county of Glynn to issue coupon bond~ of said county, etc.
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An act to authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bonds to the extent of $:35,000, to pay for improvements, etc.
An act to amend an act approved November 29, 1890, entitled au act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, etc.
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman ofthe Committee on PensiOns, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Pensions have had under con~idera tion the following resolutions, which they instruct me tn report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of the heirs of James P. Quigley.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Julia A. Knight, widow, and Mrs. Susan E. Massey, widow, both of Gwinnett county.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Jane Sanders.
Respectfully submitted.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
Mr. Perkins, chairman of Committtee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report:
~Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on Mines and ~lining have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the ~;ame do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section i 52 of the
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Code of 1882, so as to provide additional privileges to miners for carrying off crude ores, and for other purposes.
The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary.
lrlr. Speaker :
The Governor has approved the following acts of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to require the road commissioners of Bibb county to work the convict force at 8uch times and places, and in such manner, as they may be directed by the county board of commissioners of Bibb county, etc.
Ah,o, an act to change the corporate limits of the city of Rome, etc.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton.
Also, an act to amend the charter of Rome, ~o as to enable said city to issue and exchange, to issue and sell bonds to retire its bonded debt, which matures in the year 1896.
Also, an act to provide for the removal of obstructions from the rivers and creeks of Hart county.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Rome,. so as to create a water commission.
A resolution appointing a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to arrange a program for Georgia day at the Cotton States and International Exposition.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1: The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled
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and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
. An act to compel insurance companies to pay the full amount of loss sustained upon property covered by policies of insurance up to the amount expressed in the policies, notwithstanding any stipulations in such policies to the contrary.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk of the council to collect all property taxes, etc.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Albany and the various acts amendatory thereof.
RPspectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Hall, chairman of the committee upon the part of the House to receive the portait of the Hon. N.J. Hammond, begs to submit the following report:
.llfr. Speaker:
The committee upon the part of the House appointed to
receive the portrait of the Hon. N. J. Hammond beg to
report that the same has been received, and the thanks of the General Assembly have been tendered the members .of the Atlanta bar.
Respectfully onbmitted.
H. A. HALL, Chairman..
The following Senate resolution was read the second time, to wit:
A resolution to reopen the assessment of the Savannah street railroad.
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The following resolution was read lind adopted, to wit:
A resolution that the Ron. Fleming duBignon be invited to address the General Assembly in joint session, at ~uch time and place as will best suit his convenience.
The following House resolution was read the second time, to wit:
A resolution providing that the Comptroller-General shall change the assessment of the North Highland Railroad Company.
The following bill, by Mr. Little of Muscogee, was, by unanimous consent, withdrawn, to wit:
House bill Xo. 412.
The following bills were, upon motion, recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit:
House bills Nos. 87, 88, and 101.
The following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to authorize the payment of John Faver for services.
This bill involving an appropriation, the House went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Middlebrooks, of :Xewton, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the bill back to the House, with recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution the yeas and nays were taken.
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Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gray of Houston,
McDaniel,
Anderson,
Gray of Catoosa,
McCnrryl
Arnold,
Griffin,
McGough,
Awtrey,
Harvey,
McCurdy,
Bailey,
Hill,
McClure,
Battle,
Hodges,
Mc\Vhorter,
Bagget,
Henderdon,
Neely, y
Bell,
Howell,
Newton,
Blair,
Humphreys,
Peeples,
Blalock of Fayette, Hutcherson,
Pittard,
Blalock of Rabun, Hughes,
Pope,
Boifeuillet,
Jenkins,
Pol hill,
Boynton,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Redding,
Broyles,
Jones of Dougherty, Reagan,
Brown of Washin~~:ton Jones of Dodge,
Reece,
Burch,
Latham,
Roberts,
Caldwell,
Lee,
Shropshire,
Collins,
Little,
Shaw,
Collier,
Lovett,
Short,
Dempsey,
Law,
Spence,
Dennard,
Mallette,
Smith of Clinch,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Smith of Hancock,
Edenfield,
Mansfield,
Symons,
Fouche,
Meadow,
Thompson,
Fogarty,
Mel!,
\Vallace,
.Franklin,
)loore of Bulloch, Walden,
Futrell,
Moore of Clayton, West,
Gaines,
Moore of Heard,
Wilson,
Gilreath,
Middlebrooks,
Wynne.
Gibson,
McElmurry,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Armstrong, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Bloodworth, Boyd, Boyett, Branch,
Fullwood, FusRell, Giles, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond
Perkins, Pitman, Price, Pool, Rawlings, Rockwell, Salter, San deford, Screven,
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Branan,
Harrell,
Brown of Pulaski, Hightower,
Burwell,
Hopkins,
Burnett of Quitman, Hogan,
Bush,
Hodge
Clements of ~Iontgm'y Houston,
Clement of Milton, Holbrook,
Coleman,
Holland,
Cook of Decatur,
Hudson,
Cureton,
Hurst,
Davison,
Jarrell,
Dorough,
.Johnson of Hall,
Durham,
Longley,
Ennis,
Martin,
Espy,
Melton,
Farmer,
Montfort,
Florence,
Murrah,
Fletcher,
McDonald,
Fink,
Owen,
Ferguson,
Parker,
Yeas 89. Not voting 86.
Sell, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Sumner, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, Wheatley, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, \Vor!ey, Wright, "Tren, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to consoldate, amend, a::d ~odify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to repeal an act approved Kovember 25, 1893, incorporating the town of Haynie.
Upon motion, the bill was tabled. Als0, a bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton.
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The report of the committee was agreed to, with amendment submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill the ayes were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, approved February 28, 1874.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting au amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 91 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional ' majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to establish a new charter for the city of Covington, in Newton county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having recei-ved the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for the county of vVebster.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 94 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to abolish appeals from the police court to the mayor and council of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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lJpon the passage of this bill the yeas were 90 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston, and for other pmposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the pas!'lage of this bill the yeas were 90 and the nays 0~
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to change the county site of Fannin county from Morganton to Blue Ridge, in said county.
Mr. Giles, of Houston, moved to recommit this bill to the General Judiciary Committee, with instructions that said committee report the same back to the House by 'Vednesday.
Mr. McDaniel, of Fannin, offered as a substitute that this bill be made the special order for 'Vednesday, November 20, 1895.
The substitute prevailed.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to increase its water supply by establishing water-works, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Vpon tho passage of this bill the yeas were 97 and the
nayR 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Parker, Farmer, Ennis, Walker, Holland.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGTA.
Wednesday, November 20, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )1. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names, to wit:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch,
Gaine~,
Giles, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Header3on, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan,
McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Mc,Vhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Polbill, Rawlings, Reddin)!, Reagan, Reece,
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Branan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
San deford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screven,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Bush,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clemerrtsoi Montgm'y J".arrell,
Spence,
.Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
.Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson.
Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Law,
Wallace,
Durham,
Martin,
\Vaiden,
Edenfield,
Mallette,
\Vest,
Ennis,
Marchman,
Wheatley.
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Melton,
Williams,
Fletcher,
~lell,
Willink,
Fouche,
Moore of Bulloch, Wilkinson,
Fink,
Moore of Clayton, Willingham,
Fogarty,
Moore of Heard,
Worley,
Ferguson,
Montfort,
Wright,
Franklin,
Murrah,
\Vten,
Futrell,
Middlebrooks,
\Vynne,
Fullwood,
McDonald,
Yaughn,
Fussell,
McElmurry,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Walker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
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Mr. ,Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have bad under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more, where the same do not now exist, upon the recommendation of the gaiHl juries of said counties, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to approve, adopt, and make of force the code of laws prepared under the direction and by authority of the General Assembly, to prodde for the printing and publication of the same, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 3554 of the Code of Georgia.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to raise the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in civil cases, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following resolution, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A resolution to authorize the purchase of a number of copies of Stern's U. S. Calender.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate hill; with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
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A bill to amend section 4652 of the Code, to further the proficiency of grand juries, and for other purposes.
Respectfully s?bmitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, .submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
House bill No. 5R5, to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and to create a board of school commissioners, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same <lo pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
,V. S. 'VEsT, Chairman.
Mt. Gray, chairman on the part of the House of the Special Joint Committee appointed under the resolution to ascertain what company or companies of penitentiary lessees are in arrears for the hire of State convicts, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaka:
The .Joint Committee appointed to ascertain and report what company or companies of lessees of State c01wicts are in arrears for the hire of said convicts, beg leave respectfully to submit the following:
During the past year the Attorney-General has collected
on fi. fas. issued by the Comptroller-General against the
penitentiary companies the following amounts, to wit:
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From Penitentiary Company No. 2 ____ . _. ___ $ 9,515 8& }"'rom PenitentiaryCompanyNo.3. _____ - _ 3,563 83
The following sums are due for convict hire for the year enrling March 31, 1894:
Balance due on fi. fa. against Penitentiary
Company ~o. ! ________________________
Balance due onfi. fa. against Penitentiary Company :Xo. ~-- ___ -------------------
2,317 43 3,250 6&
The following sums are due for convict hire
for the year ending March 31, 1895:
Balance due on fi. fa. against Penitentiary Com-
pany No. L ----- _ ___ ---- __ --- _ _ 3,172 7!} Balance due on fi.fa. against Penitentiary Com-
pany No.2 _______ ---------- -------- _ 1,531 15 Balance due on fi.fa. against Penitentiary Com-
pany No.3 _____ . __ ---~ ___ __ _ _ __ ____ 7,216 37
Total balance for both years____ __ __ _$17,488 40
The above named fi. fas. were issued by the Comptroller-
General as follows:
.Against Penitentiary Company No. 1 and the sureties upon its bond, to wit: Joseph E. Brown, John T. Grant, W. C. Morrill, and Jacob W. Seaver.
Against Penitentiary Company No. 2 and the sureties upon its bond, to wit: B. G. Lockett, J. W. Lockett, W. B. Lowe, and John B. Gordon.
Against Penitentiary Company No. 3 and its sureties, to wit: Thos. Alexander, W. W. Simpson, W. D. Grant, J. W. Murphey, and W. H. Howell.
The above stated fi. fas. were levied on the 18th day of Octobe1, 1895, as follows:
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The fl. fa. against Penitentiary Company Xo. 1 and sure-
ties, upon certain property located in the city of Atlanta belonging to the estate of Joseph E. Brown, deceased.
The fl. fa. against Penitentiary Company No.2 upon cer-
tain property located in the city of Atlanta belonging toW. B. Lowe.
The fl. fa. against Penitentiary Company No.3 upon cer-
tain property. in Atlanta belonging to W. D. Grant.
All the property levied on being advertised for sale by
the sheriff of Fulton county for the first Tuesday in Decem-
bet next.
Respectfully submitted.
c. G. GRAY,
Chairman House Committee.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was taken up,. read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to prohibit drunkenness in public places, and for other purpos~s.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
U pou the passage of this bill, the yeas were 74 antL nays 20.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Moore, of Heard, gave notice that he would move a reconsideration of the action uf the Honse on the abovebill on to-morrow morning.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was then taken up and read, to wit:
A bill to abolish bar-rooms, to prohibit the sale and manufacture, and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors, and. for other purposes.
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Mr. Bush, of Mitchell, moved to displace this bill as the special prder for to-day, and to make it the special of Wednesday next, November 27, 1895.
The motion prevailed, and this bill was made the special order for Wednesday next.
Upon motion of Mr. Willingham of Monroe, 250 copies of the evidence submitted by the committee appointed to investigate the charges in connection with the a_nti-bar-room bill were ordered to be printed for the use of the members of the Honse.
The following bill, which was also made the special order for to-day, was taken up, read the third time, and put upon its passage, to .wit :
A bill to establish a reformatory home for juvenile offenders in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The committee reported the bill back to the House, with substitute.
This bill inY<JlYing an appropriation, the Honse went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
Upon motion of Mr. ,Jenkins of Putnam, this bill was recommitted to the Committee on Penitentiary.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Middlebrooh, Smith of Rockdale, Willingham, Dempsey, Smith of Hancock, Marchman, Parker, Futrell, Jones of Dodge, Moore of Bulloch, 'Vorley of Elbert, Coleman.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock A. )I. to-morrow.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Thursday, ~ovember 21, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )f. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Allen,
Fullwood,
Anderson,
Fussell,
Atkinson,
Gaines,
Arnold,
Gile~,
Armstrong,
Gilreath,
Awtrey,
Gibson,
Bailey,
Gray of Houston,
Battle,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bagget,
Gray of Paulding,
Bennett of Wayne, Gregory,
Bennett of Jackson, Griffin,
Bell,
Greer of }lacon,
Bird,
Greer of Harris,
Blair,
Hall,
Blalock of Fayette, Hammond,
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Bloodworth,
Harvey,
Boifeuillet,
Hill,
Boynton,
Hodges,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Boyett,
Hightower,
Branch,
Hopkins,
Branan,
Howt>ll,
Broyles,
Hogan,
Brown of washington Houston,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Bush,
Hughes,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Clement of }lilton, .Jenkins,
2"2h
McDonald, McElmurry, ::\IcDaniel, :McCurry, McGough, ::\IcCurdy, ::\IcClure, l\Ic Whorter,. Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker,
Peeple~,
Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Prict>, Pool, Polhil!, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter. 8andeford, Shropshire,
~creven,
Sell,
~haw,
Short, 8pencc,
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Collins, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough,
~odson,
Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, iFutrell,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Clinch,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons,
Latham,
Rumner,
Lee,
Tatum,
Little,
Thompson,
Longley,
Traylor,
Lovett,
Vaughn,
Law,
Wallace,
Martin,
Walden,
Mallette,
\Vest,
Marchman,
Wilson,
Mansfield,
Williams,
Meadow,
Will ink,
Melton,
Wilkinson,
Me II,
Willingham,
Moore of Bulloch, Wright,
Moore of Clayton, Wren,
Moore of Heard,
Wynne,
Montfort,
Mr. Speaker.
Murrah,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Fink, Hodge, Holbrook, Middlebrooks,
Perkins, Smith of Hancock Smith of Rockdale, Walker,
Wheatley, Wilkin, Worley,
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Moore, of Heard, moved a reconsideration of the :action of the House on yesterday upon House bill No. 168, the same being a bill to prohibit drunkenness in public places, and for other purposes.
This motion prevailed, and the bill was placed upon the calendar in its order.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was taken up, read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to change the county site of Fannin county from Morganton to Blue Ridge, and for other purposes.
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Mr. Jones, of Dougherty, called the previous question, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Franklin,
.Anderson,
Fussell,
Atkinson,
Gaines,
Arnold,
Gilreath,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston,
Bailey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Battle
Gregory,
Bennett of Wayne, Griffin,
Rennett of Jackson, Greer of :Macon,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Bird,
Hall,
Blair,
Hammond,
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Bloodworth,
Harvey,
Boifeuillet,
Hill,
Boynton,
Hodges,
Boyett,
Henderson,
Branan,
Hightower,
Broyles,
Hopkins,
Brown of Washington, Houston,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Eush,
Hutcherson,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Collins,
Jones of Dougherty,
Collier,
Latham,
Cook of Decatur,
Lee,
Davison,
Little,
Dorough,
I.ovett,
Dodson,
Law,
Durham,
Martin,
Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Pitman, Pittard, Polhill, Redding, Reece, Rockwell, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Sumner, Traylor, Vaughn, Wallace, 'Yest,
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Edenfield, Fletcher, Fouche, Fogarty, Ferguson,
:Mallette, :Mansfield, :Mcadow, Melton, MeII,
Wilson, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Bagget, Branch, Dennard, Fullwood,
Gray of Paulding, Hughes, :McDonald, Pope,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Price, Pool, Reagan, Salter.
Blalock of Fayette, Boyd, Burwell, Burch, Coleman, Cureton, Dempsey, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fink, Futrell, Giles, Howell, Hogan,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Holbrook,
~pence,
Hudson,
Smith of Hancock,
Hurst,
Smith of Rockdale.
Johnson of Taliaferro, Tatum,
Jones of Dodge,
Thompson,
Longley,
Walker,
:Uarchinan,
\Vaiden,
::\foore of Bulloch, Wheatley,
::\Ioore of Clayton, Wilkin,
::\Iiddlebrooks,
Willingham,
Parker,
worley,
Peeples,
Wright,
Perkins,
\Vren,
Rawling~,
)fr. Speaker.
Yeas 117. Nays 12. ~ot voting -!6.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Jir. Speake1:
The Senate has passed the following bills, by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1329 of the Code of 1882, in reference to proceeding in cases of con-
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tested elections, so as to more particularly prescribe the time in which notice of intention to contest shall be given to the opposite side, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to make penal the selling or buying of seed cotton in the county of Columbia, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to define and apply the law of abatement in certain cases.
A Lifl to be entitled an act to regulate the sale of domestic wines in the towns and cities of this State, to provide for licensing the same, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to rearrange the Cherokee and Rome circuits by taking from the Cherokee circuit the county of Dade and adding said county to the Rome circuit, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to l!uthorize the payment of checks, demands, drafts, and savings bank orders in case of the death of drawer before payment, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the Macon Savings Bank, so as to authorize the directors to reduce the capital stock of said bauk to $100,000, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to make prize-fighting or pugilism a felony and prescribing a penalty therefor, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the time for opening the fall session of the public schools of Bibb county, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to empower the principal physician of the penitentiary of this State to discharge subordinate physicians for neglect of duty or incompetency, and for other purposes.
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A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 4~ section 2, article 7 of the constitution of this State, so as to permit cities and towns of this State to exempt fr0m taxation manufactories to be established within their limits for a given term, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 9Iof an act approved February the 25, 1876, to regulate the leasing out of penitentiary convicts by the Governor, authorizing him to make contracts in relation thereto, and for other purposes.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed toreport back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to amend an act approved December 4, 1893,. which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of Washington, Ga., to issue bonds.
This committee has also had under consideration thefollowing House bills, which I am instructed t{) report back to the House, with the recommendation that the samedo pass as amended.
A bill to amend section 4814 of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
The committee has also had under consideration the following;House resolution, which I am inetructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
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A resolution for the relief of John M. Williams of
Catoosa county.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman~
Mr. Little, acting chairman of the General Judiciary 'Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to return, with the reeommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill tD provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroad, insurance, express, telegraph, canal, and navigation companies.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide a license tax for the conduct of the business of moQey lending or money brokerage, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute~ to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of auditors, etc., approved December 18, 1894~
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to provide for and fix the salaries and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk of the superior court, sheriff, tax~collector, tax-receiver, coroner, county
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treasurer, court stenographer and transcriber, and solicitors of the city and criminal courts, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to provide for the appointment of auditors, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to regulate the manner of obtaining affidavits in judicial proceedings, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JNo. D. LITTLE, Acting Chairman.
Mr. ~illingham, chairman of the Special Committee to investigate certain charges against the members of this House relative to the "anti-barroom bill," submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Committee appointed under resolution of the House, to investigate certain charges against. members of this body, made inferentially by certain articles published, have had same under consideration, and after thorough investigation, instruct me to report as follows:
The committee find that there has been raised a fund by the friends and opponents of the meaaure. That the same, so far as expended, has been done in a legitimate and proper manner. That no member of this House has been approached, nor has there been an effort made on ~ither side to approach or corrupt any member of this
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House, and that any statement that charges or insinuates that same has been done is false.
Your committee calls special attention to the evidence hereto attached and made a part of this report as a refutation of all charges or insinuations of corruption.
B. S. 'WILLINGHAM, Chairman, H. W. HoPKINs, W. P. PincE, R. B. TRAYLOR, H. A. HALL.
The committee, with Mr. 'Villingham as chairman, appointed to investigate the charges made by the Wesleyan Christian .Advocate met Wednesday afternoon, the 13th, :at 3 o'clock.
On motion of Judge Hopkins, there being only two members of the committee present, two was declared a -quorum, and the committee proceeded with their investigation.
Dr. T. T. Christian, the first witness, was called and :sworn .
.Judge Hopkins:
Q. Will you look at this article and state the author ? (Clipping No. 1 from Southern Christian Advocate exhibited to witness.)
A. I wrote it. Q. Upon what authority did you write the first paragraph of this article ? A. Information from Walter B. Hill, of Macon, from the Atlanta Constitution of October 30th, and also from a press dispatch of October 30th. Q. Have you any personal knowledge of any fund raised -or of any fund having been used, or of any attempt made to use a fund for the purpose of bribing or of inducing any
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member of the legislature to vote against the anti-barroom bill?
A. No other information except that which I have already given. Upon that information is based the articlein question.
Mr. Willingham:
Q. Did you as the writer of that article have any intention of reflecting upon any member of the legislature ? Was that the object or purpose of the article ?
A. I had no such intention; there was n9thing of the sort in my mind.
Q. There was a circular sent out that purports to havebeen printed in your office, the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, headed "Who was Bought?" Do you know anything of that article personally?
A. We have no printing office; we hire our printing done. I never heard of that circular in my life.
Q. Do you know the author of the comment on articie 2? A. I have known, but I do not know now. I think the notes on the Rome resolntion were written by Dr. Candler. Witness was then excused.
Mr. M. L. Bickart was called and sworn.
Juage Hopkins :
Q. What relation do you hold to the firm referred to in. article 2?
A. I am a member of the firm. Q. What is your name? A. M. L. Bickart. Q. This circular was written by your firm, and signed by you? A. Yes, I wrote it. Q. You knew of the issuing of this circular? A. Yes.
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Q. Was any organization perfected or any fund raised by virtue of this circular ?
A. We tried to effect a State organization, but am sorry to say they did not seem to pull together, and we were unable to effect an organization.
Q. You know then of no fund raised to affect the antibarroom legislation ?
A. I think there was a few hundred dollars raised for the purpose of paying the expenses of delegates to Atlanta to see if they could not use their influence, but nothing in the nature of a bribe, for they never have raised money sufficient for that. Nobody would subscribe. Only a few hundred dollars was raised.
Q. For what purpose? A. To pay railroad fare, hotel bills, etc., of delegates. Q. When were these people to come? A. I do not know. I had no particular charge of it~ and I do not know who had the arrangements in hand. I don't know whether it has been done or will be done. Q. You have stated that the money "'as raised to pay expenses of people to come to use their influence. Upon whom were they to use their influence? A. The advocates of the Bush bi11, as I understand it~ have sent a number of people here to use their influence with the legislature to pass the bill, and I was under the impression that we were to have some delegates here to try and have the opposite effect. But I cannot swear that there was a fund raised. We tried to raise one. Q. Who sent out the circular? A. I did. Q. In that circular you state that it had required a large amount of money used at the last sesswn. Is that statement true? A. I don't think it was true. Q. You made it?
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A. It was a letter written to the trade in Georgia.
Q. Was that a true statement or not?
A. Not to my knowledge.
/
Q. You signed .it?
A. Yes.
Q. And you say now it was not true?
A. I don't know that any money was raised or used at
the previous session of the legislature.
Q. Then the statement in that circular was not true?
A. Not to my knowledge. Merely from heresay.
. Q. Whom did you hear it from?
A. I don't remember now ; it is a matter of a year ago.
Tbe object of the letter was to see if we could not effect an
organization which would preserve our interests in Georgia;
we did not want to be legislated out of the State.
Q. Do you know of any subscription having been raised
for the purpose of defeating this hill?
A. I do not know positively of any subscription. I
know that they tried to .raise money ; but I do not know
whether they succee.ded.
Q. You are engaged in the business?
A. Yes. Hut we could never get any concerted action.
I saw in the papers where money was raised in Macon. and
Savannah, but I don't know whether it was true; I simply
saw it in the papers.
Mr. Willingham:
Q. You say that you know of no money being raised at .all?
A. Not positively. Q. Did your firm contribute? A. No. Q. What did you mean by having won a temporary victory, if you made no fight? A. My impression was that the bill was introduced at
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the last session of the legislature, and I know that the bill did not pass, and I considered that a victory for our side.
Q. Then do I understand that there was no money, so far as you know, used by the whisky men of Georgia, directly or indirectly, to influence the action of this House?
A. No; I can say positively there was not. We had no money raised to use. 'Ve never realized how important it was until the session closed.
Q. You say the sole object and purpose of this circular was to propose and create an organization by which a fund could he raised to kill the hill at this session?
A. Yes. I may have made some statements in that circular which were not borne out by the facts, and I purposely used stronger language than the facts justified; but we were very anxious to effect an organization, and made the circular as strong as possible.
Q. How did you propose to use the money that was to be raised by this circular?
A. I am not a politician, and I do not know how the money was to be used; but I know that they never have been able to raise any money among the liquor dealers.
Q. How did you propose to use the money if you had succeeded in raising it?
A. I do not know how it was to be used. Q, How did you propose to defeat the passage of that bill? A. My understanding from the people on our side was that they were to send delegates here, and of course the delegates would not bear their own expenses. They were to pay railroad fare, hotel bills, and incidental expenses. Q. were delegates to receive any compensation except expenses? A. No; only their expenses. Q. You said there was not exceeding two or three hundred dollars raised "?
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A. That is only general information ; they said they raised a few hundred dollars.
Q. Is that the way, and the only way, in which this small sum of money was used?
A. I don't know how it was used. My understanding was that the city councils from the different cities paid the expenses. From Macon, Augusta, and Savannah.
Q. Do I understand you to say that the city councils paid the expenses of delegates?
A. That is my understanding. -Q. If that is true, what went with the money raised as the result of sending out the circular. A. I don't know that there was any money raised. Q. Where could we get that information? A. Capt. F. M. Potts seems to be one of the leaders. .Q. Can you give us the name of anyone else interested in the movement? A.. I know people in Macon; in fact all of the liquor dealers in the State are interested in it. Q. Do you know anyone who has taken as active a part as ymir firm or as Captain Potts? A. I believe the Atlanta Brewery, Mr. Albert Steiner, general manager. Q. Yon say there was probably a small amount of money raised. 'Vho was most likely to have been the treasurer nf the proposed fund? To whom were the contributions made? A. I don't know. We did not make any because no one else did, and I was not going to do it alone. We tried to work up a sentiment without spending money. After we saw that we could not effect an organization, we tried to work up a sentiment in favor of the bnt:iiness and in oppot:iition to the Bush bill, and my understanding is that it did not cost anything.
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Q. Did you say that your statement in this circular was not exact?
A. It was strong language used for the purpose of effect-
"r ing an organization and getting subscriptions, but we did
not succeed in the object. e have no organization at all. Q. You never had a meeting of the brewery, liquor
dealers, etc.? A. We could not get together. Some wanted to meet in
Savannah, and some in Macon, and others in Augusta, so we never got together and there was no organization perfected.
Judge Hopkins:
Q. Your information as to the funds in other cities was derived from the newspapers?
A. I only read of these funds. Q. That was your only way of learning this? A. Yes, I only read of it in the newspaper reports from Savannah and Macon. Q. you had no communication with the dealers in other places as to the raising of a fund? A. No. Mr. Bickart then went on to state the following: I do not know that this circular is a verbatim copy of the circular letter by our firm. (Cannot furnish a copy. It was a printed letter and kept no copy of it. Have no copy of the paper in which it was printed, but may be able to get one.) But a circular of this nature was issued, of which I was the author. My information that we "had gained a temporary victory" was merely general. I knew that the Bush bill was introduced into the House at its first session, and as the bill did not pass, I considered it a temporary victory: So far as the first paragraph relating to the money is concerned, I can say positively, that there was no money used or raised to ~Y knowledge. l know
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that our firm did not >mbscribe any, and I never heard of any other firm that did. I sent the circular merely for the purpose of creating a State organization of liquor dealers, and perhaps used stronger language than the facts justified, but I purposely used strong language in order to point out the importance of this bill to liquor interests, so that the dealers would realize that it was an emergency, and so that they would come together and map out some plan of action to preserve our rights. This organization was never effected, nor was any money raised to my knowledge from this circular. A number of replies were received, but no action was ever taken that I know of.
'Vitness was excused. The committee adjourned until 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning.
The committee met at 10:30 A. M., Thursday, Xovember 14. Present, Messrs. Hopkins, Hall, aud Price.
The committee adjourned until Friday, the 15th, at 10 A. ;\I.
The committee met Friday, the 15th of November, at 10 A. )f. Present, :Messrs. Willingham, Hopkins, and Price.
Mr. Walter B. Hill testified under oath as follows, .Judge Hopkins conducting the examination :
Q. If it is correct that vou are the informant of Mr. Christian as to the facts stated in the first paragraph of article 1, will you give the source of your information?
A. It is correct as I understand Mr. Christian to have replied, namely, I gave him certain information in a letter. I will read the letter:
MAco~, GA., ~ovember 1, 1895. Edito, Oh1istian Advocate, Atlanta, Ga.:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-In the Atlanta Oon.~tiiution
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of the 30th inst. there appeared a brief notice of Dr.
Candler's speech in which he commented on the Bluthenthal
& Bickart circular.
'
In the next column but one appeared a teleg-ram from
Savannah, stating that the liquor dealers there had made up
a fund to fight the Anti-Barroom Bill. This was a re-
markable confirmation of the fact that the Bluthenthal &
Bickart circular was not a simple bluff as some of the op-
ponents of the anti-barroom bill claimed, but that the
fund was actually being collected in pursuance of it.
I have reliable information that the liquor dealers of
Macon were assessed and have raised $800 as their contri-
bution to the fund.
I would be glad if you would comment on these matters
in the Advocate in your ter::;e and vigorous style. We
cannot afford to assume that the Legislature cau be bribed,
but we do want them to know, and we want the people to
know, that a tremenrlons hired lobby is being sent there to.
11Jork against the anti-barroom bill.
Yours truly,
wALTER B. HILL.
As to the source of my information for this sentence, "I have reliable information that the liquor dealers of l\Iacon were assessed and have raised $800 as their contribution to the fund," I will state that that information came to me through a gentleman who got it from Mr. A. Gibian, of Macon. Just at this moment I do not mention the gentlemau's name, but will do so if important. Sometime about the last of October this gentleman, who is a citizen of Macon, and a man known in the city and throughout the State, gave me the information that Mr. Gibian had told him that the liquor interests of Macon, I do not know whether the brewery, wholesale, or retail dealers, but that the sum of $800 had been raised in Macon to be used in
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opposing the bill. The gentleman I speak of is in the city. Q. We would like to have the name, unless there is some
good reason for withholding it. A. I will give it after Mr. Gibian is examined. Q. Please give it now. A. Let me say, as the reason why :I did not give his
'Dame a_t once, that this gentlemen would naturally prefer that his name should not be brought into the investigation, and I told him that I would not mention his name unless it became important that I do so. The gentleman who gave me that statement as coming from Mr. Gibian is Captain Robert E. Park, who stated that Mr. Gibian told him what I have stated in my letter, in Maeon, while walking together from the residence part of the city down town.
Q. Will you state just exactly what Captain Park told you?
A. He told me that Mr. Gibian had said that the liquor interest of Macon-those opposed to the bill-had raised $800 to fight it. That was the substance.
Q. Did he use the words "corruption fund?" A. No, he did not. And in further answer to the question, I call attention to the fact that my letter says nothing about a " corruption fund " to be used in resisting the bill. Q. Have you any personal knowledg of any funds being used for the purpose of influencing any member of the legislature in his action upon this bill, or in attempting to so influence any party? A. I have not, and, on the contrary, I have repudiated, -on every occasion, the idea that any member of the legislature could be bought. I have myself commented on this Bluthenthal & Bickart circular as an indignity on the legislature, because I thought it did convey that impression. Q. Do you know of any fund having been raised for .the purpose of furthering the anti-barroom bill? A. I know that the Rev. A. J. Hughes, a minister at
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Lexington, Ga., has sent out an appeal to the clergy and the churches, endeavoring to get them to raise a fund for the printing and distribution of the printed matter that we want to be used. He, for instance, sent out a large number of petitions, containing the bill printed in full at the top, and with ruled lines for the signature of the names, and he tells me that he hae received back over 50,bOO signatures to that petition, and that a great many did not come back. The printing of these circulars cost money, and also the postage on the.m, and he appealed for money for the purpose of paying for the printing and postage on these petitions, and on other printed matter that was being sent out in aid of the bill. I do not know the amount. I only know that he has not money enough to pay for all the printing and postage.
Q. Who is the custodian of this fund? A. He is the custodian of the fund raised in response to that appeal.
Mr. Willingham:
Q. Y onr letter states that yon want the people to know "that a tremendous hired lobby is being sent to work against the anti-barroom bill." From what source did you derive that information?
A. From a telegram which appeared in the Atlanta Constitution from Savannah, which is headed, "They Have the Money. Savannah Liquor Dealers Make up a l!"'und to Fight Legislation."
Here is the telegram :
"THEY HAVE THE lllONEY.
' Suvannah Liquor Dealers lrlake np a Fund to Fight Legislation.
"SAVANNAH, GA., October 30.-(Special)-The wholesale liquor dealers of this city have raised a fund for the purpose
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of fighting the dispensary bill, now before the Georgia Legislature. They will have representatives in Atlanta, and will work conjointly with the interests of other cities of the State, to stop the progress of that legislation. The passage of the bill would require the raising of $100,000 more from real estate every year in this city al.one for city expenses."
Q. Is that your only information? A. No, because action in Savannah was followed up by action in Macon, AugQsta, Darien, Columbu~ and other cities. Q. Your information is Lased purely upon newspaper reports? A. Upon newspaper reports, and because representatives of those cities did come up here and appear before the committee in opposition to the bill. I had no reference whatever to the delegations afterwards appointed by the city councils, but to the, "representatives" of the liquor interests to be appointed in pursuance of the telegram of October 30th. Q. You have no know ledge how that money was used except for the purpose of sending delegates. Whether they received anything over their expenses? A. I do not know how the money was expended. Q. There was a circular distributed among the members about which we interrogated Dr. Christian, headed "Who was Bought?" Do you know anything about it? It purported to have been sent out from the Wesleyan Christian Adeocafe office. Do you know anything about the authorship of that article? A. I think I know the article to which you refer. It was written by Dr. \Varren,A. Candler, as far back as June or July. It came out following the 'Biuthenthal & Bickart circular, with its statement of the use of money upon the part of the liquor dealers.
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Q. Have you a copy of that circular, or can you tell us where we can get one
A. You can find the original in the Advocate, and I suppose that I can get you one. (Dr. Christian offered to furnish a copy of the Advocate containing the circular.)
Judge Hopkins: were the delegates from the different cities the "tremen-
dous hired lobby" to which you referred? A. Yes. The letter was written in advance of the day
when there was .a hearing. Of course, I did not have in mind the delegates representing the cities, because the action of the city council in Savannah did not take place until about November 4th. I had reference to those who were to be appointed "representatives," as stated in the telegram, and who were to use the money reported to be raised.
Q. Who did you allude to by thP- tremendous hired lobby?
A. I meant by that, the representatives who were to be appointed in pursuance of the action taken by the liquor dealers in Savannah and other cities.
Q. Those parties appointed from the different cities, then, constituted the tremendous hired lobby'!
A. Yes, as I just now stated. Q. What information did you have that those parties were hired? A. I had the information, in the first place, contained in the telegram from Savannah, that the liquor dealers had raised a fund for fighting the bill.
STATEMENT.
(Filed with the committee the original of the Bluthenthal & Bickart Circular, contained on page 615 of Bonfort's Wine & Spirit ,Circular, letter written to the Editor Christian Advocate, and press dispatch clipping, dated Savannah, October 30th, headed "They Have the Money.")
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In connection with the statement, that considerable money was used to defeat this bill, I wish to state as a fact, that I was present at all of the hearings that took place at the last session before the Committees, except one. I recollect visiting Atlanta as many as three tirues for this purpose. I carefully watched the proceedings in reference to the bill. I got np a copy of the bill; the bill printed on one side and a printed argument for the bill on the other side, which was distributed, and my attention was specially directed to observing whether there would be any literature in reply to it. Although I followed the matter very closely and carefully, I could not see nor hear of any printed document being put out that would involve any expense by the opposition. ;I:t is further true that no delegates from outside of Atlanta appeared before any committee of the House at the last session; as far as I know. There was one meeting when I was not present, when I was informed two or three Atlanta gentlemen appeared. I mention this to bring out the fact that considerable money was not used as far as I could see, in any ostensible way, not for printing or sending delegates, nor anything of this sort. I would like to say further, that whenever I came here in the interest of this bill I have had to pay my own expenses, and have had to pay a part of the expense attached to the printing of arguments addressed to the legislature.
Mr. A. Gibian testified under oath as follows:
Judge Hopkins:
Q. Where is your place of business? A. Macon. Q. What is your business? A. Cigars. I am not in the liquor business and have not ' been for years, and have no interests to serve in making statements. Q. Did you make the statement that has been testified
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to by Mr. Hill as to the assessment and raising of the fund in Macon?
A. I do not recollect making this statement to l\Ir~ Park. I frequently walk down town with him; we live near each other and frequently walk down together. I don't recoJlect mentioning it to him, but may have done so, as I have to others, but it was in a different manner from that stated. The only thing that I may have said, I am not interested in the liquor business myself, but I heard from outside parties that funds were to be raised to defray expenses of some gentlemen who were to go to Atlanta before the committee, not for any corruption fund or to bribe the Legislature, but just to come before the committ~e and argue points; that is the way I understood it, and that is the way I must have said it. I don't know whether they have ever raised any or who contributed to it, but it was general talk all over Macon thnt they were to raise funds to pay expenses of gentlemen to come to Atlanta, but whether any has been raised I don't know.
Q. Are you a subscriber to the fund? A. No. Q. What was the specific amount mentioned that was to be raised? A. I have not heard any amount.
Mr. Price:
Q. You did not hear then any particular sum? A. No. Q. $800, for instance? A. No. 1 only remember that there was to be raised a certain amount in the State, but I don't know how much Macon was to raise, nor what the whole amount was to be.
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Mr. Willingham:
Q. Do you think $800 would have been a reasonable .amount for Macon to have raised?
A. I cannot te11; I do not know what the proper amount would have been.
Judge Hopkins:
Q. How did you get the impression that a certain amount was to be raised by the State ?
A. Just from parties on the street. I cannot say who..
Witness excused.
Dr. T. T. Christian, reca11ed.
Mr. Willingham:
Q. Who wrote the article in the Advocate of November 6, headed" False Colore at Half-Mast"?
A. Dr. Glenn. Q. Do you know who is referred to as the "bosses" ? A. I don't know. I suppose he refers to those fighting the bill. Q. You are the assistant editor of the Advocate? A. Yes. Q. Have you any authority or information) in your connection with the paper, touching the point that $10,000 has been raised in Savannah? A. Nothing except publications in the papers. Q. Have you those dispatches ? A. I do not know whether I have. Q. Will you ask Dr. Glenn to investigate and see what information he had on the amount raised in Savannah? A. Yes. Witness excused.
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Capt. D. G. Purse testified.
.Judge Hopkins:
Q. You have been slJbpoonaed? A. Yes. Q. From what source did you get subpoona ? A. From this committee. Q. Had you any knowledge of any funds raised in your -city with a view of bribing or corrupting any member of the Legislature, or influencing his vote upon the pending bill, known as the anti-barromn bill? A. No. Neither directly nor indirectly.
Mr. Price:
Q. Have you any knowledge as to how the expenses o the gentlemen from your city were paid ?
A. I have not, except as to my own personal expenses. As you all know, I am here on other business, and my -coming was no expense upon the city. I had to come on matters connected with the Exposition and other matters of business, and there was no necessity for my expenses being paid by the city.
1\Ir. Willingham: Q. So far as you know, has there been raised in Savan-
nah $10,000, or any sum, for the purpose of fighting this bill?
A. Not to my knowledge, either directly or indirectly.
Mr. Price: Q. What is the income of your city from licenses? A. $75,000 at the lowest estimate.
Judge Hopkins: Q. Please give names of men who contributed] to this
fund raised in Savannah.
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A. I do not know of anyone who contributed, and I donot know who would be likely to contribute.
Q. Who is the agent of the Associated Press in Savannah, who sent the telegram?
A. I do not know for certain. Q. Give the names of the other representatives of Savannah in opposition to this bill? A. The mayor,. Mr. H. Myers, Capt. Bierne Gordon, Hon. Pope Barrow, Mr. John R. Young, of the firm. of Ellis, Young & Co-,. and myself. Q. Have you any knowledge_ of any other representatives from the city of Savannah except this committee? A. I have not. There way have been other individuals. here, but I know of no other committee. Q. Y uur committee was appointed by authority of the city? A. Yes, by the Mayor and Aldermen in open council. Witness excused.
Mr. F. M. Potts, of Atlanta, called and sworn.
Judge Hopkins:
Q. Have you any knowledge of any money having been raised by subscription or otherwise, to be used in the defeat of the bill now pending in the Legislature known as the anti -barroom bill ?
A. There have been some funds raised, not for the purpose charged by the opposition, that is, for bribing or any other illegitimate purposes. These funds have been raised simply to look after our business and our interests, simply as the funds to run any other campaign would be raised, and what was contributed by the different dealers was on that line, and no intimation was ever given that there was to be any corruption fund, but simply that it was to be used for incidental expenses, such as traveling, printing, and
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other purposes of that kind. Simply to cover incidental expenses.
Q.. What amount was raised?
A. I do not know exactly. Q. Can you furnish the committee with the name of any person from whom we could get that information ? A. I don't know that I can. I am considered one of the members of the committee in charge of that here. I think possibly Mr. Steiner might have that information. Q. You do not know the exact amount ? A. No. Q. Can you approximate it? A. No, I have not had charge of any of the funds. It is only a small amount, though. Q. Have you any knowledge as to how that fund has been used? A. Partly in traveling expenses for different parties coming from Macon, Savannah, Augusta, and other cities. Q. For what purpose? A. For the purpose of consulting as to the best mode of procedure1 and also to pay their necessary bills here. Our friends connected with the business. Q. Are you in the liquor business? A. Yes; wholesale liquor business. Q. Whom did these parties represent, who came for the purpose which you have indicated? A. They represented the brewery interests in Macon, the brewery interests in Augusta, the liquor interests in Savannah, Macon, Augusta, and also in Brunswick. Q. What class of business men were contributors to that fund? A. Brewers and wholesale liquor dealers exclusively, so far as my knowledge goes. Q. Who composed the committee here in Atlanta besides yourself and Mr. Steiner.
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A. No one else. Q. Mr. Steiner kept the books and did the correspondence? A. Not especially. I have done some myself. Q. To whom were remittances made ? A. I think to Mr. Steiner. Q. Were the contributions raised by written or printed communications with these brewers and wholesale liquor men? A. No; we had some meetings here of the different dealers of this city. Q. As the result of this meeting, contributions were sent? A. Yes.
Mr. Price:
Q. Were any attorneys employed by your association to appear .before the General Assembly to make arguments?
A. Not one single one. Not one has ever been employed to my knowledge for any purpose.
Q. Did any of these delegates themselves, in opposition to the Bush bill, appear in or about. the legislature?
A. Not that I know of. I have not been, and I do not know that others have. Whenever I have had an opportunity to talk to my friends I have done so, and have told them what harm it wotild do me in a financial way, and I have appealed to them if they could conscientiously go against this bill, to do so, but in no way have I ever attempted, nor do I know of any one with whom I have ever been connected, who has ever attempted, in any way,. to bribe or corrupt anybody on the passage of this bill; we would not so far stultify ourselves as to offer to do this.
Mr. Willingham :
Q. How was the money raised by you and Mr. Steiner used?
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A. Just used to pay incidental expenses connected with anything of this kind.
Q. To whom did Mr. Steiner pay over funds? A. I don't know. Q. Did you or your firm make a contribution to that fund, and how much? A. My firm contributed $125. Q. What is the style ofyour firm? A. The Potts-Thompson Liquor Company. Q. Do you know of any printing that was done by the liquor men, or that they had done, for which that fund or any part of it was used? A. I cannot call to mind any now. Q. Mr. Steiner can give information as to how money was distributed ? A. I do not know whether he can or not. Q. There was a record kept of the amounts contributed? A. Yes. Q. Who kept it? A. Mr. Steiner. Q. 'Vas there a record kept of disbursements? A. I do not know. Q. Why do you think there was no record of the disbursements? A. It was uevE>r required or expected. Q. Did the committee consisting of yourself and Mr. Steiner hold meetings, and if so, when and where, and was there any record kept of the meeting? A. I don't think therE> was any special record kept. 'Ve met in the office of the brewery for the purpose of talking over and discussing our own business, as we often do, and also of discussing the merits and demerits of your bill. Q. Has there ever been a meeting, held here or elsewhere, of the liquor men of this State, since the introduction of this bill ?
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A. Only in the way I spoke of, and only m the way I
spoke of. Not a meeting of all of them.
Q. There has been no official meeting of the liquor men
of the State since the introduction of this bill, the purpose
of which was to oppose th.e bill ?
A. No.
Q. When and where did the meeting take place of the
parties brought here, and whose expenses were paid out of
the fund ; or was the object of their coming simply to ap-
pear before the committee?
A. That was all.
Q. Did they ever have any other meeting or conference?
A. No.
.
Mr. Willingham :
Q. Mr. Hill, can you furnish us with a copy of the circular sent out by your party tor the purpose of raising funds?
A. Mr. Hiii-I will try and get one for you.
MR. POTTS' STATEMENT.
The fund is almost intact still. We have had no special use for it. It was gotten up because we did not know what expenses we might to have to meet, and we raised this money to have it if necessary, so as to be prepared for emergencies, but at no time was it ever anticipated, designed, or considered, that we were raising funds to bribe any member of the legislature, or for any villainous, ungentlemanly purpose.
Witness excused.
Mr. R. H. Plant called and sworn.
Judge Hopkins: Q. You reside in Macon? A. Yes.
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Q. Have you any connection with the Acme Brewing Company?
A. I am a large stockholder. Q. Do you know of any funds having been raised by the .citizens of Macon for the purpose of influencing the action upon the anti-barroom bill ? A. I do not know of any funds raised by the citizens of Macon. Mr. Block, president ofthe Brewery company, came to me and told me that fonds were being raised to protect our business, and said that he would probably have to give a few hundred dollars. I don't know what amount he gave, but suppose he gave a proper sum. There was nothing said to indicate that it was for corrupt purposes. It was just raised for legitimate expenses. I no not know how much he gave, but whatever was proper and right he -doubtless contributed. Q. Are you aware of any concerted action by which any .stipulated amount was to be raised in Macon? A. No, sir. I know of nothing of the kind. I gave nothing individually, but if I had thought it necessary I would have done so. Q. Do you know what amount has been paid? A. I do not. My impression is that Mr. Block told me he had paid something, but I do not know what amount. 'I have nothing to do with the immediate details of the brewery. Q. Will you be willing to ascertain the amount contributed by Mr. Block and inform the committee. A. I will see Mr. Block and ascertain the amount.
Mr. Price:
Q. Please give us the amount contributed by your firm :or the brewery.
A. Certainly. I will see Mr. Block to-morrow and telegraph you.
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'Vitness excused.
Mr. Sam Altmayer called and sworn.
Judge Hopkins:
Q. You reside in Macon? A. Yes. Q. Are yon in the liquor business there? A. In the wholesale liquor business. Q. Do you know of contributions made by citizens of Macon to be used in opposing the measure known as the anti-barroom bill. A. I only know of my own. I have heard of contributions being raised to pay expenses of gentlemen to be brought from different parts of the State to appear before the committee. My understanding when I contributed was that it was to be used for the purpose of protecting our interests in the liquor business against anything that might come up. That it was for the purpose of obtaining some counsel to come before the committee, the Temperance Committee, and to bring gentlemen here from different parts of the State bef.,re the committee to argue and point out the disadvantages of the bill. That was my understanding. Q. To whom did you send your contribution? A. Mr. Block was authorized to collect. He came to me and I paid him. Q. How much? A. Our firm contributed $40.00.
STATKME~T.
As a contributor to the fund I asked specially what it was for, as T thought it was pretty heavy to pay that much for nothing. He said it was for the express purpose of' paying the expenses of an attorney or engaging some one with more eloquence than we have, to appear before the committee in our interests.
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Mr. Willingham :
Q. Did Mr. Block give you any information as to what was the amount raised or to be raised in Macon "!
A. I don't recollect the amount if he told me. I think he said they would like to raise three or four hundred dollars.
Witness excused.
Judge Hopkins reported that Mr. Steiner could not be found by the messenger of the House.
Mr. Potts stated that he disclaimed any connection or responsibility for the Bluthenthal & Bickart circular. Also, that he could say of his own knowledge that during the last session not one dollar was raised for any purpose. They did not try to raise any and none was raised.
Committee adjourned until 10 A .ll. Monday, November 18, 18:15.
The Committee met November 18, at 10 A .ll. Present, Messrs. 'Villingham, Price and Hall. Rev. A. J. Hughes called and sworn.
Mr. Price:
Q. It has been stated here that a fund of money has been raised by the friends of the anti-barroom bill and placed in your handi'. What amount have you raised and what disposition have you made of that fund, if any"!
A. I am prepared to give the exact amount I have received and the parties from whom I have received it. I suppose the aggregate will be sufficient. I wish to say in this connection that at the Convention last week there was an auditing committee appointed by the president, who looked over these accounts and passed on them. I have received from all sources $421.16.
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Q. Were the sums received in small amounts? A. The largest one received was $25.00, and the smallest was one cent. It ranged from one cent to twenty-five dollars. Very few contributions amounted to over ten dollars. I have it in a little book, as I .entered it just as it came in, and the Auditing Committee passed upon it at the Convention. If I failed to make a single entry it was an -oversight, and I do not think that I did. Q. State in a general way for what purpose'> the money was expended. A. I have that also down in a book. Postage, $183.57; printing has cost me over $200.00. I have sent out over 100,000 pieces of literature in the interest of the Anti-barroom bill, and printed l 0,000 copies of the bill with petition attached. Railroad expenses $45.25. I have traveled over 200 miles in the interest of the bill. Hotel bills, $7.25 ; typewriting, $2.25; telegrams, $3.50. Some other items of expense not included are small items. So the aggregate of the items I have down here as expenditures amount to $440.07. Q. Have you been to any expense for advertising or publishing in newspapers? A. No. I have incurred no expense for that. 'Ve bave published articles in a number of papers, but there was no cost. Dr. Candler took an article to the Constitution, which they proposed to publish for $17.00, I think it was, and he told them to do so, that we would pay it, but it did not come out, so we did not have to pay for it. Q. In yesterday's Constitution I saw an article, nearly two columns, which is marked "communicated," and evi.dently paid for. Do you know anything about that article? A. Mr. DeLoach telephoned me this morning telling me he had put that piece in and paid for it, but I had nothing
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to do with it. He told me he had paid for it, but did not say how much.
Q. How does your account stand, is the fund in debt? A. As stated here, there is still something due the printer, and some other little expenses not included here. As I have it down here it is $440.07, and I have received in all $421.16, leaving as this stands $26.!"11 unpaid now, and I am due the printer some, I do not know how much, but not much, and that is all I owe anybody. All the other bills have been paid. Mr. Hall: Q. Have you attended the sessions of the legislature much in the intereets of this bill? A. I have been here two or three times, and last year I was appointed on a committee, when the bill was introduced, to bring the anti-barroom bill before the legislature, and I came twice in its interests last. year. Then I was here on my way to conference at Rome the night of the 20th, when Dr. Gamble spoke; then I stopped off on my return from conterence in the interest of the bill, and this is the fourth time this year. Q. Can you give me any approximate number of the legislators you have called out and talked to this year? A. Two in the House and one in the Senate. Q. They are the only members of the legislature that you have talked to about this matter? A. I spoke to three members of the House, including the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Bush, and I called out two other men a few days ago when I was here. Q. Can you remember their names? A. One was Mr. Gregory, from Murray county, and the other was Mr. Moore, from Heard, and then Mr. Bush. If I called out any other man I do not recollect it. Q. When you talked to these gentlemen you simply used arguments to convince their reason?
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A. Yes. They were my old friends, and I felt confident they were the friends of the bill.
Q. Do you know any other citizens who have appeared before the legislature and talked in the interests of this bill?
A. I don't know of any. I tried to reason with Mr. Moore. He is a preacher, as I am, and he seemed to be on the fence, and we talked at some length about the matter.
Q. Have you ever seen any one who was opposed to this bill talking to any member of the legislature?
A. No, I have not. I am not well enough acquainted to have observed anything of that sort had it came before me.
Q. Would it require funds to legitimately oppose the passage of this bill?
A. We found them necessary to ad vocate the bill. Q. If there are any citizens of Georgia who conscientiously oppose this measure, would it require funds for them to oppose the bill ? A. Yes, if they used them legitimately.
Q. The mere fact that funds have been raised is not a
presumption that they have been rai"Jed for corrupt purposes is it? The friends of the bill found it necessary to raise funds did they not?
A. I think it' clearly is in this case, for the reason that we have used the funds we collected as we showed-for printing, postage, and other legitimate purposes; and if the other gentlemen have published any literature I have not seen it, except what they have paid the newspapers to publish for them. Or if they have held public meetings I have not heard of them. Such things would be legiti.nate expenses.
Q. Then the mere knowledge that they had raised funds
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you would consider as a presumption that they had used them for illegitimate purposes?
A. In view of the facts stated, it seems to me it is obliged to be supposed that they have used them for illegitimate purposeE, as they have not used them for legitimate purposes.
Q. Then you think the mere fact that the opponents of this bill have raised a fund is proof it has been used for illegitimate purposes?
A. Yes; as they have not used it for legitimate purposes.
Mr. Willingham :
Have you the circular sent out by you in response to which contributions were sent to you?
A. This is the only appeal I sent out. Mr. DeLoach sent out a direct personal appeal to forty or fifty persons. (Circular marked '' X" filed.)
Q. That is the only authorized appeal that has been sent out?
A. Yes; it was gotten up by myself and bas my name signed to it.
Q. In your statement that you presume that the fund raised by the opponents to this bill had been improperly used, had you anything upon which to base that presumption?
A. The fact that it has not been used for legitimate purposes.
Q. Have you any way or means by which you could tell me what proportion of this $400 has been subscribed by women and children?
A. My books will disclose that. I can tell it from my books. I was in Macon at a convention and I stated how much we needed money for literature, postage, etc., and a lady in the audience came and handed me $1, saying it was for postage. I received four contributions in succession ~rom as many women in as many different parts of the State.
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One of them is a widow who sent me a check for $2 with her blessing, and that same day I received a contribution of a few dollars from a lady in Milledgeville, and the other two contributions on the same day from two other women. I was struck with the fact. The Baptist ladies of Canton sent $5. Another lady sent me $5. She said to me, I can very poorly afford to give this, but I cannot afford not to give it. A few !:!tamps were sent me to pay postage. A very large per cPnt. of the contributions came from ladies. It will take some time to give you all that, but I can give you the approximate amount sent in by the ladies. We printed and sent out ten thousand copies of the circular. Also eight or ten thousand copies of an editorial which appeared in the Wesleyan Christian Advocate in the spring of the year, headed," Who was Bought in the Last Legislature? " We sent one of these to every senator and representative in the legislature. Then there was a little appeal written by myself, _headed " What it will do." We sent out twelve or fifteen thousand copies of that. We also sent one copy of that to each member of the legislature.
Q. If you know, please state who was the author of the communication headed, "Who was Bought in the Last Legislature?" which came out in answer to Bluthenthal & Rickart's circular'?
A. I know, and I suppose I am at liberty to state. Dr. Candler wrote it. I recognized it as from Dr. Candler and wrote asking him if I could put his name to it when I printed it, hut he objected as it would disclose their editoral marks.
Mr. Hall:
Q. What was the date of that? A. It is not dated. I think it was sometime in May. Q. You have seen a copy of the. Bush bill? A. Yes.
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Q. You know it did not come before the house last session?
A. Yes. I know that. On my return from conference, after the substitute had been introduced by Senator Mercer, myself and Mr. DeLoach came to Mr. Bush, the chairman of the House committee, and Mr. Boyd, the chairman of the Senate committee, and asked them to let the matter go over to this session of the legislature, in order that we might hear from the people. Mr. Boyd did not wish to do so, but finally consented, and it was at our request that the matter went over.
Mr. Willingham:
Q. In the third paragraph of the comment on the Bluthenthal & Bickart cicrular in the article "Who was Bought?" I notice these words: "The headquarters of the opposition to the anti-barroom bill are in Atlanta," etc. Do you know of any organized headquarters, or did you simply refer to Bluthenthal & Bickart's place of business.
A. I do not know what was meant by "headquarters." Witness excused.
Mr. A. Steiner called and sworn.
Mr. Hall:
Q. What business are you engaged in ? A. I am secretary and treasurer of the Atlanta Brewing Company. Q. Do you know anything of the Bluthenthal & Bickart circular? A. No, sir. Q. Do you know of any funds raised in opposition to the Bush bill? A. There were some funds raised. Q. How much? A. About $2,800.
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Q. How was it expended? A. It has not been expended. Q. How much has been expended ? A. I gave Mr. Starr $250, and Mr. Potts $500. Q. Have you expended any yourself? A. No, sir. Q. The balance is in your hands? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you know the purpoee for which this money was raised? A. We thought it necessary to get up a fund to oppose the bill, as we would probably have to have newspaper articles published, and might have to hire attorneys, etc. Q. Do you know of any opponent of the present bill who has approached any membor of the legislature on the subject? A. No, sir. That was not proposed. Q. Do you know of any of this fund having been used, to influence any member of the legislature? A. No, sir. Q. Is the amount that you say you have raised from the city of Atlanta, or from the State? A. From the State of Georgia. Q. Were you at any meeting at which the purpose of raising this fund was discussed? A. Yes. After the Bush bill was introduced we called a meeting of the brewers of the State. Q. In the discussions at that meeting was there anything said about needing this money for the purpose of influencing the legislature in an illegitimate manner? A. No, sir. Only for the purposes 1 stated, newspaper . articles, attorneys' fees, traveling expenses, etc. Q. Your understanding was that these funds were to be used to defeat this bill in a way that you considered legitimate?
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A. Yes. Q. Do you know if any has been used in any other way? A. Not that I know of.
Mr. Price:
Q. Did you employ any attorneys to appear before the legislature ?
A. No, sir. Q. Have you paid out any sums of money to newspapers to publish articles ? A. Not so far.
Mr. Willingham :
Q. Have you made any contracts with any newspapers by which they are to be paid ?
A. No, sir. Q. What becomes of the fund in your hands if it is not used? A. I suppose we will keep it on hand. Q. By what class of men was the money contributed? A. By the brewers. Q. Residents of this State? A. Yes. Q. None has come from outside of this State? A. Ko, sir. Q. Was the fund raised in response to the Bluthenthal & Bickart circular or in response to your efforts? A. I know nothing about the Bluthenthal & Bickart circular.
Mr. Hall:
Q. Did the opponents of this bill know anything about a fund being raised by those favoring the bill?
A. I don't know about that.
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Mr. Willingham:
Q. Have you a copy of the letter or circular which you sent out to raise this meney?
A. No, sir. I don't know that a letter was written. Q. When did you pay over the money to Mr. Starr? A. I gave it to him at different times, $50 or $100 at a time. Q. How long since you gave him the last amount? A. Last week. I gave him $50. Q. Did he disclose the purpose for which he wished the money? A. No, sir. I did not ask him. Q. "\\Tas it upon these conditions that you turned over the entire $250? A. Yes. Q. The money you let Capt. Potts have, was it paid out in the same way ? A. Yes. Our office is not in the center of the city, and it is often very hard to find me, so I gave it to Capt. Potts. Q. Have you kept any books or record by which you can show the amount of remittances or who contributed? A. Yes. Q. Have you the book here? A. Yes, I have the memorandum. Q. Will you kindly furnish that to the committee? A. Yes. Q. Is that the original book ? A. Yes. Q. Is that the only record you kept? A. Yes. Q. Then, if you can, will you please give the names and addresses of the parties who contributed, and the sums? A. The Augusta Brewing Company, September 10, $250; Acme Brewing Company, Macon, September 13, $400; Savannah Brewing Company, September 13, $200; Augusta
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Brewing Company, October 16, $250; Savannah Brewing Company, October 25, $200; F. M. Potts, October 25, $385. I suppose he collected some from other parties, and this also includes his contribution. Acme Brewing Company, October 25, $200; Ferst & Sons, Savannah, October 28, $794; Georgia Brewers Association, $150, October 29.
Q. There has been no fund raised by non-residents? A. No, sir. Q. You have that fund on hand with the exception of what you paid over to Captain Potts and Mr. Starr? A. Yes, sir. Q. Was there any fund raised in 1894 that you know of? A. No, sir; not a cent. Q. Do you know anything about the truthfulness of this ;;tatement: "You are probably aware of the fact that a dispensary bill was introduced in both House and Senate at the last session, and it required considerable money and effort to defeat these measures," etc. ? Do you know anything about any money expended? A. No, sir. Q. Do you know of any organization effected for the purpose of defeating the bill? A. No organization except those brewers who came together a few months ago. Q. Was that in response to this circular? A. No; it had nothing to do with that circular. Witness excused.
Mr. A. Block called and sworn.
Mr. Price:
Q. Where do you reside? A. In Macon. Q. What is your business?
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A. I am a wholesale liquor dealer, and also president of the Acme Brewing Co.
Q. Have you any knowledge of any money or funds raised in your city for the purpose of defeating the antibarroom bill now pending?
A. Yes; a fund was raised there. - Q. Will you state how the fund was raised and the amount of it ?
A. Outside of what I contributed, $185, I collected $215 in all, $30 paid by myself. I only asked a few people-the largest dealers.
Q. What disposition was made of this fund? A. I sent it to Mr. Steiner. Q. Who solicited these contributions? A. I did. Q. Have you any knowledge what use was made of that money after it was sent to Mr. Steiner? A. No, sir; I don't know what was done with it. Q. Do you know of any money used in your city to influence the newspapers of that city, or of any attorneys hired to represent this matter before the legislature? A. No, sir.
Mr. Hall:
Q. Outside of what the brewery contributed, you say there was $1-85 raised?
A. There was $215 outside of what the brewery contributed.
Q. How much did the brewery subscribe? A. About $400. I think we did not quite send that amount, but that was what we subscribed. Q. About $600 in all, then? A. Yes. Q. Do you know of your own personal knowledge how any of that money was used?
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A. No, sir.
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Q. "You have not used any of it?
A. Not a dollar.
Mr. Price:
Q. All that you collected was forwarded to Mr. Steiner? A. Yes. Q. At the time of your subscription did yon know how much was on hand in Atlanta? A. I did not. Q. Why did you send your subscription to Mr. Steiner? A. The brewers had met and decided that it was necessary to raise some money, and Mr. Steiner was to receive it. Q. Were you present at that meeting? A. Yes. Q. For what purpose was the money to be raised ? A. For paying for printing, traveling expenses of committes, attorneys' fees, if necessary. Q. Do you know how much of the fund raised has been already expended ? A. No, sir.
Q.. 'Vas there any agreement at that meeting as to how
much money was to be raised in the State? A. No special amount. Q. Were the subscriptions that you raised, and those
made by the Acme Brewing Co., made for the purpose of influencing the votes or paying the legislature to vote against that bill ?
A. No, sir. I never understood it that way. Q. was there no fund collected from the retail men in Macon? A. Outside of two or three retailers, I don't think so. Q. Do you know what retail merchants subscribed? A. I have a list here in my pocket. Benner, $10.00;
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Pntzel, $10.00; Buszwanger, $10.00; Dinkier, $5.00;
Sperry, the hotel-keeper, $10.00; Pohedski, $10.00.
Q. So far as you know, that represents all the money col-
lecsed by the retailers or individuals ?
A. Yes.
Q. Have there been any subscriptions made in Macon
which have not yet been paid?
A. No, sir. All have been paid. There were only a
few asked to subscribe.
Q. All the parties that you have given are engaged in
the whisky business ?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know of any printing that has been done by
the opponents of this bill?
A. No, sir.
Q. Any newspaper advertising?
A. No, sir.
Q. Do you know of any traveling expenses that have
been paid out of it ?
A. No, sir. I have been here two or three times and they
have never paid my expenses.
Q. You have paid your own expenses each time?
A. Yes. I understood though that this money was for
that purpose, to pay traveling expenses.
Q. But you have not had yours paid?
A. No; but I have kept a memorandum of them and ex-
pect to get it back.
Mr. Hall: Q. Is the understanding then, that the men who come
up here keep a memorandum of their expenses, and it will be refunded to them out of this fund?
A. Yes. Q. You don't know how the money has been expended? A. No. I have had nothing to do with that. Witness excused.
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Mr. Hughes recalled.
Mr. Willingham :
Q. Where you said you sent out over 10,000 pages of literature, will you kindly explain what you meant by the .statement "of course, these things mean expense?"
A. The printing cost money, if men pay their obligations. The postage cost money, railroad travel cost money, .and hotel bills cost money, and those were the things in part and in the main that I referred to. I have worked at the matter all the year, as some gentlemen present know, without any compensation, and I have had the help of some -very competent ladies and gentlemen in Lexington, who have worked for nothing.
Q. You have had no men connected with this movement who have received any salary or compensation for their .services?
A. No, sir; not that I know of. Q. 'Vas a salary paid to any one or any compensation to .-any one interested in this bill? A. Not this year. Q. Last year? A. I think Mr. DeLoach paid Mr. Sibley about $75. Q. What for? A. Traveling expenses and making speeches. Q. Whose traveling expenses have been paid out this year from funds raised this year? 'A. None bnt my own. I was not able to pay them my:self, and I have appropriated enough to pay my railroad expenses and hotel bills. Q. About what per cent. of this sum was used for trav-eling expenses and hotel bills ? A. My railroad expenses amounted to $45.25 and hotel .hills to $7.25; postage $183.57; printing over $200, but it js not all paid yet.
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Q. How much of it? A. I have paid about $175 of it.
Mr. Hall:
Q. Have you been treasurer of all the funds? A. I have been the treasurer, and have been superintendent of the work, and friends have sent me money. Q. Have there been any funds expended in aiding the passage of this bill except what have passed through your hands? A. No, I don't mean to say that. I don't know certainly of anything except what I have done myself. Mr. DeLoach has incurred some expense, and paid some bills himself, but nothing for newspapers except a very little to Dr. Christian. His chief expense has been postage. Q. Did Mr. DeLoach pay for the article in yesterday's Constitution ! A. He telephoned me that he had paid for it.! Q. Do you know how much ? A. He said the bill had not been sent in yet. 'Vitness excused.
Mr. w. vV. Starr called and sworn.
Mr. Hall:
Q. Where is your place of business?
A. Savannah.
Q. How much of the fund Mr. Steiner referred to was
given to you for your expenses?
A. Two hundred and fifty dollars.
Q. That was from the fund raised and turned over to him?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you an itemized statement of how you ex-
pended that money.
A. No, sir. It would be quite a lengthy one. I have
been up here about four weeks, and have used it for hotel
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bille, and for four or five trips back to Savannah, and for incidental expenses.
Q. Have you used any of that money with any member of this legislature?
A. Not one dollar. Q. Have you any of the fund on hand now ? A. About thirty-five or forty dollars. It was arranged when we undertook to raise this money that I was to be on hand, and confer with people as to the best methods ancl plans of legitimately defeating the bill. Q. If you have used any efforts in this line, has it been in the way of using money with any member of the legislature? A. No, sir. I am satisfied I have never mentioned the matter to any legislator. I am satisfied that I have not been in the company of any or them except those from Savannah, whom I know. Q. I want to know, if in your effort to defeat this bill, anything has been done to influence any member of the legislature other than an appeal to his reason and judgment in a legitimate way for or against the bill? A. Absolutely nothing. I do nut think I have discussed the matter with a single party in favor of the bill since I have been here. Mr. Price: Q. Speaking of incidental expenses, would you consider theater tickets as a proper expense to be paid out of this fund? A. I don't know. I have not kept any accout of what I have spent. I know I have been to the theater. (~. Did you accompany any member of the legislature to the theaters and pay his expenses? A. I think I paid ~r. Tom Screven's expenses to the Trocadero. I met him, and we were going in the same
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direction, and I bought the tickets. I know I have been with some friends from the West and North.
Q. Is Mr. Screven a personal friend of yours? A. Yes; I have known him about fifteen years. Q. Have you given any suppers or dinings since you have been here? A. None at all. Q. \Vere you the committee appointed m Savannah to come here in opposition to this bill ? A. I was one. Q. \Vere you on the committee in Savannah who collected the money ? A. I collected some. Q. How much was raised by that committee ? A. I don't know. I collected $160. Q. Can you approximate the amount? A. I don't know of my own knowledge. I left Savannah berore the money was remitted. I turned over the amount I collected to Mr. Ferst. Q. Do you know where Mr. Ferst is? A. In New York. Q. When did he go to New York? A. A week ago to-day, or yesterday a week ago.
Witness excused.
Mr. J. F. Lewis called and sworn.
Mr. Hall:
Q. You live in Savannah? A. Yes. Q. What business are you in? A. I am a newspa{Jer reporter. Q. Did you send a telegram from .Atlanta Constitution on October 30th. A. I sent several telegrams.
Savannah to the
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Q. Did you send this? (Showing clipping marked "Y.") A. Yes, I sent that. Q. Were the headlines yours? A. No. Q. From whom did you derive this information? A. From a member of the committee engaged in raising
that fund. Q. Did he tell you how much was raised ? A. He said they had raised about $1,500 in Savannah. Q. In your conversation with him, did he say for what
purpose the money raisf'd was to be used ? A. In a general way. He said it was to be used in a
legitimate way for expenses of such committees as might be 8ent to Atlanta to oppose this legislation.
Q. From what he said, did he give you the impression that that money was to be used in any other than a legitimate way to oppose this bill?
A. No, sir. Q. You state here that the passage of this bill would require the raising of $100,000 more from real estate every year, was that the ground of the opposition? A. Yes.
Mr. Price: In the telegram you say a fund has been raised for the
purpose of fighting the dispensary bill, now before the legislature; they will have representatives in Atlanta, etc. Did you understand from the information you received that their efforts were to be directed toward the legislature.
A. He told me they intended to use all legitimate means to defeat the bill. He said they would have representatives here.
Q. Just in a general way, to defeat the bill? A. Yes; just in general. Q. Did you write this article (showing article marked "W") in Savannah Morning Neu.~ for October 31? A. Yes.
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"WOULD WORK MUCH !~JURY.
"The Opinion of Business Men on the Dispensary BiilOrganization of the Liquor Dealers to 'Nork Against Its Passage-A Committee of Savannah Dealers Canvassed for Subscriptions to the Fund-They Will Be Represented in Atlanta--A Dispensary Law \Vould Add $100,000 to the Taxes on Property in Savannah-Local Option Considered the Best Temperance Legislation.
"There will, without doubt, be an organized effort on the part of the liquor dealers in all parts of the State to defeat the dispensary legislation, which has now taken definite shape in the halls of Georgia's General Assembly.
"The Savannah liquor dealers have already taken the matter up, and a committee now has the work at this end in charge. So far as can be learned, the general sentiment here is with the liquor dealers-that is, the business interests and property owners generaily belie,e that the local option law is the only tried and true solution of the liquor question, and that a dispensary law would be a blow to thebusiness interests, especially of the larger cities.
"The committee of Savannah liquor dealers was formed from among the wholesale men. It is composell of Mr. W. W. Starr and Mr. Geo. 1\J.eyer, representing the two breweries, and Messrs. Julian Solomon, A. S. Guckenheimer, Abe Smith, Joe Ferst, A. Ehrlich, and .Jonas Mendel. This committee divided the city into districts and made a canvass among all of the retailers, as well as among the wholesalers, in order to raise a fund to aid in defeating such legislation as is proposed. Strangely enough, the smaller retailers contributed more liberally than did the larger ones. A good many of the retailers refused to contribute because, they said, they believed the expense should be stood entirely by the wholesale dealers. The reason for this,
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however, is hardly apparent, as a dispensary law would put many of them entirely out of business, while many of the wholesale dealers handle liquor as a side issue. It is understood that the committee succeeded in raising only $1,500, all told, and that the heaviest subscriptions came entirely from the wholesale men.
"Mr. Starr, of the Savannah Brewing Company, and Mr. J. Bigler, representing the Georgia Brewing Association, are now in Atlanta, keeping up with the progress of the dispensary legislation, and besides there is a large committee of local dealers, as well as others from all parts of the State. It is not known that any definite line of action has been decided on yet by those opposed to the bill, but when it comes to tactics they know pretty well what they are about, and if there is any danger of the passage of such a law, it is understood the strongest kind of efforts will be made to defeat it.
"A ~Morning News representative talked with several prominent business men and property owners here yesterday with a view of securing their opinion with regard to the effects of such a law as is proposed. The consensus of {)pinion is clearly against the measure.
"'It would be a terrible blow to Savannah and every -city in the State,' one said. ' It would be ruinous to many business interests and to the revenue of the State. Those who are advocating such legislation seem to ignore how the law has worked in other States. It has never yet succeeded in stopping the use or abuse of liquor. Such a law would run the business in liquor from this city to Jacksonville, just as the South Carolina law ran it from Charleston and Columbia to this city and Wilmington. 'The adoption of a prohibition law by single states will not work at all. If the whole people want prohibition it must be brought about by national enactment, because the United States is the only government, in this country at
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least, that really enforces all of its laws. Liquor dealers will always pay their United States license, where they will sometimes avoid paying what they owe the State, county or city as long as possible.'
"Another citizen spoke of what Savannah would lose in revenue by a dispensary law, and the statement would alsoapply to othet cities. Savannah gets about $60,000 in licenses from the liquor dealers, besides its 1! per cent. on the value of the stock. Then, too, he states, there would be an additional expense in enforcing the law, and cutting off all bljnd tigers that would spring up. This, however, he said, would be a practical impossibility. He said that altogether the effect of such a law would be to put an additional tax upon real estate, which in this city would amount to at least $100,000.
"'The local option method is the only successful temperance legislation that has ever been tried,' is another view of the question from a prominent business man. 'The result in South Carolina should deter any other State or community from fi>llowing such an example. The money question I do not think should be considered in a matter of such magnitude. It is a matter of principle and must be considered outside of the money que~tion. I regard the local option law as the only successful legislation on this question, and this undoubtedly gives small communities which do not have the benefit of adequate police protection the opportunity of enacting a local prohibition law.'
"A number of other prominent citizens who have n() direct interest in the liquor question in any way expressed similar views. It is understood that the Savannah representatives are a unit against such legislation.
"Mrs. May Webb, the president of the Woman's Christian Union, of Savannah, it is understood, is circulating a petition, which has hcen signed by quite a number of citizens, urging the legislature to pass the proposed law."
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Q. Explain what you meant by the methods to be used? A. That is newspaper comment from conversations with various parties. It is the newspaper comment, such as a reporter would gather from general conver!'ation. Q. Were any particular methods of opposition mentioned? A. No, sir.
Mt. Price:
Q. Is the Mr. Starr you mention, the gentleman who has been before this committee?
A. Yes, sir. Witness excused. Mr. Willingham filed an affidavit from Mr. Park, of Macon, which was accepted by the committee in lieu of his presence. The committee adjourned until 3 P. )I. At 3 P .M. the commmittee was called to order by Mr. Willingham. Present, Messrs. Willingham, Price, and Hall. Mr. A. A. DeLoach called to the stand and sworn.
Mr. Price:
Q. Where do you reside ? A. In Atlanta. Q. What is your business? A. Manufacturer of mill machinery. Q. Have you any knowledge of any money that has come into your hands, or the hands of any one else, to be used by the advocates of the anti-barroom bill? A. Yes. As treasurer, or rather secretary, of the Georgia Prohibition Association, I have collected from different sources about $50 to be used in the interest of this bill, which I paid over to Mr. Hughes.
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Q. Did you turn it over to Mr. Hughes?
A. :es.
Q. Have you used any yourself? A. No. Q. What amount in all has passed through your hanrts? A. Only $50 has been expended in the interests of this bill. Lately Mr. Hughes has been collecting money for this purpose. Q. Do you know of any sums of money paid for advertising or printing in the interest of this bill? A. No, sir; no, sir. There will be a bill to be paid, but it has not been paid or presented as yet. Q. \Vhat is that for ? A. For communication in Sunday's Constitution. Q. Are you individually responsible for that? A. Yes; Mr. Hill aud myself. Q. Do yon know of any member of the legislature who has been approached improperly in regard to this bill? A. No. I have no knowledge of anything of the kind. Q. On either side'? A. No, sir. Q. How much will you have to pay for the article in Sunday's Constitution'! A. I don't know yet. I simply took it up and told them to put it in. It is about a column and a half. Q. How much money have you raised in all? Not limiting it to what you turned over to Mr. Hughes. A. I have collected outside of individual amounts, which I have given myself, $221.~0. The $50 is included in that sum. Q. That is outside of what you contributed? A. Yes. Q. Have yon any idea how much you have contributed? A. About $500 in the last two years. Q. How much this year? A. Probably $150.
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Mr. Willingham:
Q. What was done with the money you collected? A. We paid an organizer about $78.83, the Mutual Printing Company $10. Q. What was printed ? A. Pamphlets, etc. (Other items not required.) Q. Does your list show who contributed? A. Yes. Q~ Have you a statement as to how the whole sum that you have received has been expended? A. Yes; I have vouchers for everything. Q. Can you make us that statement? A. Yes. Q. Has any part of the money you have had been paid out to any member of th1s House, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing him, directly or indirectly? A. Not one cent. we mailed them circulars, but that was all. Q. Who was the organizer to whom you refer? A. Mr. Sibley. . Q. Where does Mr. Sibley reside ? A. His home is at Demorest.
Mr. Hall:
Q. Do you consider it perfectly legitimate to employ men to go around and talk and try to create sentiment in favor of this bill?
A. Yes, I do. Q. Would you have considered it legitimate to have paid the expenses here of a representative to advocate your bill? A. Yes. Q. Would you have consideted it legitimate for the op-
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ponents of this bill to have paid the expenses of a representative to come here?
A. Yes ; if paid by an organization, and if the funds. we!"e collected in the same way?
As there were no other other witnesses to be examined, on motion of Mr. Hall, the committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman.
GEORGIA, } Bibb County.
Before me personally came R. E. Park, who, on oath,
says:
That on or about the 31st of October deponent had a
conversation in Macon with Walter B. Hill relative to the
Bush bill, pending in the General Assembly. The conver-
sation occurred on an electric car, on which Mr. A. Gibiao
was also a passenger. Said Hill referred to a telegram
printed in the Atlanta Constitution from Savannah, stating
that the liquor dealers of that city had raised a fund to be
used for opposing the Anti-barroom bill or Bush bill. Depo-
nent then remarked to said Hill that he was informed that
the liquor dealers of Macon had raised $ROO for the same
purpose and referred to said Gibian as the source of the
information. Deponent was reminded of the conversation
with said Gibian by his being on the car at the time. De-
ponent is not certain that the amount mentioned by said
Gibian was precisely $800; but it was $800 or thereabouts
-the sum of $800 being mentioned as either the exact or
approximate amount.
R. E. PARK.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this, the 17th day of November, 1895.
HuGH M. WILLET, Notary Public Bibb County, Ga.
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EXHIBIT "A."
FROM BLUTHENTHAL & BICKART.
ATLANTA, GA., April 20, 1895.
Dear Sirs :-As you have doubtless observed in the daily newspapers, the prohibitionists contemplate another onslaught against the liquor interests at the postponed session of th~ State legislature this year.
They appear to be well prepared for the fray, have sufficient funds, and are confident of victory.
You are probably aware of the fact that a dispensary bill was introduced in both the House and Senate at the last session, and it required considerable money and effort to defeat these measures; our victory was, however, merely temporary.
We must organize, create a fund, and be fully prepared for the battle immediately. Our interests are mutual, and if you wish to preserve your business you must act with us now. It is advisable that an organization be effected at once. To that end we invite suggestions of any nature bearing on the question, and ask that the jobbers, distillers and brewers name a city where it will be convenient to meet, when we can discuss plans to preserve our rights.
Will you please consider carefully, and answer at earliest convenience ?
Yours, respectfully, BLUTHENTHAL & BICKART.
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EXHIBIT "B."
Statement of moneys collected and paid out by A. A. DeLoach, Secretary ueorgia Prohibition Association:
1894. l\lay 31.
" 31. " 31. June 16. " 19. " 14. " 15. " 21. July 30. Aug. 1. Oct. 1. " 21. Aug. 29.
To Frank Joseph..............................................$ " G. W. Milner............................................. " .J. H. Marchmon .......................................... " \V. E. Perryclear........................................ . " \V. F. Gray ................................................ " A. J. Hughes............................................ " M. Wynne ................................................. " S.M. \Vayman......................................... " A. A. DeLoach ........................................... . " \\'. B. Hill......... .......... ...... .... ..... .. .............. . " J. B. & J. H. McGehee.................. ~ .............. . " M. Wynne ................................................ " W. H. Brotherton ........................................
1 00 5 00 10 00 1 00 500 3 00 15 00 200 18 00 12 50 25 00 10 00 25 00
1895. Mch. 8.
" 16. Apr. 1i.
. 22. May 2.
" 20. " 20. June 4.
" 14. May 2. June 15.
" 29. " 29. " 29. ,, 29.
" 29.
July 6. ,, 6.
6.
" 9.
",,
9. 9.
" 29. Oct. li.
" 1i.
" A. A. DeLoach ..... ; .................................... '' A. A. DeLoach ........................................ " \V. C. Smith ................................................ " J. S. Mo.ore................................................. " A. A. DeLoach ... .... ........ ... .. . ................... . " S.M. \Yayman............................................ " Cash from lady ........................................... " \V. S. \Vithers ............................................. " S. B. Brown, Jr ............................................ " A. A. DeLoach......................................... " F. L. Lewis.......... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ..... " G . .i\f. Napier...... .. ................................. . " J. T. Finney.............................................. " Dr. Jno. Hardeman...................................... " R. H. Bonner.......................................... " H. J. Finney .............................................. . " E. T. Mayo ............................................... . " H. E. Headen............................................... " J. J. Cartledge ............................................. " J. S. Lewis ................................................. " W. C. T. U., Milledgeville .......................... . " Mr. Wilcox................................................... " W. H. Brotherton......................................... " I-ady from Roswell......................................
"c. at Convention ........................................
6 00 5 00 100 5 00 5 00
250
100 500 1 00 500 2 00 2 00 100 1 00 100 1 00 100
50 50 100 3 25 10 00 25 00 20 2 i5
$ 221 20
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1894. July 3. By F. J. Sibley ................................................. $ 33 33
" 30. " F. J. Sibley................................................ . 25 00 Aug. 29. " F J. Sibley................................................ . 2.5 00 Sept. 1. " ~:Iutual Prtg Co........................................ .. 10 00
1895. l\Ich. 16. " A. J. Hughes ............................................. . 10 00 Apr. 2. " J. S. Daley ................................................ 5 00
" 5. "A. J. Hughes .............................................. 15 00 " 8. " J. S. Daley ............................................... 600
" 16. " J. S. Daley ............................................ . 6 00 " 23. '' J. S. Daley .................................................. . 5 00 :\lay 21. " J . S. Daley......... .... .. ... . .. ............................ . 5 00 June I 7. " J. S. Daley ............................................ .. 5 00 July 10. " Elam Christian ........................................... .. 6 00 Aug. 1. '' Postage, A. A. D........................................ 14 50
A. J. Hughes ............................................. . 25 00 E. Ch::istian........................................... .. 10 00
$ 205 83 Balance on hand................................................ ..... 15 37
$ 221 20
EXHIBIT ;, C."
Dear Brothet :-
you know of the effort being made to rid our beloved Georgia of the legalized liquor traffic. Its success means more of good to Georgia than all else possible to legislation. Our efforts are likely to be successful. Much has been accomplished, but mu~h remains to be done and but hardly time enough.
We have sent out 8,000 copies of the bill with petition, each having space for 170 names. We will soon have out 2,000 more, making 10,000 in all. They are going to every section of every county.
Nearly all the workers report gratifying success. \Ve will have the grandest petition ever seen in Georgia. We are sending out over 100,000 pages of literature prepared in the interest of this movement. And other things are
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being done. Of course all these things mean expense. And to carry on the work it became necessary for two of us to become responsible for the printing and postage. Postage is not costing less than $50 a month. We are all alike vitally interested in this. Those of us who have most property and kinsfolks and friends have most at stake. It is as much your business as mine and as much mine as yours.
we urgently need money for postage and printing. An emergency is upon us, and to whom shall we appeal if not to our friends. For Georgia's sake plRase send me a contribution, however small, and oblige,
Yours in the work, A. J. HuGHEs.
EXHIBIT "D.''
THEY HAVE THE MONEY.
SAVANNAH LIQUOR DEALERS l\IAKE UP A FUND TO FIGHT LEGISLATION.
SAvANNAH, GA., October ~0.-(Special.)-The wholesale liquor dealers of this city have raised a fund for the purpose of fighting the dispensary bill, now pefore the Georgia legislature. They will have representatives in Atlanta and will work conjointly with the interests of other cities of the State to stop the progress of that legislation. The passage of the bill would require the raising of $100,000 more from real estate every year in this city alone for city expenses.
EXHIBIT "E."
Extract from Savannah Moming News, October 31, 1895.
Good many of the retailers refused to contribute because they said they believed the expense should be stood entirely
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by the wholesale dealers. The reason for this, however, is hardly apparent, as a dispensary law would put many of them entirely out of business, while many of the wholesale {}ealers handle liquors as a side issue. It is understood that the committee succeeded in raising only $1,500 all told, and that the heaviest subscriptions came entirely from the wholesale men.
Mr. Starr, of the Savannah Brewing Company, and Mr. ..J. Bigler, representing the Georgia Brewing Association, are now in Atlanta keeping up with the progress of the _.dispensary legislation, and besides, there is a large committee of local dealers, as well as others from all parts of the :State. It is not known that any definite line of action has been decided on yet by those opposed to the bill, but when it comes to tactics they know pretty well what they are .about, and if there is any danger of the passage of such a law, it is understood the strongest kind of efforts will be made to defeat it.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred m the following House reso-
lution, to wit:
~<\. resolution inviting the Hon. Fleming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly in joint session at such time as will best suit his convenience.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, :-submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Railroads have had under considera-
tion the following bills, which they instruct me to report
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back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to require the Savannah, Florida and 'Vestern Railway Company to fence part of their road, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create the office of railroad inspector.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act in relation to the sale of mileage books by railroads, and protecting the roads against the abuse of the same.
Also, a bill to be entitlad an act requiring railroad com-. panies to build and maintain stock-guards in certain cases.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require railroad companies to fence their tracks and define their liability upon' failure to fence.
Also, that the following bills be reported back to the House, with the recommendation that the authors be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent irregular trafficand sale of railroad passenger tickets, and to require railroads to redeem unused portions of railroad tickets.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require street railway companies in this State to provide suitable guards and fenders for their cars, and suitable protection for certain employees.
Also, a hill to be entitled an act to amend section 719(1} of the Code defining what corporations, companies, and individuals, are subject to the jurisdiction of the railroad commission of Georgia.
Also, that the following bill do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to regulate sleeping-car service on passengertrains within the State of Georgia.
C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
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The following minority report was submitted:
.Lli1'. Speake1 :
The following members of the Committee on Railroads beg leave to submit the following minority report: We recommend that the following bill do not pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize and require the railroad commission.
of Georgia to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum
rates or charges in sleeping-cars on railroads in this State,
and to provide proper regulation for the same.
Respectfully submitted.
T. D. ROCKWELL,
c. G. GRAY,
'V ESLEY SHROPSHIRE, w' M. HARRELL,
W. J. HousTON,
R. C. XEELY.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Jf1. Speake1:
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
House bills Nos. 6-t and 65, do pass by substitute, as follows:
A resolution to appoint a commission to inquire into the legality of certain State bonds, issued by Chas. J. McDonald and Chas.T. Jenkins, Governors of the State, to provide for compensation of said commission, and for other purposes.
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Alsd, the following bills of the House, which they mstructme to report back, with th(recommendation that the same do pass, as amended :
A bill to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State, by providing an annual pension to such ex-Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to make an appropriation to the Stat~ memorial board for the purpose of marking, by monument, or monuments and other suitable mPmorials, the position or positions occupied by the Georgia troops, particularly in the battle of Chikcamauga, within the limits of the Chickamauga National Military Park, and for other purposes.
A resolution to appropriate $50.00 to the Atlanta Electric Railway Company.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the books of his office from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1895 the unexpended balance of 1894, amounting to the sum of $623.11.
Also, a resolution to relieve the Union Casualty and Surety Company from penalty for failure to return taxes at proper time.
Also, the following bill of the Senate, which they recommend do pass :
A bill to amend section 943(b) of the Code of 1882 by adding after the word "chapter," in the eighth line, the words: "And in the event any depository so named shall refuse to make satisfactory contract with the Governor as to interest to be paid, the Governor shall have the power and authority to remove such depository and appoint another," and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
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Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report: _
Mr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, so that
the clerk of the city council be elected by the aldermen and
mayor.
.
Also, a bill to establish a city court in Uoffee county, and
for other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Pulaski county.
Also, a bill to authorize the town council of Hogansville to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the bill be re-committed to the Finance Committee, to wit:
A bill for the relief of A. J. Davis of Bibb county.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of Willie Fields of Henry county.
Respectfuliy submitted. A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
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Mr. Bailey, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:
ii'Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on Military Affairs have had uuder consideration the following bill, whioh they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to require all infantry and cavalry companies of the Geo,rgia volunteers in this State to be a~tached to one of the present existing regiments or battalions of the State, etc.
Also, that the following bill do pass by amended substitute, to wit:
A bill for the better organization and regulation of the volunteer forces of this State, etc.
Also, that the following bill be reported back to the House, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved December 20, 189:3.
Also, that the following bill be reported back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to create a board of military officers of this State to collate and compile the military laws of this State, etc.
Respectfu IIy submittecl. DAVID ,J. BAILEY, Jr., Chairman.
The following bill was, by request, made the special order for Tuesday next, Xovember 26, 1895, to wit:
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A bill to establish and maintain a uniform system of text-books in this State, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Reagan of Henry county, which was read and laid on the table until to-morrow, to wit:
A resolution fixing the time of meeting of the House.
The following House bill was taken up and the Senate amendment read, to wit :
A bill to prescribe penalties for certain violations of the penal laws of this State as defined and described in the sections of the Code of 1~82, and for other purposes.
Mr. Rockwell, of Chatham, moved to concur in the Senate amendment.
Mr: Meadow, of Madison, moved that the same be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Humphreys, of Brooks, offered as a substitute that the bill be recommitted to the General Judiciary, with in. structions to report the same back on Monday next.
Mr. Humphreys withdrew his tnotion, by consent.
The motion to recommit was lost, and the Senate amendment concurred in.
The action of the House upon this bill'was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to make penal the selling or buying of seed cotton in the county of Columbia.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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Also, a bill to amend section 9 of an act approved February 25, 1876, to regulate the leasing out of penitentiary convicts.
Referred to the Penitentiary Committee.
The following bills, by unanimous consent, were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred to wit:
By Mr. Screven of ChathamA bill to amend section 4928 of the Code. Referred to the General .Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Willink of ChathamA bill to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee
and Loan Company. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Burwel! of HancockA bill to vest in the public school system of the town of
Sparta control of all moneys, etc. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Farmer of Coweta-A bill to preve'nt mob violence, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
By Mr. Gray of Catoosa-
A resolution revoking ceded rights granted to the United States Government over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga National Military Park.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Johnson of Hall-
A resolution directing the Governor to instruct the Attorney-General to proceed against the Southern Railway Company.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA resolution to pay W. S. Thompson $500 for services. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A bill to amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company, and for other purposes.
R.eferred to the Banking Committee.
By Mr. Cureton of DadeA resolution to pay the widow of R.I. G. Blake of Dade
county, the pension due her husband for the year 1893. Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Branan of Fulton-
A resolution to appropriate money for a State board of pharmacy.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA resolution to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoochee
Railway Company and the C0llins Park and Belt Railway Company from penalty for not returning taxes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Meadow of MadisonA bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all
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kinds other than dams from running streams m Madison county.
Referred to the Special ,Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Symons of GlynnA resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Rail-
road Company and its successors. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to repeal an act .entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor in Carroll county.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
The following Senate resolution was, by unanimous consent, read the second time, to wit:
A resolution directing the Comptroller-General to reopen the matter of assessments of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
The following House bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend an act approved December 4, 1893, which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of Washington to issue and sell bonds.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend an act establishing a new charter for the eity of Madison.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89,and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills were, by unanimous consent, read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
A. bill to repeal an act approYed November 25, 1893, iucorporatiug the town of Haynie, in Floyd CQtmty.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage _of this bill, the yeas were 101 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution for the relief of the North Highland Railroad Company.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting a .substitute to this resolution.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and
nays a.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide compensation to the commission.ers of Thomas county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed t().
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following resolution was, by request, referred to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
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A resolution requesting Congress to recognize the rights-
of the Cubans as belligerents.
The following bill was made the special order for Tuesday next, November 26, 1895, to follow the special orders already set, to wit :
A bill to fix and define the fees of solocitors-general of the county and city courts.
The following resolution was read the second time, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of Willis Fields of Henry county.
Mr. Law, of Liberty, submitted a memorial from ministers of the Congregational Church of this State, which was submitted to the Committee on Temperance.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Bell, Smith of Clinch, Arnold, Gibson, and Fletcher.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow mornmg.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, November 22, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. ll. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members responded to the call of their names :
Anderson,
Atkinson, Armstrong,
Gaines, Giles, Gilreath,
McDonald, McDaniel, McCurry,
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Bailey,
Gray of Houston,
Battle,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bagget,
Gray of Paulding,
Bennett of Wayne, Gregory,
Bennett of Jackson, Griffin,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Bird,
Hall,
Blair,
Hammorld,
Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Harvey,
Bloodworth,
Hill,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Boynton,
H ende~n,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Branch,
Howell,
Branan,
Hogan,
Broyles,
Houston,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Burch,
Hughes,
Bush,
Hurst,
Caldwell,
.Jarrell,
Clements of l\:lontgm'y Jenkins,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Collier,
.Jones of Dougherty,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Davison,
Lee,
Dennard,
Little,
Dorough,
Longley,
Dodson,
Lovett,
Durham,
Law,
Edenfield,
Martin,
Ennis,
Mallette,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Florence,
Melton,
Fouche,
l\Iell,
Fogarty
Moore of Clayton,
Ferguson,
Moore of Heard,
Franklin,
Montfort,
Fullwood,
Murrah,
Fussell,
McGough, McCurdy, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Peeples, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Shropshire, Scre\'en, Sell, Shaw, Spence, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Sumner, Tatum, Traylor, Wallace, Walden, West, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
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Those absent were Messrs.-
Allen, Arnold, Awtrey, Clement of Milton,
~oleman,
Cureton, Dempsey, Fletcher, Fink, Futrell, Gibson,
Greer of Macon,
Perkins,
Hodge.
Sandeford,
Hutcherson,
Short,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Hanco~k,
Marchman,
Smith of Rockdale,
Moore of Bulloch, Thompson,
Middlebrooks,
Walker,
McElmurry,
Wheatley,
McClure,
Willingham,
Parker,
'Yorley.
The Journal of ye!"terday was then read and confirmed.
The following bills were, upon motion, recommitted to the Committee on Railroads, to wit:
House bills Nos. 5;34 and 582.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I :1m instructed to return, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, so as to change the organization of the supreme court, to increase the number of associate justices, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to make penal prize-fighting in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to regulate the method of pleading in ci vii actions commenced by petitions in the courts of this State, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county, and for other purposes.
The committee also instruct me to request that Mr. T. J. Dempsey be added to the Committee ou General Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. J EXKIXS, Chairman.
Ylr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Jir. 8peake1:
The Special Judiciary Committee havelhad under consideration the following Hsmse bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to fix permanently the status of the piece of ground on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to ~reate and organize a board of tax-assessors and receivers for the city of Savannah.
The committee has also had under consideration the following Honse bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to establish a city court for the city of Brunswick in and for the county of Glynn.
The committee has also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am)nstructed to report back to
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the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to regulate the tolling of rice in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to require electric street railway cars to put glass fronts on the same, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Governor has approved the following acts of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to amend the charter ,of the city of Dalton, so as to make it the duty of the clerk of the council to collect all property taxes and license fees due the said city, and to require said clerk to enter into bond, payable to the mayor and council in such amount as they may fix, etc.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Albany and the several acts amendatory thereof by changing the term <>f office of the mayor from one to two years, etc.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majorities, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the public schools of Cochran, Pulaski county.
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Also, a bill to amend st>ction 1 of an act to provide compensation for election managers and clerks at all general and special elections held in 'Vashington county, and for -other purposes.
Also, a bill to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts, or' Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond.
Also, a bill to authorize county authorities in this State to contract with authorities of the United States for the -erection of bridges in certain specified cases, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following House bills with .amendments, in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is respectfully asked, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbt>ville, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to require judges of the superior courts of this State, upon the continuation of any case in the superior courts, to enter upon their dockets, opposite such case, the date of the continuance thereof, to make public .announcement in open court of such continuance, at the time of such continuance, and for other purposes.
I am instructed by the Senate to ret~rn to the House of Representatives the following House bill, that the same may be corrected to conform to the action of the House in the passage thereof, to wit :
A bill to amend section 1291 of the Code of 1882 by inserting after the word "place" in the third line of said section the words "or notaries public," and for other purposes.
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:Mr. Brown, of Pulaski, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following reports:
~Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed, as chairman, to report to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled "an act to amend and consolidate the laws go,erning the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizers and cotton -seed meal in the State of Georgia, and to repeal all other laws in conflict therewith, and for other purposes," approved October 19~ 1R91, and for other purposes.
J. P. BRows, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speake1:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from liability to the servant for injuries sustained through his negligence~ and for other purposes.
The following bill, which was made the special order for the day, was taken up, read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of 1877, as to verdicts of jurors.
The report of the committee, reporting the bill favorably, was.dimgreed to.
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Upon the passage of the bill the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva-voce, the vote was as follows:
Those. voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bailey,
Jones of Dougherty,
Broyles,
Little,
Brown of Pulaski, McGough,
Burwell,
Neely,
Clements of Montgm'y Owen,
Giles,
Pitman,
Hall,
Pittard,
Hopkins,
PriC'e,
Humphreys,
Polhill,
Rockwell, San deford, Shaw, Short, Smith of Telfair Thompson, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Ferguson,
Anderson,
Franklin,
Atkinson,
Fussell,
Armstrong,
Gaines,
Awtrey,
Gilreath,
Battle,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bagget,
Gray of Paulding,
Bennett of Wayne, Gregory,
Bennett of Jackson, Griffin,
Blair,
Harrell,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Branch,
Houston,
Branan;
Holland,
Brown of Washington Hudson,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Hall,
Cureton,
Latham,
Davison,
Lee,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Dodson,
Law,
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Moore of Clayton, 1\'Iontfort,
Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Peeples, Pope, Pool, Rawlings, Reagan, Reece, Shropshire, Screven, Stokes, Symons, Traylor, Wallace, Walden, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams,
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Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Florence, Fouche,
Martin, Mallette, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Mell,
Willink, Wilkinson: Wright, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Bell, Bird, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Coleman, Collier, Dempsey, Dennard, Farmer, Fletcher, Fink, Fogarty, Futrell, Fullwood, Gibson,
Gray of Houston,
Redding,
Greer of Macon,
Roberts,
Greer of Harris,
Salter,
Hammond,
Sell,
Harvey,
Spence,
Howell,
Smith of Clinch,
Hodge,
Smith of Hancock,
Holbrook,
Smith of Rockdale,
Hurst,
Sumner,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Tatum,
Jones of Dodge,
Walker,
Longley,
West,
Marchman,
Wilkin,
Moore of Bulloch, Willingham,
Moore of Heard,
Worley,
Middlebrooks,
VAughn,
Parker,
Mr. Speaker.
Perkins,
Yeas 25. Nays 97. Not voting 53.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration House bill No. 485, to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for an increase in the members of supreme court judges from three to six, and that they, the supreme court judges of this State, shall be eiected by the people and not the General Assembly. The majority report of the committee have recommended that
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the bill do pass, with the following amendment, to wit: That the supreme court judges be elected by the General Assembly of Georgia, etc.
The undersigned members of said committee disagree to the majority report as to the said amendment, and recommend that Raid report be not adopted, in so far as it amends the original bill, it being the opinion of the undersigned that business precedence and expediency require that the people of Georgia shall have a voice in the selection of the supreme court judges of this our State.
W. S. HUMPHREYS, IsAAC A. BusH,
Wl\r. WYNNE,
s. A. GILES,
H. W. HoPKINs,
ARNOLD BROYLES,
JOHN R. SPENCE,
E. J. REAGAN,
'VESLEY SHROPSHIRE,
J. R. 'VILLIAMS,
J. H. Mc,VHORTER,
w. K. WILKINSON,
CLARENCE WILSON,
JOHN H. REECE,
A. G. McCuRRY,
DAVID J BAILEY, Jr.,
c. HENRY HA.l\fMOND,
J. H. PITMAN, E. R. JONES.
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Mr. Reagan, chairman of Committee on Penitentiary, subm~tted the following report :
Jfr. Speaker :
The Committee on Penitentiary have had under consid-
eration House bill No. 615, being a bill to be entitled an
act to place the county and city chain-gangs of this State
under the control and supervision of the penitentiary de-
partment of the State, to provide for the appointment of
an additional assistant keeper of the penitentiary, to fix his
salary, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to
report back to the House, with the recommendation that
the same do pass by substitute.
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The committee have also had under consideration Senate bill X o. 226, same being a bill to be entitled an act to amend seetion 9 of an act, approved February 25, 1876, to regulate leasing out penitentiary convicts by the Governor, authorizing him to make contracts in relation thereto, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The committee have also had under consideration Senate resolution No. 69, a joi'nt resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation. that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted. E. J. REAGAN, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
.:lit. Speaker : The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled
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and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts, to wit:
An act to repeal an act approved August 22, 1H83, ineorporatiug the town of Morganton, in the county of Fannin, and all amendments thereto.
Also, an act to authorize county authorities in this State to contract with authoritie;; of the United States for the rection of bridges in certain specified cases.
Also, an act to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts, of Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond.
Also, an act to prescribe penalties for all felonies under the laws of this State, except treason, insurrection, etc., and to provide that all misdemeanors shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code.
Also, an act to amend section 1 of au act entitled an act to provide compensation for election managers and derks at all general and special elections held in Washington county.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speqker:
The Committee on Pensions ha\'e had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the appointment
Df a commissioner of pensions, to prescribe the powers and
duties of such commissioner, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
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Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker :
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration House bill No. 569, by Mr. Farmer of Coweta. It was made special order for 2:30 P. M., November 21st, and no one opposed for or against the bill, and no proofs of advertisement, so the committee recommend that it do not pass.
We have also had under consideration House bills Nos. 404 and 442, which the committee recommend be read the second time and recommitted to said committee.
Respectfully submitted.
I. A. Bmm, Chairman.
Mr. Armstrong, chairman of Special Agricultural Committee, submitted the following report :
.1.tir. Speaker:
The Special Committee on Agriculture have had nuder consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer have leave to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to create a lien for service in favor of owners of stallions, jacks, bulls, rams, he goats, and boars upon :mares, jennets, cows, ewes, she goats, sows, their progeny, born next after such service.
Respectfully submitted. J. W. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time,:and appropriately referred, to wit:
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By Mr. Dorough of Dooly-
A bill to amend section 719(f) of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Dorough of DoolyA bill to amend the charter of the city of Cordele, in
the county of Dooly. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Newton of ColquittA bill to incorporate the town of Moult.rie, in Colquitt
county. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Johnson of Hall-
A bill to allow land condemned for public road purposes, to provide payment therefor, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to repeal the charter of the city of Manchester and
to incorporate said city under the name of College Park. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of FultonA bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Montfort of TaylorA bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county. Referred to the Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
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By Mr. Boifeuillet of BibbA bill to fix the official bond of the receiver of tax re-
turns of Bibb county. Refer~ed to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Battle of Muscogee-
A resolution to pay per diern and expenses of the committee appointed to examine the work of the code commissiOners.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following bills were, upon motion, recommitted, to wit:
House bill No. 653 to the Special ,J ndiciary Committee. House bill No. 647 to the Special Judiciary Committee. House bill No. 463 to the Railroad Committee.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit ;
A bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Cartersville, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the years were 101 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each couuty of the State, so far as the same applies to the county of Gwinnett.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Pending the final action of the House upon this bill, the
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hour of adjournment arrived, after the yeas and nays had been called and sustained.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Henderson, McDaniel, Meadow, Caldwell, Hurst, Gray of Paulding, Dor-ough, Bush, Brown of Washington, Jarrell, Mell, Neely, Newton, Fouche, Little, McElmurry, Collins, Hutchins, -and Edenfield.
Upon motion, the House adjournPd until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, November 23, 1895. The House met 10 o'clock A. :11. this day, was called to -order hy the Speaker, and opened with prayer hy the Dhaplain.
Upon motion of Mr. Rockwell, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following resolution was recommitted to the Committee on Penitentiary, to wit :
A joint resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State.
The following Senate bills were recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary, to wit:
Bills Nos. 196 and 197.
The following bill was recommitted to the Committee -on Railroads, to wit:
House bill No. 658.
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The f(,llowing bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to make an appropriation to the State memorial board for the purpose of erecting suitable memorials, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to vest in the public school system of the town of Sparta control of all moneys appropriated by the State.
This bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer toissue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past-due bonds of this State.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer toissue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past-due bonds of this State issued by Chas. J. McDonald.
Also, a bill for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight.
Also, a hill providing for the payment to the city of Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expense of pavin~ West Cain street, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill for the relief of J no. M. Williams of Catoosa county.
Also, a bill to appropriate $50 to the Atlanta ElectricRailway Company.
Also, a bill to relieve the Union Casualty and Surety Company from penalty for failure to return taxes at proper time.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the books of his office, from the military fund of 1894 to the fund of 1895, the unexpended balance ot -1894.
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Also, a bill to authorize the town council of Hogansvilleto issue bonds, etc.
Also, a bill to regulate sleeping-car service on passenger trains within the State of Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend an act to provide that all bills, resolutions, and other unfinished business pending in the Senate and House of Representatives at the close of the first session of each General Assembly shall go over to the second session of such General Assembly.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Alto, in thecounties of Banks and Habersham.
Also, a bill to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroad, and insurance companies, etc.
Also, a bill to create a lien for service in favor of owners of. stallions, jacks, bulls, rams, etc.
Also, a bill to enable the payers, holders, and owners of promissory notes, or other debts, to recover judgment or judgments on such debts.
Also, a bill to provide for the appointment of auditors, etc., approved December 18, 1894.
Also, a bill to provide for the disposition of costs in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the Coustitution of 1877, by adrling an additional article thereto, prohibiting the sale in this State of alcoholic, spirituous, malt, or other intoxicating liquors.
Also, a bill to provide a license tax for the conduct of business of money lending or money brokerage.
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Also, a bill to prohibit the operation of opium joints Ill this State.
Also, a bill to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more inhabitants, and for other purposes.
Also, a hill to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to he known as paragraph "8," so as to change the organization of the supreme <)Ourt.
Also, a hill to provide for the seizure and sale under legal process of equities of redemption, etc., situated in this State.
Also, a bill to repeal so much of the act creating a hoard of commissioners for the county of DeKalh as limit the compensation of the clerk thereof.
Also, a hill to limit the jurisdiction of the city court of DeKal b in ci vii cases.
Also, a bill to make penal prize-fighting in this State.
Also, a hill to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county.
Also, a hill to establish the city court of Brunswick in and for the county of Glynn.
Also, a bill to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Catoosa.
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Also, a bill to fix the offieial bond of the receiver of tax returns of Bibb county at ten thousand dollars.
Also, a bill to require all infantry and cavalry companies of the Georgia Volunteers, and Georgia Volunteers colored, in this State, to be attached to one of the present existing regiments.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, in Terrell county.
Also, a bill to relieve A. J. Davis, and refund to him a special State tax.
Also, a bill to create and organize a board of tax-assessors and receivers for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Pulaski county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Vigilant LiveStock Mutual Insurance Company.
Also, a bill to place the county and city chain-gangs of this State under the control and supervision of the penitentiary department.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah.
Also, a bill to amend the act for Troup county, so as to elect commissioners at general elections.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend and consolidate the laws governing the inspection, etc., of commercial fertilizers and cotton seed meal in the State of Georgia.
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Also, a bill to amend an act to regulate the method of pleading in civil action commenced by petitions in the eonrts of this State.
Also, a bill to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, iu the county of Newton.
Also, a bill to amend section 4814 of the Code of Georgia.
Also, a bill to fix permanently the title and ~tatus of the piece of ground on the northeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to approve and adopt and make of force the Code of laws prepared under the direction and by authority of the General Assembly.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide -compensation for the members of the board of roads and revenues for Catoosa county.
Also, a bill to establish a city court of Coffee county.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the mayor and -council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, to provide for the registration and license of every trade or business.
By Mr Wright of FloydA bill to fix the age of consent in cases of the carnal
knowledge of females in the State of Georgia. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend an act of September 27, 1883, to establish a city court in the county of Floyd.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Boyd of McDuffieA resolution to pay George B. Whittaker back pension
for years 1893 and 1894. Referred to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Bennett of Jackson- A bill to amend section 936 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Mat-
ters.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to make all laws prescribing the duties of administrators of estates, etc., applicable to executors, and for -other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Awtry of CobbA bill to require all railroad companies to keep bulletin
boards at all stations, and for other purposes Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Little of MuscogeeA bill to amend an act approved October 19, 1891, en-
titled an act to amend and consolidate the laws regulating the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizer.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hammond of RichmondA bill to establish new terms, and to regulate the prac-
tice of filing, returning and trying new cases in the city eourt of Richmond county.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By .Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA billlto amend the charter of the town of Cairo, in the
county of Thomas. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Reagan of Henry....:....
A bill to regulate attendance upon county line or district line schools in the common school system in this State.
Referred to the Committee ~n Education.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to provide for the payment of a salary to county
school commissioners instead of per diem as heretofore. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. West of Lowndes-
A bill to authorize the graduates of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville to teach in the common schools of this State without further examination.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Williams of SchleyA bill to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers in
the State of Georgia.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend an act approved September 27, 1883~
entitled an act to prevent the discharge of firearms upon public highways of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committe('.
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By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend an act approved October 27, 1887, en-
titled an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the common school laws of Georgia.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend an act approved December 18, 1.893,
entitled an act to amend the school laws of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Harvey of BryanA bill to establish a board of road commissioners, to pro-
vide a system of public road working for the county of Bryan, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges.
Mr.Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report: .
l'Ir. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have bad under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to provide that all bills, resolutions, and other unfinished business pending in the Senate and House of Representatives at the close of the first session shall go over to the second session as unfinished business, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to enable the payees and holders, etc., of promissory notes, etc., for the payment of money to a trus-
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tee, etc., to recover judgment on such debts, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return to the Senate the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to prohibit the operation of opium joints, to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, and for other jpnrposes.
Also, a bill to provide for the seizure and sale of equities of redemption and bond for title interests in land or other property situated in this State.
I am also instructed to return the fiJllowing bills, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to repeal an act approved the 28th of September, 1881, contained in sections 3149(a) io 3149(g) of the Code.
Also, a bill to make railroad companies placed in hands -of receivers suable for any damage done in the same manner, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to amend the general road law of this State, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with :the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to regulate a collection and paying out of fines and forfeitures by the courts, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 3338 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to provide that members of copartnership, etc., being joint beneficial owners of any money, goods, tc., who shall steal any such money, goods, etc., shall be liable to be dealt with, tried, convicted, etc., for the same, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to change the county lines between the counties of Houston, 1\facon, Stewart, and Randolph, approved February 26, 1876.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JEXKINS, Chairman.
l\Ir. l\fcCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speake:r :
The Special Judiciary Committee have bad under consid-eration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to fix the official bond of the receivers of tax returns of Bibb county at ten thousand dollars, and for -other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Vigilant LiveStock Insurance Company.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. 1\fcCuRRY, Chairman.
1\fr. Sandeford, chairman Committee on Corporations,
submitted the following report :
Mr. Speake1 :
The Committee on Corporations have had under consid-eration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
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House bill No. 374, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham, and for other purposes.
Also, House bill ~o. 545, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, to provide for the registration and licen'le of every trade, business, calling, avocation, or profession carried on jwithin the limits of said town.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
House bill No. 567, a bill to be entitled an act to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county, to grant certain privileges to said town, to repeal all prior acts amendatory thereof, to define the limits of the same, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. W. SANDEFORD, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
1lfr. .Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted:
A bill to vest in the public school system (board of education) of the town of Sparta c.,ntrol of all moneys appropriated by the State for the education of pupils resident within the jurisdiction of said town board of education.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
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Mr. Boynton, ehairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
.Jir. Speaker :
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Railroads:
A bill to amend section 719 (f) of the Code, so as to .include Cordele, and for other purposes.
Also, the following House resolutions, which they instruct me to return, with the recommendation that same do pass:
A joint resolution providing for the payment to the city of Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expense of
paving West Cain street, and of paving, sewerage, etc., on Spring and "rest Cain streets adjoining the grounds of the executive mansion in said city.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight, widow, and Mrs. Susan E. Massey, widow, both of Gwinnett county.
Also, the following resolutions of the House, which the committee instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do not pass :
A resolution to pay James R. Thompson $100.00 for pension due for the year 1892.
Also, a resolution to pay Russell Uollier $50.00 for pension due for the year 1893.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BOYNTON, Chairman.
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Mr. Wright, chairman or the Committe on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to repeal so much of an an act creating a board of commissioners for the county of DeKalb.
Also, a bill to limit the jurisdiction of the:city court of DeKalb in civil cases to amounts exceeding one hundred dollars.
Also a bill to amend an act entitled an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county
of Catoosa, approved March 5, 1875.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide compen8ation for the members of the board of roads and revenues for Catoosa county, and for the clerk, approved December 9, 1893.
Also, a bill to amend the act for Troup county, so as to elect commissioners at general elections.
Also, the following House bill, which the committee instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same be recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to prvvide for the disposition of cost in criminal cases, and moneys arising from fines and forfeituresand the moneys in which officers entitled to cost in criminal cases shall be paid.
Respectfully submitted. osEs WRIGHT, Chairman
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Mr. Reagan, chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
Bill No. 475, a bill to be entitled an act to separate all felony convicts under the age of seventeen from the older ones, to provide for their punishment and reformation, and to appropriate a certain sum of money for that purpose.
Also, bill No. 543, a bill to be entitled an act to create a commissioner of pardons, to provide for his appointment, define his duties, and fix his compensation.
Respectfully submitted. E. J. REAGA~, Chairman.
Mr. Hodges, chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Banks have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the rccwmmendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend au act to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, and the amendments thereto, to permit said bank to reduce it<~ capital stock, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. RoBERT HoDGEs, Chairman.
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The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary:
Mr. Speaker :
The Governor has approved the following act of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to compel insurance companies to pay the full amount of loss sustained upon property covered by policies of insurance up to the amount expressed in the policies, notwithstanding any stipulations in such policies to the contrary.
The Speaker caused to be read the following communication in response to the House resolution heretofore adopted:
_\.TLANTA, GEORGIA.
November 20, 1895.
To the House of Repre11entative8 of the General Assembly of Georgia:
In accordance with a resolution recently passed by your body, touching the best method by which poor boys might work their way through the Georgia School of Technology, I beg leave to submit. the following reply:
In the first place, I beg leave to diBclaim any purpose to disregard or treat with discourtesy the original resolution or the correspondence relating thereto, and referred to in your recent resolution.
The commission and the facuity of the institution have had the matter often before them, and no part of their labors have been more earnest than those which looked to the extension of the benefits of the school to the class of young men in question.
As yet we have found no satisfactory solution of the difficulties involved.
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Institutions which have done the best work in mechanical training have found it impracticable to give a money -compensation for the work done by their undergraduates. Where this has been attempted the result has been un8atisfactory in the last degree. In the earlier periods of .the school course the work of students has generally no :market value, and the compensation which might be allowed would be either too large by comparieon with the ~alue of the work done, or too small to be of any service to the student. In the later periods of the course the class of work done is valuable mainly as cultivating and promoting accurate and scientific knowledge, and is n?t of .a kind to command a revenue iu the open market.
In other words, the highest and best training which a .student can receive in the brief time covered by his school residence is incompatible with a money valuation of the work he is called upon to do.
Institutions which are amply endowed have it in their power to give such compensation, but it is useful mainly as -encouraging the student with the idea that he is earning something by his labor. Even in such cases it would be .simpler, more economical, and better in every way to furnish him with the amount needed for his support on the _ground of a scholarship, either as a gratuity, or to be repaid when he shall have earned in active business life the .amount thus furnished.
I would suggest as the simplest solution of the question, the creation of a limited number of scholarships, endowed by private munificence or by the State, say of $200 per annum, numbering in all fifty, and offering these to worthy young men of limited means as an incentive to diligent .study and skillful workmanship.
The details of such a plan might he arranged without difficulty so as to meet all the demands of the question.
It will be interesting to you to know that the commis-
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sion have now in hand a plan to erect on the grounds ot the institution a number of dormitories, and that this arrangement for cheap board looks iu the direction of your resolution. It is hoped by this means to reduce the expenses of living nearly if not quite one-half, and thus lessen the burden of living to the student while pursuing his course in the institution.
In conclusion, I beg leave to assure you that the class of' young men under consideration have been constantly in our minds from the beginning of our work, and that any possible means of extending the benefits of the institution to them would be hailed by us with the sin<->erest pleasure, and that we bold ourselves ready in every conceivable way to co-operate with your body in enlarging the usefulness. of the institution, and in making it more and more a blessing to every class of young men of the State.
All of which is respectfully submitted, I. S. HoPKINs,
President Georgia School of Technology.
The foliowing resolution, by Mr. Reagan of Henry, was. read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution fixing the time of the meeting of the House from 10 o'clock A. M. to 9 o'clock A. M.
Upon motion of Mr. Humphreys of Brooks, the following bill was made the special order for Tuesday next at 11 o'clock A. M., November 26, 1895, after the special order already placed, to wit:
House bill No. 485, the same being a bill to amend the Constitution of the State.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution tendering the hall of the House of Representatives to the Exposition Chautauqua Congress for their session on the evening of December 6.
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The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from liability for injury sustained.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to empower the principal physician of the \ penitentiary of this State to discharge subordinate physi-
cians for neglect of duty. Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph 4 of section 2 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Macon Savings Bank, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
Also, a bill to make prize-fighting or pugilism a felony. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary. Also, a bill to prescribe the time for opening the fall session of the public schools of Bibb county. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to rearrange the Cherokee and Rome circuits, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to define and apply the law of abatement in certain cases.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
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Also, a bill to authorize the payment of checks, demand drafts, and savings bank orders, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Genetal Judiciary.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of domestic wines in the towns and cities of this State.
Referred to the Committee on Temperance.
Also, a bill to amend section 1329 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend section 752 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 943(b) of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 9 of an act approved February 25, 1876, to regulate the leasing out of convicts, and for other purposes.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. McCurry, Roberts, and Branch.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, November 25, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the S~eaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
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The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen,
Fussell,
McElmurry,
Anderson,
Gaines,
McGough,
Atkinson,
Giles,
McCurdy,
Arnold,
Gilreath,
McClure,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
McWhorter,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston, Neely,
Bailey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Owen,
Battle,
Gray of Paulding, Parker,
Bagget.
Gregmy,
Peeples,
Bennett of Wayne, Griffin,
Perkins,
Bennett of Jackson, G-reer of Macon,
Pitman,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Pittard,
Bird,
Hall,
Pope,
Blair,
Hammond,
Price,
Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Harvey,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Hill,
Rawlings,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Redding,
Boynton,
Henderson,
Reagan,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Reece,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Roberts,
Branch,
Howell,
Rockwell,
Branan,
Hogan,
Salter,
Broyles,
Hodge,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington Houston,
Shropshire,
Brown of Pulaski, Holbrook,
Screven,
Burwell,
Holland,
Sell,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Shaw,
Burch,
Humphreys,
Short,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Spence,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Smith of Clinch,
Clements of Montgm'y Hurst,
Smith of Hancock,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Smith of Rockdale,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Smith of Telfair,
Coleman,
Johnson oi Hall,
Stokes,
Collier,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Symons,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dougherty, Sumner,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
Tatum,
Davison,
Latham,
Thompson,
Dempsey,
Lee,
Traylor,
Dennard,
Little,
Wallace,
Dorough,
Longley,
\Vaiden,
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Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood,
Lovett, Law, Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
West, Wheatley, wilson,
,Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Vaughn,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Mell, McDaniel,
McCurry, Newton,
Walker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following bill was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads, with instructions that the same be reported back on to-morrow morning, to wit:
House bill No. 356.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
fflr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the fall term of Irwin superior court.
Also, a resolution to pay Hon. Columbus Blair of the county of Douglas per diem and mileage for the session of 1894.
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The following House bill was lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to abolish the county court of Houston county, :and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, tQe Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following bills by the requisite constitutional majority:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act establishing
a new charter for the city of Carrollton, approved Sep-
tember 9, 1891, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a system of public schools for the city of Carrollton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to reincorporate the town of Elberton, and for other purposes.
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Laing, tax-collector -of Terrell county and his securities.
Also, a resolution inviting Hon. S. D. Bradwell to address the General Assemhly November 29, 1895, at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the committee of the Senate .and House under a joint resolution to visit the State Normal School at Athens, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The joint committee of the Senate and Honse of Repre.sentatives appointed under a joint resolution to visit the .State Normal School at Athens, Ga., beg leave to submit .the following report:
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In pursuance of said resolution, your committee viRited the State Normal School and made as thorough an examination of that institution as it was possible to do under the circumstances.
The committee first examined the workings of the school in its regular routine work. The committee were not able to make as complete an investigation in this particular as they had wished, owing to the very limited time at their disposal. But we were greatly gratified with the working and management of the institution.
Your committee examined the buildings and found them crowded beyond the convenience and comfort of the students in attendance. We find that the demand for admission has been so great that from two to eight persons have had to be crowded into a room, thereby rendering it to the great disadvantage of the students. We also find that the authorities have bad to rent extra houses, which are not convenient or comfortable, or suitable for their accommodation.
Your committee further find that under the excellent management of the institution, good, healthy, and abundant food is furnished, and that board, including food, lodging, lights, heating, and laundry, has been reduced to a minimum of $7.00 per month.
Your committee were greatly gratified to find that such progress had been made since the regular organization of the school seven months ago, there being enrolled 178 students, representing sixty-three counties, and that a great number have been refused admission for the lack of dormitory room-a record of which thi'> legislature aud State at large should be proud-clearly drmonstrating the great necessity for a well-regulated, thoroughly equipped institution of its kind, and the great possibilities to which it will certainly attain when properly cared for and maintained by the State.
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\Ve congratulate the State on the wisdom of its organi-
zation, and the board of trustees in securing the services
of the worthy president and his efficient corps of teachers>:
under whose skillful management the school has attained
so high a degree of success and proficiency.
This. institution being the great center and medium
through which the public funds appropriated to the public
schools is to be disbursed to the children of the State, and
realizing that the greatest good to the children of the State
can be accomplished by having efficient and well-qualified.
teachers, and realizing further that this institution is the
best means of procuring well-trained and well-equ;pped
Georgia teachers, we therefore recommend that an appro-
priation be made sufficient to afford greater and additional
dormitory room, suitable for the accommodation and com-
fort of those who may attend that institution for the pur-
pose of availing themselves of the great advantages there
offered.
All of which we most respectfully submit.
\V. \V. SHEPPARD, Chairman,
w. B.
SA~ FORD,
.:\I. G. BoYD,
,J. E. MERCER,
E. B. LEwis,
On part of Senate.
C. H ..JENKI:><s, Chairman, W. S. WEsT, .lAs. W. AmrSTRONG, D. G. FoGARTY, .J. R. HoGA~, per Sheppard, A. E. BIRD,
On part of House.
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Mr. Giles, chairman [JI'O tem. of the Special Judiciary -Committee, submitted the following report:
.JJir. Speake1 :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, approved .January Hl, 1892, and all acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same apply to the county of Glynn.
Respectfully submitted. A. S. GILEs, Chairman pro tern.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, ~ ubmitted the following rep~.Jrt:
frf1. Speal~n :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the Hou;.:e aud President of the Senate, the following acts and resolutions, to wit :
An act to change the time of hol1ling the fall term of Irwin superior court.
Also, an act to fix the payment of tales jurors.
Also, an act to incorporate the puhlie schools of Cochran, Pnla~<ki county. -
Also, a joint resolution to pay Hon. Columbus Blair
mileage and pe1 diem.
Respectfully submitted.
'f. S. MELL, Chairman.
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The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were HI and nays 0.
So the bill, ha\"ing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Wiilis Fields of Henry county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas were lOG and nays 0.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act" approved December 4, 189;3,
whieh authorizes the board of commissioners of the town
of Washington, Ga., in 'Vilkes county, to issue and Hell
bonds, and for ot~er purposes.
.
The report of the committee was agreed to. l~pon the pas5age of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having recei\ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a hi11 to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroacl companies, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of t?e committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a biH to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, in the county of Terrell.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 97 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prohibit hunting with dogs and fishing, on the lands of others in Appling county.
The rep,~rt of the committe was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prohibit the :-:ale of spirituous, alcoholic, or malt liquors within the limits of the town of Duluth, in Sumter county.
The report of the committe was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to create a city court of Brunswick for the county of Glynn.
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The report of the committee was agreed to with amendments submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the hill, having received the requisite constitutional
. majority, was passed as amended .
Also, a hill to incorporate the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal so much of the act creating a board of commissioners for the county of DeKalb as limit the compensation of the clerk thereof, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to limit the jurisdiction of the city court of DeKalb county in civil cases, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Douglas, in the -county of Coffee.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to establish a city court of Coffee county.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas .were 92 ~nd nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the election of the county commissioners for the county of Berrien.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, -a bill to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of water for the city of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to with amendments submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to authorize and empowet the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKnlb, to provide for the registration and license of every trade, business, calling, etc.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 97 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Roberta, and lor other purposes.
The report of the committee was agrerd to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 20, 1889 incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Braswell, in the county of Paulding.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, hadng received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a hill to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with amendment submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, ha,ing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create the office of commissioners of public works for the city of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with amendment submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Catoosa.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to provide compensation for the members of the board of road and revenues for Catoosa county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon th~ passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Young Harris, in Towns county, Georgia.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite consitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a hill to fix permanently the title and status of the price of ground on the northeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets, in the city of Savannah.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas wel"f~ 97 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford in Newton county.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with amendments submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to amend the act for Troup county, so as to elect commissioners at general elections.
The report of the commitfee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage ef this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill to create a board of tax-assessors and receivers for t.he city of Savannah. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to fix the official bond of the receiver of tax returns of Bibb county at ten thousand dollars.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills were read for the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Sandeford of BurkeA bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of
'Vaynesboro, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, to
incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in Henry county. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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By :\Ir. McDonald of Ware-
A bill to require all persons owning or carrying vViuchester rifles or pistols to register the same, and for other other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkesville to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Farmer of CowetaA bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of More-
laud, in the county of Coweta. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Fogarty of RichmondA bill to amend the general registration law so as to au-
thorize registrars to punish for contempt. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By )lr. Reagan of HenryA bill to amend section 299 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
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By Mr. Broyles of FulfouA bill to amend section l675(a) of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Mr. Bennett of .JacksonA bill to amend section 3696 of the Code of 1H82, and
lor other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Dempsy (,f ButtsA bill to prevent the increase of the bonded debt of this
State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Lee of WalkerA bill to require county authorities to pay costs of con-
viction in misdemeanor eases, and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate resolution was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee, to wit :
A resolution for the relief of D. J. Laing, tax-collector of Terrell county, and his securities.
The following House bill was read the second time, to wit: A bill to abolish the county court of Glynn county, and for other purposes.
The following bill was, upon motion, recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary, to wit :
A bill to amend section 465 of the Code of 1882.
The following House bill was taken up, and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit :
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A bill to require judge,; of the superior courts of this State, upon continuance of any case in the superior courts, to enter the ffime upon their dockets, and to make public announcement of the same, and fot other purposes.
The following bill was made the special order for W'ednesday next, November 26; 1R95, immediately after the special orders already placed, to wit :
A bill to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amendi!Jg paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
The following Senate resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
A resolution authorizing and directing the ComptrollerGeneral to reopen the assessment of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Bell and Short.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLA~TA, GEORGIA.
Tuesday, November 26, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )f. this day, was called to order hy the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
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The roll was called, and the f()Jlowing membets responded to the call of their names:
Allen,
Fnssell,
McElmurry,
Anderson.
Gaines,
~IcCurry,
Atkinson,
Giles,
McGou:zh,
Arnold,
Gilreath,
McCurdy,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
McClurt>,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston, Me \V barter,
Bailey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Neely,
Battle,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Bagget,
Gregory,
Owen,
Bennett of Wayne, trriffin,
Parker.
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Macon,
Peeples,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Bird,
Hall,
Pitman,
Blair,
Hammond,
Pittard,
. Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Pope,
Blalock of Rabun, Haney,
Price,
Bloodworth,
Hill,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Polhill,
Boynton,
Henderson,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Redding,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Reagan,
Branch,
Howell,
Reece,
Branan,
Hogan,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Houston,
Salter,
Brown of 'Vashington Holbrook,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Sell,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hughes,
Spence,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Smith of Clinch,
Clementsof Montgm'y .farrell,
Smith of Hancock,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Rockdale,
Dollins,
.Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Telfair,
Coleman,
.Jobn~on of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, f'ymons,
Cook of Decatur,
.Jones of Dodge,
Sumner,
Cureton,
Latham,
Tatum,
Davison,
Lee,
Thompson,
Dempsey,
Little,
Traylor,
Dennard,
Longley,
"'alker,
Dorough,
Lovett,
"'all ace,
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Dodson, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence,
Fletch~r,
Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Fntrell, Fullwood,
Law, Martin, :.\Iallette, Marchman, Mansfield, :Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Thm;e absent were Messrs.-
Hodge, McDaniel,
Hoberts,
walden, \Vest, "Wheatley, Wilson. Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, \Vren, Wynne, Vaughn, l\lr. Speaker.
Short.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following message was recei,ed from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, tht Secretary thereof:
1lfr. Speaker :
The Senate passed, by the reqms1te constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to abolish appeals from the police court of Savannah.
Also, a bill to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a ;;trip of land in Cmwford ward for the purpo;;e of straightening .Abereorn ,.;trt:>et, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston, so as to chang-e the qnalifi<"ation of voters, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to create and organize a park and tree commission for the city of Sayannah, to define its jurisdiction :and powers, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to fix the time for electing the clerk and sheriff of the city coul't of Savannah, to terminate the terms of those now in office, to prescribe the terms of those to be elected, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize policemen of the city of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporatelimits of the city in case of riots, affrays, and disorderly conduct.
Also, a bill to extend the jurisdiction, for sanitary purposes, of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah.
Also a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah.
Also, a bill to amend an act creating a system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, Bartow county, Georgia.
The Senate has passed the following House bill, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House of Representati ,es is respectfully asked, to wit:
A bill to create and organize a board of police commissioners for the city of Savannah, to define its jurisdiction, duty, and powers, and for other purposes.
The following House bills have been lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend an act incorporating the Coweta bank~ approved October 24, 1887.
Also, a bill for the better collection of tax executions in this State.
Also, a bill to authorize the town of Abbeville to issue bonds for $20,000.00, for the purpose of building a white and colored academy in said town.
Also, a bill investing Latta ~1. Awtry with the rights of an adult.
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Also, a bill to amend an act to carry into effect paragraph 18, section 7 of article 3 of the constitution of 1887, as amended, relating to chartering bank, by the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Humphreys, chairman Committee on Lunatic Asylum, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Lunatic Asylum have had uuderconsideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, which is a bill to be entitled an act to amend au act entitled an act to alter and amend sections 1341 to 1344 of the Code of 1882, approved November 12, 1889, by striking from said sections the word "ten" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twelve"
Respectfully submitted. W. S HuMPHREYS, Chairman.
Mr. Rockwell, chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
Jir. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to return, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate sleeping-car service on passenger trains within the State of Georgia, to define the charges for such service, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require all railroad companies operating railroads in this State to keep at alt stations having a telegraph office bulletin boards showing
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the schedule of all passenger trains; also amount of delay, if any; to provide a penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and for other purposes.
Respeetfully submitted.
T. D. RocKWELL, Chairman pro tern.
l\Ir. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
JI,. Speaku :
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, y;ith the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A resolution to pay George B. Whitaker back pensions for the years 18H3 and 1894; also, the following resolution with recommemlation that it be read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Finance, to wit:
A resolution to pay the widcnv of R. I. G. Blake, of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year ll-19:3.
The committee also instruct me to introduce the following bill, which they recommend do pass, to wit:
A bill to exclude certain persons from the benefits of the pension laws.
Respectfully submitted.
C. \Y. GRAY, Chairman.
Mr. :Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
JJ,. 8peake1:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of
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the Senate and deli \ered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to authorize county authorities in this State to eontract with authorities of the United Statesfor the erection of bridges in certain specified cases.
An act to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts of Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond.
An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to pro\ide compensation for election managers and clerks of all general and special elections held in washington county
~\n act to repeal an act apprond August 22, 1883, incorporating the town of Morganton, in the county of Fannin.
An act to prescribe peualties for all felonies under the laws of this State, except treason, insurrection, etc., and to provide that all misdemeanors shall be punished as pre:-<cribed in section 4;HO of the Uode of 1882.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
::\Ir. Mel!, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Jir. Speaka:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the Hour;e and President of the Senate and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
An act to fix the payment of tales jurors.
An act to change time of holding the fall term of Irwin :;uperior court
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An act to incorporate public Rchools of Cochran, Pulaski county.
A joint resolution to pay Hon. Columbus Blair mileage and per diem:
Respectully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, Rubrnitted the following report:
Jfr. Speake1 :
The Committee on corporations have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the samfl do pass
By Mr. Smith of RockdaleA bill to amend the charter of the city of Conyers, iu the
county of Rockdale.
By Mr. Sandeford of BurkeA bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of
Waynesboro, in the county of Burke.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-
A bill to incorporate the Georgia Title and GuarautPe Company.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas--
A bill to amend the charter of the town .of Cairo, in the county of Thomas.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same.
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By :\Ir. McDonald of Ware-
A bill to amend an :1ct approwd September 19, 188H, authorizing and maintaining a system of sewerage for the city of\Vaycross, in the county of\Yare.
Respectfully submitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman.
By unanimous consent, the follo\\ing bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit :
By ~fr. Branan of Fulton-
A bill to \"est the manag('ment and care of all jai Is in Fulton county under the control of the countY commissioners of roads and revenues, in the county of Fulton.
Referred to the Special J udicaty Committee.
Bv )Jr. Branan of Fulton--
A bill to limit the amount of compensation to be pairl the ordinary, clerk of the :-:uperior court, sheriff, tax-collector, etc., for the county of Fulton.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By )lr. Gray of Catoosa~\ bill to exclude certain persons from the benefits of the
pension laws of this State.
The following bill was, upon motion of ~Jr. Branan, re<ommitted to the Special J udieiary Committee, to wit:
A bill to vest the management and f'are of jails and per~ons confined therein under the control of the county commissioners of roads and reYenues, and for other purpose:;.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
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A bill to abolish the county court of Glynn county. The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill the yeas were 100 and nays 0.
So the bill having, received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, the following resolution, to wit:
A resolution requesting the Governor to pa:y certain coupons of the Northeastern Railroad.
This resolution involving an appropriation, the Honse went into a committee of the whole, and .Yir. Hodges, of Bibb, was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee arose and the c-hairman thereof reported same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
Upon the passage of this resolution the yeas and nay" were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot t~iva roee, the \'Ote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of P~tuldin~,
Awtrey,
Griffin,
Bailey,
Greer of ~lacon,
Bagget,
Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Bell,
Hammond,
Blair,
Hill,
Blaloek of Rabun, Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Broyles,
Hodge,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
Burwell,
Hudson
)lcElmurry, )lcCurry, McGough, )lcCurdy, )JcWhorter, :Newton, Owen, Parkt>r, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Pol bill, Redding, Reagan,
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Burch,
Humphreys,
Reece,
Clements of ::VIontgm'y Hutcherson,
Rockwell,
Clement of Milton, Hurst,
Salter,
Collier,
.Jarrell,
:-;ell,
Cook of Decatur,
Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Davison,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
]lempsey,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Dennard,
.Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Dorough,
Jones of Dodgt>,
Symon~,
Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence,
Fouch~,
Fogarty, Futrell, Fussell, Giles, Gilreath,
Lee, Lovett, Law, Martin, Mallette, :\Iarchman. :\lcadow, .Melton. l\1 ell, Moore oi Bulloch, )Joore of Clayton, :\loore of Heard, l\IcDonald,
Tatum, Thompson, \Vallaee, West. Wilson, Williams, Wil!ink, Willingham, Worley, Wright, \Vrpn, Wynne, Yaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
.\llen,
Fullwood,
Price,
Anderson,
Gaines,
Pool,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Rawlings,
Battle
Gray of Catoosa,
Hob<:>rts,
Bennett of Wayne, Gregory,
Sandeford,
Bird,
Harrell,
Shropshire,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Scre\en,
Bloodworth,
Howell,
Shaw,
Branch,
Houston,
Short,
Branan,
Holbrook,
Spence,
Brown of Pulaski, Hughes,
Smith of Rockdale,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Sumner,
Eush,
Little,
Traylor,
Caldwell,
Longley,
Walker,
Collins,
l\1 ansfield,
\Vaiden,
Coleman,
:\1ontfort,
Wheatley,
Cureton,
Murrah,
Wilkin,
Fletcher,
Middlebrooks,
Wilkinson,
Fink,
McDaniel,
)ir. Speaker.
Ferguson,
McClure,
Franklin,
Neely,
Yeas 11-1. Nays 0. Not voting 61.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following House bill was taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:
A bill to create aud organize a board of police commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The following special orders were taken up and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to establish a uniform system of text-books in this State, and for other purposes.
Upon agreeing to the report of the committee, the yeas and nays were ordered, the report of the committee being unfavorable to the passage of thi,; bill.
Upon taking the ballot 'l)iva wee, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messts.-
Anderson,
Gaines,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Awtrey,
Greer of Harris,
Bailey,
Hall,
Bell,
Hammond
Bird,
Harrell,
Blair,
Hodges,
Blalock of Fayette, Hightow<'r,
Blalock of Rabun, Hopkins,
Boifeuillet,
Hodge
Boynton,
Holland,
Boyett,
Hudson,
Branan,
Hutcherson.
Broyles,
Hughes,
Brown of Washington Hurst,
Brown of Pulaski, .Johnson of Hall,
Burwell,
Jones of Dougherty,
Burch,
Jones of Dodge,
Clements of )lontgm'y Latham,
Moore of Clayton, :Moore of Heard, McDonald, McElmurry, 'McCurry, McGough, !IIcClnre, Kewton, Parker, PerkinH, Pitman, Price, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Shropshirt>, Smith of Haneoek, Smith of Telfair, Stokt>s, Rymons,
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Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dorough, Dodson, Farmer, Fletcher, Fouch\ Ferguson, Futrell, Fussel,
Lee, Little, Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Meadow, Melton, Mel!, }foore of Bulloch,
Tatum, Thompson, wallace, Wheatley, Williams, Willingham, Wright, Wynne. Vaughn,
Those voting in the negative were 1\Iessrs.-
Allen, Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, Bloodworth, Boyd, Caldwell, Clement of }filton, Collier, Davison,
Demp~ey,
Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Florence, Fogarty, Giles, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding.
Griffin,
Pittard,
Greer of Macon,
Pope,
Hill,
Pool,
Henderson,
Reagan,
Hogan,
Hock well,
Houston,
!'alter;
Humphreys,
Sell,
Jarrell,
Shaw,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Spence,
Lo\"ett,
Smith of Clineh,
Law,
Traylor,
2\Iontfort,
Walden,
:Murrah,
\Vest,
Middlebrooks,
Wilson,
}IeCurdy,
Willink,
McWhorter,
Wilkinson,
Owen,
\Vor!(y,
Peeples,
"'reo,
Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-
Atkins<)n, B:tttle, Bennett of Wayne, Branch, Burnett of Quitman, Bush, Collins, Coleman, Espy, Fink,. Franklin,
Fullwood, GilJSon, Gregory, Ilaney, Howell, Holbrook, Jenkins, Longley, Mansfield, Me Daniel, Xeely.
Reece, Roberts, Sandeford, Scre\en, Short, Smith of Rockdale, Sumner, Walker, Wilkin, Mr. Speaker,
Yeas 88. Nays 5.5. Kot \'Oting :32.
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So the adverse report of the committee was agreed to and the hill lost.
Also, a bill to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so as to change the organization of the supreme court.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. McElmurry.
The hour of adjournment having anived, pending the debate upon this bill, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
ATLA~TA, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, ~ovember 27, 18H'J.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. :\l. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of wayne, Bennett of Jaekson, Bell,
Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Blalock of Rabun,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderaon,
McGough, :UcCnrdy,
~fcCiure,
McWhorter, Xeely, Xewton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope,
Price,
Pool, Pol hill,
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Rloodworth,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Reddin)!,
Boynton,
Howell,
He~gan,
Boyd,
Hogan,
Reel'e,
Boyett,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
8alter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
~hropFhire,
Burnett oi Quitman, Humphreys,
Sereven.
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Bush,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clementsoi l\Iontgm'y .Jarrell,
Spence,
Clement oi Milton, .Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
.Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancoek,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
Latham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Lon~~:ley,
Thompson,
D::~rough,
Lon:>tt,
Traylor,
Dodson,
)iartin,
Wallace,
Durham,
::\Ial!ette,
"\VMlden,
Edenfield,
::\iarchman,
'Vest,
Ennis,
)fansfield,
WheMtley.
Espy,
:\lead ow,
Wilson,
Farmer,
)felton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
:\Jell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Fouche,
::\Ioore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fogarty,
:Moore oi Heard,
Willingham,
Ferguson,
Montfort,
\Vorley,
Franklin,
Murrah,
Wright,
Futrell,
::\Iiddlebrooks,
"\V1en,
Fullwood,
111 c D o n a l d ,
\Vynne,
Fussell,
Gaines, uiles,
McDaniel,
~lcCurry,
Yaughn,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Branch,
Fink,
::\IcEimurry,
Brown of Washington, Law,
Walker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
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The following bills, by unanimous consent, were read tt.e third time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A resolution to pay pension to James R. Kenney of Bartow county.
Refened to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Gray of Houston-
A bill to prevent the procurement of consignments of fann, orchard, and dairy products to parties who fail to account to the rightful owner of such products.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
B, Mr. Salter of .JeffersonA bill to establish a public school system fot the town
{lf Wadley, Ga. Refened to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Henderson of ForsythA bill to fix and provide a salary fm the several solicit-
{lrs-general in this State. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. l\IcWhorter of Greene county-A bill to require all teachers in the common schools of
this State to be examined, and for other purposes. Heferred to the Committee on Education.
By Jlr. Gray of.CatoosaA bill for the relief of J. M. Evitt, and others, of Ca-
toosa county. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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477
By Mr. Shropshire of Chatooga-
A bill to amend an act approved December 20, 189:3, entitled an act to amend an act approved December ~W, 1890, fixing the time for holding the superior courts m the counties composing the Rome judicial circuit.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Awtry of Cobb-
A resolution to authorize the Governor and AttorneyGeneral to make a final settlement with W. P. McChatchy of Tennessee.
Referred to the :Finance Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of HallA bill to make the clerks and sheriffs of the superior
courts ex officio clerks and sheriffs of the county courts. Referred to the General .Tndiciary Committee.
By Mr. Bennett of Jackson-
A bill to authorize the teachers of the Harmony Grove High School to confer degrees, issue diplomas, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
The following bills were read the second time by unanimous consent, to wit:
A bill to exclude certain persons from the benefits of the pension laws of this State.
Upon motion, this hill was recommitted to the Committee on Pensions.
Also, a bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro.
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The following resolution, by Mr. Giles of Houston, was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution that when the House adjourns to-day it shall adjourn until Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
The following bill was recommitted to the Committee on Education, to wit:
A bill to \'est in the public school system of the town of Sparta control of all moneys, etc., appropriated by the State.
Mr. McUurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mt .Speaker:
The Special .T udiciary Committee han had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Battle Hill.
Also, a bill to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division, city court of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee and Loan Company of Savannah.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of any kind, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Madison county ; to compel the owners of the lands through which said streams may flow to remove said obstructions; to provide for drainage of the lands in said county, and to provide for payment of all damages which may be sustained by such landowners through
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whose lands such drain,;; or ditches may be cut or extended, and for other purpo:;es.
Also, a bill to amend general registration law so as to authorize registrars to punish for contempt.
Also, a bill to establish new terms; to regulate the practice of filing, returning, and trying new cases in the city court of Richmond county ; to amend the act establishing said court, approved September 22, 1881, and acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recllmmendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to repeal the charter of the city of ManchestPr and to incorporate said city under the name of College Park, and for other purposes.
The committee have also bad nuder consideration the following Honse bill, which I am instructed to report Lack to the Ho'use, with the recommendation that the Rame do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to make legal the sales of wild lands in this State where such ~ales were for taxes due the State and county, if suit is not commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction by the claimant of such lands within twelve months from the passage of this bill.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to limit the amount of compensation to he paid the ordinary, clerk of the superior court, and other county officers in the county of Fulton, and to authorize the
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county commissioners to employ such assistance as necessary, and to provide for the payment into the county treasury of all surplus revenue.
Also, a bill to put the county officers of Fulton county on salaries.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the, House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to repeal ao act entitled an act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same apply to the county of Gwinnett.
Also, a bill to establish the city court of Gwinnett, in and for the county of Gwinnett, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Education.
A bill to vest in the public school system of the town of Sparta all moneys appropriated by the State for educational purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
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:Mr. Boynton, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report :
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following resolutions of the House, which they instruct me to return to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit. :
A resolution for the relief of the Brunswiek Street Railroad Company and its successors.
Also, a resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the joint committee of the General Assembly appointed at the session of 1894 to examine the work of the Code commissioners.
Respectfully submitted. .J. L. RoYSToN, Chairman.
Mr. Reagan, Chairman Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration House bill No. 16, entitled an act to establish a reformatory prison for juvenile eriminals in the State of Georgia convicted of felonies, not sentenced to death, to provide for its management and maintenance, to make appropriation therefor, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
The committee have also had under consideration Senate resolution No. 6H, being a joint resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate
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the convicts of this State, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent mob violence, providing for the removal of officers having prisoners in charge who allow such prisoners to be murdered or otherwise maltreated, and giving the party so maltreated, and the administrator, executor, and family of the person murdered, a right of action against the county in which said maltreatment or murder occurs.
Respectfully submitted. E. J. REAGAN, Chairman.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his private Secretary, Mr. Callaway:
Mr. Speaker:
The Governor has approved the following acts and resolutions of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to incorporate public schools of Cochran, Pulaski county, and for other purposes.
An act to prescribe penalties for felonies, etc.
An act to change the time of holding the fall term of Irwin superior court, and for other purposes.
An act to fix the payment of tales jurors, and for other purposes.
An act to authorize county authorities in this State to contract with authorities of the United States for the erection of bridges in certain specified cases, etc.
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An act to be entitled an act to relieve and reimburse R. L. Swatts of Pike county, for payment of forfeited bond.
An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide compensation for managers and clerks, etc.
An act to repeal an act approved August 22, 1883, incorporating the town of Morganton in the county of Fannin, and all amendments thereto.
A joint resolution to pay Hon. Columbus Blair mileage and per diem.
The following message from the Senate was received through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Guyton, to define the qualifications of voters therein, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of 'Vaynesboro to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000, and to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on the same by local taxation, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield, and for other purposes.
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The Senate has also passed the following House bill, with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is respectfully asked:
A bill to be entitled an act to create a board of education for the town of Lithonia and to prescribe its powers and duties, and for other purposes.
The following Senate hils have also been passed by the Senate by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton to hold an election on the question of issuing and selling bonds, not exceeding in the aggregate $20,000, for the purpose of providing or building suitable houses, furniture, and apparatus for the public schools of Carrollton, and fi>r other purp?ses.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower the commissioners of roads and revenues of Chatham county to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings any road in said county owned by any private person or corporation upon which tolls are charged.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 19i8 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for service by publication in certain cases, and for other purposes.
The following unfinished business of yesterday was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so as to change the organization of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Johnson, of Hall, called the previous question, which call was sustained.
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The following amendments were submitted by the committee, to wit:
To amend section 1 by striking out all after the word ~' division" in the eleventh line to the end of section 1.
Upon the adoption of this amendment the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva toce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Holland,
Battle,
Hutcherson,
Brown of Washington Jarrell,
Burwell,
Johnson of Hall,
Fouche,
Little,
Fogarty,
Mansfield,
Ferguson,
Meadow,
-Greer of Macon,
Mell,
Hall,
Moore of Clayton,
Hodges,
Pittard,
Rawlings, Rockwell, San deford, Screven, Smith of Hancock, Tatum, Willink, Worley, Wright.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burnett of Quitman, Burch,
Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Giles, Gilreath, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregm:y, Griffin, Greer of Harris, Hammond, Harrell, Hill, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Hodge, Houston,
Middlebrooks, McDonald, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perk ius, Pope, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Salter,
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Bush,
Holbrook,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Clements of Montgm'y Humphreys,
Clement of Milton, Hughes,
Collins,
Jones of Dougherty,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Davison,
Lee,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Dodson,
Martin,
Durham,
Mallette,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
Espy,
Melton,
:Farmer,
Moore of Bulloch,
Florence,
Moore of Heard,
Fletcher,
Montfort,
Futrell,
Murrah,
Shropshire, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Traylor, Walden, West, Wheatley, wilson, Williams, Wilkinson, Willingham, Wren, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Bennett of Wayne, Blalock of Fayette, Branch, Coleman, Cureton, Dennard, Ennis, Fink, .Franklin,
Gibson,
Sell,
Harvey,
Smith of Clinch,
Hurst,
Smith of Rockdale,
Jenkins,
Sumner,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Thompson,
Law,
walker,
McElmurry,
Wallace,
McDaniel,
Wilkin,
Neely,
Vaughn,
Pitman,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 29. Nays 116. Not voting 30.
So the amendment was lost.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the llassage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows.:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Armstrong,
Futrell, Fullwood,
)!elton, Moore of Bulloch,
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Awtrey,
Fussell,
Bail'y,
Gaines,
Batt!',
Giles,
Bennett of Jackson, Gilreath,
Bell,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bird,
Gray of Paulding,
Blair,
Gregory,
Blalock of Fayette, Griffin,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Macon,
Bloodworth,
Greer of Harris,
Boifeuillet,
Hammond,
Boynton,
Harrell,
Boyd,
Hill,
Boyett,
Hightower,
Branan,
Hopkins,
Broyles,
Howell,
Brown of Washington, Hogan,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Burwell,
Houston
Burnett of Quitman, Holbrook,
Burch,
Holland,
Bush,
Hudson,
Caldwell,
Humphreys,
Clements of Montgm'y Hutcherson,
Collins,
Hughes,
Collier,
Jarrell,
Cook of Decatur,
Jenkins,
Davison,
Johnson of Hall,
Dempsey,
Jones of Dougherty,
Dorough,
.Tones of Dodge,
Dodson,
Latham,
Durham,
Lee,
Edenfield,
Little,
Espy,
Longley,
Farmer,
Lo\ett,
:Florence,
Law,
Fletcher,
Martin,
Fouche
Mallette,
Fogarty,
Marchman,
Ferguson,
Meadow,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Newton, Owen, Peeplee, Perkius, Pope, Price, Pol hill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Salter, Shropshir', Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of T'lfair, Stokes, Symons, Traylor, Wallace, Walden, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willingham, \Vynne, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Gray of Houston, Hall,
McWhorter, Parker, Pittard,
Screven, Smith of Hancock, Willink,
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Hodges, Mansfield, MeII,
Pool, Rockwell, San deford,
Worley, Wright.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Arnold, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Branch, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Cureton, Dennard, Ennis, Fink,
Franklin,
Sell,
Gibson,
Smith of Rockdale,
Harvey,
Sumner,
Henderson,
Tatum,
Hurst,
Thompson,
Johnson of T<tlialerro, \Valker,
Montfort,
Wilkin,
McElmurry,
Wilkinson,
McDaniel,
Wren,
Neely,
Mr. Speaker.
Pitman,
Yeas 126. Nays 17. Not voting 32.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so as to change the organization of the supreme court, to increase the number of associate justices, to provide for elections by the people, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Constitution of this State be amended by adding a new paragraph, to be known as paragraph 8 of section 2 of article 6, which shall read as follows:
The supreme court shall hereafter consist of a chief justice and five associate justices. The court shall have power to hear and determine cases when sitting, either in Oile body or in two divisions of three judges each, under such regulations as may he prescribed by the General Assembly. A majority of either division shall constitute a quorum for that division. The chief justice and associate
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justices of the supreme court shall hereafter be elected by the people at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor and the State House Officers are elected, except that the first election under this amendment shall be held on the third Wednesday in December, 1896, at which time .one associate justice shall be elected for a full term of six years, to fill the vacancy occurring on January 1, 1897, .and three additional associate justices shall be elected for terms of one, three, and five years respectively, beginning .January 1, 1897. The person receiving the highest number of votes shall fill the longest term of six years, the next highest the term of five years, and so on for the term Qf three years, and the term of one year. The returns of .said special election shall be made to the Secretary of State.
SEc; 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the above .proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two- thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals, with the yeas arid nays taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each congressional ..district in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election..
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the above proposed :amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided 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
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supreme court amendment," and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "against supreme court amendment."
SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in the first section of this act to a vote of the people as required by the Constitution of this State, in paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 13, and by this act, and, if ratified, the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns Hhall be referred in the same manner as in case of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the results, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts or laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. McClure, Melton, Lovett, Wilkinson, Pope, Mallette, Battle, and Sell.
The hour of adjournment having arrhTed, the House adjourned until Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, November 29, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. ll. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
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The roll was called, and the following members re-
sponded to the call of their names:
Allen,
Gaines,
~icGough,
Anderson,
Giles,
McCurdy,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
McClure,
Arnold,
Gibson,
~fcWhorter,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
~ eely,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
~ewton,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, Owen,
Battle,
Gregory,
Parker,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Peeples,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of :Macon,
Perkins,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Pitman,
Bird,
Hall,
Pittard,
Blair,
Hammond,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Harvey,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Hill,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Henden<on,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Reece,
Branch,
Howell,
Roberts,
Branan,
Hogan,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Hodge.
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Houston,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Holbrook,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Holland,
Scre\'en,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Sell,
Burch,
Humphreys,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Short,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Spence,
Clements of Montgm'y Hurst,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Hanco<:k,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Telfair,
Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Collier,
.Tones of Dougherty, Symons,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Sumner,
Cureton,
Latham,
Tatum,
Davison,
Lee,
Thompson,
Dempsey,
Little,
Traylor,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Walker,
Dorou~~:h,
Law,
\Vallace,
Dodson,
Martin,
\Vaiden,
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Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fogarty Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, l\Iell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDaniel, McCurry,
West, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, worley, Wright, ""ren, 'Vynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bennett of Jackson, Longley,
Fink,
Mallette,
.Jarrell,
McDonald,
McElmurry, Smith of Rockdale, Wheatley.
The Journal of yeeterday was then read and confirmed.
\Ve, the undersigned members of the Railroad Committee, submit the following minority report:
Mr. Speaker:
\Ve beg leave to submit a minority report on the following bill, to wit:
A bill to regulate sleeping-car service on passenger trains in this State, and for other purposes :
The committee having reported that said bill do not
pass, we, believing that it should become a law, respect-
fully recommend that it do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS. I. BRANAN'
H. L. PEEPLES,
R. X. HoLLAND,
J. T. REDDING,
J. N. woRLEY,
J. L. BoYNTON,
W~r. \VALDEN.
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The joint committee of the Senate and House, appointed to visit the school for colored students, College, Georgia, during its commencement exercises, submit the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
Your committee visited the school for colored students during its last commencement, and investigated, as far as possible, all such matters and things as we deemed of interest to the public touching the school.
At the time of the visit of the committee to the school Governor Atkinson was present to deliver the commencement address, and to present diplomas to the first class of young men to graduate from the college.
Besides the Governor, there were present the Hon.P. \V. Meldrim and other members of the commission for the colored school, members of the Chatham county board of education, representatives of city government, and a number of other white citizens. The colored people were out in large numbers. In fact, the day (Monday, commencement day) had the air of a holiday. Everything went to show that the colored people were very proud of their school.
The sehool had an enrollment for the year, upon which we report, of 201, representing some thirty counties.
The committee examined most thoroughly into the conduct of the school, and all were highly pleased. The methods of teaching in the various departments and bmnches seemed to be practical, thorough, systematic, and successful, but we think that this State institution should be devoted largely to the training of teachers, who may go out and take charge of the colored schools.
The manual training department, as such, had not been
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long in operation, but gave excellent promise of satisfactory results.
In this department the boys are taught the principles of working in wood and iron.
In time it will turn out skilled blacksmiths, carpenters
wheelwrights, and also painters and bricklayers.
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The farm is under the management of a practical farmer, and he is doing splendid work in giving the boys useful lessons in the care of tools and live-stock, the building up, improving lands, and the production ot farm products.
On the whole, the school is doing a great work for the colored youth of the State, but we think this school should be opened to both males and females.
Your committee is of the opinion, however, that the school needs larger accommodations.
We observed that the commencement exercises were compelled to be held in open air on account of the lack of a chapel.
The school also needs a dormitory, their present accommodation being for only sixty persons.
Your committee recommends that funds be provided, either by appropriation, or that the appropriation of the $24,000 withheld from the Atlanta University for the years of 1888, 18~9, and 1890, be used to erect the buildings which are very much needed, provided said funds can be made a\ailable for that purpose.
We suggest that the corporate name of the school be "The Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths," the corporate name now being "The School for Colored Youths."
We suggest, that in order to encourage this school, that graduates from this school be granted license from the State
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School Commissioner to teach the common schools among the colored people of the State. (This privilege granted to the graduates of the school at Dahlonega.)
A. E. BIRD, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same -do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend section 1675(a) of the Code, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2039(b) of the Code, in relation to the right of the debtor and his wife, if he has any, to select and set apart three hundred dollars worth of household and kitchen furniture and provisi(lns.
Also, a bill to declare how any corporation, mining, or joint stock company may answer summons of garnishment in certain cases.
Also, a bill to prescribe the method of serving bills of exception upon non-resident and unrepresented defendants in error, and for other purposes.
Also a bill to allow the jury, in a criminal or civil action, to inspect the real or personal property, the subject of litigation, or the place in which any material fact occurred, or where the offense was committed, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to repeal the law defining and regulating -court contracts, and prescribing the manner of enforcing
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the same, as in sections 27.58 to 2772(a), inclusive, of the Code.
Also, a bill to prescribe the mode of changing venue in criminal cases in the superior courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 200.':1 of the Code, so that the person claiming the homestead exemption in real or personal property, or both, shall be required to disclose in his schedule all the real or personal property of which he may be possessed.
Also, a bill to regulate practice in the superior courts in cases now or hereafter pending, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following House bill, with the recommendation that the same do pas<> as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 827 of the Code, by striking out the word "office" in the third line thereof, and inserting the word "property."
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the payment of checks, demand drafts, and savings bank orders in case of the death of drawer before payment, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 4422 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 4423 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 4424 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
H. A. JENKINs, Chairman.
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Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the 1ollowing bills, to wit:
Senate bill No. 183, to provide for the application of all public school funds to the Douglasville College that are distributed to school children within the corporate limits of said town, whieh they recommend do pass.
Also, House bill No. 638, to amend an act to establis:1 a: sy8tem of public schools in the town of Quitman, approvecJ December 26, 1888, and amended November 4, 1889, so as to provide for the election of a board of education by the qualified voters o! said town, which they instruct me to report to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted. 'V. S. WEsT, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
1-lr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enroliment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, the following acts, to wit:
An act to require all judges of the supPrior courts of this State, upon the continuance of any case in the superior
courts, to enter upon their dockets opposite such case the
date of the continuance thereof, etc.
An act to abolish appeals from the police court of Savannah.
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An act to create and organize a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah.
An act to amend an act creating a system of public schools il\ the city of Cartersville, Bartow county.
An act to extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah.
Au act to extend the jurisdiction for sanitary purposes of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah.
An act to authorize policemen of the city of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporate limits of the city in cases of riots, affrays, and disorderly conduct.
An act to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of l~nd in Crawford ward for the purpose of straight-
ening a street.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Boston so as to change the qualification of voters.
An act to fix the time for electing the clerk and sheriff
of the city court of Savannah, etc.
Respectfu11y submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
lflr. Speaker :
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruet me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do p~ss, to wit:
A bill to be entitled~n act to allow land condemned for public road purposes, to provide payment therefor, to provide boards of arbitration, etc.
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Also, the following bill, which they recommend do not pass, to wit :
A bill to abolish county court of Taylor county.
Also, the following bill, which they recommend that the author be allowed to withdraw, to wit:
A bill to allow J. S. Johnson, a citizen of Upson county, to p~ddle in this State without license.
Also, the following Senate bill be returned to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 4625(c) of the Code of 1882. Respectfully submitted.
MosES WRIGHT, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommenciation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cordele in the county of Dooly, so as to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in said city..
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, and December 29, 1890, fixing the time for holding the superior courts in the counties composing the Rome judicial circuit in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill fixing the compensation to be paid persons employed, or clerks employed in holding general elections at the precincts in the county of Pierce.
Also, a bill to provide for the appointment of a clerk of the county court of Effingham.
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Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a city court io the county of Clarke, and to provide for the appointment of a judge and solicitor thereof.
Also, a bill to repeal an act, approved February 17, 1877, to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office, etc., at a pluce other than the courthouse of said
county~
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 20,. 1893, to incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in the county of Henry.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Lyerly,. Georgia, so as to authorize the mayor and council to levy a tax upon the taxable property.
Also, a bill to authorize, in counties of 60,000, payment by the county for dockets of justices of the peace.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do. pass as amended :
A. bill to amend the charter of the town of Shellman.
The committee ha,e also had under consideration the following House bills, which they im;truct me to report hack to the House, with the recommendation tbat the samedo pass by substitute:
A bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad, at Duluth, in the county of Gwinnett.
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved February 20,. 187 4, to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors at Trion Factory.
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The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instr~cted to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
A bill to fix salaries for the treasurer, tax-collector, and tax-receiver of Heard county, in lieu of their present commission, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A bill to make prize-fighting or pugilism a felony, and prescribing a penalty therefor, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary therof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit :
A bill to abolish the county court of Emanuel county.
Also, a bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton, Georgia.
Also, a bill to provide compensation to the commission-ers of Thomas county, and to authorize the commissioners fix the salary of the clerk of said commissioners.
The Senate has also passed the following House bills, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House -of Representatives is asked, to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to protect the game in the State of Georgia during certain seasons, approved December 20, 1893.
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Also, a bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of alco- holic, spirituous, or. malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or intoxicating drugs of any kind, in the county of Elbert.
Also, a bill to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads,. and approaches to the Chickamauga National Military Park, in the the counties of Walker and Catoosa.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment,. changing the time of the address of Ron. S. D. Bradwell from 11 o'clock to 7 o'clock to-night.
The following mes~age was received from the Senate. through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate hM passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2571 of the Code of 1882, which provides for a year's support for widows and miuor children, by striking therefrom the word "one," in the twenty-first line, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "two," and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend eection 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds and negotiate the same,. and for other purposes.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker :
The Gen'ral Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to make the clerks and sheriffs of the superior courts exofficio clerks and sheriffs of the county courts in the county of their residence.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide for the trial of insane persons under sentence of death.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from injuries sustained through his negligence, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to require public officers to keep an account of their fees, publish the same, and to prescribe the penalty for failure thereof.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance'
submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Finance have had under considera-
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tion the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to appropriate money to the trustees of the U niversity of Georgia for the State Technological School, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bill, which they recommend do not pass, to wit :
A bill to require presidents or chief officers of all schools receiving money from the State to submit an annual report to the Governor through the State School Commissioner, and to provide a stenographer for the State School Commissioner, aud for oth~r purposes.
Also, the following resolutions, which the committee recommend do pass, to wit :
A resolution to pay ,V. P. :McClatchey for services, and
for other purposes.
Also, the following resolution, which they recommend do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to appropriate money to paint and repair the dome of the capitol.
Also the following Senate resolution, which they recommend do pass, to wit :
A resoluticn for the relief of J. D. Laing, tax-collector of Terrell county, and his sureties.
Respectfully submitted.
J. L. BOYNTON, Chairman.
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Mr. Blalock, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass :
Bill No. 590, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate and fix the office hours of the treasurer of Fulton county, Ga., by Mr. Bmnan.
Also, the committee have had under consideration House bill No. 657, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass :
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an 3ct to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits within the limits of the county of Carroll, and to provide a penalty therefor, and for other purposes pertaining thereto, approved December 22, 1893, and to proYide for submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county, by Mr. Spencer of Carroll.
Respectfully submitted. A. 0. BLALOCK, Chairman protem.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
M-i. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency the Governor, the following acts:
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An act to fix the time for electing the clerk and sheriil of the city court of Savannah, etc.
Also, an act to require judges of the superior courts of this State, upon the continuance of any case in the superior courts, to enter upon their dockets opposite such case the date of the continuance thereof, etc.
Also, an act to abolish appeals from the police court of Savannah.
Also, an act to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of land iu Crawford ward for the purpose oi straightening a street.
Also, an act to create and organize a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to authorize policemen of the city of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporate limits of the city in cases of riots, affrays, and disorderly conduct.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the town of Boston,. so as to change the qualification of voters.
Also, an act to amend an act creating a system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, Bartow county.
Also, an act to extend the jurisdiction of the police court
of Savannah.
Also, an act to extend the jurisdiction, for sanitary pur-
poses, of the mayor and aldermen Qf the city of Savannah.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Railroads have had under considera
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tion the report of Hon. William A. Wimbish, the special attorney for the western and Atlantic Railroad, which was referred to said committee under a resolution of the House, and the committee have instructed me tl) report back to the House as follows:
That said Railroad Committee have investigated the several matters mentioned in said report for legislative consideration, and submit the following resolutions and bills, and recommend that the same do pass :
1. A resolution ratifying and confirming pr~visional settlements made by the Governor and Attorney-General concerning rights, ways, and properties of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
2. A resolution authorizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street.
3. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,800 as compensation to be paid the special commissioners for the , adjudication of controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and to appropriate the further sum of $350.50 for the payment of costs, expenses, etc.
4. A bill to be entitled an act to provide for official surveys of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad, etc.
5. A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act granting-
right of way to the Cincinnati Southern Railroad where
its route adjoins that of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad,
approved October 8, 1879.
Respectfully submitted.
C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
Mr. Jones, of Dougherty, chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Roads and Bridges have had under-
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consideration the following Honse bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to establish a board of road commissioners, and provide for a system of public road working, etc., for the county of Bryan.
Also, the following Senate bill, which they recommend do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act approved October 21, 1891, in reference to the method of working public roads in this State.
Respectfully submitted. E. R. JoNES, Chairman.
The following House bills were taken up and read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Battle of MuscogeeA bill to provide for official surveys for the Western '
and Atlantic Railroad, for the filing of maps, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. BattleA bill granting right of way to the Cincinnati Southern Railway when its route adjoins the Western and Atlantic, approved October 8, 1879.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
The fi.1llowing resolutions were also taken up and read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Battle of MuscogeeA resolution ratifying and confirming the provisional
settlements made by the Governor and Attorney-General
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cmcerning certain rights of the vVestern and Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By :Mr. Boyn1onA resolution to make an appropriation to pay the clerk
of the Privileges and Election Committee during recess. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By :Mr. Boynton of Calhoun-A resolution appropriating one hundred dollars to pay
the expenses of the special investigating committee. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Boynton of Calhoun-A bill to make appropriation for an arithmometer and
typewriter for the treasury department. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By :Mr. :Moore of BnllochA bill to amend section 9-!3(a) of the Code. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By :Mr. Battle of Muscogee-A resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,800 as com-
pensation to be paid the special commissioners for the adjudicatio? of controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Battle of MuscogeeA bill authorizing an agreement to be made with the
city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
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By Mr. Law of LibertyA bill to amend an act approved November 26, 1890,
entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons, as a branch of the State University, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Upon motion of Mr. Worley of Elbert, the following House bill was taken up and Senate amendment coneurred in.
By Mr. Worley of ElbertA bill to amend an act prohibiting the sale of intox-
icating liquors in the county of Elbert.
Upon motion of Mr. Bush, House bill known as the anti-barroom bill was made special order for next Tuesday, December 3.
Upon motion of Mr. Boynton, the following resolution was read the first time ~nd appropriately referred.
A resolution making appropriation for carrying out the provisions of the act to survey the swamp lands of this State.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Upon motion of Mr. Boyd of McDuffie, the following bill was read a second time :
A bill to pay Geo. B. Whitaker back pension.
Mr. West moved to take up the resolution inviting the Hon. S. D. Bradwell to address the General Assembly; the resolution was taken up, read, and adopted1as amended.
Mr. Dorough moved to take up the following Honse bill to concur in Senate amendments :
A bill to protect game in this State.
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Bill was read and Senate amendments were concurred in. Upon motion of Mr. Owens, the following House bill was read first time and appropriately referred. A bill to provide the method. of ascertaining and determining the proportion of public school funds in this State. Referred to the Committee on Education.
The following bill was taken up and read first time, to wit:
By Mr. Gray of CatoosaA bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Groves-
ville, in the county of Catoosa. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The following bill by unanimous consent was taken up :and put on its passage, to wit :
By Mr. Sandeford-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of Waynesboro, m the county of Burke..
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite comtitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was taken up and read first time, and :appropriately referred :
By Mr. Brown of WashingtonA bill to prescribe qualification of supreme court steno-
graphers in this State. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
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By Mr. Bell of Webster-
A bill to tax all persons who sell or offer for sale any supper, or any refreshments at entertainments at private re.sidences, or at churches, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Houston ~f DeKalbA bill to amend paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3 of arti-
cle 6, and paragraph 1 ,of section 11 of article 6, of the Constitution of this State.
Heferred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Dennard of Wilcox-
A bill to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Wilcox.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Broyles of Fulton-A bill to amend an act to prevent combinations of pool
of insurance companies or their agents to defeat and lesson competition.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Hodges of Bibb-A bill to amend an' act. to provide for the regulation of
railroads, freight and passenger trains, tariffs and location and building of passenger and freight depots.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Fussell of CoffeeA bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for the county of Coffee. Referred to the Committee on Countie sand County
Matters.
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By Mr. Collins of TattnallA bill to prescribe and fix the compensation for witnesses
in this State. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to appropriate money for the State lunatic asy-
lum. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following joint resolution was taken up and read first time and appropriately referred.
By Mr. Fullwood of PolkA resolution to pay Thoi". R. Daniel and William Bridges
their pensions for 1893 and 1894. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Upon motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock, the reformatory bill was made special order for Thursday next, December 4.
Upon motion of Mr. Fogarty of Richmond, the following bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
By Mr. Johnson of HallA bill to declare councilmen and aldermen of cities eligi-
ble during their term of office to other municipal offices in said towns.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
A bill to amend an act to establish a city court in the .eounty of Clarke, and for other purposes.
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Abo, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Lyerlyr Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to inco1porate the town of Locust Grove, in the county of Henry.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad at Duluth, in Gwinnett county.
AlsP, a bill fixing the compensation to be paid persons employed as clerks in holding general elections at precincts in Pierce county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Shellman.
Also, a bill to repeal an act, approved February 17,1877. to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office, records, etc., at a place other than the courthouse.
Also, a bill to .fix salaries for the treasurer, tax-collector. and tax-receiver of Heard county.
Also, a bill to provide for the appointment of a clerk for the county court of Effingham county.
Also, a bill to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division city court of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to amend the various acts chartering the city of Conyers, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to ame.nd the act incorporating the Title Guarantee Company.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establieh a system of public schools in the town of Quitman, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Georgia Title Guarantee Company.
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Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Battle Hill.
Also, a bill to pay the widow of R. I. G. Blake, of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year 1H9.5.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams, from the runing strf'ams of Madison county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Conlele, in the county of Dooly.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Also, a bill to repeal the charter of the city of Manchester and to incorporate said city under the- name of College Park. Also, a bill to establish new tems and t0 regulate the practice of filing, returning, and trying new cases in the city court of Richmond county.
A Iso, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo, in the county of Thomas.
Also, a bill to regulate and fix the office hours of the treasurer of-Fulton county.
Also, a hill to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to amend an act, approved Decembe1 29, 1890, fixing the time of holding the superior courts in the counties composing the Rome judicial circuit.
Also, a resolution to authorize the Governor and Attorney-General to make a final settlement with W. P. McClatchey, of Tennessee, for legal services to the State.
The following resolution was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A resolution of the House and Senate expressing the sense of the General Assembly of Georgia as being antagonistic to all movements which look to or may result in a union of church and state.
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Mr. McCurry, of Hart, moved to indefinitely postpone this resolution.
Mr. Jones, ot Dougherty, called the previouR question wpon this motion, which call was sustained.
Upon the passage of this resolution, Mr. Hurst, of Walton, called for the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Futrell,
Martin,
Atkinson,
.Fussell,
Marchman,
Bailey,
GaineP,
Moore of Bulloch,
Bell,
Giles,
Moore of Clayton,
Bird,
Gilreath.
Moore of Heard,
Blair,
Gregory,
Murrah,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Harris,
Middlebrooks.
Boifeuillet,
Hammond,
McCurry,
Branan,
Harvey,
Owen,
Brown of \Vashington, Hill,
Parker,
Brown of Pulaski, Hightower,
Pool,
Burwell,
Hodge,
Reagan,
Bush,
Houston,
Short,
Caldwell,
Holbrook,
Smith of Clinch,
Clements of Montgm'y Hudson,
Smith of Hancock,
Dempsey,
Hughes,
Stokes,
Edenfield,
Johnson of Hall,
Traylor,
Ennis,
Johnson of Taliaferro, \Villingham,
Espy,
Jones of Dodge,
Worley,
Florence,
Little,
\Vren,
Fletcher,
Law,
Wynne.
Fouche,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Ailen, Arnold, Bloodworth, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch, Collins,
Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Hall, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hurst,
McGough, Neely, Newton, Perkins, RePce, Rockwell, Salter, Spence,
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Cureton, Dor.ugh, Dodson, Durham, Ferguson, Fullwood,
Jones of Dougherty, Lee, MeacJnw, Mell, Montfort, McDaniel,
Symon8, Tatum, 'Val lace, 'Vaiden, West, Williams.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Awtrey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of .Jackson, Blalock of Fayette, Broyles, Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Davison, Dennard, Farmer, Fink, Fogarty, Franklin, Gibson, Greer of i\Iacon, Harrdl,
Hodges, Henderson, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Hoiland, .Jarrell, Jenkins, Latham, Longl<o!y, Lmett, Mallette, Mansfield, Melton, :!V[cDonald, ::\IcElmurry, McCurdy, McClure, i\[e ' V h o r t e r , Peeple8, Pitman, Pittard, Pope,
Price, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Roberts, San deford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, flhaw, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Sumner, Thompson, "'alker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Will ink, Wilkinson, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 64. Nays 42. Xot voting 69.
So the motion to indefinitely postpone was adopted.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution postponing the joint session of the General Assembly to be addressed by Hon. S. D. Bradwell from to-night at 7 o'clock until12 o'clock )f. Monday, December 1, 1R95.
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The following bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Temperance, to wit:
.-\. bil! to amend the charter of the town of Camilla, and for other purposes.
The following House bills were taken up, anu the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:
A bill t<l establish a [ystem of public schools for the town of Abbedlle, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads approaching thP Chickamauga Xational :\Iilitar) Park, in the counties of "alker and Catoosa in this State.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to amPnd an act establishing a new charter for the city of Carrollton, and fi>r other purposes.
Heferred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton to hold an election on the question of issuing and selling bonds not exceeding $20,000.
Referred to the Special .Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a sy,;tem of public schools for the city of Carrollton, in the county of Carroll.
Heferred to the Special J udieiary Committee.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Hodge, Pool, Smith of Telfair, .Tohnson of Hall, Burwell, Brown of Pulaski, McWhorter, Battle, Gilreath, l\Ieadow, Clements of )Iontgomery, Williams, Middlebrooks, Hopkins, Ferguson, ::VIoore of Bulloch, Hill of Terrell, Salter, Gray of Paulding,
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Law of Liberty, Bird, Gordon, Hightower, Smith of Rockdale, Polhill, Traylor Brown, of 'Vashington, Peeples, Smith of Hancock, Dennard, )lartin, Greer of Harris, and Durham.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
A'fLA)ITA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, NoYember 30, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )L this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Hev. ,J. R. Allen.
Upon motion, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The ,Journul of yesterday wa,., then read and confirmed.
Mr. Hurst, of \Valton, moved to reconsider the action of the House of yesterday upon resolution X o. 31, the same being a resolution expressing the sense of the General Assembly as being antagonistic to all movements which look to or may tend to a union of Church and State.
The motion prevailed, and Mr. Hurst, of 'Valton, offered the following resolution as a sub'ltitute, which was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution by the House, the Senate concurring, that any moyement, either in this State or the United States, tending towards a union of Church and State is deprecated and condemned, and in our opmwn is contrary to the principles of our government and the Constitution of the same.
Mr. Boi feuillet, chairman pro fem. of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaka :
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instruct me. to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to prevent the increase of the bonded debt of this State or raising the interest thereon by repealing an act approved September :30, 1881.
Also, the following bills, which the committee recommends do not pass, to wit :
A bill to alter and amend section -!696(b) of the Code of 1882, reducing the per diem of stenographic reporters, and fix their compensation for transcribing stenographic notes into ordinary hand or typewriting.
Also, a bill to relieve A. ,J. Dads and refund to him a special State tax as a dealer in liquor.
Also, the following resolutions of the House, which the committee recommend do pass, to wit:
A resolution to purchase a portrait of the Ron. Robert
Toombs.
Also, a resolution to pay George B. Whitaker back pension for the years 1893 and 189-!.
Also, the following resolution, which the committee recommend do pass by substitute, to wit:
A resolution to reopen the assessment of taxes of the Atlanta and Chattahoochee Railway Company.
Also, the following resolution, which the committee recotnmend do not pa1is, to wit:
A resolution to pay Thomas R. Daniel and William Bridges their pensions for the years 1893 and 1894.
Respectfully submitted. JoHN T. BOIFEUILLET, Chairman pro tem.
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Mr. Fouche, chairman p1o tem. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
~Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation ti1at the same dopass, to wit:
A bill to require ali convict-made brooms sold in this State to be stamprd in such manner as to ~how that same are made by convict labor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph 4, section 2, article i of the Constitution of this State, and f(Jr other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following House bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
~.\ bill to make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with the duty of executing the sentence or order of court, and lor otber pur- poses.
I am also instructed to return t!Je following bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to create a State board of dental examine1s, and to prescribe their duties.
Also, a bill to au1end and consolidate the laws regulating the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizers, chemicals, and cotton seed meal in this State.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bi II to amend section -150 of the Code, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1329 of the Code in reference to proceeding in cases of contested elections, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R. T. FoeCHE, Chairman pro tem.
A minority of the General Judiciary Committee submitted the following report, to wit:
Jh. Spl'aler:
The General Judiciary Committee haYe had under con-
sideration a bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph
4, section 2, article 7 of the Constitution of this State, so
as to permit cities and towns of this State to exempt from
taxation manufactories to be established within their lin;its
for a giYen time, and for other purposes, and have recom-
mended that the same do pass. The undersigned, a minor-
ity of said committee, disagree to the report of the majority,
and recommend that said bill do not pass.
H.espectfully submitted.
R T. Foccnf:, J. H. REECE, H. A. JE~KI~S.
We, the undersigned members of the Special .Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority report:
J1-. Speaker:
A majority of the Special Judiciary Committee have seen. fit to report House bills Xos. 415 and 696 back to the House, with an adverse report to the passage of the bills, to wit:
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A bill to fix tthe salaries and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk of the superior court, sheriff, taxcollector, tax-receiver, coroner, county treasurer, stenogmpher, ancl transcriber, and solicitors uf the city and criminal courts in this State having within its limits a city containing a p0pulatiun of fifty thousand or more inhabitants, and for othe1 purposes.
Also, a bill to limit the amount of salary to be paid all county officers, in the county of Fulton, and fi>r other purposes.
\Ve beg leave to I'Jubmit a minority report, asking that bill 415 pass by substitute, and that bill 696 pa,.;s as originally introduced.
Respectfully submitted.
D. T. MOXTFORT.
w. J. GRAY.
L. M. FAR)IER,
,J. R. "'ILLLUIS, B. ATKDiSOX' :\I. T. PERKIXS.
1\Ir. Bennett, chairman p1o lfm. of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
lJfl'. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County :Matters haYe had under consideration the following bill, which they request me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended :
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkesville to issue bonds fiw the purpose of eompleting school buildings, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. GEo. D. BEnXEET, Chsirman.
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The following me;;;sage was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
iJ'Ir. Speaker:
The Senate has pa,sed the following bill, by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section i08 of the Code, which relates to the duties of railroads at public crossings, and f(>r other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to approve, adopt, and make of force the Code of Laws prepared under the direction and authority of the General Assembly, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to place county and municipal chain-gangs under the control and supenision of the Governor and penitentiary department, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish board ot' medical examiners for the State of Georgia.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the tolling of rice in this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
ltfr. Speal.:er:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to exclude certain persons from the benefits of the pension laws of the State.
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Also, the following bill, which they recommend do pass as amended, and that it be recommitted to the Finance Committee, to wit:
A bill to provide for, and authorize the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers, who are on the in valid pension roll.
Also, the following bill, which they recommend do not pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize the grand juries in the several counties in the State of Georgia to pass upon, and recommend persons worthy of being pensioned.
Also, the following bill, which they recommend do not pass, and that the author be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to amend an act, approved October 24, 1887, entitled an act to carry into eftect the last clause of article 8, section 1, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877, and the amendments thereto.
Also, the following resolution, which they recommend do not pass, and that the author be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:
A resolution to pay a pension to James R. Kenney of
Bartow.
Respectfully submitted.
C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
Mr. Hodges, chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Banks has had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report
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back to the House, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
Bill No. ;368, a bill to incorporate the Fulton Banking Company.
The committee has also had under consideration the folowing Senate bill, which I am instructed to reportjback, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
Bill No. 173, a bill to amend the charter of the Macon Savings Bank.
Respectfully submitted. RoBERT HoDGEs, Chairman.
Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker: The Committee on Temperance have bad under consid-
eration House bill No. -!04, by :Mr. Bush, of l\Iitchell, which they recommend do pass by substitute.
Also, Houseoill No. 6:33, by l\Ir. Price of Lumpkin, which they recommend do not pass.
Also, Senate bill Xo. 167, by .Mr. Brand of the Thirtyfourth district, which they recommend do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted. I. A. BusH, Chairman.
Mr. 'Vest, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have bad under consideration the following bills, to wit:
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House bill Xo. 67 5, to provide for the payment of a salary to county school commissioners, instead of a per diem as heretofore, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Also, House bill No. 677, to amend an act, approvE:d December 18, 1893, prescribing the qualifications of the members of the board of education, proviuing for compensation, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation.that the same do not pass.
Also, House bill :Ko. 678, to amend an act approved Octobet' 27, 1887, entitled an act to amend, redse, and consolidate the common school laws of Georgia, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House with the reccommendation that the same do not pass.
Als,J, House .bill Xo. 681, to authorize the graduates of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, upon whom degrees may be conferred, or diplomas have been or may be granted by the legally constituted authority of said college, to teach in the common schools of this State without further examination, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Education.
Also, Ho.use bill Xo. 701, to establish a public school system for the town of 'Vadley, Ga., and to appoint a board of educatiou, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendationtthat the same be read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Education.
Respectfully su bmit.ted. W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
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Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts:
An act to abolish the county court of Emanuel county.
Also, an act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds other than dams used for operating mills or ma-chinery of any kind from the river&, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Guyton.
Also, an act to create and organize a board ofpolice commissioners for the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to authorize the mayor and council of the city -of Waynesboro to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000.
Also, an act to incorp0rate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield.
Also, an act to provide compensation to the commissioners -of Thomas county.
Alos, an act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton.
An act to amend an act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic, -spirituous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or intoxicating drugs of any kind in the county of Elbert.
Also, an act to cede to the United. States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads and approaches to the Chickamauga National Military Park, 10 the counties of Walker and Catoosa.
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An act to amend an act to protect the game in the State of Georgia during certain seasons, approved December 20, 18D:~. so as to more fully protect game in this State.
Also, an act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbeville.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
\Jr. Brown, chairman of the General Agriculture Committee, submitted the following report :
Jir. Speal:e1 :
Tbe General Agricultun!Committee have had under con:-;ideration the following House bill, which I am instmcted to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to prevent the procurement of consignments of f~mns, orchards, and dairy products to parties who fail to account to the rightful owne1s of such products for the proeeeds arising from the sale thereof, and for other purpose:-;.
Respectfully submitted. J. P. BRowx, Chairman.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were n~ad the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
By .Mr.' Henderson of Forsyth-
A bill to amend the general tax act for 189;) and 18%, :-;o as to change the license tax upon photographic artists, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
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By Mr. Boyd of McDuffieA bill to further prescribe the duties of tax-collectors,
and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Boifeuillet of BibbA resolution to pay M. A. Hardin, clerk, and C. S.
Northen, assi5tant secretary, for preparing and making a statement of the business to each member of the General Assembly.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. Branch of ColumbiaA bill to exPmpt teachers of public schools from road
dnty. Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Anderson of .Jones-
A bill to appropriate money for the purpo<;e of building dormitories and other buildings for the State Normal School at Athens.
Refet-red to the Committee on Finance.
The following bill~; were read the f'!econd time, to wit:
A bill authorizing an agreement to he made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street.
Also, a resolution to pay per diem and expense of the joint committee of the General Assembly, appointed at the session of 1894, to examine the work of the Code eommi~> sioners.
Also, a bi II to repeal an act granting tight of way to the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and for other purpose;.:.
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Also, a bill to provide for official surveys of the 'Vestern
and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution to appropriate $1,800 as compensation to be paid the special commissioners for the adjudication of controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, a resolution ratifying and confirming settlements made by the Governor and Attorney-General concerning certain rights, ways, and properties of the \Vestern and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, a bill for the better organization, discipline, and regulation of the volunteer forces of the State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prevent the increase of the bonded debt of this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a joint resolution appointing two from thP Senate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State:
Also, a resolution for the relief of J. D. Laing, tax-collector of Terrtll county, and his securities.
Also, a bill to establish a board of road commissioners for Bryan county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors at Trion Factory, so as to extend the same to include certain other places and factories therein mentioned.
Also, a bill to amend section 1675 (a) of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with the duty of executing the sentence or order of court after trial had of perRons charged with crime.
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A ]so, a bill to provide for the trial of insane persons under sentence of death.
Also, a bill to appropriate $1,000 to paint and repair the capitol building.
Also, a resolution to purchase a pottrait of Hon. Robert Toombs.
Also, a bill to amend section 827 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to incorpomte the Georgia Title Guarantors Company.
Also, a resolution to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoochee Railway Company and the Collins Park and Belt Railway Company from penalty for not returning taxes.
Also, a bill to authorize in counties of 60,000 the payment by the county for dockets of justif'e of the peace.
Also, a bill to appropriate money to the trustees of the L'niversity of Georgia for the State Technological School.
Also, a bill to make legal the sale of wild lands in thi,; State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to create a state board of dental examiners, and to prescribe their duties.
Also, a bill to amend general registration law, so as to to authorize registrars to punish for contempt.
Also, a bill to allow land condemned for public road purposes, to ptodde payment for same, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prevent the procurement of consignments of farm, orchard, and dairy products to parties who fail to .account to the rightful owner of such products.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkes\'ille to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
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Abo, a bill to amend au act approyed Octobf'r 19, 1891~ entitled au act to amend and con;,;olidate the Ia ws regulating the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizer, etc.
Also, a bill to amend section-!50 of the Code of 188~.
A Iso, a bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county.
Also, a hill to amend an act to altet' and amend sections 1:3-ll and 13-l-l of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to make the clerks and sheriffs of the superior courts e.t ~flicio clerks and sheriff;.; of the eounty courts in the county of their residence.
Also, a bill to establish a pnhlic school system for the town of \Vadley, Ga.
Also, a bill to authorize the graduates of the Georgia ~ormal and Industrial College at ::\Iilledge\ille to teach in the common ,;chools of this State without fmther examination.
Upon motion, the following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to authorize the commissioners composing the town council of Hogansville to issue bonds, and for othet' purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the appointment of a clerk of the county court of Effingham county, and for other purposes.
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The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal an act approved February 17, 1877, authorizing the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his records, etc., at a place other than at the courthouse.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majotity, was passed.
Also, a bill to regulate and fix the office hours of the treasurer of Fulton county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Battle Hill, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeaR were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
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A bill to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
Also, a bill to place the municipal chain-gangs under the control and superdsion of the Governor and penitentiary department.
Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
Also, a bill to amend section 708 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, a bill to amend section 1978 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to incmporate the town of Elbert, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Also, a bill to regulate the tolling of rice in this State. Referred to the Committee on General Agticulture.
Also, a bill to appro,e, adopt, and make of force the Code of laws prepared under the direction and by the authority of the General Assembly.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a hill to authorize the Govemor and Treasurer to isiiue bonds and negotiate the same for the purpose of raising money to pay off public debt.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Also, a bill to authorize and em power the commis!'ionets of roads and re,enues of Chatham coupty, by purchase _or
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condemnation proceedings, any road in said county owned by any private person or corporation upon which tolls are charged.
Referred to the Special .Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to provide for setvice by publication in eertain cases, and for othet purposeH.
Referred to the General ,Judiciary Committee.
Also, a bill to amend section ~571 of the Code of 11)8:!. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Macon Saving,.; Bank, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
Also, a bill to establish a board of medical examiners tin the State of Georgia.
Referred to the Committee on Ueneral ,J udieiary.
The following Senate bills were read the ;;eeond time, to wit:
A bill to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from liability to the senant fot injury sustained through his negligence.
Also, a bill to make prize-fighting or pugilism a felony, and prescribing a penaltv therefor.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of domestic wines in the towns and cities of this State.
Also, a bill to provide for the application of all publie school funds to the Douglasville College.
Also, a bill to regulate practice in the superior court in cases now or heteafter pending.
Also, a bill to amend section 200.') of the Code of 18~2.
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Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend section -1625(c) of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
. Also, a bill to require all convict-made brooms sold in this State to be stamped, and for other purposes.
Also, a hill to amend paragmph -1, section 2, article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
The following bills were recommitted to the Special ,J udiciary Committee, to wit:
House bills ~os. 52(}, !j,'J!), and 570.
The following bill was recommitted to the Committee on Pensions, to wit :
House bill Xo. 1:23, ,iz.:
A joint resolution to pay Thos. R. Daniel and William Bridges their pensions for the years 189:~ and 1894.
The following bill was made the special order for Monday next, immediately after the special orders alreadv placed, to wit :
A bill to amend section 16/.'J(a) of the Code of 1882.
The following bills were made the special order to follow the Bush bill, which is placed as a special order for Tuesday next, to wit:
A bill to appropriate to the trustees of the University of Georgia fifty thousand dollars.
Also, a bill to make an appropriation to the State Memorial Board, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to pre\ent the increase of the bonded debt of this State.
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Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Reagan, Farmer, Sandefi)rd, Worley, Parker, Hutcherson, Perkins, An-derson.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 10 o'elock Mon-day morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, December 2, 189.").
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )L this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
. Allen, Anderson, AtkinEon, _<\.rnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Hattie, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyle~. BurwPll, Burnett of Qun111an, Burch,
(iilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of :\lacon, Grt>er of Harris, Hal', Hammond, Harrell, lhrvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, HopkinR, Ho,well, Hogan, Houston,
Holbr<~ok,
Holland, Hndson,
McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, I\ewton, Owen, Petples, PerkinR, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding. Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Ho1k we11, Salter, Sande ford, Shropshire, Screven,
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Bush,
Hutclwrson,
Sell,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Clement~ of Montgm'y Hurst,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
timith of Clmch,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
.Johnson of Taliaferro,Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dougherty, Symonb,
Cureton, Davison,
Jones of Dodge, Latham,
Sumner, Tatum,
Dempsey,
Lee,
Thompwn,
Dennar.t,
Little,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Longley,
\Yalker,
Dodson,
Lovett,
Wallace,
Durham,
Martin,
\Valden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
West,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Espy, Fa riner,
Meadow, Melton,
Wilson, Wilkin,
Florence,
Mell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Will ink,
Fouche,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fink,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
Fogarty,
Montfort,
\VorlPy,
Ferguson, Franklin,
Murrah,
Middlebrook~,
Wright, \Vren,
Futrell,
McDonald,
\Vynne,
Fullwood,
.:\lcEimurry,
Vaughn,
Fussell,
McDaniel.
Mr. Speaker.
Gaines,
McCurry,
Giles,
McGough,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bagget, Bird, Blalock of Rabun, Brown of Pulaski,
Brown of \Yashington :\Jallette.
Hodg;},
Parker,
Humphreys,
Short,
Law,
Smith of Rockdale.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Fogarty, of Richmond, introduced a petition from certain citizens, which was referred to the General Judiat:y Committee.
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The f()llowing Senate bill was recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Bridges, to wit:
A bill to amend an act approved Octobet 21, 18~Jl, in reference to method of working public roads in the Statl', and for other ptnposes.
The following bill was recommitted to the Cl)mmittee on Temperance, to wit:
A bill to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of ,.;pirituous liquors in Coweta county.
~h-. Little, of Museogee, offered a resolution proYiding f<lr an afternoon session of the House.
~Ir..McCurry, of Hart, offered as a substitute that, heginning on 'Vednesday next, the House hold two se;;sion>' daily, the second session beginning at :3 o'clock P. )1.
Upon this resolution the previous question was callt><l, which <'all was sustained.
The substitute was adopted, and two sessions per day were ordered, beginning 'Vednesday next.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By .:\Ir. Owen of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate the town of Pine Hurst, in Dooly county.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Little of Mm:cogee-
A bill to authorize the trustees of the United Free Will Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, to sell certain land heretofore comeyed to them for church purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
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By }lr. Fogarty of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enlarge, open, and construct a canaljor ditch beyond the limits of said city, and for other purposes.
Reterred to the Special .T udiciary Committee.
By Mr. McClll'ry of Hart-
A bill to authorize the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House to exercise the executive power of the go\.. ernment in case of the death, ete., of the Governor.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By :\Ir. Polhill of Bibb-
A bill requiring all corporations, stoek companies, or indidduals operating street-cars in this State to pro\'ide :-epamte ears for white and colored passengers.
Referred to the Committee on Special ,J udiciar\'.
By :\Ir. McCurry of HartA resolution to pay Xancy E. Williams pension for 1891. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. McDaniel of FanninA bill to create a board of county commissioners for
Fannin county. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of Hall-
A bill to authorize and empower the abstract and title companies now doing business in this State to copy for use any portion of the records of the superior courts of thi~ State.
Referred to the Special ,Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Bagget of Laurens-A bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county, an<l
for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of Rockdale-
A bill to amend an act appmved September 10, 1887,. entitled an act to proYide for the payment of insolvent costs for officers of the county court of Hancock county.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Farm~r of CowetaA bill to transfer the county of Stewart from the South-
western judicial circuit to the Pataula judicial circuit. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lee of WalkerA bill to amend au act incorporating the city of Chicka-
mauga, in the county of "\Valker. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Price ofLumpkinA bill to authorize and empower the mayor and council
of the town of Dahlonega, Georgia, to grant any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Price of LumpkinA bill for the relief of the North Georgia Agricultural
College, and for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. McCurry of HartA resolution to pay the heir at law of Catherine Cheek
amount due f(.r pension. Referred to the Finance Committee.
By Mr. McCurry of HartA resolution urging Congress to sell lands for educational
purposes.
By Mr. Shropshire of ChattoogaA bill to establish a system of free schools in the town
of Trion, in Cbattooga county. Referred to the Committee on Special J ndiciary.
By Mr. Bailey of Spalding~ A bill to require Spalding county to pay the officers of"
conrt the costs now allowed by law in each case convicted and worked in the chain-gang of said county.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
~"tfr. Speaker : The Special .Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend a bill to prohibit the >:ale of intoxicating liquors within the county of Habersham.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Hapeville. The committee have also bad under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to
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the HousP, with the recommendation that the same do pass m; amended, to wit :
A bill to declare councilmen and aldermen of cities ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office in said towns and cities by excepting offices created by the General Assembly.
The committee ha,e also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instmcted to report baek to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer have lea\e to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Hape\"ille.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back; with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Moreland, in the county of Coweta.
Also, a bill to ,est the management and care of all jails in Fulton county under the control of the eounty commissioners.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report baek to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to presctibe the time for opening the fall session of the public schools in Bibb county.
The committee have had under consiJeration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
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A resolution revoking ceded rights granted to the United States government over certain lands.
Also, a resolution for the relief of .Jno. Evitt and others of Catoosa county.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
The following message was receiwd from his Excellency,. the Governor,:through his private Secretary, Mr. Callaway:
Mr. Speaker: The Gowrnor has approved the following acts of the
General Assembly, to wit: An act to fix the time for electing the clerk and sheriff
of the city court of Savannah, etc.
An act to authorize policemen of the city of Savannah to make arrests within two miles from the corporate limits of the city in cases of riots, affrays, and disorderly conduct.
An act to be entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah.
An act to extend the jurisdiction for sanitary purposes of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Sa,annah.
An act to amend an act creating a system of public schools in the city of Cartersville, Bartow county, Ga., and for other purposes.
An act to abolish appeals from the city court of Savannah.
An act to create and organize a park and tree commission for the city of Savannah, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes.
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An act to grant the mayor and aldermen of Savannah a strip of land in Crawford ward for the purpose of straightening a street.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Boston, so as 'to change qualification of voters, etc.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts:
An act to abolish the county court of Emanuel county.
An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Guyton, to define the qualification of voters therein.
An act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Abbeville.
An act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and other running streams in Elbert county.
An act to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads and approaches to the Chickamauga Xational Military Park, in the counties of Walker and Catoosa.
An act to create and organize a board of police commissioners for the city of Savannah.
An aet to incorporate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield.
An act to proYide compensation to the commissioners of Thomas county, etc.
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An act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of W 11ynesboro to issue bond~ to the amount of $7,000.
An act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to protect the game in the State of Georgia during certain seasons, approved December 20, 1893.
An act to amend an act tl) prohibit the sale of alcoholic, spirituous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or drugs -of any kind in the county of Elbert.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to amend the general railroad law.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1291 of the Code of 1882 by inserting after the word "peace," in the third line of said section, the words ''or notaries public, who are e;T o.fficio justices of the peace," so as to proYide that ordinaries shall furnish election blank to justices -of the peace, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create a board of fire ~ommissioners for the city of Savannah.
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolution, to wit:
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A resolution po~tponiug the address of Hon. S. D. Bradwell until Monday at 12 o'clock )1.
The following H on':le bills have been l~st in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the deposit of money or securities by mutual life insurance companies of this State who seek to do business in other States.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create a county court for the county of Echols, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dempsey, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Corporation10, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration House bill No. i37, entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Chickamauga, and instruct me to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
Respectfully submitted. T. J. DEMPSEY, Chairman pto fem.
By unanimous consent the' following bill was taken up, read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend section 943 (a) of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The hour of 12 o'clock )1. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the Honse, and the joint session, convened for the purpose of hearing the address of the
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Hon. S. D. Bradwell, principal of the State Normal College, was called to order by the President of the Senate.
The resolution convening the joint session was then read.
After the address, the joint session was dissolved and the Senate retired.
The House was then called to order by the Speaker.
The following bills, which were made the special order for to-day, were taken up and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend section 3554 of the Code of 1882.
The committee to which this bill was referred! reported the same back, with a recommendation that it do pass by substitute.
Mr. Giles, of Houston, called the previous question, which -call was sustained.
The report of the committee was disagreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were -ordered.
Upon taking the ballot riva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Arnold, Bailey, Bennett of Wayne, Branan, Broyles, Bush, Collins,
Farmer, Fletcher, Ferguson,
Fussell, Giles, Hall, Houston, Jenkins, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge,
:Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton,
McDonald, McCurry, McCurdy, Owen, Shropshire, Shaw, Symons,
'Vest, Willingham.
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gregory,
l\IcElmurry,
Armstrong,
Griffin,
McDaniel,
Bagget,
(ireer of Macon,
McGough,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
McWhorter.
Blair,
Hammond,
Newton,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Pope,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Sell,
Caldwell,
Hogan,
Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Holland,
Smith of Clinch,
Davison,
Hughes,
Smith of Hancock,
Dempsey,
Hurst,
Smith of Telfair,
Dodson,
Jarrell,
Stokes,
Edenfield,
Johnson oi Hall,
Sumner,
Florence,
Johnson of Taliaferro, \Vaiden,
Fouche,
Latham,
\Vilson,
Fogarty,
Lee,
Willink,
Fullwood,
Longley,
Wilkinson,
Gaines,
::\leadow,
\Vright,
Gray of Houston, Murrah,
\Vren,
Gray of Catoosa,
Middlebrooks,
Wynne.
Gray of Paulding,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Futrell,
Atkinson,
Gilreath,
Awtrey,
Gibson,
Battle,
Harrell,
Bennett of Jackson, Harvey,
Bird,
Hill,
Blalock of Fayette, Hightower,
Blalock of Rabun, Howell,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Boynton,
Holbrook,
Branch,
Hudson,
Brown of Washington Humphreys,
Brown of Pulaski, Hutcherson,
Burwell,
Little,
Burnett of Quitman, Lovett,
Burch,
.Law,
Clement of Milton, Martin,
Coleman,
Mallette,
Collier,
Marchman,
Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Price, Pool, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, San deford, Screven, Hpence, Smith of Rockdale. Tatum, Thompson, 'l'raylor,
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Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dennard, Dorough, Durham, Ennis, Espy, Fink, Franklin,
Mansfield,
~elton,
~I e l l , Moore of Heard, Montfort, McClure, Neely, Parker, Peeples,
'Valker, Wallace, Wheatley, Wilkin, Williams, 'Vorley, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 28. Xays 64. Not voting 83.
So the bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Branan, of Fulton, gave notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the House upon this bill on tomorrow.
Also, a bill to amend section 1675(a) of the Code <f 1882, which prohibits foreign corporations from owning more than 5,000 acres of land in Georgia.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon motion of Mr. Broyles, this bill was allowed to go over until to-morrow morning as unfinished business for the purpose of taking a vote upon the same, without debate.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo, in Thomas county.
The report of the committee was agteed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Camilla, and for other purposes.
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The report of the committee was agreed to, fmbmitting a substitute.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
8o the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
Also, a resolution of the Senate reopening assessment ot the Savannah Street Railroad.
This resolution was read and adopted.
The House concurred in the Senate amendment to the following House bill, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Lithonia, in the county of DeKalb.
Leave of absence was gmnted Messrs. Moore of Clayton, Awtry, Pitman, Johnson of Hall, Cook of Decatur, Middlebrooks, Pittard.
Upon motion, the Honse adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Tuesday, December 3, 1895.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. )f. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold,
G-aines,
Gile~,
Gilreath, Gibson,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure,
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Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
McWhorter,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Neely,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Battle,
Gregory,
Owen,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Parker,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hall,
Pitman,
Bird,
Hammond,
Pittard,
Blair,
Harrell,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Harvey,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
!'olhil!,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Howell,
Reece,
Branch,
Hogan,
Roberts,
Branan,
Hodge,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Houston,
Salter.
Brown of Washington Holbrook,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Sell,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hughes,
Short,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Spence,
.Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of .Milton, Jenkins,
Smith of Hancock
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Telfair,
.Coleman,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty, Symons,
.Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Douge,
Rumner,
Cureton,
Latham,
Tatum,
Davison,
Lee,
Thompson,
Dempsey,
Little,
Traylor,
Dennard,
Longley,
Vaughn,
Dorough,
Lovett,
"; alker,
Dodson,
Law,
Wallace,
Durham,
Martin,
walden,
Edenfielu,
Mallette,
'Vest,
Ennis,
Marchman,
'Vheatley,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Meadow,
"Wilkin,
Florence,
Melton,
williams,
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Fletcher, Fouche, .Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
:LVIell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry, l\IcDaniel,
Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, 'Vorley, \rright, Wren, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Middlebrooks,
Smith of Rockdale.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Hodges, chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Banks have had under consideration . the following House bill, which 'I am instructed to report
back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. RoBERT HoDGEs, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
J'Ir. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that. the same do pass, to ~it :
A bill to protect pheasants in the State of Georgia.
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Also, a bill to authorize the trustees of the United Freewill Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, to sell certain land.
Also, a bill to further prescribe the duties of tax-collectors, and to provide penalties for violations of this act.
Also, a bill to create a board of county commissioners for Fannin county.
Also, a bill to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Also, a bill to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion, in the county of Chattooga.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Moultrie.
Also, a bill to require all corporations, stock companies, or individuals operating street-cars in this State for the transportation of passengers for hire to provide separate cars or compartments of cars for white and colored passengers.
The committee have also had under consideration the fc,llowing House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize fidelity and casualty insurance companies to be taken as the sole surety upon bonds of the county officers.
Also, a bill to amend section 2057(f) of the Code of Georgia.
The committ!'le have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am \n!;tructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate Mount Moriah Camp-ground, in Jefferson county, Georgia.
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The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize and empower the commissioners of roads and revenues of Chatham county to acquire by purchase any road in said county.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be read a second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe.
Also, a bill to transfer the county of Stewart from the Southwestern judicial circuit to the Pataula judicial circuit.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A resolution petitioning Congress to recognize the belligerent rights of Cuba.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr.Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
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A bill to prescribe what cases shall be taken to the Supreme Court.
Also, a bill to prohibit the ordinaries a11d boards of commissioners of roads and revenues of the counties of the State of Georgia from legislating upon the q nestion of " fence " or "no fence" in the militia districts of this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide for the more speedy determination of proceedings under the writ of habeas corpu.~.
Also, a bill to make Stafford's Office Calendar legal evidence covering all dates between the years 1-190 and 2000, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Dahlonega to grant to any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town for railroad tracks, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill fot the relief of the Xorth Georgia Agricultural College, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to approve, adopt, etc., the code of laws prepared imder the direction of the General Assembly, and for other purposes.
I am also instructecl to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1688 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prevent the sacrifice of real property sold at legal sales, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to protect le'7ing officers against liability for
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making levies upon personal property where the officer acts in good faith, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to prohibit prize-fighting and pugilism, etc., and to provide penalties therefor.
Also, a bill to prescribe the manner in which the amount of official bonds of the ordinaries, clerks of the superior courts, and sheriffs of the various counties of Georgia shall be fixed, by whom and when said bonds shall be approved.
I am also instructed to report back the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to regulate the making and rendering of verdicts in jury trials in all cases, civil and criminal, and in all courts and judicatories in this State.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to amend section 3910(d) of the Code of Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend an act to provide for the filing, hearing, and determining of contested elections in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to exempt certain county, State, and city officers and lawful possee from the provisions of section -!.')27 of the Code.
Also, a bill to prescribe the time of trial for divorce cases, and the maunsr of serving divorce suits, and for other purposee.
Also, a bill to amend paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3 of article 6, paragraph 1 of section 2 of article 6, and paragraph 1 of section 12 of article 6 of the Constitution.
Also, a bill to amend section 4527 of the Code of 1882.
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Also, a bill to relieve the supreme court of a portion of the vast burden of business now imposed upon it.
Also, a bill to provide for the proper drawing of wills, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments of like character.
Also, a bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to relieve all Confederate soldiers from the payment of poll taxes.
Also, a bill to amend Code, section 4669.
Also, a bill to require judges to write out their charges Qn certain conditions.
Also, a bill to create an appellate court and define its jurisdiction and procedure, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to repeal section 4162 of Code of Georgia Qf 1882.
Also, a bill to amend section 4696 of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Also, a bill to fix the age of consent in cases of carnal knowledge of females in the State of Georgia.
The committee having also carefully inquired into the status of the business no\v on the clerk's desk, and being impressed with thP importance of measures which have Qriginated in the House and are now ready for a third reading, and the absolute necessity for action upon those measures at once, most earnestly recommend and urge that the House meet on Tuesday, at 2:30 P. M., for the purpose Qf disposing, as far as possible, of such House bills for a third reading as have not previously been made the special Qrder for particular days.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. J EXKI~s, Chairman.
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Mr. A. G. ~lcCurry, chariman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
JI-r. Speaka :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enlarge, open, and construct a canal or ditch beyond the limits of said city.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts, to wit:
An act to amend section 1291 of the Code of 1882.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to require every person, firm, company, or corporation doing business in said city to register annually his or their trade.
An act to amend an act approved December 4, 1893, which authorizes the board of commissioners of Washington, Georgia, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of purchasing or building public school buildings.
An act to amend the charter of Roberta, so as to prohibit t.he sale of any brandy, whisky, rum, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind.
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An act to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan, and Guarantee Company.
An act to amend an act approved October :20, 1889, in-
corporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
An act to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah.
An act to create a board of education for the town of I,ithonia.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Sper:ker :
The Finance Committee have had under consideration the following bill of the Honse, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to appropriate money to build dormitories and other buildings, and for furnishing same, for the Normal School at Athens, Georgia.
Also, the fi)llowing resolution, which they recommend do pass:
A resolution to appropriate $100.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay expenses of special investigating committee.
Respectfully submitted.
J. L. BoY~TON, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to enlarge the exemption from taxation touching all buildings erected f,Jr and used as a college, incorporated academy, or other seminary of learning, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4310 <>f the Code, so as to permit the county authorities in this State to hire misdemeanor convicts to private persons.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the protection of the cemetery reserve in the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evidence when the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, incompetent, inaccessible, or being produced do not recollect the transaction, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3837 <>f the Code of 1882, relating to cases in which the subscribing witnesses must be produced, with certain exceptions, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create a board of commi:-:sioners of roads and revenues for Twiggs county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to carr); into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution, in so far as the same relates to the is>'uing and granting of corporate powers and privileges to railroad companies by the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
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Also, a resolution askiQg an appropriation from the gov-ernment for a railway from Atlanta to McPherson Barracks, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved October 15, 1891, to authorize the judges in the superior courts of this State, in cases of seduction or divorce, Dr other case where the evidence is vulgar or obscene, to hear and try the case after clearing the court of all or any portion of the audience, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make more specific the crime of barratry in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Kingston, in Bartow county, and for other purposes.
Mr. 'Vest, chairman of the Committee on Edueation, -submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Education have bad under considera-
tion the following bills, to wit:
House bill No. 702, to authorize the teachers of the Harmony Grove High School to confer degrees, issue diplomas, etc., which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same.
Also, House bill No. 674, to regulate attendance upon ~onnty line or district line schools in the common school system in this State, etc., which they recommend do pass.
Also, House bill No. 698, to require all teachers in the ~ommon schools of this State to be examined and licensed before they shall he permitted to teach, notwithstanding the fact that they have diplomas from any of the colleges
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of this State, etc., which they recommend do pass as
amended.
Respectfully submitted.
\V. S. WEsT, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, .through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
J1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the r<'quisite constitutional !llajority, the following House bills, to wit:;
A bill to be entitled an act to create a board of roads and revenues for the county of Webster, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved October 20, 1889, incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Roberta, so as to prohibit the sale of any brandy, whisky, rum, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create the office of commissioner of public works in the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved December 4, 189:~, which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of \Vashington to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of purchasing or building public school buildings, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Se;)retary:
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Mr. Speaker:
The governor has approved the following acts of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to protect the game in the State of Georgia, etc.
An act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Guyton, Georgia.
An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Guyton, to define the qualification of voters.
An act to provide for removal of obstacles of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the rivers, creeks, and running streams of Elbert county.
An act to amend an act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic, spirituous, or malt liquors, etc., in the county of Elbert.
An act to create and organize a board of police commissioners for Savannah.
An act to provide compensation h the commissioners of Thomas county, etc.
An act to incorporate the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield.
An act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Abbeville.
An act to cede to the United States jurisdiction of this State over certain lands and certain public roads and approaches to the Chickamauga National Park, etc.
An act to authorize the mayor and council of 'Vaynesboro to issue bonds to the amount of $7,000.00, etc.
Mr. Branan, of Fulton, moved to reconsider the action of the House, taken on yesterday, upon the following bill, to wit:
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A bill to amend section 3554 of the Code of 1882.
The motion prevailed.
The following hill, which was allowed to go until this morning's session, for the purpose of taking the vote upon same, was taken up, to wit :
A bill to amend section 1675(a) of the Code of 1882, which prohibits foreign corporations from owning more than .5,000 acres of land in Georgia.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 102 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills, which were made the special order for to-day, were taken and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due b0nds of the State issued by Charles J. McDonald.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the .State, known as convention bonds, issued by Chas. I. Jenkens.
The committee to which these bills were referred reported same back to the House, with a recommendation that they do pass by a substitute for both.
These bills, involving an appropriation, the House went into the Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Hall, of Coweta, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman reported same back to the House, with the recommendation that same do not pass.
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Upon the question of agreeing to the adverse report of the committee, Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, called the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot vira voce, the vote was as follows~
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson. Arnold, Armstrong, Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Boyd, Burch, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Davison, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Espy, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Futrell, Fullwood,
Gilreath,
:!\'IcCurry,
Gibson,
McCurdy,
Gray of Paulding, McClurP,
Gregory,
McWhorter,
Griffin,
Neely,
Greer of Harris,
Newton,
Hill,
Peeples,
Henderson,
Pittard,
Hogan,
Pope,
Holbrook,
Pool,
Humphreys,
Rawlings,
Hughes,
Reece,
Hurst,
Shropshire,
.Jarrell,
Sell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Shaw,
Jones of Dodge,
Short,
Latham,
Spence,
Lee,
Smith of Clinch,
Longley,
Smith of Hancock,
Lovett,
Smith of Telfair,
Law,
Stokes,
Melton,
Sumner,
Moore of Bulloch, Thompson,
Montfort,
Walden"
Murrah,
Wilkinson,
McElmurry,
\Vren,
McDaniel,
Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bell, Boifeuillet, Boynton,
Fogarty, Fussell, Gaines, Gray of Houston, Greer of Macon, Hall, Hammond, Harrell,
Mell, ::\IcDonald, McGough, Owen, Parker, Perkins, Pitman, Price,
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Boyett, Branan, Burwell, Burnett of Quitman, Bush, Collins, Cureton, Dorough, Dodson, Farmer,
Hodges, Hopkins, Howell, Holland, Jenkins, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Little, Marchman, Mansfield,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Polhill, Rockwell, Bymons, \Vest, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willingham, Wright, Wynne.
Blalock of Rabun, Hightower,
Branch,
Hodge,
Broyles,
Houston,
Brown of Washington Huds~n,
Brown of Pulaski, Hutcherson,
Clementsof Montgm'y Martin,
Coleman,
)lallette,
Collier,
)feadow,
Cook of Decatur,
Moore of Clayton,
Dennard,
Moore of Heard,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Giles,
Redding,
Gray of Catoosa,
Reagan,
Harvey,
Roberts, Salter, San deford, Screven, Smith of Rockdale, Tatum, Traylor, 'Valker, wallace, Wilkin, Willink, Worley, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 81. Nays 54. Not voting 40.
So the motion to agree to the adverse report of the committee was adopted.
Upon the passage of bill No. 64, the same being a hill to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State issued by Chas. J. McDonald, the yeas were 33 and nays 87.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Upon motion of Mr. BuRh of Mitchell, House bill No. 65, the same being a bill to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State known as convention bonds, issued by Chas. I Jenkins, was laid on the table.
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Mr. Hodges, of Bibb,. gave n<?tice that on to-morrow he would move a reconsideratioll of the action of the House upon both of these bills, to wit :
Nos. 64 and 65.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was taken up, read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to abolish barrooms, to prohibit the manufacture, .sale, and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, aud for other purposes.
The hour of adjournment arrived pending the debate upon this bill.
Leave of absencP was granted to Messrs. McDaniel and Giles.
The House then adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow mormng.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, December 4, 189.5.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the .Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names, to wit:
.Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, .Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey,
Gaine~,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton,
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Battle,
Griffin,
Owen,
Bagget,
Greer of 1\Iacon,
Parker,
Bennett of \Vayne, Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Reddin!!,
Boyd,
Howell,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branch,
Houge,
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
Balter,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
8hrop~ hire,
Burwell,
Humphrey.s,
Screven.
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Shot,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Spence,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkin8,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Symons,
Cureton,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
D:>rough,
Law,
\Valker,
Dodson,
Martin,
Wallace,
Durham,
Mallette,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
West,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
)fell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Fink,
)loore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fouche,
Moore of Heard,
Willingham,
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Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Giles,
Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
'Vorley, Wright,
'Vren, wynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House taken on yesterday upon the following bills, to wit :
A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State issued by Chas. J. McDonald.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State, known as convention bonds, issued by Chas. I. Jenkins.
Upon the motion to reconsider, the previous question was called, which call was sustained.
Upon motion, the yeas and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Anderson,
Gray of Houston,
Awtrey,
Greer of Macon,
Battle,
Hall,
Bennett of Wayne, Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwell,
Jones of Dougherty,
Burnett of Quitman, Little,
Bush,
Mallette,
Clements of Montgm'y Mansfield,
Cureton,
Mell,
Perkins, Pitman, Price, Pol hill, Reagan, Roberts, Rockwell,
Symon~,
Vaughn West, Wilson, Williams, Willingham,
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Dodson, Farmer, Fogarty,
McDonald, McGough, Owen,
Wright, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Bagget, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Burch, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Collins, Cook of Decatur, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Florence, Fouche, Ferguson, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Paulding,
Gregory,
McClure,
Greer of Harris,
McWhorter,
Hill,
Neely,
Henrlerson,
Newton,
Hogan,
Peeples,
Houston,
Pittard,
Holbrook,
Pope,
Humphreys,
Pool,
Hughes,
Rawlings,
Jarrell,
Redding,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Reece,
Jones of Dodge,
Shropshire,
Latham,
Sell,
Longley,
Shaw,
Lovett,
Short,
Law,
!"pence,
Martin,
Smith of Clinch,
Melton.
Smith of Hancock,
Moore of Bulloch, Smith of Telfair,
Moore of Clayton, Stokes,
Moore of Heard,
Sumner,
Montfort,
'!'hom pson,
Murrah,
Walden,
McElmurry,
wilkinson,
McDaniel,
'Vorley,
McCurry,
'Vren.
McCurdy,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson, Arnold, Bailey, Rennett of Jackson, Bell, Bird, Boyd, Branch, Branan, Broyles,
Fink, :Franklin, Gaines, Giles, Gray of Catoosa, Griffin, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey, Hodge, Hudson,
Marchman. Mcadow, Middlebrooks, Parker, Salter, San deford, Screven, Smith of Rockdale, Tatum, Traylor, Walker,
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Brown of Washington, Hutcherson,
Coleman,
Hurst,
Collier,
Jenkins,
Dorough,
Johnson of Hall,
Fletcher,
Lee,
\Vallace, Wheatley, Wilkin, Willink, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 47. Nays 80. Not voting 48.
So the motion to reconsider '"as lost.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Cliftan, the Secretary :
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has pa8sed, by the requisite constitutional
majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved .November 25, 18!!3, incorporating the Yillage of Haynie, in Floyd county, Ga., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act tc authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make the owners of dead animals bury the same.
Also, a bill to be entitled au act to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, so far as the same applies to the county of Glynn.
Ah.v, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, alcoholic, malt, or intoxicating liquors twithin the incorporate limits of the town of Desoto, in Sun.ter county, and for other purposes pertaining thereto.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Young Harris, in Towns county Georgia, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix permanently the title and status of the piece of ground on the southeast cor-
nor of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled ~n act to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, in the county of Newton, to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, to create a board of school commissioners, and for other purposes.
Mr. Wright, chairman of the Committee on Counties and Coupty Matters, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speake1 :
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had .under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee.
Respectfully submitted. MosEs wRIGHT, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts:
An act to amend section 1291 of the Code of 1882. Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to
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require every person, firm, company, or corporation doing business in said city to register annually his or their trade.
Also, an act to create a board of education for the town -of Lithonia.
Also, an act to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannnh .
. Also, an act to amend an act approved October 20: 1889, incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
Also, an act to amend the charter of Roberta, so as to prohibit the sale of any brandy, whisky, rum, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company.
Also, an act to amend an act approved December 4, 1893, which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of washington, Georgia, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of purchasing or building public school build.ings.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. 'Vest, chairman of the Committee on Education, .submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaka :
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, to wit :
House hill No. 355, to furnish free-elementary English text-books and charts to the children of this ,State within the school age, to appropriate money therefor, etc., which .they instruct me to report back to the House, with the ..l'ecommendation that the same do not pass.
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Also, Hom;e bill No. 723, to exempt teachers of publicschools from road duty, which they recommend do not pass.
Also, Senate bill No. 245, to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as. a branch of the State University, approved November 26, 1890, which they recommend do not pass.
Also, House resolution No. 134, urging Congress to sell lands for educational purposes, which they instruct me toreport back to the Honse, with the recommendation that theEame do pass.
Respectfully submitted. W. S. WEST, Chairman.
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, chairman of the Committee on. Pensions, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following joint resolution, which they instruct meto report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A joint resolution to pay Thos. R. Daniel and 'Villiam Bridges their pensions for the years 1~93 and 1894.
Respectfully submitted. C. W. GRAY, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, cgairman of the Special Committee on. Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special ,J ndiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructe1l
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to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives, to exercise the executiye powers of the government.
Also, a bill to amend section 4565(a) of the Code of 1882. Also, a hill to vest the management and care of all jails and persons there confined under the control of the county commissioners. The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same d9 pass as amended, to wit: A bill to require the county authorities to pay the costs of conviction in misdemeanor cases. Also, ~ bill to amend section 3888 of the Code of 1882. The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, whieh I am instructecl to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer have leave to withdraw, to wit:
A bill to fix and make permanent the per diem of all jurors and special bailiffs who may hereafter serve either in the superior or city court of Bartow county, Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph 7 of section 1712 of the Code of 1882.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same donot pass, to wit :
A bill to amend paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3 of article 6, and paragraph 1 of section 11 of article 6 of the Constitution of this State.
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Also, a bill to tax all persons who sell, or offer for sale, at any ~ocial entertainment given at a private residence.
Also, a bill to define and punish the crime of stealing hogs, cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals of less value than fifty dollars.
Also, a bill to prevent shooting of any gun or pistol, or discharge of other firearms on the Sabbath day.
Also, a bill to provide for the disposition of costs in criminal cases, and moneys arising from fines and forfeitures, and the moneys in which officers, entitled to costs in criminal cases, shall be paid.
Also, a hill to amend section 2584 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to amend an act to create !l board of commissioners for the county of Liberty.
Also, a bill to require public officials, both State and county, whose income is derived from fees, to report gross income by the first of January of each year.
The committee have also had undet consider&tion the following bills of the House, which .I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that they be read the second time and recommitted to the Special ,Judiciary Committee:
Also, a bill to regulate the use and carrying of Winchester rifles.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 17, 1894, to provide for the levy and sale of property where
the defendant in fi. fa. has an interest therein.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of fresh meat in the county of Liberty.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved Septemher 27, 1883, and all acts amendatory thereof, establishing a city
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court for Floyd county, to provide twenty-four juror'> for the second term, etc.
Also, a bill to require qualification for superior court stenographers in this State.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Wilcox county.
Also, a bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county.
Also, a bill to empower abstract and title companies to copy records in the superior courts arid other courts in this State.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bills of the Honse, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that they be read the second time and referred to Finance Committee :
A bill to authorize the payment of $150.00 to Mrs. Mary Lane, of the county of Emanuel, for the burning of a dwelling house on her premises in said county by the sheriff of Screven county while endeavoring to arrest one Tom Kendrick, who had escaped jail of said county.
Also, a bill to provide how the contestant and contestee shall be paid when the seat of a member of the General Assembly is contested and the contestant is seated.
Also, a bill to exempt from taxation fifty dollars' worth of household and kitchen furniture of every widow in this State.
The. committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted to tbe Special J udiciary Committee, to wit :
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A bill to rearrange the Cherokee and Rome circuits In taking !rom the Cbemkee circuit Dade county aud adding same to Rome ci;cuit.
Also, a bill to authorize the city of Carrollton to hold an election tor bonds for school purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act providing for a system of public schools in the city of Carrollton.
Also, a bill to amend an act establishiug a new charter for the city of Carrollton so as to limit the ad valorem tax.
The committee ha,e also had under eonsideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to repott back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw:
A bill to authorize the judge of the city court of Lr)\vndes county to appoint the sheriff of said county. '
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
EXECUTIVE DEPART:IlENT. ATLANTA, GA., December 4, 1895. The following message was receiYed !rom his Excellem,, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary:
Jfr. Speaker: I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the Honse
of Reprcsentatiw~s a communication in writing:
Jlembers of the General As.sembly: Since my message to you at the opening of the present
~ession ot your body there have transpired occurrences of so grave a character as to impose upon me the duty of again sending to you a communication.
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Information reached me that there were 111 Scre\'Cn {'Otmty two parties charged with murder who had not been arrested, although the sheriff hacl in his hands a warrant charging them with the aforesaid offense. These men were repOI'ted to be armed und ready to resist any effort that might he made to bring them to trial for the offense charged. I offered a reward of $500 for their anest, and wrote the sheriff of the county, calling hi'l attention to the fact that it was his duty to arrest them, and requested that he summon,;; a po.~se comitatus and execute the warrant in his hand,;;. On No,embet the 14th the sheriff wrote 111e: "I summoned a posse of thirty-eight men to meet me this morning. Out of thirty-eight three responded to the summons. I went with the three men and seard1e1l the prerni.~es, but they could not be fimnd. Where the~' are I arn not able to say, as I could leanz nothiu.'l from the jirmily.
I am informed that on this day the defendants were seen hird hunting in the county of Screven.
There is no penalty attached filr failnre to respond to the summons of a sheriff to act as a po8se l'omitatns.
This statement of facts, without argument. justifies me in recommending:
1st. That a law be enacted that will pi'Ovidl:' a penalty tiw the failure to obey the summons of a sheriff to act as a po.~.~e comitatus.
2d. That it be made the duty of the solicitor-gen~;ral, in every case where he has reason to belie,e that an arresting officer has failed to nuke an at-re.~t when it was in his power to do so, to dmw a rule ni_si against him, so that if the lacts on trial warrant it, he may be punished as prescribed in section 3:r57, to wit: ''Fined, imprisoned, or removed from office in the mannet prescribed by the Constitution and laws."
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It is folly to expect the military to turn out and roam . through the forest in search of every criminal who evades arrest. It is the duty of the arresting officers to execute warrants for criminals, and the law-making power should give to them ample power to perform their duty. When this has been done, if any one of them fail, when in his power to arrest, he should be punished and promptly discharged.
Government owes to the people no higher duty than the impartial and speedy enforcement of law. The standard of the civilization of a people, the efficiency and character of a government are determined not by the laws which it enacts, but by those which it enforces.
RECENT LYNCHINGS.
During the present session of the General Assembl) there have been reported three lynchings-one in Clinch county, one in Montgomery, and one in Dooly. These savage acts are in violation of the rights of the citizens and of the express declaration of the Constitution of the State. .I invite your attention to the following, which I take from the Bill of Rights, which is a part of our Constitution:
Article 1, section l, paragraph 2, Code, section 4994 : Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall be impartial and complete.
Article 1, section I, paragraph 3, Code, section 4995: No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process of law.
Article 1, section 1, paragraph 5, Code, section 4997: Every person charged with an offense against the law!) of this State shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel; shall be furnished on demand 'with a copy of the accusation and a list of the witnesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded; shall have compulsory process to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses; shall be con-
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fronted with the witnesses testifying against. him, and shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury.
Article I, section 1, paragraph 9, Code, section 5001: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; not shall any person be abused in being arrested, while under arrest, or in prison.
In spite of these rights guaranteed to every citizen three men have been taken during your present sitting and deprived of life without trial, without an opportunity to be heard in their own defense-in the language of the Constitution, "Without due process of law." While the Con:>titution of our State says, " Nor shall any person be abused in being arrested, while under arrest, or in prison," it is true that in each of the cases above referred to, the party m.urdered by lynchers was actually taken from the custody of the officer of the law, who held him to answer the charge in a court authorized to try and if guilty punish him. The lynchers used the officers of the law to arrest and disarm their victims, and then took them from the custody of the law and killed them. This is not only true in these cases, but is, I think, also true of every case of lynching during my term as Governor. In each case the officers had the defendant in charge and the judges of the courts were ready to do their full duty, grant a speedy trial, and inflict punishment if guilty. There had been no failure on the part of the officers of the law to do their full duty. In one instanee the Governor had offered a reward for the arreRt of the defendant, he had been arrested, the reward paid, a special tt!rm of the court called, the defendant convicted and sentenced to be hung in the shortest time allowed by law, and yet he was taken from the sheriff in the court room, in the presence of the court and jury, and lynched.
That yon may fully appreciate the enormity of the wrong done by so-called lynch law to the reputation of the State,
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to ciYilization, and to the rights of man, I invite you to inquire into each of the recent cases which ha\e moved me to peri this communication. The conduct of the mob in each case is unjustifiable, disgraceful, and shocking, but in one of them the wrong done was especially horrifying.
While engaged in writing this message, thece came into my office, asking that he be accorded a trial in our courts, a man who had fled from an angry mob which endeavored to capture and lynch him.
Mob violence does not aid in suppressing lawles!"ness, but increases it. One mob begets another mob. If you will note the reported sequence of the lynching in Montgomery county, where it is said murder has been added to murder by the killing of the fathet of the girl alleged to have been assaulterl by the man who was lynched, yon will see to what mob violence will assuredly lead.
'Ve all know of many wrongs it has done and of mistakes it has made in selecting its Yictims. How many innocent men have b('en sacrificed by this lawless court can never be known, tor it denies its victims the right to be heard in their own defense, and then closeR their mouths forever.
The people can safely entrust the punishment of crime to our courts. If the men charged with crimes are guilty, they should be punished as provided by law, and the courts should and will inflict this penalty.
Men seem to forget that each man who engages in a lynching violates the law against murder, and that the penalty is death upon the gallows.
The arresting officer is now cluthed with power to take the life of his assailants when resisting their efforts to take a prisoner from him, and it is his duty to take the life of the assailants if necessary to protect his prisoner and retain him in custody.
That it may be ascertained whether or not he does his full duty in this ~espect in evety instance, I recommend
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the passage of a law requiring a thorough investigation in every case, and providing adequate punishment when he falls short of the full measure of his duty. Existing laws ate inadequate to meet the emergency. Other laws shoulrl therefore be enacted to enforce the Constitution, and to ;;ecure to the citizens rights guaranteed in our fundamental law.
If the measures herein and heretofore suggested by me do not meet with your approval, I most earnestly ask that you devise others, and enact them into law. In every effort you may make to stamp out lynching, you shall have my hearty co-operation, and every law which you may enact shall be enforced if I am given the power to do so.
The responsibility for the needed iegislation is upon you, and I shall confidently rely upon your doing your fullduty. I cannot believe that I ask in vain when I present these things to the representatives of the people of Georgia, and seek such legislation as will save our State from further humiliation and disgrace, and secure to every citizen rights guaranteed in express tetms in our State Constitution, and which are the birthrights of Hety citizen uf an English-speaking c<nmtry.
W. Y. ATKIXSOS,
Governor.
Head anrl referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Jb. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite contitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the -city of Macon, to change the term of the mayor and de-
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volve certain powers and duties upon him, to abolish certain offices of said city, and for other purposes.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads~ submitted the following report :
Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have bad under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be read a second time and recommitted to the Railroad Committee, to wit :
A bill to provide fin the regulation of railroad freight
and passenger tariffs, and the location and building of pas-
. senger and freight depots in thi;; State.
Respectfully submitted.
C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass~ to wit:
A bill to amend section 4928 of the Code, and for othe1 purposes.
I am also instructed to report back the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2.Jil of the Code, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to report back the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass by ,substitute, to wit :
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A bill to amend section 2385 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties composing the Tallapoosa circui"t, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to report back the following bill:;~ with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to prohibit and prevent the insurance of infants
and minors under the age or twelve y.ears, and providing
penalties for the violation thereof.
Also, a bill to declare when mortgage,; in this State shall take effect on personal property, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINs, Chairman.
The following minority report was submitted:
]lfr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit and pre-
\ent the insurance of infants and minors under the age of
twelve years, and providing penalties for the violation
thereof, and a majority of said committee have recom-
mended that said bill do not pass. The undersigned, a
minority of said committee, disagree to said report, and
recommend that said bill do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
MosEs 'VRIGHT,
R. T. FoucHE,
T. D. RocKWELL,
"\V ESLEY SHROPSHIRE~
.Jos. N. WoRLEY,
S. L. MooRE, JR.,
R. T. HoDGEs,
JoHX H. REECE.
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The following minority report. was submitted:
JI1. Speal.~r :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under con;:ideration a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various eounties compo~ing the Tallapoosa circuit, and for other purposes, and ~ majority of said committee have recommended that said bill do pass by ;.;ubstitute.
The undersigned, a minority of said committee, disagree to said rel)ort, and recommend that said bill do not pa;.;s, either by substitute or otherwise, for the following reasons:
1. Because said bill and substitute are in violation of the Constitution.
2. Because said bill and substitute, instead of fixing the times of holding the ~ourts in the various counties of the Tallapoosa circuit, make no changes in the old law, except to prohibit the judge from drawing more than one grand jury for each term of th'e courts in only three of the counties of said circuit, except in ease nf adjnurned terms.
Respectfully submitted. R. T. Fot:cil'E, MosEs WRlG HT.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clif'ton, the Se'?retary:
.Ur. Speake1:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional m~jority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the second section of an act entitled an act to fix the salary ot the State libratian and assistant libtarian, approved October 29, J8S9.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1979 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit any nonresident person or persons from camp-hunting iu the county of Dade, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to antliorize the county authorities, in whose counties there are no municipal or county chain-gangs, to hire out misdemeanor convicts to private persons, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require banks chattered under the laws of this State, where the capital stock is impaired, to make the same good by transfer, and for other purposes.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Honse bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the :-ame do pass, to wit :
A bill to require Spalding county to pay the officers of court the costs now allowed by law in each case convicted and worked in the chain-gang of said county.
Re~pectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY. Chairman.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Comn.ittee on Finance, submitted the following report:
.~It. Speaker :
The Committee. on Finance have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct
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me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A bill to appropriate money to the lunatic asylum.
Also, a bill to appropriate money for the purchase of an arithmometer and a Smith Ptemier typewriter for the use of the treasury department.
Also, the following bill, which the committee recommends do pas~ as amended :
A bill to amend the general tax act for 1895and 1896, approved December 18, 1894, so as to change the license tax upon daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic, and similar artists.
Also, the following Honse resolutions, which the committee recommend do pass:
A resolution to appropriate the sum of $50.00 to pay pension of W. C. Shore of Habersham county.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Jane Sanders.
Also, a resolution to appropriate the smp. of $l ,000 to the State board of pharmacy fi>r the purpose of procuring samples of drugs and testing same when suspected of adulteration.
Also, a resolution to appropriate money to pay the clerk of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, sitting during recess.
Also, a resolution to make an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of an act to survey the swamp lands of the State.
Also the following Senate bill, which the committee recommend do pass:
Senate bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to
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issue bonds, and negotiate the same, for the purpose of raising money with which to pay off an amount of the public debt maturing July 1, 1896, which i;; not provided for by the sinking fund that will be in the treasury at such time.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. \Vright, chairman on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
J;Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass :
A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Graysville, so as to extend the corporate limits, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bill, which the committee recommend do pass by substitute :
A bill to create a board ot commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham.
Also, the following bill of the Senate, which the committee instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass :
Senate bill to make penal the selling or buying of seed cotton in the county of Columbia.
Respectfully submitted. MosES WRIGHT, Chairman.
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Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment" submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, the following acts:
An act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Webster.
Also, an act to create the office of commissioner of public works in the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Young Harris, iu Towns county.
Also, an act to fix permanently the title and status of the piece of ground on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets, in the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford~ in the county of Newton.
Also, an act to authorize tl~e town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system ot' the State of Georgia.
Also an act to ptobibit the sale of spirituous, alcoholic, malt, or intoxicating liquor,.; within the town of Desoto, in Sumter county.
Also, an act to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain coun-
ties therein mentioned, approved January 19, 1892, and all
acts amendatory thereof.
Also, an act to repeal an act, approved November 25,
189:3, incorporating the village of Haynie, in Floyd county..
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
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The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution that hereafter all speeches shall be limited to fifteen minutes each.
The following resolution was also read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution inviting the Hon. Fleming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly December 10, 1895.
l\Ir. Rockwell moved that the House extend its session to-day from I o'clock to 1:;10 for the purpose of reading House bills for the second time. The motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr Hogan of Lincoln.A bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend the
school laws of this State, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Education.
Also, a Senate bill to create a board of commissioners of road,.. and revenues for Twiggs county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary committee.
The following bill which was brought over from yesterday as unfinished business was then taken up, and debate upon the same continued, to wit:
~\ bill to abolish barrooms in this State, ar~d for other purposes.
The hour of 1 o'clock having arrived, the Honse postponed the further debate upon this bill until 3 o'clock.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
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A bill to vest the management of all jails in the county commissioners.
Also, a bill to amend section 3888 of the Code.
Also, a bill to provide what cases shall be taken to the supreme court
Also, a bill to provide for the more speedy determination of habeas corpus cases.
Also, a bill to amend section 2057(f) of the Code.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Hapeville.
Also, a bill to protect pheasants and provide a penalty.
The following resolutions were read the second time, to wit:
A resolution revoking ceded rights granted to United States over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga National Park.
Also, a resolution for the releif of .T. M. Evitt and othets of Catoosa county.
Also, a resolution to pay pensions to Thomas R. Daniel and William Bridges for 1893-4.
Also, a resolution appropriating ($1 00) one hundred dollars to pay expenses of special investigating committee.
Also, a resolution urging Congress to sell lands for educational purposes.
Also, a bill to prohibit ordinaries and other county authorities from legislating ou the question of 1" fence" or " no fence."
Also, a bill to amend section 4565(a) of the Code ot
1882.
Also, a bill to make Stafford's office calendar legal evidence covering all dates between the years 1490 and 2000.
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Also, a bill authorizing fidelity and casualty insurance Companies to be taken as the sole surety upon hoods of the county offices.
Als~, a bill to amend section 1638 of the Code, so as to prevent the abatement of suits, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prevent the sacrifice of real property sold at legal sales, by providing for the appraisement of the same, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the county of Habersham, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to protect levying officers in thl's State against liability for making levies upon personal property.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Union Loan and
Trust Company.
Also, a bill to regulate attendance upon county line or district line schools in the common school system in this State.
Also, a bill to require the county authorities to pay the costs of convictions in misdemeanor cases.
Also, a bill to require all teachers in the common schools of this State to be examined, and licensed befOre they shall be permitted to teach.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee.
Also, a bill to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Also, a bill to further prescribe the duties of tax-collectors, to provide penalties for violations of this act, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to exempt teachers of public schools from. road duty.
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Also, a bill to authorize tl:.e trustees of the United Free will Baptist Church of Columbus to sell certain laud conyeyed to them for church purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize tht> city council of Augusta to enlargE:', open, and construct a canal or ditch beyond the limits of said city.
Also, a bill requiring all corporations, stock companies, or individuals operating stteet-cars in this State to provide separate cars for white and colored passengers.
Also, a hi II to authorize the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House to exercise the executiVe power of the govemment in case of the death, etc., of the Governor.
Also, a bill to create a board of county commissioners for Fannian county.
Also, a bill for the relief of the Xorth Georgia Agricultural College.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Dahlonega, Georgia, to gmnt any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Chickamauga, in the county of walker.
Also, a bill to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion in Chattooga.
Also, a bill to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties composing the Tallapoosa circuit.
Also, a bill to amend section :>.385 uf the Code of Georgia of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend section 4H28 of the Code.
The following bills were read the second time and tecon.m itted, to wit :
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A bill to amend an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the vatious acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in the county of ~fonroe.
Also, a bill to exempt from taxation fiftydollars' worth of household and kitchen furniture of every widow in this State.
Also, a bill to regulate the use and canying Winchester or other repeating rifles.
Also, a hill to provide how the contestant and contestee shall be paid when the seat of a member of the General Assembly is contested and the contestant is seated.
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 17, 1884, to proYide for levy and sale (\f pl"Operty, and fi1r other purposes.
Also, a bill to compel all persons who sell or offer to sell in the county of Liberty any beef, pork, or mutton to exhibit the ears of the animal killed.
Also, a bill to authorize the payment of $1.50 to ~Irs. Mary Lane, of the county of Emanuel.
Also, a bill to amend the act of September 27, 1883, to establish a city court in the county of Floyd.
Aho, a bill to prescribe qualifications for superior court stenographers in this State.
Also, a bill to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Wilcox.
Also, a bill to abolish the city court of J,aurens county.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the abstract and title companies to copy for use any portion of the records of the superior or other courts.
Also, a bill to transfer the county of Stewart from the Southwestern judicial circuit to the Palauta judicial circuit.
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Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to require Spalding county to pay the officers of court the costs now allowed by law, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution t0 make an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of act to survey swamp lands of this State.
Also, a resolution to make an appropriation to pay the clerk of the Committee on Privileges and Elections sitting during recess.
Also, a bill for an appropriation for a State pharmacy.
Also, a resolution f'or the relief of Jane Saunders.
Also, a resolution to appropriatethe sum of fifty dollars to pay the pension of W. C. Stone of Habersham county.
Also, a bill to amend the general tax act for 1895 and 1~96, approved December 18, 1894, and for other purposes.
Also; a bill to make an appr~priation for an arithmometer and a Smith Premier typewriter for the treasury department of the State of Georgia.
Also, a biU to appropriate money to the State Lunatic Asylum, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Graysville, in Catoosa county.
Also, a bill to create a board of commif'sioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to w!t:
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A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds and negotiate the same, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to approve, adopt, and make of force the Code of Laws prepared under the direction, and by the authority of the General Assembly.
The following Senate bill was recommitted tQ the Committee on Elections, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1329 of the Code of 1882.
The following bills, by unanimous consent, were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Hightower of Early-
A bill to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County :Matters.
By l\Ir. Farmer of Coweta-
A bill to restrict the civil jurisdiction of the city court tn principal sums of not less than $100.00, and for other purposes.
Leav<~ of absence was granted Messrs McCurdy, Meadow, Giles, Henderson, and-Gibson.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'CLOCK P. l\1. The House met at 3 o'clock P. l\1. pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker.
The following bill, which was taken up for the purpose
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of concurring in the Senate amendment, was, upon motion, recommitted to the Committee on Railroads, to wit:
A bill to amend the general railroad law.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That when the House adjourns this afternoon, it shall adjourn to meet at 7::30 o'clock to-night:
The unfinished business of this moruing's session, to wit, a bill to abolish barrooms in this State, was taken up, and debate upon the same continued.
l\ir. Hodges, of Bibb, called the previous question, which call was sustained.
Mr. Farmer, of Coweta, offered a substitute for the bill.
Upon the adoption of the substitute, the.yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
Vpon taking the ballot rim wee, the vote was as folio,,,.,:
Those voting in the affirmatiYe were Messrs.-
Allen, _-\.wtrey, Bagget, Bennett of wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Blalock of Fayette, Boyett, Brandl, Branan, Brown of Pulaski, Davison, Dutham, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Gray of Houston, Gray of Paulding,
Greer of :\facon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Holland, Jarrell, Jenkins, Lee, Law, :\lallette, )larch man, )loore of Bulloch, Montfort, Murrah, :\IcCnrry,
:\IcWborter, Xeely, Perkins, Pi11nan, Pittard, Pope, Haw lings, Halter, Sell, Short, Spence, Tatum, \Vaiden, \\'illiams, Wilkinson, \Vren.
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
.-\ nderscm, Atkinson, Armstrong, Bailey,
Battle, Bell, Bird,
Bloodworth, Boifeuillet,
Boynton, Broylel'!, Burnett of Quitman, Burch,
Bush,
Collins, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dempsey,
Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Ennis,
FlorencE', Fouclre.
Fogarry, FerguRon, Futrell,
Fullwood,
Fussell,
:\IcGough,
Gaines, Gilreath,
:\fcClun, :Xewton,
Gibson,
Owen,
Gregory,
Parker,
Harrell,
Peeples,
Hill,
Pri(e.
Hodges. Hightower,
l'olhill Reddin'g,
Hopkins,
Rf'agan,
Howell, Hnmpbreys,
ReecP, Robert!',
Hughes,
Hock well,
Hurst,
Shropshire,
.JohnFon of Hall,
Shaw,
.Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Hancock,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Lathnm, Little,
Stokes, Symon!',
Lon!!ley,
Thompson,
:VIartin.
Vaughn,
::\lan!'field, :\!elton,
'VP!'t, Wheatley,
:\Jell. Moore of Clayton,
Willingham, 'Vorley,
:MoorE' of Heard,
Wynne.
:VJcDonald,
Those not voting were :\Iessrs.-
Arnold,
Gile!',
Blair,
Gray of Catoosa,
Blalock of Rabun, Boyd,
Griffin, Hammond,
Brown of Washington Harvey,
Burwell. Caldwell,
Henderson, Hodge,
Clements of :\fontgm'y Hudson,
Clement of Milton, Hutcherson,
Coleman,
Lovt:>tt,
Collier,
~leadow,
FlefchPr, Fink,
'lidrl!Pbrooks, McElmurry,
Franklin,
McDaniel,
:\JcCnrdy, Pool,
Sandeford, S('reven, Smith of Rockdale,
Sumner, Traylor, \\'alker,
'Vallace,
'Vilson, Wilkin,
Willink, 'Vright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 50. N"ays R3. Xot voting -l2.
So the substitute was lost.
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The following amendments were offered to said bill, to wit:
An amendment to section 1 by adding at the end thereof, after the word "act," the following:
"Providing further, that this act shall not affect the manufacture or sale of domestic wines in this State as now per mitted under existing laws."
This amendment was adopted.
Also, an amendment to section 2 by striking out the words "a vender," in the first line of said section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one or more venciers."
This amendment was adopted.
Also, an amendment by adding a section after section 10, to be known as section 11, to wit:
"Be it. further enacted, That this bill shall not become a law until the same is ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of this State at an election to be held for that purpose. That an election shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1896, under the same rules and regulations as govern elections for members of the General Assembly. That in said election each voter shall have written or ptinted on his ballot 'For the Anti-Barroom Bill,' or ' Against the Anti-Barroom Bill.' The Governor shall, within thirty days from said election, declare the result of said election, and in the event a majority of the votes are cast in said election for the anti-barroom bill, then the provisions of this act shall be of force from the date of said proclamation.''
Upon the adoption of this substitute, the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the \'ote was as follows:
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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, .Atkinson, Awtrey, :Bailey, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, .Bird, .Blalock of Fayette, .Boyett, lBranch, Branan, Broyles,
Brown of Pulaski, Burch, {)ollins, Cook of Decatur, Davison, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fink, Fogarty, Futrell,
Fullwood,
Newton,
Gibson,
Owen,
Gray of Houston,
Parker,
Gray of Paulding, Peeples,
Gregory,
Perkins,
Greer of Macon,
Pitman,
Greer of Harris,
Pittard,
Hall,
Pope,
Hopkins,
Price,
Howell,
Rawlings,
Hogan,
Reece,
Houston,
Salter,
Holbrook,
Shropshire,
Holland,
Sell,
Hurst,
Shaw,
Jarrell,
Short,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Spence,
Lee,
Smith of Clinch,
Mallette,
Smith of Hancock,
Marchman,
Stokes,
Moore of Clayton, Symons,
Moore of Heard,
Tatum,
Montfort,
Thompson,
llurrah,
Walden,
McDonald,
Wheatley,
McCnrry,
Williams,
McGough,
Wilkinson,
McClure,
Willingham,
Mc,Vhorter,
Wor!ey,
Neely,
"'ren.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Armstrong,
Gaines,
Battle,
Gilreath,
Bell,
Hill,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Boynton,
Humphreys,
Burwell,
Hughes,
Bumett.of Quitman, Jenkins,
Bush,
Johnson of Hall,
Clements of Montgm'y Jones of Dougherty,
Martin, Mansfield, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, McElmurry, Pol hill, Redding, Reagan, Rockwell,
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Cureton, Dempsey, Fouche, Ferguson, FuEsell,
Jones of Dodge, Latham, Little, Longley, Law,
Smith of Telfair, \Vest, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-
Arnold,
Hammond
Blair,
Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Haney,
Boyd,
HendE'r~on,
Brown of \Vasbington Hodge
Caldwell,
HudYin,
Clement of Milton, Hutcherson,
Coleman,
Lovett,
Collier,
Meadow,
Fletcher,
Middlebrooks,
Franklin,
McDaniel,
Giles,
McCurdy;
Gray of Catoosa,
Pool,
Griffin,
Roberts, Sandeford, 1'creven. Smith of Rockdale, Sumner, Traylor, \\'alker, \Yallace, \\' ilson, Wilkin, Willink, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 91. Nays 4-L :Not voting -10.
So the amendment was passed.
Also, an amendment to strike out all of the first section after the word "provided," in the third line of said sec- tion 1.
This amendment was lost.
Mr. Anderson, of Jones, offered a substitute to the original bill.
Upon the passage of this substitute, the yeas and nay" were called, which call was not sustained.
The substitute was lost. Also, an amendment, by Mr. Humvhreys of Brooks, to amend section 1 as follows, to wit:
"Provided, this act shall not apply to the county of Brooks."
This amendment was lost.
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Mr. Reagan, of Henry, offered a substitute to the original bill.
l\Ir. Reagan called the yeas and nays upon the passage of this substitute, which call was not sustained.
The substitute was lost.
lJpon the passage of the original bi II, Mr. Bush, of ::\Iitchell, called for the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
t:"pon taking the ballot rim voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affinnative wete Messts.-
,\!len,
Fussell,
Ander~on,
Gilreath,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston,
Bagget,
Grny oi Paulding,
Bennett of Jackson,_ Gregory,
Bell,
Greer of Macon,
Bird,
Greer of Harris,
Blalock of Fayette, Hall,
Boyett,
Hill,
Branch,
Hightower,
Brown of Pulaski, Hog,m,
Burch,
Houston
Bush,
Holbrook,
Clements of :\Iontgm'y Holland,
D:wison,
Hughes,
l>empsey,
Jenkins,
Dennar<l,
.Tones of Doclge,
Dorough,
Longley,
Durham,
Law,
Eclenfield,
Martin,
Epy,
:\Ielton,
Florence,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fink,
Montfort,
Futrell,
Murrah,
Fullwood,
McDonald,
-McCurry, McClure, l\Ie "'horter, Owen, Parker,
Peeple~,
Perk ius, Pittard, Price, Rawlings, Ree<:e, Salter, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, timith of Telfair, Thompson, Walden, Williams, 'Vilkinson, 'Villingham, 'Vorley, \Vren, Yaughn.
Those \'oting in the negative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Armstrong,
(Taint's, Gibson,
:\IcElmurry, 1\IcGougb,
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bloodworth, .Boifeuillet, Boynton, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Burnett of Quitman, Collins,
Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dodson, Ennis,:Farmer, Fouche Fogarty, Ferguson,
Harrell,
Neely,
Hodges,
Newton,
Hopkins,
Pitman,
Howell,
Pope,
Humphreys,
Polhill,
Hurst,
Redding,
Jarrell,
Reagan,
Johnson of Hall,
Rockwell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Shropshire,
Jones of Dogb.erty, Smith of Clinch,
Latham,
Smith of Hancock.
Lee,
Stokes,
Little,
Symons,
Mallette,
Tatum,
1\larchman,
West,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Mell,
Wilson,
Moore of Clayton, Wynne.
Moore of Heard,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Griffin,
Blair,
Hammond,
Blalock of Rabun, Harvey,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Brown of Washington, Hodge,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Clement of Milton, Hutcherson,
Coleman,
Lovett,
Collier,
Meadow,
Fletcher,
Middlebrooklf,
Franklin,
McDaniel,
Giles,
McCurdy,
Gray of Catoosa,
Pool,
Roberts, Sandeford, Screven, Smitb:oLRockdale. Sumner, Traylor,
Walker, Wallace, Wilkin, Willink, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 75. Nays 62. Not voting 38.
So the hill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was therefore lost.
Mr. Bush, of Mitchell, gave notice that on to-morrow he would move to reconsider the action of the House taken. on this bill to-day.
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Mr. Gray, of Houston, moved to adjourn until 9 o'clock, to-morrow morning.
This motion was lost.
1\-lt-. Reagan, of 'Henry, moved to adjourn until8 o'clock to-night.
Mr. Little, of Muscogee, ~ffered as a substitute that the House adjourn until 8:30 o'clock to-night.
The substitute was lost, and .the motion to adjourn until 8 o'ch>ck prevailed.
The House then adjourned until 8 o'clock to-nig+it.
8 O'CLOCK P. M. The House met at 8 o'clock P. M. pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker.
The following bills .were made the special order for tomorrow, Thursday, immediately after the reading of the Journal, to wit:
House bills Nos. 612, 321, 692, 421, and 16, ,which special order shall continue u'ntil same are disposed of.
The following bill was made the special order to follow the special orders already placed above, to wit:
House bill No. 168.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
A bill to alter and amend article 7, section 2, parq.g.raph 2 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
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JouR~AL OF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to amend the second section of an act entitled an act to fix the salary of the State librarian, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committ!Je on Finance.
Also, a bill to amend section 4310 of the Code. Referred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to provide for the protection of the cemetery reserve in the city of Macon.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend an act. entitled an act to carry into effect article :3, section 7, pamgraph 18 of the Constitution.
RefetTed to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 15, 1891, to authorize the judges in the superior courts of this State, in cases of 8eduction or divm:ce or other case, to clear the courthouse of a portion of the audience.
Referred to the Comn1ittee on General Judiciaty.
Also, a bill to authorize the county authorities in whose counties there are no municipal or county chain-gangs to hire misdemeanor convicts to private individuals.
Heferred to the Committee on Penitentiary.
Al8o, a bill to amend section 3837 of the Code of 1882. H.eferred to the Special ,T udiciary Committee.
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Also, a bill to prohibit any non-resident person or persons from camp-hunting in the county of Dade.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Kingston, in Bartow county.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evidence when the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, etc.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to make more specific the crime of barratry in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend section 1979 of the Code of 1882. Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.
Also, a bill to require banks chartered under the laws nf this State, where the capital stock is impaired, to make same good by transfer, and for. other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
The following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Shellman.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon t,he passage of this bill, tpe yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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-610
JorrRNAL OF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to amend the various acts chartering the city Qf Conyers, and for other purposes.
The report ot the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit .the sale of intoxicating liquurs within certain limits of the depot, on the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad, in Duluth, in Gwinnett county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors at Trion Factory, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and uays 0.
,So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Pulaski county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 90, and nays 0.
So the bill, h!lving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division city court of Atlanta.
The report of the committee was agrePd to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee and Loan Company.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools in Quitman, Georgia.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
. Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a city court in
the county of Clarke.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority,- was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams in the county of Madison, and for other purposes.
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Jmm~AL OF THE HousE.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yPas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Moultrie as the city of Moultrie, and for other purposes. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requii?ite constitutional majority, was passed.
Ahm, a bill for the relief ot John M. William~; of Catoosa county.
The report of the cfJmmittee was agreed to. Upon the pas!'age of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, ha,ing received the requisite constitutional majodty, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Cmdele, in the county of Dooly.
The report of the com mittee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0. Sv the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill to repeal the charter of the city of Manchester, etc., and to incorporate the city under the name of College Park. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this. bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0. :;;o the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to establish a board of road commissioners, to provide for a system of public road ~vurking, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 89 and naYS 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutiunal majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to amend an act, approved Decem her 29, 1890, fixing- the time for holding the superior courts composing the Rome judicial circuit in this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
C'pon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 99 and tla\s 0.
So the bill, having receiwd the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
:\]so, a bill to amend an act, appro\ed December 20, 1893, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Locust Gmve, in the county of Henry.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the pasage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having recei,ed the requisite constitutional mnjority, was passed.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkesville to issue bonds, and for other p~l poses.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to establish new terms, and to regulate the practice of filing, returning. and trying new cases in the city court of Richmond county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the books of his office from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1895 the unexpended balance.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having re~eived the r~quisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company and its successors.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Macon Savings Bank.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the 'passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the, bill, having received the requisite constitutional majorty, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of 50,000 or more.
The report of th~ committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:
House bill No. 740, to amend the school laws of this
State by prescribing the qualifications of members of the
county board of education, providing for the compensation,.
etc., providing that the per diem therein provided for shall
be paid upon the approval of the accounts of said board by
the ordinary or county school commissioner, instead of the
grand jury, as therein provided, which they recommend do
pass.
Respectfully submitted.
W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
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JouRSAL OF THE HousE.
Mr. Dempsey, chairman pro {em. of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
}.fr. Speaker :
The Commitee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Pine Hurst, in Dooly county, and grant certain powers, etc.
Respectfully submitted. T. J. DE)IPSEY, Chairman pro tem.
The following House bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to incorporatE> the town of Pine Hurst, in the county of Dooly.
The following Senate bills were read the spcond time, to wit:
A bill to authorize and empowPr the commissioners of roads and revenues of Chatham county to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings any road in said county.
Also, a bill to amend section 2571 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University.
Also, a bill to make penal the selling or buying of seed cotton in the county of Columbia.
The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
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A bill to rearrange the Cherokee and Rome circuits by taking from the CherC'kee circuit the county of Dade.
Recommitted to the Special Judiciary.
Also, a hill to prescribe the time for opening the fall session of the public schools of Bibb county.
Recommitted to the Special ,Jndiciary.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools for the city of Carrollton.
Recommitted to the Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a new charte1 for the city of Carrollton, approved September 9, 1891.
Recommitted to the Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Canollton to hold an election on the question of issuing and selling bonds not exceeding $20,000.
Recommitted to the Special Judiciary.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLA~TA, GEORGIA.
Thursday, December .5, 189.5.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. l\I. this day, was calleo to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold,
Fussell, Gaines, Giles. Gilreath,
:\leDaniel, McCurry, McGough, MeCurdy,
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Armstrong,
Gibson,
McClure,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston,
Me \ V h o r t e r ,
Bailey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Neely,
Battle,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Bagget,
Gregory,
Owen,
Bennett of Wayne, Griffin,
Parker,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of :\lacon,
PePples,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Bird,
Hall,
Pitman,
Blair,
Hammond,
Pittard,
Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Pope,
Blalock of Rabun,. Harv..y,
Prict>,
Bloodworth,
Hi1l,
Pool,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Polhill,
Boynton,
llendeTROn,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Hedding,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Heagan,
Branch,
Howell,
Reece,
Branan,
Hogan,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Screyen,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Bush,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Jenkin!',
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hanco;:k,
Colewan,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdalt>,
Collier,
.Tones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
I.utham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Law,
Wallace,
Durham,
Martin,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Mallette,
West,
Ennis,
Marchman,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Meadow,
\Villiams,
Florence,
Melton,
Willink,
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Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood,
liell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, l\lurrah, McDonald, McElmurry,
\Y ilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, \Vren, \Vynne, Vaughn, Mr. 1-lpeaker.
Those absent were Mess;rs.-
Hodge, .Middlebrooks,
Walker,
Wilkin .
The. JournarDf yesterday was then read and confhmed.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was taken upr read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to vest the management and care of all jails, etc. in the county commissioners.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 96 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the first time and appropriately reerred, to wit :
By Mr. B0ynton of CalhounA hill to amend paragraph 6 of section 4 of article 3 of
the Constitution of this State. This bill was ordered engrossed.
The following bills, which were made the' special order for to-day, were taken up and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to make appropiation to the State memorial board for the purpose of erecting monuments.
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JouRXAL oF THE HousE.
This bill involving an appropriation, the House went into a Committee of the 'Vhole, and Mr. Farmer, of Coweta, was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee aro:;e, and the chairman thereof reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Upon motion, the committee was ordered to take a vote upon the bill at 12:45 o'clock.
The House went again into the Committee of the Whole,
and after further deliberation the committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the bill back with, the -recommendation that same do pass.
This bill involving an appropriation, the yeas and nays were ordered.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon taking the ballot rira t'oce, the Yote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Atkinson,
Gray of Catoosa,
:'\loore of Clayton,
Awtrey,
Gregwy,
1\loore of Heard,
Bailey,
<:Tner of :\[aeon,
Middlebrooks,
Battle,
Hall,
:'licDonalfl,
Bennett of Wayne, Hammond,
McDaniel,
Bell,
Harrell,
McClure,
Bird,
Harvey,
:l'itely,
B:air,
Hill,
Owen.
Blalock of Fa) ette, Hodges,
Parker,
Bloodworth,
Hightower,
Perkin~,
Boifeuillet,
Howell,
Pitman,
Boyett.
Hon~ton,
Pittard.
Branan,
Holland,
Price.
Broyles,
Humphreys,
Polhill,
Brown of Washington Hutelwrson,
Hawlings,
Brown of Pula~ki,
Hurst.
RePce,
Bush,
Jarrell,
Hobert!',
Caldwell,
Jolmson oi Hall,
Hock well.
Clements ofMont~m'y Johnson of Taliaferro, Santlefnrd,
Coleman,
.Jones of Dougherty, Shropshire,
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Cook of Decatur, Dempsey; D0rougu; Dodson, Farmer, Florence, FletchPr, Fouche, Gairws, Gray of Houston,
Jones of Dodge, Lee, Little, Martin, Marchman, Mansfield, )ieadow,
~-!elton,
Mell, 2\loore of Bullcch,
Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons. \Va!iace, Wheatley, \Vi.son, williams, Willink, Willingham, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson,_ Bagget. Boynton, Boyd, Branch, Burch, Collins, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Fiuk, Ferguson,
Fullwood,
Fu~sell,
Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of Harris, Hopkins, Hogan, Holbrook, Hughes, Jenkin,;, Lovett, Law, .Murrah,
McElmurry, ::\icUurry, McWhotter, Pool, Reagan, Shaw, Short, Speuce, Smith of Hancock~ Walden, West, Wilkinson, \Vren, Wynne .
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Armstrong, Bennett of J :JCkson, Blalock of Rabun, Kurwell, Burnett of Quitman,
Clement of Milton, Collier, Cureton, Davison, Vennard, Fogarty, Franklin, Futrell, Giles,
Gibson, Henderson, Hodge, Hudson, Latham, Longley,
::\Iallette, Montfort, McGough, McCurdy, Newton, Peeple.:', .Pope, RedJing,
Salter, t:;creven, tSell, Smith of Clinch, tSmitll of RockJale. tSumner,
Tatum, Thompson, Traylor, \Vall>er, 'Vilkin, Worley, Wright, l\Ir. tSpeaker.
Yeas 90. Nays 42. Not voting 43.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 0'CLOCK P. l\1. The House met at three o'clock P. M. and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. West, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted thE: following report :
j;r. Speaker :
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize the graduates of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, upon whom degrees may be conferred, or diplomas have been or may be granted by the legally constituted authority of said college, to teach in the common schools of this State without further examination, and for other purposes.
The committee have under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to establish a public school system for the town of Wadley, Ga.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report
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back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw:
A bill to provide the method of ascertaining and determining the proportion of public school funds received by the school authorities of Dooly county.
The committee has also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to vest in the public school system of the town of Sparta control of all moneys appropriated by the State for the education of pupils.
Respectfully submitted. W. S. WEsT, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to create a hoard of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Wilcox.
Also, the following Honse bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
Bill No. 348, to amend an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth in the county of Monroe.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
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.Mr. .McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize and empower the abstract and title company now doing business in this State to copy fur use any portion of the records of the Supreme Court or other courts of this State without charge.
The committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act establishing a new charter for the city of Carrollton.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools for the city of Carrollton in the county of Carroll.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton to hold an election on the question of issuing and selling bonds, not exceeding in the aggregate $20,000, for the purpose of providing or building suitable houses, furniture, and apparatus for the public school of Carrollton.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
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Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass:
By Mr. Long, of the Thirtieth-
A. bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Elberton, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts:
A.n act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Webster.
A.lso, an act to repeal an act approved November 25, 1893, incorporating the village of Haynie, in Floyd county.
A.lso, an act to amend an act to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system, independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia.
Also, an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, alcoholic,
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malt,or intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of the town of Desoto, in Sumter county.
Also, an act to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties herein mentioned, approved January 19, 1872, and :an acte amendatory thereof.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Young Harris, in Towns county, Georgia.
Also, an act to fix permanently the title and status of the piece of ground on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets, in the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to create the office of commissioner of public works in the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, in the county of Newton.
Respectfully submitted. T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Finance have had under consideration the following resolutions of the House, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A resolution for relief of G. W. Chamber, of Cherokee county, from taxes illegally assessed and collected for the year 1894.
Also, a resolution to pay the widow of R. I. G. Blake, of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year 1893.
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Also, a resolution to pay M. A. Hardin and C. S. Northen for mailing each member .of the General Assembly a .statement of the unfinished business.
Respectfuly submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Senate bill, whith they recommend do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an .act to carry into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting corporate powers and privileges to railroad companies by the Secretary of State, and for other
.~purposes.
Also, the following House bill, which the committee recommend the author be allowed to withdraw, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the general railroad law of 1892.
Respectfully submitted. C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
Mr. Brown of Pulaski, chairman of the General Agricultural Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Agricultural Committee have had under <Jonsideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
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A bill to regulate the tolling of rice in this State, to provide a punishment for unlawful tolling of the same, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. P. BROWN, Chairman.
Mr. Redding, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County matters have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to prohibit any non-resident person or persons from camp-hunting in the county of Dade.
Respectfully submitted.
J. F. REDDING, Chairman p1o tem.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Commi.ttee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Kingston, in Bartow county, Georgia, approved March 19, 1869.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
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A bill to regulate the use and carrying of Winchester or Qther repeating rifles.
Respectfully submitted. A. S. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker : The General Judiciary Committee have had unde~ con-
sideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1979 of the Code of 1882, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred; to wit:
By Mr. Griffin of GordonA bill to amend paragraph 3 of section 4 of article 3 of
the Constitution of the State. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Boynton of CalhounA resolution to provide for the payment of one addi-
tional assistant doorkeeper of the Senate for the session of 1895, and for other purposes.
This bill was ordered to be engrossed.
By Mr; Gray of HoustonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Fort Valley. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
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ByMr. Fogarty of Richmond-
A resolution instructing the commissioners to codif:,V the laws of this State, to incorporate in said codification a digest of the several State Constitutions, and for other purposes.
Ordered to be engrossed.
By Mr. Hall of Coweta.. A bill to made it a misdemeanor for citizens of this State to refuse to obey any summons of the sheriff or other arresting officer to become a part of a posse comitatus.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Boynton of Calhoun-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the issuance of treasury warrants to pay pensions to indigent ex-Confederate soldiers.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
The following bill was by unanimous consent withdrawn
by its author, to wit :
A bill to amend an act approved September 19, 1889, authorizing and establishing a system of sewerage and drainage for the city of Waycross.
The following telegram was ordered to be spread upon the Journal of the. House, to wit:
AUSTELL, GA., December 4, 1895.
To Hon. Mark Hard-in, House of Representatives, Atlanta :
See that I am recorded against Bush bill. Wife sick.
[Signed.]
MosEs WRIGHT.
The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:
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A bill to pay M.A. Hardin and C. S. Northen for preparing and mailing statement of the business to each member of the General Assembly.
A resolution to relieve G. W. Chamber of Cherokee county for taxes illegally assessed, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend the school laws of this State, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to carry into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution,_ in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting, corporate powers and privileges to railroad companies by the Secretary of State.
The following Senate bill was recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit :
Senate bill No. 256.
The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend paragraph 4, section 2, article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the county of Habersham.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the ~equisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 21, 1891, prescribing the method of granting charters to banking companies.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90, and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 4928 of the Code. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were H9 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pas8ed.
Also, a bill to authorize the trustees of the Freewill Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, to sell certain lands, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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The following bill was made the special order for tomorrow immediately after the reading of the Journal, to wit:
Bill No. 321.
The following bill was made the special order for tomorrow to follow the special order already placed above, to wit:
Bill No. 692.
The following special order was then taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
Bill No. 421.
A bill to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1, article 7 of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
This bill involving an appropriation, the Honse went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Meadow, of Madison, was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
Upon the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Arnold, Awtrey, :Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blair, Boynton, Boyett; Branch,
Fogarty, Ferguson, Fussell, Gregory, Hall, Hammond, Hill, Holbrook, Holland,
McElmurry, McCurry, Neely, Peeples, Pitman, Price, Reece, Shropshire, Smith of Clinch,
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Branan, Broyies, Bush, Clement of Milton, Collins, Coleman, Cook of Decatur, Durham, Farmer,
Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jenkins, Jones of Dodge, Law, Martin, Melton,
Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes,
Symon~,
Sumner, Thompson, Wallace, Wilkinson.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Bailey,
Gray of Houston, Murrah,
Battle,
Gray of Catoosa,
Middlebrooks.
Bagget,
Gray of Pauldin~,
McDonald,
Bennett of Jackson, Griffin,
McCurdy,
Bell,
Hodges,
McWhorter,
Blalock of Fayette, Henderson,
Owen,
Bloodworth,
Hightower,
Pittard,
Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Pool,
Boyd,
Houston,
Rawlings,
Brown of Washington, Humphreys,
Reagan,
Brown of Pulaski, Johnson of Hall,
Roberts,
Burch,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Rockwell,
Caldwell,
Jones of Dougherty, Sandeford,
Dempsey,
Little,
Sell,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Shaw,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Meadow,
WPst,
Ennis,
Mell,
Will ink,
Florence,
Moore of Bulloch, Worley,
Fouche,
Moore of Clayton, Wynne,
Futrell,
Montfort,
Vaughn.
Gaine!',
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Greer of Harris,
Atkinson,
Harrell,.
Armstrong,
Harvey,
Blalock of Rabun, Howell,
Burwell,
Hogan,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Clements of Montgm'y Hudson,
Coll!er,
Jarrell,
Cureton,
Latham,
Pope, Polhill, Redding, Salter, Screven, Short,. Spence, Smith of Rockdale, Tatum,
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Davison, Dennard, Espy, Fletcher, Fink, Franklin, Fullwood, Giles. Gilreath, Gibson, Greer of Macon,
J..ee, Longley, Mallette, Mansfield, Moore of Heard, McDaniel, McGough, McClure, Newton, Parker, Perkins,
Traylor, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams. Willingham, Wright, Wren, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 52. Nays.64. Not voting 59.
So the report of the committee was disagreed to_.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows.:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Anderson,
Gray of Houston, McCurry,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
McCurdy,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, . McWhorter,
Battle,
. Gregory,
Newton,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Owen,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bell,
Hall,
Perkins,
Bird,
Hill,
Pitman,
Blalock of Fayette, Hodges,
Pittard,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Price,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Pool,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Rawlings,
Branch,
Houston,
Reagan,
Branan,
Holbrook,
Reece,
Broyles,
HollanO,
Roberts.
Brown of W~hington, Humphreys,
Rockwell,
Brown of Pulaski, Hutcherson,
Sandeford,
Burch,
Hurst,
Shropshire,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Sell,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Shaw,
Coleman,
Johnson of Hall,
Short,
Cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Dempsey,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
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Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield, _Ennis, Farmer, Florence, Fouche, Fink, :Fogarty, Futrell, -Gaines,
. Jones of Dodge, . Little,
Lovett, Marchman, Meadow, Me II, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Symon~;~,
Wallace, Walden, West, Willink, Wilkinson, Worley, Wren, . Wynne, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Arnold,
~oynton,
Boyett, ::Bush, Ferguson,
Fussell, Hammond, Hughes, Law, Martin,
Melton, McElmurry, Neely, Smith of Hancock,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
.Allen,
Gibson,
.Atkinson,
Harrell,
Armstrong,
Harvey,
Blair,
Howell,
Blalock of Rabun, Hogan,
:Burwell,
Hodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Clements of Montgm'y Latham,
-Dollins,
Lee,
<Jollier,
Longley,
.Cureton,
Mallette,
Davison,
Mansfield,
.Dennard,
Moore of Heard, .
Espy,
McDaniel,
Fletcher,
McClure,
Franklin,
McGough,
Fullwood,
Pope,
Giles,
Polhill,
-Gilreath,
Redding,
Salter, Screven, l:lpence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, 8umne;r, Tatum, Thompson, Traylor, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willingham, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 106. _Nays 1-!. Not voting 55 .
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed ..
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The following House bills were read the second time, towit:
A bill to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese,. and for other purposes:
Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Coweta.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Armstrong.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight.
8 O'CLOCK P. M.
The House met at 8 o'clock this P. M., and was called toorder by the Speaker.
The following message was received from the Senate,. through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county,.. and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit hunting with dogs and guns, and fishing on the lands of others in thecounty of Appling, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Brunswick, in and for the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to extend the corporaFe limits of the city of Waynesboro.
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The Senate has passed the following House bill, with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is re:Sp~ctfully asked, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the ~ity of Dawson, so as to require the election of the clerk of <muncil by the mayor and aldermen instead of by ballot, as now provided, and for other purposes.
Th(l Senate has adopted, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House resolutions, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of Willis Fields of Henry
~ounty.
Also, a resolution relieving the Brunswick State Bank
and its sureties from payment of interest on fl. fa.
Also, a resolution for the x;elief of the North Highlan~s Railroad Company.
Mr. Wright, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on CountiPs and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early county. Respectfully submitted.
MosEs WRIGHT, Chairman.
The following bills wer~ read the Eecond time, to wit :
A bill to require all persons carrying Winchester rifles, or pistols, to give bond, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early county, and for other purposes.
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The following House bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution to correct an error in the caption of House bill No. 397.
The following bills were made the special order of busi-
ness for to-morrow morning, to follow the special orders
already placed, to wit :
House bills Nos. 71, 82, and 568.
Mr. Boynton, of Calhoun, gave notice that he would move to-morrow morning for a reconsideration of the action of the House, taken this morning, upon the following bill, to wit :
Bill No. 421.
The following bill was read the second time and recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to prevent mob violence, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills were read tLe second time and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit :
A bill to provide for the protection of the cemetery reserve in the city of Macon.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of t.he city of Macon, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the third time and put npon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of Hapeville, and for other purposes.
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The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill fixing the compensation to be paid persons employed as clerks in holding general elections at the precincts in the county of Pierce.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham.
The committee to which this bill was referred reported the same back by substitute.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
Also, a bill to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Wilcox.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to establish a public school system for the town of Wadley, Ga.
The rtport of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the" requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Pinehurst in the <Jounty of Douly.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Graysville, in Catoosa county. The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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.Also, a bill to create a board of county commissionersfor Fannin county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
U pou the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional' majority, was passed.
.Also, a bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enlarge, open, and construct a canal or ditch beyond the limits of said city.
Tbe report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the city of" Chickamauga, in the county of 'Valker.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill; having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to require Spalding county to pay the officers of court the costs now allowed by law in each case convicted and worked in the chain-gang of said county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, a bill for the relief of the North Georgia Agricultural College, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Dahlonega to grant to any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution revoking ceded rights granted to the United States government over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga Park.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the pat~sage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill for the relief of J. M. Evitt and others of Catoosa county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to make penal the selling or buying of seed cotton in the county of Columbia.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays o.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Battle, of .Muscogee, gave notice that on to-morrow morning be would move to reconsider the action taken upon the above 'bill.
Also, the following House bill, to wit :
A bill to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoochee Railway Company and the Collins Park and Belt Railway Company from penalty for not returning taxes.
The committee reported this bill back with substitute. The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
Also, a bill to amend section 3888 of the Code of 1882. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Friday, December 6, 1895.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
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The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Allen,
Giles,
McElmurry,
Anderson,
Gilreath,
McDaniel,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
McCurry,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
McGough,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
McCurdy,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding, McClure,
Battle,
Gregory,
McWhorter,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Neely,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Macon,
Newton,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Owen,
Bell,
Hall,
Parker,
Bird,
Hammond,
Peeples,
Blair,
Harrell,
Perkins,
Blalock of Fayette, l:larvey,
Pitman,
Bloodworth,
Hill,
Pittard,
Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Pope,
Boynton,
Henderson,
Price,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Pool,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Polhill,
Brancl1,
Howell,
Rawlings,
Branan,
Hogan,
Redding,
Broyles,
Hodge,
Reagan,
Brown of washington Houston,
Reece,
Brown of Pulaski, Holbrook,
Roberts,
Burwell,
Holland,
Rockwell,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Salter,
Burch,
Humphreys,
8andeford,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Shropshire,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Screven,
Clements of Montgm'y Hurst,
Sell,
Clement of :Milton, Jarrell,
Shaw,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Short,
Coleman,
Johnson of Hall,
Spence,
Collier,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Davison,
Latham,
Symons,
Dempsey,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dennard,
Little,
Tatum,
Dorough,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Durham,
Law,
Vaughn,
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Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, .Fink, Fogarty, Ferg-uson, .Franklin, :Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Blalock of Rabun,
Smith of Hancock Smith of Rockdale,
Wallace, Walden, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
Walker, Wilkin.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Boynton, of Calhoun, moved to reconsider the action of the House taken on yesterday upon House bill No. 421.
Upon the motion to reconsider, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Arnold, Blair, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Bush, Clement of Milton, Dennard, Espy, Farmer,
Fletcher, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fussell, Gilreath, Hall, Hill, Hughes, Jones of Dodge, Law,
Melton, McCurry, McGough, McClure, Neely, Peeples, Price, Shropshire, Smith of Hancock, Symons, Wren.
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson.
Griffin,
McWhorter,
Bailey,
Greer of Macon,
Newton,
Battle,
Harvey,
Owen,
Bagget,
Hodges,
Parker,
Bennett of Wayne, Hopkins,
Perkins,
Bennett of Jackson, Howell,
Pitman,
Bell,
.
Hogan,
Pittard,
Blalock of Fayette, Houston,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Holbrook,
Pol hill,
Boifeuillet,
Humphreys,
Rawlings,
Boyd,
Hutcherson,
Reagan,
Branch,
Jarrell,
Reece,
Broyles,
Johnsun of Hall,
Roberts,
Brown of Washington Johnson of Taliaferro, Rockwell,
Burwell,
Lee,
Sandeford,
Caidwell,
Little,
Sell,
.Collins,
Longley,
Shaw,
Coleman,
Martin,
Spence,
Dempsey,
Mallette,
Smith of Telfair,
Dorough,
Marchman,
Traylor,
Dodson,
Mansfield,
'Vall ace,
Durham,
Meadow,
Walden,
Edenfield
Mell,
Wheatley,
Ennis,
Moore of Clayton, Wilson,
Fouche,
Moore of Heard,
Williams,
Gaines,
Montfort,
Willink,
Gibson,
Murrah,
Worley,
Gray of Houston, McDonald,
Wright,
-Gray of Catoosa, . McCurdy,
Wynne.
Gray of Paulding,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gregory,
Armstrong,
Greer of Harris,
Awtrey,
Hammond,
Bird,
Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Henderson,
Brown of Pulaski, Hightower,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Burch,
Holland,
-clementsof Mont~'y Hudson,
-collier,
Hurst,
Cook of Decatur,
Jenkins,
-cureton,
Jones of Dougherty,
Pope, Redding, Salter, Screven, Short, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Stokes, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Walker,
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Davison, Florence, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Giles,
Yeas 33.
Latham, Lovett, Moore of Bulloch, Middlebrooks, McElmurry, McDaniel,
West, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Willingham, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Nays 88. Not voting 5-!.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
,.
The following bill was, by unanimous consent, introduced read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Jenkins of Putnam-
A bill to amend an act to authorize the issuance of circulating notes to the banks and banking associations of this State, etc.
Ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Bush, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration House bill No. 569, by ~1r. Farmer of Coweta,. a bill to prohibitlthe manufacture of all kinds of liquors and to provide a penalty for same, which committee recommend do pass as amended.
Also, House bill Xo. 442, by Mr. Giles of Houston, a bill to amend the Constitution so as to prohibit sale of intoxicating liquors in quantities less than one pint, etc.,. which the committee recommend do pass.
Respectfully submitted. I. A. BusH, Chairman.
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Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under coneideration the following bills, which they instruct me toreport back, with the recommendation that the same dopass, to wit:
A bill to make all laws prescribing the duties of administrators of estates, with reference to making inventories of estates, applicable to executors and administrators, with the will annexed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to prevent the discharge of firearms upon the public highways of this State and withinfifty yards of the same, and for other purp,>ses.
Also, a bill to amend section 299 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a school for colored persons, as a branch of the State University, to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. to wit:
A bill to amend section 4255 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute,. to wit:
A bill to regulate the practice of architecture in this State, and for other purposes.
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I am also instructed to return the following bill, with the recommendation that it be read the second time and recommitted to this committee.
A bill to define the power of the supreme court in ~ertain cases, to expedite the final disposition of cases, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed t( return the following bills, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to with{)raw the same, to wit:
A bill to amend the law as to damages to be awarded in ~ses carried to the supreme court for delay only.
Also, a bill to provide for redeeming land sold under -execution, decree, etc., by the debtor, his vendee, creditor, and their legal representatives.
I am also instructed to return the following resolution, with thP recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A resolution to authorize the purchase by the State of 400 volumes of McDonell's Index Digest of the Local Laws of Georgia, and to provide for the payment theref<)r.
I am also instructed to return the following bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State as to the selection of the solicitors-general and of judges 1of the supreme and superior courts.
Also, a bill to define a pound under the laws of this State and prescribe a penalty for a breach thereof, and for <>ther purposes.
Also, a bill to grant to administrators and executors the right to redeem within the year prescrihed by law all prop-erty of the person whose estate they may represent which has been sold at tax sale, where said year has not expired prior to the death of said person, and to provide a date
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from which said year shall run as against said administrators and executors.
Also, a bill to amend section 9 of the general registration law of Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1893, entitled an :act to prevent mob violence in this State, to provide a means for carrying this act into effect.
Also, a bill to require the claimant to disclose his title by attaching to the claim affidavit, at the time of filing the same, an abstract of his ti'tle in all cases where realty is claimed.
Also, a bill to provide for the registration of trade-marks, brands, etc.
Also, a bill to amend article 2, section 1, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so as to extend the provisions of said article, section, and paragraph to females.
Also, a bill to amend section 2 of article 7 of [the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend section 4, article 59 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend section 3696 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to prescribe and fix the fees of witnesses for the State in all criminal trials in the superior courts of this State.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary:
Jfr. Speaker:
The Governor has approved the following acts of the General Assembly, to wit:
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An act to abolish the county court of Emanuel county, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton,. so as to authorize the mayor and council of said city to require every person, firm, company, or corporation doing business in said city to register annually his or their trade,. calling, business, or profession in a book to be kept by the clerk of council, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to amend an act approved December 4, 1893, which authorizes the board of commissioners of the town of 'Vashington, Ga., to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of purchasing or building public school buildings, etc.
Also, an act to amend section 1291 of the Code of 1882 by inserting after the word "peace,'' in the third line of said section, the words "or notaries public, who are ex officio justices of the peace," etc.
Also, an act to amend an act approved October 20, 1889, incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.
Also, an act to create a board of education for the town of Lithonia and to prescribe its powers and duties, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the Monroe Banking, Loan and Guarantee Company.
Also, an act to create the office of commissioner of public works in the city of Savannah, etc.
Also, an act to amend an act to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia, etc.
Also, an act to fix permanently the title and status of
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the piece of ground on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah, etc.
Also, an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Webster, etc.
Also, an act to repeal an act approved November 25, 1893, incorporating the village of Haynie, in Floyd county, Ga., and for other purposes.
Also, an act to provide a system of public schools for the town of Oxford, in the county. of Newton, etc.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Young Harris, in Towns county, Ga., etc.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to create and organize a board of tax-assessors and receivers for the city of Savannah.
The Senate has passed the following House bill with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an .act to provide compensation for the members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Catoosa county, and for other purposes.
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolutions, to wit :
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A resolution approving the bill now pending m the national Congress for the establishment of dry dock at
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Key West, Florida.
A resolution inviting the Hon. Fleming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly December 10, 1895.
The Senate has also passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majority :
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Douglas, in the county of Coffee.
Also, a bill to 'be entitled an act to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have bad under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to make it a misdemeanor for any citizen of this St.ate to refuse to obey any summons of the sheriff or other arresting officer to become a part of a posse comitatus to aid him in making arrests, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY. Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
~tfr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
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A bill to be entitled an act to authorize justices of the peace and notaries public of this State to preside in districts other than those they were elected or appointed to~ and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1 of article !) of the Constitution which refer to the filling of vacancies and unexpired terms in the office of Governor.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act to amend the laws of this State in reference to the inspection of illuminating oils.
.Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the sale of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a hill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act regulating sales of fertilizers in this State, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was taken up aad put upon its passage; to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to carry into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting cor- ' porate powers.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following special order was take~ up and put upon its passage, to wit:
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A bill to appropriate $50,000 to the Georgia Normal -and Industrial College for the erection of buildings, etc.
This bill involving an appropriation, the House went into the committee of the whole, with instructions that the committee report the same back by 11:15 o'clock.
Mr. Gray, of Hou~ton, was called to the chair.
After deliheration the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the same back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
This bill involving an appropriation, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Gray of Houston,
Atkinson,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bailey,
Greer of Macon,
Battle,
Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Wayne, Hall,
Bell,
Hammond,
Bird,
Harvey,
Blair,
Hill,
Bloodworth,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
Branch,
Houston,
Branan,
Holland,
Broyles,
Humphreys,
Brown of Washington Hutcherson,
Brown of Pulaski, Jarrell,
Burwell,
Jenkins,
Burnett of Quitman, Johnson of Hall,
Bush,
Lee,
McDalliel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, Neeiy, Newton, Owen, Parker, Perkins, Pitman, Price, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Rockwell, San deford, Shropshire, Smith of Telfair, Symons,
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Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Ennis, Farmer, Fogarty,
Little, Law, Martin, Mallette, Mansfield, Meadow, Mel!, Moore of Bulloch, Middlebrooks, McElmurry,
Tatum, Vaughn, Wallace, \Vest, Wheatley, Wilson, 'Villiams, Willink, Wright, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Awtrey, Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, Blalock of Fayette, Boyd, Burch, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Dempsey, Durhamr Espy, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Fqllwood, Gaines,
Gilreath,
McClure,
Gray of Paulding, McWhorter,
Griffin,
Peeples,
Hogan,
Pittard,
Holbrook,
Pool,
Hughes,
Reece,
Hurst,
Sell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Shaw,
Jones of Dodge,
Short,
Longley,
Spence,
Marchman,
Smith of Hancock,
Melton,
Sumner,
Moore of Clayton,- Traylor,
Moore of Heard,
Walden,
Montfort,
Wilkinson,
Murrah,
Worley,
McDonald,
Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Arnold, Blalock of Rabun,
Gibson, Giles, Gregory,
Roberts, Salter, Sereven,
Clements of Montgm'y,Harrell,
Collins,
Henderson,
Davison,
Hodge,
Edenfield,
Hudson,
Florence,
Jones of Dougherty,
Franklin,
Latham,
Fussell,
Lovett,
Futrell,
Pope,
Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Clinch, Stokes, Thompson, Walker, Wilkin, Willinghal!l, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 90. Nays 52. Not voting 33.
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So the bill, having received the requisite~constitutiona~ majority, was passed.
The next special order)aken up was a(follows:
A bill to decrease the bonded debt of the State,[and forother purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
'Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and~nays were called, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Fouche,
Murrah,
Anderson,
F~nk,
.McClure,
Atkinson,
Fullwood,
McWhort.er,
Bagget,
Fussell,
Owen,
Blair,
Gaines,
Parker,
Blalock of Fayette, Gilreath,
Petples,
Bloodworth,
Gray. of Houston,
Perkins,
Boynton,
Gray of Catoosa,
Pool,
Boyd,
Gray of Paulding, Redding,
Boyett,
Griffin,
Reagan,
Branan,
Hal',
Reece,
Brown of Washington Harvey,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hill,
Shaw,
Burch,
Hightower,
Short,
Bush,
Hogan,
Spence,
Caldwell,
Holbrook,
Smith of Hancock,
Clement of Miltan, Hughe~,
Smith of Telfair,
Coleman,
Hurst,
1-;umner,
Collier,
Johnson of Taliaferro,Traylor,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
\Valker,
Cureton,
Law,
\Vaiden,
Dempsey,
Martin,
\Vest,
Dennar.t,
Marchman,
\Vi!son,
Durham,
Melton,
Wilkinson,
J<~denfield,
Moore of Bulloch, \Vorley,
Ennis,
Moore of Heard,
\V ren,
Fletcher,
Montfort,
V ughn.
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659
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Arnold, Awtrey, Bailey, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Boifeuillet, Branch, Broyles, Burwell, Dodson, Fogarty, Greer of Macon, Hammond, Hodges,
Hopkins, Houston, Holland, Hutchel'80ll, Jarrell, Johnson of Hall, Little, Mallette, Mansfield, Meadow, Me II, McDonald, 3IcElmurry, McCurry,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
McGough, McCurdy, Neely, Newton, Pittard,
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Polhill, Rockwell, Symons, Wheatley, Williams, Willink, Wright, Wynne.
Armstrong,
Gregory,
Battle,
Greer of Harris,
Bell,
Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Henderson,
Burnett of Qmtruan, Howell,
Clements of Montgm'y Hodge,
Collins,
Humphreys,
Davison,
Hudson,
:Dorough,
Jenkins,
Espy,
Jones of Dougherty,
Farmer,
Latham,
Ferguson,
Lee,
Franklin,
Longley,
Futrell,
Lovett,
Florence,
Moore of Clayton,
Giles,
Middlebrooks,
Gibson,
McDaniel.
Pitman, Pope, Rawlings, Roberts, Salter, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Smith of Rockdale. Smith of CJmch, Stokes Tatum, Thompson, Wallace, Wilkin, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 81. Nays 43. Not voting 51.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Dempsey, of Butts, gave notice that on to-morrow he would move a reconsideration of the action taken upon the above bill to-day.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to authorize and provide for the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the further debate upon this bill was postponed until the afternoon session.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Middlebrooks, Gray of Houston, Dorough, Owen, and Branch.
The House then adjourned until 3 o'clock P. 111.
3 O'CLOCK P. M. The House met at 3 o'clock P. M. this afternoon and was called to order by the Speaker. The following bill, which was brought over from the morning session as unfinished business, was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to authorize and prescribe for the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers.
This bill involving an appropriation, the House went into the Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Polhill of Bibb in the chair.
The committee arose and reported progress, and asked leave to sit again at 4 o'clock.
The request of the committee was granted.
Mr. :Boynton, chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The committee have had under consideration the follow-
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661
ing Ho~se bill, which I am instructed to report back to
the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass,
to wit:
A bill to authorize the issuance of warrants in the treasury of this State to pay the pensions of the indigent ex-Confederate soldiers who may be entitled thereto, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the
following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report
back to the House, with the recommendation that the same
do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend the second section of an act entitled an act to fix the salary of the State librarian and assistant Librarian.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Coweta.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The Senate amendments to the following House bills were then taken up and concurred in, to wit:
A bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide compensation for the members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Catoosa county.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make the owners of dead animals bury same.
Also, a bill to create and organize a board of tax-assessors and receivers for the city of Savannah.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
The followii1g bill was read the second time, to wit :
A bill to authorize the issuance of wanants on the treas-. ury of this State to pay pensions of ex-Coufederate soldiers.
The following special order was then taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A joint resolution providing for the payment to the city -of Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expense of paving West Cain street, and for other purposes.
This bill involving an appropriation, the Honse went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Mell, of Clarke, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold, Awtrey, Bailey, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Broyles,
Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, FusRell, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Catoosa, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hill, Hodges, Hightower, Hogan, Holbrook,
Montfort, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McCurdy, Newton, Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Sandeford,
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663
Burwell, .
Hutcherson,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Hughes,
Sell,
Burch, Bush,
Hurst, .Johnson of Hall,
Shaw, Smith of Hancock.
<Jlement of Milton, Johnson of Taliaferro, Symons,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Tatum,
Cook of Decatur,
Law,
Walker,
Cureton, Dempsey, Dodson,
Martin,l Mallette, Marchman,
Wallace, West, Willink,
Durham,
Melton,
Wright,
Edenfield, Espy,
Mell, Moore of Clayton,
'Vren, Wynne,
Farmer,
Moore of Heard,
Vaughn.
Fletcher,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
ArQlstrong,
Hammond
McWhorter
Battle,
Harrell,
Neely,
Bennett of Jackson, Harvey,
Parker,
Bell,
Henderaon,
Peeples,
Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth,
Hopkins, Howell,
Pittard, Pope,
Boyd,
Hodge
Rawlings,
.Branch,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington Holland,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Screven,
{)aldwell,
Humphreys,
Short,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Spence,
Dollins,
Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
.Coleman, Davison,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Rockdale,
Latham,
Smith of Telfair,
Dennard,
Lee,
Stokes,
Dorough,
Little,
Sumner,
Ennis,
Longley,
Thompson,
Florence, Fouche,
Lovett, Mansfield,
Traylor, \\T alden,
Franklin,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Futrell,
Moore of Bulloch, Wilson,
Fullwood,
Murrah,
Wilkin,
Giles,
McElmurry
Williams,
Gibson,
McDaniel,
Wilkinson,
-Gray of Houston,
McCurry,
Willingham,
Gray of Paulding, McGough,
Wor!ey,
-Gregory,
McClure,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 91. Not voting 84.
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So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read thethird time and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill authorizing the libratian to have printed theGeorgia Reports, from the seventy-seventh to eighty-third} inclusive, and appropriating money for the same.
The House went into the Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Bennett, of Wayne, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman of the committee reported the bill back, with therec<,mmendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen,
Ferguson,
Anderson,
Fussell,
Atkinson,
Gaines,
Awtrey,
Gilreath,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Bennett of Wayne, Geer of Macon,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Blalock of Fayette, Hall,
Boifeuillet,
Hammond,
Boynton,
Hill,
Boyett,
Hodges,
Branan,
Hightower,
Broyles,
Hogan,.
Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Burwell,
Hughes,
Burnett of Quitman, Hurst,
Bush,
Jarrell,
McGough, McCurdy, Newton, Owen, Parker, Perk ius, Pitman, Price, Pool, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Sell,
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66&
Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Collier, Cureton, Dempsey, Dorough, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Fletcher, Fink, Fogarty,
Jenkins, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dodge, Little, Law, Martin, Mallette, Mansfield, )!elton, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Shaw, Smith of Hancock, Symons, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, Wallace, Wheatley, Willink, Wright, Wren, 'Yynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gray of Houston, McCurry,
Armstrong,
Gregory,
McClure,
Battle,
Harrell,
Mc,Yhorter,
Bell,
Harvey,
Neely,
Bird, Blair,
Henderson, Hopkins,
Peeples, Pittard,
Blalock of Rabun, Howell,
Pope,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Boyd,
Houston
Rockwell,
Branch,
Holland,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Short,
Burch,
Humphreys,
Speuce,
Clements of Montgm'y,Hutcherson,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,..
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
8tokes,
DB.vison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Lovett,
'Vaiden,
Ennis,
Marchman,
West,
Florence,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Fouche
Mell,
Wilkin,
Franklin,
Moore of Bulloch, Williams,
Futrell,
Montfort,
Wilkinson,
Fullwood,
Murrah,
Willingham,
Giles,
McElmurry,
Worley,
Gibson,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
Gray of Catoosa,
Yeas 93. Not voting 82.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The hour of 4 o'clock having arrived, the House went into a Committee of the. Whole to further consider the following bill, to wit:
A bill to authorize and provide for the payment of pen:sions of certain widows of Confederate soldiers.
Mr. Polhill, of Bibb, was called to the ch~ir.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman -of the committee reported the bill back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were or<lered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.A lien,
Fussell,
.Anderson,
Gaines,
Atkinson,
Gray of Catoosa,
.Botiley,
Greer of Macon,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Jackson, Hammond,
Blalock of Fayette, Hopkins,
oifeuillet,
Howell,
Boyd,
Hogan,
Branch,
Houston,
:Brown of Washington, Holbrook,
Burwell,
Humphreys,
Burch,
Hughes,
{)aldwell,
Jenkins,
-cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Hall,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
Dempsey,
Lee,
D:>rough,
Mallette,
Durham,
Marchman,
Ennis,
Melton,
McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Owen, Pitman, Price, Pool, Pol hill, Rawlings, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Shaw, Spence, Symons, Tatum, Traylor, Walker,
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667
Espy, Fletcher, Fink, Fouche, Ferguson, :Fullwood,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Willink, Worley, Wright, "\Vren, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Awtrey, Blair, Boynton, Boyett,
Broyles, Hall, Hill, Holland,
Law, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Wilkinson.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
McCurdy,
Armstrong,
Gray of Paulding, Neely,
Battle,
Gregory,
Parker,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Peeples,
Bell,
Harrell,
Perkins,
Bird,
Harvey;
Pittard,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Pope,
Bloodworth,
He:1deraon,
Redding,
Branan,
Hightower,
Roberts,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Balter,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
San deford,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Sell,
Clements of Montgm'y Hurst,
Short,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Collier,
Latham,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Longley,
Wallace,
Dodson,
Lovett,
"\Vaiden,
Edenfield,
Martin,
"\Vest,
Farmer,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Florence,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Fogarty,
Mell,
Wilkin,
Franklin,
Moore of Bulloch, Williams,
Futrell,
McElmurry,
Willingham,
Gilreath,
McDaniel,
Wynne,
Gibson,
McCurry,
Mr. Speaker.
Giles,
McGough,
Yeas 76. Nays 12. Not voting 86.
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So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Johnson, of Hall, gave notice that on to-morrow morning he would move a reconsideration of the action of the House taken to-day upon the above bill.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit~
A resolution that the Library Hall be tendered the Chatauqua Congress for its session this evening.
The following resolution was, by unanimous consent~ taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A resolution providing payment for the committee appointed to examine the work of the codifiers at the session of 1894.
The House went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Holland, of Cobb, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the same back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot vivavoce, the vote was as follows ~
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, .Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet,
Gaines, Gray of Catoosa, Griffin, G-reer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Hill, Hodges, Howell, Hogan,
McCurry,
McGough, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Peeples, Perkins, Price, Pol hill,
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669
Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Caldwell, Coleman, Cook of Decatur, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Edenfield, Ennis, Farmer, Fou~be, Fink, Fullwood, Fussell,
Houston, Holland, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jarrell, Johnson oi Hall, Lee, Little, Law, Martin, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Mell, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, McDonald,
Rawlings, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Smith of Hancock, ::imith of Telfair, Symons, Traylor, Walker, Wallace, \Vaiden, Willink, Worley, Wright, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gilreath,
Parker,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
Pitman,
Bagget,
Gray of Houston, Pittard,
Bell,
Gray of Paulding, Pope,
Blair,
Gregory,
Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Redding,
Bloodworth,
Harvey,
Roberts,
Brown of Washington Henderson,
Salter,
Burwell,
Hightower,
Sandeford,
Burnett of Quitman, Hopkins,
Short,
Burch,
Hodge,
Spence,
Bush,
Holbrook,
Smith of Clinch,
Clements ofMontgm'y Hudson,
Smith of Rockdale,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Stokes,
.Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Sumner,
<Jollier,
Jones of Dougherty, Tatum,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
Thompson,
Davison,
Latham,
West,
Dodson,
Longley,
Wheatley,
Durham,
Lovett,
Wilson,
Espy,
Mallette,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Melton,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Wilkinson,
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Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Giles,
Yeas 92.
Murrah, Middlebrooks, McElmurry. McDaniel, McCurdy,
Not voting 83.
Willingham, Wren, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutio.nal majority, \~as passed.
The following special order was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A resolution to appropriate $1,000 to repair and repaint the capitol dome, and for other purposes.
The House went into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Little, of Muscogee, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee aro~?e and the chairman thereof reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
This request was allowed to be laid upon the table subject to be called up at any time.
By unanimo-us consent, ~ouse bill No. 671 was made the special order for to-morrow morning, after reading of the Journal.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were made the special orders for to-morrow, to follow the special orders already placed, to wit:
House bills Nos. 173, 698, 654, 473, and House resolution No. 122, also bill No. 128.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was made the special order for to-morrow, to be taken up before any of the special orders above placed, to wit:
Bill No. 747.
By unanimous consent the following bill was put upon ts passage, to. wit:
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671
A bill to authorize the proper county authorities of the border counties of the State to co-operate with the properauthorities of the adjacent Rtat es in building and keeping. up bridges, and for oth~r purposes.
The report of the committee was rgreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was made the special order for tonight, immediately after the opening of the evening session,. to wit:
No. 429.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Bush and Newton.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight.
8 0'CLOCK P. l\1.
The House met at 8 o'clock P. M., and was called toorder by the Speaker.
Mr. Boynton, ch~tirman of Committee on Finance, submitted the follQwing report:
Jfr. Speaker :
The Finance Committee have had under consideration the following resolutions of the House, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
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A r~solution to pay the heirs-at-law of Catharine Cheek .:amount due for pensions.
A resolution to pay Nancy E. Williams pension for 1891. Respectfully submitted.
J. L. BOYNTON, Chairman.
The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:
A resolution to pay for assistant doorkeeper for the :Senate for the session of 1895.
Also, a resolution to appropriate $500 for the purehase of digest of the several State Constitutions, and for other cpurposes.
Also, a bill to regulate the practice of architecture in the :State of Georgi~.
Also, a bill to amend section 4255 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to define the powers of the supreme court in eertain cases.
Also, a bill to make all laws prescribing the duties of administrators of estates with reference to making inven.tories, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved September 27, 1883, entitled an act to prevent the discharge of firearms.
Also, a bill to amend section 299 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved .November 26, 1890, entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University.
Also, a bill to prevent the taking of fish with a seine in .the waters of Tallulah river.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Birmingham, in _Milton county.
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673
Also, a bill to amend an act approved September 10, 1887, entitled an act to provide for the payment of ingolvent criminal costs for the officers of the county court {)Hancock county.
Also, a bill to restrict the ci vii jurisdiction ofcity courts, .and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to make it a misdemeanor for any citizen of this State to refuse to obey any summons of the sheriff to become a part of a posse comitatus.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph 6 of section 4 of article 3 of the Constitution of this State.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Fort Valley.
Also, a resolution topay Nancy E. Williams pension for 1891.
Also, a resolution to pay heir-at-law of Catherine Cheek .amount due for pension.
Also, a bill to appropriate money for the purpose of building dormitories and 0ther buildings for the State Normal School at Athens.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to amend section 1855 of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and
nays 0.
So the hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
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ltir. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bill, with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act establishing a new charter for the city of Covington, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to ~mend an act approved November 12, 1889, declaring counciln.en and aldermen of the towns and cities of the State ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee haye had under con~;ideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to abolish the city court of the county of Laurens. Respectfully submitted.
A. G. McCURRY, Chairman.
The following bill, which was made the special crder for to-night, was taken up and placed upon its passage, to .,-;it:
A bill to make legal the sales of wild lands in thisState~ where baid sale, were for taxes due the State, etc.
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675
Mr. Fogarty, of Richmond, moved the previous question, which motion was sustained.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 62 and nays 27.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Dennard, of wilcox, gave notice that on to-morrow he would move a reconsideration of the action of the House taken on the above bill to-day.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were taken up and put upon their pas'lage, to wit :
A resolution authorizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta, affecting the use of Wall street.
The report of the committe was agreed to. Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also a resolution ratifying and confirming settlements made by the Governor and Attorney-General concerning rights, ways, and properties of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the resoiution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,800 as compensation to be paid the special commissioners for
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adjudication of controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
This resolution involving an appropriation, the House went into the Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Hammond, of Richmond, was called to the chair.
After deliberation the committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird,' Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, _ Broyles, Burwell, Coleman, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer,
Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, Hodge, Houston, Holbrook, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jarrell, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Little, Longley, Law, Martin,
McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Fittard, Polhill, Reagan, Sell, Shaw, Short, Smith of Hancock, ::;ymons, Summer, Tatum, Traylor, Wallace,
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677
Fletcher, Fouch(!, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Gray of Catoosa, Greer of Macon,
Marchman, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McDonald,
Walden, West, Wilson, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Worley, Wren, \'lynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-
Atkinson,
Franklin,
Owen,
Arnold,
Futrell,
Pope,
Armstrong,
Giles,
Price,
Bagget,
Gilreath,
Pool,
Bell,
Gibson,
Rawlings,
Blair,
Gray of Houston,
Redding,
Blalock of Rabun, Gray of Paulding, Reece,
Bloodworth,
Gregory,
Roberts,
Boyd,
Griffin,
Rockwell,
Branch,
Harrell,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Henderson,
Sandeford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hightower,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Howell,
Screven,
Burch,
Hogan,
Spence,
Bush,
Holland,
Smith of Clinch,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Smith of Rockdale,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Smith of Telfair,
Clement of Milton, Johuson ofTalliaferro, Stokes,
Collins,
Latham,
Thompson,
Collier,
Lovett,
Walker,
Cook of Decatur,
MaJette,
Wheatley,
Cureton,
Mansfield,
Williams,
Davison,
Moore of Clayton, Willink,
Dorough,
Middlebrooks,
Willingham,
Dodson,
McCurdy,
Wright,
Florence,
Neely,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 97. Not voting 78.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal an act granting right of way to the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and for other purposes.
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The report of the. committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and uays 0.
So this bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for an official survey of the 'Yestern and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
Upon motion, this bill was made the special order for to-morrow morning immediately after the reading of the Journal, to precede all of the special orders already placed.
The following unfinished business was taken up, to wit :
A resolution appropriating $1,000 for tht> purpoae of repairing and repainting the dome of the capitol.
The House went again into the Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Little of Muscogee in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Awtry, Bailey, Battle Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette,
Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, Hogan, Houston,
McCurry, McGough, McWhorter, Newton, Parker, Peeples,, Berkins, Pitman,
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679
Boifeuillet Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Coleman, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fogarty, Fullwood, Fussell Gaines, Gray of Catoosa, Greer of Macon -Greer of Harris
Holbrook, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jarrell, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Little, Law Martin, Marchman, l\leadow, Melton, :\I ell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry,
Pittard, Pol hill, Reagan, Reece, Sell, Shaw, 15pence, Smith of Hancock, Symons, Tatum, Traylor, \Vallace, Walden, West, \Vilson, Willink, Wilkinson, Worley, Wright, \Vren, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Ferguson,
McCurdy,
Atkinson,
Franklin,
McClure,
.Arnold,
Futrell,
Neely,
Armstrong,
Giles,
Owen,
Bennett of Jackson Gilreath,
Pope,
Bell,
Gibson,
Price,
Blair,
Gray of Houston, Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Gray of Paulding
Rawlings,
Bloodworth,
Gregory,
Redding,
Boyd,
Griffin
Roberts,
Branch,
Harrell,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington,Ht>nderson,
Salter,
.Brown of Pulaski, Hightower,
San deford,
Burnett of Quitman, Howell,
Shropshire,
Burch,
Hodge,
Screven,
Bush,
Holland,
Short,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Smith of Clinch,
Clements of Montgm'y ,Jenkins,~
Smith of Rockdale,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Collins,
Jones of Dougherty Stokes,
.Collier,
Latham,
Sumner,
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Cook of Decatur Cureton, Davison, Dodson, Ennis, Florence, Fletcher, Fink
Longley, Lovett, Mallette, Mansfield, Moore of Clayton, Middlebroqks, McDaniel,
Yeas 91. Not voting 84.
Thompson, Walker, Wheatley, Wilkin, Williams, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to make penal the offence of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with enforcing the sentence or order of court.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot vwa voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Mes'lrs.-
Anderson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Coleman, Dennard, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer,
Gaines, Gray of Catoosa, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, . Hogan, Johnson of Hall, Lee, Little, Longley, Law, Martin, Marchman, Melton,
Murrah, McDonald, :McCurry,
McGou~h,
McWhorter, Newton, Owen, Peeples, Pitman, Pol hill, Reagan, Reece, Short, Spence, Smith of Hancock, Symons, Tatum, Traylor,
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681
Fouch~,
Fogarty, Fussell,
Mell. Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Heard,
Vaughn, Wallace, \Vren.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Fullwood, Harvey, Humphreys,
Hutcherson, Parker, Perkins,
\Vaiden, West, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson,
Futrell, Giles,
McCurdy, McClure,
Arnold,
Armstron~,
Bennett of Jackso.Q, Bell,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Paulding,
Neely, Pittard, Pope, Price,
Blair, Blalock of Rabun,
Gregory, Griffin,
Pool, Rawlings,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Redding,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Roberts,
Boyett, Branch,
Hightower, Howell,
Rockwell, Salter,
Brown of \Vashington,Hodge, Brown of Pulaski, Houston, Burnett of Quitman, Holbrook,
Sandeford,
Shrop~hire,
Screven,
Burch,
Holland,
Sell,
Bush,
Hudson,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Clements of Montg'ry, Hurst,
Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale~
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Smith of Telfair,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Stokes,
Collier, Cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Talliaferro,Sumner, Jones of Dougherty, Thompson,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
Walker,
Davison,
Latham,
\Vheatley,
Dempsey, Dorough,
Lovett, Mallette,
Wilson, Wilkin,
Dodson,
Mansfield,
Williams,
Durham,
Meadow,
Willink,
Ennis,
Moore of Clayton, wilkinson,
Florence, Fletcher,
Montfort, Middlebrooks,
Willingham, Worley,
Fink,
McElmurry,
Wright,
Ferguson, Franklin,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 63. Nays 9. Not voting 103.
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The Speaker then informed the House that a quorum was not present.
Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, rose to a point of order, and suggested as a quorum was not present, that the Speaker should proceed under rule of the House No. 128.
Upon motion of Mr. Johnson of Hall, a call of the roll was ordered.
Mr. Pitman, of Troup, moved to adjourn.
The Speaker ruled the motion to adjourn out of order until after the call of the roll.
The roll was then called, and the following members answered to the call of their names :
Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird. Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Dempsey, Dennard, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fogarty, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Gray of Catoosa, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, Hogan, Hutcherson, Johnson of Hall, Lee, Little. Longley, Law, Martin, Marchman, Meadow, )!elton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Heard, Montfort,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Allen, Arnold,
Giles, Gilreath,
McDonald, l\lcCurry, McGough, Mc,Vhorter,
~ewton,
Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Reagan, Reece, Short, Spence, Smith of Hancock, Symons, Traylor, Walden, 'Vest, Willink, 'Vynne, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Neely, Pittard,
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Armstrong,
Gibson,
Pope,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Houston, Price,
Bell,
Gray of Paulding, Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Gregory,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Griffin,
Rawlings,
Boifeuillet,
Harrell,
Redding,
Boyd,
Henderson,
Roberts,
Branch,
Hightower,
Rockwell,
Brown of Wae;hington,Howell,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Houston,
Shropshire,
Burnett of Quitman, Holbrook,
!'creven,
Burch,
Holland,
Sell,
Bush,
Hudson,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
Humphreys,
Smith of Clinch,
ClementsofMontgm'y,Hughes,
l'imith of Rockdale,
Clement of Milton, Hurst,
Smith of Telfair,
Collins,
Jarrell,
Stokes,
Coleman,
Jenkins,
Sumner,
Collier,
Johnson of Talliaferro,Tatum,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dougherty, Thompson,
Cureton,
Jones of Dodge,
'Valker
Davison,
Latham,
'Vallace,
Dorough,
Lovett,
wheatley,
Dodson,
Mallette,
\Vil~on,
Durham,
Mansfield,
Wilkin,
Ennis,
Moore of Clayton, 'Villiams,
Florence,
Murrah,
wilkinson,
Fleicher,
l\Iiddlebrooks,
Willingham,
Fink,
McElmurry,
Worley,
Ferguson,
McDaniel,
'Vright,
Franklin,
McCurdy,
Wren.
Futrell,
McClure,
The call of the roll disclosed the fact that no quorum was present.
Mr. West, of Lowndes, then renewed his motion to adjourn.
Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, then rose to a point of order upon rule of the House No. 128, maintaining thai it was the duty <1f the Speaker to have the doors closed and the absentees noted, after which the Messenger could appoint officers,
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whose duty it should he to arrest absentees and bring them into the hall of the House.
The Speaker overruled the point of order raised by the gentleman from Bibb, holding that the motion to adjourn was then in order, as the adsentees had already been marked on the roll call.
Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, again rose to a point of ordert mai"ntaining that the motion to adjourn was not in order until the doors of the House had been closed, and the absentees noted.
This point of order was overruled by the Speaker.
Mr. Johnson then appealed from the decision of the chair.
Tho appeal was not sustained.
Upon motion, of Mr. Hopkins of Thomas, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
~\TLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday, December 7, 1895.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. M. this day, 'Yas called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered
to the call of their names :
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Arnold,
Armstron~,
Awtrey, Bailey, Battle,
Ba~get,
Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson,
Gaines, Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Neely, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins,
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685
Bell,
Harrell,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harvey,
Pittard,
Blair,
Hill,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hodges,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hender!'on,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Hightower,
Pol hill,
Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Howell,
Redding,
Boyd,
Hogan,
Reagan,
Boyett,
Hodge,
Reece,
Branch, Branan,
Houston, Holbrook,
Roberts, Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holland,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Hudson,
San deford,
Brown of Pulaski, Humphreys,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Screyen,
Burnett of Quitman, Hughes,
Sell,
Burch,
Hurst,
Shaw,
Caldwell,
.Tarrell,
Short,
Clements of M:ontgm'y Jenkins,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hancock,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Collier, Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge, Latham,
Stokes, Symons,
Cureton,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Law,
Walker,
Dodson,
Martin,
Wallace,
Durham,
Mallette,
Walden,
Edenfield,
Marchman,
West,
Ennis,
Mansfield,
Wheatley,
Espy,
Meadow,
Wilson,
Farmer,
Melton,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Mell,
Williams,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch, Willink,
Fouche,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fink, Fogarty
Moore of Heard, Montfort,
Willingham, Worley,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
Wright,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Wren,
Futrell,
McDonald,
Wynne,
Fullwood,
McElmurry,
Vaughn,
Fussell,
McDaniel,
Mr. Speaker.
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Those absent were Messrs.-
Bush, Giles,
Gray of Houston,
Smith of Rockdale.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
J;fr. 8peake1 :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A resolution requesting the Governor to instruct the Attorney-General to proceed against the Southern Rail way Company, or any like corporation which is being run or operated in violation of the Constitution and the laws or' Georgia.
I am also instructed to report back the following bill, with the recommendation that the same do not pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to prevent mob violence, providing for the removal of officera permitting prisoners to be murdered or otherwise maltreated, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
Mr. l\Iell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment~ submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate :the following acts and resolutions:
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687
An act to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth ~ounty.
An act to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro.
An act to prohibit hunting with dogs and guns, and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling.
An act to establish the city court of Brunswick, in the county of Glynn.
A resolution for the relief of Willis Fields of Henry county.
A resolution relieving Brunswick State bank and its
sureties from payment of interest on .fl. fa.
A resolution for the relief of North Highlands Railroad Company.
An act to amend the charter. of the city of Dawson, so to require the election of the clerk of council by the mayor and aldermen instead of by ballot as now provided.
A joint resolution approving the bill now pending in the national Congress for the establishment of the dry docks at Key West, Florida.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Johnson, of Hall, moved a reconsideration of the Huuse taken on yesterday upon House bill No. 549.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Dennard, of Wilcox, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House taken on yesterday upon House bill No. 479.
The motion prevailed.
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Mr. Dempsey, of Butts, mo,Ted a reconsideration of the House taken on yesterday upon House bill No. 692.
The motion prevailed.
The following bill was read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to authorize issuance of circulating
'notes to the banks and banking associations of this State,
-etc., approved December 20, 1893.
The following reeolution was offered by Mr. McCurry of
Hart, which was laid on the table until to-morrow, to wit:
A resolution requesting the commissioner of agriculture to have Savannah river stocked with fish.
The following bill, which went over from last night's session of unfinished business, was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with enforcing the .sentence or order l'f court.
Mr. Pitman, of Troup, asked that upon the passage of this bill the yeas and nays be called again.
The request was granted and the yeas and nays ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey,
~attle,
'Bagget, "Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet,
Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hopkins,
Murrah, McDonald, McElmurry, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Owen, Peeples, Pitman,
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689
Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown oi Pulaski, Burch, .Caldwell, .Clement of Milton, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Florence, Fletcher, :Fouche, Fink, Fussell,
-Gaine~,
Gilreath, -Gray of Catoosa,
Hogan,
Price,
Houston,
Polhill,
Holbrook,
Rawlings,
Hoiland,
Reagan,
Hudson,
San deford,
Hughes,
Shropshire,
Jenkins,
Sell,
John~on of Hall,
Shaw,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Short,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Hancock,
Lee,
Symons,
Longley,
Sumner,
Law,
Wilson,
Martin,
Williams,
Mallette,
Wilkinson,
Marchman,
\Vorley,
Mansfield,
Wright,
Melton,
\Vren,
Moore of Bulloch, \Vynne,
Moore of Heard,
Vaughn.
Montfort,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Boynton, Humphreys, Hurst, Mell,
Parker, Perkins, Roberts,
\Vallace, \Vaiden, West.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Ferguson,
Arnold,
Franklin,
Arm~trong,
Futrell,
Bailey,
Fullwood,
Bell,
Giles,
Blalock of Rabun, Gibson,
Bloodworth,
Gray of Houston,
Hranch,
Hammond,
Brown of Washington, Harrell,
.Burwell,
Hightower,
Burnett of Quitman, Howell,
Bush,
Houge,
Clementsof Montgm'y Hutcherson,
Collins,
Jarrell,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty,
44h
Newton, Pittard, Pope, Pool, Redding, Reece, Rockwell, Salter, Screven, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Tatum,
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<Jollier, Davison, Dempsey Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Ennis, Farmer, Fogarty,
Yeas 95.
Latham, Little, Lovett, Meadow, Moore of Clayton, Middlebrooks. McDaniel, Neely,
Thompson, Traylor, 'Valker, Wheatley, Wilkin, Willink, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.
Nays 10. Not voting 70.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bill was again put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to provide for and authorize the payment of,. pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and ~nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boyd, Boyett, Brown of Pulaski, Burch,
Gilreath, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of ffarris, Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Howell, Hogan,
Montfort, McDonald, McGough, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Parker, Price, Polhill, Reagan; Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Sandeford, Screven,
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691
Caldwell, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Houston,
Shaw,
Holbrook,
~pence,
Hudson,
Stokes,
Humphreys,
Symon~,
Hughes,
Sumner,
Johnson of Hall,
Tatum,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Traylor,
Jones of Dougherty, Walden,
Jones of Dodge,
Wilson,
Lee,
Williams,
Longley,
Willink,
~archman,
Wilkinson,
Meadow,
Willingham,
Melton.
Worley,
Mell,
Wright,
::\Ioore of Clayton, Wren,
:\Ioore of Heard,
Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Awtrey, Broyles, Espy, Hill,
Holland, Martin, Mallette,
McElmurry, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Futrell,
Armstrong,
Giles,
Bennett of Jackson, Gibson,
Bell,
Gray of Houston,
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Bloodworth,
Hopkins,
Boynton,
Hodge,
Branch,
Hutcherson,
Branan,
Hurst,
Brown of Washington, Jarrell,
Burwell,
Jenkins,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Bush,
Little,
Clements of Montgm'y Lovett,
Clement of Milton, Law,
Collins,
Mansfield,
Coleman,
Moore of Bulloch,
Collier,
Murrah,
Davison,
Middlebrooks,
Dorough,
McDaniel,
Owen, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Pool, Rawlings, Redding, Salter, Shropshire, Sell, Short, Smith"of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Thompson, Vaughn, Walker, Wallace, West,
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JouRNAL Ol<' THE HousE.
Dodson, Farmer, Franklin,
McCurry, McCurdy, Neely,
Wheatley, Wilkin, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 96. Nays 10. Not voting 69.
So the bil11 having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. '
Mr. West, of Lowndes, gave notice that at the proper time be would move a reconsideration of the action of the House taken this marning upon House bill No. 568.
Mr. Jones, of Dougherty, moved that the above hill be not transmitted to the Senate until Monday morning.
Mr. Pitman, of Troup, offered to amend by not transmitting until Monday morning any of the bills passed today.
The amendment and the motion were lost.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariff and the location and building of depots in this State.
Also, a bill 'in relation to the sale of mileage books by railroads and protecting the railroads against the same.
Respectfully submitted. C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
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693
Mr. Reagan, chairman Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Penitentiary have bad under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
Senate bill No. 234, a bill to be entitled an act to place county and municipal chain gangs under -the control and supervision of the Governor and the penitentiary department, to provide for their regular inspection, and for other purposes.
Also, Senate bill No. 231, a~bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4310 of the Code, so as to permit the county authorities in this State to hire misdemeanor convicts to private persons, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
Senate bill No. 257, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the county authorities in whose counties there are no municipal chain-gangs to hire out misdemeanor convicts to private individuals upon such terms and restrictions as may snbserve the ends of justice ; to provide for the distribution of the money arising therefrom, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. E. J. REAGAN, Chairman.
'Ve, the undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee, submit the following minority report :
1-Jr, Speaker : The General ,Judiciary Committee have seen fit to report
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back House bill No. 654, a bill to prevent mob violence, proYiding for the removal of officers having prisoners in charge who allow such prisoners to he murdered or otherwise maltreated, with the recommendation that the same do not pass by substitute.
We, the undersigned mem hers of said committee, beg
leave to submit the above minority report.
L. M:. FARMER,
H. A. HALL,
c. H.
HAM~fOND,
H. W. HoPKINS.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 708 of the Code, which relates to the duties of railroads at public road crossings, by requiring the locomotive bell to be rung, and striking out the requirement to check and keep checking the speed thereof, so as to stop should any person or thing be crossing the track on the public road, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
Mr. Hodges, chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaktr: The Committee ou Banks have had under consideration
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695
the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same <lo pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act, approved December 20, 1892,
with the following caption : An act to carry into effect
paragraph 18, of section 7, of article 3, of the Constitu-
tion of 1877, as amended in relation to the chartering of
banks.
'
The committee has also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to require banks chartered under the laws of this State, where the capital stock is impaired, to make the same good by transfer from the surplus or undivided profits thereof to the capital stock.
Respectfully submitted.
RoBERT HoDGEs, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bill was put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion, in Chattooga county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Upon motion, it was ordered that Mr. Jones, of Dougherty, be recorded on the Journal of the House as having been absent on yesterday for the purpose of visiting the Academy of the Blind.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit ~
A resolution that hereafter the regular order of business shall not be displaced, except upon the unanimous consent of the House.
The following special crder was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to provide for official surveys of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
The House went into the Committee of the Whole, with. Mr. Hopkins, of Thomas, in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was found tobe as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- .
Allen, Anderson. Atkinson, Armstrong, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Blair, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell,
Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston,
Moore of Heard, McDonald, McDaniel, )fcCurry, :McGough, McCurdy, McClurf', McWhorter, Newton, Peeples, Perkins, Pittard, Price, Polbill, Rawlings, Reagan,
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697
Caldwell, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin,
Holland,
Reece,
Hudson,
Rockwell,
Humphreys,
Sandeford,
Hutcherson,
Screven,
Jenkins,
Shaw,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Jones of Dougherty, Tatum,
Lee,
Walker,
Little,
wallace,
Law,
West,
Marchman,
Wilson,
Mansfield,
Williams,
Meadow,
Wilkinson,
Melton,
Willingham,
Mel!,
Worley,
Fullwood,
Moore of Bulloch, \Vren,
Fussell,
Moore of Clayton, Wynne.
Gray of Catoosa,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gaines,
Awtrey,
Giles,
Bennett of Jackson, Gilreath,
Pitman, Pope, Pool,
Bell, Bird,
Gibson, Gray of Houston,
Redding, Roberts,
Blalock of Fayette, Harrell,
Salter,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodge,
Shropshire,
Boynton,
Holbrook,
Sell,
Branch,
Hughes,
Short,
Broyles,
Hurst,
Brown of Washington .Jarrell,
Spence, Smith of Clinch,
Burnett of Quitman, Jones of Dodge,
Burch,
Latham,
Bush,
Longley,
Smith of Rockdale. Smith of Telfair, Symous,
Clementsof Montgm'y Lovett,
Clement of Milton, Martin,
CollinB,
l\Iallette,
Sumner, Thompson, Traylor,
.Davison,
Montfort,
Walden,
Dennard,
Murrah,
Wheatley,
Dorough,
Middlebrooks,
Wilkin,
Dodson,
McElmurry,
Willink,
Florence,
Neely,
Wright,
Fletcher,
Owen,
Vaughn,
Futrell,
Parker,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 103. Not voting 72.
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JouRNAL OF TH~ HousE.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
.Jfr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the reqtiisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, a general law as to inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizers, approved October 19, 1891, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for a board of <>f commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Lumpkin.
The Senate has also passed the following House bill, by the requisite constitutional majority:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to create a county court in each county so far as the same only applies to the county of Coffee.
Also, the following House bill, with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Coffee, in and for the county of Coffee, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following Senate bill by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to establish a court of appeals in this State. Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide for and regulate the business of insurance in this State.
Also, a bill to authorize the appointment of a commissioner of pensions, and for other purposes.
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699
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting au amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.--
Anderson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bell, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dempsey, Farmer,
Fouch~,
Fogarty, Ferguson, Gaines, Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hall, Hammond,
Harrell, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, H:>well, Houston, Hudson, Humphreys, Hurst, Jenkins, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Lee, Little, Martin, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, :'.fell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Heard, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McGough,
McCurdy, Newton, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pol hill, .Rawlings, Reagan, Roberts, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Wallace, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Willingham, Wright, wynne, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Blair, Boyd, Brown of Pulaski, Clement of Milton, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis,
Greer of Harris,
Pool,
Henderson,
Reece,
Holbrook,
Sell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Short,
Jones of Dodge,
Spence,
Law,
Smith of Hancock,
Melton,
Sumner,
Montfort,
Traylor,
700
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Espy, Fink, Fullwood, Fussell, Gray of Paulding, Griffin,
Murrah, McCurry, McClure, McWhorter, Parker, Peeples,
Walker, Walden, West, Wilkinson, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Dorough,
Atkinson,
Dodson,
Arnold,
Florence,
Armstrong,
Fletcher,
Baggett,
Franklin,
Bennett of 'Vayne, Futrell,
Bennett of Jackson, Giles,
Bird,
Gilreath,
Blalock of Rabun, Gibson,
Bloodworth,
Gray of Houston,
Branch,
Harvey,
Brown of Washington, Hightower,
Burwell,
Hogan,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Burch,
Holland,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Caldwell,
Hughes,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Collins,
Latham,
Davison,
Longley, Lovett, Mallette, Moore of Clayton, Middlebrooks, Neely, Owen, Pope, Price, Redding, !:!alter, San deford, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, T11tum, Thompson, Wilkin, Worley, Mr. ::lpeaker.
Yeas 76. Nays 41. Not voting 58.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Dempsey, of Butts, moved to suspend the rules ofthe House and take up House bill No. 692, and place same upon its passage.
Upon this motion, the yeas and nays were called, which call was sustained.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
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701
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, "Bagget, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Boif:millet, Boyd, Branan, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Florence, Fletcher, Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, -Gaines, Gilreath, {iriffin,
Greer of Harris,
Mc.Whorter,
Hall,
Perkins,
Harvey,
Pool,
Hill,
Rawlings,
Henderson,
Reagan,
Hudson,
Roberts,
Humphreys,
Sell,
Hughes,
Short,
Johnson of Hall,
Spence,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Telfair,
Jones of Dodge,
Sumner,
Law,
Traylor,
Marchman,
Walker,
Melton,
Walden,
Moore of Bulloch, West,
Moore of Clayton, Wilson,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson,
Montfort,
Willingham,
Murrah,
Wren,
l\IcElmurry,
Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Boyett, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, <Joleman, <Jollier, Espy, Foucbll, Fussell, Gray of Paulding, -Greer of Macon,
Hammond, Hoflges, Hopkins, Howell, Houston, Holbrook, Holland, .Jenkins, Jones of Dougherty, Little, Longley, Martin, Meadow,
Mell, McDonald, cCurry, McGough, Pol hill, Smith of Hancock, Stokes, Symons, Wallace, Wheatley, Willink, Wright.
Those not voting were Messrs.--
Allen, Arnold, Armstrong, Battle, Bennett of Wayne,
Fogarty, Franklin, Futrell, Giles, Gibson,
Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Pitman,
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Houston,
Bell,
Gray of Catoosa,
-Blalock of Rabun, Gregory,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Branch,
Hogan,
Brown of Washington,Hodge,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Burnett of Quittman,Hurst,
Burch,
Jarrell,
Bush,
Latham,
Caldwell,
Lee,
Clements of Montgm'yLovett,
Clement of Milton, Mallette,
Collins,
Mansfield,
Cook of Decatur,
Middlebrooks,
Cureton,
McDaniel,
Davison,
McCurdy,
Dorough,
McClure,
Dodson,
Neely,
Farmer,
Pittard, Pope, Price, Redding, Reece, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Sc1even, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Tatum, Thompson, Wilkin, Williams, Worley, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 61. Nays 38. Not voting 76.
So the motion to suspend the rules was lost.
The next special order was as follows :
A hill to prevent prize-fighting in this State, and for other purposes.
The committee reported the bill back with amendments.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also a bill, to amend an act entitled an act to amend and consolidate the laws regulating the inspection, analysis, and sale of commercial fertilizers.
The committee reported the hill back with amendments. The report of the committee was agreed to.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 18\:15.
70;)
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 25 and nays 85.
So the bill, not having~ received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to regulate the use and carrying of Winchester rifles in this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Hammond,
Atkinson,
Harvey,
Boifeuillet,
Hudson,
Boynton,
Humphreys,
Branan,
Johnson of Hall,
Brown of Washington Jones of Dougherty,
Brown of Pulaski, Martin,
Cook of Decatur,
Melton,
Dennar.l,
Mell,
Dorough,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fletcher,
McDonald,
Fussell,
McCurry,
Newton, Parker, Pol hill, Rawlings, Shaw, Smith of Telfair, Symonb, 'Valker, Wallace, Williams, Will ink.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Awtrey, Bailey, Bagget, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, B')yd, Burch, Caldwell, Dempsey,
Fullwood, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Harris,
Hopkin~,
Hogan, Holbrook, Hughes, Hurst,
Murrah, McElmurry, 1\IcCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Pe;p)es, Sell, Short, Spence, Stokes Sumner,
70-!
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Florence, Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin,
Johnson of Taliaferro,Traylor,
Lee,
Walden,
Law,
West,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Moore of Heard,
'Vren,
Montfort,
Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Battle,
Greer of Macon,
Bennett of Wayne, HaJ1,
Bennett of Jackson, Harrell,
Bell,
Hill,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
:Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Boyett,
Hightower,
Branch,
Howell,
Broyles,
Hodge,
Burw~>ll,
Houston,
Burnett of Qun;man, Holland,
Bush,
Hutcherson,
Clement:; of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Clement of Milton, Jenkins,
Dollins,
Jones of Dodge,
<Joleman,
Latham,
Collier,
Little,
<Jureton,
Longley,
Davison,
Lovett,
Dodson,
Mallette,
Espy,
Marchman,
Farmer,
Mansfield,
Fogarty,
Middlebrooks,
Futrell,
McDaniel,
-Gaines,
McGough,
Giles,
Neely,
-Gibson,
Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Smith of Ciinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale. Tatum, Thompson, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 35. Nays 55. Not voting 85.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
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705
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the secretary:
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has passed, by the requsite constitutional ma-
jority, the following Senate bills, towit: A bill to be entitled an act to revise the charter of the
town of Bruton, in the county of Laurens. Also, a resolution for the relief of the South Brunswick
Terminal Railroad Company. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Marchman, McEl-
murry, and Sandeford. Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P. M.
3 O'cLOCK P. :\1.
The House met at 3 o'clock P. :\1., and was called to order by the Sp~aker.
The following Senate bill was read the first time, and referred to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to declare the councilmen and aldermen of the towns and cities in this State ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office in said town.
By unanimous consent, the following Senate bill was made the special order for' Monday next, immediately after the reading of the Journal, to wit:
House bill .Ko. 127.
The following special order was taken up, to wit:
A bill to amend the geneml road law of this State, approved October 21, 1891.
45h
i06
JotJR~AL OF THE HousE.
The committee reported this bill back with a substitute. The report of the committee was disagreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 71 and nays 18.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted the following report :
Jfr. Speaker:
The Finance C01nmittee have had under consideration the following Senate resolution, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A resolution appointing a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to perfect a plan for the future care of persons sentenced for violating the laws of this State.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
~Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the s.ame do pass.
A bill to compel all persons who sell, or ofter to sell, in the county of Liberty, any beef, pork, or mutton to exhibit the ears of the animal killed.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
707
Also, a bill with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior court of White county.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Perkins, chairman on the part of the House of the Joint Committee ofthe Senate and House appointed to investigate the condition of the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad, submitted the fi)llowing report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Joint Committee appointed to investigate the condition of the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad report this: They have 'made careful inquiry into the physical and financial condition of the road, and find the roadbed, bridges, rolling-stock, etc., to be in fair condition, while the trestles, eleven in number, are in a very bad condition, making it unsafe and dangerous to run trains over them ; especially is this true of that portion of the road between Clarkesville and Tallulah Falls. We find the road in the hands of a Receiver, appointed by the United States court, and operated by and under the direction of said court. We find that operating expenses since being placed in the hands of a receiver, have exceeded the increase as per statement of receiver. \Ve find the receiver has issued, during the years since the road has been placed in his hands, receiver's certificates to the amount of twelve thousand dollars, issued for the purpose of operating said road as per statement. \Ve submit said receiver's report without expressing any opinion as to necessity or legality for said certificates. Owing to the country being sparsely settled, the revenue from passenger as well as freight traffic is necessarily
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
meager, but at the same time, recognizing the individual rights of the citizens living on and adjacent to said road, your committee, therefore, recommend that the Governor be authorized to relinquish all claims the State of Georgia may have to said road, to the bondholders or to any other per sons without recourse on the State, upon the following conditions : That they pay all State and county tax, and that they resume a daily schedule from Cornelia to Tallulah Falls within ninety days, and that they put the roadbed, bridges, and trestles in good condition within six months from the approval of these recommendations; providing that the relinquishment shall not be in effect until all the requirements are fully complied with. Your committee herewith submit a bill to carry out the recommendations contained in this report which we request be read and referred to the appropriate committee.
Respectfully submitted.
W. G. Lmw, Chairman Senate Committee.
N. E. HARRIS of the 22d, TRAl\nfELL STARR.
M. T. PERKINS, Chairman on part of the House.
W~I. WY~XE,
B. T. RAWLINGS, FLETCHER JOHNSO~, F. R. PooL.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Special J udiciarry Committee have had under con-
.sideration the fi)llowing House bill, which I am instructed
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709'
to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Bimingham, in the county of Milton, and ior other purposes.
Th committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend an act, approved November 12, 11:189, declaring councilmen and aldermen in certain towns ineligible for election, etc.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Hopkins, of Thomas, speeches hereafter were limited to five minutes instead of ten.
The next special was then taken up, to wit :
A bill to appropriate $1,-!00 to the School for the Deaf.
The House went into the Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, in the chai1.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays we1e ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
710
JotTRNAL oF THE HoL"SE.
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anders)u,
Fussell,
:\lontfort,
.-\.wtrey,
Gilreath,
McDonald,
Battle,
Gray of Paulding, McDauiel,
Bagget,
Griffin,
MCurry,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Macon,
:\IcGough,
Bird,
Greer of Harris,
1\JcClure,
Blalock of Fayette, Hall,
:\IcWhorter,
Boifeuillet,
Harrell,
l\ewton,
Boynton,
Harvey,
Parker,
Boyd,
Hill,
Perkins,
Boyett,
Hodges,
Pri..e,
Branan,
Henderson,
Pool,
Broyles,
Hopkins,
Pol hill,
Brown of Pulaski, Hogan,
Rawlings,
.Burwell,
Houston,
R<'agan,
Caldwell,
Holbrook,
Rockwell,
Clements of Montgm'y,Humphreys,
Shropshire,
Coleman,
Hughes,
Sell,
Collier,
Hurst,
Spence,
Cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Hall,
~mith of Hancock,
Cureton,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Sn1ith of Telfair,
Dempsey,
Jones of Dougherty, Symons,
Dennard,
Jones of Dodge,
Traylor,
Edenfield,
Lee,
Wallace,
Ennis,
Law,
Walden,
Espy,
Martin,
West,
Farmer,
Marchman,
williams,
Florence,
Mansfield,
Willink,
Fouche,
Meadow,
Wilkimon,
Fink,
Melton,
Willingham,
Fogarty,
1\Iell,
'Vren,
Ferguson,
Moore of Clayton, Wynne.
Franklin,
Moore of Heard,
Those voting in the negatiYe were Messrs.-
Durham.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Failey, Bennett of Wayne,
Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Hammond, Hightower, Howell,
Pitman, Pittard, Pope, ..-Redding, Reece, Roberti',
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711
Bell,
Hodge,
Blair,
Holland,
Blalock of Rabun, Hudson,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Branch,
Jarrell,
Brown of Washington Jenkins,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Burch,
Little,
Bush,
Longley;
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Collins,
Mallette,
Davison,
~foore of Bulloch,
Dorough,
Murrah,
Dodson,
Middlebrooks,
Fletcher,
McElmurry,
Futrell,
McCurdy,
Fullwood,
Xeely,
Gaines,
Owen,
Giles,
Peeples,
Gibson,
Salter, Sap deford, Screven, Shaw, Short, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Stokes, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, 'Valker, Wheatley, wilson, Wilkin, 'Vorley, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 98. Nays 1. Not voting 76.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to require all teachers in the common schools of this State to be examinl'd and licensed.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So-the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
A resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight and Mrs. Susan E. Massy.
The House went into the Committee of the -Whole, and Mr. Broyles was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the same back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
712
.JouRXAL OF THE HousE.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were or-
dered.
.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Awtrey, Battle, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Collier, Cureton, Dempsey, Ennis, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin,
Geer of Macon ,
:McDonald,
Greer of Harris,
:\IcDaniel,
Hall,
:McCurry.
Harvey,
McGough,
Hill,
:.\IcCurdy,
Hodges,
:\IcClure,
Henderson,
:\lc Whorter,
Hopkins,
~eely,
Howell,
Newton,
Hogan,
Parker,
Houston
Perkius,
Holbrook,
Polbill,
Humphreys,
Rawlings,
Hughes,
Reagan,
Hurst,
!"ell,
Johnson of Hall,
Short,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Spence,
Jones of Dougherty, Rmith of Hancock,
.Jones of Dodge,
~mith of Telfair,
Lee,
Stokes,
Longley,
Trnylor,
:\Iartin,
Vaughn.
Marchman,
W,llaer~.
Meadow,
'Vaiden,
:\!elton,
'Vest,
:\Jell,
'VilliamP,
Moore of Clayton, Willink,
Moore of Heard,
'Vilkinson,
Montfort,
'Yynne.
Murrah,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson, Arnolcl, Armstrong, Bailey,
Fogarty, Franklin, Futrell, GainPs,
Gile~,
Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Redding,
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713
Bagget,
Gibson,
Bennett of Wayne, Gray of Houston,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of CatGosa,
Bell,
Hammond,
Blair,
Harrell,
Blalock of Rabun, Hightower,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Branch,
Holland,
Brown of Washington, Hudson,
Brown of Pulaski, Hutcherson,
Burnett of Quitman, Jarrell,
Burch,
Jenkins,
Bush,
L3tham,
Caldwell,
Vttle,
Clements of :\Iontgm'y,Lo,ett,
Collins,
Law,
Cook of Decatur,
Mallette,
D:wison,
:\tansfield,
Dennar(l,
Moore of Bulloch,
Dorough,
:\Iiddlebrooks,
Dodson,
:\IcElmurry,
Durham,
Owen,
Edenfield,
PeepleP,
Espy,
Pitman,
Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, \Valker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, \Vorley, Wright, 'Vren, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 89. Xot voting 86.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, mO\ed that when the House adjourns it adjourn until 8 o'clock P. )f.
Mr. Reagan, of Henry, offered as a substitute, that when the House adjourns it doadjourn until 9 o'clock Monday morning.
The substitute was lost and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Johnson, of Hall, moved to suspend the rules and take up resolution Xo. k8.
Upon this motion, he called the yeas and nays, which call was not sustained.
The motion was lost.
714
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
The next special order taken up was as follows, to wit:
A bill to prevent mob violence in this State, and for Qther purposes.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and the bill was lost.
The next special order was as follows :
A bill to establish a board of dental examiners, and for Qther purposes.
The report of the committee was agteed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the 'passage of this bill, the yeas were 73 and nays 17.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor and Attorney-General to settle with W. P. McClatchy of Tennessee.
The report of the committee was favorable to the passage Qf the bill.
The House then went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Meadow, of Madison, in the chair.
The committee arose, and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey,
Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of )lacon,
)lcCurdy, l\JcClure, McWhorter,
SATuRDAY, DECE:IIBER 7, 1895.
715
Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bell, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Clement of Milton, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, letcher, Fouch\ Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gilreath,
Gr er of Harris,
Newton,
Hall,
Parker,
Hammond,
Peeples,
Harvey,
Perkins,
Hill,
Price,
Hodges,
Pool,
Henderson,
Polbill,
Howell,
Rawlings,
Hogan,
Reagan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Holbrook,
:-:lhrop~hire,
II ughes,
Screven.
Hurst,
Sell,
Johnson of Hall,
Shaw,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Short,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Hancock,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Lee,
Stokes,
Longley,
Sumner,
Law,
Tatum,
Martin,
Traylor,
Meadow,
Wallace,
Melton,
walden,
Mell,
\Vest,
Moore of Clayton, Williams,
Moore of Heard,
Will ink,
Montfort,
Wilkinson,
Murrah,
Wright,
McDonald,
"len,
McCurry,
\Vynne,
McGough,
Yaughn.
Those yoting in the negative were Messrs.....,..
Spence.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Arnold, Armstrong, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Blair, Blalock of Rabun, Bloodworth, Branch,
Futrell, Gaines, Giles, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Harrell, Hightower,
Middlebrooks, )fcElmurry, McDaniel, Neely, Owen, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Redding,
716
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Brown of Washington, Hopkins,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Holland,
Burch,
Hudson,
Bush,
Humphreys,
Caldwell,
Hutcherson,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Collins,
Jenkins,
Coleman,
Latham,
Davison,
Little,
Dempsey,
Lo1ett,
D.lrough,
Mal!ette,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Fogarty,
Mansfield,
Franklin,
Moore of Bulloch,
Reece, Roberts, fhlter, Sandeford, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons, Thompson, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, \Vorley, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 102. Xay;:: 1. Not voting 72.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to create the office of game and fish warden in this State.
The report of the committee was not agreed to, submit.. ting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 48 and nays 51.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act to provide for the appointment of auditors, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to, t"nbmitting s J bstitute.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
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717
Also, a bill to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the Tallapoosa circuit.
The report of the committee submitting a substitute, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
Also, a resolution appropriating money for the purpose ()f a portrait of Robert Toombs.
The House went into the Committee of the Whole, and :Mr. Reagan, of Henry, was called to the chair.
The committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the. bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ()rdered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell,
\ireer of 1\Iacon , Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Hudson, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hurst, Johnson oi Hall,
McClure, McWhorter. Newton, Parker, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard. Price, Pool, Polhill,
Rawling~,
Reagan,: Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven,
718
JoGR.\"AL oF THE HoGsE.
Collier, Cook of Decatur, Dempsey, Dennard, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gilreath, Gregory, Griffin,
Jones of Dougherty, Lee, Longley, Law, Martin, Mallette, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, ::\IcDonalrl, McCurry, McCurdy,
8ell, Shaw, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Sumner, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, "\Vaiden, West, Williams, Willink, "\Vren, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Durham.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Futrell,
McDaniel,
Atkinson,
Gaines,
McGough,
Arnold,
Giles,
Neely,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
Owen,
Bennett of Wayne, Gray of Housron, Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Catoosa,
Pope,
Bell,
Gray of Paulding, Redding,
Blair,
Grt>er of Harris,
Reece,
Blalock of Rabun, Hall,
Roberts,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Salter,
Branch,
Henderson,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington Hightower,
Short,
Burnett of Quitman, B odge,
~pence,
Burch,
Holland,
Smith of Clinch,
Bush,
Hughes,
Smith of Hancock,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
Smith of Rockdale,
Clements of l\Iontgm'y Jenkins,
Symons,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Taliaferro, Thompson,
Collins,
.Jones of Dodge,
"\Va!lace,
Coleman,
Latham,
"\Vheatley,
Cureton,
Little,
"\\'iison,
Davison,
Lovett,
"\\;ilkin,
Dorough,
:\Iarchman,
Wilkinson,
Dodson,
Mansfield,
Willingham,
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719
Edenfield, Ennis, Fogarty, Franklin,
Yeas 91.
:Moore of Bulloch, .Murrah, Middlebrooks, McElmurry,
Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
:Nays 1. Not voting 83.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also a bill to better provide for the organization of the volunteer forces of the State, and for other purpm;es.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, th~ vote was as follows:
Tho5e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Caldwell, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Dempsey, Durham, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Fletcher,
Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hammond Hill, Hodges, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Hudson, Hughes, Hurst, .Johnson of Hall, Jones of DoughPrty, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Longley, Law, :\Iartin, }lallette, ::\Ieadow,
:\IcGough,
:\IcCurdy,
:\IcCiure,
:\Ic.Whorter
Newton,
Parker,
Peeples,
PE-rkins,
Pitman,
PricE>,
Polhill,
Rawlings,
Reagan,
Reece,
Shropshirt>,
Screven,
Sha",
Short,
Spence,
Smith of Hancock,
Smith of Telfair,
StokE-s,
720
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, FusRell, Gilreath, Gregory, Griffin,
Melton, Mel!, Moore of Clayton, ~Ioore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, McDonald, McCnrry,
Traylor, Vaughn. Walden, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Franklin,
Neely,
Atkinson,
Futrell,
Owen,
Arnold,
Gaines,
Pittard,
Armstrong,
Giles,
Pope,
Bennett of Wayne, Gibson,
Pool,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Houston,
Redding,
Bell,
Gray of Catoosa,
Roberts,
Blair,
Gray of Paulding, Rockwell,
Blalock of Rabun, Hall,
Salter,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
San deford,
Boyd,
Harvey,
Sell,
Branch,
Henderson,
Smith of Clinch,
Brown of Washington Hightower,
Smith of Rockdale,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge
Symons,
Burwell,
Holland,
Sumner,
Burnett of Quitman, Humphreys,
Tatum,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Thompson,
Bush,
Jarrell,
Walker,
Clements of :\Iontgm'y Jenkins,
\Vallace,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Taliaferro, West,
Collins,
Latham,
Wheatley,
Coleman,
Little,
Wilson,
Davison,
Lovett,
Wilkin,
Dennard,
Marchman,
Willingham,
Dorough,
Mansfield,
Wor!ey,
Dodson,
:Moore of Bulloch, Wright,
Edenfield,
Middlebrooks,
\Vren,
Florence,
McElmurry~
Mr. Speaker.
Fogarty,
McDaniel,
Yeas 89. Not voting 86.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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721
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Birmingham, in the county of Milton.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Earlycounty.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, wae passed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. 'Vorley, Parker, Bennett of Jackson, Jarrell.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock P. M.
8 O'CLOCK P. M.
The House met at 8 o'clock P. M., and was cal1ed to order by the Speaker.
The following Senate bill was, by unanimous consent, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
A bill to establish a court of appeals, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
46h
722
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which thE>y instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to establish a court of appeals, to define its juris-diction and practice, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
The following bill, by unanimous consent, was put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to abolish opium joints in this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting :an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to amend an act to amend the school laws of this State by prescribing the qualifications of the members -of the county board of education,
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The next special order taken up was as follows, to wit:
A bill to require all infantry and cavalry companies of the Georgia volunteers and Georgia volunteers colored, in this State, to be attached to one of the present existing .regiments.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
723
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 6.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to appropriate money to the lunatic asylum, and for other purposes.
The House went into committee of the whole, with Mr. West in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported this bill back, with the recommendation that the same d6 pass.
The report of the committte was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot t,-iva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell, Burch, Caldwell, Collins, Collier, Cook of Decatur,
Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Humphreys, Hughes, Hurst,
McCurry, McCurdy, McClure, ~IcWhorter, Newton, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Price, Pol hill, Rawlings, Reagan, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair,
724
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Cureton, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Ennis, Espy, Florence, Fletcher,
Fouch~,
Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fullwood, .FuBSell,
Johnson of Hall,
Stokes,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Sumner,
Jones of Dougherty, Tatum,
Lee,
Traylor,
Law,
Wallace,
Martin,
\Vaiden,
Mallette,
West,
Melton,
Williams,
Mell,
Willink,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Moore of Heard,
Wright,
Montfort,-
\'lynne,
McDonald,
Vaughn.
McDaniel,
Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-
Allen,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Awtrey,
Hall,
Bennett of Jackson, Harrell,
Bell,
Hodge,
Blair,
Holland,
Blalock of Rabun, Hudson,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Branch,
Jarrell,
Brown of Washington, Jenkins,
Burnett of Quitman, Jones of Dodge,
Bush,
Latham,
Clements of Montgm'y Little,
Clement of Milton, Longley,
Coleman,
Lovett,
Davison,
Marchman,
Dorough,
Mansfield,
Dodson,
Meadow,
Edenfield,
Moore of Bulloch,
Farmer,
Murrah,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
:Futrell,
McElmurry,
Gaines,
McGough,
Yeas 101. Not voting 74.
Neely, Owen, Fittard, Pope, Pool, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, 15ymons, Thompson, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wren, Mr. Speaker.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
725
Under a suspension of the rules, the following bill was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county.
The report ofthe committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bagget, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Brown of Pulaski, Burch, Caldwell, Coleman, Collier,
Cook of Decatur,
Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Florence,
Fouch~,
Fink, Ferguson, Fullwood, Gilreath, ''Gray of Paulding, Gregory,
Griffin,
McCurry,
Greer of Macon,
McCurdy,
Greer of Harris,
McClure,
Hill,
McWhorter,
Henderson,
Newton,
Howell,
Peeples,
Hogan,
Perkins,
Houston,
Pitman,
Holbrook,
Price,
Hudson,
Pool,
Humphreys,
Reagan,
Hughes,
Shropshire,
Hurst,
Sell,
Jarrell,
Shaw,
Jenkine,
Short,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Jones of Dodge,
Sumner,
Lee,
Tatum,
Law,
Taylor,
Martin,
Walden,
Mallette,
West,
Melton,
Willink,
Mell,
Wilkinson,
Moore of Clayton, Wrenn,
Moor of Heard,
Wynne,
Montfort,
Vaughn.
McDonald,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Baily, Battle,
Harvey, Hodges, Hopkins.
Pol hill, Rawlings, Screven,
726
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Bennett of Wayne, Boifeuillet, Fussell, Hammond,
Johnson of Hall, Smith of Hancock,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
McDaniel,
Williams.
Parker,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Fogarty,
Atkinson,
:Franklin,
Arnold
Futrell,
Armstrong,
Gaines,
Awtry,
Giles,
Bennett of Jackson, Gibson,
Bell,
Gray of Houston,
Blair,
Gray of Catoosa,
Blalock of .Rabun, Hall,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Branch,
Hightower,
Broyles,
Houge,
Brown of W ashington,Holland,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Bush,
Little,
Clements of Montg'ry Longley,
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Collins,
Marchman,
Cureton,
Mansfield.
Davison,
Meadow,
Dorough,
Moore of Bulloch,
Dodson,
Murrah,
Farmer,
Middlebrooks,
Fletcher,
McElmurry,
l\1cGough, Neely, Owen, Pittard, Pope, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, San deford, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons, Thompson, walker,
'Vallace, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 80. Nays 20. Not voting 75.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county
By consent of the House, Mr. Montfort, of Taylor, was allowed to withdraw the above bill.
Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House taken upon House bill No 731.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
727
The rules were suspended, and the action of the House upon said bill was reconsidered.
The bill was then put upon its passage, to wit :
A bill to abolish the city court of Laurens county. The report ofthe committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 3. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. Also, the following bill was put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally.
The report ofthe committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional mujority, was passed.
Also, a resolution appropriating one hundred dollars to pay expenses of special investigating committees.
The House went into the Committee of the whole, with Mr. Boifeuillet of Bibb, in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage ofthe bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
728
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Batley, Battle Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell, Burch, Caldwell, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur Cureton, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Fletcher,
Fouch~,
Fink Fogarty, Fullwood, Fussell Gilreath, Gray of Paulding
Gregory,
McDonald,
Griffin
McCurry,
Greer of Macon
McCurdy,
Greer of Harris
McClure,
Hammond,
McWhorter,
Harvey,
Newton,
Hill,
Parker,
Hodges,
Peeples,
Ht-nderson,
Perkins,
Hightower,
Pitman,
Hopkins,
Price,
Howell,
Pol hill,
Hogan,
Reagan,
Houston,
Shropshire,
Holland,
Screven,
Hudson,
Sell,
Humphreys,
Shaw,
Hughes,
Short,
Hurst,
Smith of Hancock,
Jenkins.:
Smith of Telfair,
Johnson of Hall,
Stokes,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Sumner,
Jones of Dougherty Tatum,
Jones of Dodge,
V!lughn,
Lee,
Traylor,
Law
Wallace,
Martin,
Walden,
Mallett!",
West,
Melt01~,
Williams,
Mell,
Willink,
Moore of Clayton, Wren,
Moore of Heard,
Wynne.
Montfort,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtry, Bennett of Jackson Bell, Bird,
Futrell, Gaines, Giles, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Hall, Harrell,
Owen, Pittard, Pope, Pool, Rawlin~, Redding, Reece, Roberts,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
729
Blair,
Hodge,
Blalock of Rabun, Holbrook,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Branch,
Jarrell,
.Brown of Washington,Latham,
Burnett of Quitman, Little,
Eush,
Longley,
Clements of Montgm'y ,Lovett,
Clement of Milton, Marchman,
Colline,
Mansfield,
Davison,
Meadow,
Dorough,
Moore of Bulloch,
Dodson,
Murrah,
Ennis,
Middlebrooks,
Farmer,
McElmurry,
Florence,
McDaniel,
Ferguson,
McGough,
Franklin,
N eel.y,
Yeas 98. Not voting 77.
Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons, Thompson, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution to pay Mrs. Arthenia A. Sailors, wife
<>f John B. Sailors, $50.00 pension.
Mr. Battle, of Muscogee, offered an amendment to thf" 4'esolution, which was adopted.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Hammond, of Richmond, in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the resolution back, with the recommen.dation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
730
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Dempsey, Dennard, Dorough, Durham, Fletcher,
Fouch~,
Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fullwood, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Gregory,
Griffin,
McDonald,
Greer of Macon,
McCurry,
Greer of Harris,
McCurdy,
Hammond,
McClure,
Harvey,
McWhorter,
Hill,
Newton,
Hodges,
Parker,
Henderson,
Peeples,
Hightower,
Perkins,
Hopkins,
Pitman,
Howell,
Price,
Hogan,
Rawlings,
Houston,
Reagan,
Holbrook,
Shropshire,
Hudson,
Screven,
Humphreys,
Sell,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Hurst,
Short,
Jenkins,
Smith of Hancock,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Telfair,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Stokes,
Jones of Dougherty, Sumner,
Jones of Dodge,
Tatam,
Lee,
Wallace,
Law,
Walden,
Martin,
West,
Mallette,
Williams,.
Melton,
Willink,
Mel!,
Wilkinson,
Moore of Clayton, Wren,
Moore of Heard,
Wynne,
Montfort,
Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bennett of Jackson, Bell, Blair,
Franklin, Futrell, Fussell, Giles, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Hall,
Neely, Owen, Pittard, Pope, Pool, Pol hill, Redding, Reece,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Branch,
Holland,
Broyles,
Hutcherson,
Brown of washington,Jarrell,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Burch,
Little,
Bush,
Longley,
Clements of Montg'ry,Lovett,
Collins,
Marchman,
Cureton,
Mansfield,
DaYison,
Meadow,
Dodson,
Moore of Bulloch,
Edenfield,
~Iurrah,
Enni>l,
Middlebrooks,
Espy,
McElmurry,
Farmer,
McDaniel,
Florence,
McGough,
Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons, Thompson, Traylor, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 97. Not voting 78.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 827 of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee, submitting an amendment, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follow;,;:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Brown of Pulaski,
Fussell, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Hightower, Hopkins,
Montfort, McDonald, McCurry, McClure, McWhorter, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Polhill, Rawlings, Reagan,
732
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Caldwell,
Houston,
Shropshire,
Clements of Montgm'y Holbrook,
Shaw,
Coleman,
Hudson,
Short,
Collier,
Humphreys,
Smith of Hancock,
Cook of Decatur,
Hughes,
Smith of Telfair.
Dempsey,
Jenkins,
Stokes,
Dennard,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Traylor,
Durham,
Jones of Dougherty, Vaughn,
Ennis,
Longley,
Wallace,
Espy,
Law,
'Vest,
Fletcher,
Mallette,
Williams,
Fouche,
Mcadow,
Willink,
Fink,
Melton,
Wynne.
Fullwood,
Moore of Heard,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Burwell, Edenfield, Ferguson, Howell, Hogan,
Hurst, Johnson of Hall, Newton, Price, Screven,
Sumner, Tatum, Walden, "Wilkinson, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gaines,
Anderson,
Giles,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
Awtrey,
Griffin,
Bagget,
Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Bell,
Harrell,
Blair,
Henderson,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodge,
Bloodworth,
Holland,
Branch,
Hutcherson,
Broyles,
Jarrell,
Brown of Washington, Jones of Dodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Burch,
Lee,
Bush,
Little,
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Collins,
Martin,
Cureton,
Marchman,
Davison,
Mansfield,
McGough, McCurdy, Neely, Owen, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Pool, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Sell, f::pence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale,
Symon~,
'I'hompson, Walker, Wheatley,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
733
Dorough, Dodson, Farmer, Florence, Fogarty, Franklin, Futrell,
Yeas 74.
Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McElmurry, McDaniel,
Wilson, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Nays 15. Not voting 86.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Wallace, of Morgan, gave notice that on Monday morning he would move a reconsideration of the action taken upon the above bill.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Jane Saunders.
The House went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Hammond in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman of the committee reported the same back, with recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Bailey, Battle, Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett,
Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Hogan,
McCurry, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Parker, Peeples, Perkins, Price, Polhill, Rawlings, Reagan,
734
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Branan, Brown of Pulaski, .Burwell, Caldwell, <.Jollier, Cook of Decatur, Dempsey. Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Fullwood, Fussell, Gilreath,
Holbrook, Humphreys, Hughes, Hurst,1 Jenkins, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Law,
Martin, Mallette, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, McDonald,
Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Sumner, Traylor, Walker, \Vallace, West, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, \Vren, Wynne.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gainel',
McGough,
Atkinson,
Giles,
McCurdy,
Arnold,
Gibson,
Neely,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston, Owen,
Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Pitman,
Bennett of Jackson, Griffin,
Pittard,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Pope,
Blair,
Hall,
Pool,
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Redding,
Bloodworth,
Howell,
Reece,
Branch,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
Salter,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Sandeford,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Spence,
Bush,
Jarrell,
Smith of Clinch,
Clements of Montgm'y Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
Clement of Milton, Latham,
Symons,
Collins,
Lee,
Tatum,
Coleman,
Little,
Thompson,
Cureton,
Longley,
Walden,
Davison,
Lovett,
Wheatley,
Dorough,
.Marchman,
Wilson,
Dodson,
.Mansfield,
Wilkin,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895.
735
~nnis,
Farmer, Florence, Franklin, Futrell,
Yeas 88.
Moore of Bulloch, Murrah, Middlebrooks. McElmurry, McDaniel,
Not voting 87.
Willingham, Worley, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitu-tional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution to make an appropriation to pay the -elerk .of the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
The House went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Hammond in the chair.
The committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas and nays were called and sustained. Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows
Th.ose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Bailey,
Gilreath,
Battle,
Gray of Paulding,
.Bagget,
Greer of Macon,
Bennett of Wayne, Greer of Harris,
Bird,
Hammond,
.Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
.Boifeuillet,
Hodges,
Boynton,
Hightower,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Boyett,
Howell,
-Branan,
Hogan,
Burw~ll,
Holbrook,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Clement~ of Montgm'y Humphreys,
Coleman,
Hughe!!,
.Collier,
Hurst,
}lcCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Owen, Parker, Pet;ples, PerkinS', Price, Polhill, Rawlings, Reagan, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short,
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Cook of Decatur,
Johnson of Hall,
Spence,
Dempsey,
Johnson of Taliaferro,Smith of Hancock,
DennarJ,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
:Dorough,
Law,
Stokes
Durham,
Martin,
Sumner,
Edenfield,
Mallette,
Wallace;
Ennis,
Meadow,
Walden,
Florence,
Melton,
West,
Fouche,
Mell,
'Villiams,
Fink,
Moore of Clayton, Willink,
Fogarty,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson,
Ferguson,
Montfort,
'Vren,
Fullwood,
McDonald,
Wynne,
Fussell,
McCurry,
Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Ailen,
Giles,
McDaniel,
Anderson,
Gibson,
McGough,
Atkinson,
Gray of Houston, Neely,
Arnold,
Gray of Catoosa,
Pitman,
Armstrong,
Gregory,
Pittard,
Awtrey,
Griffin,
Pope,
Bennett of Jackson, Hal',
Pool,
Bell,
Harrell,
Redding,
Blair,
Harvey,
Reece,
Blalock of Rabun, Henderson,
Roberts,
Bloodworth,
Hodga,
Rockwell,
Branch,
Houston,
Salter,
Broyles,
Holland,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington Hutcherson,
Shropshire,
Brown of Pulaski, Jarrell,
S,mith of Clmch,
Burnett of Qmtman, Jenkins,
Smith of Rockdale.
Burch,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons,
Bush,
Latham,
Tatum,
Clement of Milton, Lee,
Thompson,
Collins,
Little,
Traylor,
Cureton,
Longley,
Walker,
Davison,
Lovett,
Wheatley,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Wilson,
Espy,
Mansfield,
Wilkin,
Farmer,
Moore of Bulloch, Willingham,
Fletcher,
Murrah,
Worley,
Franklin,
Middlebrook8,
Wright,
Futrell,
McElmurry,
Mr. Speaker.
Gaines,
Yeas 90. Not voting 85.
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737
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to compel all persons who sell or offer for sale any beef~ pork, or mutton in the county of Liberty to exhibit the ears of the animal killed.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prevent taking fish with seine in the waters of Tallulah river.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution to pay M. A. Harden and C. S Northen for preparing and mailing statement of the business to the members of the House.
The House went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Hammond, of Richmond, in the chair.
The committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Bailey, Battle,
47h
Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of Harris,
McDonald, McCurry, McCurdy,
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Baggett,
Hammond,
McClure,
Bennett of 'Vayne, Harvey,
:McWhorter,
Bird,
Hill,
Newton,
Blalock of Fayette, Hodges,
Parker,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Peeples,
"Boynton,
Hightower,
Perkins,
Boyd,
Hopkins,
Pitman,
Boyett,
Howell,
Price,
.Branan,
Hogan,
Pool,
:Burwell,
Holbrook,
Polhill,
'Caldwell,
Hudson,
Reagan,
Clements of l\'Iontgm'y Humphreys,
Shropshire,
Coleman,
Hughes,
Screven,
Collier,
Hurst,
Sell,
Cook of Decatur,
Jenkins,
Shaw,
{)ureton,
Johnson of Hall,
Short,
Dempsey,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Spence,
!Dennard,
Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Hancock,
Durham,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Telfair,
Edenfield,
Lee,
Stokes,
Ennis,
Law,
Traylor,
Fouch~,
Martin,
Vaughn,
Fink,
Mallette,
"\Vallace,
Fogarty,
Meadow,
Walden,
Ferguson,
~lell,
West,
Fullwood,
Moore of Clayton, Williams,
Fussell,
Moore of Heard,
Wilkinson.
Gilreath,
Montfort,
'Vren.
Gray of Catoosa,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Futrell,
Atkinson,
Gaines,
Arnold,
Giles,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
Awtrey,
Gray of Houston,
Bennett of Jackson, Gregory,
Bell,
Greer of l\lacon,
Blair,
Hall,
Biaiock of Rabun, Harrell,
Bloodworth,
Hodge,
Branch,
Houston,
Broyles,
Holland,
Brown of \Vashington, Hutcherson,
Brown of Pulaski, Jarrell,
Neely, Owen, Pittard, Pope, Rawlings, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, San deford, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Symons,
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
73.9
"Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Bush, Clement of Milton, Collins, Davison, Dorough, Dodson, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Franklin,
Latham, Little, Longley, Lovett, Marchman, Mansfield, Melton, i\'Ioore of Bulloch, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McElmurry, McDaniel, McGough,
Yeas 94. Not voting 81.
Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Walker, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Will ink, Willingham,
'Vorley, Wright, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pasHed.
Also, a resolution to pay ,V, C. Shore pension of $50.00.
Upon motion, this resolution was laid upon the table.
w. Also, a resolution to pay Geo. Whittiker back pen-
swn.
The House went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Boynton in the chair.
The committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Pending the vote upon this bill, the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Monday, December 9, 189.5.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. lli. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
740
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
Allen,
Gray of Catoosa,
McCurdy,
Anderson,
Gray of Paulding, McClure,
Atkinson,
Gregory,
McWhorter,
Arnold,
Griffin,
Neely,
Armstrong,
Greer of Macon,
Newton,
Awtrey,
Greer of Harris,
OwE'n,
Bailey,
Hall,
Parker,
Battle,
Hammond,
PeE'ples,
Bagget,
Harrell,
Perkins,
Bennett of Wayne, Harvey,
Pitman,
Bell,
Hill,
Pittard,
Bird,
Hodges,
Pope,
Blair,
Hendel'!'on,
Price,
Blalock of Fayette, Hightower,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Hopkins,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Howell,
Redding,
Boynton,
Hogan,
Reagan,
Boyd,
Houston,
Reece,
Boyett,
Holbrook,
Roberts,
Branan,
Holland,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Hudson,
Salter,
Brown of Pulaski, Humphreys,
Sandeford,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Shropshire,
Burch,
Hughes,
Screven,
Bush,
Hurst,
Sell,
Caldwell,
.Tarrell,
Shaw,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Short,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall, .Spence,
f'olewan,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hanco::k,
Collier,
.Tones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cureton,
L!itham,
Symons,
Davison,
Lee,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Little,
Tatum,
Dennard,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dodson,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Durham,
Law,
Walker,
Edenfield,
Martin,
Wallace,
Ennis,
Mallette,
Walden,
Espy,
Mansfield,
West,
Farmer,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Florence,
Melton,
Wilson,
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741
Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Houston,
l\Iell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough,
Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, wren, Wynne,
Vau~hn,
Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Bennett of Jackson, Clement of Milton,
Blalock of Rabun, Dorou~h,
Branch,
Giles,
Brown of Washington, Gibson,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Marchman, Rawlings, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to transfer the county of Stewart from the Southwestern judicial circuit to the Pataula judicial circuit.
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 17, 1894, to provide for levy and sale of property when the .Oefendent in fi. fa. has an interest therein but does not hold the legal title thereto.
Also, a bill to prescribe qualifications for superior court .stenographer in this State.
Also, a bill to incorporate the city of Culloden, in the .county of Monroe.
742
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to amend the act of September 27, 1883,. an act to establish a city court in the county of Floyd.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the introducer be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Lyry, Ga. Respectfully submitted.
A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Rockwell, of Chatham, moved to reconsider the action taken on Saturday upon the following bill, to wit :
A bill to establish a commissioner of pensions for this State.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Wallace, of Morgan, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House upon House bill No. 171.
The motion was lost.
The following unfinished business of Saturday's session was then taken up, to wit:
A resolution to pay Geo. W. Whittiker back pension for the years 1893 and 1894.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle,
Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hammond, Harrell, Harvey,
McDonald, McDaniel, McCurry, McCurdy, McClurP, McWhorter,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
74::t
Bagget, Bennett of Wayne, Bell, Boifenillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell, Burch, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Farmer, Fletcher, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Gilreath, Gray of Catoosa,
Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Holland, Humphreys, Hughes, Hurst, .Jarrell, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Lee, Little, Law, Martin, Mallette, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Mel!, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort,
Newton, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Polhill, Reagan, Roberts, Rockwell, Salter, Sandeford, Screven, Sell, 1:5haw, Short, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, "\Vest, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Fussell,
Armstrong,
Gaines,
Bennett of Jackson, Giles,
Bird,
Gibson,
Blair,
Gray of Houston,
Blalock of Fayette, Griffin,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Harris,
Bloodworth,
Hall,
Branch,
Hodge,
Branan,
Hudson,
Broyles,
Hutcherson,
Brown of Washington Jenkins,
Owen, Parker, Pool, Rawlings, Redding, Reece, Shropshire, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale. Sumner, Thompson,
744
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Burnett of Quitman, Johnson of Taliaferro, 'Vallace,
Bush,
Longley,
Walden,
Clements of Montgm'y Lovett,
Wilkin,
Collins,
Marchman,
Wilkinson,
Dennard,
Murrah,
Willingham,
Dorough,
Middlebrooks,
Worley,
Espy,
McElmurry,
Wright,
Florence,
McGough,
'Vren,
Fouche,
Neely,
Mr. Speaker.
Fogarty,
Yeas 111. Not voting 64.
So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the purpose of widening, extending, or straightening any street in said city, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize and provide for the payment of the insolvent criminal costs of the clerk of the superior court of Macon county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to create and organize a hoard of water commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county.
The Senate has also passed the following House hills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is respectfully asked, to wit:
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
745
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Camilla, so ~s to empower the mayor and council to maintain a dispen.sary for the sale of liquors, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta .approved February 28, 1874, and the various acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to repeal an act approved February 17,1877, to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office and records and hold his courts at a place other than .the courthouse of said county,
Also, the following Senate bills :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved December 15, 1893, permitttng Confederate soldiers to peddle without license.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act establishing a new charter for the town of Statham, and for other purposes.
The next special order taken up was as follows, to wit:
A bill to authorize the issuance of warrants on the treasury to pay pensions to indigent Confederate soldiers.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were <>rdered.
Upon taking the ballot viva. voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bell, Blalock of Fayette,
Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Hall, Hammond, Harvey, Hill, Hodges,
McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Peeples,
746
,JOURNAL OF THE HousE.
Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd,
Boyett,
Branan, Broyles, Burwell, Caldwell, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fogarty, Ferguson, Futrell, Fullwood, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Catoosa,
Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins,
Hogan,
Houston, Holbrook, Holiand, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Little, Martin, Mallette, Mansfield; Melton, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Middlebrooks,
Perkins, Pitman, Price,
Pool,
Polhill, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Sandeford, Shropshire, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Thompson, Traylor, Vaughn, 'Vest, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Humphreys,
Law,
Pope.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Ailen,
Fink,
Parker,
Arnold,
Franklin,
Pittard,
Bagget,
Fussell,
Rawlings,
Bennett of Jackson, Giles,
Redding,
Bird,
Gibson,
Roberts,
Blair,
Gray of Houston, Salter,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Harris,
Sell,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Short,
Branch,
Howell,
Spence,
Brown of Washington,Hodge,
Smith of Clinch,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Smith of Hancock,
Burnett of Quitman, Jarrell,
Smith of Rockdale,
Burch,
Jenkins,
Sumner,
Bush,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Tatum,
Clements of Montgm'yLee,
Walker,
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, ~~~5.
747
Clement of Milton, Collins, Coleman, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Ennis, Florence, Fletcher,
Longley, Lovett, :Marchman, Meadow, ::\'I ell, 3-lurrah, Neely, Newton, Owen,
\Vallace, Walden, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, 'Vren, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 100. :Nays 3. X ot voting 72.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The Senate amendment to the following Honse bill was concurred in, to wit:
A bill to establish a new charter for the city of Covington, and for other purposes.
The next special order taken up was as follows : A bill to appropriate money for building dormitories, etc., for the State Normal School at Athens.
The Honse went into the Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Worley of Elbert, in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with recommendation that the same do not pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
By unanimous consent, the author of the bill withdrew the same.
The following special order, which was set for 11 o'clock to-day, was taken up, to wit:
A bill to decrease the bonded indebtedness of the State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dempsey, of Butts, offered a substitute for the bill.
748
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Mr. McCurry, of Hart, offered a substitute for the whole.
Mr. Humphreys, of Brooks, raised the point of order that no substitute could be offered until the report of the committee was reconsidered.
The Speaker sustained the point of order rais~d.
Upon motion, the report of the committee was reconsidered.
Mr. Dempsey, of Butts, then offered a substitute for the bill.
Mr. McCurry, of Hart, then offered a substitute for the whole.
Upon a point of order raise'd, that the substitute offered
by the gentleman from Hart was not germane to the original bill, the Speaker sustained the point of order and ruled the substitute out of order.
Upon the ruling of the Speaker, Mr. McCurry, of Hart, appealed from the decision of the chair.
The chair was sustained in his ruling upon the question raised.
The substitute by Mr. Dempsey, ofButts, was agreed to.
. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot vivavoce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.--
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Bagget, Blalock of Fayette, Boyd, Boyett,
:Futrell, Fullwood, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding, Gregory, Griffin,
McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Peeples,
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
749
Branan; Brown of Pulaski, Burch, Caldwell, Clement of Milton, Coleman, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin,
Hall, Harvey, Hill,
Bi~rhtower,
Hogan, Holbrook, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hughe8, Hurst, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Longley, Law, Melton, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Pope, Pool, Reagan, Reece, Salter. Sandeford, Shropshire, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Hancock Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, Walden,
'Vest, Wilkinson, Worley, Wren.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Awtrey, Battle, Bell, Broyles, Dodson, Fogarty, Hodges, Hopkins,
Houston, Holland, Jarrell, Jenkins, Jones of Dougherty, Latham, Little, Mell, McGough,
Neely, Pittard, PricP, Polhil!, Rockwell, Symons, Wheatley, Williams.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Bennett of Wayne, Bennett of Jackson, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Rabnn, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Branch,
Gibson, Gray of Houston, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris, Hammond, Harrell, Henderson, Howell, Hodge, Hudson,
Perkins, Pitman, Rawlings, Redding, Roberts, Screven, Sell, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Sumner,
750
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Brown of 'Vasllington Johnson of Taliaferro, Thompson,
Burwell,
Lovett,
wallace,
Burnett of Quitman, Martin,
'Vilson,
Bush,
Mallette,
Wilkin,
Clements of Montgm'y Marchman,
Willink,
Collins,
Mansfield,
Willingham,
Dorough,
Meadow,
,\-right,
Florence,
Montfort,
Wynne,
Fussell,
Owen,
Vaughn,
Giles,
Parker,
Mr. Speaket:.
Yeas 89. Nays 26. Not voting 60.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
Upon motion, House bill No. 406 was returned to the Senate for correction.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Finance Committee have bad under consideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
Senate bill to alter and amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to enlarge the exemptions from taxation touching all buildings erected for and used as a college, incorporated academy or other seminary of learning, and for other purposes.
The next special order taken up was the following Senate bill, to wit :
A bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in this State so far as the same applies to the county of Gwinnett.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 9, 1895.
751
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeac; and nays were -ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Hall,
Atkinson,
Hammond,
.Awtrey,
Harvey,
Bailey,
Hill,
Battle,
Hodges,
Bennett of Wayne, Hightower,
Bell,
Hopkins,
Bird,
Houston,
Blair,
Holland,
Blalock of Fayette, Humphreys,
.Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Boifeuillet, 1 Boynton,
Hughes, Hurst,
Brown of Pulaski, Jarrell,
Burwell,
Jenkins,
Burch,
Johnson of Hall,
Bush,
Jones of Dougherty,
Clements of Montgm'y,Jones of Dodge,
-<Joleman,
Latham,
-<Jollier,
Lee,
Cook of Decatur,
Longley,
-<Jureton,
Martin,
Dempsey,
Mallette,
Dennard,
Mansfield,
Dodson,
Meadow,
Farmer,
Melton,
Florence,
Me II,
Fletcher,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fouche,
Moore of Clayton,
Fogarty,
Moore of Heard,
Ferguson,
Middlebrooks,
Futrell,
McDonald,
-Gaines,
McElmurry,
Gray of Catoosa,
McDaniel,
-Greer of Macon,
McCurry,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Neely, Newton, Owen, Perkins, Price, Polhill, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, San deford, Rhropshire, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Tatum, Thompson, Vaughn, "\Valker, 'Vallace, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Willinghal!l, Worley, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, .llagget,
Franklin, Fullwood,
Peeples, Pope,
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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.
Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Caldwell, Davison, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Fink,
Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Henderson, Hogan, Holbrook, Law, Montfort, Murrah, McWhorter,
Pool, Sell, Short, Spence, Sumner, Traylor, Walden, Wilkinson, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Giles,
Marchman,
Armstrong,
Gibson,
Parker,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Houston, Pitman,
Blalock of Rabun, Gregory,
Pittard,
Branch,
Greer of Harris,
Rawlings,
Broyles,
Harrell,
Roberts,
Brown of Washington Howell,
Salter,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Hudson,
Smith of~Rockdale,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Wilkin,
Dorough,
Little,
Wright,
Fussell,
Love>tt,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 104. Nays 35. Not voting 36.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also a Senate bill, to wit :
A bill to establish a city court for the county of Gwinnett.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Mr. Shropshire called the previous question, which caB was sustained.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nay were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
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753
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Hill,
Awtrey,
Hodges,
Bailey,
Hightower,
Battle,
Hopkins,
Bennett of Wayne, Houston
Bell,
Holland,
Bird,
Humphreys,
Blair,
Hutcherson,
Blalock of Fayette, Hughes,
Bloodworth,
Hurst,
Boifeuillet,
Jarrell,
Boynton,
Jenkins,
Boyett,
Johnson of Hall,
Branan,
Jones of Dougherty,
Brown of Pulaski, Jones of Dodge,
Burwell,
Latham,
Burch,
Lee,
Bush,
Longley,
Clements of Montgm'y,Martin,
Coleman,
Mallette,
Collier,
Mansfield,
Cook of Decatur,
Meadow,
Dempsey,
:Melton,
Dennard,
Mell,
Dodson,
Moore of Bulloch,
Farmer,
Moore of Clayton,
Fletcher,
Moore of Heard,
Fouche
Middlebrooks,
Fogarty,
McDonald,
Ferguson,
McElmurry,
Gaines,
McDaniel,
Greer of Macon,
McCurry,
Hall,
McGough,
Hammond,
McCurdy,
Harvey,
McClure, Neely, Newton, Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Price, Polbill, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Sandeford, ShropshirP, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Tatum, Thompson, Walker, Wallace, west,
Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Willingham, Worley, Wright,
'Vynne, Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Bagget, Boyd, Caldwell, Davison, Durham,
48h
Fink, Gilreath, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Henderson,
Peeplel', Pope, Pool, Salter, Short,
754
Edenfield, Ennis, Espy,
.. JOURNAL OF THE HousE.
Hogan, Montfort, McWhorter,
Traylor, Walden, Wren.
Those not voting were :Messrs.-
Allen,
Futrell,
Lovett,
Atkinson,
Fullwood,
Law,
Arnold,
Fussell,
Marchman,
Armstrong,
Giles,
Murrah,
Bennett of Jackson, Gibson,
Parker,
Blalock of Rabun, Gray of Houston, Pittard,
Branch,
Gray of Catoosa,
Rawlings,
Broyles,
Gregory,
Roberts,
Brown of Wasbington, Greer of Harris,
Sell,
Burnett of Quitman, Harrell,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Howell,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Hodge,
Smith of Rockdale,
Cureton,
Holbrook,
Sumner,
Dorough,
Hudson,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Johnson of Taliaferro, \Vilkinson,
Franklin,
Little,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 103. Nays 24. Not voting 48.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The folllowing message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1, section 3, article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House was extended five minutes for the purpose of placing the following bill upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia
MoNDAv, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
755
-of 1882, by adding the city of Statesboro, in the county of Bulloch.
Mr. Perkins submitted an amendment, which was agreed to.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of jthis bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P. M.
3 O'CLOCK P. ~[.
The House met at 3 o'clock P. M., and was called to or~er by the Speaker.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled
:and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate and delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts and resolutil)ns:
An act to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the running streams of Forsyth county.
An act to prohibit hunting with dogs and guns and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling.
An act to establish the city court of Brunswick, in the -county of Glynn.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, so as to !require the election of the clerk of council by the mayor and aldermen.
756
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
An act to extend the corporate limits of the city oi Waynesboro.
A resolution for the relief of Willis Fields, of Henry county.
A resolution relieving Brunswick State Bank and its
sureties from payment of interest on fl. fa.
A resolution for the relief of the North Highlands Railroad Company.
A joint resolution approving the bill now pending in the
national Congress for the establishment of dry docks at
Key West, Florida.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate the following acts :
An act to make the owners of dead animals bury t~e same.
An act to incorporate the town of Douglas, in the county of Coffee.
An act to provide compensation for the members of the board of boads and revenues for Catoosa county.
An act to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue bonds to be used and disposed of in the discretion of said council for the purpose of securing free tuition to all children of school age within said town.
An act to create and organize a board of tax-assessors and receivers for the city of Savannah.
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757
An act establishing a new charter for the city of Cov-
ington.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
The ~ext special order taken up was as follows, to wit :
A bill to pay Thos. R. Daniel and William Bridges pensions for 189!l and 1894.
The House went into the Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Hightower, of Early, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vot.e was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Griffin,
McWhorter,
Armstrong,
Greer of Macon,
Newton,
Awtrey,
Hall,
Peeples,
Bailey,
Hill,
Perkins,
Blair,
Hodges,
Pitman,
Blalock of Fayette, Henderson,
Pittard,
Blalock of Rabun, Hightower,
Pope,
Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Pool,
Boynton,
Hogan,
Polhill,
Boyd,
Houston,
Redding,
Boyett,
Humphreys,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Hughes,
Rockwell,
Brown of Washington, Hurst,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Jarrell,
Sell,
Burch,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Shaw,
Bush,
Longley,
Short,
Caldwell,
Law,
Spence,
Cook of Decatur,
Martin,
Smith of Hancock,
758
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Dempsey, Dorough, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, :Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Gilreath, Gray of Houston, Gregory,
Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy,
Stokes, Symons, Sumner, Tatum, Traylor, Wallace, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson, Willingham, \Vorley, \\-ren, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Fletcher,
Atkinson,
Fussell,
Arnold,
Gaines,
Battle,
Giles,
Ba~et,
Gibson,
Bennett of Wayne, Gray of Catoosa,
Bennett of Jackson, Gray of Paulding,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Bird,
Hammond,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Branch,
Harvey,
Branan,
Howell,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Holbrook,
Clements of Montgm'y Holland,
Clement of Milton, Hudson,
Collins,
Hutcherson,
Coleman,
Jenkins,
Collier,
Johnson of Hall,
Cureton,
Jones of Dougherty,
Davison,
Jones of Dodge,
Dennard,
Latham,
Dodson,
Lee,
Ennis,
Little,
Florence,
Lovett, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, McClure, Neely, Owen, Parker, Price, Rawlings, Reagan, Reece, Salter, Sandeford, Screven, Smith of Clinch, Smith of RockdalP, Smith of Telfair, Thompson, walker, Walden, \Vest, Wheatley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 102. Not yoting 73.
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759
So the resolution, having receiyed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The next special order was as follows :
A bill to purchase an arithmometer and typewriter for the Treasurer's office.
The House went into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Rockwell in the chair.
The committee arose and the chairman reported the bill back, with recommendation that same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the lbill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Arnold, Armstrong,
Awtrey, Bailey, Battle, Bird, Blalock of Fayette, Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burwell, Burch, Bush, Caldwell, Collins, Collier, Cook of Decatur,
Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding,
Greer of Macon, Hall, Hammond Hill, Hodges, Henderson, Hightower, Hopkins, Hogan, Houston, Holland, Humphreys, Hughes, Hurst, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Longley, Law,
McElmurry. McDaniel, McCurry, McClure, McWhorter Newton, Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Polhill, Redding, Roberts, Rockwell; Shropshire, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair,
760
JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Cureton, Dempsey, Dodson, Edenfield, Farmer, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Gaines, Gilreath,
Martin, Marchman, Mansfield, Melton, Mell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Middlebrooks, McDonald,
Stokes, Symons, Sumner, \Vallace, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Wilkinson, Wor!ey, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Durham.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Giles,
Parker,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
Peeples,
Bagget,
Gregory,
Pool,
Bennett of Wayne, Griffin,
Rawlings,
Bennett of Jackson, Greer of Harris,
Reagan,
Bell,
Harrell,
Reece,
Blair,
Harvey,
Salter,
Blalock of Rabun, Howell,
Sandeford,
Branch,
Hodge
Sell,
Brown of Washin~n Holbrook,
Short,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Spence,
Clements of Montgm'y Hutcherson,
Tatum,
Clement of Milton, Jarrell,
Thompson,
Coleman,
Jenkins,
Traylor,
DavisOn,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Vaughn,
Dennard,
Latham,
Walker,
Dorough,
Little,
Walden,
Ennis,
Lovett,
Wilkin,
Espy,
Mallette,
Willink,
Florence,
Meadow,
Willingham,
Franklin,
Murrah,
Wright,
Futrell,
McGough,
Wren,
Fullwood,
McCurdy,
Mr. Speaker.
Fussell,
Neely,
Yeas 103. Nays 1. Not voting 71.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutiona 1 majority, was passed.
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
761
The next special order taken up was as follows : A bill to provide who may redeem real estate sold at tax sale. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous ~onseut, the following bill was placed upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to authorize the issuance of circulating notes to banks and banking associations.
This was an engrossed bill, and upon the passage of the same the yeas were 96 and nays 9.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The next special order was as follows:
A bill to repeal an act to declare all obligations to pay attorney's fees, etc., null and void.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Before the vote was taken, by consent, Mr. Wallace withdrew the above bill.
Also, a bill to protect levying officers of this State in making levies, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was not agreed to submitting an amendment.
Upon motion, this bill was laid upon the table.
i62
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company.
The r101port of the committ~e was agreed to.
Upon the passage_ of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 2.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for and fix the salaries and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk superior court, sheriff, etc., in each and every county in the State having a population of sixty thousand or more inhabitants.
The adverse report of the committee was disagreed to.
This bill was read the second time.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph 6 of section 4 of article 3 of the Constitution of this State.
This bill was engrossed.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
U pou taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Atkinson, Armstrong, Awtrey, Bailey, Bennett of Wayne, Blair, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett. Burwell, Collier,
Gray of Catoosa,
Neely,
Greer of Macon,
Owen,
Hall,
Parker,
Hill,
Perkins,
Hodges,
Pitman,
Holland,
Pittard,
Jarrell,
Polhill,
Jenkins,
Reagan,
Johnson of Hall,
Reece,
Johnson of Taliafe1rro, Rockwell,
Jones of Dougherty, Screven,
Jones of Dodge,
Smith of Hancock,
Latham,
Smith .of Telfair,
MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 9, 1895.
763
Dempsey, Durham, Florence, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty, Gaines, Gilreath,
Little, Law, Mell, McElmurry, McDaniel, McCurry, McCurdy, McClure,
Symons, Wallace, West, Wilson, Williams, 'Villink, Worley, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Fletcher,
Bagget,
Gray of Houston,
Bird,
Gray of Paulding,
Blalock of Fayette, Gregory,
Boyd,
Griffin,
Brown of Pulaski, Harvey,
Bu!"ch,
Henderson,
Bush,
Hopkins,
Caldwell,
Houston,
Clements of Montgm'y Holbrook,
Cook of Decatur,
Humphreys,
Davison,
Hughes,
Dennard,
Martin,
Dorough,
Mallette,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Edenfield,
Moore of Heard,'
Ennis,
Murrah,
Espy,
McDonald,
McWhorter, Newton, Peeples, Pope, Price, Pool, Redding, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Stokes, Thompson, Traylor, Walker, Walden, Wheatley, Wren.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Battle,
Giles.
Bennett of Jackson, Gibson,
Bell,
Greer of Harris,
Blalock of Rabun, Hammond,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Branch,
Hightower,
Branan,
Howell,
Broyles,
Hogan,
Brown of Washington Hodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodson,
Clement of Milton, Hutcherson,
Collins,
Hurst,
Coleman,
Lee,
Cureton,
Longley,
Farmer,
Lovett,
Moore of Clayton, Montfort, Middlebrooks, McGough, Rawlings, Roberts, Salter, San deford, Shropshire, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Sumner, Tatum, Wilkin, Wilkinson,
764
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Yeas 63.
Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Moore of Bulloch,
Willingham, Wright, Vaughn, Mr. Speaker.
Nays 54. Not voting 58;
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to pay the widow of R. I. G. Blacke pension for 1893.
The House went into the Committee of the Whoie, and Mr. Gray, of Houston, was called to the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Anderson,
Gilreath,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
.Awtrey,
Gray of Catoosa,
Bailey,
Gray of Paulding,
Bennett of Wayne, Griffin,
Bird,
Greer of Macon,
Blair,
Greer of Harris,
Blalock of Fayette, Hall,
Boifeuillet,
Harvey,
Boynton,
Hill,
Boyd,
Hodges,
Boyett,
Henderson,
Branan,
Hightower,
Brown of Washington,Hopkins,
Brown of Pulaski, Hogan,
Burwell,
Houston,
McDaniel, McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter,
~ewton,
Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Polhill, Redding, Reagan,
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765
Burch,
Holbrook,
Reece,
Bush, Caldwell,
Holland, Humphreys,
Shropshire, f.:creven,
Clements of Montgm'y,Hughes,
Coleman,
Jarrell,
Sell, Short,
Collier, Cook of Decatur, Cureton,
Jenkins,
Spence,
Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Johnson of Talliaferro,Smith of Telfair,
Davison,
Jones of Dougherty, Stokes,
Dempsey,
Jones of Dodge,
Symons,
Dorough,
Latham,
Tatum,
Dodson,
Little,
Traylor,
Durham,
Mallette,
Wallace,
Edenfield, Ennis,
Marchman, Meadow,
Walden, west,
Espy,
Fouch~,
Melton, Mell,
Wheatley, Wilson,
Fink, Fogarty,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard,
Williams, Willink,
Futrell,
Middlebrooks,
Wynne,
Fullwood,
McDonald,
Vaughn.
Gaines,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
.Allen,
Giles,
Parker,
.Atkinson, Arnold,
Gibson, Gregory,
Peeples, Pool,
Battle,
Hammond,
Rawlings,
Bagget,
Harrell,
Roberts,
Bennett of Jackson, Howell,
Rockwell,
Bell,
Hodge,
Blalock of Rabun, Hudson,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Branch,
Hurst,
Broyles,
Lee,
Burnett of Quitman, Longley,
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Collins,
Law,
Dennard,
Martin,
Farmer,
Mansfield,
Florence,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fletcher,
Montfort,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
Franklin,
McElmurry,
Fussell,
Neely,
Salter, Sandeford, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, ~mith of Rockdale, Sumner, Thompson, Walker, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wren, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 112. Not voting 63.
766
JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution to provide for the payment of one additional assistant doorkeeper for the session of 1895.
This was an engrossed resolution.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Holland, of Cobb, in the chair.
After deliberation, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported the bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot tiva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Gray of Paulding,
Atkinson,
Gregory,
Arnold,
Hall,
Armstrong,
Harvey,
Awtrey,
Hill,
:Bailey,
Hodges,
Battle,
Henderson,
:Bennett of Wayne, Hightower,
:Bird,
Hopkins,
:BoWmillet,
Houston,
Boynton,
Holland,
Boyett,
Hutcherson,
:Branan,
Hughes,
Brown oi Pulaski, Jarrell,
Burwell,
Jenkins,
Bush,
Johnson of Hall,
Clements of Montgm'y Jones of Dougherty,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dodge,
Cureton,
Latham,
Davison,
Little,
Dempsey,
Law,
McCurry, McCurdy, McClure, Newton, Owen, Perkins, Fittard, Pool, Pol hill, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Salter, Shropshire, Shaw, Smith of H11ncock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, 8ymons, Tatum,
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
767
Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Farmer,
Fouch~,
Fink, Fogarty, Futrell, Fullwood, Gaines, Gilreath, Gray of Houston,
Martin, Mallette, Marchman, Meadow, Melton, Mel), Moore of Clayton, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
Thompson, Traylor, Walker, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Williams, Willink, Willingham, Worley, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Durham, Pope,
Walden,
wren.
Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-
Allen,
:Franklin,
Murrah,
Bagget,
Fussell,
McGough,
Bennett of Jackson, Giles,
McWhorter,
Bell,
Gibson,
Neely,
Blair,
Gray of Catoosa,
Parker,
Blalock of Fayette, Griffin,
Peeples,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Macon,
Pitman,
Bloodworth,
Greer of Harris,
Price,
Boyd,
Hammond,
Rawlings,
Branch,
Harrell,
Roberts,
Broyles,
Howell,
Sandeford,
Brown of Washington, Hogan,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Hodge,
Sell,
Burch,
Holbrook,
Short,
Caldwell,
Hudson,
Spence,
Clement of Milton, Humphreys,
Smith of Clinch,
Collins,
Hurst,
Smith of Rockdale,
Coleman,
Johuson of Taliaferro, Sumner,
Collier,
Lee,
\Vallace,
Edenfield,
Longley,
Wilkin,
Ennis,
Lovett,
Wilkinson,
Espy,
Man~field,
Wright,
Florence,
Moore of Bulloch, Vaughn,
Fletcher,
Moore of Heard,
Mr. Speaker.
Ferguson,
Montfort,
Yeas 97. Nays 4. Not voting 74.
768
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese.
Mr. Johnson, of Hall, moved to indefinitely postpone this bill.
Upon this motion, Mr. Bailey called the yeas and nays, which call was sustained.
By consent of the House, Mr. Johnson of Hall, withdrew his motion to indefinitely postpone.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Mr. Awtry, of Cobb, offered a substitute for the whole.
The substitute was lost.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were or de red.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Gilreath,
Armstrong,
Gray of Houston,
Awtrey,
Gray of Paulding,
Bailey,
Gregory,
Bagget,
Griffin,
Bennett of Wayne, Hall,
Blair,
Harvey,
Blalock of Fayette, Henderson,
Boyd,
Hightower,
Boyett,
Hopkins,
Brown of Pulaski, Houst.on,
Burnett of Quitman, Holbrook,
Bush,
Holland,
Caldwell,
Humphreys,
Clements of Montgm'y Hughes,
Clement of Milton, .Jenkins,
Cook of Decatur,
Jones of Dougherty,
McCurdy, McClure, McWhorter, Newton, Owen, Perkins, Pitman, Pope, Price, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Rockwell, Salter, Shropshire, Sell, Shaw,
l\IoxnA Y, DEC'E)IBER 9, 189.5.
769
Dadson,
Jones of Dollf!e,
Short,
Dempsey,
Little,
Spence,
Dennard,
Law,
1-:rnith of Clincl',
Dorough,
;\Iallette,
Smith of Hancock,
Dodson,
:\Iarchman.
Smith of Telfair,
Durham,
Mcadow,
Stokes,
Edenfield,
Melton,
Walker,
Ennis,
:\Ioore of Clayton, Wheatley,
Espy,
:\Ioore of Heard,
William~,
Farmer,
Murrah,
Willink,
Fletcher,
:\Iiddlebrooks,
Willingham,
Fouch~,
:\IcDonald,
\Yorley,
Fink,
:\IcElmurry,
\\'ren,
Fogarty,
l\lcCurry,
\\'~nne,
Ferguson,
McGough,
Yaughn.
tiaines,
Those voting 111 the negative wete )le:;sr:;.-
Hill, .Johnson of Hall,
:~rartin, Peeple~,
Thompson, Traylor,
Those not voting were )le:;;;es.-
Allen,
Ful111ood,
:\Ioore oi Bullocll,
~ltkinson.
Fussell,
Montfort,
Arnold,
Giles,
McDaniel,
Battle,
Gibson,
~eely,
Henuett of Jackson, Gray of Catoosa,
Parker,
Bell,
Greerof l\la..ou,
Pittard,
Bird,
(freer of Harri~.
Puol,
Blalock of Halmn, Hammond,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Harrell.
Rawling~,
Boifeuillet.
Hodges,
Roberts,
Boynton,
Howell.
Sandeforl l,
Branch,
1 logan,
Sere,en,
Branan,
Hodge,
:-:mith of Hockdale,
Broyles,
Hudson,
SyrnonF,
Brown of Washington. Hutcher~on,
Stunner,
Burwell,
Hurst,
Tatum,
Burch,
.Jarrell,
\Yallaee,
Collins,
.fohnson of Taliaferro, "alden,
Coleman,
L'ltham,
\\'est,
Collier,
Lee,
\\'ilson,
Cureton,
Longley,
Wilkin,
Florence,
Lovett.
wilkin~on,
Franklin,
:\Iansfield,
\\'right,
Futrell,
:\Jell,
:\Ir. ~peaker.
Yeas 97. XaY>' 1). Xot \'oting 7~.
49h
770
.JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 1, of au act to authorize the building of courthouses in the militia dietricts of this State.
Mr. McCurry, of Hart, offered an amendment, which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were -13 and nays b5.
So the bill, not having received the requisite cQnstitutiQnal majority, was lost.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight.
8 O'CLOCK P. )1. The House met at 8 o'clock P. )L, and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Perkins, of Habersham, moved a suspension of the rules for the purpose of making a motion to reconsider House bill ~o. 516.
The motion was lost.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, Secretary thereof:
Jill'. SpeaJ.,er: The Senate has adopted the f()llowing resolutions, in
which the concurrence of the House of Representatives is respectfully askcJ : '
A re,..;olution authorizing the Governor to accept certain historical publications from General .James D. McBride.
:Mo~DA Y, DECDIBER 9, 1895.
771
Also, a resolution authOI"izing the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Hepresentatives, Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House, chairmen, and certain othet members of the Enrolling and Auditing Committees of the Senate and House to remain five days atl:er adjournment of the General Assembly and bring up unfinished work of the session.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
.Jir. Speake1 :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite con:-:titutional nu~ority, the following House bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to ("Onsolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorpomting the city of Forsyth.
The following message was received from the Senate through 1\It-. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
111. Speake1:
The Senate has passed, by the re<i mstte constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time for holding the regular quarterly term of Elbert eity court, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the town council of Hogansville to issue bonds.
The following House hi II,; luwe been pa,-sed with amendments, in which the eoncmrence of the Houi'c i,- ai'ked to wit:
772
Jol:RNAI. OF THE HousE.
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Also, in the counties of Banks and Habersham, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking and other companies.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution ot the State by adding a new paragr.aph to article 6, ,.;ection 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so as to change the organization of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution for the relief of .J. S. )lcGahee of )lcDuffie county.
The next special order taken up was as follows: A hill to amend an act entitled an act to alter and amend sections l:H:l and 1344 of the Code of Georgia.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
l'pon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 67 and mns :21.
So the bill, not haYing receiYed the requisite eonstitutional majiJrity, was lost.
Also, a bill to ameu(l the general tax aet for 189."i, and 1896.
The report of the eommittee, was agreed to, submitting amendment.
Upon the pa,.;,.:age of this bill, the yeas were 92, and nays 4.
So, the bill luning receiwd the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to allow laml condemned for road purpo~es and fot othet purpose,.,.
The repott of the committee was agreed to.
MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 9, 189.5.
773
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 68 and nays :35.
s(l the bill, not having received the requisite con,..titu-
tional majority, was lost. Also, a bill to require ::til persons carrying, owning, or
holding any pistol or rifle to register the same, and tor <>ther purposes.
1\Ir. McDonald, of "rare, offered an amendment to the LNI.
The report of the committee was disagreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 12, and nays 76.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lo:<t.
Also, a bill to prevent the procurement of consignment of orchard, farm, and dairy products, etc., by irresponsible parties, and for othet purpo::;es.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 8.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to regulate the practice in the courts of this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to, submitting an amendment.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 8!) and nays 0.
~) he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
7i-l
,JoeR:'\AL OF THE RoesE.
Also, a bill to ptohibit drunkenne,;s in public places and to proYide p11ni~hment for the same.
The report of the committee was agrePd to.
C pon the pas;.;age of this hi 11, the yea" and nays were ordered.
"Cpon taking the ballot tira tore, tlw \ote was as follow;;:
Tho;.;e \oting in the affirmatiYe \H~tc l\Ies~;rs.-
Anclersnn,
1-. . erguson,
l\Iurrah,
Armstrong-,
Futrell,
:.\Icllona!tl,
Baily,
Fussell,
l\IcE!murr.',
Bagget,
(iaines,
l\Icliougl1,
Bennett of \\'ayne, Gilreath,
:Ue(' I ure,
Blalock of FDyette, t+ray of Houston,
Kewton,
Boifeuillet,
Bo~cl,
Gray of Pauldin;:, Greer oi IIarri~,
Peeples, Pitman,
Branan,
Hall,
Priee,
Brown oi Pulaski, Harny,
Pool,
Burwell,
I [pnde!">'on.
l'olhill.
Burell, BuHh,
Hopkin~ . Hogan,
Redding. Reagan,
Cal elwell,
Hudson,
RteC'e,
Clewents of !llontgry Hnmphreys,
f'hropshite,
Cletnent oi :.\Iilton, Hut<-herson,
f'mith oi Haneoek,
Cook of Decatur,
II ughes,
f'ymons.
Dayison,
Jarrell,
Tatum.
llempsey,
Johnson oi Hall,
Traylcr,
Dennard,
J olmson of Taliaferro, Yaughu,
Dodson,
JoneH of Dodge,
Wilson,
Durham,
Latham,
\Vilkin,
Edenfield,
Martin,
Willink,
Espy,
l\lallette,
Willingham,
Farmer,
l\Iarchman,
Worley,
Florence,
:.\Ielton,
Wright,
Fink,
:\Ioore of Heard,
Wynne.
Those \'Oting in the negative were Messrs.-
Boynton, Boyett, Enni!'.
Law, 1\Iell, McDaniel,
Shaw, Short, Spenee,
MoNDAY, DECE:IlBER 9, 189;j.
77 i)
Fouche, Fullwood, Hodges, Jones of Dougherty,
McCurry, McWhorter, Pope, Salte,
\\'alden, \\'est, \\'ilkinson, 'Vrenn.
Those not \'Oting were Messrs.-
Ailen,
Gray of Catoosa,
Atkinson,
Gregory,
Arnold
Griffin,
Awtry,
Greer of :\lacon,
Battle,
Hammond,
Bennett of Jackson, Harrell,
Bell,
Hill,
Bin!,
Hightower,
Blair,
Howell,
Blalock of P.abun, Hodge,
Bloodw0rth.
Houston,
Branch,
Holbrook,
Broyles,
Holland,
Brown of \\'ashington,Hurst,
Burnett of Quitman, Jenkin~.
Collins,
Lee,
Coleman,
Little,
Collier, Cureton,
Lon).(!Py, Lo,ett,
Dorough,
Mansfield,
Fletcher,
Meadow,
Fogarty,
Moore of Bulloeh,
:Franklin,
Moore of Clayton,
Giles, Gibson,
:\Iontfort,
Middlebrooks, :1\IcCu r d y , Neely, Owen, Parker. Perkins, Pittard, Haw ling;:, HolJerts,
Hock well, :'amlefonl,
"eren~n,
Sell, S1nith of Clinch, Sn1ith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, StokeR, Sumner, Thompson, \\'alker, \\'ailace, Wheatley,
Williams, )lr. Speaker.
Yeas 81. Nayt; 21. Not voting 7:3.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional ~ajority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend the general railroad law so as to 11.uthorize registrars to punish for contempt.
The report of the committee was disagreed to, reporting the bill favorably.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 22 and nays 68.
776
JOLRXAL OF THE HousE.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to make clerks and sheriff.,; of the superior courts e;r offieio clerks and sheriffs of the county courts in the counties of their residence.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 44 and nays 45.
So the bill, not having received the requisite coustitu tional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to authorize county authorities in all counties having a chain-gang to pay costs in eases of conviction for misdemeanor;;.
The committee offered an amendment to this bill.
The report of the committee was disagreed to.
Upon tlw passage of this bill, the yeas were R and nay" 80.
So the bill, not having received the requisite con;;titutional majority, was lost.
Also, a resolution to pay \V. C. Shore $.50.00 pension.
The committee of the whole having reportP-d the bill_ back to the House with a filVorable report, the same was put upon its passage.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot, the vote was as follow":
Mo.sDAY, DECE;\IBER 9, 1895.
777
Those voting in the aftil-mati\e were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Hall,
McGough,
Armstrong,
Harvey,
McClun,,
Bailey,
Hodges,
:\fc\Vhorter,
Bennett of \Vayne, Henderson,
Newton,
Blalock of Fayette, Hightower,
Perkin!',
Boifeuillet,
Hopkins,
Pitman,
Byd,
Holbrook,
Pop~:",
Branan,
Hudson,
Price,
Brown of Pulaski, Humphreys,
Polhill,
Burwell,
Hutcherson,
Redding,.
Bush,
Hughes,
Ht>agan,
Clements of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Ret>e,..,
Collier,
Jenkins,
Roberts,
Cook of Decatur,
.Johnson oi Hall,
Shropshire,
Davison,
.Johnson of Taliaferro, Sell,
Dempsey
Jones of Dougherty, Shaw,
Durham,
Jones oi Dodge,
Short,
Edenfield,
Latham,
i'pence,
Farmer,
Law,
Smith of Haucoek.
Florence,
Martin,
Smith of Telfair,
Fouche,
Mallette,
Symon~,
Fink,
.Marchman,
Tatum,
Fogarty,
:l\leadow,
Traylor,
Ferguson,
Melton,
We~t,
Futrell,
Mell,
Wilson,
Jiussell,
:i\loore of Clayton, Wilkin,
liainel:',
Moore of Heard,
\Villink,
Gioreath,
:i\Iurrah,
Willingham,
Gray of Houston,
McDonald,
Worley,
Grar of Catoosa,
:\lcElmurry,
Wynn!',
Gray of Paulding, McCurry,
Vaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
B..nnett of Jackson.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Atkinson Arnold, Awtrey, Battle, Bagget, Bell,
Espy, Fletcher, Franklin, Fullwood, Giles, Gibson. Gregory,
McDanieL McCurdy, Neely, Owen, Parker, Peeple,.,_ Pittard,
778
JouRXAL OF THE HousE.
Bird,
Griffin,
Blair,
(ireer of l\Iacon,
Blalock of Ralmn, Greer of Harris,
Bloo<lworth,
Hammond,
Boynton,
Harrt:-11,
Boyett,
Hill,
Hranch,
Howell,
l~royles,
Hogan,
Brown of washington, Hodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Houston,
Bureh,
Holland,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Clt>men.t of .Milton, Let>,
t.:;ollius,
Little,
Coleman,
Longley,
Cureton,
Lo\ett,
Dennard,
Mansfield,
Dor.-,ugh,
l\Ioore of Bulloch,
Dodson,
Montfort,
Ennis,
Middlebrooks.
Pool, Rawlings, Rockwell, Salter, ~an d e f o r d , Screven, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Stoke8, Sumner, Thompson, Walker, \Vallaee, \Vaiden, Wheatley, Williams, Wilkinson, Wright, \Vren, Mr. ~peaker.
Yeas H3. Xays 1. Sot \"oting 81.
So the resolution, having received the tequi:lite constitutional majority, "as passed.
The following re~olntion was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution to allow duplicate specimens of woods, mincmls, etc., in possession of the State, to be loaned to mUi"('l\tus or othet scientific institutions.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately refened, to wit:
A resolution for the telief of the Brunswick Te!lllinal Railro:Hl Company.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Also, a bill to authorize justices of the peace and notaries public of this State to preside in districts other Han those they were ele_cted or appointed to.
Referred to the Committee on Special J udici81'y.
MoNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895.
i79
Also, a resolution asking an appointment from the gov-ernment for a roadway fiom Atlanta to McPherson Barracks.
Referred to the Committee on Railroad;;.
Ah;o, a bill to amend paragraph 1, seetion ;~,article 8 of the Constitution.
Referred to the Committee on General ,Judiciary.
Also, a resolution requesting State School Commissioner Glenn to have printed his recent address and that of the chancellor of the University.
Read and laid over under the rules.
A bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act to amend the laws of the State in reference to the inspection of illuminating oils.
Referred to the Committee on Special Agriculture.
Also, a bill to amend an act to provide for and regulate the busines5 of insurance brokers.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend an act regulating sales of fertilizers in this State.
Referred to the Committee on Special Agticulture.
Also, a bill to amend an act, a general law as to inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizers.
Referred to the Committe on Special Agriculture.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to amend an act permitting Confederate soldiers to peddle without license.
Referred to the C()mmittee on Special Judiciary.
780
.JovRXAL OF THE HousE.
Also, a bill to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section l ot article 5 of the Constitution.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Also, a bill to provide for a board of commissioners ofroads and revenues in the county of Lumpkin.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Also, a bill to revise the charter of the town of Bruton, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Ah;o, a 'bill to establish a new charter for the town orStatham, in .Jackson county.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Also, a bill to provide for the sale or lease of the Northeastern Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, a resolution authorizing the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Clerk of the House, etc., to remain five days after the adjournment of the General As-sembly.
Read and laid over. A resolution authorizing the Governor to accept certain historical publications from General James D. McBride.
Read and laid over.
Under the suspension of rules, the following bill was put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to give blacksmiths a special and general lien, and for other purposes.
um.s. MoNDAY, DEcE:~IBER 9,
781
The committee reported the bill back, with a substitute.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 68 and nays 23.
So the bill, not having recehed the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act approYed No,ember 26, 1890, to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State LTni,ersity.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yea:- were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having receiYe<l the requisite constitutional majority, waH passed.
The following Sen~te hills were tead the second time, to "it :
A bill to amend an aet establiHhing a new eharter for the city of Carrollton.
Also, a bill to amend an act to deelare the councilmen and aldermen of the towns and eities in this State ineligible to any other municipal office.
-\lso, a bill to amend an act to eany into effect paragraph 18 of Hection 7 of article :1 of the Constitution.
Cpou a suggestion that no quomm was present, Mr. Farmer, of Coweta, moved a call of the roll, wbi('h motion pre,ailed.
Upon calling the roll, the fact was ascertained that no <JilOrnm was ptesent.
The doors were then closed and the absentees noted, whieh were as follows :
782
JouRNAL OF THE HoL"sE.
Those present were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Bailey, Battle Bagget, Bennett of 'Vayne, B.-nnett of Jackson Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet Boynton, Boyd, Boyett, Brown of Pulaski, Caldwell, Coleman, Collier, Dadson, Edenfield, J:nnis, Espy, Farmer, Fouche, Fogarty, Fullwood, Fussell Gaines,
Gilreath, Gray of Paulding Hammond, Harvey, Hodges, Henderson, Hogan, Hudson, Hutcherson, Hughes, Jarrell, Jenkins, .Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dodge, Longley, Law, Marchman, Meadow, Melton, Mell, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, McCurry, McGough, McClure,
Those absent were Messrs.-
.-\lien,
Giles,
Anderson,
Gibson,
Atkinson,
Gray of Houston,
.-\rnold,
Gray of Catoosa,
Awtry,
Gregvry,
Bell,
Griffin
Bird,
Greer of l\Iaeon
Blair,
Greer of Harris
Blalock of Habun, Hall,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Branch,
Hill,
Branan,
Hightower,
Broyles.
Hopkins,
Brown of Washington, Howell,
Bmwell,
Hodge,
Burnett oi <luitman, Hon~ton,
McWhorter. Newton, Peeples, Perkins, Pitman, Pope, Pool, Polhill, Reagan, 1-ihropshire,
~II,
Shaw, Short, 1-ipence, Smith of Hancock, Svmons, Thompson, Traylor, Walden, West, Wilkin, Willink, Worley, Wright, )lr. Speaker.
)fcDonald, )lcElmurry, :Me Daniel, )fcCnnly, Xeely, <lwen, Parker, Pittard, Price, Haw lings, Redding, Reece, Roberts, Rockwell,
~alter, ~andeforl,
TUESDAY, DECE)fBER 10, 1895.
i83
Burch,
Holbrook,
Rcreven,
Bu~h,
Holland,
Smith of Clineh,
Clements of Montgm'y,Humphreys,
Smith of Rock<lale,
Clement of Milton, Hurst,
Smith of Telfair,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, ~tokes,
Cook of Decatur
Jones of Dougherty, .~. nmner,
Cureton,
Latham,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Lee,
Walker,
Dennard,
Little,
'Valla<~e,
Dorough,
Lovett,
Wheatley,
Dodson,
Martin,
Wilson,
Durham,
Mallette,
Williams,
Florence,
Mansfiel<l,
Wilkinson,
Fhitcher,
Moore of Bulloch. Willingham,
Fink
Montfort,
Wren,
Ferguson,
Murrah,
Wynne,
Franklin,
Middlebrooks,
Yaughn.
Futrell,
Mr. Battle, of Muscogee, moved that the messenger of the House be instructed to arrest the absent members and bring them into the Hall of the House of Representatives.
The motion prevailed.
The messenger of the House being absent, the Speaker ordered him to be sent for.
Up~n motion, aad pending the _arri\'31 of the messenger, the House adjourned until Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock.
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ATLA:-;TA, GEORIA.
Tuesday, December 10, 1895. The House met at 9 o'clock A. )1. this day, was called to order by the Speaket, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called, alHl the following member,.: an,.;weretl to the call of their names :
784
JouR.SAL OF THE HousE.
Those p-resent were Messrs.-
Allen,
Giles,
McCurry,
Anderson,
Gilreath,
McGough,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
MeCurdy,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston,
~lcClure,
A rmstroug,
Gray of Catoosa,
McWhorter,
Awtrey,
Gray of Paulding, Xeely,
Bailey,
Gregory,
Xewton,
Battle,
Griffin,
Owen,
Bagget,
Greer of :\lacon,
Parker,
Bennett of \Vayne, Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
Hanty,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hiil,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodge!',
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Henderf'on,
Polhill,
Boi ieuillet,
Hightower,
Rawling~,
Boynton,
Hopkin~,
Redding,
Boyd,
Howell,
Heagan,
Boyett,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branch,
Hodge.
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyle8,
Holbrook,
Salter,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
Sande ford,
Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Humphrey~.
Scre\en,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
I" h a w ,
Hush,
Hurst,
Short,
Caldwell,
Jarrell,
I" pence,
Clements of ~Iontgm'y .Jenkin!',
Smith of Climh,
Clement <>f :\Iilton, .Johnson of Hail,
i"mith oi Hanco:!k,
Collin!',
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Hock<lale,
Coleman,
.Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Telfair,
Collier,
Jones of Dodgt>,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Lntham,
:-'ymons,
Cureton,
Lee,
~umner,
Dadson.
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
LonglPy,
ThompHon,
Dennard,
LoYett,
Traylor,
Doroujl;h,
Law,
\Yalker,
Dodson,
l\lartin,
Wallace,
TuESDAY, DECE)fBER 10, 1895.
785
Durhani, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer. Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Fink, Fogarty Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell, Gaines,
Mallette, ~Iarch man, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, l\Iell, Moore of Bulloch, l\Ioore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
"'alden. West, Wheatley. Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, '\Villink. \V ilkinson, .Willingham, \\"orley, Wright, '\Yren, Wynne, Vaughn, Mr. 8peaker.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
The following bill was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to provide and fix the salarie<; and percentage of fees to be paid the ordinary, clerk superior court, sheriff, etc., in counties containing a city of sixty thousand inhabitants or more.
M:r. Branan offered a substitute for the bill. The substitute was lost. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 1.5 and nays87. So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Cliftc..n, the Secretary thereof:
1l1r. President : The Senate has pa8sed, by the requisite constitutional
majority, the following House bills, to wit:
tOh
7HG
JorRXAL oF THE HousE.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Catoosa.
..-\. lso, a bill to be enti tied an act to i ncurporate the town of Branwell, in the county of Paulding.
Abo, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the time and manner of electing the mayor and council ot the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal so much of the act creating a boarrl of commissionets f(Jr the county of DeKalb, as limits the compensati\ln of the ciPrk thereof.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to limit the jurisdiction of the city court in civil cases to exceedin~ one hundred dollar,; .
-Um, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
Also, a bill to lw entitled an aet to authorize and em-
powet the rnayot and council of the town of Decatur, in
the county of DeKalb, to provide for the registration and license of every trade, business calling, avocation, ete., carried on within the incorporate limits of said town.
Abo, a bill tn be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Battle Hill.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require Spalding county to pay the officers of eoutt the eosts now allowed by law in each case convicted and wrtrked in the cP.ain-gang of said county.
The Senate has a1lopted the following House resolution:
A resolution correcting Ilr;>use hi II No. 3n7.
Also, a bill to amend an :wt :ncorporatethe Savannah Ihnk and Trust C<Jmpan.' ::IIlah and the amend-
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ments thereto, to permit said bank to reduce its capital stock, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Quitman, approved December 28, 1888, and amended Sovember 4, 188!1.
Also, a bill to amend an act to amend section 4928 of the Code.
Also, a bill to repeal the chatter of the city of Manchester, to incorporate said city under the name of College Park.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Cairo, in the county of Thomas.
Also, a bill to amend section 1675(a) of the Code of 1882, which prohibits foreign corporations from owning over .5,000 acres of land in this State, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed the following House bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is asked.
A bill to be entitled an aC't to amend the act for Troup county, so as to elect commissioners at general elections.
Also, a hill to be entitled au act to amend the charter of the city of Cordele, in the county of Dooly, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize the trustees of the United Freewill Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, to sell certain lands heretofore conveyed to them for church purposes.
The following House bill was lost in the Senate, to wit: A bill to provide for admission to the bar in Georgia.
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The following resolution was offeredj by Mr. \Vheatley flf Sumter, to wit :
A resolution that the Senators and Representatives from Georgia iu Congress are hereby requested to nse ail honorable means to secure the recognition of commerce by the ~stablishment of a department of the general government to be known as the department of commerce, an1l for other purposes.
This resolution was laid over under the rules.
The Senate amendments to the following House bills were taken np and concurred in, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in Monroe county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroad, insurance, expre:<~, telegraph, canal, and navigation companies.
Also, a resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of 1\IcDuffie county.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham.
Also, a bill to amend the Constitution of the State by ndding a new paragraph t., article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so as to change the organization of the supreme court.
Senate amendment to Honse bill No.--, amending the Constitution of the State.
"Amend section 1 by striking out the words: 'and three additional associate justicPs shall be elected for terms of one, three, and five years respecti,ely, beginning January I, 1897. The person receiving the highest number
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of Yotes shall fill the longest term of six years, the next highest the term of five years, and so on for the term of three years, and the term of one year,' and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: 'By the expiration of the te1m of one of the present incumbents, and three additional associate justices shall be elected fiJr terms expiring re,;pectiYely January 1, 1899, January 1, 1901, and ,January 1, 190:3. Tlw per,;ons elected as additional associate ju,;tices shall amopg them,;elves determine, by lot, which of the three last-mentioned terms eaeh shall have, and they shall be commissioned accordingly. After said fir;;,t electim all terms (except unexpired term,;) shall be for six years each. Tn ease of any ,acaney which causes an unexpired term, the same shall be filled by exeeutive app0intmenl:, and the person appointed by the GoYemor shall hold his office until the next regular election, and until his successor for the balance of the unexpi1<ed term shall have been elected and qualified.'"
Also, a bill to repeal an act authorizing the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office and records at a place other than at the courthouse.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the tow~ ot Camilla.
Also, a bill to authorize the United Freewill Baptist Church, of Columbus, Ga., to sell certain lands.
Also, a bi~l to establish the city court of Coffee county.
Also, a bill to amend the act for Troup county, so as to elect commissioner at general election.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Cordele, in the county of Dooly.
Also, a bill to make appropriations to the Stat~ Memorial Board for the purpose of marking by monuments positions occupied by the Georgia troops participating in the battle of Chickamauga.
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1\fr. Dempsey, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Corporations, submitted. the following report:
Air. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under considration the following bill of tlw Senate, which they request me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Statham, in Jackson county.
Respectfully submitted. T. J. DE)IPSEY, Chairman pro fern.
The folh)\ving Senate resolution was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of J. D. Laing, tax-collector for the county of Terrell.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the pa!'sage of this resolution, the yeas were 89 and. nays 0.
So the resolution, having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend an act to establish a system of public ~chools for the city of Carrollton.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and. council of the city of Carrollton to hold an election on the question of issuing and selling bonds.
Also, a bill to amend the second section of an act entitled an act to fix the salary of the State Librarian.
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Also, a bill to rPgulate the tolling of rice in this State. Also, a bill to amend section 1H79 of the Code of 18R~. Also, a bill to amend section 708 of the Code. Also, a bill to ptohibit any non-resident person or persons from camp-hunting in the county of Dade.
Also, a bill to anwnd an act incorporating th<> town of Kingston, in Bartow county.
Also, a bill to authorize the county authorities iu whoi'e counties there are uo municipal or county chain-gangs to hire out misdemeanor convicts to pri,ate individuals.
Also, a hill to require banks chartered undet the laws of this State, where ~he capital stock is impaired, to make the ;.:ame good by tran;.;fer from the surplus profits to the capital stod~.
Also, a bill to amend an act to declare the councilmen and aldermen of the towns and cities in this State ineligible to any other municipal offit'e.
Also, a hill to amend se<tion 4:310 of the Code of 188:?.
Also, a bill to place eounty and municipal chain-gangs under the control and superYision of the Governor and penitentiary department.
Also, a bill to alter and amend atticle 7, section 2, paragraph 2 or the Constitution.
Also, a bill to reincoqlOrate the town of Elberton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to establish a uew charter for the town of Statham, Jackson county.
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Also, a bill to provide for a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Lumpkin.
Also, a bill to revise the charter of the town of Bruton, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor to relinquish all claims to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, a bill to establish a court of appeals, and for other purposes.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and bill lost.
Also, a bill to appoint a committee of three from the Senate and fhe rrom the House to perfect a plan for the future care of persons sentenced for violating the laws of this State.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and the bill lost.
Also, a bill to amend section 4424 of the Code of 1882.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and bill lost.
Also, a bill to amend section 4423 of the Code of 1882. The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and bill lost.
Also, a bill to amend section 4422 of the Code of 1882. The adverse report of the committee was agreed to and bill lost.
Abo, a bill to authorize the payment of checks, demand drafts, and savings bank orders in case of the Jeath of drawer.
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The adverse report of the committee was disagreed to, and the bill was passed fi1r a third teading.
Also, a bill to amend section -!652 of the Code.
The adverse report of the C(lmmittee was agreed to and bill lust.
The following resolutions were read to wit:
A resolution instructing State School Commissioner Glenn to have hi~ recent address printed, anrl that of tlw chancellor of the Cni,ersity.
This resolution was laid on the table. Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to accPpt certain hi~totical publications from General J. D. McBride. The resolution was adopted. Also, a resolution authorizing the President of the Senate, SfJeaket of the House, Clerk of the House, and Secretary of the Senate to remain at the capitol five days to complete the unfinished business.
The resolution was adopted as amended.
1\Ir. 'Vright, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County :Matters, submitted the following report:
J[r. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County ~fatters have bad under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that ;.;ame do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled au act to revise the charter of the town of Rrutou, yiz., to ehauge the name from Bruton to Brewton, and to change the center of said town from the Wrightsville and Tennell depot to a point near the academy in said town, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Lumpkin, to define their powers and duties, to prescribe the manner of electing the same, to submit the same to thP people, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. MosES 'VRinHT, Chairman.
The following message was recei\ed from the Senatl' through Mr. Clifton, tbe Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the reqni,;ite constitutional majority, the following House bill with amendment, In which the concu1rence of the Senate is asked :
A bill to be entitled an act to appropriate money to the State Memorial Board :fi>r the purpose of marking by monuments and other suitable memorials, po~itions occupied by thP. Georgia troops in the battle of Chickamauga, and for <lther purpo~es.
The following resolution was read and arlopted, to wit:
A resolution extending thanks to General .James D. McBride for his donation to the State.
The following re;;olution was offend by Mr. Middlebrooks, of Kewton, which was read and laid on the table, to wit:
A resolution requesting our representati,es and senatot,.; in Congress to purchase the battlefield ar.mnd Vicksburg, Mississippi, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills were read the thirrl time an(l put upon their passage, to wit:
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A bill to amend an act to carry into effect paragraph 18, section 7 of article - of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the veas we1e 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to make it penal for any person or persons to attempt, in a wanton and malicious manner, to injure or -destr0y the good name of innocent females.
The adverse report of the committee was. agreed to, and bill lost.
Also, a bill to amend and regulate the practice concerning motions for new trial.
The ad\erse report of the committee was agreed to and bill last.
Also, a bill to confe1 on the judges of the Hnperior and city courts of the State jurisdiction to hear motions for new trial in vacation without any order therefor.
The report of the committee was agr.:ed to.
Vpon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 21 of an act which regulates the issuing and granting corporate powers and priYileges to insnrance companies.
The report of the committee was agrePd to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 anrl nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to prescribe the method of serving bills ot exceptions upon non-resident and unrepresented defendants 111 error.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were :JO and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to repeal the law defining and regulating court contracts, and fot other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the pa~sage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prescribe the mode of changing venue 111 _criminal cases in the superior courts in this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to. L pon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passerl.
Also, a bill to amend section 7.52 of the Code of 1882. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill, which was made the special order for 12:10 o'clock, was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bond:> and to negotiate the same to pay off an amount of the public debt maturing July 1, 1896.
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The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passa~e of this bill, the yeas and nays were or-
<iered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as fol-
lows:
Those votiug in the affirmative were 1\:Iessrs.-
Allen,
Gray of Catoosa,
AtkinEon,
Greer of Macon,
Bnttle,
Greer of Harris,
Bennett of Wayne, Hal',
Bennett of Jackson, Hammond,
Bell,
Harvey,
Bird,
Hill,
Blair,
Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Henderson,
Boynton,
HopkinR,
Branan,
Howell,
Bmyles,
Houston,
Brown of Washington Holbrook,
Brown of Pulaski, Holland,
Burwf'll,
Humphreys,
Burch,
Hutcherson,
Bush,
Hughes,
Caldwell,
Hurst,
Clement~ of Montgm'y Jarrell,
Collins,
.Jones of Dodge,
Collier,
Latham,
Cook of Decatur,
Lee,
Dempsey,
Little,
Dodson,
L'lw,
Durham,
Meadow,
Edenfield,
Melton,
Espy,
1\IeJI,
Farmer,
Moore of Bulloch,
Fletcher,
Moore of Clayton,
Fouche,
::\loore of Heard,
Fink,
Montfort,
Fogarty,
Murrah,
Ferguson,
Middlebrooh,
Franklin,
McDonald,
Futrell,
McDaniel.
Gaines,
McCurry,
Gilreath,
McGough,
Gibson,
McCurdy, McClure, Kewton, Owen, Parker, Pitman, Pittard, Pope, Price, Pool, Polhill, Rawlings, Redding, Reagan, Reece, Shropshire, Screven, Sell, Shaw, Short, Spence, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair. Stokes
Symon~,
Tatum, Walden, west, \Vilson. \Vilkin, \Villiams. \Villink, Wilkinson, Worley, Wren, \Vynne, Yaughn.
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Those not voting were :Messrs.-
Anderson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrt-y, Bailey, Bagget, Blalock of Fayette, Blaloek of Rabun, Bloodworth, Bnyd, Boyt-tt, Bruneh, Burnett of Qnwnan, Clement of ~lilton, Coleman, Cureton, Dadson, Dennar 1,
~OrOtll!h,
Ennis, Florenc<>,
Fullwood,
}fansfield,
Fussell,
}lcElmurry,
Giles,
McWhorter,
Gray of Houston,
Neely,
Gmy of Paulding, Petpies.
Gregory,
Perkins,
Griffin,
Hoberts.
Harrell,
Hock well.
Hightower,
Salter,
Hogan,
Sandeford,
Hodg:>,
~mith of Cimch,
Hudson,
Smith of Hoekdalt
Jenkins,
:-lurnner,
.Johnson of Hall,
Thompwn,
.Tohnson of Taliaferro,Traylor,
.Jones of Dougherty, \Yalker,
Longley,
Wallace,
Lovett,
Wheatley,
Martin,
Willingham,
)Jallette,
\\'right,
Marchman,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 112. Not voting 63.
8o the bill, having reeeiwd the requisite constitutionaf maiority, was passed.
The hour of 12:30 having arrived, the special order set lor that time was taken up, to wit:
A joint resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the Houe to investigate the convicts of this State.
Mr. Humphreys, of Brooks, ofieted an amendment to thE:'- i.i~ 1 . wLich was adopted.
"i ut; report of the committee was agreed to.
U pou the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot vil'a voce, the vote was as fol-
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Those voting in the affirmati,e were Messrs.-
-\ tkinson,
Hammond,
Battle,
. Harvey,
Bennett o Wayn~, Ho<I)!~S.
Bell,
Howell,
Blair,
Honsion,
Blaloek of Fayett~, Holhrook,
Branan,
Humphreys,
Broyle!',
Hutcherson,
Brown of Washington Little,
Bush,
Lnw,
Dodson,
l\Ionre of Bulloch,
Far111er,
Middl~brookE,
FletchPr,
:\JcDllr.iel,
F.,garry,
:\Icl'nr<ly,
ti reer of Macon,
Owen,
Perkins. Pi1man, Pope, Pol bill, Rawlings, Redding,
R~"~g-an,
Sba\v, Stokes,
S~mons,
\Vilson, Williams. Willingha:c ..
Worl~y.
Those voting in the wgative were Messrs.-
Bailey,
Bag~et,
Bennett of Jaekson, Boynton, Brown oi Pulm'k;, Burch, Caldwell, Cook ,,f D~catur, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield, E<py, F>uclre. Fink,
Fergu~on,
Futnll,
Fn~sell,
Gaines, Gilreath,
Gibson, Hill, Hightower, Hopkins, Hollanci, Hughes,
Hnr~l,
Jarrell, .JoiH'S of Dodge, Lee,
:\l~arlow,
Melton. :\I ell, Moore of Clayton, :Moore of Heard, :\JcDonalrl, MCurry, :\IcGough,
:\leCiun, }Ic \\" horter, Xewton, Parker, Pittard, Pri.e. Pool ..
Ret>C~', Shropshir~,
Snrith of Hancoek. Snrith of Telfair, Tatum, \\alden, Wilkin, Wilkinson, \Vren, Wynne, Yaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
A nder~au,
Arnold, A rrnstrong, .-\wtrey,
Fullwood,
Gile~,
Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding,
)I ontfor: :\fnrrah, McElmurry, Xeely, Peeples,
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Bird,
Gregory,
Robert~,
Blalock of Rabun, Griffin,
Rockwell,
Bloodworth,
Greer of Harris,
Salter,
Boifeuillet,
Hall,
Sandeford,
Boyd,
Harrell,
Sl'reYen,
Boyett,
Henderson,
Sell,
Braneh,
Hogan,
Short.
P.urwell,
Hodge,
Spence,
Burnett of Quitman, Hudson,
Smith of Clinch.
Clements of Montgm'y,Jenkins,
Smith of Rockdale,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
~umner,
Collins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Thompson,
Coleman,
Jones of Dougherty, Traylor,
Collier,
Latham,
walker,
Cureton,
Longley,
\VallaeP.
Davison,
LovPtt,
\Vest,
Dennard,
Martin,
Wheatley.
Dorough,
Mallette,
Willink,
Ennis,
Marchman,
\Vright,
Florence,
ManEfield,
Mr. Speaker.
Franklin,
Yeas 44. Nays 55. Not voting 76.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize justices of the peace and notaries public of this State to preside in districts other than those they were elected and appointed to.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved D0cember 15, 1893, permitting Confederate soldiers to peddle without license.
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The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.
The committee has also had under consideration, the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be read a sef)ond time and recommitted.
A bill to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1 of article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia.
A bill to amend section 3837 of the Code of 1882.
A bill to provide for and regulate the insurance brokers in this State.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The General Judiciary Comruittee have had under con-
sideration the following Senate bills, which they inRtruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pa~s, to wit:
A bill to provide for service by publication in certain cases, and for other purposeR.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a board of medical examiners for the State of Georgia, to define their duties and powers, and for other purposes, approved December 12, 1894.
Also, a bill to authorize the judges in the superior courts of this State, in case of seduction or divorce, or other case
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where the evidence is vulgar or obscene, to hear and try the case after clearing the court of all ot any portion of the audience, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to make more specific the crime of barratry in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 1978 of the Code as amended by an act approved October 17, 1891, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evidence when the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, incompetent, inaccessible, or being produced do not recollect the transaction, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to report back the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustrees and guardians in this State, and for other purposes.
I am also instructed to report back the following Senate bills, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to provide for notice to the garnishee for the filing of a traverse of the answer of such garnishee when the garnishment is pending in any of the justice cou~ts of this State.
Also, a bill to amend paragraph I, section 3, article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to define and apply the law of abatement in certain cases.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to amend section 3910(b) of the Code, and for other pnrposes.
Respeetfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman.
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Leave of absence was granted Mr. McDaniel.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'cLocK P. M. The House met at 3 o'clock P. M., and was called to or-der by the Speaker.
Mr. Boynton, chairman of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Finance have under consideration the following Senate resolution, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass:
A resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Terminal Railroad Company.
Respectfully submitted. J. L. BoYNTON, Chairman.
Mr. A. G. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
J.lfr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.
A bill to authorize the Go\ernor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railway.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
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Mr. C. E. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :
Jb. Speaker :
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that thesame do pass, to wit :
A bill to provide for the sale of the Northeastern Railway.
The committee have also had under eonsideration thefollowing Senate resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that thel"ame do pass, to wit:
A resolution asking an appropriation from the government for a roadway hom Atlanta to McPherson Barracks.
Respectfully submitted.
C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
Mr. Armstrong, chairman of Special Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report :
.J."tl1'. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture ha\e under consideration Senate bill No. 77, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act to amend the laws of this State in reference to the inspection of illuminating oils, providing for appointment of inspectors of oils, amount of compensation, revising schedule fees, etc., etc., which they instruct me, as chairman, to report back, with the recommendation that it do pass.
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Also Senate bill No. 264, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an ~H, a general law as to inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizers, approved October 19, 1891. Recommend do pass.
Also, Senate bill Xo. 263, to wit:
A bill to be entitled anact to amend an act regulating sales of fertilizers in this State, to fix a method of determining the value of the same, approved December 27, 1890, by amending section 5 thereof so as to require the ordinary, after he has received the analysis from the State Chemist on any sample be bas sent, authorizing State Chemi~t to publish names of the brands that do not come up to the guaranteed analysis, etc. Recommend do not pass.
Respectfully submitted. J. W. AR:\fSTRONG, Chairman.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
A bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act to amend the laws of this State in reference to the Inspection of illuminating oils.
Also, a bill to provide for serdce by publication in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustees.
Also, a bill to establish a board of medical examiners for the State of Gecrgia.
Also, a bill to authorize justices of the peace and notaries public of this State to preside in districts other than those they were elected or appointed to.
Also, a bill to amend an act to authorize the judges in the
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superior courts in this State, in cases of seduction or divorce,. where the evidence is vulgar or obscene, to try the case after clearing the court of all or a portion of the audience..
Also, a bill to make more specific the crime of barratryin this State.
Also, a bill to amend section 1978 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act, a general law as to inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizer<>.
Also, a bill to provide for the sale or lease of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a bill to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evidence when the subscribing witnesses are dead.
Also, a resolution for the relief of the South Brunswick Terminal Railroad Company.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide for and regulate the business of insurance brokers in this State.
Also, a bill to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1 of' article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia.
Also, a bill to amend section 3837 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to amend an act permitting Confederate soldie~s to peddle without licensP.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through Mr. Callaway, his private Secretary:
]tfr. Speaker: The Governor has approved the following acts and reso-
lutions of the General Assembly, to wit:
An act to establish the city court of Brunswick, in and for the county of Glynn, to define its jurisdiction and
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powers, to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to authorize the town council of Bowman, to issue bonds, etc.
Also, an act to amend the charter of Roberta, so as to prohibit the sale of any brandy, rum, gin, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties herein mentioned, approved .January 19, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same applies to the county of Glynn.
Also, an act to establish the city court of Bnmswick, m and for the county of Glynn, etc.
Also, an act to prohibit hunting with dogs and guns and fishing on the lands of others in the county of Appling, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the runing streams of Forsyth county, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, so as to require the election of the clerk of council by the mayor and aldermen instead of by ballot as now provided, and for other purposes:
Also, an act to extend the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro.
A resolution for the relief of Willis Fields of Henry
county.
Also, a resolution for the relief of the Xorth Highlands
Railroad Company.
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The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution to allow the postmistress of the House three days' extra pay, and direct her to forward the mail of the members during that time.
By Mr. Middlebrooks of Newton-
A resolution asking Congress to purchase battle-field~ around Vicksburg.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 2571 of the Code of 1882. The report of the committee was agreed to.
U pou the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.--
Arnold,
Hammond,
Awtrey,
Haney,
Bennett of Jackson, Hodges,
Boifeuillet,
Holland,
Branan,
Hudson,
Brown of 'Vashington Jones of Douge,
Brown of Pulaski, Mansfield,
Bush,
Meadow,
Collier,
Melton,
Cook of Decatur,
Moore of Bulloch,
Farmer,
McElmurry,
Fussell,
McCurry,
Gray of Houston,
McGough,
Hall,
Neely, Parker, Pitman, Pittard, Rawlings, Shaw; Smith of Hancock Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Wilkin, ''tright, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Battle,
Bell,
Griffin, Greer of Macon, Greer of Harris,
McClure, McWhorter, Perkins,
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809
Blalock of Fayette, Boynton, Boyett,
Henderson, Hi11htower, Holbrook,
Pope, Redding, Reagan,
Caldwell, Clement of )Iilton, Dempsey, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield,
Humphreys,
Reece,
Hughes,
Rockwell,
Jarrell,
Shropshire,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Screven,
Jones of Dougherty, Short,
Latham,
Spence,
F..spy, Fouche,
Lee, Law,
"\Vest, "\Vheatley,
Fink,
Mell,
Williams,
Fogarty,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkinson,
Fullwood,
Montfort,
Willingham,
Gaines,
Murrah,
"\Vorley,
Gilreath,
Middlebrooks,
Wren,
Gibson,
McDonald,
Yaughn.
Gray of Paulding,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Fletcher,
MeDaniel,
Atkinson,
Ferguson,
::vrcCurdy,
Armstrong,
Franklin,
Newton,
Bailey, Bagget,
Futrell, Giles,
Owen, Peeple!',
Bennett of Wayne, Gray nf Catoosa,
PricP,
Bird,
Gregory,
Pool,
Blair,
Harrell,
Pol hiE,
Blalock of Rabun, Hill,
Roberts,
Bloodworth,
Hopkins,
Salter,
Boyd,
Howell,
Sandeford,
Branch, Broyles, Burwell,
Hogan, Hodge, Houston,
Sell, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Burch,
Hurst,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Collins,
Johnson of Hall,
Coleman,
Little,
Cureton,
Longley,
Davison,
Lovett,
Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Traylor, "\Yalker, wallace, walden,
Dennard,
Martin,
Wilson,
Dorough,
Mallette,
Willink,
Ennis, Florence,
Marchman, Moore of Heard,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 40. Nays 61. Not voting 74.
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So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from liability to the servant for injury sustained.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the ~as were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 472l of the Code of Georgia.
Mr. Middlebrooks, of Newton, offered an amendment~ which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and . nays 8.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a new charter for the city of Carrollton.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 9.') and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to regulate the sale of domestic wines in towns and citiel'l of this State.
The committee reported the bill back with amendments.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 93 and nays 4.
& the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools for the city of Carrollton.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 4625(c) of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 9. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton to hold an election for the purpose of issuing bonds.
The report of the committee wa<> agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
& the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act making it the duty of the clerk of the county court, where there is one, and the duty of the clerk of the superior court, where there is no clerk,. to select a judge should the parties litigant fail or refuse.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 2.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the application of all public school funds to the Douglasville college that is distributed to school-children within the corporate limits of said town.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 943(b) of the Code, and for -other ptrposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having re~eived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to regulate the practice in the superior court jn cases now or hereafter pending.
The report of the committee was disagreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having receivod the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to require all convict-made brooms sold in this State to be stamped tv show that same were made by .convict labor.
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813
Mr. Holland, of Cobb, offered an amendment to this bill.
Pending the adoption of this amendment, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock to-night.
8 O'CLOCK P. M.
The House met at 8 o'clock P. M., and was called to order by the Speaker.
The hour for the joint session of the General Assembly having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, convened for the purpose of. hearing the address of Hon. Fleming duBignon, of Chatham county, was called to order by the President of theSenate.
The resolution convening the }int session was then read.
Hon. W. H. Venable, President of the Senate, introduced the Hon. Fleming duBignon, who addressed theGeneral Assembly.
Upon motion, the_General Assembly was dissolved; the Senate retiring, the House was called to order by theSpeaker.
Upon motion, the House then adjourned until 9 o'clock A. :u to-morrow morning.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, DecP-mber 11, 1895.
The House met at 9 o'clock A. M. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called, and the following members answered to the call of their names:
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Those present were Messrs.-
Allen,
Gaines,
McCurry,
Anderaon,
Gilreath,
McGough,
Atkinson,
Gibson,
McCurdy,
Arnold,
Gray of Houston, McClure,
Armstrong,
Gray of Catoosa,
McWhorter,
Awtrey,
Gray of Paulding, Neely,
Bailey,
Gre~ory,
Newton,
Battle,
Griffin,
Owen,
Baggett,
Greer of Macon,
Parker,
Bennett of 'Vayne, Greer of Harris,
Peeples,
Bennett of Jackson, Hall,
Perkins,
Bell,
Hammond,
Pitman,
:Bird,
Harrell,
Pittard,
Blair,
. Harvey,
Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Hill,
Price,
Blalock of Rabun, Hodges,
Pool,
Bloodworth,
Henderson,
Polhill,
Boifeuillet,
Hightower,
Rawlings,
Boynton,
Hopkins,
Redding,
Boyd,
Howell,
Reagan,
.:Boyett,
Hogan,
Reece,
Branch,
Hodge,
Roberts,
Branan,
Houston,
Rockwell,
Broyles,
Holbrook,
!:!alter,
Brown of Washington, Holland,
Sandeford,
.Brown of Pulaski, Hudson,
Shropshire,
Burwell,
Humphreys,
Screven,
Burnett of Quitman, Hutcherson,
Sell,
Burch,
Hughes,
Shaw,
Bush,
Hurst,
Short,
<Jaldwell,'
Jarrell,
Spence,
()lements of Montgm'y Jenkins,
Smith of Clinch,
Clement of Milton, Johnson of Hall,
Smith of Hancock,
Dollins,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Rockdale,
()oleman,
Jones of Dougherty, !:lmith of Telfair,
Collier,
Jones of Dodge,
Stokes,
Cook of Decatur,
Latham,
Symons,
()ureton,
Lee,
Sumner,
Davison,
Little,
Tatum,
Dempsey,
Longley,
Thompson,
Dennard,
Lovett,
Traylor,
Dorough,
Law,
Vaughn,
Dodson,
Martin,
Walker,
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Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouch(i, Fink, Fogarty, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Mallette, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, :Melton, ::'liell, Moore of Bulloch, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Montfort, Murrah, Middlebrooks, McDonald, McElmurry, McDaniel,
\Va!lactl, Walden, West, Wheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wilkinson. Willingham, Worley, Wright, \Vren. \Vynne, Mr. Speaker.
Those absent were Messrs.-
Giles.
The Journal of yesterday was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Humphreys, of Brooks, moved a reconsideration of the following resolution, to wit :
A resolution appointing two from the 8enate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State.
The previous question was ordered.
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson,
Espy,
Armstrong,
Florence,
Bennett of \Vayne, Fogarty,
Bird,
Ferguson,
Boifeuillet,
Fussell,
Boyd,
Gray of Houston,
Branch,
Gray of Catoosa,
Branan,
Gray of Paulding,
Brown of Washington,Griffin,
Caldwell,
Harvey,
Clement of Milton, Hodges,
Law, Mallette, Murrah, ::\IcElmurry, McCurdy, Newton, Owen, Rawlings, Reagan, Roberts, Screven,
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Collins, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Davison, D"ennard, Dorough, Dodson, Durham, Edenfield,
Enn~s,
Hightower, Howell, Hogan, Houston, Holbrook, Holiand, Humphreys, Latham, Little, Longley,
Shaw, Spence, Stokes,
Symon~,
Williams, Will ink, Willingham, Worley, Wren.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Atkinson, Arnold, Blalock of Rabun, Boynton, Boyett, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burch, Dempsey, Fletcher, Fouche, Futrell, Gaines, Gilreath, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hill,
Hopkins, Hughes, Hurst, Jarrell, Jones of Dodge, Lee, Marchman, Meadow, Melton, :l\Iell, Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, :\lontfort, McDonald, :\lcCurry, }lcGough,
McClure, Parker. Pittard, Price, Pool, Shropshire, Sell, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, walker, Walden, \Vest, Wilkin, Wright, Wynne, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Greer of Harris,
Perkins,
Awtrey,
Hall,
Pitman,
Bailey,
Hammond,
Pope,
Battle,
Harrell,
Polbill,
Bagget,
Hen::lerson,
Redding,
Bennett of Jackson, Hodge,
Reece,
Bell,
Hudson,
Rockwell,
Blair,
Hutcherson,
Salter,
Blalock of Fayette, Jenkins,
Sandeford,
Bloodworth,
Johnson of Hall,
Short,
Burwell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Smith of Clinch,
Burnett of Quitman, Jones of Dougherty, Smith of Rockdale,
Bush,
Lovett,
Sumner,
Clements of Montgm'yMartin,
Tatum,
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{)oleman, Cureton, Farmer, Fink, Franklin, Fullwood, Giles, Gibson,
Yeas 62.
Mansfield, Moore of Bulloch, Middlebrooks, McDaniel, Mc\Yhorter, Neely, Peeples,
Thompson, Traylor, Wallace, Wheatley, \Vilson, Wilkinson, Mr. Speaker.
Nays 49. X ot voting 6-t.
So the motion to reconsider was adopted.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed the following Honse bill by the requisite constitutional majority :
A bill to be entitled an act to change the county site of Fannin county, in the State ofGeorgia, from Morganton to Blue Ridge, in said county of Fannin, and for other pur.poses.
Also, a resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Faver for services.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the .books of his office from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1895 the unexpended balance of J89-!, amounting to the sum of $623.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Jir. Speaka :
The Senate has passed the following Honse bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act fixing the compensation to be ]mid persons employed as clerks in holding general elections
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at the precincts in the county of Pierce, and fi>r other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city of Augusta to extend a ditch beyond the city limits, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish new terms and to regulate the practice of filing, returning, and trying new cases in the city court of Richmond.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an a~t to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act tQ provide for the appointment of a clerk of the county court of Effingham county,. and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the proper county authorities of the border counties of this State to co-operate with the propet authorities of the adjacent States in building and keeping up bridges.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the spring term of Dawson superior court.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the republication of the Georgia reports from t~e 77th to the ~83d, inclusive.
The Senate passed the following bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the Honse is asked, to wit:
A bill to be entited an act to fix and define the liability of receivers, trustees, and assignees, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, and the several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia amendatory thereof, so as
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to add the city of Blackshear, in Pierce county, Georgia, to the list of such cities.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to reincorporate the town of Moultrie.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 534 of the Code of t 882, which provides that disabled soldiers of this State be allowed to peddle without license.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary, thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is asked :
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3888 of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to vest the management and care of all jails and persons co:1fined therein under the control of the county commissioners of roads and revenues, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State, by providing an annual pension to such ex-Confederate soldiers who are unable to provide a living for themselYes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to appropriate to the trustees at the University of Georgia the sum of twentyfive thousand dollars, to be used in the construction of additional buildings and furnishing the same for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and for othet purposes.
Also, a resolution appropriating the sum of $500.00 to paint the dome and repair the roof of the capitol building.
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Also, a resolution to pay the per diem and expenses oi the Joint Committee of the General Assembly appointed to examine the work of the Code commissioners.
The following Senate bills were taken up and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to amend an act regulating the leasing out of penitentiary convicts by the Governor, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93~ and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to reincorporate the town of Elberton.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas] were 94 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize and empower the commissioners of roads and revenues of Chatham county to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings any road in said county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to prohibit non-resident persons from camphunting in the county of Dade.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
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821
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Kingston, in Bartow county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for a board of commissioners of roads and revenue in the county of Lumpkin.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to revise the charter of the town of Bruton.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to establish a new charter for the town of Statham, in Jackson county.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The Senate amendments to the following House bills were taken up and concurred in, to wit :
A bill to fix and define the liability of receivers, trustees, etc., in this State.
Also, a bill to amend section 943( a) of the Code of 1882.
Also, a bill to reincorporate the town of Moultrie as the city of Moultrie, in Colquitt county.
Also, a resolution appropriating the sum of $500 to paint the dome and repair the roof of the capitol building.
Also, a bill to provide for the control, management, and regulation of jails and the appointment of jailors in all counties having a population of 75,000 inhabitants.
This bill was concurred in, with an amendment. Also, a bill to amend section 3R88 of the Code of 181;2. Also, a bill to amend section 5:3-t of the Code of 1882, as amended by act of 1891.
The following message was received from the Senate through the Secretary, Mr. Clifton :
JYir. Speaker :
The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution in which the concurrence of the House is asked :
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies.
The House refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the following House bill, to wit :
A bill to pay per diem and expenses ofthe Joint Committee of the General Assembly appointed at the session of
1~94.
WED~ESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1895.
823
The following House bill was taken up for the purpose -of concurring in the Senate amendments, to wit:
A bill to appropriate the sum of fifty thousand dollars to the trustees of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
The first amendment was not concurred in.
Upon the concurrence of the second amendment, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-.
Anderson. Atkinson, Armstrong, Bailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne, Bell, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Boyett, Branan, BroylE>s, Collier, t.:ook of Deeatnr, Dodson, Farmer, Fogar1y, Futrell, Fussell, Gibson, -Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Hall,
Hammond, Hodges, Hightower, Hopkins, Houston, Holland, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Jarrell, Jenkins, Johnsun of Hall, Lee, Little, Law,
Mallette, Marchman, 1\lansfield, ME>adow, .Melton, Mel!, .Moore of Bulloch, 1\IcEimurry,
McGough, McCurdy, Neely, Xewton, Owen, Parker, Perkins, Pittard, Pol hill, Rawlings, Rockwell, Screven, Sell, Stokes, Symons, Walker, \Vest, \Vheatley, Wilson, Wilkin, Willink, Willingham.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
.Awtrey, Bennett of Jackson, Blaloek of Fayette, Bu>'h, Caldwell, Davison,
Gilreath, Gray of Houston, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Hill, Henderson,
McWhorter, Peeples, Pope, Pool, Redding, Reagan,
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Dempsey, Dennard, Durham, Edenfield Ennis, Fletcher, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin, Fullwood, Gaines,
Holbrook,
Reece,
Hughes,
Shropshire,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Shaw,
Jones of Dodge,
Short,
Latham,
Smith of Hancock,
Martin,
Smith of Telfair,
Moore of Clayton, Walden,
Montfort,
Worley,
Murrah,
'Vren,
McDonald,
Vaughn.
McClurP,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Espy,
Arnold,
Florence,
Bagget,
Fouche,
Bird,
Giles,
Blair,
Greer of Macon,
Blalock of Rabun, Greer of Harris,
Bloodworth,
Harrell,
Boyd,
Harvey,
Branch,
Howell,
Brown of Washington Hogan,
Brown of Pulaski, Hodge,
Burwell,
Hud~>on,
Burnett of Quitman, Hurst,
Burch,
Jones of Dougherty,
Clements of Montgm'y Longley,
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Collinfl,
Moore of Heard,
Coleman,
Middlebrooks,
Cureton,
McDaniel,
Dorough,
~lcCurry,
Pitman, Price, Roberts, Salter, Sandeford, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale~ Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Traylor, Wallace, Williams, Wilkinson, Wright, Wynne, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 67. Nays 50. Not voting 58.
So the amendment was concurred in.
The third amendment was concurred in.
Also, a bill to amend section 6 of an act to carry int(}effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Upon the question of concurring in the Senate amendment, the yeas and nays were ordered.
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Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows ~
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Bennett of Wayne, Bird, Blair, Boynton, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles, Brown of Pulaski, Burch, Bush, Cook of Decatur, Dennard, Dodson, Farmer,
Fletcher, FerguEon, Futrell. Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Greer of Macon, Hall, Hill, Holland, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jenkins, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Lee, Little, Law, Martin,
)!elton, Moore of Bulloch, McDonald, McElmurry, McCurry, McGough, McClure, Neely, Price, Reece, Shropshire, Shaw, Smith of Hancock, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Symons, Wallace, Williams.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, ArmAtrong, Bagget, Bennett of Jat:kson, Bell. Bloodworth, Boifeuillet, Boyd, Burwell, Collier, Davison, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Florence, Fouch\, Franklin, Fullwood, Gibson, Gray of Houston,
Hammond,
Owen,
Harvey,
Parker,
Hodges,
Pittard,
Henderson,
Pope,
Hightower,
Pool,
Hopkins,
Rawlings,
Hogan,
Redding,
Houston,
Reagan,
Holbrook,
Roberts,
Humphreys,
Rockwell,
Jarrell,
Salter,
Johnson of Hall,
Sell,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Short,
Mallette,
Spence,
Marchman,
Walker,
Mansfield,
\Vaiden,
Meadow,
Wheatley,
Mell.
Wilson,
Moore of Clayton, Wilkin,
Moore of Heard,
Willink,
Montfort,
Wright,
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Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of Harris,
Murrah, McCurdy, McWhorter,
vVren, Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold,
Fussell,
Battle,
Gaines,
Blalock of Fayette, Giles,
Blalock of Rabun, Gilreath,
Brown of vVashington, Harrell,
Burnett of Quitman, Howell,
CRldwell,
Hodge,
Clements of Montg'ry,Hudson,
Clement of Milton, Jones of Dougherty,
Collins,
Longley,
Coleman,
Lovett,
Cureton,
Middlebrooks,
Dorough,
McDaniel,
Ennis,
Xewton,
Fink,
Peeples,
Fogarty,
Perkins,
Pitman, Pol hill, Sandeford, Screven, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson, Traylor, \Vest, Wilkinson, Willingham, 'Vorley, Wynne, Mr. Speaker,
Yeas 56. Nays 71. Not voting 48.
So the amendment was not concurred in.
Mr. McCurry, chairman on the part of the House Committee, submitted the following report of the joint committee to investigate the obstruction in the Savannah river at Augusta:
Mr. Speaker :
Article 2 of the treaty of Beaufort, entered into between the State of Georgia and South Carolina in 1887, is as follows::
(1) The navigation of the river Savannah, at and from the bar and mouth, along the northeast side of Cockspnr island, and up the direct course of the main northern channel, along the northern side of Hutchinson's island, opposite the town of Savannah, to the upper end of said island, and from thence up the bed or principal stream of the said
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river to the confluence of the rivers Tugalo and Keowee, and from the confluence up the channel of the most northrn stream of Tugalo river to the source and back again by the same channel to the Atlantic ocean, is hereby declared to be henceforth equally free to the citizens of both States and exempt from all duties, tolls, hindrance, interruption, and molestation whatsoever attempted to be enforced by one State on the citizens of another, and all the rest of the river Savannah to the southward of the foregoing description is acknowledged to be the exclusive right of the State of Georgia.
(2) As to whether the obstructions in the Savannah river at Augusta are in violation of said treaty, the committee do not determine, the question being one involving the construction of said treaty and the legislative enactments passed at different times by the two States.
(3) A few years ago the city authorities of Augusta placed in said dam a fishway, known as the McDonald fi:;hway, near the South Carolina side-the same being placed in an opening in the dam about twelve feet wide and 8aid fishway being about ten and a half feet wide.
(4) It is feasible for fish to pass up said fishway, if the same is kept in good condition and fishing is not allowed with nets or otherwise within a reasonable distance of said fishway above and below the same.
The committee are unable to determine whether one fishway is sufficiently adequate or not.
(5) The committee believe that the authorities of Au_gusta are willing to do anything that may be reasonably required of them to femedy the evil complained of.
6. The committee recommend the enactment of such laws as will prevent the obstruction of the migration offish below Augusta, and the periodical inspection of fish way in
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the dam at Augusta, by the State Fish Commissioner, with a view of actertaining that it be kept adequate to effect the passage of migrating fish up the waters of the Savannah river, and in the event the said fish commissioner at any time finds the fishway now in use inadequate to effect the passage of fish, that he report the same to the Governor. The Governor in that event being authorized to negotiate with the city authorities of Augusta with reference to the construction of additional fish ways, and report the result of such negotiations to the next General Assembly.
\Ve further recommend, that the said fish commissioner report to the next General Assembly such legislation as he may deem necessary to secure the free passage of fish up the Savannah river.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, D. G. FOGARTY, W. A. DoDsoN,
Committee on part of House.
w. R. LITTLE,
CLAIBORNE SNEAD,
Committee on part of Senate.
Mr. Reagan, chairman Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following_ report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Penitentiary, through its sub-committees, have visited the various convict camps in this State, and beg leave to submit the followin\report thereon :
We find that at most of the camps insufficient buildings have been provided for the comfort of the convicts; this applies especially to the camps at Alexanderville, Echo, Rising Fawn, the camps in \Vorth county, Minneola in
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Lowndes county, Maxwell and Toledo in Charlton county, and Darle Coal mines in Dade county. The buildings are not sufficiently ventilated in summer, and no sufficient stoves or other means of warming them in winter are provided, and at Minneola no separate sleeping-apartments are provided for the whites and blacks. At Echo, Alexanderville, and Toledo and Maxwell the buildings in which the convicts are housed while not at work are miserable substitutes for houses, being on the ground, in a malarial section of the country, subjecting the convicts to disease and death, and these buildings are badly kept, no regard whatever being had for cleanliness. At Alexanderville the convicts are not clothed sufficiently, nor are they well fed, in our judgment they are not given one-third as much food as they should have. At the camps in Worth county the convicts have not sufficient clothing, and at the Dade Coal mines the committee found the convicts not halffed; or clothed. This camp is in the very worst condition, the convicts are actually being starved and have not sufficient clothing, and in addition to bei.ng without sufficient clothing and being staned, they are treated with great cruelty. The system of corporal punishment adopted by the superintendent, who, it seems, is also the whipping, boss, is the most brutal ever inflicted by one human being upon another; the half starved convict is thrown upon his back, and while in this condition a machine attached to a hose is fastened over his nose and water is thrown into his nostrils until he is almost strangled, and as the victim shows signs of reviving the water is again turned on and the strangling process is repeated until the victim has barely life enough left in him to rise from the ground. Such brutal and inhuman treatment should not be tolerated a single day longer, and the inflicter should be properly punished. Such outrageous conduct is a disgrace to the State. \Ve recommend that the proper authorities look after this matter without delay,
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and that the convicts be removed f1om said camp and from the control of said superintendent. We feel that the great State of Georgia cannot allow those who are placed in her custody, criminals though they be, to be either starnd or beaten to death ; they are certainly entitled to something like humane treatment, and it is the duty of the State to see that they receive it. With a few exceptions, we find all the camps in bad condition, and the convicts not well treated, and we most heartily condemn the present lease system and congratulate the people of the State that -the same is soon to end, and this blot upon the fair name of our beloved State removed forever.
Respectfully submitted. E.- J. REAGAN, Chairman.
Mr. Battle, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to amend the general railroad law.
The committee having had under consirleration House ' bills Xos. 658, 534, 582, find they have no time to act on them, so therefi)re return.
Respectfully submitted. C. E. BA'ITLE, Chairman.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution that the State Fish Commissioner is hereby requesied to periodically inspect the fish way in the dam of the Savannah river, and in the dam at Augusta.
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Also, the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution requesting Congress to establish a department of commerce.
The following bill, which was brought over from yesterday's session, was then taken up, to wit:
A bill to require all convict-made brooms to be stamped1 so as to show that said goods were made by convict labor.
The amendment of Mr. Holland, of Cobb, was then taken up, and the same was lost.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays \vere ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in th~ affirmative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Atkinson, Awtrey, Bailey, Bird, Boifeuillet, Boynton, Branch, Branan, Cook of Decatur, Dotlson, Durham, Edenfield, Espy, Fouche Fogarty, Fullwood, Fussell,
Gaines, Gray of Cataosa, Gregory, Hammond, Harvey, Hodges, Henderson, Hogan, Holland, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dougherty, Lee, Little, Longley, Mallette, Mansfield, )felton, Moore of Bulloch,
Moore of Clayton, Moore of Heard, Middlebrooks, McCurry, McCurdy, Perkins, Price, Polhill, Reece, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Rtokes, Symons, Thompson, Wheatley, Willink, Wren.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Armstrong, Battle,
Gilreath, Gibson,
McClure, McWhorter,
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Bennett of Jackson, Blalock of Fayette, Boyett, Burwell, Bush, Caldwell, Coleman, Cureton, Davison, Dempsey, Dennard, .Florence, Fletcher, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell,
Gray of Houston, Neely,
Gray of Paulding, Newton,
Griffin,
Parker,
Greer of Macon,
PeepleP,
Hall,
Pittard,
Hill,
Pope,
Hightower,
Redding,
Hopkins,
Reagan,
Humphreys,
Shaw,
Hurst,
Smith of Hancock,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Wallace,
Law,
'Vaiden,
Martin,
West,
Marchman,
'Vilkin,
McDonald,
"'ynne,
McElmurry,
Vaughn.
McGough,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen,
Greer of Harris,
Arnold,
Harrell,
Bagget,
Howell,
Bennett of Wayne, Hodge,
Bell,
Houston
Blair,
Holbrook,
Blalock of Rabun, Hudson,
Bloodworth,
Hutcherson,
Boyd,
Hughes,
Broyles,
Jarrell,
Brown of Washington, Jenkins,
Brown of Pulaski, .Tones of Dodge,
Burnett of Quitman, Latham,
Burch,
Lov!'tt,
Clements of Montgm'y,l\Ieadow,
Clement of MVton, Mell,
Collins,
Montfort,
Collier,
Murrah,
Dorough,
McDanieL
Ennis,
Owen,
Farmer,
Pitman,
Giles,
Pool,
Rawlings, Roberts, Salter, Sandeford, Sell, Short, Spence, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Sumner, Tatum, Traylor, Walker, Wilson, Williams, Wilkinson, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 54. Nays 56. Kot voting 65.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
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Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, :Submitted the following report :
~Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate a'nd delivered to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts :
An act to make the owners of dead animals bury the same.
An act to incorporate the town of Douglas, in the county .of Coffee.
An act to provide compensation for the members of the board of roads and revenues for Catoosa county.
An act to authorize the town council of Bowman to issue bonds to be used and disposed of in the discretion of said council, for the purpose of securing free tuition to all children of school age within said town,
An act to create and organize a board of tax-assessors for the city of Savannah.
~ln act establishing a new charter for the city of Cov-
ington.
An act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savan-
nah to condemn propel'ty for the ]lJil'pose of widening, ex-
tending, or straightening any street.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. l\IELL, Chairman.
)!r. ::\Iell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
Jll'. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled
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and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, the following acts:
An act to fix the time and manner of electing the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, and to fix the terms of office of said officers.
An act to authorize the mayor and aldermet'l of Savan-
nah to condemn property for the purpose of widening, extending, or straightening any street.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
Mr. Fouche, chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:
llf1. Speake1 :
The Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration Senate bill No. 92, it being a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1329 of the Code of 1882, in reference to proceeding in cases of contested elections, so as to more particularly prescribe the time in which notice of intention to contest shall be gi,en to the opposite side, and for otlwr purposef', which the committee return to the House, with the recomnwndation that it lie on the table.
R. T. Fm.:cHf;, Chairman.
The following Senate bill was put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to provide for notice to the garnishee for the filing of a traverse of the answer of such garnishee.
The adverse report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill was lost.
Also, a bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act to amend
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the laws of this State in reference to the inspection of illuminating oils, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 63 and nays 31.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'CLOCK P. )f. The House met at 3 o'clock P. ;.r. and was called to order by the Speaker.
The Speaker appointed as a committee to visit the North Georgia Agricultural College ~Iessrs. H. W. Hopkins, D. G. Fogarty, and l\I. I. Branch.
:\Ir. McCurry, chainnan of the Special .Judiciary Committee, submitted the following repott:
Jl1. Speake1: The Special .Judiciary Committee ha,e had under con-
sideration the following bills of the Senate, which they instruct me to return to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
A Senate bill to amend section 38:H of the Code of 1882, relating to cases in which the subscribing witnesses must be produce<l, with certain stated exceptions.
Also the following bill of the Senate, which the committee recommend do pass by substitute.
A Senate bill to provide for the protection of the ceme-
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tery resene in the city of :Macon, to declare penal certain intrusions thereon, and for other purposes.
Also, the following bill of the Senate, which the committee recommend do pass as amended :
A Senate bill to amend an act to provide for and regulate the business of insurance brokers in this State.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate, which they instruct me to report to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to rearrange the Cherokee and Rome circuits by taking from the Cherokee circuit the county of Dade and adding said county to the Rome circuit, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prescribe the time for opening the fall Fession of the public schools of Bibb county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. l\IcCVRRY, Chairman.
The following message was receiYed from the Senate through :\Ir. Clifton, the Secretary :
JJh. Spcrd~CI' : The fo;enate has passed, by the requisite constitu tiona!
majority, the following House bills, to wit:
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A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad at Duluth, in Gwinnett county.:
.Also, a bill to be entitled au act to amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Shellman.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to compel all persons who sell or offer to sell in the county of Liberty any beef, pork, or mutton, to exhibit the ears of the animal killed, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to appropriate money to the State Lunatic Asylum, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to appropriate fourteen hundred dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Also, a bill for the better organization, discipline, and regulation of the volunteer forces of the State.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Hapeville, Ga.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to el:ltablish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the operation of opium joints in this State.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to establish a board of road commissioners and to proYide for a system of public road working for the county of Bryan.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to remon obstructions from the running streams of Madison county.
Also, a bill to be entitled au act to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties comJlOsing the Tallapoosa circuit.
Also the following House bill with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is asked :
A bill to be entitled an act approved October 21, lS!H, prescribing the method of granting charters to banking companies.
Mr. McCurry, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
1111-. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1 of article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia, which refer to the filling of vacancies and unexpired terms in the office ofGoveruor, and substitute in lieu thereoftwo paragraphs to be known as paragraphs 8 and 9 of said section, providing for a lieutenant-governor and prescribing his unties, and also for the vacancies in the office of Governor in certain contingencies named therein.
Respectfully submitted. A. G. McCuRRY, Chairman.
~Ir. Battle, chairman of the Railroad Committee, submitted the following report:
JI1. Speake1'.' The Committee on Railroads have had under consider-
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-ation the following bill of the Senate, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
A bill to authorize the Go,ernor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railway under certain conditions.
Respectfully submitted. C. E. BATTLE, Chairman.
The following message was recei ,ed from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Sectetary thereof:
JlE. Speaker:
The Senate insists upon its amendments to the following bill of the House, and asks for a committee of conference on the same, to _wit:
A bill to appropriate to the trustees of the University Df Georgia the sum of $:25,000, to be u,.;ed in the construction of additional buildings for the Georgia Xormal and Indu,;trial College, and for other purposes.
The Senate also insists upon the amendments to HouEe resolution Xo. 117, to pay the pe1 diem and expenses of the .Joint Committee of tlw General A'3sembly appointed to examine the work of the Code commissiouers.
The committee (on above disagreements) on the part of the Seuate are Messrs. Ranis of the Twenty-second district, Lewis, Starr, Roberts, and Beek~.
The Senate having asked for a conference committee npou House bill Xo. 321, with Senate ameudments, the Speaker ap!Jointed, upon the part of the House, Messrs. Redding, Blalock of Fayette, Caldwell, Dennard, Humphreys.
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The Senate having asked for a conference committee upon House resolution No. 117, the Speaker appointed, upon thf' part of the House, Messrs. Reagan, West, Caldwell, Jarrell, Ben nett of 'Vayne.
The Senate amendments to the following bills of the House were taken up and concurred in, to wit:
A bill to amend the general railroad law.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved October 21, 1891, prescribing the method of granting charters to banking compames.
The following Senate bills were taken up and put upon their passage, to wit :
A bill to make prize-fighting a felony. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon motion, this bill was tabled. Also, a hill to approve, adopt, and make of force the Code of laws prepared under the direction and by the authority of the General Assembly. The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 90 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having recehed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend an act to declare the eouneilmen and aldermen of the towns and cities in this State ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office.
The report of the committee was agreed to, with the amendment submitted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
0 pon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Atkinson,
Hammond
Armstrong,
Hodges,
Awtrey,
Hightower,
Battle,
Hopkins,
Bennett of Wayne, Hogan,
Bird,
Holland,
Bloodworth,
Humphreys,
Boifeuillet,
Hutcherson,
Boyett,
.Johnson of Hall,
Broyles,
Jones of Dodge,
Brown of Washington Lee,
Burwell,
Little,
Cook of Decatur,
Longley,
Dennard,
Law,
Dodson,
Marchman,
Fouche,
Meadow,
Futrell,
Melton,
FusRell,
:\fell,
Gaines,
Moore of Heard,
Gibson,
Middlebrooks,
Greer of Macon,
:\IcEimurry,
McCurry, McGough, McCurdy, Newton, Owen, Parker, Pittard, Price, Rawlings, Redding, Rockwell, Screven, Smith of Hancock. Rymons, wallace, Wheatley, Wilkin, Williams, Willink, Wynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Bennett of Jackson, Branch, Clement of Milton,
Gilreath, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gray of Paulding,
~Iurrah,
McClure, 1\k\Vhorter Peeples,
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Davison, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield, Ennis, Espy, Fink, Fogarty, Franklin,
Griffin,
Pope,
Greer of Harris,
Pool,
Hill,
Sell,
Henderson,
Short,
Holbrook,
Spence,
Hughes,
Traylor,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Walden,
Martin,
'Yren,
::\Iallette,
Vaughn.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson, Arnold, Bailey, Bagget, Bell, Blair, Blalock of Fayette, Blalock of Rabun, Boynton, Boyd, Branan, Brown of Pulaski, Burnett of Quitman, Burch, Bush, {Ja](lwell,
Ferguson, Fullwood, Giles, Gregory, Hall, Harrell, Harvey, Howell, Hodge Houston, Hudson, Hurst, Jarrell, Jenkins. Jones of Dougherty, Latham,
Pitman, Polhill, Reagan, Reece, Roberts, Salter, San deford, Shropshire, Shaw, Smith of Clinch, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Stokes, Sumner, Tatum, Thompson,
Cl<>ments of ::\Iontgm'y Lovett,
Collins,
Mansfield,
Coleman,
::\Ioore of Bulloch,
Collier,
Moore of Clayton,
Cureton,
Montfort,
'Valker, \Vest, \\' ilson, Wilkinson, Willingham,
Dorough, Farrner, Flurence, Fletcher,
McDonald, McDaniel, Neely, Perkins,
'Vor:ey, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 62. Kays 39. Kot voting 74.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a resolution asking an appropriation from the gov~rnment for a roadway from Atlanta to ~icPherson Barracks.
The resolution was adopted.
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Also, a resolution for the relief of the South Brunswick Terminal Railroad Company.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for service by publication 1n certain cases, and for othe1 purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the veas were 9i) and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 708 of the Code.
The report of the committee was not agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 72 and nays 0.
So the bill, not having recPived thP requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to provide for the protection of the cemetery ref'erve in the city of ~lacon.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 93 and nays 0.
So the bill, haYing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the payment of checks, demand drafts, etc., in case of the death of the drawer.
The adverse report of the committee was disagreed to.
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Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 53 and nays 44.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a board of medical examiners for this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the Governor to relinquish all claims the State may have to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Mr Perkins, of Habersham, offered an amendment,. wh' ich was adopted.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed asamended.
Also, a resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies, etc.
The resolution was read and adopted.
Also, a bill to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustees and guardians in this State.
. The report of the committee, submitting an amendment, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and nays 0.
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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 2 of an act to fix the salary of the assistant State librarian.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Atkinson,
Hammond,
Armstrong,
Hodges,
Bailey,
Hightower,
Battle,
Hopkins,
Bennett of Wayne, Houston,
Boifeuillet,
Holbrook,
Broyles,
Humphreys,
Brown of Washington Hutcherson,
Bush,
Johnson oi Hall,
Collier,
Jones of Dougherty,
Dorough,
Little,
Dodson,
.Mallette,
Fouche,
Mansfield,
Fogarty,
Meadow,
Gaines,
)lei!,
Gray of Catoosa,
Middlebrooks,
Hall,
McCurry,
Neely, Perkins, Price, Rawlings, Reagan, Rockwell, Shropshire, Screven, Smith of Telfair, Symons, \Va!lace, Wheatley,
~Wilkin,
Willingham, Wright, \Vynne.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Arnold, _\wtrey, Bennett of Jackson, Boyett, Brown of Pulaski, Caldwell, Cook of Decatur, DaYison, Dempsey, Dennard, Durham,
Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Paulding, Griffin, Greer of 1\Iacon, Hill, Hen<lerson, Hughes, 1I urst, .Jarrell, .Jones of Dodge, Longley,
Xewton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Pope, Pool, Redding, Sell, :-:haw, Short, :-:pence, Smith of Hancock,
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Edenfield, Ennis, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fink, Ferguson, Franklin, Futrell, Fullwood, Fussell,
Law, :\lartin, )farchman, )felton, )Ioore of Bulloch, :\Ioore of Heard, :\Iontfort, ::\lurrah, :\IcElmurry, :\IcC lure, l\lc Whorter,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Thompsa.;~
Traylor, \Valker, \Vaiden, \Vest, Willink, Wilkinson \Vorley, \Vren, Vaughn.
Anderson,
Cureton,
:\IcDonald,
Bagget.
Espy,
)1cDaniel,
Bell,
Giles,
l\IcGough,
Bird,
Gilreath,
McCurdy,
Blair,
Gregory,
Pitman,
Blalock of Fa)etle, Grf'er of Harris,
Pittard.
Blalock of Rabun, Harrell,
Polhill,
Bloodworth,
Harwy,
Reece,
Boynton,
Howell,
Roberts,
Boyd,
Hogan,
Salter,
Brancl1,
Hodge,
Sandeford,
Branan,
Holland,
Smith of Clinch,
Burwell,
Hudson,
Smith of Rockdale,
Burnett of Quitmari, Jenkins,
Stokes,
Burch,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Sumner,
Clements of Montgm'y Latham,
Tatum,
Clement of Milton, Lee,
\Yiison,
Collins,
Lovett,
Williams,
Coleman,
Moore of Clayton, l\Ir. Speaker.
Yeas 50. Xays 68. Not voting 57.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
1111. Speaker: The Senate has concurred m the following House reso-
lution;o:, to wit:
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847
A resolution instructing the Senators and Representatives-
of Georgia to use their influence in Congress to establish a
new department of the general government, known as the-
Department of Commerce.
.
Also, a resolution to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoo-
chee Railway Company and the Collins Park and Belt
Railway Company from penalty for not returning taxes.
The Senate disagrees to the House amendments to thefollowing Senate bill:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Go,ernor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
The S~nate has paRsed the following Honse bill, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the Honse isasked:
A bill to be en.titled an act to amend an act to establish a city court in tlH' county of Clarke.
The following House bill haR been lost in the Senate:
A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of Laurens county.
The following message from the Senate was received through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Jfr. Speaker :
The committee on the pa.rt of the Senate, appointed to confer with the House committee relative to the appropriation of $5,000 to the School of Technology, nported a failure of the conference committee to agree, and moved the appointment of another committee. Another committee has been appointed on the part of the Senate. The Senate asks for the appointment of another committee on the part of the House.
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
~Mr. Speaker:
The Senate hM concurred in the amendments of the Honse to the following Senate bill, with an amendment in -which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :
A bill to amend section 4121 of the Code of Georgia, repealing that portion of the saine which makes it the duty -of the arresting officer to carry the accused to the countyin which the offense is alleged to have been committed, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following Honse bills, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is .asked, to wit :
A bill to amend. an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of auditors, and for other pu~poses.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1893, to incorporate the t\nvn of Locust Grove.
Also, a bill to regulate practice in the courts of this State.
Also, a bill to amend an an act approved December 20, 1893, fixing the time of holding the superior courts of the Rome judicial circuit.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the amendment of the Senate to Honse bill ~o. 136, to be entitled an act to nst the management and care of all jails and priRoners confined therein under the control of the county commissioners of roads and revenues, and for other purposes.
The Senate has cuncnrred in the Honse amendments to the following Senate bills, to wit :
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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, to change the term of mayor, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide that a master may not contract with a servant exempting himself from lia4ility for injuries sustained through his negligence, and for other purposes.
The Senate disagrees to the amendment of the Honse tothe "following resolution of the Senate, to wit :
A resolution authorizing the President of the Senate,. Speaker of the House, Secretary of Senate and Clerk of the House and chairman of the Enrolling and Auditing Committees, and certain mem hers of said committees, to remain five days after adjournment of the General Assem- . bly to complete. unfinished business, etc.
The following House bills were lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to prohibit the levying and collecting by any incorporated city, town, or village in this State, of license or tax on any traveling salesman for the taking of orders for the sale of goods, etc.
Also, a bill to make the personal earnings of a married woman her separate property, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed the following resolution of the House, with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A resolution to pay M. A. Hardin and Chas. S. Northeu for preparing and mailing a statement of the business to members in 1894.
The Speaker appointed as a Conference Committee upon House bill No. 321, :Messrs. Worley, Armstrong, Fouche~ Davison, Boyett.
The sub-committee, appointed from the Committee on Penitentiary to visit the convict camps in the county of
Mh
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Oglethorpe and in the county of Elbert, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker :
The sub-committee, from the Committee on Penitentiary,
to visit the convict camps in the county of Oglethorpe anrl
in the county of Elbert, having visited said camps and
reported thereon to the said Committee on Penitentiary
through the chairman thereof, and feeling that at least
these camps and the managers thereof should, in simple
justice, be exempt from the sweeping charges set forth in
the report of the chairman of said committee this day sub-
mitted to the House, and not indorsing the said sweeping
and general charges, beg to submit the following report:
The said sub-committee found the said camps, one near
Smithonia in Oglethorpe county, under Ron. James M. Smith, lessee in Penitentiary Company No.:~, in good con-
dition; of the convict males, about one hundred and forty-
six confined there, only one was found in the hospital, and
he seemed, and was reported, to be recovering from chills
and fever. In the other, near Heardmont in Elbert county,
under the management of Ron. W m. H. Mattox, where
are confined about sixty-seven females, two were in the
hospital and were reported to have been afflicted with
chronic afflictions when sent from the jails to the peniten-
tiary. This camp was also found in good condition. The
convicts jn both these camps have the appearance of being
well fed, and are well fed, so far as we found. They were
also comfortably clad.
\Ve feel constrained, in simple justice, to report that, in
the judgment of the sub-committee, the convicts in these
camps are well cared for and humanely treated.
J. MANSFIELD,
w. GEO.
CURETON,
J. W. JARRELL,
w. DAYID MEADOW,
Sub-Committee.
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851
The following Senate bills were taken up and put upon iheir passage, to wit :
A bill to amend an act to declare the councilmen and .aldermen of the towns and cities in this State ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal l'ffice in said town.
Mr. Willink, of Chatham, offered asubstitute to the bill, which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to provide for the sale or lease of the Northeastern Railroad, and for other purposes.
Mr. Mell offered an amendment to the bill, which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and 11ays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize justices of the peace and notaries public to preside in districts other than the one they were elected or appointed to.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 91 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional 1najority, was passed.
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Also, a bill authorizing the judges of the superior court& in this State, in cases of seduction or divorce, where the evidence is vulgar or obscene, to elear the court of a portion or all of the audience.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to amend section 4310 of the Uode, so as topermit the county authorities in this State to hire misdemeanor convicts to private persons.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas and nays were ordered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows~
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Battle, Bennett of \Vnyne, Bird, Blair, Blalock of Rabun, Boyett, Burwell, Bush, Colier, Cook of Decatur, Dodson, Fer!!llson, Futrell, Gibson, Gref;!ory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Hammond,
Harrell, Hill, Hopkins, Holland, Humphreys, Hutcherson, Hurst, Jarrell, latham, Little, Longley, Martin, Mallette, l.\larehman, Meadow, Melton, Mel\, McDonald,
McElmurr~,
McGough,
~IcWhorter,
Neely, Xewton, Pitman, Fittard, Price, Pool, Reece, Roberts, Screven, Shaw, Smith of Hancock, Stokes, Walker, Wallace, West, Wheatley, Wilwn, Willingham, Worley, Wright, Wynne.
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853
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson,
Bailey,
Fletcher,
Fouch~,
Fink,
McCurry, McClure,
Owen,
.Bagget,
Fogarty,
Bennett of Jackson, Franklin.
Peeples, Pope,
Blalock of Fayette, Boynton,
Branch, Branan,
Fullwood, Fussell,
Gaines, Gilreath,
Heagan, Salter,
Shropshire, Sell,
Broyles,
Gray of Houston,
Short,
Caldwell,
Gray of Catoosa,
Spence,
Coleman,
Gray of Paulding,
~ymons,
Davison,
l'ireer of Harri8,
Sumner,
Dempsey,
Henderson,
Tatum.
Dennard,
Houston,
Traylor,
.Dorough,
Holurook.
Walden,
Durham, Edenfield,
Hti<IEon, Johnson of Hall,
Wilkin, Willink,
Ennis, Espy,
Jonee of Dougherty, Wilkinson,
Law,
\Vren,
Farmer,
Moore of Clayton, Vaughn.
Florence;
::\1oore of Heard,
Those not voting were 1\fessrs.-
Atkinson,
Hodges,
McDaniel,
Bell,
Hi~htower,
McCurdy,
Bloodworth, Boileuillet, Boyd,
Howell, Hogan, Hodge,
ParkPr, Perkins, Pol hill,
Brown of Washington, Hughe!<,
Rawlings,
Brown of Pulaski, Jenkins,
Redding,
BurnPtt of Quitman, Johnson of Taliaferro, Rockwell,
Burch.
Jones of Dodge,
l'andeford,
Clements of Montgm'y Lee,
Smith of f;!inch,
Clement of Milton, Lovett,
Smith of Rockdale,
Collins, Cureton,
Mamfield, Moore of Bulloeh,
Smith of Telfair, Thompson,
Giles,
::\Iontfort,
Williams,
Hall, Harvey,
Murrah, Middlebrooks,
Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 6:3. Xays 65. Not voting 47.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Upon motion, the House adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
" 8 O'CLOCK P. M.
The House met at 8 o'clock P. 111., and was called to or~ der by the Speaker.
The following message was received_ from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by, the requisite constitutional majority, the following hoi1se bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent the procurement or consignments of farm, orchard, and dairy products, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Graysville.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkesville to issue bonds for the purpose o( completing school buildings.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in. the county of Habersham.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the variousacts chart~ring the city of Conyers.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division city court of At-lanta.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the superior court of Pulaski county.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act, approved February 20, 1874, to prohibit the ~ale of spirituous liquors at Trion Factory.
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855
Also, a bill to be entitled an act 'to amend an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of Habersham.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee and Loan Company of Savannah.
Also, a billl to be entitled an act to require all infantry and cavalry companies of the Georgia volunteers and Georgia volunteer, colored, in this State, etc.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the county of Coweta.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to fix the official bond of the receiver of tax returns in Bibb county.
Also, House resolution Xo. 91, for the relief of John M. Williams of Catoosa county.
Also, House bill Xo. 101, for the the relief of Jane Sanders.
Also, House resolution No. 118, to pay Geo. B. Whitaker back pensions for 1893 and 1894.
The Senate has passed the following House bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :
A bill to make penal the offence of hindering, obstructing,or interfering with officers charged with the duty of executing the sentence or order of court after trial of persons charged with crime.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early county.
The Senate has also passed the following House bills, to wit:
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
A bill to establish a public school system for the town of Wadley, Georgia.
Also, a bill to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion, in Chattooga county.
The following message wa'3 received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Mr. Speakel':
The Senate has passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majority:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in thecounty of Wilcox.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Pinehurst, in Dooly county.
Also, appointing a joint committee on adjournment.
The Senate has concurred in the Honse amendment to Senate bill No. 189, a bill to be entitled an act to define the rights and privileges of foreign trustees and guardians.
The Speaker appointed as a Conference Committee, upon the part of the House, upon House bill No. 421, the following members, to wit: Messrs. Middlebrooks, Hightower, Boyd, 'Vynne Hall of Coweta.
Mr. Reagan, chairman of the Conference Committee, upon the part of tbe House, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: . The Conference Committee have agreed to recommend to
the House and Senate respectively, that the amount of expenses to be allowed to the joint committee on the examina-
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857
tion of the Code, shall be fixed at forty dollars, and they
recommend the adoption of the same as an amendment to
the resolution aforesaid.
Respectfully submitted.
E. J. REAGAN, Chairman.
w. s. WEST.
This report was agreed to.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution providing for a joint committee, to be composed of three from the House and two from the Senate, to be appointed to report to each House at what time the General Assembly can adjourn.
Mr. Redding, chairman of the Committee on Conference on the part of the House, submitted the following rereport, to wit:
.Jfr. Speaker :
The Conference Committee on the part of the House having met the committee on the part of the Senate, beg leave to report that the committee cannot agree to the amendment offered on the part of the Senate, appropriating five thousand dollars to the Technological College.
F. F. REDDING, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary :
Mr. Speake1 :
The Senate has passed the following bills of the House,
by the requisite majorities, to wit:
'
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee.
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Also, a bill to amend an act approved November 26~ 1890, entitled an act to establish a school for colored people in this State.
Also, a bill to amend the general tax act for 1895 and 1896, so as to change the license tax upon daguerrean~ ambrotype, photographic, and similar artists.
Also, a bill to create a board of county commissioners for Fannin county.
Also, a bill to make an appropriation for an arithmometer and a typewriter for the treasury department of the State of Georgia.
Also, a bill to provide for official surveys of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution to appropriate fifty dollars to pay the pension of W. C. Shore of Habersham county.
Also, a resolution to pay Mrs~ Arthenia W. Sailors, widow of J. B. Sailors, fifty dollars pension, and to pay Mrs. Ellen McGovern one hundred dollars pension due her husband at his death.
Also, a resolution requesting the Governor to pay certain coupons of the Xortheastern Railroad.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight and Mrs. Susan E. Massey, of Gwinnett county.
Also, a resolution to appropriate money to purchase a portrait of Hon. Robert Toombs.
Also, a resolution to pay the widow of R. I.~G. Blake, of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year 1893.
Also, a resolution to appropriate one hundred dollars to pay the expenses of Special Investigating Committee.
Also, a resolution to make an appropriation to pay the clerk of Committee on Privileges and Elections, sitting during recess.
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Also, a res.)lution to appropriate the sum of $1,800 ascompensation to be paid the special commissioners for theadjudication of conttoversies effecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution to provide for the payment of one additional doorkeeper of the Senate for the session of 1895,. and to make appropriation therefor.
The Senate insists upon its amendm~nts to House bilL No. 421, to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State, by providing an annual pension to such ex-Confederate soldiers as are unable to provide a living for themselves, and asks a committee of conference on the same.
The committee on the part of the Senate are, MessrsLewis, Starr, Harris of the Twenty-second, Roberts and Lumpkin.
The Senate has adopted the report of the ConferenceCommittee on the disagreement to the amendment to the bill of the House appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars to the University of Georgia for the Kormal and Industrial College, and the Senate recedes from its amendment making appropriation to the University for the School of Technology.
The Senate has passed the following House bills with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House isasked to wit:
A bill ~to be entitled an act to provide for the inspection of misdemeanor convicts.
Also, a bill to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally, and for other purposes.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
Mr. \Vorley, chairman of the Conference Committee on the part of House, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee of Conference on the part of the House,
-on Senate amendment to House bill No. 312, appropriat-
ing five thousand dollars to Technological School, beg leave
to
report
that
the
S enate
recedes from its amendment.
J. N. \YoRLEY, Chairman.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.
The committee offered an amendment to the bill. which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 92 and 111ays 0.
So the bill having received the reqnisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The Senate amendments to the following House bills, were concurred in, to wit :
A bill to provide for the appointment of auditors, and fur other purposes.
Also, a bill to reguiate practice in the courts of this :State.
Also, a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in Henry county.
Also, a bill to amend au act fixing the time for holding the superior courts in Rome judicial circuit.
Also, a bill to make penal the offence of hindering, ob-
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structing, or interfering with officers charged with the duty of executing the sentence or order of court.
Also, a bill to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths generally.
Also, a bill to incorporte the town of Jakin, in Early county.
Also, a bill to authorize issuance of circulating notes tothe banks and banking associations of this State, etc.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke.
Also, a resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company and its successors.
.Also, a reRolntion to pay M. A. Hardin, clerk, and C. S. Northen assistant secretary, for preparing and mailing a statement of the business to each member of the General Assembly.
Also, a bill to amend section 4721 of Code of Georgia. The House receded from its ap1endment to the followingSenate resolution.
A resolution authorizing the President of the Senate,. Speaker of the House, Clerk of the Honse, and Secretary of the Senate to remain five days after _adjournment of theGeneral Assembly.
The following message was received from the Senate~ through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to Senate bill to require banks chartered under the laws of this State to make good the capital stock of the bank where the same becomes-impaired, and for other purposes.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
Mr. Middlebrooks, chairman of the Conference Committee from the House, submitted the following report on House bill No. 421:
Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee on House bill No. 421, on the part of the House, have agreed with the Senate committee on the following amendment in line of last clause of Senate amendment: " That first payment under said act shall be made January 1, 1896, or as near thereafter as may be practicable, for the year 1896, and the second payment January 1, 1897, for year 1897, or as near thereafter .as practicable and recedes from its disagreement to all of .said amendment except last clause.
Respe<'tfully :;ubmitted. L. L. MIDDLEBROOKS, Chairman. T. E. HIGHTOWER, 'Vl\I. WYNNE, Committee.
Undersigned disagrees. J. H. BoYD, Jr.
Mr. Middlebrooks, of Newton, moved to adopt thereport of the Conference Committee upon House bill No. 421.
Upon the adoption of the report, the yeas and nays were <>rdered.
Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Armstrong, Awtrey, Eailey, Battle, Bennett of Wayne,
Gilreath, Gibson, Gray of Houston, Gray of Catoosa, Gregory, Griffin, Greer of Macon, Hammond,
McGough, McCurdy, McClure, Newton, Owen, Parker, Peeples, Perkins,
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863
Bird, Blair, Blalock of Rabun, Boynton, Boyett, Branch, Branan, Broyles, Bush, Caldwell, Collier, Cook of Decatur, Dennard, Dorough, Dodson, Ennis, .Espy, Farmer, Florence, Fletcher, Fouche, Ferguson, Futrell, Fussell, Gainee,
Hill, Hightower, Houston, Holbrook, Holland, Hudson, Hutcherson, Hughes, Hurst, Jarrell, Johnson of Hall, Jones of Dodge, Latham, Lee, Little, Longley, Martin, Marchman, Mansfield, Meadow, Melton, Moore of Bulloch, Middlebrooks, McCurry,
Pitman,Pittard, Price, Reece, Roberts, !Salter, ShropFhire, Screven, Short, Smith of Hancock, Stokes, Symons, Thompson, Walker, Wallace,
'Vest, Wheatley, Wilkin, Willingham, Worley, Wright,
'Vren, 'Vynne, Yaughn.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Bagget, Bennett of Jackson, Blalock of Fayette, Boifeuillet, Boyd, Davison, Dempsey, Durham, Edenfield, Fink, Fogarty, Fullwood, -Gray of Paulding,
Henderson,
McWhorter,
Hopkins,
Pope,
Hogan,
Pool,
Humphreys,
Reagan,
Johnson of Taliaferro, Rockwell,
Jones of Dougherty, Spence,
Law,
Smiih of Clinch,
Mal:ette,
Traylor,
~I ell,
'Vaiden,
Moore of Clayton, Wilson,
Moore of Heard,
Will ink,
Murrah,
Wilkinson.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
At.kinson, Bell, Bloodworth,
Giles, Greer of Harris, Hall,
Neely, Polhill, Rawlings,
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Brown of Washington, Harrell,
Brown of Pulaski, Harvey,
Burwell,
Hodges,
Burnett of Quitman, Howell,
Bnrch,
Hodg.:>,
Clements of Montgm'y Jenkin~,
Clement of Milton, Lo,.:>tt,
Collins,
Montfort,
Coleman,
McDonald,
Curetcn,
~'lcElmurry,
Franklin,
McDaniel,
Redding", San deford, Sell, Shaw, Smith of Rockdale, Smith of Telfair, Sumner, Tatum, Williams. Mr. Speaker.
Yeas 97. Nays 37. Not voting 41.
So the report of the committee was adopted.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary:
Jfr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendments to the fi>llowing Senate bills:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the sale or lease of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the protection of the cemetery reserve in the city of Macon.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to declare the councilmen and aldermen of the towns and cities in this State ineligible during their term of office to any other municipal office in said towns and cities.
The following bill of the House is returned with the privilege of the introducer withdrawing same:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act granting right of way to the Cincinnati Southern Railway where its route adjoins that of the western and Atlantic Railroad.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following House bill :
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A bill to be entitled an act to amend the general railroad law.
The following bill of the House has passed the Senate with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize issuance of circulating notes to the banks of this State.
The following bill has been lost in the Senate:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide who may redeem_ real estate sold at tax sales.
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on House bill No. 421.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to amend paragraph 4, section 2, aricle 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Respectfully submitted. H. A. JENKINS, Chairman
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
JHr. Speaker :
The Senate bas passed the following bills of the House by the requisite majority, to wit:
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A bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Chickamauga, in the county of Walker.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend the school laws of this State, by prescribing the qualifications. of the members of the county boards of education.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of Dahlonega to grant to any railroad the use of any streets of said town for railroad purposes, etc.
Also, a bill for the relief of the North Georgia Agricul'tural College, to prevent the escheat of its property, etc.
The following House bill has been lost in the Senate,. to wit:
A bill To amend section 1855 of the Code.
The Senate has passed the following resolutions, to wit :-
A resolution condemning any movement looking to a union of church and State.
Also, a resolution revoking certain ceded rights granted to the United States government over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga National Military Park.
Also, a resolution authl)rizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of 'Vall street.
Also, a resolution ratifying and confirming provisional settlements made by the Go\ernor and Attorney-General concerning certain rights of way and properties of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, a resolution to allow the duplicate specimens ol woods, minerals, etc., in possession of ~he State to be loaned to museums or other scientific institutions.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to accept cettain historical publications from General .T. D. McBride,. and return thanks for the -same.
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Also, a resolution to allow the postmistress of the House three days' extra pay for three days' service after adjournment in forwarding mail to the members. ~
Also, a resolution providing for the payment to the city nf Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expense of paving West Cain street, and of paving, sewerage, etc., io Spring and 'Vest Cain streets, adjoining executive mansiOn.
The Senate has passed the following House resolution, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :
A resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company and its successors.
The Senate has passed the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for and authorize the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers who are on the pension lists, and for other purposes.
The following resolution has been lost in the Senate :
A resolution fi>r the relief of Jno. Evitt and others, of Catoosa county.
The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee to visit the Girls'' Normal and Industrial College.
Also, the following House resolutions:-
A resolution instructing the Fish Com~issioner to mFpect the fishway at Augusta.
Also, a resolution of House and Senate to pay T. R. Daniel and Wm. Bridges pension for 1893 and 1894.
Also, a resolution to authorize the Governor and Attor-
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ney-General to make final settlement with W. P. McClatchey, of Tennessee, for legal services.
Mr. Battle, of Muscogee, moved that the House recede from its amendment to the following Senate bill, to wit :
A bill to authorize the Governor to relinquish all claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad.
The motion prevailed.
The following Senate bills were put upon their passage, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1979 of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill the yeas were 101 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to make more specific the crime of barratry in this State.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 89 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed;
Also, a bill to amend section 1978 of the Code of 1882, as amended by an act approved October 17, 1891.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 2.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a ~ill to amed section 3837 of the Code of 1882.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 6.
So the bill, hdving received the requisite constitutional
majority, was p~ssed.
Also, a bill to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evidence when subscribing witnesses are dead.
The report of the committee was agreed to. Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 88 and nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the county authorities in whose counties there are no municipal or county chain-gangs to hire out misdemeanor convicts to private individuals.
Mr. Reagan, of Henry, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill.
. The motion prevailed. Also, a bill to require banks in this State, where the
capital stock is impaired, to make the same good by transfer from the surplus profits to the capital stock.
The report of the committee, submitting an amendment, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 95 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also, a resolution appointing two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate the convicts of this State.
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The report of the committee was agreed to. .
Upon the passage of this resolution, the yeas were 89 and nays 17.
So the resolution, having received the requisite consti-
tutional majority, was passed.
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Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 15,
1893, permitting Confederat~ soldiers to peddle without
license.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 103 and nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional
majority, \Vas passed.
Also, a bill to place county and municipal chain-gangs under the supervision of the Governor and penitentiary department.
Mr. Bailey, of Spalding, moved to indefinit<~ly postpone this bill.
The motion prevailed.
Also, a bill to repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1 of article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia.
The committee reported the bill back by substitute.
Upon motion, this bill was indefinitely postponed.
Also, a bill to regulate the tolling of rice.
The report of the committee was not agreed to.
Upon the passage of this bill, the yeas were 35 and nays 53.
The bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
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Also, a bill to amend an act to regulate the business of insurance brokers in this Rtate.
The report of the committee, submitting an amendment, "'.vas agreed to.
Upon the passage of this hill, the yeas were 66 and nays 22.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constituiional majority, was lost.
Also, a bill to amend an act, a general law as to the inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizers.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill, the yeas were 94 and nays 27.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the resolution to appoint a committee to report the time for adjournment, the Speaker appointed upon the the part of the House, Messrs. Rockwell, Greer of Macon, _Henderson.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, :submitted the following report:
_lfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signatures of the Speaker of the Honse and President of the Senate the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
An act to authorize the town council of Hogansville to :issue bonds.
Also, an act to amend an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Quitman, approved Decem-
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her 26, 1888, and amended November 4, 1889, so as to provide for the election of a board of education by the qualified voter,; of said town.
Also, an act to amend an act approved February 28, 1876, which created a board of commissionrs of roads and revenues for the county of Troup, so as to change the present manner of election of said commissioners.
A resolution appropriating the sum oi five hundred dollars to paint the dome and repair the roof of the capitol building.
Also, an act to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee and Loan Company of Savannah.
Also, an act to provide for the payment of the insolvent criminal costs of the clerk of the superior court of Macon' county in certain cases.
Also, an act to amend section 1675(a) of the Code of 1882, which prohibits foreign corporations from owning more than five thousand acres of land in Georgia, as amended by the act of October 18, 1893.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the town of Camillat so as to empower the mayor and council to maintain a dispensary for the sale of liquors.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe, and the various acts amendatory thereof, approved March 5, 1875, so as to fix the corporate limits of said city.
Also, an act to change the time for holding the regulal' quarterly terms of the city court of Elbert county.
Also, an act to repeal an act, approved February 17t 1877, to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his office and records and hold his courts at a place otherthan the courthouse of said county.
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A resolution to pay George B. Whitaker back pensions for the years 1893 and 1894.
Also, an act to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties composing the Tallapoosa circuit, approved December 24, 1890.
Also, an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the town of Cairo,. in the county of Thomas.
Also, an act to limit the jurisdiction of the city court of DeKalb in civil cases to amounts exceeding one hundred dollars.
Also, an act to require Spalding county to pay the officers of the court the costs now allowed Ly law in each caseconvicted and workerl in the chuin-t;ang of said county.
Also, an act to repeal so much of the act creating a board of commissioners for the county of DeKalb as limits thethe compensation of the clerk thereof to a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Also, an act to amend section 534 of the Code of 1882,. as amended by an act approved October 19, 1892.
Also, an act to provide for a change of names and principal offices of banking, railroad, insurance, express, telegraph, canal, and navigation companies.
Also, an act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb,. to provide for the registration and license of every trade,. business, etc., carried on in the limits of said town.
Also, an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and reveuues in the county of Catoosa,. approved March 5, 1875.
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Also, an act to incorporate the town of Braswell, in the -county of Paulding.
Also, an act to ameJ?d the charter of the Union Loan .and Trust Company.
Also, an act to amf'nd section 943(a) of the Code of 1S82.
Also, an act to change t~e county site of Fannin couuty from Morganton to Blue Ridge.
Also, an act to authorize the proper county authorities of the border counties of this State to co-operate with the proper authorities of adjacent States in building and keeping up bridges.
A resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Faver for services.
An act to authorize the republication of the Georgia Beports from the 77th to the 83d, inclusive.
An act fixing the compensation to be paid persons -employed as clerks in holding general elections at the pre~ -c.incts iu the county of Pierce.
An act to vest the management and care of all jails and persons confined therein under the control of the county -com missioners of roads and revenues.
An act to change the time of holding the spring term of Tiawson superior court.
An act to amend an act establishing the city court of Richmond county, approved September 22, 1881.
An act tD appropriate money to the State Lunatic .Asylum.
An act to provide for the appointment of a clerk of the -county court of Effingham county.
A joint resolution correcting House bill No. 397.
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An act to authorize the city of Augusta tl) extend a ditch beyond the city limits.
An act to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county.
A resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company.
An act to establish the city court of Coffee, in the county of Coffee.
An act to incorporate the town of Moultrie as the city of Moultrie.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
A joint resolution for the payment to the city ot Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expense of paving 'Vest Cain street.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, approved March 5, 1875.
A resolution to allow the postmistress of the House three days' extra pay.
An act to incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early county.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Shellman.
An act to amend an act, approved October 19, 1891, en:titled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more.
An act to authorize the mayor and council of the town Of Dahlonega to grant to any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town for railroad purposes.
An act for the better organization, discipline, and regulation of the volunteer forces of the State.
An act to amend the charter of Hapeville.
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An act to compel all persons who sell, or offer to sell, in the county of Liberty, any beef, pork, or mutton, to exhibit the ears of the animal killed.
An act to prohibit the operation of opium joints in this State.
An act to create a board of commissioners of water for the city of Savannah.
An act to repeal an act entitled an act to create a county court in ea_ch county in Georgia, approved January 19, 1872, so far as the same applies to the county of Coffee.
An act to appropriate fourteen hundred dollars to the Georgia Schcol tor the Deaf.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, approved September 9, 1879.
A resolution to appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars as compensation to be paid the special commission for adjudicating the controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
An act to remove obstructions of all kinds from the running streams of Madison county.
A resolution to make an appropriation to pay the clerk of the 0ommittee on Privileges and Elections.
A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the joint committee of the General Assembly, appointed at the session of 1894, to examine the work of the code commissiOners.
An act to amend an act to authorize the issuance of circulating notes to the banks and banking associations of this State, approved December 20, 1893.
An act for the relief of North Georgia Agricultural College.
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A resolution for the relief of Jane Sanders.
An act to repeal the charter of the city of Manchester.
An act to amend the various acts chartering the city of Conyers, so as to authorize the authorities of said city to establish and maintain water-works and electric light.;.
An act to amend an act, approved October 21, 1891, prescribing the method of granting charters to banking companies.
An act to authorize the mayor and council of the to'\vn of Clarkesville to issue bonds for the purpose of completing school buildings.
An act to amend the Constitution of the State by adda new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8.
A resolution condemning any movement looking to a union of church and State.
An act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Coffee county.
. Also, an act to incorporate the town of Battle Hill.
A resolution requesting the Governor to pay certain coupons of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a resolution to pay the widow of R. I. G. Blake, of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year 1893.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to accept certain historical publications from General James D. McBride.
Also, a resolution to allow the duplicate specimens of woods, minerals, etc., in possession of the State to be loaned to museums or other scientific institutions.
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An act to provide for official surveys of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of auditors, approved December 18, 1894.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Pinehurst, in Dooly county.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad in the town of Duluth, Gwinnett county.
Also, an act to make an appropriation for an arithmometer and a Smith Premier typewriter for the treasury department.
A resolution authorizing the Governor and AttorneyGeneral to make a final settlement with W. P. McClatchy for legal services to the State.
An act to amend an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicat-. ing liquors in Habersham county, approved December :!4, 1884.
Also, an act to regulate the practice in the courts of this State.
A resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDuffie county
An act to ameud section 4928 of the Code.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Cordele.
Also, an act to make an appropriation to the State Memorial Board.
A resolution ratifying and confirming provisional settlement made by the Governor and Attorney-General concerning certain rights, w:coys, and properties of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
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An act to prevent the procurement of consignments of farm, 0rchard, and dairy products to parties who fail to account to the rightful owners of such products for the proceeds arising from the sale thereof.
A resolution to appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to pa.y the pension of W. C. Shore of Habersham county.
An act to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division city court of Atlanta.
Also, an act to change the time of holding the superiorcourt of Pulaski county.
Also: an act to amend the general tax act of 1895 and 1896.
Also, an act to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authori"zed to administer oaths generally.
A resolution authorizing the Treasurer of the State t(} transfer on thebooks of his office, from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1895, the unexpended balance of 1894, amounting to $623.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company.
Also, an act to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese.
Also, an act to amend section 3888 of the Code of 1882.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham.
A resolution for the relief of John M. Williams ot Catoosa county.
An act to provide for and authorize the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers who are on the invalid pension roll.
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A resolution authorizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street.
An act to amend an act approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in Henry county.
A resolution to purchase a portrait of the Hon. Robert Toombs.
A joint resolution to pay Thos R. Daniel and William Bridges their pensions for the years 1893 and 1894.
An act to amend an act approved November 26, 1890, -entitled an act to establish a school for colored people 10 this State.
A resolution appropriating one hundred dollars to pay .expenses of Special Investigating Committee.
A resolution to pay l\irs. Arthenia A. Sailors, widow of John B. Sailors, fifty dollars.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the school laws of this State by prescribing the qualifications of the members of the county board ofeducation, providing for their compensation, etc.
A resolution to pro,Tide for the payment of one additional doorkeeper of the Senate for the session of 1895.
Also, a resolution to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoo-chee Railway Company and the Collins Park and Belt Railway Company from penalty for not returning taxes.
An act to require all infantry and caYalry companies of the Georgia volunteers and Georgia volunteers, colored, to be attached to one of the present existing regiments or battalions.
Also, an act to fix the official bond of the receiver of tax returns in Bibb county.
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Also, an act to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion, in Chattooga county.
Also, an act to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquo~s in the county of Coweta.
A resoletion revoking ceded rights granted to the United States government over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga National Park.
Also, a resolution instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives of Georgia to use their influence in Congress to establish a new department of the general government to be known as the Department of Commerce.
An act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Graysville, in the county of Catoosa.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act, approved February 20, 1874, to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors at Trion Factory, apprond March 3, 1875.
Also, an act to appropriate to the trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to be used in the construction of additional buildings for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
A resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. 'Vhite, widow, and Mrs. Susan E. Massey, widow, both of Gwinnett county.
An act to create a board of county commissioners for Fannin county.
Also, an act to fix and define the liabilities of receivers, assignees, trustees, and other persons operating railroads in this State.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Chickamauga, approved December 11, 1891.
Also, an act to amend an act approved December 20,
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1893, entitled an act to amend an act approved December 29, 1890, fixing the time for holding the superior courts in the counties composing the Rome judicial circuit.
Also, an act to amend section 6 of an act to carry into effect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
An act to create a board <>f commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham.
An act to make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with the duty of {!Xecuting the sentence or order of court after trial of persons charged with crime.
An act to amend the general railroad law.
An act to amend an act to create a board of commission{!rs of roads and revenues in the county of Wilcox.
An act to establish a public school system for the town of Wadley.
A resolution instrucing the fish commissioner to inspect the fishway at Augusta.
A resolution to pay M. A. Hardin, clerk, and C. S. Norther, assistant secretary, for preparing and mailing a statement of the business to each member of the General Assembly.
An act to authorize the trustees of the United Freewill Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, to sell certain land heretofore conveyed to them for church purposes.
An act to establish a board of road commissioners for the county of Bryan.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
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The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
A resolution that the General Assembly approve the proposed Chicago and Southern States Cotton Exposition -as an aid to cotton manufacturing in the South.
Also, the following resolution, by Mr. Rockwell of Chatham, which was read and adopted, to wit :
A resolution tendering the thanks of the House of Representatives to Speaker William H. Fleming, with the assurance that he has the love, respect, and esteem of all.
Whereas, The Legislature of Georgia for 1894 and 1895 is about to adjourn sine die; and
Whereas, Speaker William H. Fleming, of the county of Richmond, has, by his justice and fairness, endeared himself to each and every member of the House of Representatives; therefore be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Stai,e of Georgia, That the grateful thanks of the members of said House are hereby tendered to Speaker William H. Fleming, with the assurance that he has the love, respect, and esteem of us all, and with the sincere hope that his life in the future may be a happy one, and that the State may continue to have his services in some public position, in which he will continue to do honor to himself and to the people.
Mr. Mell, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly en!'olled and signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and delivered to his Ex.:ellency, the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
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An act to authorize the town council of Hogansville toissue bonds..
An act to amend an act to establish 11 system of puhlic schools in the town of Quitman, approved December 26, 188H, and amended November 4, 1889, so as to provide for the election of a board of education by the qualified voters of said town.
An act to amend an act approved February 28, 1876, which created a committee of roads and revenues for the county of Troup, so as to change the manner of election of said commissioners.
A resolution appropriating the sum of five hundred dollars to paint the dome and repair the roof of the capitol building.
An act to amend the act incorporating the Title Guarantee and Loan Company of Savannah.
An act to provide for the payment of the insolvent criminal coEts of the clerk of the superior court of Macon county.
An act to amend section 1675(a) of the Code of 1882, which prohibits foreign corporations from owning more than five thousand acres of land in Georgia, as amended by the act of October 18, 1893.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Camilla so as to empower the mayor and council to mai~?tain a dispensary for the sale of liquors.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to consolidate. amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe, and the various acts amendatory thereof, approved March 5, 1878, so as to fix the corporate limits of said city.
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An act to change the time for holding the regular quarierly terms of the city court of Elbert county.
An act to repeal an act approved February 17, 1877, to authorize the ordinary of Spalding county to keep his <>ffice and records and hold his conrt at a place other than the courthouse of said county.
A resolution to pay George R. Whittaker back pensions for the years 1893 and 1894.
An act to amend an act to fix the time for holding the courts in the various counties composing the Tallapoo!'a ,circuit, approved December 24, 1890.
An act to repeal an act f<.1r the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Cairo, in the county of Thomas.
An act to limit the jurisdiction of the city court of DeKalb to amounts exceeding one hundred dollars.
An act to require Spalding county to pay the officers of court the costs now allowed by law in each case convicted and worked in the chain-gang of said county.
An act to repeal an act creating a board of commissoners for the county of DeKalb, so far as it limits the compensation of the clerk thereof to a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
An act to amend section 534 of the Code of 1882, as amended by an act approyed October 19, 1892.
An act to provide for a change of the names and principal offices of banking, railroad, insurance, express, telegraph, canal, and navigation companies.
An act to authorize and empower the mayor and coun~il of the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, to
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provide for the registration and license of every trade,. busine!'s, etc., carried on in the limits of said town.
An act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Catoosa, approved March 5, 1875.
An act to incorporate the town of Braswell, in the county of Paulding.
An act to amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company.
An act to amend section 9-!3(a) of the Code of 1882.
An act to change the county site of Fannin county from Morganton to Blue Ridge.
An act to authorize the proper county authorities of the border counties of this State to co-operate with the proper authorities of adjacent States in building and keeping up bridges.
A resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to pay John Faver for services.
An act to authorize the republication of the Georgia Reports from the 77th to the 83d inclusive.
An act fixing the compensation to be paid persons employed as clerks in holding general elections at the precincts i~ the county of Pierce.
An act to vest the management and care of all jails and persons confined therein in the control of the county commissioners of roads and revenues.
An act to change the time of holding the spring term of Dawson superior court.
An act to amend an act establishing the city court of Richmond county, approved September 22, 1881.
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An act to appropriate money to the State lunatic asylum.
An act to provide for the appointment of clerk of the county court of Effingham county.
A joint resolution correcting House bill No. 377.
An act to authorize the city of Augusta to extend a ditch beyond the city limits.
An act to establish a new charter for the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county.
A resolution for the relief of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company.
An act to establish the city court of Coffee, in the county of Coffee.
An act to incorporate the town of Moultrie as the city of Moultrie.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
A joint resolution for the payment to the city of Atlanta of the State's proportion of the expenses of paving West Cain street.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Forsyth, approved March 5, 1875.
A resolution to allow the postmistress of the House three days' extra pay.
An act to incorporate the town of Jakin,' in Early county.
An act to incorporate the town of tlhellman.
An act to amend an act, approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more.
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An act to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Dahlonega to grant to any railroad the use of any of the streets of said town for railroad tracks.
An act for the better organization, discipline, and regulation of the volunteer forces of the State.
An act to amend the charter of Hapeville.
An act to compel all persons who sell, or offer to sell, in the county of Liberty any beef, pork, or mutton, to exhibit the ears of the animal killed.
An act to prohibit the operation of opium joints in this State.
An act to create a board of commissioners of water for the city of Savannah.
An act to repeal an act entitled an act to create a county ourt in each county in the State of Georgia, approved .January 19, 1872, so far as the same applies to the county of Coffee.
An act to appropriate fourteen hundred dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, approved September 9, 1879.
A resolution to appropriate the sum of eightee!l hundred dollars as compensation to be paid the special commissioners for the adjudication of controversies affecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
An act to remove obstructions of all kinds from the running streams of Madison county.
A resolution to make an appropriation to pay the clerk of the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the
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joint committee of the General Assembly appointed at the session of I 894 to examine the work of the Code commissioners.
An act to amend an act to authorize the issuance of cir{)ulating notes to banks and banking associations of this State, approved Decemher 20, 1893.
An act for the relief of North Georgia Agricultural College.
A resolution for the relief of Jane Sanders.
An act to repeal the charter of the city of Manchester.
Also, an act to amend the various acts chartering the city of Conyers, so as to authorize the authorities of said city to establish and maintain water-works and electric lights.
Also, an act to amend an. act approyed October 21,1891, prescribing the method of granting charters to banking companies.
Also, an act to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Clarkesville to issue bonds for the purpose of completing school buildings.
Also, an act to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new paragraph to article 6, section 2. to be known as paragraph 8.
A resolution condemning any movement looking to a union of church and State.
Also, an act to create a board of commissioners of roads .and revenues for Coffee county.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Battle Hill.
A resolution requesting the Governor to pay certain -coupons of the Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a resolution to pay the widow of R. T. G. Blake,
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of Dade county, the pension due her husband for the year 1893.
Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to accept certain historical publications from General James D. McBride.
Also, a resolution to allow the duplicate specimens of woods, minerals, etc., in the possession of the State to be loaned to museums and other scientific institutions.
An act to provide for official surveys of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to peovide for the appointment of auditors, approved December 18~ 1894.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Pinehurst, m Dooly county.,
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors, within certain limits of the depot on the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad at Duluth, in Gwinuett county.
Also, an act to make an appropriation for an arithmometer and a Smith Premier typewriter for the treasury department.
A resolution to authorize the Governor and AttorneyGeneral to make a final settlement with W. P. McClatchy for legal services to the State.
Also, an act to amend an act to prohibit the salf:: of intoxicating liquors in Habersham county, approved December 24, 1884.
Also, an act to regulate the practice in the courts of this State.
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A resolution for the relief of J. S. McGahee of McDnffi~ county.
An act to amend section 4928 of the Code.
Also, an act to amend the charter of the city of Cordele_
Also, an act to make an appropriation to the State memorial board.
A resolution ratifying and confirming provisional settlements made by th:J Governor and Attorney-General?" concerning certain rights, ways, and properties of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad.
Also, an act to prevent the procurement of consignments of farm, orchard, and dairy products to partie11 who fail to account to the rightful owners of such products for the proceeds arising from the sale thereof.
A resolution to appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to pay the pension of W. C. Shore of Habersham county.
An act to fix the compensation of the two bailiffs of the second division, city court of Atlanta.
Also, an act to change the time of holding the superior court of Pulaski county.
Also, an act to amend the general tax act for 189.5 and 1896.
Also, an act to allow affidavits to foreclose liens to be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths gen-erally.
A resolution authorizing the Treasurer of this State to transfer on the books of his office, from the military fund of 1894 to the military fund of 1H95, the unexpended balance of 1894, amounting to the sum of $623.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company.
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An act to regulate the sale of milk, butter, and cheese.
Also, an act to amend section 388S of the Code of 1882.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham.
Also, a resolution for the relief of John M. "rilliams Qf Catoosa county.
Also, an act to provide for and authorize the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate soldiers who are on the invalid pension roil.
Also, a resolution authorizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street.
Also, an act to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in Henry county.
Also, a re,.;olution to purchase a portrait of the Ron. Robert Toombs.
Also, ajoint resolution to pay Thos. R. Daniel and William Bridges their pensions for the years 1893 and 1894.
Also, an act to amend "lin act, approved November 26, 1890, entitled an act to establish a school for colored people in this State.
Also, a resolution appropriating one hundred dollars to pay expenses of special investigating committee.
Also, a resolution to pay Mrs. Arthenia A. Sailors, widow Qf John B. Sailors, fifty dollars.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the school laws of this State by prescribing the qualifications of the county board of education, providing for their ~ompensatio!l, etc.
Also, a resoTution to provide for the payment of one additional doorkeeper of the Senate for the session of 1895.
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Also, a resolution to relieve the Atlanta and Chattahoochee Railway Company and the Collins Park and Belt Railway Company from penalties for not returning taxes.
Also, an act to require all infantry and cavalry companies of the Georgia volunteers and Georgia volunteers, colored, to be attached to one of the present existing battalions or regiments.
Also, an act to fix the official bond of the receiver of tax returns in Bibb county.
Also, an act to establish a system of free schools in the town of Trion, in Chattooga county.
Also, an act to prohibit the manufacture of any kind of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the county of Coweta~
Also, a resolution revoking ceded rights granted to the United States government over certain lands adjoining Chickamauga National Parle.
Also, a resolution instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives of .Georgia to use their influence in Congress to establish a new department of the general government to be known as the de~rtment of commerce.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Graysville, in the county of Catoosa.
Also, to amend an act entitled an act, approved February 20, 1874, to prohibit the sale uf spirituous liquors at Trion Factory, approved March 3, 1875.
Also, an act to appropriate to the trustees of the U niversity of Georgia the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to he used in the construction oC additional buildings for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
Also, a resolution for the relief of Mrs. Julia A. Knight, widow, and Mrs. Susan. E. Massey, widow, both of Gwinnett county.
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Also, an act to create a board of county commissioners for Fannin county.
Also, an act to fix and define the liabllities of receivers, tru<>tees, assignees, and other persons operating railroads in this State.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the city of .Chickamauga, approved September 11, 1891.
Also, an act to amend an act, approved December 20, 1893, entitled an act to amend an act, approved December -29, 1890, fixing the time for holding the superior courts in ~he counties composing the Rome judicial circuit.
Also, an act to amend section 6 of an act to carry into ~tfect the act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of article
of the Constitution of this State.
An act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the county of Habersham.
An act to make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing, or interfering with officers charged with the duty of executing the sentence Of orders of courts after trial of persons charged with crime.
An act to amend the general railroad law.
An act to amend an act to create a board of commis.sioners of roads and revenues in the county of Wilcox.
An act to establish a public school system for the town .of Wadley.
A resolution instructing the Fish Commissioner to in.spect the fishway in Augusta.
A resolution to pay M. A. Hardin, Clerk, and C. S. Northen, Assistant Secretary, for preparing and mailing a .statement of the business to each member_ of the General Assembly.
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An act to authorize the trustees of the United Freewill Baptist Church, of Columbus, Ga., to sell certain land heretofore conveyed to them for church purposes.
An act to establish a board of road commissioners, etc., for the county of Bryan.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. MELL, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Clifton, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has finished the work before it and is ready
to adjourn sine die.
The House concurred in the Senate amendment to House bill No. 720, same being a bill to change the name of the colored school at Savannah to the State Industrial School for Colored Persons.
Committee from the House appointed by the Speaker, under joint resolution from the Senate No. 69, to inspect penitentiary records and make recommendations for executive clemency: Messrs. Jenkil'ls of Putnam, Humphreys of Brooks, Davison of Greene.
The following Senate resolution, No. 69, being a reconsidered resolution, was taken up and read the third time, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to visit and inspect the convict camps during the recess.
The report of the committee was agreed to, and on the passage of the resolution, the yeas were 92, nays 15. So the resolution was passed.
The hour of 12, midnight, having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned sine die. ,
INDEX
TO THE
OF THE
House of Representatives
FOR THE
YEAR 1895.
INDEX.
PART I.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE HOUSE.
ADMINISTRATORS AND EXECUTORS-
A Bill-To authorize the redemption ofland by adminis-
trators and executors . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
To make all laws relating to administrators ap-
plicable to executors . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 672
ADVERTISING-
A Bill-To amend an act regulating legal advertising .
113
APPROPRIATIONS-
A Bill-To appropriate money to carry into effect an act
for publication of charters . . . . . . . . .
144
To appropriate $50,000 to the State Univer-
sity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 455 456
To amend the General Appropriation Act . . .
181
To appropriate money to Trustees of State Uni-
versity for Teehnological Sehool . . . . . . 195 532
To appropriate money for the School for the
Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 273 709
To appropriate money to mark the positions of
the Georgia troops, etc., at Chickamauga. 283 426
619 789
To appropriate money to State University for
class-rooms and gymnasium . . . . . . . .
309
To appropriate money to Mrs. Mary A. Lane . 318 597
To appropriate money to pay for an arithmo-
meter and writing machine for the Treasury
Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 598 759
To appropriate money for the Lunatic Asylum. 513
598 732
To appropriate money to build dormitories for
the State Normal School at Athens . . 530 673 747
To appropriate money to the Normal and In-
dustrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . .
823
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INDEX.
RANKS-
A Bill-To incorporate Fulton Banking Company. . .
16
To amend an act prescribing mode of granting
bank charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 632 840
To amend the charter of Monroe Banking, Loan
and Guarantee Company . . . . . . . . 213 309 451
To amend the charter of Savannah Bank and Trust Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 429 451
To amend the charter of the Title Guaranty and Loan Company . . . . . . . . . . . 406 E14 611
To amend the charter of the Union Loan and Trust Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 595 762
To amend an act authorizing the issuance of circulating notes by the banks of this State.648 688 761
BONDS, ETC.-
A Bill-To authorize the Governor and Treasurer to
issue bonds to pay off past due bonds . . . . 27 406
535 566 568 571
To authorize the issue of bonds to pay certain
bonds issued by Gov. McDonald.. 27 426 566 568 571
To prescribe how official bonds of county officers
shall be fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
To prevent the increase of Georgia's bonded
debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 531 61>8 747
CODE, AMENDMENTS OF AND ADOPTION-
A Bill-To amend section 534 of the Code . . . . 25 159 165 822
To amend section 2385 of the Code . .
100 596
To more fully define the crime of perjury.101 14tl 158 286
To amend section 605 of the Code . . . . . . 111 309
To amend an act to prevent mob violence . . .
111
To repeal an act amending section 3910(d) of
the Code . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
To amend section 943(a) of the Code .
0 0 112 307
548 595 754
To amend section 4255 of the Code . .
112
To prohibit opium joints" in this State . 128 428 "722
To exempt certain officers from section 4527 of
the Code . . . . . . . .... .
113
'Io amend section 2057(f) of the Code .
1H 594
To amend section t584 of the Code
114
To amend section 936(a) of the Code .
120 431
To amend section 863 of the Code . .
127 308
INDEX.
901
A Bill-To amend section 4527 of the Code.
151
To amend section 4669 of the Code .
152
To make prize-fighting penal . . .
152 702
To amend sediou 4372 of the Code .
166
To amend section 4582 of the Code .
194 310
To amend section 4b65(a) of the Code . . . . 213 594
To make it penal to mark anything "ster-
ling or coin " falsely . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 241
To make the hindering of officers, etc., penal . . 220 531
680 688
To appron, adopt, and make of force the new
Codt>, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 430 535
To amend section 3554 of the Code . . . . . . 238 549
To amend section 4814 of the Cod~ . . . . . . 255 430
To amend an act amending sections 1341 and
1344 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 533 772
To amend section 719(i) of the Code .
256
To amend section 1688 of the Code .
257 595
To amend section 1712 of the Code
257
To repeal section 4162 of the Code .
270
To prevent shooting on the Sabbath .
270
To amend section 1855 of the Code . . . . 270 308 673
To amend section 3740 of the Code . . . . . 271 309
To punish hog stealing . . . . . . .
284
To amend section 3694and 2041 of the Code.
306
To amend section 3695 of the Code .
307
To amend section 1696 of the Code .
305
To amend section 4559 of the Code .
319
To amend section 450 of the Code .
319 533
To prescribe penalties for certain violations of
tl.e penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . .
405
To amend section 4928 of the Code . . . . 406 596 632
To prevent mob violence . . . . . . . . 406 639 714
To amend section 719(f) of the Code . . . . .
423
To amend an act to prevent the discharge of
fire-arms on public highways . . . . . . . 432 672
To fix the age of consent in cases of carnal
knawledge of females . . . . . .
430
To prevent prizefighting . . . . . . . . . .
428
To amend section 29H of the Code . . . 459 672
To amend section l675(a) of the Code . . 460 531 566
To amend section 3696 of the Code . .
460
To amend section 943(a) of the Code. . . .
509
To amend section 827 of the Code . . . . . . 532 731
To amend section 388 of the Code . . . . . 594 644 822
To make it a misdemeanor to refuse to obey
sheriff's summons for posse cornitatus .
67
902
INDEX.
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS, ETC.-
A Bill-To require the commi~sioners of roads of Bibb
county to work county convicts . . . . . 26 120 vn
Authorizing commissioners of Glynn county to
issue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . .
98 158
To amend the commissioners act of Liberty
county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
To repeal the county commissioners act of De-
Kalb county as to pay of clerk thereof . . 151 428 453
To authorize the road commissioners of Terrell
county to grant privileges to citizens living on
county line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
To proYide for election of commissioners for
Berrien county . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 310 454
To amend theJ commissioners act of \Vebster
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 328
To amend an act providing pay for commissioners of Catoosa county . . . . . . . . 229 430 456 661
To amend the act creating a board of commis sioners for Catoosa county . . . . . . . . 229 428 456
To provide compensation of commissioners of Thomas county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 309
Providing for election of commissioners of Troup county at general elections . . . . . 236 429 457 789
To establish a hoard of road commissioners for Bryan county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 531
To create a board of commissioners of roads and revenue for Habersham county . . . . . 459 598 640
COMMISSIONER'! OF ROADS AND REVENUES-
A Bi:J-To vest the care of Fulton county jail in county commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . 41\9 594 619 822
To create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Coffee county . . . . . . . 512 595 641
To create a board of commissioners for Fannin county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 642
To amend the county commissioners act of Wilcox county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 597 640
COMMITTEES-
To welcome the President and others .
8
Standingcommittees . . . . . . . . .
11 12
Additions to . . . . . . . . 24 92 llO ll4 115 122 126
On Blue Ridge Railroad . . . . . . . .
109
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903
COMMITTEES-Continued.
On Northeastern Railroad
124
On State care of misdemeanor convicts . . . .
126
On receiving portrait of Hon. N.J. Hammond 223
To inyestigate certain charges . . . . . . . .
262
To prepare for reception of Governor Hastings
of Pennsylvania. . - . . . . . . . . . .
272
To inquire as to arrearages of lessees of conyi;:ts 290
Of conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 840 849
On hour of final adjournment . . . . . . . .
871
To inspect penitentiary records and make recom-
mendations for executive clemency .
895
CONSTITUTION-
A Bill-To amenl an act to enforce paragraph 1, section
1, article 7 of the Constitution . . 99 220 428 633 824
To amend the Constitution by adding an article
thereto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 427
To amend paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3, article
6 of the Constitution . . . . . . . . . . .
1:!8
To amend the Constitution by adding a new
paragraph to article 6, sec. 2, etc . 150 428 474 484 788
To amend the Constitution . . . . . . . . . . 153 261
To amend paragraph 1, section 4, article 8 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
To amend the Constitution as 'to verdicts of ju-
ries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 416
To amend article 2, section 1, paragraph 2 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
318
To amend section 2, article 7 of the Constitution 318
To amend paragraphs 2 and 3, section 3, article 6,
and paragraph 1 of section 2 of article 6 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
512
To amend paragraph 6, section 4, article 3 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 619
To amend paragraph 3, section 4, article 3 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621) 762
CONVICTS-
A Bill-To separate certain convicts . . . . . .
137
To place county and city chaingangs under
State management . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 429
To provide fur confinement of certain felons in
chaingangs at the discretion of court . .
285
904
INDEX.
COUNTY AUTHORITIES-
A Bill-To authorize county authorities to contract with
authorities of the United States for building
bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 120 132
To repeal an act allowing the ordinary of Spald-
ing county to keep his office other than at the
courthouRe . . . . . . . . . . . 214 514 534 i89
Requiring ordinaries to inspect jails in their
counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 241
To fix the salaries of treasurer and other county
officers of Heard county . . . . . . . . . 228 514
To fix the office hours of the treasurer of Fulton
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 515 534
Requiring the county treasurer of Fulton county
to report to the county commissioners when
required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Authorizing border counties to contract with
border counties oi adjacent States in build
ing bridges . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 6il
To require county authorities to pay cost of con-
viction in misdemeanor cases . . . . . . 460 595 7i6
To limit the compensation to be paid county
officers of Fulton county . . . . . . . . . .
46\i
To make elerks and sherifts of the superior courts
clerks and sheriffs of county courts . . . 4ii 532 ii6
To fix salaries and pereentage of fees to county
officers generally in this State . . . . . . . i62 i85
COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES-
A Bill-To amend an act to change the line between the counties of Houston and :Macon . . . . . . 218 241
COURTS-CITY AND COUNTY-
A Bill-To change the terms of the city court of Elbert
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9103116
To amend the eity court act of Clarke county . 35 513 611
To abolish the city court of Jackson county . .
40
To abolish the county court of Emanuel county 116
To abolish the county court of Coffee county . 135 219 286
To amend the city court act of this State . . . 13i 428
To fix the time for election of clerk and sheriff
of city court of Savannah . . . . . . . . 138 219 286
To abolish the county court of Houston county 146 242
To limit the jurisdiction of the city court of
DeKalb county . . . . . . . . . . . 151 428 45~
INDEX.
905
A Bill-To establish a city court for Coffee cout1ty 167 43(}
454 789
To establish the city court of Brunswick . . 21R 428 452
To amend the county court act . . . . . . . .
213
To fix the compensation of two bailiffs for
second division Atlanta city court . . . . 306 514 611
To abolish the city court of Laurenf! county . . 319 597
To abolish the county court of Taylor county . 423 533
To amend the act establishing a city court for
Floyd county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 595
To establish new terms, etc., of the city court of
Richmond county . . . . . . . . . . 431 515 614
To abolish the county court of Glynn county . 460 47(}
To provide for appointment of a clerk of county
court of Effingham county . . . . . . . . . 514 533
To abolish the county court of Laurens county
542 725 727
To restrict the jurisdiction of city courts to $100. 599 673
COURTS-SUPERIOR, AND JUDGES-
A Bill-Requiring judges to make entry of continu-
ances on their dockets . . . . . . . . 34 146 157 461
To chanl!e the time of fall term of Irwin Supe-
rior Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 104 119
Tv change the terms of Superior Court of White
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103
To change the time of holding Superior Courts
in Tallapoosa circuit . . . . . . . . 111 596 777
To change the time of holding the spring term
of Dawson Buperior Court . . . . . . . 152 219 289
To provide a Clerk for the County Court of Ef-
fingham county . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
To change the time of holding the Superior
Court of Pulaski county . . . . . . . . 306 429 61(}
To amend the act fixing the time for holding Su-
perior Courts in R0me circuit . . . . . 477 515 613
To transfer the county of Stewart to Pataula
circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 597
COURT-SUPRE}IE-
A Bill-To relieve the Supreme Court . . . . . . . .
15(}
To define the powers of the Supreme Court in
certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 672
906
INDEX.
DIVORCESA Bill-To prohibit divorces except for one cause . 10;) 145 178
EDUCATIOXAL-
A Bill-To incorporate Cochran schools . . . . . 8 166 200 240
To provide for four-months school term for ware
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
To locate the Georgia College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts at the Experiment S~ation . .
lH
To establish a public school system for the town
of Abbeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 146 l.Si
To authorize Hogansville to establish a public school system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1i l-16 15i
To prol'ide a public school system for the town of Guyton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 307 327
To create a board of edueation for the town of Lithonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 219 286
To amend the school act of Cartersville . 154 166 300
To amend section 21 of an act to amend the
common school. laws . . . . . . . . . . 1RO 433 722
Directing State School Commi~sioner to prepare
a courRe of study, etc. . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Requiring chief officers of schools to submit re-
ports to the Governor . . . . . . . . . . .
181
To provide for election oi school commissioners,
etc., of Berrien county . . . . . . . . . . .
183
To provide a system of public scho.:>ls for the
town of Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 430 457
To amend an act to establish public schools in
the town of Quitman . . . . . . . . . . 318 514 611
To vest control of school moneys in the public
schools of Sparta . . . . . . . . . . . . .
406
To provide for and regulate attendance upon
county or district line schools . . . . . . . . 432 595
To provide -salaries for .county school commis-
sioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
432
To authorize graduates of Genrgia Normal and
Industrial College to teach without examina-
tion. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 432 533
To amend the school laws of this State . . . . 433 631
To establish a uniform system of text-bo )ks . .
472
To establish a school system for the town of
Wadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 533 '641
To require examination of all public school
teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 595 711
INDEX.
907
A Bill-To authorize teachers in Harmony Grove high
school to confer degrees, etc. . . . . . . . .
477
To amend an act establishing a school for col-
ored persons as a branch of the State uni-
versity . . . . . . . .
510 672 781 895
To ascertain the proportion of public school
funds in this State . . . . . . . . . . . .
511
To exempt teachers of public schools from road
duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 595
To establish free schools for Trion in Chattooga
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 596 695
To amend an act to amend the school law~ of
this State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
593
:ELECTIONS-
A Bill-To amend an act to pay election managers and
clerks . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 26 120 129
Of Hon. Tom E tson, solicitor for the Oconee
circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 44
Contested election in Douglas county . . . . . 96 98
To amend an act providing for trial of election
contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
Providing how contestants of elections shall be
paid, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 597
To fix the compensation of clerks of general
elections in Pierce county . . . . . . . . 306 514 640
FEES AND COSTS-
A Bill-To provide for and fix the fees and salaries of
Fulton county officers . . . . . . . . . . .
4l
Requiring public officers to keep an account of
their fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
To provide for payment of criminal costs to
clerk Superior Court of Macon county . . 167 219 301
To prescribe certain fees for judges of county
courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
To provide for disposition of costs in ~riminal
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 427
Requiring certain officials to report gross amount
of fees received by them annually . . . . .
19.5
To fix and declare fees of solicitors-general and
solicitors of county and city courts . . . . .
308
To require ~paldinJZ county to pay eertain costs
in ca~es of conviction, etc . . . . . . . 543 598 642
To amend an act providing for payment of in-
solvent costs in the county court of Hancock
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 673
908
INDEX.
FENCE LAW8-
A Bill-To provide how "no fence" districts may be-
come "fence" districts . . . . . . . . . . .
27
To allow certain privile~es to persons residing
on State lines in "no fence" counties . . : 40 121 131
To prohibit ordinaries, etc., from legislating on
the question of fence or no fence. . . . . . 183 594
FINES AND FORFEITURE'l-
FISH AND GAME LAWS-
A Bill-To amend the game laws of this State.
28 518
To protect fish in Fannin county . . . .
103 116
To prohibit hunting and fi5Ling on another's
land in Appling county . .
. . . . 167 310 452
To repeal an act protecting fish in Berrien
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 310 454
To protect pheasants in this State . . . . . . 182 594
To prohibit seining forfisb in Tallulah river. 31i 672 7:37
INSPECTION LAWS-
A Bill--To provide for inspection of steam boilers in
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
105
To amend the laws governing inspection and
analysis of fertilizers . . . . . . . . . . 256 429 702
To amend the laws relating to the inspection of
fertilizers and cotton seed meal . . . . . . . 228 533
INSURANCE LAWS-
A Bill-To prevent the insurance of tdnors under twelve
years of age . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131>
To provide for deposit of money by mutual life
insurance companies . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 241
To authorize fidelity and casualty companies to
be taken as sole sureties on bonds of county
officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2;)6 308 595
To compel insurance companies to pay the full
amount of policies . . . . . . . . .
303
To amend the charter of the Vigilant Live Stock
Insurance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 429
To amend an act to prevent combinations or
pool!! of insurance companies . . . . . . .
512
INDEX.
909
JOINT SESSIONS-
To elect a Solicitor for Oconee Circuit .
41
To hear address of StateS('hool Commissioner.
196
To bear address of Chancellor . . . . . .
215
To receive Governors, etc. . . . . . . . .
302
E:. To hear address of Hon. S.D. Bradwell . .
To hear address of Hon. G. duBignon .
548 813
JURORSA Bill-To fix the pay of Tales Jurors . . . . . . 26 120 121 129
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-
A Bill-To raise the jurisdiction of .Justices of the Peace
in civil cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
UENS-
A Bill-To create a lien in favor of owners of jacks, etc. 181 427 To create a lien in favor of black~miths . . . . 308 780
LIQUOR LAWS-
A Bill-To abolish bar-rooms, etc.. 95 265 335 510 569 593 600
To amend the li4uor law of Elbert county. 99 118 261 510
To amend the liquor laws . . . . . . . . . .
182
To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Cow-
eta county . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 637 661
To prohibit the sale of liquor in the town of
DeSoto, Sumter county . . . . . . . . . . 228 309
To amend the liquor law of Georgia . . . . . . 230 309
To amend the liquor law of Trion Factory . 304 531 610
To amend an act relating to the sale of liquor
near the depot in Duluth . . . . . . 304 452 514 610
To amend an act to prohibit the sale, etc., in
certain counties . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
To prohibit the sale of liquor in Habersham
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 595 632
To prohibit drunkenness in public places . . . 335 7i4
To repeal an act prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of liquor in Carroll county . . . . .
408
MESSAGES-ExECUTIVE-
44 (Annual message) 44 to 89 191
208 245 321 323 414 440 482 564 580 651 806
MESSAGES-FRmr SE~ATE-
6 7 14 41 101 125 138 154 171
187 ]!)7 210 2il1 267 269 278 294 299 320 321 !HO a99 414 416 4~6 447 463 483 501 50'2 524 545 547 561 564 573 585 588 637 653 654 673
674 698 705 744 754 770 771 785 794 817 819 822 836 s:~8 846 847 848 854 856 857 861 865 895
910
INDEX.
.MILITARY LAWS-
A Bill to add colored troops to one of existing regi
menU!, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 429 722
To ereate a Military Board for this State . . . .
320
For the better organization, etc., of the State
Volunteer.;; . .
. . . . . . . . 531 i19
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS-
A Bill-To prohibit municipal corporations from taxing
traveling salesmen . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 166 242
To make a married woman'8 personal earnings
her separate property . . . . . . . . . 25 218 252
To provide for change of names of banking and
other co~panies . . . . . . . .
. . . 27 427 452
To regulate the mode of giving security by em
ployeos of certain corporations . . . . . . .
28
To prevent muscle and other dances . . . . .
28
To amllnd an ad carrying over bills and resolu-
tions from the first to the second session, etc. 34 427
To authorize republication of certain G~orgia
reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 215 6tH
To make owners of dead animals bury them . . 35 132 144 661
To declare the status of dogs as property and
provide fo_r their registration . . . . . 39 145 158 179
To cede jurisdiction over certain lands, etc., to
the United States . . . . . . . . . 99 133 145 518
To probihit prize fighting . . . . . . . .
100
To prohibit the opening of stores on the ~abt,Jatlt 113 146
To prohibit the sale of seed cotton between cer-
tain hours in Dougherty county . . . . . . 127 310
To create a board of dental examiners . . . 136 532 714
To regulate the tolling of rice . . . . .
137
To create a land commission . . . . . . .. . .
137
To legalize wild land sales . . . . . . . . . 438 532 674
To create the office of game and fish warden . 153 219
302 716
To create an appellate court . . . . . .
153
To arnend the law relating to militia court
houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 219 770
To amend an act establishing a board of medical
examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18-l
To regulate tile carrying and use of Wincllester
rifles in this State . . . . . . . . . . 193 597 638 703
To create a commissioner of pardons, etc. .
193
INDEX.
911
A Bill-To regulate the sale of milk, butter and cheese
in this State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 637 767
To expedite establishing of lost papers . . . .
218
To make Stafford's Calendar legal evidence . . 220 594
To amend an act providing for levy and sale of
property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 598
To provide for survey of the Cherokee purchase
lin'l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
270
To prevent the sacrifice of r~al estate at legal
sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 595
Requiring persons selling beef, pork or mutton
in Liberty county to exhibit the ears, etc. . . 307 597
To authorize justice court dockets to be paid for
by certain counties . . . . . . . . . . 306 532
To prohibit the sale of patent medicines in
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . .
317
To protect levying officers in this State . . . 319 51'5
To allow pay for lands condemned for use as
public roads . . . . . . . . . . . 423 532 7i2
Requiring persons using Winchester rifles or
pistols to register the same . . . . . . . . . 459 773
To prevent fraudulent procurement of consign-
ments of farm, orchard or dairy products. 476 532 773
Authorizing agreement with Atlanta affecting
the use of Wall street . . . . . . 509 530 675
To prescribe the qualifications of certain court
stenographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 597
To authorize the President of the Senate or
t;peaker of House to exercise executive au-
thority in eertain cases. . . . . . . . . . . 541 596
Authorizing abstract companies to copy from
Surerior Court records . . . . . . . . . .
597
To make it a misdemeanor to refuse obedience
to Sheriff's summons of posse comitatus .
630
To regulatethe practice of architecture in Georgia 672
MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIO~S-
A Bill-To incorporate the Georgia Title Guarantee
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 514 532
To incorporate Mt. Moriah Camp Ground. . .
194
To authorize trustees of United Free Will Bap-
tist Church of Columbus to sell certain land. 40 540 632 789
912
INDEX.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-
A Bill-To amend the charter of Columbus .
8 129
To amend the charter of the village of Haynie . 9 327 409
To amend the eharter of Rome in reference to
issuing bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 104 117
To change the corporate limits of Rome . . . 15 104 117
To amend the charter of Rome so as to repeal
charter of 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 104 117
To amend the charter of Rome so as to create a
water commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 118
To in<"orporate the town of Alto, in Banks and
Habersham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 427 453 788
To extend the corporate limits of the town of
Waynesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 166 200
To amend the charter of the town of Guyton 34 218 261
To amend the charter of the town of Camilla . 35 120
518 551 789 To amend the charter of Atlanta . . . . . . 39 133 320
Fixing the time for electing mayor and council
of Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 132 144
To abolish appeals from the police court of
Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 308 328
To grant a strip of land to the m11yor and alder-
men of Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 159 165
To repeal the charter of Morganton, in Fannin
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 116
To amend the charter of Dalton . . . . 110 146 159
To amend the charter of Dalton . . . . 110 146 159
To. amend the charter of Dalton . . . . 110 219 262 304
To amend an act declaring municipal officers
ineligible, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 308
To authorize mayor and aldermen of Savannah
to condemn property, etc . . . . . . 114 184 273 301
To define the duties of certain municipal cor-
porations, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114
'l'o amend the charter of Albany . . . . . . . 126 166
To amend the charter of Boston . . . . . . 127 308 329
To change the county site of Fannin county . 136 302 329 333
To amend the charter of Hapeville . . . . 136 594 639
To create a tree and park commission for Sa-
vannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 219 288
To organize a board of police commissioners for
Savannah. . . . . . . . . 138 2HJ 288 472
To establish a system of sewerage for the city
of Waycross . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 630
INDEX.
913
A Bill-To incorporate the town of Douglas, in Coffee county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 453
To extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 219 289
To extend the jurisdiction of the mayor and aldermen of Savannah for sanitary purposes . 153 219 289
Authorizing arrests by Savannah police beyond the city limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 219 289
Authorizing mayor and council of Waynesboro ' to issue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 166 To amend the charter of Albany . . . . . . 154 191 310 To incorporate the town of Cohutta . . . . 167 219 301 To create a board of water commissioners for
for Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 310 454 To create a board of fire commissioners for
Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 310 454
To amend the charter of the town of Meigs 195 310 455
To provide for registratibn of all business in
Decatur, Ga . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 213 430 455
To amend the charter of the town of Roberta . 310 455
To incorporate the town of Braswell, in Pauld-
ing county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 309 455
To establish a new charter for Calhoun . . 220 428 456
To amend the charter of the town of Lyerly . . 221 514
To create the office of commissioner of public
works for Savannah. . . . . . . . . 221 309 456
To permanently fix the status of a piece of
ground in Savannah. . . . . . . . . . 230 430 457
To incorporate the town of Young Harris. 229 309 457
To incorporpate the town of Battle Hill, in Ful-
ton county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 515 534
To establish a new charter for the town of Cov-
ington . . . . .
. . . . . 270 309 328 747
To amend the charter of the city of C'onyers . 270 514 610
To amend the charter of Shellman . . . . . 271 514 609
To authorize the town council of Bowman to
issue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 308 458
To authorize commissioners of Washington to
issue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 408 451
To amend the charter of Forsyth . 309 327 597 631 788
To authorize a board of assessors and collectors
for Savannah . . . . . . . . . . 319 429 458 665
To amend the charter of the city of Dawson 317 429 452 638
~14
INDEX.
A Bill-To amend the charter of the city of Cordele . . 423. 51~
612 789
To re-incorporate the town of Moultrie . . 423 612 822
To repeal the charter of the city of Manchester .
423
515 612
To amend the charter of Atlanta . . . 423 515 613 788 To amend the charter of the town of Cairo . 432 515 551 To extend the corporate limits of \Vaynesboro. 458 479
511
To amend the charter of Locust Grove . . . 458 514 613 To authorize the town of Clarkesville to 1ssue
bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 532 614
To amend the charter of the town of Moreland. 459 To authorize the town of Hogansville to issue
bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 429 533
To authorize the city of Thomasville to issue bon~ s . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 104 118
To amend the charter of Graysville . . . . 511 598 641 To incorporate the town of Pinehurst . . 540 616 641 To authorize Augusta to open a canal beyond
the city limits . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 596 642
To amend the charter of the city of Chickamauga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 596 642
To authorize the authorities of Dahlonega to grant use of streets to any railroad company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 596 643
To amend the charter of the town of Lithonia. 552 To incorporate the town of Jakin, in Early
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 638 721
To amend the charter of Fort Valley. .
629 673
To inco~porate the town of Birmingham . . . . 672 721
PEDDLING-
A Bill-To authorize R. G. Trice to peddle without
license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26 104
To require foot peddlers to pay a license.
228
PENSIONS AND PENSION OFFICERS-
A Bill-To create a Commissioner of Pensions.
!19 238
Authorizing Grand Juries to recommend persons
for pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
To authorize pensions to certain widows .
194 660
666 690
To amend the General Pension Act . . .
271 309
INDEX.
915
A Bill-To exclude certain persons from the benefit of
pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 477
To authorize the issue of treasury warrants to
pay pensions.
. . . . . . . 630 662 745
PRACTICE-
A Bill-To regulate the trial of insane persons under
death sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 532
To declare what cases may be taken to Supreme
Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100 5!:14
To regulate the making of verdicts in all cases,
civil and criminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
To provide for more speedy trials under habeas
corpus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill 594
To regulate practice in courts of this State . 113 308 773
Prescribing time for trial of divorce cases . . .
113
To allow payees of notes, etc., to recover judg-
ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 427
To amend an Act regulating pleadings in civil
actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137
To provide for seizure and sale of equities of
redemption, etc. . .
. . . . . 150 4l:8
To require claimant to d-isclose his title with
claim affidavit . . . . . . . . . ., . . .
150
To provide who may redeem real estate, etc . . 151 761
To amend an Act providing for appointment of
auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 427 716
To provide for proper drawing of wills, deeds,
etc... . . . . . . .
......
152
Requiring judges to write their charges in
certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
152
Allowing affidavits to foreclose liens to be mr.de
before any officer authorized to administer
oaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 310 727
To declare when mortgages on personal prop-
erty shall lake effect . . . . . . . . . . .
215
To repeal an Act declaring promises to pay
attorney's fees void. . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 241
To regulate pleadin,l!s in civil actions . . . . . 230 43()
To prescribe and define the manner of carrying
cases from county courts to superior courts. .
271
To prescribe and rt>gulHte proceedings to sell
real et~tate undt>r mortgage . . . . . . . . .
271
To regulate the manner of obtaining affidavitE!
in judicial proceedings . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Qualification of new members . . . . . . . .
4
Qualifil'.ation of member from Richmond county.
92
(lualification of member from Douglas county.. 105
916
INDEX.
RAILROAD LAWS, ETC.-
A Bill-To create the office of railroad inspector
35
Regulating traffic in railroad tickets . .
100
Relating to sale of mileage books by railroads .
127
To provide for publication of railroad chartera .
144
Requiring electric cars to be provided with suit-
able glass fronts, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
154
Requiring railroads to build stock-guards in cer
tain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
To require railroads to fence their tracks . . .
229
To amend the general railroad law . . . . 256 775 840
Requiring street railway companies to provide
guards and fenders for their cars . . . . . .
255
To regulate sleeping car service . . . . . . . .
427
To require railroads to keep bulletin boards at
all stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
431
To provide for survey and maps of \Vestern and
Atlantic Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . 508 678 696
Revoking grant of right-of-way to Cincinnati
Southern Railway . . . . . . . . . . . 508 530 677
To amend an act to 1egulate freight and passenger
tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 598
Requiring street cars to furnish separate accom-
modations for white and colored passengers 596
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS-
A Bill-To fix the salaries of the members of the Rail-
roads Commission . . .
195
RECEIVERS, TRUSTEES, ETC.-
A Bill-To fix and define the liabilities of receivers, trustees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 166 242 822
To define the duties and liabilities of receivers, trustees, etc. . . . . . . . 113 166 262 822
REDEMPTION L.-\ WS--
A Bill-To provide for redemption of property sold
under execution, etc . . . . . . .
40
REFORMATORYA Bill-To establish a reformatory for juvenile offenders 336
REGISTRATION LAWS-
A Bill-To amend the general registration law
25
To provide for registration in Morgan county
23
INDEX.
917
A Bill-To provide for registration in Stewart county .
33
To provide for registration in Douglas county .
217
To provide for registration of trade marks .
m8
To amend the general registration law .
459 532
RELIEF LAWS-
A Bill-To relieveR. L. Swatts of Pike county . . . . 25 120 132
To relieve Mrs. Jane Clements . . . . 110 146 262 1!01
To refund money to Chas. J. Dobuty . . .
112
To relieve A. T. Lyon, of Stewart county . . . 214 262
To relieve G. W. Chambers . . . . . . . . . 271 631
To relieve Jane Saunders . . . . . . . . . 284 598 733
To relieve A. J. Davis . . . . . . . . . . 319 429
To relieve the North Georgia Agricultural Col lege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 5\16 642
REPORTS-
Of the committee to welcome the President and party 12 13
Of committee to inform the Governor of the reconvening
of the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Of Committee on Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 142
Of the Special Judiciary Committee . . . 32 93 109 124 140 156
163 168 172 174 176 187 188
189 204 265 276 281 295 312
342 403 413 435 436 450 478
499 522 543 554 560 576 589
623 624 628 654 674 706 708
741 800 803 835 836 838 839 864
Of Committee on Corporations . . . . . . . 91 280 299 435 468 548 616 625 790
Of Conference Committees . . . . . . . . . . . 856 860 862
Of General Judiciary Committe3 . . . . . . 92 139 141 164 174
175 189 202 203 224 258 293
313 332 343 412 418 433 495
502 521 522 556 586 587 588
629 649 686 693 721 801 865
Of Committee on Privileges and Elections . . . . . . . 95 141
Of Committee on Pensions . 142 235 276 294 322 421 466 524 576
Of Corumittee on Education . . . . . 101 16(1 215 225 236 28ll.
333 497 526 563 615 622 Of Committee on County Matters, etc. . . . 119 176 2;{6 281 438
498 505 523 574
591 628 638 793
Of Committee on Finance . , . . . . . 143 163 198 223 257 311
401 437 481 503 5~9 561
589 626 671 706 750 803
918
INDEX.
REPORTS- Continued.
Of Special Committee on Revision of the Code .
230
Of Committee on Privileges and Elections . . . .
5 834
Of Special Committee to visit the Girls' Kormal and
Industrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
172
Of Comnittee on Public Library . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Of Committee on Enrollment . . . . . 237 279 282 298 320 32:~ 420 450 466 467 497 i'\05
528 546 560 574 592 625
686 755 756 833 871 883
Of Special Committee to examine and report on obstrnc
tions in Savannah River . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
826
Of Committee on Temperance . . . . . . 268 294 422 i'\26 648
Of Committee on Banks
. . . . . . 275 439 525 554 694
Of Committee on Dedication of Chickamauga National
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277
Of Committee to visit the State University .
296
Of Committee on Roads and Bridges . . . .
311 507
Of Committee on Mines and Mining . . . .
322
Of Committee to recei\'e por~rait of Hon. K. J. Ham
mond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
Of Committee on Arrearages of Lessees . . . . . . . .
333
Of Committee to investigate certain charge3 . .. . . . .
34-1
Of Committee on Railroads . . . . . . 399 401 46.') 492 506 586 627 692 694 804 8BO 838
Of CommittPe on Military Affairs . . . . . . .
404
Of Committee on General Agriculture . . . . . . . 416 529 627
Of Committee on the Penitentiary . . . 420 439 481 6fl3 828 849
Of Committee on Special Agriculture . . . . . . . . . 422 804
Of Special Committee to visit the State Normal School
at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
447
Of Committee on Lunatic Asylum . . . . . . . . . .
465
Of Special Joint Committee to visit the college for colored
students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
493
Of Special Joint Committee to examine and rPport in
regard to the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad .
70i
RIVERS AND CREEKS, ETC.
A Bill-Providing for removal of obstructions from running streams of Elbert county . . . . . . . 7 218 242
To provide for removing obstructions from the streams of Hart County . . . . . . . . . 3:~ 103 llS
To provide for removal of obstructions from t.he streams of Forsyth county . . . . . . . 395 218 261
To provide for removal of obstructions from the streams of Madison county . . . . . . . 407 515 611
INDEX.
919
ROAD LAWS-
A Bill-To prevent the excavation of paved roads . To amend the general road laws of this State .
35 309
765
'TAX LAWS AND TAX OFFICERS-
A Bill-Requiring owners of real estate to return value
of land separate from the improvements
thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114
To repeal an act relative to the duties of Tax
Collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126 308
To repeal an act prescribing the duties of Tax
Collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 308
To require Tax Collectors to keep their offices at
county sitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 30\l
To amend the General Tax Act . . . . . 183 77'2
To exempt certain property of widows from
taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 597
To provide a license tax for the business of
money lending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISO 427
To provide who may redeem land said at tax
sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:307
To fix the official bond of the Tax Receiver of
Bibb county . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 429 458
To tax persons selling refreshments at private
residences or churches. . . . . . . .
512
To amend the Tax Act of 1895-1896 as to ar-
tists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 598 772
To further prescribe the duties of Tax Collec-
tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 5\!5
WITNESSES-
A. Bill--To fix the compensation of witnesses in this
State ..
513
INDEX.
PART II.
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.
ROSOLUTIONS-OF HousE-
A Resolution-Welcoming the President and others.
7S
Of t.hanks for invitations to the Exposi
tion. . . .
24
To relieve W. C. Shore of Habersham
county . . . . . . . . . . 25 598 776
Petitioning Congress to recognize Cuba .
27
Inviting Col. John Harwood of Virginia
to a seat in the House . . . . . . .
3()
For the relief of Willis Field . . . . . 36 410 451
To elect in joint se~sion Sqlicitor-Gen-
eral for Oconee Circuit . . . . . . . .
.39
Providing for payment by the State of her
proportion of expenses for paving West
Cain street . . , . . . . . . . . . 39 426 662
Referring portion of Governor's l.'essage
to a Joint Committee. . . . . . .
89
To print 400 copies of the Governor's
Message. . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
Declaring opposition to a union of Church
and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
105
Providing a Joint Committee in relation
to supervision of mi~demeanor con-
victs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
106
Providing Joint Committee on reduction
of judicial circuits . . . . . . . . .
106
Referring Governor's Message on Blue
Ridge Railroad to a committee . . . .
106
To pay H. W. Thomas for transcribing
records in Secretary of State's office. .
106
Allowing the use of the hall to Temper-
ance Convention. . . . . . . . . .
115
Inviting Chancellor of University to address the General Assembly . . . . 115 163
~22
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A Resolution-Relerring that part of Governor's Message
relating to misdemeanor convicts, etc. .
121
Congratulating the Governor, etc., on the
splendid exhibit of Georgia . . . . .
121
To appropriate money to paint ann repair the roof of the Capitol . . 127 532 670 678 822
To pay Hqn. Columbus Blair mileage and
per diem . . . . . . . . . . 128 165 199 206
Providing for appointment of a commit-
tee to report a penitentiary system . . 128 798
To appropriate $50 to Atlanta Electric
Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 426
To relieve sureties of Brunswick Rtate
Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 217 238
For relief of J. S. McGahee of )lcDuffie
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 166 199
For relief of North Highlands Railroad
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 409
Inviting the State Rchool Commissioner to
address the General Assembly . . . . 18 169
To pay John Fa\er for services . . 177 307 325
Thanking exposition managers for cour-
tesies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
Authorizing pnrchaseof 400 copies of Mc-
Donald's Digest . . . . . . . .
195
Inviting Hon. Chas. F. Crisp to address
the General Assembly . . . . . . . . 196 261
Requesting the Governor to pay certain coupons of N. E. R. R. . . . . . . 196 308 470
To pay Mrs. A. A. Sailors $-50.00 . . . 196 309 729
Authorizing an unexpended balance of
military fund to be transferred on Treasurer's books . . . . . . . . . . . 205 426 614
To relieve the heirs of J. B. Quigly . . .
205
Relating to "Georgia Day" at exposition 208
Requesting a report from the president of
Technological School . . . . . . . . . 212 265
To relieve Mrs. Julia A. Knight . . . 214 426 711
Providing a program for ''Georgia Day" 216
To relieve Jno. M. Williams, of Catoosa
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 426 612
To relieve William Bohler, of Emanuel
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
Appointing a committee to investigate
certain slanders . . . . . . . . . .
254
Invititing the Hon. Hoke Smith to ad
dress the General Assembly . . . . .
265
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923
A Resolution-Allowing supreme vice-president of the
A. P. A. the use of the hall for an ad-
dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
256
To adjourn in order to attend commercial
men's convention, etc . . . . . . . .
2i3
To create a new committee to be known
as the Committee on Commerce . . .
283
Providing for a joint session to receive
certain Governors . . . . . . . . . .
293
Expressive of appreciation of the senti-
ment of non-sectionalism uttered by
Governor Hastings and others . . . .
305
To appropriate money to purchase portrait
of Hon. Robert Toombs . . . . . . 3li 532 717
To relieve the Union Casualty Company 318 426
Inviting Hon. F. G. duBignon to address
the Genera.! Assembly . . . . . . . 325 593
To change assesment of the North High-
lands railroad . . . . . . . . . . . .
325
ReYoking ced~d rights to the United
States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 594 643
Directing the Governor to cause proceed-
ings against the Southern Railway Com
pany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
407
To pay W. S. Thomson $500.00 . . . . .
407
To pay the widow of R. I. G. Blake pen-
sou due her husband for 1893 . . . 407 515 764
To appropriate money for State Board of
Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40i 598
To relieve Atlanta and Chattahoochee
Railway and Collins Park and Belt Rail-
way Company . . . . . . . . . . 407 532 644
To relieve the Brunswick Street Railroad
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 614
Requesting Congress to recognize the in-
dependence of Cuba . . . . . . . . .
409
To pay the committee appointed to exam-
ine the new Code . . . . . . . 424 530 668 820
To relieve Geo. B. Whittaker . . 431 510 739 742
To pay pension to .James R. Kenney . .
476
To authorize Governor and Attorney-
GenP.ral to make final settlement with
W. B. McClatchey . . . . . . . 477 515 714
To ratify certain provisional settlements
made by the Governor and Attorney-
General . . . . 508 531 576
924
INDEX.
A Resolution-To appropriate money to pay the clerk
of committee on privileges and elec-
tions . . . . . . . . . . 509 598 73&
To pay one hundred dollars to the special investigatingcommittee . . . . . 509 594 727
To appropriate money to special commis-
sioners to adjudicate certain controver-
sies relating toW. & A. R. R . . . 509 531 (i75
Relating to a survey of the swamp lands
of this State . . . . . . . . . . . 510 531 598
Inviting Hon. S.D. Bradwell to address
the General Assembly . . . . . . . 510
To pay T. R. Daniel and Wm. Bridges
their pensions for 1893 and 1894 . . 513 594 757
Expressive of opposition to a union of
church and State . . . . . . . . 515 519
To pay M.A. Hardin and C. 8. Northen
for extra service . . . . . 530 631 737
Providing for two sessions daily . . 540
To pay Nancy E. Williams pension for
1891 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 673
To pay the heir at lawof Catharine Cheek
a pension . . . . . . . . . . .
543
To urge Congress to appropriate lands to educcttional purposes . . . . . . . 543 594
Limiting speeches to fifteen minutes . .
593
To relieve J. M. Evitt and others. ' . 594 643
To provide payment for an additional
doorkeeper of the Senate . . . 629 672 766
Instructing codifiers of the laws to incor-
porate therein the several State Consti-
tutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
To purchase a digest of the several State Constitutions . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Requesting the Savannah river to be
stocked with fish . . . . . . . . . .
688
Allowing duplicate specimens of woods,
metals, etc., to be loaned to museums,
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
778
Asking Congress to establish a depart-
ment of commerce . . . . . . . . . .
788
.Asking Congress to purchase the battle-
fields around Vicksburg . . . . . . 794 808
Tq allow the postmistress of the House
three days to complete her work . .
808
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925
A Resolution-Requiring periodical examination of Sa-
vannah river by the fish commissioner. 830
Requesting Congress to establish a de
partment of commerce . . . . . . .
831
Providing a joint committee on adjourn-
ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
857
Of thanks to the Speaker, Hon. Wm. H.
Fleming . .
. ... .... ..
883
Approving the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition . . . . . . . . . .
883
INDEX.
PART III.
SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
SENATE BILLS-
A Bill-To amend an act to carry into effect. paragraph
IS, section 7, article 3 of the Constitution . 14 795
Relating to the attestation and record of foreign
deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
To amend an act granting charters to insurance
companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 315
To amend section 752 of the Code . . . . . 159 444 796
To amend an act approved October 22, 1887 . . 159 290
To amend the charter of Madison . . . . 160 315 408
To amend section 4721 of the Code . . . . 160 222 RIO
To amend the charter of Cartersville . . . 160 315 424
To authorize Augusta to increase its water sup-
ply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 169 329
To regulate practice in the superior court . . 184 536 812
To amend the road laws . . . . . . . . . . .
18,')
To amend section 943(b) of the Code . . . 221 444 812
To apply a certam fund to Douglasville College 221 536
812
To amend section 4424 of the Code .
221
To amend section -!423 of the Code .
2'>'1
To amend section 4422 of the Code .
2J<>
To amend paragraph 1, section 2, article 6 of the
Constitution . . . . .
... .. .. .
222
To require convict-made broows to be stamped
as such . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 222 537 812 831
To repeal the county court act as it applies to
Gwinnett county . . . . . . . . . 303 424 750
To establish ~he city court of Gwinnett county 303 314
752
Providing for selection of a judge in certain
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 315 811
To define the rights of foreign trrn;tees 314 S05 844
To amend section 4625(c) of the Code . . . 314 537 811
'l'o amend section 2005 of the Code . . . . . . 314 536
928
INDEX.
A Bill-To repeal nn act amending section 3910(b) of the
Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
314
To make penal the buying and selling of seed
cotton in Col!lmbia county . . . . . . . 405 616 643
To amend section 9 of im act relating to the
lease of eonvicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 444
Providing that the master shall not by contract
relieve himself of liability to the servant for
damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 536 810
Permitting the discharge of assistant physicians
of penitentiary to the principal physician . .
443
To amend paragraph 4, Eection 2, article 7 of the
Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . .
443
To amend the charter of Macon Savings Bank 443 5is6
615 860
'I'o make prize fighting a felony . . . . . . 443 536 840
To prescribe the time for opening fall term of
Macon public schools . . . . . . . . . . . 443 617
To reorganize the Cherokee and Rome circuits 443 617
To define and apply the law of abatement in
certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
443
To authorize payment of checks, drafts, etc.,
after death of drawer . . . . . . . . . 444 792 843
To regulate sale of domestic wines in towns and
cities of this State . . . . . . . . . . . 444 536 810
To amend section 132H of the Co:Ie . . . . . .
444
To amend the charter of the city of Carrollton 518 617
781 810
To authorize Carrolltm to iEsue bonds. 518 617 790 811
To amend the public school act of Carrollton 518 617
790 811
To amend an act to establish a school for colored people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 616 840
To place the municipal chaingangs nnder supervision of the Governor, etc. . . . . . 535 791 870
To amend section 1978 of the Code . . 535 806 868 To amend section 708 of the Code . . . 535 791 843 To incorporate the town of Elberton . 538 791 820 To regulate the tolling of rice . . . . . 538 791 870 To approve and adopt the new Code of luws 535 599 840 To authorize the if'Sue of State bonds to pay the
maturing debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . !i35 599 796 To authorize the commissioners of Chatham
county to purchase any road where toll is charged . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 616 820
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929
A Bill-To provide for service by publication in certain
cases . . . . ~ . . . . 536 796 805 843
To amend section 2571 of the Code . ; . 536 616 808
To establish a board of medical examiners for
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 805 844
To create a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for Twiggs county . . . .
593
To amend article 7, section 2,paragraph 2 of the
Constitution -. . . . . . . . , . . 607 631 791
To amend section 2 of an act fixing salary of
State Librarian, ete . : , ; . . . 608 790 845
To amend section 4310 of the Code . . . . . . 608 791
To amend the charter of Macon . . . . . . . 608 639
To protect the cemetery reserve in the city of
Macon . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . - 608 639 843
To amend an Act ~o enforce article 3, section 7,
paragraph 18, of the Constitutio-n . . 608 631 635 781
To authorize judges of snperior courts to clear
the court-house of aportion' of 'the audience. 608 805
'
'
'
852
To authorize the hiring of misdemeanor convicts to individuals in certain cases -. 608 791 869
To amend section 3837 of the Code. . . . . 608 806 869 To prohibit non-residents from camp-hunting in
Dade county . . . . . . . . 609 791 820 To amend the charter of Kingston . . . . 609 791 821 To authorize the submission as evidence written
instruments in case of death cir. insanity of subscribers. . . : . . 609 806 869 To make more specific the crime of barratry . 609 806 868 To amend section 1979 of the Code. . . 609 791 868 Requiring banks to make good their capital stock when impaired . . 609 791 869
To declare-officers of towns and cities ineligible to other offices of said cities, etc., during their terms of service . . . 705 781 791 841 850
To establish a court of appeals . . . . . . 721 792 To allow justices and notaries to preside in other
districts than those to which elected or appointed . , . . . . . . . . . 778 805 851 To amend paragraph 1, section 3, article 8, of the Constitution . . . 779 To amend an Act relating to insurance brokers. 779 795 '
806 871 To amend an Act regulating sales of fertilizers 779 806
930
INDEX.
A Bill-To amend an Act regulating inspection, analysis,
and sale of fertilizers . . : . . 779 806 871
Authorizing the GovernQl" to relinquish all
claims of the State to the Blue Ridge and At~ .
!antic R. R. . . . . . 779 792 844 868
Amending an Act authorizing Confederate
soldiers to peddle without license 779 806 870
To repeal paragraphs 8 and 9 of section 1, article
5, of the Constitution . . 780 806 870
To provide for a board of commissioners for
Lumpkin county . . . . . . . 780 792 821
To revise the charter of the town of Bruton . 780 792 821
To establish a new charter for the town of
Statham . . . . . . . . . . 780 791 821
To provide for the sale or lease of the North-
eastern R. R. . . . . . . . 780 806 851
To amend section 4652 of the Code . . . . . 793
To make it penal to wilfully injure the good
standing of females . . . . . . . . . . .
795
To amend the practice relating to motions for
new trials . . . . .. . 795
Conferring upon judges of superior and city
courts jurisdiction to bear motions for new
trial in vacation . . . . . . . 795
To repeal the law defining and regulating court
contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
796
To prescribe the method of changing venue in
certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . .
796
To amend the law in relation to the inspection
of illuminating oils . . . .
805 834
To amend the convict lease Ad.,
820
To amend~the garnishment law.
. 834
INDEX.
PART IV.
SENATE llESOLUTIONS.
RE~LUT10NF-OF SENATE-
A Resolution-Announcing the reconvening of the Senate
6'
Providing Joint Committee to inform the Gov-
ernor of the reconvening of the General As-
sembly . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Providing Joint Committee on Northeas.tern
Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 121
Appointing a committee to visit the State Nor-
mal School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
Providing for a committee on the future mode
of keeping convicts . . . . . . .
222
Providing a committee to ascertain and re-
port what leBBees are in arrears . . . . 222 290
Reopening assessment of Savannah Street
Railroad . . . . . . . . . 223 324
Thanking the Atlanta Bar for the portrait of
Hon. N.J. Hammond . . . . . . . . .
223
Providing a Joint Committee to arrange for
reception of Gov. Hastings of Pennsylvania 272
To reopen assessment of Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company . . . . . . . 303 408 461
1.'o provide a Joint Committee to investigate
State convicts . . . . . . . . 303 815 869 895
To relieve 11. J. Laing, tax-collector of Terrell
county . . . . . . . . . . 460 531 790
To relieve the Brunswick Terminal Railroad
Company . . . . . . . . 778 806 843
Asking appropriation from the U. S. for a
roadway to McPherson Barracks 779 842
Requesting State School Commissioner to have
his address printed . . . 779 793
Providing for bringing up the unfinished
business . . . . 780 793
Authorizing the Governor to accept certain
books . . . . . . . . . . 780 793
Extending thanks to Gen. J.D. McBride . .
794
Authorizing the Governor to borrow money
to supply deficiencies . . . . . . . .
844
Appointing a committee to visit the Girls' Nor-
mal and Industrial College . , . .
687