Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, at the regular session of the General Assembly, at Atlanta, Wednesday, October 26, 1898

JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
At Atlanta, Wednesday, October 26, l898.
ATLANTA. Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer. The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.
1898.

JOURNAL.

ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, October 26, 1898.

The House of Representatives convened according to law at ten o'clock a. m. this day in the ball of the House,. and was called to order by the Hon. Mark A. Harden, the Clerk of the last House.

The following members elect came forward, to whom
the usual oath of office was administered by tlw Honorable
Wm. B. Butt, Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit, to wit: Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwic-k, Bas?, Bennett of l\Iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson,

Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen,. Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry,

Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan,
Elli~.
Emanuel, Erwin, E1erett of Polk, Everett of Stewart,

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JouRNAL OF THE IIousE.

Fain,

Johnson of Appling,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker,

Felker,

Johnson of Bartow,

Fender,

Johnson of Floyd,

Freeman,

Johnson of Lee,

Franklin,

Jones of Burke,

Ford,

Jones of Dougherty,

Fort,

Jordan of Jasper,

Gay,'

Jordan of Pulaski,

George,

King,

Gresham,

Knowles,

Greene,

Lane of Bibb,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Early,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Sumter,

Griffith,

Laing,

Hall,

LaRoache,

Hammett, Hammond,

L1timer1 Lee,

Hamby,

Longino,

Hardin of Liberty, Martin,
Hardin of Wilkes, Mayson,

Hardwick,

Maxwell,

Harrison,

Merritt,

Harris,

Mitchell,

Harrell,

Moore,

Harvard,

Morris,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Hendricks,

McCants,

Henderson of Irwin, McCranie,

Henderson of \Vash't'n~IcDonald,

Herring,

McDonough,

Hill,

McElreath,

Howard,

l\IcFarland,

Hopkins,

McGehee,

Holder,

McLaughlin,

Hosch,

McLennan,

Hutchins,

1\Jcl\lillan,

Jarnagin,

McRae,

Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park, Park, Post,
.Pric~>,
Rawls of Effingham, R'lwls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Rpinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stuart,
Ston~>,
Swifr, Tatn111,
Ta~]m,
Ti:--iug-tt, Timme1 man,

WEDNESDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1898.

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Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Vickers, Wade,

Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Ward, Watkins, White, Williams,

Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Esterlin,

Little.

The next business in order being the election of a Speaker, Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, nominated for that office the Hon. John D. Little, of Muscogee, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Copeland, McLaughlin, Griffin of Twiggs, and others.

The roll of the House was called, and the following members voted for Mr. Little, to wit: Messr\-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black :->f Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan,

Brown of Carroll Bryan, Bush Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel,

Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs,

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.JOURNAL OF THE liOGSE.

Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, li ntchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of B.er, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones oi Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, L'lRoache,

Longino, :Martin, Maxwell. :\Ierritt, Mitchell, Moore, ~I orris, Mullins, :\IcCranie, :\JcDonald, J\1 cDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, :\IcLaughlin, McLennan, Mc:\fillan, McRae, :\ ewt:m, 06letree, Ousley, 0 \erstreet, Pace, Padgett, Park, Pdrk, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil,

Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Rpeer, Starr, Stt1bhs, Sturgis, Stuart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, 'risinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdalp1 Upchurch, Wade, 'Valker of Crawford, "'alker of Union, \Vard, Watkins, White, Williams, Willingham, "'ood, 'Voodall, "'ooten, Yates.

Those not voting were were 1\fessrs.-

Adams, Beauchamp,

Bowen, Bynum,

Erwin, Hardin of Liberty,

WEDNESDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1898.

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Hardwick,

Latimer,

Harvard,

Lee,

Hathcock,

Little,

Henderson of \Vash't'n:\iayson,

Herring,

McCants,

Pate, Reid, Reynolds, Taylor, Yickers.

Mr. Little, of Muscogee, having received 134 votes was declared duly elected Speaker.

On mation of Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, the following committee was appointed to wait upon Mr. Little, inform him of his election as Speaker, and to escort him to the chair, to wit: Messrs. Ellis of Bibb, Hardwick of Washington, and Copeland of Walker.

The committee waited upon Mr. Little, informed him of his election, aud escorted him to the chair.

The next business in order being the se~ction of the -clerk of the House. Mr. Lane, of Bibb, nominated the Ron. John T. Boifeuillet of Bibb.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was taken.

Those voting for Mr. Boifueillet were Messrs.-

Adams, .Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of 1\fitchell,

Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan,

Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook,

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Copeland,

Holder,

Darnell,

Hoech,

Denny,

Hutchins,

Dews,

Jarnagin,

Drawdy,

Johnson of Appling,

Duncan,

Johnson of Baker,

Ellis,

Johnson of Bartow,

Emanuel,

Johnson of Floyd,

Erwin,

Johnson of Lee,

Esterlin,

Jordan of Jasper,

Everett of Polk,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Everett of Stewart, King,

Fain,

Knowles,

Felker,

Lane of Bibb,

Fender,

Lane of Early,

Freeman,

Lane of ~umter,

Ford,

Laing,

Fort,

LaRoache,

Gay,

Latimer,

George,

Lee,

Gresham,

Little,

Greene,

Longino,

Griffin of Greene, Martin,

Griffin o[ Twiggs, Maxwell,

Griffith,

Merritt,

Hall,

Mitchell,

Hammett,

Moore,

Hamby,

Morrie,

Hardin of Liberty, Mt:Cants,

Hardin of Wilkes, McCranie,

Hardwick,

McDonald,

Harrison,

McDonough,

Harrell,

McFarland,

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Henderson of Wasb't'nMcLaughlin,

Herring,

McLennan,

Hill,

Mcl\Iillan,

Howard,

McRae,

Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park, Park, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Upchurch,
Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union,

\VEDNESDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1898.

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Watkins, White, Williams,

Willingham, Wood, Woodall,

Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Bond, Bowen, Dickey, Farmer, Hammond, Harvard, Hathcock,

Hendricks, Hopkins, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Mayson, Mullins, McElreath, Overstreet,

Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Snell, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Yickers, Ward.

The Honorable J no. T. Boifeuillet, having r~ceived 152 votes, was declared duly elected Clerk.

Mr. Bond, of Madison, moved that a committee of three be appointed to notify Mr. Boifeuillet of his election, and to escort him to the Clerk's desk.

The motion prevailed, and the Speaker named as the committee Messrs. Bond of Madison, Chappell of Muscogee, and Lane of Bibb.
The committee retired and returned with the Clerk elect to the desk, whereupon the Speaker administered to him the usual oath of office.

The next business m order being the selection of a Speaker pro tern., Mr. Freeman, -of Coweta, nominated for that office the Hon. A. 0. Blalock of Fayette county.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was taken.

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JouRX.-I.L oF THE HousE.

Those voting for Mr. Blalock were .\lessrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis,

Emanuel, Erwin Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins,

Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of B:utow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, .Tonfs of Dougherty,
Jordan of .rasper,
.Lndan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, L:1ne of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, La Roache, Latimer, Little, Longino, ~I arlin, )Jayson, Maxwell, :\Ierritt, Mitchell, :\Ioore, :\!orris, Mullins, :\IcCranie, McDonald, :\IcDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan,

\YEDXESDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1898.

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::\fd'Iillan, 1\lcRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, 0\erstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park, Post, Priee, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson,
R~>id,
Reynold8, Richardson,

Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, :"tone, Swift,

Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upch1rch 1 'Vade, Walker of Crawford Walker of Gnion 'Vard, Watkins, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, \Vooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.--

Bennett of Pierce, Blalock, Greene. Gresham, Hammond, Hardwick,

Harvard,

Spinks,

Henderson of Wash't'nTaylor,

Lee,

Vickers,

)fcCants,

White,

Park,

Yates.

TLe Hon. A. 0. Blalock, ha,ing received 159 votes, was declared duly elected SpE:'aker pro tern. of the House.

The next business in order being the sE:'Iection of a messenger of the House, Mr. Dews, of Handolph, nominated the Hon. F. l\1. Durham of the county of Bartow.
There being no other nominations, a ballot i'iva roce was taken.

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JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

Those voting for Mr. Durham were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennet of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dew!', Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin,

Everett of Polk,

Jones of Dougherty,

Everett of Stewart, Jordan of Jasper,

Felker,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Fender,

Knowles,

Freeman,

Lane of Bibb,

Ford,

Lane of Early,

Fort,

Lane of Sumter,

Gay,

Laing,

George,

LaRoache,

Gresham,

Latimer,

Greene,

Lee,

Griffin of Greene, Little,

Griffin of Twiggs, Longino,

Griffith,

Mar< in,

Hall,

Mayson,

Hammett,

Maxwell,

Hamby,

Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Harris,

Morris,

Harrell,

Mullins,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Henderson of Wash't'n:\'[cFarland,

Hill,

McGehee,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Holder,

Me Millan,

Hosch,

McRae,

Jarnagin,

Newton,

Johnson of Appling, Ogletree,

Johnson of Baker, Ousley,

Johnson of Bartow, Overstreet,

Johnson of Floyd, Park,

WEDNESDAY, OcToBER 26, 1898.

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Park, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan,

Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, WalK.er of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, White, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Allen, Beauchamp,
Bow~n,
Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Fain, Farmer, Franklin, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty,

Harrisoli, Herring, Hutchins, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, King, McCants, Pace, Padgett,

Pate, Reid, Reynolds, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Tisinger, Vicker!', Wade, Ward.

The Hon. F. M. Durham, having received 148 votes, was declared duly elected Messenger of the House.

The next business in order being the selection of a Doorkeeper of the House, Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, nominated the Hon. J. H. \Villi ford of the county of Fayette.

There being no other nominations a ballot vim voce was taken.

Those voting for Mr. Williford were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson,

Allen, Anderson,

Barron, Barwick,

,JOURNAL Ol' THE liOUSE.

Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bl::lock, Bond, Bowel', Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Felker, Freeman, Ford, Gay, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Har-lwick, Harrell,

Hathcock,
Hendrick!~,
Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, JohnFon of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter,
Lain~?,
Latimer, Little, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, MeElreath, :McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, l\Ic:\Iillan, McRae,

Ousley, Overstreet, Pate, Park, Park, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Reynolds, Richardeon, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stuart, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upt:hurch, Wade, Walker of rnion, Watkins, White, Williams, Willingham, Wooten,

"'\VEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1898.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Erwin, Everett of Stewart., Fain, Farmer, Fender, Franklin, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hall,

Hammett,'

McDonough,

Hammond,

Newton,

Hardin of Liberty, Ogletree,

Harrison,

Pace,

Harris,

Padgett,

Harvard,

Price,

Henderson of Wasb't'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Hill,

Reid,

Hopkins,

Stubbs,

Hutchins,

Stone,

Johnson of Appling, Taylor,

Johnson of Baker, Tisinger,

Johnson of Floyd, Tracy,

Jones of Dougherty, Vickers,

King,

walker of Crawford,

LaHoache,

Ward,

Lee,

'Vood,

1\:Jartin,

Woodall,

~Iullins,

Yates.

The Hon. J. H. Williford having received 109 votes was declared duly elected Doorkeeper of the House.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Jfr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the following resolution, m
which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :

Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House be appointed to notify the Governor that the General Assembly is now organized and ready to receive any communication he may desire to make, and has appointed

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

on the part of the Senate Messrs. Morrison of Thirtyfourth, Terrell of Thirty-sixth, and Hand of Eighth.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has organized by the election of the Hon. "\V m. A Dodson, of the county of Sumter, as, President; the Hon. J. Render Terrell, of the county of Meriwether, as President pro tempore; the Hon. Charles S. N orthen, of the county of Fulton, as Secretary; the Hon. R. E. Wilso~, of the county of Murray, as Doorkeeper, and the Hon. Flynt Hargett, of the county of Harris, as Messenger, and is now ready to proceed with the business vf the session.

Mr. Bond of Madison, moved that the House concur in the joint resolution of the Senate relative to notifying the Governor that the General Assembly was organized and ready for business, which motion prevailed.

The Speaker appointed the following as the committee from the House under said resolution, to wit: Messrs. Freeman, Allen of Baldwin, Ford, Rogers of Marion, and McLaughlin.

The following joint resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit :

By l\Ir. Stone of Walton-
Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the House and Senate convene in joint session on to-morrow,

wEDNESDAY, OcTOBER 26, 1898.

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Thursday, the 27th inst., at 11 o'clock a.m., for th~ pur-:-pose of opening the returns of the State election and dedaring the result.

The following resolutions were introduced, read and :adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of seven to select a chaplain.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A resolution providing for the appointment of pages as they were under the rules of the last House.

By Mr. Freemap of Coweta-
A resolution directing the Clerk to notify the Senate that the House is now organized and ready for business.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing fi>r the appointment of a committee to report rules fvr the government of the House; and providing further that pending the report of said committee, the rules of the House of 1896 and 1897 be adopted.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution authorizing the appointment by the Speaker of two assistant doorkeepers.
2h j

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A resolution requesting the State Librarian to furni&h each member of the House for their use during the session. of the General Assembly a copy of the Code of 1895.

The Speaker announced the following as the committee,_ provided for under the resolution of Mr. Calvin of Richmond, to nominate a chaplain, to wit: Messrs. Calvin,. Duncan, Adams, Ellis, Speer, Denny and Morris.

Mr. Calvin moved that the members of the House with- draw for the purpose of drawing for seats in the hall.

Mr. Hall, of Bibb, offered as an amendment to the motion of Mr. Calvin, that Messrs. Calvin, Harrison, Esterlin, Bell and Richardson of Hart, be permitted to l'le Iect their choice of seats without drawing for same.
The amendment was agreed to.

Upon motion of Mr. Knowles, of Fulton, the matter of members drawing for seats in the hall was made the special order for to-morrow morning immediately after the read-ing of the Journal.

On motion of Mr. Calvin, the House adjourned until ten o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

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THURSDAY, OcTOBER 27, 1898.

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ATLANTA, GA.,.
THURSDAY, October 27, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at ten o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and:
opened with prayer by the Rev. C. S. Wright.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names, to wit, Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, AIJen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bt>auchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bt>ll of Spalding, Black of DawRon, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond. Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin,

Carter, Castleberry, ChappeiJ, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, E,erett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,

George, Gresham, Greene, Gr:ffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Harden of Liberty. Harden of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch,

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Jol:RNAL OF THE HousE.

Hutchins,

McDonald,

Sloan,

Jarnagin,

McDonough,

Smith of Hall,

.Johnson of Appling, McElreath,

Smith of Hancock,

Johnson of Baker, McFarland,

Snell,

Johnston of Bartow, McGehee,

Spinks,

Johns ,n of Floyd, McLaughlin,

Speer,

Johnson of Lee,

McLennan,

t;tarr,

Jones of Burke,

McMillan,

Stubbs,

Jones of Dougherty, McRae,

Sturgis,

Jordan of Jasper, Newton,

Stewart,

Jordan of Pulaski, Ogletree,

Stone,

King,

Ousley,

Swift,

Knowles,

Overstreet,

Tatum,

Lane of Bibb,

Pace,

Taylor,

Lane of Early, .

Padgett,

Thinger,

Lane of Sumter,

Pate,

Timmerman,

Laing,

P.trk,

Tracy,

LaRoache,

Park,

Turner of Henry,

Latimer,

Po~t,

Turner of Rockdale,

Lee,

Price,

Upchurch,

Longino,

Rawls of Effingham, 'Vade,

Martin,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Walker of Crawford,

Mayson,

Reid,

Walker of Union,

Maxwell,

Reynolds,

watkins,

Merritt,

Richardson,

Wl..iteley,

Mitchell,

Rogers,

Williams,

Moore,

Rose,

Willingham,

Morris,

Rudicil,

Wood,

Mullens,

Simpson,

Woodall,

McCants,

Singletary,

'Vooten,

McCranie,

Slaton,

Yates,

Those absent were Messrs.

Mr. Speaker.

Esteriin,

Hopkins.

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

THuRSDAY, OcTOBER 27, 1898.

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The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three to ascertain and report what person is legally entitled to the seat as representative from the county of Macon.

The Speaker named as such committee Messrs. Hall of Bibb, Slaton of Fulton, and McLaughlin of Meriwether.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House Resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session, Thursday, Oe:tober 27th, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of opening the returns of the State election and declaring the result.

Mr. Calvin, Chairman of the Committee on the selection of a Chaplain flJr the House, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The committee charged with the duty of selecting a Chaplain of the House have instructed me to report as their choice for that position, the Rev. Casper S. Wright.
Respectfully submitted. MARTIN V. CALVIN, Chairman.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing that until otherwise ordered the session of this House shall be as follows:

Meet at 10 o'clock a.m.

Adjourn at 1 o'clock p.m.

On motion of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the following members were permitted to choose their seats without retiring and drawing for same: Messrs. Rawls, Fain, Dews, and Lane of Early.

The House proceeded to dispose of the special order; and accordingly all members save those by previous resolution excepted retired from the hall and drew for seats on the floor of the House.

This being done, the House resumed its business.

The hour of 11 o'clock a.m. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session convened for the purpose of opening the returns and declaring the result of the recent election for Governor and State-house officers, was called to order by the Hon. Wm. A. Dodson, President of the Senate.

The Clerk read the resolution under which the joint session was convened.

THURSDAY, OcToBER 27, 1898.

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As tellers on the part of the House to assist in the -count of the votes, the Speaker named Messrs. Copeland .and Bower.

The President of the Senate, named on the part of the :Senate, Senator Brannen.

Mr. Bond asked for leave of absence on account of the :sickness of his wife which was granted.

The Tellers, with the assistance of the Secretary and .Clerk, proceeded to open the returns.

On motion of Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, the joint session was dissolved to reconvene at five minutes past three .()'clock this afternoon.
:
The Senate having retired the House was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved that when the House adjourn, it adjourn to meet at three o'clock this afternoon.

The motion prevailed.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until three o'clock p. m.

3 O'clock, p.m.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

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Mr. Beauchamp of Pike, moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.;

The Speaker announced the following Committee on Rules: Me;;srs. Calvin of Richmond, Freeman of Coweta, Bell of Forsyth, Chappell of Muscogee, Denny of Floyd, Blalock of Fayette, Brandon of Fulton, Ellis of Bibb, and Allen of Baldwin.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:

A resolution providing for a committee to ascertain what judicial officers are to be elected by the present General As!'embly, and have appointed on the part of the Senate Messrs. Underwood and Steed.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, Chairman of the committee to examine the returns for member of the House from the county of Macon, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

The committee appointed to investigate the returns in the office of the Secretary of State and report to the House what person was elected Representative from the county of Macon to this House, submit the following report : 'Ve find, upon an examination of the election returns from the

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various election precincts in the county of Macon, at the election held on the first Wednesday in October for Rep:. resentative, that J. J. Esterlin received three hundred and forty-six votes, F. T. Rape, two votes, and F. C. Keen, -one vote. We, therefore, find that J. J. Esterlin is entitled to a seat in this House as a Representative from the county of Macon, and recommend that he be seated.
JOSEPH H. HALL, Chairman. B. F. McLAUGHLIN, JNO. M. SLATO~.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the report of the committee to investigate the returns from Macon county as to the election of its Representative was adopted.
The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate to make arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies.

An invitation was presented by the Speaker, and read, from a committee of the Oratorical Association of the State University inviting the members of the House to be present at the State _Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest in Atlanta on the evening of October 29th, 1898.
On motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, the invitation was accepted.

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The hour of 3:05 o'clock having arrived, the Senate .appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session held for the purpose of continuing the count and declaring the result of the recent election for Governor and State House officers was called to order by the Hon. W m. A. Dodson, President of the Senate.

The tellers resumed the consolidation of the returns.

The count of the vote of the State for Governor and :State House officers was completed with the following result:

For Governor Hon. Allen D. Candler received 117,455 votes.
For Governor Hon. J. R. Hogan received 50,841 vot~s.

Whereupon the Hon. Allen D. Candler, of Hall, was (}eclared duly elected Governor.

For Secretary of State Hon. Phil. Cook received 118,818 votes.

For Secretary of State. Hon. L. 0. Jackson received 49,080 votes.
Whereupon the Hon. Philip Cook was declared duly elected Secretary of State.

For Comptroller-General Hon. W. A. Wright received 118,902 votes.
For Comptroller-General Hon. Ben Millikin received 48,925 votes.

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Whereupon the Hon. W. A: Wright was declared duly ~lected Comptro11er-Genera1.
For Treasurer Hon. W. J. Speer received 118,999 votes.
For Treasuror Hon. J. H. Traylor received 49,112 votes.
Whereupon the Hon. W. J. Speer was declared duly elected Treasurer.
For Attorney-General Hon. J. M. Terre11 received 119,078 votes.
For Attorney-General Hon. Felix N. Cobb received 49,056 votes.
Whereupon the Hon. J. M. Terre11 was declared duly elected Attorney-General.
For Commissioner of Agriculture Hon. 0. B. Stevens received 118,846 votes.
For Commisssoner of Agriculture Hon. A. H .. Ta11y received 48,861 votes.
Whereupon the Hon. 0. B. Stevens was declared duly ~lected Commissioner of Agriculture.
For State School Commissioner Hon. G. R. Glenn received 117,854 votes.
For State School Commissioner Hon. B. M. Zettler received 4~,360 votes.

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Whereupon the Hon. G. R. Glenn was declared duly elected State School Commissioner.

For Prison Commissioner Hon. J. S. Turner received 118,699 votes.

For Prison Commissioner Hon. J. S. Davitte received 49,231 votes.

'Vhereupon the Hon. J. S. Turner was declared duly
elected Prison Commissioner.

On motion of Mr. Copeland of Walker, the joint session was dissolved, and the Senate retired.

The Senate having retired, the House was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Laing of Terrell, moved that the House concur in the Senate joint resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee to investigate what judicial officers are to be elected by the present General Assembly, which motion prevailed.

The Speaker named the following as the committee on the part of the House under the resolution : Messrs. Laing of Terrell, Moore of Carroll and Park of Greene.

The Speaker announced the :iOllowing committee under the resolution by Mr. Slaton of Fulton, to make arrangements for the inaugural, to wit : Messrs. Knowles of Fulton, Smith of Hall, Johnson or Hall, Emanuel of Glynn, and Reynolds of Richmond.

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The following communication was received from his Excellency the Governor, through his private secretary, Mr. Calloway, to wit:

.Jfr. Speaker:

I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing.

Upon motion of Mr. Freeman of Coweta, the same was ordered to be read.

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MESSAGE
STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE OFFICE,
ATLANTA, GA., Oct. 26, 1898.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly of Georgia : In obedience to the requirement of law, I send this
communication to inform you of such transactions since the adjournment of your predecessors in office as may better enable you to discharge your duties as members of the General Assembly ; and make to you such recommendations as will, in my opinion, aid in the perfection of our laws and promote the growth of our material interests.
The reports from each of the regular Departments of the Government, as well as from each of our eleemosynary and educational institutions, will be printed and furnir,hed to each of you. Coming, as these reports do, from men of recognized ability, who are thoroughly acquainted with the subjects discussed, I cannot too earnestly urge upon you the importance of giving careful consideration t(} every recommendation made.
ELECTION OF JUDGES AND SOLICITORS-GENERAL BY THE PEOPLE.
The amendment to the Constitution proposed by the General Assembly, provid!ng f.Jr the election of Judges and Rolicitors-General by the people, was in acc,Jrhnc&

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with the law submitted to the people at the general election this year, and ratified at the polls. On ascertaining the result of the election, I issued my proclamation declaring the result, and the proposed amendment became a part of the fundamental law of the State.

SPECIAL ATTORNEY WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
For a number of years the State has employed a Special. Attorney to look after questions arising in connection with. the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and to represent theState in the settlement of a ~umber of disputes which had, arisen as to rights-of-way. Having arrived at the conclusion that this office should not be a permanent one, in theearly part of this year I entered into a contract with Ron .. W. A. Wimbish, Special Attorney, in which it was agreed that for t~e amount appropriated as salary for this year,. he should dispose of all unfinil>hed business. This contract is now of file in the Executive Office. I, therefore,. recommend that there be no further appropriation madefor the payment of the salary of the Special Attorney of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Whatever legal busi. ness may arise in connection with this property can hereafter be done by the Attorney-General.
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Early in July I received an official communication from the State Treasurer, in which he informed me that, in order to carry out the law providing for the quarterly payment

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of the salaries of teachers, it would be necessary for the State to borrow two hundred thousand dollars. This con~ clition of the Treasury wa3 due to the fact that the increase in the appropriation for common school purposes of four hundred thousand dollars wou!d not reach the Treasury until the collection of the taxes for this year, and would not likely be available until some time in December. ,It became necessary, therefore, for me to decide whether it would be better to ignore our obligations to pay the teachers quarterly, or to exercise the authority given me by the last General Assembly to borrow money and meet the demands promptly. I reached the conclusion that it would be better for the State to pay the interets upon this amount than to ignore the obligation to the teachers and require them to discount, at ruinous rates, their claims against the State. Fortunately, the condition of the Treasury was such that we did not need the entire four hundred thousand dollars, and by making a loan of two hundred thousand dollars, anticipating the revenue which would come in on the collection of the fall taxes, we could meet every demand. I, therefore, went to New York and secured a loan of two hundred thousand dollars
at the very low rate of 2! per cent. per annum. 'Ve had
on hand one hundred thousand dollars, known as the sinking fund, accumulated for the purpose of paying the public debt, which, under our constitution, could not be used for any other purpose, and consequ~ntly was not available to pay the teachers. We had a right to place this money in any one of the State depositories. In the exercise of this right I left it on deposit with banks which

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:agreed to pay for the use of the loan the amount which the State contracted to pay. The State, therefore, while borrowing two hundred thousand dollars, paid interest on -only one hundred thousand dollars at two and a half per -cent. per annum, and the banks having on deposit the sinking fund paid the interest on the other one hundred thou. sand.

CHICKAMAUGA MONUMENT.
I regret exceedingly to be obliged to report to you that the monument for which the State bas made au appropriation, to be erected on Chickamauga battle-field, bas not been completed. The reasons for this will appear from the report of the Board having the work in charge. I am confident, however, it will be completed and ready fordedication in the early part of 1899, and respectfully recommend that you take such action as you may deem proper to provide for the ceremonies of the dedication.

TROOPS FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
On April 22d the President of the United States called upon the State of Georgia to furnish, for service in the Spanish-American war, two regiments of infantry and two batteries of light artillery; and on May 26th another call was made for one regiment of infa~try. On the receipt of the call, I at once isEued my proclamation calling for volunteers, and am gratified to report that both calls were responded to with commendable promptness. Under the first call we were the third of the original thirteen States, the
3h j

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ninth of all the States of the Union, and the first of theSouthern States, in completing our organization and turning them over to the Federal government. The people of Georgia fiave reason to be proud of the character of the men and officers furnished by this State in response to the calls made upon it. These were splendid bodies of men,. which, I do not believe, could be surpassed by any volunteer soldiers in the world.

EXPENSE OF ORGANIZING THE TROOPS.

Soon after the declaration of war, the Federal govern-ment declined to furnish a regular army officer to assist the State in the office of Adjutant-General, as had been done for a number of years. On this account, and because of the large increase of the work incident to organizing the military forces, it hecame necessary for me to employ some one to aid in the Adjutant-General's department. Colonet W. G. Obear, an able and experienced militia officer, was employed at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, which was paid out of the military fund. This. employment has continued up to the present. There was necessarily a large expense to be incurred in raising the troops, and the problem was presented to. me of determining from whence this fund should. be derived. On account of the expense which would' have been incurred by so doing, it was not consideredadvisable to convene the General Assembly and ask for an appropriation for this purpose; and it was, therefore, determined to use the fund appropriated by the State for-

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military purposes. Itemized accounts of the amounts expended have been carefully kept by the Adjutant-General's Department, and will in a few days be in a condition to be presented to the Federal government for payment. Most of the expense incurred in organizing the troops will be refunlled to the State by the United States government in a very short time.

TilE STATE MILITIA.
The State militia organizations were so much impaired this year by having taken from them officers and men who entered the volunteer forces of the United States, that it was deemed advisable not to have the usual State encampment. In the organization of the volunteer force of the United States, furnished by this State, the militia proved an invaluable source from which to draw officers and men. The experience acquired in the service of the State Militia proved to have been of incalculable value to the forces furnished by this State, under the call of the national government. My experience, however, while organizing this national force, has convinced me that it is of the utmost importance that the laws governing the militia organizations be revised and radical changes made therein.
I respectfully urge that your committee on military affairs take this subject under consideration and ask for the pas~ age of the needed legislation. I hope your body will coutinue its aid to the State Militia. When reorganized under such new legislation as may be bad, it will be of more yalue than ever before in preserving peace, enforcing obedience to law, and furnishing a source from which a volunteer army may be quickly raised in time of war.

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PENITENTIARY DEPARTMENT.

Pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly approvetl December 21st, 1897, I appointed, on the date. named, as Prison Commissioners, the following gentlemen, viz.: lion. Clement A. Evans, of the county of Fulton; Hon. Jacob L. Beach, of the county of Glynn, and Hon. Jose11h S. Turner, of the county of Pt:tnam, who immediately qualified, gave the bond required by said act, and entered upon the discba1ge of their duties.
For full information as to the work of this department, I refer you to their report, which has been written and laid upon your desks.
Referring to but one portion of this report, it will be seen that the misdemeanor convicts have, by virtue of the authority conferred upon the Commission, been brought under direct State supervision and that satisfactory progress has been made toward bringing all misdemeanor camps up to a uniform standard.
All private chaingangs have been abolished, and a large majority of the convicts are now being worked upon the public roads, much to their improvement, and the ultimate benefit of the counties so using them.

NORTH EASTERN RAILROAD.
The last General Assembly conferred upon the Governor authority to se~l the Xorth Eastern Railroad whenever he thnught advisable.
I have n()t off'eted this property for sale, because I did not <leem it advisable in the present condition of the

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country, but I feel sure that soon a sale can be perfected, in compliance with the conditions imposed, for as much as or more than the amount of the bonded debt for which the State is 1iable.
For full details of the managemr.nt of this property I refer you to the report of Hon. R. K. Reaves, State Agent, in charge, which will be printed and laid before you.

OMAHA EXPOSITION.
In compliance with a resolution of the General Assembly, approved December 18, 1897, authorizing the Governor to appoint a committee of fifteen citizens, to secure au exhibit of the products and resourcee of the State of Georgia at the Traus-Miseissippi-and International Exposition, I appointed the following named gentlemen thereon:
Hons. W. J. Northen, C. E. Harmon, w. A Hemphill,
F. H. Richardson, J. B.S. Thompson, and Geo. C. Smith, of the county of Fulton; J. F. DeLacy, of the county of Dodge; Edwin Brobston, of the county of Glynn; ltV. A. Knowles, of the county of Floyd; Thos. K. Scott, of the county of Richmond; Geo. Ketchum and J. F. Hanson, of the county of Bibb; H. M. Comer and P. A. Stovall, of the county of Chatham.
These gentlemen, at a great personal sacrifice of time and money, ,secured and placed in position at Omaha a magnificent exhibit which has attracted the attention and admiration of thousands of visitora, and which, it is expected, will be productive of much good to the State.

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PENSIONS.
It has become the just, humane and settled policy of the State to pay pensions to Confederate soldiers and their widows, where the circumstances justify it. Since 1866 all legislative action has tended to that end, and on three several occasions the question has been submitted to the people, and each time by a practically unanimous vote they have amended the Constitution for that purpose. It is a patriotic and noble spirit which inspires and puts in active operation the discharge of this obligation.
In legislating for that purpose such restrictions should he kept in view as will tend to keep the pension roll as a roll of honor. No exact statement can be made of the number of soldiers Georgia furnished the Confederate cause, 1:-ut conservative estimates put the number at 125,000, and there are less than 10 per cent. of that number of pensioners on our rolls, while the Federal pension rolls show nearly 1,000,000 names, approximating the number in the entire Federal army.
The above comparison is made to show the danger of imprudent or unwise legislation, and not in any sense to restrict payments so as not to reach those justly entitled.
In extending aid to indigent and disabled Confederate soldiers the State has adopted the policy uf paying direct to the beneficiary the money appropriated for his benefit. To show what Georgia and other States Lave done and are doing for the old 8oldiers, the table below is submitted. The figures, except for Georgia, are for 1897 :

-

-- --

GENERAL PBNSIOXS.

SoLDIERS' HoME.

--- ---- -
ToTAL.

-

I I Number.

Paid. No. Inmates. Paid.

Number.f Paid.

=1-3
c::

. . . . . . A ~abama . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A rknnsas

0



0

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F or;da 0 0 o I o
G lorgia



0

0



0

K ~ntucky 0

0

0

I

I

oI

0

0

I

I

I

I

o

7,105 1,336
601
10,390 None.

$ 116,532
35,000 65,000 609,520
ooI o0 I

None. $ ...

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7,105

0



0

None.

None.

0



. . 0



Estimated.

7,105 $
1.385
600

1'1:1

116,532 42,105 65,000

00
t:::l
~~

. ..... 10,390

609,520

None.

EstimatP.d.

0
a
~

L misiana ... o I I 0 0 I I I 0

None.

0I

0

I

I

I

70

Estimated.

10,000

70

Estimated.

10,000

0 b:l

to;l

Maryland . . .

None.



0



0

0



. . . sM ississi ppi . . . . . .
N >rth Carolina . . .

0

. . . 0



0

,uth Carolina ....

4,714

. . . . . . . . . T 'nnessee .

537

75,000 105,000 100,000 59,940

'
v

~xas . rginia

........

.













None. 3,541



0



110,800

75

0



0



67

Nun e.

100

175

246

. . .10.,5.00.
R,500

0



8,5<.'0

38,258

30,000

75

. . . . . .



0

4,714 637 175
3,787

10,500 1'1:1

75,000 t-:)

113,500 ~-..(

1CO,OOO 68,440

......
00

38,258 e.o

140,800 00

-----

-

Paid by all States . . . . . $ 1,389,175 Paid by Georgia . $ 609,520
Paid by all other States 780,135- 1,389,175

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It will also be remembered that it is provided by law~

that such Confederate soldiers as cannot support them-

selves, by reason of poverty and infirmity, shall re<'e!ve {t)od

and clothing from the county authorities (see Section 432 Vol. 1, Code 1895) and thus they may supplement the~

amount paid by the State. Besides on the Eame line by

the Act of 1897, page 24, no license for peddling can be-

demanded of any dil'ahled or indigent ex-Confederate soldier, and in some instances they are exempt from poll tax,~

as provided in Section 766 Vol. 1, Code 1895.

The following table shows payment of pensions during

my administration, and two years previous:

Number.
For 1893 __ ~ ---------- ... ~----- 7,290

Paid.
$429,080

" "

1894------- --------- ---- 7,232 1895 ____________________ 7,308

424,820 426,340

" 1896-------------------- 9,291

5-15,140

" 1897 -------~- ~----------~10,445

57:3,460

" 1898 ~~ ------- ---- ~. -- - --- .1 0,390

609,520

There are now pending in the Pension Office 2,715

claims, of wbich, probably 1,000 under the proofs are en-

titled to be paid; and to cover such payments $60,000

sh(Juld be appropriated for 1899 in addition to the sum.

appropriated for 1898.

FEE SYSTEM.

I am persuaded that the interest of the State will be

conserved by abolishing tlu'l fee system, and suggest the

passage of a law providing a different method d compen-



sation for our public offi(ials. All officers who are eom-

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pensated in this way should be required to keep an itemized account of their receipts, and make return thereof under oath. A maximum limit ought to be fixed, and receipts in excess of this limit covered into the Treasury. The limitation should be sufficiently liberal, however, to secure the service;; of our best men, and I apprehend no difficulty in adjusting the new system so as to satisfy all requirements. I commend the matter to your serious attention.

BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
Another step in the direction of retrenchment which I would propose, is an amendment to the Constitution providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature. Heretofore much of the time of our assembly meetingi'J has been taken up in balloting for Judges and Solicitors, but now that the Constitution bas been so amended as to require t~e election_ of these officials by the people, ample time will be allowed for the purposes of needful legislation within the period now fixed for a single session-fifty days. This change will result not only in a net saving to the State of $70,000 for the ~ession dispensed with, but will have a good effect in other respects. Annual sessions are prolific of much needless legislation, and too much legislation has a disturbing effect upon business and commercial affairs. All States of the Union, except Georgia and five others, now have biennial sessions, and the experiment has proven so satisfactory, that it will be only a question of a short time when the plan will be adopted also in the States

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to which I have referred. It is not necessary to hold a constitutional convention in order to give practical effect to this suggestion. It can be accomplished more directly and at less expense by amending our present organic law, in the usual way. Con\entions are expensive, both in the matter of primary deliberation and in the subsequent legislation necessary to make our laws conform to the requirements of the new instrument. 'Vhen a change in our fundamental law becomes necessary, it can be doue just as effectively by amendment, and at a cost comparatively trifling. Numerous arguments can be adduced in favor of the proposed change, but it is not necessary to appeal to your intelligence by such a course of reasoning. The advantages to be derived are so obvious that specification would be useless.

TAX ON INHERITANCES.
As a means of adding to the State's revenue, I recommend the imposition of a tax on inheritances, Jirect as well as collateral. Other States have set us a good example on this line, which we would do well to follow. A measure providing for a levy of this sort would, I believe, receive the approbation of the people, and aJd materially to the State's revenue.
EDUCATION.
The State has made most gratifying progress in matters affecting its educational advancement. Perhaps never before in the history of Georgia has there been such widespread interest in the cause of popular education. The

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Legislature, in answer to the demands of the people, has made liberal appropriations for the support of all our -schools. These large investments that the State is annually making for the education of the masses, will yield larger returns than the State could derive in any other way. The problem before us as a people is to make our own -ehildren capable of developing our own resources. It is -extremely gratifying to me to note the steady and rapid improvement in our educational conditions.
The pnblic school term has been lengthened from one -hundred days to one hundred and thirty. The public school fund has grown from $937,871.12 in 1894, to .11,640,381 .00 in 189R. Within the same length of time we have added to our teaching force one thousand teachers, who have been professionally trained in Normal schools. The enrollment of children of school age in the common schoolt-l bas also largely increased over the enrollment of previous years. The building of new and comfortable modern school-houses is steadily going on in all parts or the State. The two Normal schools supported by the State-the Georgia Normal and Industrial School at Mil\ledgeville and the State Normal School at Athens-have -been taxed to their utmost capacity to make room for the .pupils that apply for entrance in both institutions. During the present year, indeeJ, a large number of applicants have been denied admission in both of these schools for lack of room. Teaching is no longer au avocation. It is now a profession, and teachers who are wanted -everywhere are those who have Lad professional training. These two schools, there:fi)re, that are providing pr0fes-

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sional training to our teachers, deserve the liberal support that the Legislature has provided.
We have come to a time when practical education is demanced for the changed conditions that confront us. Our children must be taught in the schools to do what the world wants done. Most of the manual labor of the future will be done with a machine. This will be true, not only of the manufactory and workshop and printing house, but it will be true to a large extent on the farm as well. 'Ve have come to the age of the machine. Such changes should be made, therefore, in the courses of study in our common schools as will broaden the foundation of popular education, by including such industrial branches as the time._.,. demands of us.
The addition of training like this for industrial pursuits. in all our schools, will hasten the day when Georgia will work into manufactured products all of the raw material that the State produces. The State can never reach that proud place of independent sovereignty that she should hold, in fact as well as name, until she has made the children of all her people independent and intelligent producers of wealth, and nniil there is not only no badge of reproach for honest toil, but everywhere in every department of human endeavor, respect and honor and remunerative rewards for well-diversified and intelligent labor.

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
The rapid advance of all nations in industrial and mechanical lines directs attention to the conditions existing in Georgia for the cultivation of natural resources and

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scientific talent. The State should provide the means for enabling Georgians to fill the ml>st remunerative positions in the material advancement of the State. The heads of industrial enterprise~ and the high r-:alaried men in our manufacturing establishments should be natives, and not, as is often the case, residents of foreign countries and other sections.
By giving our young men the opportunity to obtain practical and scientific education of high grade in the different fields of Engineering and lndusttial Science, we continually add to the population a class of citizens, familiat with our resources, cap:tble of organizing manufac._\Uring plants, and qualified to increase the wealth and importance of the State. In view of these factH, I recommend for your continued support the Georgia School of Technology. Its thorough courses and the excellent records of its graduates are commanding the attention and admiration of every Southern State. The dormitory built by the State is inadequate for the accommodation of
the hundreds or boys who desire to attend the school at
cheap rates and under wholesome regulations. I recommend that you appropriate money for another
dormit0ry, as the present buildings are now too crowded for comlort and health.
As the attendance at the school has been more than doubled in the past few years, I recommend such increase in the maintenance fund as yon may find necessary.
In my last message I recommended the establishment, in the school, of a Department of Textiles, and the General Assembly app.ropriated $10,000.00 for such purpose,

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provided friends of the school would give an equal amount in money or equipment.
I am gmtified to announce that donations have been, made as follows:
In cash ....................... $10,221.65 In Machinery........................ 12,000.0(}-

Total. .............................. $22,221.65-
A list of the donors and the amounts given are appended to this message.
The most important donation was made by Mr. Aaron French, a citizen of Pittsburg, Pa., who became an interested patron of the school through his friendship with, President Lyman Hall.
Mr. Oscar Elsas, Vice-President of a large manufacturing firm in Atlanta, and an ex-student of the school, rendered valuable services in securing donations of machinery. Both of these gentlemen desel"\'e the thanks of the people of Georgia.
Including the donations and the State's appropriation the Textile Department will have an equipment in building and machinery of $32,000 00, and in the line of Cotton Textiles, it will have no superior. At one-third the cost, Georgia has secured this equipment fi>r the instruction of her sons and daughters in designing, weaving, dyeing~, etc., of our great staple whose manufacture has heretofore enriched other sections of the country. It isGeorgia's duty tQ provide liberally for the support of this. Department.

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THE UNIV.ERSITY.

I recommend the continuation of the State's support of the University.
The intellectual supremacy of a people is the key to prosperity and material greatness, and the University of the State, if properly supported, will continue to add to the growth and greatness of the State. I advise that the excellent dormitory system now existing at the School oi Technology be provided for at the University, so that young men of limited means may obtain the advantages oi the institution at small cost and that parents may feel that their sons are under the continual guardianship and protection of the authorities.

SCHOOL BOOKS QUESTION.
I would again invite your attention to the importance of legislation looking to a reduction of the cost of school books used in the Public Schools of this State, and urgeupon your body the growing necessity for action thereon.
In this connection I refer you to the special message on this subject which I had the honor of laying before thelast General Assembly. In that message I submitted some comparative figures that are worth considering in this connection, to wit :
The following statement presents clearly the comparative cost of our Code published upon State's account underthe competitive bid system and what we are actually paying for the school books used by our children in the pub. lie schools.

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CODE.
Three volumes of Ga;Yrgia .Code, containing 1,-
500,000 words, cost_ ____ , ___ ---------$ 4 00

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Five School books, containing 659,000 worJs,

cost------------------------------- 1 88

Five School books, containing 215,000 words,

cost _________ . ___________ . ____

4 00

The cost of printing the same number of words in school-books as in the Code, would be__ 9 52

In this calculation I have not computed the compensa-

tion which must be paid to authors nor other necessary ex-

penses which will readily suggest themselves to yon. On

the other hand, it must be borne in mind that only a few

thousand copies of the Code were printed, while school

hooks are issued by the hundred~ of thousand~ and their

_ printing should, therefore, cost less.

ANOTHER COMPARISON.
At my request, one of the best equipped and reliable publishing houses in the State has furnished me the following statement showing what is now being paid for school books in Georgia, and at what price it would be willing to print the same books in lots of one hundred thousand:

BOOK.

PUBLISHER.

PUB. PRICE

wentworth's Practical Arith-

PRICE. BID.

metic ............................. Ginn & Co ............400 pp.$ .65 $ .18

Third Reader ....................Ginn & Co ........... 256 pp. .40 .12

First Book in American His-

tory (Eggleston) .............. American Book Co 224 pp. .60 .11

Swinton';; word Primer ..... American Book Co 96 pp. .15 .04

Sanford's Higher An. Arith-

metic .............................. American Pub. Co 160 pp. 1.00 .24

Graves' New GradedSpeller..Ginn & Co ............ 160 pp. .25 .10

McGuffey's Third Eclectic

Reader ............................ American Book Co 208 pp. .40 .14

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This company is able and willing to take the contract to publish at the prices named and give bond to comply with their contract.
You <'an add to these prices a fair royalty to be paid to the author and draw your own conclusions as to whether or not we are being made to pay an unreasonable and unjust tribute .to a lordly trust.
I submit to you the conRideration of the question, with the confident belief that you possess the wisdom to dis()ern and the courage to apply the remedy.

BALLOT REFORM.
For some years past there has been considerable dis()Ussion in regard to a change in our election laws, making them conform, in some degree, to the advanced laws on this subject in other States. In my first message to the Legislature in 1894, and in every subsequent message, I have adverted to this measure. In one of these I said:
"The decided advance taken by our State in the passage of the Registration Law, recently enacted, has met with the hearty approval of the people of the State, and they hope for such advancement in the reformation of our election laws, that no honest m:m's vote can be neutralized by a dishonest or fraudulent ballot. I earnestly urge upon you a thorough study of the election systems of other States, that :;;uch election laws that may be passed by you will be in harmony with the best methods of the day, and serve to secure honest elections and a government wherein the ballots of honest men will certainly control."
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Now that the agitation has become general throughout the State, and is being advocated by those who formerly opposed it, I hope for definite action by your body, and again add my urgent appeal to the general demand.

BETTER PRIMARY ELECTION LAW NEEDED.
Fully as important everywhere as stringent election laws, and a more crying demand in Georgia, is the necessity for the strictest regulation of the party primary. For thirty years past the welfare and destiny of this State have been in the hands of one party, and the recent election has but furnished a fresh demonstration that this condition isto continue indefinitely, or at least so long as the present party alignments remain. The democratic primary not only virtually, but actually, determines who shall fill every important office in the State, and in nearly every county, and what shall be the policy of the State government so far as these officers may determine it. The constitutional amendments of two years ago and this year, making the Supreme and Superior Court .Judges elective by the people,. vastly increase the responsibility of the dominant party by adding the burden of choosing a pure judiciary.
The most vital part, then, of our politics is the primary,. and any reform that does not include this inceptive function in its scope will fail to strike at the root of the real evils of which the people are complaining.
Politics has features which have led many good people to unthinkingly deprecate its existence ; but politics will never cease so long as this remains a party governmentr

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and men seek preferment under it. We should not expect a political millennium under any circumstances, but we can and should seek every opportunity to be rid of unsatisfactory leaders and to make the political organization responsible to its voters. Thus far the reformer and the liberal partisan can go together, and in this unity of purpose lie& the hope of better primaries.
The growing demand for better party methods was recognized by the Legislature as far back as 1891, when au Act was passed and approved by the Governor "to protect primary elections and conventions of political parties in this State, and to punish frauds committed thereat.'' This law was modeled very much after the pattern of our present election laws, with the one glaring deficiency that. it was not mandatory upon the party managers to apply the primary in the selection of delegates and nominees foroffices; and in practice it has been applied with about the same laxity, all of its provisions seldom being complied with and none of its penalties ever enforced, and has long since been outgrown by the movement for better primaries. It may be safely said that the volunteer reforms inaugurated by the democratic conventions in 1894 and 1896, and continued by the convention of this year, and effectively urged in the campaign against the caucus methods into which the populists had fallen in their turn, caused great numbers of the latter party to stay away from the polls, while others returned to their forrn.e.r affiliations. I call attention to these facts to show how the people stand in this movement for better primaries, which is really a revolt against bossism.

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The present demand for primary reform is not confined to Georgia. Few States have been, or are, entirely without statutory regulation of the primaries, but in most cases these, like ours, are ineffectual. Ten important States now have statutes more or less complete controlling primaries, and as many more are considering and investigating the problem. Recognized as the most progressive of the Southern States, there is every consideration why Georgia should lead in this as well as in other improvements in the South. The practice of general primaries upon a stated day, under fixed rules, which has been found so satisfactory in recent years, should be made the statutory law, which cannot be changed at the whim of a committee, or the will of a candidate who may control a majority of its members, and should be binding upon all parties. In framing such a statute, there will be many additional features besides those with which we have been made familiar, the character of which I can only suggest here, leaving the details to the wisdom of your body, should you give this matter the consideration which, in my earnest opinion, its importance demands.
In the first place, I cannot too strongly emphasize the statement that the ballot should be made absolutely secret. No possible opportunity should be given to the briber to see that the vote corruptly purchased is faithfully delivered, and thus corruption will be discouraged. Neither should an employer have any method of ascertaining how his employees really vote, and thus the laboring man, whose interest may not always be the same as that of the capitalist, but whose views are equally worthy of expression in

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a free government, cannot be successfully coerced. This becomes more vitally important every year, as industrial and corporate factors enlarge their scope and employ increasing numbers of intelligent suffragists, whose franchise cannot be too vigilantly protected against any improper influences.
So satisfactory has been the practice of holding State primaries on one day that I would by all means incorporate this in the law; and I would also advise that the date of the primary be made a fixed day, at such season as may be most convenient to the masses of the voters. If necessary, separate succeeding days might be named for each party, or all could be held on one day. The first provision prevails in New York, whose Legislature last March unanimously passed what is generally regarded as the broadest and most eomplete law regulating primary elections, political committees and conventions; the second provision is part of the recently-enacted law of ~fichigan. Such a proviso would be perfectly just and sat is factory to all candidates and factions alike, and would remove a s~rious cause of complaint recently made.
Candidates for all offices should, of course, be directly voted for, and provision made for delegates who will express that vote in the convention. In some States, notably the neighboring one of South Carolina, the nominees are named by the consolidated vote of the whole State, a majority of the whole vote being required to nominate. In any case, conventions would seem to be necessary to promulgate principles, and these conventions, in turn, should be regulated by a provision against proxy and secret

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voting, and by proper restrictions against interference with the temporary organization.
With these safeguards, including also a provision for securing the fair submission of all party questions to the members of that party, we would have a law unexcelled by that of any State in the Union, and our primaries would command the confidence and respect of all parties. Then party organizations will always be responsible to the people, and political leaders will become liberal statesmen, advocating beneficial public mea~ures, instead of scheming politicians, caring only for the favor of those in control of the machine.

EQUALIZATION OF TAXES.
A great deal of comment has been made recently about the high rate of taxation in Georgia. That the tax rate is higher than the people who pay the taxes can well afford is an indisputable proposition; but I fail to see bow the amount of appropriations made can be materially reduced without receding from the position which the State bas taken respecting its treatment of the old soldiers and the education of its children, and against this policy of retrogression all are mutually pledged.
I am as much in favor of economy in State affairs as any one can be, as I think the record of my administration will show ; but the proper and only way to reduce the taxes that everybody pays, is to make everybody pay his taxes. If there were a just and equitable system of tax assessment in the State, instead of leaving each taxpayer to swear to the amount that he is willing to pay taxes upon, according

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'tO investigations that have been recently made in different localities and according to the painstaking report of Comptroller-General Wright, to which your careful attention is .called, t.he valuation of property would be so increased-so much additional property would be placed upon the tax books-that the rate of taxation would be decreased onethird, and still afford the same amount of revenue that we are receiving to-day.
In 1892 tax values were fixed, not by the taxpayer, who has a direct interest in omitting to give in property, or in placing the lowest possible value upon it, and thus burdening his neighbor with a part of the taxes which he should pay, but were fixed hy a board of disinterested tax assessors. As a result, tax values increased from $444,000,000 in 1891 to $463,000,000 in 1892. This act was repealed in the fall of 1892. The next year there was a decrease of $11,000,000 in the returns of taxable property, and now, after a constant decline, it is $54,000,000 less than in 1892, when valued by tax assessors. If so much good was accomplished in one year, with the experience of this effort, tax values ere now would have been equalized and largely increased, and vast amounts of property, real and personal, which now escapes taxation, would be bearing their share .of the common burden.
This law was nota failure, as was claimed by its opponents, some of whom suffered by its operations, and made other people believe that they also suffered, so that there was a general clamor for its repeal, to which a succeeding legislature succumbed. It had its imperfections~ as any law which you may enact will have, but these defects should have been

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remedied by further legislation. I have repeatedly called
upon the legislature to enact some measure that would bring
about reform in this matter of taxation.
In my message to the General Assembly of 1895, and
again referred to in my message in 1897, I said:
" In reference to the value of property as shown by theComptroller-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 retums, 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 valuation upon their property far below its value, and on a scale much lower than that by which the property of theit neighbors are valued. The man who pays taxes upon property unfairly valued at $500, while on property 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 corn rectly. I most earnestly recommend that some plan be devised by which the State can arrive at something like a just valuation of the property of its citizens :::abject to taxation, and protect the man who honestly retums his taxes against imposition 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 put into practical operation, prove imperfect; but as these defects appear it will be the duty of your 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 in-

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justice than the law under which our property is now ret~rned for taxation. 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."
I now appeal to your body to respond to an awakened
public interest on this subject, and am per:;uaded that ef-
fectual steps will be taken in the direction indicated.

SUPPRESSION OF LYNCHING.
I respectfully but urgently invite your attention to my message to your predecessors, in which I asked for legislation for the suppression of lynching in this State, and suggested legislation for their consideration. The Democratic platform in 1896 declared in favor of legislation on the line of my recommendation, and I respectfully call attention to the fact that this pledge of the party has not been fulfi lied.
WORK OF LAST FOUR YEARS ADMINISTRATION.
In sending this, my last official communication to the General Assembly, I will take the liberty of calling your attention to many results which have been accomplished during my adminintration.
The State now collects interest on its money deposited with banks.
The Northeastern Railway has been sold and is now the property of the State, yielding a net income.

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The public debt has been decreased four hundred an<l ten thousand dollars.
The annual interest account of the State has been de~reasad $40,905.
All State bonds which will mature prior to 1915, except those which can be paid with the sinking fund received annually, have been either paid and cancelled, or retired by substituting in lieu thereof bonds bearing a rate of interest much lower than the rate of the retired bonds.
The State has borrowed money at the low rate of 2! per ~ent. per annum.
The amount of pensions to Confederate soldiers annually has been increased one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars.
The annual common school fund has beer. increased six hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars.
The State Normal School at Athens has been opened and maintained by the State.
New buildings have been erected at the State University State Normal School, School of Technology and at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
A textile department has been established in the School of Technology.
Large additions have been made at the lunatic asylum, and substantial improvements made at the School for the Deaf and Dumb.
The penitentiary question has been met and solved by the adoption of a system which will guarantee state control of all its convicts, felony and misdemeanor, secure just aud humalle treatment to all and yield to the State a net

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income approximating one hundred thousand dollars per annum.
A State Board of Medical Examiners has been established.
Our election laws have been improved by the passage of the Registration Act.
The State School Commissioner has been made elective by the reople.
Three additional Justices have been added to the Supreme Court, and the entire bench is elected by the people.
The Constitution has been so amended as to provide for the election of the Judges and Solicitors-General by the people.
A new Code h:1s been adopted and published. An Act has been passed revising the criminal laws of the State. The resources of the State have been exhibited at three -expositions of a national character, to wit: The Cotton States International Exposition, at Atlanta, the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, at Nashville and the Tran-Mississippi International Exposition, at Omaha. Specimens of the products and resources of the State have been collected, which may, at small cost, be transported for exhibit at any future exposition. The office of Governor bas been relieved of a large part of its work and rEsponsibility because of the action of the General Assembly in creating the office of Pension Commissioner and giving to the Prison Commission the power of pardon, in so far as it could be done under our

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Constitution. But for the immense amount of work imposed upon the Governor in organizing the volunteer force of the United States, the duties of the position would, this year, on account of the reduction of the work of the Governor by the two above mentioned Acts, have been vastly lighter than it has been for years.
During the last four years the democratic party, which has been in control of the affairs of this State, has shown a disposition to correct existing evils and to inaugurate such reforms as the interest of the country demanded. The exhibition of this spirit has gone far to convince all the people of the State that there is no good to come from divisions and dissensions; but that within the ranks of this party all may come who desire to take part in perfecting our laws and advancing our business interests.
There is no reason to doubt that the same forces which have carried us forward during recent years will continue in the line ofprogress and reform, detecting and eradicating defects and upbuilding every interest which looks to the advancement and progress of all the poople.
I cannot take leave of your body without, through you, extending to the people of Georgia my sincere gratitude for their many kindnesses to me. If, in the discharge of the duties imposed by their partiality, I have in any way contributed to the happiness of the people and the greatness of my State, it is to me a rich reward.
W. Y. ATKINSON,
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Governor.
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PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY,
ATLANTA, GA., OcTOBER 10, 1898. His Excellency, Governor W. Y. Atkinson, Atlanta, Ga.:
DEAR Sm-I have the honor to submit, at your request, the following list of donors to the Textile Department of the Georgia School of Technology:

MACHINERY.

T. C. Entwistle, Lowell ......................... $ S. Colvin & Co., Riverpoint, R. I .............. Easton & Bernham Machine Co., Pawtucket........ The Draper Co., Hopedale, Mass ................... Curtis & :Marble Machine Co., Worcester .......... Kitson Machine Co., Lowell, Mass ................. Fales & Jenks Machine Co., Pawtucket............. Winship Machine Co., City......................... Elliott & Hall, Worcester.......................... The American Drosophore Co., Boston.............. A. T. Atherton Machine Co., Pawtucket ............. l\Ietallic Drawing Roll Co., Indian Orchard ......... . Saco-Pettee Machine Shop, Newton, Upper Falls .... . W. H. Weston, Yarmouthville, Me ............ : ... Lewiston l\Iachine Co., Lewiston, Me .............. Jones & Laughlin, Pittsburg, Pa............... Providence Machine Co., Providence........... B. F. Sturtevant Blower Co., Boston ................ . 'Woonsocket Machine & Press Co., \Voonsocket ..... Whitin Machine Co., Whitinsville, Mass............. . Kilburn-Lincoln & Co., Fall River, Mass ............ Crompton & Knowles Loom works, Providence ..... . Fairmount Machine Co., Philadelphia ...............

40200 55 00 200 00 584 80 290 00 900 00 864 60 180 00 250 00 1,600 00 700 00 400 00 1,140 00 200 00 7500 300 00 430 00 500 00 550 ()() 710 00 55 00 300 00 100 00

Total .................................$ 10,786 40

Other small equipment and machinery donations will increase

"

this amount to at least $12,000.00.

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CASH.
F. Johnson ............................................. __ .............. $ D. Donaldson ...................................................... . V.li. Elsas....................................................... E.}_{. Bacon, Jr .................................................. E. Cahn ............................................................... 1:'. R. Lamar .......................................................... .. J. 0. Hall............................................................ J. R. Brmnby, Jr..................................................... Aaron French ......................................................... Clarence Knowles .............................................. .. J. F. Gibbon........................................................... H. H. Peek ........................................................ .. J. C. Garlington................................................... B. W. Seawell .................................................... W. B. Everett ...........................................................
'V. H. Emersoh ... .. ...... ....... ...... ... ..... .... .. .. .... .. .. . ... ..
T. P. Branch ...................................................... .. J. H. Jones ............................................................ J. B. Wood ......................................................... .. R. W. Quick ......................................................... . T. M. Gibbes ......................................................... J. S. Coon .......................................... . P. J. Huson ......................................... . J. B. Edwards...................................... . H. T. Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . J. A. Sullivan ....................................... . J. L. Langston ..................................... . W. C. Weatherly ................................... . F. T. Hardwick .................................................... J. Mizell .......................................................... .. B. Pfeiffer ............................................................. .. E. S. Gay ............................................................-.... . J. Paulsen........................................................... C.' H. Howard ........................................................ E. M. Maclean. .... .. ............................................. Mrs. R. J. Binford ................................................. .. Z. D. Harrison ......................................................

500 500 1000 500 500 500 5 00 500 100 00 100 00 1000 500 500 500 500 16 66 1000 1000 8 33 15 00 500 5000 500 6 6& 5 ()() 5 00 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 1000 500

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W. L. Peel ...........................~ ......... ...... ....... ........

5 00

W. G. Logan ...... ........................ ..... ....... ...............

5 00

_J.M.Markely.................. ................. .......................

5 00

C. D. Horniker....... .. ... .. ........ ...... ...... ........ ......... J. C. Kirkpatrick..... ........................ ... ... . ....... ......

5 00
10 l('

D. 0. Dougherty .........:.... ........ ........ ..... .... ......

5 00

J. Nutting ........ ...... ..... ......... ......... ..... ... . ... .......

5 00

J. C. Ruse ................~.. ....... .... ... . ....... ...... ......... ......

5 oO

W. C. Davis ........ ........ ......... ...... ...... ...... ......... ......

5 00

C. R. Goette. .. .. .. ...... ...... ......... ...... ........ ...... ..... .....

5 00

B. A. Guill ... ... ... ... ... .. ..... ..... ... ..... . .... ........ ... .....

5 00

E. A. Greene. ........ ...... ........ ...... ...... . ...... ........ .....

5 00

H. L. Smith ........ ...... ...... ...... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....

10 00

M. Goldsmith ........ ........ ......... ...... .... ...... .............

10 00

A. R. Colord ........ ......... ........ ......... .. ...... ...... .... ......

10 00

C. B. Little......... ........ ...... ........ ...... ...... ..... ... .........

25 00

R. B. Tufts ......... ......... ..... ....... ...... ...... ...... ........

10 00

P. H. Harrison ................. ............... ....... .......

10 00

Aaron French....................... ...... ...... ......... ..... ........ 2,500 00

H. H. Miles........... ......... ......... ...... ........ ...... ...... .....

10 00

W. B. Nunnally ........ :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 00

J. T. Wikle..........................................

10 00

M. waterman........................................

5 00

M. W. McRae .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .

10 00

W. J. Nalley .................... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 00

J. M. Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 00

Aaron French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 00

City of Atlanta...................................... 3,000 00

Geo. W. Parrott . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . 1,000 00

Lyman Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 00

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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : $10,221 65



Total in cash and )fachinery... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,221 65

The donations may be expre~sed briefly as follows:

Machinery ............................................ $ 12,000 00

Cash ................................................. . 10,221 65

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,221 6&
Very respectfully, LYMAN HALL, President.

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PARDONS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

FELONIES.

Alex \V. wells-Arson. Monroe Superior Court. Sentence, three years. Recommended by Prison Commission. Evidence circumstantial. Granted June 23, 1898.

0harley Roberson-:Manslaughter. Jefferson Superior Court. Sentence, three years. Recommended by Prison
comm1ss1on. Reasonable doubt oi guilt. Granted July
1, 1898.

Fred Ellington-Burglary. Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by Prison Commission because of precarious state of health. Granted ,July 8, 1898.

Clyde Lovelace--Involuntary manslaughter. Forsyth Superior Court. Sentence, three years. Prison Commission recommends commutation to one year. Granted Aug. 16, 1898.



Hester :1fcFadden-Voluntary manslaughter-Baldwin

Superior Court. Sentence, ten years. Recommended by

prison commission, judge, solicitor-general, jury and

county officers. Granted Aug. 23, 1898.

Ed walker-Murder. lfuscogee Superior Court. Sentence, life imprisonment. Recommended by Prison Commission. Crime probably accidental. Urged by judge

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,and solicitor-general, and many citizens. Granted April 14, 1898.
Jim Oliver-Burglary. Sentence, ten years. Elbert County. Recommended by Prison Commission. Not guilty. Pardoned May 24, 1898.
Jno. \V. Lewis-1furder. Appling Superior Court. Recommended by Prison Commission. Main witness unworthy o credit. Urged by judge, jury and many citi:zens. Granted June 3, 1898.
\V. L. Tillery-Voluntary manslaughter. Laurens Superior Court. Sentence, fifteen years. Recommended by Prison Commission. J\fain witness :for State not reliable. Growing blind. Element of sel-de:fense. Recommended by solicitor-general, county officers and many citizens. Oranted June 4, 1898..
T. P. Bryan-ImToluntary manslaughter. Superior Court Fulton. Sentence, three years. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general and :foreman o jury. Pardoned Dec. 21, 1897.

\Vm. Hopkins-Murder. Superior Court Rabun. Senience, li:fe. Prison commission recommended. Quite _young. Committed crime with a rock. Served ten years. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general, county officers, jury and many citizens. Granted Dec. 30, 1897.

Allen Hodges-Forgery. Glynn Superior Court. Sentenee, ten years. Recommended by Prison Commission. 'Has consumptio~. Good conduct. Pardoned Feb. 24, 1.898.

Calvin Kirkland-Burglary. Heard Superior Court.
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Sentence, three years. Recommended by Prison Commission. Recommended by judge and solicitor-generaL Granted March 19, 1898.
S. Bradbury-Voluntary manslaughter. Madison Superior Court. Sentence, two years. Very seriously shot when he committed the crime. Very ill in the penitentiary. Sub-committee of penitentiary. Solicitor-generaittrial jury and grand jury recommend pardon. Pardoned Dec. 9, 1897.
Rennie Hudson and Albert Smith-Murder. Jointly indicted. Putman Superior Court. Sentence, life. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general, trial jury, grand jury, joint committee of House and Senate. Pardoned Dec. 10, 1897.
Jim Davis-Assault to murder. Chattooga SuperiorCourt. Sentence, five years. No one was hurt when the assault was made. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general, foreman of grand jury, trial jury and county officers. Pardoned Dec. 14, 1897.

Jim Griswold-Murder. Dodge Superior Court. Sentence, life. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general, county officers and many citizens. Good conduct. Sentence commuted Dec. 15, 1897.

Neal Starks-Murder. Superior Court of Fulton. Sentence, life. Quite young. Killing probably accidental. Recommended by solicitor-general and number of citizens.
Ambrose Harris-Murder. Superior Court of Chatham. Sentence, life. Was quiet and peaceful before crime committed. Killed a notoriously bad character. Element of self-defense. Recommended by solicitor- gen-

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eral, representatives, jury, county and city officers. Bad health. Pardoned Dec. 3, 1897.
L. W. Strickland-Voluntary manslaughter. Pierce Superior Court. Sentence, five years. Protecting his younger brother when crime was commited. Element of self-defense. The solicitor-general, judge, grand jury, trial jury, representative and senator, county officers all reccommend pardon. Granted Dec. 3. 1897.
Frank Martin-Burglary. Oglethorpe Superior Court. Recommended by judge and solicitor-general and prosecutor. Granted Dec. 3, 1897.
V. M. Ponder-lviurder. Superior Court of Cherokee. Sentence, life. Recommended by jurors, judge, solicitorgeneral, 500 citizens. Testimony of Sllate's witnesses impeached. Good confederate soldier. Pardoned Nov. 16. 1897.

William Hallman-Murder. Oct., 1896. Whitfield Superior Court. Sentence, life. A great deal doubt about guilt. Material witnesses for State all impeached. Hecommended by judge, solicitor-general and foreman of jury. Conspiracy against him. Good conduct. Pardoned Nov. 22, 1897.

Ben Humphries-Burglary. Stewart Superior Court. Sentence to penitentiary. Y alue of articles taken very small. Employ of party whose store was burglarized. Recommended by senator and representative. Pardoned November 24, 1897.

Scott Wimbish-Burglary. Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, ten years. Recommended by Prison Commission, judge and solicitor-general. Pardoned Sept. 28, 1898.

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J. w. Lee--Assault to murder. Habersham Superior
Court. Sentence, thirteen years. Recommended by Prison Commission b~ause of new testimony that tends to prove guiltlessness. Granted Oct. 7, 1898.

l\IISDE~IEAXORS.

Oscar ~Ic~Iahon-Burglary. Spalding Superior Court. Senten~e, t\Yelve months. Recommended by Prison Uom-
mission, judge and solicitor-general. Granted April 14,
1898.
' r John ord-Burglary. Floyd Superior Court. Sen-
tence, twelve month:>. Recommended by Prison Cimmis-
swn. In last stages of consumption. Granted April 29,
] 898.

George Graham-Selling liquor. Bartow Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months: Recommended by Prison Commission on account of death of his wife leaving 5 children. Urged by judge. Granted :May 4, 1898.

Charles Gibby-Selling liquor. Hart Superior Court. Recommended by prison commission. Sentence, commuted to payment $50 and costs. :May 6, 1898.
A. C. Jackson-Larceny. ~Iurray Superior Court. Sentence, one year in chaingang. Recommended by 1wison eommission because urged by judge. Defendant suffering with chronic pne-umonia. Granted :May 13, 1898.

\V. J. Phinazee-Selling liquor. City Court of Mon-
roe. Sentence, fine $90 or four months in chaingang. Invalid-l~rge family dependent. Recommended by judge
and solicit<-,r-general. Pardoned November 23, 18g7.

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Alex Brady-Selling liquor. City Court of Laurens. Sentence, nine months in chaingang. Sole support of family. Good conduct. Recommended by judge, county officers, and many citizens. Pardoned November 27, 1897.

;rohn Satterfield-Assault, three indictments. Lumpkin
Superior Court. Recommended by judge and solicitorgeneral and citizens. Granted February 10, 1898.

Kid Lewis-Selling "hiskey. County Court of 'Valton. T\velve months in chaingang. Recommended by Prison Commission. Bad health, and other reasons. Granted ~!arch 16, 1898.

}Iyrtle Blake-CpnYicted of larceny. Criminal Court Atlanta. Sentence, $100 or nine months in chaingang. Good conduct. Hecommended by judge and solicitor, and chairman committee public works. Pardoned X ovember 3, 1"897.

,Jno. T. Long-Comicted April, 1897, ""Gnion Superior
'y Court. :Misdemeanor. Sentence, twelYe months chain-
gang. eak-minded; terribly diseased. Recommended by senator, representatiYe and solicitor-general. Pardoned November 8, 1897.

Thos. Lockhart-Shooting a pistol on public highway. Sentence to chaingang. Recommended by judge. Pardoned NoYember 10, 1897.

J. vV. Raven-Gambli:rrg. Clayton Superior Court.
Sentence, six months in chaingang. Recommended by mayor and council of l,ovejoy, and many citizens. Pardoned November 13, 1897.

Sigmond Friedman. Forgery. Superior Court of Bibb.

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Sentence, six months. Suffering with epilepsy. Served five months. Pardoned November 12, 1897.

Miles Wall-Misdemeanor. Rabun Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commission. Youth and delicate health. Urged by judge, grand jury, and many citizens. Granted May 17, 1898.

Rafe Ellison-Misdemeanor. Whitfield Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general and many citizens. Pardoned May 24, 1898.

King Shubrick--Simple larceny. City Court Richmond. Sentence, ten months. Recommended by pardon board; also by judge and solicitor. Granted 1Iay 24, 1898.
John Harris-Burglary. -Carroll Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commission. One side paralyzed. Granted May 26, 1898.
George Graham-Misdemeanor. Bartow Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commission, judge, and many citizens. Granted June 4, 1898.
Gilbert Raper-Adultery. Forsyth Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commission. Evidence circumstantial. Granted June 4, 1898.
Ed Shipp-Forgery. Coweta Superior Court. Sentence, our years. Recommended by prison commission, prosecutor, judge and solicitor-~eneral. Granted June 10, 1898.
Saunders Wheeler-Assault. Forsyth Superior Court. Gentence, twenty-five dollars, or eight months. Recommended by prison commission, judge, solicitor-general, grand jury,. and many citizens. Granted June 21, 1898.

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Joe Roper-Misdemeaner. Union Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commis~ion, judge and solicitor-general. Granted June 30, 1898.

Edward Clair-Cheating and swindling. Douglas Superior Court. Sentence, six months. Recommended by prison comm1ss10n. Badly diseased. Granted July 8. 1898.

MISDEMEANORS.
Carey Bennett-Larceny form the house. City Court -<Jf Atlanta. Sentence, six months. Recommended by prison commission. Pardoned July 8, 1898.
J. B. Briggs-Larceny after trust. Richmond Supenor Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by prison commission. Larceny not intentional. Granted .July 27, 1898.
Alfred Bastian-Misdemeanor. Thomas County Court. :Sentence, $500, or twelve months. Recommended by prison commission, judge and solicitor-general. Granted August 16, 1898.
Joe Mobley-Misdemeanor. Cobb Superior Court. Sentence, six months. Recommended by prison commission, judge, solicitor-general. Granted August 26, 18913.
James Varner-Stealing a ride on railroad train. City -Court of Newnan. Sentence $25.00 or six months. Young boy, didn't know he was violating law. Granted .September 3, 1898.

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Gus Rowland-Simple larceny. Greene County Court.. Recommended by Prison Commission. Granted September 29, 1898.

Henry Christian-Simple larceny. City Court of Elberton. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by Prison Commission, judge and solicitor. Granted October 5, 1898.
J. \V. Johnson-Adultery and Fornication. 1\Iilton Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months. Recommended by Prison Commission, judge and solicitor-general. Gmnted October 6, 1898.

B. :F. }fatthews-Convicted August 1891. Paulding Superior Court. Murder. Sentence, life. Prejudice at time of trial. Asked for by jury, judge and large number citizens. Sentence commuted to ten years, November 6, 1897.

Dock Gross-Convicted February, 1896. Glascock Superior Court. Burglary. Sentence, four years. Principal witness swore falsely on trial. Recommended by judge and ~olicitor-general. Pardoned November 6, 1897.
Disley Echols-Convicted Coweta Superior Court, 1889. Infanticide. Sentence, life. Recommended by judge, solicitor-general, every county official and many citizens. Pardoned November 8, 1897.

L. H. Bass-Fornication. City Court Floyd. Sentence, $50.00 and cost or sixty days in jail. Recommended by Prison Commission and commuted to fine $25.0() December 29, 1897.

T. J. Askew-Selling whiskey. Fayette Superior Court. Sentence, $200.00 fine. Recommended by Prison Com-

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m1sswn and sentence commuted to fine of $100.00 and costs. December 29, 1897.
Edward C. Crawford-Larceny from the house. Fulton county. Sentence, three months in county jail, and $150.00 fine. Hecommended by Prison Commission. Quite young. Honest parents. Loser of goods recommends pardon. Sentence commuted to three months in jail, February 3, 1898.
Thos }'. Allen-)Inrder. Bibb Superior Court. Sentence, death. Prison Commission recommends commutation. In state of complete intoxication when crime committed. Seemed to be no malice. Recommended strongly by judge, solicitor-general, majority of jury. Largest pe>,ition from citizens ever presented at executive office. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment February 9, 1898.
George Gill-~Iurder. Troup Superior Court. Sentence, death. Recommended by Prison Commission. Crime committed during a fight. Y oluntary manslaughter. \Veapon used, not one usually likely to produce death. Recommended by solicitor-general and county commissioners. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment February 9, 1898.
Dave :Mallard-1Iisdj?meanor. Two indictments. Sentence commuted upon recommendation of Prison Commission to fine of $100.00.
\V. A. -Williams-Assault and Battery. C1ty Court Fulton county. Sentence six months in jail. Hecommended by Prison Commission. Sentence commuted totwo months in jail :March 1, 189R.
Truman Crow-Selling whiskey. Forsyth Superior

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Court. Sentence, twelve months in chaingang. Recommended by Prison Commission on various grounds and sentence commuted to seven months March 9, 1898.

William Smith-Murder. Troup Superior Court. Sentence, death. Recommended by Prison Commission for following reasons: Beastly state of intoxication when -crime committed. No malice. Previous good character. Probably accidental. Recommended by judge and solicitor_general and many citizens. Commuted to life imprison .ment March 10, 1898.

John 0. Patterson-Simple larceny. City Court of Atlanta. Sentence, $50 and costs or three months. Rec<>mmended by prison commission because of youth. Asked for by prosecutor. Commuted to $50 and costs or thirty :lays in jail.
H. I. Akin-Selling whiskey. Paulding Superior Court. :Sentence, $200 and costs, or twelve months in chaingang. Recommended by prison commission because defen~ant JlOOr man with large family. First offense. Recommended by county officers, judge and many citizens. Commuted to $100 fine March 19, 1898.
william E. Saunders-Larceny from the house. Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, three years. Recommended by Prison Commission because of gDOd conduct1 recommendation of prosecutor, the grand jury, trial jury1 n1unicipal officers of Atlanta, county officers, one-hal members of legislature. Granted :March 28, 1898.
Henry Sims-Larceny from the house. Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, two years. Recommended by Prison Commission -and sentence commuted to one year. :}.{arch 28, 1898.



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Elizabeth N obles-Mnrder. Twiggs Superior Court. Sentence, death. Recommended by Prison Commission. Either insane or very weak-minded old woman. Insanity in family. Been treated badly by her husband. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment :March 31, 1898.

Oscar Peak-Carrying concealed weapons. Fulton .superior Court. Sentence, twelve months in chaingang. Recommended by Prison Commission. Sentence commuted to two months in chaingang April 2, 1898.

Gus Fambles-Murder. Twiggs Superior Court. Sentence, death. Jointly indicted with Mrs. Nobles. Recommended by Prison Commission because of commutation of :Mrs. Nobles. Commuted to life imprisonment April 7, 1898.

Essex Jones-Burglary. Randolph Superior Court. .Sentence, five years. Recommended by Prison Commission because asked for by judge and prosecutor. Defend.ant old man. Commuted to three years and ten months April14, 1898.

Wm. J. Crow-Selling liquor. Forsyth Superior Court. Sentence, aggregates $1250 or five years in chaingang. Recommended by Prison Commission. Commuted to fine of $150.00 or three months May 17, 1898.

warren Hightower-Larceny. City Court of Atlanta. 'Sentence, $50.00 and costs or twelve months. Recommended by Prison Commission and judge and solicitor. Commuted to payment of $50.00 August 16, 1898.

George Dillard-Misdemeanor. Houston County Court. :Sentence, $30.00 fine or twelve months in chaingang.

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Recommended by Prison Commission. Commuted to payment o'f $30.00 August 22, 1898.

. William Billings-Stabbing. :Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, twelYe months in chaiugang, six months in jail and $1000 fine. Recommended by Prison Commission and judge. Commuted to twelve months in chaingang and six months in jail August 23, 1898.

E. F. Shewmake-Concealed weapons. ~Ionroe Superior Court. Sentence, fine $250.00 and costs. Recommended by Prison Commission, solicitor-general, eounty and city officers. Commuted to $60.00 and costs .A.ugm;t 26, 1898.
RESPITES.

Gus Fambles-11urder. Hespite granted X o.-ember 17, 1898.

Grady Reynolds-~Iurder. Respited 30 days until case of Brooks could be heard in Supreme Court December 1, 1897.

Tom Cyrus-11urder. Fulton Superior Court. Hespite thirty days granted December 22, 18D7.

Tom Allen-Murder. Bibb Superior Court. Respited until February 11, 1898. December 24, 1897.

Gus Fambles-:Murder. Twiggs Superior Court. Hespited until February 11, 1898.

\Villiam Smith-:::\Iurder. Troup Superior Court. Respited until February 25, 1898, for further investigation.

Gus Fambles-:Murcler. Respited until :March 18, 1898. Jfrs. Nobles-J\:Iurder. Respi~ed until April 1st, 1898,.

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.so that a full commission could act on her case. lvLarch 22,
1898.
''r John eaver-Rape. Upson Superior Court. Sen-
tence death. Respited until July 1, 1898, for further in-
Yestiga tion.

John \\reaver-Rape. T:pson Superior Court. Sen. tence death. Respite granted for further investigation,
July 1, 1898.

,Tohn \\reaver-Rape. Respited until July 1, 1898. RE:MOYAL OF DISABILITIES.

Jefferson \Vaters-Robbery. Chatham Superior Court. Sentence, six years. Recommended by Prison Commission on account of good conduct since. Disabilities removed J\Iarch 16, 1898.

Greene Hardin-Simple larceny. Rockdale Superior Court. Sentence, twelve months in chaingang. Recommended by Prison Commission for subsequent good character J\larch 19, 1898.

Joseph Seales-Assault to murder. Chatham Superior Court. Sentence, six years in penitentiary. Sentence discharged. Recommended by Prison Commission. Disabilities removed :May 24, 1894.

G. \Y. Spratlin-Forgery. Fulton Superior Court. Sentence, fiye years. Recommended by Prison Commissron. 1Jpright citizen. Disabilities removed }.:Iay 24, 1898.
Columbus Scott-Cattle stealing. Baldwin Superior Oourt. Discharged sentence. Good citizen. Recommend-

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ed by prison commission. Disabilities removed August 16, 1898.
John Bell-Misdemeanor. Served sentence m chain-gm.ng. Disabilities removed November 8, 1897.

Fayette Smith-Misdemeanor. Paid fine. Disabilitiesremoved November 8, 1897.
Rufus Lumpkin-Misdemeanor. Discharged his sentence. Disabilities removed November 8, 1897.
Robert Cowan-Misdemeanor. Discharged sentence_ Disabilities removed November 8, 1897.
Alonzo J ones-lfisdemeanor. Discharged sentence_ Disabilities removed NovemberS, 1897.
Geo. Jenkins-Misdemeanor. Discharged sentence_ Disabilities removed November 8, 1897.
Jake Barrett-Misdemeanor. Discharged sentence.. Disabilities removed November 16, 1897.
W. G. Fairchild-Voluntary manslaughter. Served out sentence. Disabilities removed December 8, 1897.
Andrew Lawrence--Assault to murder. Bibb SuperiorCourt. Sentence, three years. Recommended by prison commission. Disabilities removed February 18, 1898.
RECAPITULATION.
Felonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 27 Misdemeanors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Commutation of Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Respites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Disabilities removed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-

Total granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-

J!'RIDAY, OcTOBER 28, 1898.
Mr. Pol't of Coweta moved that 300 copies of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the members ofthe House, which motion prevailed.
The following resolution was introduced, read and, adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Park of Greene-
A resolution inviting reporters of the daily papers to seats in the House during the present Legislature.
Mr. Price of Oconee moved to adjourn, which motionprevailed, and the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Friday-morlffng.

ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, October 28, 1898.

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 Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answeredt to their names, to wit, Messrs.

Adam~.
Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Barron, Barwick Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce,

Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spaldin!l', Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield,

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Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, .Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, .Emanuel, Er.win, .Esterlin, .Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, .Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, . Gay,

Gresham,

Lane of Early,

Greene,

Lane of Spmter,

Griffin of Greene, Laing,

Griffin of Twiggs, LaRoche,

Griffith,

Latimer,

Hall,

Lee,

Hammett,

Longino,

Hamby,

Martin,

Hardin of Liberty, Mayson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

Merritt,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Harris,

Moore,

Harrell,

Morris,

Harvard,

Mullens,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Henderson of Irwin, 1\IcD.mald,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcDonough,

Hill,

McElreath,

Howard,

McFarland,

Hopkin,

McGehee,

Holder,

McLaughlin,

Hosch,

McLennan,

Hutchins,

Mdlillan,

Jarnagin,

McRae,

Johnson, of Appling, Newton,

Johnson of Baker, Ogletree,

Johnson of Bartow, Ousley,

Johnson of Floyd, 0\erstreet,

Johnson of Lee,

P>~ce of Newton,

Jones of Burke,

Padgett,

Jones of Dougherty, Pate of Gwinnett,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park o[ Troup,

King,

Post,

Knowles,

Price,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawles of Effingham,

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Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, .Reynolds,
Richard~on,
Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, .Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, :Smith of Hancock, Snell,

Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbe, Sturgis, Stewart, Ston:>, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman. Tracy, Turner of Henry,

Turner ot Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, wood, 'Voodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.

George,

Hammond,

Herring.

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

The roll of counties was called for the introduction of new matter, and the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:

By ::\Ir. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to regulate the sale of cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal, having certain information printed on the back of each sack or package thereof, and for other pur- poses.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to amend an act incorporating City Court of Elberton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Mullins of Meriwether-

A bill to cede to the Federal Government certain lands in Meriwether county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee of the whole.

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to amend section 101 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.

Also, by Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to amend section 105 of the Code of 1895, and for other purpoes.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to provide for the issuance to State banks of circulating notes, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Hanks and Banking.

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Mr. Knowles of Fulton moved that when the call of counties was concluded, that the House take a recess for thirty minutes in order that the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies might make necessary arrangements.

The motion prevailed.

The call of the counties was resumed, and the following new bill was introduced and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-

A bill to regulate the sale of stock of merchandise and to prevent fraudulent conveyance of same, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The call of the counties having been concluded, the House, at 10:40 o'clock a. m., took a recess for thirty minutes.
The hour of 11:10 o'clock a. m. having arrived, the House was called to order by the Speaker.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred m the following House reso-
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House and three from the Senate to arrange for the inaugural ceremonies, and has appointed on the part of the Senate l\Iessrs. Fouche, Bunn and Thompson.
Mr. Knowles, the chairman of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
Your committee, to which was referred the arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies, begs leave to report, that after a conference with GoYernor-elect Candler, who expressed a preference for a simple and unostentatious inauguration, desiring not to have any more elaborate ceremonies than is consistent with democratic simplicity:
Thereft1re, your committee recommends that the Senate and House meet in joint session in the hall of the.House of Representatives to-morrow at 12 o'clock m., 29th of October, 1898, for the purpose of inaugurating the Hon. Allen D. Candler as Governor of Georgia for the term of two year,.;.
The report of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies wus read and agreed to.
:\Ir. :\IcLaughlin of Meriwether moved that the House resohe itself into a Committee of the \Vhole for the purpose of con:;;idering the bill by :\Ir. :\Iullins of Meriwether, which provides that certain lands in the county of Meriwether be ceded to the Federal Government for certain purposes.
The motion prevailed, and the Hou"e resolved it,;el f

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into a Committee oC the Whole for the purpose of considering said bill.

The Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Slaton of Fulton.

The committee arose and reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to consider the reorganization of the judicial circuits.

Leaves of absence were granted to the following members, to wit: Mr. Mullins of Meriwether, Mr. Bennett of Mitchell, Mr. Overstreet of Screven, Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, Mr. Hammond of Richmond, Mr. Pace of Newton, Mr. Taylor of Jefferson, and Mr. Walker of Crawford.

Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed, aud the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, October 29, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was then called and the following members answered to their names :

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin,

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Felker, Fender, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,

George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder. Hosch, Hutchins,

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-Jarnagin, .Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, .Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Early, Laing, -Latimer, Lee, Longino, ::\Iartin, :\Iayson, :\lax well, )ierritt,
~Iitebell,
:Moore, Morris, )lcCranie, )fcDonald,

McDono11gh, McElreath, McLennan. McRae, Newton, Ousley, Pace of Newton, Pad)!et, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr, Stewart, Swift, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Union, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.

'Bower,

LaRoche,

Farmer,

Mullens,

Freeman, Hammond, Harrell,

McCants, McFarland, McGehee,

Henderson of "\Vash't'nMcLaughlin,

.Johnson of Bartow, :!\IcMillan,

J obnson of Floyd, Ogletree,

.Jones of Rurke,

Overstreet,

.Jones of Dougherty, Park of Greene,

Lane of Bibb,

Rose,

Lane of Sumter,

Spinks, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stone, Tatum, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Wood.

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The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and~ confirmed.

Mr. Beauchamp of Pike offered the following resol ution, which was read and adopted, tc wit:

Resolved, That so much of the Governor's l\Iessage as refers to education be referred to Committee on Education ;. that poltion referring to elections, to the .Judiciary Committee, and that portion pertaining to taxation be referred: to Committee on Finance.

By unanimous consent tpe following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred,. to wit:

By Messrs. Hall, Ellis, and Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor and Treawrer of this State to issue bonds to pay off bonds past due issued by Chas. J. Jenkins, Governor, aud forother purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

By Messrs. Hall, Ellis and Lane of Bibb-
A bill to pay off past due bonds known as '' Convention bonds," issued by Chas. J. Jenkins, Governor, and for. other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Finance.

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By Messrs. Hall, Ellis and Lane of Bibb-

A bill to authorize the issue of new bonds, to pay oft bonds past due issued by Chas. J. McDonald, Governor, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Finance. ,

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond--

A bill to issue a certain portion of the appropriation of $10,000 now made in furtherance of the pur11ose for which the Department of Agriculture was created, and for otherpurposes.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr.. McCranie of BerrienA bill to establish a public school system for the city
of Tifton, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Henderson of IrwinA bill to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald,_
and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations. The following bill was read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Mullins of Meriwether-

A bill to cede certain lands in .Meriwether county to theUnited States government, and for other purposes.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Mr. Hamby of Rabun, introduced the following resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three to confer with the Pension Commissioner and ascertain the number of legal pensions on file in his (rffice, and for ot,1er purp('Ses.

The Speaker appointed, as the Committee under the above resolution, the following members, to wit:

Messrs. Hamby of Rabun, Barron of Jones, Everett of Stewart.

Upon motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the House took a recess until 11:45 o'clock a. m.

The hour of 11:45 o'clock a. ru. having arrived, the House reconvened and was called to order by the Speaker.

Mr. Laing, chairman of the Committee on the part of the House, appointed to ascertain what judicial officers are to be elected by the present General Assembly, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The joint committee appointed to inquire into and report what officers are to be elected by the General Assembly, find that lthe following Judges and Solicitor-General are to be elected by this body, for the terms herein stated, to wit:

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Augusta Circuit. .Judge to be elected for full term.

Atlanta Ci1cuit. Judge to be elected for full term. Solicitor-General to be elected for full term.

Bruns10ick Chcuit. ,Judge to be elected for full term.

Flint Circuit. Judge to be elected for unexpired term. .Judge to be elected for full term.

lfacon Circuit. Judge to be elected for full term.

Middle Circuit . .Judge to be elected for full term.

Northeastern Circuit. .Judge to be elected for full term. Solicitor-General to be elected for full term.

Ocmulgee Circuit. Judge to be elected for full term.

Pataula Circuit .Jndge to be elected for full term.

Rome Circuit. .Judge to be elected for full term

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,JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Tallapoosa Circuit. Judge to be elected for full term. Solicitor-General to be elected for full term.

Western Circuit. Judge to be elected for full term.

Southern Circuit. Judge to be elected for fuJi term.

Respectfully submitted,

J. A. LAING,

Chairman House Committee.

w. J.

UNDERWOOD,

J. B. PARK, JR.,
w. E. STEED,

Chairman Senate Committee.

J. M. MooRE,

Committee.

Upon motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the consideration of' the report of the Special Committee, appointed to ascertain what judicial officers are to be elected by the present General Assembly, was made the special order for Monday.

The following communication was received from the Georgia Bar Association and read, to wit :

A communication relating to certain reforms lll the criminal laws of the State, and for other purposes.

Upon motion, sai<l communication was referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

The hour of 12 m. having arrived, the Senate appeared

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upon the floor of the House, and the joint session convened for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect, was called to order by the Hon. W. A. Dodson, President of the Senate.

Immediately upon convening the joint Assembly, the Governor-elect, together with the State-house officials, appeared upon the floor of the House.

The Hon. Allen D. Candler, Governor-elect, was then conducted to the Speaker's stand and the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Simmons of the Supreme Court.

Upon motion of Mr. Knowles of Fulton, the joint Assembly was dissolved.

The Senate, together with the Governor and State-house officials having retired, the House was called to order by the Speaker.

Leaves of absence were granted to the following members:

:Mr. Jones of Burke, Mr. Everett of Polk, Mr. Smith of Hancock, Mr. Singletary of Schley, Mr. Howard of Dooly. Mr. Post of Coweta, Mr. Freeman of Coweta, Mr. Emanuel of Glynn, Mr. Johnson of Bartow, Mr. Reid of Taliaferro, l\Ir. King of Houston, Mr. 'Vatkins of Gilmer, Mr. Jernagin of Warren, Mr. Rodgers of Marion.

Upon motion of Mr. Swift of Elbert, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

94

J ot:R~AL oF THE HousE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
:MoNDAY, October 31, 1898.

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 Chaplain.

Mr. Hamby, of Rabun, moved to dispense with the roll call, which motion was lost.

"The roll was then called, and the followinging members answered to their names, to wit:

Adam8, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierre, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll,

Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dew@, Die key, Drawdy, Duncan,
Elli~,
Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of P0lk, Everett of Stewart,

Fain, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford. Fort, Gay,
Geor~e,
Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene. Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Harden of Liberty, Harden of Wilks, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris,

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95

Harrell,

Merritt,

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Hathcock,

Moore,

Hendricks,

Morris,

Henderson of Irwin, Mullens,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcCants,

Herring,

McCranie,

Hill,

McDonald,

Howard,

McDonough,

Hopkins,

McElreath,

Holder,

McFarland,

Hosch,

McGehee,

Hutchins,

McLaughlin,

Jarnagin,

MuLennan,

.Johnson of Appling, McMillan,

Johnson of Baker, N~o>wton,

Johnson of Bartow, Ogletree,

Johnson of Floyd, Ousley,

Jones of Burke,

Overstreet,

Jones of Dougherty, Pace of Newton,

Jordan of Jasper

Padgett,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pate of Gwinnett,

King,

Park of Green"',

Knowles,

Park of Troup,

Lane of Bibb,

Post,

Lane of Early,

Price,

Lane of Sumter,

Rawls of Effingham,

I..aing,

Rawls of W.lkinson,

La Roach,

Reid,

Latimer,

Reynolds,

Lee,

Riehardson,

Longino,

Rogers,

Martin,

Rose,

Mayson,

Rudicil,

Maxwell,

Simpson,

Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith <'f Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, 8tone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade. \Valker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, \Vooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker,

JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

Those absent were'Messrs.-

.Fender, Hammond,

Johnson of Lee,

McRae.

The journal of Saturday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.

The report of the committee appointed to ascertain what judicial officers were to be elected, having been made the special order for to-day, the same was taken up for consid-eration.
Mr. Laing, of Terrell, moved that the report be adopted.
Mr. Hall of Bibb offered the following amendment, to wit:
That said report be amended by striking therefrom the Judge and Solicitor-General of the Atlanta Circuit.

Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, offered as an amendment to the amendment of"Mr. Hall, which was accepted by Mr. Hall, the following:

That the question as to the election of the Judge and Solicitor-General of the Atlanta Circuit be referred to a joint committee to be composed of three of the Senate and five of the House.
The amendment was lost, and the motion of Mr. Laing prevailed.

Upon the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter,"the following were introduced, read for the first time and apptopriately referred, to wit:

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By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A hill to amend an act approved October 3d, 1889.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to amend section 218.) (719a) of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the ' City of Dawson, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By l\fr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to amend section 2417, vol. 2 of the Code of }895. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Also, by :Mr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to amend section 1292, vol. 1 of the Code of
Georgia of 189.5. Heferred to Committee on Education.
' hj

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JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

Also, by Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill prohibiting any person or persons from huntingor fishing on the lands of another, and for other purposes:

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Harden of Liberty-

A bill to require notice to be given in all cases of appeal,. and for othet purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Sloan of Hall-

A bill to amend section 629, vol. 3 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. Also by Mr. Sloan of Hall-

A bill authorizing the Governor to keep a standing offer of $25 reward for the apprehension of any person buying or selling votes, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill making one-half of every Staturday during the
months of May, June, July and August a legal holiday, and for other purposes.
Referred to General J udieiary Committee.

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99

Also by Mr. Statim of Ji,ulton-

A bill to amend section 431 of the Code of 1895.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Also by Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Also by Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to confer jurisdiction upon the recorders' courts and the police courts of cities in Georgia who~>e charters S(} authorize, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Rawls of Effingham-

A bill to pay officers in criminal cases, properly approved



costs and fee bills, out of the funds in county treasury, and

for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to provide and fix the hours of keeping open the polls at precincts, and for other purposes.

Referred to Generai Judiciary Committee.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Also by Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following jo~nt resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

Resolved, That the House and Senate, the Senate concurring, shall meet in joint session at 12:15 o'clock to-day for the purpose of electing Judges and Solicitors-General.
The following bill was read for the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
A bill to he entitled an Act to cede to the Government of the United States of America, jurisdiction in certain lands, upon which to establish a fishery in Meriwether county, and for other purposes.

The report of the Committee of the 'Vbole was agreed to.

U por. the passage of this bill the ayes were 112, and the nays none, so the bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passPd.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, moved that the House take a recess until 12:10 p. m., which motion prevailed..
The following message was receiYed from the Senate, through l\lr. Xorthen, the Secretary thereof:

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101

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit :

A resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session at 12:15 o'clock p. m., October 31st, for the purpose of electing Judges and Solicitors-General.

Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, moved that the bill passed to-day, to wit: The ceding of lands in the county of Meriwether to the United States GoveJ;nment, be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion prevailed.

The hour of 12:15 having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint Assembly was called to order by the President of the Senate, for the purpose of electing Judges and Solicitors-General.

l\Ir. Lane of Sumter, introduced the following resolution, which was read and adopted :

Resolred, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Hon. Chas. R. Crisp, of Americus, during his stay in the city.

The first Circuit drawn was the Tallapoosa Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge for the full term, beginning January 1st, 1839. Mr. W. J. Davis, Jr., of the 37th Senatorial District, placed in nomination the Hon. Chas. G. Janes, of the county of Polk.

102

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

There being no other nominations, the roll of the Senate was called and the vote for Mr. Janes was as follows:

Blalock, Brannen, Daniels, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Gross, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard, Hodge,

HurnphreyR, Johnson, King, Lang, Mann, Moyt>, McGehee, McLester, Nesbitt, Odom, Passmore, Perkins, Redding,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Steed, Sutton, Terrell, Thompson, Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, Wight, wilcox, Wingfield, Wood, Mr. President.

Bunn, Clifton,

LittlE>, Morrison,

Rawlings, West.

Upon a call of the roll of House, those voting for the Hon. Chas. G. Janes were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson,

Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castle berry, Chappell,

Cook, Copeland, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felkner, Franklin,

/

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103

Ford,

Lane of Bibb,

Fort,

Lane of Early,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter,

GeorgE',

Laing,

Gresham,

La Roache,

Greene,

Latimer,

Griffin of Greene, Lee,

Griffin of Twiggs, Longino,

-Griffith,

Martin,

Hall,

Mayson,

Hamby,

Maxwell,

Harden of Liberty, Merritt,

Harden of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Harrison,

Morris,

Harris,

Mullens,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonald,

Henderson of \Vasht'n, McGehee,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Howard,

McLennan,

Hopkins,

McMillan,

Hutchins,

Newton.

.Johnson of Appling, O,dPtree,

..Johnson of Baker, Ousley,

..Johnson of B:utow, Pace,

.Jones of Burke,

Padgett,

.Jordan of Jasper, Parks,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Price,

King,

Rawls of Effin~ham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, RosE', Rudicil, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart, Stons, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Darnell,

David, Denny, Dickey, Emanuel_,

Esterlin, Fender, Freeman, Hamrnett,

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Hammond, Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Knowles,

McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McRae, Overstreet, Pate, Park, Post, Reid, Simpson, Singletary,

Smith of Hancock, Snell, Sturgis, Swift, Taylor, Tracy, Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Woodall.

Upon consolidating the vote it was found that the total number of votes cast was 168. The Hon. Chas. G. Janes having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Tallapoosa Circuit for the term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

Upon motion of Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, the joint assembly was dissolved until 3:15 o'clock this afternoon.

The Senate having retired, the House was called to order by the Speaker.

The following resolutions were introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. McGehee of Harris-

Resolved, That the privileges of the House be tendered Col. 1N. H. Luttrell, of Harris, during his stay in the city.

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended Hon. Paul E. Seaborn during his stay in the city.

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105

Leaves of absence were granted to the following members: Mr. Jones of Dougherty, Mr. McRae of Telfair, Mr. Johnson of Lee, Mr. Lane of Bibb, Mr. Latimer of Cherokee, Mr. Hall of ~ibb, Mr. Denny of Floyd, Mr. Bell of Forsyth, Mr. Max\\ell of Oglethorpe.

Upon motion of Mr. Price, of Oconee, the House adjourned till 3 o'clock p. m.

3 O'CLOCK P. M.
The hour of 3 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House was called to order by the Speaker.
Upon motion of Mr. Blalock, of Eayette, the roll call was dispensed with.
The hour of 3:05 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint assembly was called to order by the President:of the Senate.
The next business in order being the continuation of the election of Judges and Solicitors-General, the Tallapoosa Circuit was taken np, for which there was to be elected a Solicitor-General.
The Hon. J. R. Terrell, from the 36th District, placed in nomination the Hon. W. T. Roberts, of the county of Douglas, for Solicitor-General for the Tallapoosa Circuit.

106

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Roberts were Messrs.-

Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard, Hodge,

Humphreys, King,
Lan~,
Mann, Moye, McGehee, McLester, OJom, Passmore, Perkins,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Steed, Sutton, Terrell, Thompson, Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, Wilcox, Wood, Mr. President.

Blalock, Bunn, Clifton, Gross, Johnson,

Little, Morrison, Nesbitt, Rawlings,

Redding, West, Wight, Wingfield.

Upon a call of the roll of the House those voting for Mr. Roberts were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell,

Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll,

Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carter,
Cas'tleberry,
Chappell, Cook, Copeland, D.tvid,

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107

Dew!!,

Johnson of Appling, Pate,

Dickey,

Johnson of Baker, Park,

Drawdy,

Johnson of Bartow, Park,

Duncan,

Jordan of .Jasper, Price,

Ellis.

Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Effingham,

Erwin,

King,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Everett of Polk,

Lane of Bibb,

Reid,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Early,

Richardson,

Farmer,

Lane of Sumter,

Rogers,

Felker,

Laing,

Rose,

Franklin,

LaRoche,

Rudicil,

Ford,

Lee,

Sloan,

Fort,

Longino,

Rmith of Hall,

Gay,

Martin,

Spinks,

Grepham,

Mayson,

Speer,

Griffin of Greene, Merritt,

Starr,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mitchell,

Stubbs,

Griffith,

Moore,

Stewart,

Hall,

Morris,

Stone,

Hamby,

Mullens,

Tatum,

HArden of Liberty, McCants,

Timmerman,

Harden of Wilkes, McCranie,

Turner of Henry,

Hardwick,

McElreath,

Upchurch,

Harris,

McGehee,

Walker of Crawford,

Hathcock,

McLaughlin,

Williams,

Hendricks,

McLennan,

Willingham,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

wood,

Henderson of Wash't n, Newton,

Woodall,

Herring,

Ogletree,

Wooten,

Hill,

Ousley,

Yates,

Hutchins,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

.Jarnllgin,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Bowen,

Brown of Bryan, Calvin, Darnell,

Denny, Emanuel, Esterlin,

108

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Fain, Fender, Freeman, George, Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Harrison, Harrell, Harvard, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Floyd,

Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, ,Tones of Dougherty, Knowles, Latimer, Maxwell, McDonald, McDonough, McFarland, McRae, Overstreet, Pace, Post, Reynolds, Simpson,

Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Sturgis, Swift, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that the Ron. W. T. Roberts had received 151 votes.

The Hon. W. T. Roberts having received a majority of of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected SolicitorGeneral of the Tallapoosa Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next Circuit drawn was the Southern Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. Fonderen Mitchell placed in nomination for Judge of the Southern Circuit the Hon. Augustus H. Hansell, of the county of Thomas.

There being no other nomination, a ballot 11iva voce was ordered.

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Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Hansell were Messrs.-

Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard,

Hodge, Humphries, Johnson, Kin!!:, Lang, Mann, Morris'Jn, Moye, McGhee, Odom,

Passmore, Perkins, Sutton, Terrell, Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, Bunn, Clifton, Gro8s, Little,

McLester, Xes bitt, Rawlings, Redding, StePd,

Thompson, 'Vest, Wight, ~lr. President.

Upon the call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr. Hansell were Messrs.-

Adam8, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of :Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whit1ield,

Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Cook, Copeland,
D.~vid,

Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, .Freeman,

110

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Franklin,

King,

Ford,

Lane of Bibb,

Fort,

Lane of Early,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter,

Gresham,

Laing,

Greene,

LaRoache,

Griffin of Twigg, Lee,

Griffith,

Longino,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Hamby,

Merritt,

Harden of Liberty, Mitchell,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Harris,

Morris,

Hathcock,

:\lull ens,

Hendricks,

~IcCants,

Henderson of Irwin, McCranie,

Henderson of Washt'n, McDonald,

Herring,

McDonough,

Hopkins,

McElreath,

Hutchins,

McGehee,

Jarnagin,

~IcLaughlin,

Johnson of Appling, McLennan,

Johnson of Baker, ~k.\lillan,

Johnson of Bartow, Newton,

Jones of Burke,

Ousley,

Jordan of Jasper, Padgett,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pate,

Park~,
Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson,
Reid,~
Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Willingham, Woodall,
Yat~es.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Castleberry,

Chappell, Darnell, Denny, Dickey, Fain, Fender, George,

Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Harden of Wilkes, Harrison, Harrell, Harvard, Hill,

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111

Howard, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lel', Jones of Dougherty, Knowles, Latimer, Maxwell, McFarland, McRae, Ogletree,

Overstreet, Pace, Park, Post, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Sturgis,

Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Upchurch, Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that the Hon. A. H. Hansell had received 152 votes.

The Hon. A. H. Hansell having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Southern Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Western Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. Welborn Price, of Oconee, placed in nomination the Hon. R. B. Russell, of the county of Jackson.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce wa ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Russell were Messrs.-

Blalork, Brannen,

Daniels, Davis,

Dickerson, Dowling,

112

JOURNAL OF THE liOL'SE.

Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard, Hodge, Johnson, King, Lang,

Mann, Moye, McGhee, Odom, Passmore, Perkins, Steed. Sutton, Terrell,

Thompson, Thrasher, Underwood Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield, Wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton, Gross, Humphries,

Little, l\lorrison, McLester, Nesbitt,

Rawlings, Redding, West, Wight.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr. Russell were Messrs.--

Adamson,

Castle berry,

Allen,

Chappell,

Anderson,

Cook,

Barron,

Copeland,

Barwiek,

Darnell,

Bas~,

David,

Bennett of ~Iitchell, Dew~,

Bennett of Piet ce, Dickey,

Beauchamp,

Drawdy,

Bell of Spalding,

Duncan,

Black of Dawson,

Elli~.

Black of Whitfield, Erwin,

Blalock,

E1erett of Polk,

Brown of Carroll, Ev<'rett of f;tewart,

Bryan,

Fe.ker,

Bush,

Ford,

Calvin,

Fort,

Carter,

(Tay,'

GeorgP, Gresham, GreenP, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hen<lerson of \Yash't'n Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosrh,

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113

Hutchins,

Mullins,

Sin~!etary,

Jarnagin,

McCants,

Starr,

Johns::m of Appling, McDonald,

Stubbs,

Johnson of Baker, McElreath,

Stewart,

Johnson of Bartow, McFarland,

Stone,

Jordan of Jasper, McLennan,

Swift,

Jordan of Pulaski, McMillan,

Tatum,

Kin~,

Newton,

Timmerman,

Lane of Bibb,

Pace,

Turner of Henry,



Lane of Early,

Pate,

Upchurch,

Lane of Sumter,

Park,

Walker of Crawford,

Laing,

PricE>,

Walker of Union,

La Roache,

Rawls of Effingham, Williams,

Longino,

Reid,

Willingham,

Martin,

Richardson,

Wood,

Merritt,

Rogers,

Woodall,

Moore,

Rose,

Wooten,

Morris,

Rudicil,

Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Bt'll of Forsyth, Blalock, Bond, Rowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Dclnny, Emanuel, Esterlin, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman,
~h j

Franklin, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hill, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, .Jones of Burke, Jo es of Dougherty,
Know~es,
L timer, Lee,

Mayson, Maxwell, Mitchell, McCranie, McDonough, McGehee, McLaughlin, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Padgett, Park, Post, Rlwls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, 8irnvsvu,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, fllpinke,

Speer, Sturgifl, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy,

Turner of Rockdale,. Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Yates.

Upon counting and consolidating the vote cast, it was-



found that the Ron. R. B. Russell had received 139 votes.

The Ron. R. B. Russell, having received a majority of all of the votes cast, was declared elected Judge of the Western Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Rome Circuit, for which. there was to be elected a J ndge of the Superior Court.

The Ron. R. T. Fouche, of the 42d District, placed m nomination the Ron. W. M. Henry, of the county of Floyd.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva)oce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Henry were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Han I,

Heard, Hodge,
J~hnson,
King, Lang, Mann, Moye, Odom, Pas3more, Sutton,

Terrell, Ttlraeher, Underwood, Webb, Wight, Wilcox, Wingfield, \Voorl, )Jr. President.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton, Gross, Humphreys, Little,

Morrison, McGhee, McLester, Nesbitt, Perkins,

Rawlings. Redding, Steed, Thompson, West.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr.

Henry were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black ~f Whitfield, Brown of Carroll Bryan, Bush Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk,

Farmer,

Lane of Bibb,

Felker,

Lane of Early,

Franklin,

Laing,

Fort,

LaRoache,

Gay,

Longino,

Gresham,

Martin,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Griffith,

Mitchell,

Hall,

Moore,

Hammett,

Morris,

Hamby,

Mullins,

Hardin of Liberty, McUranie,

Hardwick,

McDonald,

Harris,

McDonough.

Hathcock,

McElreath,

Hendricks,

McFarland,

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Henderson of "Wash't'nMcMillan,

Herring,

:Newt:m,

Howard,

Ogletree,

Hopkins,

Ousley,

Holder,

Pace,

Jarnagin,

Padgett,

Johnson of Baker, Pate,

Johnson of Bartow, Park,

Johnson of Lee,

Price,

Jordan of Jasper,

Rawls of Effingham,

King,

Reid,

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Sloan, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs,

Stone, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, 'Valker of Union,

Watkins, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bell of Forsyth, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, David, Dickey, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Fender, Freeman, Ford, George, Greene, Griffin of Greene,

Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Lee, Maxwell, Merritt, McCants, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae,

Overstreet, Park, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Apeer, Sturgis, Stuart, Taylor, Tisinger, Tral'y, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Whiteley, Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that the Hoo. \V. M. Henry had received ]:35 votes.

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The Hon. W. M. Henry having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Rome Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Pataula Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. J. A. Laing, of Terrell, placed in nomination the Hon. H. C. Sheffield, of the county of Early.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Sheffield were Messrs.--

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard,

Johnson, Kin!!, Lang, Mann, Moye, :McGhee, :.\IcL'lster, Steed, T.. rrell,

Thompson, Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, Wight, \Vilcox, Wingfield, \Vood, }ir. President

Those not voting were Messrs.--

Bunn, Clifton, Dowling, Gross, Hodge, Humphries.

Little, Morrison, Nesbitt, Odom, Passmore,

Perkins, Rawlings, Redding, Sutton, \Vest.

118

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr. Sheffield were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, BaBB, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Everett of Polk, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George,

Gresham,

Moore,

Greene,

Morris,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mullins,

Griffith,

McCants,

Hall,

McCranie,

Hammett,

McDonald,

Hamby,

McDonough,

Hardwick,

McElreath,

Harris,

McLennan,

Hathcock,

McMillan,

Hendricks,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Ogletree,

Henderson of Wash't'nOusley,

Herring,

Pace,

Howard,

Padgett,

Hopkins,

Pate,

Hutchins,

Park,

Jarnagin,

Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Appling, Reid,

Johnson of Bartow, Richardson,

Johnson of Floyd, Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Rose,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,

Lane of Early,

Sloan,

Lane of Sumter,

Starr,

Laing,

Stubbs,

La Roache,

Sturgis,

Lee,

Stewart,

Longino,

Stone,

Martin,

Taylor,

Mayson,

Tisinger,

Maxwell,

Timmerman,

Merritt,

Turner of Henry,

Mitchell,

Upchnrch,

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Walker of Crawford Walker of Union, Williams,

Wood, Woodall, Wooten,

Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.--

B.uwick, Bell of Forsyth, "Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Darnell, David, Denny, Dickey, Emanuel, Erwin Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Griffin of Greene,

Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, .Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Latimer, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McRae,

Overstreet, Park, Post, Price, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Swift, Tatum, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, "\Vade, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that the Hon. H. C. Sheffield had received 138 votes.

The Hon. H. C. Sheffield having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Pataula Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Ocmulgee Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

120

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The Hon. C. H. Jordan placed in nomination the Hon. John C. Hart, of the county of Greene.

There being no other nominations a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Hart were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, F o u c h to, Greene, Gross,

Grovestein, Hand, Heard, Johnson, King, Lang, Mann, Moye, McGhee,

Passmore, Steed, Sutton, Underwood, Webb, Wight, Wilcox, Wingfielrl, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton, Hodge, Humphreys, Little, Morrison,

McLester, Nesbitt, Odom, Perkins, Rawlings, Reddinf!,

Terrell, Thompson, Thrasher, West. Mr. President.

Upon the call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr. Hart were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce,

Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Wnitfield, Blalock, Bond,

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Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Carttor, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

Harri!:,

McMillan,

Hatbcook,

Newton,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Irwin, Ousley,

Henderson of Wash't'nOverstreet,

Herring,

Pace,

Howard,

Padgett,

Hopkins,

Pate,

Hutchins,

Park of Greene,

Jarnagin,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Appling, Price,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

King,

Rose,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,

Lane of Early,

Spinks,

Lane of Sumter,

Speer,

Laing,

Starr,

Lee,

Stubbs,

Longino,

Stone,

Martin,

Swift,

Mayson,

Tatum,

:\Ierritt,

Timmerman,

2\Jitchell,

Upchurch,

Moore,

\Valker of Crawford,

:Morris,

Walker of Union,

Mullins,

Williams,

;\fcCants,

Wood,

McElreath,

Wooten,

::\lcGehee,

Yates,

McLennan,

Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding,

Bower, Brown of Bryan,

Bynum, Calvin,

122

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

David, Denny, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Fender, Freeman, George, Griffin of Greene, Hammett, Hammond,
H~rrison,
Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Bartow,

Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burkt!, Jones of Dougherty, Knowles, LaRoche, Latimer, Maxwell, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McFarland, McLaughlin, McRae, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary,

Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Sturgis, Stewart, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, WillinJZham, Woodall, Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that the Hon. John C. Hart had received 137 votes.
The Hon.Tohn C. Hart having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.
The next Circuit drawn was the Northeastern Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. J. W. H. Underwood, of the 32d District, placed m nomination the Hon. John B. Estes, of the county of Hall.
There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was ordered.

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123

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for :Mr. Estes were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Gross, {; rovenstein,

Hand, Heard, Johnson, King, Mann, Moye, McGehee, McLester, Passmore,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Perkins, Steed, Sutton, Underwood, Webb, Wight, Wilcox, Wood.

Bunn, Clifton, Dickerson, Hodge, Humphries, Lang,

Little, Morrison, Nesbit, Odom, Rawlings, Redding,

Terrell, Thompson, Thrasht-r, \Vest, Wingfield, Mr. President.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr. Estes were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of l\Iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield,

Blalock, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, David, Denny,

Dews, Drawdy, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham,

124

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Sumter,

Griffith,

Laing,

Hall,

LaRoache,

Hammett,

LeP,

Hamby,

Longino,

Hardin of Liberty, Martin,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mayson,

Harris,

Merritt,

Hathcock,

Mitchell,

Hendricks,

Mullins,

Henderson, of Irwin, McCranie,

Henderson ofWash't'nMcDonough,

Herring,

McElreath,

Howard,

McFarland,

Hopkins,

McLaughlin,

Hutehins,

McLennan,

Jarnagin,

Mc:\lillan,

Johnson of Appling, Newton,

Johnson of Bartow, Ogletree,

Johnson of Floyd, Ousley,

Jones of Burke,

Overstreet,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pace,

King,

Padgett,

Lane of Bibb,

Pate,

Lane of Early,

P.uk of Greene, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rurlicil, Simpson, Speer, Starr,
Stubb~,
Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Timmerman, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Williams, \Vood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Tbose not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Carter, Cook, Darnell, Dickey, Duncan,

Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Fender, Freeman, Greene, Griffin of GreenP, Hammond, Hardwick,

Harrison, Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of .Jasper,

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125

Knowles, Latimer, Maxwell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McDonald, McGehee, McRae, Park of Troup, Price,

Rawls of WilkinsQn, Reynolds, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Sturgis, Swift,

Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting and consolidating the vote cast, it was found that Hon. John B. Estes bad received 138 votes.

The Hon. John B. Estes having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Northeastern Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 189!1.

The next business in order was the election of a SolicitorGeneral for the N ortbeastern Circuit.

The Hou. M. T. Perkins, of the 31st District, placed in nomination the Hon. W. A. Charters, of the county of Lumpkin.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for .Mr. Charters were Messrs.~

Blaloek. Brannen, Daniel,

Dowling, Fouche, Greene,

Gr_v ,, '., Hand.
Hodge,

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Humphreys, Johnson, Lang, Mann, Moye, McGhee,

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Passmore, Perkins, Steed, Sutton, Thompson,

Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, Wilcox,_). Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton, Davis, Dickerson, Gross, Heard, King,

Little, Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Odom, Rawlings,

Redding, Terrell, West, Wight, Wingfield, Mr. President.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr Charters were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of D.twson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Eynum,

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, David, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Felker, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Harden of Liberty, Harden of Wilke~. Hardwick, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of 'Vash't'n Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Jarnagin,

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Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoache, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, l!axwell, Merritt, Mullens, McCante,

McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, MeFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Xewton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Parks, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Rose,

Rudicil, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderwn, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Calvin, Darnell, Denny, Dickey, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain,

Farmer, Fender, Freeman, George, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper,

Knowle, Latimer, Mitchell, :Moore, Morris, McDonald, McLmghlin, McMillan, McRae, Overstreet, Pate, Park, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynold!', Simpson, Singletary,

128

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks,

Sturgis, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch,

Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Charters had received 131 votes.

The Hon. W. A. Charters having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected SolicitorGeneral of the Northeastern Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next Circuit drawn was the Middle Circuit, for which there was to he elected a Judge of the Superior Court.
Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, placed in nomination the Hon. B. D. Evans, of the county of Washington.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Evans were Messrs.-

Blalock, Bannen, Daniel, Davis, Dowling, Greene, Grovenstein, Heard,

Humphreys, Johnson, King, :VIano, Moye, McGehee, Passmore, Perkins,

Steed, Thompson, Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, wilcox, Wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton,
Dicker~on,

Fouche, Groos, Hand,

Hodge, Lang, Littie,

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129

Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Odom,

Rawlings, Redding, Sutton, Terrell,

West, Wight, Wingfield.

Upon call of the roll of the House, those voting for Mr_ Evans were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Piel'ce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Felker, Franklin,
- 9h j

Ford,

Latimer,

Fort,

Longino,

Gay,

Martin,

Gresham,

Mayson,

Greene,

Ml}rritt,

Griffin of Twij:(gs, :\loorP,

Griffith,

Morris,

Hall,

McCranie,

Hammett,

McDonough.

Hamby,

McElreath,

Harden of Liberty, McGehee,

Harden of Wilkes, McLennan.

Hardwick,

McMillan,

Hathcock,

Newton,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Irwin, Ousley,

Henderson of W ash't'nPadgett,

Herring,

Parke,

Hill,

Price,

Hopkins,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hutchins,

Richards<n,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Jones of Burke,

Rose,

Jordan of Jasper, Rudicil,

King,

Spinks,

Lane of Bibb,

Hpeer,

Lane of Early,

Starr,

Lane of Sumter,

Stubbs,

La Roache,

Stnrgie,

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Swift, Tatum, Timmerman,

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union,

"Willingham, Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Darnell, David, Denny, Dickey, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, George, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Harrison, Harris,

Harrell, Harvard, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Laing, Lee, Maxwell, Mitchell, Mullens, McCants, McDonald, McFarland, McLaughlin, McRae, Overstreet, Pace, Pate,

Park, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Yates.

Upon counting and consolidating the total votes cast, it was found that the Hon. B. D. Evans had received 120 votes.

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The Hon. B. D. Evans having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Middle Circuit for the full term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

Upon motion of Mr. Copeland, of Walker, the joint session dissolved until 10:30 a. m. Tuesday.

Mr. Felker, of Walton, then moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, November 1, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened W!th prayer by the Chaplain.
Mr. Duncan, of Houston, moved that the roll call be dispensed with, which motion was lost.

The roll was then called, and those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum,

132

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

Harrison,

Morri~,

Harris,

Mullins,

Harrell,

McCants,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Hathrock1 Hendricks,

McDonald, McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcGehee,

Herring,

McLauj!h!in,

Howard,

McLennan,

Hopkins,

McMillan,

Holder,

McRae,

Hosch,

:Newton,

Hutchins,

Ogletree,

Jarnagin,

Ousley,

.Johnson of Appling, Pace,

Johnson of B.1ker, Padgett,

Johnson of Bartow, Pate,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Greene,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Troup,

Jones of Burke,

Post,

Jordan of Jasper, Price,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Effingham,

King,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Knowles,

Reid,

Lane of Bibb,

Reynolds,

Lane of Early,

Richardwn,

Lane of Sumter,

Rogers,

Laing,

Rose,

LaRoache,

Ructicil,

Lee,

Simpson,

Longino,

Singletary,

Martin,

Slaton,

Mayson,

Sloan,

Maxwell,

Smith of Hall,

Merritt,

Smith of Hancock,

Mitchell,

Snell,

Moore,

Spinks,

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"Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stont-, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger,

Timmerman,

Whiteley,

Tracy,

Williams,

Turner of Henry,

Willin~ham,

Turner of Rockdale, Wood,

Upchurch,

Woodall,

Walker of Crawford, 'Vooten,

Walker of Union, Yates,

Watkins,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.--

Bowen, Farmer, Hall, Hammond,

Hill, Jones of Dougherty, Latimer, McFarland,

Overstreet, Taylor, Wade.

The journal o yesterday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bills were intro{}uced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Morris of CobbA bill to make it unlawful for any person to wantonly
discharge a gun or pistol on Sunday, and for other purposes.

Referred to General J udiciaty Committee.

By Mr. Morris of CobbA bill to require all Judges of the Superior and City
Courts to decide all motions for new trials within thirty days after same shall have been argued.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Pace of Newton-

A bill to amend paragraph 2 of Article VII. of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to exempt places of religious worship, etc., from taxation and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Const.itutional Amendments.

The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. J. A. Dodgen during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. E. B. Smith during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hons. Robt. A. Nesbitt and A. E. Barnes of Macon, during their stay in the city.
The following resolutions were read, to wit:
By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A resolution providing two sessions of the House a day, the morning session beginning at 9 A. M. and ending

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at 12 M., and the afternoon session beginning at 2 P. M. and ending at 4 P. M., from and after November 7th, 1898.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Park of Greene-
A resolution, the Senate concurring, providing for the appointment of a committee of 12 from the House and 6 from the Senate, to use the best means of placing the taxable property on the digest, and for other purposes.

It was ordered that said resolution lay on the table.

The hour of 10:30 a. m. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor, and the joint session was called to order by the President of the Senate for the purpose of continuing the election of Judges and Solicitors-General of the Superior Courts.

The first circuit drawn was the Augusta Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. E. B. Gresham of Burke, placed in nommation the Hon. E. L. Brinson of the county of Burke.

There being no other nomination a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate those voting for Mr. Brinson were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen,

Daniel, Dickerson,

Dowling, Fouchii,

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Greene, Grovenetein, Hand, Heard, Hodge, Humphries, Johnson, King,

.JOlJRNAL OF THE HousE.

Lang, Mann, Moye, McGhee, Odom, Perkins, Redding, Steed,

Sutton, Thompson, Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield, Wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bonn, Clifton, Davis, Gross, Little,

Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Pasemore, Rawlings,

Terrell, Thrasher, Underwood, West, Wight.

Upon call of the roll of the House those voting for Mr. Brinson were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bryan,

Adamson, Allen, Anderson,

Bush, Calvin, Carter,

Arnold,

Castleberry,

Barron, Barwick,

Chappell, Vook,

Base,

Copeland,

Bennett of :\iitchell, David,

Bennett of Pierce, Dews,

Beauchamp,

Drawdy,

Black of Dawson, Duncan,

Black of Whitfield, Ellis,

Blalock,

Emanuel,

Bower, Brandon,

Erwin, Esterlin,

Brown of Carroll, Everett of Polk,

Fain, Felker, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twi)?gs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison,

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Harris,

Martin,

Harrell,

Mayson,

Hathcock,

Merritt,

Hendricks,

Mitchell,

Henderson of Irwin, Moore,

Henderson of Wash't'nl\Iorris,

Herring,

Mullins,

Hopkins,

McCants,

Holder,

~cCranie,

Hosch,

McDonald,

Hutchins,

McDonough,

.Jarnagin,

McElreath,

Johnson of Appling, McFarland,

.Johnson of Baker, McGehee,

Johnson, of Bartow, McLennan,

Johnson of Floyd, McMillan,

.Jones of Burke,

McRae,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Newton,

King,

O>!letrt>e,

Knowles,

Ousley,

Lane of Bibb,

Pace,

Lane of Early,

Padgett,

Lane of Sumter,

P&te,

Laing,

Park of Greene,

VtRoache,

Price,

Latimer,

Rawls of Effingham,

Lee,

Reynold~<,

Longino,

Richard!<on,

Rose, Rudicil, Simpson,
S~aton,
Sloa.-., Smith of Hall, Smith of Han<'ock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, t-;tubh!', Sturgis, Stuart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Wooten,
Yat..s,
2\lr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Copeland,

Darnell, Denny, Dickey, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman,

Franklin, George, Hamby, Harvard, Hill, Howard, Johnson of Lee,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Overstreet, Park of Troup, Post,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Rogers, Singletary, Tisinger, Timmerman,

Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Willingham,

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Brinson had received 165 votes.

The Hon. E. L. Brinson having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Augusta Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Macon Circuit, for which there was to be elected a ,Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. A. W. Lane of Bibb, placed in nomination the Hon. Wm. H. Felton, Jr., of the county of Bibb.

There being no other nominations, a ballot viYa voce was ordered.

Upon c;ll of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Felton were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dowling,
Fouch~,
Greene, Gross,

Grovenstein, Hand, Heard, Hodge, Humphries, Johnson, King, Lang,

Mann, Moye, McGhee, Odom, Perkins, Redding, Steed, 13utton,

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Terrell, Thompson, Thrasher,

Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield,

Wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting. were Messrs.

Bunn, Clifton, Dickerson, Little,

Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Passmore,

Rawlings, Underwood, West., Wight.

Upon call of the roll oC the House, those voting for Mr. Felton were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David,

Harris, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart., Fain, Felker, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison,

Denny, Harrell, Harvard, Hendrick!'!, Henderso'n of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, . Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnl?on oi Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, L a i n I!',

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Laltoache, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, )fcFarland, :McGehee, McLennan, Mc:\lillan, McRae,

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Richardson, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell,

Spinks. Spet>r, Staor, Stubbs, Sturgis, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,
Up~hurch,
Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barwick, Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Farmer, Fender, Franklin, Freeman, Griffith,

Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, HarJwick, Hathcock, Hopkins, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Mullins, McLaughlin,

Overstreet, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Reid, Rogers, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Willingham.

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141

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Felton had received 164 votes.

The Hon. W m. H. Felton, Jr., having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Macon Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Brunswick Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

The Hon. D. P. Rose, of the county of Camden, placed in nomination the Hon. Jos. W. Bennett, of the county of Glynn.
There being no other nominations, a ballot viva voce was ordered.

The roll of the Senate was called and those voting for Mr. Bennett were Messrs.-

Brannen, Bunn, Daniel, Dowling,
Fouch~:\,
Greene, Grovenstein, Hand, Heard, Hodge,

Humphries, Johnson, King, Lang, M:ann, M:oye, McGhee, Odom, Passmore, Perkins,

Redding, Steed, Sutton, Thompson, Thrasher, Webb, Wilcox, Win!(field, Wood, Mr. President,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, Clifton, Davis, Dickerson, Gross,

Little, Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Rawlings,

Terrell, Underwood, West, Wight.

Upon call of the roll of the House those voting for Mr.

Bennett were Messrs:-

Adams,

Ellis,

Henderson of \Vash't'n

Adamson,

Emanuel,

Herring,

Anderson,

Erwin,

Hill,

Barron,

Esterlin,

Holder,

llarwick,

Everett of Polk,

Hoscll,

Bass,

Everett of Stewart, Hutchins,

Bennett of Mitchell, Fain,

Jarnagin,

Bennett of Pierce, Felker,

Jobmon of Appling,

Bean champ,

Fender,

.Johnson of Baker

Black of Dawson, Franklin,

Johnson of Bartow,

Black of Whitfield, Ford,

Jones of Burke,

Blalock,

Fort,

Jones of Dougherty,

Bower,

Gay,

Jordan of Jasper,

Brandon,

Gresham,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Brown of Carroll, Greene,

King,

Bryan,

Griffin of Greene, Knowles,

Bush,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Bibb,

Carter,

Griffith,

Lane of Early,

Castleberry,

Hamby,

Lane of Sumter,

Chappell,

Hardin of Liberty, l.~aing,

Cook,

Hardin of Wilkes, La Roache,

Copeland,

Harrison,

Lee,

David,

Harris,

Longino,

Denny,

Harrell,

Martin,

Dews,

Harvard,

Mayson,

Dickey,

Hathcock,

Mitchell,

Drawdy,

Hendricks,

:Morris,

Duncan,

Henderson of Irwin, Mullins,

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MaCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pdte,

Park of Green,

Starr,

Post,

Sturgis,

Rawls of Effingham, Stewart,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Stone,

Reynolds,

Swift,

Richardson,

Tatum,

Rose,

Timmerman,

Rudicil,

Turner of Rockdale,

Simpson,

Upchurch,

Singletary,

Walker of Union,

Slaton,

Watkins,

Sloan,

Whiteley,

Smith of Hall,

Williams,

Smith of Hancock, Wood,

Snell,

Wooten,

Spinks,

Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Darnell, Farmer, Freeman, George, Hall,

Hammett, Hammond, Hardwick, Howard, Hopkins, John~on of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Latimer, Merritt, Moore, McRae, Overstreet, Park of Troup, Price,

Reid, Rogers, Speer, Stubbs, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Willingham, Woodall, Yates.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast it was found that Mr. Rennett had received 165 votes.

The Hon .Jos. \Y. Bennett, having received a majority

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of all the. votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Brunswick Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning Jan. 1st, 1899.

The next Circuit drawn was the Flint Circuit for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court for the unexpired term.

Mr. Ogletree of Butts p"laced in nomination the Hon. E. J. Reagan of the County of Henry.

There being no other nominations a ballot vzva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for l\lr. Reagan were Messrs.-

Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dickerson, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand,

Heard, Humphries, Johnson, King, Mann, Moye, McGhee, McLester,

Passmore, Perkins, Steed, Sutton, Thompson, WilcOJr, Wood, ..\Ir. President.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, Bnnn, Clifton, Gross, Hodge, Lang, Little,

:\Iorrison, Xesbitt, Odom, Rawlings, Redding, Terrell,

Thrasher, Underwood, Webb, West, Wight, Wingfield.

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Upon call of the roll ofthe House those voting for Mr. Reagan wPre :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell Bennett of Pierce, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bla!ock, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Dews, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, :Fain, Felker, Franklin,
10 h j

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Gay,

Laing,

George,

La Roache,

Gresham,

Lee,

Gref'ne,

Longino,

Griffin of Greene, McCants,

Griffin of Twigg,

McCranie,

Griffith,

Martin,

Hamby,

Mayson,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Harrell,

:Moore,

Harvard,

Morris,

Hathcock,

Mullens,

Hendricks,

McDonald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Henderson of W ash't'n McElreath,

Herring,

)lcLennan,

Howard,

l\idlillan,

Hopkins,

Newton,

Holder,

Ogletree,

Hosch,

Ousley,

Hotchins,

Pace,

Jarnagin,

Park of Greene,

Johnson of Appling, Park of Troup,

.Johnson of Baker, Post,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of Wilkinson,

.Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Jordan of Jasper,

Rogers,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

KnowleP,

Simpson,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Lane of Early,

Sloan,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Smith of Hall, Smith of Hanco<'k, Speer, Rtarr, Stubbs, Stewart, Stone,

Tatum,

walker of 1I nion,

Taylor,

Wood,

Timmerman,

Woodall,

Turner of Henry, Wooten,

Turner of Rockdale, Yates,

Walker of Crawfonl, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

ArnolJ, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Darnell, Dtvid, Denny, Dickey, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Fort, Hall,

Hammett, Hammond, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Hill, Johnson of LeE', Jones of Dougherty, King, Latimer, Maxwell, l\IcFarland, McGeehee, McLaughlin, McRae, Overstreet, Padgett, Pate,

Price, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Singletary, Snell, Spinks, Sturgis, Swift, Tisinger, Tracy, Upchurch, Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Reagan had received 146 votes.

The Hon. E J. Reagan having received a majority of all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Flint Circuit for the unexpired term ending January
1, 1899.

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The next circuit drawn was the Flint Circuit, for which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court for the full term.

Mr. Turner of Henry, placed in nomination the Hon. E. J. 3-eagan, of the county of Henry.

There being no other nominations a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon cail of the roll of the Senate those voting for Mr. Reagan were Messrs.-

Brannen, D<iniel, Davis, Dowling,
Fouch~,
Greene, G rovenstein, Hand, Heard,

Johnson, King, Mann, Moye, McGhee, Passmore, Redding, Steed,

Suttcn, Thompson, Thrasher, Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield, wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blalock, Bunn, Clifton, Dickerson, Gross, HodgP, Humphries,

Lang, Little, Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Odom,

Perkins, Rawlings, Terrell, Underwood, \Vest, Wight.

Upon call of the roll of the House those voting ft>r Mr. Reagan were Mes<;rs.-

Adamson, Allen,

Anderson,
Bat~s,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce>,

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JOURNAL OF THE JioUSE.

B auchamp, B!ack of Dawson, B!ack of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Carter, Castltberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland. Drawdy; Elis, Emanuel, Erwin, Ester lin, Fain, Fdker, Ford, Fort, Gay, Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, H urell, HArvard,
H!ndrick~,

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Hendenon of \Vash'n,l\lcLennan,

Herring,

Mdlillan,

Hopkins,

Ogletree,

Holder,

Ousley,

Hosch,

Pace,

Hutchins,

Pate,

Jarnagin,

Park of Greene,

.Jolnson of Appling, Post,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Effingham

Johnson of Floyd, Richardwn,

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Rudici1,

Jordon of Pulaski, Slaton,

Knowles,

Sloan,

Lane or Bibb,

Smith of Hancock,

Lane of E 1rly,

Speer,

Lane of Sumter,

Starr,

Laing,

Stone,

LaRoche,

Swift,

Latimer,

Tatum,

Longino,

T1mmerman,

Martin,

Turner of Henry,

Mayson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

Walker of Crawford,

Mitchell,

Walker of Union,

Moore,

Williams,

i\Iorris,

Willingham,

McCants,

wood,

1\:IeDonahl,

\Vooten,

McDonough,

Yates,

~lcElreath,

Mr. Speaker.

Those uot voting~were Messrs.-

Adams, .\rnold, Barron,

B.trwick, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding,

Blalock, Bond,
Bowen,~



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Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Everett of Sttwart, Farmer, Fender, Fre(man, Franklin, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twig~s, Hall,
Hammond,

Hamby,

Price,

Hardwick,

Rawls of Wilk"nson

Harrison,

Reid,

Hatl:cock,

Reynolds,

H1ll,

Rose,

Howard,

Simpson,

Johnson d Baker, Singletary,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hal!,

Jones of Douhgerty, Snell,

King,

Spinks,

Lee,

Stubbs,

Maxwell,

Sturgie:,

Mullin8,

1'-'tewart,

McCranie,

Taylor,

McFarland,

Tisinger,

McLaughlin,

Tracy,

McRae,

Upchurch,

Newton,

Wade,

Overstreet,

Watkins,

Padgett,

Whiteley,

Pa1 k of Troup,

Woodall.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast it was found that Mr. Reagan had received 127 votes.

The Hon. E. J. Reagan, having received a majority of all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Flint Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

The next circuit drawn was the Atlantic Circuit, fi1r which there was to be elected a Judge of the Superior Court.

Mr. Rawls of Effingham, placed in nomination the Hon. Paul E. Seabrook of the county of Effingham.

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There being no other nominations a ballot viva voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate those voting for Mr. Seabrook were Messrs.-

Blalock, Brannen, Daniel, Davis, Dowling, Fouche, Greene, Grovenstein, Hand,

Heard, Johnson, King, Lang, Mann, Moye, McGhee, Passmore, Redding,

Sutton, Thompson, Thrasher, Webb, Wilcox, Wingfield, Wood, Mr. President.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Bunn, Clifton, Dickerson, Gross, Hodge, Humphries,

Litt!P, :Morrison, McLester, Nesbitt, Odom, Perkins,

Rawlings, Steed, Terrell, Undt-rwood, West, Wight.

Upon calling the roll of the House, those voting fi)r Seabrook were Messrs.--

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barwick, Bas!", Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett, of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield,

Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry,

Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Fain,

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Felker,

Jordan of Pulatoki,

Furt,

Knowles,

Gay,

Lane of Bibb,

George,

Lane of Early,

Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,

Greene,

Laing,

Griffin of Greene, LaLoache,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lee,

Griffith,

Longino,

Hammett,

Martin,

Hardin of Liberty, Mayson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Harris,

Mitchell,

Harrell,

Moore,

Harvard,

Morris,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonald,

Henderson of \Vash't'nMcDonough,

Herring,

McElreath,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Holder,

Mc:\Iillan,

Hosch,

Newton,

Hutchins,

Ogletree,

Jarnagin,

Ousley,

Johnson of Appling, Pace,

.Tohn8on of Bartow, Padgett,

Jobmon of Floyd, Pate,

.Jones of BurkP,

Park of Greene,

.TorJan of Jasper,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bowen, Brown of Bryan,

Darnell, David, Denny, Duncan. Esterlin, Everett of Stewart,

Park of Troup, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer,
~tarr,
F3tubbs, Stewart,
~tone,
Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Wood, Woodall \Vooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.
Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Hall,

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J OURXAL OF THE liOCSE.

Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick, Harrison, Hill, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, King, Latimer, Maxwell,

Mullens, McFarland, McGehee, McRae, Overstreet, Price, Reid, Reynolds, Singletary, Spinks, Sturgis,

Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Hockdale, 'Vade, "'alker of Oraw ford, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Seabrook had received 1-18 votes.

The Hon. Paul E. Seabrook, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Atlantic Circuit for the full term of four years, beginning January lst, 1899.

The next business in order was the election of a Solicitor-General of the Atlantic Circuit for the full term.

Mr. Hopkins of Mcintosh, nominated the Hon. Livingston Kenan, of the county of Mcintosh.

There being no other nominations a ballot vtra voce was ordered.

Upon call of the roll of the Senate, those voting for Mr. Kenan were Mes1'rs: --

Blalock, Brannen, Daniels, Dowling, Fouche,

GroYenstein, Heard, Hodge, Lang, Mann,

Moye,
~lcGhee,
McLester, Passmore, Perkins,

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Redding, Sutton, Thompson,

ThrashEr,
l~nderwood,
Webb,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Wilcox, \Vood, l\Ir. Prt>siden t.

Bunn, Clifton,
Da\i~,
Dkkerson, Greene, Gr0ss, HatHl,

Humphreys, Johnson, King, Little,
~lorrison,
Ne>b tt, Odom,

Rtwling;E~,
Steed, Terrell, \Vest, Wight, Wingfield

Upon call of the roll of the Honse those voting for Mr. Kenan were Messrs : -

Adams, .Allen, Anderson,
Ba~s,
Bennett of l\litchell, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel,

Everett of Polk,

Herring,

Fain,

Howard,

Felker,

Hopkins,

Franklin,

Holder,

Ford,

Ho,ch,

Fort,

Hutchins,

Gay,

Jarnagin,

Gresham,

Johnson o[ Appling,

Griffin of Greene, Johnson of B~ker,

Griffin of Twigg~>,

Johnson of Bartow,

Hardin of Liberty, Johnson of Floyd,

Hardin of Wilkes, Jones of Burke,

Hardwick,

Jordan of Jasper,

Harrison,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Harris.

Lane of Bibb,

Harrell,

Lane of Early,

Hanard,

Lane of Sumter,

Hathcock,

Laing.

Hendrick!:',

LaRoche,

Henderson of Irwin, Lee,

Henderson of \Vash't'nLongino,

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Martin, ::\iayson, :Mitchell, Moore, l\lorris, :McCranie, McDonald, :McDonough, :McElreath, ::\IcFarland, McGehee, ::\IcLennan, l\IcMillan, Newton,
O~letree,
Ousley,

Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rose. Rudicil, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr,

Stewart, Stone, Swift, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdalf>, Upchurch, Walker of Craw fort!, \Valker of Union, Whiteley, Williams, \Vood, Wooten, Yates, ::\Ir. f'peaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Alamson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick Bell of Forsyth, Bt'll oi Spalding, Bennett of Pierce, Black of Dawson, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Cook, Darnell, David, Denny, Duncan,

Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, George, Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hill, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, King, Knowles, Latimer,

:i\Iaxwell, ::\Ierritt, :VI u l l e n s ,
::\lcCant~,
McLaughlin, ::\IcRae, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Price, Reid, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, l'mith of Hall, Spinks, Stubbs, Sturgis, Tatum,

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155

Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy,

Wade,
Watkin~:!,

Willingham, Woodall.

Upon counting and consolidating the votes cast it was found that Mr. Kenan had received 134 votes.

The Hon. Livingston Kenan having received a majority of all of the votes cast was declared duly elected SolicitorGeneral of the Atlantic Circuit for the ensuing term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1899.

Mr. Fouche, Senator from the 42d district, moved that the joint session be dissolved, which motion prevailed.

The Senate having retired the Honse was called to order by the Speaker.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Johnson of Floyd, which was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That an invitation be extended to the Hon. Dan'l C. Gillman, President of the Johns Hopkins U niversity, and the Hon. William L. Willson, President of the 'Vashington and Lee U niveJ:~ity, to address the members of the House and Senate on Thursday evening next at 8 o'clock.

Upon motion of :Nit-. Johnson of Floyd, the above resolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Leaves of absence were requested by the following members, to wit: Merritt of Hancock, Turner of Rockdale, George ofDeKalb.

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Mr. Stubbs of Laurens, then moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

ATLA~TA, GA.,
""EDSESDAY, Xovember 2, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock n. m. this dny, and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll \Yas then called and the following members answered to their names to wit:

Adamf:l, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of ~fitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalo(k, Bowen, Bower,

Brandon, Brown of Carroll, B>yan, Rush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Durcan,

Elli~,
Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Fflker, Freeman, :Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, GreenP, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twigg!',

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Griffith,

Lee,

Hall,

Longino,

Hammett,

Martin,

Hamby,

Mayson,

Hardin of Liberty, Maxwell,

Hardin of Wilkes, ::\lerritt,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Harrison,

:\Ioore,

Harris,

:\I orris,

Harrell,

:Mullins,

Harvard,

~IcCants,

Hathcock,

:\IcCranie,

Hendricks,

::\IcD,mald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcEireath,

Herring,

McFarland,

HowarJ,

McGehee,

Hopkins,

::\IcLaughlin,

Holder,

.McLennan,

Hosch,

::\Ic::\Iillan,

HutchinR,

::\IcRae,

Jarnagin,

Xewton,

Johnson of Appling, Ogletree,

.Johnson of Baker, Ousley,

Johnson of Bartow, Pace,

Johnson of Floyd, Padgett,

Johnson of Lee,

Pate,

Jones of Burke,

Park of Greene,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Troup,

Jordan of Pulaski, Post,

King,

Price,

Knowles,

Rawls of Effingham,

Lane of Bibb,

Raw~s of Wilkinson,

Lane of Early,

Reid,

Lane of ~umter,

RPynolds,

I.~1.ing,

Richardwn,

LaRo::che,

Roger~.

Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smit-h of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer,
St~rr,
Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, l.Tpchurrh, Wade, Walker of CrawforJ, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Wooten, "'.oodall, Yates, l\Ir. SpEa',er.

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JouRxAL oF THE HousE.

Those absent were Messrs.

Bond, Brown of Bryan, Fender,

George, Hammond, Hill,

Jones of Dougherty, Latimer, Overstreet.

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.

Upon the call of the roll of counties, the follmving bill3 were introduced, read for the first time and referred to appropriate commli.ttees, to wit:

By 1\fr. Johnson of Baker-
A bill to amend section 4193 of the Civil Code o 1895, 'Yhich prescribes the ju:risdiction of the county court in ciYil ca~es, by strikiing out the 'Yord "fifty" in the last line of said section, and inserting the word "five" in lieu thereof, and for other purpooes.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee.

By lfr. Ho~v'ard of Chattahoochee-
A bill to regulate settlements to be made by the taxcollectors of this State, of milroad taxes received by them, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County matters.

]3y l\Ir. lfcCranie of Berrien-
A bill to repeal an Act preventing the hunting and catching o opossums in this State, between the first day

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of ~Iaroh and the first day of October, and for other purposes.

Referred to Comm~ttee on Agriculture.

By :Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee--
A. bill to regulate the sale of patent medicines, and to prescribe penalties for the illegal sale thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene.

1-:y .lllr. Bell of Forsyth-
A. bill to repeal an Act. entitled an Act to provide for the admission to the bar, how the examination shall be concluded, by whom and what shall be the requisites for su~h admission, and for other purposes.
Referred to General ,Turuicinry Committee.

By :Mr. George of DeKalb--
A bill to incorporate the town of Edgewood, in the county of DeKalb; to proY~de a murucipal"goYernment for said town; to establish a system of public schools, and for ('t her purposes.
Refer~ed to Committee on Corporations.

lJy 1.'[r. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill to proYide for a change of venue in certain civil cases under article 6, section 17 and paragraph 1 of the

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Constitution of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Geneml Judiciary Committee.
By )Ir. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill repealing an Act entitled "an Act to pro,~ide for the registration of Yoters in this State; to prescribe penalties :for certain offenses committeed therewith; to make requisnte a condition precedent to Yoting, and for other purpose.;;."
Referred tg the General Judiciary Committee.
Ly :Mr. Starr of Gordon-
A bill to amend ;:ection 65 of volume three of the Code of 18V5, and for other purpose8.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Watkins of GilmerA bill to limit and fix the compensation of solicitors-
general in this State, and for other purposes. Referred to Fi11ance Committee.

By ::\lr. Sloan of Hall-
A bill amendi11g section 35 of the Code of Georgia of 1S95, >Yhich requires a registrativn of Yoters, and for other rnrposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Duncan o:f Houston-
A bill to amend an Act entitled "an Act to create a Board of Roads and Hevenue for the county of Houston," and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By l\fr. Adams of PutnamA bill to amend section 698 of volume 3 of the Code of
1895, by striking from the second line thereof the words "and maliciously," and substituting tin lieu thereof the words "negligently and carelessly," and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. Lane of SumterA bill to amend section 2185 of the Code of Georgia,
by striking out the words "The salary of each commissioner shall be $2,500," and inserting the words, "The salary of the chairman of said Hailroad Commission shall be two thousand dollars, and the salary of ench associate commis-. sioner shall be seventeen hundred and fifty dollars," and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to make it lawful that upon the death of employees of J;3Jilroads, express companies, street railways, etc., any wages due them be paid his widow, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
11 h j

162

JotTRXAL OF THE HousE.

By }fr. Bell of Spalding-

A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Hevenue for the counties of Spalding and Butts, and for other purposes.

By .\1r. Woodall o:f Talbot--

A bill to proYide for the regi;;;tratiun of voters in thi.,; State, before voting, and to pre&'ribe certain penalties for offenses connected therewith, and for other purposeR.

Heferrecl to Committee on Co'..mty and County Matters.

Dy ~Jr. Lainp; of Terrell--
A bill to establi~h the city court of Dawson in and for the county of TerreH, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By :1fr. Copeland of Walker-
A bill to prohibit creditors from assigning and transferring or ;;;ending out of this State clmims, accounts or debts ngainst a resident of this State, for the purpose of having the same collected by proceeding in attachments or by garnishment under section 4732 of the CiV'il Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Laing of Terrell-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a counrty court in each

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county in the State of Georgia, e:x.cept certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19th, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereof so far as applies to the county of Terrell, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

I:ly Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an Act to pru,~ilde for the rotation and interchanging of Circuits by the judges of the superior courts of this State; to prescribe the manner in which said judges shall rotate, and for other purposes.

Referred to Generol Judiciary Committee.

Ey Mr. 11cDonald of Ware-

A bill to amend an Act establishing a city court in and for the county of vVare, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. CalV'in of Richmond-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person at any time to discharge a gun or pistol on 'any public highway, or within one hundred yards of any highway, and to pre~ seribe a penalty for VJiolation thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

The follo"ing message was receiYed from the Senate, through 11r. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

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Jllr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, in w'hieh t!he concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:

A resolution, That the General Assembly adjourn on Saturday, November 5th, and take a recess until W ednesday, Kovember 9th, 12 o'clock m.

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:

A resolution, inviting Hon. Daniel C. Gillman and Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, to address the General Assembly, Thursday evening, at 8 p. ln., in the hall of the House of Representatives.

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution, 'inviting Hon. Daniel C. Gillman and Ron. "\Ym. L. "\Yilson to address the General Assembly, Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the hall of the House of Repnscntatives.

The following resolutions were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By ~Ir. Rogern of :1brion-
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate co!lJCurring, that in order to enable the membern of the General Assembly to ret:iro to the.ir respective homes for the purpose of voting in the congressional election, a recess be

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taken for three days, i. e., the sixth, seventh, and eighth
days of November; that the members shall receive n:o per diem for the days designated, and that said days shall not be regarded as a part of the legislative fifty days.

The above joint resolution was ordered lwid on the table for one day.

By Mr. Park of Greene-

whereas, the people of Georgia are desirous o knowing the financial condition of the State; Resolved, that the Governor be requested to furnish the present General Assembly a full statement of the financi:al condition o this State, and or other purposes.

The wbove resolution was ordered }atid on the table or one day.

By Mr. Bello Forsyth-

Resolved, That a standing committee, to consist o 11 members to be styled the Comm~ttee on Expenditure, be appointed by the Speaker.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

By :Mr. Calvin o Richmond-

A joont resolution, providing for the purchnse o a portraJi.t of Governor John 1\filledge.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

Mr. Sloan o Hall, <introduced the following privilege resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

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Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended Judge G. H. Price during his stay in the city.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members, tu \Vit: Mr. Johnson of Bartow, ~fr. Drawdy of \Vayne, Mr. Brown of Bryan, :1\Ir. Cook of Heard, Mr. Little of Muscogee.
On motion of :Mr. Freeman of Coweta, the House then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, November 3, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m., this day, and was called to order by Mr. Blalock, Sp~ker pro tern., and opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. "\Valker Lewis.

The roll was then called and those answermg to their names were :Messrs.-

Adam!', Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum,

Calvin, Carter, Castle berry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy,

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Duncan,

Howard,

Ellis,

Hopkins,

Emanuel,

Holder,

Erwin,

Hosch,

Esterlin,

Hutchins,

Everett of Polk,

Jarnagin,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Appling,

Fain,

Johnson of Baker,

Farmer,

Johnson of Bartow,

Felker,

Johnson of Floyd,

Fender,

J obnson of Lee,

Freeman,

Jones of Burke,

Franklin,

Jordan of Jasper,

Ford,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Fort,

King,

Gay,

Knowles,

George,

Lane of Bibb,

Gresham,

Lane of Early,

Greene,

Lane of Sumter,

Griffin of Greene, Laing,

Griffin of Twiggs, LaRoache,

Griffith,

Latimer,

Hall,

Lee,

Hammett,

Longino,

Hamby,

Martin,

Harden of Liberty, Mayson,

Harden of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

Merritt,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Harris,

Moore,.

Harrell,

Morris,

Harvard,

:\lull ens,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonald,

Henderson of \Vasht'n,McDonongh,

Herrin~,

McElreath,

Hill,

McFarland,

McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae-, Newton,
O~letree,
Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park, of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effin~ham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift,

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J OURKAL OF THE HOUSE.

Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,

Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley,

Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Brown of Bryan, Hammond,

Jones of Dougherty, Mr. Speaker. Overstreet,

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

l.fr. Calvin of Richmond, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House had on yesterday, in regard to the resolut~on, providing for an adjournment of the House and Senate until Wednesday.

Upon this motion, Mr. Copeland of walker, called the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

TJpon t:aking t'he ballot, ,niva VOICe, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.--

Adam!!, Adamson, Bower, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Calvin, Copeland, Denny, Dews, Dickey,

Erwin, Everett of Polk, Felker, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Griffith, Hall,

Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harris, Harvard, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Washt'n, Herring, Hopkins, Hosch, Hutch in~,

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Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, King, Lane of Sumter, LaRoche, McCranie, McDonough, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan,

Newton, Padgett, Pate, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Reynolds, Singletary, Smith of Hancock, Speer,

Starr, St.urgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Taylor, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Whitley, Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messre.-

Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bl11lock, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Bush, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Darnell, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer,

Fender, Franklin, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Howard, Holder, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of ~'loyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Laing, Latimer, Lee, Longino,

Martin,

Maxwell,

Merritt,

Mitchell,

Moore,

Morris,

Mullins,

McCants,

McElreath,

McFarland,

McLaughlin,

McRae,

Ogletree,

Ousley,

Pace,

Park of Greene,

Park of Troup,

Price,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Richardson,

Rogers,

Rose,

Rudicil,

Simpson,

Slaton,

Sloan,

~

Smith of Hall,

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Snell, Spinks, Stubbs, Tatum, T.mmerman,

Tracy, Upchurch, Wade, 'Vatkins,

Williams, Wood, \V t)Odall, Yat.,s.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, David, Duncan,

George, Hammond, Hill, Jones of Dougherty, Knowles, Mayson, McDonald,

Overstreet, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Willingham, 1\Ir. Speaker.

Ayes 56. Nays 95.

Upon counting the vote it was ascertained that the ayes were 56 and the nays 95, so the motion to reconsider was dedared lost by the Speaker.

The following me:sage was rec1ived from the Senate, through :Mr. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:

Jlfr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, m whic.h the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A resolution, appointing a committee of 3 from the Senate and 5 from the House to visit some State on Tuesday, November 8th, having the "Australian Ballot," or reform ballot system, and report their observation.
The committee on the part of the Senate are l\Ie:srs. Perkins, Redding and :Morrison.

The following joint resolutions were introduced, read aifd adopted, to wit:

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By :Mr. Lane of Bibb--
Resolved, That the General Assembly extend thanks to the Ron. "\V. J. N orthen and his di.,-tinguished associate!! on the commission selected to prepare a Georgia exhibit, etc., for the Trans-:Mississippi Exposition.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
Resolved, That the Ron. Flemming G. duBignon be invited to address the General Assembly on ballot reform.

The committee appointed to invite the Ron. Flemming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly on ballot reform were :Messrs. Reynolds of Richmond and Slaton of :Fulton.
By Mr. Griffin of Greene--
A resolution for the relief of George A. Hall and Joel F. Thornton, as securities on the bond of J ene wmiarnB, and for other purposes.
Referred to Finance Committee.

The following joint resolution was received from the Senate through the Ron. C. S. Nort:hen, Secretary of the Senate:
A resolution appointing a committee to viSiit some State on November 8th, 1898, ha'"ing the "Australian Ballot" system, and report to the General Assembly their observation.
Upon motion of ~Ir. Smith of Hall, the resolution of the Senate was concurred in.

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By ~lr. Park of Greene--

Resolved, That whereas, the people of Georf,nia are de sirous of knowing the finandal condition of the State, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representative:;, that the Governor be requested to furniah a report of the financial condition of this State, etc.

Upon motion of :Mr. Park of Greene, the above resolu tion was immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following joint resolution \Yas, by unanimous con sent, withdrawn, to wit:

By ~fr. Rogers of :Marion-
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that in order to enable the members of the House to rffi.:urn to their homes for the purpose of voting in the congressional election, that a recess be t.aken from Saturday unt.il \Vednesday, i. e., the 6th,_ 7th and 8th of November, and that said days shall not be regarded as counted in the legislative fifty days.

The following privilege reaolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That a seat on the floor of the House be ten dered to the Hons. L. D. Shannon and W. Y. Griffin, o Twiggs, during their stay in the city.

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By }fr. Arnold of Oglethorpe-

Resolved, That the privilege of the floor be extended the Hon. W. }.f. Willingham, of Oglethorpe, during his stay in the city.

By ~Ir. Knowles of Fulton-
Resolwd~ That vhe privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. Aaron French, of Pittsburg, Pa., during his stay in the city.

By 1.Ir. Harris of Thomas-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. A. H. Hansell, judge of the Southern Circuit, during his stay in the city.

The following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By :Mr. Bond of MadisonA bill to amend section 5404, volume two of the Cod6
of 1895, and for other purposes. Referred to Generol Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of LeeA bill to require the tax-receivers of this State to keep
in their offices a numerical index of all the lots of land in their respective counties.
Referred to Committee on County and County matters.

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JouRKAL oF THE IIousE.

I~y :Mr. Bond of lfadieon-

A bill to amend section 4147 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to Gene1al Judiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues for the county of Twiggs, and to define their powers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County matters.

By }fr. Latimer of Cherokee-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $750, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay pensions for 1898 to such invalid pensioners or their widows, who had been regularly enrolled as pensioners in the pension office for the year 1898, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By lfr. Smith of HallA bill to prescribe the powers_ of tax-collectors of this
State, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on County and County matters.

By :Mr. Smith of Hall-
A bill to authorize the constables of this State to levy and collect fi. fas. issued from superior courts, and from

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eounty or city courts, where the amount of said fi. fa. does not exceed $100, and for other purposes.
Referred to Geneml Judiciary Committee.

By }Ir. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,000 to erect for the white department of the School for Deaf a dining-room, kitchen and bakery, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Asylum for Deaf.

By }.fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to extend the law of Georgia, applicable to charitable and benevolent institutions for the custody of cllildren, incorporated under the Act approved on the 18th day of December, 1894, so that the same shall apply to orphans' homes, and for other purposes.
Referred to General J udioiary Committee.

By :Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to prescJ"Iibe a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, and to provide for the enforcement of same, and for other purposes.
Referred to :Finance Committee.

By :Mr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to appropriate $7,000 for the purpose of erecting at the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs, Ga., a gymnasium for the physical training of the white pupils,

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and for laVTato.ries., bathing pools and closets for the boys, and for other purpOSS.

Referred to Committee on Asylum for Deaf.

By ::\Ir. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $11,000 for the purpose of adding eertain comforts and necessities to the negro department of the Georgia School for the Deaf, at Cave Springs, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Asylum for the Deaf.

By ~Ir. Harvard of DoolyA bill to prohibit the baiting or killing of doves thus
baited in this State. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Air. Whiteley of Glascock-
A bill to amend section 5043 of volume 2 of the Code d 1895, by adding to the end of said section, "or by making an affidavit that he is advised and believes that his cause is a good one, and that from his poverty, he is unable to pay the costs, ~nd for osther purposes."
Referred to Geneml Judiciary Committee.

By 3fr. Hall of Bibl:rA bill to amend section 2323 of the Code of 1895. Referred to General Judiciary Comm~ttee.

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By ~Ir. Watkins of Gilmer-

A bill to amend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, by striking out in the second line of said section the word "eighteen," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-one," and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education. By 1Ir. ~IcDonough of Chatham-

A. bill to amend section 398, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, touching gaming-house-s, and for other purposes.

Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.
:Mr. Hamby, Chairman of the Special Committee ap
point-ed to ascertain lww many pensions are on file in the rension offi~, submitted the following report, to wit:

.Mr. Speaker:

'Ve, your Special Committee, appointed to confer with the Pension Commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of pension claims now on file in the Pen:;jou office, which conform to the requirements of the .several Acts of the Legislature, relative to the pensioning -of ex-Confederate soldiers, or the widows of the same, do :submit the following report:
'Ve find that there are on file in said Pension
office 3,826 widows' claims which conform to the laws relat,ive thereto, and 'vh!ich have been fully paid off at $60 each, amounting in the aggregate to .... $229,560 00
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\Ve find that there are on file in said Pension office 3,398 invalid soldiers' claims which conform to the laws relative thereto, and which have boon fully paid off at the aggregate amount of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,000 OOi
We find on file in said Pension office 169 invalid soldiers' claims, which seem to comply witlh the laws relative thereto, but which have not been pruid off for want of funds; the approximate amount necessary for the payment of same being. . . . . . . . . . 9,560 00
We find on ile in said Pension office 3,166 indigent soldiers' claims which conform to the }aws relative there, and which have been fully paid off at $60 each, amounting in the aggregate to. . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,960 00
\Ve also find on file in said office 805 indigent soldiers' claims, which appear to conform to the laws relative thereto, but which h~ve not boon paid off for want of funds; the arrnount necessary for payment of which at $60 each being. . . . . . . . . . . . 48,300 OO
Respectfully submitted.
R. E. A. HAMBY, Chairman. }.f. L. EVERETT, J. C. BARRON.
Leaves of abeence were granted to the following memrers: :Messrs. Overstreet of Scnweu, Bennett of Pierce, .Johmon of Appling, DaYid of Lincoln, Franklin of Bul-

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lock, Brown o Carroll, Rogers o Manion, Snell of Johnson, Barwick o Emanuel, Bryan of Floyd, Henderson of Washington, Sloan o Hall, P.ate of Gwinnett, Park o Troup.

Mr. Copeland o Walker, moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'dock a. m. to-morrow, whic.h motion prevailed.

Atlanta, Ga., }'riday November 4th, 18fl8.

The House met pursuant to 'adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m., this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll 'Y'as then called and t.he following answered to their names, to wit, Messre.-

Adams,

Black of D.1w~on,

Adamson,

Black of Whitfield,

Allen,

Blalock,

Anderson,

Bond,

Arnold,

Bowen,

Barron,

Bower,

Barwick,

Brandon,

Bass,

, Brown of Carroll,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bryan,

Bennett of Pierce, Bush,

Beauchamp,

Bynum,

Bell of Spalding,

Calvin,

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Dav:d, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan,

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Ellis,

Holder,

Emanuel,

Hosch,

Erwin,

Hutchins,

Esterlin,

Jarnagin,

Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Baker,

Everett of Stewart, Johnston of Bartow,

Fain,

Johnson of Floyd,

Farmer,

Johnson of Lee,

Felker,

Jones of Burke,

Fender,

Jordan of Jasper,

Freeman,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Ford,

King,

Fort,

Knowles,

Gay,

Lane of Bibb,

George,

Lane of Early,

Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,

Greene,

Laing,

Gr.ffin of Greene, LaRoache,

Griffin of TwiFgs, L1timer,

Griffith,

Lee,

Hall,

Longino,

Hammett,

Martin,

Hamby;

Mayson,

Harden of Liberty, Maxwell,

Harden of Wilkes, Merritt,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Harrison,

Moore,

Harris,

Morris,

Harrell,

Mullens,

Harvard,

McCants,

Hathcock,

McCranie,

Hendricks,

McDonald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Henderson of Wash'n,McElreath,

Herring,

McFarland,

Hill,

McGehee,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Bloan, ~mith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spink!', Speer, !:ltarr, Stubbs, Sturgie, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman,

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Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford,

Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham,

Wood, Woodall, \Vooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Brown of Bryan, Franklin,

Hammond,

Overstreet,

.Johnson of Appling, Park of Troup.

Jones of Dougherty,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.
Mr. Bush of }.filler, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House !had on yesterday, in concurring in the resolution of the Senate, appointing a committee to visit some State having a ballot reform system, which motion prevailed.
The following privilege resolutions were introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
l_{esolved, Th!at the privileges of the floor be extended to the Ron. J. N. Scarborough, of Americus, Ga., during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Copeland of Walker--
Hesolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Ron. Gordon Lee during his stay in the city.

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By :Mr. }f,cRae of Telfair-

Resolved,. That the privileges o the floor be extended to the Hon. F. :M:. Allagood during his stay in the city.

By :Mr. :Maxwell o Oglethorpe-
Resolved, That the privileges o the floor be extended the Hon. J. :M:. Smith and Judge Hamilton McWhorter, of Oglethorpe, during their stay in the city.

By lfr. Denny o Floyd-

Resolved, That the Hon. Robert Dougherty be invited to a seat on the floor o the House during his stay in the city.

By :Mr. Moore o Carroll-
Resolved, That the privileges o the floor be extended to Cols. J. H. Barron and P. P. Kings:berry, of Carrollton, during their stay in the city.
By l\Ir. Jarnagin o \VarrenResolved, That the privileges o a seat on the floor be
extended to Judge J. W. Haygood, o the county o Macon, during his stay in the city.
By )fr. J amagin of \VarrenResohred, That the privileges of the floor be extended
to the Hon. James l\L Dupree, o the county of Macon, during his stay in t:he oity.

The following joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Blalock of Fayette, which was read and adopted, to wit:

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A resolution to inquire into and ascertain the condition -o the State Tre3.Sury o the State o Georgia, on the first -o X ovember, 1898, and or other purposes.
lJpon motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, the above rreolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the senate.

Upon call of the roll of counties for the introduction o new matter, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By 1-lr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to amend paragraph 4, section 2, article 7' of the Constitution of this State, iby making certain addition to the end thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Const.ii.tutional Amendments.

By :Mr. Bennett of Pierce-
A bill prdhibiting the trapping, poisoning, or catching of fish with nets in the waters of this State, and to prescribe a penalty for same, and for other purpofleS.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By :llfr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to provide for the levy allld sale of all interest or equity of redemption of real estate, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Bennett of Mitchell-

A bill to change the time of 'holding the superior courb of Worth, Calhoun, Baker and Mitchell counties, and forother purposes.

Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-

A bill to prevent the ~acrifice of property sold at legai sales, by providing for the appraisement of same, and allowing the defendant to redoom same under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By }.fr. Simpson of }.filton-

A bill to authorize the ordinaries of this State to purchase such books, etc., as nmy be needed in their offices, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Harden of Liberty-

A bill to amend section 765 of the third volume of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Harden of Liberty-

A bill to pwhibit non-reaidents from hunting or fishing in Liberty county, anJ for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County )Iatters..

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By 1Ir. Cook of Heard-

A bill to amend section 1 of Act of 1897, page 108, autlwrizing the Treasurer of the State to draw his warrant
oo for certain moneys to used 'in paying teachers, and for
other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Starr of Gordon-

A bill to repeal the 3d section of an Act approved Deeembcr 16, 1895, provid~ng for the appointment of auditors, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By :Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to provide for the remoV'al of laborers and croppel'S in certain cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By 1\h. LaRoche of ChathamA bill to amend section 341 of volume 3 of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General ,Judiciary Committ~e.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to amend section 1486 of the Code of 1895, so asto require "four'' instead of "three" full courses to practicesurgery or medic.ine in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By :Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to make horse-racing or reckless riding unlawful upon the highways of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By ~Ir. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to relieve Building and Loan Associations doing business only in the county where chartered, 'and contiguous counties, from being required within fiften months :after COIJllmencing to do business to deposit securities as now required by law, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Harrell of Dodge--
A bill to change and fix a time for holding the superior court of Dodge county, in Oconee Circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committe on County and County :Matters.

By :Mr. Jones of Burke--
A bill to amend section 2250 of the Code of 1895, as to the manner of collecting claims, for the killing of stock by railroad companies, so as to make such claims recoverable as other claims, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By lfr. Jones of Burke--

A bill to amend sections 2253, 2254, 2256, 2257, 2258,

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2259, 2260 of the Code of 1895, as to notice to railroad eompanies, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Wade of Brooks-

A bill to prohibit the sale of morphine in the State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By ~Ir. Hall of Bibh-

..:\. bill to prohibit any person or persons to operate. any railroaa in this State, or to maintain any raaroad along or across any public roads or streets in this State, or to obstruct any buildings or structures of any character, unless the person or corporation operating said railroad be first incorporated under the incorporation laws of this State, Hnd for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Py }lr. Johnson of Baker-
A bill to amend an Act requiring all claimants of lands sold under transferred wild land tax fi. fas. prior to the first day of January, 1880, to bring suit for same within ~6 months, and to provide for the bringing of such suits, vnd for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Heynolds of RichmondA bill authorizing the city council of Augusta to impose

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a penalty for :failure to pay taxes, assessments, etc., and any sums due for the use of water through the water pipes of said city, within a xed t1ime, and for other purposes.
Referred to Sproial Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to affix a penalty for failure to make tax returns, and to provide for enforcements of same.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Dy 1Ir. H.eynolds of Richmond-
A bill to amend an A-ct to create a Board of Police Commissioners for the crity of Augusta, approved August 26th, J879, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. Heynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enforce the collection of all taxes, and for other purpo~es.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following message was received from the Senate, through :Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
lrfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bill by the requisite constitutional majority, as amended, to wit:

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A bill to cede certain lands in Meriwether county, to the Fnited States, for the purpose of establishing a fishery.

The following message was received from the Senate through l\Ir. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
~llr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolutions of the Houee, to wlit:

A resolution requesting the Governor to furnish the General Assembly with a statement of the financial condition of the State.

Also, a resolution inviting Ron. Fleming G: duBignon to address the General Assembly on "Ballot Reform."
And has appointed as a committee on the part of the f!enate, Hon. J olm F. Redding, tD confer with the House C'ommittee, to ll8Certain the tirue, etc.

~Ir. Reynolds, Chairman on the part of the House of the Special Joint Committee, to invite Hon. Fleming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly on "Ballot Reform," submitted the following report:

111 r. 8 peaker:

The Special Joint Committee, charged with the duty of extending an invitatio:n, to the Hon. Fleming G. duBignon to address the General Assembly on ''Ballot Reform," have performed that duty and beg to report that ~fr. duBignon has ac~epted the invitation, and will name n day in the neoar future when he will conform to the

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wishes of the General Assembly. Mr. duBignon desired us to convey to the General Assembly an expression of his

high appreciation of the honor conferred upon him. Respectfully submitted. JOE S. REYNOLDS, Chairman, On part of the House.

Mr. Bush of :Miller, moved that the House do not concur in the resolution of the Senate, appointing a committee to visit some of the States, and gather information, having in view the Australian ballot system, and report to the General Assembly thelir information.

:Mr. Beauchamp of Pike, offered as a substitute, that the House concur in said resolution.
~Ir. Hardwick of 'Vashington, called for the aye;; and l1ays upon saud motion, which call was :oustained.

L pon taking the ballot, viva voce, the Yote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.--

Anderson, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierre, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Brandon, Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

Copeland, Denny, Dew@, Erwin, Ester! in, Farmer, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twigg~,

Griffith, Hammett, Hamby, Harden of Liberty, Hardwick, Harris, Harrell, Harvard,
Hendrick~,
Henderaon of Irwin, Herring,

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Hill,
Hopkin~,
Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd,
Knowle~,
Lane of Sumter, Mayson, Mitchell, Morris, Mullens, McCranie, McElreath,

McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, 1\IcMillan, Newton, Ousley, Pact, Park of Greene, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Simpson, Slaton, Smith <'f Hall,

Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale~ Wade, Watkins, Whiteley, Woodall, \Vooten, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs -

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Bryan, Bush, Chappell, Cook, Darnell, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart,

Felker, Fender, Ford. Greene, Griffin of Greene, Hall, Harden of Wilkes, Harrison, Hathcock, Howard, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of I.ee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of_Bibb, Lane of Early, Laing, Latimer,

Lee, Longino, Martin, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, McCants, McDonough, McRae. Ogletree, Padgett, Price, Rawls of Effingham,. Reid, Richardson, Rose, Rudicil, Singletary, Smith of Hancock,. Spinks, Stubbs,

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Stewart, .':ltone, Tracy,

Upchurch,

Williama,

Walker of Crawford, Willingham,

Walker of Union, Wood,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barwick, Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, {)astltberry, David, Fain,

Freeman,

Overstreet,

Franklin,

Pate,

Hammond,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Wash't'nRogers,

.Johnson of Appling, Sloan,

Jones of Dougherty, Snell,

LaRoacbe,

Swift,

McDonald,

Mr. Speaker.

Upon counting the votes cast, it was ascertained that the ayes were 80 and the nays 70, w the motion prevailed by substitute, and the resolution was concurred in.

The committee appointed on part of the HousE' to visit some State and gather information on tJhe ballot reform .system, were Mess.rs. Smith of Hall, Harrell of Dodge, Holder of Jackson, watkins of Gilmer, Hardwick of \Vashington.

The following joint resolution was introduced by :a-Ir. Knowles of Fulton, to wit:

A joint resolution to pay the city of Atlanta $3,047.41 for paving, sewer work, etc., in front of State property, and a sum not exceBcling $1,000 for repairing W ashingtou :Street.
Referred to Finance Committee.

The House concurred in t'he Senate amendment to House

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bill K o. 3, the same being a bill to cede certain lands in the o('Ounty of :Meriwether, to the United States Government, by inserting in the eleventh line, section 1, after the word "eighteen," and before t'he word "in," the word "acres."

}!r. Cook of Heard, offered the following joint resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That the carpet on the floor of the House be dusted during t:he recess to be taken from the 5th to 9th -of XoYember.

LeaYes of absence 'vere granted to the following membere, to wit: :Messrs. Ste\Wlrt of Murray, Watkins of Gilmer, Simpson of Milton, Freeman of Webster, Arnold of Oglethorpe, Ford of 'Yorth, Hopkins of :Mcintosh, Hammett of Troup, Rawls of wilkinson, "\Valker of Crawford, Blalock of Fayette, Bush of ~filler, Greene of Clay, Lane of Early, Harris of Thomas, Ho.;;ch of Jackson, Ousley of Lowndes, Herring of Decatur, lTpchurch of Charlton, Johnson of Lee, "\Voodftll of Talbot, Fain of "\Vhite, Harrell of Dodge, Speer of Sumter, Jones of Burke, Dickey af Fannin, Cook of Heard, "\Vood of Towns., "\Vooten of Calhoun, Xew1:on of }forgan, LaRoache of Chatham, McMillan of Chatham, Stubbs of Laurens, Farmer of Jefferson, Jiarn1an of Quitman, Jordan of Pulaski, Hamby of Rabun, Bennett of }f.itcheH, )Iitchell of Thomas, Bynum of Columbia, Lane of Sumter, Henderson of Irwin, Laing of Terrell, Dews of Randolph, Castleberry of Monroe, Fender of Clinch, McElreath of Cobb, Gay of Colquit, McCranie -of BeiT'ien, Bell of Forsyth.

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:Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the House was deelared adjourned by the Speaker until 10 o'clock 'a. m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga.,
Saturday, November 5th, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, and was called to order by the speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

l.fr. Denny of Floyd, moved, that the roll-call be dispensed with, which motion was lost.

The roil was then called and those present were l.Iessrs:

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bass, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Branrlon,

Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, CartE-r, Chappell, Copeland, Darnell, DE-nny, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin,

Esterlin, EvE-rett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fort, Gay, neorgt>, GreFham, Griffin of Greene. Griffin of Twig!!s, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Harden of Lil::erty.

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Harden of Wilke~. Hardwick, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Hill, Bowar,i, Holder, Hutchins, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan ot Jasper, King, Knowles, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt,

Moore,

Rudicil,

Morria,

Singletary,

:Mullens,

Slaton,

McCantfl,

Sloan,

McDonough,

Smith of Hancock,

Mc.Farland,

Spinks,

McGehee,

Starr,

McLaughlin,

Stnrgie,

McLennan,

Stone,

Mc:\Iillan,

Swift,

McRae,

Tatum,

Newton,

Taylor,

O;.:letree,

Tisin!!er,

Padgett,

Tracy,

Park,

Turner of Rockdale,

Post,

Wade,

Prke,

Walker of Crawford,

Rawls of Effingham, Walker of Union,

Hawls of Wilkinson, Whiteley,

Reid,

Williarr:e,

Richl'r,lson,

Mr. Speaker.

Rse,

Those absent were l\Iessrs.-

Arnold, Barwick, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Blalock, Bush, Bynum, Cdstleberry, Cook. D.IVi<l, DrwP,
Dick~>y,

Fain,

Henderson of \Vash'm,

Farmer,

Herring,

Fender,

Hopkins,

Freeman,

Hosch,

Franklin,

Jarn~gin,

Ford,

Johnson of Appling,

Green~>,

Johnson of Baker,

Hammond,

Johnson of LeP,

Hamby,

Jones of Burk~>,

Harrison,

.Tones of Dougherty,

Harris,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Harrell,

Lane of Bibb,

Henrlerson of Irwin, Lane of Early,

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Lane of Sumter, Laing, Mitchell, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, Oos'ey, Overstreet,
Pac~,
Pate,

Prtrk, Reynolds,
Ro~er:::.,
Simpson, Smith of Hall, Snell, Speer, Stubbs, Stewart,

Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Watkins, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.

The following privilege resolutions were introduced, read and adopted, to wit:
By :1fr. Bower of Decatur-
Hesolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. Thomas :M. Battle, of Decatur, during his stay in the city.

13y :Mr. Holder of Jackson-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. R. B. Russell during his stay <in the city.
The following resolution was introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred to wit:

By Mr. :1fcLaughlin of :Meriwether-
Resolved, That from and after this day, no resolutions extending the privileges of the floor to any person be

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granted unless the same is referred to Committee on Privileges of the floor.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

Upon motion of :Mt:. :McLaughlin of :Meriwether, the following resolution was withdrawn, to wit:

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Rooolved, That from and after this day. no privilege resolutions extending the privileges of the floor of the House to any person be granted, unless the same be first reieiTed to Committee on Priv.ilegs of the Floor.

By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill, providing for the holding of a convention of the people of Georg1ia, for the purpose of revising, amending and changing the Constitution of the State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. 1\atum of Dade--
A bill amending an Act entitled an Act approved December 24th, 1896, entitled -an Act to give Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or county judge, as the case may

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be, of each county, the power and authority to lay out and change and discontinue the public roads, and to work and have worked, the same; to provide for the levying of a tax, and who shall be subject to road duty, and for the ap.pointment of a superintendent.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. By Mr. Sloan of Hall-

A bill to amend sect>ion 81, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, changing the penalty for violation of said section, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By ~Ir. Slaton of :Fulton-

A bill providing for the election of their clerks by Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the various counties in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

LeaYes of absence were granted the following members, tn wit: ::\Ir. Smith of Hall, Mr. Park of Greene, Mr. McRae of Telfair and ~Ir. Freeman of Coweta.
Upon motion of ~Ir. s,,ift of Elbert, the House was dedared adjourned until wednesday, November 9th, 1898, 12 m., by the Speaker.

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Atlanta, Ga., \VednSday, November 9th, 1898.

The House met pursu'ant to adjournment, at 12 o'clock m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and -opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon call of the roll, those present were Messrs.-

Adam~.
Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, 13ennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond. Bower, Brandon, 13rown of Carroll, Bryan, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny,

Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of St.ewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, F1rt, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, Harrell, Harvard,

Hathcock,
Hendrick~;~,
Henderson of Wash't'n Herring. Hill, Howard,
Hopkin~,
Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee,

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LonJ:(ino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullens, McCants, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Padgett,

Pate, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr, Stubb!l, Sturgis,

Stewart, Stont>, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner oi Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford,. Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willinghllm, 'Voodall, 'Vooten, Yatt>s, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.--

Barwick Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Dickey, Drawdy, Fain,

Farmer,

Martin,

Greene,

l\IcCranie,

Hammett,

McRae,

Hammond,

Overstreet,

Hnrdwick,

Park of Troup,

Harrison,

Reynolds,

Henderson of Irwin, Spinks,

Johnson, of Appling, Taylor,

Lane of Early,

Wood.

The Journal o Saturday's proceedings was then read and confirmed.

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Mr. Tatum of Dade, offered the following joint resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

A joint resolution appointing a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House, to draft a resolution. Qll the death of the lion. W. T. Jones, representative from Dougherty county, and toot the House and Senate do adjourn, as soon as the rules of the House have been adopted~ and the Speaker has announced the standing committees. of the House.

Upon motion of :Mr. Tatum of Dade, the above resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Calvin, acting Chairman of the Committee on Rules,. submitted the following report:
},fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the duty of reporting rules for the government of the House for the ensuing term, beg leave to recommend the adoption of the rules of the House of 1896 and 1897, with the following amendments, to wit:
By striking out of Rule 31 in the third line thereof the "-Ord "ten" and insert in lieu thereof the word "three."
By adding at the end of Rule 39, the following provisor to wit: "Provided, that House and Senate bills and resolutions adversely reported shall not be taken up for a second reading except by request of the author of such bill or rC'Solut.ion, or some member of the House."

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By strilcing from Rule 68, in the first, second and third lines thereof, the words, "of contested elections where there is a majority and minority report from the Committee on 'Privileges and Elections,' " and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: "\':nhere a minority report has been submitted on any question," and by striking out of the 5th line of said Rule 68 the words "of said committee.''

By striking from the second, third and fourth line:> o Rule 170, the words, "unless it be at the request o a majority of the committee to be added thereto."

By inserting between the words, "department" and "ex-GoYernors," in the 5th line of Rule 171, the words, "State House officers," members o the press actiYely reporting legislative proceedings.

By striking from the 7th line of Rule 190, the words, "Committee on Finance," and substituting in lieu thereof the words, "Committee on Appropriations, Committee on \V ays and :Means."
By adding at the end o Rule 190, the following words, tc wit: "The chairman and chairman protem. of the Com mittee on Appropriations shall be ex-officio memhe~s of the Committee on \Y.ays and Means, and the Chairman and Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on \Vays and ~leans shall be ex-officio members of the Committee on Appropriations."
By striking from the 26th line of Rule 190, the words, "lunatic asylum," and inserting in lieu thereof the words~ "Georgia State Sanitarium."

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By striking from the 24th line of Hule 190, the words, "Deaf and Dumb Asylum," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "Georgia School for the Deaf."
Respectfully submitted.
MARTIN V. CALVIN, Acting Chairman.
upon motion of ~fi.. Calvin of Richmond, the report of the committee, recommending the adoption of the rules of the House of 1896 and 1897, as the rules governing the present House, with certain amendments thereto, was adopted.
The following message was received from the Senate, through :Mr. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following re~olution of the House, with an amendment, to wit:
A resolution, thanking the Hon. W. J. Northen for his distinguished services while representing the State of Georgia at the Trans-:Mississippi Expositon, held at Omaha, N ehraska.
By unanimous consent, the follo\\ing resolutions were introduced, read, and adopted, to wit:
By :Mr. Chappell of 1fuscogee--
Resolved, That all bills and resolutions heretofore referred to the Finance Committee be committed to the

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Committee on Appropriations, w1ith instructions to report back such measures as should properly go to other committees.
Upon motion of Mr. Denny of Floyd, the following three bills, introduced by himself, to wit: House bills X os. 64, 67 and 68, provci.ding for the appropriation of certain sums of money to the School for the Deaf, at Cave Springst Ga., were withdrawn from the Committee on the School for the Deaf and Dumb, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Upon motion of l\h. Calvin of Richmond, the hour of adjournment was extended until the announcement of the Standing committees of the House had been completed.
The Speaker announced the following standing committees of the House, to wit:

GENERAL AGRICULTURE.

MR. JoRDAN OF JASPER Chairman.

Calvin, Jordan of Pulaski, :Newton, :McGehee, Ogletree, Wooten, J:t'ord, Smith of Hancock, Rogers, Tracy, Latimer,

Farmer, Franklin, Fort, Hardin of Wilkes. Hammett, Henderson of Irwin, Price, vValker of Crawford, Mullins, Johnson of Floyd, Everett of Polk,

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Dews,

Tatum,

Mayson, Herring,

Pate, Rawles of Wilkinson,

Lane of Early,

Hill,

Hathcock,

Jarnagin,

Bell of Spalding,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Carter,

Easterlin,

Bower,

King,

Woodall,

McCranie,

Arnold,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hosch,

Rose,

Bush,

Park of Greene,

Henderson of Washington, Castleberry,

McElreath,

Taylor,

Johnson of Bartow,

Stewart,

Harris,

Fender.

Maxwell,

SPECIAL AGRICULTURE.

MR. ,JoQJ)AN, or Pulaski, Chairman.

Singletary,
McDonald,
Padgett, Gay, Fain, Bryan, Barwick, McCants, Reid, Hendricks, Yates, Adamson,

:Brown of Bryan,
Wood, Walker of Union, Bennett of Pierce, Harvard, Greene, .Lee, David, McFarland, Snell, Johnson of Appling,
B,YDUID.

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AME~D:VIE~TS TO THE CONSTITUTIOX.

MR. PACE, Chairman.

Harrison, Starr, Brown of Carroll, Bell of Forsyth, Denny, Hammond, Hardwick, LaRoche, Copeland,

~IcLaughlin,
Freeman, Chappell, Ellis, Slaton, Willingham. Laing, Tisinger.

APPROPRIATIONS.

MR. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Knowles, Blalock, Lane of Bibb, Rudicil, Laing, Post,
~IcMillan,
Smith of Hancock, news, Felker, Copeland, Willingham,
Dun~an,
Arnold,

Ogletree, Howard, Calvin, Carter, Everett of Poll McLaughlin, Park of Troup,
Farmer~
Hutchins, Ousley,
~I orris~
Latimer, Harris,
"~ooten.

'VEDNESDAY, N OYE.MBER 9, 1898.

'WT

Hill of Wilkes, Hall, Richardson, .McDonough, ;Johnson of Floyd, Adamson, Price, Holder, Emanuel, Fort,

Jordan of Jasper, McCranie, Henderson of Irwi Hardin of Liberty, King, Rawls of Wilkinson: Mayson, Martin, Freeman, ex-officio Denny ex-officio.

WAYS AND MEANS.

MR. FnE.KUAN, Chairman.

Denny,

Tatum,

Starr,

Tisinger:,

Brown of Carroll,

Allen,

Brandon,

Woodall,

Beauchamp,

Speer,

Adams,

Harvard,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Chappell ex officio,

Ellis,

Bowen,

Pace,

McRae,

Ford,

McLennan,

McGehee,

Singletary,

Henderson of Washington, Moore,

Everett of Stewart,

Smith of Hall,

Rogers,

Johnson of Bartow,

Ester! in,

Cook,

Stubbs,

Drawdy,

Turner of Henry,

Black of Whitfield,

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Jarnagin, Pate, Newton, vValker of Union, Rose, Walker of Crawfi1rd, 'Vii Iiams,

Fender, Whiteley. Swift, Griffin of Greene, Castleberry, Greene, Knowles, ex officio.

AUDITING.

MR. RAWLS, of Effingham, Chairman

Everett of Stewart, 'Timmerman, Bogers,

Holder, Wood, Walker of Union,

BANKS.

MR. CoPELAND, Chairman.

.Johnson of Floyd, Arnold, Bowen, .Calvin, Harrison, Hill of Willes, King, Spinks, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brandon, Felker, Gay,

Hendricks, Jarnagin, Jordan of Jaspe Padgett, McLennan, Mitchell, Hosch, Hopkins, Gresham, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierc(', David, Bynum.

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BLIND ASYLUM.

MR. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

Hall, Watkins, Hardin of Liberty, Black of Whitfield, Rose, Upchurch, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Esterlin, Fain, Gay, Hammett,

Johnson of Appling, Hendricks, Martin, McCranie, Padgett, Yates. Snell, Lee, George, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson.

CORPORATIONS.

MR. DuNCAN, Chairman.

,.

LaHoche,

Jordan of Jasper,

Blalock,

Griffin of Greene,

Johnson of Baker,

'Valker of Crawford,

Bush,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Hammond,

Pace,

Stone,

Ellis,

Morris,

Fender,

Stubbs,

Lane of Early,

Harrell,

Black of Dawson,

Emanuel,

Griffith,

Barron,

Sturgis,

Anderson,

Dickey,

Henderson of Irwin,
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Darnell.

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JouRNAL oF THE IIoesE.

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS.

MR. MooRE, Chairman.

Holder, Richardson, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Bond, Anderson, Harrell of Dodge, Smith of Hall, Cook, Erwin, Franklin, Fort, George, Latimer,
Mullins, Overstreet,

Fain, Carter,
"~ooten,
Newton, Freeman, Hendricks, Hill, Johnson of Baker, Griflith, Hathcock, Black of Dawson, Castleberry, Taylor, Darnell, Johnson of Appling.

EDUCATIOX.

MR. DEXX Y, Chairman.

Beauchamp, Calvin, Knowles, Felker, williams, Reynolds, Jones, Hall, Park of Troup,

Rawls of Effingham, Griffin of Twiggs,
"~oodall,
Gresham, Speer, Adams, Sloan, Pate, )lit f'lwll,

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Bennett of Mitchell, Smith of Hancock, Black of Whitfield, Howa'rd, Johnson of Bartow, Hamby, Chappell, 'Villingham, Bower, Farmer, Brown of Carroll, Erwin,

McMillan, Hardin of Liberty, Bond, Johnson of Baker, Allen, Holder, Bush, Lane of Early, Hutchins, Pace, Griffin of Greene.

ENROLLMENT.

l\IR. WALKER, of JJ nion, Chairman.

Richardson,

Jarnagin,

Gresham,

Overstreet,



Hamby,

Whiteley,

Denny,

"'alker of Crawford,

Erwin,

McElreath.

Jordan of Jasper,

EXCUSE OF MEMBERS.

lVIR. HoLDER, Chairman.

Ousley, Price, Park of Troup, .Mitchell,

McCranie, Bryan, Dickey.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

MR. TATUM, Chairman,

Watkins, Copeland, Denny, Ousley, Howard, Rawls of Wilkinson, Carter, Pate, Griffin of Twiggs, Bowen, 'Vhiteley, Wood,

Walker of Union, Barron, Castleberry, Ford, Griffith, Hardin of Wilkes, Reid, vVade, Woodall, Cook, Bynum, Black of Dawson,

GEORGIA STATE SAXITARIUM.


Bass,

MR. ALLEN, Chairman. Johnson of Lee,

'Vatkins,

Rogers,

Harris,

Wooten,

Howard,

Henderson of \Yashington,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Harrell,

Mayson,

Anderson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Black of Whitfield,

Beauchamp,

Griffin of Greene,

Drawdy,

McGehee of Harris,

.Jarnigan,

McCants,

Timmerman,

Newton,

~Ierritt,

"'alker of Union,

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McRae, Reynolds, Barron, Maxwell, Barwick, Franklin, Arnold,
~fcLennan,
Herring,

Singletary, Harvard, George, Williams, Greene, Wood. Bennett of Pierce, Stewart, Adams.

HALLS AND COMMITTEE ROOMS.

MR. SPEER, Chairman.

Simpson, Blalock,

Freemant Slaton.

HYGIENE AND SA~ITATION.

MR. DRAWDY, Chairman.



Howard~
Turner of Rockdal~ Harris, Mayson, Rudicil, Cook, Johnson of Lee,

Jarnagin, Hathcock, Gresham, Brown of Bryan, Dickey, Taylor.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

IMMIGRATION.

MR. 'VooTE:-<, Chairman.

Henderson of Irwin,

George,

Castleberry,

Ester! in,

Griffith,

Barwick,

McCants,

Black of Whitfield,

Johnson of Bartow,

Reid,

Henderson of washington, Snell,

King,

Stewart,

Longino,

Bynum.

Griffin of Greene,

INTERXAL IMPROVEMENTS.

MR. F AmiER, Chairman.

Brown of Bryan,
Fender,
Gay,
Bell of Spalding,
Herring,
Maxwell,
McGehee,

Smith of Hall, Lane of Bibb, Hardin of Liberty, Carter, Sturgis, Johnson of Appling, David.

JOURNALS.

MR. Bmm, Chairman.

r~ane of Sumter, Merritt, Duncan, Harris,

Felker, Moore1 Swift.

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GENERAL JUDICIARY.

MR. SLATON, Chairman.

McLaughlin, Hall, Harrison, Rrown of Carroll, Brandon, Post, Willingham Longino, Starr, Bell of Forsyth, Simpson, Felker, Copeland, Denny, Bond, Hardwick, Tisinger, LaRoche, Bower, Park of Greene, Hammond, Hutchins, Duncan, Allen,

Jones of Burke, Speer, Merritt, Mitchell, Morris, Reynolds, Bass, Stone, Spinks, Stubbs, Lane of Bibb, Erwin, Laing, Barron, Lane of Sumter, Bennett of Mitchell, Johnson of Baker, Hopkins, Hamby, '\Vade, Sloan, Anderson, Overstreet,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

SPECIAL JUDICIARY.

MR. ELLIS, Chairman.

Park of Troup, Richardson, Duncan, Smith of Hall, Mitchell, Lane of Sumter, Merritt, Hamby, Tracy, Gresham, Hardin of Wilkes, Hopkins,

Wade, Griffith, Blalock, Bryan, Fain, Bush, Lee, Park of Greem, Moore, Martin, Sturgis.

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS.

MR. R~<.:YNOLDS, Chairman.

Cook, Bush,

Chappell, Woodall,

Johnson of Baker, Mitchell, McFarland, McMillan, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Laing, Hardin of Wilkes, Griffin of Twiggs, Everett of Stewart.

MANUFACTURING.

MR. PARK, of Greene, Chairman.

Hammond, Erwin, Emanuel,

Bowen, Harvard, Hosch,

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Hammett, Gay, McLennan, Moore, Tracy,

Watkins, Taylor, Snell, Darnell.

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

MR. HARDWICK, Chairman.

McRae, Knowles, McMillan, Hopkins, Erwin, Stubbs, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Brown of Carroll, Chappell, Copeland,

George, Ford, Beauchamp, Allen, Hutchins, Johnson of Lee, Howard, Hathcock, Hardin of Wilkes, Bowen.

MINES AND MINING.

MR. HAMBY, Chairman.

Latimer, Yates, Williams, Fain, Black of Dawson. Copeland,

Bass, Anderson, McFarland, Stewart, Dickey.

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JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

PENITENTIARY.

MR. STOXE, Chairman.

Copeland, Watkins, Tatum, Everett of Stewart, Hall, Holder, Rose, Bush, Dews, Johnson of Lee, Carter, Timmerman, Pate, McCants, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Maxwell, Mayson, Drawdy, Harrell, Hamby, Anderson, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding,

Ogletree, Yates, Lane of Early, Upchurch, .Mullins, Herring, Hathcock, Fort, Black of Whitfield, McElreath, Adamson, Merritt, Rogers, Gresham, Bennett of Pierce, Arnold, Speer, George, Singletary, Farmer, "'biteley, Greene of Clay, Darnell.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER- 9, 1898.

219

PENSIONS.

MR. SIMPSON, Chairman.

Blalock, Adamson, Longino, Turner of Rockdale, Franklin, Carter, Brown of Bryan, Black of Dawson, Barwick, Hosch, Pace, Smith of Hall, Bell of Forsyth,

Bryan, Cook, Hardin of Liberty, Lane of Sumter, McDonald, McElreath, Yates, McFarland, Herring, Bennett of Pierce, Dickey, Johnson of Appling, Snell.

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS.

MR. McLAUGHLIN, Chairman.

Dews, Harrison, Calvin, Bond, Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Polk, Hopkins, Spinks, Tracy, Hammett, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Lane of Sumter, King, Henderson of Irwiu. Franklin, Barwick, Ellis, Hardwick, Fender, Gay, David, Dickey.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.

MR. BowER, Chairman.

Laing, McLaughlin. Calvin,

Denny, Chappell, Blalock.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MR. TuRNER, of Henry, Chairman.

LaRoche, Hutchins, Hardwick, Brandon,

Post, Spinks, Bower1 Allen.

"'ade, Whiteley, Calvin, Overstreet,

PUBLIC PRINTING.
MR. DEWS, Chairman.
Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Stewart, Sloan.

Esterlin, Adamson, Reid, Knowles,

PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MR. MoRRIS, Chairman.
Hopkins, Beauchamp, Smith of Hall, Jordan of Pulaski.

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RAILROADS.

MR. McDoNOUGH, Chairman.

Knowles, Post, Hammond, Dews, Adams, Simpson, McLaughlin, Rudicil, Longino, Jones of Burke, Starr, Pace, Esterlin, ~I orris, Turner of Henry, Duncan, Johnson of Floyd, Maxwell, Ogletree, Stone, Wooten.

Rogers, Harris, Harrison, Smith of Hancock. Lane of Bibb, Emanuel, Tatum, Bower, Henderson of Washington, Park of Troup, Laing, Adamson, Johnson of Bartow, Sloan, Mayson, Hosch, Upchurch, Bass, Slaton, Kewton.

ROADS AND BRIDGES.

Arnold, Castleberry, Franklin,

MR. BusH, Chairman,
Hendricks, Hill of wilkes, Lee,

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JouR~AL OF THE HousE.

Mullins, McGehee, Padgett, Ford, Bryan,

Bond, David, Sturgis, B_ynum.

RULES.

:MR. LrTTLE, ex-o.fjicio Chairman.

Calvin, Freeman, Bell of Forsyth, Chappell, Denny,

Blalock, Brandon, Ellis, Allen.

TEMPERANCE.

MR. \VILLI.r>GHA), Chairman.

Felker, Bell of Forsyth, Starr, Jones of Burke, Brandon, Adams, Bennett of Mitchell, \Vooten, Smith of Hancock, Timmerman, Pace. Johnson of Floyd, Bower,
~lcDonald,

EYerett of Polk, Turner of Henry, Hammond, Price, Tisinger, Rudicil, Park of Troup, Bell of Spalding, Chappell, ::\1 <:Laughlin, Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Effingham, Ogletree, Harvard,

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Harrell, Emanuel, McDonough, Swift, Rose.

Bass, Reid, Ellis, Bowen, Sturgis.

STATE OF THE REPUBLIC.

MR. McRAE, Chairman.

Martin, McDonald, Lane of Sumter, Jones of Burke, Hammett, Everett of Polk, Rawls,

Bell, Banon, Farmer, Fort, Swift, Greene, Darnell.

\VI LD LANDS.

l\In. UPCHURCH, Chairman.

Harrell, Bennett of Pierce, Hendricks, McCranie, Rose,

Drawdy, Fender, Hardin of Liberty, McRae, Johnson of Appling,

Lean's of ah8encc were granted to the follmYing members, to \Yit: }fe8SI'B. Gresham of Burke, :Merritt of IIanecck, Carter of Burke, }fcT,ennan of }fontgomer~, Howard of Chattahooehee, Ford of \Y'orth, Timmerman of
"Tebstcr, I.ittle of }fuscogec.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Pursuant to the resolution of :Mr. Tatum of Dade, the House adjourned untillO o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, November lOth, 1898.

The House met pursuant to a~journment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, and was called to order by :Mr. Blalock, Speaker pro tern., and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon call of the roll, those present were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Bryan,

Adamson,

Bush,

Allen,

Bynum,

Anderson,

Calvin,

Arnold,

Carter,

Barron,

Castleberry,

Barwick,

Chappell,

Bas~,

Cook,

Bennett of 1\Iitchell, Copeland,

Bennett of Pierce, Darnell,

Beauchamp,

Denny,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dews,

Bell of Spalding,

Dickey,

Black of Dawson, Duncan,

Black of Whitfield, Ellis,

Blalock,

Emanuel,

Bond,

Erwin,

Bowen,

Esterlin,

Bower,

Everett of Stewart,

Brandon,

Fain,

Brown of Bryan,

Farmer,

Brown of Carroll, Felker,

Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of J~iberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harris, Harrell, Harv rd, Hathcock, Hendricks,

THURSDAY, NovEMBER 10, 1898.

225

Henderson of Irwin, Maxwell,

Henderson of Wash't'nMitcbell,

Herring,

Moore,

Hill,

Morris,

Howard,

Mullins,

Hopkins,

McCants,

Holder,

McDonald,

Hosch,

McDonough,

Hutchins,

McE,reath,

Jarnagin,

McGehee,

Johnson of Appling, McLaughlin,

Johnson of Baker, McLennan,

Johnson of Bartow, McMillan,

Johnson of Floyd, Newton,

.Johnson of Lee,

Ogletree,

Jones of Burke,

Ousley,

Jones of Dougherty, Overstreet,

Jordan of Jasper, Pace,

Jordan of Pul&ski, Park of Greene,

King,

Post,

Knowles,

Price,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Effingham,

Lane of Early,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Lane of Sumter,

Reid,

Laing,

Reynolds,

LaRoache,

Richardson,

Latimer,

Rogers,

Lee,

Rose,

Longino,

Rudicil,

Martin,

Simpson,

Mayson,

Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, walker of Union, 'Vatkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those absent were Messrs.-

DaviJ, Drawdy, El'erett of Polk,
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Hammett, Hammond, Harrison,

Merritt, McCranie, l\IcFarland,

J ouR<NA;L qF THE HousE.

McRae, Padgett, Pate of Gwhmett,

Park of Troup, _Singletary, Taylor,

Wade, Mr. Speaker.

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings \Vas read and confirmed.

Upon the 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 ~Ir. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill authorizing the graduates of the normal department of the Georgia X ormal and Industrial College to" teac:h in the public schools of this State without further examination, a:b.d for other purposes.
Referred to Committe~ on Education.

By :M:r. Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 815 of volume 3 of the Code of 18!)5, so as to provide for triennial reYisions of jury li;;ts, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Anderson of Bartow-
A bill to amend sedion 85!) of volnme 3 of the Code of 18!);), which authorizes judges to make up panels of jurors in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

THuRsDaY, NovEMBER 10, 1898.

2~.7

By :Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to prescribe three grades of commercial fertilizers, for the branding of same upon each package, and for other purposes, so as to make it unla,dul for any package of fertilizer to be sold without the name is branded thereon, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agnicultural Committee.

By )Ir. Anderson of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 850 of Yolume 3 of the Code of 1895, proYiding for the empanelling of 36 jurors in certain felony caSs, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

1~y )Ir. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the trial of persons in certain criminal eaees in the superior cmut, and for other purposes. Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.
By ~fr. ::\Ioorc of CarrollA bill to prohibit betting on elections in this State, and
tc prescribe a penalty for vi0lation thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

l~y :Mr. ~IcDonough of ChathamA hill repealing an Act providing for a Board of Fire

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Commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

P.y :Mr. :McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By l.fr. l.fcDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By l.Ir. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act prohibiting any one person from holding more than one office at a time in Chatham county, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. _McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act, creating a Board of \Yater CommissionPrs for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By }.fr. J\IcDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act creating an office of Commis-

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sioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. :McDonough o Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Park and Tree Commission for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. LaRoache of Chatharm-
A bill to provide for and fix a time for the election of all city officers of the city of Savannah, and to provide for the term of such officers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on dorporatio:M.

By J\Ir. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Newnan to establish a system of sewers .and drains, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By J\fr. J\Ioore of CarrollA bill to define slander and defamation, and to prescribe
a penalty tJierefor, and for other purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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l:iy :Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to prescribe the method for the return of taxation, judgments, notes and accounts, and providing a penalty for violation of this Act, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on \Yays and l\Ieans.
By )fr. Brci\\n of Carroll_:_
A bill to amend section 2322 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, by inserting between the words "recover" and ''but," in the fifth line, "whether his default be less, equal to, or greater than that of the agent's of the company," and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to provide for the asseS.._"lllent of property subject to taxation in this State, to provide for the appointment of a Board of Assessors, prescribe their powers2 etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on "\Vays and :M:eans..
By .Mr. Slaton of Fulton--
A bill to amend section 120 of the Code, so as to provide for the appointment of Commissioner of Deeds in foreign counties, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By :Mr. Slato~ of Fulton-
A bill to amend seditm 5'315 of tlie Code o Georgi~, iu ie'ferenc-e to the hiking of deposlitions so as to authorize th~ p1;oduction before the commissioner, and to provide pun~ i&hment of contempts to wch commissioner, and for: ot4er
purp~cs.
Referred to Genernl Judiciary Committee.

By 1.fessrs. Slaton; Brandon and Knowles of :Fulton-'-'-'-
A bill to amend the Act of December 15th, 1871, and Acts amendatory thereof, establishing the city court of Atlanta, and providing for the election of the ju'dge thereof by the people of :Fulton county, and for other purposes
Referred to General J udiciarv Committee.

By Messrs. Slaton, Knowles and Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to -amend tihe Act of September 6th~ 1891, and Acts amendatory thereof, establtishing the criminal court of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By 1\Ir. Brandon of .Fulton'-'-'-
A bill to amend section 1262 of volume 1 of the Code,
so that t:he widows of eonfederate s6ldiers may be pensioned
according to their necessities, and for other purposes..
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-



A bill to amend section 1250 of volume 1 of the Uode

so as to provide that no person shall be paid a pension un-

less he is able to support himself, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on vVays and :Means.

By Mr. Park of Greene--

A bill to prevent prisoners in criminal cases from mak<ing statement -in their own behalf, unless under aa1h, and o permitting them te;;tifying in their own behalf, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By lfr. Park o Greene--

A bill to repeal an Act providing for the examination of private banks by the bank examiner of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-

A bill to amend section 1301 of the Code of 1895, by striking therefrom the word "two" in the third line, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "one," and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

A bill to make appropriations to the Trustees o the

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Georgia University for t.he maintenance of the textile department of the Technological School, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriatio,.ns.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to :unend the charter of the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By ~Ir. Bryan of :Floyd-

A bill to regulate the taking of fish in the streams of Floyd county, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agricultural Committee. By l\1r. Ousley of Lowndes-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta, and :for ot.her purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Park of Greene-

A bill to amend section 857 of the Code of 1895, by striking out the word "seven" in the fifth line of saad section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "six," and by striking the word "five" in the sixth line of said section and inserting in its stead the word "six," and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By :.Mr. Smith of Hall.-:.-

A bill to prescribe the kind of boxes to be used to contain names of grand jurors for superior courts, the manner of dra.Ying theq1, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Park of Greene-:.--

A bill to amend sectiDn 974 of volume 3 of the Code of 18!)5, by striking the word "twenty" in the fourth line and inserting the word "fifteen" in lieu thereof, and by striking the word "twelve" in seventlt line and inserting in its stearl the word "nine,'' and by striking the words ''one-half the"
'in the eighth line and insert' iri lieu thereof the words "an
egual" and for other purpoaes;_ .

Referred to General .Judiciary Comtnitte.

By :Mr. Chappell o Musc()gee--"-'-'

A bill to make appropriations sufficient to pay the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departmente, payment of the public oohool debt, and for (>ther purposes.

Referred to Committee 011 Appropriations.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond--"-

A bill to amend sectiO'Il 2795, volume 2 of the Code of 18!)5, by inserting between the word "then" and the word "superior" in ihe second line of said section the words "and
upon the personal }li:operty within arid S"heltered by the

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premiSs rented by them," and,11y ina'kirig der{aih addition at the eml of. said sectio.n a:nd fol! other purposes.
Heferred to Special' iudidalj Coillniit'tee:
By .Mr. Lee of Pula:Sk,i_._
A bill to authorize the mayor and' c'ouiicii of the city' o
Coehran, Ga., to est.ablis>h and: maintain a system of waterworks, etc.,. anq to issue bonds to pay for same, and for other purpost.s.
Hderred to Committee on Corporations.
By ~Ir. Beaudmnp of Pike-
A bill to authoriztl the trustees of the State University to operate summer sessions for the benefit of white teachers of this State, regar'diess' of sex, arid for other pufposeB:
Referred to Committee o:i1 Education.
:By lfr. CalVin of' IhcHniond__:_ A bill to amend section 3135, volume 2 of the Code o
1895, by striking' from tlw sec~nd and' third li'nes, the "\\ords ''not cau~d by the landlord, or froin defect of his title, shall not," and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "shall," and for other purposes.
Referred to Spec!ial J udiciaiy Committee.
By Mr. Calvin ,of ~ichmondA bill to determine who shall be eligible to serve as any
Eich:oor officer tin this State~ and for other purposes.
on Referred. to Committee Education.

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:By Mr. :McDonald of Ware--

A bill to amend .an Act, creating the city court of wayCl'<~s, iu the county of \Vare, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County ~Iatters.

By Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to amend the charter of the town o. Logau,-ille, in "'Walton county, Ga., and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By l\fr. McDonald o-f Ware-

A bill to repeal an Act, creating a Board of County Commissioners for Vv.,.are county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County l\I,atters.

By l\Ir. McCants of Taylor-

A bill to transfer the county of Taylor from the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, and to fix the time of the superior courts in said county, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of State Government and institutions, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on VvTays and l\Ieans.

The following message was received from the Senate, through :1Ir. Northen, the Secretary thereof, to wit:

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.Mr. S pealcer:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution o House, to wit:

A resolution, to inquire into and ascertain the condition of the State Treasury on the 1st of November, 1898.

The following message was received from the Senate, through :1\Ir. N orthen, the Secret-ary thereof, viz.:

lt!?. S pealcer:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution o the House, to wit:

A resolution to appoint a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate to prepare suitable resolutions upon the death of Hon. \V. T. Jones, representative of Dougherty county.

And has appointed as the committee on the part of the Senate 2\IffiSrs. \Vight of the 10th, Nesbitt of the 35th, and Steed of the 23d District.

The following communication was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through :Mr. Hitch, his Secretnry, to wit:,

~Mr. S pealcer:

I am directed by the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives, a communication in writing.

;rouRNA:L ()F. TH.E HousE .' I
MESSAGE.
STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
ATLA~TA, Kovember 9, 1898. To the Senate and House of Representatives:
It is by the constitution made the duty of the Governor to give to the General Assembly, from time to time," information of the State of the commonwealth," and in the discharge of this duty it is iueumbent on me at the very threshold of your official duties to advise you of a serious deficiency in the public revenues.
For several years past a spirit of liberality in the appropriation o money from the public treasury, not warranted by the sttingency of the times and the ability of the people to pay taxes, has been apparent, and frequent large supplemental appropriations have been m~de at the secontl session of each legislature, for the payment of which no adequate }H'ovision has been made. 'Ve have, in our anxiety to provide for the necessities of the institution;; arHl objects for which it is the duty of the State to provide, lost sight of the constantly growing inability of the people to bear the ever increasing burden of taxation. Our annual appropriations from the treasury and the annual rate of taxation ha\e increased year after year, while all value.~ have shrunken, and the prices of our annual crops and ot labor, and of all the products of labor, have gone continually lower and lower, all(} the ability to pay of all those

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w4o have to bear the burthen..~ of t.lxation has grown con~ta.ntly less.
Owing to the continual increase in the shrinkage in value, and the disposition of men tu evade in hanl times the demamls of the tax-gatherer, and to conceal from him such property as can be concealed, the annual revenues of the State have, year after year, fallen short of the estimates. From these causes, and the additional fact that in some instances appropriations have been made without adequate provi~ion for their payment, there will not be in the treas:nry, on the 6rst of July, money enough to meet the dem~tnds on it; and this, too, in the face of the fact that the rate of taxation and the aggregate amount of taxes collected from the people is the largest in the history of the State. It is to advise you of this grave situation that this communication is sent you, in order that you, in your wis<lom, may provide by proper legislation to meet the emergency, and prevent a recurt'ence of the condition that now con fronts us.
In onlet to be fully advised of the real condition ofthe treasury as it now is, and as it will be on the first of July, I, on the 7th instant, addressed to the State treasurer a communication calling for a statement of the actual available cash balance in the treasury on the first day of the present month, the probable receipts at the treasury from all sources between that date and the first day of July next, inclusive, and the probable disbnr.~ements on all accounts on and prior to the last named date, so as to show the condition of the treasury on the first day of July, 189~. This date has been selected because at that time

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the cash balance in the treasury is usually at its lowest. The statement asked for was promptly sent to this department by the treasurer, and is as follows:

Civil Establishment ................. $ 66,783 33

Contingent Fund ...................

8,~32 01

Military Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .

30,558 62

Fertilizer Fund ..................... .

5,501 32

Geological Fund .................... ..

4,026 86

Penitentiary Fund................... .

2,500 00

Prison Fund .......................

75,000 00

School Fund ........................ 1,2.)6,483 96

Solicitors-General ................... .

2,160 00

Overpayments refunded ............. .

2, 1 06 39

Insurance Fund .................

7,837 90

Library Fund ....................... .

1,546 10

Public debt ......................... . 272,000 00

Temporary loan ..................... . 200,000 00

Memorial Fund ...............

14,524 24

Printing Fund......................

15,000 00

Public Building Fund ............... .

16,810 48

Technological School ................

11,250 00

North Georgia Agricultural College... .

3,000 00

State Normal School. ............... ..

11,250 00

Georgia Normal and Ind. School .... ..

11,450 00

State Sanitarium ................... 214,000 00

Trustees Sanitarium ................. .

1,820 00

Department of Agriculture ......... .

5,000 00

Printing Fund R. R. Com ............ .

493 11

School for Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12,500 0(}

Repairing Capitol ................... .

816 80

Academy for Blind ..................

15,000 00

Trustees Univeraity ................ .

600 00

Contingent Fund R. R. Com .........

400 00

Clerk Supreme Court costa ...... ,

1,000 00

Legislative pay-roll ................

69,000 00

penitentiary Fund. Special account..

1,500 00

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Printing Supreme Court Reports ...... $ School for Colored ................... . State University.................... Pensions ......................... Land Scrip Fund ................... Cont. Exp. Supreme Court........... Probable additional appropriation ..
Due July 1st, 1899 : Salaries ......................... Interest on public debt.............. . Public institutions ................... . Sinking Fund Reserve .............. ..

4,000 00 8,000 00 8,000 00 640,000 00 6,314 14
900 00 100,000 00-8,107,565 26

35,000 00 170,000 00 62,350 00 100,000 00-

367,850 00

$ 3,474,915 26

STATEMENT SHOWING PROBAB!,E CONDITION OF THE TREASURY
JULY ] 1 1899.

Cash on hand Nov. 1, 1898...... . . . . . .

$ 275,030 07

General tax .......................... $ 2,113,109 00

Poll tax ........................ 223,838 66

Artists' tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

809 00

Billiard tax .........................

4,636 00

Liquor tax......................... 85,763 67

Show tax ...........................

5,983 64

Insolvent General tax ............... . 10,613 16

Insolvent Poll tax .................. .

1,354 65

Insurance fees ......................

11,896 40

Insurance Agents' tax ...............

6,810 00

Pistol tax .......................

4,301 90

Telephone tax ...................... .

3,157 07

Sewing Machine Agents .............

885 00

Oil fees ..........................

10,616 22

0 ffice fees .........................

2,053 45

Railroad tax ........................ . 259,889 48

Insurance tax ..................... 29,402 94

Interest from Banks ................. .

6,088 62

Costs onji.jaa................... , .. .

31 50

Interest onfi.jas ............... ..... .

226 44

Rental W. & A. R. R ................ 280,008 00

Lightning Rod tax

9000

16 h j

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Fertilizer fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Tax on Games. . . . . .. . . . . . . ........ . Auctioneers' tax................... .. Tax on Specialists................... . Sales Supreme Court Reports ....... . Hire of Convicts .................... . Tax on Peddlers.................... Money Refunded . . . . . . . ......... Wild Land tax..................... .. Telegraph tax....................... . Tax on Pawnbrokers ................ Sale of Codes ....................... . Sale of Acts ........................ . Tax on Futures Dealers.............. . Tax on Patent Vendors .............. . Tax on Sewing Machine Companies .. . Tax on Agencies ..................... . Tax on Loan Agents ................. . Tax on Brewing Companies.......... Tax on Cold Storage. . . . .. . . . . ...... . Dividends from Stocks ............. .. Tax on Express Companies .......... . Tax on Sleeping Car CompaniE!s ...... . Lease Oyster Lands ................. ..

3,933 28 225 00 157 50 82 40
3,905 co
25,000 00 1,414 40
60 00 6 :38 1,997 06 1,305 00 1,800 00 5!00 4,950 00 900 1,200 00 360 00 72 00 900 00 720 00 1,498 00 2,897 37 895 00 15 00- 3,115,021 69

$3,390,051 76

Deficit ......................................... $84,863 50

From it, it will be seen that there will be a probable deficit of nearly eighty-five thousand dollars on the first day of July. In other words, the money now in the treasury and that to be paid into the treasury between now and the last named date will lack about eighty-five thousand dollars of being sufficient to meet the legitimate demands on the treasury for the same period of time. In thie estimate is not included four hundred thousand dollars which will be due the teachers of the public schools on the 20th

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of July, 1899, for their second quarter's work, for the

payment of which no provision has been made.

I~ this connection it is perhaps my duty to add that

there remains approved by the Pension Commissioner and

unpaid for the want of funds, pension claims to the aggre-

gate amount of about sixty thousand dollars. It must be

borne in mind that these deficits are all for the present year.

If the same appropriations arc made for the next year, and

the rate of taxation remains the same as for this year, the

aggregate amount of deficit on July 1st, 1900, will be at

least twice as great as it will be in July, 1899.

Thus the condition that confronts us is this : we must

either reduce appropriations or largely increase the rate of

taxation, when it is already greater than it has ever been in

the history of the State, and when our people, especially our

farmers, upon whom the burden of taxation largely falls,are,

owing to the unprecedentedly low price of their products,

less able to pay taxes than they have ever been in the past.

This is a grave situation, and it behooves us to meet it with

due regard alike for the taxpayers of the State and the

persons and institutions for which the State is both legally

and morally bound to provide.

I submit these facts to the representatives of the people

for their consideration and prompt action, feeling assured

that they in their wisdom will solve the problem presented

without any increase in the pr~sent rate of taxation, which

under existing circumstances is already onerous and all that

our people should for any purpose whatever be required to

bear.

A. D. CANDLER, Governor.

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l\fr. Walker of Union, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report, to wit:
Jlfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment beg leave to report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate, the following .Act, to wit:
An Act to cede to the Government of the United States of America jurisdiction in certain lands upon which to establish a fishery in l\fel'iwether county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Upon motion of 11r. Lane of Bibb, the House concurred in the Senate amendment to the following resolution, to wit:
A resolution, thanking the Ron. vV. J. N orthen and his
distinguished associates, for their servises while representing the State of Georgia at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, held at Omaha, Nebraska.
The Spe~ker appointed to prepare suitable resolutions npon the de~th of the Ron. \V. T. Jones, representative from Dougherty county, the following members, to wit: 1fessrs. Tatum of Dade, Hall of Bibb, Copeland o \Valker, Swift of Elbert, l-ane of Early.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members:

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Messrs. Walker of Crawford, Jones of Burke, Carter of Burke, Pate of Gwinnett, Harrell of Dodge.

Upon motion of 1\fr. Copeland of Walker, that the House adjourn, 1\fr. Blalock, Speaker pro tern., declared the House adjourned unt;il 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga., Friday, November 11th, !898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker pro tern., and opened with prayer by the Ohaplain.

Upon a call of the roll, the following members responded to the call of their names, to wit, Messrs:-

Adams. Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennet of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bosh, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny,

Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford,

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Fort,

Knowles,

Richardson,

Gay,

Lane of Bibb,

Rogers,

George,

Lane of Early,

Rose,

Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,

RudicH,

Greene,

Laing,

Simpson,

Griffin of Greene, LaRoache,

Singletary,

Griffin of Twiggs, Latimer,

Slaton,

Griffith,

Lee,

F3loan,

Hall,

Longino,

Smith of Hall,

Hammett,

Martin,

Smith of Hancock,

Hamby,

Mayson,



Hardin of Liberty, Maxwell,

Snell, Spinks,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Speer,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Starr,

Harris,

Moore,

Stubbs,

Harvard,

Morris,

Sturgis,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Stewart,

Hendricks,

McCants,

StonE>,

Henderson of Irwin, McCranie,

Swift,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcDonald,

Tatum,

Herring,

McDonough,

Tisinger,

Hill,

McElreath,

Timmerman,

Howard,

McGehee,

Tracy,

Hopkins,

McLaughlin,

Turner of Henry,

Holder,

McMillan,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hosch,

Newton,

Upchurch,

Hutchins,

Ogletree,

Wade,

Jarnagin,

Ousley,

Walker of Crawford,

Johnson of Appling, Overstreet,

Walker of Union,

Johnson of Baker, Pace,

"\Vatkins,

Johnson of Bartow, Padgett,

Whiteley,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Green,

Williams,

Johnson of Lee,

Post,

Willingham,

Jones of Burke,

Price,

Wood,

Jones of Dougherty, Rawls of Effingham, Woodall,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Wilkinson; Wooten,

Jordan of Pulaski, Reid,

Yates.

King,

Reynolds,

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Those absent were Messrs.-

Carter, David, Drawdy, Hammond, Harrison,

Harrell, .\lcFarland, McLennan, McRae,

Pate, Park of Troup, Taylor, Mr. Speaker.

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

The following privilege resolutions were introduced, nad, and appropriately referred, to >>it:

l3y Mr. \Vatkins of Gilmer-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor of the House be extended to the Hon. \V. A. Cox, of the county of Gilmer, during his stay in the city.
Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor of the House be e..'dended the Hon. J.P. Perry, of the county of Gilme1. during his stay in the city.
Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. J. D. Watkins, member-elect of the General Assembly of Floruda, during his stay in the city.
Referred to Committee on Privileges o the Floor.

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Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following 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 the Commitee on Appropriations:

A bill to appropriate the sum o~ fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a dining-room, kitchen, bakery, ~md Girls' Industmal School for th~ white department of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs.

A bill to appropriate the sum of seven thousand dollars for tlhe purpose of erecting at the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs, Ga., a building for physiool training .of the white pupils, etc.

A bill to appropriate the sum of eleven thousand dollar~ for the purpose of adding to the building of the negro department of the Georg,j,a School for the Deaf, at Cave Springs, Ga., suitable rooms for class-rooms, dining-room, kitchen and dormitory, and for other purposes:

Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House witlh the recommendation that the same be read the second time, and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations, and BOO copies of same be printed for use of the House.

A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses

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of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments o the government, payment of the public debt, and the interest t]wreon, and for the support of the public institutions, and the educational interests of the State, etc.

Also, the follOIWing House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to CommntJtee on ways and Means.

A bill to prescribe a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, and to provide for enforcement of same.

Also, the following House resolution, which I am instructed to re;port back, with the recommendation that the :::arne be recommtitted to Special Judiciary Committee.

A resolution for the relief of George A. Hall and Joel
:F. Thornton, as sureties on the bond of Gene Williams.

Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County :Matters, submitted the following report:
]Ifr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill No. 55, which they instruct me to report back to the House, winh the recommendation that the author be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an Act to 'amend an Act establishing a city court for the county of ware.

The committee has also had under consideration the following House bill No. 2, which the:y instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the ~ame do pass, to wit:

A bill io aLter and amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act t( incorporate the city of Elberton, in Elbert county, and for ot.her purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. l\L ~IOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee haYe had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:
By Messrs. Slaton, Brandon and Knowles of :Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Act of September 6th, 1891, and Acts amendatory thereof, establishing the criminal court of Atlanta, by providing for the election of judge and solicitor thereof by the people of Fulton county, and for other purposes.

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By :Messrs. Slaton, Brandon and Knowlee o Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Act of Decemher 15th, 1871, and Acts amendatory thereof, establishing the city court of Atlant-a, by providing for the election of the judge thereof by the people of .Fulton county, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Speer of Sumter, Chairman of the Committee on Halls and Committee Rooms, submitted the following report, to wit:

ftfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Halls and Committee Rooms beg to report that they have assigned to the Standing Committees of the House, the following rooms, to wit:

General Judiciary ................ Rooms Nos. 31-32

General Agriculture ................. Room No. 21

Appropriation ...................... Room No. 16

Penitentiary ................ Rooms Nos. 24 and 25

ways and :Means . . . . . . . . 0 Rooms Nos. 24 .and 25

Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Room No. 17

F;pecial Judiciary .................... Room No. 33

Special Agriculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Room No. 21

Corporations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Room No. 22

B a n k s . Room No. 22 0



Privileges and Elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Room No. 23

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Amendments to Constitution ............ Room No. 23 Railroads ......................... Room No. 19 County and County Matters ............ Room No. 26 Pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room No. 26 Temperance ........................ Room No. 17 Immigration. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .... Room No. 34 Internal Improvements................Room No. 34 Hygiene and Sanitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Room No. 34 Georgia State Sanitarium ................ Room No. 19 Blind Asylum...................... Room No. 33 State of the RepubHc .................. Room No. 33 Hules.......................... Speaker's Room Enrollment ......................... Room No. 19 Georgia Sdhool for the Deaf ............. Room Nt>. 33 Auditing ......................... Room No. 33 ,T<mrnals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ Room No. 26 labor and Labor Statistics. . . . . . . . . ..... Room No. 22 Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room No. 21 l\Iil.itary Affairs ............. ~- ....... Room No. 23 :Mines and Mining .................... Room No. 26 Pri.vileges of the Floor ................ Room No. 26 Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room No. 17 Public Printing....................... Room No. 17 Public Property ....................... Room No. 17 Public Roads and Bvidges ............... Room No. 21 Fxcuse of Members.................... Room No. 22

Respectfully submitted.



E. C. SPEER, Chairman.

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The following bills were read the seeond time, to wit:

J-;y Messrs. Slaton, Knowles and Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to amend the Act of September 6th, 1891, and Acts amendatory thereto, esta:blis'hing the cl'liminal court~ of Atlanta, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, by Messrs. Slaton, Brandon and Knowles of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act of December 15tih, 1871, and .Acts amendatory thereto, establishing the city court of Atlnnta, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act to incorporate the city of Elberton, etc., and for other purposes.

Mr. McDonald of "\\.,.are, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House hill No. 55, the same being a bill to amend section 4 of an Act establishing.the city court of W aycrose, nnd for other purposes, which was allowed, and the bill was withdrawn.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the s<>cond time and recommit-teed t.o the Committee on Appropriations, to wit:

J)y lfr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A bill to make sufficient appropriations to cover the ordinary expenses of the executive, legishitive and judicial department of this State, and for other purpos~s.

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The following bills were read the second time, and r& committed as follows:

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to appropriate $5,000 for the purpose of erecting a kitchen, bakery2 etc. for the white department of the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

By :Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to appropriate $11,000 to add kitchen, diningroom, etc. to the negro department of the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to Committee on Appropriations.

By :Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to make a $7,000 appropriatlion, to add a department for the physical training of whitB pupils at the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposes.

&committed to Committee on Appropriations.

Upon the call of the roll of the counties for the introd~ction of new. matter, the follo-wing bills were intro-duced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, t> wit:
By :Mr. Hill of 'Wilkes-
A hill to tax dogs, and for. other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Hill of wilkes-

A bill to require all land-owners to prevent obstructions from blocking the streams running through their lands, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agricultural Committe-e.

By :Mr. :McDonald of Ware--

A bill to abolish the sale of spirituous liquors or malt drinks in tlhe State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By :Mr. "\Yalker of Union-

A bill to amend section 1778 and 1781 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, in regard to stock law, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Agriculture Committee.

By ~fr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to provide for the protection of fish in the streams of Lee county. and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By ~fr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to amend the charter of Leesburg so as to empower the mayor and coulllcil to maintain a dispensary, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By Mr. Esterlin of Macon-
A bill to amend an Act requiring the Commissioner o Agrieulture to estab1ish a department of horticulture, e~., and for otiller purpi..c:es.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. I.aRoache of Chatham-

A bill to amend an Act, approved December 4, 1880, vesting vcto power in the mayor of Savannah, etc., and for
other purposes.
Heferred.to CommittBe on Corporations.

By :Mr. LaRoache of Chatham-

A bill to empower the mayor and city council of Savannah to conderr.n property for drainage purposes, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corpomtions.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to repeal an Act, to make permanent the income of the State University, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on 'yays and Means.

:By :Mr. Bynum of Columbia-

A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues in the county of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County 1IattBrs.

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By Mr. Bynum of Columbia-

A bill to repeal an Act consolidating the office of clerk and treasurer in Columbia county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committe on County and County Mattrs.

By )Ir. Hawls of Effingham-

A bill to designate the hour that polls shall open, and a1low any free-holder to manage the elections when no proper officer appears, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Elections.

P.y :Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to provide for levy and sale under the legal process of an interest or equity of redemption in real estate when the defendant does not own the legal title, and for other purposes.

Referred to General ,Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to create a commission for the recomendat>ion of a eourse of English for the common schools of this Stat, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By }fr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 427 of volmne 3 of the Code, by inserting between the words "held''
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and "shall," in the sixth line thereof, the following words, "or who shall, in like manner, interrupt or disturb any congregation of persons lawfully assembled, to witness the exercises of any suc:O. sc'hool," and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By }fr. \Vooten of Calhoun-
A bill to provide for the payment of services of all constables in this State, for condll!cting prisoners to jail, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to provide for the assessment of r!lilroad companies in this State for taxation, and for other purposes.

Heferred to Committee on "'"ays and Means.
By :Mr. "\Vatkins of Gilmer-
A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to extend the provisions of said paragraph, sootion and article, to all soldiers engaged in the confedt~rate service of this State during the eivil ,war, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By :Mr. Whiteley of Glascock-
A bill to amend section 1642 of volume 1 of the Code, which relate;; to exemptions to certain confederate soldiers,

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the following words: "On running a billiard, pool or other like table, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Upon motion of :Mr. Chappell of Muscogee, the following bill was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and recommitted to the Ways and l.Ieans Committee. to wit:

By l\Ir. Slaton of :Fulton-
A bill to furnish a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Chappell of l.Iuscogee, the following rf!SOlution was withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations, and recommitted to the Special ifudiciary Committr-e:

A resolution for the relief of Goo. A. Hall and Joel F. Thornton as securities on the bond of J ene williams, and for other purposes.

The following resolutions were read and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A resolution conceming the election of United States ~enator, coinage of gold and silYer, repeal of 10 per cent. tltx on State hanks, repeal of the enormous war tax, for the ownership of the Xicaragua canal, and for other purroses.
Referred to tbe Committe on State o the Republic.

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By ~fr. Ellis of Bibb-

A resolution of the House, the Senate concurring, setting forth the eminent fitness of J as. H. Blount, Jr., a member of the Georgia Bar, for the discharge of the contemplated work of translating and oodifying the laws of Cuba, and for other purposes.

Referred to tJhe General Judiciary Committee.

An invitation to participate in the Atlanta Peace Jubilee was extended to the members of the House, and upon motion of Mr. Copeland of walker, was accepted. -

An invitation from the Jackson Hill Baptist church, to att-end services there on Sunday morning, November 13th,
tc. hear Dr. :Marshall, the pastor, speak on the subject oi
"Religious liberty and church taxation," was also read and 11pon motion of ~fr. PaJ.;k of Greene, accepted.

Leaves of a:bsence were granted the following members, to wit: ~fessrs. \Vatlcins of Gilmer, Lane of Bibb, Turner of Henry, 'Whiteley of Glascock, Singletary of Schley, Hardwick of 'Vashington, Harris of Thomas, Swift of El-
bert, Henderson of 'Vashington, Erwin of Clark, Latimer
d Cherokee, Tracy of Dooly, ;\[cElreath ofCobb, Merritt cf Hancock, Knowles of Fulton.

"Gpon motion of ~Ir. Mitchell of Thomas, the Rouse ad-

journed until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.



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Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, November 12th, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon call of t:he roll, those present were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry,

Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fllin, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, (1resham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs,

Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, J onE's of Dougherty,

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Jordan of Jasper, .Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, tane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, La Roache, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, 1\Iorris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, :McElreath, McGehee, McLaughlin,

McLennan, McRat>, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell,

Spinks, Speer, Starr, StubbE', Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchnrch, Wade, Walker of Crawford Walker of Union, 'Vatkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.--

Carter, David, Drawdy, Farmer, Hammond,

Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Mitchell, McFarland,

McMillan, Pate, Singletary, Sturgis, Turner of Henry.

Mr. Bond, Chairman o the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal o yesterday's prOICeedings had been examined and found correct.

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The Journal was then 1ead and confirmed.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution was introduced, read, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That an addit.ional standing committee, known as "Committee on Invalid Pensions," be, and the same is, hereby created.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

The following privilege resolutions were introduced, read and approp_riately referred, to wit:

By J\.fr. Tatum of Dade-
Resolved, Thrat the Hon. T. J. Lyons of the county of Bartow, be invited to a seat on the floor of the House, during his stay in the city.

Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

By :Mr. Everett of Stewart-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. J. T. Holder, of the county of Stewart.

Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.
By :Mr. Tart:um of DadeResolved. That the Hon. W. J. Peoples of the county
of Murray, be invited to a seat on the floor of the House during his stay in the city.

Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

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Mr. Bower of Decatur, offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That all resolutions, asking privileges of the floor, be submitted to Committee on Privileges of the l'loor, without being read.

lfr. Freeman of Coweta, offered the following resolut1on, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That 300 copies of House bill 149 be printed for the use of the House of Representatives.

:Mr. Copeland, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:

The Commirttee on Banks have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report hack to the House with the recommendation that t,he same do pass:
A bill to authorize and provide for the preparation and issuance to the banks and banking associations, chartered by this State, of circulating notes; to fully protect the same, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend the chart-er of the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta.

Resp-ectfully submitted. F. W. COPEI,AND, Chairman.

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Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

JIr. S pealeer:
The General Judiciary Colllll11ttee have had under consideration the following bill, wh,ich I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, to wit:

By l!fr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an A-ct, providing for the holding of a convention of the people of Georgia for the purpose of revising, amBnding, altering and changing the Constitution of the State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN lf. SLATON, Chrurman.

Mr. Bower of Decatur, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted tJhe follO'Wing report:
Mr. Speaker:
'.the Committee on Prhileges of the Floor, have had under consideration the following privilege resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution, extending the privileges of the floor to the

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lion. J. D. watkins, member-elect of the legislature of }'lorida, during his stay in the city.

BOWER, Chairman.

Mr. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:
11!1'. Speaker:
The Oommittoo on General Agriculture have had under eoll'sideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recomm~n dation thlllt the same do pass, as amended, to Wll:-~
A bill to be entitled an Act to require all persons o:fferii:g for sale any cottonseed meal, or cdt:.tonseed hulls, in hales, sacks or packages, to have plainly printed, stamped or branded on each package the weight thereof, and for c.ther purposes.
Also, the following House bill, which I am directed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
No. 19. "A bill to regularte hunting and fishing on the lands of another in counties of forty thousand population, or more."
Also, t!he following House bill, which I am directed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
No. 36. A bill to repool an Act entitled an Act to pre-

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vent the hunting and catching of opossums in this State, between the first day of March and the first day of October of each year, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

Mr. Freeman of Coweta, Chairman of tihe Committee on 'Vays and Means, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, No. 149, which they ,instruct me to report bock to the House with the rec0mmendation that the same be rood the second time and recomrruitted to this committee, witih the further recommendation that three hundred (300) copies be printed for distribution in the House, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to levy and collect a tax for support of State Government and institutions, and for other purposes.
:Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the follow.ing report:
},Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bill No. 14, which they instruct me to report back to tlhe House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald, nnd for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

}Ir. Ellis, Chmirman of the Special Judiciary Comm!ittee, submitted the following report, to wit:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, and I am instructed to report them back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend sootion 2417, volume 2 of the Code of Georg.ia of 1895, whicih relates to the issuance and return of marriage licenses.
Also, a hill to amend the charter of the town of Loganville, in Walton county, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 3135 of volume 2 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

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ltlr. Speaker
His Exoeilency, the Governor, has approved and signQd the following Act, to wit:
An Act w cede to the Government of the United States
of America jurisdiction in certain lands upon which to establish a fishery in Meriwether county, and for other purposes.

T1he following 'bills were read for the third time, and put 11pon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act incorporating
the city of Elberton, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was tavorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 114 'and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Also,
By Messrs. Slaton, Brandon and Knowles of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act, approved September 6th, 1891, establishing the city court of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103 and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Also,

By 1fessrs. Slaton, Brandon and Knowles of Fulton-

A bill to amend an Act approved December 15, 1871, and Acts amendatory thereto, establishing tJhe dty court of Atlanta, and for ather purposes.

The report of the committee, which was f"<lvorable to the paswa~e 6f the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 98, and the nays 0.

So the bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
'Dhe following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By :Mr. Swift of Efbert-

A bill providing for the branding of cottonseed hulls in bales or packages, the wei~ht of same, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to authorize and provide for the issuance to the hanks and banking associations of this State, and chartered hy this State, of circulating notes, to fully pro,tect the same, and for other purposes.

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By llfr. Calvin of Riohmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another in counties of this State, having a population of more than 40,000 inhabitants, and for other purposes.

By ::l\Ir. Henderson of Irwin-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald, and for other purposes.

By ::M'r. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill.to provide for the holding of a convention of the people of Georgia, for the purpose of revising, altering and amending the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to amend the charter of I.oganville, in the county of "\Valton, and for other purposes.

By }fr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill t.o amend the charter of the Home J.oan and Tianking Company, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to amend section 3135, volume 2 of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Calv-in of RichmondA bill to amend section 2417 of the Code of 1895, vol-

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nme 2, which re1,ates to the issuance and return of marriage licenses by making certain addition to the end of said section, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and institutaons, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor of the House be extended to the Hon. J. D. watkins, member-elect of the General Assembly of Florida, during his stay in the cjty.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read for the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Rogers of Marion-
A bill to prevent tlhe sale of spirituous or malt liquors in the county of :Marion, except as this bill provides, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 3761 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Sloan of HallA bill to amend section 813 of volume 3 of the Uoue vf
1895, which provides for the appointment of jury com missioners, and for other -purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By ~fr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to regulate the practice. in the superior and city courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By ~fr. Park of Greene--

A bill to require tax-receivers of this State, in addition te their duties prescribed by law, in reference to receiving or assessing the taxable property of the State, to return the tax digest to the county commissioner, ete., and for othe-. purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Vays and Means. By :Mr. Howard of Dooly-

A hill to amend secilion 1549, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, by making certain addition to the end of said section, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance. By }Ir. Brown of Carroll-

A hill to amend 8ection 286, Yolume 1 of the Code of
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] 89;), which relates to the ealaries and fees of legielative dficers, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on 'yays and )leans.

]~y ~Ir. )Ioore of Carroll-
A bill to prohibit the adulteration of lard, sugar, syrup, etc., and to prescribe a punishment therefor, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

hy ~Ir. :Moore of Carroll-
A bill to proYide compensation for jurors in forcible entry and detainer cases, and for other purposes.
HefE>rred to Committee on County and County ~Iattcrs.

By ~fr. Lane of Sumter-
A bill to proYide for the payment of certain costs ac-
crned in the cOiwict,ion of felonies to be paid out of the
conYict funds.
Heferred to GE>neral Judiciary Committee.

By ~fr. Park of Troup-
A bill to amend an Act, approYed September 27, 1881, e::ntitlcd an Act to establish a Board of Pharmaceutical Fxamincl1', etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to SpE>Cial .Judiciary Committee.

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By :Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to establish in every county, city and town in this State. a permanent commission to examine the text-books med in the public schools, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person or persons to hunt or fish on the larids of another in this State, without permission in writing be first obtained, whether said lands\ be posted or not, and for other purposes.

Heferred to General Agriculture Committee.

By unanimous consent, 1\fr. Calvin of Richmond, introDuced the follo"ing joint resolution, to wit:

A joint r<"Solntion providing for the payment to llfrs. Anna E. Branch, cert>ain mone~s in the treasury, growing out of the sale of ce1iain wild lands for taxes, and for otlwr J>urposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

llfr. Calvin, acting Chairman of the Committee on Rules, snbmiltted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration a resolution pro,iding for the creation of an additional st!lnding committee to be known as the Committoo on In-

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-valid Pensions, and have instructed me to report the same back to the House, with a recommendat,ion that the same do pa;;;s, as amended.

Hespectfully submitted.

MARTIN V. CALVIN, Acting Chairman.

F pon motlion of :Mr. Brandon of Fulton, House bill No. t9, the same being a bill to provide for the holding of a convention of the people of Georgia, for the purpose of revising, amending, altering and changing the Constitution of Georgia, and for other purposes, was recommitted to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
The follo\Ying resolution by }[r. Calvin of Hichmond was taken up and read, to wit:
A resolution providing for an additional standing. committee of the House, to be known as "Committee on Invalid Pensions."
The Committee on Rules submitted the following amendment, to wit:
To amend by inserting between "Pensions" in the fourth li-ne and "be" in said line, the words "consisting of nin& members."
The report of the committee, submitting said amendment was agTeed to, and upon motion of }Ir. CalYin of Rirhmond, the resolution was adopted as amended.

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Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: :Messrs. Sturgis of ~IcDuffie, Sloan of "\Valton, J <Yhnson of Lee, Felker of walton, Denny of Floyd, Mr Donough of Chatham, :Maxwell of Oglethorpe, Bush of Miller, Castleberry of :Monroe.

Upon motion of 1Ir. Sloan of Hall, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Monday, Kovember 14th, 1898.

The House met. pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock H. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon call of the roll, those preeent were :M:essrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Daw_son, Black :>f Whitfield,

Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Cal\"in, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Denny,

Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stew ~rt, Fain, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford,

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Fort,

King,

Gay,

Knowles,

George,

Lane of Bibb,

Gresham,

Lane of Early,

Greene,

Lane of Sumter,

Griffin of Greene, Laing,

Griffin of Twiggs, L'\Roche,

Griffith,

Latimer,

H<~ll,

Lee,

Hamby,

Longino,

HarJin of Liberty, Martin,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mayson,

Harrison_,

Maxwell,

Harri~,

Merritt,

Harrell,

Mitchell,

Harvard,

Moore,

Hath-cock,

Morris,

Hendricks,

Mullins,

Henderson of Irwin, McCants,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcCranie,

Herring,

McDonald,

Hill,

McDonough,

Howard,

McElreath,

Hopkins,

McGehee,

Hol<ler,

McLaughlin,

Ho~ch,

McLennan,

Hutchins,

McMillan,

Jarnagin,

McRae,

Johnson of Appling, Newton,

Johnson of Baker, Ogletree,

Johnson of Bartow, Ousley,

Johnson of Floyd, Overstreet,

Johnson of Lee,

Pace,

Jones of Burke,

Padgett,

Jones of Dougherty, Po~te,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park of Troup,

Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynold@, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancoek, Snell, S}:>inks, Rpeer, Starr, Stubl)s, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, T.mmerman, TraC'y, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, 'Vade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Uni<m, Watkins, Whiteley,

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Williams, \Villingham, Wood,

Woodall, Wooten,

Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Brown of Bryan, Bush, Carter, David,

Drawdy, Farmer, Hammett.,
~ammond,

Hardwick, McFarland, Taylor.

_Mr. Dunean of Houston, of the Commith?e on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had heen examined and found to be correct.
'The Journal was read and adopted.
The following resolution was read, to wit:

By 1lr. Calvin of Richmond--
A resolution requesting certain information at the hands of the State School Commissioner. Under the rules of the House, the same was laid on the table one day.
Upon the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read for the first t,ime, and appropriately referred, to wit:

Ry Messrs. George and :Mayson of DeKalb--
A bill to provide a new charter for the town of Clarkston, in the county of DeKalb, to define its powers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. :McFarland of Franklin-

A bill to prohibit the Attorney-General from receiving any fees or compensatlion other than his salary, for cases tried 1n the courts of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Vays and :Means.
By Mr. ~Farland of FranklinA bill to fix and prescribe the salaries of the Treasurer,
Comptroller- General and Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on \Vays and ~feans.

By Mr. McFarland of Franklin-
A bill to fix the salaries of the Governor Supreme Court .Judges, SupePior Court Judges, and the Attorney-General of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Yays and Means.

By :Mr. Barron of Jones-
A bill to amend section 388, volume 3 o the Code of 1895, which relats to the stopping of prosecution for seduction, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and Revenues in the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.

Heferred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By )fr. Chappell of :Muscogee-

A bill to provide for the incorporation of trust comparoies, to define their rights and powers, etc., and for other purposes.

RefeiTed to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By :Mr. Dews of Randolph-
A bill to require the register of dogs by their owners, and the payment of a license tax on each, and for other purposes.

Heferred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to change the location of the dam now extending across the Savannah river, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
l~y Mr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to fix the boundary line between Georgia and
South Oaroline, along the riYer front of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to caiTy into e:ffoot paragraph 1, section 4, article 8 of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

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By :Mr. McDonald of Ware-

A bill to pay Representatives advertising fees for local bills passed for their respective counties, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act, approved September 14, 1894, establishing a public school system: in vVashington county, [:nd for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :M:r. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act entitled "an Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to collect by execut~on all snms due the city council for water rents, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By }.fr. Johnson of BartowA bill to amend se~tion 974 of volume 3 of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By lfr. Bryan of FloydA bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of the

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county of Floyd, approved September 27th, 1883, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Ry Mr. Post of Coweta-
. A bill to authorize judges of the superior courts to grant C'harters to corporations in vacation, 1in all cases where they may exercise such powers in term time, and to validate such charters as l1ave heretofore been gTanted in vrucation, and for other purposes.

Referred to General J udiciary Committee.

By J\Ir. Willingham of J\fonroe-
A bill making an appropriation for the counties of }Ionroe, Bibb, Clarke and Chatham of the direct tax refunded to the State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit any railroad company, express, telegraph or sleeping-car company from bestowing any favor whatever upon a member of the legislature, or any official cf this State, other than such. as may be extended to the public generally, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hardin of WilkesA bill to amend tthe charter of the town of "\Vashington,

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by ,increasing the limit of the tax for town purpoaes, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

:Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the :Floor, submitted the following report:

Jlf1'. Speaker:
The committee have had under consideration the following priv-ilege resolution, which they instmct me to report baiCk to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution, extending the privileges of the floor to the
"T Hon. J. Peeples, of the county of }Iurray.

:Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Pl'ivileges of the :Floor, submitted the following report:
lllr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor, have had under consideration the following resolutions, \vhic:h they instruct ll}e to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution, extending the privaeges of the floor to
Hons. H. C. Wall and T. C. Leak, members of the North
Carolina legislature, during their stay in the city.
Also, a resolutlion, extending the priv-ileges of the floor to Hon J. H. Est.ill during his stay in the city.
Respectfully submitted.
BYRON B. BOWER, JR., Chairman.

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The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Swift of Elbert----,-
A bill requiring all persons offe11ing for eale any cottonS(ed meal .or cottonseed hulls, in bales or sacks, to have plainly printed thereon the weight of each package.

The committee to 'vhich this bill was referred submitted the following amendment, which was adopted, to wit:
To amend by inserting the following 1vords after the word "branded," and before the word "on," in the ninth line of the first section, to wit: ''in :figures not less than one and a lmlf inches long, and one inch in width."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Upon p:.~ssage of the bill, the ayes were 116, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

Also, By l\Ir. Henderson of IrwiP-A bill to amend the charter of the city of :Fitzgerald,
and for other pnrposes.
The report of the committee, 'vhich was favorable. to the pasf:age of the bill, was agreed to.
Upon passage of the bill, the ayes were 106 and nays 0.

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So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majorit~, ''"as passed.

Also, by Mr. Calvin of Richmo!ld-
. A bill to amend section 2417 of volume 2 of the Code o ~ 895, which relates to the i.;;suance and return of marriage licenses, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, "as agreed to.
On passage of the hill, the ayes were 91 and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

]~y ~Ir. Felker of Walton-
A hill to amend the charter of the town of Loganville iE the eonnty of \Valton, and for other purposes.
The report of the committre, whieh was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
LJ_>On passage of the bill, the ayes were 97 and nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional m:ljority, was passed.
The following bills "'ere read the third time and put 11pon their passage, to wit:

Ry :Mr. ('ahin of HiohmondA hill to provide for the preparation and issuanee to the

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tanks and banking associations, chartered by this State, of circulating notes, to fully protect the same, and for other rurposs-s.
The report of the committee, which was favora1le to the rassage of the bill, was agreed to.
Upon mo1ion of ~Ir. Cahin of Richmond, this bill was ordered tabled temporarily, and 300 copies were ordered printed for the use of the Hou:::e.
Also, By :Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend the ,charter of the Home I.oan and Banking Company of Atlanta.
By unanimous consent, the above bill was ordered tabled
t~::mporarily.

J~y Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to make it unlawful in countie.; of more than 40,(100 inhabitants, for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another without written consent, and for other purpooes.

Upon motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, the above bill was temporarily tabled.

By :Mr. CalYin of Hichmond-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3135 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, by striking from the second nnd third Jines of said section, the words "not caused by the landlord, or from defect of his title shall not," and by sub-

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stituting m lieu thereof the word "shall," and for other purposes.

::Nfr. Brown of C-arroll, moved to ame.nd said bill as follows: By striking at the end of section 1, the following words, "provided the destruction or loss \vas not caused by the default of the tenant or his agents," which amendment \\as lost.

1Ir. \Vade of Brooks, moved to amend said bill, by adding at the close of E.ame, the following proviso, to wit:

That said abatement of contract shall be in proportion to the damage done to the premises, by such destruction of the tenement, which amendment was also lost.
:Mr. 1fcLaughlin of :Meriwether, moved, that said bill be laid upon the table, which motion was lost.
The report of the committee, which was favorablt to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to by the House and the bill was therefore lost.
The following priv1lege resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By :Mr. Wade of BrooksResolved, That t.he priv.ileges of the floor be extended
h the Hons. H. C. \Vall and T. C. Leak, members of the :North Carolin3; legislature, during their stay in the city.
By ~Ir. LaRoche of ChathamHesolved, That the privileges of the floor he extended
to Col. J. H. Estell dnring his stay in the city.

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:Ey Mr. Tatum of Dade--

Resolved, That the H~n. W. J. Peeples, of the county -of :Murray, be invited to a seat on the floor of the House .during his stay in the city.

The following message was received fr(Jlll the Senate, -through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

_Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to amend section 341 of the penal Code of Geor~a of 1895.

lir. Calvin of Richmond, offered the following joint l11tion, to wit:

Inviting the Ron. Goo. T. Barnes of R~chmond, to ad~lress the General Assembly in jO>int session, on the Nicaraguan canal, in the hall of the House, Thursday p. m., -the 17th inst., at 7:30 o'clock.

By unanimous consent, the above resolution was read and adopted.

In pursuance to joint resolution of the House and Sen.-ate, reports were submitted by Ron. W. J. Speer, State .,Treasurer, and the Ron. "\V. A. Wright, Comptroller-General, and upon motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, 300 -copies of each were ordered to be printed and distributed upon the desks of the members.
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The following joint resolution was offered and read tO> wit:

By 1Ir. Denny of Floyd-
A resolution, providing for a committee of fifteen from the House and five from the Senate, to be appointed to visit the Univereity of Georgia aild the State Normal School, ~nd to report to the General Assembly the condition, needs. and wants of said institutions.
Upon motion of :Mr. Denny of Floyd, the foregoing resolution was amended as foUows:
Amend by inserting between the words "~ormal School'' and "and" in the six;th iine, the words "and the Georgia ~ormal and Industrial College at ~1illedgeYille," so that the re;;olution as amended shall read, ete.

The above resolution was adopted, as amended. The following resolution was offered and read, to wit:

13y :Mr. Tatum of Dade-
\Vhereas, There is a biil now pending in the Senate toaholish the Geological department of the State; be it
ReEolved by the House, the Senate contcurring, that a committee of three from the House arrd two from the Senate be appointed to make a thorough inwstigation of this department and repol't their obsermtions to the General ..:\&J.embly, and for other purposes.

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Under the rules of the House, this resolution was laid on the table for one day.

The following Senate hill was read for the first time and rPferred to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:

By 1Ir. Underwood of the 32d District-
A bill to amend section 341 of the Code of Georgia, by inserting immediately after the word "any" and before the word "pistol" the words ''kind of metal knucks," and fo;' other purposes.
Leaves of absence were granted the folhwing membe:rs, to wit: Messrs. Bell of Forsyth, Hutchins of Gwinnett, :McRae of Telfair.
I,eave of absence was granted the Oommitttee on School for the Deaf, for the purpose of vi&iting same.
Upon motion of :Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas, the House adjt'urnPd unt>il 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, November 15th, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock n. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker, and upened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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The roll was called and those members present were

Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Castle berry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, D!tvid, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan,

Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,
Geor~e,
Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of TwiggP, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, B a t h cook, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill,

Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski,
Kin~,
Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris,
1\lullinE~,
McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath,

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McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, RudicH, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart,

Swift, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Whiteley, Williams, Wi,llingham, Wood, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth,

Howard,

Bush,

Knowles,

Cartt:r,

McDonough,

Hammond,

McRae,

Hardwick,

Singletary,

Henderson of Wash't'nSturgis,

Stone, Tatum, Wade, Watkins, Woodall.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

The following ~essage was received from the Senate through Mr. N orthen the Secretary thereof:

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ltfr. S p_eaker:

The Senate has passed the following Senate bills, by the Tequisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill, to amend section 3950 of the Civil Code of 1895.

Also, a hill to allow county officers of this State until .January 1st, next, after the election, in which to file their several bonds, as now reqlllired 'by law.

The Sell!Rte has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution inv1ting Hon. George T. Barnes to address the Genernl Assembly on the Nicaraguan canal on Thursday, November 17th, at 7:30 o'clock p.m.

The Senate has also adopted the following joint resolution lin which the concurrence of the House is asked, to '"it:
A resolution appointing a committee to consider the report of the specirul attorney of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and to consider the report of W. A. Wimbish, Esq., concerning the true northern boundary of this State.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. \Vest of the 6th and Blalock of the 26th.
:Mr. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of the General Agrieultural Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

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J[r. Speaker:

The Committee on General Agriculture have had under .consideration the following House bills, which I am in.sirucied to report back to the House with the recoonmenda~ tion that the same do pass,. to wit:

:By l\Ir. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 698, volmne 3 o fthe Code of 1895, which relates to setting on fire woods, etc.

Also, by :llr. Harvard of Dooly-

An Act entitled an Act to prevent the baiting or killing doves thus baited in this State.

Also, by )fr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an Aet to make it unlawful in coun-ties having a population of forty thousand, or more, for any person te diooharge or fire off at any time, any gun or pistol on any public highway or within one hundred yards of any public highway, etc.

Also, by ~Ir. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the taking of nsh in streams of Floyd county for the space of five years.

Also, the following House bill, which the committee in:Struct me to report back to the House, with the recommen-dation that the same do not pass, to wit:

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By Mr. Hill o Wilkes-
A bill to be entitled an Act to require all owners of
lands traversed by creeks, to keep the channels of such creeks free from obstructions, and to prevent obstructions. of same.
Respectfully submitted. C. H. JORDAN,
Chairman General Agricultural Committee.

Mr. Slaton, Ch~irman o the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The General Judiciary Committee have had under con--
sideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that thesame do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton o FultonA. bill to be entitled an Act to extend the operation of
the laws of Goorgia, applicable to charitable an.d benevolent institwtions for the custody of children, inoo~rat-ed' under the .A.~et approved on the 18th day of December,. 1894-, which Act !is entitled '~an Act to regulate benevolent institutions in this State, to define the power of those nQW or hereafter incorporated, and to provide for the incorporation of the same," so that the same shall apply to orphans' homes and charitable or benevolent institUitions, incorporated under the laws of said State prior to the said Act of December 18th, 1894-, and for other purposes.

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Also, by }fr. M-cDonough of Chatham-

A bill to be enrt:itled an Aci to amend se-ction 398 of the third volume of the Code of the State of Georgia published in 1895, touching gaming-houses.

Also, by Mr. Harden of Liberty-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 765 of the third volume of the Code of 1895, referring to certiorari cases from the county courts.

Also, the following bills which I am instructed to report back to the House, "\\ith the re-commendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County .:Matters.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the ordinaries in this State to purchtase such books, blanks, papers, and other office supplies as may be needed in their offices, and to draw on its county treasurer in payment of the same.
~-1lso, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be recommitted.to the Special Judiciary Committee, to wit:

Ry Mr. McDonough of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled "an Act to prohibit in Chatham county, the holding of more than one office by one person at any one time, and for other purposes," approved December 15th, 1894, and for other
p'urposes.

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Also, the following hills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

Jiy Mr. Sm_ith of Hall-
.lt bill to be entitled an Act to authorize constables of this State to levy and collect fi.fas. issued from superior courts, and city and county courts of this State, where the amount of srui.d fi. fa. does not exceed the sum of one hun.(!red dollars, and for other purposes.

Also, By Mr. Whitely of Glascock-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 5043, volllme 2 of the Code of 1895, which relates to the difference between a retraxit and a ncmsu~t, dismission or continu-ance, by adding at the end of said section the words "or by making an affidavit that he is advised and believes that his eause is a good one, and that from his poverty he is unable io pay the costs," and for other purposes.
Respeetfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. :Moore of Carroll, Chairman of Committee on County and County :Matters, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker: The Committee on County and County :Matters have
had under consideration the following bills, and I am in-

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i'tructed to repo'l't the same back to the House, with the r~ .ommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
To be entitled an Act to amend s~tion 101 o the Code o 1895, rel.ating to the time and place o elections <>f justices o the peace, by striking out the woTds and figures, "January, 1873," in the second and thiTd lines o said :section, and :inserting in lieu theTeo the words and figures "'December, 1900."
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 105 o the 'Code o 1895, relating to the time and place o constables, by substituting for said section the following, to wit: Con:stables shall be elected 'at the same place that justices o the peace are elected, and by tlhe same class o voters, once every two years, the first election to be held on the first ,Saturoay in December, 1898, and thereafter on the first ,Saturday o December, every two years.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board o Roads and Revenues for the county o Houston, and for other pur-poses.

A bill to create a Board o Roads and Revenue for the .county o Twiggs, and for other purposes.

A bill to change and fix the time for holding the superior l('ourt o Dodge county, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide compensation or jurors in forcible .entry and detainer ca.ses, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commis-

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sioners of Roads and Revenue in the county of Glynn, and. for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Laing, Chairman pro tern. of the Co:mmittee on. Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
11!r. S peake:r:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor, have had under consideration the following resolution, which they recommend do pass, to wit:
A resolution to extend the prjvileges o t!he floor to cer taJin distinguished citizens of the State o:f Pennsylvania:. now in the city.
Respectfully submitted.
J. .A. LAING, Chairman pro tem.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman orf the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the :following report:
M"r. Speaker:
The Cammittee on Ways and Means have had under consideration 1Jhe :following House hill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to make penna-

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nent the income of the Unliversity of Georgia, and for other purposes, approved September 30th, 1881.

Also, 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 prohibit the Attorney-General of this State from receiving any f~ ()1" compensation, other than his salary, for services rendered in behalf of th~ State.

A bill to fix and prescribe the salaries of the Treasurer, the Comptroller-General and the Secretary of State, and for ot-her purposes.

A bill to provide and fix the salaries of the Governor, the judges of the supreme court and judges of tJhe superior courts, Attorney-General of the State, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FREEJI.fAN, Chairman.

The folloWii.ng resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
Ey Jl.fr. Calvin of llichmondA resolution requesting certain information at the
hands of the State School Commissioner.
The following bills were read for the second time1 to wit:

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By :Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to amend sect.ion 101 of the Code of 1895, relating to the time and place of election of justices of the peace, and for otherr purposes.

By :llr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 105 of the Code of 1895, relating to the time and place of the election of coostables~ and for other purpose~.

By :\Ir. Duncan of Houston--
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and Tievenues for the county of Houston, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Griffin of T,Yiggs-
A bill to create a B_oard of Roads and ReYenue for the county of Twiggs, and for ()ther purpo;;es.

Dy ]\fr..Cahin of Hichmond-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or f:sh upon the lands of another in counties of this State, l.a.-ing a population ni more than 40,000, and for other purposes.

By }fr. Hnrvard of Dooly-
A bill to prohibit the baiting or killing of doves thus haited, and for other purpo;;es.

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By ~Ir. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to amend seciion 398 of volume 3 of the Codfr of 1895, touching gaming houses, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Hardin of Liberty-

A bill to amend section 765 of the Code of 1895, volume ;:;, and for other purposes.

}3y :Air. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to regulate the takllng of fish in the streams of Floyd county f<Yr the space of five years, and for other purposes.

By }Ir. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to extend the operat.ion of the laws of Georgia,. ilpplicable to CJhiaritable and bene,volent institutions for custody of children, and for other purposes.

l~y }fr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and P-e>enues ,jn the county of Glynn, and for other purpO'Ses.

Ry J\Ir. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to amend sect1ion 698, volume 3 of the Code of 1R95, which relates to the setting the woods on fire, and for other puropses.

Ry }Jr. Harrell of DodgeA b1ll to chang-e and fix the time of holding the superior
court of Dodge ccunty, and for other purposes.

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:By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A hili to repeal an Act making permanent the income o{ the State UDiversity, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Moore of Carroll-

.l\. bill to provide for the payment of jurors in forcible ntry and detainer cases, and for other purposes.

The following bills were rea.d_ the second time and recommitted, to w:it:

By Mr. McDonough of Chat,ham--

A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit in Chatham county the holding of more than one office at a time by any one person, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.

By l<lr. Simpson of MiltDn-

A bill authorizing the ordinaries of this State to buy such books as are needed in their offices, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to Committee on County and County Matters.

The follow~ng joint resolution was read and adopted, i.e wit:

:By 1Ir. Tatum of Dade-
A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to make an inYestigation

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of the Geologil\al department and report their obserntions tD the General Assembly.

By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By }.fr. Griffin of GreeneA bill to amend paragraph 3 of section 4 of article 3 of
the Constitution, and for odu'r purposes. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By :Mr. Park of GreeneA bill to amend paragraph 3 of section 4 of article 3 of
the Const.itution, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By 1fr. Park of GreeneA bill to amend seotion 873 of Yolume 1 of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes. Referred to General J udi0iary Committee.

By Mr. Hose of Camden-
A bill to amend article 3 section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitut.ion of the State by making certajn alterations and additions, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
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By :Jir. Jones of Burke-

A bill to compensate the members of the Commission of Roads and Revenue of Burke county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County :Matters.

By :Jir. Hall of BibbA bill to amend sections 5315 and 5316 of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By }fr. Hall of Bibb~\._ bill to change the t~me of holding the spring term of
the superior court of Bibb county, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
13; }I r. Hall of BibbA bill to amend section 2334 of the Code of 1895, and
for other purpo.oes. Heferrecl to General Judiciary Committee.

B; }fr. }foore of Carroll-
~\.bill to amend subsection 11 of section 4082 of volume 2 of the Code of 1893 by providing compensation for justic-es of the peace, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County :Matters.

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By 1Ir. Blalock of Fayette--

A bill authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint a supervisor of oils for the State of Georgia, and to define his duties, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By ~fr. Duncan of Houston-

A bill to amend section 2334 of the Civil Code of 1895,.
fixing the Yenue of suits against railroad companies in this
State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By :lir. Ellis of Bibb-
A hill authorizing warehousemen m this State to gtve bonds and issue warehouse receipts, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
T;,y. }Ir. Slaton of FultonA bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan Banking
Company of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
:Mr. Brandon of }'ulton, offered the following amendments, \Yhich were adopted, to wit:
Am~nd by inserting in line ten on page one after the word "thereto" and before the \vord "to" the words "but

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on terms satisfactory to the clerk or other officer, having r hargc of ;mid records."
Amend further, l1,V inserting in line three on page two aftpr tl1e word ''thereto" and before the word "to" the \'.ords 'but on terms .satisfactory to the clerk or other offit'H lul\ing charge of said record."
The report of the committee, whic,h was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the Li11, the ayes were 104 and the nays 6.
So, the bill luning receind the requisite constitutional majority was pas;:ed.

The following privilege resoluiion was read and adopttxl, to wit: .

By :Mr. Chappell of l\luscogee--

Resolved; That the privileges of the floor be extended to the following distinguished citizens of Pennsyhania during their stay in the city, to wit: Messrs. Jas. A. Campbell, Fmuk C. Anderson, Hugh Donnelly, Robert Haight, ,) no. P. Dwyer, .Tno. ,T. Curley, Peter Bolger, Geo. J. Brennen, J. Frank Sherwood, Harry P. \V,ilson, Chas. W. Camphell, Arihur H. :Morrow, Edward A. Hoyt, James lsrael~ James R. Young, Judge Peter J. Hug'hes, James Hoyt, Col. John :M. Beall, George Barton, Col. Timothy O'Leary and E. P. :McKissick, of Asheville, N. C.

The Speaker appointed as the additional standing committee to be known as Committee on Invalid Pensions, the

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following members, to wit: :Mr. Calvin, Chairman, :Messrs. Brandon, Duncan, Tatum, EYerett of Polk, Hall, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Sumter, and Newton~

The Speaker announced the following COimnitteee, to wit:

The committee to consider the rep1wt of special attorney of the \Yestern and Atlantic raliroad and true northem boundary of the Htate, were 1\fessrs. Blalock, Brandon and Denny.

The COlmnittee upon the part of the House, to iuvesti-
. ~:ate the Geolog.,j,cal department and report thereon, is a;~
foJlmys: :Messrs. Tatum, Park of Greene and Beauchamp.

:Mr. Hardin of Liberty, aEked to \Yithdraw .nousc bill 1\ o. 81, the same being a bill to prevent non-resident persons from hunting, fishing, trapping or camping in the county of LiLe1iy, and for other purposes, which request \':as granted.

rpon motion of }Ir. Ereonan of Co,Yeta, the House acljourned until 10 o'clock to -morrow morning.

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ATLAXTA, GA.,
Wednesday, November 16, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speakfr and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names, to wit, Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett, of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan. Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort,

Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Hanard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of ''Tash't'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins,

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Holder,

McCranie,

Smith of Hall,

Hose::.,

McDonald,

Smith of Hancock,

Hutchins,

McDonough,

Snell,

Jarnagin,

McElreath,

Spinks,

Johnson of Appling, McFarland,

Speer,

Johnson of Baker, McGehee,

Starr,

Johnson of Bartow, McVmghlin,

Stubbs,

Johnson of Floyd, McLennan,

Stewart,

Johnson of Lee,

Mc:\lillan,

Stone,

Jones of Burke,

Newton,

Swift,

Jones of Dougherty, O~letree,

Tatum,

Jordan of Jasper, Ousley,

Taylor,

Jord1n of Pula~:<ki, Overstreet,

Tisinger,

King,

Padgett,

Timmerman,

Knowles,

Pate,

Tracy,

Lane of .Bibb,

Park of Ureene,

Turner of Henry,

Lane of Early,

Post,

Tnrner of Rockdale,

Lane of Sumter,

Price,

Upchurch,

Laing,

Rawls of Effingham, 'Vade,

L~Roche,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Walker of Crawford,

Latimer,

Reid,

Walker of Union,

Lee,

Reynolds,

Watkins,

Longino,

Richardson,

Whiteley,

Mayson,

Rogers,

Williams,

Maxwell,

Rose,

Willingham,

Merritt,

Rndicil,

\Vood,

Mitchell,

Simps)n,

Woodall,

Moore,

Singletary,

'Vooten,

Morris,

Slaton,

Yates,

Mullens,

Sloan,

Mr. Speaker.

McCants,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Barron, Bush, Hammond,

Martin, McRae, Pace,

Park of Troup, Sturgis.

Mr. Bond of Madison, Chairman of the Committee on

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Journals reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, moved to reconsider the action of the House had upon yesterday, upon the following bill, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A Bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan Banking Company of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

The motion to reconsider prevailed, and said bill resumed its place on the Calendar.
t l\Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Commit-
tee, submitted the following report, to wit:

1lfr. Speake1:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill of the Home, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A Bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Charter ot the city of Atlanta.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

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Mr. Denny, Chairman of Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an " Act to declare who shall be deemed eligible to serve as any school officer in this State, and for other purposes," and direct me, as their chaitman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the 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 with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to require the tax r~ceivers of the State to keep in their office a numerical index of all the lots of land in their respective counties, etc.
A bill to repeal an act entitled an Act to provide for the payment of services of all constables in this State in

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conducting all prisoners committed to common jails in any county, from the place of commitment court to the common jail, to prescribe the fees as mileage of such constables, and the manner of payment of same, etc.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Cnairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Special Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following bills which they recommend do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Laing of Terrell-
A bill to establish the City Court of Dawson.

By Mr. Laing of TerrellA bill to abolish the County Court of Terrell County.
By Mr. Whiteley of GlascockA bill to amend section 1642 of volume 1 of the Code.
By Mr. Copeland of WalkerA bill to prohibit creditors from sending out of this

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State claims against residents of this State for the purpose of collecting the same by garnishment proceedings.

By Mr. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to prohibit betting on elections in this State.

By Mr. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to define slander and oral defamation.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS,



Chairman.

:Mr. Simpson, Chairman Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report, to wit:
},fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill, and recommend that the same do pass.
By Mr. Latimer of Cherokee~
A bill to appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay pensions for 1898 to such invalid pensioners or their widows, who had been regularly enrolled as pensioners in the pen-

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sion office for the year li:!98, and who have failed to receive the same, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

B. T. SUlPSON, Chairman.

l\lr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have bad under consideration the following privilege Resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:

A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Ron. R. C. McAllister during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submit ted.

BOWER, Chairman.

The call of counties was ordered for the introduction of new matter, and the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA bill to amend Section 2579, Vol. II of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA bill to amend Section 2573 of Vol. II of the Code of
1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to provide for the establishing of a Board of Embalming, to provide for the better protection of life and health, and for other purposes.

Referred to Hygiene and Sanitation Committee.

:By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond.
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to alter Walker street sufficiently to construct a passenger depot, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to fix the number of its members necessary to constitute a quorum, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1292 of the Code of 1895, which provides for the pensioning of certain widows of Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to sell, manufacture or give away intoxicating drinks, and for other purposee.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-

A bill to amend section 1254 of the CoJe of 1895, which provides for payment of certain pensions, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. King of Houston-

A bill to better protect the sheep industry of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

By )lr. Griffith of Haralson-

A bill to amend section 2743 of the Code of 1895, which provides for foreclosure of mortgages, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. King of Houston-

A bill to protect certain game in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend section 909 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to repeal section 1010 of the Code of 1895, which relates to the prisoner's statement in criminal trial!', and .also to alter and amend subsection 2 of section 1011 of the same Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton_:_
A bill to make criminal pleadings amendable Ill this State and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to alter and amend section 97-! of the Code of 1895 relating to the number of peremptory challenges of jurors allowed to State and prisoner in certain criminal trials.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to pwvide for the employment of Inspectors of

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roads and bridges in counties having more than 75,000 population, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to authorize courts of municipal corporations to try and punish offenders against the ordinances of such municipalities, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to provide a statute of limitations for suits upon
contracts made or to be performed and to causes of action arising outside of this State, and. for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill for the protection of labels, trademarks, seals, names and forms of advertisement and provide penalties for imitating or counterfeiting same, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 93 of the Penal Code of 189.5 so as to provide that the age of consent shall not be less than 12 years.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By ~Ir. ~Idlillan ot Chatham-

A bill to repeal the proviso at the end of section No. 2 of a bill to be entitled " An Act to extend and define the corporate limits of Savannah," and for other purpo!ics.

Ordered to be engrossed.

By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to provide for the taxation of commercial fertilizers, notes and other obligations ftr same, to prescribe penalties, and for othet purposes.

Referred to \Vays and l\Ieans Committee.

By ~Ir. Po;;t of Coweta-

A bill to make certain re<tuirements of a wife elaiming an Ntnity in the property of her husband, and for other purposP.s.

Hefcrred to General Judiciary Committee.
By ~Ir. Swift of ElbertA bill to prescribe how lands in this State be returned
for taxation, and for other purposes.
Hefcrrel to Committee on \Yays and ~leans. By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette-
A bill to prescribe how notes, accounts, etc., ;;hall Le returned for taxation, and for other purroses.

Referred to Committee on "rays and llfeaus.
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By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to prescribe how bonds of all corporations in this State shall be returned for taxation, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Vays and ~Ieam.

By :Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 1005 of the penal Code of Georgia relative to confessions of persons accused of crime, and for other purposes.
Hcferred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lane of Bibb----'-
}l. bill to amend Section 413 of the Code of 18!.15, relating to poo.l tables, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary ~ommittee.
. n, Mr. Hambv of Rabun-
A bill to be entitled an act to define and regulate the length of the public school term of this State, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Edueation.
By ::\Ir. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to establish the boundary line between the counties of Twiggs and \Vilkinson, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County :Matters.

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By request of Mr. Brandon of Fulton, and by unanimous consent, the following bill was taken from the calendar and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend the eharter of the Home Loan Banking Company of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton, offered the following amendments, which were adopted, to wit :

To amend the title by inserting after the word "business" and before the word "to," in the fourth line, the word;;:, ''in counties of this State having seventy thousand inhabitants or more."

To amend by making the same insertion in the fifth line



after the word '' record '' and before the word "and."

To amend by inserting after the word "business" and before the word ''and," the words "in counties of this State having a population of 7;),000 or more inhabitants."

To amend by inserting after the word " record," and before the word "and," in the eighth line, the same words a3 in the foregoing patagraph.

To amend by making the same insertion before the word "and" in the ninth line thereof.

To amend by making the same insertion after the word

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" recotds" and before the word "and " in the firi:t line of the second page.

To amend by in;:erting in line 10, on page one, after the word "thereto'' and before the word "to," the words "but on terms satisfactory to the derk or other officer having charge of said records.

To amend further by inserting m line three on page two, after the word" thereto" and before the word "to," the words, "but on terms satisfactory to the clerk or other offi..:er having charge of said records."

The report of the committee was then agreed to.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, and the nays 0 .

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amendeJ.

The f(lllowing bills were read the thinl time and put upon their passagP, to wit :

By ::\Ir. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to amend section 101 of the Code, relating to the time and election of justices of the peace, and for other purpose".
The report of the committee,-which was fayorable to the pas;;age of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102 and the nays 0.

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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Also, by Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to amencl section 105 of the Code of 1895, relating to the time and place of the election of constables, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 105 and the nays().

So the bill, having receivecl the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Also, by Mr. Duncan of Hou:;ton-

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and Revenue for the County of Houston, and for othet purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 108 and the nays 0.

So the bill having received the re!luisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam--

A bill to amend see. 698, Vol. III. of the Code, which relates to setting the woods on fire, and for other purposes

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 112 rnd the nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to extend the operation of the laws of Georgia applicable to Charitable and Benevolent Institutions for the custody of children incorporated under the Act approved Dec. 18, 1894, and for other plll"poses.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Upon passage of the bill the ayes were 1:~2, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .Mr. Harvard of Dooly--
A bill to prohibit the baiting or killing of doves at places thus baited, and for other purposes.
l\Ir. Rawls of Effingham, offered the following amendments which were adopteJ, to wit :
To amend the caption in the third line thereof, after the word "baited'' and before the word " in," by adding the words, ''at said bait."

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Also, to amend Sec. 1 in the sixth line thereof, after the word "baited'' and before the word "any," the words, "at said bait."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 97 and the nays 20.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By ~fr. Gtiffin of Twiggs-
A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues for the county of Twiggs, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 114 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By ~fr. :McDonough, of Chatham-
A bill to amend section 398 of the third volume of t;1e Code of 1895, touching gaming houses, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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Mr. Denny of Floyd, offered the following amendment, to wit:

Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the selling of pools at the race track where the races are taking place or about to take place, which was lost.

On the pasEage of the bill the ayes were !HJ and nays 11.

So the bill, haYing received the requisite constitutional majority, \\as passed.

By Mr. Harrell of Dodge-
J.. bill to ehange and fix the time for holding of the !'uperior e,ourt of Dodge, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, whieh w~.s favorable to the paFFage of the bill, was agreed to.
On pas!'age of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitution.al majority, was pas:;ecl.
By l\lr. Hardin of Liberty-
A bill to amend !'ection 765 of the Code of 1895, third volume, referring to certiorarics from the county courts, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 108, the nays 0.

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So the bill, having received. the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By l\Ir. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to discharge a gun or pistol "ithin a hundred yards of any highway of any county of this State having a population of 40,000 in habitants, and for other purposes.
l\Ir. Calvin of Richmond offered the following amendment, which was adopted, to wit:
T(J amend by adding at the end of Section I the follow-
ing proviso, to wit: prorided, that this act shall not be-
eome operative in any county to which it is applicable until accepted by a grand jury of such county.
The report of the committee was favorable to its passage, but was diEagreed to, and the bill was lost.
The following bill was rEad the third time, and, upon motion of its author, was temporarily tabled, to wit:

By l\Ir. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to regulate the taking of fish in the streams of Floyd county for the spaee of fi\e years, and for other purposes.
Mr. Laing, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Privileges of the floor, submitted the following report:

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lffr. S pealcer:

The Committee on Privileges of the Floor, have had under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me, as chairman pro tern., t0 rep:>rt back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:

A Resolution-By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resohed, That the privileges of the floor be tendered to the Honorable Geo. T. Barnes of the county of Richmond, who is here for the purpose of addressing the General Assembly, on its own invitation, on the "Nicaraguan Canal," during his stay in the city.

.J. A. LAING, Chairman pro tern. of Cl)mmittee on Privileges of the
Floor.

Upon motion of .Mr. Rawls of Effingham, leave of absence was granted the Committee on Auditing, to meet immediately in the Speaker's Room.
~ft-. Calvin, of Richmond, introduced the fullowing privilege resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be tendered the Hon. Geo. T. Barnes, of the county of Richmond, who is here for the purpose of addressing the General Assembly, on its own invitation, on the '' Xicaraguan Canal,"
. during his stay in the city.

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The following resolution was also read and adopted, to wit:

Resolution, by :\Ir. Green of Clay, extending the privileges of the floor to :\Ir. R. C..McAllister, during his stay in the city.

The next bill taken up for a third reading was as follows:

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to be entitled an Ad to make permanent the income of the U niversiiy of Georgia, and for other purposes, approved September 30th, 1881.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved to extend the hour of adjolirnment until the bill now undet consideration was disposed of, which motion was lost.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members to wit : i\'[essrs. Reid of Taliaferro, McDonald of Ware, Pace of Newton, Bower of Wilcox, Sloan ot Hall.

Mr. Allen of Baldwin, Chairman of the committee to visit and inspect the Georgia State Sanitarium, asked for leave of absence for the members of said committee, which was granted.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLAXTA, GA.,
Thursday, .Koyember li, 1898.

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 Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names, to wit, 1\Iessrs.-

AdamE, Barwick, Bennett of Mitehell, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, B;andon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castle berry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews,

Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, E\erett oi Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender,
~Freeman,
Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Green!.', Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes,

Hardwick, Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of BurkP, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jonlau of Pulaski,
I~ing, Knowle~.
Lane of Bibb,
Lane o,t Early,
Lane of Sumter,

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Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Maxwell, 1\Iitchell, Moore, )!orris, Mullens,
~IcCranie,
McDonald, McElreath, 1\:lcFarland, McLaughlin, McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace,

Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park, of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson,
Roger~,
RosE', Rudicil, Simpson,
Singletar~,
Slaton, Rloan, Smith of Hall, ~mitb of Hancock,

Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, \Valker of Crawford, Whiteley, Willingham, Woodall, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bowen, Bush, Drawdy, Franklin, George, Greene,

Hammond,

~IcRaE',

Harris,

Ousley,

Hananl,

Reynolds,

Henderson of Washt'n,Sturgis,

Howard,

Stewart,

.Jarnagin,

Timmerman,

.Johnson of Lee,

Turner of Rockdale,

:\Iartin,

Wade,

)Iayson,

Walker of Union,

)lerritt,

Watkins,

:.\lcCants,

Williams,

)leDonongh,

Wood,

)IeGehee,

\Vooten.

:.\IcL<mnan,

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Mr. Lane of Snmter, chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Jouruals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal was read and confirmed.
Mr. Cahi 11 of Richmo11d moved a reconsideration of the action of the House had upon yesterday upou the followiug bill, to wit:

By Mr. Cahin of Hichmond-

A bill to make it unlawful fot any person to discharge a gun or pistol within one hundeed yatds of any highway of auy county of this State ha,ing a population of more than 40,000 inhabitants.
The motion prentiled, and the bill resumed its place upou the calendar.
Mr. Calvin of Hichmoncl then mo,ed to lay ,;aid bill on the table, which motion preYailed.

Mt. Duncan, chairman of the Uommittee ou COtporations, submitted the following eeport, to wit:

J[r. Speaker:

' '

The Committee on Corporatious haYe had undet consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act approved Oetohee 3d, 1889,

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entitled an Act to reincorporate the town of ThomasYille as the "city of Thomasville," and for othet purposes.

Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to condemn property fOL" drainage purposes, within the corponite or jurisdictional limits of said city, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend an Act approved December 4th, 1890, entitled an Act to vest in the mayor of the the city of Savannah the veto power, touching the otdinances of said city, and for other purposes.
Hespectfully submitted,
J. P. DUNCAN,
Chairman.

:\Ir. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture submitted the following report:
111,-. Speaker-
The Committee on General Agriculture have had undet consieration the following Honse Bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill by l\Ir. Johnson of Bartow, to be entitled an Act to amend Section "1" of an Act to prescribe three grades of Complete Commercial Fertilizers, for the branding of

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same upon each >'ack or package thereof, and for other purposes.''

Also,

By ~II-. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an Act to make it unlawful in this State for any person to hunt or fish on the lands of anotbet, without permission in writing first obtained from the owner or legal tepreselltati ve of such lands, and for other purposes, together with the amendments attached thereto.

Respectfully submitted,

C. H .JoRDA~, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General .Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Jf,. Speake,-
The General .Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am in:"tructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pas;.:, to wit:
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A resolution endorsing Hon ..James H. Blount, .Jr., a citizen of this State, for the position of translating and codi(ying the laws of force in Santiago, Cuba, and the compilation and codification of the laws to govern the conquered country, while in the control of this government
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and providing that the Secretary of State forward a copy of said resolutions to the President of the United StateR.

Also,

By :Mr. Jones of Burke-

A bill to be entitled an Act amending section 2250 of the Code of 1895, as to the manner of collecting claims and pena.lties for failure of overseers and track menders to file weekly lists ot the stock killed on their respective roads, so as to make such claims recoverable as other. claims.

Also,

By Mr. Jones of Burke-
A bill to be entitled an Act repeali"ng section 2253;. 2254, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, and 2260 of the Code of 1895, as to aotice to railroad companies of claim~ for killing or damaging of stock or other property, and the form: thereof, the trial, judgment and execution under said notice and appeal therefrom, and levy, advertisement and sale under said execution, disposition of the proceP.ds of said: sale, the tender of a reasonable amount for said stock, the effect of a rejection thereof, and the right of joint owners: or agents to bring said suits, and their bar to future actions.

Also, the following bills, which I am instructed to re-
port back to the House with the recommendation that the same, as amended, do pass,, te wit:
22 h j

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By Mr. Speer of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an Act to make it lawful that upon ihe death of employees of railroads, express, street railroads, steamboat or navigation companies, factories and machine shops, whatever wages that are not subject to garnishment, that may be due such employee shall be paid to the widow of such employee without administration upon his estate.

Also, by Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an Act to make horse racing and reckless riding or driving on any of the public highways .of this State a misdemeanor.
Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pa~s, to wit:

By Mr. Starr of Gordon-

A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal the third section of an Act approved December 16th, 1895, entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the appointment of auditors, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, etc.

Respectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

Messrs. W. T. Lane, H. P. Bell, B. S. Willingham, 0. N. Starr, J. B. Park and T. W. Copeland, of the Gen-

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.era! ,Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority report:

JJr. Speaker: The undersigned members of the House General Judi-
eiary Committee dissent from the unfavorable report made by the committee on House Bill No. 83, being a "bill to be entitled an Act to repeal the third section of an Act approved December 16th, 1895, entitled an Act to amend .an Act to provide for the appointment of auditors, pre-scribe their duties, fix their compensation, etc., so as to more distinctly provide in what cases exceptions t:> the :auditors' report shall be submitted to a jury, and also to provide that the judges of the superior or city court may upon their owu motion submit certain cases to an auditor," and provide in lieu thereof "that all exceptions of fact to the report of an auditor shall be tried by a judge," and we respectfully submit to the House the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

W. T. LANE, H. P. BELL, B.S. WILLINGHAM, 0. N. STARR, J. B. PARK, JR., F. W. COPELAND, R. E. A. HAMBY, W. A. POST, B. F. SIMPSON, F. MITCHELL, J. H. FELKER, W. S. LAROCHE.

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Messrs. R. W. Everett, J.D. Hammett, M. L. Johnson, D. F. Woodall, J. U. Tracy and J. P. Lane of the General Agricultural Committee submitted following mi nority report :

Jfr. Speaker: A minority of the Committee on General Agriculture
dissent from the recommenuation of the majority on House bill No. 182, by Mr. Calviu of Richmond, and beg leave to submit the fo1lowing minority report:

'Ye beg to state: First.-That the provisions of said

hill will he distasteful anu burdensome to a large por-

tion of the State.

Second.-That existing law gives the protection

asked for in this bill, to land owuers who desire to

avail themselves of its provisions; whereas this hill

seeks to thrust its provisions upon all realty, regardless

of the wishes of the owner.

Third.-That its enactment into law would result in

endless litigation, fiiling our jails with an unfortunate

class of individuals, and taxing property owners with

jail fees and court costs, without any corresponding

benefit.

We recommend, therefore, that House bill No. 182

" do not pas8.'' Respectfully Submitted.

R. W. EVERETT, J. D. HAMMETT, M. L. JOHNSCJN, D. F. WOODALL, J. C. TRACY, J.P. LANE.

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The following message was received from the Senate through :Mr. Northen, the 8ecretary thereof:

llfr. S pealcer:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolutions of the House, as amended, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a committeee of three from the Houee anJ two from the Senate to make a thorough investigation of the Geological Department.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Perkins and Wingfield.
Also, a resolution appointing a committee of fifteen from the House aud five from the Senate to visit the State University, Georgia State Normal School, and the Georgia Normal and I_udustrial College.
The following Hot13e bill was lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2417 of the Code of 1895, volume II, relating to issuance and return of marriage license.
Upon motion of Mr. Swift of Elbert, the following bill, which was taken up as the unfinished business of yesterday's session, was tabled temporarily1 to wit:
By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to repeal an Act to make permanent the income of the State University, approved September 30th, 1881 and for other purposes.

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The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
By Mr. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to provide compensation for jurors in forcible entry and detainer cases, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

At this point it was suggested by Mr. Hall of Bibb, that a quorum was not present, and upon his motion the call of the roll of the House was had, which was as follows:

Those present were Messrs-

Adamson, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blelock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David,

Denny, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Ester lin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender,
~reeman,
Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,

Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Hathcock,
Hendrick~,
Henderson of Irwin. Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow,

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Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, LeP, Longino, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCranie, McElreath, McFarland,

McLaughlin, McMillan, Ogletree, Overstreet, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, PricE', Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogprs, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock,

Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stone, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, Willingham, \V<>odall, Yat.,s, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Dews, Drawdy, Franklin,

George,

Mayson,

Green>1 Griffin of Twiggs,

Maxwell, Merritt,

Hammond,

McCants,

Harris,

McDonald,

Harrell,

McDonough,

Harvard,

McGehee,

Henderson of Washt'n,McLennan,

Herring,

McRae,

Hill,

Newton,

Howard,

Ousley,

Johnson of Lee,

Pace,

Jones of Dougherty, Post,

King,

Reid,

Knowles,

Reynolds,

Lane of Early,

Rose,

Martin,

Singletary,



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Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, 'Vade, Walker of Union,

'Vatkin~,
Williams, 'Vood, Wooten.

Upon a call of the roll it was ascertained that Ill membere were present, and the House proceeded with .its business.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, and the nays 1.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof.
JlJr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by" the r~quisite constitutional majority the following House bill, as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald.
Upon motion of Mr. Calvin of Richmond, the following bill which bad been previously tabled, was taken from the table and placed upon its passage, to wit:
By l\Ir. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to authorize and provide for the issuance of cir,culating notes to the banks and banking associations of this State, and for other purposes.

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The following amendment was offered, and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
To amend by striking out of the 18th line of sec. 5 the words " in the discretion of the commissioners"; also by striking from said line the word "or."
To amend by striking out of the 18th line of sec. 5 the word "priyately."
C To amend by adding after the word "taxes" m the
fifth line of sec. 3 "or money due the State."
Mr Longino offered the following amendment which was lost, to wit:
To amend by adding at the end of sec. 15 the following words, to wit :
" Provided the expenses of such proceedings shall be paid by said bank or banking association so refusing to pay said tax."
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 93 and the nays 2.
So the bill having received the received requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bill was read the third time and tabled temporarily, to wit:

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By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the county of Glynnr and for other purposes.

The following bills were introduoed by unanimous consent, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Sharps burg in Coweta county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-

A bill to amend section 3441 of the Code of 1895, by making certain changes and alterations, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to change the name of the judicial circuit known as the Coweta circuit, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to create a new judicial circuit in this State, to be composed of the counties of Coweta, Fayette and Meri.-

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wether, and to be known as the Coweta judicial circuit,. and for other pmposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Pace of Newton-
A bill to amend section 4205, volume II of the Code of 1895, so as to change the form of executions issued from county banks, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Simpson of MiltonA bill to amend section 3244 of the Code of 1895, and
for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Starr of GordonA bill to fix the time for holding the courts in Cherokee-
Circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-
A bill to regulate the expenditure of county funde sofar as the same relates to the purchase of goods or property, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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.By Mr. Smith of Hall-
A bill to repeal chapter 2, articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of 'volume I of the Code of Georgia, and the sections under each article, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee-

By Mr. Chappell of MuscogeeA bill giving certain privileges to St. Luke's Epis-
copal Church, South, of Columbus, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Price of OconeeA bill to provide that in all cases of larceny where a
fine is imposed and collected that the owner of article or articles stolen shall be first paid out of the fine a reasonable value for said articles, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Bower of DecaturA bill to amend section 221~ of the Code of 1895 pro-
viding for the regulating of the crnssing of railroads by each other, and for other plll'poses.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

Ry Mr. Smith of HallA hill to pre' cri be q nalifications for voters of this
.State, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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The House concurred iu the following Senate amendment tu House Bill No. 14, the same b('ing a bill to amend the charter of Fitzgerald, and for other purposes-, to wit:

To amend by striking the words "for an act" in the caption after the words ''a bill."

The House concurred in the following Senate amendment to House Resolution No. 43, the same being a resolution to appoint a Joint Committee to visit the University and other State institutions, to wit:
To amend by striking out "five'' wherever it occurs, and substitute in iieu thereof the word "three," and. strike out "fifteen" wherever it appears and substitute "five,'' and add "each member of the committee be allowed uo pay ex.::ept actual expenses on an itemized account."

The following resolution was read the second time and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A resolution setting forth the eminent fitness of the Hon, Jas. H. Blount, Jr., fot the contemplated work of codify1ng the laws of Cuba.
The !following bills were tead the second time, t() wit:

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, .and for other purposes.-

By Mr. Whiteley of Glascock-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1642 of -volume I. of the Code, which relates to exemption of -certain Confederate soldiers, by adding a certain proviso thereto, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another, whether said lands are posted or not, without having written consent from the -owner, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McMillan of Chatham-

A bill to repeal the proviso at the end of section 2 of -an Act defining the corporate limits of Savannah, and for other purposes.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to amend an Act to vest veto power m the mayor of Savannah, touching the ordinances of said city, and for other purposes.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill authotizing the mayor and aldetmen of Savannah to condemn property for drainage purposes within

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the jnrisdictionallir.1its of said city, and for other pur:poses.

By Mr. Copeland of 'Valker-
A bill to prohibit c1editoi'S from assigning o1 trallsferring or sending out. of this State bills against a resident of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Spee1 of Sumter-
A bill to make it lawful that upon the death of an mployee of any corporation, whatever wages are not subject to garnishment shall be paid his widow, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-
A bill to establish the city court of Dawson in the .county of Terrell, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate the town of Thomasville as the city of Thomasville, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to make horse-racing or reckless riding on the highways of this State a misdemeanor, and for other purposes.

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By 1\Ir. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to define slander and oral defamation and pre-
scribe a punishment therefol', and for other purposes.
By Mr. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to prohibit the betting on elections in this . State, and prescribe a punishment therefor, and for
othet purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 1 of an act prescribing three grades of commercial fertilizers for the branding of same upon each package, and foe other pul'poses.
By Mr. Jones ctf Bueke-
A bill to eepeal sections 2253 to 2260 inclusive of the C(jlde of 1895 as to notice to raileoad companies etc., and for other puep<?ses.

By Mr. Jones of Burke-
A bill to amend section 2250 of the Code of 1895 as to the man net of collecting claims, etc., and for other purposes.
By Mr. Latimer of Cheeokee-
:'!A bill to appropriate the sum of $750.00 to pay pensions of 1898, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to repeal an act creating a county court in each county in the State except certain counties therein mentioned, appro,ed January, 19, 1892, and all acts amenllatory thereto, and for other purposes.

The Senate amendment to the following resolution
. was read and auopted, to wit:
By Mr. Tatum of Dade-

A tesolution appointiug a committee of three from the House and two fmm the Senateto make investigation of the Geological Department and report their observations to the General Assembly, and for other purposes.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Mr. Swift of Elbert, Mr. Ousley of Lowndes.

Upon motion of Mr. Copeland of Walker, the House adjourned until 10:00 a. m. to-morrow.

ATLANTA, GA., Friday, November 18, 1898.
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 Chaplain.

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The roll was called and the following members answered: to their names . Messrs.-

Adamson, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown~of Carroll, Bryan, Carttr, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort,

Gay,

Maxwell,

Gresham,

1\Ii t c h e l l ,

Griffin of Greene, Moore,

Griffin of Twigg~, Morris,

Griffith,

Mullin8,

Hammett,

:McCranie,

Hamby,

McDonald,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonough,

Hardin of Wilkes, McElreath,

Harrison,

:\IcFarland,

Hath cook,

McLaughlin,

Hendricks,

}Ic}[illan,

Henderson of Irwin, Ogletree,

Hopkins,

Overstreet,

Holder,

Pace,

Hosch,

Padgett,

Hutchins,

Post,

J obnson of Appling, Price,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Effingham,

.Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of 'Vilkin~on,

.Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

.Jones of Dougherty, Rogers,

.Tordan of Jasper, Rose,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rnrlicil,

King,

Simpson,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Sloan,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hall,

Lane oi Snrnter,

Smith of HaJhnck,

Lain~,

Snell,

LaHoche,

Spet>r,

Lee,

:'tarr,

Longino.

Stnhh~,

l\Iartin,

Stone,

Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy,

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Turner of Henry,

Willin~ham,

Upchurch,

Woodall,

Walker of Crawford, Yates,

Whiteley,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black oi Whitfield, Bowen, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Drawdy, DnnC"an, Esterlin, Franklin, G-eorge, Greene,

Hall,

Xewton,

Hammond,

Ousley,

Hardwick, Harri~,

Pate, Park of Greene,

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Harvard,

Reid,

Henderson of Wash't'nReynolds,

Herring,

Singletary,

Hill,

Spinks,

Howard,

Sturgis,

Jarnagin,

Stewart,

Johnson of Baker, Swift,

Johnson of Lee,

Timmerman,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale.

:Mayson,

'\Vade,

~ferritt,

'IValker of Union,

McCants,

'IV a t k i n s ,

::\fcGehee,

Williams,

~IcLennan,

'Vood,

:\IcRae,

'IVooten.

1Ir. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on .Tournals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.
The .Journal was read and confirmed.
1Ir. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education submitted the following report :

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Jll r. 8 peal.er:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration House bill Ko. 243, by Mr. Hamby of Rabun, which is "A bill to be entitled an Act to define and regulate the length of the public school term of thi'l State, and for other purposes," and instruct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do not pass.
R. A. DEXXY, Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following Joint Resolution, which they instruct me to report back to to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :
A joint resolution providing for the payment to Mrs. Anna E. Branch certain moneys in the treasury growing out of the sale of certain wild lands for taxes, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.
Mr. Copeland of Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

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.i.lfr. S pealce1:
The Committee on Banks have had under consideration House Bill No. 189, being an Act to provide for the incorporation of trust companies; to define their rights~ powers, and for other purposes, and instruct me to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass.
F. W. COPELAND, Chairman.
~Ir. :Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County ~Iatters, submitted the following report:
.Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County ~Iatters ha,e had under consideration the following Hou8e bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the ordinaries in this State to purchase such books, papers and other office supplies as may be needed in their offices, &c.

A bill consolidating the office of clerk and treasurer m Columbia county.

A hill to compensate the members of the Board of Roads and Revenues of Burke county, Ga., for their senices, &c.

A bill to amend sub-section 11 of section 4082 of Vol. 2 of the Code of 1895, by providing compensation for

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Justices of the Peace for services therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

Also the following House bill which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to pay representatives advertising fees for local bills passed for their respective counties.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. :MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Richardson, Chairman protem. of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :
JI;Ir. Speaker :
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, the following bill of the House, to wit :
Bill No. 14, entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald, in the county of Irwin, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
M. M. RICHARDSON, Chairman pm tem.

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Mr. McLaughlin, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report, to wit:

JJfr. Speaka:

The Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to allow the polls at the precincts on general election day in this State opened at the same hour in the morning that they required to be opened at the Court.houses aud for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
B. F. McLAUGHLIN, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, sulJmitted the following report:
JI1. Spenke1 :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the reeommenda.tion Lhat the !3ame do pass, to '\Yit:
A bill to anthotize the city council of Augusta to impose a penalty for failure to taxpayers' assessments, fines, license fees and any sums clue for the use of water through the water pipes, and for other purposes.

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A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to affix a penalty for failure to make tax returns, and to provide for the enforcement of such penalty.

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enforce ihe collectiou of all taxes, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeal an act creating and organizing a Board of ]!,ire Commissioners fot the <.;ity of Savannah, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeat an act creating and organizing a Boatd of Tax Assessors and HeceiYers for the l"ity of Savannah, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeal an aet creating and orgalllzl.lg a Board of Police Co111missioner,; for the city of Savannah, and for other purpose".
A bill to repeal an act creating an<l organiziug a Board of 'Vater Commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purpose,;.
A bill to prohibit in Chatham e>nnty the hoiding of more than one office by one person at one time, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeal an act creating and organizing a Park and Tree Commission for the city of Sa\annab, and for other purposes.
A bill to repeal an act creating the office of Commis:>ioner of Public ""orks fot the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

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A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to change in whole or part the location of the dam now extending across the Savan nab river at the head of the Augusta canal, and for other purposes.

A bill to fix the boundary line between the States of Georgia and South Carolina along the entire river front of the city of Augusta as the northern boundary of said city, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend an act approved September 14, 1891, establishing a system of public schools in Washington, Ga.
A bill to amend an act entitled an "Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to collect by execution on sums due the council for water rents," and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Washington, Ga., and for other purposes.

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to grant and convey so much of the south side of .Walker street, between Jackson (Eighth) as may be necessary to construct a passenger depot.

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to fix the number of its members necessary to constitute a quorum.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

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Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary CQmmittee, submitted the following report, to wit:

J:fl. Speaker :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the resolution which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same <lo pass, to wit :
A resolution for the relief of George A. Hall and Joel F. Thornton as sureties on the bond of Gene Williams.
The Committee has also had under consideration by l\Ir. Duncan of Houston.
A bill to amend section 23:34 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes,
Which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee Dn General Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted.
ROLAXD ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. G. R Glenn, State Sehool Commissionel", sub-
mitted the following information in response to a request made him in Resolution Xo. -!0, to wit:

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To the Speaker of the House of Representatives :
I have the honor to submit herewith the information "Usked of myself by the House of Representatives in Resolution No. 40, which was placed in my hands yeste~day afternoon.

I.

The aggregate amount of the State School fund fot

ihe years 1893 and 1894, respectively:

189:3 ____________ -------------$1,063,657 81

1894----------

1,268,617 87

II.

What amount of this fund was a direct appropria-

tion?

1893 -- ------- -------- ------$600,000 00

1R94 ____________ _

600,000 00

III.
What amount, if any, accrued to this fund each of the years named from the tax levy on property in ex-cess of $475,000,000.00.
In1893 ____________ ----------$88,.560 00

This was in accordance with the follo,ving provision of a,n Act of the General Assembly, approved Decem ber 23d, 1R9~:
"Should the returns of taxable property for the years 1893 and 1894 prove to be greater than four hundred and seventy-five million dollars, then, and in that case, the f'lums arising hom the general tax levy upon said

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returns of taxable propetty in excess of four hundred and seventy-five million dollar!:' is hereby appropriated to the common school fund of the State in addition to the six hundred thousand dollars appl'op!'iated by this Act fot each year 1893 and 1894, and in addition to the moneys appropriated by existing laws to the common school fund."
The amount of excess of propetty from which the $88,560.00 added to the school fund in 1893 was derived was $30,000,000.00. There was no addition to the school fund of 1894, nor has the!'e been for any snbsequeut year on account of tax levy on pl'operty in excess of any amount, though it was provided by an Act apprO\-ed December 18th, lX!J4, that if the returns. of taxable property for the years 18f~;) aud 1896 should exceed $429,000,000.00, the tax derived from the amount in excess should be added to the school fund.

IV.

What amount was appol'tioned each year to the several counties?

189:L ______________ .. _____ . _$1,0:):3,532 .52

1894 ---- ------

---- 1,262,617 87

Y.

\Vhat per centum of the net amount apportioned to the several counties was paid to the teachers?
1893 -- ---- . - -- --- - - -- . - . - ---- -- - . -- -1894. _____________________________ 92E

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VI.

What length of school term did this fund operate? 189:3 _____________ Five months or 100 days. 1894 _____________ FiYe months or 100 days.

YII.
Same facts as to the yeats 1895 and 1896, in order, showing also amount which accrued from tax levy on pwperty in excess of $42H,OOO,OOO.OO.

1895.

Aggregate amount of State School Fund_$1,266,707 62 Amount directly appropriated__________ _ 600,000 00

Amount which accrued to the fund from excess of property returned _________ _

Amount apportioned to the several coun-

ties ____________ ------------------- 1,260,106 52

Per cent. of this paid teachers__________

92t

Length of school term _______ Five months or 100 days

1896.

Aggregate amount of State School Fund_$1,161,052 00

Amount directly appropriated_______ ___ 600,000 00

Amount which accrued to the fund from

excess of property returns ____________ _

Amount apportioned to the several counties ____________ ------------------ 1,155,565 00

Per cent. of amount paid to teachers_____

91t

Length of school term. _____ Five months or 100 days

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VIII.

What was the amount of the aggregate fund m 1897?
What was the net amount apportioned 'I What the length of the school term ?
(a). $1,Hi9,945.00. (b). $1,163,359.23. (c). Five months or 100 days.

IX.
What is the aggtegate amount for IR98.?J ; 'Vhat is the net amount apportioned? \Vhat is the length of the school tern1?
(a). $1,6-10,:381.00. (b). $1,G32,:381.00. (c). Six and one-halfmonthil or }:lQ days. Hespectfully snbmitte<l.
G. R. GLEXX, State School Cornmissiouer. Xovember lith, 1~9x.

G"pon the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter tl1e following bill,; were in trod need, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By l\Ir. Hose of CanHlen-
A bill to tax <log-il so as to <li;.;colll'age the bree<ling of same, an<l for other purposes.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

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Mr. Johnson of Bftrtow moved at this point that the roll of counties be dispensed with, so that any member wishing to introduce a bill might do so.

The motion prevailed.

By Mr. I~ane of Early-

A bill to repeal "An Act to establish and maintain and regulate a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes."

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By l\Ir. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to amend section 1366, Vol. I. of the Code, which provides for the election of county school commissioners, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.
By .Mr. ~Ioore of Carroll--
A bill to amend section 13;")4 of Yo!. I. of the Code by making certain additions HJJ<l eliminations, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education. By ~Ir. Sloan of Hall~
A bill to ameml an act entitled an act to provide a,lmission to the har, how the examination shall he conJ.ucteJ, by whom, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Hendricks of Tattnall-

A bill to require all persons bringing suit in the justice courts of this State to deposit or gi ye bond sufficient to pay costs, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Sloan of Hall-

A bill to suppress mob violence in this State, giving certain rights to heirs of the lynched persons, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Adamson of Clayton-

A bill to amend section 70 (1286) of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Harmony Grove, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to repeal section 397 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to authorize the treamrer of Chatham county to employ a clerk, to fix the compensation for said clerk, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of JacksonA bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of
Harmony Grove, and for other purposes.
Refened to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to amend section 1552, volume I., of the Code of 189-5, which provides for the guaranteed analysis being branded on packages of fertilizers, and for other purposes.
Refened to General Agricultural Committee.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to amend section 508, volume III., of the Code of 18~15, by making certain additions and eliminations, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

The following joint resolution wns introduced and read
to wit:
:!l h

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By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A resolution to pay to the widow of J. W. Willoby
w_ pension that would have been paid the deceased J.
Willoby had he lived, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

Upon motion of Mr. ~oodall of Talbot, the following bill was taken up, read the second time and recommitted,. to wit:

By Mr. Woodall of Talbot-
A bill to provide for the registration of voters of this State, to prescribe certain penalties for offenses connected. therewith, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to Committee on County and County Matters.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate the town of Thomasville as the city of Thomasville, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97 and the nays 0.

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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, wa~ passed.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 98 and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to require all corporations, machine shops, etc.~ to pay to the widow of a deceased employee all wages due the deceased, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 120 and the nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Ry Mr. Lang of Terrell-

A bill to establish the City Court of Dawson, in the county of Terrell, and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95 and the nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The next hill taken up for its third reading was as follows:

By :Mr. Copeland of 'Valker-

A bill _to prohibit creditors from sending out of the State hills, notes and accounts for collection, and for other purposes.
Pending the action of the House and while the above bill was under consideration, by unanimous consent, the following resolution was read the first time, to wit:

By 1\Ir. Harrison of Quitman-
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to sell articles enumerated in attached inventory certain articles not necessary to proper administration of said Department, and for other purposes.
Heferred to "'ays and ~Ieans Committee.

Also, The following .Toint Resolutiun was read, to wit:

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A Joint Resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, a citi_ zen of Bibb County, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Also, upon motion of Mr. Jones of Burke, the following bill was recommitted, to wit:

By :Mr. Simpson of :Milton-

A bill to authorize the ordinaries m this State to purchase such books and other office supplies as may be needed in their offices, and for other purposes.

Recommitted from General Judiciary Committee to Committee on County and County Matters.

Also, by unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Copeland of Walker-

A bill to require all guano manufactories to return for taxation all assets in each county where they may do business, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on 'Vays and Means.

By .Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to authorize and direct the republication of Georgia Reports, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Public Library.

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By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to require telephone companies and telegraph companies to return their property for taxation for State, county, and municipal purposes, and for other purposes.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to fix the price of all Georgia Reports sold by the State Librarian at $2.00 per volume, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.
The unanimous consents upon the Clerk's desk having been disposed of, the House resumed the consideration of the bill of Mr. Copeland of Walker, to wit:
A bill to prohibit creditors from sending out of the State bills, notes or accounts for collection, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Tatum of Dade, the hour of adjotirnment was extended until the House had disposed of the bill under consideration.

After consideration of said bill, the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 88 and the nays 12.

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So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional .majority, was passed.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Jordan of Jasper, Bynum of Columbia, Brown of Carroll, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Wade of Brooks, Jones of Burke, LaRoche of Chatham, McMillan of Chatham, Griffith of Haralson, Walker of Crawford, Hammett of Troup, Lane of Bibb, McLendon of Montgomery, Daws of Randolph, Rawls of Wilkerson, Darnell of Pickens, Simpson of Milton, Whiteley of Glas<lock, Farmer of Jefferson, Starr of Gordon, Adamson of Clayton, Blaloc~ of Fayette, Hall of Bibb, Hendricks of Tattnall, Emanuel of Glynn, Brown of Bryan, Upchurch of .Charlton, Laing of Terrell, Morris of Cobb, McLaughlin .of Meriwether, Lane of Pulaski, Woodall of Talbot.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned uutil10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Saturday, November 19, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and o0pened with prayer by the Chaplain.
Upon motion of Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, the roll call was dispensed with.

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Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Morris of Cobb, asked permission to withdraw the leave of absence granted him on yesterday, which request was granted.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House had upon yesterday in reference to the following bill, to wit :

By 1\Ir. Copeland of Walker-

A bill to prohibit creditors from sending out of the State for collection any accounts, bills, etc., and for other purposes.

1\Ir. Hardwick called for the previous question npon the motion to reconsider made by 1\Ir. Moore of Carroll, which call was sustained.

Upon the motion to reconsider, l\fr. Tatum of Dade called for the ayes and nays.

Pending the vote upon the call of the ayes and nays, by unanimous consent Mr. Tatum of Dade was allowed to withdraw said call.

Mr. Hardwick of 'Vashington asked unanimous consent to withdraw his call for the previous question, which request was granted.

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Mr. Bell of Forsyth moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock Monday morning, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House adjourned.

ATLANTA, GA., Monday, Nov. 21st, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m., this day, was called t0 order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

1\Ir. Sloan of Hall, moved that the roll call be dispensed with, which motion was lost.

The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names, .l\Iessrs.-

Adams,

Bush,

Adamson,

Calvin,

Anderson,

Carter,

Arnold,

Chappell,

Barron,

Cook,

Bennett of Mitchell, Copeland,

Bennett of Pierc', Darnell,

Bell of Forsyth,

David,

Bell of Spalding,

Denny,

Black of Whitfield, Drawdy,

Blalock,

Duncan,

Bond,

Ellis,

Bower,

Emanuel,

Brandon,

Erwin,

Brown of Carroll, Everett of Polk,

Bryan,

Everett of Stewart,

Fain, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harrell, Hanard,

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Hathcock,

Mitchell,

Sloan,

Henderson of Irwin, Moore,

Smith of Hancock,

Henderson of Wash't'nMorris,

Spinks,

Hopkins,

McElreath,

Starr,

Hutchins,

McFarland,

Stubbs,

Jarnagin,

McGehee,

Stewart,

.Johnson of Baker, McLaughlin,

Stone,

Johnson of Bartow, McLennan,

Swift,

Johnson of Floyd, McRae,

Tatum,

Jones of Burke,

Ogletree,

Taylor,

Jones of Dougherty, Overstreet,

Tracy,

Jordan of Jasper, Pace,.

Turner of Henry,

King,

Pate,

Turner of Rockdale,

Knowles,

Park of Greene,

Wade,

Lane of Bibb,

Post,

Walker of Crawford,

Lane of Early,

Price,

Whiteley,

Laing,

Rawis of Effingham, Williams,

LaRoache,

Reynolds,

Willingham,

Latimer,

Richardson,

Wood,

Longino,

Rogers,

Woodall,

Mayson,

Rudicil,

Yates,

:Maxwell,

Simpson,

Mr. Speaker.

~Ierritt,

Slaton,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Allen, Barwick, Bass, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Castleberry, Dews, Dickey, Esterlin,

Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Gay, George, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harris, Hendricks, Herring,

Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Martin, Mullins, McCants,

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McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McMillan, Newton, Ousley, Padgett, Park of Troup,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Rose, Singletary, Smith of Hall, Snell, Speer,

Sturgis, 'l'isinger, Timmerman, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Watkins, Wooten.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of Saturday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Richardson, Chairman pro tern. of Committee on Enrollment submitted the following report:
11-Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate and placed in the hands of the Governor, the following Act, viz.: House Bill No. 14, entitled
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald, in the county of Irwin, and for other purposeA.

Respectfully submitted,
M. M. RICHARDSON, Chairman Pro tern.

Mr. Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following Bills of the House which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pas~, to wit :

A bill to amend section 12.54 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration Honse Joint Resolution X o. 44, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:

A resolution paying the widow of J. W. \Villoby the sum of sixty dollars, being the pension due said J. W. Willoby at the time of his death.

Respectfully submitted.

SI.MPSOX, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Jfr. S peal.:er: The General .Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same, as amended, do pass, to wit :
By Mr. LaRoehe of ChathamA bill to be entitled an Act to amend section :341 of the
third volume of the Code of Georgia, which relates to the carrying of concealed weapons.

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Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, that the same, as submitted, do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an Act to require the judges of the superior and city courts of this State to decide all motions for new trials, injunctions, and all other motions coming before them within thirty days after the same shall have been argued, or submitted to such judge without argument, to proYide a suitable remedy and penalty for failure thereof, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. SLATOX, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

l\Ir. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speal.er:
The Committee on PriYilege;; of the Floor haYe had under consideration the following resolutions, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution extending the priYileges of the floor to Hon. J. i\I. Griggs, member of Congre,;s, during his stay in the city.

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Also, a re_solution extending the privileges of the floor to Judge A. G. Powell during his stay in the city.

Also, a resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Ron. J. W. Callahan during his stay in the city.

Also, a resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Hon. C. M. Harris during his stay in the city.

Also, a resolution extending the privileges of the 3oor to Hon. R. A. Clayton during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submitted.

B. B. BOWER, JR., Chairman.

Mr. Duncan, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
.Llfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report back to the Honsl.', with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Sharpsburg in Coweta county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Xewnan, in the county of Coweta, to establish a system of sewerage, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson~ and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Cochran, Ga., to purchase, build and maintain a system of waterworks, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act to provide for the examination of private banks by the bank examiners of this State, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bill was recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act authorizing the city council ot Augusta to collect by exec~tion all water rents due the city council, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following !Jrivilege resolutions were adopted, to wit:
By Mr. ~\ nderson of BartowResolved that the privileges of the floor be extended

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the Hon. B. A. Clllyton of Cartersville, during his stay in the city.

By l\Ir. Laing of Terrell-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. C. M. Harris of the county of Terrell, during his stay in the city.

By :\Ir. Bower of Decatur-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. J. W. Callahan, during his stay in the city.

By ?\Ir. Bennett of :\litchell-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor be extended to Judge Arthur G. Powell during his stay in the city.

By l\Ir. Laing of Terrell-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. J. l\1. Griggs, l\1. C., during his stay in the city.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:
By ~Jr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to repeal an Act providing for the creation of of a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and Revenue for the County of Oconee, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on County and County matters.

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385

By Mr. Ford of Worth-

A bill to incorporate the town of Sylvester m the
"T -county of orth, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

Under the order of unfinished business, the motion of Mr. Moore of Carrell, to reconsider the action of the House had upon the following bill was taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Copeland of Walker-

A bill to prohibit creditors from sending out of the .State any bill, note or account for collection, and for other purposes.

Upon said motion Mr. Tatum of Dade, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.--

.Adamson, .Anderson, .Arnold, Bfnnett of Piel"ce, Bell of Forsyth, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, -Chappell,
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Cook, Darnell, Fain, Freeman, Greene, Griffith, Harrison, Hathcock, Hopkins, Johnson of Floyd, Knowles,

LaRoache, Latimer, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Moore, McFarland, Ousley, Post, Simpson, Slaton,

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Stewart; Tatum, Timmerman,

Tracy, Wade,

Whiteley, Willingham.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-'-

Adams,

George,

MP.rritt,

Barron,

Griffin of Greene, Mitchell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hall,

MorrU.,

Bond,

Hamby,

McGehee,

Bush,

Harden of Wilkes, Park of Greene,

Carter,

Harrell,

Price,

Copeland,

Harvard,

Rawls of Rffingh11m~.

David,

Henderson of Wash't'nReynold~,

Denny,

Hutchinl',

Rudicil,

Ellis,

Jarnagin,

:Sloan,

Emanuel,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hancock,

Erwin,

Jones of Burke,

Stone,

Everett of Stewart, Jordan of Jasper, Taylor,

FtJnder,

King,

Williams,

Ford, Fo)rt,

Lane of Early,

Wood,



Laing,

Woodall.

Those not v0ting were Messrs.-

Allen, Barwick,
BilSS,
Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Hrown of B1yan, Bynum, C:.stle berry, Dews,

Diekey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ester lin, Everett of Pulk, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Gay,
Gre~ham,
Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond,

Harden of Libnt~,. Hardwick, Hanis, Hendrich, Henderson of lr\\ in,. Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, .Johnson of Appli1 g,. Jobnson of Bartow, Jolrnson of Lee,

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387

Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Martin, Mullens, MrCante, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, l\lcElreath, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, 1\IcRae,

Newton,

Ogletree,

Overstreet,

Pace,

Padgett,

Pate,

Park of Troup,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Reid,

Richards< n,

~ogers,



Rose,

Singletary,

Smith of Hall,

Hnell,

Spink~,

f5peer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Swift, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Turner of RockdalE', Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkin!', wooten, Yates, Mr. E-!peaker.

Upon counting the vote, it was found that the ayes were 40 and the nays 48. So the motion to reconsider was lost.
Upon call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter the following bills were introduced, read the first time, and approrriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Washington, Ga., to issue bonds to tbe amount of $30,000 for certain improvements, and for other purposes.
Heerred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By l\Ir. Stone of Walton-
A bill requiring all officials of the State institution<; to purchase from the Prison Commissioner all provisions

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needed by such institutions as may be produced by the State Penitentiary, and for other purposes.
Referred to Penitentiary Committee. By Mr. Wo~dall of Talbot-
A bill to prohibit the manufacturing of spirituous or malt liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Talbot, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance. By Mr. Chappell of l\Iuscogee-
A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, of Article 7 of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By 1\Ir. Henderson of Irwin-
A bill to amend the charter of the town oC Ocilla in Irwin county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to amend sec. 3765 of the Code, Vol. II, and for <Jther purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of HancockA bill to repeal so much of an Act entitled an Act to

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provide for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the Northern Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By ~fr. Smith of Hancock-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act providing for payment of certain insolvent criminal costs in the Northern Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Smith of Hancock-
A bill, to provide for the payment of insolvent costs of the justices of the peace, notaries public, and constables of Hancock county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By 1\Ir. Park of GreeneA bill to amend section 8772 of volume 2 of the Code~
and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By 1\Ir. Park of GreeneA bill to amend section 3766 of volume 2 of the Code,
and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Merritt of Hancock-

A bill to amend an Act granting corporate authority to the town of Sparta, Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to amend section 98 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to relieve Martin H. Dooly as one of the securities on the bond of E. A. Richards & Co. as lessees of th~ Northeastern Railroad, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill providing that the City Council of Augusta not be required to use its Common Seal in making and establishing by-laws, rules, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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391

:By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill authorizing the City Council of Augusta to fix .all fines, and pnni:>hments for violation of any by-laws, rules and ordinances established by said City Council, and ,for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the payment of pensions semi:annually, to prescribe the time when said pensions shall be paid, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Simpson of MiltonA bill to amend Sec. 1250 of the Code of 1895, and for
<Jther purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to provide for the acceptance by the State of Georgia of the property known as the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia, to provide for the opening of the Home, to maintain and provide for the helpless, and for other _purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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J.oURNAL oF THE HousE.

The following Joint Resolution was read the first time, to wit:

By M~. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution to instruct our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts in furtherance of the early completion of the Nicaraguan Canal.

Referred to State of Republic.

The following resolution was inlroduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. King of Houston-

A resolution providing that the members of this Assembly draw no pay when off on leave of absence, unless it be on account of sickness, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

The Speaker announced the following committees, to wit:

Committee from the House to Visit Educational Institutions-Messrs. Johnson of Floyd, chairman; Hall, Jarnagin, Fender, Longino, .Johnson of Bartow, McGehee, Black of Whitfield.

Committee on Reorganization of Judicial CircuitsMessrs. Hall, chairman; ,Jones of Burke, Laing, Duncan, Chappell, Felker, Starr, Erwin, Bass, Reynolds, McRae.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their p:1ssage, to wit :

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393-

By Mr. Laing of Tem~ll-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a county court in each county in this State, except certain counties therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 101, and the nay~-3 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Latimer of Cherokee-

A bill to appropriate the sum of $7 50.00 for the payment of rensions of 1898, and for other purposes.

This bill, invohing an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole and the Speaker designated Mr. Moore of Carroll to preside as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole Honse.

After conbidcring said bill the committee aroo;;e and the chairman thereof reported the bill back to the Honse with the recommenriation that the same do pass.

The report of the Committee of the 'Vhole was agreed to.

Upon the passage of this bill the ayes and nays wereordered.

Upon taking the ballot VIVa voce the vote was aSfollows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

-Adami!, Adamson, Anderson, .Arnold, Barron, :Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, .Bell of Forsyth, "Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blclock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, 'Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, D.tvid, Denny, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, .Fain,

Fender,

Mitchell,

:Freeman,

Moore,

Franklin,

Morris,

Ford,

McElreath,

Gresham,

McGehee,

Greene,

McLaughlin,

Griffin of Green~.

McRae,

Griffin of Twigg!!, Ousley,

Griffith,

Park of Greene,

Hall,

Post,

Hamby,

Price,

Hardin of Wilkes, Reynolds,

Harrison,

Richardson,

Harrell,

Rogers,

Harvard,

Rudicil,

Henderson of Irwin, Simpson,

Henderson of Washt'n,Slaton,

Hopkins,

Sloan,

Hutchins,

Smith of Han< ock,

Johnson of Bartow, Stubbs,

Johnson of Floyd, Stewart,

Jones of Burke,

Stone,

Jordan of Japper, Tatum,

King,

Taylor,

Lane of Bibb,

Tracy,

Lane of Early,

Turner of Henry,

Laing,

Turner of Rockdale,

LaRoche,

WadE>,

Latimer,

Whiteley,

Longino,

Williams,

Mayson,

Willingham,

Maxwell,

Wood,

Merritt,

Woodall,

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395

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Barwick, Bass, .Bt>auchamp, Bell of Spalding, .Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, (J.rter, Dews, Dickey, Esterlin, Farmer, Ftl!ker, Fort, Gay, George, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harris, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring,

Hill,

Pace,

Howard,

Padgett,

Holder,

Pate,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Jarnagin,

Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Baker, RPid,

Johnson of Lee,

Rose,

Jones of Dougherty, Singletary,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hall,

Knowles,

Snell,

Lane of Sumter,

Spinks,

Le(',

Speer,

Martin,

Starr,

Mullins,

Sturgis,

McCants,

Swift,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

McDonald,

Timmerman,

McDonough,

Upehurch,

McFarland,

Walker of Crawford,

McLennan,

Walker of Union,

McMillan,

Watkins,

Newton,

Wooten,

Ogletree,

Yat~os,

Ove1street,

1\Ir. Speaker.

Upon counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 109 and the nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jones of Burke-
A bill to amend section 2250 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee which was favorable to passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89 and the nays 8.

So the bill having received the requisite consti~utional majority, was passed.

By Mr. J0nes of BurkeA bill to repeal sections 2253, 2260 inclusive of the
Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95 and the nays 1.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bill was read the second time, to wit :

By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to make horse-racing and reckless riding on the
highways of this State a misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Brandon of Fulton, the bill was ordered tabled.
The following resolution was read the first time, to wit:

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397

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution appropriating the sum of $2,000 for the purchase of the entire apparatus, outfit and chemicals now in the State Capitol ftom Dr. George F. Payne, and fur other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following message was received from the Senate thr.mgh Mr. Northen, the SecretarJ thereof:
J[r. Spealcer:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution In which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee of ten from the House and five from the Senate to investigate the condition of the State Treasury and report the same to the General Assembly.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Messns. Wight, Thrasher, Hand, Blalock and Little.
The Senate has also concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution indorsing the appointment of Hon. James H. Blount, Jr., by the General commanding the United States army for the department of Santiago in Cuba, to coJi fy the laws of force in said district.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were tal;:en

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from the Committee on Temperance, read the second time,. and recommitted to the same committee, to wit:

By Mr. Rogers of Marion-

A bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous and malt liquors in the county of Marion, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McDonald of Ware-

A bill to abolish the sale of spirituous or malt liquors in. the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Hy Mr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to amend the charter of Leesburg in the county of Lee, authorizing the mayor and council to maintain a. dispensary, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wade of Brooks-

A bill to prohibit the sale of morphine in the State of Georgia, and for other vurposes.

By Mr. Harvard of Dooly-
A bill to amend section 1549, Volume I, of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-
A bill to prohibit the sale, furnishing or giving away of intoxicating drinks in this State, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was introduced and read, to wit :

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399

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A resolution to pro,ide for the payment of tw? extra door keepers for the session of 1898, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following Senate resolution was read, to wit:

By Mr. Thr&sher of the 27th District-
A resolution appointing a committee of ten from theHouse and five from the Senate to investigate the condition of the State Treasury, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the Governor be authorized and directed, as soon as practicable after the passage of this resolution, to appoint fi \'e members from the House and three from the Senate, together with the Governor and other officers to constitute a Board of Tax Commissioners, and for other purposes.
Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved that the above resolution be tabled.
:Mr. Hall of Bibb moved as an amendment to the motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow, that the resolution m, question be made the special order for to-morrow.

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Mr. Bush of Miller moved that it be made the special Drdet for Wednesday.

l\Ir. Hall of Bibb withdrew his motion, and the motion Df Mr. Bush prevailed.
Upon motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, 300 copies were ordered to be printed for the use of the House.

The following bills were read the first time by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to prescribe the manner in which partition fences between improved la~ds may be erected, and for other
pt~tposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hamby of Rabun-
A bill to give the County Boards of Education of the t~everal counties of this State full power and authority to regulate the length of the public school term, and for Dther purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Education.
Upon motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow the hour of adjournment was extended until the bill under consideration was disposed of.

The following bill was read the third time, to wit :

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401

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 1 of au Act prescribing three grades of commetcial fertilizers, {or the branding of certain information on same, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 10.5 and the nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Overstreet of Screven, Hill of 'Vilkes, Smith of Hall, Lane of Sumter, Speer of Sumter, McMillan of Chatham, McDonough of Chatham, Wooten of Calhoun, Tisi nger of Upson.

Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the Committee on Blind Asylum, asked leave of absence for the committee, which was granted.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1898.

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 Chaplain.

The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names, to wit: Messrs.-

Adams,

Chappell,

Adamson,

Cook,

Anderson,

Copeland,

Arnold,

Darnell,

Barron.

David,

Barw:ck,

Denny,

Bass,

D:ckey,

Bennett of Mitchell, Drawdy,

Bennett of Pierce, Duncan,

Beauchamp,

Ellis,

Bell of Forsyth,

Emanuel,

Bell of Spalding,

Erwin,

Black of Da"'son, Esterlin,

Black of Whitfield, Everatt of Polk,

Blalock,

Everett of Stewart,

Bond,

Fain,

Bowen,

Felker,

Bower,

Fender,

Brandon,

Freeman,

Brown of Carroll, Franklin,

Bryan,

Ford,

Bush,

Fort,

Bynum,

Gay,

Calvin,

George,

Carter,

Gresham,

Castleberry,

GrEene,

Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'n Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins,
Jarna~in,
.Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 22, 1898.

403

.Johnson of Bartow, .Johnson of Floyd, .Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoache, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland,

McGehee,

Smith of Hancock,

McLaughlin,

Snell,

McLennan,

Spinks,

McMillan,

Speer,

McRae,

Starr,

Newton,

Stubbs,

Ogletree,

Stewart,

Ousley,

Stone,

Pace,t

Swift,

Padgett,

Tatum,

Pate,

Taylor,

Park of Greene,

Tisinger,

Park of Troup,

Timmerman,

Post,

Tracy,

Price,

Turner of Henry,

Rawls of Effingham, Turner of Rockdale,

Rawls of Wilkinson, 'Vade,

Reid,

Walker of Crawford,

Reynolds,

Walker of Union,

Richardson,

Watkins,

Rogers,

Whiteley,

Rose,

Williams,

Rudicil,

Willin~ham,

Simpson,

Wood,

Singletary,

Woodall,

Slaton,

Yates,

Sloan,

Mr. Speaker.

Smith of Hall,

Those absent were Messrs.--

Allen, Brown of Bryan, Dews, Farmer, Hammond,

Hill, Jordan of Pulaski, Mullins, McDonough,

Overstreet, Sturgis, Upchurch, Wooten.

Mr. Merritt of Hancock, of the Committee on Journalsr

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reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had! been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Commit-~ tee, submitted the following report :

Jfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instracted to report back to the House with the recommendation that the eame do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to provide and fix the hours of keeping open the polls at precincts situated in incorporated towns or cities,_ when there is more than one precinct, and for other purposes.
Also, by Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to make it unlawful for any person to wilfully or wantonly fire off or discharge any loaded gun or pistol on Sunday, except in defense of person or property.
Also, by Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the judges of the superior courts to grant charters to corporations in vacation, in all cases where they may exercise such pow-

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ers w term time, and to validate such charters as have .heretofore been granted in vacation.

Also, I am instructed to report the following bills back :to the Hmse with the recommendation that the same do mot pass, to wit:

By Mr. Sloan of Hall-A bill to be entitled an Act to :authorize the Governor to keep a standing offer of twentyfive dollars reward for the apprehension of any person or :persons who shall buy or sell, or offer to buy or sell, a vote, or shall be ~n any way concerned in buying or selling :a vote at any election in this State, voting illegally, or -committing any of the offenses set forth in section 629, wolume 3, of tbe Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

)lr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporattions, submitted the following report.
.Mr. Speaker:
Tbe Committee on Corporations 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 :
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes, as amended.

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A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Ocilla, in Irwin county, and for other purposelil.

A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Sylvester in the county of \Vorth, etc.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to fix the time for the election of all city officers now elected by the council of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, to provide" for the terms of such officers, to terminate the terms of those now in office, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman Committee on Corporations.

Mr. McRae, Chairman State of the Republic, submitted the following report.
11!r. Speaker:
'l'he Committee of the Republic have had under their consideration the following resolutions which they instruct me to report back to the House with recommendation that they be adopted, to wit :
A resoluti<_>n instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts in furtherance of the early completion of the Nicaragua canal.

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407

A resolution to demand a change in the method of electing United States Senators from the several States, to the qualified voters of said several States, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

MAX L. MeR A1!.:, Chairman.

Mr. Willingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration House bill No. 282, and instruct me to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Also, House bill No. 170, and recommend that the same do not pass.
WILLINGHAM, Chairman,

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on \Vays and Means, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bill which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

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A bill to amend section 98 of the Code of 1895, volume 1, which fixes the terms of office of county officers by :adding a proviso to said section requiring tax collectors to -complete the collection of. State and county taxes for the year which they have been elected and for which they have given bond, etc.

Also, the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended :

A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to sell articles enumerated in attached inventory, certain articles not necessary to proper administration of said -department, etc.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Calvin of Riehmond, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House had upon yesterday on the following resolution, so far as it relates to tbe reference of same to the Committee on Appropriations, to wit:

By Mr. Thrasher of the 27th District-
A resolution to appoint ten members from the House :and five from the Senate to investigate the condition of the State Treasury and report back to the General Assembly their observations.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.

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409

Mr. Calvin mo\'ed to suspend the rules of the House so that the resolution might be taken up and read.

The motion prevailed, and the resolution was read.

The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Cahin of Hichmoud-
To amend by striking out the third resolution of the series and number the remaining resolutions accordingly.

By )Ir. Park of Greene-
To amend by adding to the first section of said resolution the following words: "Said committee shall make this report as early as practicable to the present session of the Legislature."
By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
To amend by adding, "The Treasury shall first be investigated and reported upon."
By l\Ir. King of Houston-
To amend as follows: Provided that the investigation shall be without expense to the State.
The above resolution was read and adopted as amended.
The following message w:1s received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

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1lfr. S pealcer:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite con<>titutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit :
A bill to require Sleeping Car Companies Ill this State to furnish separate compartments for white and colored passengers, and to extend the police powers of conductors and other employees.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to pwhibit betting on elections in this State, and for other pUl'poses.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was adopted.

On putting the bill to a vote, the ayes we1e 86 and the nays 18.
So the bill, not having received the l'eqnisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. Moote of Carroll--:-
A bill to define slander aud oral defamation and prescribe a penalty for the same.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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411

On passage of the bill the ayes were 23 and the nays 112.

So the bill, not having received the tequisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act vesting veto power in the mayor of Savannah, touching the ordinances of said city, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agteed to.

_ O~_passage of the bill the ayes wete 128, nays 0,

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Swift of Elbert, moved that House bill No. 129, the same being a bill to repeal au Act making permanent the income of the State University and for other purposes, be taken from the table and made the special order for Wednesday, after special ordet already placed, which motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to provide for and fix the hours keeping open the polls at precincts situated in incorporated towns, and'for other purposes.

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The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to authorize the mayor and city council of Savannah to condemn property for drainage purposes, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 128 and nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, waa passed .
. By ~Ir. \Vhiteley of Glascock-

A bill to amend section 1642 of Volume I. of the Code which relates to exemptions to certain Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.

The report of t!Je Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

In the absence of the author of the bill, Mr. Reynolds of Richmond moved that the bill be tabled, which motion prevailed, and the bill was tabled.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another whether said lauds are posted or not, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, XoVE;\fBER 22, 1898.

413

Upon motion of Mr. Reynolds of Richmond, the bill was tabled.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to amend an act creating a Boarcl of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The following amendments were offered and adopted,. to wit:
To amend by striking the name of "Mark Verdery" in the eighth line of section 2, of said bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the name of "Tobias Newman," and by striking the name of ' T. W. Lamb'' in the eighth line of said section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof ''James T. Dent," and by striking the name of "G. ,V, Ratcliff" in the tenth line of said .section 2 of ~aid bill, and inserting in lien thereof the name of" J. A. Williamson."
To amend by inserting the word "Quarterly" after the word "published" in the fourth line of section eight or said bill.

To amend by striking the word "important" in the first and fifth lines of section nine of said bill, and by inserting the words " for public improvements and for the purchase of supplies," after the word "contracts" in the first line of said section nine of said bill.

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To amend by striking the word " three," m the second second line of section six of said bill, and insert in lieu thereof the word " two."

On passage of the bill the ayes were 131 and the nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was paEsed as amended.

By Mr. McMillan of Chatham--

A bill to repeal the proviso at the end of section second of an act to extend and define the incorporate limits of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to,
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 130 and the nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to investigate the controversy between Dr. Payne, ex-State Chemist, and the Commissioner of Agriculture as to the real .owner of the chemical apparatus claimed by Dr. Payne, .and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 22, 1898.

415

1\Ir. Turner of Henry, chairman of Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

~Mr. 8 peaker:
The Committee on Public Library have had nuder coneideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the Hom;e with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

By Mr. Turner of Henry-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize and direct the republication of certain Georgia Reports, and for other purposes.
Hespectfnlly submitted,
PAUL TURNER, Chairman.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit
By Mr. Morris of CobbA bill to require the judges of the superior courts of
this State to decide all motions for new trials, etc., and for other purposes.
By Mr. Ellis of BibbA bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon,
and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to wantonly discharge a gun o1 pistol on Hunday, and for other purposes.

By ~Ir. Heynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to affix the penalty for failure to make tax returns, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enforce the collecticn of taxes, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of Greene--
A bill to repeal an Act providing for the examination o( private banks by the Bank Examiner of this State, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Freeman of CowetaA bill to authorize the mayor and city council of New-
nan to establish and maintain a system of sewers and drains, and for other purposes.
By )I r. )fcDonough of Chatham-
A bill to repeal au Act organizing a Board of Police Commis~ioners for Savannah, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 22, 1898.

417

By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commis:Sioner of Public 'Yorks for Savannah, and for other pur.poses.
By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Park and Tree Commission for Savannah, and for other purposes.

By l\Ir. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit one person from holding more than one office at a time in Chatham county, :and for other purposes.

By Mr. ~IcDonougb of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Water .Commissioners fvr Savannah, and for other purposes.

.By Mr. McDonough of ChathamA bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Tax Asses-
:Sors and Receivers for Savannah, and for other purposes.
By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act to organize a Board of Fire .Commissioners for Savannah, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, and
for other purposes.
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By Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to authorize Judges of the Superior Courts to. grant charters to corporations in vacation, and for otherpurposes.

By Mr. Woodall of Talbot-
A bill to make it unlawful to manufacture intoxicating drinks except domestic wines, in the county of Talbot, and~ for other purposes.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to fix the boundary line between Georgia and. South Carolina, and for other purposE's.

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in Washington, Ga., and for othet purposes,

By Mr. Chappell of Mnscogee-
A bill to provide for the incorporation of Trust Companies, to define their rights and powers, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta toalter the whole or part of the dam now extending across' the Savannah river, anq for other purposes.

TuESDAY, N OVE:IIBER 22, 1898.

419

By Mr. LaRochP. of Chatham-

A bill to amend section 341 of the Code which relates to the carrying of concealed weapons, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-

A bill to amend the charter of Washington, Ga., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to amend subsection 11 of section 4082 of volume 2 of the Code, by providing compensation fot justices of the peace, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jones of Burke-

A bill to compensate the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Burke county fot their services, and for other purpl)Ses.

By Mr. Rawls of Effingham-

A bill providing for the time of opening of polls on general election days and to allow proper freeholders to manage the election when no proper officer appears, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bynum of Columbia-
A bill to repeal an Act consolidating the office of Clerk and Treasurer in Columbia county, and for other purposes.



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J3y Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to impose a penalty for failure to pay taxes, and for other purposes.

J3y Mr. Lee of Pulaski-
A bill to authorize the mayor and city council of Cochran, Ga., to maintain a system of waterworks, and for other purposes.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to provide and fix a time for the election of all city officers now elected by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ousley of Lowndes-

A bill to amend the charter of Valdosta, and for other purposes.

The following hill was taken up, read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A bill to amend Sec. 2334 of the Civil Code of 1895, fixing the venue for suits against railroad companies in this State, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 23, 1898.

421

The following joint resolution was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette--
A joint resolution to pay to Mrs. Charlotte Willoby, widow of the deceased J. W. Willoby, the sum of $60.00, being a pension clue her husband, and for other purposes.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Jordan of Pulaski, Gtiffin of Greene, Morris of Cobb.
The hour of adjournment having arrived1 the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1898.

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. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called, and the following members a~swered to their names : Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Barron,

Beauchamp,

Barwick,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bass,

Bell of Spalding,

Bennett of :Mitchell, Black of Dawson,

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfield,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Blalol'k, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David,
D~nny,
Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Ev~rett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, George,

Gresham,

LaRo1ch~,

GreeilP,

L:1timer,

Gdffin o! Twi~gs,

Lee,

Griffith,

L'lngino,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Hamby,

Maxw~ll,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Hardwick,

:Moore,

Harrison,

Morris,

Harris,

Mullins,

Harrell,

McCants,

Harvard,

McCrani~.

Hathcock,

1\IcDonald,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Henderson of 'Yash't'nlHcFarland,

Herring,

McGehee,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Holder,

Mcl\lillan,

Ho~ch,

McRae,

HutchinR,

Xewton,

Jarnagin,

Ogletre~,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Johnson of Baker, Pace,

Johnson of Bartow, Pudgett,

Johnson of Floyd, Pate,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Greene,

Jones of Burke,

Post,

Jones of Dougherty, Price,

King,

Rawls of Effingham,

Knowles,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Lane of Bibb,

R~id,

Lane of Early,

Reynolds,

Lane of Fumter,

Richardson,

Laing,

Rogrr8,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898.

423

Rose, Rudicil, .Simpson, ;Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock,
~ Snell, Spinks, Speer, :Starr,

Stubbs, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch,

Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whitfley, Williams, WillinjZham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Franklin, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hill,

Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Overstreet,

Park of Troup, Sturgis, Wade.

Mr. Bond, of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined .and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

The following resolution, which was made the special -order for to-day immediately after the reading of the .Journal was taken up and read, to wit:

By Mr. Ellis ot Biob-

A resolution authorizing the Governor, as soon as practicable after the passage of this resolution, to avpoint five members from thP House and three from the Senate, together with the Governor, Attorney-General and Comp-

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troller-General, to constitute a Board of Tax Assessors;and for other purposes.

The following amendments were read and adopted, towit:
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-
To amend the resolution, as amended, by striki~g out the~
word "five," and inserting the word "six" in lieu thereof; and by striking the word " three," and inserting "two'" wherever they occur in said Rection.

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-
To amend by inserting "that each section of the State shall be represented on said board."

-By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

To amend by adding at enrl of last section, "providing that nothing in this resolution shall interfere with or prevent the consideration or passage of any measure or measures now pending, cr hereafter to be introduced, looking to the accomplishment of reform in the tax laws by assessment or otherwise during the present session of the General Assembly."

By Mr. Hall of BibbTo amend by striking section 1 of the resolution and
inserting the following in lieu thereof:
'l'hat the Ptesident of the Senate and the Speaker of

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 23, 1898.

425-

the H,)use shall, as soon after the passage of this resolution as pmcticabie, appoint three membets of theSenate and five members of the House, who slmll be known as a joint committee on the revision of the tax laws of this State, of which committee the Speaker and, President of the Senate shall be ex officio members.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

To amend section 2 by striking the word" board" in' the first line and inserting" committes.''

On motion of Mr. Freeman of Coweta, the resolution W'<IS referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
'l'he following message was received hom the Senatethrough Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majol'ity, to wit:

A bill to alter and amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act to incorporate the town of Elberton in Elbert county.

Also, a bill to amend section 101 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the elections of justices of the peace.

Also, a bill to amend an Act creating a boatd of roads and tevenues for the county of Houston.

Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior .::ouit of Dodge county.

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JOURNAL OF THE }lOUSE.

Also, a bill to amend the cl1arter of the town of Loganville.

The l5enate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Hm,1se bill as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend section 765 of the tl1ird Yolume of the Code of 18!:15.

The Senate has also concurred in the House amendments to the folfowing Senate resolution, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee to investigate the condition of the State Treasury.
The Senate has a1so passed the following Senate bills by the requisite constitutional mHjority, to wit:

A bill to allow constables to levy and collect supe-
rior, city and county court fl. fas.
Also, a bill to amend section 72 of volnme I. of the Code of 1895, so as- to extend the time when supeintendents of elections must seud their returns to the <:omty site.
The next special order was the following bill, which was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to repeal an Act making permanent the income .of the State University, and for other purposes.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 23, 1898.

427

Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved that when the House adjourned it be adjourned to recouvene on Friday morning, which motion was lost.

Mr. Swift of Elbert, moved to extend the day's session, so that the matter under consideration might be disposed of.

Mr. Sloan of Hall offered, as amendment to the motion of Mr. Swift, that the House have an evening session, to convene at 7:30 o'clock, which amendment was lost, and the motiuu of Mr. Swift prevailed.

Pending the debate and action of the House upon said hill, l\k Willingham of Monroe, mo,ed that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: 1\leFsrs. Turner of Henry, Castleberry of Monroe, Black of 'Vhitfield, Everett of Stewart, Henderson of Irwin, Willingham of Monroe, Hopkins of Mcintosh, Pace of Newton, McRae of Telfair, Calvin of Richmond, Tracy of Dooly, Snell of Johnson, Richardson of Hart, Black of Dawson, Tisinger of Upson, Bennett of Pierce, Johnson of Appling, Hardin of Liberty, Jordan of Pulaski, Padgett of Echols, McCranie of Berrien, Gay of Colquitt, Denny of Floyd, Reynolds of Richmond.

The Speaker then declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, Nov. 24, 1898.

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. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names : Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bal:!.!', Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bond, Bo'i\"er, Bran<' on, Brown of Bryan, Bruwn of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carter, Castltberry, Chappell, Copeland.

Darnell, David, Dews, Di<-key, Drawdy, Dunan, Ellis, Emar.uel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Grepne, Griffin ofT'il"ig~s, Griffith, Hall, Hammett,

Hardin of Wilke~, Hardwick, Harrison, Harri8, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, HendritkP, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkin!;!, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of LeE>, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski,

THL'RSDAY, .N OYEl\IBER 24, 1898.

429

King, Knowles, Lane ot Bibb, Lane of E rly, Lme of Sumter, Lding, LaRoche, Latimer, L<!P, Longino, Martin, MHyson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McLaughlin,

McLennan,

Speer,

Mc:\lillan,

Starr,

Newton,

Stubbs,

Ogletree,

Stewart,

Ousley,

Stone,

Padgett,

Swift,

Park of Greene,

Tatum,

Park of Troup,

Taylor,

Post,

Timmerman,

Price,

Turner of Henry,

Rawls of Effingham, Turner of Rockdale,

Rawls of Wilk'nson, Upchurch,

Reid,

Wade,

Richardson,

Walker of Crawford,

Ro;;ero,

Walker of Union,

Rose,

Watkins,

Rudicil,

Whiteley,

Simpson,

William~,

Singletary,

Willingham,

Slaton,

Wood,

Sloan,

Woodall,

Smith of Hall,

Wooten,

Smith of Hancock, Yates,

Spinks,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Calvin, Cook, Denny, Fender, Gay,

George, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Henderson of Irwin, Johnson of Appling, McCranie, McGehee,

McRae, Overstreet, Pace, Pate, Reynolds, Snell, Sturgis, Tisinger, Tracy.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee ou Jouruals, re-

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

ported that the Journal of yesterday's ptoceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, Novemher ~5, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order hy the Speaker, and opened with prayer hy the Rev. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names: Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anlerson, Arnold, Barron, Bar\'l"ick, Bas, Bennett of :\Iitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of For!'ytb, B.ll of Rpaldin~, Black o' Dawson, B'ack of Whitfield,

Bl.\lock, Bond, Blwen, B)wer, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carr->11, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Ca1 ter,
c~stlebPrry'
Chappell, Cook,

Copeland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart,

FRIDAY, N OYEMBER 25, 1898.

431

Fain,

J one!' of Burke,

Farmer,

Jonps of Dougherty,

Felker,

Jordan of Jasp' r,

Freeman,

King-,

Franklin,

K n o w lei',

Ford,

Lane of Bibb,

Fort,

Lane of Early,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter,

George,

Laing

Gresham,

LaRoche,

Greene,

Lati ner,

Griffin of Greene, LeP,

Griffin of Twigg@, Longin.,,

Griffith,

Martin,

HaJJ,

Mayson,

Hammett,

l\laxwell,

Hardin of Wilkes, ~len itt,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Harrison,

Moore.

Harris.

Morri!',

Harrell,

MullPns,

Harvard,

McCant!',

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Hendrick!',

McDonough,

Henderson oi Irwin, :\IeElreath,

H!:'w'erson of "'nsh 't'n}fcGehee,

Herring,

MeLaughlin,

Hill,

McLennan,

Howard,

l\fc:\Iillan,

Hopkins,

Newton,

Holder, Ho;eh, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of B~ker, Johnson cf Bartow, Johnson of Fl9yd, Johnson of Lef',

O~letree,
Ousley, Pad).:ett, PatP, Park of GreenP, Park of Troup,
Pos~,
Price,

Rawls of Effingham, Raw:s of Wi1kinson,
Heyno~ds,
n..gers,
Rofe, Rudicil, Simpson, Singleta y, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Spper, Starr, Stub's, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, F:wift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdal>', Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Wtttkinfl, Whiteley, Williams, WiJJingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yatfs, Mr. Speaker.

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Those absent were Messrs.-

Bennett of Pierce, Calvin, Fender, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty,

Jordan of Pulaski, McCrauia, McFarland, McRae, Overl!treet, Pace,

Reid, Richardson, Snell, Tisinger, Wade.

Mr. Bond, of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yestPrday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of the General Agricultural Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

By Mr. Esterlin of Macon-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish a Department of Horticulture, Pomology, etc., and for other purposes.
Also the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

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BY .:\Ir. Beunett of Pierce-

A bill to be entitled an .Act to prohibit the catching of fish \Yith nets, seines, poi!:'on or traps in streams, ponds or lakes of this State, and for other purposes, to~ether with 1he amentlments attached thereto.

Hc~pectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAX, Chairman .

.:\Ir. .:\lcL'lughlin, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges an<l Elections, submitted the follo\\ing report:

The C'omritittee on Privileges and Elections haYe had undet consitleration the following contested election cases, to wit:
.:\Inrray Ponnty-Peeples, contestant, vs. Stewart, contestee.
Bryan cuunty- \\'. H. S. Strickland, contestant, vs. A. S. Brown, contestee.
Sere,en county- \Vhite, contestant, \'S, Overstreet, contestee.
A ml I am instructed to report hack to the House that said committee have heard the e\itlence in each of said -ca:;;e", aml recommend that the contestees, :l\Iessrs. Stewart,
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A. J. Brown and Overstreet, respectively, be seated as: members of this House.
Respectfully submitted.

B. F. )lcLAUGHLI~, Chairman.

Mr. "Willingham, Chairman of Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Jfr. S ]Jeaker:
The Committee on Temperance have had nuder con,.;id-. eration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Hon'le that they do pass, to wit :
By l\Ir. Johnson o Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the chartet of Leesburg, in the county of Lee, State of Georgia, so as to em-power and authorize the mayor and eouncil of said town to maintain a dispensary in said town for the sale of ardent spirits, malt liquors, wines, ciders and other intoxicants, to provide regulations for the management of said dispensary, the appointment of managers, and fot other purposes..
Also,
By Mr. Willingham-
A bill to prohibit the manutiteture, sale, keeping forsale, the giving away or furnishing to induce trade or for any other valuable consideration, except physicians furnishing to patients under treatment by them, or the furnishing at any public place of intoxicating liquors, fer--

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mented or di8tilled; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes.

The committee has also had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report hack to the House that ,it do not pass, to wit:

By Mr. Wade-

A bill to prohibit the sale of morphine in the State of Georgia and making it an offense, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

B.S. WILLIXGHA~l, Chairman Temper-ance Committee.

Mr. l\Ioore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matter;;, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on County aud County ~Iarters have had under consideration the following bills of the House which they instruct me to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to regulate settlements to be made by the tax collectors af this State of raihoad taxes received by them, and to fix their compensation.
Also, a bill to regulate and control the expenditure of county funds, and for other purposes.

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Also, that the following bill of the House de not pass, to wit:

A bill to pro\'ide for the registration of ,uters, and fur other purposes.

He,;pectfully snbmitte<l.

.T. .:\1. MOORE,
Chairman.

:\It. Ellis, Chairman of the Special ,ludiciary Committt!e, :-;ubmitted the following report:
Jlr. S pealter:
The Special .Judiciary Committee ha,e had under consideration the following bills of the House which they instntct me to report Lack to the House with the recommen<latiou that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the St. Luke ~Ietltodist Episcopal Church, South, of the city of Columbus, Ga., to create a lien by mortgage, deed, deed of trust or otherwise for the jlllrposes of borrowing money to complete the church building, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to repeal an Act entitled" an Act to amend an Act to proyide for the payment of certain inEohent criminal costs in the Korthern .Judicial Cireuit so far as it relateo; to the county of Hancock,'' and for other purposes.
.\bo, a bill to amend section 1:101 of the Code of 1S!J5.

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Also, a bill to authorize the mayor and council of 'Vashington, Ga., to issue bonds, and for other purpo~es.

Also, a bill to repeal so much and such parts of an Act approved August :20, 1872, providing for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the Nvrthern Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes, as relates to the county of Hancock.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act to provide for the payment of the insolvent costs of the Justices of the Peace, Kotaries Public and Constables of Hancock county.

Also, a bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the county of Floyd, approved September 13, 1889.

Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a Board of Pharmaceutic examiners, and for <1ther purposes.

The Committee have also recommended that the following bill of the House do not pass, to wit:

A bill to amend section 2795, of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on County and County m~tten, submitted the following report:

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J/r. Speaker:

The Committee on Education have bad under consider-

ation House Bill No. 72, by Mr. Watkins of Gilmer,

which is " A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section

1378, of Volume I. of the Code of 1895, by striking out

in the second line of said section the word eighteen and

inserting in lieu thereof the word twenty-one, and for

other purposes," and they direct me as their Chairman to

report the same back to the House with the recommenda-

tion that it do pass.

They haYe also bad under consideration House Bill No.

142, by Mr. Beauchamp of Pike, which is "A bill to be

ton titled an Act to authorize the trustees of the State U ni-

versity to operate Summer Sessions in graduate and post-

graduate C .urses for the benefit of white teachers of the

State, without regard to sex, and for other purposes," and

they direct me as their chairman to report the same back

to the Home with the recommendation that it do pass.

They have also had under consideration House bill

No. 163, by Mr. Denuy ofFioyd, which is 'A bill to be

entitled an Act to create a commission for the prepara-

tion aud recommendation of a course of study in the

elementary branches of an English education for the

common schools of the State ; to authorize payment

from the school fund the money to cover the expense of

said commission, aud for other purposes," and they

direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back

to the House with the recommendation that it do not

pass.

R. A. DENNY, Chai1man.

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439

Mr. Chappell, chairman of the Committee on Approlpriatwus, submitted the following report:

.Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the tecommendation that the same be referred to the special joint committee to investigate the controversy between the Commissionet of Agriculture and Dr. Payne, .formet State Chf'mist:

A resoluti'On to apptopriate the sum of two thousand dollars for the purpose of putchasing the entire apparatus, outfit aud chemicals now in the office of the State Chemist in the State Capitol building, etc.

Respectfully submitted,

THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floot, submitted the following report;
.Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendatiou that the same be adopted, to wit:
.A resolutiou extending the privileges of the floor to

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Hon._ Charles L. Bartlett, member of CongreBs, <luring his stay in the city.

The committee have also had under consicleration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back "ith the recommendation that the ~ame be not adopted, to wit:

A resolution that the privileges of the flonr be extended to ex-members of the Legislature (luring their stay in the city.

B. B. BOWER, JR., Chairman.

By unammous consent, the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By l\Ir. Ellis of Bibb-
Resolved, That the Hon. Chas. L. Bartlett, M. C., beinvited to a seat on the floor of the Honse.
The following resolution was recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolqtion providing ftn an appropriation to purchasethe apparatus, etc~, of Di. Geo. F. Payne now in theoffices of the State Chemist, and for othet purpose,;.
Recommitted to Joint Committee of the Senate andi House to investigate the Department of State Chemist.
Under .the head of unfinished business, a cm;;ideration;

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441

of the following bill was resumed, which was reacl the third , time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By 1\Jr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to repeal an Act to make permanent the income of the State University, and for other purposes.

The following substitute was offered to the above bill, to wit:

By l\Ir. Erwin of Clark-
A bill to amend an act making permanent the income of the State U ni ver1:iity by striking from the 12th line of section one the word "seven" and inserting in lien thereof the words "three. and one-half," and for other purposes.

l\Ir. Freeman of Coweta, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On passage of the bill by substitute the ayes were 125, nays 6.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma~ jority was passed by substitute.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By l\Ir. Knowles of Fulton-
Resolved that the pti vi leges of the floor be extended to ex-members of the Legislature during their stay in thl~ city.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Adverse report of the committee was disagreed to, and the resolution was adopted.

By unanimous consent the following reports of committees were read, to wit :

:Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee of Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report:
Jlr. S pealcer:
The Committee of Amendments to Constitution have bad under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Pace ofNewton--
A bill to be entitled an Act to alter and amend para-graph second of section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to enlarge the power of exemption from taxation of all places of religious worship or burial, and also all property belonging to colleges, incorporated academies, or other seminaries of learning, to provide for the ratification of the same by the people, for the promulgation by the Governor of the ratification in case -of ratification, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. PACE, Chairman Committee Constitutional Amendment.

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443

Mr. B. F. McLaughlin, chairman pro tern. of the General Judiciary C<.mmittee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit any person or persons or association of persons, to operate any railroad in this State, or to maintain any rai-lroad along or across any pn blic roads or streets in this State or to obstruct any public roads or streets in this State with the tracks of the railroad or buildings or structures of any character, unless the said person or tJersons or association of persons operating said railroad, shall first become incorporated under the general law of this. State for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to provide penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
B. F. McLAUGHLIN, Chairman Pro Tern. General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, Eubmitted the following report, to wit:

Jfr. Spcal;a : The General J ndieiary Committee ba ye had under eon-
sideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of BibbA bill to be entitled an Act to chauge the ti;ue of hold-
ing the spring term of the Superior Court of Bibb county, and for other purposes.
Also,
By Mr. Bell of ForsythA bill to be entitled an Act to pro\ide for a change of
venue in certain civil cases under Article 6, Eection J7, and paragraph one of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Also,
By Mt'. Underwood of the 32d DistrictA bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3-H of the-
Code of Georgia, by inserting immediately after the word "any" and before the word " pistol " the words "kind of metal knucks,'' and for other purposes.
Also,
The following bill which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the l:'ame, a,; amended, do pass, to wit :

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n,- :\Ir..Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitiNl an Act to anwnd section 815 of Yo!. 3 of the Code of 1895, so as to proYitle for triennial reYisions of jury lists, and for other purpo"es.

Al~n.

The following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same" do 11<it pa,.,-," to wit:

Ry :\h. Sloan of Hall-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 629, Vol. ;j of the Code of Georgia of 1895, which provides for the pnni~hment of buying or selling votes, and for yoting illegally, changing the penalty for the violation of said section, and for other purposes.

B, :\Jr. Sloan of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an Act amending section :35 of the Co1le of Georgia of 189i) which requires a registration of
yoter~.

fly :\Ir. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled au Act to amend section 232:3 of Yo!. :2 of the Code of 1895 by inserting the following words between the words " re<'o\er" atHl " but" in the

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JouR~AL oF THE HousE.

fifth line: "whethet his default be less, equal to, or greatet than that of the agents of the company," and for other
purpo~;es.

Also,

By ::\Ir. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 4:27 of Vol. :3 of the Code of 18~15, by inserting between the words "held,. and "shall,'' in the sixth line thereof: "or who shall in like manner interrupt or disturb any congregation of persons lawfully assembled to witness the exercises of any such school," and for other purposes.

Also,

By ::\Ir. Park of Greene---

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 8i3 of the Cocle of 1890.

Also,

By ::\Ir. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section :23:2:) of the Code of 18f!;J.

By )h. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for mtation and interchanging of ei tcui ts by the .Judges of the Superior

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Courts of this State; to provide the manner in which ~id J ndges shall rotate and interchange circuits; to provide for the assumption of jurisdiction ovPr chambers matters, interlocutory business, and all such other matters as ha\eheretofore been exclusively within the jurisdiction of theJudge of t>ach circuit, and to pro\ide for the disposition of such business by the .Judges o( the Superior Courts of the several circuits of this State; to provide for the payment of the actual and necessary expemes of such Judges whileengaged in the discharge of their official duties, and for other purposes.

Hespectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

~Ir. Simpson, chaitman of Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
JJ,:. Speake1: The Committee on Pensions have had under considera-
tion the following bill which they recommend do not pass-
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and require thepayment of pensions semi-annually, and for other purposes.
Also the following bill, whiC'h they recommend to beread the second time and recommitted to Committee on. Pensions.

JorRNAL OF THE JJOUSE.
B)i ::\Ir. Simpson of :Milton-
A bill to amend section 1250 of the Code of 189.5, which pmYides for pensions for maimed and infirm Confeder:\te soldiers.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. SIMPSOX,
Chairman Committee on Pensionb.
The following message was received from the Senate tlmHigh ::\It-. Northen, the Secretary thereof.
Jlr. 8peal.-ci':
The Senate has adopted the following Joint Hesolution by a unanimous vote, in which the coneurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A I'esolution extending Georgia's congratnlations to Flag Lientenant Tlws. M. Brumby of the Asiatic S<ptadron, C. S. Xavy, who raised the first American flag aver ::\Ianila; for his distinguished ~ervices to our country in the battle of :Manila, receiving the commendation of our gloriou:; Admiral Dewey.
~It. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, snbmitted the following repc rt:
The Committee on Appropriations ha\'e had under con"'idcration the following House bill, which they instruct

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449

me to report Lack with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :

A bill to limit and fix the compensation of the Solici:tors-General in the State, etc.
Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and 'County :\Iatters, submitted the following report:

Jlfr. 8pr'al-<er:
The Committee on County and County Matters have bad under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same "do not pass."
A bill entitled an Act to require all persons bringing suit in Justice Court in the State of Georgia to give Londs -or deposit sufficient amount of funds to pay cost.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to .the House with the recommendation that same "do pass."
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled 1' An Act to provide for the creation of a Board of CQm; missioners of Roads and Revenue for the county of Oconee, and to define the powers and duties thereof," approved February 28, 1875, etc., and for other purposes.
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The committee have also had under consideration thefollowing bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same "do pass as amended."

A bill to be entitled an Act to 'provide fi)r the election of their clerks by the Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the various counties of this State having such county boards for the transaction of county business ; to define the duties and powers of said clerks, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of Columbia; to define their duties and powers, and for otherpurposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. 1\I. MOORE, Chairman Committee on County and County Matters.

Mr. Denny, chairman of the Committee on Education,_ submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education has had before it House bill No. 82, by Mr. Cook of Heard, being entitled "A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1 of Acts, 1897 ,_ page 108, to authorize the Treasurer of the State to draw on any funds in the State Treasury to the amount of

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451

$400,000, to be used in paying the teachers as ptovided by law, and for other purposes," and directs me, as its chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute.

R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and a!tpropriately rererred, to wit:
By Mr. Jones of BurkeA bill to amend section 4 of an Act incorporating the
city of Waynesboro, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. McDonald of WareA bill to protect manufacturers and producers of Georgia,
and for other purposes. Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.
By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb. A bill to provide for a system of public schools for the
town of Clarkston in DeKalb county, to provide for support of same, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Mayson and George of DeKalb-

A bill to abolish the city court of DeKalb county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Spedal Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Singletary of Schley-

A bill to repeal section 2763 (3974a) of Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Singletary of Schley-

A bill to prevent certain persons from drawing pensions in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof.
Jfr. S peal.,er: _
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit :

A resolution appointing a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to in,estigate the controversy between the Commissioner of Agriculture and Dr. Payne.

The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Hand and McGehee.

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453

The Senate has also passed the following House bills, by substitute, by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act establishing the criminal court of Atlanta; providing for the election of the judge and solicitor by the people.

Also, a bill amending an Act establishing a city court of Atlanta; providing for the election of the judge thereof by the people.

The Senate has also passed the following House bill as amended, to wit:

A bill to prevent the baiting and killing doves thus baited in this State.

The Senate has also passed the following &nate bills, to wit:

A bill to reduce fees of certain officers.

Also a bill to amend the charter of the city of Albany.

By Mr. Little of Muscogee-
A bill to provide for the listing and assessing of real and personal property of this State for the purpose of taxation ; to create a Board of Tax Commissioners; to create a County Board of Assessors in each county in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Vays and Means.

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JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.

By Mr. Hanell of Dodge-

A bill to alter and amend the 20th section of an Act to incorporate the town of Ea~>tman, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Rudicil of Chattooga--
A bill to amend section 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Johnson of LeeA bill to establish a new charter for the town of Lees-
burg, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special J udiociary Committee.

By Mr. King of Houston-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to use vulgar or obscene language in the presence of females at depots or railroad stations, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. King of Houston-
A bill to provide for the election of a Judge and County Bailiff of the county of Houston, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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455

:By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to provide for the granting of permanent licenses to teachers graduating from Bowden College, and for other 1purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in defeating House bill No. 109, the same being a bill to prohibit the betting on elections in this State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

The ayes 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.-

Adamson, .Andert:on, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, ,Bryan, Bynum, Castleberry, {Jook, Copeland, Dickey,

Etnanuel, Esterlin, Farmer, Freeman, Ford, Fort, George, Griffith, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Howard, Johnson of Bartow,

Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, King, Lane of Early, Laing, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Moore, Mullens, McDonald, McElreath,

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McGehee, McLennan, Ogletree, Ousley, Pate, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Rogers, Smith of Hancock, 8pinks, Starr, Stewart, Hwift, Tatum,

Taylor, Timmerman, Trac), Walker of Unior>, . Watkins, Williams, Woodall.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Carter, Chappell, Darnell, Dews. Duncan, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Felker, Gresham,

Griffin of GreentJ, McL:mghhn,

Hall,

1\IcMilla.n,

Hammett,

Xewton,

Hardin of Wilkes, Park d Greene,

Hardwick,

Park of troup,

Harris,

Price,

Harrell,

Rawls of Effingham,.

Henderson of WasL't'nReynold~,

Herring,

Simpson,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Holder,

Slaton,

Hosch,

S'oan,

Hutehin!',

Speer,

Johnson of BakE-r, Stone,

Jones of Burke, LaRoche,

Turner of Henry, Wade,

:\Iaxwell,

Walker of Crawford,.

Merritt,

Willingham,

Mitchell,

Wood,

McCants,

Wooten,

McFarland,

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Black of D.iwson, Calvin,

David, Denny, Drawdy, Ellis, Everett of Stewart,

Fain, Fender, Franklin,. Gay, Greene,.

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Griffin of Twi!fgl', Hammond, Hamhy, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Jarnagin, Johnson of Applin!!', Johns n of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski,

Knowle, Lane of Bii.Jb, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Morris, McCranie, 1\IlDunough, McRaP, Ovel'l:ltreet, Pace, Padgett, Reid,

Rich;rdson, Rose, Rudicil, Smith of Hall, 8nell, Stubbs, Sturgis, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Whiteley, Mr. Speaker.

On call of the roll the ayes were 60 and the nays 63. So the motion to reconsider was therefore lost.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its pas8age, to wit:

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to provide and fix the hours of keeping open the polls at precincts situated in incorporated towns or cities where there is more than one precinct, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable t(} the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Upon motion of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the bill was ordered immediate;y transmitted to the Senate.

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Mr. Slaton of Fulton moved to nonconcur in the Senate Amendment to House bill No. 125, the same being a bill to amend an Act, establishing the criminal court of Atlauta, :and for other purposes.

Mr. Park of Greene, moved that the hour of adjournrnent be extended until the matter now on the clerk's desk, be disposed of, which motion prevailed .

Mr. Knowles of Fulton, moved that the bill together with the substitute, be recommitted to the General Judi-ciary Committee, which motion was lost.

Upon the motion of Mr. Slaton the ayes were 94, nays 20, so the House therefore refused to concnr in the Senate amendment.

Mr. Slaton of Fulton, then moved that a Committee of Conference be appointed, which motion prevailed.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. McMillan of Chatham, LaRoche of Chatham, Watkins of Gilmer, Barron of .Jones, walker of Crawford, Singletary of Schley, McDonald of Ware, Cas.tleberry of 1\{onroe, Mitchell of Thomas, Wood of Towns, Bell of Spalding, Woodall of Talbot, McLaughlin of Meriwether, Reid of Taliaferro, Stubbs of Laurens, George of DeKalb, Mayson of DeKalb, Mullins of Meriwether, Griffin of Twiggs, Maxwell of Oglethorpe, Arnold of Ogle.thorpe, Hamby of Rabun, Whiteley of Glascock, Harrell -of Dodge, Stone of Walton, Taylor of Jefferson, Henderson of Washington, Hardwick of Washington, Fender of -Clinch, Everett of Polk.

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On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Saturday, November 26, 1898.
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. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.
Upon motion of Mr. Harris of Thomas, the roll call was dispensed with.
1\fr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.
The Journal was read and confirmed.
Mr. Knowles of Fulton, arose to a question of perl'>onal privilege for the purpose of explaining his remarks made upon the floor of the House on yesterday concerning an interview had with Governor Candler respecting a certain measure before the House.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Denny of Floyd, on account of business in the United States Court.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution that the Clerk of the House be requested: to have printed daily, for the use of the House, 200 copies. of the Calendar, showing resolutions and bills for a third. reading.

Mr. Brown of Carroll, submitted the following report :.

Jfr. Speaker : .
We, the undersigned members of the Judiciary Com- mittee, beg leave to submit the following minority report, on House Bill No. 120, which is a bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2322 of volume 2, of the Code of 1895, by inserting the following words between the words ''receiver," and "but" in the fifth line: "whether his default be less, equal to or g!"eater than that of the agents of the company," and for other purposes.

The amendment proposed by said bill will not create any new cause of action, but will render clear and unambiguous the law as embraced in said section of the Code, and will furnish an equitable basis for determining the amount of recovery, if any, in cases where both the complainant and defendant are in default.

For these reasons we dissent from the majority report of said committee.
W. F. BROWN", J. C. BARRON", JOS. H. HALL, W. E. SPINKS.

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Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporai:ions, submitted the following report :

]h. Speaker:
'fhe Committee on Corporations 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 S!lme be recommitted to the Committee on General Agticulture, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act relating to warehousemen in this State, authorizing them to give bonds and iE'sue warehouse receipts secured thereby, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pas.,, to wit:
A bill creating a new charter for the town of Clarkston.
Also, bill to amend section 4 of the Act incorporating the city of \Vaynesboro, Ga., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to provide for a system of public schools for the town of Clarkston, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to alter and amend the 20th section of an Act to incorporate the town of Eastman, in the county of Dodge, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Edgewood, in thecounty of DeKalb, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

,J. P. DUNCAK, Chairman.

Mr. McDonough, Chairman of the Railroad Committee, submitted the following report:
lvlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following bil:, which they instruct me to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same "do not pass."
A bill to be entitled an Act making it unlawful for any one to use vulgar or obscene language in the presence of females at depots or railroad stations.
Respectfully submitted.
.TNO. J. McDONOUGH, Chairman Railroad Committee.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration House Bill No. 306, by Mr. Little of Muscogee, being a bill entitled an Act to provide for the list-

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ing of property for taxation, and for other purposes, and they instruct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be read a second tim~ and recommitted, and that 300 copies be printed for use of the House.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

The Speaker announced Lhe following committees, towit:
Committee to investigate issue between Dr. Geo. F _ Payne and Agriculture Commissioner as to certain chemi-cals and apparatus, were
Messrs. Jordan of Jasper, Everett of Polk, Harrison._
Committee from the House to investigate the Treasury Department, were
Mr. Knowles, Chairman; Messrs. Everett of Polk,_ Starr, Turner of Henry, Tatum, Wooten, Freeman Emanuel, Newton, Lane of Bibb.
The following bills were introduced, read the first timeand appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to modify the rule of negligence in actions byservants or by the husband, wife, parent or child, of de--

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ceased servants against masters for injuries received by reawn of defects in machinery or other appliances, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A bill to permit the State as owner of the Northeastern Railroad to be sued in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Griffith of Haralson-

A bill to repeal an act to incorporate the town of Bremen in Haralson county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County matters.
By Mr. Park of Green-
A bill, requiring all persons doing a private banking business to have stamped on their stationery the \\'ords ~'not incorporated", and for other purposes.

11eferred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A hill to amend an Act providing for the creation of a Board of Examiners for Stationary Engineers for Fulton county, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By ~Ir. Xewton of Morgan-

A bill to amend section 826 of the Civil Code, and for -other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By l\h. 1Iorris of Cobb-

A bill to amend section 3826 of the Civil Code, which relates to right of actions in cases of homicide by railroads, .and for other purposes.
Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Freeman of Coweta, 300 copies of Honse Bill No. 306, the same being a bill to provide for the listing and assessing of real and personal property of this State for the purpose of taxation; to create a Board Of Tax Commissioners; to cteate a Board of Assessors in -each county in this State, and for other purposes, were .oroered printed for the use of the House.

Upon motion of Mr. Freeman of Coweta, said bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee Qn \Vays and l\Ieans.

The Senate amendment to the following bill was conCnrred in, to wit:
By Mr. Harvard of Dooly-
A bill to prohibit the baitiug or killing of doves thus ;lJaited, and for other purposes.
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The following resolution was read the first time, to wit~.

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-

A bill to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant for $87.50 to pay for chairs for committee rooms.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By l\Ir. Ellis of Bibb--

A bill to amend the charter of the city of l\Iacon, and for other .purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

( )n pa,;;>'age of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requi;;;ite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Bv :\Ir. Lee of Pulaski--

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the tul\n of Cochran, to institute an<l maintain a system of waterworks and other impt.,vements, and fot othet purpose:-.

The report of the committee, which wa,.; favmabll' t,l the passage of the hill, was agreed to.

On passage of the hill the a.H" were 93, nays o.

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So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to impose a penalty for failure to pay taxes, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 9.5 and the nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Ousley of Lowndes-

A bill to amend the charter of the <?ity of Yaldosta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was fayomble to the pa!'lsage of the bill, wa'5 agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, and the nay8 0.

So the bill having received the reCJuisite constitutional majority was passed.

By l\lr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city eounl'il of Augusta tn impose a penalty for failure to make tax returns, and for <lther purpm;es.

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The report of the committee, which was fayorabJe to the passage ot the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, and nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutionaf .majority was passed.

Ry l\Ir. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Augusta to enforce the collection of all taxes, etc., for use of water, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was iilVorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jones of Burke-

A bill to compensate the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Burke county for their services, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to amend the charter of Leesburg, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor, have had under consideration the following resolutions, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit :
A Resolution-Resolved, That the privileges of the House be tendered to Col. W. A. Jordan, T. E. Hightower and A. J. Singletary of Blakely, Ga., during their stay in the city.
A Resolution-Resolved, That Dr. E. E. Dixon of Hall, chairman Board of Trustees of Georgia Sanitarium, be allowed the privileges of the floor of the House during his stay in the city.
A Resolution-Resolved, That the privileges of the

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floor be extended to Hon. Waring Russell during his stay in the city.
Respectfully submitted.

B. B. BOWER, JR., Chairman Committee on Privileges of Floor.

The following Joint Resolution was read the second time and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution requesting our Senator:S aud Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts in furtherance of the completion of the Xicaragua Canal, and for other purposes.
The following bill was tead the second time, to wit:
By :\Ir. Barwick of Emanuel-
A bill to establish the city court. of the city of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.
l\Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
}fi. Speaka :
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an .Act to establish, maintain and regulate a dispensary in the town of Blakely, Early county, Jeorgia, for the sale of ardent spirit~;, malt liquors, wines, cider and other intoxi~ants, and to perpetuate a Board of Commissioners for the management of said dispensary, and for other purposes, approved December 16th, 1897.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "un Act to alter and amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts granting corporate authority to the town of Sparta, and to confer additional powers upon the mayor and aldermen of said town, and for other purposes,'' approved December 9th, 1890, by the cteation of the office of Recorder of said town, prescribing the method of conducting the Recorder's Court, the duties and compensation of ;.;aid Recorder, aud for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to provide that the city couucil of Augusta shall not be required to use its common seal in making and establishing by-laws, rules and ordinances, and to confirm all by-laws, rules and ordinances hitherto made and established, and for other pur_poses.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the city -council of Augusta exclusively to fix within prescribed limits all fines and punishments for violation of any rules, by-laws and ordinances established by said city council.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

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The following privilege resolutions were read and\ adopted, to wit:

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
Resolved that the privileges of the floor be extended to Hon. Waring Russell, during his stay in the city.
By Mr. Smith of Hall-

Resolved that Dr. E. E. Dixon of Hall, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Georgia Sanitarium, be allowed theprivileges of the floor of the House, during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Lane of Early--
Resolved that the privileges of the House be extendedto Col. W. A. Jordan, T. E. Hightower and A. J. Single-tary of Blakely, Georgia, during their stay in the city.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill to ar:t;J.end section 574, Volume I. of the Code oi 1895, and for other purposes.
Referred to GenElll"3.l. Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Comruis-

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sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Baldwin, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County matters.

By Ml'. Patk of Tton p-

A bill to repeal an Act to submit to the qualifie<P voters of Troup county the question whether or not spirituous liquors shall be sold, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to pay off and retire bonds of the State as they mature, by levy and collection of a tax, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. McDonough of ChathamA bill to repeal an Act providing for and regulating
municipal elections, and fot other plll'poses.
Heferred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. l{udicil of Chattooga-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Lyerly in Chattooga county, and fot other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Bennett of Mitchell-

A bill to regulate and control the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of l\litchell through the medium of dispensaties, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee 011 Temperance.

By Mr. King of Houston-

A bill to amend the Constitution of t!Je State, uy adding to pamgraph 1 of section 12 of Article i certain words, and for 0thc1 purposes.

Heferred to Committee ou Educatio11.

By Mr. ~IcFarla11d of Fr,lllklin-
A bill to amend section 309 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Hefened to Ways and Mea11s Committee.

By Mr. Park of Troup-

A bill to repeal an A.ct authorizing the town of Hogansville to organize a public school system, anu for other purposes.

Refened to Committee on Education.

l\Ir..Jordan of Jasper, chairman of the General Agricultural Committee, submitted the following report:
JI r. Speal-.er: The Committee on Geneml Agriculture have had

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under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report buck with the recommeudation that the same do pass, to wit :

A bill to be entitled an Act to discoumge the keeping and breeding of dogs, to provide for the extermination -of such as l1ave no owners, to levy a tax upon the same, to define the tern1 "owner," as applied to dogs, and for other purposes.

Also, the committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which they have instructed me to report back to the House with the request that the introdncets of said bills be permitted to withdmw them from ftnther co.tsideration of the House, to. wit:
By Mr. Hill of Wilkes, relating to tax on dogs.

By Mt. Dews of Handolph, relating to tax on dogs.

By Mr. King of Housto11, relating to tax on dogs.

By Mr. King of Houston, relating to bettet protection of game.
Respectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

The following bills were read the thinl time by unanimous consent and put upon theit passage, to wit: By ::\Ir. McDonough of Chatham-
A LilT to repeal an Act to create a board of fite com-

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missiouets fot the city of Savannah, and for othet purposes.

The repott of the committee, which was favol'able to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the l'eqnisite constitutional majotity, was passed.

By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of watet commissionets for Savannah, and for other purposes.
The repotL of the committee, which was favomble to the passage of the bill, waE> agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes Wel'e 100, nays 0.
So the bill ha\'iug l'eceived the requisite constitutional majol'ity was passed.

By Ml'. McDonough of Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act to pl'ohibit in Chatham county the holding of more than one office by one pet'son at one time, and for othet putposes.
'fhe t'eport of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes wete 109, nays 0.

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So the bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. ~IcDonough of Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act to c1eate the office of commissioner of public works of city of Savannah, and for other puqwses.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majo1ity was passed.

By Mr. )lcDonough of Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act to c1eate a boatd of tax assessors and receivers fot the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favomble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the hill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
So the bill having teceived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

I~y l\Ir. l\IcDonougl of ChathamA bill to repeal an act to c1eate a board of pulice _

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commissioners for the city of Savannah, and for othet purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agteed to.

On passage of the hill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

Sv the hill having received the t"eftnisite constitutional majority was passe<l.

By Mr. Park of Gteene-
A bill to repeal an ~let to provide for the examination of private banks by the Bank Examiner of this State, an<l for other pnrposes.
The repot"t of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agtee<l to.
On passage of the bill the ayes wct"e [0;), nays 0.
So the bill ba\ing recei\etl the refplisite constitutional ma.iotity "as passe<l.

The following l'Olllmnnieation wa,; t'eeei\etl fmtn His Exeelleney, the Govemol". thrnngii his Secretary, :\Ir. Hiteh, to wit:
J[r. '"peu/;c1:
I am diredetl by tl1e Gon.>l'lltll" tl deliver to tb, Iluu,;e of HLpresentatives a eomm1tnieation in \\riting.

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STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, ATLANTA, GA., November 26, 1898.
To the Senate and House of Repre8entathe8:
By a joint resolution of the Geneml Assembly approved on the 6th day of December, 1897, it was made the duty of the Governor to appoint a commission of seven citizens of this State'' to communicate \vith the Legislatures of each of the Sou them States with a view to securing co-operation in formulating and putting in execution without unnecessary delay some plan by which an amount of money a<lequate to the undertaking'' may be appropriate<! by the respective States" to mark and properly care fur the graves of Confederate soldiers who gave their lives iu defense of a cause they believe<l to be jnst and lie hnried in Xorthern States.
In compliance with the re(luirements of this resolution, the Governor of this State appointed as said commission General C. A. En111s, F. Edgeworth Eve, Robert E. Park, :\I. Newman, A. II. Fonte, William K. Pilsbnry and G. :\I. ~one!, who l1ave made progress in the work assigne<l them an<l snbmitted the report herewith ttansmitted to your honorable bodies for yonr conHideration and such action as yon may tleem proper.
A. n. CAXI>LEH, Govemor.

Tf,e Gorenwl', the Se11aie, a11d the J1,jiW' of Represeutatircs.
The following report j,- ~nh111itt!'tl in compliance ~with a jnint rf'solntion of t lw la~t Lf'gi"'la tnn nf Georgia, appruYf'd cn the nth clay of Dec(Jnh(r. I ~!17. and which i" a,.; folio\\~:

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""Whereas, The Daughters of the Confederacy residing in Georgia have brought to the attention of this IJ.,norable Ueneral Assembly the fact that there are in Northern States thirty thousand unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers, 'vho gave theirlives in defense of a cause they believed to be just and right, and
..Whereas, It is the bounden duty of the Southern people to see that the graves of their heroes shall each be suitably marked and cared for, and
Whereas, Cooperation on the part of the Southern .States is essential to the accomplishment of this purpose; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he ie hereby authorized and requested to appoint a Commission of seven citizens of this State, whose duty it shall be to communicate with the Legislatnres of eaeh of the South-ern States with a view to securing cooperation in formulating and putting into execution without necessary delay some plan by which an amount of money adequate to the undertaking hereinbefore alluded to may be appropriated by the respective States and applied to the object named under such rules and regulations as the Legislatures of the .several States interested may prescribe. It shall be the duty of said Commission, through his Excellency, the Gov~rnor, to report to the next General Assembly of this State all the information gleaned on the subject referred to, to_gether with such recommendations as may, in the Commission's judgment, place Georgia in line with her sister .States in this good work.

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Resolved further, That the Governor be requested to have furnished a duly certified copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to the President of the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and to the Commission provided for in said resolution.
Under the foregoing resolution the undersigned were appointed by the Governor as members of the Commission~ and they proceeded at once into an investigation of the important subject committed to their care. In the midst of the execution of these duties the death occurred of the Hon. William K. Pilsbury, a valuable member of the Commission,after which lamented event the remaining memlH'rs proceeded to bring the work assigned them to a proper conclusion.
Through the courtesy of General Marcus J. 'Vright, a Confederate officer, now in the \Var Records office at \Vash-
ington; General H. V. Boynton, an officer of the Union
army, now with the Chickamauga National Park Commission, and various other persons of the South and the North, the Commissioners are enabled to report the following as an approximately correct statement of the numbers of Confederates who died during the Confederate war in Northern prisons, and were buried near the places where they died:

ILLINOIS_

At Chicago; known graves .. -.... Estimated on the records, which
were destroyed by fire....... At Alton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31 h j

4,729
1,500 2,218

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At Camp Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 At Rock Island....... . . . . . . . . . 1,960 At :Mound City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Total in lllinois .............. 10,911

Indiana-Indianapolis..... . . . . . . 1,484

New Jersey-Finns Point........ 1,434

New York-Elmira and Long Island, 3,435

Ohio-Johnson Island and Colum-

bus.... . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,367

Pennsylvania-Philadelphia and

Pittsburg.... . . . . . . . .

239

Wisconsin-J\fadison.... . . . . . . . 137

Maryland-Point Lookout..

2,159

Total known ................ 22,166

It has been ascertained that while the graves o our Southern soldiers who died as prisoners o war have been generally neglected, there are a few instances in which patriotic and humane efforts have been made to remove the reproach o this neglect rom our Country's name. Among indiYidual efforts stands conspicuous the work o "a widowed Southern born woman," J\Irs. Alice \V. \Vaterman, who found a lonely cemetery near J\fadison, \Visconsin, where 137 Confederate prisoners had been buried, and bv personal liberality and labor turned the spot into a place now called "Confederate Rest." Almoet matching this noble action, Col. \Ym. 1-I. Knauss, o Columbus, Ohio, a

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Federal soldier, undertook to save the graves of Southern soldiers near that city from desecration. Additional to these worthy efforts there have been erected through the combination of Southern and Northern sympathies two splendid monuments to the Confederate dead in Northern States-one in K ew York City and the other in Chicago.

Certain associations have been aroused to consideration of the sacred duty of this country to bestow due attention to the graves of those noble men who were captured in battle and many of them died in prison beeause the usual exchange of prisoners was forbidden. These as...c:.ociations thus deeply interested, are: the United Confederate Veterans, the United Sons of Veterans, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Ladies' 1femorial Association, besides minor bodies in Richmond, V a.; Washington, D. C.; Nashville, Tenn., and elsewhere. The Commission finds that these associations are embarrassed by lack of means to make their benevolent intentions practicable.

Pending a full investigation, the Commission addressed a letter to each of the Governors of Southern States, as required by the joint resolution, a copy of which is hereto attached. These letters contained a full statement, and were accompanied with full copies of the resolution. The communication thus prepared was for,varded through the Governor, and the Commission was gratified by a prompt and favorable reply from every Governor to whom the commul:Iication was sent. The joint resolution of the Legislature o Georgia, together with the communication of this Com-

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mission will be laid, by these GoYernors, before the Legislatures of their respective States.

Their letters are submitted with this report.

In concluding the duties which the Commissioners have most cheerfully discharged to the best of their ability, they beg leave to recommend that the State of Georgia shall, in some practical way, become associated with other States of the South, and \Yith the Government of the lJnited States, and with the several patriotic associations above named, in putting into execution a noble purpose to rescue the graves of our honorable and brave soldiers from unseemly neglect, and to save American people from the disgrace which that neglect imposes upon them.

The Commission respectfully suggest that an exammation of the records of the above mentioned prisons and other National cemeteries be made, and that copies be secured of the records of Georgia soldiers buried in those cemeterieb, :md that the same be led in the office of the AdjutantGeneral for permanent preserYation. This record can be obtained at small expense of the clerical work.

The Commiesion further suggest that the headstone inscribed with the name of the deceased s~ldier, and of the regiment or other command with \Yhich he served, should permanentl~v mark the spot where his body lies buried near these prisons or in X ational cemeteries.

The Commission is of the opinion that a presentation of this subject by the Senators and RepresentatiYes in Con--

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gress from Georgia would induce the attention of the United States Congress to this delicate and pathetic subject which it moet clearly deserves.
Respectfully submitted with 'documents attached.

Clement A. Evans, F. Edgeworth Eve, Robert E. Park, M. Newman, A.M. Foute, G. M. Sorrel.

Atlanta, Georgia, !larch 30, 1898.
To His .Euellency, the Governor, and to the Legislature of the State of
We have the honor of constituting a Commission appointed by the Governor of Georgia in compliance with a joint resolution of the Legislature, approved by him, to communicate with the Legislature of each of the Southern States upon a subject of important and pathetic interest.
The attention of the Governor and the Legislature was recently called by the Daughters of the Confederacy residing in Georgia specifically to "the fact that there are in the N"orthern States thirty thousand unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers who gave their lives obediently to their States in defense of a cause they believed to be just and right." Sympathizing with the sentiment expressed by these tender and true Southern women, that "it is the bounden duty of the Southern people to see that the graves

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o:f these heroes shall each be suitably marked and properly cared for," the Georgia Legislature authorized, and the Governor appointed this Commission to invoke the cooperation of all Southern States in an appropriate designation of these graves of brave men by the names of those who fill them out in durable headstones.

The records of many National cemeteries, and of far more numerous private burial grounds, give memorable and terrible evidence of the loss of life in the four years of firm resistance made by the South to the armies of invasion. In the official report of the Quartermaster-General's office, July 1, 1896, appears a list of National cemeteries, containing a total of 335,819 interments, of which 9,300 are Confederates. The United States Government is caring for these cemeteries by large appropriations supplemented by contributions from many sources. So far as has been a::tcertained, the graves of our Confederate dead within the boundaries of the Southern States have been cared for chiefly by the ministrations of our loving Southern women, who have also, from time to time, made appeals in behalf of those graves situated outside the Southern States, which their faithful services, thus far haYe been unable tD reach.

The Commission have the information that Southern Confederate soldiers are buried in large numbers in the following cemeteries in the K orthern States, to wit: Alton, Ill.; Camp Butler, Ill.; Camp X orton, Indianapolis, Ind.; Elmira, N. Y.; Finn's Point, N. J.; Johnson's Island,
Ohio; Hart's Island, N. Y.; Sandusky, Ohio; Philadelphia,

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Pa.; Peapatoh Island, Delaware; Fort Delaware; Madison, wisconsin; also in the cemeteiies of Chicago, Pittsburg and Loudon. Without counting those buried in Washington, and on various battlefields, and in scattered burial grounds, it appears that 25,000 brave men are reposing near the prisons in Northern States, where they were kept in confinement until they died.

It is gratifying to us to be able to say to you that ali these gTaves have not been totally neglected. By the erlorts of one noble Southern woman the burial place of 139 Confederate soldiers at Madison, Wi~onsin, has been protected. and now awaits our assistance in having their graves suitably marked. Our ex-Confederate survivors residing in Chicago and ~ew York City have affectionately protected the remains of thcir comrades who sleep in the custody of those great cities. A. patriotic Federal soldier, Mr. Knauss, has taken fraternal and praiseworthy action in regard to our dead in Ohio. So elsewhere, enough has been done to now show us where the Southern States may cooperate in a more complete preservation of the burial places of men who obeyed the call of the State, and by that obedience lost their lives.
In presenting this communication through the Governor to the Legislature, we do not deem it necessary to enter into further details and would not presume to suggest any measureS beyond the appointment of a Commission, without expense, to have charge of this important matter and such appropriation as may be necessary to properly mark the graves in Northern States of those devoted young men

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who died for their States, far away frmn home, and who were buried where they died.
V\Te have the honor to be,

Your obedient servants,

Clement A. Evans, F. Edgeworth Eve, Robert E. Park, M. Newman, A.M. Foute, W m. K. Pilsbury, G. M. Sorrel, Commissioners for Georgia.

Upon motion of Mr. Knowles of Fulton, 300 eopies of report of the Special Committee on the Graves of Southern Soldiers buried near Northern prisons, were ordered to be printed for the use of the House.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
Mr. Speaker :
His Excellency, the Governor, bas approved and signed the following Act, to wit :
" An Act to amend the charter of the city of Fitzgerald, and for other purposes."

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The following joint resolution was introduced, read the tirst time and appropriatly referred, to wit:

:By Mr. Freeman -of Cowta-

A joint resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money suffici.ent to supply casual deficiencies, and for -other purposes.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

A communication in writing was received through Mr. Calvin of Richmond, from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Georgia, asking that a measure be introduced in this session of the Legislature to have Scientific Temperance Instructions taught in the public schools of this State, and f-or otoor purposes.
The same was read and referred to Committee on Edu-cation.
Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved that House bills number 30 .and 129 be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion was agreed to.

The following Senate bills were read the first time and .appropriately referred, to wit :

.By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to reduce and regulate the fees of Notaries Public :and other officers in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to amend Sec. 3950 of the Civil Code of 1895, by making certain additions thereto, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Steed of tLe 23d District-
A bill to require sleeping-cat companies to furnish separate compartments for white and colored passengers and extend police p8wers to conductors, and for ot.her purposes.
Referred to Railroad Committee.

By Mr. Underwood of the 32d District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to allow county officers of this State, until the first day of January next, after the election, in which to file their several bonds, as now required by law, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Underwood of the 32d District--
A bill to allow constables to levy and collect superior, city and county court fi. fas. where the same can be levied on personal property and the principal snrn does not exceed $100, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-

A bill to amend sectit\n 72 of volume 1 of the Code, in the eighth subsection thereof, which relates to the dutiesof election superintendents, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wight of the 1Oth District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Albany, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters..
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Monday, November 28, 1898.

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. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called, and the following members answered-. to their names : Messrs.-

Adams,, Adamson, Allen, Anderson,

Arnold, Barron, Barwick, BRss,

Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding,

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Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Sowen, Bower, ..Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, :Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carttr, Chappell, Cook, Copt land, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, ;Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart,
~Fain,
.Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, .Fort, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twigg~,

Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkfs, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Johneon of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, .Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris,

Mullins, McCants, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Pate, Post, Price, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sttwart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,

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Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union,

Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham,

Wood, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Bond, Castleberry, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Gay, Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Hardwick, Henderson of Irwin,

Henderson of Wash't'nOverstreet,

Jarnagin,

Padgett,

Johnson of Appling, Park of Greene,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Troup,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Effingham,_

King,

Reid,

Lane of Early,

Richardson,

Martin,

Simpson,

McCranie,

Singletary,

McDonough,

Spinks,

McMillan,

Sturgis,

Newton,

Woodall.l

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read andi
confirmed.

The following resolution was introduced, read and' adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing that the> order of business forthis day's session, immediately after '-'the order of the day," shall be as follows :
1st. Reading of Senate and House bills, favorably re-ported, second time.
2d. Senate bills for first readi.ng.

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3d. Call of the roll of counties for the introduction . of new matter.

4th. The Calendar.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Underwood of the 32d district-
A bill to amend section 341 of the Code, by inserting after the word " any " and before the word " pistol '' the words ''any kind of metal knucks," and for other purposes.

The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:

By 1\Ir. Pace of Newton-
A bill to alter and amend paragraph 2, section 2 of arti-
cle 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, and for other pur-
poses.

By Messrs. Mayson and George of DeKalb-
A bill to incorporate the town of Edgewood, in DeKalb county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee-
A bill to regulate settlements to be made by the taxcollectors of the State, of railroad taxes recP-ived by them, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit any person or association from maintaining or operating a railroad along or across any public roads or streets in this State, or obstruct any public r0ads or streets, without being first incorporated under the General Laws of this State, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, th~ above bill, No. 92, was made the special order for Wednesday next immediately after the reading of the Journal.

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-
A bill to amend section 2185 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Cook of Heard-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to authorize the Treasurer of the State to draw on any funds in. the State Treasury to the amount of $400,000 to pay school-teachers, and for other purpm;es.
By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill to provide for a change of venue in certain civil ca!"es, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
A bill to amend section 1378, of Volume I. of the Code, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-

A bill to amend section 1301 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Walker of Union-
A bill to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code of 1895, in regard to stock law in militia districts, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Beauchamp of Pike-
A bill to authorize the Trustees of the University of Georgia to operate summer sessions in graduate and postgraduate courses, for the benefit of white teachers of this State without regard to sex, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 815 of Volume III. of the Code of 1895, regarding jul'y lists, and for othe1 purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to provide for the election of their clerks by the Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the various counties of this State, and for other purposes.

By .Mr. llall of Bibb-
A bill to change the time of holding the spring term of the superior court ot :Bibb connty, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Bynum of Columbia-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Columbia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Floyd county, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-
A bill to provide for a new charter for the town of Clarkston, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Board of Pharmaceutic Examiners, etc., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Esterlin of Macon-
A bill to amend au Act requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish a Department of Horticulture and Pomology, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city of Augusta to fix the number of its members necessary to constitute a quorum, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to grant and convey so much of Vvalker street as may be necessary to construct a passenger depot, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to establish a State Board of Embalming, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Dews of Randolph, Hill of Wilkes, King of Houston, McDonald of Ware, and Rose of Camden-

A bill to discourage the breeding of dogs, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harrell of Dodge-

A bill to amend the 20th sectioi1 of an Act to incorporate the town of Eastman, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1254 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to regulate and control the expenditure of county funds, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to amend the charter of Sharpsburg, Ga., and for other purposes.

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By :'IIr. Smith of Hancock-

A bill to repeal an Act providing for the payment of certain insohent costs 111 the Northern Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Hancock-
A bill to repeal an Act providing for the payment of insolvent costs of the justices of the peace, notaries public and constaules of Hancock county, and r.,r other purposes.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purpose...

By Mr. Jones of Burke-
A bill to amend section 4 of an Act incorporating the city of W'aynesboro, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1:.:!50 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Hancock-
A bill to repeal an Act providing for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the NrJrthern Judicial Circuit as relates to the county of Hancock, and for other purposes.

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By .Mr. Henderson of lrwm-

A bill to amend the charter of Ocilla, and for other purposes .

.By Mr. Ford ofWorth-
A bill to incorporate the town of Sylvester, and for other purposes.
By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-
A bill to provide for a system of public schools for Clarkston, and for other purposee.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to provide that the city council of Augu~ta be not required to use its common seal in making and establis!Jing by-law8, and for other purposes.

By l\Ir. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to fix all fines and punishments for violation of by-laws and ordinances, and fur other purposes.

By Mr. Lane of Early-
A bill to repeal au Act to establish and maintain a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardin of WilkesA bill to authorize the mayor and city council of "rash-

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ington to issue bonds to pay for waterworks, etc., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to authorize the republication of certain Georgia Reports, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to amend section 98 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, Vol. I., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Merritt of Hancock-

A bill to amend an Act granting corporate authority to the town of Sparta, and fur other purposes.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A hill to repeal an Act providing for the creation of a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Oconee, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee--
A bill to authorize the St. Luke Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Columbus, to create a loan by deed or mortgage, or otherwise, for certain purposes, and for other purpoEes.

Mr. Bryan, Chairman pro tem. of the Special Agriculture Committee, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture have bad under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the IIouse with the recommendation that the same "do pass,'' to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, in regard to stock law, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. W. C. BRYAN,
Chairman pro tern. Com. Special Agriculture.

The following Joint Resolution was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing for the payment to Mrs. Anna E. Branch certain moneys in the Treasury growing out of the sale of certain wild lands, and for other purposes.
Upon the call of the roll of counties the fDllowing bills were introduced, read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Walker of Union-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Union, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Co'.lllty and County Matters.

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503

By Mr. Bowen of Wilcox-

A bill to change the county site of Wilcox county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Rogers of Marion--

A bill to fix the salary of the judge of the county court of Marion county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to amend section 5269(3) of the Civil Code of 1895, and for ot?er purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. \,Yooten of Calhoun-
A bill to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent costs of the sneriff of Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to amend section 1916, Vol. II. of the Code of 1895,. and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to regulate the payment of insolvent costs o0f the clerk of the city court of Richmond county, and for otherpurposes.

Referred to Committee on Corpomtions. By Mr. Lane of Bibb-

A bill to amend section 4517 of the Civil Code ofGeorgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Erwin of Clark-

A bill to create a Board of Police and Fire Commissioners for the city of Athens, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Adamson of Clayton-

A bill to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clayton county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-

A bill to provide for the record of judgments and decrees

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and notices of suits transferring or affecting the titles to real estate, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judriciary Committee.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roadsand Revenue for the county of Thomas, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County llfatters;.

By Mr. Mitchell of The mas-

A bill to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the counties of Cam- den, Thomas and Echols, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County Matters,

By Mr. Pace of Newton-

A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and' Revenues in the county of Newton, to establish a dispensary, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr.. Erwin of Clarke-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Bank of the University of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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The following message was received from the Senate cthrough Mr. Northen, the Secretary of the Senate.

:Jir. Speaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional -majority the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to establish a city court of Dawson; iu Terrell -county.
Also, a bill to amend an Act approved December 4th, to vest in the mayor of Savannah the veto power.
Also, a bill to provide compensation for jurors in forcible -eqtry and detainer cases.
Also, a bill to amend section 2250 of the Code as to the manner of collecting claims for stock killed on railroads.
Also, a bill repealing sections 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259 and 2260 of the Code.
Also1 a bill to amend section 698 of Volume 3 of the Code, which relates to setting woods on fire.
Also, a bill to repeal an Act to create a county court in -each county of this State, so far as the same relates to Terrell county.
Also, a bill to make it unlawful upon the death of certain employees, whose wages are not subject to garnisb:ment, due shall be paid the widow without administration.

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Also, a bill to amend an Act reincorporating the town of Thomasville, Ga.

Also, a bill to crate a Board of Roads and Revenues for Twiggs county.

The following House bill was read second time and report of the committee agreed to and bill lost, to wit :

A bill to regulate the sale of cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls in this State.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to create a new charter for the city of Cedartown in Polk county.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By 1\:lr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to wilfully or wantonly discharge a gun or pistol on Sunday except in defense of person or property, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pas!:>'age of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95 and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta--

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Newnan to establish a system of sewers and drains, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to amend section 341 of Vol. III. of the Code,. which relates to the carrying of concealed weapons, and for other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the above bill was temporarily tabled, owing to the absence of the author

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By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to require the judges of the Superior Courts to decide all motions for new trials, and for other purposes.

The above bill was made the special order for Tuesday morning immediately after the reading of the journal, on motion of Mr. Morris of Cobb.

By Mr. Bynum of Columbia--
A bill to repeal an Act consolidating the office of clerk .and treasurer in Columbia county, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Bynum of Columbia, the above bill was temporarily tabled.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to fix the time for the election of all city officers now elected by the council of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Slaton the above bill was tabled temporarily on account of the absence of the author.

The following Joint Resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette--
A resolution to pay the widow of J. W. Willoby the pension due him for 189S, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the

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House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the purpose of considering said resolution.

The Speaker designated as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Rawls of Effingham.

After considering s1id resolution the committee arose, and the Chairman thereof reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The report of the Committee of the Whole was agreed to.

Upon passage .of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered.

Upon taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirm9.tive were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black ~f Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Canoll,

Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Esterlin,

Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harrison,

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Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hutchins, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones o Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Mitchell, Morris,

Mullins, McCants, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, Pate, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil,

Simpson, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stone, Swift, 'l'isinger, Timmerman, Tra<'y, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford,.. Walker of Unim, Watkins, Williams, 'Vood, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bond, Castleberry, Darnell, Emanuel, Fender, Gay, George, Griffin of Twiggs,

Hall,

King,

Hammett,

Knowles,

Hammond,

Lane of Early,.

Hardin of Wilkes, Laing,

Henderson of Irwin, LaRoche,

Henderson of "'rVash't'nLatimer,

Hosch,

Lee,

Jarnagin,

Martin,

Johnson of Appling, Merritt,

Johnson of Baker, Moore,

Jones of Dougherty, McUranie,

Jordan of Pulaski, McDonough,.

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McMillan, .Xewt:m, Overstreet, :Padgett, Park of Greene, Reid,

Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Stubbs, Stewart,

Tatum, Taylor, Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Lane of Bibb moved to dispense with the verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

Upon counting the vote the ayes were 120 and the nays 0.

So the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bill was read the second time, to wit :

By 1\Ir. Rawls of Effingham-
A biil to designate the opening hour of polls and allow proper freeholder to manage the election when no proper officer appears to take charge, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

:Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges ofthe Floor, submitted the following report.
Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolutions, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that same be adopted, to wit :

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A Resolution-Resolved, that the privileges of the floor 'be extended to Col. Chas. H. Caldwell and Capt. J. P. Williams, during their stay in the city.

A Resolution-Resolved that W. 0. Connor, Superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf, be accorded the privileges of the floor of the House, during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submitted.

B. B. BOWER, JR. Chairman Committee on Privileges of Floor.

Mr. Turner, of Henry, Chairman of Committee on PubJic Library, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with a recommendation that the !'arne do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to be entitled an Act to fix the price of all Geor:gia Reports sold by the State Librarian at two dollars per volume, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
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PAUL TURNER, Chairman.

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Mr. W. T. Lane, Chairl?an pro tem. of General Judi~ ciary Committee, submitted the following report :

]Ifr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that thesame as amended do pass, to wit :

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2185 of the Code of Georgia by striking out the words " the salary of each Commissioner shall be twenty-five hundred dollars" in the 9th and lOth lines of said section, and inserting " the salary of the chairman of said railroad commission shall be two thousand dollars, and the salary of each associate Commissioner shall be seventeen hundred and fifty dollars.
Respectfully submitted.
W. T. LANE, Chairman pro tem. Gen. Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitte~ the following report :
:lfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to re~

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port back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled au Act to provide for the payment out of the convict funds of certain costs accrued in the conviction of felonies.

Respectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON,
Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Resolved, That the Governor of Georgia is hereby requested to furnish, at the earliest date practicable, to the Honse of Representatives, a statement of all expenditures from the contingent fund or any other fund, and for other purposes.
The following amendment was offered and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Amend by adding " fur the years 1897 and 1898" at the end of said resolution.
The resolution was then adopted as amended.

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The following joint resolution was read and ordered laid on the table for one day, to wit:

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
Resolved by the House the Senate concurring, That a : Jint committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to investigate and report upon the op-eration and results of the Northeastern Railroad, and for .nther purposes.

By unanimous consent, the same was taken up and :adopted.

The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-
Resolved, That W. 0. Connor, Superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf, be accorded the privileges of the floor of the House during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Hopkins of Mcintosh-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended Col. Chas. H. Caldwell and Capt. J. P. Williams during their stay in the city.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

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By Mt'. Bell of Spalding-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act establishing a charter for the city of Griffin, and for other purposes.

l{eferred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mt. Hutchins of Gwinnett-

A !Jill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Gwinnett, and for other purposes.

Refel'red to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution was introduced, read and lost, to wit:

By Mt. Turner of Helll'y-

A resolution providing fot the appointment of a porter for the post-office department, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Allen of Baldwin, House Bill No. 317 was withdmwn ftom Committee on County and County Matter" and referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mt. Slaton of Fulton, the House nonconcurred in the Senate amendment to House bill No. 125, the same being a bill to establish the criminal court of Atlanta, and for other putposes.

A petition was received in writing from the grand jury of the Hat'alson superior court, through Mr.

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Griffith of Hamlson, asking that a measure be inttoduced by which all real or personal ptoperty of this State subject to taxation shall be assessed at its true value for taxation, and for other purposes.

The petition was referred to Ways and Means Committee.

The following bill was read the third time and tabled upon motion of Mr. Bush of Millet, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another in this State, unless he has permission in writing, and for other purposes.

Leaves of absence were gmnted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Moore of Carroll, Park of Greene, Smith of Hall, Martin of Banks, Bond of Madison, Tatum of Dade, Laing of Terrell, King of Houston, J otdan ot Pulaski, Bennett of Mitchell, Lane of Early.

Mr. Johnson of Floyd, chaitman of the Committee to Visit Educational Institutions at Milledgeville and Athens, asked leave of absence fot his committee to visit said institutions.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1898.

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. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: Messrs.-

.i\dams, Adam~ on, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Beauchamp, Bell of For~ytb, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

Chappell, Cook, Darnell, D.1vid, Denny,
Dc!WB,
Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, E,terlin, Everett of Pulk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, George, Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of \Vash't'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins,

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Johmon of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jont>s of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoache, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath,

1\lcFarland, McGehet>, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, P.ttE>, Park of GreenP, P.trk of Troup, Post, Price, Raw:s of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, ReynolJs, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall,

Smith of Hancock,. l::lnell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylur, Tisinger, Ti nmerman, Tracy, Turner of IT enry, Turner of Rockdale,. Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford,. Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, W1lliams, Willingham,. Wood, Woodall,. Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker;

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Gay,

Bennett of PiercE>, Hammond,

Castle berry,

Jarnagin,

Copeland,

Johnson of Floyd,

Jordan of PuL1ski,. MoorE>, McMillan, Sturgis.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals,.

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reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal wus read and confirmed.
Mr. King of Houston, asked that House Bill No. 329,. be withdrawn from the Committee on Education, and committed to Committee on Constitutional Amendments, which. request was granted.

By unanimous consent the following joint resolution. was read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton:

A joint resolution providing for an expert accountant for the Joint Committee, to investigate the condition of the State Treasury.

On motion of Mr. Knowles of Fulton, the above resolution was immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By unanimous consent the following Senate Bill was read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :

By Mr. Brannen of the 38th DistrictA bill to amend all Acts incorporating the town of Cedar-
town, and for other purposes. . Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By unanimous consent the following House bills wereread the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :

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By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Monroe, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on County and County :Matters.

By Mr. Everett of Stewart-

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Lumpkin, in Stewart county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

On motion of Mr. Tatum of Dade, the report of the Committee on Elections, which was made the special order to-day, was displaced and made the special order for Thursday immediately after the reading of the journal.

The following bill which was made the special order for to-day, was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to require all judges of the superior courts of this State, in counties having 50,000 inhabitants, to decide all motions for new trials within thirty days, and in counties of more than 50,000 inhabitants within ninety days, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 107 and the nays 20.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Morris of Cobb, the above bill was immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary Mr. Hitch, to wit:

fifr. Speaker:

I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to tLe House of Representatives a communication in writing.

STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA, November 25, 1898.

'To the Senate and House of Representatives:
On the 9th instant I had the honor to call the attention Of your honorable bodies to a special report of the State Treasurer, showing that there would be a deficit in the public revenues on the 20th of July next of about five hundred and forty-five thousand ($545,000.00) dollurs. In this message I expressed the hope that the representatives of the people would find some way of meeting the condition that confronted us without resorting to a further increase in the rate of taxation which is already the highest

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in the history of the State, while the ability of the great body of our people, those engaged in tilling the soil, is, owing to the unprecedentedly low price of their products, less than it has ever been in the past. But I made no specific recommendation as to how to supply the deficiency in revenue, believing that the General Assembly in its wisdom would be able without suggestion from me to solve in the wisest manner, the problem that confronts us. But the discussion of the questions of taxation and revenue has developed so much diversity of opinion not only as to the actual condition of the treasury, but as to how to surmount the difficulties that confront us, and so much he~i tation in suggesting a remedy is manifested, that I deem it my duty to communicate to you the conclusions at which I have arrived after a most careful consideration of the question.
It has been suggested that a revision of our entire taxing system will develop an amount of property which now escapes taxation, large enough to yield revenue sufficient to make up the deficiency in the State's revenues. No doubt such a revision, the importance of which I most earnestly urge upon the attention of the General Assembly, would uncover for taxation a large amount of property which now eludes the hand of the tax gatherer, but not a sufficient amount to make up the deficiency in the State's revenue. The class of copy which escapes the taxing officer is usually stocks and bonds and other evidences of indebtedness. While much property of this character undoubtedly escapes taxation, it is not as much as many suppose, for our high rates of taxation, State, county and mu-

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nicipal, have driven it largely out of the State. The price

<>f money is exceedingly low. No good bond now sells in

the market higher than a three and a half per cent basis.

In most of the counties the State and county taxes amount

to one per cent., and in most of the cities the tax gatherer

demands about as much for municipal purposes. Hence to

the holder of such securities there is left after paying

taxes, State, county and municipal, only one and one-half

per cent. net on his investment. This is so low that it is

to his interef't to place his money elsewhere, where it will yield a better profit. He, therefore, seeks refuge in New

England trust companies and savings banks, where he es-

capes taxation. This being the case no taxing system can

be devised that will reach this class of property while our

tax rates are so high, and even if, as hoped by some, large

amounts of this sort of property could be reached and

made to bear its share of the burthens of government,

it could not be done in time to meet the liabilitiPs f the State which will press upon us in the

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next SIX or eight months-too early for a ne"' taxing

system to be enacted and put into operation. Hence, tc,

meet the emergency some other remedy must he found,

and after a most careful comidf~ration of the matter, and

with the utmost reluctance, I am forced to the conclusion

that the only practicable way in which to deal with the

question is, for a time at least1 to curtail expenditures and reduce appropriations. To this conclusion, I belieYe all

who study the question fairly and impartially must come at

last.

This being conceded, the f]Hestion presents itself, what

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&ppropriations can be reduced so as to bring the State';,.

outgo within her income with least. detriment to the best

interests of all the people? There are some appropriations-

that cannot be cut, such as the public debt, including the

$8,000.00 due the University annually, the interest on the

$90,000.00 landwript fund still held by the State; such salal"ies as cannot under the constitution be reduced during

the term for which the present incumbents were elected;

insurance premiums on public property and the Slinking

fund. These are fixed charges on the treasury that cannot

be~ reduced and must be met without abatement. Taking

the total of all of thes-e appropriations from the total of the

estimates made by the treasurer for the next year, we have

about three millions left on which to work in our effort to

lring the State's expenditures down to her receipts without

increasing the tax rate. Of this three million dollars,.

$G40,000.00 goes to pensions and $1,650,000.00 in round:

numbers goes to common schools, a total of nearly



$2,300,000.00, leaving only $700,000.00 estimatec.for all

other purposes,. an amount little more than sufficient to

meet the demand on the treasury during the next eight

months, unprovided for. In other words, if you wipe out

your printing fund, your contingent fund, your military

fund, your public building fund, etc., etc., and if all sala-

ries and compensation to all officers of the legislative, ex-

ecutive and jndicial departments of the State"s government

be abolished, and these officers work for nothing, you "ould

not, at the present rate of taxation, after paying the fixed

charges on the treasury whieh cannot be lessened, and the:

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~timated appropriations to schools and pensions, have a dollar left.
Thus it is demonstrated that you must either raise the present rate of ta.-..;:ation or reduce your appropriations for. schools and pensions. :Much sympathy and sentiment ha;;, been indulged in by som~ people and some newspapers, professed friends of the schools and pensioners, about the sacredness of the appropriations for the old soldiers and the sehool children, and it is right for us to guard with jealous care these two objects of the State's care, but, at the same. time, we must not lose sight of the fact that thOEe who pay the taxes are entitled to as much consideration as those who get the benefit of them. \Ye are the guardians of thei1 right;; as well as of the rigl1ts and interests of the school ~hildren and of the Confederate veterans. \l{e are bound to exercise due care and consideration for the interests of ench without unnecessary injury to the other. Every patriotic Georgian is willing to be taxed to the verge of confiscation, if necessary, to provide for the wants of the need; \'eterans of the Confederacy, who stood a wall of fire, between our homes and an armed imader, and for the wants, of his needy >Yidow, and see to it that none of them ever. ;mnt or go to a poor house; but neither sentiment nor justice requires us to levy taxes upon the poor mechanics and small farmers of the State, many of them themselYes veterans, who haYe at best in such times as these, a hard struggle, to liYe and feed and clothe those dependent upon them, to pay pensions to those who are better off than they are and ;dw do not need the bounty of the State to supply theiJ.". aetual "ants. The same rna,v he said of our schools. Tlw

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constitution wisely provides that schools shall be established and supported by the State, in which all the children in the State, between six and eighteen years of age may be taught the "elementary branches of an English education," and it is our duty to see to it that this provision of the constitution is carried out in letter and in spirit. Every patriotic Georgian is willing to be taxed to the utmost limit of his ability to pay to do this, but we have been going too fast in this matter of education, as we have in appropriations for pensions. But few of our school~ are confined to the "elementary branches of an English education." Other and higher branches are taught to a few (sometimes only two or three pupils) in many of the schools, necessitating higher priced teachers, and thus creating a demand for larger appropriations for the free schools. This is wrong, :and was never contemplated by the framers of the const.itubion. Those who want to have their children taught Greek and Latin and higher mathematics are usually able to pay for it, and ought to do so without requiring their neighbors, whose children are too poor to indulge 'in these luxuries, to be taxed to do it for them.
Again, the children in the rural districts for whose benefit the State's schools were primarily intended, for the towns and cities usually have school systems of their mvn, 'vould not, if schools were taught at their doors twelve months in the year, be able to go to school more than four or five months, because they, both male and female, have in most cases to work in the field to aid their parents in supporting the family. This is a feet well known to all who :are at all familiar with the conditions that prevail 1in the ag-

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ricultural sections of our State, which embrace all of the State, except the cities and towns. Hence it is not necessary to overtax ouT people to support schools six, seven or eight months in the year, for the white children cannot, with few exceptions, avail themselves of them.
In view of all these facts and with a due regard for the best interests of all classes of our people, I have arrived at the conclusion that tne tax rate, already the h~ghest ever levied in the State, not only should not be raised higher, hut should and can be lowered, and that appropriations should be reduced wherever it is possible to do so, and that this can be done in many places without injustice to any desmTing, needy beneficiary of the State's bounty.
I therefore recommerrd that no extraordinary appropriation be made at this session for any purpose whateYer, and that every ordinary annual appropriation which is not a f:xed charge upon the treasury be reduced to the lowest possible limit compatible with the efficiency of the public service. The estimate for military purpose-s, for instance, can, in my judgment, be reduced one-half. The estimates of appropriations to some of the institutions supported by the State which are approximately as high now as they were when the cost of living was much greater than i_t is in this era of low prices, may be reduced without injury to these institu!Jions. I advise that the committees charged with the care of these institutions look carefully into their management and their requirements, and that whereYer it is possible to retrench in the e:~.:penditure of money on their account, it be done.
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After all of this is done, howeYer, further retrenchment '\':ill be necessary to bring the expenditures of the State down to her reYenues and lower the rate of taxation, and the schools and pensions will haYe, for a time at least, to submit to the same !inexorable necessity that all other objects of appropriation do, and it will be necessa.ry to revise the pension la\YS so as to confine the State's bounty to those Confederate soldiers and those widmYs of Confederate soldiers, who actually need the aid of the State to supply their necessities and save them from \Yant, and appeal to the patriotism of those '\Yho can liYe comfortably without pensions to do so until the condition of the country and the ability of our tax-payers will warrant a resumpt.ion of the present liberal pension polic:. I believe these patriotic men, who on a hundred battle fieltls, from 18G1 to 1SG5, manifested a heroism and se1f-sac1'ifice unparalleled in the annals of the world, can be relied on to make without murmur, tl1is temporary sacrifice for the good of the State, in ,,ho8r clPfrm:p the: shecl their blood and offpred their liws.
I achise, also, that the rxtra four hundred thousand dollars added to tho school fund this year be left off fo'l: the next t\\o years. This can, as I lune already shown, be done \Yithout impailring the efficiency of the schools, and \Yit.hout depriving any child in the State of an opportunity of going to school five months in each year, '\vhich is as long a time and longer, than most of them could go even if the schools were kept open twice that long.
These suggestions, gentlemen of the General Assembly, are made to meet the emergency that confronts ns, and that the necessit.ies of the Stnte and of the tax-payers of the

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State demand thffiT adoption there can be no doubt, and that

those persons and institutions who are called upon to make

the temp()lrary sacrifiGeS suggested will do so willingly and

'Cheerfully, I firmly believe, for Georgians have from the

.dawn of the revolutionary war down to this day been as

remarkable for their moderation and conservatism in mat-

ters of State policy as for their !intrepidity and heroism on

the field of battle, and there is no instance in the history

of the State in which, when their representatives have

found it necessary to call on them to make sacrifices for the

public good, that they have not cheerfully made them.



ALLEX D. CANDLER.

Mr. Jones of Burke, moved a reconsideration of the :action of the House in fixing as a special order for to-day House bill No. 92, the same being a bill to prohibit any railroad from crossing or running parallel with any public .roacl of this State without first being incorporated under the laws of this State.
The motion of Mr. Jones of Burke prevailed, and on motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the said bill was made the special order for Thursday immediately after the reading of the journal.
Mr. Turner of Henry moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in regard to resolution No. 63, providing for the appointment of an extra porter for the PostOffice Department.

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The motion of Mr. Turner of Henry prevailed, and the resolution was committed to Committee on Appropriations

Mr. Freeman, Chairman ofthe Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report ~
.Mr. S pealcer:
The Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the following Hrmse bills, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 826 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1895, in regard to the counti in which returns for taxation shall be made.
A bill to pay off and retire bonds of the State as they mature in accordance with article 7, section 1-!, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877, etc.
A bill to fix the salary of the judge of the county court of Marion county, etc.
Also, the following House resolution, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies, and for other purposes.
Also the following House bills which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :

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A bill to provide for the taxation of commercial fertilizers, notes and other obligations for same, to prescribe penalties, and for other purposes.

A bill to require all guano manufacturers and dealers and also all manufacturers and dealers in commercial fertilizers who may do business in this State, to return for taxation all of their assets in each county in which they may do business.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FHEEMAN,



Chairman .

Mr. Stone, Chairman of the Committee on the State

Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:

The Committee on the State Penitentiary have 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 to require all officials in charge of State institutions, all county and municipal authorities to purchase from the Prison Commission of the State of Georgia for the use of said institutions, counties, municipalities such articles, supplies and provisions as may be manufactured or produced by the State Penitentiary.

Respectfully submitted.

A. C. STONE, Chairman.

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The following minority report on House Bill No. 54 was submitted, to wit:

j1[r. Speaker:
The following members of the Committee on General Judiciary beg leave to dissent from the report of the majority of the General Judiciary Committee, recommending that House Bill No. 54, providing for the rotation of the Circuit Judges of this State, do not pass, and hereby file this their minority report, recommending that said bill do pass.
This Nov., 1898.
e Respectfully submitted.
T. \Y. HARDWICK. J. B. PARK, JR., SA~I"LEL S. BEXXETT, A. S. ERWIX, JR., B. B. BOWER, JR., F. \Y. COPELAXD, L. Q. STUBBS.

The following message was received from Senate througb Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
ll'lr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1107 of the Code relating to sheriffs' fees.

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Also, a bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Albany.

On motion of Mr. Pace of Newton the following bill was temporarily tabled, to wit:

By 1\lr. Pace of Xewton-
A bill to alter and amend paragraph 2 of section 2 of Article 7 of the State Constitution, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that 300 copies of this bill be p1inted for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time and appropriateiy referred, to wit:

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bond of Madison (by request)A bill to establish and maintain a dispensary in the town
of Comer, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. McDonough of ChathamA bill to provide for the registration of voters to vote

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at municipal elections in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Referred to Speoial Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Stone of Walton-

A bill to provide for the maintenance and support of the Prison Commissioners' office of Georgia for the year 1899, and for other purposes.

Referred to Penitentiary Committee.

The following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution to pay Mrs. Anna E. Branch certain moneys growing out of the sale of certain wild lands, and for other purposes.

This resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself iuto a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same.

The Speaker designated as chairman of the committee of the whole Mr. Slaton of Fulton.

The committee proposed to amend by striking" $111.00 '' wherever it occurs, and by inserting in lieu thereof the figures " $95.90."

After considering said resolution, the committee arose and the chairman thereof reported same back to the House

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with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

The report of the committee of the whole was agreed to.

On passage of tbe resolution as amended the ayes and nays were ordered.

Upon taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Barron, Barwick, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan,

Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks,

Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of 'Vash't'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Jordan of Jasper, King, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoache, Latimer, Lee, Martin, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McDonald,

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McDonough,

Reid,

McElreath,

Reynolds,

McFarland,

Richard~:<on,

:McLaughlin,

Rogers,

McLennan,

Rose,

McRae,

Rudicil,

Newton,

Simpson,

Ogletree,

Singletary,

Overstreet,

Slaton,

Park of Green~>,

Smith of Hall,

Park of Troup,

Smith of Hancock,

Po~t,

Snell,

Rawls of Effingham, Spinks,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Sturgis,

Stuart, Stone, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, 'Vood, Woodall, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of )Iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding. Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Castleberry, Copeland, Da"''id Ellis, Emanuel, Fender, Ford, Gay, George, Gresham,

Griffin of Twij!gs, Hammond, Hardwick, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Longino, Mayson, Moore, McCranie, McGehee,

McMillan, Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pat!', Price, Sloan,
- Speer,
Starr, Htubbs, Swift, Tisinger, Turner of Htnry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, \Vade, Walker of "Lnion, Willingham, Yatt>s, Mr. Speaker.

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On motion of Mr. Bell of l+"'orsyth a verification ofthe roll call was dispensed with.

Upon counting the vote it was fmmd that the ayeswere 113, nays 0.

So tbe resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

The following message was received from the Senatethrough Mr. Northen, the Secretai'Y thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

Tbe Senate insists upon its substitutes to the following House bills, to wit :

A bill to amend an Act establishing the criminal court of Atlanta, providing for the election of the judgeand solicitor by the people.

Also, a bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Atlanta, providing for the election of the judge by the people.

Mr. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Privileges-of the Floor, submitted the follo",ing report:
)}Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had. under consideration the following resolutions, which they instruct me to report back to the House with therecommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:

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A resolution: Resolved, That the privileges of the :floor be extended to Ron. D. B. Nicholson during his stay in the city.

Also, a resolution : Resolved, The privileges of the iioor be extended to Hon. A. L. Howes, ex-member of the House, during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submitted,
Bl' RON BOWER, JR., Chairman Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether submitted the folJowing report:
1'Ir. Speake1 :
We, the undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee, respectfully submit the following minority report, disagreeing with the majority report, which was favorable to the passage of House bill No. 47, and recommend that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2185 of the Code, relating to :the salaries of Railroad Commissioners in Georgia.
Hespectfully submitted,
B. F. ~fcLALIGHLIX,
T. vV. HARDWICK,
:MORRIS BRAXDON, R. A. DEXNY,

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BYRON BOWER, JR., N. A. MORRIS, W. P. LaROCHE, N. L. HUTCHINS, JR., CHAS. L. BASS, ALEX. S. ERWIN, JR.,. JOHN HOPKINS, JNO. T. ALLEN. J. A. LANG, JOS. H. FELKER, WILLIAM HARRISON, S. H. JONES, 0. X. STARR. B. F. SBIPSON, JOS. H. HALL, JOHN ~L SI.,ATON, J. P. DUNCAN.

The following privilege resolutions were read andi adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Herring of Decatur-

Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. A. L. Hawes, ex-member of the House of Representatives, during his stay iu the city.

By Mr. Bowen of Wilcox-

Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hou. D. B. Nicholson during his stay in the city.

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Mr. Slaton of Fulton moved the appointment of a . committee of conference on Honse bills No. 125 and No. 126, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Starr of Gordon, author of bill X o. 83, the same being a bill to repeal the third section of an Act proYiding for the appointment of an auditor, etc., asked that the same be put on the calmdar, which request was granted.

The followiug message was received from the Senate -through l\Ir. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
Jir. Speaka :
The Senate has concul't'ed Ill the following House resolution, to wit:
A resolution to furnish an expert accountant to the joint committee t-o itwestigate the condition of the State Treasury.

.Mr. Holder, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instruet me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JNO. N. HOLDEH, Chairman pro tem.

Mr. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of the General Agri-cultural Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
j1J r. S pea J..er:
The Committee on General Agriculture have bad under -consideration the following House bill which I am instructed to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do pass, wit:
By l\Ir. Price of Oconee-
A bill to amend section 508, Vol. III of the Code of 1895, in relation to parties discharging any loaded gun or pistol at any time within one hundred yards of the public road in any county of this State; provided, that said provision shall become operative only upon recommendation of the various grand juries, and published in their general presentments, and for other purposes.
Also,
The committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House "ith the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an Act to set apart two thousand dollars of the annual appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the establishment of farmers' institutes in this State, and for other purposes.

Also,

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

An Act to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint a Supervisor of Oils for the State of Georgia, to define his duties, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee--
A bill to regulate settlements to be made by tax collectors of this Stat<.', o railroad taxes received by them, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the pas"age of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 88 and nays 11.

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So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-
A bill to incorporate the town of Edgewood, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill to provide for a change of venue in certain civil cases, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, the bill was immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. LaRJChe of Chatham-
A bill to fix the time (or the election of all city officers
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now elected by the mayor and aldermen of Savannah, and for 0ther pnrposses.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
The bill haYing received the requicite constitutional majority \Yas passed.
By unanimous consent the following bill was taken from the table and put upon its passage, to wit:

By l\Ir. Bynum of Columbia-

A bill to repeal an act consolidating the offices of clerk and Treasurer of Columbia county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was fayorable to the passage of the bill was agteed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0.

The bill haYing receiYed the requisite constitutional majority \Yas passed.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Hodgers of Marion-
A bill to fix the salary of the .Judge of the county court of J\Iarion county, and for other purposes.
On motion of l\Ir. Lane of Sumter, bill number 47,

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the same being a bill to amend section 2185, of the Code, was made the special order for \Vednesday, Xov. 30, immediately after reading the Journal.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, mo,ed that ihe sesswn be extended until the matter under discussion be disposed of, which motion prevailed.

By Mr. Watkins ofGilmer-

A bill to amend section 1378 of volume I of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 69, nays -!6.
So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit : Messrs. Ford of \Yorth, Jones of Burke.
The Speaker then declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow moruing.

ATLANTA, GA.,
\Vednesday, November 30, 1898.
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 Re,. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

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The roll 'vas called and the following members answered to their names : Messrs.-

Adam~.

Duncan,

Hill,

Adamson,

Ellis,

Howard,

Allen,

Emanuel,

Hopkins,

Anderson,

Erwin,

Holder,

Arnold,

Esterlin,

Hosch,

Barron,

Everett of Polk,

Hutchins,

Barwick,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Applingr

Bass,

Fain,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bennett of Mitchell, Farmer,

Johnson of Lee,

Bennett of Pierce, Felker,

Jones of Dougherty~

Beauchamp,

Fender,

.Jordan of Jasper,

Bell of Forsyth,

Freeman,

King,

Bell of Spalding,

Franklin,

Knowles,

Black of Dawson, Fort,

Lane of Bibb,

Black of Whitfield, George,

Lane of Early,

Blalock,

Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,.

Bond,

Greene,

Laing,

Bowen,

Griffin of Greene, LaRoche,

Bower,

Griffin of Twigg~,

Latimer,

Brandon,

Griffith,

Lee,

Brown of Bryan,

HaJJ,

Longino,.

Brown of Carroll, Hammett,

Martin,

Bryan,

Hardin of Liberty, Mayson,

Bush,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Bynum,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,.

Calvin,

Harrison,

Moore,

Carter,

Harris,

1\Iorris,

Chappell,

Harrell,

Mullens,

Cook,

Harvard,

McDonald,

Darnell,

Hathcock,

McDonough,

David,

Hendricks,

McLaughlin,

Denny,

Henderson of Irwin, McLennan,

Dickey,

Henderson of \Yasht'n,McMillan,.

Drawdy,

Herring,

McRae,

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Newton, Ogletree, Onsley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effin~ham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose,

Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum,

Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Castleberry, Copeland, Dews, Ford, Gay, Hammond, Hamby,

Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, Maxwell, McCants,

McCranie, McElreath, Md'arland, McGehee, Tisinger, Wade.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterdays proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Watkins of Gilmer, moved a reconsideration of so much of the action of the House had upon yesterday as

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relates to House Bill Xo. 72, the same being a bill to amend section 1378 of Vol. I of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

l\Ir. Bush of Miller called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Upon taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Barw:ck, Bass, Bennett of l\Iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Carter, Darnell, David, Denny, Dickey, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Franklin,

Gay,

Park of Troup,

Gresham,

Reid,

Grtoene,

Richardson,

Hardin of Liberty, Rose,

Hardin of Wilkes, Rudicil,

Hathcock,

Sloan,

Henderson of Wash't'nSturgis,

Herring,

Stewart,

Howard,

Tatum,

Hopkins,

Taylor,

Holder,

Timmerman,

Hutchins,

Tracy,

Lane of Early,

l:pchurch,

Lane of Sumter,

"-'alker of Crawforrl,

Maxwell,

'Valker of Union,

.Mitchell,

'Vatkins,

.McDonald,

Whiteley,

McDonough,

Williams,

McFarland,

Woorl,

McLennan,

Woodall,

McRae,

'Vooten,

Ogletree,

Yates.

Ousley,

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Those voting nay were ~1essrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Chappell, Dews, Drawdy, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Felk!'r, Freeman, Fort, Griffin of Gr~ene, Griffith, Hall,

Hammett,

Newton,

Harris,

Overstreet,

Harvard,

Pace,

Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

Henderson of Irwin, Post,

Hill,

Price,

Hosch,

Rawls of Effingham,

.Johnson of Appling, Hawls of Wilkinson,

.Johnson of Bartow, Reynolds,

Johnson of Lee,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

Knowles,

Singletary,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Laing,

Smith of Hancock,

Latimer,

Snell,

Lee,

Spinks,

Martin,

Speer,

Moore,

Starr,

::\lorri,

Swift,

Mullins,

Willingham.

}IcLaughlin,

Those not \oting were Messrs.--

Bell of Spalding,
Black of Whitfield, Castleberry,
Cook, Copeland, Duncan,
Ellis, Emanuel, Farmer, Fender, Ford, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardwick,
Harrison, Harrell, Jarnagin,
Johnson of Biker,
Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke,
Jones of Dougherty, Jonlan of Pulaski, King, LaRoache, Longino, Mayson, Merritt, McCants,

:\IcCr&nie, :'IIcE\reath,
1\I~Gehee,
1\Ic:\Iillan,
Padgett, Pate, Smith of Hall, Stubbs, StonP, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Parker of Greene moved to dispense with the verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 68, nays 62.

So the motion to reconsider prevailed.

The Speaker announcetl as the Committee of Confernce on part of the Home, on House Bills K umbers 125 and 126, the following, to_ wit: Messrs. Slaton, Brandon and Blalock.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit.

By 1\Ir Jordan of Jasper-

A resolution, providing that the committee appointed under resolution number 52 are hereby authorized in the prosecution of their labors to subpreua witnesses, etc., and require the production of papers, to administer oaths, and for other purposes.

Mr. Jordan moved that the above resolution be immediately transmittJed to the Senate which motion prevailed.

Mr. Richardson, chairman pro tern. of the Special Judiary Committee, submitted the following report:

lr1r. Speaker:
The Special J ndiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill, which I am directed to report back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

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House Bill No. 317, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Baldwin, to prescribe the powers and duties thereof, and for other purposes, approved December 26, 1888, so as to provide for the elction of said board by the people instead of the grand jury as provided in section first of said Act.

Honse Bill No. 351, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

Honse Bill No. 97, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to t~reate a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Augusta in this State, approved August 26, 1879.

House Bill No. 352, a bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the registration of voters to vote at the municipal election in the city of Savannah, to fix, regulate and determine the time, place and manne~ in which such election shall be held, and to prescribe qualifications of voters at all such elections, and to prescribe suitable penalties for all violations thereof.

House bill No. 30'1. A bill to abolish the city court of DeKalb county.

Honi'e bill No. 328. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal atJ Act entitled "an Act to provide for and regulate municipal elections in the city of Savannah; to prescribe suitable penalties for all violations thereof, and for other

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purposes," approved Dec. 12th, 1893, and amended by an Act approved Dec. 1st, 1894.

Respectfully submitted.
l\I. 11. lUCHARDSOX, Chairman Pro Tem.

l\Ir. Chappell, Chairman qf the Committee on Appropriations submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which they instruct me to report back with t.he recommEndation that the same do pass, to wit :
A resolution pro\'iding for the appointment of a porter for the Post-Office Department.
Also, the following House resolution, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass by sub:.;titute.
A rtsolntion to provide for the payment of two extra assistant doorkeepers for the House of Representati \'es for the ~ession of 1898.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman

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The following message, was received from the Senate through ~Ir. Korthen, the Secretary thereof:

"Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the Honse, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a .Joint Committee of three from the Honse an<l two from the Senate to investigate the operation of the Xortheastern Railroad.

The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Thrasher and Greene.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and put upon its passage, to wit:

By l\Ir. Turner of Henry-

A resolution providing for the appointment of an extra porter for the post-office department for the remainder of the ses,ion.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was adopted.

Mr. Bell of Forsyth moved to amend by striking out "2.5" and substituting in lien thereof the figures " 18."
The amendment of :\Ir. Bell was adopted. l\Ir. Bush of Miller calleJ for the ayes and nays, which call was lost. The resolution was then adopted as amended.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

On motion of Mr. McDonough, Senate bill No. 5, the same being a bill to amend section 3950 of the Civil Code -of 1895, was recommitted to the General Judiciary Com.mittee.

Mr. Freeman, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on 'Vays and Means 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 :

A bill to prescribe a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, and to provide for the enforcement of the same.

A bill to provide for the assessment of the properties of railroad companies in this State for taxation, and for other -purposes.

Also, the following Honse bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :

A bill to amend section 309 of the Code of 1895, so as reduce the ner diem of the members of the General Assembly, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Repcresentatives, etc.

Respectfully submitted,
R. 'V. FREEMAN, Chairman.

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557.

J\Ir. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on Hygieneand Sanitation, submitted the following report :

J.fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have ha<L under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with recommendation that the same " do pass," to wit ~

A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a State Board of Embalming, and for other purpo~es.

Respectfully submitted.

G. ,Y. DRAWDY,
Chairman.

Mr. MaDonough, Chairman of the Committee on Rail-roads, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker :
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instructme to rP.port me back to the House with the recommendation that" the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2219 of the Code of Georgia of 1895.
The committee have also had under consideration Senate

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bill No. i), which they recommend be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:
A bill to amend section 3!J,'JU of the Cidl Code of Ge<Jrgia of 1895.
Respectfully submitted.
JXO. J. ::\IcDOXOL:"GH,
Chairman.

The committee haYe also bad 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 repeal section 1010 of the Code of Georgia of 189;j, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 97--! of Yolume III. ofthe Code of 189.5, ami for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 8i)7 of the Code of 18!15, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prevent a prisoner m any criminal case from making a statement in his defense except under oath, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to alter and amend section 97--! of the Code of 189.5, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. ::\IcLAt;GHLIX, Chairman pro tem.

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Mr. McLaughlin, Chairman pro tem. of the Committee Dn General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

!Ifr. Speaker : The Committee on General Judiciary have had under
consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report baek with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 120 of the Code so as to provide for the appointment of Commissioner of Deeds in foreign conn tries.
Also, a bill to amend section 2334 of the Code, and for other purposes as amended.
Also, a bill to provide for the removal of a cropper or Dther laborer in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section ().5 of volume 3 of the Code Df 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. McLAVGHLIX, Chairman.
The following minority report was recehed from the undersigned memhers of the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:
"Mr. Speaker: \Ve, the undersigned members of the General J udieiary
Committee, respectfully dissent from the majority report, recommending the passage of bill Nt~. 65, amending the existing law by allowing the question of cooling time to oe always determined by the jury.

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we dissent because we believe that the passage of such a law would mean the abrogation to a large extent of capital punishment, would encourage citizens to take into their own hands the redress of personal grievances for which criminal laws are provided, and would lessen that wholesome fear for the law and would cheapen that tender consideration of human life which are essential to the preservation of good government.
N. A. MORRIS, JOHN M. SLATON, W. T. LANE, W. F. BROWX, J. C. BARRON, E. C. SPEER.

l\Ir. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
J}Jr. Speaker :
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolutions, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit :
A resolution: Resolved, That privileges of the floor be granted to Hon. Graham Forrester during his stay in the city.
A resolution: Resolved, That privileges of the floor be granted. to Mr. O'Neal of Dooly during his stay in the city.

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A resolution: Resolved, that privileges of the floor be xtended to l\Ir. F. E. Twitty, Col. John E. duBignon and Mr. J. T. Col'lon, during their stay in the city.

Respectfully submitted. B. B. BOWER, Chairman.

The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By l\Ir. Emanuel of Glynn-
Resolved, That the pri,ileges of the floor be extended to Mr. F. E. Twitty, Col. John E. duBignon and Mr. J. F. Colson during their stay in the city.
By Mr. Everett of Stewart-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Hon. Graham Forrester during his stay in the city.
By :\1r. Harvard of Dooly--
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Mr. O'Neal of Dooly during his stay in the city.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Tatum of DadeA bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for the county of Dade, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution o the House, to wit :
A resolution authorizing the committee appointed to investigate the controversy between the Commissioner of Agriculture and Dr. Payne, authorizing them to subprena witnesses and send for papers.

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 :

By Mr. Laue of Sumter-

A bill to amend section 2185 of the Code, which relates to the salary of the Railroad Commissioner, and for other purposes.

Pending the debate of the above bill, Mr. Ellis of Bibb, moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.

The Speaker then declared the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow mormng.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, December 1, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and ope1~ed with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, B8nnett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Beli of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blr:lock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Br.mdon, Brown of P.ryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bnsh, Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, E\erett of Stewart, Fain, Felker, Fender, :Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash t'n, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee,

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Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, J,Jrdan of Jasper, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Martin, Maxwdl, Merritt, Mitchell, :\IoJre, Morris, ::\IcCranie, McDonald, McDonough, ::\IcFarlaml, McGehee, l\IcLqughlin, McLennan,

l\Tcl\Iillan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, 0Yers treet, Pace, Padgett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Hawls of Wilkinson, Rei <I, Heynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Hose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Hoan, ~'Smith of Hall, Bmith of Hancock, Snell,

Spink~,
Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, rpehurch, "'alker of Crawford, Walker of Union, watkins, Whiteley, williams, Willingham, wood, \V uodall, 'iV o o t e n ,
Yat~cs,
1\lr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Black of Whitfield, Darnell, Farmer, George, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes,

Hathcock, Herring, Hopkins, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Longino, Mayson, Mullins,

::\IcCants, McElreath, Newton, Pate, Singletary, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale, Wade.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, re-



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ported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By l\Ir. Calvin of Richmond-

Resolved that beginning on to-morrow (Friday) the 2d inst. and until otherwise ordered, the session of this House shall be as follows :

Meet at 9 a.m.

Adjourn at 1 p.m.
l\Ir. Willingham of ~Ionroe asked that Honse Bill Ko. 221, the same being a bill to prohibit the sale, manufacture, or giving away to induce trade, whiskey or any other intoxicating drinks, and for other purposes, be made the continuous special order for \Vednesday, Dec. 7th, which motion was lost.

The next business in order was the consideration of the report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, respecting the contested election cases, from Murray, Bryan and Screven counties, which was made the special order for to-day.

Mr. Dews of Randolph, chairman of the minority of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following minority report, to wit :

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Mr. Speaker:
As a member of the Committee on Privileges and Elections I hereby respectfully submit the following minority report in the matter of the contest from Murray county.
The facts alledged by contestant and contestee are admitted by contestant and contestee respectively. The sole questions passed upon by the law, was the legality of the votes polled at the eighth and 1013th Districts.
It is admitted that no registered list of voters was in the hands of managers of said 8th District, at which contestee, Mr. Stewart received a majority of votes. The votes polled at this precinct should not be counted for following reason:
First. The right of suffrage is not an inherent right and can only be exercised after compliance with the terms of the law in such cases made and provided. The present registration law provides that no person shall vote whose name does not appear upon the list of registered voters in the hands of the managers. This law is mandatory and not directory. No list was in the hands of the managers at the 8th District, therefore those votes should not be counted.
It is admitted that some of the managers at the lOl~Hh District were not freeholders. Mr. Peeples, contestant, got a large majority at this precinct. This is only an irregularity under the statute which should not invalidate or nullify an election. It is admitted that Mr. Peeples, contestant, did. all his power to have the election at this precinct fairly and lawfully conducted, and was told by the Populist managers that all persons connected with the election ~t this precinct were legally qualified. This false

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representation was made to deceive contestant, and in all probability with the full knowledge and consent of contestee. It is a principle of law as old as the law itself, and has been observed, recognized by the courts so long that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, that no man can take advantage of his own wrong.
I submit therefore that the vote of this precinct should be counted, and when this is done, to wit, exclude the votes at the 8th precinct and count the votes at the 1013th precinct, Contestant Peeples will be duly elected and entitled to his seat in this House, and in my humble judgment the ends of the law and the principles .of justice and .equity will have been fully met.

Respectfully submitted.

W. W.DEWS. JXO. M. HOPKINS.

Therefore resolved, That the contestant, Mr. Peeples,

be declared duly elected and entitled to his seat as member

<>f this House.

W. W. DEWS.

By unanimous consent the following resolutions were read, to wit:
By l\Ir. Esterlin of Macon-
A resolution limiting the debates af the House to ten minutes.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Under the rules of the Honse this resolution was laid on the table for one day.

By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-

A resolution providing that the Hons. \V. J. Peeples, conteEtant, and V. A. Stewart, contestee, be each allowed twenty minutes in which to present their respective claime to a seat in this House.

Mr. Hall offered to amend by striking out the word "twenty" and inserting in lien thereof the word "ten."

The resolution not having received the requisite threefourths majority required to suspend the rules of the House was lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit : By Mr. l\IcLaughlin of Meriwether-

Resolved, That the Hon. Y. A. Stewart be, and he is hereby duly elected, a member of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Dews of Randolph, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barron, Barwick,

Bass, Bennett of_Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Black of Dawson,. Blalock, Bond, Bowen,

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569

Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Dunran, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twig~s, Griffith, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

Harrison,

l\IcLanghlin,

Harris,

McRae,

Harrell,

Newton,

Harvard,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Irwin, Ousley,

Henderson of 'Vash'n,Pace,

Hill,

Park of Greene,

Howard,

Post,

Holder,

Price,

Hosch,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Wilkinson

.Jobnson of Appling, Reid,

Johnson of Bartow, Reynolds,

Johnson oi Lee,

Richardwn,

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

King,

Singletary,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Sloan,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hancock

Lane of Sumter,

Snell,

Laing,

Spinks,

LaHoche,

Speer,

Latimer,

Starr,

Martin,

Stone,

~lax well,

Swift,

Merritt,

Taylor,

Mitchell,

Timmerman,

Moon,

Tracy,

:Morris,

Williame,

~lcCranie,

Willingham,.

McDonough,

Woodall,

McFarland,

Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were .Messrs.-

Bower, Copeland,

Dews, Everett of Polk,

Greene, Hall,

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Johnson of Baker, Lee, Rose,

Rudicil, Tatum, Upchurch,

.vatkins, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, :Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Cook, Darnell, David, Fain, Fender, George, Gresham, Hammond, Hamby, Hathcock, Hendricks,

Herring,

Padgett,

Hopkins,

Pate,

Jarnagin,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

Jones of Dougherty, Stubbs,

Jordan of Pulaski, Sturgis,

Longino,

Stewart,

Mayson,

Tisinger,

Mullins,

Turner of Henry,

McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

McDonald,

Wade,

McElreath,

Walker of Crawford,

McGehee,

Walker of Union,

:McLennan,

Whiteley,

~Ic:\iiII an,

Yates,

Overstreet,

Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Stone of 'Valton, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion rrevailed.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were Ill and the nays 14.

So the resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was adopted.

The following rE-solutions were introduced, read and -adopted, to Wit:

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571

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-

Resolved, that the Hon. A. J. Brown, of the county of Bryan be, and he is hereby, declared duly elected a member of the House of Representatives.

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Resolved, that the Hon. J. ,V. Overstreet he, and he is
hereby, declared duly elected a member of the House of Representatives from the county of Screven.

By unanimous consent the following reseolutions were read, and, under the rules of the House, were laiJ on the the table one day, to wit:

By Mr. McDonald of Ware-

Resolved, that after this day the session of the House shall be as follows :

.Convene at 9 a. m. Adjourn at 12 m. Convene at 2 p. m. Adjourn at 4 p. m.

Resolved furthP.r, that the committees shall meet at 8 a. m. and adjourn as they may decide.

By Mr. Barron of Jones-

Resolved, that the State extend thanks to the gallant men who enlisted in the United States army during the late war with Spain.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The following message was received from the Senate through Xorthen, the Secretary thereof:

JJfr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.
Also, a bill to prohibit creditors from assigning and transferring or sending out of the State claims against a resident in cases of attachment or garnishment for moneys exempt from garnishment.
Also a bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to fix a penalty for failure to make tax returns.
Also a bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Savannah.

Also, a bill to repeal an act to create a board of 'Vater commissioners for the. city of Savannah.

Also, a bill to repeal an act to prohibit the holding of more than one office by one person in the county of Chatham.
Also, a bill to authorize the town of Cochran to establish and maintain a system of waterworks.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act providing for the examination of private banks by tbe Bank Examiner of the State.

Also, a bill to compensate the members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Burke county.

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The Senate bas also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts -of Cherokee circuit.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act to create a board of county ,commissioners for Fannin county.

Mr. Denny, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

lt.Ir. Spealcer:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill No. 13, by Mr. McCranie of Berrien county, which is "A bill to be entitled an Act to establi,;h a public school system for the city of Tifton, Ga.; to proYidP for a board of education for said city; to proyide for raising revenue to maintain said schools; to authorize and require the county school commissioners of BP.rrien county to pay over to the treasurer of said city such part of the State school funds as may be a p1o rata share for all the children attending said schools; and for other purposes.'' And they direct me, as their chairman, to report said bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same be passed as amended.
They have also had under consideration House bill No. 193, by Mr. Calvin of Richmond, which is "A bill to be entitled an Act to carry into effect paragraph 1 (one) of section 4 (four), article 8 (eight) of the Constitution of

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

this State, which relates to local taxation for the establishment and maintenance of public schools; and for othe~ purposes." And they direct me, as their chairman, to report said bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same be passed as amended.

They have also had under consideration House bill No~ 299, by Mr. Hamby of Rabun, which is "A bill to be entitled an Act to give the county boards of education of the several counties of this State full power and authority to define and regulate the length of the public school terms. of their respective counties, and for other purposes." And they direct me, as their chairman, to report said bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate,. through Mr. N ortben, the Sec-retary thereof:
Jlr. Speaker:
The Senate bas appointed the following conference committee on the part of the Senate to confer with the House committee, to considmr House bills, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act establishing the criminal court of Atlanta, to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor by the people.
Also, a bill to amend an. Act establishing the city court

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575.

of Atlanta, to provide for the election of the judge by thepeople.

The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs._
Steed, McGehee and Mann.

Mr. Willingham, Chairman of the Committee on Tern-perance, submitted the following report:_
l'Ir. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance have had under con-sideration the following bill 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 repeal an Act authorizing the Commissioners_ of Roads and Revenues in the county of Newton to establish a dispensary, etc., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill, No. 323, by Mr. Park of Troup, to repeal an act approved Dec. 24th, 1884, submitting to the people
"r of Troup county the sale of. whiskey. so far as it relates to
West Point. e find that the proper notice has not been given, and at the request of the author, report same back with the recommendation that he be allowed to with-draw same.
Respectfully submitted._
J; M; WILLINGHAM, Chairman ..

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J OURXAL OF THE HoUSE.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

21fr. Speaker:

The General .Judiciary Committee haye had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation the same " do pass," to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit any railroad, express, telegraph or eleeping-car company, or any person or persons or corporations owning or operating any railroad or carrying on the business of telegraphing for the public, or doing any express or sleeping-cat business in this State, from giving to any member of the Legislature of this State, or to any mem her of Congress of the 1_;nited States from this State, or any judicial or ministerial officer of any court within the limits of this State, or any officer of any county, city or town in this State, or mem hers of the families of any of the above named officials, any prhilege or performing any service for any of said persons, f'tc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 431 -of the Code of 1895.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3244 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 531.5 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to authorize courts of wunicipal corporations to try and punish offenders against the ordinances of such municipalities in reference to the sale of milk, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the Home with recommendation that same "Do pass as .amended."

A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for levy and sale under legal proceEs of an interest or equity of redemption in real estate when the defendant does not own the legal title.

The committee have aho bad under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to declare every Saturday afternoon in the months of May to August inclusive, a half holiday.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to make criminal pleadings amendable in this State.

Respectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Singletary, Chairman pto tem. of the Committee on
:Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:
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JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Jf1. Speaker:

The Committee on Special Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bille, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill for the protection of manufactures and producers of Georgia, and to provide a penalty for violation of thesame.

Respectfully submitted.
H. H. SIKGLJ!..TARY, Chairman pro tem.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on Ways. and Means, submitted the following report:
:Jfr. Speaker :
The Committee on 'Vays and Means have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report Lack with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 1262 of volume 1 of the Code so as to provide that the pensions of widows of Confederate soldiers shall be based on their necessities.
A bill to amend section 1;250 of volume 1 of the Code of Georgia so as to provide that hereafter no person shall be paid a pension thereunder unless he shall prove that owing to his p(nerty he is unable to support himself.

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579

The committee also recommend that the following House bill be recommitted to the Committee on 'Vays and Means, to wit:

A bill to provide for the assessment of the properties or railroad companies in this State for taxation, etc.

Respectfully submitted, R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Duncan, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
.Jfr. Speake1 :
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:
A bill to be entitled an Act to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent costs of the sheriff of Richmond county for services to the city court of said county out or the treasury of Richmond county, and for other purpoEes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent costs of the clerk of the city court of Richmond county, for services in said court, out of the treasury of Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Lumpkin in Stewart county,

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JOURNAL OF THE HODSE

Georgia, assented to December 26th, 18:H, and the various acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election {)f the marshal of said town ; to change the terms of mayor from one to two years; to provide for the election of a mayor pro tern.; to change the number of aldermen from fhe to six, and to change their terms of office from one to two years, three to be elected each year, and for other purposes.

The committee also recommends that the following Senate bill do pass as amended, to wit :

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend and consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the city of Cedartown in the county of Polk; to confer additional powers upon the corporate authority thereof, and otherwise amend a charter of said city; to provide a new charter for the same ; and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,
JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman Committee on Corporations.

Mr. Moore of Carroll, Chairman of Committee ou County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which

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they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to he entitled an Act to establish the city court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for the granting of new trials therein and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M.MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Holder, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A hill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the counties of Camden, Thomas and Echols, so far as relates to Thomas county, and all amendatory Acts, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the law providing

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JouRXAL OF THE IIousE .

for the creation of Fulton Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the judges of the superior court to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in certain instances and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act amending an Act approved Aug. 27, 1872, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads :and Public Buildings and Public Property and Finances for the county of Monroe, and for other purposes, so as to increase the number of commissioners from three to five, and make their terms four (4) years instead of three (3) years, and providing. for their election by the people, and for <>ther purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Bremen in IIaralson county, Georgia, adopted September 5th, 1883 and to repeal all Acts amendatory of said-Act so as to repeal the charter of said town and to enact in lieu thereof a new charter for said town, defining the limits thereof, prescribing the powers and duties of the mayor and council, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. N. HOLDER, Chairman pro tern. Com. C. and C. 1\f.
~r. Stone, Chairman of the Committee on the State Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

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583

.M1. Speaker :

The Committee on the State Penitentiary have had un-der consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the ,same be read the second time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations:

A bill to provide for the maintenance and support of the Prison Commission of the State of Georg:a for the year 1899, and make subject thereto the money arising from <the hire of convict labor.

Respectfully submitted.

A. C. STONE, Chairman.

Upon motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, House bill No. 92, -which was made the special order for to-day, was taken up, read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to prevent any person or persons from maintaining -or operating any railroad in this State unless first becoming incorporated under the general laws of this State for the incorporation of railroads, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that the special order under -discussion be made a continuous special order until the .:Same be disposed of, which motion prevailed.
Leaves of absence were granted the followihg members,

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to wit: Messrs. Ford of Worth, Reynolds of Richmond,.. Greene of Clay, Rose of Camden, Lee of Pulaski, Barwick of Em:muel, Rogers of Marion, Cook of Heard, Maxwell of Oglethorpe, Franklin of Bullock.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, December 2, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker aud opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called, and the following members answered

to their names : Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron,
Ba~s,
Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Copeland, David, Denny,

Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart~ Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 189~.

58~

Fort,

King,

Reid,

Gay,

Knowles,

Richardson,

Gresham,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,



Greene,

Lane of Early,

Singletary,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Sumter,

Slaton,

Griffin of Twiggs, Laing.

Sloan,

Griffith,

LaRoche,

Smith of Hall,

Hall,

Latimer,

Smith of Hancock,

Hammett,

Longino,

Snell,

Hardin of Liberty, Martin,

Spinks,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Speer,

Hardwick,

::\Ierritt,

Starr,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Stubbs,

Harris,

Moore,

Stewart,

Harrell,

Morris,

Stone,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Sturgis,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

Swift,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Tatum,

Henderson of \Vash 't'n~IcFarland,

Taylor,

Herring,

McGehee,

Timmerman,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Tracy,

Ho\";ard,

McLennan,

Turner of Henry,

Hopkins,

Mc)fillan,

Upchurch,

Holder,

McRae,

Wade,

Ho,ch,

Newton,

Walker of Crawford~

Hutchins,

Ogletree,

Walker of Union,

Jarnagin,

Ousley,

Watkins,

Johnson of Appling, Overstreet,

Williams,

Johnson of Baker, Pace,

Willingham,

Johnson of Bartow, Padgett,

Wood,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Greene,. Woodall,

Johnson of Lee,

Post,

Wooten,

Jones of Burke,

Price,

Yat.es,

Jones of Dougherty, Rawls of Effingham, Mr. Speaker.

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Wilkinson,

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Those absent were Messrs.-

Barwick, Castleberry, Cook, Darnell, Drawdy, Franklin, -George, Hammond, Hamby,

Hathcock, Jordan of Pulaski, Lee, Mayson, Mullens, McCants, McDonald, Pate,

Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Stone of Walton-
A bill to provide for the maintenance of the Prison Commissioners' office for the year 1899, and for other purposes.
Recommitted to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Everett of Stewart-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Lumpkin, in the county of Stewart, and for other purposes.
Mr. \Voodall of Talbot, moved that the session of to-day

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be extended five minutes for the purpose of taking up for -eousideration House bill No. 282, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on \Vays and Means, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Ways and Means have had under -cousideration the following I~ouse bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommend<J.tion that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:

A bill to levy and collect a tax for support of State government aud institutions, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, that the order of business for to-morrl)W's session (Saturday) shall be as follows:
1st. Reading Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported, a first and second time.
2d. Reading House bills and resolutions, favorably re:reported, a second time.
3d. Senate and House local bills for third reading.

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4th. Introduction of new matter.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was mtroduced and read, to wit:

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

Resolved, That on and after December 5th there shaJI: be a night session of the House, the same to be devoted to the following business:

1st. To the introduction of new matter.

2d. To the reading of House and Senate bills a first and second time.

3d. To the reading of House and Senate bills a third time.
The resolution was lost.

The following joint resolution was read the first timfr and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-

A resolution providing for the payment of any balance
due the Hon. W. T. Jones, deceased, on account of his
per diem and mileage for the full term of fifty days.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was. read the second time, to wit :

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589

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-

A bill to amend all acts incorporating the city of Cedartown, in the county of Polk, and for other purposes.

Mr. Freeman of Coweta, moved that House bill No. 1-19, the same being a bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government, be made the special order for next Monday immediately after the reading of the journal, and that the bill be made the continuous special order until disposed of.
Mr. Chappell of Muscogee, moved as a substitute, that bill Ko. 149 be' made the special order for Monday after the reading of the journal, and that the General Appropri:ation bill be made the special order for Tuesday after the reading of the JOUrnal, and that it continue as special order until disposed of, which motion prevailed.

The next busine r;:s in order ..was the further considera1ion of the following bill, which was made the continuous special order until disposed of, to wit :

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit any person or corporation from main1aining or operating a railroad in this State unless first becoming incorporated under the general laws of the State for incorporation of railroads, and for other purposes.

l\Ir. Blalock of Fayette, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

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The following amendments were offered, read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
Amend section six (6) by adding the following words t(} the end of said section : " Provided, that this act shall not be construed so as to affect any right heretofore granted t(} any individuals or persons by law."
By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
Amend by adding at the end of section ( 6) six thewords: "Providing that this Act shall not apply to any person or persons or company not chartered 6r incorporated, that now or may hereafter build, own or_ operate any private railroad for the purpose of hauling timber, minerals or other materials."

By Mr. Park of Greene-
Amend by adding at the el'ld of !)ection (6) six the following words: "Provided that the provisions of this law shall not apply to any railroad now doing business in this State.''

Mr. Hall called for the ayes and nays on the above amendment, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows~

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce,

Bell of Spalding, Black of Davrsnn, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen,

Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Carter,

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Chappell,

Hutchins,

Copeland,

Jarnagin,

Denny,

Johnson of Floyd,

Dews,

Jones of Burke,

Dickey,

Jordan of Jasper,

Emanuel,

King,

Erwin,

Knowle~;~,

Fain,

Lane of Bibb,

Felker,

Lane of Early,

Fort,

Lane of Sumter,

Gresham,

LaRoache,

Griffin of Greene, Maxwell,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mflrritt,

Hamby,

McDonough,

Harden of Wilkes, McElreath,

Hardwick,

McGehee,

Harrell,

McLaughlin,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Henderson of Wash't'nMc:Vfillan,

Howard,

McRae,

Hopkins,

Ogletree,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Hosch,

Pace,

Pate, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effir.gham" Reid, Richardson, Simpson, Slaton, 8loan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hanccck"
~peer,
Stubbs, Stone, Turner of Henry,
U~church,
Wade, Walker of Union~ Watkins, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Yatee.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Blalock, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, David, Duncan, Esterlin, Everett of Polk,

Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Gay, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Harden of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Hendricks,

Henderson of Irwinr Hill, .Johnson of Applingr Johnson of Bak_er, Johnson of Bartow. Laing, Latimer, Longino, Martin. l\Iitchell 1 )loon>, Morris,

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McCranie, McFarland, Newton, Ousley, Post, l'rice, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Rudicil, Singletary, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart,

Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Walker of Crawford, Williams, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Adamson, .Anderson, Barwick, Calvin, Castleberry, <Jook, Darnell, Drawdy, Ellis, Franklin, Ford, George,

Greene, Hammond, Hathcock, Herring, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski, Lee, Mayson, Mullens, McCants,

McDonald, Padgett, Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rogers, Rose, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Stone of Walton, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 83 and the nays 57.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to, and the bill was lost.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

]Ifr. S pealcer: The Committee on Appropriations have had under con-

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sideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the government, payment of the public debt and the interest thereon, and fot the support of the public in~titu tionE, and the educational interests of the State for each of the fiscal years 1899 and 1900, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman ..

)Ir. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment rf'port as duly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
Au Act to establish the city court of Da,yson, in the county of Terrell, and for other purposes.
Also, an Act to repeal an Act to create a county court in each county in this State, except certain counties there-
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in mentioned, so far as the same applies to the county of Terrell, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education,. submitted the following report :
ltfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendatton that it do pas8, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an Act to authe rize the graduates of the Xormal Department 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 public schools of this State, without further examination. And that the diploma, or such evidence of graduation as aforesaid, shall entitle the holder thereof to a first grade license to teach in the public schools of this. State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R. A. DEN~Y, Chairman.
The following bill,; were read the second time, to wit :

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595

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to amend section 1262 of the Code, Vol. I, of 1885, in regard to the pensioning of widows of Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.

By 1\Ir. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to amend section 1250, Vol. I, of the Code, relative to pensions, and for other purposes.

The following report was received from the committee appointed to visit some State using the Australian ballot system, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
We, the Joint Committee appointed under a resolution of the General Assembly to visit some State using the Australian ballot, investigate its operations and report our observations upon the same, beg leave to make the following report:
Your committee visited the State of Tennessee, where the general election was held in November.
Congressmen, Governor and State-house officers and members of the General Assembly and other officers were elected at the November election.
The committee visited Chattanooga and Memphis, and received special courtesies at the hands of the officers and citizens of each city.
Ample opportunities were given the committee to witness said election in all its operations under the Australian ballot law of Tennessee.

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J OIJRXAL OF THE HorsE.

The committee examined the preparatioi1s for holding elections and witnessed the management by the Euperintendents and other officers, also the counting out of the ballots after the polls were closed.
)IA~XER OF YOTIXG.
Prior to registering, the votet must pay his poll tax. This is required of evety \oter between the ages of :21 and
.50 wars.
There are three county registrars appointed biennially by the judge of the superior comt for each county.
The~e three appoint assistant registrars for each \oting precinct, and also a commissioner of elections and managers fot the elections at each voting precinct.
The arrangements fur voting are simple and mexpensive.
A hollow square about 10 by 1:2 feet is enclose<! with 2 bv-! lumber.
This square IS occupied by the judges of election and clerks.
A rope ts Jastened around the frnnt of the house in whieh the election is held, lea\ing an entrance on each side, whieh is guarded by an officer. The entrances fifty feet from the door.
One of the as,;istant registrars occupies a position at the door.
He has all the tickets for that precinct, which are printed by the g<;verument, and not di,;tributed except to qualified voter,; as they appear at the door.
A person wishing to vote approaehes the door, exhib-

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its to the assistant registrar, who has the ticket:<, his registration certificate and his poll tax receipt.
Being properly identified by this officer, he i,; gi\en a ticket and allowed to pass within.
He hands his ticket, poll tax receipt and n'gistration certificate to the commissionet of election~, who places a conespouding number on all three and returns them to the voter.
The voter then enters a small booth in which is a shelf. The ticket contains the names of all the candidates arranged in alphabetical onlet without other di,tinction. The voter makes a cross mark immediately in front or after the name of each candidate filr whom he wishes to vote. He will then fold his ticket and return and hand it to one of the judges of elections, together with his plll tax receipt and registration certificate. If the mtmbers on all three eorrespond, and the votet is otherwise identified as a legal voter, his ballot is deposited in the election box, and the voter retires. Only one voter is allowed to e:Jter the booth at the same time, and he is allowed ten minutes to prepare his ballot if no others are following, and fin~ if others are following. The prerequisites to registration are similar to the same under GeOt'gia laws except the payment of taxes. Under the Tennessee law the payment of poll tax is all that is required so far as taxes are concerned All candidates are nominated by primary elections held under rules similar to those prescribed by political parties in Georgia. Your committee was much pleased with the good order

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preserved around the v0ting precincts-the same being absolutely free from strife aud turmoil.
So far as observed, the elections are fair and honest, no inducement being offered to any voter.
Under a proper and faithful management of an election under this law, fraud and bribery and the use of improper meane seems to be impossible.
The voting is undoubtedly secret--each voter marking and preparing his own ticket, unless blind or otherwise physically unable to prepare a ticket for himself.
Xo person is allowed to accompany the voter after he reaches within fifty feet of the door of the house in which the election is held.
Under this l'ystem or method of voting all questions now left to popular vote are decioed and determined by the intelligence of the State.
Without favoring or expressing a preference for the enactment of the Australian ballot law, or any other special ballot law, your committee is profoundly impressed with the necessity of some kind of ballot reform for Georgiaa reform that will prevent the purchase and eale of votes with money or other corrupting influences.
A. R. SMITH, Chairman, On the part of the House.

Mr. 'Villingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
1Jfr. Speaker : The Committee on Temperance have had under consid-

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599

eration 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 be entitled an Act to establish, maintain and regulate a dispensary in the town of Comer, and for other purposes.

Alsota bill to be entitled an Act to regulate and control' the sale of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in the county of l\Iitchell through the medium of dispensaries to be located in the several incorporated towns in said county, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

B. S. WILLINGHAM, Chairman Committee on Temperance.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matter.,;, submitted the following report:
~Jr. Speaku:
The Committee on County and County l\Iatters have bad under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report book to the House with the recommendation that the same "do pass by substitute," to wit :
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Albany in and for the county of Dougherty, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes.

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A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Harmony Grove, and for other purpo~es.

The committee have also had under con:;idemtion the following bill which they instwct me to report back to the Hou:;e with the recommendation that the same "tlo pass,'' to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to empower the treoourer of Chatham county to employ a clerk; to fix the compensation of said clerk, and for other purpo!>es.

The committee haYe also had under considemtion the following bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that " the author lw allowed to withdraw the same," to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Harmony Grove, and fur other purposes.
Hespectfully submitted.
,J. l\1. 1\IOOHE, Chairman Committee on County and County :Matter,;.

Cnder the head of unfinished business the following bill
was taken up for consideration and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Lane of SumterA bill to amend section 2185 of the Code which relates

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601

to the salary of the Railroad Commissioner~, and for other purposes.

The Committee to which this bill was referred, offered the following amendments, which was adopted, to wit:

A mend by striking all of the caption of said bill, after the word" of" in the -sixth line of sai<l caption, and inserting in lien thereof "each Commissionet shall be two thousand dollars."

Amend by stl'iki ng all of section one of said bi II after the wm;d "words" in the sixth line of said section one, and insel'ting in lien thereof the Jol!uwing: "twenty-fhe hundred dollars'' in the tenth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof "two thousand dullal's.''

The report of the committee was then agreed to.

l\Ir. Watkins of Gilmer moved to reconsiller the action of the House in agl'eeing to the report of the committee for the purpose of introducing a substitute, which motion was lost.

:Mr. Dews of Randolph, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

1_;"pon motion of l\Ir. Blalock the session was extended until the matter under di8cussion was di;::posed of.
~Ir. Lane of Sumter, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot vi,a voce the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were ~fessrs.-

.Adams, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, 'Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, B:)lld, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, {Jastleberry, Dews, Dickey, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, E\erett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Fort, -Gay, -Gresham, Griffin of Gre<lihl, Griffith, Hammett, Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendrieks, Hill, Howard, Holder, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bakt r, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johns n of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, King, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lati1i1er, Longino, l\Iartin, Merritt, 1\litche:l, Moore, l\lcOranie, McElreath, McFarland, :McGehee, McLennan,

Xewton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace, P.tte, Park ,,f Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Singletary, Sloan, Hmitb of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, f'wift, Taylor, Timmerman, Trac.', Turner of Henry, '\Yoodall, '\Yooten, Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Bass, Sennett of :\litche!l,

Black of Whitfield, Bower, Br11ndon,

Bryan, Carter, Chappell,

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Copeland, David, Denny, Duncan, Erwin, Felker, Freeman, Griffin of Twiggs, Hall, Hardin of Wilkes, HarJwick, Harrison,

Henderson of Itwin, McMillan,

Henderson of Wash't'nRudicil,

Hopkins,

Slaton,

Hosch,

Statr,

Hutchins,

Tatum,

Knowles,

Upeburch,

Lain~r,

Wade,

LaRoche,

Walker of "Gnion,

Maxwell,

Watkins,

Morrif',

Willingh~;~m,

McDonough,

Wood.

1\lcLaughlm,

Those not voting were 1\Iessrs.-

Adamson, Anderwn, Barwick, Brown of Bryan, Calvin, Cook, Darnell, Drawdy, Ellis, Esterlin, Franklin, Ford, George, Greene,

Hammond, Hathc.Jck, Herring, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Pulaski, Lee, Mayson, Mullens, McCants, 1\Ic D o n a l d , :\IcRae, 0\erstreet, Padgett,

Park of Troup,
Reynold~,
Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Speer, Stubbs, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, Williams, 1\Ir. Speaker.

Mr. Gresham of Burke moved to dispense with a veri fication of the roll call, which motio'n prevailed.

Upon counting the \"Ote the ayes were 89 and the nays 44.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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The following bill was read the third time and pnt upon its passage, to wit:

By ::\h. Woodall of Talbott-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of malt or spiritnou,; liquors in the county of Talbot, and for other purposes.

The report of the Committee which was la\orable to the pas,;age of the bill was agreed to.

::\Ir. \\' oodall offered the following amendment which wa-;. adopted, to wit:

Amend by striking out the words" passage of this Aet" in the third line of section 1 anll inserting in lieu thereof the words" first day of A!ril, 18H9."

On passage of the bill the ayes were 1:27, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Leave of absence was grantecl the following members, tn wit:

:Messrs. David of Lincoln, Richarchon of Hart, 1\IcLaughlin of Meriwether, Duncan of Houston, Blalock of Fayette, Turner of Henry, Banon of Jones, ~IcDonongh of Chatham, Jones of Burke, .Jordan of Jasper, Timmerman of\\'ebster, Emanuel of Glynn, Johnson of Bartow, Fott of Harris, Farmer of Jefferson, Everett of Stewart, Swift of Elbert, Harrison of Quitman, Harrell of Dodge, Wooten of Calhoun, "'alker of Crawford, Tracy of Dooly, Harvard of Dooly,

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605

King of Houston, Drawdy of Wayne, Pace of Xewton, Lane of Sumter, Park of Troup, Watkins of Gilmet, "~ood of Towns.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until !) o'clock to-morrow moru i ng.

ATLAXTA, GA.,
Saturday, De0embet 3, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at !) o'clock a. m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
l\Ir. Freeman of Coweta moved to dispense with the roll call, which motion prentiled.
The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent the following resolutiun was read and adopted, to wit:
By l\Ir. Bmndon of Fulton-
A resolution providing for hYo sessions of the House daily, begi11ning \Yith next Monday, as follows: ConYene at 9 a. m., adjourn at 1 p. m.; convene at i:30 p. m., adjourn at 10 p. m.
Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved a teconsideration of the

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action of the House, had upon yesterday, rel~ting to Honse bill Ko. 47,and that it he made the special otder for ~londay uext.

Mr. Hardin moved as an amendment to the motion of :Mr. Ellis, that bill No. 47 be made the special order fot Tuesday next, which amendment was lost.

Mr. MeGehee then moved ns an amendment to the motion of Mr. Ellis that bill ~ o. 47 be made the special order for December 17th, which motion prevailed, and the bill was set for a reconsideration on that day.

l\Ir. Brandon of :Fulton moYed that bills No. 127 and 128 be made the special on1er for Monday night, and not to displace other special orders, which motion prevailed.

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

Jlr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:
An Act to abolish the county court of Terrell county, and for other purposes.

Also, an Act to establish the city court of Dawson iu and for the county of Terrell, and for other purposes.

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607

Mr. Freeman, chairman of the Committee on 'Vays-

and Means, submitted the following report:

1',.

Jlr. Speaker:
The Committee on 'Vays and ~leans have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to provide for the assessment of property subject to taxation in this State.

Also, the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
A bill to provide how notes, accounts and all other evidences of debt shall be returned fot taxation in this. this State, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
R W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Walker of Union, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speake1:



The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled, signed and ready fot delivery to the Governor,. the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to amend the charter of the eity of Macon,. and for other purposes.

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Also, an Act to repeal an Act to proYide for tbe ex-
amination of pri,ate banks by tbe Bank Examiner of
this State, and for other purposes.

Hespedfully submitted,
J. Y. WALKER,
Chairman Enrollment Committee.

l\Ir. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appl'Opriations, submitted the follo\Ying report:
Jf,. Spealw :
The Committee on Appropriations haYe had under consideration the following House hill, which they instruct me to rel'ort back \Yith tlie recommendation that the same do pass, to "it:
A bill to proYitle for the maintenance and support of the Ptison Commission of the State of Geotgia, etc.
Also, the following Honse bill, wlJich they instruct me to report ha<:k with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute to wit:
A bill to n:ake an appn)priation to tlie trustees of the State University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the Textile Departr:.1ent of the School Df Technology.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

609

Mr. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Privileges ..of the Floor, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker :

The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back with the recommenJation that the same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution that the privileges of the floor be extended to Dr. C. E. Dowman, during his stay in the "city.
Respectfully submitted,
B. B. BOWER, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following joint resolution was read and referred, to wit :

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A joint resolution for relief of securities of J. W. John.son of Oconee county, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following privilege resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
.By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to .Dr. C. E. Dowman during his stay in the city.
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The following Se.nate bills were read the first time, towit:
Ily Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of County Com __ missioners for th~ county of .Fannin, and for other purposes.
Ref~rred to Committee on County and County Matters. By Mr. Wight of the lOth District-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Police Com- miFsioners for the city of Albany, and. for other purposes..
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. King of the 43d District-
A bill to change the time for holding Superior Courts in the Cherokee Circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. 'Vight of the lOth DistrictA bill to amend section 1107 of volume 3 <.'f the Code,.
providing for the payment of Sheriff's fees, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bill was read the second time, t~ wit:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 189t!.

611

By Mr. Wight of the lOth District-

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Albany, Ga., and for other purposes.

The following House resolutions were read the second' time, to wit:

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A resolution providing for the payment of two extra assistant door-keepers for the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Starr of Gordon-
A bill to amend section 65 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes. By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend section 431 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
By Mr. McCranie of Berrien--
A bill to establish and maintain a public school system in and for the county of Berrien, and for other purposes.



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By Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to provide for the removal of a cropper or other laborer in certain cases, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-

A bill to allow graduates of the normal department of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, upon whom degrees may be conferred, to teach in the public schools of this State without further examination, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to prescribe a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, to provide for the enforcement of same, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta--
A bill to provide for the assessment of property subject to taxation under the laws of this State, to pr,)vide for a Board of Assessors for each county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend section No. 5315 of the Code, in reference to taking of depositions, and for other purposes.

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613

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-

A bill to amend an Act giving Commissioners of Road& and Revenues, or County Judges of each county, certain powers, etc., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of Baker-

A bill to require all claimants oflands sold under wildlands tax fi. fas. to bring suit for same within 36 months,. etc., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the State University for the maintenance of the .Textile department of the Technological school, for the enlargement. of the dormitory for said school, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to provide for the levy and sale under legal process of an interest or equity of redemption in real estate when the defendant does not own the legal tith~, and forother purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend section 120 of the Code of 1895, and forother purposes.

By Messrs. Holden and Hosch of Jackson--
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Harmony Grove, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to amend section 2219 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to amend section 3244 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb--
A bill to amend section 2334 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A bill to provide how notes, accounts, etc., shall be returned for taxation, and for other purposes. By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to authorize courts of municipal corporations to try and punish offenders against the ordinances of such municipality, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1262 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to carry into effect paragraph 1 of section 4 of article 8 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEl\IBER3, 1898.

615

:Ey Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit the members of the Legislature and :all other officials of this State from receiving any favor whatever from any corporation, and for other purposes.

.By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill providing for the employment of a clerk for the "Treasurer of Chatham county, and for other purposes.

.By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to provide for and regulate municipal elections in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Griffith of Haralson-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Bremen, in Haralson county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Walker of Union-
A .bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commis:sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Union, .and for other purposes.

j3y Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend an Act providing for a Board of Sta-

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tionary Engineers for Fulton county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to provide for the registration of voters to vote at. municipal elections in Chatham county, and for other pur- poses.

By Mr. Pace of Newton-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Newton county to establish a Dis-pensary, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bowen of Wilcox-
A bill to change the county seat of Wilcox county, and; for other purposes.

By Mr. Newton of Morgan-
A bill to amend section 826 of the Civil Code of 1895,.. and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Mayson and George of DeKalbA bill to abolish the City Court of DeKalb county.

By Mr. McDonald of Ware-
A bill to protect manufacturers and producers of Georgia,.. and for other purposes.

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617

By Mr. Hamby of Rabun-

A bill to give the County Boards of Education full power to regulate the length of the public school term, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-

A bill to amend Eection 508, volume 3 of the Code, ancr for other purposes.

- BY 1fr. Turner of Henrv-
A bill to fix the price of all Georgia Reports at $2 per volume, and for other purposes.

By )Ir. :Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to pruvide for a Board of Commissioners of Roads; and Revenue for the county of Thomas, and for other pur-poses.

By :Mr. Bond of :Madison-

A bill providing for the establishing and maintenance of a dispensary in the town of Oomer, and for <Yther purposes.
By )Ir. Calvin of Hichmond-

A bill to regula,te the payment of insolvent costs of the sheriff of Richmond county, and for other purposes.
By ~fr. CalYin of RichmondA bill to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent

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co;,ts of the clerk of the city court of Richmond county, and for other purpose;.

By )fr. I~ennett of :Mitchell-
A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in }fitchell county, and for ot.her purposes.

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A hill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commission{~l"S of Hoads and Revenue for the count:Y of Baldwin, and for other purposes.

By l\Ir. \Ymingham of ~Ionroe--
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Hevenue for the county of :Monroe, and for other purposes.

By ::\lr. Freeman of Coweta--
A bill to pay off and retire bonds as they mature by levy and collection of a tax, aud for other purpoaes.

By .Mr. ~ingletary of Schley-
A bill to prevent certain persons from drawing pensiom in this State, and for other purposes.

By ~fr. Barwick of Emanuel--
A bill to establish the city court of the city of Swains])Oro in Emanuel county, and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

619

l3y ~1r. Mitchell of Thomas~

A bill to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roods and Revenue for the counties of Cam'.den, Thomas and Echols, w far as relat8 to Thomas county, .and for other purposes.

By 1Ir. Tatum of Dade--
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the county of Dade, and for other purposes.

By }lr. \Vooten of Calhoun-
A bill to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court to fill vacancies in the office of Commissione<r of Roads and Revenue, and for other purposes.

:Mr. :Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and Ccnnty )fatters, submitt{'d the follo\Ying: report:
Jlfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County }fatters 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 be entitled an Act to provide a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Thomas, and for other purpses.
Also, a bill to create a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Dade.

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Also, a bill to change the County site of "Wilcox county, and for other purposes.

Also, they recommend the following bill do pass by sul:r stitute as amended:

A bill to amend an Act to give Commissioners of Roads and Revenue or County Judges, as the case may be, the power to discontim1e or change the public roads, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
J. }f. MOORE, Chairman Com. on Counti~ and County Matters.

Mr. Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions,. submitted the follo,ving report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on I>ensions have had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to prevent certain persons from drawing pensions in this Stat~, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1262 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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621

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1250 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

B. F. SBIPSON, Chairman Committee on Pensions.

Lpon motion of Mr. Oalvin of Richmond, House bill K o. 83, the same being a bill to repeal the <t:.hird section of m~ Act to amend an Act to provide f()ll' the appointment of auditors, prescribe their duties, fix their compensations, and for other purposes, was temporarily tabled.
By unanimous consent, the following resolut.ion was read and adopted, to wit:
By ~Ir. Park of Greene--
A resolution to authorize the GoYernor to decorate the Capitol in honor of t.he President, and for other purposes.
:Mr. LaRDche, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speal.:er:
The Committee on C'orpomtions haYe had under consideration the following House bilh; and instruct me to report tlw same rack -to the Honse with the l'C'COmmendation that the:' do pass, to '"it:
A bill to be entitled an Ad to amend an ~\ct entitled an

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Act to incorporate the town of I-yerly in Chattooga county,. !lm1 for other .rurpm:es.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act requiring person or per~ons, firm or firms doing a private banking business to havA stamped on their stationery the words "not incorporated,". etc.

The committe> also recommends that the following bill de. not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Police and }'ire Commissioners for t.be city of Athens, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

Chairman pro tem. Committee on Corporations.
:Mr. W-alker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment,. sulnnitteJ the following report: Jir. Speaker:
The Committe on Enrollment instruct me to report to tlw House as duly enrolled, sip;ned and reatly for delivery t<' the Gonrnor, the follmving Acts, to wit:
An Act to compemate the members of -the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Burke county,. Georgia, for their senices.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

623:

An Act to amend an Act, approved December 4th, 1890,. entitled an Act to vest in the mayor of the city of Savannah the Yeto power, and for other purposes.

Also, an Act to make it lawful upon the death of employees of railroad and other companies and corporations,. whateYer Wages may be due such employee not subject to g<nnishment, shall be paid to the widow of such employee,. and for other purposes.

Also,

An Act Ito repeal an Act to create a Board of Water Commi.ssionerrs for the city of Savannah.

Also,
An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to affb: a penalty for failure to make tax returns, and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to proYide compensation for jurors in forcible entry and detainer cases, and for other purposes.

Also,
An. Act 1:o repeal an Act to proh~bit in Chatham county the holding of more than one office at one time by any one person, and for other purposes.

Also, .An Act to repeal sections 2253 to 2260 inclusive, of theCode of 1895, and for other purposes.

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Also,
An Act to authorize and empower the mayor and COUllcil of the town of Cochran to build and maintain a s;ystem -of water-works.
Also,
An -4-ct to al,ter and amen<l sections 4 and 5 of an Act to incorporate t.he city of Elberton, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to amend an Act to reincorporate the town of 'Thomasville as the city of Thomasville, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to prohibit creditors from assigTiing and transfrring or sending out of this State claims, accotmts or .(lebts against a resident of this State, for the purpose of having the same collected by proceedings in attachment or _garnishment, Dnd for other purposes.
Also,
An ..:\..ct to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and he,enue for the county of Houston, and for other. purpoi'es .
.Also,
;\._n Act to amend section 6!)8, volume 3 of the Code of 1Hi5, aml for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

625

.\Jso,

..:\n ~\ct to prewnt the baiting or killing of dows thus baited in this State.

. \lso,

..:\n ..:\ct to create a Board of County Commissioners for Twiggs count.v, and for other purposes.

..:\ho,

.\n .Act to chan~"<' the time for holding the Superior Court of DodgE> count.'", and for other purposf'S.

"\ l~o.

\n ..:-\ct to anwwl the charter of the town of Loganville.

Also,

~
'

..:\n Act to amend section 2230 of the Code of 1R95, anJ

for other purpos<'8.

Also,

..:\n .Act to amend section 101 of the CoJe of Georgia, rdating to the time and place of elections of J nstices of the PP~tce, aucl for other purpooes.

\lso,

..:\n Act to anwnd sootinn 7G.i of the Code of 18D5, vol mne :3, and for other purposes.

Hespectfully submitted.

til " j

.1. Y. wALJU~H, ('.haimum.

626

J OURX .-\.L OF THE HOUSE.

The following hill~ were niHl thP first t.ime aml '<lppropriatd.'- referred, to wit:
By ::\lr. ~lonis of Cobb-
A bill to amend the c.hartE'!r of the city of ::\Iarietta. and for otlwr purposes.

Referred t.o Committee on C'orporat.iom. By }fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to relieYe Geo. "~- IIani,:mJ, State Printtr, aJHl. for other pm~ooo;;.
HefPJTP(l to Committee on .\ ppropriatirm~.
By }Jr. Spee-r of Sumter-
A bill to prov,ide for the uniform HJethotl of gTaiJilJil~ charter,; to banks, etc., awl for ntlwr pnrpo:'r>'.
HefcJTtd to Committee on ( ~cJwral .Tndieiary.

Hy ::\lr. Knowles of Fulton-
~\ bill to requirP till rPgi-"tration of trmJ,:fer,; 11f lll<~rT gage,-, lit"., and for other pnnw.-P>'.

Hy }) r. :\I uore of ( 'anoll--

SATURDAY, DECE:\IBER 3, 1898.

627

By )fr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to require and proYide for the establishment of an
office of public matron in certain cities of this State, and for ot.her purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By .Mr. Heid of Taliaferro-

A bill to repe_!l!l the existing charter of the tO\m of 'Hillwan, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By .Messrs. Arnold and }.laxwPll of Oglethorpe-

A bill to reqnirP all railroads in this State to carr: bi<~.wles free of charge wlwn ac<:ompanied b' a pa,;,;pngPr with a fir,;t-class <ti<:k0t, anrl for other pnrposf';;.

RdPrrPd to Committee on Railroads.

A hill to prohibit tlw JllaJlllfaetnre of anY ,-piri.tnons lifjlJOrs in the county of Xe\\'ton, and for other pnrpo;:ps.
Hderred to Commit-ter~ on T<m]Wl':11l<.'P.
By 11 r. Ogletrl'P of Hntt,;A hill to amPII<l an "\et in<:orprating- tlw to\Yll of .Jack-
!';fn in Butts count~, and for other purposes. HPfPrrPd to Speeial .Tndieimy ( 'ommittee.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By ~Ir. Bass of Habersham-

> \_ bill to establish the cit: conrt of Clarksville m the count; of Habersham, and for other purposes.

Referre<l to Special Judieiary Committe.

A bill to change the manner of selecting the ( 'ounty ConuuiS:3ioners of Brook;;; county, and for other purpo&>s.
Referred to Committee on Countic.- all(l ( 'onnt,y ~[atters.
]~: ~Ir. Heynolds of Richmond_.:\_ hill to re<1uire street rail\\'ay <ompanit..,; to proYide at
the for\\'ard end of their cars a ,;creen \\'hich shall fully protect the motorman, a]l(l for other purposffi.
Hderre<l to C'mmniHet> on Hailrua<ls.
]~y ::\les::;rs. E:nO\des, :Slaton an<l Brandon of Fulton~\ bill to amcntl the charter of the city of ~\tlama, tc,
provide more eflicicnt sanitary regulations, and for (Jther p11rposc'8.
Heferrcd to Special .Twliciary Committee.
By ~fr. \Yillin,gham of ~[onroe.\hill to definC' tl1e liPn>' 011 rPal <,;tate arising from jndg-
lll<'llt>', alJ(l for otlwr purposes. HdPl'J'ed to ClenPral .Tndiciarv CommitteP.

SATl'RDAY, DECE:\IBER 3, 1898.

629

By :Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to require all street railways to enclose the front part of their cars to protect the motormaJJ, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By l\Iessrs. Henderson and Hanlwick of \Yashington-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the roads, public propel't.Y, and finance for the county of Washington, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By l\Ir. Hardwick of \Yashington-
A bill to amend an Act to lH"OYide a new chartm for the town of Tennille in "\Yashington county, and for other purroses.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By )Jr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to prescribe how lunatics, idio,ts, etc. may be admitted and discharged from the asylum, and for other purpcJEes.

Heferred to State Sani,tarium Committee.

By :Mr. )fcLaughlin of )feriwetherA bill to amend an Act proYiding for the admission to
the 'bar, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By :Jir. Dickey of Fannin-

A bill to exempt Fannin county from the operation law requiring the registration of voters, etc., and for other purposeB.

Heferred to CommiHee on Counties and County :Mattei'S.

Hy :Jfr. Rudicil of C'hattoop;a~\ bill to amend an Act incorpOl'ating the town of Rac-
coon in Chattooga county, and for other purposes. Heferred to Committee on Corporations.

Hy ~fr. Simpson of :JfiltonA bill to prohibit the sale of wine within two miles of
the town of Alpharetta, and for other purposes. Referred to Special JudiciarY Committee.

13: :Jfr. Bennett of Pierce-
.A bill to amend the charter of Pat,terson, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committoo on Corporations.

By :Jfr. }lcl.aughlin of JfNiwether~\.. bill to anwnd an ~\ct to regulate the payment of fees
to attorneys, etc, and for other purpose:". He:ferred to (;oiwral Judiciary Committee.

t:-;ATCRDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

631

J~;- ~Ir. Sturgis of ~IcDuffie--
..:\.. bill to provide for t.he payment of insolvent costs of the Justices of the Peace, commissiond Notaries Public mHl Constables of ~IcDuffie county from the general fund, aml for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Mat.ters.

By :3fr. Bryan of Floyd-
..:\.. bill providing that no person shall be appointed a guarclian of an insane person who is a creditor of that per,;;nn. and for other purposes.

Referred to General J ndiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Ogletree of Butts-
A bill to create a Board of Connui"-Sioners of Hoads and Hen"nue for the county of Butts, and for other purposes.

ReJened to Conunitte on Counties and County }.fatters.

B; ~Ir. Reynolds of Richmond-
_\_ bill to create in the Departnwnt. of Agriculture a buIcau of labor and labor statistics, c>te., and for other pur-
r(.,:;8.

Referred to ConunittC on Labor and Labor Statistics.

1~.' ~fT. Gresham of Burke--
..:\. hill to preBcribe a course of physiology and hygiene in the common schools of this State, and for other purposes.

Hefened to CommittPe on Education.

632

JouRXAL oF THE HousE.

The following resolutions were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-

A resolution for the relief of J as. H. CraYens of Catoosa county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County ::\Iattert;. By 11r. Stone of \Valton-

A resolution for the relief of A. l\I. Hill of \Yalton county, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following joint resolu1ion ~was read the first time~ to wit:

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A resolution proyiding for the refunding of certain tax moneys paid into the treasury of the State, derived from sale of certain property in Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Commit,too on Appropriations.

The follm,ving bill "as read the first time and ordered to be engrossed, to wit:
By :Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to amend section 1700 of the Code of 1895, relating to oyS'ter-beds, etc., and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECE:\IBER 3, 1898.

633

The following message was received from his Excellencyr the Governor, through his SecretaTy, Mr. Hikh, to wit:

Jh. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has apprO\'ed and signed the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to amend the charter of the city of ~lacon, and for other purposes.

Also,

An Act t.o repeal an Act to provide for the examination of primte banks by the bank examiner or the State, and for o~ther purposes.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

.Mr. S peakP:r:

ThP GPneral .Twliciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills, whieh thPy instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to require all claimants of lands sold under transferred 'vild ],and tax fi. fas, etc., prior to .Tanuary 1st, 1880, to bring tinit for such land within 36 months, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 93 of the Penal Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

634

.TouRNAL OJ<' THE HousE.

The committee haYe also had under consideration the following bills which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that 1he authors be a:llowed to withdraw the bills:

A bill to be entitled an .Aet to amend section 1005 of the J>enal ('ode of Georgia, 1;3!).), an<l for ot.lwr purposes.
.A bill to be en6tled an ~\ct to eonf{r jnrisdietion on recorder,; and police courts to try ccrrain mi&le.mcanors.

The committee haYe also had under c<m8id0ration the following bill which they instruct me to report back to the Houoo with the recommendation that same be read the second time in <the House 'and re(',ommitted to the General J H<lieiary Committee:

A bill to be entitlecl an .Act to ])l"t>Yent tlw sacrifice of real property sold at legal :0ales, and for oij-her purposes.

Re;;peetfully submitted.
JOHN ~I. SL.ATOX, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

The follmving bills were read t.he third time and put upon their passage:
By 1IC"ssrs. George> and ~Layson of DeKalb-
A bill proYiding for a new charter for the town o:[ ( 'larhton, and for othC"r purposes.
The report of the committee, whidt wa,; fa,orahlc> to the pas:"nge of the bill wa;; agreed to.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

635

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, na_ys 0.
E-~o the bill, having received the req_nisit.e constitutional majority, was passed.

Hy )fr. Bynum of Columbia-

.\.. bill to create a Board of Hoads and Rennue for the county of Columbia, 'and for other purpases.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pa,;;,;;<1e of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of ,t,he 'bill the ayes were 96, nays 1.
So the bill, baving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Hy )lr. Calvin of Richmond-
\. hill to fix the boundary line between the States of (;<urgia an<l South Carolina, and for other purposes.
The report .:>f the committee, which was favorable to the pn8:,;age of the bill was agTeed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were l.Hl, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By )fr. Calvin of Hichrnond-
.\.. hill to authorize the city council of Auglist.a to change tlw <lam extending a'cross the Savannah river at the head of the canal, and for other purposes.

636

JocRNAL oF THE IIousE.

The repmt of the committee, which wa:; fayorahle to the }'t~ssage of the bill \\"as ag-reed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nay:; 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, w<'ls passed. By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A hill to amend an Act to est~blish the 0ity court in the county of Floyd, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was faYorable to the: pasEage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Hardin of wilkes~ A bill to amend an Act establishing the public school
system in \\~ashingion county, and for other purpoaes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of tho bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.

So the bill, having rceeiwd the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hardin of WilkesA bill to amend the charter of dtc city of \Yashingtull,
Ga., and for other pur]X!Ses.

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637

The report of thB committee, which was faYorable to the pa>-sage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.

So the bill, hYing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

B.' }fr. Heynolds of Richmond-
"\_ hill to anthorize the city council of Augusta to fix the number of its members necessary to constitute a quorum, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pMsage of the bill was agreed to.
On passagf1 of ,t.he bill the 'ayes "ere 97, nays 0.
So tiH hill, haYing received the requisite constitutional majnrity, "as passed.

By ~fr. T{p_mol<l,.; of Hichm<md-
"\_ bill to authorize the city council of Au~:usta to grant and ronny certain propet'ty ou \Yhich to erect a passenger d<pot, all<l for other purposes.
The report. of the committee, which was favorable to the pa>'Fage of tho hill was agreed to.
On pa:-,.;age of the hill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
So the hill, having received the requisite constitutional majorit.v, was passed.

638

J OUR~AL OF THE HOUSE.

By :Mr. Chappell of :Muscog-oo-

A bill to allow the St. Luke's Methodi8t chnrch tn erPatc
a lrien by mortgage for c<>rtain purposes, and for other purpc:ses.

The re>port 'Jf the comJllittPP, which wa,.; faYorahlP to th!' pa~Eage of the bill was agTPPcl to.

On passage of the bill the ay<'S were 92, naYs 0.

So the hill, haYing l"('CPiYPd the rpqui:'ite con,.;titntional
majority, \Yas passPd.

A hill to ameml the ehmtpr of Sharp:'hmg m CowPta crllllt,Y, all<l for other purposes.
ThP rPport of tlw l'OIIlllli tteP, w hie h "a:; fa Yorablc to the
passagP of t.lw hill ""''" agTPed to.
On pa,;,.,agt' of tlw hill the a_yts werp !)1, lJaY5 0.
So tlw bill. lw,ing ntPi nj1 thP rPCJlli,;itC' L'llll:'tituri"Jwi majority, was pa~:<C'cl.
B.Y ~I r. Price of OeoJJN'-
.\ hill to repeal an .\d ]H'oYiding for tlw crP11tim1 of a llco:lld of ( 'mttllli"-"'inncr,; of Hoatls nn<l HPH'IIl\P for the cllllt_Y of OeoJI('(', awl for other pnrpo:<('s.
TlH npurt of the eollllllittPe, whieh \I'll:< fa,orahlc ho th,: ]'"""<lg'C' of the ],j]] \1':1,.; gT~ccl tn.

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So the bill, having recein'l the requi~ite constitutional majority, \\as passed.

Hy ~Ir. Ford of \Yorth-

.'i hill to incorporate tlw town of Syhet>ter in the county of \\Torth, and for otlwr purpt~e8.

The report of the commiH<'e, "hich was favorable to tlw JnlBsngl' of tho bill was agreed to.

On pas,-agP of tlw bill the ayl'>' wPrP H3, nays 1.

So the bill, having rPcl'iYPtl the n'(Jui~ite con,-titutional majorit.v, \\as passed.

B.v ~Ir. Hardin of \Yilke.,:-

A hill to authorize tlw llHtYor mul tomwil uf \\"a,;hington, Ga., to issue bonds for the amount of $00.000, and for other purposes.

The rr-port of thP committl'l'. \\hil'h wa,; fanwahle to th.3 pns,;agp of tlw hill wa,; agteed to.

On pa"~ag-<> nf tl1P hill the ayp,; \\"Pl"l' !Hl, nay,:. 0.

So tlw hill, lwving n'l'l'ivPd th(\ t'<'qni,;itf' cou,;titntional JIJajorit,,, was passPd.

ThP follo\\i11g S!'natp hill ''."" rrad the third tinw atltl put npon its pa.;;;;age, to wit:

Hy 1ft. Bmm of tlw :1Sth District--
""hill tn <llll!'Jul all .\ds irwnrporating tllt' to\\'11 of Cr ti:.ttrJ\\"11, :~nd for nth<r p111']X>~<~.

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The report of the committee, which was fayorahle to the piti',;age of the bill \Yas agreed to.

On passage of the hill the a.n>s \Yere 96, nays 0.

So the bill, haYing rC>ceiwd tho requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By ~r r. Smith of Hancock-A hill to repPal so much of an Act as ptoYic]p,; for cetiain
ir:solwnt costs in the X orthern ,Judieia 1 Circuit, aml for Dther purposes as relatrn 'to the county of Hancock.

The report of the committee, which was fayorarhle to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of thC> hill the ayes were !14, naY,; 0.
So the bill, haviJ~g receiYed the requisite constitntional majority, was passed.
By ::\fr. Ifpnderson of IrwinA hill to amend the c.JHH"tPr of o{~illa, antl for other pur-
po>'e8. The rt'port of the committf'e, which was fayorable to the
pm;sag( of tlhe bill was agreed to.
On passage of the hill the ay~ wen !J:i, nays 0.

So t.he hill, haYing recC>ind the: requisite constitut.ional majority, was pass('d.
By ::\fr. Smith of Hancock-~\ hill to rep0al an .\ct, to JWOYitle for the paynwnt of

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the insohent costs of the ,Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Constables of Hancock county, and for other purposes.
The report of the comm~ttee, which was favorable t() the p::1ssa~e of the biU was agreed to.

On passnge of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 0.

So the bill, having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majorit~, was passed.

B; :\fr. Smith of Hancock-
A\. bill to mpeal an Act to amend an Act to provide for the pa~mcnt of certain insolYent crimintal costs in the K orthern ,Judicial Circuit, so far as re<lates to Hancock C(nnt~, and for other purposes.
The report of the committce, which was favorable t() the pa~age of the bill was agreed to.
On pas...;;age of the bi1l the ayes were 92, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitlitional majorit:, was passed.

B; }Ir. Reynolds of Richmond-
A hill to provide that the city 00uncil of Augusta shall 1wt hP reqnire<l to nse its common seal in making by-lnws, .ete., and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favora.ble to the pnfl,:agc of th(' hill was agreed to.
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On passageof the bill ~the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

B.} :Mr. Emanuel of GlynnA bill to amend the charter of the_ city of Brunswick,
and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pal:'Sage of the biU was agreed to.

On passage o !J:.he bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

B~ ~Ir. :Merritt '0 Hancock-
A biH to ,amend all Act." grant.ing corpor3Jte authority to
the town oo Sparta, and for other purposes.

The report o the commirttee, which was favorahle to the pm;:sage of t1he bill Wll;S ap;reed to.

On pa.;;sage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the l'equisi,te constitutional majority, was passed.

B." :Mr. Jones o Burke-
A bill to amend se-ction 4 of an Act incorporating the cit~ of \\'aynesboro, and for other purposes.

The report of the commi1tee, which was favorable to the p:l,.,53i-!J' 0f t.lw bill was agwe(l to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to fix all fines and pun~shmP.nts for vioration of rul6, by-laws, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of the commi,ttee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was ag-reed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Harrell of Dodg&-
A bill to amend section 20 of an Act incorporoting the t<wn of Eastman, and for other purpm:es.
The report of the committee, which was favoraJble to the pas~age of iJhe bill was agTeed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
B;v ~fessrs. George and :Mayson of DeKalb--
A bill to provide for a system of public sc-hools for t.he tnvn of Clarkston, and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pa~.;;age of the bill was agretd to.

On pas:;Rge of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill, having rE'e<'in'<l the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
B; 2\fr. Rogers of ~larion-

A bill to fix ,the salary of the Judge of the county court ot ~larion county, and for other purposes.

The report of the conm1i<ttee, which was favorable to the paf'Sage of the biU was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.

So the bill, having recein'<:l tho requisite constitutional Hwjorit.Y, was passed.
1~.' ~Ir. Evere~t of Stewart-
A hill to amend an Act to incoqmratC' the tmvn of ],umpkin in Stewm-t county, and for ot}w,r pnrpooes.

The report of the committee, which was fa,m-able to the pai't:'age of the hiH was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
rpon motion of Mr. I.ane of Early, the following bill '' ns temporarily tabled, to wit:

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BJ }[r. Lane of Early-

A bill to repeal an Act to regulate and maintain a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.

Upon motion of :Mr. Slraion of Fulton, the foHowing bill wa.;;; withdrawn, to wit:

By 2\Ir. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to confer jurisdiction on recorders and police courts to try certain misdemeanor dases, and for other purpnses.

Upon moti'On of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, Mr. IJaRoche, the an thor of House bill No. 240, the same being a bill relative to the confession of persons accused of crime so as to pro-hibit the death penalty where the conviction is based upon a confession made to an officer of the law, asked that the same be withdrawn, which request was granted.

The following joint resolution was read by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Mr. Price of Oconee-A Joint Resolution to pay the pension due 0. F. John-
son of Oconee county, to his widow, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriation.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution was read the second time, to wit:

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By :Mr. Griffin of Greene-

A resolutiun for the relief of Goo. A. Hall and Joel F. Thornton as securities on the bond of Jene Williams, and for other purposes.

The Speaker appointed as the committee to investigate the X ortheastern railroad, the following members, to wit: :Mr. Swift, Mr. Post and :Mr. Blalock.

Lea>es of absence were granted the following members, to wit: :Messrs. Dews of Randolph, Arnold of Oglethorpe, Easterlin of Macon, Smith of Hancock, Hardin of Wilkes, :Mullins of :Meriwether, Adams of Putnam, Hathcock of Douglas, Griffin of Greene, Pate of GwinneiJt, Hamby of I<abun, Dickey of Fannin, St~rr of Gordon, Bond of ::\fadison, and Drawdy of wayne.

Upon motion of ~lr. Easterlin of :Macon, the House adjnnrned until 9 o'clock .a. m. )londay.

ATLANTA, GA., Monday, Dec. 5, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock, a. m., this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Walker Lewis.

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The roll was called, and the following members answered 1o their names : Messrs.-

Allen,

Felker,

Lane of Early,

Anderson,

Fender,

Lane of Sumter,

Barron,

Freeman,

Laing,

Bennett of 1.!itchell, Franklin,

LaRoache,

Bennett of Pierce, Fort,

Latimer,

Beauchamp,

Gay,

Lee,

Bell of Forsyth,

George,

Longino,

Black of Dawson, Gresham,

Martin,

Black of Whitfield, Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Blalock,

Griffith,

Merritt,

Bond,

Hall,

Mitchell,

Bowen,

Hammett,

Morrie,

Bower,

Hardin of Liberty, McCants,

Brandon,

Hardin of Wilke!!, McCranie,

Brown of Bryan,

Hardwick,

McFarland,

Brown of Carroll, Harris,

McLaughlin,

Bryan,

Harrell,

McLennan,

Bush,

Harvard,

McRae,

Bynum,

Hendricks,

Newton,

Calvin,

Henderson, of Irwin, Ogletree,

Carter,

Herririg,

Ousley,

Chappell,

Hopkins,

Overstreet,

Cook,

Hosch,

Pace,

Copeland,

Hukhins,

Padgett,

Darnell,

Jarnagin,

Pate,

David,

Johnson of Appling, Park of Greene,

Denny,

J ohnf)n of Bartow, Post,

Dickey,

Johnson of Floyd, Price,

Ellie,

Jones of Dougherty, Rawls of Effingham,

Emanuel,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Erwin,

Jordan of Pulaski, Reynolds,

Everett of Polk,

King,

Rogers,

Everett of Stewart, Knowles,

Rose,

Fain,

Lane of Bibb,

RudicH,

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Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs,

Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Tisinger, Tracy, Turn~r of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade,

Walker of Crawford,.. Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Woodall,, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Barwick, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Castleberry, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Eaterlin, Farmer, Ford, Greene, Griffin of Greene,

Hammond,

McDonald,

Hamby,

McDonough.

Harrison,

McElreath,

Hathcock,

McGehee,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcMillan,

Hill,

Park of Troupr

Howard,

Reid,

Holder,

Richardson,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hancockr

Johnson of I..ee,

Swift,

Jones of Burke,

Taylor,

1\bxwell,

Timmerman,

Moore,

Wood,

Mullins,

Wooten.

The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read and confirmed.

Mr. Lane, of Sumter, moved to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of reconsidering the action of the House had upon Saturday ~pon the bill introduced by himself relating to the salaries of the Railroad Commissioners.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1898.
On the motion to suspend the rules of the House the ayes and nays were called for, which call was not sustained.
So the motion to suspend the rules of the House not having received the requisite three-fourths majority was_ lost.
On motion of Mr. Willingham, of Monroe, the session of the House was extended five minutes for the purpose of considering bill No. 350.
Mr. Hush, of Miller, moved that House bill No. 153 be made the special order for to-morrow night, which: motion was lost.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution to limit the debates of the House to ten minutes, provided that this resolution shall not contravene the provisions of Rule No. 68.
By unanimous consent the following matter was introduced, to wit :
Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker : The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had
under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:


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A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Hou. J. A. Butt, of Union county, during his stay io the city.

Respectfully submitted.

B. B. BOWER, Chairman.

The following privilege resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. J. A. Butt of Union county during his stay in the city.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senaie bills, to wit:
A bill to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Code of. 1895 relating to contested election.
Also, a bill to reduce the sheriff's bond of the county of Dougherty.
Also, a bill to dispense with a motion for new trial and filing brief of evidence, and to authorize a direct bill of exceptions in certain cases.

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Also, a bill to amend section 2835 of the Code relating to the approYal of homesteads and recording same in this State.

Also, a bill to amend section 5541 of the Code relating to bills of exceptions pendente lite.

Also, a bill to amend section 2867 of the Code of 1895 relative to the record of schedules of exempted property.

The Senate has also passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of Leesburg in the county of Lee.

Also, a bill to make it unlawful to fire guns on Sunday except in defense of person and property.

Also, a bill to appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars to pay pensions.
Also, a bill to repeal an Act creating a board of fire commiEsioners for the city of Savannah.
Also, a bill to repeal an Act to create the office of commissioner of public works for the city of Savannah.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, as amended, the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan Banking Company, of Atlanta, Ga.

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The Senate has also concurred in the following House resolution, to wit:

A resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our representatives in Congress to use their best efforts to the early completion of the Nicaraguan canal.

Also, a resolution to pay the pension of J. W. \Villoby of Fayette county.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette moved that the special order under consideration be displaced at 12:30 o'clock p. m. for the introduction of new matter, etc.

Before the vote on the above motion was concluded Mr. Blalock withdrew the same, and a further consideration of the general tax bill by Mr. Freeman of Coweta was resumed.

The following bill, which was make the special order for to-day, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government and institutions, etc., and for other purposes.

The substitute offered by the Ways and Means Committee was taken up and read.

Pending the discussion of the substitute, the hour of adjournment arrived, and, pursuant to the motion .of Mr.

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Woodall of Talbot, that the session of the House be extended five minutes, the following bill was taken up for consideration:

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to amend an act creating a board of commissioners of Roads, Public Buildings, Finance, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Willingham the above bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Leaves of absence were granted the follo\ving members: Brown of Carroll, Drawdy of Wayne, .Jordan of Jasper, Moore of Carroll, Hathcock of Douglas, McDonald of Ware, Copeland of,Valker, Post of Coweta.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 7: 30 P. M. to-night.

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Monday, 7:30 P. 111.
The House metpursuant to adjournment at 7: 30 P. 111., and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Blalock moved to dispense with the roll call and the reading of the Journal, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Calvin, Chairman pro tern. of the committee on agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The com.mittee on General Agriculture have bad under consideration the following bill of the House, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
A bill to amend section 1552 of volume 1 of the Code of Georgia, in regard to commercial fertilizers.
Respectfully submitted. MARTIN V. CALVIN, Chairman pro tern.
The special Joint Committee appointed to investigate
the report of vV. A. Wimbish, the Attorney for the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report, to wit:
Jlr. Speaker : The special Joint Committee appointed for the purpose
of considering the report of W. A. Wimbish, Esq., con-

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cerning the true northern boundary of this State and to recommend such action on the part of the General Assem:... bly as should be appropriate, beg to report as follows:

It seems reasonably certain that the true aud ancient boundary of the State was some twelve miles north of the35th parallel of north latitude, which parallel marks thepresent boundary between Georgia and Tennessee, and Georgia and North Carolina. In 1!:S04 the General Assembly of this State adopted an Act in the preamble to which it was recited that the northern boundary was defined bythe 35th parallel. This declaration has since been fre-quently repeated.
In 1887 Georgia passed an Act declaring that the linebetween Dade county, Georgia, and Marion and Hamilton counties, Tennessee, was unsettled, and providing for theappointment of commissioners to meet similar commissioners on the part of Tennessee, "whose duty it shall be to sur-vey, establish and proclaim the true line between the disputed points.'' In 1889 Tennessee adopted a reciprocal Act containing similar recitals. The commission so au-thorized by the two States has never acted.
If these Acts are to he construed to mean merely that the true location of the 35th parallel is in doubt, this simple question can he easily determined. If, however, the proper construction he that the true and ancient boundary is in dispute, then the whole question is opened on its merits,. and the State of Georgia should take appropriate action.
The committee would recommend legislation providing for the appointment of commissioners to consider and determine the whole matter; and that re<>iprocal legislation

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be invited on the part of Tennessee and North Carolina. A resolution expressing the ideas of the committee is submitted herewith.
W. S. WEST, S. T. BLALOCK, On the part of the Senate. A. 0. BLALOCK, MORRIS BRANDON, R. A DENNY, On the part of the HouEe.

The special Joint Committee appointed to consider the report of the special Attorney of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Joint Committee appointed to consider the rep()rt of the Special Attorney for the Western & Atlantic Railroad and report their conclusions and recommendations, beg to report as follows :
The committee, in so fiir as the time at their disposal would permit, have reviewed the work of the office as shown in the official reports and as brought to their attention by the Special Attorney.
For more than twenty years prior to the appointment of the Special Attorney the State had no direct representative charged with the guardianship of its interest in this great property. In consequence, valuable p1'operties pertaining to the 'Vestern & Atlantic Railroad had passed into the possession of and were adversely claimed by others, records

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l1ad been scattered, lost and destroyed, and the rights of -the State were otherwise confused, unsettled and difficult of :ascertainment. The terminals both at Atlanta and Chat.tanooga were in dispute. Serious controversies existed with several railway companies concerning rights of way, :and at almost every station encroachments existed, and :adverse rights were claimed.
Thus, with regard to the terminal at Atlanta, it appears that the State's lessee was in undisputed possession of only ..nineteen feet of the right of way between Forsyth and Wh~tehall streets, the remainder being occupied by a rail-way company which claimed to have acquired it in 1846; the ownership of the Union Depot was in dispute, the State \being accorded only a three-tenths interest therein; Wall .-street was adversely claimed by the city of Atlanta, and the State had no evidence of title to a considerable por'tion of the right of way between Whitehall and Pryor .streets. All of these matters have been adjusted favorably to the State by the special attorney through litigation or -otherwise; the title of the State to the full width of its ,right of way of one hundred feet between the points named has been established. Complete title to the right of way .between Whitehall and Pryor streets has been acquired. The status of Wall street has been declared, with the con.sent of both the State and the city, and the right of\ the .State to the Union Depot has been aecertained.
The foregoing is given as an illustJ ation of the character .of the difficulties encountered and the results accomplif'hed. A similar state of affairs existed with reference to the Union Depot at Chattanooga, and like results have been ac.-complished, after litigation in the courts of Tennessee.
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The entire right of way has been practically freed of encroachments. The East & "rest Railroad was occupyingthe right of way for the distance of about one mile at Cartersville; the Marietta & Xorth Georgia Railroad was trespassing for the same distance at l\Iarietta; and the Belt Railroad seriously encroached upon the right of way at Atlanta. All of these haYe been satisfactorily adjusted.
Xumerous parcels of outlying property, some of which had been entirely lost sight of, were in the possession of third persons under claim of title. Some of these claimants had held possession for more than forty years. A II of these properties have been recovered. Xumerous other instances might be cited, but these are sufficient for the purpose of this report.
It seems that in every case the rights of the State have been established. The Hpecial Attorney bas been uniformly successful, both in the court!" and before special tribunals.
The Yalue of the property reco\ered, and in which the rights of the State haYe been fayorably e"tablished, may be conservatively estimated as exceeding a half million dollars. Important legal precetlents have been established in the eomts of both Georgia and Tennessee, which will affor;l future protection to this property.
Thus, it has been held that the State owns the railroad in her sovereign capacity; that, as affecting this property, estoppel does not apply, prescription does not run, nor is it within the meaning of any statute affecting priYate right>', unless the State be included within the exprees term.
Complete official maps of the entire road, including both

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terminals "and rights of way, have been prepared and filed. These maps are admissible in evidence in the courts as prirna facie true and correct. They constitute constructive notice of their contents, and are invested with other like qualities given by the law to the record of deeds to lands. Boundaries of the State's property are thus defined and perpetuated, and the public is put upon notice, so that trespassing thereon may be avoided.
Several highly important matters remain to be disposed of. The building of a new Union Depot at Atlanta has been recently much agitated, and it seems that the matter is now being seriously considered by the parties at interest. An adequate passenger station on the present site would materially enhance the value of the Western & Atlantic Hailroad, and would thereby enure to the benefit of the State. The State should not consider an abandonment of the present site, nor should it, in our opinion, entertain a1.y plan that would deprive it of the absolute control of this terminal at the expiration of the present lease. Should the State conl:'ent to a lease to a terminal company beyond the expiration of the term of the present lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, it shouhl reserve the privilege or option of acquiring all outstanding interests at a valuation to be arrived at iu a definite manner.
Thus, a value might be fixed upon eaeh year's use with reference to the amount expended in the erection of the ~;tation, so that the value of the outstanding interest could be definitely ascertained at any given time. Should such a privilege be reserved and not exercised, the State should require the payment of a ground rent after the expiration of the present lea!'le.

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The rights and interests of the State and of theo Western & Atlantic Railroad should be most carefully guarded in any plan that may be adopted. In view of the fact that no nnal plan has been as yet submitted, we recommend the appointment of a commission, to consist of the Governor, the Attorney-General and the Special Attorney for theWf'Stern & Atlantic Railroad, together with two members from the Hoi.Ule to be appointed by the Speaker, and one from the Senate to be appointed by the President, who shall have authority to consent, in behalf of the l;tate, to such plan as may meet with their unanimous approval.
We submit with this report the draft of a bill which embodies the ideas of the committee in this regard.
Official map number six shows the entire right of way through lots numbers 243 and 244 in Fulton county to be of the width of 200 feet. This appears to be clearly a mistake. It _is only from the point of intersection of the orL gina! right of way with that subsequently adopted that the width is 200 feet. We recommend that a correction of the map be authorized and present herewith form of a joint resolution to this effect.
There are three cases now pending in the courts of this State : One in Fulton Superior Court, involving the right of the Southern Railway to use and occupy the right-ofway for six miles in and near Atlanta; one in Whitfield Superior Court, involving the right of the Southern RaiL way to use the right-of-way for seven miles south of the city of Dalton; and one in Cobb Superior Court, involving an encroachment on the right-of-way in the city of Marietta. The cases against the Southern Railway involve questions of the most far-reaching importance.

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It appears that in 1860 Governor Brown made a conveyance to the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad of about eight acres of the original depot grounds at Chattanooga. A part of fhis property is used and occupied by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, which is the successor of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and a large part of the property has been sold to private persons and has been extensively improved. The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in the recent case involving the ownership of the Chattanooga Union Depot, declared that this deed of Governor Brown was unauthorized, and therefore its recitals were not binding upon the State by way of estoppel. While this does not adjudicate the question, it apparently reflects the opinion of the courts of Tennessee thereon.
Should the State seek to enforce what is conceived to be its right in this regard, suit would be brought in the Supreme Court of the United States. It is proper to say that the questions involved are delicate and uncertain, and the result of such a suit cannot be predicted with any degree of confidence. It is also a question of policy whether the State will, after a lapse of forty years, question the title of innocent third persons who seem to have acquired the property in good faith and for a valuable consideration.
The General Assembly has heretofore adopted a joint resolution requesting the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee to enact proper legislation authorizing the filing of the official maps of the Western & Atlantic Railroad in Hamilton county, and to give to the same when so filed the force and eflect of records of deeds to lands. 'Ve are

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advised that the Governor of this State and the Special Attorney for the 'Vestern & Atlantic Railrqad have several times endeavored to secure the co-operation of the Governor of Tennessee upon this subject, but their efforts have been fruitless. The General Assembly of Tennessee will convene in January next, and we think it important that an effort should be made to secure the legislation requested.
The General Assembly, at its last session, directed the Special Attorney to prepare a hand-book of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad, setting out either substantially or at large all important acts and resolutions of the Genf'ral Assembly of this State and of the State of Tennessee touching this property, together with such ordinances of the cities of Atlanta and Chattanooga, all important contracts and agreements, and a digest of all judicial decisions in the courts of this State and of the State of Tennessee and of the United States affecting the 'Vestern & Atlantic Railroad. The purpose of the resolution was to obtain a record of the legislative, executive, judicial and physical history of thE' Western & Atlantic Railroad.
The Special Attorney bas made considerable progress on the work, the first draft thereof being now in manuscript. The importance of this work seems manifest, and its value will increase as time passes. 'Vhen the State comes to deal with a disposition of the Western & Atlantic Railroad at the expiration of the present lease, it would seem that the value of this work would prove very great. We find that the Special Attorney bas been forced to employ clerical assistance in the preparation of the manuscript, and further assistance of the same character will be necessary.

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In our opinion such clerical expenses should be paid out of the contingent fund.
At the beginning of the present year, when it was thought that the work originally contemplated could be finished within the year, the Special Attorney undertook to complete such matters as were then pending withont additional compensation. Under this agreement the Special Attorney would in any event continue to represent the State in the case pending at Marietta !!nd in the two cases against the Southern Railway Company, and would also complete the hand-book. Other matters within the purview of the agreement have been satisfactorily disposed of.
Your committee recommends that the office be not discontinued at this time. The value of the servwes rendered by the Special Attorney has far exceeded the cost of the office, and it is fair to presume that such will continue to be the case. When it is remembered that the rental paid to the State by the present lessee of the road exceeds five per cent. on eight millions of dollars, and that the annual cost of the office of Special Attorney is less than thEa value of two days' rental, the State's interests would seem to require the services of the Special Attorney for their due protection and preservation. :Ko corporation owning property of such magnitude would consent to di8pense with the services of a special representative who had so successfully guarded its interest.
In addition to what may be termed the current work of the office involving new matters and questions that must -oonstaotJy arise, the special work outlined and now in prog-

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ress requires that the services of the Special Attorney be retained.
The committee begs to further say that the Special Attorney, Hon. W. A. Wimbish, has brought to the discharge of his duties a high degree of fidelity, zeal and professiona~ ability. His work has been eminently satisfactory; and in view of his special fitness we think the State could iH afford to lose the benefit of his ~ervice at this time.

Respectfully submitted,

w. s. WEST,
s. T. BLALOCK,
On the part of the Senate.

A. 0. BLALOCK,
MoRRIS BRANDON,
R. A. DENNY, On the part of the House.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette moved that 300 copies of the report of the special attorney of the W. & A. Railroad beprinted for the use of the House, which motion. prevailed.
The following joint resolution was read and referred,. to wit:
By Mr. Blalock of FayetteA resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint a
commission to consider, determine and declare the true northern boundary of the State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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Also, by Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A resolution providing for the correction of Map No. 6of the official survey of the Westeru and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

The following bills were read the first time and apprqpriately referred, to wit :

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A bill to appoint a commission to consent on behalf of the State to the erection of a new passenger depot on the State's property in the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to prescribe the manner of giving notice of levy of an attachment upon realty in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to fix a time for the holding of courts in theSouthwestern Judicial District, and for other purposes.
The above bill was ordered engrossed.

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By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of alcoholic bever3ges or malt liquors Ill the county of Spalding, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

The following resolution was read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By l\Ir. Emanuel of Glynn-
A resolution and an Act for the relief of the estate and sureties on the bond of Jno. P. Lamb, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McCranie of Berrien-
A bill to amend the charter of Sparks, in the county of Berrien, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
The following bill was recommitted to County and County l\Iatters Committee, to w1t :

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend the law providing for the creation of Fulton Board of Examiners and Stationary Engineers, and for other purpose.~.

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Recommitted to Committee on County and County :Matters.

Mr. Price of Oconee moved that the following bill be taken from the table and immeoiately put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish upon the lands of another without permission from the owner, and for other purposes.
~Ir. Calvin of Richmond then moved that the above bill be tabled, which motion prevailed.
House bills numbers 127 and 128, which were made the special order for to-night, was the next business in order.
Mr. Brandon of Fulton moved that a consideration of the same be postponed until 12 o'clock m., "'ednesday, which motion prevailed.
On motion of l\1r. Brandon of Fulton, 300 copies were ordered printed of each, for the use of the House.
Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, moved to table the tax act until after the action on the appropriation bill, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Lane, of Sumter, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in fixing December 17th inst. as the time for a consideration of the motion to reconsider the

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action of the House had in passing House Bill No. 47, the same being a bill to reduce the salaries of the Railroad Commissioners, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved to make a consideration of said motion the special order to follow the general appropriation bill.

Mr. Bower, of Decatur, moved that the House adjourn.

Mr. Tatum, of Dade, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messre.-

Barron, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Carter, Denny, Emanuel, Erwin,

Felker, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Henderson of Irwin, Hosch, Jones of Burke, Laing, LaRoche,

Martin, Mayson, McElreath, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Snell, Starr, Stubbs, Upchurch, Wade.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding,

Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry,

Chappell, Cook, Dickey, Fenaer, Freeman,

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Fort, Gay, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hardin of Wilke!!, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendrick!!, Holder, Hutchins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early,

Lane of Sumter, Lee, Longino, Merritt, Mitchell, McOranie, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Truup, Post, Price,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Rogers, Sloan, Smith of Hancoek, Spinks, Rpeer, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Tracy, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of )Iitchell, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Copeland, Darnell, David, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Esterlin,

Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Baker,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Floyd,

Fain,

Jones of Dougherty,

Farmer,

Jordan of Jasper,

Franklin,

King,

Ford,

Knowles,

Gresham,

Latimer,

Hammond,

Maxwell,

Hamby,

Moore,

Harrison,

Morrie,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Henderson of \Vash't'nMcCants,

Herring,

McDonald,

Hill,

McDonough,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

McMillan,

Jarnagin,

McRae,

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Newt:Jn, Ousley, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Hingletary,

Slaton, Hmith of Hall, Swift, Taylor, Tisinger, T1mmerman,

Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Willingham, 'Vood, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, moved to dispense with a veri fication of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were ;15, nays 69.

So the motion to adjourn was lost.

Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, called for the previous question, upon the motion of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, and upon said motion for the pre\ious question, the ayes and nays were ordered.

Upon ealling the ayes and nays, and when the name of Mr. Bower, of Decatur, was called, he arose in his seat and asked permission to explain his vote, and upon this req nest called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Mr. Priee, of Oconee, then moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, Dece-m.bk'r 6:th, 1898.
. The House met pursuant to adjournn1oent,. at 9 o'~lock
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 their names: Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalork, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Rush, Calvin, Carter, Ca<tlebeny, Chappell, Cook, Darnell,

David, Denny,
Dew~,
Dickey, Duncar.,
Elli~.
Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stowart, Fain, Farmer, Ftlker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,
Griffin or Twi~g~,
Griffith, Hall, Hammett,

Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harril', Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'n,
Herrin~,
Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder,
Ho~ch,
Hutch in~, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty,. Jordan of Jasper, .Jordan of Pulaski, King, Kr.owles,

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Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of ~umter, Laing, LaRoache, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae,

Xewton,

Starr,

Ogletree,

Stubbs,

Ousley,

Sturgis,

Overstreet,

Stewart,

Padgett,

Stone,

Pate,

Tatum,

Park of Greene,

Taylor,

Post,

Tisinger,

Price,

Timmerman,

Rawls of Effingham, Tracy,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Turner of Henry,

Reid,

Turner of Roekdale,

Reynolds,

Upchurch,

Rogers,

Wade,

Rose,

Walker of Union,

Rudicil,

Watkins,

Simpson,

Whiteley,

Slaton,

Williams,

Sloan,

Willin~rham,

Smith of Hancock, Wood,

Snell,

Woodall',

Spinks,

Yates,

Speer,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Arnold, Bennett of :Mitchell, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, {Jopeland, Drawdy, Ford, <lreene,

Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Hathcock, .Johnson of Baker, Maxwell, Mullins, 1\IcDunald,

Pace, Park of Troup, Richardson, Singletary, Smith of Hall, Swift, Walker of Crawford, Wooten.

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The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and -eonfirmed.

Mr. Tatum of Dade, Chairman of the Committee to visit the School for the Deaf, at Cave Springs, Ga., submitted the following report:

.Mr. Speaker:

We, the committee appointed by you to visit the School for the Deaf at Cave Springs, have done so, and beg leave to submit the following report:

The general hygienic surroundings of the institution are good, and the health of the inmates is as good as can be -xpected in an institution of that kind anywhere.
The attendance is growing, and both departments, white :and colored, are well filled.
We find the buildings and grounds of the institution well kept, and in fairly good condition, with the exception perhaps of the negro building, which needs some slight repairs.
The disbursement of all moneys appropriated by the ~State and expended by the institution are properly vouched for, and we desire to commend the Treasurer, Mr. Simmons, for the careful and correct manner in keeping the books of this department.
We feel that the principal, Mr. Conner, deserves the commendation of this body, and the people of Georgia, for the -fficient and painstaking services he is giving this institution. We desire also to express our perfect satisfaction -with the whole management of the institution, and the
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efficiency of all teachers and officers connected therewith .. we believe that the institution needs au additional appro-
priation for building purposes, but in consideration of the stringent financial condition of the State, we suggest that: no appropriation for that purpose be made now.

G. W. M. TATUM, Chairman.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-
Resohed, That for to-day and to-morrow the session of: the House shall be as follows:
Convene at 9 A.llf.
Adjourn at 1 P.llf.
Convene at 3 P.l\1.
Adjourn at 5:30 P.llf.
And that for these two days night sessions be dispensedl with.
By Mr. Calvin of RichmondResolved, That while the House is in Committee of the
Whole the debates on the General Appropriation bill shall be limited to ten minutes, and fur other purposes.
By unanimous consent the following bill was introduced,. read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

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By Mr. Bennett of Mitchell-

A bill to amend the charter of the town ot Camilla, soas to provide for a system of public schools, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was read the third time and put upon its passage,. to wit:

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A bill to be entitled an Act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government, payment of the public debt and interest thereon, and for the support of the public institutions and educational intere~ts of the State for each of the fiscal years 1899 and 1900, and for other purposes.
There being an appropriation involved in the bill, the House resolved itselt into a Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of considering the same.

The Speaker designated as chairman of the Committee of the Whole House, Mr. Knowles of Fulton.

Mr. Calvin of Richmond moved that the Committee of the Whole arise and report progress and ask leave to sit again, which motion prevailed, and in conformity thereto the committee arose and tile chairman thereof made said report to the House.


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Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consid~ration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.

A bill to be entitled an Act to fix the time for holding the courts for the Cherokee Circuit, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved December 18, 1897, providing" for admission to the bar," tc., and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to permit the State, as QWner of the Northeastern Railroad, to be sued in certain cases.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bills, which they instruct me to report back, with recommendation that same do pass as amended.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend sectit)n 2185 (719-A) of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 4205 of Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia, 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 same do not pass.

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A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the sale of stocks ~f merchandise, and to prevent fraudulent conveyances of same.

Hespectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

By unammous consent the. following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That during the first half hour of this ai'ternoon's session it shall be in order to introduce new matter, and to prefer requests as to special orders, etc.
The following message was received from the Senate through .Mr. N orthen, the secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend section 5551 of the Code.
Also, a bill fixing the number of committeemen to visit the various institutions.
The Senate has also passed the following House bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

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A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to enforce the collection of all taxes.

Also, a bill to require judges of the superior and city -courts to decide motions for new trials and injunctions in certain cases.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dawson.

Also, a bill to provide for a change of venue in certain civil cases.

Also, a bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to inpose a penalty for failure to pay taxes.

The following House bill failing to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost in the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend section 398 of volume 3 of the Code, touching gaming houses.

The Senate has also concurred Ill the following House resolution, to wit:

A resolution to authorize the Governor to decorate the Capitol in honor of the President.

By unanimous consent the following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a -committee of three from the Senate and five from the House, to confer with the Governor and assist in the enter-

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;tainment of the President of the United States during his visit to Atlanta.

On motion of Mr. Hardwick, the above resolution was :immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee submitted the following minority report on House bill No. 7, to wit:

.Believing that if this bill were to become a law great good would be done for the commercial interest of the :State, and that it would encourage commercial enterprises, .and protect creditors and help the honest merchant, we, the undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee, hereby dissent from the action of the committee, ,and recommend this bill do pass.

c. E. SPEER,

c. J.

BARRON,

BYRON B. BowER, JR.,

K. s. ANDERSON,

w. T.

HARDWICK.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Commit:tee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary have had under ~onsideration the following bills, which they report back -with the recommendation that the same do pass:



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By Messrs. Henderson and Hardwick, of Washington-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the roads, public property and finance for the county of Washington, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-

A bill to amend an Act to provide a new charter incor-porating the town of Tennille in the county of Washington, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted. ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Freeman, of Coweta,. for two days, on account of important business.
On motion of Mr. Easterlin, of Macon, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Atlanta, Ga., 3 P.M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 P.M. thisday, and was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, of Meriwether, the roll-call was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. .Blalock, of Fayette, the reading ot the Journal of the morning's proceedings was dispensed with.



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The following resolution was reat1, to wit:

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-
Resolved, That the' committee of the whole is ~irected to take a vote on the common school appropriation, not later than 5 o'clock this afternoon.

Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
The resolution was lost.
By unanimous consent House bill No. 259 was taken from the table and restored to it.s place on the calendar.

The following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to exclude from the village of Summerfield in Richmond county, the lands of Mrs. M. B. Wright, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ogletree of ButtsA bill to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquor&
in the county of Butts, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By M1. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to fix the term of county solicitors of Pulaski
County, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

Jly Mr. McFarland of Franklin-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court -of Franklin county, and for other purposes.

.Referred to the Committf:'e on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-

A bill to create the office of State Veterinarian, to define his duties and powers and for other purposes.

Referred to committee on Special Agriculture.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-

A bill to repeal an act regulating the business of lnsu;Jance brokers in this State and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on CorporatioLs.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the business of lnsu.-ance in this State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Stubbs of Laurens-

A bill to relieve 0. W. Linden, Ex-Tax-Colle0tor of Laurens county and others as securities on said bond and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to repeal an act to submit certain questions to -qualified voters of Troup county and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stubbs of Laurens-
A bill providing that in cases of conviction in criminal cases in City and County Courts, Recorders' and Mayors' Courts, notice of intention to apply for a writ of certiorari .shall operate a<> a supersedeas for fifteen days, and for other ,purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reynolds of RichmondA bill to amend the Act incorporating the City of Au-
,gusta and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By l\fr. Henderson of Irwin-

A bill to change the time of holding the fall term of theSuperk1r Court of Irwin county and for other purposes.

Referred 'to Committee on County and County matters.

By Mr. Hammett of Troup-

A bill to repeal Section 2763 of the Code of 1895 andl for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, asked unanimous consent to withdraw his motion to reconsider the action of the House in passing bill No. 47-the same being a bill to reduce the salaries of the Railroad Commissioners and for other purposes,. which motion was pending as unfinished bnsin{'ss in the House. In making said request, Mr. Ellis assigned as his reason therefor that he was satisfied that the House was in, favor of the passage of the bill and he did not desire to an- tagonize so large a majority of the House.

Objection was made, and the request was not granted.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved that the afternoon session be extended ten minutes for the purpose of taking up for consideration the motion to reconsider the bill to reduce the Railroad Commissioners' salaries, which motion pre- vailed.

Mr. Bush of Miller, moved that House Bill No. 153,. the same being a bill to amend Sections Nos. 1778 andt

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1781 of the Code of 1895, be made the special order for Thursday morning, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Holder of Jackson, House bill No. :265 was made the special order for Thursday.

On motion of Mr. Park of Troup, House bill No. 323 was withdrawn.

The hour of 3: 30 having arrived, the House again resolved itself into the committee of the whole, and Mr. Knowles of Fulton, resumed the chair as Chairman of the eommittee, for the purpose of further considering hill No. 139, the same being the General Appropriation bill.

The hour of 5: 30 having arrived, Mr. Blalock of Faytte, moved that the committee arise and report progress to the House and ask leave to sit again, which motion prevailed, and in conformity thereto the committee arose and the Chairman thereof made said report to the House.

Pending action of the House in taking up the motion for reconsideration of the action of the House on House bill No. 47, for which an extem;ion of the session had been Drdered, Mr. McLaughlin moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Fain of 'Vhite.

The Speaker then declared the Honse adjourned until "9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1898.

The IIouse met pursuant to r.djournment 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 their namee, to wit: Messrs.-

Adam!', Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spaldin!!', Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carttr, Castle berry,

Chappell, Darnell, David, Denny, De\\"s, D:ckey, Duncan, Ellifl, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, "Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene,

Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamly, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, HarriP, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wa8ll't'n, Herrin!!', Howard, Hopkins, Holdu, HoscJ., Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appli11g,.. J ohmon of Baker,

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Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, .Jones of Dougherly, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, l\loore, Morris, l\Iullinl'l,
~JcCants,
McCranie, l\lcDonald, 1\IcDonough,

McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan,

Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale.. Upchureh, Wade, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Yates, lllr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bass, Black of Dawson, Bond, Cook, Copeland,

Drawdy, Fain, Hammond, Hill,

Richardson, Smith of Hall, Walker of Crawfor,I,. Wooten.

688

JOURNAL OF THE ilOUSE.

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

Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, arose in his seat and introduced to the General Assembly the Hon. David F. Crossland, Representative of the county of Dougherty.

The following communication was_ received from his Excellency, the Governor:
December 6, 1898. To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatires :
I have the honor to report that it has been certified to this department by the Hon. Secretary of State that, at an election held in the county of Dougherty, on the fifth day of December instant, the Hon. Daniel F. Crossland was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the present General Assembly, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. W. T. Jones. '
ALLEN D. CANDLER, Governor.

Mr. Crossland then came forward, and the oath of office was administered by Judge W. A. Little of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Easterlin asked that five minutes of Friday's session be allowed him immediately after the reading of the Journal, in which to take up House bill No. 156 for consideration, which request was granted.
On motion of Mr. Post, of Coweta, House bill No. 198 wus made the special order for Friday morning.

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689

On motion of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, House bill No. 259 -was m::.de the special order for :F'riday, after the special -order already set.

On motion of Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, House bill No.
182 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

Mr. Slaton moved that House bill No. 26 be taken from -.the table and that it resume its place on the calendar, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Freeman House bill No. 237 was made the special order for Friday.

Mr. Willingham, of Monroe, moved that House bill No. 221 be made the special order for Tuesday next.
Mr. Willingham called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
Pending the call or the ayes and nays Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved that all unanimous consents be tabled, -together with the call of the ayes and nays.
Mr. Willingham of Monroe called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Anderson, \Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Pierce, ..Reauchamp,
44 b j

Bell of Forsyth, B'ack of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower,

Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum,

690

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Crosbland, Darnell, Denny, Dew8, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,
Em~nuel,
Erwin, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Franklin, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrell,

Hathcock,

McFarland,

Henderson of \Vash't'nl\IcGehee,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Hill,

Newton,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Hosch,

Park of Greene,

Hutchins,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Appling, Price,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham._.

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Rudicil,

Jordan of Pulaski, Simpson,

KnowleP,

Singletary,

Lane of Early,

Slaton,

Lane of Sumter,

Smith of Hancock,.

La Roache,

Snell,

Longino,

Spinks,

Martin,

Stewart,

Mayson,

Tatum,

Maxwell,

Tisinger,

Moore,

Upchurch,

Morris,

Whiteley,

Mullens,

Williams,

McCanbl,

Wood,

McDonough,

'Voodall,

McElreath,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Bass, Be!! of Spalding, Bla'ock, Brown of Carroll, Castleberry, Cook,

Esterlin, Farmer, Felke, FrPeman, Harrison, Harris,

Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin,. Holder,
Jarn~gin,
King,

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691

Lain!!', Lee, Merritt, Mitchell, McCranie, 1\II'Donald, :McLennan, i\fcRaP, Ogletree,

Ousley, Pace, Padgett, Pate; Post, Speer, Atarr, Sturgis, Stone,

Swift, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Union, Watkins, Willingham, Wooten.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bennett of Mitchell, Bond, Copeland, David, Drawdy, Everett of Polk,

Fain, Ford, Hammett, Hammond, Hopkins, Lane of Bibb, Latimer, McMillan, Richardson,

Rose, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Stubbs, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Wade. walker of Crawford, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 102 and the nays 44.

The motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow prevailed, and the matter on the Clerk's desk was tabled.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. David of LincolnA bill to authorize the Ordinary of Lincoln County to
issue bonds, and for other purposes.

692

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.

The following resolution was read by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Mr. McLaughlin of :\Ieriwether-

Re-solved, That the Committee of the Whole House is directed to vote on every feature of the common school fund, including amendments not later than eleven o'clock a. m. to-day.

The resolution was adopted.

Mr. Duncan, 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:
A bill to be entitled an Act to take out of and exclude from the village of Summerville, in the county of Richmond in this State, the lands of Mrs. l\I. B. \Veight, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter Q{ the city of Marietta, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act ere-

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ating a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Albany, so as to make the mayor of said city ex officio president of said board, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman Committee on Corporations.

The next business in order being the General Appropriation Bill, which was made the special order for ~his morning, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of further considering the same.
The Speaker deRignated as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole Mr. Knowles, of Fulton.
The hour of 12 m. having arrived, Mr. Freeman, or Coweta moved that the committee arise, report progress to the House and ask leave to sit again, which motion prevailed, and in conformity thereto the committee arose and the chairman thereof made said report to the Honse.
Mr. Tatum, chairman of the special committee appointed. to frame suitable resolutions on the death of the Hon. W. T. Jones, representative from Dougherty, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker : The joint committee appointed to prepare suitable reso-
lutions upon the death of Hon. W. T. Jones, Representative of Dougherty county, submits the following memorial:

'694

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Whereas, in the death of Hon. W. T. Jones of the county of Dougherty, the county has sustained the loss of -one of its most valued citizens, and the General Assembly of Georgia one of its most active and progregsive members, be it resolved:

1st. That in the untimely demise of Judge Jones, we. the members ol the General Assembly, have met with an irreparable loss. As a man, a citizen, an officer, he had fully met and faithfully performed the duties devolving upon him. He was born in Dougherty county, Ga., where he lived all his life, was a lawyer of high standing, was J ndge of the County Court of Dougherty for twenty years, was many times elected member of the City Council of Albany. All who knew him testify to his unblemished and high record. 'Ve mourn his death, and his services will be sadly missed in the body of which he was so conspicuous a member.

2d. That we tender to the bereaved family our deepest sympathy and express to them our sincere and earnest sorrow in the early death of this upright and zealous citizen and our faithful fellow-worker.

3d. That a copy of these resolutions be f<,rwarded to his family, whose sudden affliction calls forth our tenderest compassion.

Respectfully submitted, G. W. M. TATUM, Chairman.

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Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the resolutions just read lbe adopted.

On the adoption of the resolution offered by Mr. Tatum, -ehairman of the special committee appointed to prepare -suitable resolutions on the death of Mr. Jones, member of .the House of Representatives from Dougherty, the ayes were 152, nays 0.

The following message was received from the Senate :through Mr. N orthen, thtl Secretary thereof:
]I{r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite eonstitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city -of Valdosta, and for other purposes.
Also,
A bill entitled an Act to repeal an Act to create and organize a board of tax assessors and receivers for the city -of Savannah, to define their powers, and for other purposes, approved December 10, 1895, and for other ;purposes.
The Senate has also passed, by the requisite Constitu.tional majority, the following House bill, to wit:
A bill entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Edgewood, in the county of DeKalb, to define the corpor;ate limits thereof, and for other purposes.

696

JouRNAL OF THE IIousE.

The following IIouse bill was read the second time and the report of the committee agreed to and bill lost, to wit:

A bill to regulate settlements by the Tax Collectors relating to railroad taxes.
The Senate has also concurred m the following IIouseresolution, to wit:
A resolution appointing a Joint Committee to conferwith the Governor relative to the entertainment of the President during his visit to the city of Atlanta.
The committee on the part of the Senate are MessrsIIand, Mann and Clifton.

The following message was received from the Senatethrough Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has concurred in the IIouse amendment to
the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cedartown,_ in Polk county.
The next business m order was the consideration of House bills Nos. 127 and 128, which were made the special order for this hour.

By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to amend section 1272 of Vol. 1 of the Code of"

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697

1895, relating to the pensioning of the widows of Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.

Pending the discussion of the bill, Mr. Morris of Cobb moved that the session be extended until the same be disposed of~ which motion was lost.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb then moved that the bill under disctlssion be made the special order for this afternoon, which motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced as the committee to arrange for the entertainment of the President, the following members; Messrs. Hardwick, Chairman; Brandon, Ousley, McMillan,. Harrison.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members. to wit: Mr. Whiteley of Glascock, Mr. Brown of Bryan.

Mr. Holder of Jackson, asked leave of absence for himself and the following members of the Penitentiary Committee: Messrs. Rose, Hathcock, Ogletree.

On motion of Mr. Brandon of Fulton, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 O'clock p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour,. and was called to order by the Speaker.

698

JouRNAL OF THE IIousE.

Mr. Post of Coweta, moved to dispense with the roll ,call, which motion prevailed.

The reading of the Journal of the morning's proceedings was also dispensed with.

Mr. Slaton asked for leave of absence for fifteen minutes for the General Judiciary Committee, which request was :granted.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

ReRolved, That debates in the House be limited to ten minutes for each speaker, except the twenty minutes allowed to chairmen of committees and signers of minority reports.
Resolved further, That in the further discussion of the general appropriation bill that the debates be limited to five minutes for each speaker.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

J3y Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act to provide for and regulate the 'rntmicipal elections in the city of .Savannah, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0.

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699

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majoity, was passed.

By Mr. McDonough of Chatham-

A bill to provide for registration of voters to vote at the .municipal elections in city of Ravannah, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the biH the ayes were 118, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional ,majority, was passed.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the 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 they do pass, to wit:

A Senate bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Fannin, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to change the manner of selecting the County Commissionrs of Brooks county, :and for other purposes.

700

JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to creat~ a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the counties of Spalding and Butts, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 5462 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a resolution for the relief of James R. Cravens, of" Catoosa county.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenms in and for the county of Butts, to define the number of commissioners, tofix their duties, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. MOORE,.
Chairman Committee on County and County Matters.

The next business in order was the further consideration. of House bills Nos. 127 and 128, which were made the special orders for this afternoon.
A resumption of the discussion of bill No. 127, the same being a bill to amend section 1272 of volume 1 of the Code, relating to the pensioning of the widows of Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes, was first taken up.
Mr. Hardwi<!k of Washington, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
Mr. Carter of Burke, asked to be excused from voting on the bills under discussion, which request was granted,_

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701

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

Mr. Harrison of Quitman called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Al:en, Arnold, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of :\iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfie:d, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Chappell, Darnell, Dt>nny, Dickey, Duncan, EIJ:s, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everet.t of Stewart, Farmer,

Felker,

Mayson,

Fort,

Maxwell,

Gay,

Merritt,

George,

Moore,

Gresham,

Morris,

Greene,

McDonough,

Hardwick,

McElreath,

Hathcock,

1\IcGehee,

Henderson of Irwin, McLennan,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcMillan,

Herring,

McRae,

Hill,

Newton,

HowarJ,

Ousley,

Hopkins,

Overstreet,

Hutchins,

Pace,

Jarnagin,

Park of Greenr>,

Johnson of Bartow, Park of Troup,

Johnson of Lee,

Post,

Jones of Burke,

Pric.:>,

Jordan of Jasper, Reynolds,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

Knowle~,

Rose,

Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Lane of Sumter,

Slaton,

Laing,

Smith of Hancock,

L<1Roache,

Snell,

Latimer,

Starr,

702
~tubbs,
Rtone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor,

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch,

Walker of Crawford~ Whiteley, Williams, Woodall.

Those voting nay were Messrs-

Adamson, Anderson, Barr.>n, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Dews, Esterlin, Freeman, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Hendricks, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Applinf.!', Johnson of Baker, King, Lane of Early, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mitchell, :McCranie, McDonald, McFarland,

05letree, Padgett, Reid, Rudicil, Simpson, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, Stuart, Timmerman, Wade, Walker of Union,. Watkins, Willingham, 'Vood, Wooten,
Yat~s.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Carter, Copeland, David Drawdy, Fain, Fender, Franklin,

Ford, Griffin of Twij!'gs, Hammond, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Johnson of Floyd, Mul.ins, McCants,

McLaughlin, PatP, Rawls of Effingham,. Rawls of Wilkinson,. Richard!lon, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Turner of Rockdale,.. Mr. Speaker.

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703:

Mr. Turner of Henry moved that a yerification of the roll call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 94 and the nays 52.

So the bill having received the re'luisite constitutionaL majority, was passed.

:Mr. Bell of Forsyth asked to be excused from voting on bills No. 127 and No. 128, as he was personally interested, which request was granted:

Mr. Bell of Spalding gave notice that at the proper time he would move a reconsideration of the action of the House in passing bill No. 127.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas moved that the House adjourn, which motion was lost.

Mr. Ellis of Biob then called for the previous question,. which call was sustained.
The next business in order was the special order, House bill no 128, the same being a bill to amend section 1250 volume 1 of the Code, which applies to the pensioning of" Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton moved that the session he extended until the bill just read be disposed of, which motion preyailed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.

704

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Gresham,

McLaughlin,

Allen,

Greene,

:McLennan,

Arnold,

Hardwick,

Mdiillan,

Barwick,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Bass,

Henderson of Irwin, Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Henderson of Wash't'nOusley,

Bennett of Pierce, Herring,

Overstreet,

Black of Whitfield, Howard,

Pace,

Bowen,

Hopkins,

Park of Troup,

Bower,

Hutchins,

Price,

Brandon,

Jarnagin,

Reynolds,

Brown of Bryan,

Johnson of Bartow, Rogers,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Floyd, Rose,

Bryan,

Johnson of Lee,

Singletary,

Bynum,

Jones of Burke,

Slaton,

Chappell,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hancock,

Cook,

Jordan of Pulaski, ::lnell,

Denny,

Knowles,

Starr,

Dickey,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Duncan,

Lane of Early,

Stone,

Ellis,

Lane of Sumter,

Swift,

Emanuel,

Laing,

Taylor,

Erwin,

La Roache,

Tisinger,

Everett of Polk,

Latimer,

Tracy,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Turner of Henry,

Farmer,

Maxwell,

Upchurch,

Felker,

Merritt,

Walker of Crawford,

Fender,

i\Iorris,

Whiteley,

Franklin,

:McDonough,

Williams,

Fort,

1\IcEireath,

Woodall,

George

McGehee,

Wooten.

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705

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bush, Castleberry, Darnell, Dews, Esterlin, Freeman, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett,

Hamby,

Padgett,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of GreenP,

Hardin of Wilkes, Reid,

Harrison,

Rudicil,

Harrell,

Simpson,

Harvard,

Spinks,

Hendricks,

Speer,

Holder,

Sturgis.

Hosch,

Stewart,

Johnson of Appling, Tatum,

.Johnson of Baker, Timmerman,

Lee,

Wade,

l\Iartin,

Walker of Union,

cCranie,

watkins,

McDonald,

Willingham,

McFarland, Ogletree,

Wood, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Bond, Calvin, Carter, Copeland, David, Drawdy, Fain, Ford, Griffin of Twiggs,

Hammond, Harris, Hill, King, Longino, Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCants,

Pate, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Turner of Rockdale, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Gresham of Burke moved that a verification of the roll call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 93, and the nays 52.
45 h j

706

JouRNAL oF THE HoL"sE.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. BraQdon of Fulton asked that the two bills just passed, 127 and 128, be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which request was granted.

On motion of Mr. Price of Oconee, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, December 8, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at D o'clock a. m. this day and "as called to order by the Spe<lkcr and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the follo\Ying members answered to their names: ~[e:osrs : -

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Ball!', Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson,

Black of Whitfield, Blalock, -ond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898.

707

Esterlin,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Baker, Overstreet,

.Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Bartow, Pace,

Fain,

Johnson of Floyd, Padgett,

Farmer,

Johnson of Lee,

Pate,

Felker,

Jones of Burke,

Park of Greene,

Fender,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Troup,

Freeman,

Jordan of Pulaski, Post,

Franklin,

King,

Price,

Ford,

Knowles,

Rawls of Effingham,

Fort,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Gay,

Lane of Kuly,

Reid,

George,

Lane of Sumter,

Reynolds,

Gresham,

Laing,

Richardson,

Greene,

LaRoche,

Rogers,

Griffin of Greene, Latimer,

Rudicil,



Griffin of Twiggs,

L~e,

Simpson,

Griffith,

Longino,

Singletary,

Hall,

Martin,

Slaton,

Hammett,

Maxwell,

Sloan,

Hamby,

Merritt,

Smith of Hall,

Hardin of Liberty, Mitchell,

Smith of Hancock,

Hardin of Wilkes, Moore,

Snell,

Hardwick,

Morris,

Spinks,

Harrison,

Mullins,

Speer,

Harrell,

McCants,

Starr,

Harvard,

l\IcCranie,

Stubbs,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Sturgis,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

Stewart,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Stone,

Henderson of Wash'n,McFarland,

Swift,

Herring,

McGehee,

Tatum,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Taylor,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Tracy,

Holder,

McMillan,

Turner of Henry,

Hosch,

McRae,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hutchins,

Newton,

Walker of Crawford,

Jarnagin,

Ogletree,

Walker of Union,

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JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

-...vatkins, Whiteley, Williame,

Willingham, Wood. Woodall,

wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were .Messrs.-

Allen, Darnell, Drawdy, Hammond,

Harris, Howard, Mayson, Rose,

Tisinger, Timmerman, Upchurch, Wade.

:Mr. Bond, Chairn1an of the Committee on J ourools, reported that the Jonrnal of yestenlay's proceedings had been examined and found correct.
'l'he Journal was read and confirmed.
:Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that this morning's session be extended fiye minutes for the purpose of taking up House bill X o. 166 for a second reading, which motion prevailed.
~Ir. )IcDonough of Chatham, mmed that House bill Ko. 11;) be taken up, read the tlhinl time and put upon its passage, which motion was lost.
The follmYing resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By )Ir. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That at to-night's session of this House, the order of business shall be as follows:
1st. Senate bills, and r6olutions for first reading.
2d. Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported, second reading.

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709

3d. House bills and resolutions favorably reported for second reading.
4th. Senate lilnd House local bills, third reading. 5th. Introduction of new matter.

Mr. }'reeman of Coweta moved that the rules of the House be suspended so that the report of the \\rays and )leans Committee, which was tabled yesterday could be taken up and read, which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

~Mr. Speal-er:

The General Judiciar.' Committee have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

BJ :Mr. Anderson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3441 of the Code of 1895, which provides for notice and trial in receiving and making titles on bonds for title by .administrators and executors, by striking out of said section after the word "executor," in the second line thereof the \Yords "and heirs at law of the deceased, if to be found in this State, and if not residents, by publication in one o the gaz!3ttes of this State, for thirty day"S, shall be given of such application," and inserting in lieu theroof the words "and notice shall be given to the heirs at law o the Jeceased by publication in the gazette publishing the legal

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advertisements of the county, once 'a week, for four weeks,',. and for other purposes.

Also, I am instruct.ed to rep01t the following bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same, as submitted, do pass, to wit:

By :1Ir. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be ent~tled an Act to amend sedion 909 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
JOHN :ll. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committee.

)[r. \Yillingham, Chairman of the CQilllmi,ttee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Jh. Speah.er:
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following House bills >vhich 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 prohibit the manufaoture of spirituous liquors within the county of Butts, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the manu-

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facture of any spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors withiu the limits of X ewton county, and for other purposes.

Respctfully submitted.
B. S. WILLTNGHA~f, Chairman of Committee on Temperance.

]\fr. Freemau, Chairman of the Committee on 'Yays and )feans, submitted the following report:
J.f1'. Speaker:
The Committee ~n 'Vays and ~Ieans haYe had under consideration the l(lllowing House bill which they instruct me to report lack with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill tD reltuire the registration of transfers of mortgag-es, loan deeds, or other written securities, for debt, and to fix the liability for taxation in the absence of the record c,f such transfers.
AlsD, the following House resolution, which they in~1ruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A resolution, authorizing and directing the GoYernor, as soon as practicable, after the passage of this Act, to appoint fiYe members from the House and three from the Senate, who, together with the Governor, the AttorneyGeneral and Comptroller-General, each of whom shall be

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e},. officio members of said board, constitute a State Boord of Tax CommieBioners.

Respectfully submitted.
R. ,Y. FREE~IAN, Chairman.

:Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:
1d1. Spealcer:
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments have had under consideration the following hills, "hich I am instructed to report back to the Ho11Se with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
By Mr. Park of Greene--
A bill to be entitled an Ad to amend pamgraph 3 of section 4, article 3 of the Constitution of this State, so as to proridc that no se;,sion of the~ General Assembly shall collitinue longer than fort.y days, except in case of impeachment.
By ltir. J{ing of Houston-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Constitution of the State by adding to paragraph 1 of section 12 of artide 7, the following words: "And, alsD, except for l;Uppollt of the common schools, for which purpose the GenHal Assembly may increase the bonded debt not over five hundred thousand dollars annually, for ten years," so as

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t0 authorize the issuing of school bonds, and for other purposes.
Alw, I am instructed to report the :following bill back to the House with the recommendation that as amended, it do pas;;, to wit:
A bill to be eJlltitled an Act to amend paragraph 1 of SEction 1 of article 7 o:f the Constitution o:f this State, which relates to the power of taxation to be exercised by the General A;;se-mbl~, by adding at the end of said paragraph, a }H'O\-iso, limiting the power of the General Assembly to lev~ and assess a tax for any purposes, exceeding :fourtenths of one per centum, except for specified purposes, and tn provide for the submission of the same to the people for ratification, and fur other purposes.
He3pectfully submitted.
J. )f. PACE, Chairman.

:Mr. Dunc~<m, Chairman o:f the Committee on Corporations, submitt0d llhe :following report:
Jh. S pealcer:
The committee on Corporations have had under consideratkn the :f0ll0\Ying House hills which they instruct me trJ report back to thf~ House with the recommendation that the same do pa;:s, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to relieve 0. "\V. Linden ex-Tax-Collector of Laurens county, principal, and B. B. Linden, and others,as securities on said Linden's bond.

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.Also,
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to proviue ior and regulate the business of insurance brokers in this State, and to aut.lwrize insurance tO be procured by them beyond the limits of the state upon property "ithin the St~te, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to regulate the busine5s of insnrance in this State, and for other purposes, so a;; to rednce the amount.;; of bonds 'to be deposited with t:he treasurer from $25,000 to $5,000, and for other purpo~es.

He-spectfully submittecl.
J A~IES P. DUXCAX,
Chairman Committee on Corpomtion~.

The followin~ me;;~age was receiwd from the Senate, through :ilfr. X orthen, the Sceretary thereof:
Nr. Speaker:
The Senate has pa;;sed, hy the requi;;ite constitutional majority, the following House bi11, to wit:
.A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of I.umpkin in Stewart county.
The Senate has also passPd the following House bill by the requisite constitutional majority, a;; amended, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act to create a. Board of Commissioners for Glynn county.

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The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:

. A bill to provide for moTe> full and complete transfers

and assignments of rent notes, mm"i:goages, etc.

..

Mr. Willingham of :Monroe, moved that the r_ules of the

House be suspended for the purpose of taking from the table the motion made by himself on yesterday, that

House bill No. 237 he made special order for Friday.

Motion waR l0St.

The next bn~iness in order was the special order bill :No. 15~), the same being a bill to amend sections 1778 and 1781 o the Code relating- to the stock law in militia distri:'.tR, an.d for 0ther purposes, which was taken up, read a third time and put upon its passage.

}Ir. )Iitchell of Thomas, called for the previous question, which call was su&tained.

)Ir. Hardwick of \\.,.ashington, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot rira race, the vote was as follows:

Pending the call of the roll, and when Mr. l.fcLaughlm's name was called, he arose in his seat and asked to be excused from voting on the hill, which request was granted.

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick

Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp,

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

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Bond,

Hardin of Liberty, McRae,

Bowen,

Hardin of Wilke~, Ogletree,

Bower,

HarriP.on,

Ousley,

Brandon,

Harvard,

Pace,

Brown of Carroll, Hendricks,

Pate,

Bush,
Bynum,

HendE>rson of Irwin, Park of Greene,

Herring,

Park of Troup,

Calvin,

Hill,

P0st,

Carter,

Holder,

Pri<"e,

Castleberry,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham,

Chappell,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Cook,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Darnell,

Knowles,

Simpson,

David,

Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Denny,

Lane of Early,

Slaton,

Dews,

Laing,

Starr,

Ellis,

La Roache,

Stewart,

Emanuel,

Latimer,

Stone,

Esterlin,

Lee,

Swift,

Everett of Polk,

Longino,

Tatum,

Everett of Stewart, Martin,

Timmerman,

Felker,

Maxwell,

Tracy,

Fender,

Mitchell,

Walker of Crawford,

Ford,

Morris,

Walker of Union,

Fort,

McCants,

Watkins,

Gay,

McCranie,

Williams,

Gresham,

McDonald,

Willingham,

Griffin of Greene, McDonough,

Wood,

Griffin of Twiggs, McElreath,

Woodall,

Hall,

McFarland,

'Vooten,

Hamby,

McLennan,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson, Bryan, Crossland, Dickey,

Duncan, Erwin, Farmer, Greene,

Griffith, Hardwick, Henderson of Wash't7n Howard,

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Hopkins,

King,

Hosch,

T.ane of Sumter,

Hutchins,

Mayson,

Jarnagin,

Merritt,

Johnson of Appling, Moore,

Johnson of Floyd, Mullins,

Johnson of Lee,

McGehee,

'Jones of Burke,

Overstreet,

Reid, Rogers, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, Taylor, Whiteley.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams,
All~n,
Anderson, Brown of Bryan, Copeland, Drawdy, Fain, Freeman, Franklin, George, Hammett,

Hammond, Harris, Harrell, Hathcock, Johnson of Bartow, McLaughlin, McMillan, Newton, Padgett, Reynolds, Richardson,

Rose, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Stubbs, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, ::\lr. Speaker.

~fr. Stone of walton, moYed that a verification of the roll-call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.
On pa8sage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 36.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional m&jority was passed.
On mation of 11Ir. ""\Valker of Union, the bill just passed was ordered immedia>tely transmitted to the Serrate.
:Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, asked that <the session be ex-

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tended fi ,-e minutes so that bills Nos. 342 and 345 might be taken up for considemtion, which motion prevailed.

House bill No. 265, .the same being a bill to amend the chartr of Harmony Gron', and for other purposes, having been made the special order for t:to-day, was taken up, read the third time and put upon its pa;;sage.

'l'he report of -the committee, which was faYorable to the pitssage of the bill, by substitute, \vas agreed to.

On passage of the hill the ayes were 127 and the nays 0.
So the bill haYing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
:l\Ir. Holder 'of Jackson, asked that ~the bill just passed be immediately transmitted to the Seoo.te, which request was ,granted.

:l\Ir. Tatum of Dade, monel that the rules of the House be extended for the purpose of submitting the following report, which motion preYailed.
Mr. Speaker:
Yom committee, acting under. joint resolution from the Honse and Senate, pro\ricling that a joint committee of three from the House and two from the Senate make a thorough inYestigation of the Geological Department of Georgia, and report back to the General Assembly, beg to submit the following report:
On N oYember 25th, 1898, your committee first met and

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entered upon the work o this inV'estigation, and have been since th:at time, busily and earnestly eng~ed in the discLarge o our duties growing out o said investigation.
In conducting our investigation, your committee proceded directly upon the requirements laid down in the Act creating the Geological Department and found in <the Code of Georgia o 1895, volume 1, seetions 1712-1725, which A<:t we had constantly before us.
\Ve have collected a great mass o evidence, and heard man~' persons talk at length on the sltbjects under investigart:ion. \Ve a.re unablP, at this time, to digest this evidence and report the same in detail, for the reas'<:m that in onr desirP to make our investigation thorough and complete as dire.cted and required in the joint resolution above named, \Ye have too large a mass o such evidence on hand and the inn~stiga<tion has already occupied so much o our time that it will be impossible, as stated, to make a more detailed report at this time. We therefore respectfully ask leave to submit our general conclusions :vt <this time instead o said detailed report, and
First. \Ye find rom our said investigation, that the Geological department is very necessapy to the people o Georgia, and in our opinion, should be maintained.
Second. That it is the only way in which the great mineral resourcE'S o our State <:an be developed and advertised to the world.
Third. That directly through Raid Geological Department onr marbles, gold, and other mineral,; have already

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bE-en adnl"tised to the world, and that large contracts for the purchase and use of said minerals have been made.
Fourth. Thrut the investment in minerals seems to be on the increase in Georgia.
Fifth. we therefore recommend that the usual appro-
priation be made to said Geological Department, as ''e rthink if said department is aoolished, or crippled, it will be a serious blow to the mineral resources of Georgia, and a kng step bac-kwards.
Your committee further respectfully report, that while we haw had Professor Yeates, the present Geologist before u~ at each session of our committee, that the facts relating to the administration of his office and the general discharge of his official duties are not only very largely matters of scieJlltific and expert knowledge, but it will be absolutely necessary to examine books, records, maps, surveys and witnesses more fully than we haYe been able to do, not being scientists ourselves. \\re need the testimony of such in this branch of our investigation, and as to a proper consideration of the other evidence referred to in this said brnnch of our investigation, we need more time in order t0 be thorough in our i1westigMion and fair and just to the head of the department. \Ve therefore ask first, that our powers be enlarged oo that we may summon witnesses, eompel the production of all necessary books and papers.
oo Second, that we given more ~time to conduct this brnnch
of our innstigation with direction and authority to report in detail to his Excellency, the Governor, our findings as

'

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721

to the head of the department, who alone, under the Act, has the power to deal with him.

Yery respectfully submitted.
G. W. :M. TATUM, Chairman of the Committee on part of the House.

The general appropriation bill having been made the special order for this hour, the House resolved itself into a committee of the 'vhole for the purpose of considering the same.
The Speaker designated as chairman of the committee of the whole, )[r. Knowles of Fulton.
}fr. Hall of Bibb, moved that the committee rise, report progres3 to the House and ask leave to sit again, 1and in confo11nity thereto, the committe rose and the chairman made said report to the House.
)lr. Freeman of Coweta, moved the session be extended fiw additional minutes for the pnrpo5e of allowing him to introduce a resolution, which motion prevailed.
The follm,ing message was received from his Excellency the Gowrnor, through his Secretary, :1fr. Hiteh, to wit:
Jfr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approwd and signed the followings Act5, to wit:
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"An Act to compensate the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Burke county for their services."

Also,
"An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to affix a penalty for failure to make tax returns and to provide for the enforcement of such pelliahy."

Also,
"An Act to repeal an Aot to create and organize a Board <lf \Yater Commissioners for the city of Savannah."

Also,
"An Act to repeal an Act to prohibit in Chatham county the holding of more than one office by one person M any one time."

Also,
"An Act to repeal seotions 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259 and 2260 of the Code of 1895."

Also,
"An A0t to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Dodge county."

Also,
"An Act to prevent the baiting or killing of doves thus baited in this State."

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723

Also,

"An Act to amend section 765 of the 3rd volume of the Code of 1895, referring to certioraries from the coonty
~ourts."

Also,

"An Act to amend sootion 101 of the Code of the State of Georgia relating to the time and place of elections of Justices of the Peace."

Also,

"An Act to amend section 2250 of the Code of 1895."

Also,

"An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act t.o create a Board of Roads and Revenue for the county of Houston."
Also,
"An Act to amend the charter of the town of Logansville in \Valton county."

Aho,

"An Act to prohibit creditors from assigning and transferring or sending out of this State claims against a resident of this State for the purpose of having the same colleetecl by proceedings in aHachment or garnishment, and for other :r.urposes."

Also,

"An Act to alter and amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act

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to incorporate the city of Elberton in Elbert county and for other purposes."

Also,

"An Act to create a Board of Roads and Revenue for T>viggs county,"

Also,

"An act to amend section 698, volume 3 of the Code of 1895."

Also,

"An Act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Cochran, Georgia, to purchase, build, contract for and maintlilin a system.of water-works."

Also,
"An Act to amend an Act to reincorporate the town of Thomasville as the city of ThomasYille, and for other purposes."

Also,
"An Act to make it lawful that upon the death 'of employees of railroads, express, street railroads, steamboats or navigation companies, factories and machine shops, whateYer wages that are not subject to garnishment that may be due such employees shaH be p3id to the widow of s11ch employees without administration."

Also, "An Act to amend an Act approved December 4th,

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725

] 890, entitled an Act to vest in the mayor of the city of Savannah the Yeto power touching certain ordinances of said city,"

Also,

"An Act to provide compensation for jurors in forcible entry and detainer cases, and for other purposes."

:Mr. Chappell of ~Iuscogee, moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to reconvene at 3 o'clock p. m., which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Hamby of Rabun, moved that House bill No. 299 be made t.he special order for :Monday at 12 o'clock m., which motion prevailed.

On the motion of :Mr. Hall that the session be extended flye minutes, the following bill was taken up and read second time, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to provide for the assessment of the property of railroad companies for taxation in this State, .and for other purposes.

:Mr. Hall moved that the above bill be made rthe special order, to immedia:t.ely follow the general appropriation bill and genel"al tax bill, and to be the continuous special order until disposed of, which motion prevailed.

By l\fr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of Com-

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missioners of Roads and Revenue for the cxmnties of Camden, Thomas and Ech~:~ls, and for other purposes.

The report of the committ~, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage 'Of the bill, the ayes were 122,-nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the county of Thomas, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional: majority was passed.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

:BJ :Mr. Cahin of Richmond-
Resolved, That any member giving notice of his intention to reconsider the action of the House for the previousday, said motion shall be in order immediately after the reading of the Journal, and shall take precedence of all other orders, whether special or general, and shall be dispOISed of on the day on which it is submitted.
Heferred to Committee on Rules.

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727

Resolved, That on to-morrow morning (Friday) next after any mO'tion that may be made to reconsider this day's action of the House, the motions to reconsider, now pending, shall be taken up and disposed of.

Referred to Committee on Rules. By }[r. Calvin of Richmond-

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m. this afternoon.

3 0'clock p. m.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour and was called to order by :Mr. Blalock, Speaker pro tern.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

By }.Ir. Hall of Bibb--

A resolution, that immediately after committee of the whole convenes, a vote hall be taken upon the pending section of said bill, and all amendments thereto.

Resolved further, that at 5:30 o'clock p. m. the debate on said bill shall close, and that at tha't time a final vote shall have been taken upon said bill, and all amendments attached thel'eto.
~Ir. Hall asked unanimous consent to withdraw said resolution, which request was granted.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. :McLaughlin of :Meriwether-

ResolYed, That in the committee of the \Yhole m considering the general appropriation bill, debates shall be limited to thirty minutes on any one paragraph, and the time given to any one member be limited to three minutes.

l\[r. Calvin of Richmond moved that House hill No. 217, the same being a bill to establish a State Board of Embalming, and for other purposes, be made the special order for ~fonday at 10 o'clock <a. m., which motion prevailed.

An Act to repeal an Act 1to create t1w office of Commissioners of Public \Yorks for the <~ity of SaYannah, and for other purpoS6.

An Act to appropriate the S11lll of scnn hundred aml fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay pensions for 18fl8 t() such invalitl pensioners or their widows, who ha.-e been regularly enrolled as pensionca-s in the pPnsion office for the year 18fl8, and who haYe failed to receive the same, and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the chart.er of I.eeshurg in the county of T~ee, so IllS to empower t.he mayor and council to maintain a dispensary, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution, to pay to ~Irs. Charlotte \Villoby, widow of J. \V. Willoby, the pension due J. "\Y. Willoby for the year 1898, and for other purposes.

A resolution to authorize the Go.-crnor to decorate the Capitol in honor of the PrE~Sident.

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:Mr. \Valker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

N r. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and signed and ready for deliYery to the GoYernor, the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to repeal an Act c:n6tled an Ac-t to create and organize a Board of Police Cmmnissioners for the city of SaYannah, and for other purposes.

An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to crctart:e and organize a Board of Fire Conunissiori'ers for the city of S:wannah, and for other purposes.

An Act t.o make it unlawful for any person to ""ilfully or ''"antonly re off or discharge any loaded gun or pistol on .Sunday, except in defc:nse of person or property.

An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to impese a penalty for failure to pay taxS, assessments, nes, 1icense fees and any sums due for the use of water through the water pipes of said city within a xed time.
Respectfully submitt~d.
J. Y. wALKER, Chairman Committee on Enrollment.

The House again resohTed itself into a committee of the whole Honse for the purpose of fUl'ther considering the

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general appropriation bill, which was made the- continuous special order for t.his afternoon's session.

:Mr. Kn'Owles of Fulton, again took the chair and called the committe-e of the whole House to order.

}fr. Chappell of ~Iuscogee, moved that the oomm~ttee of the whole House rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again this a:fiternoon and continue the general appropriation biH until perfected, and in conformity thereto, the committee rose and the chairman there-of made said report to the House.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the general appropriation bill.

}fr. Knowles again took the chair and called the committee of the whole to order.
}[r. Chappell of :Musoogee, moved that the Committee of the whole rise, and report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. In confonnity thereto the committee rose, and the chail'man t.hereof made said report to the House.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker pro tem. declared the House adjourned un6l 7:30 o'clock to-night.

7:30 0'clock p. m. The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour,. and was called to order by the Speaker.

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}fr. Gresham of Burke, moved to dispense with the rollcall, which motion prevailed.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the pages and elevator boy were excused from the night's session.

:Mr. Calvin, acting Chairman of t.he Committee on Rules,. submitted the following re;port:

}.Jr. Speaker:

The Committee on Rules have had under consideration the :following resolutions which they instruct me to repol"t back to the House with the recommendation that. same be .adopted as amended:

A resolution that all motions to reconsider thB action of the House, had on the day previous, shall be in order immediately after the confirmation of the Journal and shall haveprecedence over all orders except the general appropriation bill or the general tax act.

A resolution, that on to-morrow (Friday) morning motions to reconsider, now pending, shaH be taken up next after any motion to reconsider this day's action of the House, provided, said motions take no precedence over thegeneral appropriation bill or the general tax Act.

Respectfully submitted.

}lARTIN V. CALVIN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Lane of Sumter, asked unanimous eonsent to re-

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consider the action of the House in reconsidering the action of the House on bill Xo. Hi, which request was granted.

The motion to reconsider the action of the House was lost.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, as amended, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution, that when notice is given by a member of this assembly of his intention to reconsider the action of the House had on the day previous, said motion shall be in order immediately after tho reading of the Journal and shall have precedence of all other special orders.

The committee proposed to amend as follows: "Provided, that no motion to reconsider shall take precedence of t.he general appropriation bill or the general tax Act."

The resolution was adopted as amended.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

Resolved, that on to-morrow (Friday) morning next after any motiQn may be made to reconsider this day's action of
the House, the motions to reconsider now pending shall be
taken up and disposed of.

The commitJtee proposed to amend by adding the following proviso, to wit:

"Provided, that no motion to reeonsider shall take pre-

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733

cedence of the general appropriation or the general tax Act.
~Ir. Slaton of Fulton, moYed that House bill No. 376, the same relating to the admission to the bar, be made the special order for to-morro\\ at 12 o'clock m., which motion preYailed.

:::\Ir. Chappell of :::\[uscogee, asked that House bill No. 332 be made the special order for Tuesday, which request was not granted.
The next business m order was 'the reading of Senate hills and resolutions a first time, to wit:

By ~Ir. :Mann of the 44th DistrictA bill to amend section 5551 of the Code of 1895, and
for other purposes. Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. King of the 43rcl DistrictA bill to fix the m1mher of committeemen .to visit the
vr.rious institutions of t.he State, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Ap-propriations.

By ~[r. Brannen of the 17th DistrictA bill to amend section 2835 of the Code of 1895, and
for other purposes. Re.ferred to 1he General Judiciary Committee.

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By l\fr. Wingfield of the 28th District-
A bill to proYide for more complete tran"i\fers and assignments of rent nates, etc., and for other purpose"i\.

Referred to Commit1tee on )fanufacturing. By Mr. Fouche of 1he 42nd District-
A bill to dispense with a motion for new trial, and filing brief of evidence, and for other purposes.
Referred to General J udic~ary Committee. By l\fr. Fouche of the 42nd District-

A bill to amend section 5541 of the Civil Code, and for other purp0Se".3.

Referred 1o the General Judiciary Committee. By :Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-

A bill to amend section 2867 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to GenC<ral Judiciary Committee. By )fr. Wight of the lOth District-

A bill to reduce 1he sheriff's bond of the county of Dougherty, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Countv and County Matters.

The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:

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By Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commis-sioners of Roads and fuYenue for the county of Fannin, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. King of the 43rd District-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court:> ir the Chel'Okee Circuit, and for other purposes.
By ::\Ir. Steed of the 23rd District-
A bill to require sleeping-car companies to furnish separate apartments for white and colored passengers, and for other purposes.
By ::\Ir. Steed of the 23rd District-
A bill to -amend seclion 107 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
By ::\Ir. -\Vight of the lOth DistrictA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Police Com-
missioners for <the city of Albany, and for other purposes.

The follo-wing bills were read the second time, to wit:
By :Mr. Holder of JacksonA bill to permit the State as owner, of -the Xortheastern
rnilroad to be sned in certain ooses, and for other purposes.
By ::\Ir. CalYin of RichmondA bill to amend section 1916 of volume 2 af the Code of
1S95, and for other purposes.

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By ~Ir. Johnson of Lee--

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Lec~ hurg, and for other purposeB.

By )Ir. :Moore of Carroll-
A bill t.o amend section 5462 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
By :1Ir. Bell of Spal~ingA bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and
I\eyenue for the counties of Spalding, and ButtB, and for other purposes.
By l\[r. Price of Oconee--
A bill to amend section 1552, yolume 1 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By )Ir. Stubbs of I,aurens-
A bill to rcEeYe 0. \\~. I~inden, ex-Tax-Collector of Laurens county, and for other purpose~.

By ~Ir. Duncan of Houston-
A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the business of insuranc-e brokors in this State, and for other purposes.

By )[r. Ogletree of Butts-
A bi1l to prohibit the manufactmc of spirituous liquors in the cmmty of Butts, and for other purposes.

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737

By :Mr. Ogletree of Butts-
A bill to amend an Act to incorpomte the !J:own of Jackscn, and for other purposes.

1-(y }fr. Hndieil of Chattooga-

A bill to amc>ml an c\ct to incorporate the town of I.yerly, and for other purposes..

By }fr. HarchYick of \Yashington-
-:\ bill to amend an ~\.et incorporating the town of Tennille, and for other purposes.

R. 1fr. Park of Oreene-
A bill to require all perl'ons doing a primte banking lmsine;;;, to han' eertain mattc>r printBd on their stationery, and for other purpDsc>s.
By }fr. PaeP of Xewton-
A hill to prohihi,t rthe manufacture of spirituous liquors exeept domec-;tie "ines in the eounty of Newton, and for other pmpo,;p;;_

By }[r. I-aRoaelw of Chatham-
~\ bill to anwnd ,;eetion l j00 of the Code of 189.'), and for other purpose.:;.
1~: }fr. Ogletree of Butts--
A bill to create> a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and 1\PYemw for the emmt.' of Bnrtts, and for other purposes.
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By :Mr. Duncan of Houston~
A bill to amend an Act to re.gulat.e the insurance bu:;ine&; in this S'tate, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Chappell of t.IuscogeeA bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the
Const.itution of the Starte, and for other purpose,;.
By )lr. Pace ott Newton-

A bill to amend section 1205 of Yolnme 2 of the ( 'ou<, and for other purpos-es. By l\Ir. Anderson of Bartow-
A bill to amend seetion 341 of the CodP of 1:'!!;,_ anl for other purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend S('('tion flOfl of thP Corle of I :-i!l.-. :mel for other purposes.

B.' )Jr. Speer of SumtPr-
A bill to ameud ,;et'tinn :.! I:-;.-. ( 71 !1-;t) ',f t hP (_',"Jt. of 1.'-;fl;), and for oth<r puqlose-:.

T->y )ir. Park of Troup-
.\ hill to rP}JPal an .\et to "ltl>Jnit r.. tlH qnalitiPd YotJ.; of Troup county, thP que,-tinn \dwtJH,r <~1' not ~piritu .. us liquors shall he ,;old, pt(' .. in ,.:aid <'ollllh. aml f01 ntht'l'
purpo,;P~.

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Hy :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to exclude certain lands from the Yillap:e uf Sumlllf'rv-ine, and for other purposes.

1::\y l\fr. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to fix the time of holding certain conrt.- in th~ Southwestern Judicial Circuit, and for other pnrposes.

B.' l\fr. \Vade of Brooks-
A bill to change the manner of selecting- the ( 'ounty ( 'ommissioners of Brooks conntY, and for othN pnrpDses.

By }fessrs. Henderson and Hardwick of \Ya,;hinp:tonA hill to amend an Act to create a I1oard nf ( 'ommis-
sioners of Hoads, public propntv, Pte., and for nthe1 purp<>Ses.
B; ~Ir. Knowles of Fulton--
A bill to require the r<'gi,.,tration of tran,;fere<>' of mortg-ages, dl"it'<h, etc., and for ot lwr pnrposes.
By :Mr. Erwin of ClarkeA hill to amend an Aet to incoq1oratc th<' Bnnk of the
{~ninJ-.,;ity, and for other pnrp""~'"
B: ~!1. ~loni,; of Cohh.\ hill t~-. anwwl tlw eh:nte1 of .\l:ni<'ti:t. (;:1.. and for
IIHJ' pu rpo>lf':'<.

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By ~Ir. ~fcJ~aughlin of l\Ieriwether-

A bill to amend an Act, providing for the admission to the bar, and for other purposes.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton of }'u1ton, House bill K o. 371.) "as made the special ord0r for 'to-morrow at 12 m. o'clock.
:Mr. Griffith of H~tralson, moved that House bill No. 332 hf made rthe spt:cial order for Tuesday next, which motion lJ1'CYailed.

The following bills were ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate, to wit:

House bill :Ko. 322, on motion of :Mr. ,Jones of Burke.

lions~:> hill X o. :126, on motion of :Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas.
Home l1ill No. 317, on motion of ~fr. Allen of Baldwin.
lions<: hill Xo. 3:10, on motion of :Mr. Griff<:th of Hara1;.on.
Honse hill i\o. 4D, on motion of ~fr. Bdl of Spalding.
On motion of :Mr. Harrison of Qnitman, :wo copi0l of
Honse bill X o. :301 Wf'!'e ord(~lcd printc>(l for tlw ns<: of tlw Hon,.:c>.
On motion of ~fr. LaRoeJw Hou,; l1il1 No. 8;) was taken from the table and restored to its place on the calc>ndar.
On motion of ~fr. Park of Grec>IW, Sc>natc> bill X o. 4:~

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was committed from ~Ianufactnring Connni<ttee to Committee on General J ucliciary.

The following Senate bill "as read t.he third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By J[r. "Wight of 1t.he lOth District-
A bill to amend. an Act to prmide for the city court of Albany, and for other purposes.
The report of tht> committee which was favorable to the passage of the l,ill by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the hill by substitut{', the ayes \Yere 100, nays 0.
So the bill haYing receiYed t.lw requisito constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
The following House bills were read the third time and put. upon their passage, to wit:

By Jfr. CalYin of Richmond-
A hill to limit and re-gulate the payment of insolvent costs of the- slwriff of Hiclnnond county, and for other purposes.
The rpport of <the comm~tte<; which was fayorable to the pai'osage of the bill was agreed to.
On paSilage of the bill tho ayes were 99, mrys 0.
So the bill, having received <the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By )fr. Pace of X ewton-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Commissioners of Hoads and Rewnues in X ewton county to establish a dispensar~, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, whieh was faYorable to the pa;>sage of the bill was agTeed to.
On passage of !J:he bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.
So the bill haYing receiYed the r('(]uisite constitutional majority was passed.
By )fr. Walker of Cnion-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and ReYi.muo for l'nion county, and for other purposes.
The report of the conunittee, which was fayorable to the pa;;,;age of tlw hill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes WCire 100, nays 0. So the bill haYing receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By :Jir. :JicCranie of Berrien-

A bill to establish a publjc school system for the city of Tifton, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which ~was faYorable to the passage of the bill \vas agTeed to.

On passage of the bill tl1e a.Ycs were 109, nays 0.

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So the bill having reoceiwd the requisit constiif:ntional lll<ljnrity, was passed.

hy )[ r. Calvin of Richmond-

~\ hill to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent <"~':4::' of th~ clerk of t.he city court of Richmond county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committef', which was favorable to the p<tsi'ag-e of the bill was agreed to.
On pa~age of the bill the aye.> were 100, nays 0.

So the bill having reoceoi,ed the requisitl constitutional majorit.' was passed.

By }[r. LaRoche of Chatham~\ bill to empowpr the treasurer of Chatham cmmty to
employ a clerk, and for other purposes.

The report of the committe<, which was favorable to the pit>'>'age of the bill was agre-ed to.

On passage of the biil the ayl"S wE're 111, nays 0.

So the bill haYing rE>cei,ed the requisit constitutional majorit.', "as passed.

By }l<>s:-:rs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-~\ bill to abolish the city court of DeKalb county, and
for other purposes.

The report of the committer, which was favorable to the pns,:.agr of the bill was agreed to.

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JouRNAL OJ<' THE HousE.

On pasi'age of the bill the aye;; were 9U, nays 0.

So the bill ha,ing recc>i,ed the requisite comtitutional majority, was passed.

B~ ..\[r. Reynolds of Ricln~wnd-

A bill to amC'nd the charter of the citv of Angmta, and f01 other pnrpOfes.
The report of the committe<>, which was favorable to the p~sage of the bill was ag-reed to.

On tl1e passage of the bill the ay<"" wf're 107, nay,; 0.

So the bill haYing recPiYecl the l'E'!lnisite constitutionaT majorit:,, was passed.
By ~Ir. Bennett of 2\fit.chell-
A bill to control the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of :Mitchell, and for other purposes.

The report of the committeP, which \Yas fayorable to the passage of the bill \\"as agreed to.
On pas...;;cage of the bill thP ayes were 105, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill to amend -an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roods and Revenue for the county of Baldwin~ and for other purposes.

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The report of the r.ommittee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill was ap:reed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 0.

So the hill having received ~he requisite constitut.ionat m{ljority, >vas passed.

By :Mr. Griffith of Haralson-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Br0men, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tlw passage of the bill was aweed to.
On passage of the bill t.he ayes were 100, nayt> 0.

So the hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

J~y ~fr. "~ooten of Calhoun-
A bill to authorize the Judge:; of the Superior Court to fill vacancies in the office of Commis-sioners of Roads awl Hevenue, and for-other purposes.

The report of the eommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was aweed to.
On passage o:f the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional l11<ljority, was passed.

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Hy .:\Ir. Barwick of Emanuel-

A bill to establish the city court of Swainsboro, Ga., and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was fanlrable to the pl188ag-e of the bill WM agreed to.

On passage of the hill the a.'>'E'S wPre 10;'), and the nays 0.

So the bill having recei\ed the requisite con,;titutionai majori,ty, was passed.

Hy }fr. Tatum of Dade--
A bill to create a Boar<l of Commissioner,; of Roads and Hevenue for the county of Dade, and to <lefine its powers, and for other purposes.

'f,he report of the committee, which was fa,orable to the passage of the hill was ag-reed to.

On passage of tlw hill the ~yes were 96, nays 0.

So the bill hYing rPceind the reqnisi1e constitutional majority was passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By .:\Ir. Slat.on of FultonA resolution for thf' appnintuwnt of a steering commit-
tee, and for odte'r purposes.

The Senate amewhnent to House hill Xo. 133, the same hf'ing a bill to amend the cha1ter of thP citY of Valdosta, :nn<l for other Jlllrpos'5, wa,- concmTed in.

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The following bills were rl"ad the first time lilnd appropriately referred, to wit:

By ~\Ir. Jordan of .1 asper-
A bill to am~::nd :,nd coni'oEdate the la"" gon~rning the insprotion and r.n<tlYsi,; of commerrial fertilizers, and for D1 hN purposes.

Heferred to General AgTicultnral C'ommittl"l".

By :Mr. LaHoc.he of Chatham-

A hill to rell"ase \YilliP Schwarz from the lunatic .asylum and haw him turned onr to the sheriff o.f Chatham county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Commit.tec on Special ,Tudiciary.

J)y ~Jr. BPll of SpaldingA hill to repeal .an Act to amen<l an Act establishing a
chartPr for the city of Griifin, and for otll('r purposes. Hc,ferrl"d to Conunitt.ee on Appropriations.
])~ ~Ir. Hathcock of DouglasA bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and
HeYenue for Douglas county, and for other purposes. Referred to C'ommitteB on Counties and County .Matters.
B~ ::\Ir. walker of Crawford-
A bill to establish a public school s)st.em for Knoxville, GPorgia, and for other puq)()Ses.
Rl"ferred to Committee on Education.

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The following re:c;olntions \Wre read tl1e first time, to wit;

liy }Ir. (;rittin of Greene-
A bill to refund t.Iw snlll of $100 to Chas. J. Donghel't.',, and for other purposes.

i{cferretl to ComrnittE'e on Appropria<tions.

By :Mr. Anderson of Bartow--
A vesolution to have Roxy Ann Long t~ken from thca~ylum and deliYered to the sheriff of Bryan count.' Ga., and for other purposes.

Hef<>rred to the State Sanitarium Committee.

The following report was reeeived from the State Sanitarium Committee, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Standing Committee on the Georgia St,lte Sanitarium, after a careful investigation. of the nwthods of its present operation and expenditures, and a thorough in!'pection of the buildings, machinery, lin~stock, farms and garden, beg leave to report as follows:
The lmilding;;, which are in eYery way ample for present u.sage, are all in good eondition as to repair and sanitation. The grounds and yards carefu1l: and neatly kept and thE> drainage good.
The manner in which the apartments fOT the inmates are bept and the nerut and eleanly condition of the flool":" and walls of the hallways, and the interior parts of all the build-

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749

ing::- ,-how dilig'ent efforts on the part of the present management to keep the buildings in the moot perfect state of pr~crYation aml sanitation.
.:\n in:'rr-cti:m of the machinery showed the pumps and heating apparatus in first-c1:lss condition. Two of the eng-ine;: .ue getting old, though doing good work at present, will haYe to be replaced with new ones in the neoar future. we also find two of the boilers, from long and constant use, ,-]ww ~igns of failure and will shortly have to be replaced.
The icc plant, which the management has reeently erecteel in :Y,nnel'tion ''"ith the institution, is in good condition. The machinery pro]Wlling the laundry and planing miil arc all in fine condition.
\Ye find the gas plant doing good work and supplying ample L_iUantities of gas for the institution.
All of tlJe abow machinery show signs o having boon well cared for, clean and neat, location fine, the buildings "ell-kept, aml ''"e take oc(asion to congTat.ulate rt-he management of the institution in seeming: the service of so competent an Engineer, Capt Dessau.
"~e find that the f1arm and gardens connected with this institution yield to it. annu,1lly a great quantity of fresh vegetables, potatoes, fruits, cerools and hay which are gatherPt1 and usetl:as n0eded, adding mueh to the Iwcessities as well as the comforts of the inmates <th0reof, whieh perhaps cculd not be had so cheoaply otherwise.
The dairy department is likewise a blessing to the institution, :furnishing to it daily fresh, and of the finest quality, milk and butter as well as large qnwntities of beef, as the ~mplns eatotle of t,he dairy farm are used. There <are now

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at the farm 120 milk cows, 23 calves and 24 heif<>I":'. Thi5 farm yields to the institution annually large quantities of
'Vpo:rk, there beoing on hand now 242 pork h~. e find all othe.r stock, farmin~ t<>ols and farmin11: machinery suitable, modpr:n mHl well cared for.
'Ye 'xaminPd intD tlw finane5 through a sub-committee-
from your Gent'ml Committ{'{", and aftpr a carpful and pai:nstaking P:x,amination of tho various items which gu to. make np the total expPnditnres for this institution since an e::--amination was had by a former Committe!:' of the Georgia Leg'i,.;]ature, comparing bill,;, voucher5 an<l recPipts, \Ye are able to AA:'' t'hat tho s~stem of bookkPeping is entire!~ sHti-sfaetorY and tlw nrifieation which was exhibited s.howed thi,- work m this departntPnt faithfulh and honp,;tly performed.
\\'<' tind that tlw nwdical <lPpartnwnt nf th< (;ptwgia Sanitarinlll, eonsi>'<ting as it do~ of Dr. T. 0. Pmnll, snpl.,
Dr. .J. 1L \Yhittakrt, fir,;t a>',;i,;tant, and lh. L. 11. .Tone-, Dr..1. C. Patterson. Dr. \\'. A. O'DaniPI. as,;i,;bmt ph_vFi-
c.ian,;, and Dr. :\[ohiPy, p<l'tholn:e;ist, arP th11ronghly enmpdPnt for their \\'OJ'k, eonrtPons ami obliging to patiPnt~ :md dilig<'ttt in thPir att<'nticm to thP nnfortnnatP inmate-,.: \Yho are hy dist6bnt.icm as~ign<'d to their <hatg<'.
\Y< \\'ete earPfnl tn a,;ep~tain -tlw ,;ati,;faetimt ;.!1H'll bY thc phy,;i<"ianB therp t>luployed and arp plra>'P<l to repnrt tltat tltPir labor" han g-iYPll entire sM.isfadim1, lmth to the :mtltnriti<'" awl patic,nts, aiHl fc>el that tlwi1 plarc"' \\nuld he luli'Cl to tilL
Tll<' ~t<"\\ard depatt.uHnt of this in;,;titutimt \\\h <'X<llllint>d abo h.- a ,;Jth-(nmmittP<'. Tlw book, and aeenuuts aud

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tion, were found to be correct, and all the business in said_ office seemed to be rorried on in a s_v, stematic business wav< .
It is t.hroug1h this departmentt that all clothing-, bedding, furniture, food, fuel, and feed supplies required for the institution are purchased, and your committoo ha\'e taken occasion to oorefully examine the method in which these c0ntracts are lett, to whom and, whether or not 1hey had been w let as to nat only comply winh the law, but to secure to said institution the best business manag-ement.
In this investigati()lll we have he<'n confrontd with certain facts which ]pad us irrC'sistihly to condnde, that the bPst lmsinE':'s emuhwt has not bC'Pll exprcised in behalf of said in,;titution. \Ye find from f'\ideneC' suhmittPtl to your comJllittte and a<lmission hy one of the trustees,to wit: A .To<'Pph of t.hi,; in,;titution, who rC'eein't-l his compC'nsation a. tru::ltec from thE' Stat<', has bt>Pn tllf' eontraetor with said in:-:titution for thf' pnrcha,.;(' of ahllfBt eYE'ry artic]p U:'{'d b~ ,-aid institntion in thC' wa~ of tlr~ goods for thC' past two or tLrpe _YC'al,.. It is true 11:hat t.lw goods furnifllwd to Mid institution did not always go hy dirPct purchase from said tru;;:tP<f', lmt did go through said trustee-, P'itliE'r directly or incliredly, and from I'VBry purchasp so mad' S>a~d trustee wa" u,.:ing his relartion to said inst.itution for the purposC' of gain and pront, haYing madE' largp "-lllllS of monE'y from s11i<l contraet,;, \Yhetheor the artie]p,; wen sold dirwtjy bv him to said ili;::titntion, or whPtllf'r he ,;11hmiHnd hid,; in tlw name of "1 hel"B and t1lw ]llll"<'hases madf' HominallY lw Dtlwr parlfiE':'. Ill' ncrt. This t.rustpe frankly admith>d to your rommittE'C' the truth of ahoYP :'lta:tPHH'ltt,.;. <!aiming that hE' had a per fed ri~ht to ,.;o do. nutwith,;;tmtding we find the following

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paragraph in the By-laws, Hules and Reg-ulations, <adopted b;r the :trustees of the Georg-ia State Sanit-arium, at :Milhdgeville, Ga., ~fay, 1898, to be found on page 4, sec-
tion 7: "Xo trustee or any of the officer~ created by them shall
be interested directly or indirectl.Y in any contract or sale .of any supplies to the institntion."
This tn1stee claims that no loss has come to thi,; institution by reason of his conduot, but your committ{'C is forced, in justice :to themselves a.nd this institution to declare the conduct improper and not calc.nlated to subsene the best intP.r~t of the institntion on thP part of the t.ru,.;t<'c>: be it therefore
Resohed, That this committee, in view of the fac.ts deVPloped, reeomm(:nd rtlw appointment of a joint committee of three (3) from tlw Honse and t\YO (2) fr0'111 the Senate to make a thorough inwstip;ation of tlhe management -and report at t.]w next se8sion of the leg1.sla:ture.
\Ye desire espeeiaH_y .to commend the boord of trustees for their effort in securing the extension of the Centra] railroad into the gTonnds and to .the depot of the Sanita-
'"ill rmm. This be a g-reat savin~ in the item of freight to
the institution. The State is largely indebted to t-he trustees for this improvement.
Your committee, after having c.arefu]]y examined every department of said institution, desire to stat<> bPfmc coneluding this report that tthev desire to commend in the highp,.,t term,; the maHagPlliPJlt ge11Nally :m<l i11 <l<tail of thP jll'P,.;ent SU]WrintpntJc>n~ amJ to decJarp in hi,; lwJwlf of J1i~ Pminent ahilit;v for the position he occupie;.

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\Ye recommend that 'the follo\ving appropriations be -made:
For support and mainft:.enance of the institution for the year 1899 ............... $280,000 00
For support and maintenance of the institution for the year 1900 ............... $280,000 00

Hespectfully submitted.

JNO. T. ALLEN, Chairman of House Committee.

The follmving resolution was read the third rt:ime and put upon its passage, to wit:
By )[r. Griffin of Greene-
A re8olution for the relief of Geo. A. Hall and Joel F. "Thor:nton as securitiS on the bond of Gene williams.
The report of <the committee, which was favorable to the -p~<:Sage of tthe resolution, was agreed to.
On passage of the resolution the ayes were 88, nays 0.
So the resolution haYing recc<iYed the requisite consti.tutional majority was passed.
The following report ;vas ree,eri.ved from the sub-<.lommittee of the General Sanitarium Committee, to wit:
'To the Generol Sanivarium Committee:
\Ve the undersignecl sub-committee, appointed by your body to inwst.iga.te and report to your body as to whether
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William Schwarz and Roxie Ann Long are now legallyd~tained in the asylum, :and if not, whrut disposition should~ be made or what legislati~, if any, is necessary, in orderto dispose of them.
1. \Ve find tha:t \Yil1iam Schwarz was sent up from Chatham county in .Tuly, 1895, haYing been indicted for murder, and on the call of the case against hi_m, he filed hhl plea, alleging that at the time of the commission of the crime, he was insane and not of sound mind and memory,. and t.hat at the time of trial he was so afflicted.
2. \Ve find rthat on motion of the Solicitor-General that that portion of said plea which set up that said William Schwarz was insane at the time of the commission of the crime, was stricken, leaving the plea standing, charging and alleging his insanity at the time of the t.rial.
3. That the jury found in favor of the plea, and in accordance therewith, the said Willicam Schwarz was, by the order of the court confined in the lunatic asylum of this State.
4. That he i~ now aml has been in said asylum from the time aforesaid, to wit, on or ahout the 27th of July, 1895.
5. That at the ~fay tel'lll, 1897, the said Roxie Ann I.ong was indicted for murder, and on call of the case she,. through her attorneys at law, filed her spreial plea, alleging that at the time of the trial she was not of sound mind and memory, and therefore, should not be put on trial for ffilid charge. That the jury trying- said case found in favor o eaid special plea, whereupon the presiding iudge passed an order committing the said Hoxie Ann Long- to the Georgia State Sanitarium.

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6. That said -William Schwarz and Roxie Ann Long are now of sound mind and memory.
,,,..e therefore recommend that !"Uch leg-islation be passed a:o will authorize the superintenderut to deliver him to the proper authorities of Chatham county, that he may be dealit with as the law directs. And that the said Roxie Ann J.ong be delivered to the proper authorities of Bryan, 1:1(} be dealt with as the law directs.

Respectfully submitted.

K. S. A"N"'TIERSO~.

The hour of adjournment luning arrived, the Speaker deelared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.

ATI.A~TA, GA.
Friday, Dec. 9, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment 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 their names, to wit : Messrs.-

Adam~.
Adamson, Allen, Anderson,

Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Basi',

Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

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Bell of Sp1lding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin,
E~terlin,
Everett of Polk, E\erett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,

George,

Knowles,

Gresham,

Lane of Bibb,

Greene,

Lane of Early,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Sumter,

Griffin of Twiggd, Laing,

Griffith,

LaRoche,

Hall,

Latimer,

Hammett,

Lee,

Hammond,

Longino,

Hamby,

Martin,

Hardin of Liberty, Mayson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

Merritt,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Harris,

Moore,

Harrell,

Morris,

Harvard,

Mullens,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Hendricks.

McCranie,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonald,

Renders m of \Vasht'n,McDonough,

Herring,

McElreath,

Hill,

Me F a r l a n d ,

Howard,

McGehee,

Hopkins,

McLaughlin,

Holder,

McLennan,

Hosch,

McMillan,

Hutchins,

McR'\P,

Jarnagin,

Newton.

Johnson of Appling, O~letree,

Johnson of Baker, Ousley,

Johnson of Bartow, OverstrePt,

Johnson of Floyd, Pace,

Johnson of Lee,

Padgett,

Jones of Burko.>,

Pate,

.fordan of Jasper, Park of Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park of Troup.

King,

Pvst,

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757

Price, Rawls of Effin~ham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogel'!!, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock,

Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry,

Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Castleberry,

Brown of Bryan,

Drawdy,

Smith of Hall, Timmerman.

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

By unanimous consent the following reports of committees were submitted and read, to wit :

Mr. Walker, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report. as duly enrolled, signed and r:>ady for delivery to the Governor the following Act, to wit :

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Lumpkin, in the county of Stewart, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
},{r. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee 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 :
A bill to be entitled an Act to alter and amend an Act to establish the city court of Gwinnett in and for the county of Gwinnett, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of wine within two miles of the town of Alpharetta, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to fix the terms of office of county solicitors of Pulaski county.
A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a city court of

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Clarkesville, in Habersham county, to define its jurisdiction .and powers, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, :submitted the following report:
)'fi-. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me, as their chairman, to report back to the House with the recOmmendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the granting of permanent teachers' license to the graduates of Bowden College, in the county of Carroll, and for other purposes.
R. A. DENNY, Chairman.
::\Ir. Moore, chairman of the committee on County and County matters submitted the following report:
1lfr. 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 ncommendation that the same do pass, to w1t:

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,JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of hold-ing the Superior court of Frauklin county.

An Act to change the time of holding the fall sessiou of the Superior Court of Irwin county, to provide a twoweeks' term in the fall and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. MOORE, Chairman Committee on County and County Matters.

Mr. McMillan of Chatham, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the Housein passing House bill No. 269 at last night's session.
On motion of Mr. Morris of Cobb, the rules of the House were suspended for the purpose of extending theses-sion of this morning three minutes in which to place a local bill No. 356 upon its passage.
The following resolutions were read and adopted :
By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
Resolved, That inasmuch as House bills Nos. 127 and: 128 were sent to the Senate, notwithstanding the fact that notice of a motion to reconsider was formally made at the proper time and, on account of the special order being called up opportunely, it was not afforded the movant of said notice to press the motion to reconsider before the Houee, the Senate be respectfully requested to return sairu bills at once to the House.

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i61

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

Resolved that until otherwise ordered, the sessions of this House shall be as follows:

Meet at 9 a. m.,

Adjourn at 1 p. m.

Meet at 3 p.m.,

Adjourn at 6 p. m.

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A resolution providing for a joint assembly to meet in the Hall of Representatives Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1898, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of receiving the President of the United States and members of his Cabinet, and the other members of his party..
The resolution was adopted, and on request of Mr. Hardwick, was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Hardwick of WashingtonResolved, That the privileges of the floor of the House
be extended the Governor and General Assembly of the state of Alabama during their visit to Atlanta.
The resolution was adopted.
The Speaker announced that the next business in order

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

was the further consideration of the General Appropriation bill.

Mr. Slaton of l?ulton, called for the previous question on the bill and amendments, which call was sustained.

On the adoption of the amendment offered by the committee to appropriate $800,000 for the Public School Fund, Mr. Hall of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderaon, Barron, Barwick,
Bas~,
Bennett of Mitcl:iell, B~nnett of Pif!rce, Beauchamp, Bell of Fursyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of D.twsm, Blalock, B'Jnd, Bowen, Bower, Br.mdon, Brown of C.uroll, Bu;h, Carter,

Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Dews, Dickey, Dunc.tn. Ellia, Erwin, Ev<'rett of Pulk, Farmer, Fdlker, Fend9r, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Furt, Gay, George, Greaham,

Griffin of Grepne, Griffin of Twig-gs, Griffith, Hall, Ham b), Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harr:s, Harvard, Henlricks, Henderaon of Irwin, Renders )n of \Vash't'n Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Jones of BurkP,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER !), 189~.

763

Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pula~ki, King, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Mart.in, Maxwell, Mitchell, l\Ioore, )lullens, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough,
McF~rland,
McGehee,

McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Park of lireene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Simpsm, Slaton, Sloan,

Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Tnrner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Oawford, Watkins, Williams, Wood,. Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Bryan, Esterlin, Hammett,

Harrison, Johnson of Floyd,

Smith of Hancock Swift.

Those not voting were Messr~.-

Ar-nold, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Denny,

Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Greene, Hammond, Harrell,

Hathcock, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dougherty,

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JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

Latimer, Mayson, Merritt, Morris, McElreath,
O~letree,

Pate, Richardson, Rogers, Singletary, Snell, Timmerman,

Wade, Walker of union, Whiteley, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Sloan, of Hall, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 128~ nays 7.

So, the amendment was adopted.

The report of the Committee of the Whole, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On the pas~age of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bond, Bowen,

Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David,

Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everptt of Polk, Farmer, Fender, Felker, Freeman, Franklin,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898.

765

"Ford,

Lal:oache,

Fort,

Lee,

Gay,

Longino,

George,

Martin,

Griffin of Greene, Mayson,

Griffin of Twiggs, :\laxwell,

Griffith,

Merritt,

Hall,

Michell,

Hammett,

Moore,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Hardin of Wilke~, .:\Iullins,

Hardwick,

McCants,

Harrison,

McCranie,

Harris,

McDonald,

Harvard,

McDonough,

Hendrickf<,

.:\IcFarland,

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Henderson of Wash't'n McLennan,

Herring,

McMillan,

Howard,

McRae,

Hopkins,

Xewton,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

Johnson of Appling, Pace,

Johneon of Bartow, Padgett,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pate,

King,

Park of Greene,

Lane of Bibb,

Post,

Lane oi Early,

Price,

Laing,

Rawls of Effingham,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks. Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Wood, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
.Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hancock.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp. Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Castleberry, Dickey, Drawdy, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Gresham, Greene, Hammond,

Hamby, H:urell, Hathcock, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Knowle', Lane of Sumte, Latimer, M!'Elreath,

McLaughlin, Ogletree, Overstreet, Park of Troup Richardson, Rogers, Singletary, Speer, Timmerman, Upchurch, Wade, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were L25, nays 2.

So the bill, having teceived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

On motion of Mt. Chappell of Muscogee, the bill just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following repott was received from the committee appointed to visit the school for the Blind at Macon, Ga.:

FRIDAY, DECEl\IBER 9, 1898.

767

],Jr. Speaker:
We, the committee appointed on the part of the House to visit the School for the Blind at Macon, beg to. make the following report:

We have examined the disbursement of the fund appropriated by the State to the institution, aud find that the board of trustees have made such expenditures only as were necessary and essential to the support and equipment of the institution.
The system of accounts is simple, and at the same time comprehensive.
In our opinion, the students are receiving proper instruction, care and attention.
We find that the sanitation of the buildingE> and grounds has received that care and attention that its, mportance demands.
With the exception of the roof on the main building, which needs some repairs, the buildings are in good condition and amply sufficient for the needs of the institution, and the grounds ate well kept.
We recommend the appropriatio-n of eighteen t.h onsand dollars for support of the Blind Asylum each for the years 1899 and 1900.
Hespectfnlly submitted. J. C. BEAUCHAMP
Chairman House Committee.

}<ft-. Laing, cbaitman protem. of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following repott:

768

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the followi11g resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted:

A resolution: Resolved that the privileges of the

floor be extended to W. H. Barrett, Esq., of Augusta,

during his stay in the city.

\.

Respectfully submitted. J. A. LAING, Chairman Pto Tem.

The following privilege resolution was read and adopted, to wit :
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Mr. W. H. Barrett of Augusta during his stay in the .city.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. S peaicer: The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of
the House, to wit:
A resolution requesting the return to the House bills Nos. 127 and 128.

FRIDAY, DECK\IBER 9, 1898.

769

The Senate has also passed the following House bills by :the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Monroe county.

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Hitch, -to wit:
_Mr. Speaker :

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed :1 he following Act, to wit:
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Lumpkin, in Stewart county, and for other purposes.

Th following message was received from the Senate -.through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

~fr. Speaker:

Th Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional :~~najority, the following House bill as amended, to wit:

A hill to amend the charter of Ocilla, in Irwin county.
Mr. Frt"eman of Coweta moved that the bill introduced lby himself entitled "General Tax Bill,'' be taken from the :table and put upon its passage, which motion prevailed.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the
IPassage of the bill by substitute as amended was agreed to.
u hj

770

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional; majority was passed by substitute as amended.

On motion of Mr. Freeman of Coweta the bill just passed: was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Knowles of Fulton the rules of the House were suspended for the purpose of taking up for a third reading the following bill, which was read the third1 time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to furnish a new charter for the town of Leesburg,. in Lee county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which wao: favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 128 and the nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite. constitutional majority was passed as amended.

On motion of Mr. Knowles of Fulton the bill just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senat~.

The following resolution was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

A re~olution declaring John Yickers from the county of

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898.

771

Coffee duly elected a member of the House of Representatives of the rwesent General Assembly.

Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

The next business in order was the following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, to wit:

By Mr. E;;terlin of Macon-

A bill to amend an Act to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish a dPpartment of Horticulture and Pomology, etc., for the protection of fruit growers, and for other purposes.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas called for the previous question, which call was <;ustained.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 118 and the nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority wm; passed.

On motion of Mr. Esterlin of Macon the bill just passed was ordered to be immediately transf?itted to the Senate.

Mr. Reynolds of Richmond asked that House bill No. 97 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

The next business in order was the following bill which was made the special order for to-day, to wit:

772

JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

By ~Ir. Lane of Early-

A bill to repeal an Act to establish, regulate and maintain a dispensary in the town ,of Blakely, Early county, Ga., and for other purposes.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton moved that the sesswn be extended ten minutes for the purpose of considering the bill.

Mr. Moore of Carroll moved to amend the motion of Mr. Brandon by extending the se~sion until the bill was disposed of, which motion prevailed.

Pending the discussiou.of Mr. Lane's bill Mr. Sloan of Hall moved that the House do adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit : :Messrs. Woodall, of Talbot, Turner of Henry, McLennan of Montgomery, Adamson of Clayton, Henderson of Irwin, King of Houston, Taylor of Jefferson, Bowen of Wilcox, Rawls of Wilkinson, Griffin of Twiggs, Hill of Wilkes, McRae of Telfair.

On motion of Mr. Sloan of Hall, the House adjourned until 3 p. m.

3 O'clock p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

1<-,RIDAY, DECK\IBER 9, 1898.

i73

On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, the roll-call was dispensed with.

The following minority report was submitted by the undersigned members of the Special J nniciary Committee :

The undersigned members of the Special Judiciary_ Committee, which has had under consideration House bill No. 25U by Mr. Lane of Early, recommend that it do not pass, disagreeing to the report of the majority of the committee for the following reason:
Because the bill seeks to injure the moral relations of the community affected and to restore barrooms where now there are none.
Because the white people of Early county are in vast majority opposed to its passage.
w. T. LANE, Sumter,
A. R. SMITH, Hall, W. C. BRYAN, Floyd, W. G. PARK, Troup.

The first business in order was the further consideration of House bill No. 259, the same being a bill to repeal an Act to create and maintain a Dispensary in the town ot Blakely, Georgia.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
Mr. Sloan of Hall called for the ayes and nays, which. call was sustained.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

On taking the ballot ,.j va voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bush, Calvin, Carter, Cuappell, Cook, Copeland, Denny,
DclWS,
Ellis, Emotnuel, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman,

Franklin,

Morri,

Gay,

McCants,

George,

McDonou6h,

Griffin of Twiggs, McElreath,

Griffith,

:\IcLaughlin,

Hall,

McMillan,

Hammett,

McRaE',

Hammond,

Ousley,

Hamby,

Park of Greene,

Hardin of Wilkes, Price,

Hardwick,

Reid,

Hath<'ock,

RE-ynolds,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Hencleroon of Wash't'nRose,

Howard,

Rudicil,

Jarnagin,

Simpson,

.Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Johnson of B 1ker, Snell,

Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

Knowles,

StonE',

Lane of Ktrly,

Swift,

L'ling,

Tatum,

LaRoache,

Tisinger,

Lee,

Tracy,

Longino,

Watkins,

Maxwell,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.--

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, BaBB, Bennett of Mitchell,

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Brown of Carroll, Bryan,

Crossland, Darnell, David, Farmer, Griffin of Gr,ene,

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775

Hardin of Liberty, .Harrrll, Harvard, Herring, Hutchins, -.Johnson of Bartow, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Mayson, .l\Ierritt,

Moore, McDonald, McFarland, McLennan, Newton, Overstreet, Pace, Pate, Park of Troup, Post,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Taylor, Willingham.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, .Bynum, Castleberry, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Erwin, Fain, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Harrison, Harris, 'Hendricks, Hill,

Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Latimer, Martin, Mitchell, Mullins, McCranie, McGehee, Ogletree, Padgett, Rawls of Effingham,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Rogers, Singletary, Stubbs, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, \Vade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Woodall, '\Vooten, Mr. Speaker.

On motiotJ of Mr. Hardwick of Washington a vetifica1tion of the roll call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 78, nays 44.

776

JouR~AL oF THE HousE.

So the bill not having received the requisite constituionaf majority was lost.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move a reconsideration of the action of the House iu reference to the bill just lost.

The following message was received from the Senat~ through Mr. Sorthen, the Secretary thereof:

M 1'. Speake1:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutiona[ majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide a new charter for the town of Clarkston.

Also, a bill to make it unlawful to manufacture any alcoholic or other intoxicating lrquors in Talbot county.

Also, a bill to fix the salary of the Judge of the County Court of Marion county.

Also, a bill to authorize the City Council of Augusta to change the location of the dam across the Savannah river at the head of the Augusta canal.

Also, a bill to provide that the City Council of Augusta shall not be required to use its common seal in making bylaws and ordinances.

Also, a bill to amend the Act establishing a system of public schools for the town of Washington.

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iii

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Sharpsburg in Coweta county.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act providing for a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Oconee county.

Also, a bill to authorize St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church of Columbus to create a lien on Lot B to complete its church building.

Also, a bill to repeal the Act consolidationg the offices of clerk of the superior court and treasurer of Columbia county.

Also, a bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Newnan to establish and maintain a system of sewers and drains, etc.

Also, a bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Culumbia.

Also, a bill to extend the laws applicable to charitable and benevolent institutions for the custody of children, incorporated under the Act approved December 18, 1894.
Also, a bill to fix the time for the election of all city officers now elected by council in Savannah, and the terms of said officers, etc.

Also, a bill to authorize the Mayor and AldermEn of the city of Savannah, to condemn property for drainage purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an Act to make permanent the

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JouRNAL OF THE Hous~<;.

income of the University of Georgia, approved September :30th, 1881.

Also, a bill to provide for the keeping open the polls at precints in incorporated towns or cities where there is more than one precinct.

The Senate has also passed the following House bill as -amended, to wit :
A bill to authorize and provide for the Issuance of cir-culating notes.
The Senate has also concurred In the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution that the General Assembly convene in joint session December Llth, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of welcoming the President and his party.

The Senate has also concurred in the House substitute to the following Se?ate bill, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to establish a city court at Albany.

The Senate has also passed the following Senate bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill providing for the compensation of court stenographers.

Also, a bill to amend section 2636 of the Code of Georgia.

Mr. Morris of Cobb, asked that the session be extended

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779

three minutes for the purpose of placing a local bill No. 356 upon its passage, which request was granted.

)fr. Tatum of Dade, asked that the session be extended ten additional minutes, for the purpose of taking up House bill No. 100 and putting the same upon its passage, whieh request was granted.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the sessiOn was still further extended, for the purpose of taking up House bill 388 for a third reading.
~Ir. Bass of Habersham, moved that the session be extended five additional minutes for the purpose of taking up House bills Nos. 347 and 366 for a second reading, which motion prevailed.
. ~Ir. Freeman of Coweta, moved that the session be still further extended for the purpose of taking up House resolution Xo. 56 and House bill No. 327 and putting them upon their passage, which motion prevailed..

:Mr. Hamby of Rabun, moved that the session be still further extended for the purpose of taking up House bill No. 49 and putting it upon its passage, which motion preYailed.

:\Ir. Johnson of Floyd, moved that the sessiOn be still further extended for the purpose of having read the report of the committee to visit the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, the Normal School and the University at Athens, which motion prevailed.

i80

JouRNAL oF THE IIousE.

.Mr. Felker of Walton, asked to be allowed to introduce a local bill, which request was granted.

Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit :

An act to incorporate the town of Edgewood in DeKalb county, and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Daw~on, and for other purposes.

An act to provide for a change of venue in certain ci\il cases.

An act to authorize the City Council of Augusta, to enforce the collection of all taxes, assessments, fines, license fees and any sums due for the use of water through the water pipes of said city, and for other purposes.

An act to require the Judges of the Superior and City Courts of ti:lis ~tate to decide all motions for new trials, injunctions, Jemurrers and other motions coming before them, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted, ,J. Y. WALKER,
Chairman Committee on Enrollment.

I<'IUDAY, DECEMBER 9, U598.

781

The next business in order was House bill So. 198, which was made the special order for t.oday, to wit:

Ry Mr. Post of Coweta--

A bill to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court to grant charters to corporations in va('ations and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage. of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved that the order of business for tomorrow (8aturday) morning session shall be as follows:

1st. Senate resolutions and bills, first reading:

2nd. Senate resolutions and bills favorably reported, sec.ond reading.
3d. House bills with Senate amendments. 4th. House bills and resolutions favorably reported, second reading. 5th. Senate and House local bills, third reading. Gth. Introduction of new matter.

782

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Consent was granted Mr. McMillan of Chatham, to mon a reconsideration of the action of the House had last night in passing local House Bill No. 269, which authorizes the treasurer of Chatham county to employ a clerk.

Mr. McMillan then moved a reconsideration of the bill, which motion prevailed. He then asked that the bill be put upon its paE~age, and stated that he did not wish the bi 11 to pass.

On motion of Mr. LaRoche of Chatham, the bill was tabled.

The next special order was House Bill No. 237, to wit: By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to provide how notes, bills, accounts, mortgages, etc., shall he returned for taxation, and for other purposes.

Mr. Slaton of Fulton moved to table the bill, and on this motion Mr. Blalock called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bmnett of 1\lilehell, B..Jl of Foreytb, Bell of Sp.dding,

Blaek of D.,wson, Bower, Bush, Cros,}and, Darnell, Denny,
Dew~.

Dickey. Emanuel, Felker, Griffin of Greenr, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilke~.

]fRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898.

i83:.

Herring, .Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of l<'loyd, Knowles, LaRoche, Latimer, Longino, Maxw"ll, Merritt,

Moore,
Morri~,
M(Donongh, McElreath, McMillan, Newton, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Price, Reicl,

Rose,
~laton,
Sloan, Smith of H~tll, Smith of Hamock ,. Snell, Stewart, Stone,. Walker of Union,. Wood.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adalll~,
Barwick, Bass, Beauchamp, Bh:lock, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Cook, Copelano, Eli is, Elwin, Evert>tt of Po.lk, Fender, Freeman,

Fort,

1\fcLaughliJ,

Gay,

McLennan,

Griffith,

Paugett,

Hall,

Pate,

Hathcock,

Rudicil,

Hendrick8,

8peer,

Henderson of \Vasht.'n.Starr,

Hutchins,

Sturgis,

Johnson of Bartow, Swift,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

Laing,

Tracy,

LeP,

'Valker of Craw'onl,.

McFarland,

Yatt'P.

McGehee,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ad~mson,
Bennett of PiercP, Black cf Whitfield, Rond, BowPJ', Br. ndon, Brown of P.ryan,

Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Cas11eberry,
Ch~ppell,
D,Jvid, Drawdy,

Duncan, Esterlin, E\erett of Stewart,. Fain, Farmer, Fmnklin, Ford,

7H-!

JouR~AL oF THE HousE.

George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twigg~, Hammett, Hammond, Hardwick, Harrieon, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hender.;on <f Irwin, Hill, Howard,
Hopkin~, Ho~der,
Hos('h, .'ohnson of Lee, .Jones of Burke, J"ones of Dougherty, J" .. rdan of Ja~per,

Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, l\Iartin, l\Iayson, 1\litchell, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds,

Richardson,
Roger~,
Simpson, Singletary, Spinks, Stubbs, Taylor, Tisinger, T.mmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, WadE'. Watkim, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, \V uodall, \Vooten, l\Jr. Speaker.

Mr. Sloan of Hall moved to dispense with a verification of the roll call, which motion prevailed.

On the motion to table the bill just read the ayes were 52 and the nays 41.
The bill was therefore tabled.

On motion of Mr. Blalock the bill was taken from the table, and 300 copies ordered printed for the use of the House.
Mr. Blalock also moved that the bill be made the special -order for Monday morning at 11 o'clock, ~ hich motion prevailed.

FRIDAY, DECE11BER 9, 1898.

785

The following bills were read the third timf' and put upon their passage, to wit:

By l\Ir. ~!orris of Cobb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Marietta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committeE', which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.
So the bill having received the rE>quisite constitutional .majority, was passed as amended.
B_Y ~Ir. Tatum of Dade-
A hi II to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an .Act to gi\e to commi'isioners of roads and revenues or county judge, as the caile may be, of each county certain powers, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the :passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill by substitute the ayes were 100, :and the nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional 'majority was passed by substitute.

On motion of Mr. Tatum, the above bill was ordered
:.immediately transmitted to the Senate.
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786

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Hamby of Rabun moved that the sessiOn be extended au additional three minutes for the purpose of Introducing a local bill, which request was not granted.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members,. to wit:

Harrell of Dodge, Esterlin of 1\Iacon, Johnson of Bartow, Bush of Miller, Laing of Terrell.

On motion of Mr. Barron of Jones, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

ATI,A:-;TA, GA.,
Saturday, December 1n, 18~18.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'cJq._k a. m. this day, was called to ordet by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the ReY. :\Ir. Bryan of Floyd.
On motion of ~It-. Hardwick of Washington, the rH call was dispensed with.
l\Ir. Merritt of Hancock, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examinPd and found correct.
1\Ir. Ellis of Bibb, ga,e notice of his intention to reeo:Jsider the action of the Honse in tlcfeating the bill of )Jr. Lane of Early, the same being a bill to repeal an Aet : > establish a di~pensary in Blakely, Georgia.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898.

i8i

Mr. Hall of Bibb asked that House bill No. 166 be made the special ordP.r for Monday morning, to immediately follow the Blalock bill, and to displace all other special orders, which request was not granted.

Mr. Knowles of Fulton, asked that a day be specified in which House bill No. 132 might be taken up for consideration. The request was not granted.

Mr. Speer of Sumter, moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House bill No. 127.

.Mr. Hardwick of Washington, called fur the previous question, which call wa" sustained.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Calvin, Carter, Cook, Copeland, David, DewR,

Everett of Pulk, Farmer, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twi~gs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Harden of Wilkes,

Harrison, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Wash't'n Hopkins, .Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Lane of Early, Lee, Longino, Martin, :\Iitchell, :\loorE', McCranie,

78k

JocRXAL oF THE IIousE.

~fcDonald,
:McFarlaml, :\IcGehee, Pace,
Padg~tt,
Rawls of Effi~gham, RicharJs n, Hndicil,

Simpson, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, StPwart, Tatum, Tr.try,

Wade, Walker of Union, Watkins, Williams, \Vood, Wooten, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Annld, Barwick, Bass, Bennett oi ::\Iitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bower, Brand0n, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Chappell, Crossland, Denny, Ellis, Emauut>l, Erwin, Felker, Fender, Gresham, Hammond,

Hardin of Liberty, Hardwiek, Harris, Hathcock, Herring, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, .JorJan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Sumter,
L~RJache,
Mayson, Maxwell, Mllrritt, McElraath, McLaughlin, Newton,

Ousley, Pate, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Reynolds, Rose, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock Snell, Stubbs, Stone, Swift, Tisinger, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Willingham.

'Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Adamson, Allen, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, .Bowen,

Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry, Darnell,

Diekey, Drawdy, Duncan, Esterlin, El'erett of Stewart,

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78!1

Fain, Georg<', Greene, Harrell, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, King,

Lane of Bibb, Lling, Latimer, Morris, Mullens,
McCant~,
McDonough, McLennan, Mdlillan, McRae, Ogletree, Overstreet, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Reid, Rogers, Singletary,
~loan,
Starr, Taylor, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley, Woodall, :\-Ir. Speaker.

Mr. Bell of Forsyth stated that being disqualified by the rules of the House he would not vote.

Mr. Speer of Sumter moved that a verification of the roll call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 64, nays 57.

The motion to reconsider the action of the House m passing House bill No. 127 therefore prevailed.
Mr. Mitchell of Thomas moved to ~ttspend the rules of the House for the purpose of tabling the bills just reconsidered. The motion was withdrawn.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed the following Senate bill by the
requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

790

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

A bill to provide for a Board of Equalization of real and personal property subject to taxation in this State.

The Senate has also concurred in the House substitute to the following Senate bill as amended, to wi~:

A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Albany.

::\Ir. :McLaughlin of Meriwether, moved to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of introducing a resolution, which motion prevailed.

By :Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
Resolved, That the Hon. John Vickers, duly elected a member of the Honse of Representatives from the county of Coffee, be allowed to take his seat as member of the House from said county of Coffee.

:Mr. Slaton of Fulton, moved that the resolution just read be committed to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, which motion prevailed.

Mr. 'Vatkins ofGilmer, moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House bill No. 128.

Mr. Sloan of Hall, called fo!' the previous question, which call was sustained.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898.

791

Those yoting aye were Messrs.-'-

Adams. Adamson. Anderson, Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, .Calvin, .Cal'ter, Dook, .Copeland. David, Dews, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, -Griffin of Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, McFarland,

Griffith,

Pace,

Hall,

Padgett,

Hammett,

Rawls of Effingbam,

Hamby,

Richardson,

Hardin of Liberty, Rudicil,

Hardin of Wilkes, Spinks,

Harrison,

Speer,

Harvard,

Starr,

Hendricks,

Sturgis,

Henderson of \Vash 't'nStewart,

Johnson of Appling, Stone,

Johnson of Bartow, Tatum,

Lane of Early,

Tracy,

Lee,

Wade,

Longino,

Walker of Union,

Martin,

Watkins,

Mayson,

Williams,

Mitchell,

Wood,

McCranie,

Yates.

McDonald,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Allen, Barwick,
Ba~s.
Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, . {;happell, Crossland, Denny, Ellis,

Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Gresham, Hammond, Hardwick, Harris, Hathcock, Herring, Hopkins,

Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Ki10wles, Lane of Sumter, LaRoche, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, Morris,

J OURN.-\L OF THE HousE.

McElreath, McGehee, Newton, Ousley, Overstreet, Park of Greene, Post,

Price, Heynolds, Rogers,
Ro~e,
Slaton, ~mith of Hall, Smith of Hancock,

Snell, Stub'Js, Swift, Tisinger, Upchurch, Willingham,. Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bell of Foroyth, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry, Darnell, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Franklin, George, Greene,

Harrell, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Howard, Holder, Ho ch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of LeE>, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Bibb, Laing. Latimer, Mullens, McCants, McDonough, McLaughlin, McLennan,

:\IC:Vfillan, l\IcHaE>,
O~letreE',
PatE', Park of Troup, Rawls of Wilki'nson,. Reid, Simpson,
Sin~rletary,
Sloan, Taylor, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdalt>, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, Woodall, ~Ir. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, a verification.~ the roll call was dispensed with.

Mr. Emanuel of Glenn was absent when the vote on the reconsideration of bill No. 128 was taken, and 1\Ir. Ellis. of Bibb moved that he be allowed to vote.

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i93

On this question Mr. Blalock called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows~

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, BJnd, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, C!irter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, David, Dews, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freem11n, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,

Gresham,

McGehee,

Griffin of Green<!, Xewton,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Ousley,

Griffith,

Over.:~treet,

Hall,

Padgett,

Hamby,

Park of Greene,

Hardin of Liberty, Post,

Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of Effingham,

Hardwick,

Reynold~,

Harris,

Richardson,

Harvard,

Rogers,

Hathcock,

Rose,

Henderson of Wash't'nRudicil,

Herring,

Slaton,

Hopkins,

Hmith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hancock,

Jarnagin,

Hpinh,

Johnson of Appling, Starr,

Johnson of Bartow, Stubbs,

Jones uf Burke,

Stewart,

Jordan of Jasper,

~tone,

Knowles,

i-iwift,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

L11ne of Sumter,

Tisinger,

Longino,

Tracy,

~1artin,

UpC!hurch,

Mayson,

\\'aJker of l!nion

Mitrhell,

Watkins,

McCranie,

\roocl,

JII eEl reath,

\Vooten,

l\lcFarhmd,

Yates.

794

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Harrison,

Wade.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderwn, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, {)astleberry, Darnell, Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Emanuel, Esterlin, EYerett of Stewart, Fain, -George, -Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Harrell,

Hendricks,

McMillan,

Henderson of Irwin, McRae,

Hill,

Ogletree,

Howard,

Pace,

Holder,

Pate,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Rakf'r, Prict>,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Lee,

Reid,

Jordan of Pulaski, Simpson,

King,

Singletary,

Lane of Bibb,

Sloan,

Lain I!',

Snell,

LaRoche,

Speer,

Latimer,

Stur~ris,

Lee,

Taylor,

Maxwell,

Timmerman,

Merritt,

Turner of Henry,

Moore,

Turner of Rockdale,

MorriE!,

Walker of Crawford,

Mullens,

Whiteley,

McCant!',

Williams,

McDonald,

Willingham,

McDonough,

Woodall,

McLaughhn,

Mr. Speaker.

McLennan,

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, the verification {)f the roll call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote, the ayes were 94, and the nays 3.

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795

So the motion to allow Mr. Emanuel to vote on the re-consideration of bill No. 128 prevailed.

l\ir. Ellis of Bibb moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the bill by Mr. Lane of Early, which is a bill to repeal an act to establish a dispensary in Blakely, Georgia, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote upon the reconsideration of House hill ~o. 12R, the ayes were 62, nays 57.

The motion tn reconsider therefore prevailed.

::\Ir. Knowles of Fulton, moved that the session be extended until the order of business fixed for to-day be dis}JOsed of, which motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate .through Mr. X orthen the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bills by the Tequisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Sylvester in Worth -county.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Sparta.

Also, a bill to allow the City Council of Augusta to fix .the limits of fines.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Eastman in .Dedge <munty.

,. .

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JouRNAL oF THE IIo~sE.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Waynesboro.

Also, a bill authorizing the city of Augusta to fix the number necessary to constitute a quorum.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Sa\annah.

Also, a bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to grant certain lands for depot purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act to regulate elections in the city of Savannah.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, by substitute, the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

The Senate has also passed the following House bill as amended, to wit:

A bill to provide for the registration of voter;; in the city of Savannah.

The Senate has adopted the followinging resolution, in. which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit :

A Resolution: That a committee of five from the Senate and ten from the House be appointed to meet the General Assembly of Alabama on their arrival in the city for the jubilee.
The committee on the part of the Senate are ~lessr<>. McGehee, Blalock, Terrell, Fouche and Martin.


SATFIWAY, DECE)InER 10, 1R9R.

797

The following message was receiYed from the Senate ihrough )Jr. Xorthen, the Secretary thereof:

Jii. Speaka :

The Senate has passed the following Senate bill by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A hill to amend sections 1572, 1;)74, and 1576 of the Code regulating the sale of fertilizers.

)lr. Walker, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Jir. Speaker :

The Committee on Enrollment have had under exarninatiou the following Act, which they instruct me to report to the Honse as being properly enrolled, signed, and reaoy for transmission to the Go\ernor.

An Act amending an Act approved August 27th, 1872, creating a board of commissioners of roads, public buildings, etc.; for the county of Monroe and for other purposes.

Also a resolution instructing our Senators and requesting Representatives in Congress to use their be~t efforts in furtherance of the early completion of the Nicaraguan canal.
Respectfully submitted.

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

l\Ir. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

798

.JouRNAL OF THE Hot:sE.

Mr. Speake; :

The General Judiciary Committee have had uudet consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A bill to be entitled au Act to amend section 2:~3-! of the Civil Code of 1895, fixing the venue of suits against railroad companies in this State.
Also, as amended

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
An Act for the protection of labels, trade-marks, ete., and providing penalties for imitating and conntetfeiting the same, and for other purpose,.
By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A joint resolution for relief of securities of .T. W. ,Johnson of Oconee county.

Also, Senate Bill,

By l\lr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 72 uf Volume I of the Code of 1895, in the 8th sub-section thereof, which refers to the duties of election snperinten<hlnts, so ail to chang-e the time af returning the certificate-'

SATURDAY, DECE~IBER 10, 1898.

i99

and other papers of the election, from the precincts to the county site, for consolidation in 8tate and county elections.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHX M. SLATOX, Chairman GeneraI Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on County and County Matters have Lad 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 be entitled an Act to reduce the Sheriff's bond of the county of Dougherty, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
.T. 1L )IOORE, Chairman Committee on County and County Matters.
Mr. Allen, Chairman of the State Sanitarium Committee, submitted the following repott:

800

.Tot:RXAL oF THE Hot:SE.

Jh. Speaker:
The State Sanitar:um Committee ha\ing had under consideration House resolution X o. 100, beg leave to report the Fame back to the House with.the recommendation that the same do pass, and that the House gi\'e the matter immediate consideration.

ne~pectfully submitted. JOHX T. ALLEX, Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Approvriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Approrriations ha\'e had under consideration the following House resolution, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to refund to Charles J. Dougherty of -Greene county, Georgia, the sum of one hundred dollars paid by him to the tax-collector of Greene county on January 1st, 1892, as a license from the State of Georgia as a retailer for the said year, on account of sickness and other causes.
Also, the following joint resolutions which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same -:lo pass, to wit:
A joint resolution to pay city of Atlanta $:3,047.41 for

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801

paving, curbing and sewer work in front of the property -Df the State.
A joint resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, of the {?Ounty of Bibb.

He;;.rectfully submitted. THOMAS .J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

::\Ir. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges .of the Floor, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolutions, which they in:;truct me to report to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A resolution to extend the priviiE>ges of the floor to the Hom. H. W .J. Ham and Polk _:\Iiller during their stay in the city.

"r A resolution to extend the privileges of the floor to the

Hons. .J.

Haygood, .James ~I. Dupree and :M. Gil-

more during their stay iu the city.

Hc-sp0C tfnlly submitted.
B. B. BOWER, Chairman Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

The following message was recei\ed from his Excellency
the Governor, through his Secretary Mr. Hiteh, to-wit:
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802

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Speake1:

His Excellency the Govewor, has approved and signed: the following Acts, to wit:

"An Act to appropriate the sum of $7 50.00 to pay pensions for 1S98 to such invalid pensioners or their widows who have been regularly enrolled as pensioners for the year 1898, and who have failed to receive the same.''

Also, "an Act to authorize the city council of Augusta, to enforce the collection of all taxes, fines, etc., by execution."

Also, "an Act to provide for a change of venue m cer-tain ci vii cases, and for other purposes."

Also, "an Act to amend the charter of the city of Da w-son."

Also, "an Act to incorporate the town of Edgewood, in DeKalb eounty."

Also, "an Act to make it unlawful for any person to wilfully or wantonly fire off ot discharge any loaded gun or pistol on Sunday, except in defence of person or property."'

Also, "an Act abolishing the Board of Police Commi,;;sioners for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes."

Also, "an Act abolishing the Board of Fire Commi,;;siouers for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.''

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Also, "an Act to authorize the city council of Augusta, to impose a penalty for failure to pay taxes, fines, etc., within a fixed time.''

Also, "an Act to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes."
Also, "an Act to amend the charter of the town of Leesburg, in the county of Lee, and for other purposes."

Also, "an Act to require the Judges of the Superior and City Courts of this State to decide all motions for new trial, injunctions, etc., in counties with less than fifty thousand inhabitants, within ninety days, and to provide a suitable penalty for failure thereof, and for other purposes."

Also, a resolution to pay Mrs. Charlotte Willoby the pension due her husband, J. W. Willoby for the year 1898.

Also, a resolution to authorize the Governor to decorate the capitol in honor of the President.

l\Ir. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Jir. Speake1:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolutions which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that same be adopted.
Re8olved, That the privileges of the floor of the Ho115e

,JOCHNAL OF THE Ilol'SE.
be extended the Hon. L. A .Jeffries of Rochester, N. Y ., during his stay in thP city.
Re8olml, That the pri vilPge;; of the floor of the House be extended to Rev. J. R. Reeves, of the county of Carroll, during his stay in the city.
Also,
Rcsolml, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Geo. \\'. Tildeman during his stay in the city.
Respectfully submitted. B. B. BOWER, Chairman.
~Ir. ~IcLaughlin of .Meriwether moved to take from tlw table se,eral reports and bills tabled several days ago, and that the bills resume their places upon the calendar. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved to take from the table the motion made Ly ::\Ir. Willingham of Monroe, together with the aye and nay vote thereon, and that House bill No.-he made the special order for Tuesday.
The motion prevailed.
:\I... Tatum of Dade asked for leaw of absence, which leave was granted.
The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

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805

By Mr. Bowen of Wilcox-

Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to l\Ir. King, of Wilcox county, during his stay in the city.

By Mr. EEterlin of Macon-

Resolved, That the privilPges of the floor be extended to the following gentlemen: Judge J. W. Haygood, Col. Jas. M. Dupree and M. Gilmer during their stay in the city.

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-
Resolt,ed, That the privileges of the .floor be extended to the Hon. L. A. Jeffries, of Rochester, N. Y., during his stay in the city.

By Mr. Price of Oconee-
Re8olved;- That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon. W. B. Burnett, of Clarke county during his stay in the city.
By l\Ir. Holder of Jackson-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to the Hon~. H. W. J. Ham and Polk l\Iiller during their stay in thP city.

By Mr. McMillan of Chatbam-



Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to George W. Tiedman, Esq., during his stay in the city.

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By l\Ir. Brown of Carroll-

Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended to Rev. J. R. Reeves, of Carroll county, during his stay in the city.

By :Mr. Johnson of Floyd-
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor be extended the Hon. Gordon B. Tatum of Floyd, during his stay in the city.

Mr. Knowles, chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
fff1. Speake1:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following bills which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass.
By l\Ir. Blalock of Fayette-
A bill to appoint Commissioners to consent on behalf of the State to the erection of a new passenger station on the State's property in the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
By l\Ir. Blalock of Fayette-
A resolution providing for the correction of map number

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6 of the official survey of the Western and Atlantic railroad.

Respectfully submitted.

CLARENCE KXOWLES, Chairman.

The following bill was read the first time, to wit:
By Messrs. Stone and Felker of "\Valton-
.A bill to amend the charter of the city of Monroe, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Felker the bill was ordered engrossed.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit:
~Iessrs. Johnson of Floyd, Beauchamp of Pike, Howard, of Chattahoochee, Henderson of Washington, Hardwick of 'Vashington, Sloan of Hall, Carter of Bnrke, Mc.Millan of Chatham, McDonough of Chatham, Sturgis of ::\IcDuffie, McElreath of Cobb, Arnold of Oglethorpe, Maxwell of Oglethorpe, Hardin of Wilkes, McLaughlin of :Meriwether, Blalock of Fayette, Griffin of Greene, Henderson of Tatnall.
~Ir. Gresham of Burke asked leave of absence for subcommittee No. 1 of Penitentiary Committee for a few days on public business, which leave was granted.
On motion of Mr. Park of Greene, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

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;3 0'clock p. m.
The House met pnrsurant to adjournment at this hourr and was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Blalock the roll c<.lll was dispensed with.

Mr. Copeland, chairman of the Committee on banks, submitted the following report:
Mr. ,Speaker:
The Committee ou Banks have had under consideration House bill No. 338, being an Act entitled an Act to amend section 1916 volume 2, Code of 18!15, by striking from the third line thereof the word "collateral."
Also, House bill No. 346, being an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Bank of the UniYersity at Athens, Georgia, approved February 1-!tb, 18i:3, so as to provide that a person may be eligible to be a director of said company who owns "ten" shares of its stock, instead of "twenty" shares of stock or more, which they direct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass.
F. W. COPELAXD, Chairman.

Mr. Bower, chairman of the Committee on Pri,ileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:

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.Air. Speake1:

The committee have had under consideration the following resolutions, which they recommend be adopted, to wit:

A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Gordon B. Tatum of Floyd during his stay in the city.

"r Also, a resolution extending privileges of the floor to
Hon. B. Burnett during his stay in the city.
Also, a resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Mr. King of Wilcox county during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submitted. B. B. BOWER, Chairman.

The following minority report was received from the undersigned members of the Committee on County and County Matters:
l\IINORITY REPORT.
In Re of the TVilco,-r County Court House Contest.
'vVe, the undersigned members of the CommittP.e on County and County Matters, respectfully submit the following minority report on House bill No. 332, providing for the removal of the Courthouse iu wilcox county from Abbeville to Rochelle.
From the evidence submitted on the hearing of the matter in committee, we find:
First.-That the total number of polls in the county of 'Vilcox, as shown by the tax digest of said county, were:

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In the year 1896, polls--------------------- 1,850 " " 1897, " -----------------------1,876 " " 1898, " -- -- ------ -- -------- 1,915

Second.-Tbat the total number of voters registered for the courthouse election was . _________ 3,382
That the total number of votes cast was ____ ___ 3,451

"Third.-That the total number of votes cast at the October election, 1898, which appears to have been hotly contested, the court-house question being the issue, was ______________________ 1,6-14

Fourth.-That the following table correctly indicates the number of votes cast at the different voting precincts in said county at the court-house election in November, 1897, and the October election, 1898, for Representative, to wit:

At Abbeville (coun(IJ site), 1897.
For removal _______________________________ _ 10 Against removal - -- .. --- - ----- ---- -- --- ------ 1,25-1

Total __

.. -- . - . --- . ----- - -- . ----- --- 1,264

At Rochelle.

For remo,aL _. __ . _ ...... ____ ---- --- ---- --- --- 706

Against removal _

1

TotaL ________ ------------------------ 707

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At Wolf Pit.

For removaL

300

Against removal._________ _ __ _ ___ _ _ __ __ ____ 1

TotaL___________________________________ 301

At Gin House.

For removaL ________________ _

201

Against removaL__ __ ___ ___ _____ ______ ____ __ _ 0

Total. _______________ . _______ _ ----- ------ 201

At Davis' Mill.

}'or removaL ________ .. _ ._______ _

213

Against removaL __ _

0

Total __ ... _.. _. __________ . - ______ _

- 213

Bowen's Mill.

For removal .__

207

Against removaL ___________ ... ____________ _

24

Total __________ . _______ .. ___ .- --- ---- - 231

Setille.

For removal ________ _

101

Against removaL ______________ .. _____ ._----- 0

Total------------------------------- 101

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~lrfaple Brant;h.

For removal .. _ __ ____ _________ . _ ___ __ ___ __ ___ _ 1-H

AgainstremovaL __ ------------------- ____

16

Total

157

Shake Rag.

For removal ______

_ _________________ 123

Against removaL.________________ _______ ____ 0

Total _______ _

- . -- - - -- 123

Ryle8 Mill.

For removal ___ . __ __ ____ . _____ ______ ___ 50

Against removaL_

. ___________ . ________ . _ 24

Total

Sibbie

For removal________________________________

76

Against removaL____________________________

3

TotaL _______________________________ _

70

Total for removal ----------------- __________ 2,128
" against removal __ __ _ _______ . __ .. ________ 1,32:3

" vote-_ - _- _______ .. ___ . _______ .. _________ 3,451
On the face of the returns Abbeville won, with 173 votes to spare.

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FOR REPRESE~TATIYE.

At Abbeville (county site).

Wilcox _______________ _

()0-!

Rowen __ _ _ __ _ _ ______ ___ _

12

TotaL_ _ __

6Hi

Rochelle.

Wilcox ____________ _:__

22

Rowen ___________________ _

2-!6

TotaL ____________ _

--------------- 268

Wolf Pit.

"" i Ico X - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bowen _____ _

7
119

TotaL ____________________ _

126

Gin House.

\Vilcox __________ _

6

Bowen _______________ _

no

Total

Daris' Jlilf.

\\"ilcox __

-!

RoiH'Il

62

Total _

li (j

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Bowen's Mill.

Wilcox ______ _

21

Bowen __ - ___ ___ .. _ ' __________________________ _ 114

Total ________ _

--------- ----- 13i)

Set"ille.

Wilcox_ _________________________________ _ 5

Bowen _____ ----------- -----

17

Total ______________________________________ _ 22

Maple Branch.

Wilcox _________ _

14

Bowen ___ ____ ____ ______ _ ___ _

48

Total _______ _

62

Shake Rag.

Wilcox

.')

Bowen ________ .

85

Total __ _

90

Ryles' Mill.

Wilcox

32

Bowen

57

Total __________ _

89

8ibbie.

Wilcox

13

Howcn.~ _______________ _

61

Total ___ _

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A cursory comparison of these figures furnishes powerful proof of glaring frauds.
Fifth.-That there were 49 names marked as voting "against removal" at Abbeville, the county-site, and the same names " for removal '' in the precincts where they were registered ; that these 49 votes were stricken from.
each side on the hearing or the contest, the reason assigned
for this being that both sides were guilty of gross frauds. The burden was on the contestant, Rochelle, to show which were illegal, and failing to show this these votes should not have been iaken from the contestee, Abbeville.
Sixth.-That there was 26 votes recorded as voting "for removal" and allowed, which were illegal, for the reason that the voters casting them registered in the districts in which they resided ~t the time of registration, and having afterwards removed to other and different districts were, by the county registrars illegally transferred on the registration books to said last named districts, an overwhelming majority of the registrars being in favor of removal.
Seventh.-That the voting precincts at Seville, where the vote stood 101 for removal and none against removal, was not a legally established precinct at the time the courthouse election was held, and therefore said 101 votes should not have been counted for removal. The correction of these errors, or any two of them, would leave the removal party far short of the two-thirds constitutional majority requisite.
Eighth.-That 8aid election was thoroughly rotten from Shake Rag to Maple Branch, from Wolf Pit to AbbeYille. That in our opinion the most glaring frauds were perpe-

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trateo on both sides, force and fraud having dominated and

prevailed wherever opportunity offered. X o fair election

has been held, and no legal ~xpression of the people's

wishes has been given, whereby we may intelligently be

guided. Nearly twice as many votes wete registered for the c~urt-house election as there were polls in the county;

and 69 more votes were cast at said election than there

were registered voters. Illegal votes and unclean methods

are not the means by which legislative sanction can or

should he obtained. 'Ye therefore recommend that the

contending faction<> be left where we found them, and that

the bill do not pasf-1.

J. W. OYEHSTREET,

ALEX. S. ERWIN, JR.,

W. H. HEXDHICKS,

.J. .:\l. \YOOTEX,

W. F. HARRELL,

W:C. WADE,

X. D. BLACK,

T. W. FAlX,

.J. 1\l. M"CLLIXS.

:\Ir. Ellis, chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary has had under eon;.;idemtion 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 :

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817



A bill to amend the Act incorporating the town of Jack-

5011, in the county of Butt!', and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal an Act to submit to the qualified Yoters of Troup county the question whether or not spiritU<HIS liquors shall be sold in said county, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to establish a new charter for the town of Leesbmg in the county of Lee, and for other purposes.

The committee, after considering the following bill, rec<Jmmend that the same do not paes, to wit:
A l>i II to amend an Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to collect by execution in a specified manner all :;ums due said city council for water-rents, etc., and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

~fr. McDonough, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
Jf,._ Speaker:

The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Honse bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
A bill to be entitled an Act to require sl~>eping-nar com-
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panies to furnish separate compartments for white and col~

ored pas,engers and to extend police powers to conductors,

and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. ,J. McDONOUGH, Chairman Railroad Committee.

Mr. Chappell, chairman of the Committee on Appropria~ tions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speake1:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under con~ sideration the following House resolution, which they in~ struct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to allow the Governor to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents to pay for chairs for committee rooms.
Also, the following joint resolutions, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A joint resolution providing for the payment of any balance due the Hon. \V. T ..Jones, deceased, on account of his per diem and mileage t~n the full term of fifty day".

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819

A joint resolution to pay the pension due 0. F. Johnson of Oconee county to his widow, Mr,;. Belle Johnsou.

Respectfully submitted.

TH08. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The General Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following Senate bill, which they instruct me to report back to the Honse with recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding superior courts in the Cherokee circuit.
Respecfully submitted.
JOHX M. SLATOX, Chairman.

The following resolutions were read the first time, to wit:
By :\h. Cook of HeardA resolution to pay Wm. J. Alman the sum of $100 per
annum since the passage of a certain Act in 18KG, ancl fin other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Pensions.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A resolution to make au appropriation for the compensa-
tion of A. L. 'Valdo for serdces performed, and for other
purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By ~Ir. Stubbs of Laurens-

A bill to amend section 982 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

Ordered engrossed.

By :Mr. .-\\len of Baldwin-

A bill to establish a system fm working the streets in Milledgeville, and for other purposes.

Referred to special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. LaRoche of Cha~hamA bill to incorporate the town called Warsaw, and fo1
other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

ThP following Hom( hill:,; with tlw SenatP amendment,; ,,-vrc concurred in. to wit:

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821

By }Ir..McDonoug'h of Chatham-

A bill to create a Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to authorize and provide for the issuance to banks and banking associations, chartered by this State, circulating notes, and for other Plll'POses.

By J\Ir. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.

B~' J\fr. }fcDonol:lgh of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the registmtion of voters to vote at the municipal elections in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Henderson of Irwin-

A bill to amend the oharter of Ocilla, and for other purposes.
The House concurred in the substitute to House bill No. 25, offered by the Senate.

By :Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill tl:o amend the charter of Atlanta, ~and for other purposes.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The Senate amendnwnt to the follmYing bill was not concurred in:
By ~Ir. Slaton of Fulton-

_\_ bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan and Banking Compan~ of ..:\. tlanta, and for other purposes.

The Senate amendment to SPnato bill X o. 36 was taken np aml concurred in, to wit:
By ~fr. \Yight of the lOth District-.

.\ hill to amend an .Act establishing the city court of \ lhany, and for othPr purposes.

The following joint. rPSolntions were r0ad the second tinw, to "it:
l~y ~fr. Knowles of Fulton-

.\_ joint resolution paying- to the city of _A,tJanta the sum
oi $0,0-1-i.-4-1-100 for paYing, E>tc. on Stat<> property.
By ~fr. Price of Oconee-\_ joint resolntion pro,-iding for relief of securities of
,T. \\T. Johnson of Oconee county.
])y ~Jr. Ellis of Bibb~\_ joint re<>olution JH'o,iding for the relief of A. J.
na,is of Bibb county.

By .\I r. Price of Oconee_\_ rPSolntion to pa: vhe pc>n::<ion due 0. F ..Tohnson to his
"idow.

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By ~Ir. Dews of Randolph-

A resolution to pay to the widow of vV. T . .Tones, Repl'("i'entatiYe from Doup:hE'rt_v count), his per diem for the full term of fifty davs.

The follmving rf'SOlutions "'e'l'e read the second time to \Yit:
B;-. ~fr. Blalock of Fayette--

_-\_ resolution providing for the corredion of map No. 6 -of the official survey of the \Y. &: A. Railroad.

By ~Ir. Griffin of <1reene---

_\_ resolution to rE\fund to Ohas. .T. Dougherty the sum of $100, paid by him to the tax-collector of Greene county.

B:1Ir. Anderson of Bartow-

_\_ resolution anthorizing the superintendent of the State ~\_sylum to deliver Hoxie Ann Long to the sheriff of Hr;-.an county, Georgia.

By ~fr. Yates of Catoosa-
"\_resolution for the relief of .Tas. R. Cnwens of Catoosa emmt,v, and for other purposes.

B. ~fr. Sp<:>-er of Sumter-
A resolution appropriating $87.50 to provide certain neecs:'ities for tho Yarious c'ommit.tce-rooms, and for other rnrpose:o:.

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By ~fr. lfaiTison of Qnitm~m-

A resolution authorizing the Con11t1issioner of Agriculture to dispose of, by sale, certain articles not ne-eded for the maintenance of said department, and for other purposes.

l\Ir. Jordan O'f J aspe<I, Chairman of the Committee on: Gener-al Agriculture, submittl;:d the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The 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 pass7 to wit:
An Act to amend and consolidate the laws guverning the inspection, analysis and sale of commercial fertilizers7 chemicals and cotton-seed meal, in rthe State of (~eorgi<a,. and for other purposes.
Hespectfully submitted.
C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

~fr. Slaton, Ohairman of the General Judiciary CommittC'e, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The General Jndiciarv Committee haYC had undrr con-
sideration the following bill, which I am instructed to re-

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port back to the House with the recommendation that thesame do pass, to wit:

By ~fr. McLaughlin of )feriwether-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to regulate the payment of fees to ruttorneys and receivers, etc.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN ~f. ST.ATOX,
Chairman Geneml Judiciary Committee.

On motion of :Mr. LaRoche of Chatham, House bill No. 4-14 was recomm~tted from Committee on Special Judiciary to Committee on Corporations.
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, House bill X o. 235 was recommitted to General Judiciary.
On motion of Mr. Hardwick of washiugton, Home bill
No. 54 was withdrawn.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the grant:ing of permanent teachers' license to the gradurutes of Bowden College, and for otherpurposes.
H.' )fr. Rimwon of :Milton-
A bill to prohibit the sale of wine within two miles of
the courthouse of Alpharetta, and for other purpos~.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By ~fr. Brandon of Fulton-

A hill for the proteetiou of labels, trade-marks, etc., an<l for other purposes.

By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette~
A bill to appoint commissions ou behalf of the State, to consent to the erection of a new passen,get depot on 1:he State's propPt't.Y in ~\ tlanta, and for other pnrpo;;e:-.

By ~Ir. Hutdtins of Gwinnett-
~\ bill to alter and amend <an Act to establish the city court of Gwinnett, and for other purposes.

By ~f:. !Jass of Habe!.oham-

_;\ hill to establish the city court of ClarksYille, and for other pnrpose.-o.
By ~fr. ~fcFarlan<l of Franklin-
A bill to chanp:P thP t:me of holding the superio-r court of Franklin county, a!)(] for other purposes.
R.'" ~fr. ~IcLau~:hlin nf l\feriwe>ther-
~\ hill to amend an ;\ct to re.p:ulate the payment of fee;; to attnrnP,'I'S and receinrs, aud for other pnrposPt>.
By ~lr..Jordan of Ja:>per-
A hill to amen<l and consolidate the laws governing the in;;Jwction, ana]y,;i,; and salPof commereial fcrtilizC'rs, etc., .nn<l for otlwr pnrpo;;r.;:,

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B; ~fr. Hathcock of Douglas--

.\ hill to ereate a Board of Commi,-sioners of Hoads and HeYeJmes for the count." of I >ougla>'>, an<l for otlwr purposes.

l~." ~fr. Jordan of Pulaski-

~t hill to fix tlw termii of office of conntY solicitor,; of Pnla,.;ki county, and for ot.l1er purposes.

B; ~fr. IfenrlE~rson of Irwin-

~\ hill to change the time of holding the fall session of the ;;nperior court of Irwin comrty, awl for other purposes.

By Jfr. Hall of Bibb--

.\ hill to anwll!l :'.eetioni' :!!11.) and 5311) of the Code of 1 Sfl;), an<l for othP.r p111110,.-:t>s.
Thr following Senatr hill,- \\rre read tlH' third tinw and ]'lit upon t!Jrir pa.-:.-:a,gP, to wit:

By Jfr..T<llmson of the 41,;:1 District-
.\hill to repeal an "\ct to create a Board of C(mnt,v Comnnsswner:; for tlw connt; of F.annin, an<l for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was fayorable to the passage of t.lw bill "as agreed to.
On passage of the bill thr aye;; were 92, nay:;; 0.

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JouRXAL o~ THE IlousE.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutionai majority, was passed.
hy ~[r. Wight of the lOth District-

A hill to amend an Act crc-ating a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Albany, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the hill the ayes were 91 and nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following House bill~ were n'iild the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By ~fr. Ogletree of Butts-

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the t.own of Jackson in Butts county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were !)1 and nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Bell of Spalding~
A hill to <'rea,te a Board of Commis~ioners of Roads and Hcvennes for thf' counties of Spalding: and Butts, and for other purpo;;cs.

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The report of the committee, which was faYorable to the paE'~age of the bill was agreed to.

On pas..c.;age of the bill the ayes were fHJ and the nays 0.

So the hill, haYing recei\ed the requi~ite l'nnstitutional majority, was passed.

By ::\lr. Rudicil of Chattoop:a-
"\_ hill to mneml an ~\ct to ineorporatP thc> town of Ly('rl:, mHl for otl1er purposes.

The report of the committee, ''"hich was fayorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On pa.'-"agP of the bill the ayes were 93, nay;; 0.

So the bill, haYing recein_od the requisite constitutional

majority, was passed.



By ::\Ir. Pace of Newton-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture of any intoxicating liquors except domestic wme;; m the county of :Newton, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was fayorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On pas.'-age of the hill the ayes were 92 and the nays 0.
So the bill, havi~g received the requisite constitutional majc,rity, was passed.

830

JouR~AL oF THE HousE

By ~I r. ~Wade of Brooks-

~"" hill to change the mann0r of sdccting the C'onu!J Conuni,;.,;ioner'l in Brook,; county, and for other purpose~.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill was agreed to.

On passage of the hill the ayes wer( !1:2, nays 0.

So the bill, baving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Ogletree of Butts-

A hill to prohibit flhe manufacture of spirituous liquors in t1he count~ of Butts, and for othe1 purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the paesage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of tlw hill the ayes were !)0, nays 0.

~o tlw hill, having rPCPived the regni~ite constitutionai majority, was passed.

B~ i\fr. Park of Troup-

.\ hill to rppeal :m .\d to mhmit to tlH qualified voters of T ronp cmmt~ thP qnP:;tion whetlwr nt not spirituou~ liquor,.: :-:hall he 5old, hartPred, or giqu a\\a.Y to induce trad<' iu Troup county, awl for other pmpotl<'>'.

The i'eport oi" th.-. committee, "hieh \\"f.:' favorable to tlH~ ]':'""ll!-'.'P of the bill \\'<1:0 HQ.T<.'Pll to.

SATURDAY, DECE:\IBER 10, 1898.

831

So the hill, having received the requisite con,o.titutionai majority, was passed.
Hy }I r. Hardwick of \Vashington-
A bill to amend an Act to prO\itle a new chmtpr for the town of Tennille, and for o1her JHlrpose,;:
The report of the committee, whjch was fayorable to the pa&sage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes wme 94 and tlw 11ays 0.
So the bill, having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, w<>s passed.

By 1Ir. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to fix the time of holding certain enurt,; in the.. SouthwestPrn Judicial Di,;t.rict, aml for other pmposPs.
r.The report of thl3 committee, which was fayorable to the pa~sage of the bill was agTeed to.
On passag'B of the hill t lw ayl\~ \Yere fiB, lMY" 0.
So the bill, having receind the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

B~ 1lr. Stubbs of Lanrms-
A hill for th~ relief of 0. \\'. Li ndl'I._ and fn1 ot hcr pnrposes.
The report of the committee, which \\a,.; faYnlalle to the. pasEage of the bill \Yas agreed tn.

832

JOURNAL OF THE }{OUSE.

On passage of the bill the aye_.;; wore 93, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By ~Ir. Ogleti"Be of Butts-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and ReYenues for Butts county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was fa.-orable to the paE<>age of the bill was agreed to.
On pas.sage of the bill the ayes were fl3, nays 0. So the bill, having reeei,ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. The follmYinp: bills were introduced, read thP fir,.;t time all<l appropriately rc-fPITed, to wit:

B.' }[ps_.;;rs. Smith all(l Sloan of Hall;\.hill to anwnd an ~\ct. to pgtabli,.;h the city cDm't of Ha11
-count..., and for otrlwr purposes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

B.'' ~lr. Bond of Jfadit:on-
A hill to estahli,-h, rpgulate mHl maintain a dispPn"ary in DanielsYille, J[adison county, Georgia, and for othPr purposes.
Heferred to CommittPe on Tempemnce.

:-;ATCRDAY, DECE::\IBER 10, 1898.

833

B; )lr. Hammond of Richmond-
~'- bill to proYidc for 1he appointment of a Board of ExmninPr,; for c>nginc>c>t-s, operating- stationary engines -or boil(rs for the eotmt; of Hiehmond, and for other purposes.

Heferrcrl to Lahor and Labor Statistics.
' T h:> )fr..JamagitJ of arren--
A hill to in('orporate the t<nni of Camak in \Yarrcn eonnrt;, and for other purpose,;:.

Heferred to Committee on Corporations.
B: )[I. Harris of Thomas.\_hill to incorporate the to\Yll of PaYo in the count; of
Thomas, and for other purpo,:es.

Referred to Committee on Corporations. B.Y )Jr. Sloan of Hall-
.\_hill to incorporatc the tmnt of Oak \Yood in the count; of Ha11, and for other JHli"J)():<e!".
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. B;- )1 r. Cook of Hear<l-
.\hill to change the time of hoi<ling the Supel"ior Courts ir tlw counties of Hear<l and ( 'arroll, and for other pnr-
pot'eB.
Referred to C'onnnittl' on Countie,;: and County Matters.

Th!:' following inint resolution was reml and adoptt>d, to
wit:
;.;~ h j

834

JouRXAL oF THE HoL"sE.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution, relatiYe to cooperation on the part of the State of Georgia with sister Southern States, with a Yiew to marking in a becoming manner the graYes of Confederate soldiers who dieJ in the K orthern military prison;;: and are buried near these prisons.

The following resolution was read, and on motion of the author, was laid on the table one daY, to ~wit:

l3y .Mr. Allen of Baldwin-

Resolved, by the House, the Senate concurring, That a! joint committee of tlueP from tlw Home all<l two from the Sem1te, be appointed, ~whose dutY it shall be to <thoroughly iHYestigate the G-eorgia Sanitarium in all its department,;; and make a report to the next seS::'ion of the Ueneral _\,;;S(mbly.

The SpeakE'r annomH'PI] tlw following memhe1-,.: a,; the Steering Committee of the Hon,;e: ~lr. Slaton, ~Ir. ~lc l.anghlin, :M.r. Frcemnn, 1lr. ( 'hapjwll mHl ~Ir. }:lli~.

LPaYP of absence was grauted tlu' followillg" meml)('rs, t(, "it: ?.Iessrs. Re11 of Spalding, (~eonre of DeKalh and Rogers of ~Iarion.
On motion of ~lr. lLmh,iek pf \Yashington, the Hon,;e <llljollrJIVl until !) o'eln<k tn-JIIOJTOW mornmg.

}loxDAY, DECE:\IBER 12, 189tl.

835

Atlanta, Ga., :Monday, Deoember 12, 1898.

The Honse met pursuant, to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

The roll was called and the following membea answered to their names : Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of :Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of .Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Rush, Calvin, Ca-tleberry, Chappt>ll,

Cook, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Durcan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, F, lker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, G r\~enr,

Griffin of Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Griffith,

Hall,

Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Hardwick,

Harrison,

Harris,

Harrell,

Harvard,

Hathcock,

Hendricks,

Hill,

Howard,

HutchinR, Jarnagin,



Johnson of Appling,

.Johnson of Baker,

Johnson of Bartow,

Johnson oi Floyd,

Johnson of Lee,

Jones of Bnrke,

Judan o' .Jaspn,

83ti

.JocRXAL OF THE HousE.

Jordan of Pulaski,

King,

Knowles,

Lane of Bibb,

Lane of Early,

Laing,

L1timer,

Lee,

L'mgino,

Martin,

~Iayson,

A

Merritt,

Mitchell,

:Moore,

l\Iorris,

l\I ullins,

McCants,

~IcCranie,

McDonald,

:\IcElreath,

McFarland,

McGehee,

:\IcLaughlin,

1\IeLennan,

:'lk:\Iillan,

McRae,

Speer,

Xewton,

Starr,

Ogletree,

Stubbs,

Ousley,

Stewart,

Overstreet,

Stone,

Pace,

Swift,

Padgett,

Tatum,

Park of Greene,

Taylor,

Post,

Tisinger,

Price,

Timmerman,

Rawls of Effingham, Trary,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Turner of Henry,

Reynolds,

Turner of Rockdale,

Richardson,

Upchurch,

Rogers,

Wade,

Rose,

Walker of Union.

Rudicil,

Watkins,

Simpson,

Whiteley,

Singletary,

Williams,

Slaton,

WilliniZhatn,

~';loan,

Wood,

Smith of Hall,

Woodall,

Smith of Hancock, \Vooten,

Snell,

Yates,

~';pinks,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bowen, Brown of Bryan,
Bynum, CartPr, Copeland, Drawdy, Everett of St~wart, Hammett,

Hammond,

LaRoche,

Henderson of Irwin, Maxwell,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcDonough,

Herrin!!,

Pate,

Hopkins,

Park of Troup,

Holder,

Rt>id,

Hosch,

Sturgis,

Lane of ~umter,

Walker of Urawfor.l.

)Jr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on J onrnal;;, re-

MoNDAY, DECIDIBER 12, 1898.

~37

ported that the Journal of ye:'lterday',; proee<dingslH\(l bee-n examine-d and found correct.

The Journal was read and eonfinned.

:Jlr. Knowles of Fniton, moYed that the report of 11he Speeial Committee to examine into the stJate of the State Treasury be printed, which motion pre,ailed.

On motion of :Jfr. \Yillingham of .Monroe, Honse bill X o. 40!) was recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following r<'p<wt of the Steering Committee was read and .adopted:
Jl r. Speaker:
The Steering Committee recommend the following order of business for to-da:v, for passage:
Hesolution No. 4fl, bill Ko. 353, Senate resolution Xo. 25, bill No. 217, bill Xo. 237, bill Xo. 166, bill No. 376, bill Xo. 258, bill Xo. 209, bill No. 102, hill Ko. 233, bill Ko. 124, bill No. 207.
He-speetfully submitted,
.T. :\I. SLATOX, Chairman.

The following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage:
B.' ::\Ir. Chappell q :Muscogee-A resolution to JH"OYide for two extra assistant doorkeep-

838

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

er for the House of Representatives for the session of 1898.
The resolution invohing an appropriation, the House w:~ohed itself into a committee of the whole for the purP(':'e of considering same.
The Speaker designated a-5 Chairman of the Committee of 1he ~Whole, ~fr. Hall of Bibb.
.;\.fter considering said resolution the committee rose and the chairman thereof reported the resolution back to the Hou~e with the recommendation that the same do pass, by snb~titu te.
The report o:f the Committee of the ~Whole was agreed to.
On passage of the reeolution the ayes and nays were ordeTed.

On t<aking the ballot viva Yoce, the Yote >vas as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, CalYin, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Denny,

Emanuel, Erwin, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Griffin of Greene,

:MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 12, 1898.

839

{iritnn of Twigg,
{_~riffitb,

Lain~!',
Longino,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Morris,

Hardwick,

Mullens,

Harrison,

McCants,

Harris,

McCranie,

Harrell,

Me Donald,

Harvard,

::\icFarland,

Hendricks,

McGehee,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Howard,

::\lc::\1 i l l a n ,

.Jarnagin,

McRae,

Johnson of Appling, Ogletree,

.Tones of Burke,

Ousley,

Jordan of Pulaski, Overstreet,

King,

Pace,

Lane of Bibb,

Padgett,

Lane of Sumter,

Post,

Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rose, RudicH, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Speer, Stone, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Willingham, '.Vood, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

}lcLennan, Price,

Tatum,

Taylor.

Those not voting were ~Iessrs.-

Arnold, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bla'ock, Bond, Bowen, Bynum,
{Jarter,
<Jastle b e r r y 1 .CJopeland,

Darnell, D.tvid, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Gay,

George, Gresham, Greene, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'n Hill,

840

JouRXAL or THE IIo~sE.

Hopkins, Holdt"r, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, John8on of Floyd, Johnson of LeP, Jordan of Jasper,
Knowle~,
Lane of Early, LaRoche, Latimer, Lee, Martin, Mayson,

l\Iaxwell, 1\Iitchell, :Moor<>, l\IcDonough, 1\IcElreath, Newton, Pate, Park of Greene, P.trk of Troup, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, RPgers, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan,

Smith lf Hall, Snell, Spinks, Rtarr, !"tltbbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Turner of Henry, Wade, Walker (f Crawfonl, Watkins, Whiteley, \Villiam8, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

~\Ir. Lane of Bibb, moyed to Jispen:Se with a wrificat.ion of t111e roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the Yote it was found that the aye:; ,,ere 90 and the nays 4.

So the resolution having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

On motion of Mr. Chappell of ~Iu:oeogtX', the resolution jnst passed wa:s ordered immediately tran,;mitrteJ to the Senate.

'l'he following bill 'was read the third time and put upon it;; passage, to wit:

By :Mr. Stone of vValton-

A bill t{) provide for the support of the Prison Commission for the year 1899, and for other purposes.

~lONDAY, DECE~IBER 12, 1898.

841

This bill, involving an appronriation, the Honse resolYed it-t"elf i11to a Committee of the -Whole for the Plll1)0se of eonsidering same.

The SpC"aker designated as cha:irman of the Connnitteto o~ the ""hole, :Mr. Beauchamp of Pike.

After considering said bill, the Committee of the whole House rose and rthe chairman thereof reported the bill back with the recommendation that it do pass, as amBnded.

The report of the Committee of the whole was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered. On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were MessrH.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of l\litchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsy1h, Black of D.iwson, Black of Whilfield, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin,

chappell, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Emanuel, Erwin, Esterlin, J<'ain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Fmnklin, Ford, Fort,

Greene, Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hardin of Liberty, H.udin of Wilkes,. Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, HendrickR, Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Hutch in~;~, Jarnagiu,

B42

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

,Tohnson of App'ing, Johnson of Rtker, Jones of Burke, .Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Bibb, Lane oi Early, Laing, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Merritt, Mullins, McCants,

McCranie, :\IcDonald, :\1cFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Ousley, Padgett, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Rudicil, Slaton, Smith of HaJI, Snell, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, Wood, Wooten.

:Mr. Smith of Hancock voted in the negative.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carter, Castleberry, <J,>peland, D.wid, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Everett of Polk,

Everett of Stewart, . Johnson of Lee,

Felker,

Knowle,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter,

George,

Laltocbe,

Gresham,

Latimer,

Griffin of Greene, :\Iaxwell,

Hammett,

Mitchell,

Hammond,

Moore;

Hamby,

Morris,

Hathcock,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McElreath,

Henderson of Wasb't'nNewton,

Hill,

Ogletree,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Hosch,

Pace,

J obneon oi Bartow, Pate,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Troup,

~fONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

843

Rei< I, Reynoids, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Singletary, S!oan, Spinks,

Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Swift, Taylor, Turner of Henry, Upchurch,

Walle, Walker of Unio , Watkins, Williams, Willingham, Woodall, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

:Mr. Park of Greene, moved to dispense w~th a verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the ,ote the ayes were D7, nays 1.

So the bill, ~having ~eeeiwd the requi,ite collit.itutional majority was pa""'*'d as amended.

On motion of ::\fr. Tatum of Da(le, the hill just passed "as ordered immf'ldiately tmnsmiH.cd to the Senate.

On motion of ::\Ir. :Moore of Carroll, the action of the House in recommitting House bill No. 409 was recon-
~idf'retl.

The following Sena,te resolution ,\as read and concurred in; to wit:

B: ::\Ir. ::\IcGehe.c of the 25th District-
A resolutlion appointing a committee of ten from the Honse and fiye from the SPnate to welcome the General Assembly of Alabama to the cit.y of AtJ,anta, and for other purposes.
The Speaker announced as the committre on part of the

.JOURX AL OF THE liOUSE.
House to welcome the General ...:\s;;r-mbly of Alabama, the fc,Jlowing mem:bers: }It>SSrs. Knowlo,.;;, ,Tohnson of Floyd, liammett, Rose, Erwin, Pare, }[cDonongh, Bblock, Lane> of Sumter, and ~litchell.
The following bills WE're read the third time and put 11pon t~heir paai'age, to wit:
By }Jr. Cahin of HichmmHl-
A bill to prO\ide for a State Board of Embalming, ami for other pmposes.
The r0por.t of the committee, which wa15 faYorable to the pas~age of the bill, was' agreed to.
On passage of the bill the aves were 88, nays 3.
So the bill, haYing reeeiYed the re(]nisite eonstitntional n'ajority was passed.
~fr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, ;;nlnnittc>d the following report:
The CommitteE' on Corporations haYe had under conside>ration the following bill, which they in:'ltrnct me to report back to tho Honse> with the recomme>IHlat.ion that the !iame do pass, to wi:t:
\ bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Art to amend au .Act. C\Stahlishing a chartc>r for t.he city of Griffin, adoptc>d February 13, 1R7(), and for ot.lwr pnrpof'es.

..\loxDAY, DEcE:'IIBER 12, 1898.

8-!5

The commitlt<'E" haw abo had undeT con,.;,ide-ration the fo1lmYing l"ffiolution and Act, which th<:>Y iu,:,trnet me to n-port hack with the rPcmmnenda1tion that samf' do pass, by Sll hstitute, to "-it:

..:\. re;;ol'ntion and an Act for tlw rPliPf of ,the <'>'tate and ~nn:'tiP,; on the bonds of .Tohn P. Lamb, late trPasurer of (;l~nn county.

The c>ommittee haYe also had nndPr consid('ration the follmYing bill, whie1h tlwy instrnct me to report bacK with the recommendation thaJt the nuthor be allowed to withdrew tlH bill, to wit:

:\hill to he entitlP<l an ..1ct to amend the charter of the tP\Yn of Patterson in thc< cmmt,Y nf Piercf', and fnr othe!' J1lll1105('(3 ..
The commiMPe haYe abo had nnder con::;idcration the fnllmYing bills, which thP~- instruct me to re11ort hack with thP rC'Commcndation that samp do pass, to wit:

..\ ],ill to ],p PntitlPd an ..\et to rcpcal an Aet entitle<] m> ..\ct to amend an Act establishing a charte-r of the city of Griffin, adopted Ff'!brnar~ 15, 1876, and for othe-r pur. po~es
.\lso, a bill to be entitlP<l an ..\et to ii1coq1nratP the t0\Yll of PaYo in the connties of Thomas and Brook,;, and for other purpo:'e:<.
Tlw Committee- haYP al5o had nnder considPration the follmYing hill, "hieh tlwy in,;trnet mp to rpport haek with thf neommendation that same do pass a:'l amendpcl, to wit:

8-t6

.JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to be entitled an Act 1o incorporate the ,town of ( 'amak in \\rarren count~, in dw Statp of Georg-ia, and fur other pnrpOSIC'S.
Hespectfully ~ubmi tted.
JA.MES P. DUXCAX, Chairman.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passag-e, to wit:
B~ ~[r. :Freeman of C\:meiJaA hill to amend section 9~ of the Code of lt-\9;), which
fix0s the terms of county officers, and for other purpnsC\'.
The n'port of tlw committee, wl1ich "as fayorablc to the passage of the bill, as ameiHleJ, was ap:re('(l to.
On passage of the biJl,thP ave,; "ere Hl, nay,; 0.
So tlu bill haYing recein<l the l'Pfjllisite con,;titutiona1 majority, \\a,; pas:;ed as alllPJHle<l.

A re,;ulutiun anthurizing- th< (;oYPI'IJOJ' to honu\Y money snfficivnt to ,;upply (a;;nal <]pfieiPJH'ie;;, awl for otlwr pur-
The nport uf tlw eOJlllllitt<e, whieh wa;; fayorahlc to the P''""ag-e uf t\1(' re,;o\ution, wa,; agnrd to.

~" thP 1'<'-""lutioJI !JaYing nteinl th1 nqui.;it< ('41ll>'titnti"ll<tl lll<Jjorih wa.; Jl"""<'d.

.MoNDAY, DECEliBER 12, 1898.

8-JT

by l!Ir. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to pay off and retire bond,; of the State :1" they mature, ~nd for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which wa.s faYorahle to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to. On pas;;:age of the bill, t.he ayes were 89, nays 0.
So the hill having reeeiYed tlw reqni~ite con~titntional
majority was passed.
:Mr. Hall moved to table Ilonse bill Xo. 237 nntil the return of the antho1, which motion pren1iled.
lVIr. F1eeman of Coweta, mowd tha1t House bill x.,. 16G
be recommitted to Committee on \V,ays and }.leans.

On this motion Mr. Hall ca1lecl for the ayes awl ll:l_vs,. which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot Yi1a Yoce the Yote \Yas a;; fn1l<~\Ys:

Those voting in the affirmatiye were Messrs.-

Allen, Barwick, Bas, Bennett of PiE>rce, Bt>auchamp, Bell rf Forsyth, Black of D.twson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Br.mdon, Brown of Bryan,

Chappell, Darnell, Denny, Duncan. Erwin, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fvrt,

Griffin oi Gre l.t', Hardwick, Hans, HarrE> II, HHr1ard, HPndricks, Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Johnoon of F,.: Johnson of L "

848

JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Jord>tn of Pula~ki, King, Knowles, LaRoche, Lee, Mayson, Merritt, McGehee, McLaughlin, l\k.\lillan,

McRae,

Snell,

Ogletree,

Stubbs,

Pace,

:-itone,

Park of G-reene,

Taylor,

Post,

Timmerman,

Rawls of Effingham, Turner of Rockdale,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Watkins,

Slaton,

Wood,

Smith of Hall,

Woodall.

Smith of Hancock,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Barron, Bennett of Mitchell, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, -Cook, -Crossland, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hardin of Liberty,

Harrison, Hathcock, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, .TorJan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Ear:y, Laing, Longino, Martin, llloore, 1\Iorris, 1\Iullens, McCants, McCranie,

McDonald,
McF;~rland,
McLennan, Ousley, Overstreet, Price, Rudicil, Speer, Stewart, Swift, Tisinger, Tracy, Walker of Crawford, Williams, Willingham, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

A<bms, .-\rnold, Bell of Spakling. Bldo('k, B0\1-en,

Bu-h, Bynum, Carter, Castleberry, Copeland,

David, Dickey, Draw<ly, Esterlin, Evf\rett of Stewart,

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

84!l

l'ranklin,

Lane of SQmter,

Gay,

Latimer,

George,

Maxwell,

Gresham,

Mitchell,

-Greene,

McDonough,

Hammett,

McElreath,

Hammond,

Newton,

Hamby,

Padgett,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pate,

Henderson of Irwin, Park of Troup,

Henderson of Wash't'nReid,

Hill,

Reynolds,

Holder,

Richardson,

Hosch,

Rogers,

.Jones of BurkP,

Rose,

Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Spinks, Starr, Sturgis, Tatum, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Union, Whiteley, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :::\Ir. Freeman of Coweta, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 6iJ, nays 50.

The motion to recommit House bill No. 166 therefore pre,ailed.

:::\Ir. Stone of \Valton, moved that the se&Jiioon be extended <me minute for the purpose of taking up House bill No. 413 for a second rf.1ading, whioh molt~on prevailed.

The following resolution was re-ad and referred, to wit:

B; :::\Ir. Calvin of Ri0hmond-

.A resolution to limit debates of the House to fiyp mmnte-s, except to chairmen of committees.

Referred to Committee on R11les.
54 h j

'J'he follm\i"ifg bills were pnf {lpon their pas8agc, =to wir:

. ~. ; j! ~..... _;. ...

"- . ~

By Mr. ::UcLaughiin of ~lE'riwet.hH~

to A bill provicin'g for admi~on the bar, and fm other

.~ '

,

::, .

.

purposes.

-'

pai"Sage of tb~ hiii,_ was agreed to,. ...

So

the.

qil! ~ 'j ' .~
1 ]layjng

rE'Cciwd

tlw :-cqnisite

constittitiqnal

n:ajority was passed.

transmitted to the &nate, ,,;"J-1iel\ r-ef1n6t wn5 grdnted.

J}y ~Ics;;rs. D.e;_n;, JlilJ, King, ~Jc Ponoug:h and .Hose~

- ) J, ... ' /, ;'-. ! . c.



-

-'





.

';



-



.

A bill io discourage the lnwding of dogs, a11!l' f<)l' other

i--:;

,j

:.

The report of the committee, "hieh ''""~ fa,mar;r(.;:to :the

p~~!' ,o1he bill, W~is:a~~r-~l tQ.. : .,t ~. . . : ~

-,-

-'

.r

I. . . , : _.,.. i. .o ~ _ .-:. , ~

, . , . . . ~ . .

_ ..

Mr.

Blalock

of
'

Fay<"ttr, eallE'd
, . . -. ~

foi.

the '

p. re.,,.iou>, '

qu-estion,

\\ hich call was sl.{staii~eci.

.

. ( ~

.

'.

ill agTe<>ting to thE' report oft1WCOlll1riitt~, h~ r~~~ns1i:ler~rJ,

E.hieh ,motion. P:t;f]Yailecl,. ..

'

.

'.:llr. Blalock thcn -~aJipa fm.' tfw ])i(,~ion~ (]l~e~tion of rhc-

llill and :anwn<lments, w.hicl1 cRll wa:O snstaint"<l.. ' .

Mo-lffiJ#j Dlfi!EM~EiAUpQlTs98.

The repo~J3t~e co~, ~ B. V'88 fa ~BlVtBt~

pa~a~J,~ 1'i*~1lqr was,hv~.Woi">MIrl 1o8oa~'H~ioo~t e~ded

,aic>I ,1smu>I

sfrR.li . ' ~ueani:pllalsisWagloe. Q the b1ll thT~!na3y:elso a9:qa:idl-.lnays were orde1 ex!ail.1

,IIOI >uH

;ga1a.I

.nem s1>!

O.<lono:t>Jaaf<lrHnlglotdheJiJfUo't

.
VIYa

vooe,u, itnnaellvote

was

as

f ollof,1wos>I:

. 11nwst

,s1ooll

,1o1:

Those votingllfilathe affirmativei~gf~ Messrs.- ,'H1991;)

,mu:laT

,aaif!nl

'~!l"gi nT lo aift h B

Adams,

101'{8 TGay,

,?.JnaOolt.:McCranie, ,I!Jffii18

Adamson aBm,smmiT Gresham 99ds8olf. McDonald,

Ua H

AtW !) llo~H lo 1smuTHammet~, ,aBa os.IoMMcFIMiiH;Jf io aib1sH

Anderson, ,aablta'1f Hammond, ,ss:Hotl.:McLaughlinilloinb1BH

Barron, ,"(9f9JtrlW Hamby, ,ss1JsfaO McMillan, ,f>"t.&woH

Jl11rwick, ,emBilfi'lfHard!~ or Is18eri~9700usley,

,ai~B01Bt

Bennett of MitctPen',VT Harris,

,9:>B<ip 0 stt,1s:;laff lo noaa dot

Black of Whitfield, Harrell,

Price,

Bower,

Harvnd-;188911. 9"19Vl ll(.fQ?ofl~~;b,

Brandon,

Hathcock,

Rose,

Brown of Bryaonl,oarsH Hendn.cks,

UiHSmith of Hall, ' bfoen A

Brown or

.J:IOBL:JJ~rbiH
uarrou,

He

rrm.

g,

.'f')b!o HStarr,

' aaBH

Bryan, Ca1v.m,
Cook ,

,B19l(O.H H opk"me, ,r:o~qrar.8Joh nson of

.

..rioaoH

81 u b

"'!laihlaq?.
u!r1

..,1e1rpuprlli-nJJgu, H8 W"lft,

io !laa: ,laoH

,-~,JJjs[gara Johneon of .Tu.:_:ea,shton2IT.rs.mger,

,uswoa:

David,

,ao:lal8J ordan ofdJdai8spelor,saBciTracy,

,mna'(H

Dews,

,aBol8Jordan of PulA~l ufoul,lliH.IIJUpchurch,

'19ha0

Duncan,

,llsai?.K.mg,

,onrgao.I Wad e,

,haaf<;qoO

Ellls, Emanuel,

,elloiq8-Lane of 8um......_,ar,oa'(all W"1ll"m. gham,,basfe8ol0

'.169q~LaRoche, ,lfswx~lf. Woodall,

,'(OW.&1U

F ender,

,arg1ut8 Lee,

,flqrb.trtt.: W ooten.

,aihsJa:I

Frank:'{l)i.na,s H ,fJto1wa"I0

lo lv

t1ss;lmlsuWTM' err1' tt1

,d:guoaoOolt.:
.Uill9ll~l:>lt.:

.J1li"179J~ io JI~"!9V:1 1 9~109-f>

TW8~~1{,Jr.n1f%''the negative .fWW9Messrs?.lli~rf> "to afftil8

,eslar

,quo"IT io :;I,Bq

,aoah1BH

Bennett of.-qr'~ :rlf.Blalcck,

,l;_!s.ll:Qarwem,io ,ao;1sLusH

Beauchamp,

Bush,

iDtnuJI?Tlo aoa19hft!!H

Bell of Forsyth,

Castleberry,

Dickey,

Black or Dawson, Chappell,

Erwin,

852

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Howard, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker,

Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Lane of Early, Laing, Martin, Moore, Morris, Mullins, lVIcCante, McGehee, McLennan, McRae, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace,

Padgett, PatP, Park of Greene, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rudicil, Smith of Hancock, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, ray lor, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold,

Hill,

Bass,

Holder,

Bell of Spalding, Hosch,

Bond,

Hutchins,

Bowen,

Knowles,

Bynum,

Lane of Bibb,

Carter,

Latimer,

Copeland,

Longino,

Crossland,

Mayson,

Drawdy,

Maxwell,

Esterlin,

Mitchell,

Everett of Stewart, McDonough,

George,

McElreath,

Griffin of GreenE>, Newton,

Harrison,

Park of Troup,

Henderson, of Irwin, Reid,

Henderson of,Vash't'n

Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawfotd, Walker of Union, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

}foNDAY, DEcE~IBER 12, 1898.

853

:Mr. Stubbs oi Laurens, mowd to dispense with a verification of the I'oll-call, ""hich mot.ion preYailed.
On passage of the bill, the a~es were 65, nays 60.

So the bill not having receiYcd the requisilte constitutional majority was lost.
:Mr. Dews of Randolph, gaye notice that at the proper time he w'ould move to reconsirler the action of the House in not passing bill No. 258.

Mr. Bower, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the :Floor, submitted the following report:
lrlr. Spealcer:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following resolution, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendatl.on that same be adopted, to wit:
A resolution:
Resolved, That the privileges of the floor of the House br extended to CoL A. J. Singletary during his i'itay in the city.
Respectfully submitted.
B. B. BOWER, Chairman.

The following privileg'e resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

"E':YI~IrJJ ~~!'>~8Mi~})1)7UJH ,arrt~wn.I !o eddu~B :dL
Resolved, ~t\'1h~ ~<fH~i~~i1tf ~il~~tiJ?)t ~~ Jtiffi~Jl~ tc, Col. ~ lr~Wi.vr ilt~PmJ~lJI~flll~t~~~ nO_
~YiMF.,oBgty~<ffi8tiJ:?;ffiaWlm :m ~Hrnrf JoH ffi:d sr!J o2
R~olved, That all privileges of~ ~r?ft~:fi'IJNl
~w;q~ffWi\11 J1e j~n~ 91fab;~~:rl>; .wrmrJ-xft. lfg }!muwy,
:Ui'Rfll:P~ 1!tlfb~gt 1,lt/}t.I~frTBrro:>er ot 9 7 0ffl bfu<m srf smit
Mr. Calvin, Ohairman oi the-P~.-mQnmint~t. er WOrY.ift,.j'RlJ,0ruB!.
wi~~e~p~~lr\18'~h1iffrRWlsdJ IO ml!fi"lillif'J (I'rrtoH .rJ'l[
Jlfr. Speake?': :jroq:n ~ni--ffoJfol srfd fs11iwdua ,1oof"f 9rtt
The Committee on Rules have had tmder'-<l'~il~audA
~~I_;WJi?hst1'l~ti~ifu''n mWw "'Y~1nl~P>r Jhr~~tH11lfn<i~~i_pg
!!JWOOB~.,tt?fJiX3rJW~V&11JrM~~ !{fi~!~ J>IffWJmrh1bieN6~ -ah!ifJJMlrtimb~~'t11 0At,f9Pt~<ffirffosm<'8~W titt5r{HttigpsWr
the Honse on any measure to: ffi.;q;~e$BJtr~~~ iWoCflhi'flJJHfl
snch action is taken; a~d suspending, duri.ng the remainder
oOl this session, TUle 31, which relates <to-the:~~'bf\~.'{g~&ffi yst~\xJW~&tr& ~~SR~ ;Rrn:P9nt,~~e Jli!Ffrf'\~R"fu ~ ~ffi'fHJPl~W1at"trfJt.)p%'Jl<MPBM; a~tzs 'Jd
Respeotfully submitted.
MA~t~a (JJ{t,~H . flRrtniJ>r[' ) .~c#oo:QA-ai.:anan Committee on Rules:
-Jq;R ~lD~lft <#rs:ij)lfJ%\~jJ l~'!~RvWfegiir~I~%rt!Jhle
House bill J o. 237, which motion pmvailed. ::1iw oj ,b9

: e~~~ ~~ Bk~~l), 4mv~~i~!tb-l}t A\'t ~Ji~ ~~ A{Jne

he "tould move to reconsider the action Off the House in

recoiD.Il1l~ ~~Ing

.y.rn.o;ltml e91ol 9l'fn.v

-flrl .l'W

ij.r..:tmoo~.ififl

9th

ni

'OOiiuv
c:s

9tlod T

The

followl.':!n!g:nroelslolutw. n's

were

1esJalal41_'1and

a d op. _~_.,J

to,aWel.!l

A
;

,sma J:.lt

. ,1>101

, DOB'Ist..a .n

By Mr. Oal\}M"Itif"JRichmond- .~.o:ss"If>
,ru.!lasJ?ll ,sas51V k nffii i)

11011s:a
,x:Ji"'P1.s8

Resolved;n.&FH.{lt he speecllerwtP~& :B.oor\>fl'fflQ. H~

be

lim1't-ed

tJo '

:n>~ev's!e;Jt;.l:hl;v.lO~l

nu

t-=-&..asll

liW io nib'IIlB ,a;bi1bnsH

,tlsftjidW lc bal8 ,1ewo8

"By~r.UB6\vtn ~~atur- .~ah1sH

,c:CJ.sH~

,s!li1lqoH

,noba.1n8 ,a.s'fla

~v~ l:QI'Jv.WMr. lluli<itrio()lbSWilkes, be req~i~

write o"flt his spe/&1l:madebb~1Ji~ ~wdg~~tax hill," so fM~~-'jf~

,saoj ~

,si1nH 10 asaot

,llsmau

same might b~ ~Jil{Jtted for the .~~on of the Sta~,q~

h!rge.

,'[' .t:fl

,sniaJ

, ,~ nn s O

'{':ll5H io 1::tG'IlJT

, nih.sM

"By Mr. Ohppell.io"'f Muscogoo;---,noe-:.bll

.ewsO
, ll.B:JlliJ<l

,o,joc."R

,:JI'!'l~!l.

,niwi3

A resolution to provide for the bringinp; up of the un-

finished busme&fa()~l~h~'l ~6i(.~sa sch ui -gai10v ~odT

856

JouRNAL OF THE HousB.

On taking the ballot vivavoce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirm:ttive were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Castleberry, Chappell, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Erwin,

Felker, Ford, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, Hendrick!, Herring, Hopkins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Knowles, Laing, Martin, Mayson, Merritt,

Morris, McCants, McElreath, McLennan, McNiillan, Ogletree, Ousley, Rawls of Wilkinson, Slaton, Smith of Hancoek, Snell, .Stone, Taylor, Tral'y, Turner of Henry, Whiteley, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Cook, Ellis,

Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardwick,

Harri~,
Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Howard, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Mo<re,
Mullin~;~,

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

857

McUranie, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, Pace, Pate, Park of Greene,

Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of .Effingham, Rudicil, Smith of Hall, Starr, Stewart,

Swift, Tatum, 'l'isinger, Timmerman, Wade, Walker of Union,. Wood, Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold,

Hill,

Bond,

Holder,

Bowen,

Hoech,

Bynum,

Hutchins,

Calvin,

Jarnagin,

Carter,

Johnson of Appling,

Copeland,

Johnson of Lee,

Croesta.nd,

King,

Dickey,

LaRoche,

Drawdy,

Latimer,

Esterlin,

Longino,

Everett of Stewart, Maxwell,

George,

Mitchell,

Gresham,

McDonough,

Hammett,

McRae,

Hardin of Liberty, Newton,

Harrison,

Overstreet,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Henderson of W ash't'n Reid,

Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Spinks, Speer, Stubbs, Sturgis, Turner of.Rockdale.Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Williams, Willingham, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Bell of Forsyth, moved to dispense witJh a verifi-e.r.tion of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 51, nays 66.

So the motion to table said bill was lost.

The followi~ rhl.U was riJIId,'lflh~d time, to .~Jit,thM

,rnutsT By :Mr. Stol\~~~;Jalfun-

,jeo'l ,s:>h'l

,blsaoG:>M ,bosha'iJ:>M

, aaonsmtwT ,a:uuf~aill& 1o alwsa

,ssrisfhlJl

A bill to ru.;ql'lJWr the cliarller ~tJ;t9~ city of ~.(jl~9ahJHr

W al~i !C'(I"lln~firatld for dtl;i6ri-~.

,s:>~>'l

,boo'f/

,nru8

. ,sJ.~<'l

JJeaves of . ftl?~ were gra.n~~Jollow~!iWe~~

towit: :Messrs. Jones of Burke, Hutchins of Gwinnett,
McLaughlin o :Meriw(illie~~8Nl~t~ilt"~f~i~~g.a~n 9aofiT

The ho~ bb<f''~Wournment havinMi\kived tJhe spbJa.Oft~~

,11oaL1a11:>rH

,1 s lifoH

,baoa

declared the ~ ~dj ourned un't;\\:>~oi>fdock p . m. ,aswoa

19aoH ,noaqroi8

,auidoraH
1 Ai~SJA1 AT.

,mnn'{a . n h ls O

,'{'I.&J918niel .~nilqqA lo no3adoT.

;t '>J'u:O

,nr.ol8
,BJI at.qo.,

,ss.l lo aoaadoT.

,baslsqoO

,::;mx 3

O'clock .n.. m . .-. 1B"u.r.1S'!O'l v

The

House,'l'rlid~u9'f.c.~vened

at

tffif>ji~fli
,, smdsJ

and

was

oon~o~g
,'(bwstU

-order by the .~ijW}Blr.

,on igaoJ

_ ,aih9ta3:

, sl~>lnboH,lo 19f1HJ'l'

,llswxaM ,J111w&l8 lo J:l91jv:!l

On moti~Mh9~~ B ell of Fo,wJ'J!\nkhe roll-call w;Y'gt't\~~

p-~1tmi00lo tsilsYf

,d~aoaoaoM

,msdas10

,aaii1!JW

,9BH:>M

1jjsmmsH

On motiqlkribfu}~. J ordan of ~~ the,.~llO<hlb~lJ:a

Journal 'i'Al r.ldi:tijkWsed with. ,js~nja1svO

,uoaiTtsH

,atJjcY

,jjsgbs'l - ,aiw1I lo noa1sbasH

The f~~1:treport of the St~n~ ~:m~bwm

ro re-ad and adopted, to wit:
-.itrlS'T R Ifliiru S81l9qciD ot bsrom 1IJi y;crif{

lisa :Il/I

The Steeri.~r~mwi~&Iftb~twi ,1-AA-fru~o8HJlga:~JRRr~~

The Steering ~flYAVPm<fP~~ t~eJih<JH>Wrm~ ~er
-.of bu iness for this afternoon's session:

1st. Tha!t.chills:MOO-rfm ntiam .cffis;lrobru:i:q~iri~~'be

Inade a continuinir <>rder until disposed of, to wit: Bills

,:i'9s1je-ys.'"() ,a'S iwT io a iflhf)

,amaf>l.

:Kos. 237, .299, .~bt~ 233, 24 an~Jfl-91iD

,noa19bal.

2d. At 4 : fi69,~s~:t~~"l!f.l~Vk.

Rearli<n!! of1i~oi't of Special'tu1fE

--;1!9mms .l:1

,:;a/l U

-ciary ~~~'lsqR!eadiing of ~l bi.JI~cifffl.lt.fiM :t~

and readi~T# ~te J:rilM%clfH()Ji!ijll!'flltep~ t1h~ ~

time.

' !IO!Ii'l11lH ,!lsnsH

,qrns d:>u.&sa . ~niblaq8 io lls8

,;;bol.&JH

,li::libuH

,.l!:>ootfJsH

1II8'{1H io awo1H

4th. .llWidingtii~al House bill$&Wetbrab~to~Jited'll'fu8'

second time. ,ll9n8 .~ni!qqA io aoaudol.

,aJl'{'S.

I '1'1&1?. ;"oha8 lo aoandoT.

'd~;uH

5t h. Pa~~ocal bills.

.~aDJ.

,h.&ws:l2

,{ha3: lo en.a.J

,xoo') ,hnsh.eol::>

1-?Jespootfully,Jl;irr&itted.

,ss.l

,bivsa

,mu:laT
,1s~a ieiT

1910ol1.:

,fsuaam:il

J. M;!l~ON,, ~av:H:

, aa answmiT

,sias'IO:>M

,oir:"i

,~1nsH io 1amuT

,blaaoQ:>M

,19fli11l'i

The first b~ in order \~IJI'mtunvt,ion of a ~P.r

si(9Wodfti 1rnnbcll bill, the Jawi!Jl{j&ftg a bill tto d~~

.how

bonds, ,naron,atbeioisloiV.waTnd

accounts~,sestdcs.i,hs~all
,wmasu:>L

be

rErt,u,rnnielida1<ro1.r'I. , J1o >l.

taxation. .llabooW

,aot77~f.l

,-(sf>

,snss1 () lo nifi i1f)
:Mr. 'Datum of Dade, called for the previ<>us question, w}1 i~h call was~~'6(f.SW sv i;t~s a sdi ai ~ai:tov saodT

The

report 'ao~r nt~e
,'Islll9

connm. t,'t{e'It1a:\:o~dbwar1rJvmal:sl~

was

favorablen " Ut oA
;Dlo rn.f.

the passage of ~lJ.m1>ill by substit~Mn~tlls agreed to. a ,0 0 118

19099'1f>

,'{ Df19 0

,rl:I"{B'IO';J }o lJs8.

0~~8'8 4,'tltf bill the aya; ~~(l)lays :KSew~Rr<ls~shur

,ahu.:H

,!ISOa n U ,blaft:lidW io :;bs!H

On takiMtst:~-~llot v iva voce, t,b.~tJa"ote was as foll9Rf a

860

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitc:hell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, .6ryan, Bush, Cook, Crossland, David, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, Overstreet,

Griffith,

Pace,

Hall,

Padgett,

Hammett,

Pate,

Hamby,

Park of Greene,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Troup,

HarriRon,

P'lst,

Harrell,

Pril"e,

Harvard,

Rawls of Effingham.

Hathcock,

Rudicil,

Howard,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Appling, Snell,

Johnson of Bartow, ~tarr,

King,

Sturgis,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Lee,

Swift,

Moore,

Tatum,

Mullins,

Tisinger,

McCranie,

Timmerman,

McDonald,

Turner of Henry,

McElreath,

Wade,

McFarland,

Walker of Crawford,

McGehee,

Williams,

McLennan,

Wood,

Newton,

Woodall.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond,

Brandon, Castleberry, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis,

Erwin, Felker, Ford, Greene, Hardin of Wilke~, Harris, Hendricks,

~10NDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

861

Herring, Hopkins, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, I..tme of Bibb, Laing, LaRoche,

Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Morris, McCants, McMillan,
O~rletree,
Ousley, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Slaton,

Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Stubbs, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.--

Adamson, Bowen, Bower, Bynum, Calvin, CartE>r, Chappell, Copeland, Dickey, Drawdy, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, George, Gresham,

H~tmmond,

McDonough,

Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

HendE>rson of Irwin, McRae,

Henderson of Wasb't'n Reynolds,

Hill,

Rogers,

Holder,

Rose,

Hutchins,

d~mpson,

Jones of Burke,

Singletary,

Jordan of Jasper, Sloan,

Lg,ne of Sumter,

Stone,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Longino,

WalkE>r of Union,

Merritt,

Yates,

Mitchell,

:\fr. Rpeaker.

On motion of ~fr. Slaton of Ful<ton, a verification of the toll-caH was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the <lyes were 76, nays 56.
So the bill not having receiYed the requisite constitutirl))al majority was lost.

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,'{SisHrl' I ,no'Jnillli VI lo alwa5I

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sioners of Roods>Wud Re!Ven,vreafu.rdil~ C'ounty of M@I!VlfJ,.

and for other purposes.

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I'ffipeotive counties, and for otlheT purposes.

edJ l o rroids:> rrivn r. ,rro1fu'f lo rro1sf2 :rl[ l o nodorn rrO The repo'l1t of the committee, whicl1 w'as fa;v01"a!bla to fthe
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pa~ge of the bill, "-as agTeed to.

passage .OG ~V RH ,()\ 'YI'J'If ~'rrr; 9dt flid 91ft t o a:gs;;anr[ nO

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of the bill, t-he ayes were 115, nays 1.

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bill

having

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maj-ority was passed .

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e;l"r BeVfOOa'I f)Ilf! ,ITVTO air IO lTOii.OOub:1: IO bmoff B aRif ffi9l

Mr. Rlalffi'.k af Fa.yette, JllOved tJha.t the n1les of the ats:JiE: e rff m.OiT 1r1hs.uJ) brrul loorf~ 6J:[cfrr{( erfd :to Rim oTq

House be suspeiidoo norl,f!jrr':le'Jrq9f' o71Hr

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acti
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nf the House 1Isii2 ffi9l87.2

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& m!rrq radio rol ban ,i,')A airlt 1o no~tnfo i-r ror -,)Iwsrr

!lid bise JToqar ot ,nnrmiswb 'Iisn.t aR ,s m i,')9Tib "79rlt brr A aBp. lv!q-M61.5r.jrSJlRatfo!jnrrootf i.RRhnuHltnorrnro-:>sr ~rltt rlt.m o"rroH srfJ ot io tld

A bill authorizing Boards of Oommissioner9a bfr9Rn:ads-.

and R-evenue i1Jo elect their own .0c9l1e;trrm~d.arrnad7Tfto:r~r:.:tobt.h9feTr~ .Intur--
poees . .rrsrrrrinif:J ,Y~M3:<1 .A JI The r eport 'Of the committee, which was favorabl e to the-

passage of the bill, was agreed to.f , I ,.,

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submitt&:J.atdW'f&~'()Wlfti~ ~~Ftfi..:t llid s dt to 9'%f.a<::RCf rrO

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bill N o. 181 ;vh~ch is a bill t-o b&.~lM:<illJr(}~et{l[~t~lf

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ot each c otmtv, cit<.
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ot"'this tat e, to ~tl,1dy, COIDJY!hl'C? ancl elect mOCi t;"rn te~t

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:

of t h e Srote ; to dene .its qualifica ti on s, powers ana~~ifi:ts1 :

864

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

to provide that whemever there is in any city or town an independent loc.al school system, and such local school system has a Board of Eduoo.tion of its own, and reooives its pro rata of t1he public school fund directly from the Ste.te &hool Commissioner, and desi,res to have representation upon said commission, said loCial school system shall be represented on said commission by one member, to provide a penalt:'l for Yiolation of this Act, and for other purposes. And the.' direct me, as their chairman, to report said bill bnck to the House with the recommendartion that it do pass as amended.

Respectfnlh submitted. ~ R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

By }fr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill for the protection of bills, labels, trade-marks, etc., and for other purposes.
The rep01'1t of the committee, ""hich was favorable to the pn~age of the hill, as amended, was agTeed to.
On p!k"'Sage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 1.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By :Jir. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend seetion 5315 of the Code of Georgia, with reference to nhe taking- of depositions, and for other purposes.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

865

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tho 1ms.<mge of the bill was agreed rto.

On passage o tl:.he bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Hall o Bibb-

A bill t,o amend sections 5315 and 5316 of 'the Oode of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage o the biH, was agreed to.

On paSBage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The follo,ving Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage:

B~ :Mr. King of t.he 43d District-
A bill to change the t.ime o holding Superior Ooul"i:s in the Cherokee Circuit.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the l1assage o the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 1.
So the bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
55 b j

866

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman o the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

]Jfr. Speaker:
The Speci,al Judiciary Committee have had under considerattion th~ following bills, which they instruct me to report back to the H~mse with the recommendation thrut same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporrut:e the town o Oak \Vood in the county o Hall, and or other purposes.
Also,
A bill to repeal section 4 o m1 Aci entitled an Act to incorporate a town to be called \Narsaw, approved :March 5, 1856, and for other purposes.
Also,
A bill to he entitled an Act to establish a system for working the sti,eets in the city o -Milledgeville, and for other purposes.
Also,
A bill to be mtitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate Augusta, and to improve the public roads in the neighborhood thPreof approved January 31st, 1798, and or other purposes.
Also, A bill to be eil!titled an Act to amend an A_ct establishing

~fONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

867

the city court of Hall county, approved Aug:ust 14, 18!>1, and for other purposes.

Hespectfully submitted.

ROLA~D ELLIS, Chairman.

The following Senate bills ~were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. )lcLester of the 24th DistrictA bill to provide fur a Board of Equalization of real and
personal property, subject to taxation in this State, and for otbe:r purposes.
RefeiTed to ~W,ays and Means Committee.
B~ ~fr. Brannen of the 17th Dist.rict-
A bill to amend sootion 2636 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred rto General J udiciar,v Committee.
By ~Ir. }lcGehee of the 25th DistrictA bill to provide fm the compenswtion of stenographic
nporters for the Superior Courts of tllis State, and for other purposes.
Refened to General Judiciary Committee.

868

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Little of the 18th DistrictA bill to amend sections 1572, 1574 and 1576 of the
Code of 1895, 1and for other purposes. Hefel."red to Genernl Agriculture Committee.

:Mr. Jordan of Jasper gave notice ,that on to-morrow he >Wrnld move to reconsider d1e action of the House on House bill No. 102.

~Ir. Bennett of Pierce, asked unanimous consent to withdraw Honse bill Xo 380, which request was grant-ed.
The following Senate hills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th Distri'ct-

A bill to amend section 72 of nilume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By ~fr. '\Yight of the lOth District-

A bill to reduce the bond of the sheriff of Dougherty county, and for other purpooes.

The following bills were read rt:he first time and approprirutely referred, to wit:

By Mr. :l\IcDonald of \YareA bill to amend an Act e:reating the city court of "\Yay-
cross, and for othell" purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and Count.'- ~latters.

:MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

869

By 1Ir. :McDonald of Ware--

A bill to repeal an A()t creating a Board of County Commi~sione.rs of 'Yare county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Com.mirttee on Counties and County MatteTS.

by :1\Ir. Ford of Worth-

A bill to establish the county court of \Vorth couruty, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and Couruty Matters.

By Mr. :Fain of White-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revemm for White county, and fc-_ other purposes.

Referred to Special .Tudiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to prohibirt the manufacture of spirituous liquors within the limits of Henry county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By ~Ir. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate public investment i!l the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

The following bills were read the second time, to wirt:

870

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By 1\fr. Jarnagin o "\Varren-

A bill to incorporate the town of C'limak, and for other purposes.

By 1\:Ir. Allen o Baldwin-

A bill to establish a system for working the streets in the city o JHilledgeville, and for other purposes.
:By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act establishing a charter orr the city of Griffin, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Sloan o Hall-

A bill to incorporate the town o Oak "\Vood in Hall county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harris of Thomas~ bill to incorporate the town o Pavo, and for other
purposes.

B:y J\fr. I.aRoche o Ohathrun-
A bill to repeal section 4 o an Act to incorporate a town to be oalled 1,Varsaw, and or other purposes.

By Mr. Bennett o Pierce-A bill to amend the charter of Pattel'Son in Pierce coun-
ty, and for other purposes.
By :Ma-;srs. Smith and Sloan o HallA bill Ito amend an Act to establish the city court o Hall
county, and for other purposes.

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 12, 1898.

871

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A resolution for the compensaJtion of A. L. Waldo, for serYices performed.
By ~fr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to amend the Act incorporating the city of Aug,lsta, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Bell of SpaldingA bill to repeal ~n Act to amend an Aet establishing a
charter for the cill:y of .Griffin, and for other purpos5.
I1y ~fr. Stubbs of Laurens--
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code of 1895, and for {ther purpo:;es.
Mr. Blalock of Foayette, gave notice that at the proper time he would move a recO'llsideration of the action of the House, had upon House bill No. 237.

The following bills and resolutions were rood the third time and put upon their passage, to vvit:

By Mr. Griffin of Greene--

A r13S0lution to refund Chas. J. McDonough the sum of

one hundred dollars, and for other purposes.

.

.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House

nsolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for. the pur-

pose of considering same.

872

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

The Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Erwin of Clark~

After considering said resolution, the committee rooe and the chairman thereof reportod the rsolution back with the recommenda.tion that the same do pass.

On taking the ballQt YiYa yoce, the Yote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messr~;.-

Adams, Allen, Anderwn, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, _Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Emanuel, Erwin, Farmer, Felker, Ford, iiresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith,

Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, Hathcock, Hl'ndricks, Herring, Hopkins, Holder, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, LainJ!', LaRoche, Lee, Merritt, McCranie, McDonald, McLl'nnan, McMillan, Newton,

Ogletrel', Padgett, Patl', Park d Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rudicil, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stone, Hwift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union ""ood, Wooten.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

873

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Barwick, Bennett of Mitchell, Black of Whitfit>ld, Blalock, B)nd, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, Carter, Chappell, Copeland, Darnt>ll, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Georg!',

Green!',

McElreath,

Hammond,

McFarland,

Hamby,

McGehee,

HarJ\\ick,

McLaughlin,

Harrison,

McRae,

Harrell,

Ousley,

Harvard,

Overstreet.,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace,

Henderson of Wash't'nReid,

Hill,

Reynold!',

Howard,

Rogers,

Hosch,

Roee,

Hutchins,

Singletary,

Jarnagin,

Slaton,

Johns n of Lee,

Sloan,

Jones of Burke,

~pinks,

King,

Stubbs,

Knowles,

Stewart,

Lane of Sumter,

Tisinger,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Longino,

Turner of Rockdale,

Martin,

Upf)hurch,

Mayson,

Wade,

Maxwell,

Watkins,

Mitchell,

Whiteley,

Moor!',

Williams,

Morris,

Willingham,

Mullens,

Woodall,

McCants,

Yates,

McDonough,

Mr. Speaker.

:Mr. Park o Greene, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-'Call, which motion prevailed.

On counting rthe vote the ayes were 90, nays 0.

874

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

So the resolution having received the requisite constitu6onal majority was passed.

By l\Ir. Hathcock of Douglas-

A bill to create a Board of Oommissionetrs of Roads and Revenues for the county of Douglas, and for other purposes.

The repol't of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of rthe bill, the ayes were 100, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Simpson of MiltonA bill t() prohibit the sale of wine within two miles of the
courthouse of Alpharetta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of rthe bill the ayes were 102, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Calvin of Ri~hmondA bill to exclude from the village of Summerville the
Tands of Mrs. }f. B. Wright, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

875

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Hutchins of Gwinne<tt-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court o Gwinnett, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the p&.-sage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passag6 of the bill the ayes were 111, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

:By M'r. Jordan of PulaskiA bill to fix the terms af office of county solicitors of
I'ulaski county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favimble to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, and nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

..By Mr. Bass of HabershamA. bill to establish a city court of Clarkesville, and for
other purposes.

The report of the commirttee, which was favorable to the passage of rthe bill, was ~eed t<O.

876

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 101, rutys 0.
So the bill haViing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Erwin of Clarke-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the bank of the tniversity at Athens, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pa&;age of the bill ,the ayes were 113, nays 0.

So 'the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
B.} 1Ir. Anderson of Bartow-

A resolution to authorize the superintendent of the Start:e asylum to deliver Roxie Ann Long to the sheriff of Bryan county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed t.o.

On passage of the resolution the ayes were 106, nays 0.

So the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Price of Oconee--

A resoh1tion for the ,relief of securities of J. W. JohnsoiJ of Oconee county, and for other purposes.

MoYDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898.

877

The resolrution, involving an appropriation, the House re-solved itself into a Committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same.

The Speakf'r designated as Chairman of 1he Committee ot the Whole, Mr. Post of Coweta.

On motion of }fr. Erwin of Clarke, the committee rose and the chairman thereof reported the resolution back with the reconnnendrution that the same oo pass.

On taJ...'ing the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Spalding, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Felker, Freeman, Ford, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hall, Hammett, Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Greene,

Harden of Wilkes, Park of Troup,

Harris,

Post,

Harrell,

Price,

Harvard,

Rawls of Effir:gham,

Hopkins,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Holder,

Richardsr n,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

J,,hnson of Baker, Slaton, Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hancock

Lane of Bibb,

Snell,

Lane of Early,

Hpeer,

Lane of Sumter,

Starr,

La Roache,

Stubbs,

Martin,

Sturgis,

McElreath,

Stone,

McFarland,

Swift,

McLaughlin,

Tatum,

McLennan,

Timmerman,

McMillan,

Tracy,

Padgett,

Turner of Henry,

Pate,

Walker of Crawford,

878

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Cook, Dews, Farmer, Gay,

~Jiffith,
Hendricks, Jordan of Pulaski, Lee, Merritt, Moore, McGehee, Ogletree,

Overstreet, Simpson, Spinks, Taylor, Walker of Union, Wood, Woodall, 'Vooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Pie~ce, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carter, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Diekey, Drawdy,

Esterlin,

Latimer,

Everett of Stewart, Longino,

Fain,

Mayson,

Fender,

Maxwell,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

Fort,

Morris,

Hammond,

Mullens,

Hardwick,

McCants,

Harrison,_

McCranie,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcRae,

Herring,

Newton,

Hill,

Ousley,

Howard,

Pace,

Hosch,

Reid,

Hutchins,

Reynolds,

Jarnagin,

Rogers,

Johnson of Bartow, Rose,

Johnson of Lee,

Singletary,

Jones of Burke,

Sloan,

King,

Stewart,

Knowles,

Tisinger,

Laing,

Turner of Rockdale,

TuESDAY, DEcEMBER 13, 1898.

879

Upchurch, Wade, Watkins,

Whiteley, Williams, Willingham,

Yates, Mr. Sp()aker.

On motion of ~Jr. Stone of vYalton, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote the ayes were 69, nays 29.

So the resolution not having received th~ requisite constitutional majority was lost.

!fr. Erwin of Clrurke, gave notice of his intention to reccnsider the action of the House in not passing the resoluticn just lost.

LE'!aves of absence were granted tJhe following members: )[essrs. Padgett of Echols and l\fcCranie o Berrien.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, ihe Speaker pro tern. dedared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, December 13, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a m. this day nnd was called to order by the Speaker and <pened with prayer by the Chaplain.

880

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick,
B~ss,
Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bt>ll of Forayth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carttr, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,

Emanuel,

Herring,

Erwin,

Hill,

Esterlin,

Holder,

Everett of Polk,

Hosch,

Everett of Stewart, Jarnagin,

Fain,

Johnson of Appling,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker,

Felker,

Johnson of Bartow,

Fender,

Johnson of FloyJ,

Freeman,

Johnson of Lee,

Franklin,

Jordan of Jasper,

Ford,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Fort,

Knowles,

Gay,

Lane o[ Bibb,

Geor~e,

Lane of Early,

Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,

Greene,

Laing,

Griffin of Greene, Latimer,

Griffin of Twigg!', Lee,

Griffith,

Longino,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Hamby,

Maxwell,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Harrison,

Morris,

Harris,

Mullins,

Harrell,

McCants,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Hendricks,

McElreath,

Henderson of Irwin, McFarland,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcGehee,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 189~.

881

:McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, {)gletree, {)usley, Overstreet, Pace, Pate, Park of Greene, :Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson,

Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Taylor,

Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of TJnion, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

.Allen, Anderson, .Castleberry, Copeland, .Darnell, Drawdy, Hammond, Howard,

Hopkins, Hutchins, Jones of Burke, King, LaRoche, McDonough, Mc;v( i l l an,

Padgett, Park of Troup, Snell, Speer, Tatum, Watkins, Wood.

3Ir. Bond of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceeding-s had been examined :and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

The Speake1 assigned ~'fr. Crossland of Donghert.y to the following standing committees:
5o h j

882

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

General Judiciary, \Vays and Means, Military A:ffairs:Pensions.

Mr. Jordan of Jasper, moved a reconsideration of the aetioo of the HoUBe in regard to House bill No. 102, whiolt i<> a bill to allow Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to eJect their own clerk.

Mr. Slruton called for the previous question; which call sustained.

The motion to reconsider prevailed.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved to reconsider rthe action of thl~ House in recommitting House bill No. 166.
Mr. Denny of Floyd, caHed for the previous question,. ,,hioh call was sustained.
Mr. Hall called for the ayes and nays, which caH was
su~tained.

On taking the ballot viva voc-e, the vote was as follows::

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Barron, Barwick, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson,

Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Ca!'ter, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland,

Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Stewart,. Fain, Farmer, Felker,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

883

Fender, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Holder, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Laing. Lee,

Longino, Martin, Moore, Morris, Mullens, McCants, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Ogletree, Ousley, Pate, Park of Greene, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Rogers,

Rudicil, Simpson, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman,
Tracy,~
Wade, Walker of Crawford, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brandon, Bryan, Bynum, Denny, Dews, Everett of Polk, Freeman, Ford, Griffin of Greene,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

McDonough,

Harris,

McLaughlin,

Harvard,

McRae,

Hendricks,

Post,

Henderson of Wash 't'nSlaton,

Herring,

Smith of Hall,

Howard,

Smith of Hancock,

Hopkins,

Taylor,

Hosch,

Turner of Rockdale,

Jarnagin,

Upchurch,

Johnson of Appling, Whiteley,

Knowles,

Woodall.

LaRoche,

884

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Bell of Spalding, Bower, Bush, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Esterlin, George, Gresham, Greene, Hammett, Hamby, Hill,

Hutchins, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, McCranie, McElreath, McMillan, Newton,

Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Park of Troup, Reid, Richardson, Rose, Singletary, Sloan, Stub':ls, Sturgis, Turner of Henry, Walker of Union, Watkins, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

J\Ir. Hall of Bibb, moYed to dispense with a verification of the roll-call, which motiun prevailed.
On cmmting the vote it was fmmd that the a_ves were 85, nays 41.
The motion to reconsider the action of the House on House bill X o. 1()(j thNE'fore prevailed.
:Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, :;ubmitrhd the following report:

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

885

Mr. Speaker:

The commitee haye had untler considemtion the following bill of the House which they report back with the reeonm1endation that the ,;;ame do pass, to wit:

A bill to repeal the existing charter of the town of Hillman in Taliraferro coulllty, and for other purposes.

Re.spect.fully :mbmitted.

JA~IES P. DUNUAX, Chairman.

Mr. Knowles, Chairman of the Committee upon the part of the House to examine the condition of the State Treasmy, submitt.eclrthe following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Joint Committee of the Senate and House, appointed to investigate the condition of the Treasury, and to acquaint their respective bodies with the result of such investigation, beg leave to submit herewith the following statements as comprising the information ascertained by reason of the examination made by Ralph H. Brown, an expert accountant, engaged under the authority of a Joint Resolution passed by both Houses, under date of November 29th~ 1898, and working under the direction of the Joint Committee of Investigation.

886

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

It was first determined by your committee to ascertain the condition of the Treasury on the 30th day of November, and to estimate from that starting point the probable showing of resources and liabilities on the first of January, 1899. That examination resulted in the following statement of estimated results :

RESOURCES.
Cash on hand on 30th November, 1898 _.$ 374,283 75 Estimated tax receipts for December, 1898. 1,121,032 36 Estimated taxes uncollected Jan. 1, 1899 __ 1,495,688 67
TotaL------------------ ___ $2,991,004 7~

LIABILITIES.
Liabilities from 1st December, '98, to 1st January, '99 ---------------------- $1,811,317 20
Estimat.ed balance on January 1st, 1899__ 1,179,687 58
Total ________ --------------------- $2,991,004 78
These aggregate results are given more in detail in the itemized statement given herewith.
There is in the statement el!ding January 1st, 1899, a legal liability for the item of public debt, $505,358.25, but against which there are outstanding obligations amounting to about $283,000, as follows: $100,000 sinking fund, $168,000 interest and $15,000 unpaid bonds and coupons; the consequent difference would increase the estimated balance of resources from $1,179,687.58 to

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

887

:$1,402,045.83, so that if it should be deemed best a re-appropriation obtained would make possible a correspondi~g deduction in the item of public debt for 1899. By this action this excessive liability, the growth of many years, would be finally settled.

when the January, 1899, estimate was made your committee concluded that it would be well to have a similar -detailed estimate of the probable results which would show on the 1st July, 1899, the 1st of October, 1899, and the 1st January, 1900. Such estimates are given later in the report, and we commend them to your careful consid-eration.

Accompanying this report will be filed certain memoranda and explanations from Mr. Brown, which will explain the method by which he arrived at his conclusions. He embodies in his report certain recommendations and suggestions which we cannot but approve. They are as follows:

CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT BOOK.
It should have a special column for cancellation stamp.

SPECIAL LOANS.
While doubtless necessary, they tend to impair the continuous audit of the Treasurer by the Comptroller-GenoeraL

888

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

BOXDS AXD COUPOXS.
After payment and due record, they should be destroyed in the presence of designated witnesses.

STATE DEPOSITORIES.
A uniform blank should be furnished and filled out over signature, and this blank should be made to the Treasurer of the State of Georgia; an improvement in the Treasurer's office would be the keeping of a daily balance book, which invariably is kept in a modern bank.
Of course the results predicted at the expiration of the period given are mere estimates, but they are entitled to consideration, because being based on the new appropriation and tax bills and in comparison with several precedmg years.
In conclusion we cannot too highly commend the zeal and efficiency of the expert engaged in this work, and hope the results of the invPstigation will merit and recehe yourapproval.

Cornmittee of Senate.

E. L. WIGHT, Cham'u,
s. T. BLALOCK,

J. L. HAND, B. E. THRASHER,.

WM. LITTLE.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, Ul98.

88!)

Cornrnittee oj House.

CLARENCE KNOWLEs, Cbm'n,
R. V. EvERETT,
0. N. STARR,
PAUL TURNER,
G. W. 1\f. TATmr,

J. M. WooTEN,

w. R.

FREEMAN~

A. EMANUEL,

J. T. NEWTON,

w. A.

LANE.

890

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The Treasury

1898. Nov. 30.

RESOURCES.
Cash in hand, record of ComptrollerGeneral..........................................$
Add balance of special loan................

224,283 75 150,000 00- 374,283 75

Dec. 1st to 31st. Estimated tax receipts: General tax ........ ...... .. .... .... ..... .. .... ..... ........ $ Railroad tax....................... . .. ................ . Poll tax ...................................................... Artist tax ............................................. .. Liquor tax ............................................ Dil fees .................................................. .. Office fees................................................. Insolvent general tax ................................. Insolvent poll tax....................................... .S.M. agents ........................................... Insurance fees ......... ....... ...... ... ...... .... ..... . Insurance agents ...................................... Insur..nce tax......................... .... . ..... . ..... .Show t!lx ............................................ Pistol tax............ .. ... ...... ..... ... ... ... ... ... .. .... Peddlers' tax............................................ Rental W. & A. R. R ................................ . Sale Georgia Reports ............................... .. Fertilizer fees ............................................ Telegraph tax ........................................... Telephone tax ........................................... .. ExpreEs Company tax ................................. -costs and fi. fas ....................................... Interest on fi. fas ....................................... Money refunded........................................ .. Fees B. and L. Associations .......................... Sleeping Car Companies' tax ........................ .. Interest from banks .................................... Sale of Codes .............................................. Games tax .... ..... ......... .. .. .. ...... ..... . ........... .. Hire convicts..... .. ...... .. ..........................

817,800 22 l84,2!'l4 80 78,088 93
5 00
47 oo
1,211 03 237 13 !'l65 98 246 55 1 25 88 40 365 00 4 54 11 2.)
16 87 6 56 35,001 00 287 88 524 99 1 75 4 13 2 65
75 112 63
1 20 2 50 473 60 124 67 52 63 5 62 1,04;) 84- 1,121,032 36

..Jan. 1, 18!19-Estimated taxes uncollected: General Tax and Professions ....................... $ 1,20il,595 37 Railroad tax.......................................... .. ..... 80,299 39 Poll tax................................... .......... ... .... 209,793 91- 1,495,688 67

$2,991,004 78

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

891

-State of Georgia.

!.I ABILITIES.

December 1, 1898, to January 1, 1899-Liabilities: School Fund ...............................................$ Putlic Debt.............................................. Temporary Loan . . .. .. .. ........ ...... ..... ....... Legislative Pay Roll .................................... Lunatic Asylum........................................... Penitentiary and Prison Funds .................... Civil Establishment-estimate .................... 1\Temorial Board Fund................................. . :Military fund....................... ...... .............. Widows' pensions, 1898 .............................. Printing fund ......... ... ... . ....... .................. Geological fund .... .. ... ........ ....... ................. Academy for blind...................................... Contingent fund ... ...... ...... .... . ....... ........... Insurance public buildings...... ....... ............. Supreme Court Reports ............................. Widows' Pensions-Awtry Act..................... School for colored ...................................... Lunatic Asylum Trustees ........................... . N. G. Agricultural College ......................... .. Fert11izer Fund ............................................. Repairs to Capitol.. ..................................... Penitentiary and Prison-traveling expense ... Penitentiary Fund-R. R. Commission........... Indigent soldiers' pensions............................. Library Fund ........................................... . Incidentals General Assembly ..................... . School for Deaf.... ...............:.....................

853,316 96 505,358 25 150,000 00
69,758 08 63,833 40 48,667 93 35,008 34 14,347 54 14,009 18 10,440 00
G,28:~ 65 6,909 21 5,000 02 4,941 49 2,948 35 2,518 50 2,200 00 2,000 00 1,848 04 1,500 00 1,39-) 23
816 80 500 00 252 43
40 00 31 80 :'8 10 25 32-1,803,977 62

LAPSED-
Widows' Pensions, 1897................................ $ Penitentiary Committee ........................... Stationery, General Assembly ................. Pt1blishing new Code .................................... Blount's Form Book ................................... Brown COJDmittee........................................
January 1st, 1899. Estimated balance ............................. ..

6,540 00 375 50 352 23 69 45 1 25 I 15-

7,339 58

$1,811,317 20

1,179,687 58 2,991,004 78

892

JOURNAL OF THE IlOUSE.

The Treaswy-

RESOURCES.

1899. January !-Estimated balance brought down ....... . .. ..............::: 1,1 79,687 58

.January 1Rt to July let-Estimated Tax Receipts.

Artists tax .................................................$ 1,108 00

Liquor tax ............................................ 109,101 00

Oil fees .................................................... 6,801 00

Office fees ...............................................

1,812 00

Insolvent general tax .................................... 4,388 00

Insolvent poll tax .....................................

3,480 00

Sewing-machine a~ents ............................... .

820 00

Insurance fees ........................................... 11,377 00

Insurance agents .......................................... 5,600 00

Insurance tax ........ ...... . .......................... 31,580 00

Show tax ..................................................

5,597 ou

Pistol tax ............................................... 5,051 00

Peddlers tax ..............................................

1,000 00

Rental \V. & A. R. R.................................... 210,006 00

Sale of Ga. Reports....... .... ........ ................ 2,000 00

Fertilizer fees ..... ....... ...... ...... .......... ;..... 17,417 00

Telegraph tax ......................................... . 1,990 00

Telephone tax .......................................... Express Co. tax ........................................ Interest on fi. fas ....................................... . Money refunded ......................................... Interest from banks ................................. ..
Sale of Codes ......................................... Garnes tax.............................................. Hire of convicts ........................................ ..
Billiatd tax .............................................. .. Auctioneer tax ..........................................
Pawnbrokers tax ........................................ Specialists tax ....................................... .. Commercial agencies tax ........ ... ............. .. Lightning rod agents ................................... Cold stor11ge tax ......................................
Dividend from stocks ................................... Rental Northeastern R. R ...................... . Wild land tax.......................................... ..
Sewing-machine companies tax .................... Futures tHx.. ...... ..... .................................
Sale of Acts ............................................ . Tax on patPnts ....................................... .. Sale of W. & A. R. R. property.................... .. Supreme Court costs................................ . Indian Spring reserve rental.......................... Brewing companies tax ..............................

2,545 00
1,926 00 435 00 420 00
8,482 00 1,800 00
30-l 00 21,251 00
5,200 00 473 00 900 00 97 00 450 00 45 00
1,260 00 1,298 00 4,650 00
23 00 1,200 00
1,800 00 10-l 00
9 00 2i9 00 2,047 00 147 00 900 00-t 477,176 00

U,li56,863 58

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

893

-State of Georgia.

T.IABILITIES,
1899 . .January 1st to July 1st-Liabilities:
School fund ...........................................$ School fund . ............................................. Public debt ......................................... .. Lunatic Asylum ..... ...... ......... ..... .. ........... .. Penitentiary and prison funds .................... . Civil establishment ...... ........................... Military fund ............................................. Widows' peneions .. .. .. .. ............................ Printing fund . ...... .................................... Blind Academy ........................................ Contingent fund ........................................ .. Insurance public buildings ......................... Printing Supreme Court Reports ................. Colored university ...................................... Trustees of Lunatic Asylum ...................... North Georgia Agricultural College .............. Korth Georgia Agricultural College, insurance Fertilizer lund ............................................ Printing Fund Railroad Commission........... l\Iaimed soldiers-pensions ........ ....... . ..... Indigent soldiers-pensions ......................... I ..ibrary fund .............................................. Acade1ny for Deaf............... ., ....................... Georgia Kormal School, Athens ..................... Land scrip fund ...................................... Institute Technology..................... GeorgiaN. and I. College.............................. GeorgiaN. and I. College, extra ............... .. Department of Agriculture ...................... .. Contingent Fund Railroad Commission ........ Contingent Fund Supreme Court ................ Public building fund .................................. Binding Journals.................................. .. Trustees UniYersity of Georgia ................... Solicitor's fees Supreme Court ..... .... ....... .

1,696 ()() 424,000 00 239,514 ()() 145,750 ()()
3,816 ()() 103,191 ()()
1,3:!5 00 121,900 ()()
7,155 00 9,540 ()() 5,300 ()() 8,480 ()() 3,180 00 4,240 ()() 1,325 00 3,180 ()()
318 00 1,696 00
530 ()() 102,025 ()() 126,140 ()()
1,590 ()() 13,250 00 6,625 ()() 3,346 51 10,600 ()() 10,812 ()()
24196 5,300 ()()
424 ()() 636 ()() 9,275 ()() 291 50 265 ()() 1,855 00-1,3]8,812 97

.July 1, 1899. Estimated balance .......................

278,050 61

$1,656,863 58

894

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The Trea8ury

RESOURCES,
1899. July 1st-Estimated balance brought down ........ ..................$ 278,050 6l

July 1st-to Oct. 1st-Estimated tax receipts:

Artist tax ...................................................$

188 00

Liquor tax ................................................... . 9,639 00

Oil fees ..................................................... 1,817 00

Office fees...... ...... ...... ...... .. .. .. ...... .... . ..........

653 00

Insolvent general tax................................

3,180 00

Insolvent poll tax ......................................

497 00

Sewing-machine agents..................................

40 00

Insurance fees .. .... .... ..... ..... .. .... .. .... . ..... ......

479 00

Insurance agents.........................................

180 00

Insurance tax . ... .. .... .... ...... .. ... ...... .......... 20,596 00

Show tax .................................................. 1,809 00

Pistol tax .....................................................

472 00

Peddlel'B' tax ...............................................

632 00

Rental W. & A. R. R................................ .. 105,003 00

Sale of Georgia Reports ..... ...... ..... ...... ......

817 00

Fertilizer fees ........................................ . 4,000 00

Telegraph tax ............................................ .

688 00

Telephone tax......... ....... ..................... ..

1,379 00

Costs and fi. fas. ..... ........ .... .... .....................

600

Interest on fi. fas ...... ......... ...... .................. 3,983 00

Money refunded............ .......................... .

240 00

Fees B. L. AEsociation ................................. .. Interest from bank ........ ..... ...... ... .... ......... Sale of Codes ................................................
Games tax ............................................... Hire of convicts ...................................... .. Billiard tax............................................... Auctioneers' tax........................................ . Pawnbrokers' tax........................................
Specialists' tax ........................................... . Lightning-rod agent's tax ........... ., .............. Cold-storage tax ....................................... ..
Dividend from stocks ................................ Futures' tax............................................... Sale of acts ................................................. Loan agents' tax ....... . .. .... ...... .. . ........ .. .. .. .....
Brewing Company tax ................................. Tax clock-peddlers .......................................
Oyster Land lease ........................................ Net earning N. E. R. R ................................ .. Rent of public building................................. Oct. !-Estimated balance overdrawn ..................

990 00 1,786 00 1,275 00
45 00 4,358 00
743 00 67 50 90 00
36 00 270 00 180 00 511 ()()
2,700 00 79 00 54 00 368 00
45 00 35 00 15,445 00 ~6 00-$185,401 50
186,923 04

$650,37-5 15

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

895

. -State of Georgia.

LIABILITIKS.
1899 July 1st to October 1st-Liabilities:
School fund ..................................................$ School fund ................................................. Public debt .............................................. . Lunatic asylum ......................................... . Penitentiary and prison fund .................... Civil establishment ................................... Military fund ............................................ Widow's pensions ..................................... Printing fund.............................................. Academy for bliud .................................... Contingent fund ........................................ Insurance fund ......................................... Printing Supreme Court Reports................ Colored University......................................... Trustees of Lunatic Asylum ........................ .. North Georgia Agricultural College .............. North Georgia Agricult'l College-Insurance.. Fertilizer fund ......................................... Printing fund-R. R. Commission ................ .. Maimed soldiers' pensions .. ......... ....... ........ . Indigent soldiers' pensions............................ Library fund ............................................. Academy for Deaf.............. .. ...................... Georgia Normal School, Athens .................. Land Script fund ......................................... Institute of Technology ............................... Georgia Normal and Industrial College........... Georgia Normal and Industrial College, extra. Department of Agriculture .......................... Contingent fund R. R. Commission ............. Contingent fund Supreme Court .................... Public building fund .................................. Binding journals .................................... Trustees of University of Georgia.... ........... Solicitor fees Supreme Court ..................... ..

800 00 200,COO 00 112,970 00 68,750 ()()
1,800 (0 48,675 00
625 00 57,500 0()
3,375 00 4,500 00 2,500 00 4,000 00 1,500 00 2,000 00
625 00 1,500 ()(}
150 00 800 00 250 ()() 48,12;1 ()() 59,500 00 750 ()() 6,250 00 3,125 ()() 1,578 53 5,000 00 5,100 00 114 12 2,500 00 200 00 300 00 4,375 ()() 137 50 125 00 875 00-$ 650,375 15

~ 650,375 15

896

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The Treasnry

RESOURCES.
1899.
()ct. 1 to Jan. 1, 1900-Estimated tax receipts:
General tax.................................................$
Railroad tax...............................................
Poll tax...................................................
Artists' tax ................................................
Liquor tax ................................................
Oil fees.................................................. .
Office fees...................................................
Insolvent general tax ...............................
Insolvent poll tax .......................................
Sewing-machine agents ..... ............... .. ...... Insurance fees ............................................. Insurance agents..... ...... ...... ...... .. ........... .. Insurance tax............................................ .. Show tax ............................................ Pistol tax .................................................. Peddlers' tax . .. .. . ......... ............................ Rental W. & A. R. R ................................... Sale of Georgia Reports.............. .. Fertilizer fees............................................. Telegraph tax......... .................................... Telephone tax........................................... Express Company tax ................................ .. Costs andfi.jas.............. ...........................
Interest on fl. jas .......................................
Money refunded ..... ...... ......... ....... .......... Fee3 B. L. Association ................................ Sleeping car companies ............................ .. Interest from banks ........... ...... ..... ... .... . Sale of Codes ......................................... . Games tax ................................................. Hire of convicts ........................................ Billiard tax........ ......... ............................... Auctioneer~' tax ......... ..... ...... ........ .... .. ... Pawnbrokers' tax ......................................... Specialists' tax .......................................... Lightning rod agents ............................... . Dividend from stocks ............... .............. .. 'V.ild land tax ...... .. ... .. ... .. .... ................ .. Sale of Acts.. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ... .. ..... ........... .. Sale of W. & A. R. R. property ................. .. Interest from lessees................................. ..

914,032 00
217,406 00
95,754 00
162 00
3,451 00
4,861 00
582 00
8,015 00
473 00
20 00 404 00 670 00 132 00 131 00 05200 225 00 105,003 00 1,008 00 1,666 00 852 00 1,355 00 IJ09 00 26 00 388 00 390 0() 10 00 748 00 263 00 927 00
4.'> 00 11,094 00
225 00 22 Of! 9000 18 00 135 00 786 00 18 00 36 00 248 00 343 00-1,373,575 00

January 1, 1900-Estimated taxes uncollected:
General tax at 5.36 mills less collection.......... Railroad tax ....... .. ..................................... . Poll tax....................................................

951 ,33R 00 11,442 00 12(;,942 00-1,(189,722 00

$2,463,297 00

TuESDAY, DECEMBEI\ 13, 1898.

897

-State of Georgia.

1899.

LIABILITIES.

{)ct. 1st- Estimated balance overdrawn brought down............. $ 186,923 04

{)ct. 1st to Jan. 1st, 1900-Liabilities:

School fund ....... .... ..... ... .. ..... ................. $

704 00

School fund ............................................. . 17u,ooo oo

Public debt ................................................. 99,396 00

Lunatic Asylum ........................................ 60,500 00

Penitentiary and prison fund ........................ 1,584 00

Civil establishment .................................... 42,834 00

:Military fund ............................................

5.50 00

Widows' pensions ....................................... 50,600 ()()

Printing fund............................................

2,970 00

Academy for Blind ...................................

3,960 00

Contingent fund................. .:... ................... 2,200 00

Insurance fund Public Buildings .................. 3,520 00

Printing Supreme Court Reports ................... 1,320 00

Colored University .............................. :... 1,760 00

Trustees Lunatic Asylum ...............................

550 00

North Georgia Agricultural College................

1,320 ()()

North Georgia Agricultural College-I nsu1 ance

132 ()()

Fertilizer fund ............................................

704 00

Printing fund-Railroad Commission ............ .

220 00

Maimed Eoldiers' pensions ........ .. ............... 42,350 00

Indigent soldiers' pensions ............................ 52,360 00.

LiLrary fund ............................................

660 00

Academy for Deaf..... ..... ...... ....... ...... ....:... 5,500 00

Georgia Normal School, Athens ................. 2,750 00

Land scrip fund ...... ......... ........ .............. .. 1,389 10

Institute of 'fechnology ........ ..................... -GeorgiaN. .& I. College ................................

4,400 00
4,488 .oo

Heorgia N. & I. College, extra..................... .

100 42

Department of Agriculture ..........................

~.200 00.

Continient fund, R. R. Commissioners ........ ..

176 00

Contingent fund, Supreme Court .................

264 00

Public Building fund .............................. .. 3,850 00

Binding Journals ........................ .................

121 00

Trustees University of Georgia ....................

110 00

S~licitor fees Supreme Court ........................

770 00- 572,312 52

..Jan. 1st, 1900-Estimated balance ......................

1,704,061 44

.')7 h j

$2,463,297 00

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Blalock of Fayetre, moved rto reconsider the action: o the House had on yesterday in defeating House bill No_ 237.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, oolled for the previous question, whiclt. call was sustained.
Mr. Blalock called for the ayes and lllays, which call was; sustained.
On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows::.

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Fender,

Johnson of Bartow,.

Adamson,

Freeman,

Johnson of LeP,

Barwick,

Franklin,

.Jordan of Jasper,

Bennett of Mitchell, Gay,

Lane of Early,

Bennett of PiercP, Gresham,

Lane of Sumter~

Beauchamp,

Griffin of Greene, Latimer,

Bell of Spalding,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lee,

Blalock,

Griffith,

Longino,

Brown of Carroll, Hall,

Moore,

Bryan,

Hamby,

Mullins,

Bynum,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonald,

Carter,

Hardwick,

McElreath,

Castleberry,

Harrison,

McFarland,

Cook,

Harrell,

)fcGehee,

Copeland,

Harvard,

McLaughlin,

Crossland,

Hathcock,

McLennan,

Dickey,

Henderson of Irwin, McRae,

Ellis, Emanuel,

Henderson of \Vash't'nPace,

. Howard,

Pate,

Everett of Polk,

Hopkins,

Park of GreenP,

Everett of Stewart, Holder,

Post,

Fain,

Jobmon of Appling, Price,

Farmer,

.Johnson of Baker, Raw:s of Effingham,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

899

Rawls of Wilkinson, Rudicil, Snell, Starr, Sturgis,

Stone, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Wade,

Walker of Crawford, Willingham, Wood, Woodall.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Bl~Jek of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Chappell, Darnell, Dews, Duncan, Erwin, Ford, Greene, Harris, Hendricks, Herring,

Hill, Hosch, Jarnagin, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Laing, Martin, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, Morris, McCants, McDonough, McMillan, Ogletree, Ousley, Reid,

Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Whiteley, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Bass, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Calvin, David, Denny,

Drawdy, Esterlin, Felker, Fort, GeorgP, Hammett, Hammond, Harrlin of Wilkes, Hutchins, Johmon of Floyd,

Jones m Burke,
Jordan of Pulaski, King, LaRonche, Maxwell, McCranie, Newton, 0\erstreet, Padgett, Park of Troup,

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Reynolds, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Stubbs,

Stewart, 'L'isinger, Turner of Henry,. Walker of Union,

Watkins, Williams, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed wit1h.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 83, nays 49.
So the ni'otion to reconsider therefore prevruiled.

Mr. Erwin of Clarke, movef:l to reconsider the action of the House in 110t passing House resolution No. 78, the same being a resolution for the relief of securities of J. W . .Johnson of Oconee county.

J\fr. Price of Oconee, callecl for the previous question, which cull was sustained.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.

The following bills were re-ad the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By :Mr. Whiteley of Glascock-
A bill to amend section 1642 of Yolume 1 of the Code Qf 1895, and for other purpOS8.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed tD.
On pac'-lSage of the bill, the ayes were !)2, nays 2.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 13, 1898.

901

So the bill, having received the requisi,te constitutional majority wa.s passed.
By .Mr. Willingham of Monroe-A bill to regulate and control the expenditure of county
funds, and fo,r other purposes.
The report O'f tthe commi,ttee, whioh was favorable to the passage of the biH was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the 'ayes were 95, nays 1.
So the bill, having received the requisite oonstjtutional n1ajm-ity was passed.
On motion of Mr. Willingham of :Monroe, the bill just passed wa.s ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate> through Mr. N orthen the Secretary thereof:
Jlr. Speaker:

The Serrate has passed by the requisite constituitional majority the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of Harmony Grove.
.Also, A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the payment of insolvent costs to certain officers in Hancock county.
Also, A bill to provide for a Board of Commissioners for Thomas county.

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Also,

A bill to repeal an Act providing for a Board of Commi~sioners for Camden county.

Also,
A bill to appoint a c0mmission looking to the erection oJ a new union <h'pot on the State's property in the city o Atlanta.

The Senate has aJ.so passed the following House bill as :::.mended, to wit:

A bill to establish a system of public schools in Ciarkstcn in DeKalb county.

The Senate insists on its amendment to the following House bill, to wit:

..:\. bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta.

The Senate bas also passed the following Senate bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A 1ill to provide who rna~ redeem propel'ty sold at tax sales.

Also. A bill to amend the Clharter of K ewton in Bak,er county.

By 1Ir. 1IcLatlghlin of l\Ieriwet:her-
A bill to arr:end an Act to regulate the payment o:f fees tu attorneys and receivers, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

903

The report of the e.ommit.tee, which was favorable to the pa;,sage of the bill was ag-reed t<'.
On passage of the bill the ayet> were 88, nays 1.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional n;ajority was pu>:sed.
On motion o :Mr. ~Ici~au~hlin, the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Trhe following met>sa~e was received rom the Senate through :Mr. Xovthen, the Secreta!":'' thereof:

lfr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed the following- Senate bills by the ru]uisite constitutional majority, to wit:
A bill to create a charter or the city o Blakely, to cl1ange the name from 11:.he rown o Blakely.

Also,

A bill to amend an Act providing or the condemnation o:! private property for public lt.'>e-3.

Also.

A bill making it unla>dul or any person to manufacture fermented intoxicants, and fixing punishment for same.

Also,
A bill to amend seetion 5401 o the Code relative to fees of ,;:heriffs.

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The Serialte has also adopted the following resolution,;, ii. which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:

A reolution directing the superintendent of the lunatic a:oylum to return \Villiam Schwarz to the authorities oi Chatham count_y.

Also;
A resolution providing for the correction of map Xo. 6 of the official survey of the \V. &. A. R R.

Also,
A resolution providing for a comm1sswn to determine the boundary line between Georgia, Tennessee and X orth Carolina.

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

A bill to appropriate $10,000 for the maintenance of a textile department of the school of Technology, and forot.her purposes..

This bill involving an appropriation, the House resohed iteel into a Committee of the \Vhole for the purpose of . considering the same.

The Speaker designated as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Moore of Carroll.

Mr. Little of Muscogee, moved that the committee rise and report the hill back t.o the House with the recommendation t:hat it do pass by substitute.

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905

The committee rose and the chairman thereof made said' rPport to the House.
The report of the Committee of the 'Vhole House waa agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered..

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Cast-leberry, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan,

Ellis,

Hutchins,

Emanuel,

Jarnagin,

Erwin,

Johnson of Appling,..

Esterlin,

Johnson of Baker,

Everett of Poik,

Johnson of Floyd,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Lee,

Fain,

Jordan of Ja~.>per,

Felker,

Jordan of Pulaski,.

Freeman,

Knowles,

Franklin,

Lane of Bibb,

George,

Lane of Early,

Greene,

Laing,

Griffin of Greene, LaRoche,

Griffith,

Latimer,

Hall,

Lee,

Hammond,

Longino,

. Hardin of Libe~ty, Mayson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,.

Hardwick,

Merritt,

Harris,

Mitchell,

Harvard,

Moore,

Hendricks,

Morris,

Henderson of Washt'n.Mullins,

Herring,

McCants,

Howard,

McDonough,..

Hopkins,

McElreath.

:906

JoURNAL oF THE HousE.

McLaughlin, McMillan, Ousley, -<>verstreet, Pace, Pllrk of Greene, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid,

Reynolds, Richardson, Rose, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Snell, Speer, Starr,

Stone, Tisinger, 'l'urner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upehurch,
Wad~>,
Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Bennett of Pierce, Bh:lock, Brown of P.ryan, Bryan, Bush, Cook, Dickey, Farmer, Fender, Ford, Fort, Gay, -Griffin of Twiggs,

Hammett, Harrell, Henderaon of Irwin, Hill, Hosch,
. Johnson of Bartow,
Martin, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Rogers, Rudicil,

Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Timmerman, Walker of Union, WilliamP, Willingham, Wood, Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Adams, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Drawdy, -Gresham, Hamby, Harrison, 1Iathcock,

Holder, Jones of Burke, King, Lane of Sumter, McCranie, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Padgett, Pate,

Park of Troup, Post, Spinks, Stubbs, Tatum, Tracy, Whiteley, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

TuESDAY, DEcEMBER 13, 1898.

907

Mr. Lane of Bibb moved to dispanse with a verification 'Of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 39.
So the bill having :receiYed thl' requisite constitutional majority was pa881d by substitute.

On mOition of :\Ir. Knowles, the bill just passed was ordert>d immediate}.' transmi-tted to the Senate.

~fr. walker, Chairman of tlw Enrollment Committe!', -submit,ted -the following report:
}.{r. S pea.ker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled, ~igned and ready for deliYery -to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
"\n Act to authorize -the mayor and aldermen of the city of SaYannah to condemn property for drainage purposes~ etc.
An Act to fix the hours of keeping open the polls at precinc~s situart:ed in incorporated cities, etc.
An Act to amend an Act approYed Se~pte-mber 14th, 1894, e;,tablishing a system of public schools for the town o~ \\.ashingtxm, l'tc.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Sharpsburg iP_ Cowcia county.
An .\ct to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provid-e for

908

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

the creation of a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and Hevenne for the county of Oconee.

An Aot to authorize the St. Luke )Iethodist Episcopal church South, af the city of Columbus, Georgia, to orea;be a lien by mortgage, deed or otherwise, for purpme of borrowing money to complete the church building.
Respectfully subm~tted .
T. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. S!aton of Fulton, the following bin was <taken from rt!he table and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Lane of Early-
A bill to repeal an Act to regulate and maintain a dispensary in Blakely, Early county; Georgia, and for other p1irposes.
Mr. Slaton of Fulton, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Barron, Barwick, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

Bond, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Calvin,

' Carter, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, Denny,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

909

Dews, Ellis, Emanuel1 Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Gay, Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Henderson of Irwin,

Henderson of Wash'n,Reid,

Herring,

Reynolds,

Howard,

Rose,

Holder,

Rudicil,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Johnson of Baker, Snell,

Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

Jordan of Jasper, Speer,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stone,

Knowles,

Swift,

Lane of Early,

Tisinger,

Laing,

Tracy,

Le:>,

Turner of Henry,

Longino,

Turner of Rockdale,

Maxwell,

Upchurch,

Morris,

Wade,

Mullins,

Watkins,

McCants,

Williams,

McMillan,

Wood,

Ousley,

Yates.

Park of Greene,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bowen, Bryan, Bynum, Castleberry, Cook,

Darnell, David, Duncan, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Fort, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty,

Hendricks, Hutchins, Johnson of Bartow, Lane of Bibb, Latimer, Mayson, Merritt, Moore, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Pace,

910

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Pate, Rawls of Wilkinson,
Roger~,
Singletary, Sloan,

Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Starr, Sturgis, Taylor,

Timmerman, Walker of Crawford! Willingham, Woodall. Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bower, Brown of Carroll, Die key, Drawdy, Gresham, Harrison, Hathcock, Hill, Hopkins, Jarnagin, John~on of Lee,

Jones of Burke, King, Lane of Sumter, LaRoche, Martin, Mitchell, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McLaughlin, McRae, Newton, Ogletree,

Overstreet, Padgett, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham~ RichardEOn, Stubbs, Stewart, Tatum, Walker of Union, Wbitt'ley, Mr. Speaker.

A verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 80, nays 54.

The bill not having n'C(>ived the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Holder of .Tackson-
A bill to allow the S.tatP, a,; owner of the Xortheastan r:::ilroad, to lw sued in e<rtain casPs, and for other purposes.

The riport of the counuittec, which \\'llS f~norahlf' to th,, J'a~age of the hill was agTeed to.
i)n pa>;sagc of thl' bill the aye,; were 1on, nays 0.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

91!

So the biH having recelived the requisite constitutional majority was agreed to.

BJ }Ir. :Moore of Carroll-

A bill to amend sec-tion 5462 of the C()de of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was :f.avorable to thepassage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 1.
So the bill, having recffived the requisite const~tutionai majority was passed.

:Mr. Moore of C"<lrroll asked that t:he two bills just passed b( immediately trunsmitted to the Senate, which request was granted.

B.v l\fr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to amend section 431 of the Code of 1895, and" for othe:r purposes.

The report of the commiHee, which was faYorahle to thepassage of the hill was agreed to.

On pa&0ag' of the hill the ayes were 112, naY,;; 0.

So tl:e hill haYing recf'ive<l thP requisite <;omtitntionar majority was pilssed.
On motion of }fr. Slaton of Fnlton, the hill jnst passed was ordered immedintelv transmitted to the Senate.
On motion of }fr.Tohn,;;on of Bakrr, t.hr morning's ses-

:912

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

sion of this House was extended five minute; for the purpo.._<>e of putting House hill K o. 94 upon its po-assage.
On motion of Mr. Sloan of Hall, Honse bill No. 422 was withdrawn.

By Mr. Johns.on of Bartow-

A bill t.o amend section 815 of volume 3 of the Code
-ot 1895, and fo<r other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was fa-vorable t.o the pt:seage of the bill was 3greecl to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following not.ioo was :reo.d for the information of the House, t.o wilt:
By ~[r. Hardwick of Washington-
A nutice to i!he members that each member will be entitled Ito two admission tickets to the Capitol to-morrow, and that same can he secured .rom the clerk.
Leave of a:bsence was granted Mr. Hendricks of TiattnalL from this evenings sesffion.

The hlour of adjournment having arrived rthe Speaker -declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

913

3 0'clock p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour !lind was called to order by the Spooker pro tern.
The roll-call and reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
The first business in order was rthe reading of reports of the following committees:
By :Mr. Stone of "\NaltonA resolution for the relief of A. ~L Hill of Walton
county, and for other purposes. Also, The following bill which I am inskucted to report back
to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
By ~Ir. Hall of BibbA bill to be entitled an Act to require all street railway
companies operating street railroads in the State of Georgia to enclose the front part of th~ platform of all street cars operated by them wi.trh glass or other material, so as to protect rthe mo,tormen on said cars from the cold, and to provide penahies for failure to comply with the requirements of this A0t.
lleRpeetfully submitted. JOHN :JL SLATON,
Chairman General Judiciary Commit.tee.
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91-1

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Bennett of Mitchell-
As substituted,
..
A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of W ortJh, Calhoun, Baker and Mitchell counties, and for other purposes.
Also, as substituted,
By ~fr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an Aet to provide for the record of judg1nents and decrees and notices of suits, transferring or affecting the title;; to real estate, <and providing tha:t lis pendens will not be notice in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Also,
By :Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend secrt:ion 4517 of the C'ivil Code of Georgia, 18!)5, so as to authorize the court to which an attachment had been returned by the kvying officers to hear evidence and paSs upon the sufficiency of the bond.

Also, as amended,
By }fr. Brannen of 1Jhe 17th-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2636 of the Code of Georgia, which provides a penalty for using the n1ame of a pe-rson in a partnel'5hip, who is not a member thE>reof.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898.

915

Also, the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back to the House with .the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

By Mr. Underwood of the 32d District-
A bill to be entitled an Act .to allow construbles to levy and collect superior, city and county oourt fi. fas. when the snme can be levied on personal property, and the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars.
Also,

The following House bills, which I am instructed toreport back to :the House with the' recommendation that the snme do pass, to wit:

Mr. Slaton, Chairman o the General Judiciary Com
mittee, submitted the following report:
M1-. Speaker:
The General J udiciillry Committee have 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:

By :Mr. Dickerson of the 5th-
A bill to reduce and regulate the fees of notaries public and other officers in this State, whose duty it is to protest notes and give notice to endorsers, sureties, oc makers of commercial papers.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also,

By :Mr. Wight of the lOth-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 1107 of
V(llume 3 of the Code orr Georgia, providing for the pay-
Il:ent of sheriffs fees, and for other purposes.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

M1. Speake?:

The Committee on vYays and Means have had under
consideration the following Sena,te bill, which they instruct me to report back with 1the recommendation that the same bE." read the second <time and recommi,tted to the Committee
on vVays and Means, to wit:

A bill to provide for a Board of Equalization of real and personal property subject to taxation in this State, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

The following report of the .Toint Committee, appointed to investigate il:he controYersy between Dr. Goo. F. Payne and the Commissioner of Agriculture, was read and adopted, to wit:

TuESDAY, DEcEMBER 13;1898.

917

REPOHT OF JOINT COl\fMITTEE UNDER RESOLGTIO.X NO. 52.
]Jr. Speaker:
The Joint Committee appointro under resolution N ~ 52, to investigate the controversy between Dr. Payne, ex State Chemist, and lion. 0. B. Stevens, the Commissioner of Agriculture, with reference to possession of chemicals and apparatus in the State laboratory, and the expenditure of appropriations made by the State Chemist since 1891 Jf:o the prooenrt time, beg leave to submit the following report, to wit:
vVe find the law under which the office of State Chemist
was created to be in the Acts of 1877, folio 38, as follows: Section III. Be it fur-ther enactro, 11hat it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner of Agricu1ture to appoint an experienced and competent chemist to analyze all fertilizers or chemicals for manufacturing the same, offered for sale or distribution in this State, and make such other alllalyses as may be required by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The said chemist shall take and subscribe, before some officer duly authorized to administer the same, an oath faithfully and impartially to perform all the duties which may be required of him under the provision of this Act; which oath shall be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture. His salary shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annuum, which shall be full compensation for all Jutioo which may be required of him under this Act, in-

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

eluding the crent of laboratory and of apparatus, and cost of chemicals.
In pursuance of this law, Dr. G. F. Payne was duly appointed State Chamist on Novtember lOth, 1890, and immediately went into the discharge of his duties.
On December 20th, 1890, a special ;a,ppropriation of $498.00 was made to defray the cost of putting in plumbing, flooring, shelving and furniture in the office of the Si,ate Chemist in the State Capitol. (See Acts 1890-91, page 532.)
was On September 16th, 1891, an Act approved appro-
priating $3,471.76 for the purpose of reimbursing Dr. Goo. F. Payne-, Staoo Chemist, fur moneys expended by him in suppl;ying materials, apparatus, and employing assistants. The expenditure of rubove money represents a portion of rthe property in controversy aooording to evidence adduced 1before the committee. Sinoo which appropriation, there has been made, in addition to his salary and that of his two assistnnt chemists, an appropriation o.f $1,000.00 per wnum fur replenishing chemicals and apparatus, amounting to $6,000.00, all of which has been drawn froin the treasury by Dr. Payne with the exeepti'on of $43.55, ";hich was left unexpended in the troosury on October 26th, 1898, the daoo of his retirement from office, and these ch~micals and apparatus, under the terms of the law creating t,he offiee of State Chemist, he was required to furnish to the State at his own cost.
From this, it appears that Dr. Payne during his administration has had appropriated to him by the legislature, .and has drawn and expended from the State Treasury for

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919

furnishing chemicals and apparatus, the sum of $7,716.21; -and from the evidence of competent witnesses, the -annual amount neceSsary to expend for chemicals during his administration should not exceed $500.00 per annum, w'hich would leave for purchase of permanent apopa:rotus, $3,'716.21.
From an inventory of all the chemicals, apparatus and furniture taken by the present Commissioner of Agriculture, when he took charge of the laboratory, we find the same Yalued at $2,127.55, which would leave chemicals -and apparatus unaocounted for amounting to $1,588.66.
Your committee hru; been unable to secure invoices covering all the 'apparatus and chemicals purchased by Dr. J>ayne for the lab()II'atory during 1his administration, many of these invoices 1being missing from the books and papers turned OYer by Dr. Payne to the Commissioner of Agri-culture, which makes the records incomplete; burt from the few Youchers now accessible to us, we find invoices for apparatus as having been paid for by the State 'appropriation and included in Dr. Pa:yne's reports to the Governor, amounting to $634.73, which apparatus, according to sworn tstimony, is not now, nor has it ever been in the State's laboratory. 1,Ve present a list of these items in Exhibit "A," as follows:

EXHIBIT "A."

()ctober 11, 1892, Box mineral specimens, freight and drayage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... $ 33 97
:September 15, 1893, :Microscopic instruments. . . . 80 28 :September 23, 1893, Microscopic instruments... 96 20

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October 25, 1893, :Microscopic instruments . . . . . . 14 50

November 13, 1893, :Microscopic instruments ... . 1 36

December 5, 1893, )ficroscopic instrument;s ... . 3 96

April 24, 1895, Fountain pen ............... . 2 75

:May 11, 1895, to February 24, 1897, Chemical

books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 50

October 1, 1896, Renlt of typewriter .......... . 40 00

Febmary 1, 1897, Rent of tyvewriter ........ . 5 00

~Jarch 1, 1897, Rent of typewriter . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 00

:Xovember 17, 1897, Platinum .............. . 18 01

January 12, 1898, Platinum ............... . 69 64

J anu+ary 12, 1898, Platinum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 00

January 25, 1898, Pl,atinum ................ . 3 04

}'ebruary 17, 1898, .A<tlanta City Directory . . . . . . 5 00

April 21, 1898, Platin~m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 24

April 21, 1898, Platinum .................. . 25 28

~Jay 13, 1898, Plaitinnm ................... . 6 00

September 29, 1898, Fielder & ~lower, repairs to

typewriter. . . . . . . . . . . . . .....

7 00

$624 73

It was established before us by sworn testimony that about five one-horse dray loads of chemiools and apparatus were removed from the basement of the Capitol by Dr. Payne just previous to the taking of the inventory as above referred ~to. These good;; were removed at night after the officials of the Agmcultural and Chemical depaPtments had gone home, and without the use of lights in the storageroom. A portion of these goods were delivered at the resi-

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dence of Dr. Payne in Atlanta, and the balance was car-ried t() the Atlanta :~fedi~al College.
"\Ve approve the course taken by the Commissioner of Agriculture in retaining possession of all the chemicals, apparatus, etc., found in the laboratory, believing as we do, from the above facts, and the law in the case, that the State has a good title to the property. lit is a source of great regret to t.his committee, that we were unabl-e to secure the presence and coopernrt::ion of Dr. Payne in the investigation of this matter. He was assured by the committee that they d-esired and intended t() make a full and impartial investigation, and in order IJ:() do this, he was earnetly requestd by members of the committw to attendtheir meetings and give them the benefit of such information as he possessed, and to present fully his side of the contention. Your committw offered to subpcena all witness6 that Dr. Payne desired, and invit~ed his atttorney to be present to .assist him in presenting and oondu~ing his side of the contntion. Dr. Payne declined to come before the committee or to have anything to do wi~J:h the investigl!Jtion. Hence, the committee were powerless to get such facts and information as Dr. Payne alone possessed, and were comp1led to proceed with the investigation wl.thourt his help or cooperation. \\Te regret exceedingly that, for reasons that must have been satisfactory to himself, Dr. Payne saw fit to withhold from us such facts and information aswould have been helpful, and which we believed were in his possessiOn.
In view of the facts that he has applied to the courts forthe adjudication of this matter, we recommend that the

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Attorney-General be supplied with a copy of this report :and this evidence for use by him in behalf of the State.

Respectfully submitted.

J. L. HAND, J. H. McGEHEE,
For the Senate. 0. H. JORDAN, Chairman, R. W. EVERErrT, WM. HARRISON,
On part of the House.

:Mr. Swift of Elbert, moved that the page8 and elevator 'boy be excused from this afternoon's session, which motion prevailed.
~Ir. Johnson of Bartow, moved that House bill No. 104, which was passed at the morning session, be immediately .transmitted to the Senate, which request was granted.
The following bills were read the third ,time and put upon their passage, to 'vit:
Hy )fr. J ohngon of Bartow-
A bill to amend an Act to require all claimants of lands sold under transferred w-ild land tax fi. as. to bring. suit within thirty-six molllths, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was fa-vorable to the pa;:;sage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
Dn passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 2.

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:So th'e b1ll ha'Ving received the requisite constitutional majority 'W-38 ]Jll.Ssed by substitute.

Mr. Johnson of Bartow asked that the bill be immedi:ately transmitted to tlw Senate, whi0li request was granJted.

B_y Messrs. Smith and &Olll!l. of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of llall county, and for other purposes.
'The report of the comm~ttee, which was favorruble to the p3ssage of the bill was ~ed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 3.
So the bill baving received the requisite constitutional majority "115 pa~sed as amended.
J\fr. Smith of Hall, asked that the bill be immediately :transmitted to the Senate, which requffilt was granted.

Mr. :Moore, Chairman of the CommitJtee on Counties :and County Matters, submitted the following .report:
~Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County :Matters have had under llOlli>idern.tion the following House bill, which they instmct nw to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts

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in the counties of Heard and Carroll, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. :M. ~IOORE, Chairman.

:lfr. Willingham, Ohairman of the Committee on TemperanC, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperunce have had under consideration Hou:oe bill number 391, which they instruct me rto report back to the House and say that the same has not been acted upon, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Sparks in the county of Berrien, so as to authorize the mayor and council to issue bonds to the amount of $500.00, and for other purposes.
Hespectfully submit.tBd.
B.S. WILLINGHAM,
Chairman Committee on Temperance.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, ~o wit:
By ~fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to provide for a uniform system of tax receipts in this State, and for othBr purposes.

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The report of the commi,ttee, which was favorable to the
passage mt.he bill, was agreed to.

On pass.age of t.he bill the ayes were 113, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion of :Mr. Freeman t.he bill just passed was ordered immediately transm~tted to the Senate.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By ~Ir. Ellis of Bibb-
A resolution to appoint five members from the House and three from the Senate, who together, with t.he Governor and Comptroller-General, each of whom shall be ex officio members of said Board to constili:.ute a Board of Tax Commissioners.

By J\Ir. Chappell of :Muscogee--
A bill to provide for the incorporation of trust companies, to define their rights and powers, and for other purposes.
The report of the commi,ttee. which was favorable to t.hn passage of the bill, was agreed t.o.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 6.
So the hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. McDonald of Ware-
A bill to protect manufacturers and producers of Georgia, and for other purposes.
On motion of :Mr. Bryan .of F1oyd, the bill, together with amendments, was tabled.
Mr. LaRoche of Chatham, moYed to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of introducing a resolution> which motion was lost.
The follmving Senate bills were read the second time:
By ~Ir. Little of the 18th District-
A bill to be entitled 13.n Act to amend sections 1572,. 1574, and 1576 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Recommitted to General Agriculture Committee. The following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit~
By l\Ir. West of the 6th District-
A bill to appoint commissioners to eonsent in be.ihalf o.f the Srtate to the erection of a new union passenger depot O'll the State's property, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

The following bill w.as read the first time, to wit: B~1Ir. Hawls of wilkinson-
A bill to require railway companies operating railroads

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in Wilkinson county to fence in their tracks, construct g&tes, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations..

The following bills and resolutions were read the second' time, to wit:

By lfr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A resolution and bill for t.he relief and sureties on the bond of John P. Lamb, J.rute treasurer of Glynn county.

By ltfr. Cook of Heard-

A bill to change tihe time of holding; tlie Superior Courtof Heard and Carroll counties, and for other purposes.

By lir. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to provide for the record of judgments and decrees, and notices of suits transferring or a:ffeoting the titles. to real estate, and for other purposes..

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to amend section 4517 of the Civil Code of 1895,. and for other purposes.

By lfr. Reid of 'DaliaferroA bill to repeal the existing charter for the city of Hill-
man, and for other purposes.

By llr. Bennett of MitchellA bill to change the time of hold.ing t:lie Superior Courts
of Worth county, and for otlier purposes.

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By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to establish a permanent commission in each county, city and town of this State, to select books of reference --to be used in the public schools.
By :Mr. Stone of 'Valton-
A resolllltion for t.he relief of A. M. Hill of Walton coun-t), and for other purposes.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Bond of Madison-

A bill to regulate and mainh1in a dispensary in the town of Comer, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pa~sage of the bill, "as agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, navs 0.

So the bill, having received the reQuisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to amend an Act rincorpora,ting the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the -passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pa>"Sage of the bill the 'ayes were 98, nays 0.

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929

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By MessTS. Stone and Felker of Walton-
A bill to amend the ch:arter ill the city of Monroe, and for other purposes.
The report of the oommirttee, which was favora:ble to the. passage of the bill, "MlS agreed to.
On paa>age of the bill the ayes were- 96, nnys 0.
So the bill, having received the. requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Stone the bill was oroered immedi-
ately transmitted to the SenJate.

By Mr. LaRoche ill Chatham-
A bill to repeal sootiOIJl 4 of an Act to incorpomte the town of Warsaw, and for other purposes.
The report of the oommirttee, which was favorruble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayeswere 92, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Jarnagin of Warren-
A bill to incorporate the town of Camak, and for other purposes.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, wru; agreed to.

On passage of the bill rthe ayes were 93, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act establishing the charter of the city of Griffin, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Bell of SpaldingA bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act estrublishing a
chaTter for Griffin, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favor'llble to the passage. of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes w&e 93, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

HJ :Mr. Allen of BaldwinA bill to establish a system of working the streets in
Milledgeville, and for other purposes.



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The report of the collllllittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the 'ayes were 94, nays 0.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By !fr. Harris of Thomas-
A bill to incorpomte the town of Pavo in Thomas county, and for other purposes.

The report of the oommit'tloo. which was favom:ble to the passage of the biU was a~eed to.
On passage of ,the bill the a.Y'es were 91, n:avs o.
So the bill, having received the requi~;ite constitutional majority, was passed.

The House concurred in the Senate amendment to House bill No. 302, to wit-

By Messrs. )fayson and George of DeKalb-A bill to provide for a system of public schools for the
town of Clarkston, .and for other purposes.

The following Senate 'bills were read the first time, to wit:

By :Mr. Dickerson of the 5th DistrictA biH to amend an Act to provide for the condemnation
of privrute property for public uses, and for othe1r purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Humphries of the 7th District-

A bill to make it unlaw:f.ul f01r any person or persons to

make and manufacture intoxicating liquors, and for other

purposes.



Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Odom of the 9th District-

A bill to create the city of Blalrelv in lieu o:f the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Odom of the 9th District-

A bill to amend the Act incorporwt:i~ the town of Newton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee,

By Mr. Humphries of the 7th District-

A bill to amend section 5401 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to Gene11al Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fouche of the 42d District-

A bill to provide who may redeem property sold at tax sale, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate resolutions were read the first time, to wit:

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"By Mr. Underwood of the 32d District-

A resolution Mlthorizing the superintendent to deliver William &hwarz to the proper alllthorities of Ohatham emmty.

Referred to Committee on Sta.te Sanitarium.

By Mr. West of the 6th DistrictA resolution providing; for the correction of map No. 6
of the official survey of the W. & A. Railroad, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By :Mr. West of the 6th DistrictA resolution aU!thorizing the Governor to appoint a com-
mission to decla.Te the true northern boundary of the State. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read the second time, rto wit:
By Mr. lJnderwood of the 32d District-
A bill to allow constables to colloot superior, city and county court fi. fas. where the same oon be levied on personal property, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wight of the lOth District-
A bill to amend section 1107 of volume 3 o the Code, and for other purposes.

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By :M:r. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to reduce and regulate the fees of notaries public and other officers in this Stat~l, and for other purposes.
l;y Mr. ~ici.ester of the 24th District-

A bill to provide for a Board of Equaliza6on of real and per.sonal property, subject to taxation in this State, and for other purposes.

Leave of absence was granted the :following member, to wit: Mr. Post of Coweta.

Leave of absence was also granted the Committee on Railroads.

The hour of 'adjournment having arrived, the Speaker pro tern. declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., "\Vednesday, December 14, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer hy the Chaplain.

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The roll was called, and the following members an-

i'Wered w their names:

Adams,

Ellis,

Hopkins,

Adamson,

Emanuel,

Holder,

Allen,

Erwin,

Hosch,

Anderson,

Everett of Polk,

Hutchin~,

Arnold,

Everett of Stewart, Jarnagin,

Barron,

Fain,

Johnson of Appling,

Bass,

Fender,

Johnson of Baker,

Bennett of :Mitchell, Freeman,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bennett of Pierce, Franklin,

Johnson of Floyd,

Beauchamp,

Ford,

Johnson of Lee,

Bell of Forsyth,

Fort,

Jones of Burke,

Bell of Spalding,

Gay,

Jordan of Jasper,

Black of Dawson, George,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Black of Whitfield, Gresham,

King,

Blalock,

Greene,

Knowles,

Bond,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Bibb,

Bowen,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Early,

Bower,

Griffith,

Lane of Sumter,

Brandon,

Hall,

Laing,

Brown of Carroll, Hammett,

LaRoche,

Bryan,

Hamby,

L'ltimer,

Bush,

Hardin of Liberty, Lee,

Bynum,

Hardin of Wilkes, Longino,

Calvin,

Hardwick,

Martin,

Carter,

Harrison,

Mayson,

Castleberry,

Harris,

Maxwell,

Chappell,

Harrell,

Merritt,

Cook,

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Copeland,

Hathcock,

Moore,

Crossland,

Hendricks,

Morris,

Darnell,

Henderson of Irwin, Mullins,

David,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcCants,

Denny,

Herring,

McCranie,

Dews,

Hill,

McDonald,

Duncan,

Howard,

McDonough,

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McElreath,

Reid,

McFarland,

Reynolds,

McGehee,

Richardson,

McLaughlin,

Rogers,

McLennan,

Rose,

McMillan,

RudicH,

McRae,

Simpson,

Newton, Ogletree,

Singletary 1 Slaton,

Ousley,

Sloan,

Overstreet,

Smith of Hall,

Pace,

Smith of Hancock,.

Padgett,

Spinks,

Pate,

Speer,

Park of Greene,

Starr,

Patkof Troup,

Stubbs,

Post,

Sturgis,

Price,

Stewart,

Rawls of Effingham, Stone,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams,
Willin~tham,
Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Barwick, Brown of Bryan, Dickey, Drawdy,

Esterlin, Farmer, Felker, Hammond,

Snell, Taylor, Turner of Rot:kdale.

Mr. :M:erritt o Hancock, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journ~l was read and confirmed.

The introduction of resolutions was the first busines::~ in order.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

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937

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution, extending thnnks to B. M. Fowler for rendering valuable services to the Smte at the Omaha :Exposition.

.B,y Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

..A. joirut resolution, authorizing W. H. Harrison of Fulton county to publrish the Acts of this Assembly, and also the public Acts of 1896 and 1897, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Reynolds of Richmond, the following bill was taken from the mhle and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to amend an Aot to create a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, whirch was :favorable to the
. -passage of the bihl., was a~eed to. Mr. Hamrrnond 'Of Richmond, moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to the report of the committee, for the purpose of offering an amendment, which mo-tion was lost.

Mr. Dews of Randolph, called lor the previous question, -which call was sustained.

Mr. Reynolds of Richmond, called for the ayes and nays, which call was SIUStained, and on taking the :ballot vivll voce, the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmati\e were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Carroll, Carter, Cook, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart,

Fain, Fender, Gresham, Griffith, Hardwick, Harrell, Hopkins, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski,
Lane ot. Sumter,
LaRoche, Martin, :\Jayson, Merritt,

Moore, :Morris,
McC~nts,
McDonough, McFarland, McMillan, Reid, Reynolds, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Stubbs, Sturgis, TisingPr, Whiteley.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Anderson, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Copeland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Ford, Fort, Griffin of Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, L'ltimer,

Hammett,

Lee,

Hammond,

Longino,

Hardin of Liberty, McLennan,

Hardin of Wilkes, McRae,

Harris,

Newton,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Henderson, of Irwin, Pace,

Henderson of \Vash't'nPate,

Herring,

Park of Greene,

Hill,

Post,

Holder,

Price,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Effingham,

Jarnagin,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

King,

Simpson,

Lane of Early,

Singletary,

Laing,

Slaton,

..

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StatT, Stewart, Swift,

Tatum,

Watkins,

Taylor,

Wood,

Walker of Crawf01d, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Barwick, Bass, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bynum, Castleberry, Chappell, Orossland, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Esterlin, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Gay, George, Greene,

Hall. Hamby, Harrison, Harvard, Hathcock, Howard, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Maxwell, Mitchell, Mullins, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McGehee, McLaughlin, Ogletree,

Overstreet, Padgett, Park of Troup,.. Richardson, Rose, Sloan, Smith of Hall,. Snell, Speer, Stone, Timmerman,. Tracy, Turner of Henry,. Turner of Rockdale;. Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Union,. Williams, Willingham,. Woodall, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

On motion o Mr. Mitchell o Thomas, a verifioation ot the roll-eall was dispensed with.
On counting rthe vote, it was found that the ayes were 42, nays 65.

So the bill, not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

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The following reports of oommittees were read by 'unanimous conseDit:

Mr. McDonough, Chairman of Committees on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on P\.Rilroads have had under consideration the following bill, whic:h thev instruct me to report back with the recommendart;ion that it do pass:
"By Mr. West of the 6th District-

A bill to provide for appo.intment of commissioners to ~onsent on behalf of the Stalte to the erection of a new union passenger station on the State's property in the city 'Of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JNO. J. McDONOUGH, Chairman.

:Mr. Allen, Chairm:an of the State Sanitarium Committee, submitted the following report:
M1". Speaker:
The State Sanitarium Committee having had under consideration the joint resolution No. 23, aJU<thorizing superintendent of the Georgia State Sanitarium to deliver William Schwarz to the proper authorities of Ohaltham county, etc., beg leave to report that said resolution do pass.
JNO. T. ALLEN, Chairman.

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Mr. Slaton, Chairman <Y.f the Conference Committee, on the part of tihe House, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Conference Committee, appointed under previous rff:olution, instruclt me to report as follows:

The Committee on Conference, on the part of the House to confer with the Senate committee on House bill 125, recommend the Senate substitlllte be concurred in with the folloWing amendment, by inserting before the repealing clause the following W()lrds: "Be it further enacted, That the crillllinal court of Atlanta be established in the city of Atlanta."

They further awee th~t the Senate substitute to House bill126 be concurred in.
Respectfully submirtted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the Conference Committee on the part of the House, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee, appointed under previous resolution, instruCit me to report as follows:
The Committee on Conference on the part of the House to confer with the Senate committee on House bill 126,. recommend that the House recede from its position in re~

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fusing 1:.o concur in the Senate substitute, and recommend the adoption of t,he Senate substitute.

Respectfully submitted. JOHN :M:. SLATON, Chairman.

:Mr. Slaton of Fulton, moved that the House recede from it:; refusal to concur in the Senate substitute to House bills X os. 125 and 126, whi~h motion prevailed.
The amendment to the substitwte offered by :M:r. Slaton -was adopted.
On motion of :Mr. Sla'ton, House bills Nos. 125 and 126 were ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By :M:r. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to amend section 1916, volume 2 of the Code o 1S95, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisi,te constitutional majority, was passed.
By l\lr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to carry into effect paragraph 1 of sootion 4 of article 8 of the constitution of the State of Georgia, and for .other purposes.

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On motion of lfr. Brown of Bryan, the bill just read -was tabled.

The following message was received from the Senate, through 1Ir. N orthen the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:

Th.e Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:

A resolut.ion to more fully invStigate the State Sanitarium, and for other purposes.

The Senart:e has also passed by the requislite constitutional . majority tihe following bills of t:he Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend paragraph 7 of section 107 of the Code "(lf 1895.

Also,
A bill to provide a more humane execution of persons convicted of capital offense in this State.
By lfr. LaRoohe o ChathamA bill to amend section 1700 of the Code o 1895, re.-
lnting to oyster-'beds, and for other purpooes.

On passage o the bill the ayes were 104, nays 0.

The bill, having received the requisiJte constitutional majority was passed.

On motion of J\k LaRoche, the bill just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

944

JouRNAL OF THE HouSE"~

By Mr. Yates of Oatoosa-

A resolution for the relief ott James R. Cravens of Ca~. toosa county, and for ooher p1lfi"'POSes.

The report of the committee, whicih was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

On passage of the resolution, the ayes were 99, nays 1..

So the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Tatum of Dade, asked that the resolution just passed be immediately trans:nll!bted to rthe Senaite, which request was granted.

Mr. Walker, Chai<rman of the Committee on Enroll-. melllt, submitted the following report:

j}fr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment instruct me to report the following Acts as examined, signed and ready for deliverytf' the Governor:

An Act to extend 1!he operation of the laws ott Georgia, applicable rt.o c:haritable and benevo~ent institutions for the custody of c.hildren, incorporated under the Act approved on the 18th day of Dooember, 189"4.

An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to grant and convey so much of the south side ott Walker street as may be necessary t.o construct a passenger depot.

An Act t.o authorize the city council of Augusta to fix

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945

\Yithin prescribed limits all fines and punishments for violation of any rules, by-la"s and ordinances.
_-'._n _Act .to authorize and proT-ide for the preparation and i:O:cuance to the b>anks and banking associations chartered hy this State, of circulating notes.
.An _Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis8ioners of Hoads and ReYenues in the county of Glynn, so :a~ to pto.-ide for the election of such commissioners by the people.
An Act to rep!'al an ~\..ct cons0lidating the office of clerk and tre:lsnre-1 of Columbia county.

"\_n Ac.t to autho-rize .the city council of Augusta to change in whole, or in 11art, the location of the dam now extending acro:::s the SaYannah riYer at the head of the c\.ugnsta canal.
Respectfnll~ submitted.
J. Y. WALKEH, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment.

11r. Slaton askPd that House resolution No. 75 be made the ,;pocial or<l<>r for 2 o'clock p. m., whiCih motion preyailed.
The hour of 1 o'clock p. m. haYing arriYed, thP Senate -appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint sf.'ssion -connmetl for t,}te purpose or reciYing the President of the l' nite<l Stat-<>S and his part:._ and other distin11:uished citi-
Z<n~.
I'll h .i

946

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The joint assembly was called 'to order by the President o:f the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, a committee of threewas appointed to ascertain what time the President would_ arrive.

The committee appointed were Senator Little and Representatives Slaton and Turner.

The committee retired and returning shortly thereafter,. through its chamnan, Senator Little, reported thart; the President of the United States and his party, and uther distinguished citizens, 'vere now approaching the State Capitol, and a salnrte of twenty-one guns would be fired to announce his arrival.

Soon thereafter the President of the United States, Hon. William McKinley, tlhe Presidenrtial party, and the distinguished citizens, toget.her, with his Excellency, the Governor of Georgia, Hon. Allen D. Candler, accompalllied by his staff and State House officials, appeared upon the :floo1~ of the House and "ere esc01ied to seoats a1t. nhe Speaker's stand.

Ilis Excellency, the Pre:<ident of the rnited State,-, Ron. \Yilliam :McKinley, was then presented to the member;. of the General Af&lmbly, hy the Hon. \V. ~\. Docl:ion, Presi~ <l0nt of the Senate.

The President thereupon ad!lrC>ssed the General A:o:semhl_y.
A<l<lresse-s were -also madP hy GC>nerah .To;.:eph \Yheeler,.

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947

Young and Lawton, afiter which, upon motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, the joint assembly was dissolved fOT the purpose of allowing the PI"Sident to receive the members of the General Assembly.

Ater receiving the members of the General Assembly~ the President, his pamy, and the other distinguished gentlemen, together wiith the Governor, his staff and State House officials, retired from the Hall.

Lmve of absence was granted Mr. Bush of :Miller.

The Senate having retired, the House was called to order by the Speaker, and upon motion, adjourned until 3 o'clock this aftemoon.

3 0'clock p. m.
The House reconvened rut this hour and was called to or<ler by the Spooker pro rtem.
On motion of )fr. Bell of Forsyth, the roll-call was dispensed with.
On motion of l\fr. Slaton, the reading of the J omnal was dispensed with.
The following Senate bills "ero read t'he first time and appropriately refe<rred, to wit:

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By )fr. Dickerson of the 5th Disrt:rict~

,

~~ bill to amend paragraph 7 of section 107 of the Code

of 1R!l5, and for othf'r purpo,:;c,s.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

B: :Jir. }forrison of the 34th District-

A hill to proYide for a more humane execution of persc.n,; comicted for offence,; of a capital natnrf' in the State of Ueorgia, and for ot.her purposes.

Heferred to General .fu<licary Committef'.

By }fr. Brannen of tlw 17th District-

A hill to amend ,;ection 1 of an ""\ct relatang' to corporations doing a life imurance lmsine:"s in tlw State of Georgia, alHl for other purposes.

Heferred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate hills were read tlw second time, tr wit:
B: 1fr. rnderwood of the :32d District--

A bill to authorize the superintcmlcnt of thc StatP asylum to deliYE'r \Yilliam Schwarz to the propl'r authorities of C'hat,lwm county, and for other purposes.

]5y 1fr. West of Jthc 6th T>i,;trict--
A hill to appoint. a commission to {'onscnt on part of the State to the ere>0tion of a ncw passE'ngPr depoJt on the Stat!:'',; prop0rty in the eity of A~tlanta, and for other purpOSP>'.

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fl-!9

By )fr. Dickerson of the 3th District-

A bill to anwnd an Act to proYidP for the condemnation of priYate prope.rt.,v for public nBe::;, and for other Plll1)08eB.
On motion of ~fr. ~fcCranie of Hc>rrien, Hou::;e bill No. 391 was withdrawn.

The following Honse bills \\Pre rmtl the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:_

By :Mr. R<:>id of Taliaferro-A bill to repeal t.lw E'Xi::Jtoing- chanter of the town of Hill-
man, and for othPr purposes.
The rl'port of tlw committee, whieh was fayorable to the paBSage of the hill, was agreed to.
On p[k"-Sage of th<:> bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.

So the hill, haYing recei\etlthe rrquisite constitutional majority was passed.

On motion of :\I r. Denny of Floy(l, Hou8e resolution No. 7 5 was ta ble~:l.

On motion of ~lr. Hall of Bibb, House resolution No. 110 >vas tabled.

:Mr. Bell of Forsyth, mo\'ed that the House adjourn.

On thi,; motion, ~fr. Slaton cRllP<l for the ayp,; and nays, which call wa8 sustained.

On taking the ballot YiYa \'OC<', the YOte was as follows:

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Bryan, Bush, Carter, Copeland, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Freeman, Fort, Gay, George, Griffin of Twiggs,

Hamby,

McCants,

Hardin of Liberty, McElreath,

Hardin of Wilkes, McGehee,

Hardwick,

Ousley,

Harrell,

Padgett,

Harvard,

Pate,

Hendricks,

Post,

Henderson of Wash't'nPrice,

.Johnson. of Appling, Simpson,

.Johnson of Bartow, Spinks,

Lane of Bibb,

Speer,

Martin,

Tracy,

Mayson,

Watkins,

Moore,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, lack of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Denny, Dews,

Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Fain, Ford, Gresham, Hall, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Sumter, Laing, Lee, Longino,

Merritt, McDonough, McFarland, McMillan, Park of Greene, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum,

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'Tisinger,

Walker of Union,

'Timmerman,

Whiteley,

Walker of Crawford,

Wood, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

..Adamson, Arnold, .Barwick, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Crossland, Darnell, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Emanuel,
~sterlin,
Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, -GrEene, Griffin of Greene, -Griffith, Hammett, Hammond,

Harrison, Harris, Hathcock, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Early, LaRoache,
Latim~.>r,
Maxwell, Mitchell,
Morri~,
Mullins, McCranie, McDonald, McLaughlin, McLennan,

McRae; Newton, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace, Park of Troup, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Singletary, Sloan, Snell, Taylor, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Williams, Willingham, Woodall, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Ellis, a verification of t.he roll-call waa .dispe-nsed with.

On the motion to adjourn the ayes were 42, nays 64, so the rnO<tion to adjourn was lost.

:Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

952

,JOURNAL OF THE HoeSE.

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following resolution, which I am directed toreport back with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A resolution to appropriate a sum for the compensation

of A. L. \Valdo for services performed.

..

Respectfully submitted.

THOS.J. ClL\.PPELL, Chairman.

Leave o absence was granted 11[r. Bush o ~Eller from the afternoon sfffiion.
Jjy unanimous cons.:nt, the following resolutions were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit: :By :Mr. Stone of Walton-
A resolution for the relief of A. 111. Hill of Walton county, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, >vas agreed to.
On passage of the resolution the ayes were 89, nays 0. So the resolution having receiYtld the requisite constitu-tioll'al majority was passed.
By ~fr. Dews of Randolph--
A joint resolution, providing for the payment of per

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953:-

diem and mileage for the full tf'.rm of fifty days to t.he widow of \Y. T. Jones, deceased, member from Dougherty.

This resolution involving an appropriation, the House rt:solnd itself into a cDmmittee of the whole for the purpoee of considering the same.

The Speaker designated :Mr. \Yatkins of Gilmer as Chairman of the committ.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton, the committee rose, and through their Chairman, report0d the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same dD pass.

The report of the Committee of ;the \\';hole was agreed. to.

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot Yi>'a voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adam~.
Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock,

Bond, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Denny, Dews,

Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Fender, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Twigg~,. Griffith, Hall,

':954

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

llardinof Liberty, Laing,

Hardin of Wilkes, LaRoche,

l i a r d wick,

Lee,

Harris,

Longino,

llarrell,

Martin,

'Harvard,

Mayson,

Hendricks,

Merritt,

-Henderson of Irwin, McCants,

Henderson of \\Tasht'n,McDonough,

Herring,

McElreath,

Ifill,

MeFarland,

Howard,

McGehee,

Hopkins,

McMillan,

Hutchins,

O,;!letree,

.Jarnagin,

Ousley,

..Johnson of Appling, Pate,

Johnson of Baker, Park of Greene,

Johnson of Bartow, Post,

.Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of Wilkinson,

.Jordan of Jasper, Rudicil,

..Jordan of Pulaski, Simpson,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Lane of Sumter,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yatel'.

Mr. Smith of Hancock voted in the negative.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barwick, Bowen, Bower, Bush, Crossland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Emanuel,

Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, George, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Hammett,

Hammond, llamby, Harrison, Hathcock, Holder, llosch, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burkt>, King, Knowles,

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Lane of .Early, Latimer, Maxwell, Mitchell, .Moore, Morris, Mullens, McCranie, McDonald, .McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae,

Newton, Overstreet, Pace, Padgett, Park of Troup. Price, Rawls of Effin~ham, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers,

Rose, Singletary, Stubbs, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Williams, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

On motiop of .:\Ir. Ellis, 1the verification of the roll-call was di,;;pensed with.

On passage of the hill the ayes were 109, nays 1.

The resolution having receiwd the requisite constitutional majority was pas..'led.

By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the third time and put upon irts passage, to wit:

By :JIr. Bennett of :Mitchell-

A bill to change t,he time of holding the Superior Courts
' T of orth, Doug'ht>a"ty, ~Iitchell, Baker, Decatur and Cal-
houn, and for other purposes.

The repoflt of tthe committee, which was favorable to the ps:':sage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the bill ha,ing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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JouRNAL OF TIIE HousE.

)fr. Ellis of Bibb, moYed that t.lw rule:; of tlw Honse be suspPIHled for the purpose of taking up House bill Xo. s~, whieh moticm prevailed.

:Mr. Johnson of Bartow, moved that the rules of the House be sus}X'n<led for the purpose of taking up House bill No. 246.

By }!r. Cook of Heard-

A bill to amend seotion 1 of Acts of 1897, page 108) in reference to the paynwnt of school toorhPrs, and for other purposes.

1\fr. BPll of Forsyth, called for the }H'PYiou,; question on the bill and amendments, which call "'as sustained.

The report of ,the committpe, whioh was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.

:Mr. Cook of Heard callC'd for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva vocC', the Yote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp,

Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bla!ock, Bond, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll,

Bryan, Carter, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey,

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957

Duncan, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twigg~, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrill, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins,

Hutchins,

Richardson,

Jarnagin,

Rogers,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Johnson of Baker, Simpson,

Johnson of Bartow, Slaton,

Jordan of Jasper, Sloan,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hall,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hancock,

Lane of Sumter,

Snell,

Laing,

Speer,

Lee,

Rtarr,

Longino,

Sturgis,

Martin,

Stewart,

Mayson,

Swift,

Merritt,

Tatum,

McDonald,

Tisinger,

McDonough,

Timmerman,

McElreath,

Tracy,

:\fcFarland,

Turner of Henry,

McGehe-',

Wade.

2\k:\lillan,

Walker of Crawford,

Ogletree,

Walker of Union,

Ousley,

Watkins,

Pate,

Whiteley,

Park of Greene,

'Hood,

Post,

\Vooten,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Yates.

Reynolds,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Daldn, Dhappell, Ellis,

Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

t5tone, Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Earwick,

Bowen, Bower,

Bush, Bynum,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Crossland,

Johnson of Lee,

Darnell,

Jones of Burke,

Drawdy,

King,

Emanuel,

KnowleP,

Esterlin,

Lane of Early,

Everett of Stewart, LaRoche,

Farmer,

Latimer,

Felker,

Maxwell,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

GrePne,

Moore,

Griffin of Greene, Morris,

Hammond,

Mullens,

Harrison,

McCants,

Hathcock,

McCranie,

Henderson of Wash't'nMcLaughlin,

Holder,

McLennan,

Hosch,

McRae,

Newton, 0 verstre_et, Pace, Padgett, Park of Troup, Price, Rawls of Effingham,_ Reid, Rose, Singletary, Stubbs, Taylor, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Williams, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

:M'r. Gresham of Burke, moved to dispense with a veri-fication of the roll--call, which motion prevailed.

On pa~sage of rthe bill the ayes were 110, nays 6.

So the bill having received t:he requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

On motion of :Mr. Sloan of Hall, the bill just passed was. ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following resolution was read the third time, to wit:

By :1\[r. Brandon of FultonA resolution to co~r)('nsate A. L \Yaldo for serne%
rendered to the State, and for other purposes. This resolution involving an appropriation, the Hou~<:-

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,
resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the pur

pose of considering the same.

The Speaker designated as Chairman of the Committee

of the W1hole House, Mr. Dews of Randolph.

:Mr. McDonough m~wed that the eommit,tee rise and report ~the bill back to ,the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. In conformity thereto, the Chairman rose and made said report to the House.

Mr. Lane of Bibb, called for the previous question on the resolution and amendments, which call "'as sustained.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as 'amended, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was 'as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry,

Chappell, Cook, David, Dews, Duncan,
Ellit~,
Erwin, EverE-tt of Polk, .l<'ain, Fender, Freeman, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,

Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilke~, Hill, Hopkins, Hutehin!', Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling,.. Johnson of Floyd, Lane of Bibb, Laing,

!160
Lee, Mayson, Merritt, Moore, McDonough, McElreath, McMillan, Ogletree, Dusley, Park of Troup,

JOURNAL OJ<' THE HousE.

Post, Reynolds, Richardson, Rudicil, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Starr,

Stubbs, Swift, Tatum, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Copeland, Dickey, Ford, Fort, -Gay, Griffin of Twi~gs, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick,

Harrell,

Padgett,

Harvard,

Pate,

HendrickF<,

Park of Greene,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Henderson of Wash't'n Rogers,

He1ring,

S'oan,

Howard,

Snell,

Johnson of Baker, Sturgis,

John~on of Bartow, Stewart,

Jordan of Jasper, TisingPr,

Jordan of Pulaski, Timmerman,

Lane of Sumter,

Walker of Unio11,

Martin,

Whiteley,

Me F a r l a n d ,

Wood,

McGehee,

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Arnold, Barwick, Bond, Bowen, Hower, Bush, Bynum,

Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Drawdy, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart,

Farmer, FelkPr, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Harris, Hathcock,

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Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, King, Knowle, Lane of Early, LaHoche, Latimer, Longino, :Maxwell, Mitchell,

Morris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Overstreet, Pace, Price,

Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Rose, Singletary, Slaton, Stone, Taylor, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Williams, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Basso: Habersham, moved to dispense with a verification of t1he roll-call, which moti()lll prevailed.
On counting the vote the ayes were 72, nays 45.
The resolution not having received the requisite constitutional majority -..vas lost.
::\fr. Brandon gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House r~olution No. 110.
Leave of absence was granted ::\Ir. EYerett of Stewart, and ::\Ir. Freeman of Coweta.

On motion of :Mr. Sfubbs of Laurens, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Commit.tee on Oorpora'tions, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under con-
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sideration Senate bill No. 73, which I am instructed toreport back with the r~ommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to pTovide for the condemnation of private prope])ty for public purposes.

Respectfully submitted. J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

The following message was recmved f:rom his Excellency, the Governor, through his Sooretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
I am instructed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Represenltatives a communication in writing.
State o Georgia, Exooutive Office,
Atlanta, December 14, 1898.
To the Snate and House of R~entatives:I have the honor to transmit herewith a communication
from the Honorable John H. :Martin, representing Mrs. rna Clements and Judge James B. Clements of Irwin county, tendering to the State as a donation, two acres of land, the site on which President Jefferson Davis and his escort were captured in 1865.

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As will be seen, no compensation is asked for the land, and no conditions attached to the donation, except that the land shall forever be held and owned by the State of Georgia, and not be permitted to pass into the hands of private parties, and that proper legislation be enacted to protect it against relic :hunters and trespassers.
This communication is transmitted .to your honorable bodies with the re.commendation t.hat the donation be accepted by the State, and its management turned over to the Daughters of the Confederacy to be cared for and ornamented by them in such was as they may deem most appropriate, withourt cost to the State.

A. D. CANDLER.

Hawkinsville, Ga., X ovember 29, 1898.
Governor Allen D. Candler, Atlanta, Ga:
Dear Sir.-I 'am instructed by :Mrs. Una Clements, widow of, and Judge James B. Clements, son of Ron. R. W. Clements, deceased, l<ate of Irwin county, Georgia, to tender as a donation to the State of Georgia, two acres of land, covering the spot where President J effernon Davis and his escort were camped at the time of his capture.
}frs. Clements and Judge Clements, in making this offer, are carrying out the wish of }fr. R. W. Clements;often expressed to tJhem and myself, and which death prevented him doing.
No conditions are attached to the gift except that the land must be forever held and owned by the State of Geor-

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gia, and not be permitted to pass into the hands of private parties, and that appropriate legislation be enacted to protect it against relic hunters and trespassers of all kind.
The two acres are a part of lot of land number 51 in the 2d land district of Irwin county, Georgia, and are on the public road leading from Abbeville to Irwinville, and are t0 he laid off in such manner that the spoil: where the tent of President Davis was pitched shall he the centre, as near as practicable.
This land, if accepted by the State should be nicely enclm;ed and a suitable monument erected theroon, and to this end on behalf of t.he donors, I suggest that either the l'nited Dnughters of t.he Confederacy or the United Sons of Confederate Y eterans be authorized and empowered to take in charge its improwment and de-coration.
."\round this spot cluster associations so well depicted in a letter written to me on January 2d, 1887, in spe.aking of the place, that I feel constrained to quote the following portion as a suitable inscription to be placed on a monument, ;,hould one be eredt'{l: "Though connected with a sad mi~achenture which has been the theme of many scandalous falsehoods, I cannot remember as other than a crowning misfortune without shame."
Kindly submit this matter to the General Assembly of Georgia ~,ith such suggestions as you deem best in the premises.
Yours truly, JNO. H. 1\IARTIN.

VVEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1-!, 1898.

965

The follo'wing bills were read the third time and put upon their paESage, to wit:

By 1Ir. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to amend and consolidate the laws governing the inspection, analysis and sale of ~onmnercial fertilizers, etc.,
and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was :favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of :the bill the ~yes were 89, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By l\Ir. Slaton of Fulton--

A bill authorizing the Commissioners of Roaili; and Re\enues to elect their own clerks1 and for other purposes.
The report of 'the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

l\fr. Tatum of Dade, called for the previous question on the bill and amendments, which call was sustained.

l\fr. Sloan of Hall, caUed for the aJ'?S 'and nays, which

call was sustained.



On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows: Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Anderson, Barron,

Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding,

Brandon, Chappell,

966

JOURNAL OF THE JIOUSE.

Copeland, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, Herring, Hill,

Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Early, LaRoache, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Morris, Mullins, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath,

McLaughlin, McMillan, Ousley, Park of Green', Prict>, Reid, Reynolds,
Richard~.<on,
Slaton, Smith of Hall, Spinks, Starr, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmt>rman, Turner of Henry, Williams, Woodall.

Those voting nay were Messrs-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Car~ll, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Uook, Crossland, Darnell,

Dickt>y,

Johnson of Appling,

Everett of Stewart, Jones of Burke,

Fain,

Lane of Sumter,

Felker,

Laing,

Ford,

Merritt,

Greent>,

Mitchell,

Griffin of Twi~g!!, McFarland,

Hammett,

McGehee,

Hammond,

McLennan,

Harrison,

Ogletree,

Harrell,

Padgett,

Harvard,

Pate,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Henderson of Wash't'nRogers,

Howard,

Rudicil,

Hutchins,

Simpson,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 189~.

967

Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Sturgis, Stewart,

Rtone, Swift, Tatum, Tracy, Watkins,

Whiteley, Willingham, Wood, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barwick, BaBB, Black of Whitfi_eld, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Bryan, Bush, David, Drawdy, Esterlin, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Gresham,

Hall, Hamby, Hardwick, Hathcock, Hendricks, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Latimer, Maxwell, Moore, McCants, McDonald, McRae,

Newton, Overstreet, Pace, Park of Troup, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rose, Snell, Speer, Htubb!', Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Mr. Speaker.

l\fr. Hall of Bibb, asked to be excused from voting, on account of being disqualified, which request was granted.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 63, nays 64.
The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

968

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The fo-llowing message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Jl:fr. Speaker:

The Senate has pal'OOd by the requisite constitutional majority, as amended, the following House bills, to wit:

A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to prescribe three grades o-f complete fertilizers.
Also,
A bill to fix the boundary line between the .States of Georgia and South Carolina.
The Senate has also passed the following Senate bill by the requisite constituilional majority, to wit:
A bill to regulate the corporations doing business as life insurance, on the assessmffilt plan, in this State, to print on their policies "the assessment plan."

The following House bills failing to receive the requisite constitutional majority were lost in the Senate, to >vit:

A bill to amend the charter of the 1:ovm of Washington. Also,

A bill to amend section 2185 of the Code of Georgia.
The Senate has also concurred in the House amendments to the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Albany.

"WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1898.

969

By :Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill to authorize the graduates of the normal department of the Normal Industrial College at 1Iilledgeville to teach in the public schools of this State without further examination, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the hill was agreed to.
1fr. Slaton called for t.he previous question, which calL \Yas sustained.

)fr. Johnson of Bartow, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows==

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Andereon, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryarl, Brown of Carroll, Bush,

Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Felker, Freeman, Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Greentl, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty,. Hardin of Wilkes, HarJwick, Harrison, Harris, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash't'D> Herring, Hill, Howard,

'970

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Hopkins, .Hutchins. Jarnagin, .Johnson of Appling, ..Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, .Jordan of Jasper, King, Lane of Bibb, ,Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lain!!', LaRoche, Longino, Mayson,

Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McDonough, McGehee, McLennan, McRae, Pace, Park of Greene, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rogers,

Rudicil, Singletary, Slaton, l:lpinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbe, Sturgil!l, Stone, Tatum, Watkins, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Me'!Srs.-
:

'Bryan, o<Jastleberry, Dickey, ~verett of Stewart, 1Farmer, Fender, Ford, Fort, Hammett,

Hoscb, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Pulaski, Lee, McFarland, Ogletree, Simpeon, Sloan,

Smith of Hancock, Stewart, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Crawford, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

..Adamson, Arnold, Barwick, 1Biack of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, <Jrossland,

Darnell, David, Drawdy, Esterlin, Franklin, Gay, George,

Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Holder, Jones of Burke, Knowles,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1898.

971

Latimer, Martin, Maxwell, Mullens, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McLaughlm, McMillan,

Newton, Ousley, Overstreet., Padgett, Pate, Park of Troup, Post, Richardson, Rose, Smith of Hall,

Snell, Swift, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, U})l!hurch, Wade, Walker of Union Whiteley, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

1\Ir. Slat~::m of Fulton, moved to dispense with a verifica tion of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 25.
So the bill, having received th~ requisite constitutional majority was passed.
On motion of Mr. Hrurdwick of Washington, the bill jnst passed was ordered immooiately transmitted to the Senate.
The following resolutions were read and adopt-ed, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of RichmondResolved, that the Chairman of committees only be al-
lowed ten minutes to conclude debates for the remainder of this session.
By Mr. Calvin of RichmondResolved, that this afternoon's session begin at 3 o'clock
p. m. and adjourn at 7 p. m.

972

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By ~Ir. Henderson of Irwin-

A bill to change the time of holding the fall session of the Superior Court in Irwin county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was faYorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 0.

So the bill ha>ing received the requisite constitutional majority "as passed.

By ~lr. Stubbs of Laurens-

A bill to amend section 982 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passe.d.

By ~Ir. Simpson of :Milton-

A bill to amend section 3244 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of th committee which was favorable to the passage of the hill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.

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973

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Duncan o Houston-
A bill to amend section 2334 o the CiYil Code o ls-95, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was a.-orable to the passage of the bill vas agreed to.
On passage o the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.
So the bill having :received the requisite constitutional majority was p2ssed.

On motion o ~Ir. Duncan, the bill just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By ~Ir. Beauchamp o Pike-
A bill to authorize the Trustees of the State "C"niYersity tc opemte summer sessions for the benefit of the white teachers o this State, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill was agreed to.
On passage o the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.
So the bill having receiYed the requisite constitut[onal majority, >Yas passed.

On motion o :Mr. Beauchamp, the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

974

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, December 15, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker and opened 'vith prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members an swered to their names: :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon,

Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carttr, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Erwin,

Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay,
Geo~e,
Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twigg@, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamhy, Hardin of Liberty~ Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

THURSDAY, DECEliBER 15, 1898.

975..

Harrison,

Mayson,

Harrit~,

Maxwell,

Harrell,

Merritt,

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Hendricks,

Moore,

Henderson of Irwin, Morris,

Henderson ofWash't'nMcCants,

Herring,

McCranie,

Hill,

McDonald,

Howard,

McDonough,

Hopkins,

McElreath,

Holder,

McFarland,

Hosch,

McGehee,

Hutchins,

McLaughlin,

Jarnagin,

McLennan,

Johnson of Appling, McMillan,

Johnson of Baker, McRae,

Johnson of Bartow, Newton,

Johnson of Lee,

Ogletree,

Jones of Burke,

Ousley,

Jordan of Jasper, Overstreet,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pace,

King,

Padgett,

Knowles,

Pate,

Lane of Bibb,

Park of Greene,

Laue of Early,

Park of Troup,

Lane of Sumter,

Post,

Laing,

Price,

LaRoche,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Latimer,

Reid,

Lee,

Reynolds,

Martin,

Richardson,

Rogers, Rudicil, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan. Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock,. Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr. Stubbs, Sturgis-, Stewart,. Stone,. Swift, Tatum, Taylor,. Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford,. Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent:were Messrs.-

D"ckey, Drawdy, Esterlin,

Everett of Stewart, Felker, Greene,

Hammond, Hathcock, Johnson of Floyd,.

'976

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Longino,

Rose,

J.'dullins,

Simpson,

'Rawls of Effingham, Tisinger,

Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Wooten.

:Mr. Bond of )fadison, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was then read and confirmed.

The following joint resolution was read and unanimously :adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Calvil'l of Richmond-

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, t1hat, as the chosen representatives of the people of Georgia, we desire to express our high appreciation of the chaste, eloquent and statesmanlike address delivered in the presence of t'his General Assembly in the hall of the House of Representatives on yesterday, by his Excellency, 'Yilliam )IcKinley, President of the enited States.

Resolved further, That President :McKinley, by his ready recognitkn of Southern ability and Southern worth in military appointments, made at the outbreak and during the recent Americo-Spanish war, won a warm place in the hearts of all our people and endeared himself to the country at large.

Hesolved further, That we desire especially, to commend and applaud the generous and soldierly suggestion made by his Excellency that "every soldier's grave made ,during our unfortunate civli war is a tribute to American

THCRSDAY, DECEMBER 15, J,898.

9.(7

Talor. And, while when those graws wer~ made we differed widely about the future of this Gov(lrnment, these .differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of .-arms. And the time has now come in the evolution of sentiment and feeling mHler the providence of God, when in the spirit o.f fraternity we should share with you in the care .of the graves of the Confederate soldiers. The cordial feeling now happily existing between the North and South prompts this gracious act, and if it needed further justifi.cation it is found in the g-allant loyalty to the L nion and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just passed by he sons and grandsons 0f these heroic dead."

These be words that might fitly be written with letters of gold in pictures of silver. They do credit to the heart and head of the distinguished citizen who uttered them-a man who has prowd himself to be the Chief Executive oi the .entire "Lnion, capable on great occasions of rising high :above party and sectional lines.

Resolved further, That the Secre<tary of the Senate and 'the Clerk of the House of Representatives be instructed, 'immediately after the 'Udoption of these resolutions, to have a copy of the same enrolled and duly attest.ed, and that ihey deliver the same to.his Excellency, the President, 'i11 person before he leaves the Capital of the State.

On motion of :Mr. Calvin, t:he resolution was ordered :immediately transmitted to the Senate.
)fr. Blalock of Fayette, moYed to reconsider the action
f-U '1 j

97H

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

of the Hom:e, had upon ye:5terday, in refusing to pass House re8olution No. 110, which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Laing, Chairman pro tem. of the Committee on the J>rivileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Jlr. 8 peaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under considerat-ion a resolution by .Mr. Sturgis of }lcDuffie, inviting :Mr. Ira E. Farmer, Hon. .J. H. Boyd, .Jr., also, Hons. .J. .J. Haynes and .John :McLucas, and other gentlemen therein named to seats on the floor during their stay in the city, ~Rnd have instructed me as their Chairman tr. report the same back to the Honse ''lith a recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Respectfully submitted.
.J. A. LAIXG, Chairman pro tem.

The following pri,ilege resolutions were read and adoptfd, to "it:
By ~fr. Blalock of Fayette-
Resolved, that the privileges Qf tlw floor be exte.nded to Hon. .Tohn .J. Haynes aiHl Hon..fohn )[cLucas <huing their stay in the city.
B;v }fr. Sturgis of 1fcDnffie-
Hesolnd, that the privilege~ of the floor he extm<le<1 to-
til< Hons. Ira E. }'arnwr, E. ll. .Jfc>C 'nrd, ;r. H. Bonl, .Tr.,..

'l'HL"RSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898.

979

J. F. Shields of )fcDuffie county, during their stay in the city.

~Ir. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on part of the Honse to visit the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at ~\fille<lgeville, the Xormal School, and the University at Athens, submitted the fo1lowing report:
Jh. Speaker:
Your commit tee, appointed hy direction of a joint reso lntion of the Honse and Senate to visit the Georgia X ormal and Industrial College at 1filledgeville, the X ormal School and the University .at Athens, have the honor to submit the following report:
'Ve find attending the Georgia, X ormal and In<lustrial College at }!illedgeville, 418 students. In the }[odel School, 64; in the regular co1legiate department, 354. These 418 students are distributed among the various classes, as follows: Senior, 25; .Junior, 45; Sophomore, 89; Fre,;;hman, 57; Sub-Freshman, 5S; Prf'para.tory, 5H; irrf'gular, 22; mo<ld :'chool d!'partnwnt, G4. Students taking normal course, 10-1-; studenli:s takiug industrial course, 158. The industrial students are distribnted among the variou;; lnanches, as follows:
Dressmaking, 104. Stenography and Typewriting, !H. Bookkeeping, 21. The<>e :o1mg girls come from one lnmdre<l (lifferent cnnnties in the State. The total number of teachf'r>' engaged, inclmling tl1e tfachers of 1fu~ie and _\rt, are 27.

980

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Of the 354 regular college students, 320 are boarding

pupils; 245 of them hoard in the College Dormitories, and

the re:;t-about Iii-for want of room, are compelled tu

''rhoard in private families. e e:Specially approYe of this dormiltory sy&tem, for many

rPason. First, it brings all alike, under the same 8y::>tematic

management and immediate protection of the president of

the college.

It affords the Yery lowest amount of expense for the



student, a consideration of the greatest moment at this

time, when every effort must be employed to cheapen the

facilities of education under the eYer-increasing demand

for knowledge at the public expense.

To meet this demand, we recommend thM a charge of

one dollar per month be made for each student occupying

a 1)lace in a room in this college, and all other State insti-

tntwns ,f like chara.c!Rr. This sum can be set aside for

the building of other dormitories, when needed, and mak-

ing repairs and improvements to such public buildings as

may be required.

This sum would be in the nature of a donation from

each student attending such school, in apprec.iation for the

great benefits received, and insure like benefits to those

who may come after them.

\Ye find the monthly expenditures of each student, for

liYing expenses, reduced to between sevE'n and eight dol-

lars pE'r month, which indeed is small enough, it would

SPE'm, compared with many other institutions. \Ye find thPSe dormitoriE's kE'pt scrupulous}~- clE'a.n and
n ;:anitary condition. ThE' young gir18 look health~- ancl

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f\81

Hem to 1e earnest in their appli<.>ation to work. It has not
been our pleasure to see girls more graceful or ea~ier in
tlwir carriage t'Jhan in this school, the fact of which we attl,ibute largely to the most excellent and systematic training t.lwy receive in the school of physical culture. The impOiiance of this training not only redomids to the benefit of the individual, but to t:he future manhood and womanhood of Georgia.
We particularly emphasize the encouragement of as many as may be possible to follow the industrial, rather than the nom1al course, to the end that they may be more meful to themselves and the State. The prospect of one in the :X ormal School may at first seem brightest, but in the end 'vill not prove so. Places for Normal graduates \Vill become fewer while there is no crowding of excellency in the industrial pursuits.
Disclaiming any desire to be fulsome, or motive to flatter, we be-lieve the president of tllis school was born for t.he place; and a \-isit to this institution will demonstrate more fully than anything we might say, his absolute fitness.
The faculty of this school, as near as we can judge from our brief inspection, seem fully capable.
THE UNIVERSITY.
At Athens we were shown through the different departments of the University.
\Y-e were gratified to note the impron'nH.mt in the general appearance of the lmildings on the campus.
The l~st I.egislature made an appropriation for the erection of a much-needed building for officers, recitation

982

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

rooms and laboratory, and its completion has relieved, to a great extent, the congestion which existed previously. \Ye found the morals of the students good, and the attendance encouraging, when depressed business conditions are comidered.
The Faculty h~ve started a cooperative boarding-house, which enables a student to obtain board at about $8.00 per nwnth, under conditions which are neat and desirable. Additional dormitories are greatly needed.
The Trustees have purchased an eligible farm nror the city limits, where the student desiring light npon scientific agriculture will have every opportunity afforded him of studying and experimenting along this line. ~\nd just here, perhaps a word of explanation may not be amiss. It is not generally understood rvhat the Act of Congress donating l~nds from which the fund for the Agricultural College is derived, dis1inctly stipulates that this fund shall only be used for the dissemination of scien1tific knowledge; another rigid eondidon is that the funds shall not be in-
Yested at an interest of less than 51 per cent. Therefore,
any effort in the I.egislature, or elsewhere, to divert this
money from its proper channel, or to invest it at 3! per
cent. or a~v lower per cent. than re(]uired 'b~ C''Ongress, can but prove futile. Its status is fixed by law, and if we would enjoy its benefits, we must comply with its condition;;.
Another misapprehension is, that the L ni ,ersity i;; a heay; yearl; expense to the State; whereas, the truth is, that the l.-niversity does not receive one dollar of annual income from the StJate, bnt it is supported by certain spcc.ifie

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898.

983

Lequests, and from the land-seript fund from the United States GoYernment.
~- Nr~ia makes no appropriation to the University, except for the erection of buildings, when absolutely needed.
The land-script fund referred to was realized from the sale of $240,00 acres of land donated by the United States Gowrnment, rand amounts to $232,000. Of this amount, all except $90,000 is inyested in Georg-ia State bonds at 7 per cent.
From this source, and the ")Iilledge," "Terrell," "Brown," and other legacies, the annual income of the UniYersity is about $44,000.
That the rniveNity has a farm where scientific experinwnts may be illustrated is due ruther to the careful business management of the trustees thMl to the liberality of the State.
This farm does not belong to the State, but to the UniYersit~, nor does the State appropriate one cent toward it;; llll:lintenance.
\Ye make these statements to correct some wrong Impre~sions which haYe gone abroad, and in justice to an institution which is doing a gTand work for the youth of our State, and of which ewry Georg-ian should feel justlv proud. Here, too, more room is needed, bult the stringency ..f the times preYents an application for help.

984

J ouR~AL OF THE HousE.

THE STATE XOR~IAL SCHOOL.
Here "'e found the students in their rec.it.ation rooms,. underg-oing their examinations before the close of the prc8ent session. Between fiye and ~ix hundred students have matriculated during the year just passed. The buildings are in good condition, but not large "enough to accommodate the number of young men and young women, ,dw are fitting themselYes for teachers. The dorrnitories are comfortable and the mess hall neat and well conducted.
The board, while ample and wholesome, has been reduced to a minimum. The student obtains fuel, .food,.. lights and washing- for t<lw wr.' small sum of $i .00 pe1~ month, an amount so small, in comparison with tlH' benefits rooeiYed, as to be almost incredible.
The instruction is of a high ordPr, and offers un;;urpassed opportunit,ies for teachers wishing to thoroughly prepare themselves for their profeesion.
Alt{)gether, our trip was both encmu.a:ging and instructIve. EYery opp01ctunity and facility was extended us tcr investigate every item of income and disbursement, as well as every line upon which education is being conducted.
\VB feel that as a people, we ha,e reason for gratitude: in that our ~nstitutions of learning are contributing so. much to the general advance of knowledge.
In conclusion, we beg leaYe to say, that, while present general conditions are unsatisfactory, and the douds owr the future are dark and lowering, the minds of our young men and women llU"e being developed along lines, which,. if properly directed, will enable them to lift these clouds.

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985

and nnally bring our common.country into the broad sun-light of re.newed prosperity.

..-\.ll of which is respectfully submitted.

T. LINDSAY JOHNSON, Chairman House Committee. D. C. FE:XDER, .J. C. JARNAGIN, J. H. LONGINO, WILL A. BLACK, .JAS. T. :McGEHEE, E. B. GRESHAM, F. \Y. COPELAND.

The following message was received from the Senate,. tbrough ~Ir. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:

J.l!r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following Home bills by the requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to establish the city court of -swainsboro in Emanuel county.

Al8o, A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Bre-men in Haralson county, and to provide a new charter for same.
Also, A bill to ari1c-nd the charter of the city of :Marietta i:w Cobb county.

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J oGR~AL oF THE HousE.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augu:;ta. Also, A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors through thf' medium of dispensaries. Also, A bill to abolish the city court of DeKalb county.
"T A bill to relieve 0. Linden, ex-tax-collector of Lau-
rens county. Also, A bill to amend the charter of the town of L~erly m
Chattooga county.
A !5o, ...:\ bill to fix rthe time of holding the SnpE'rior (\nuis in
the Southwestern Circuit.

A bill to change the manner of selecting the Commis'~ioner,; of Brooks county.
_\lso,
_\_bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to e:;-:<1 ~Jli:;h a department of Horticulture and Pomolog~-.

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987

The Senate has also concu11red in the following House rrwlution, to.wit:
A resolution for the relief of George A. Hall and Joel }'. Thornton as sureties on the bond of Gene -Williams.

)Ir. Freeman, Chairman of the \Vays and Means Committee, submitted the following report:

_jjfr. 8 pealw:
The \V-ays and ~Ieans Committee' have had under oonsidenation Sooate bill X o. 1, by ~fr. ~IcLester of the 24th District, and instruct me as the,ir chairman, to report the :smne back to the Houst> with the recommendation that it k pass as amended, to wit:
Senate hill No. 1, a bill to be entitled an Act to provide for a Board of Equalization, etc.
Recpcctfully submitted.
R. \V. FREEMAN, Chairman.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By )fr. Fort of Worth-
\Vhercas, the Hon. G. I. Barwick of the county of Emanuel, is now critically ill at his apartments in the city,
HesolYed, therefore, That the House deeply sympathize with its stricken colleague and his family, and be it further
ResolYed, That the Clerk be directed to deliver a copy .of this resolution to the wife of the Hon. G. I. Barwick.

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The following Senate rE'::lolntion was read the first time, to wit:

By 1Ir. enderwood of the 3:2<1 Di:Striet.\resolution to more fnll.' ime::;til!ate the Georgia State
Sanitarium, tand for othPr purpoi'e5. Referred to State Sanitarium Committee.

The following Senate bill,; were rc>a(l the third time and put upOOl their passage, to wit:
B: 1fr. )fcLester of thC' 24-th DistrictA bill to provide for a Boartl of Equalization of real and
personal property subject to taxation, and for other purposes.
On motion of :Mr. Freeman of Coweta, the bill just read was tabled.
By 1Ir. Underwood of the 3~d Di:StrietA bill to amend section 34-1 of the> ('ode of 1895, relating
to carrying concealed "capons, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee whieh "a,; faYorablP to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On pa;;sage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.
The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional maj(IJ'ity was passed.

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989

15.'' 1fr. Dickerson of the 5th District-
A hill to r!'duce and regulate the fees of notaries public, and other officers in this State, and fo-r other purpose~.

:Mr. Copeland of walker, callr-J for the prcYious question on the. hill and amendment,;, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the hill was agreed to.
On pas.sage of the hill the ayes were 111, nays 14.
So the bill haYing receiwd the requisite constitutjonal majority was passed.

By :Mr. 1Inderwood of the 3.2d District-
A hili to allow the constables to levy and collect superior court and city and county court fi. fa~, where the same can be leYied on personal propevt.r., and for other purposes.
}fr. Tatum of Dade, called for the previous question on the bill, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee, which was adverse to the passage of tbe bill, was agreed to 'and the bill was lost.
The following Senate rPSolution was read the third time and pnt upon it:;; passage, to wit:

By }[r. Fnder"ood of the 32d District-
A resolution to authorize the superintendent of the Georgia State Sanitarium to delinr "William Schwarz to the propPr ~nthoritieg of Chatham county.

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The r<>port of the committ<>e, which was fayorable to the passage of the r<>8olution was ag-reed to.
On paiisage of the resolution the ayes were 88, nays 1.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was pa;;sed.

By )fr. Brannen of the 17th Di:>trict-
A bill to amend section 72 of volume 1 of the Code of 16U5, and for other purposes.
The report of the co1muittee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 5.
The bill nat having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
~fr. Slaton of Fulton, gave notice of his intention tomo\e to reconsider the action of the House in not passing the above bill.

By :_jfr. Brannen of the 17t.h District-
A bill to amend section 2636 of the Code of Georgia, which proYides a penalty for using the name of a person in a partnership who is not a member thereof, and for other
f'llrpOSPS.
The report of the committee which was fayorable to the p;18Sap:e of the hill was agreed to.
On passap:e of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.

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So the bill having received the requisite constitutional1 majority was passed.

By :Mr. "\Vight of the lOth District-

A bill to amend section llOi of volume 3 of the Code of Georgia, providing for the payment of sheriff',; fees, and for other purpooes.

The rC'port of the committee which wa,; favoruhle to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pa,;sage of the bill the ayes were !)3, nays 4.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional n.ajority was passed.

By }fr. Wight of the lOth District-

A bill to reduce the sheriff's bond of the county of Dougherty, and for other purposes.
The report of the com mittee which was favorable to the
raiOsage of the bill was agreed to.

On paiOsage of the bill the ayes we.re 1Oi, nay,; 0.

So the bill havin? received the req ui:<ite constitutional nrajority was p~ssed.

The following m'8Sllge "as receind from the Senate through }fr. Nort.hen, tthe Secretary thereof:

1111-. Speaker:

The Senate has passed h.v the requisite constitutional majnrit~ the following Honse bill as amended, to "it:

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A bill to amend an Act to give County Commissioners ilnd c.onnty Judges power to lay out and disc.ontinue public. roads, and to work the same.

By :Jir. West of the 6th District-

A bill to appoint commission on part of the State to consEnt to the erection of a new union passenger depot on 'State's property, and for other purposes.

The report of t.he committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agTeed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0.

So the bill having recein~d the requisite constitutional majority >vas passed.

By :llir. Dickerson of the ;)th District-

A bill to amend an Act providing for the condemnation -()f private property for public uses,~and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 6.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna jority was passed.

The Senate amendments to the following House bill were concurred in, to wit:

By :lfr. Tatum of Dade--

A bill to ammd an Act to g-ive Commissioners of Roads

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::and Revenues or County Judges l)()Wer to lay out. and dis.continue the public roads, and have the same work~~'. and for other purposes.
..i .
On motion of ~Ir. Rawls of -Wilkinson, House bill No. 480 was recommitted from Committee on ApproptiationH to Committee on Corporations.
On motion of :Mr. Freeman of Coweta, Senate bill No. 1 was taken from the ta:ble and made the special order for to-morrow (Friday) morning immediately after the reading of the Journal.

On motion of n:Ir. Price of Oconee, House. resolution No. '75 was tabled.

The following message was received from the Senate through }Ir. Nol'lt:hen, the Secretary thereof:
11{r. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution expressing appreciation of President Me- -Kinley's address before the General Assembly of Georgia,
December 14th, 1898.

Mr. Jordan of Jasper, Chairman of Committee on Gen,eral Agriculture, submitted the following report:
111 r. Speal.er:
The committee have had under considerati001 the following Senate bill which they instru0t me to report back to
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the House with the recommendation that the same do pass,. to wit:

By :Mr. I.ittle of the 18th District-

A bill to be enltitled an Act to amend section;; 1572,. 1574 and 1576 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, regulating the sale of fertilizers in t.his State, and for other purpooes..
Respectfully submitted.
C. H. JOHDAX, Chairman.

The following House bill;; and resolutions, read on previous day were taken up and put upon their pa&;age, to "it:.
By :Jfr. Price of OconC('--
A resvlution to pay tlw pen,;ion tlne 0. F. Johmon of
Oconee county to his widow.
An appropriation being imolvE"d m tl1e rewlntion, the Honse resolved itself into a Committee of the \Yhole forthe purpose of considering same, and t.he SpPakt>r designated as Chairman of the Committee of the \YholeJ }Ir. }!ryan of Floyd.
On motion of }Ir. Blalock of Fayette, tlw committee rose and the chai'l'Inan thereof repm1Ptl the resolution back t(: the House with the rPcommendation that the same (l0 pass ..
The report of the Committee of the \\'hole wa~ a~reed to.

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995

On passage of the bill t.he ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Freeman,

Latimer,

Allen,

Ford,

Lee,

Anderson,

Fort,

Longino,

Barron,

Greene,

Martin,

Bas~,

Griffin of Greene, Mayson,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hall,

Maxwell,

Bennett of Pierce, Hammett,

Merritt.,

Bt>auchamp,

pammond,

Mitchell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Black of Dawson, Harrison,

Morris,

Biack of Whitfield, Ham:ill,

Mullens,

Blalock,

Harvard,

McDonough,

Bond,

H11thcock,

McElreath,

Bowen,

Hendricks,

McF~rland,

Br.mdon,

Ht>nderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Brown of Carroll, HenLierson of Wash't'n)IcLennan,

Bryan,

Herring,

l\lc:\lillan,

Bynum,

Hill,

Newton,

Calvin,

Holdt>r,

Ousley,

Carter,

Hosch,

Pace,

Castleberry,

Hutchins,

Pate,

Chappell,

Johnson of Baker, Park of ureene,

Cook,

Johnson of Bartow, Post,

Copt> land,

Johnson of Lee,

Price,

Cro~sland,

Jones of Burk",

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Darnell,

Jor,llln of Jasper, Reicl,

Davil,

Jordan of Pula~ki, ReynolLis,

Dews,

KnowlP~,

Rogers,

Envin,

Lane of Bibb,

Rose,

Fain,

Lane of Ear:y,

Rudicil,

Farmer,

Lai11g,

d~-mps 111,

Fender,

L:tRoche,

Singletary,

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Slaton, :Smith of Hall, :Spinks, :Speer, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart,

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Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Watkins,

Whiteley, Williams, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Barwick, Bell of Spalding, Bower, Brown of Bryan,
Bu~h,
Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan. Ellis, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Franklin, Gay, George,

Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hamby, ll!!rdin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harr:s, Howard, Hopkins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Applin!!, Johnson of Floyd, King, Lane of Sumter, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McLaughlin, McRae, Ogletree,

Overstreet, Padgett, Park of Troup, Rawls of Effingham, !ticha rdson, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Starr, Stone, Tisinger, Timmerml).n, Tracy, Tnrner of Rockdale, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Willingham, Mr. Speaker,

On motion of :Mr. Lane of Bibb, the verification of the Toll-call Wllii dispensed with.

On counting the ,ote the ayes were 115, nays 0.

So the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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997

On motion of ~fr. Price of Oconee, the resolution just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. :Freeman of Coweta, moYed tJhat 200 copies of Senate bill No. 1 be printed for the use of the House, which mot.ion preYailed.

On motion of i\fr. Slaton of :Fulton, rffiOlution X o. 29 was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members: :l\Iessrs. Howard of Chattahoochee, Hardin of Liberty, Johnson of Appling, :McCranie of Berrien and ~IcDoriald of ware.

On motion of :Mr. ~iitehell of Thomas, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga.~ Friday, December 16, 1898.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock
a. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker ana
cpened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: :Messrs.-

Adams, .Adamson, Allen, Anderson,

Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Bass,

Bennett of 1\Iitchell, Bennett of Pie-rce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth.

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Bell of Spalding, Black of D.1wson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen. Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Die key, Duncan, Ellis, Emanut-1, Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford,

Fort,

Knowles,

Georg',

L-me of Bibb,

Grebam,

Lane of Early,

Greene,

Lane of Sumtet,

(;riffin of Grl'ene, Ldng,

Griffin of Twi~gs,

L-tRoache,

G1 iffith,

Latimer,

Hall,

Lee,

Hammett,

Longino,

Hamby,

Martin,

Hardin of Liberty, Mayson,

Hardt-n of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

Mflrritt,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

HarriP,

Moore,

Harre> II,

Morri~;

Harvaril,

Mullens,

Hathcock,

McCantt~,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

HendPrson of Irwin, McElreath,

HenclPr~on of Wash't'n)fcFarland,

Herring,

McGehee,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Howard,

McLennan,

Hopkins,

McMillan,

Holder,

McRae,

Hosch,

Newton,

Hutchins,

Ogletree,

Jarnagin,

Ousley,

Johnson of Appling, Overstreet,

Juhnson of Baker, Pace,

Johnson of Bartow, Padgett,

Johnson of Floyd, Pate,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Greene,

Joms of Burke,

Park of Troup,

Jordan of Jasper, Post,

Jordan of Pulaski, Price,

King,

Rawls of Effirgham

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999

Rawls of Wilkinson, Spink~,

Reid,

Hpeer,

Reynolds,

Stan,

Richar,ls n,

Stu':>bs,

Roger.il,

Sturgis,

Rose,

Stewart,

Ruuicil,

Stone,

:Singletary,

Sl'rift,

.Slaton,

Tatum,

-bloan,

Taylor,

.Smith of H11ll,

Timmerman,

.Smith of Hanc ck, Tr11cy,

.Snell,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Drawdy, Ester: in, -Gay, Hammond,

McCranie, McDonald, Simpson, Tisinger,

Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,
ul church,
Wade, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Wood, Yates, l\Ir. Sp}aker.
Walker of Crawford, Woodall, Wooten.

:Mr Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

N r. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under con:;:.ideration the following bill of the Senate, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the :same Jo pass, to wit:

A bill to fix the number of committeemen to visit the Tarions institutions of t<he Stute, and fix the compensation
.:~f the same.
Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Bond, chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the J O'llrnal of yesterday has been examined and found correct.

The Journal was read and confirmed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Prioo of Oconee-
A joint resoluJtion extending the regrets of the General Assembly of Georgia to the General Assembly of Alabama for the unfol"tunate misunderstanding concerning their re-ception in Atltanta; and

Resolved further, That a copy of this resolution shalt be forwarded to the presiding officers of the two Houses at Montgomery, Alabama.

Mr. Laing, Ohairman pro tern. of .the Committee on: Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report,. to wit:
1lfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the follmving privilege resolutions which they instruct me to report back to the House with therecommendation that the same do pass1 to wit:
A resolution e~xtending the privileges of the floor to CoL S. H. Hawkins of Americus, during his stay in the city.
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to :Mr. P. H. Chandler of the county of Carroll during his stay in the city.

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Also,

A resolution extending the privileges o the floor toJudge C. W. Smith and Hon. J. H. Heery o Reidsville,.. Ga., during their stay in the city.

Also,
A ~esolution extending the privileges o the floor to Mr~ C. ~f. Deal of Early county during his stay in the city.

Respectfully submit.ted.

J. A. LAISG, Chairman pro tern.

The following privilege resolutions were read andadop. ted, to wit:
By :Mr. Lane of EarlyResolved, that the privilege.i' of the floor be extended t~
~fr. C. }\L Deal during his stay in the city.
By ~Ir. Hendricks of Tattnall-
Resolved, that the privileges of the floor be extende<l Judge C. W. Smith and Hon. J. H. Heery of Reidsviller Ga., during their stay in the city. By ~fr. Lane of Sumter-
Hesolved, that the privileges of the floor be extended to. Col. S. H. Hawkins of Americus during his stay in the city. _By ~\Ir. Brown of Carroll-
Resolved, that the privileges of the floor be extended.

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to 1\:[r. P. H. Chandler of the county of Carroll during his .stay in the city.

:Mr. Slaton moved to reconsider the action" of the House iP. defeating House bill No. 26, which motion preYailed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Speer of Sumter-

A resolution to require the keeper of public buildings tc have the oarpets of the House and various committeerooms dusted and cleaned and put dmm by the first day of next session of the General Assembly.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:

By :1fr. King of the 43d District-

A bill to fix the number of committeemen to yj,..it the Yarious institutions of the State, and fix the oompensation of the same.

The following mesffilge was recei\ed from the Senate through :Mr. N orthen, the Secrt>tary thereof:

Nr. Speaker:

The Senate concurs in House amendment to the Senate substitute to the following House hill, to wit:

A bill to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the city criminal court of Atlanta by the people, mnending the Act of September 6th, 1891, establishing the city criminal court of Atlanta.

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The follo,ving message \\;as received from his Excellency, the GoYernor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hit(lh, to wit:

Jfr. Spea~e1:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the fo1lowing Acts, to wit:

"An Act to authorize the St. I"uke Methodist EpiS(lopal Church, South, of the city of Columbus, to create a lien by mortgage, deed or obherwise, "for the purpOBe of borrowing money to compl1te the church building."

Alw,
''An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to condemn property foc drainage pur!]lO;.es within the corporate o1 jurisdictional limits of said
<~ity.''
Also,
"An Act abolishing the Board of Commissioners of Hoads and Revenues for the county of Oconee, and for Dther purposes."
Also,
"An .Act to amend the charter of the town of Sharps.hurg in Coweta county."

Also, "An Act to proYide and fix the hours of keeping open

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the polls at precincts situated in incorporated towns or cities: when there is more than one precinct."

Also,
"An Act to amend an Act establishing a s:vst.em of public schools for the town of W a.<>hingtou, and for other purpOfes."

The following message was .received front the Senate,. through J\lr. N orthen the Secretary thereof:

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bills by therequisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to fix the term of office of county solicitor of Pulaski county.
Also, A bill to amend an Act providing for admission to the bar.

Aho, A bill to amend the charter of the bank of the University at Athens.
Also, A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Conunissioners of Wa;;:hington county.

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1005

Also,

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Leesburg.

Also, A bill for the protection of labels, trade-marks, etc.

Also,
A bill to amend an Act which fixes the terms of office of -eounty officers, requiring tax-collectors to complete the collection of taxes for the year for which they have been elPcted.

Also, A bill to amend section 5315 of the Code of 1895.

Also. A bill to amend sections 5315 and 5316 of the Code of 1895. A bill to aut.horize the city of Washington to issue bonds for the purpose of establishing a sysU>m or w~~;ter works.
Also, A bill to authorize t.he Judges of the Superior Court to -fi11 Yacaneies in the office of County Commissioners.
Also. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Jackson.

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Also,
A bill to amend the charter of Tennille in vVashingtott
county.

Also, A bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquors in Newton eom1ty.
Also, A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Dadecounty.

AJso,
A bill to repeal an Act to 'authorize the Commissionere of Newton county to establish a dispensary.

Also, A bill to limit the payment of insolvent cost of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Richmond county.
Also, A bill to regulate the payment of inso]yent cost of the sheriff of Richmond county. Al:;o,
A bill to pay off and retire the bonds of the State. ThP following Honse hills, failing tD recPiw the requisite erm~t.itntional majorilt,'\', WPre lost in the Senate, to wit:

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A bill to repeal a part of an Act to provide for the pay-ment of insolvent cost in the Northern Judicial Circuit.

Also,
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the pa:yment or certain insolvent cost in criminal cases in theNorthern Circuit.

Also,
A bill to authorize the J uclges 0 the Superior Court to grant chal'1:-ers to corporations.
.. The Senate has also concurred in the following resolutions of the House, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a committee looking to a revt-siqn of the tax laws.

The committee on the part of the Senate are :Jiessrs. _ Wight, Fouche, Blalock.

Also,
A resolution to direct the superintendent of t.lte lunatic_ asylum to deliYer Roxie Ann Long to the authorities of Bryan county.

Also,
A r<.-\'3olution to refund to Charles ,J. Dougherty of Greene county, the sum of one hundred dollar;;, paid by-him to the tax-collector as a retailer for the year 1892.

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Also,

A resolution to proYide for the unfinished business of i he session.

Also,
A rewlution to anthorize the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.

The follov.ing resolution, failing to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost in the Senate, to wit:

A resolution to provide for the payment of :Mrs. Anna E. Branch certain moneys growing out of the ~ales of wild land.

The Senwt.e has also passed the following Senate bill by the requisite constitutional majority, to "it:
A bill to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank.
The following House bills were passed by the, requisite -<:onstitutional majority as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 105 of the Code, relative to the time of holding elections for constables in this State.

Also, A bill to amend the charter of the city of Bnmswick.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By 1fr. :McLester of the 24th DistrictA bill to provide for a Board of Equalization of real and

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1ersonal property subject to taxation in this State, and for ()ther purposes.
:Mr. Slaton moved to commit the bill to the Committee .on Tax Commission, provided by the Ellis rasolution.

On this motion Mr. Hardwick called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Allen, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, .Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, _Bowen, Brandon, .Carter, .Castleberry, .Chappell, .Crossland, Darnell, Denny, ;Dews, Duncan, Felker,

Fender,

Ogletree,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pace,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

Henderson of Wash't'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Hill,

Reid,

Johnson of Floyd, Richardson,

Jones of Burke,

Simpson,

Jordan of Pulaski, Singletary,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Snell,

Laing,

Spinks,

Mayson,

Stubbs,

Maxwell,

Stone,

Moore,

Walker of Union,

Morris,

Whiteley,

Newton,

Wood.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Adams, .Adamson, Anderson, Bennett of Mitchell, Beauchamp,
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Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Bush,

Bynum, Calvin, Cook, Copeland, Emanuel,

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Erwin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer, Freeman, :Franklin, Ford, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, HarriRon, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin,

Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, King, Lane of Early, T,ane of Sumter, Lee, Longino, Martin, Merritt, Mitchell,
Mullin~,
McCants, McCranie,

McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, Park of Greene, P0st, Priee, Rose, Rudicil, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Williams, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

BarwicK, Bass, Bla k of Dawson, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, David, Di<'k>y, Drawdy, Ellis, Ester! in, Gay, GeorgP, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,

Hammett, Harrell, Hutchins, LaRoche, Latimer, McDonald, ::\lcDonough, "!\fcElreath, McLennan, :VlcMill an, McRae, Ousley, Overstreet, Padgett, Pate,

Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rogen, Smith of Hall, Swift, Taylor, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Gpchurch, Wade, Walk..r of Crawford,
Watkin~,
Willingham, ::\Ir. Speaker.

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On counting lt.he vote the ayes were 49, nays 81.

So the motion to commit wru; lost.

:Mr. Johnson of Bartow, called for the previous question on the amendments, which call was sustained.

)Ir. }fcLaughlin. of Meriwether, moved to table the bill and pending amendments, which motion prevailed.

The following messag;e was received f.rom his Excellwcy, the Governor, through his Sooretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
JI r. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Gowrnor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:
"An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to chang-e in whole or in part, the location of the dam now extending; across the SaYannah riwr at the head of the Augusta canal."
Also,
"An Act to extend the operation of the laws of Georgia applicable to chal'irtable and benevolE:>nt institutions for the custody of children, incorporated under t~he Act approved December 18th, 1894."
Also,
"An Ae.t to authorize the city council of Augusta to grant and convey so much of the south side of Walker

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street, between Jackson and Campbell, as may be necessary to construct a passenger depot."

Also,

"..:\..n Act to authorize and provide for the preparation and issuance to the banks and banking associations chartered by this State of cireulating notes, to fully protect the same, and for ether purposes."

Also,

"An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta exclusinly to fix within prescribed limits all fines and punishments for Yiolation of any rules, by-laws and ordinances f~tablished b~ said city council."

Also,

"An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Hoads and Revenues in the county of Glynn, sr, as to provide for t1he election of such commissioners by the people."

Also,
"An Act to repeal an Act consolidating the office of clerk and treasurer of Columbia county."

1\Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judi(iary, submitted the following report:

.Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Special Jurliciary haYe had under
consideration the follo-wing bills of the Senate, which they

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in&truct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pabs, to wit:

A bill to create the city of Blakely instead of the to:wn of Blakely, t.) ptevide a charter for said city, and for other purposes.

Also,

A bill to amend an Act incorporating the tom of Xewton in Baker county, and for other purposes.

Also,

A bill to amend section 1 o an Act requiring corporations doing life insurance business in this State upon the n.~essment plan to print on their policies "This contract is issued upon the asSssment plan, etc.," and for other purposes.

The Committee also instruct me to report back the following bill of the House with the recommendation that it d0 pass, to wit:
~&._ bill to oreate a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of 'Vhite, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judicbry Commit- tee, submitted the following report:

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1ll r. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee haYe had under consideration the following Senate bills whi~h I am instrncted to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same be read a second time and recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit:
J:;y ~Ir. :Mann of the 44th District-
...:\. bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3950 of the Code of 1895.

Also,
B; ~Ir. r nderwood of the 32d District-

A bill to be enti,tled an Act to allow county officers in t1his State until the first da.Y of January next after election in which to file their several bonds as now required by law, and for other purposes.

Also,

By -~Ir. \Vest oi the 6th District-

A resolution authorizing the GoYernor to appoint a commission to consider, determine and declare the true northern boundary of this State, and for other purp08es.

Also,

I~y :Mr. :Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to be entitled :m Act to amend sretion 5551 of the Code of 18tl5.

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Also,

By llfr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2835 of the Code of 1895.

Also,

By :Mr. Brannen of the 17th Disthict-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2867 of the Code vf 1895.

Also,
By ~Ir. Fouche of the 42d DistrictA hill to be (-ntitled an Act to amend section 5541 of
the Civil Code of 1895.

Also.
By :Mr. Fouche of the 42d District-
A hill to be mtitled an Act to dispense with motion for new trial and filing brief of evidence, and to authorize a direct hill of e:;ceptions in certain cases.

Also.
By :Mr. Steed of the 23d DistrictA bill to be entitled :m Act to amend section 107 of vol
ume 1 of the Code of 1895.

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Also. By }.fr. :Morrison of the 34th District-

A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the more humane execution of persons convicted of capital offenses in Georgia, and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death.
Also,
By Mr. Humphreys of 7th Distri<t-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 5401 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Also. By )Jr. Dickerson of 5th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend paragraph 7 of
section 107 of the COOe of 1895.

Also, By }.fr. Fouche of the 42d District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide who may redeem property sold at tax sale.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN 1.-L SLATON, Chairman General .Tudiciary Committee.

lfr. Allen, Chairman o the Committee on State Sanitarium, submitted the follo"'ing report:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on StattJ Sani~arium have had under consideration the foJlowing resolution which they instruct me to report back to the Honse with the recommendation that it be adopted:

A resolution to more fnlly inYestigate the State Sanitarium, and for other purposetz.

Respectfull.Y submittoo.

JOHN T. ALLEN, Chairman Committee on State Sanitarium.

)fr. "\Valker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Committetl on Enrollment report as duly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to rthe Governor, the followi1lg Act, to wit:
An Act to amend the Act establishing the criminal court oJ Atlanta.
Hespectfully submitted.
J. Y. WALKER, Chairman Enrollment Committee.

:Mr. walker, Chairman Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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1l1 r. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to alter and amend the 20th section of an Act, approYed December 15, 1871, to incorporate the town of Eastman in the county of Dodge, and for other purposes.

Also.
An Act to repeal an Act to create and orgunize a Board of Tax-.A3sessors and Receivers in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Also.
An Ad to amend the charter of Ocilla in Irwin county, and for other purposes.

.Also.
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Columbia.

Also.
An ~\.ct to fi.x the time for the elootion of all city officers liOW elected by the council of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, and for other purpose;::.

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Also.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Y aldosta, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman Enrolling Committee.

The following bill was taken up and put upon its pass~ge, to wit:

By )fr. Brannen of the 17th District--

. A bill to amend section 72 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, which refers to the duties of election superintkmdents, and for other purposffi.

~Ir. Slaton called for the ayes and nays, whieh eall was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Tbose voting in the affirm:1tive were Messre.-

Barron, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierre, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Bowen, Brandon, Bryan, Calvin,

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, David, Denny, Dews, Felker, Fender, Franklin, Gay,

Greene, Griffin of Twig!ls, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of vVash't'n Hill, Hopkins,

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Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Lane of Early, Laing, Mayson, Maxwell, Mitchell,

Morris, McElreath, McGehee, McMillan, Park of Greene, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reid,

Richardson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Stubhs, Swift, Woodall.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

AdaJIUI, Adamson, Bond, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Cook, Darnell, Dickey, Duncan, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Polk, Fain, Farmer, Freeman, Fort, Griffith, Hammett., Hammond, Harti8,

Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Herring, Howard, Holder, Hoech, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, King, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Merritt, M()( re,
Mullin~,
McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McFarland,

Ol!letree, Ousley, Padgett, Pate, Post, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rudicil, Simpson, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Sturgis, Stewart, Tatum, Taylor, T1mmerman, Tra!'y, Turner of Henry, Walker of Union, Williams, Wood, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Barwick, Bass, Black of Dawson,

Black nf Whitfield, Blalock, Bush,

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1021

Copeland, Crossland, Drawdy, Ellis, Erwin, Everett of Stewart, Ford, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Hall, Hamby, Hardwick, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Knowles,

Lane of Bibb, L<tRoche, Latimer, Longino, Martin, McDonough, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Overstreet, Pace, Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rogers,

Rose, Smith of Hall, Speer, Starr, Stone, 'l'isinger, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, 'Vooten, Mr. Spraker.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, the verification o.f the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 53, nays 66.

So t.he bill 11ot having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

}.fr. Post gave notice of his intention to reconsider the action of the Hovse in tabling Senate Bill :Xo. 1.

:Mr. :McDonald of ware, asked consent to withdraw House bills K os. 424 and 425, which request was granted.

1Ir. Bower, Chairman of t.he Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report: Jlr. Spealcer:
The Committee on Pri,ileges of the Floor recommend the adoption of the following resolution, to wit:

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A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Col. C. J. Graham of Carroll county during his stay in the city.
Respectfully submitted. B. B. BO-WER, Chairman.

Mr. Bower, Chairman of Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee have had under considerartion the following resolutions which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that same be adopted, to >vit:
A resolution extending privileges of the floor to Col. Hobert Hood during his stay in the city.
Also
..:\. resolution extending th1 privilt>gCIS of the floor to Hon. \Y. A. Cox of county of Gilmer during his st~y in the city.
Also.
A resolution exten<ling the priYileges of the floor to }lr. F. A. Lipscom1 of C'larke county during his stay in the eity.

A rp~olution r-xtcnding the privilege,; of thP floor to J. F Hmban during his sta.'' in the citv.
Respectfully submitted. B. B. BO\YER, Chairman.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1898.

1023

~fr. Bower, Chainnan of the Committee on Privileges of the :Floor, submitted the followin~ report:

][r. S peaicer:

The Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had under consideration the following- resolution which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same be adopted, to wit:

A resolution extending the privileges of the :floor to J. H. Skeltton, "Esq., of Hartwell, during his stay in the city.
Respectfully submitted. B. B. BOWER, Ch~innan.

By :Mr. Brown of CarrollResolved, that the privileg-es of the :floor be extended to
Col. C. J. Graham of Carroll county during ibis ilay in the city.
By _\ir. Everett of Stewart-
Resolved, that the privileges of the :floor be extended to Col. Robert RoC>d during his stay in the city.
By ~Ir. \Y111tkin~ of Gilmer-
"r. ResolYed, that the priYileges of the :floor be extended to
the Hon. A. Cox of Gilmer countv during- his stay in the city.

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By :Mr. Erwin of Clarke-

Resolved, that the privileges of the floor be extended to }Jr. F. A. Lipeomb of Clarke county during his stay in the eity.

By :Mr. Denn,y of Floyd-
Resolved, Htat the privileges of the floor be extended to J. F. Harbour of Hoyd county during his stay in the city.

By :Mr. Hichardson of Hart-
Resol \'ed, that the privileges of the :floor be extended to James H. Skelton, Esq., of Hartwell, Ga., during his stay in the city.

The following bills were read the first time and appropriately retferred, to wit:

l3y )fr. l\[cDonald of WareA bill to amend an Act creating the city court of vVay-
cros.s, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

l1y l\fr. :McDonald of Ware-
A bill to repeal an Act creMing a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of \Yare county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

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1025

By ~fr. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to authorize the County Board of Education to purchase property known as the New Ebene2:er College, .and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

By 1\h. Hichardson of Hart-

Resolved, that the tax-collectors refrain from issuing tax executions for this year's taxes for the space of twen.ty .<.lays.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The followin~ Senate bills were read the second time:

By ~Ir. Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to amend section 3950 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. Underwood of the 32d District-

A bill to allow county officers of this State until January 1.st, 1899, after the election in which to file theiT bonds, 'and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act requiring corporations, doin~ a life insurance business in this State upon the :a~sessment plan to put certain information on their poli-cies, and for other purposes.
65 h r

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By Mr. Underwood of the 32d District-

A resolution to more fully investi~ate the State Sanitarium, and for other purposes.

Leave of absence was ~ranted }Ir. Franklin of Bulloch for the remainder of the session.
The hour of adjourmnent havin~ arrived, the Speaker announced the HO'Ilse adjO'Ilrned until 3 o'clock p. m.

3 0'clock p. m.
The House reconvened at this hour m,1d was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Black of Whitfield, the roll-call and reading of the Journal were dispensed with.
Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, moved that the p~es and elevator boy be excused from the afternoon session, whic'h motion prevailed.
The following bill was read by unanimous consent, and
appropriately n.ferred, w wit:
By ~Ir. Geor~e of DeKalb-A bill to increase the power and jurisdiction of Justices
of the Peace, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The follmvin~ Senate bills and resolutions were read the second time, to wit:

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1027

By Mr. vVest of the 6th District-

A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to declare the 'true northern boundary of the State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-

A bill to amend Election 2835 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-

A hill to amend section 2867 of the Code of 1895; and for other purpoEes.

By Mr. Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to amend section 5551 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By Mr. :McGehee of the 25th District-

A bill to provide for the compensation of stenographic reporters for the superior courts of this State, and for other purposes.

By 1Ir. Fouche of the 42d District-

A bill to dispense with a motion for new trial and filing brief of evidence, and to authorize a direct bill of excepti0:QS in certain cases, and for other purposes.
B: :Mr. -Fouche of the 42d District-

A bill to ame:nd section 55!1 of the Civil Code, and for other pnrposes.

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By Mr. Humphreys of the 7th District-

A bill to anwnd section 5401 of volume 2 of the Code of 189fi, and for other purposes.

By Mr. l.forrison of the !34th District-

A bill to provide for the mOTe hnmane execution of persons convicted of capital offenses, aud for other purposes.

By _Mr. Steed of the 23d District-

A bill to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

1-3y ~Ir. Dickiru;on of the 5th District-
A bill to amend p-arograph 7 of section 107 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

By l.Ir. Fouche of the 42d District-
A bill to provide who may redeem propel'ty sold at tax sale, and for other purposes.

On motion of ~Ir. Lane of Early, Senate1 bill No. 76 wa;; tabled.
: ...... . By :l\Ir. Odum of the 9th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of ~'Tewton in Baker county, Ga., and for other purpose.R.

)fr. Hall of Bibb, moved that Senate bill X o. t he tahen i'rom the table and put llpon its passage.

On thi,; motion, Mr. Post called for the ayes and nays but withdrew the same.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1898.

1029

)Jr. Hall of. Bibb, renewed the call for the ayes and nays.

No quorum having voted on this motion, the Speaker ordered the roll to he calleJ, and the following members answered to their names: :Messrs.--

Adami!, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Bass, "Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bldock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, D<tvid, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan,

Erwin,

Hosch,

Esterlin,

Hutchins,

Everett of Stewart, Jarnagin,

Fain,

Johnson of Appling,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker,

Felker,

Johnson of Bartow

Fender,

Johnson of l<'loyd,

Freeman,

Jordan of Jasper,

Ford,

Jordan of Pulaski

Fort,

King,

Greene,

Knowles,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Bibb,

Griffin of Twigg!', Laing,

Griffith,

LaRoche,

Hall,

Longino,

Hammett,

Martin,

Hamby,

Mayson,

Hardin of Liberty, Mitchell,

Hardin of Wilkes, Moore,

Hardwick,

Morris,

Harrison,

Mullins,

Harris,

McDonough,

Harvard,

McElreath,

Hathcock,

McFarland,

Hendrick!',

McGehee,

Henderson of Irwin, McLaughlin,

Henderson of Washt'n,McLennan,

Herring,

McRae,

Hill,

Newton,

Hopkins,

Ogletree,

Holder,

Ousley,

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Pace, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Rose, Rudicil, Singletary,

Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, St.urgis, Stewart, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Ttmmerman,

'l'racy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, Wood, .Woodall,
Yat~;s,
Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Beauchamp, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Darnell, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Franklin, Gay, George, Gresham, Hammond,

Harrell, Howard, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Lee, Maxw!c'll, Merritt, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McMillan, Overstreet, Padgett,

Pate, Reynolds, Rogers, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Stone, Swift, Turner of Rockdale, WadE>, Walker of Crawford, Williams, Wooten.

On eounting the memhers present it was found that 127 answered to their names.

The call for the ayes and nays was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was a:; follow;;:

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1031

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Carrvll, Bueh, Bynum, Calvin, Cook, Copeland, Dickey, Erwin, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Freeman, Ford,

Hall, Hammett, HarJwick, Harrison, Harris. Harvard, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, King, Longino, Mitchell, McFarland,

McGehee, McLennan, McRae, 0Jletree, Post, Price, Simpson, Sturgis, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Walker of Union, Willingham, Wood, Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bennett of Pierr:e, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Duncan,

Esterlin,

Hosch,

Fain,

Johnson of Appling,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker,

Felker,

Johnson of Floyd,

Fort,

.Jordan of Pulaski,

Greene,

Knowles,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Bibb,

Griffin of Twiggs, Laing,

Griffith,

LaRoche,

Hardin of Liberty, Martin,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mayson,

Hendricks,

Moore,

Henderson of Wash't'nMullens,

Herring,

McDonough,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

Newton,

Holder,

Ousley,

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Pace, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Rose,

Sin~rletary,
Slaton, Snell, Spinks, Taylor,

Tracy,. Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Whiteley, Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Barron, Barwick, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Bowen, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Franklin, Gay, George, Gresham, Hammond, Hamby,

Harrell, Howard, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Lee, Maxwell, Merritt, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McMillan, OverBtreet, Padgett, Pate, Park of Troup,

Reynolds, Richardson,
Ro~ers,
Rudicil, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Speer, Starr, Stub':Js, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Turner of Rockdale, Wade, Walker o Crawford, Watkins, Williams, Yat.es, Mr. Speaker.

::\[r. }.Iitchell of Thomas moved to dispense witlt the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote the ayes were 47, nays 37.

So the motion to take Senate bjll No. 1 from the table was lot:t.

.B'RIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1898.

1033

On motion of ~lr. J ordoan of Jasper, Senate bill No. 71 was made the special order for to-morrow morning.

The following Senate bill was read rt:.he first time, to wit:

By ::Ur. K esbitt of the 35th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations. Ry unanimous conse1~, the following bill was taken up and put. upon its passage, to wit: Ry ~Ir. Johnson of Floyd-

A bill to amend .:ection 1301 of the Code of 181:>, and Jfr other purposes.

On motion of lfr. Denny of J:<'loyd, the bill wa; lJid vn tho tahle.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. McFarland of Frank1m, and ~fr. Lee of Pulaski for the balance of dw sessi-:;n:
On motion of ~Ir. Price of. Oconee, the House adjourned nr:til !) o'clock to-morrow morning.

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Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, December 17, 1898.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
On motion of Mr. :McLaughlin of Meriwether, the rollcall was dispensed with.
Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.
The Journal was read and confirmed.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted tJhe following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary CommiUee have had under consideration the following bills which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-
A bill to provide for the more full and complete transfer and assignment of rent notes, mortgage notes, and ather ev-idence of indebtedness, secured either by contract, liens, or out of which springs a lien by operation of l<lw, and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1035

Also, By 1.fr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend sootion 2835 of the Code of 1895.
Also, By :Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an .Act to amend section 2867 of the Code of 1895.

Also, By Mr. :Mann of the 44th District-
A bill to be ootitled an Act to amend section 3950 of the Civil Code of 1895.

Also,
By :Mr. "'est of the 6th District-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to consider, detrmine and declare the true northern boundary of this State, and for other purposes.

Also,
By :Mr. Underwood of the 32d District--
A bill to be entitled an Act to allow county officers until the first day of January next, after the elootion, in which to file their se\'eral bonds, as now required by law, and for other purposes.

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Also, By :Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend paragraph 7 of section 107 of the Code of 1895.

Also,
By Mr. Humphreys of the 7th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 5401 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Also, By :Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Cooe of 1895.
Also, By ~Ir. Fouche of the 42d District-
A bill to be entjtled an Act to provide who may redeem property sold at tax sale.

Also, the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the rec()llllmendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
By 1Ir. :Mann a the 44th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 5551 of the Code of Georgia.

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1037

Also,
By ~Ir. :Morrison of the 34th District-A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the more hu-
mane execution of persons convicted of capital offenses in Georgia, :and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death.

Also,
Is~ }fr. George of DeKallr-
A bill 1:o be entitled an Act to increase the power and jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace, by giving them authority to try all misdeillleanor cases without the aid of a jury, unless the same is demanded by prisoner; to prescribe the manner of disposing of fines arising from said trials, and for other purposes.

Also,
By )fr. Jordan of Pulaski-
A bill to be entitled au Act to authorize the County Board of Education of Pulaski county to purchase for publi<; sc.hool purposes the buildings and grounds in the town of Cochran known as the N el\v Ebenezer College, and for other purposes.

Also, the following bills which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation thatt the same do pass, to wit:
By )Ir. Fouche of the 42d DistrictA bill to be entitled an ,\ct to amend section 5541 of the
Code.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Also, By :Mr. :Fouche of the 42d District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to dispense with motion for new trial and flling brief of evidence, and to authorize diIect bill of exceptions in certain cases.
Hespectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman General Judiciary Committe.

The following met>sage was received from the Senate, through :Mr. Northen, the Secr('lf:ary thereof:
},f.r. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution extending regrets for the unfortunate misunderstanding which prevented the commirt:rt:ee from :receiving the Alabama Legislature.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was read, and on motion of ~fr. McLaughlin, the rules of the House were suspended for the purpose of putting the same upon itt: passage, to wit:
By ~Ir. ~fcLaughlin of :Meriwether-
Resolved, that the Committee on Privilege and Elections be required to make an inYestigation and nd out who is

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1039

legally entitled to represent the county of Coffee, and that said committee make its report to the next session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Mitc;hell of Thomas, called for the previous question on the bill and amendment, which call was sustained.

Mr. Price of Oconee, called for the ayes and nays, which eall was sustained.

On taking the balloi viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Barron, Bennett of Pierc~, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Carter, Dews, Dickey, Erwin, Everett of Stewart,

Farmer, Fender, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Hall, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Maxwell, Morris, Mullins, McCranie,

Me Donald, McGehee, McLaughlin, McRae, Park of Greene, Reid, Reynolds, Slaton, Spinks, Tisinger, Tracy, Wade, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson,

Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland.

Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Freeman, Ford, Fort,

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JOURNAL OF THE lOUSE.

Greene,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Griffin ofTwiggs, King,

Rogers,

Griffith,

Longino,

Rudicil,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Singletary,

Hamby,

Merritt,

Sloan,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Smith of Hancock,

Harris,

Moore,

Snell,

Harrell,

McCants,

Sturgis,

Harvard,

McDonough,

Swift,

Hathcock,

McElreath,

Taylor,

Hendricks,

McLennan,.

Timmerman,

Henderson of Irwin, Newton,

Turner of Rockdale,

Henderson of Wash'n,Ogletree,

Walker of Crawford,

Herring,

Ousley,

Walker of Union,

Howard,

Pace,

Watkins,

Holder,

Pate,

Whiteley,

Hutchins,

Post,

Willingham,

Johnson of Appling, Price,

Wood,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham, Woodall,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Wilkinson, Yates.

Johnson of Lee,

Those not voting were Me!!srs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barwick, Bass, Bhrlock, Bower, Brandon, Calvin, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Drawdy,

Duncan, Ellis, Esterlin, Fain, Franklin, George, Gresham, Hammond; Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harrison, Hill, Hopkins, Hosch,

Jarnagin, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Laing, LaRoche, Latimer, Martin, McFarland, McMillan, Overstreet, Padgett, Park of Troup, Rose,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1041

:Simpson, Smith of Hall, :Speer, .Starr,

Stubbs, Stewart, Stone, Tatum,

Turner of Henry, Upchurch, WilliamP, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Lane of Bibb, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 41, nays 79.

The resolution was lost.

The following me;sage was received from the Senate, through :::\fr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. S pealcer:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority as 'amended the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses -of the State government.

Also, the following resolution of the House, as amended, -to wit:
A resolution to provide for 'the payment of two extra -doorkeepers for the House.

:Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, .ubmitted the following report:
""-1!r. S pealcer:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled,
66 h J

1042

J OUR"YAL oF THE HouSE.

signed, and ready :for delivery to the Governor, the :following Acts, to wit:

An Act to amend an Act, approved December 18th, 1897, providing :for admission to the bar, etc., and :for other purpose::;.

Also,
An ~t\.ct to amend section of the Act incorporating the city of "\Vaynesboro, Georgia, approved December 15th, 1893, and for 0ther purposes.

Also,
An Act to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners o:f Roads and Revenues :for the counties of Gamden, Thomas and Echols, so far as same relates to the county of Thomas, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to establish the city court of Swainsboro in Emanuel county, to define its jurisdiction, powers, etc.~ and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to 13mend the charter of the town of Harmony Grove in the county of Jackson, and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. Respectfully submitted.
J. Y. WALKER, Chairman Enrolling Committee~

SATURDAY, bECEMBER 17, 1898.

1043

The following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

Resolved, t.hat the bills not fin~lly disposed of shall constitute unfinished business, to be acted upon at the next session of the General Assembly.

By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the first time, to wit:
;By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
A bill to reduce t.he salaries of State officialsJ and for other purposes.
Referred to Commit.tee on Appropriations.

The following message was recciYed from the Senate, through :Mr. Northe.n, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to establish a dispensary in the town of Comer.
The Senate has also passed the following House bill by the requisite constitutional majority, as amended, to "'it:

A bill to giYe Cou_nty Boards of Education of the seveTal l'Ounties full power to regulate the public school terms.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following House bills, failing to receive the requisite constitutional majority, were lost in the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend section 815 of volume 3 of the Code, r{}o lative to triennial revisions of jury lists.
Also,
A bill to ~mend section 431 of the Code of 1895, relative to municipal corporations to control the sale of spirituous liquors.

The Senate ha.s also adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is asked, to wit:
A resolution appointing a committee to investigate the Geological department.

The Senate amendments to the following resolution were concurred in, to wit:

By l\h. Chappell of :Muscogee-
A resolution to provide for 1Jhe payment of two extra assistant doorkeepers foT the House of Representatives for the session of 1898, and for other purposes.

To amend amendment by adding "The elevator boy shall be paid three dollars per diem for this session."
To amend amendment by adding M the end of the cap-
tion, so as to make it conform to the Senate amendment,
the following: "and to provide for indexing the Journals of Senate and House."

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1045

To .amend by adding the following at the end of the resolution, "and the sum of $150.00 be appropriated to pay for the indexing of t.he Journals of the Senate and House of He.presentatives for the year 1898, the same to be drawn by L. G. Brannen and 0. L. Gresham, the Journal Clerks of the Senate and House."

The following bills were read the seeond time, to wit:

By :Mr. Hamby of Rabun-
A bill to give County Board:;; of Education of the several counties of t;he State full power to regulate the public school terms, and for other purposes.

By ~h. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to prescribe three cnmplete grades of commercial fertilizers, for the branding of !"arne upon each package, and for 'Other purposes.

By :Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 105 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purp06es.
Ry ~Ir. Calvin of RichmondA bill to fix the bo111ndary line between Georgia and
South Carolina, and for other purposes.


1046

,JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By ~Ir. Park of Greene-
A resolution appointing a Committee of Conference 1:Q settle the differences between the Senate and House on the General Appropriation bill.
The Speaker appoint~d as Coonmittee o Conference upon part of the House upon House bill No. 135 the following: 1Ir. Brandon 0f :Fulton, Mr. Hall of Bibb and Mr. Duncan of Houswn.
By :Mr. Easterlin of Macon-
A resolution to haYe a Committee of Conference ap-
pointed upon part of the H<YUSe w confer upon House bill
No. 156.
The resolution was adopte<l.

The following Senate bills and resolutions were read the
third time and put upon their passage, w wit:

By 1Ir: Underwood of the 32d District-
A bill to allow county officers until the first day of J anuary next, after rthe election, in which to file their several bonds, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favora:ble w the
passage of the bill was aweed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.



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1047

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to amend section 3950 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was ag-reed to.

On passage a:f the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Jordan of J <1sper, Senate bill No. 71 was recommitted to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Underwood of the 32d DistrictA resolution to more fully investigate the State Sanita-
rium, and for other purposes.
The report of the committ-ee which was favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to.
On passage of the resolution the ayes were 102, nays 4.
So the resolution haYing rec.eiwd the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. \Vest of the 6th DistrictA resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a com-

1048

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

mi:::sio~ to inw~tigate and declare the true northern boundary of the Stat.e, and for other purpooes.

The report of the committee whic-h was favorable to the passage o the resolution was agreed to.

On passage of the resolution the ayes were 89, nays 0.

So the resolution haYing receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passe(l.

The following message >Yas receiYed :from his Excellency, the GoYernor, through his Secretary, ::.\Ir. Hitch, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the GonTnor, has approYed and ;;igned the following Acts, to wit:

"An Act 'to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Hevenues in the county of Columbia."

Also.

"An Act to amend an Act establishing the Criminal Court of Atlanta by proYiding for the election of the Judge and Solicitor thereof by the people of Fulton {?ounty."

Also,
"An Act to amend the charter of the city of \Yayne::;boro."

Also, "An Act to amend the charter of Ocilla in Irwin county."

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1049

Also,

"An Act to fix the time for the election of all city officers now elected by the mayor and aldermen of the city of SaYannah, to proYide for the terms of such officers, and for other purposes."

Also,

"An Act to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta."

Also,

"An Act to alter and amend the 20th section of An Act approyed December 15th, 1871, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of }:Jastman in the county of Dodge, and to repeal said Act so far as the same relates to the property of non-re:;;idents."

A !5o,

"An Act to repeal an Act creating and organizing a Hoard of Tax-Assessors and Receiwrs for the city of SaYannah."

Also,
"An Act to establish the city court of Swainsboro in the county of Emanuel."

By }fr. King of the 43d District-
A bill to fix the number of commitoomen tQ v'isit State imtitntions, and for other purposes.

The following amendment was read and adopted, to wit:

1050

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

To amend by adding between the words "actual" and "money," in the sixth line of section 2, the following words, "and necessary."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By :Mr. Brannen of the 17th DistrictA bill to amend section 2835 of the Code of 1895, and
for otheT purposes.

The report of the committee which w.as favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 8.

So the bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority \Vas passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By J\ir. Slaton of FultonResolved, that the session be extended to 1:30 o'clock
p.m.
By J\fr. FQuohe of the 42d DistrictA bill to amend section 5541 of the Civil Code of 1895,
and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1051

The report o[ the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was !!J!.Teed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were !)1, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

B,y Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to amend section 2867 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 92; nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
The report of the eommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0. So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Ry Mr. Fouche of the 42d DistrictA bill to di~pense with a motion for new trial, and filing

1052

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

brief of the e,idence, and to authorize a direct bill of e~ eeptions in certain cases.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was aweed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By }fr. Fouche of the 42d District-~\. bill to provide who may redeem property sold at tax
sale, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The following message was received from the Senate, through :Mr. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:
.Jfr. Speaf.:pr:
The Sena:t(> insists upon its amffil.dments to the follawing House bill, to wit:
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judici<al departments of the government, payment of the public debt, and the interest thereon.

~ATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1053

Amend section 3, line 8, by striking out the word "six"
and inserting the word "twenty-five."

Also,
Amend section 4, line 115, by striking out the woru "twelve" and insert the words "twenty thousand."

Also,
Amend section 4 by inserting "fifteen hundred dollars for salary of Entomologist, and one thousand dollars for his expenses, said sums to be paid out of the fees arising from inspections of oils," in line 27.

Amend section 6 by adding 1he following paragraph:

"For Geological Survey, eight thousand dollrurs, as provided by Ac..t of 1889."

The Senate reoodes from its amendment to House bill as follows:

Amend section 1 by striking out t.he words "for salary of special attorney for "\V. & A. R. R. two thousand dollars."

Amend section 6, line 28, by striking the word "ten" and inserting the word "five."

By Mr. Humphreys of the 7th District-
A bill to amend section 5401 of the Code, volume 2,
and for other purpo~Ps.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

1054

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
B~, :Mr. Dickinson of the 5th District-

A bill to amend paragraph 7 of section 107 of the Code of 1895, and for other purpooes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pat'Sage of the bill was agreed to.

On pas.;;age of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The absence of ~Ir. Gresham, :Mr. Rodgers and :Mr. Walker of Crawford yesterday was due to a visit to the Bartow Mining Camp.

The next bill taken up for a third reading was No. 74.
Pending the passage of the bill the House adjourned un, ti1 3 o'clock p. m., on motion of :Mr. Slaton of Fulton.

3 0'clt~ck p. m.
The House reconvened at tihis hour and was called to ordel' by the Speaker.
The roll-call and reading of the Journal were dispensed with.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1055

The following resolution was rood and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Hichmond-

Resolved, that the Clerk of the House, and Secretary of the Senate be directed to publish 'and mail to each member of the General Assembly, a statement of the unfinished business of the present session.

The Speaker announced the following Conference Committees on partDf the House on House bill No. 139, to wit:

On amendment pertaining to increase of committeemen's expenses: King of Houston, Price of Oconee, Laing of Terrell.

On Rock College: Ellis of Bibb, Jordan of Jusper, Howard of Chattahoochee.

On Entomologist: Stubbs of Laurens, Johnson of Floyd, Copeland of Walker.

On Contingent Fund: Ousley of Lowndes, Smith of Hall, and Rudicil of Chattooga.
On Geological Deptartment: Bell of Forsyth, Knowles of Fulton, and Everett of Stewart.

Committee on part of the House to attend the Commencement Exercises of the North Georgia Agricultural College: Freeman of Coweta, Willingham of Monroe, Rush of Miller.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

1056

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution to have a session to-night, to begin at 7:30 o'clock p. m.

By :Mr. Copeland of Walker-
A resolution urging the Govern<Yl to retain Mr. W. A. \Vimbish in position of attorney of \V. & A. railroad.

On motion of :Mr. Copeland, the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Governor.

The following message was received from the SenatB, through :Mr. Northen, the Se<>,retary therrrof:

Mr. Speaker:
The President appoints, on the part of the Senate, the fo1lowing Conference Committee, to confer with the House Committee, on the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan and Bank

ing Company.



The Senate Committee are as follows: :Messrs. Steed, Brannen and \Vest.

::M:r. Stone, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the foll01wing report:

},[r. Speaker:
The CommiHee on Penitentiary, whose duty it is to -visit, inspect and report the condition of the Yarious convict camps in the State, beg leaw to submit the following genral report:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1057

Tht> eomnnttec was divided up into sub-committees o1 f(:ur_ each, for three reasons, to wit: First, to secure more efl"ectual senice; seconJ, to have as few members absent from their duties in the House at an; one time as possible, and third, to materially reduce the expense.3 of t1he State for this purpose. The reports of these small :;ub-committ(es top:ether "ith the reduction of more than one-half of the expemes heretofme incurred by reason of the duties placed upon this committee, in visiting these camps, fully Sl!~tains the wisdom of the committee in adopting the above plan. The necessarily limited time allowed these subcommittees does not give them sufficient time to make as thorough inspection into the condition of these eamps and the convicts and prison department of the State, as might be necessary or desired. But from the best inlormati"on that could be obtained in these short visits, with onl; time enough to make a casual inspection, we find that the Penitentiary department of the State generally is in most excellent condition.
The sanitmy colHlition of the various camps is good. The lmilding:3 are kept elean, and \\"ell limed; the bedding appears to he suffieient, the buildings are well heated and nntilated, and the convicts well clothed and bountifully fed. X o complaint of cruel treatment has been made, hut to the contrary, the comicts appeared to be happy, and as well ;;:ati~fied as people depriw~l of lihe1iy and confined in priwn life could ;yell he. The health of the convicts, generall;, ltai' been unusually good during the preseiilt year. The opath rate has been w~y small-h'i's, perhaps, in proportion to tlte mmtber of inmates, than any of our best regu-
ti7 h j

1058

JouRNAL OF THE IIousE.

lated cities, or eyen in the m6st healthy, rural localitie:;. tl1roughout the entire State. This appears to be conelusiYe eYi<lence that the cmwicts are humanely treated, and. the law regulating this department fully complied \Yith. h fact, it appears from the best information obtainable that the laws governing t.he prison department of thi,;StatE> are strictly enforc0<l and fully complied \Yit.h. \Yereit not for the chronic and incurable diseases which affiict a fc" of the convicts, such as consumption, Bright's dlliease, <hopsy, secondary syphilis, e.te., the hcalth of the con.-ict~ would be almost perfeet, a11d the death rate practically notl1ing.
In sm1w instances the~<' sub-committees ha\e ~<>en proper,. a ftr>r a <a,.;ual examination, to nconllll<'ll<l the pard, m of a few of the convicts. These rPports an<l rr>commr>!lclation;; of tlw sub-CDmmiHees haYe been filed with the prison cumlllis:<ioners of the prison dcpartment of the State.
Tlw new prison systPm of tlH' St;ate ha:; not yd gone intoffi'eet, and will not until tlH fir,;t clay of .\pril, 1:->flfl: so we nwke no report of the efi'Pd of thi,; eha11ge in the olcllease"'~tr>lll at the present ~p",;ion d the (;<'IHTa1 .h~Pmhl.>.

.\LO:\'ZO C. STO.\'E, Chairman ( 'onJJllitt<<' on PenitPJltiary.
~lr. \\' alker, ( 'lwirma11 .,f rhe ( ...nnnitt<e on En]'(,]]-l!ll'llt. ,.;nlnnitted the fnllm\ing re]H>rt:
Tht \ .,llllllittf'l' on Elll'tll]ni('llf 1'l']Hrt as <lnh l'JJrnllc-d,.

SATURDAY, DECE)IBER 17, 1898.

1059

signed, tand ready for deliYery to the GoYernor, the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to fix the terms of ofiice of county solicitors of I'ulaski county.

Also,

An Act to relie,-e 0. \V. Linder, ex-tax-collector of Laurens county, and B. R. Linder, et al., as securities on said I_indcr's bon<l.

Alo.o,

An Act to repeal an Act to proYidc for and regulate municipal elections in the city of SaYannah, and for other purposes.

Also,

An Act to amend the Act establishing the city conrt of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

Also,
An Act to amend the chartr>r of tlH city of 1fa.rictta, and for other purposes.

Also,
An Act to mncnd an Act to inf'orporate tlw town of L;erly in Chattooga cmmt;, mHl for other p1upnse,;;.

Also,
An Act to fix the AAlar; of the jn<lp:c of tlH county f'ourt of 1fnrion eonnt;, a1Hl for nthf'r pmpnses.

1060

JouRXAL oF THE HousE.

Also,
An ~\ct to amend an Act to giYe Cmnmissimwr" of Hoads and RPYt'lllH'.s or ( 'ounty .Tu<lg("S, tl10 power to lay out or di~contimw publie roads, all(] for other purpnsP<O.

Hcspectfull:- snhmitted. J. Y. \Y.\LKEH, Chnirman.

The following bill~ wen rP<Hl thP third time and put 11pnn their passagl', to wit:
l>,\ ~1lr. Brannen of the ] 7th Distril't-
.\ lil1 to amend "edion 1 of an Aet requiring corporation,;; <11iug a lifP iu;;;urancP lmsinPss in this State to print certain information on th0ir polici~, and for other pur-

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill \Yas agreed to.
On the }Mssage of the hill ~Ir. Cahin called for the ayr-rmd na:s, \Yhich call was sn"taincd.

On taking the ballot Yi,a Ynce, the yotc wa" a:< follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adam~on,
Anderson, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Blalock,

Brown of Carroll, Bush, Calvin, Castleberry, Dews, Erwin,

E~terlin,
Everett of Polk, Freeman, Ford, Gay, George,

t-'AT!TRDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1061

Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski, Price,

Griffin of Greene, King,

Raw:s of Effingham,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Griffith,

Lane of Early,

Reid,

Hall,

Lane of Sumter,

Rudicil,

Hammond,

La Roache,

Singletary,

Hamby,

Loe,

Smith of Hancock,

Hardin of Wilkes, Longino,

Spinks,



Hendricks,

Martin,

Starr,

Henderson of Irwin, Mayson,

Stubbs,

Henderson of 'Vash't'n MoorE>,

Sturgis,

Howard,

McCranie,

Stewart,

Hohler,

McGehee,

Taylor,

Hutchins,

:VIcLennan,

Timmerman,

.Johnson of Baker, Newton,

Tracy,

Johnson of Bartow, Ogletree,

Woodall,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of GreenP,

Wooten.

.Jor,Jan of Jasper, Post,

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-

Bass,

Harris,

Bennett of Mitchell, Herring,

Bell of Forsyth,

Knowles,

Bell of Spalding,

Laing,

Black of Whitfield, Maxwell,

Bower,

Mitchell,

Bryan,

Morris,

Carter,

1\JcDonough,

Chappell,

McLmghlin,

Copeland,

McR:le,

Denny,

Overstreet,

Ellis,

Richardson,

Felker,

Slaton,

Hardwick,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Stone, Swift, Tatum, 'l'isinger, Turner of Henry, Wade, Walker of Union, Watkins, Wood, Yates.

106:2

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Barwick, Black of Dawson, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Fain, Farmer,

Fender,

McDonald,

Franklin,

Mt;Elreath,

Fort,

McFarland,

Gresham,

McMillan,

Hammett,

Ousley,

Hardin of Liberty, Pace,

Harrison,

Padgett,

Harrell,

Pt~te,

Harvard,

Pt~rk of Troup,

Hathcock,

Reynolds,

Hill,

Rogera,

Hopkins,

Rose,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Jarnagin,

Speer,

Johnson of Appling, Turner of Rockdale,

Johnson of Floyd, Upchurch,

Jones of Burke,

Walkerof Crawfo1<J,

Latimer,

Whiteley,

Merritt,

Williams,

Mullins,

Willingham,

McCants,

Mr. Speaker.

)Ir. Sloan of Hall, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the Yotet.he ayes were 71, nays 40.
The bill having failed to recein the requisite constitutional majority was lo&t.

The follmYing message was recei \ed from the Senate, through 1Ir. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:
.Mr. 8 peaker: The Senate has appointed on the part of the Senate on
Committee of Conference on House bil1139, to wit:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 189~.

1063

Geo1ogical Dc,partment: )[esers. L ndenvood, Bunn and
-w ingfield.

Rock College: Thrasher, Hand and Odom.

Ellitomologist: Nesbitt, Little and Hodge.

Increase in pay of Committe&": Perkins, Wood and Passmore.

By ~lr. Odom of the Dth District-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the tDwn of NewtfJll, aml for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable tD the pn~~age of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-

)~ resolution proYiding for the appointment of a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House te inw;;tigate the head of the Geological Department.
~[r. Felker of ""\Valton, moved to table the resolution.

On this motion the ayes and nays were ordered.

On taking the ballot viva voce, th~ -vote was as follows:

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JouR~AL OF THE HousE.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Gay,

Pate,

Adamson,

George,

Post,

Allen,

Griffin of Greene, Price,

Barron,

Griffin o[ Twiggs, Rawls of Effingham,.

Bass,

Griffith,

Rawls of Wilkinson~

Bennett of :Mitchell, Hammond,

Reid,

Bennett of Pierce, Hamby,

Reynolds,

Black of Dawson, Hardin of Wilkes, Rudicil,

Brown of Carroll, Hendricks,

Smith of Hancock:,.

Bryan,

Henderson of Wash't'nStarr,

Castle berry,

Howard,

Sturgis,

Chappell,

Hopkins,

Stewart,

Copeland,

HutchinR,

Swift,

Duncan,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tatum,

Erwin,

King,

Taylor,

Esterlin,

Laing,

Timmerman,.

Everett of Polk,

:Mitchell,

T-racy,

Farmer,

Moore,

Willingham,..

Felker,

McCranie,

Wood,

Fender,

McLaughlin,

Woodall,

Freeman,

McRae,

Wooten,

Ford,

Ogletree,

Yates.

Fort,

Overstreet,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Anderson, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Bush, Carter, Dews,

Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Gresham, Hall, Johnson of Bartow, Knowles, J,ane of Early, L<J.timer,

Mayson, Morris, McDonough, Newton, Pace, Park of Greene, Slaton, Tisinger, Turner of Henry.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1065r

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Barwick, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Fain, Franklin, Greent>, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harre.!, Harvard, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of ilumter, LaRoche, Lee, Longino,
. Martin,
Maxwell, Merritt, Mullins, McCants, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee,

McLennan, McMillan, Ousley, Padgett, Park of Troup~ Richardson,. Rogere, Rose, Simpson, Singletary r Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinke, Speer, Stubbe, Stone, Turner of Rockdalt>, Upchurch, Wade, Walker of Crawfor,l . Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of 1Ir. :Jiitchell the Ycrification of the rollcull was di;:pensed with.

On counting the Yote the ayes were tiS, nay" 28.

The motion to table therefore prevailed.

The following report was receiwd from the Senate through 1Ir-. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:

1066

.JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Jlf r. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority the following House bill as amended, to wit:_ A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the
State gowrmnent and 'the public institutions, for educa-tional Plll1)0Ses, to pay the interest on the public debt, to pa~ maimed Confederate soldiers, and widows of Confed('l'ate soldiers, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also pas,,ed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to provide for the maintenance and support of the Prison Commission for the year 1809.
The Senate has also adopted the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the Honse i;; asked, to wit:
A re-solution authorizing the Gowrnor to purchase a State fl~ for the Third Georgia Regiment.
~fr. \\~alker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, :-Submitted the following report:
At r. 8 pea leer: The Committee on Enrollment instruct me to say that
the following resolution has been examined, found correct, is f'igned and ready for delivery to the Governor:
A resolution recommending the appointment of "\V. A. -Wimbish, the present incumbent, as special attorney for the \Y estern and Atlantic railroad, on the part of the State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully suhmitte\1. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

SATrRDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1067

The Conference Committe on part of the House on bill

Xo. 135 submitted the following report:

Jfr. Speal.:er:

The undersigned. Conference Committee on the part of the House on House bill :Ko. 135 beg leave to report to the Houe, that they have conferred with the Committee on the part of the Senate, and the Senate Committee agree to recede from the amendment made by the Senate.

BRANDON of Fulton, DUNCAN of Houston, HALL of Bibb, Committee on part of the House.

The following message was received from the Senate, though Mr. N"orthen, the Seoretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Oamak. Also, A bill to amend an Act providing for a Board of Commissioners for Spalding and Butts county. Also, A bill to establiRh the city court of Clarkesville.


Also,

JouR~AL OF THE IIovsE .

A hill to establish a s~'stem o public schoo1s for Tifton.

Also,

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board o Commissioners for Baldwin county.

Also,

A hill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Gwinnett county.

Also,

A hill to prohibit the manufacture o spirituous liquors in Butts county.

Also,

A bill to prohibit the salo o wine within two miles of the courthouse in Milton county.

Also,

A hill to repcal,an Act creating a charter o Griffin.

Also,
A bill to create a Boanl o Commissioners or Butts county.

Also,
A bill to take out o the village o Smnmcrville in Hichmond count;.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1069

The Senate has also recede<l from its amendment to the follo\ving House bill, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the Home Loan and Banking Company.

The following message was receiYed from the Senate, through }fr. Xorthen, the SC'<'retary t.hereof:

~Mr. 8peal.er:
The Senate has passNl the following House bills b~, the requisite eomtitutional majority, to wit:

A hill to amc>nd an Act <'Stablishing the city court of Hall county.

Also,

A hill to amend the chartc>r of the city of A ngusta.

Also,

A hill to arnend the charter of the cit~ of 1Ionroe.

Also,

A hill to amend t,he charter of Griffin.

~fr. Stubbs, Chairman of the Conference Committee, imhmitted the following report:
Jh. Speaker:
The Confe.ren<.'e Committee, appointed from the House to confc>r with a like committ(>B from the Senate, on amendn;rnt tD llonsf' hill No. 130, in providing that salary and

1070

.TorRNAL OF TIIE HousE.

feet\ or State Entomologist be appropriated from funch arising from inspection of oils, after conferring with the Committee from the Senate, beg leaYe t.o recommend that the House recede from its action in refusing to concur in S(:nate amendment.

L. Q. STl~BBS, JOH:XSOX, F. \Y. COPELAND.

The followinp: messap:e \Yas receiYecl from the Senate, tlnough ~Ir. :Xortlwn, the Secretary tlw,reof:
Jh. Speaker: The Senate has pa,;.~pc] the followinp: Hom'e bills by the
requisite comtitntional majority, to wit:
A bill to C'stahlish a s.Ystem of working- thC' roads in t.he cit,v of :JlillC'dgeYillC'.
Also, ~~ hill to amencl thP eharter of the town of \Yar,;aw.

_\ hill to ineurporate thP tuwn of PaYo.
The ~enatP ha~ also ('OIH'lllT<'cl in thP Ifonse aJllPIHlment~ to the fq]]cming SC'ttatP hill~. to "it:
A hill to mmJul SPdimt .:2fi:)G of the ( '"clc\ ]H'OYiclillp.- a p(nalt; for n~ing tltP 11<1111(' of a ]lPI'SoJI in a partnership \dlO i~ not a IIJP!l11wr thercof.

SATl'RDAY, DECE:\iBER 17, 1898.

10il

Alsa,
A bill fixing the number of committeemen to Yisit theY&rious in;;titutions of this State, and their compEmsation. for same.

The Senate has also cmicurred in the House> amendment to the Senate amendment to the followinp: Hou~e resolution, to wit:

A re;;olution to proYide for the appointment of two extra doorkee>pers for the House>, and for other purpo,;es.

1fr. Slaton moYe>d to call t.he> roll o.f tlw Hou;;e for the purpose of ascertaininp: whe.ther or not a quorum he presPnt, \\hich motion preYailed.
Oft call of the roll the> following mPml,er,;; an,;;we>red to. their name>s:

Those present were l\Iessrs.-

Adam!',

Brown of Carroll,

Adamson,

Bryan,

Allen,

Bush,

Anderson,

Caldn,

Arnold,

Carter,

Bas~,

Ca~tleberry,

Bennett of Mitchell, Chappell,

Beauchamp,

Copeland,

Bell of For~yth,

Denny,

Bell of Spalding,

Dickey,

Black of Dawson, - Dunean,

Black of Whitfield, Elli>',

Bla'ock,

Emanuel,

Bower,

Erwin,

Brandon,

EYerett of Polk,

Everett of Stewart,. Farmer, Felke-, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, (~riffin of Greene,. Griffin of Twigg,. Gritllth, Hall, Hammond.

1072

JOURNAL OF THE HorsE.

Hamby,

LaRoche,

Reynolds,

Bardin of Wilke~, Lee,

Richardson,

Hardwick,

Longino,

Rudil'il,

Harri~,

:'\lartin,

Singletary,

Harrell,

:\faywn,

Slaton,

Harvard,

Maxwell,

Sloan,

Hathcock,

Merritt,

Smith of Hall,

Hendricks,

1\Iitchell,

Smith of Hanco: k,

Henderson of Irwin, :\Ioort,

Spinks,

Henderson of 'Vash't'uMorris,

Rtarr,

Herring,

McCranie,

Stubbs,

Howard,

MtDonald,

Sturgis,

Holdt>r,

McDonough,

Stewart,

Hutchins,

McGehee,

Stone,

Jarnagin,

l\lcLaugblin,

Swift,

.Tobnson of Baker, McRae,

Taylor,

Johnson of Bartow, Newton,

Tisinger,

JohnEon of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper,

Ogletree, 0 1erstreet,

Timmerman, Turner of Hem~,

Jordan of Ptilaeki, Pac<),

Turner of Rockdale,

King,

Park of Greene,

Wade,

KnowleP,

Post,

'Valker of Union,

.Lane of Bibb,

Pri~e,

Wood,

Lane of Ktrly,

Rawls of Effingham, WooJall,

Lane of Sumter,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Wooten,

Laing,

Reid,

Yates.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Buron, Barwick, Bennett of Pierce, Bonrl, Bowen, Brown of Bry.m, Bynum, Cook, "Crossland,

Darnell, Dwid, Dews, Dr.twdy,
E~terlin,
Fain, Franklin, Greene, Hammett,

Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Hill, Hopkins, Ilosch, Johnson of Applin;;, Johnson of LeP, Jones of Burke, Latimer,

SATL"RDAY, DECK\IBER 17, 1898.

1073

Mullens, McCants, McElreath, McFarland, McLennan, McMillan, Ousley, Padgett,

Pate, Park of Troup, R0gers, Rose, Simpson, Snell, Speer, Tatum,

Tracy, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

On counting those members present it was found that 123 members were present.

The hour of adjournment haYing an-ived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 7:30 o'clock tonight.

7:30 O'clock p m.
The House recomened at this hour and was called to order by the Spooker.
On motion of ~Ir. Stone of Walton, the pages and elevator boy were excused fo;r the remainder of the session.
On motion of }.[r. Black of Whitfield, the roll-0all was dispensed with.
}.Ir. Hall of Bibb, asked to withdraw his motion to reconsid("l' the action of the House in concurring in section 6 of the General Tax act, which request was granted.
The following resolutions were read 'and unanimously adopted, to wit:
68 b j

1074

,JOURNAL OF TilE Jiot:SE.

By }[r. Speer of Sumter-

A resolution extending thanks to the Ron. J no. D. Little for his impartial ruling-, and uniform courtesy to the members and officers of the House.

By }fr. Hardin of \Yilkes-

A resolution extending thanks to the lion. John D. Little, Speaker, and Hon. A. 0. Blalock, Speaker pro tem. for their able, honorable 'and impartial bearing during thi:;;
SC'SSlOn.

By }fr. Hamby of Rabun-

A resolution t>xtt>nding thanks to the Hon: J olm T. Boifenillet, Clerk of the Honse, and his assistants, for their efficient clerical work during this se5Sion.
B~, }fr. Price of Oconee-

A resolution extending thanks to }lrs. \Y. C. Glenn, postmistress of the House of Represf'ntatiYes, for the C'ffi<'ient di~duurge of her duties as postmistress, and her uniform courtesy <luring this session.

}fr. }foore of Carroll, offered thP follO\Ying snb"titute:

Hesolnd, that the thanks of the Honse he extell<led to }! rs. Glenn and }fiss Smith for their courtesy and efficient disClharge of their duties as postmistresses during the ses
SlOn.
R,Y :Mr. Johnson of TelfairA re>Oolnlion extending thanks to the lion.T. H. Willi-

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 18!18.

1075

ford, doorkeeper of the House, and his worthy assistants, for their courtfsy and faithful discharge of their duties <.luring this session.

I~y 1Ir. Park of Greene-
Resolved, that the thanks of the House are hereby extended to messenger Durham and doorkeeper -Williford for the faithful and efficient discharge of their duties.

:By 1Ir. Bass of Habersham--
Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that sin()ere thanks he extended to Reeves ::\IcGee for the faithful discharge of his duty as elen11tor boy.

Upon motion, the thanks of the House were extended to the pages for the careful and faithful discharge of their {luties.
Tiy ::\Ir. Hathcock of Douglas-
A re~olntion extending thanks to the Rev. ::\Ir. "\Yright, Chapiain of tho House, for his faithful, earnest. and efficient strvict's rendered during the session.
By )fr. Copeland of "\\r,alker-
A resolution extending thank<S to :Messrs. Clements and )lusgraves, gallery doorkeepers, for their punctual and attentive services.

1Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the committee appointed on the part of the House to confer with M1e Senate commitli:ee

1076

.JouR~ AL OJ,' THE HorsE.

upon the appropriations for the Rock College, begs leave to submit the following report:
llh. 8 peaker: Your Committee of Conference, appointed to confer
>Yith the Senate Committee in reference to the appropriation for Rock College, iniitrnct me to report that a confereuee has taken place, and that ~aiel committee has been unable t0 agree.
Respectfully submitted. ROLAXD ELLIS, Chairman.

The Committee of Conference appointed to confer upon the appropriation for Rock CopPge haYing failed to agree, the Speaker disoharged said committee, and appointed in ih stead, the following Committee of Conference, to confer upon the 5ame quPStion: ~Iessrs. :McGehee of Harris, Johnson of Bartow and EYerett of Polk.
~Ir. King, Chairman of the Conference Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Conference C0m1nittl'e, appointed from the House to confer with a 1ike commi1teto from the Senate on the expulse of committec>men, report that after conferring with the commit.tee from the Senate they failed to ~Ugroo on comlllittee expenses.
W. vY. PRICE, J. A. LAING, W. S. KING.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1077

The Conference Committee on expense of committeemen haYing failed to agree, the SpE>aker discharged the original committee and appointed in its stead :Messrs Park {)f Greene, ~IcLaughlin and Stone.

The follmving messag-e was recerin:-cl from the Senate, through ~fr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
N r. Speal.:er:
The Senate has pasP~ed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Home bills, to wit:
A bill to provide for the payment of teachers in public schools monthly.
Also,
A bill to provide for the incorporation of trust companies, to define their rights and powers.
Also,
A bill to authorize the State Univer:oity to operate summer sessiOns.
Also,
A bill to amend section 1642 of Yolume 1 of the Code.
Also,
A bill to authorize the graduates of the normal department of Georgia N orma1 and Industrial C{)llege at :Milledgevi11e, to te:wh public schools without further examination.

1078

JouR~AL oF THE IlousE.

Also,
A bill to amend an Act to require all claimants of lall(l solll under transferred wil<l land t13X fi. fas.

Also,

A bill to regulate and control county funds for the purcha:;e of goods fur county purposes.

.Also,

A bill to change the time of holding the fall session of Irwin Superior Court.

Also,

...:\. bill to permit the State as owner of the Northeastern railroad, to be sued i;1 certain cases.

Also, ..:~bill to amend section 1916, volume 2 of the Code.

Also,

A hill to make au appropriation to the trustees of the rniversity for the support of the textile department.
_\!so,

A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Calhoun, ~Iitchell, "\Yorth, Baker, Decatur and :Miller countjes.

Also, A bill to regulate the fees of attorneys and receivers, etc.

SATFRDAY, DECElllBER 17, 1898.

1079

,Also, A bill to amend section 2334 of the Civil Code, fixing the YeiiUe of suits against railroads. Also, A bill to amend section 1700 of the Code of 1898.

Also,



..:~ bill to ameml section 982 of the Code.

The Senate has also passed the following House bills as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the laws governing the inspection and sale of commercial fmiilizl~rs, etc.

Also, A bill to amend section 54G2 of the Code.

The following bill, failing to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost in the Senate, to wit:
A bill to establish a State Board of Examinc>rs.

Tlw Senate has also concurred in the following House rc-;;olutions, to wit:
A resolution providing for t,he payment of any balance due the Hon. \V. T. Jones on account of his per diem.

Also,
A resolution to pay the pension due 0. F. Johnson of Oconee county.

1080

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Also,

A resolution for the relief of A. ~I. Hill of Walton
county.

Also,
A resolution for the relief of James R. Crawns of Ca-
toosa county..

Also,
A resolution authorizing \Y. H. Harrison to publish the
public laws of 1896, 1807 and of vhe present session.

Also,
A rewlution proYiding that all bills not finally disposed
of shall be considered as unfinished lmsine<>s.

Also,
A resolution to require the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate to mail E>ach member a statement of the unfinished business.

Also,
A resolution to appoint a committee to Yisit educational institutions belonging to the St,ate.

Also,
A resolution regarding the marking of the graws of Southern soldiers who died in Korthern prisons.

SATl!RDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1081

.Aho,
A r<'i<olution tendering the thanks of the people of Georgia to )fr. Byard :l\1. FowleT in recognition of his senices rendered the State in the matter of the exhibit at the Omaha Exposition.
ThP Sp<'aket mmonnced t.he following commit.t:eeo, to vit:
Committee to visit Georgia Xormal and Industrial College during the commencement exercises of 1899:
l\[r. Adams Chairman, :Messrs. Longino, Bennett of )Iit.chell, Brown of Carroll, Easterlin, Gresham, Hamby, Griffin of Twiggs, Jordan of Pulaski, and Farmer.

Committee to visit the University at Athens during comnwncement exercises of 1899:

)fr. Calvin, Chairman, :Messrs. Jordan of Jasper, Richardson, Felker, :McRae, Bower, Overstreet, Hutchim, Bond, and Lane of Sumter.

Committee to visit Technological School at commencement of 1819:
)fr. K nO\des, Chairman; )fessrs. ~ewton, Rogers, Barron, Copeland, J.IeGehee, ).fitchell, Rudicil, Anderson, and Ousley.

On motion of l\Ir. Slaton of Fulton, tlw H<>ns~ to.)k a recess fur thirty minutes.

The House was again called to order by the Sp<aker

1082

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

and a Jiscmsion of the amendments to the Genetni Tax Act was resumed.

The following report was received from the Conference Committee, appointed to invrstigatc the expenses of committeemen:

J{r. Speaker:

The Joint Oonferrncc Committee of the Senate and House, in reference to the expenses of the members of the J,egislatnre in visiti:ng the State institutions and the different prison farms and camps, agree on the :following, to wit:
The total expenses of each member shall not exceed five cents per mile for his actnal and necessary expe11SS for each mile traveled by the nearest practical route, going and returning, and the maximum amount shall not exceed twenty dollars, regardless of the number of miles traveled.
R. G. DICKERSOX, Chairman Senate Committee on Conference.
J. B. PARK, JR., Chairman House Committee.

Read and adopted Decembe.r 17. The following message was reeeind from the Senate, through ~[r. Northen, the Secntlilry thereof:
Nr. Spealcer:
The Senate reee<les from its amendments to the genera1 tax Act, as follows:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1083

No. 9. Amendment proposed to section 11 by strik"ing ou~ the proviso at the end of the section.

Xo. 15. Amendment to section 16, proposing an additional question to tax-payers.
The Senate insists on its amendm~nts No. 16, No. 17 and No. 18, adding certain additional que8tions to the Taxpayers.

The Senate also insists on its amendment X o. 10, adding a prmiw to section 2 of the bill; amd also insists on its amendment No. 11 to paragraph 14 of section 2 of said
. bill. The follo\Ying message \YtiB received from the Senate, throug'h ~[r. X orthen, the Secretary therooi:

Mr. Speal,:er:
The following House bill failing to receiv~ the requisite constitutional majority was lost in the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend section 3244 of the Code, and for other purposes.
The follo\Ying message was recei.Yed from the Senate, through ~Ir. Xort.hen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee, appointed on the part of the Senate to confer with a similar cmnmittee on the part of the House, on the appropriation for Rock College, are ~Iessrs. wight, "\Yest and Brannen.

1084

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The following message was receiwd from the. Senate, through ~lr. X orthen, the Secretary thereof:

The Senate has concurred in the following resolution o the House, unanimously, to wit:

A re<lolution extending thanks to ~fr. Aaron French o Pittsbmg:, for his munificent gift of $6,600 to the textile department of the School of Teehnology.
\\r,e, the committee on the part of the House to consider the appropriation to Rock College, haw met and conferred with the committee on the part of the Senate, and have bef'n unable to agree, and the committee beg lean{ to be discharged, as. \Ye do not think any agreement can be arrin.~d at by your committee.
J. Y. ~fcGEHEE, Chairman.
The committee was discharged, and the following new committee appointed in its stead: l\Iessrs.Jordan of Jasper, Swift of Elbert, and Slaton.
llfr. Johnson of Floyd, moved that House bill Xo. 131 be taken from the table and that it resume its place upon the calE:ndar, which motion prevailed.
~fr. :Freeman of Coweta, moYed that t1he House insist upon its refusal to ooncur in Senate amendments No. 16, Xo. 17, and Xo. 18, which motion preYailed.
The Committee of Conference appointed under Mr.

SATURDAY, DECE:\IBER 17, 1898.

1085

FrePman'::; motion WE're: )fpssrs. Brandon, Johnson of Bartow, and I.ongino.

Committee of Conference appointed on amendment to banking clause were: )fpssrs. Chappell, Freeman, and Park of Greene.

Committee of Conference appointed on the cucus tax amendmPnt were: )lessrs ~IcLaughlin, Hall, and Lane o Sumter.

The following resolution was taken from the table and cencurrecl in by substitute, to wit:

By i~Ir. -Wingfield o the 28th District-

A resolution for the appointment of a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to investigate the head of the Geological Department.

The following joint resolution was read and concurred in, to wit:
By ~fr. Bunn of the 38th District-
R.esolY~d, that the GoYernor be requested to furnish the Third Georgia Infantry, C S. Y., >Yith a flag, not to cost more than one hundred dollars.

The follo-wing message was r~eiwd from the Senate, throup:h :Mr. Xorthen, tl1e Serretar~- the-rpof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference
C'ommittee on the amendment of the Senate to the appro-

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priation bill making appropriation for the salary of the :Entomologist, and for his expenses, have agreed, and recDmmend that the House recede from its disagrement to th<" Senate amendment, and concur in the same.
The Spnate has also adopted the report of the joint comnjttee upon fixing the compensation of the different committees of this StatE>, Yisiting the nwious State institutions.

The IIouS{' concurred. in the Senate amendment t'o the following bill, to wit:

By :Jir. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to amend an Act gowrning t.he inspection, analysi" and sale Df commercial fertilizers, and for other purptses.

The committee appointed to confer upon the amendment to bill X o. 149, appropriating $8,000 for the support of the Geological Department, submitted the following repmt, v:hich was read and adopted, to wit:_
llfr. Speaker:
\\re, your joint C'onference Committee from the Senate and House, haYe had under consideration the Senate amendment to House hill Xo. 140, known as the General Appropriation bill, which amendment JW0\-1ded for the appropriation of $8,000 for the support of the Geological Department of tlw State, as prm-1ded b.' the ACJt of 1889.
\\re are pleasE'<l to submit the follmYing report as embodying the re.sult of our conference:

SATURDAY, lJECEMBER 17, 1898.

1087

\Ye recommend that the said Senate amendment, carrying the appropriation of $8,000 for the Geological Department he atlopted and pa,;;sed, adding, however, to the paragraph which constitutes said amendment, c-arrying t.h~ said appropri.J.tion, the following words: "Provided, that the Gon'l"'lor shall have the power to discontinue the operations of the said department, and save the expense of the
samP, if, after an inve&tigation by a joint committee, to be
appointed by the House and Senate, or a committee, to be appointed by the Governor himself, if the SenMe and HonsE' ~hould fail to appoint such a committf', and upon
. the considPration of suc.h committee's rE~port to him the .
Governor shall doom it best to suspend the operations of the Departme.nt; provided, further, that no part of said appropriation herein made shall he <>xpended until after said investigation has been made."

Hespectfully submitted.

J. \Y. H. UXDERWOOD, Ch~irman. S. T. WIXGFIELD, W. C. BUNN, Cornmittee on part. of the Senate.
H. P. BELL, Chairman of House Committee,
CLAHEXCE KNOWLES, One of the Committee on part of the House.

The commit.tee appointpd to confer upon the circus tax amendment, snbmiNed the following report, which was nad and adopted, to wit:

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]Ifr. S peake1:

~

The committee on the part of the House to confer with the committee from 1:he Senate, in regard to taxes imposed or.. ci'lcuses, beg le3.ve to report that the Conference Com-
n;ittee agree and recommend that the Sonate concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment.

:McLAUGHLIN, Chairman.

~Ir. Ellis of Bibb, moved that the House take a short rec< ss, which motion prevailed.
The House was again called to order Dy the Speaker.
The Committee on Conference, appointed to confer upon the Rock College appropriation, submitted the following r<'port, which was read and concuned in, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee on behalf of the House, to cr.nfer with the committee appointed from the Senate, to C(nsider the appropriation to the Rock College, have agre~d to make the appropriation $16,000 for each of the years 189!) and 1900.
Respectfully submitted.
JORDAN of Jasper, Chairman. SI.ATON of Fulton, SWIFT of Elbert.

The report was read and agreed to.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER li, 1898.

1089

The following message was received from the Senate, -through ~Ir. N orthen, the Secretary theroof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Conference Committee to consider the appropriation to the Rock College has agreed to make the appropriation .(lf $1G,OOO for each of the years 1899 and 1900. Agreed 1:o in the Senate.

The Senate has also concurred in the following substitute of the House to Senate resolution, as follows:

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committeE" to investigate the Geological Department.

The following Confprence Committoo report was read :and adopted, to wit:
The Conference Committee on the pal'lt of the House, :appointed to meet the ConferPnce CommitA:ee from the 'SenatE', tD consider the Senate's refusal to recede from its position as to aJ11Pndments 16, 17, and 18, to the general tax Act, bPg to report that the Senate Conference Committoo recedE's from amendmentf 18 and insists on amendments Hi and 17, and this oommittee rooommends that the House recede from its position in refusing to agree to amendments 16 and 17.
This December 17th, 1898.
:MOHRIS BRANDON, Chairman.
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The following message was received from the Senatethrough :Mr. Northen, the Secl"etary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The President has appointed the following committee on the part -of the Senate on House resolution, to wit:

A resolution apJXJinting a committee to visit the different State institutions.

The committee on the part of the Senate to visit the Unin.rsit.,v of Georgia, are: :Messrs NeshiH, Thrasher, Heard, Hodge, Little, :Mann, St("('d, )fcGohee, Redding and Terrell.

The commill:tee on tlw part of the Senate to visit ( it-:'orgia Xormal and Industrial College are: :Messrs. SteP(l. Rawlillg'S, Odom, West, \Yilcox, )foye, Daniel, Dmding, Sutton, and Grovenstein.

Tho committee on the part of the Slnate to visit theTechnological School are: )lp,;;,-rg. \Yip:ht, 1fann, Clifton, Gros,;, Bunn, Hand, \\' oml, nrePII, \Yd>b all<l Tlwmp,<Oil.

The commiUa> on t-lw part of tlw SPnatp to inn'stig.,atethe G(orgia Sanitarium are: )le""rs. Ha\\-linp;:-: aml 1"nderwood.
To inn~tip;ate- the CPolc1p;ieal Departml'nt: )le:<;;;r,:._ Wingfield and Perkins.
1'hP following nH>s,:ap;P wa,:. rPePiYP<l hom thP Sc11atC' tlnongh 1fr. XorthPn, the S-ccrdary tliPreof:

t-iATl'RDAY, DECE:\IBER 17, 1898.

1091

Mr. Speaker:



The Senate has adopted the report of the Committee on Conference on the House bill :No. 14!), kno"n as the General Tax Act, and has concurred in the amendment of the House to paragraph 14 of section 2 in relation to circuses, and has receded from its insistance on amendment X o. 18.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman, submitted the following Conference Committee report:

"Mr. Spealter:

Your Committee of ~onferenee upon the prO\i;:o off<'red by the Senate il:o section 1:2 of the Gen<'ral Tax .\ct, re-;;pectfully report that we haYe conferred with the Senate committe, and haYe been unable to agr<'e.
\\'e recommend that your ( 'ommiHee of Conference he dischargl<l and anoth0r appoint<'d.

Hespectfully submitted.

THOS. J. <TL\PPET.L. Chairman.

The action of th(l ITon,.;p "a,.; l'<'t'OBsidend and the Sellat!' ame11<hnent agreed to.
:Mr. Hiehar<lsoll, Chairman pm tpJII. of the Committee o11 EmnliHIPHt, submitted the follo\\'iHg rPport:
J/r. Sfi!'tlker: Tlw Commitl<>B on Enmllnw11t nport as <lnly emnllPd.
sip:HPd .md read.' for delinry to tliP ( ;oY('l'II<W, tliP fol!O\\ing .\cts. to \\'it:

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An Act to establish t~1e city com-t. of ClarkesYille m Habersham county, and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to abolish the city conrt of DeKalb county.

Also,
An Act 'to c.hange the time of holding the Superior Courts of Dougherty, :Mitchell, \Vol'lt!h, Baker, Decatur, Calhoun and Miller counties, and for other purposes.

Also,
An Act rto authorize the city council of Augusta _to fix the number of its meml,ers neceBsary tD constitute a quorum.

Also,
An Act to authorize the mayor and council of \Vashington, Georgia, 1:o issue bonds for the purpose of building water-works, etc., and for other purposes.
Also,

An Act tJo amend section 1642 of Yolmne 1 of the \'ode, whieh relates to exemptions to ce-rtain 0onfNlerate and (o1her soldiers, nnd for other purposes.
Abo,
An Act tl() establish a new charter for the town of Leesburg in the cotmty of T.ee, and for ot.her purpoee,;;.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1093

Also,
An Act to change the !nanner of selecting the County Commissioners of Brooks county, and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to amend the chart.er of the city of Atlanta.

Also,
An Act to provide for the pa,yment of teachers in public S<:hools monthly.

Also,

An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the c~ty
oi Newnan in the county of Coweta to establish a system
of sewers, etc.

Also,

._.,

An Act to authorize the Judges of the Superior Courts

<to fill vacancies in the office of Oommissroners of Roads

and Revenues in certain instances, and for other purposes.

Also,
An Act to provide that the city council of Augusta shall not be required to use its common seal in certain cases.

Also,
An Act to repeal an Act authorizing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Newton county.

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Also,

An Act to amend an Act requiring the Commissioner of .Agriculture to establish a Department of Pomology, etc., and for other purposes.

Also,

An .c\..ct to amend an Act to incorporate the Bank of the Cniver,;ity at Athens.

Also,

An .Act to amend the charter of the Home Loan and Banking Compan~ of ~-\.tlanta.

Also,
An Act to prohibit rthe manufacture of any spirituous, malt or intoxicating lipwrs; except domestic ,\ines, within tlw limits of the count.' of X ewton, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to regulate the sale o.f spirituous liquors through dispensaries in the sewral towns in :Mitchell county.

Also,

An Act to repeal an Act proYiding for t.he payment ot the insolnmt costs of the justices of the peace and constables in Hancock county.

Also,
..:\. n ~\..ct to proYiue a Board of C'ommissioners of Roads an(] Revenues for the county of Thomas.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1095

.Also,

An Act to pay off and retire bonds of the State as they mature in accordance with ,article 7, section 14,. paragraph 1 of t'he C'OI\&titution of 1S77, by levy and colleCJtion of a tax, and for other purposes.

_-\lso,

An Aet to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent ('o~ts of the Sheriff of Richmond county, for services in the cit~- court of said eDunty out of the Treasury of Richmond, :and for other purposes.
_\I so,
At~ Act to amend the charter of the city of Monroe in the C"ounty of \\rnhon, and for other purposes.

~\.l;;o,
~\.n .Act to anwncl an ~\ct to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for t-he county of Washing:ton, and for other purposE'S.

_\.lso, An ~-\.ct to 1-epeal the proviso a.t the end of section 2 of an .\C"t to extend and cleofine the corporate limi:ts of Savannah.
Also, .\n .\ct to prmide for the registration of voters in municipal elections in the city of Savannah.

Also, ~\n Ac:t to amend section 5315 of the Code of 1895.

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Also,

An Act to amend sections 5315 and 5316 of Code of 1895 .

.Also,
An Act to fix the time of holding certain courts in theSouthwestern Circuit, and for other purposes.

Also, An Act to amend section 98 of the Oode of 1895 (Yoll.). Also, An Act to amend seetion 2334 of the CiYil Code of 1895r .Also, An Act to make it unlawful to manufacture any spirituous liquors in the county of Talbot.

Also,
An Act to amend an Act to alter and amend Acts granting corporate authority to the town of Sparta, etc., approved December 9, 1893, and for other purposes.
.Also,
An .Act to authorize the graduates of the normal department of the Georgia Nornl'al and Industrial College at Milledgevil1e, to teach in the public schools of this State without further examination.

t:-1.-\TURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1097

Also,
An Act to limit the payment of insolvent costs of .the Clerk of the City Court of Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Also,
"r An Act to incorporate the town of SylvSter i11 the Mun-
ty of orth, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to provide for a system of public schools for thetown of Clarkston, and for other purposes.
Also,
An Act to repeal an Act to ineorporate the town of Bremen in Haralson county, and to provide a new e~harter forsaid town.

Also,



..:\n Act to amend ,an Act to make permanerut the incom~

oi the F niversity of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Also,
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Clarkston in sa.id State, and county of DeKalb; and forother purposes.
Also, An Act for the protection of trad~marks, etc, and forother purposes.

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Also,

.\n Act to amend an Act proYiding a new charteor for the town of Tennille, and for othPr purposes.

Also,
A resolution to refund to C'harles ;r. Dougherty of
Creene county ce-Iiain money paid for a retailer's licentw.

Also,
A resolution tto pay pen~ion dne 0. F . Tohnson to his \\'idow, 1frs. Belle Jolmson.

Also,
A rewlntion for relief of ,J. R. Crayens of Catoosa
~onnty.

Also,

A resolution to anthnrizP the G<wernor to borrow money

tn supply casual deficiencies.



.\lso,
' r A resolution authorizing II. Harrison to publish the
public Acts of the Gen!:'ral Assemhl~, of 1RD6, 1897, and
1898.

Also,
"\ resolution to direct superintendent of lunatic asylum t< <leliYer Ann Long to authoritip,;; of Br~an county.

SATllRDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1099

Also,

A resolution for relief of J. F. Thornton and G. A. Hall, snrHies on bond of Gene 'Villiams.
_\I so,

An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rewnues for the county of Butts.

Also,
~\n .Act to amend an Act to reg~1late the payment of fees to attorneys, etc., and for other purposes.
~\lso,
~\n ~\ct incorporating the tmYn of Pavo, in the counties -of Brooks and Thomas.
_\]so, ~\n ..\ct to ley~ and collect a tax for support of State goYernment, etc.

~\lso,
An ~\et to proYide for incorporation of trust companies, .~ml f01 other purposes.

Also,
~\n Act to make approp1iations for the ordinary expenses
'()T the State gowrnment, and for oth('tl" purposes.

}dso, ~\n ~\ct to establish a system of pnblic schools in city of Tifton.

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Also, An Act to amend the Act incorporating the town of Jackson in the county of Butts.

Also, An Act to give County Boards of Education power toregulate the school terms of public schools. Also, An Act to amend and consolidate the laws governing theinspection llllld sale of fertilizers. Also, An Act to permit the State, as owner of the Northeastern railr'()lad, to be sued in certain cases. Also, An A0t to amend the city court of Gwinnett county. Also, An Act to require claimants in certain cases to file suit within 36 months. Also, An Act to exclude from village of Summerville the lands of )Irs. :M. B. Wright. Also, An Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898.

1101

Also~

An Act to prohibit the. sale of wine within two miles of the courthouse in town of Alpharetta.

Also,

An Act 'to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in Butts county.

Also,

An Ac.t to authorize the trustees of University of Georgia to operate summer sessions.

Also,



An Act to repeal the Act amending the charter of the city of Griffin.

Also,

A resolution proYiding for the payment of balance due Ron. \V. T. Jones to his widow.

Also,

A ret'lolution for rE>lief of A. :M. Hill of \V.alton county.

Also,

A resolution proYiding for the pa:vment of two extra doorkeeperrs of the House, etc.

Also,

A bill to amend an Act Ct'ltablishing a charter for the city of Griffin, and foT other purposes.

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Also,
An Act to create a Board of CommiBsioners for the county of Dade.

Also, Au ~\ct for the maintenance of the Prison Commission.

Also, .An Act to amend soction 105 of the Code of Georgia..

Al:w, An Act to e.;;tablish t.J1e boundary of Augusta.

Also,
An .\d. to make appropriation for textile departmPnt of the TPclmological School.

.\n .\et to rpgnlate tlH vxp(JHlitnrP of connty fmHl,- in ('ntain ea,;;e;:.
\l~o,

of (; erngia.



gnsta.

SATURDAY, DECE:\fllEH. 17, 1~98. Also, An Act to amend section 1 of an Act prescribing tine~ grades of complete comnwrcial fertilizer~.
Also, An Act to change the time of holding the fall session of the Superior Court of Irwin county. Also, An Act 1o amend section !.l82 of the Code. Also, An Act to amend section 1700 of the Code.
Also, An Art to amend an .\ct crFating a Board of Commis,.;ioners for counties of Spalding and Butts.
Also, c\ n Art. to am<'lHl au \ct er<'ating a Board of Co_nnmi5~ioll<'l'" for the eouuty of Bald\Yin.
Al~o,
Au .\ct to <'>'tahlish a ".'"="tPlll for working the streds in tlH city of ~lill<olgeYill<>.
~\l,o.o,
.\ ll . \ d to iiH"IIl'Jlnratl tlw to\\"11 of ( 'amak.

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.Al:so,

An Act to establish a dispensary in the town of Comer.

Also,

An Act to amend the charter for the city of Brunswick.

Also,

An Act to repeal section 4 of an Act establishing a charter for the town of "\Varsaw.

Respectfully submitted.

:M. M. HICHARDSON, Chairman pro .tem. Enrollment Committee.

The following message was received from the Senate, through }lr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
l.Jr. Speake-r:
The Senate has finishal the business of the session and is ready to adjourn.
The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit: By )Ir. Ellis of Bibb-
Extending the congratulations of the House to the :Fulton delegation and thanking them for their kindness and hospitality. 1~y l\Ir. Slaton of :Fulton-
Resolved, that the Clerk be directed to notify the Senate

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1105

that the House has finished its labors and is now ready to .adjourn sine die.

The Speaker announced the following committees, tv wit:

Committee on part of the House on Joint Committee to revise the tax laws of the State:

l\fessrs. Little ex officio, Ellis of Bibb, Freeman of Cow-eta, Blalock of Fayette, Johnson of Bartow anJ Hardwick of \Va:>hington.

Committee on part of the House to constitute a part of the Atlant.a depot commission:
l\Iessrs. Brandon and Bower.

Committee to investigate the Geological department of State:

Messrs. Hamby, Adams and Tatum.

Committee to investigate the Georgia State Sanitarium:

:Messrs. Copeland, Chairman, Park of Greene, and X ewton.

On motion of l\fr. Price of Oconee, the House tQ.en adjourned sine die.
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INDEX
TO
HOUSE JOURNAL
FOR 1898.

INDEX.

PART I.

HOUSE BILLS.

ADULTERATION-
A Bill-To prohibit the adulteration of lard, sugar, syrup, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

ADVERTISK\IENTS-
A Bill-To protect labels, trademarks, and other forms of advertisements ......................... 320 826 864

AGRICULTURE-

A Bill-To issue a certain portion of the appropria-

tion of $10,000 now made in furtherance of the

purpose for which department of agriculture

was created. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

89

AGRICULTURE-Department of-
A Bill-To amend an act to require the commissioner of agriculture to establish the department of horticulture and pomology .................. 256 497 771
To authorize the appointment of supervisor of oils 307 To create a bureau of labor and labor statistics... 631 Authorizing commissioner of, to sell certain ar-
ticles in his department...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 824

APPROPRIATIONS-
A Bill-To appropriate $750 to pay pensions of 1898 ......................................... 174 352 393
To appropriate $15,000 to improve school for Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 204 254

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APPROPRIATIONS-Continued.

To appropriate $7,000 to improve school for

Deaf ....................................... 175 204 2.54

To appropriate $11,000 to improve school for

Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 175 204 254

To appropriate money for maintenance of textile

department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 613 904

To make appropriations sufficient to pay ordinary

expenses of the executive, legislative, and judi-

cial departments ........ 234 253 675 685 693 721 730 763

To appropriate direct tax refunded to the State to

counties of Bibb, Clarke and Chatham. . . . . .

283

To pay certain moneys to Mrs. Anna E.

Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 275 502 536

To pay pension due J. W. Willoby to his widow, 370 421 509

To purchase chemicals of Dr. Geo. F. Payne.... 397 440

To pay pension due 0. F. Johnson to his widow, 645 822 994

To refund $100 to Chas. J. Dougherty..... . .. 748 823 878

To pay 'Vm. J. Almand certain moneys.......... 819

For the compensation of A. L. Waldo ......... 820 871 951

AUGUSTA-
A Bill-Authorizing the city council of Augusta to impose penalty for failure to pay taxes and any sums due for use of water .............. 188 383 420 467
Authorizing the city council to impose penalty for failure to make tax returns ............... 188 416 467
Authorizing the city council to enforce collecdons of taxes .................................... 188 383 468
To authorize the city council of, to change dam across Savannah river .................... 281 418 635
To fix boundary line along river front at Augusta (see Boundary Line).
To amend an act to collect water rents by execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
To alter Walker street ....................... 317 498 637 To fix number of members necessary to constitute
quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 497 637 Not to require the use of common seal in making
by-laws. . .. . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . ............. 390 500 641 To fix fines for violation of by-laws . . . . . . . . . . . 391 500 643 To amend an act to create a board of police com-
missioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 637

INDEX.

1111

APPEAL-

A Bill-To require notice to be given in all cases of

appeal.........................................

98

ATTORNEY-GENERAL-
A Bill-To prohibit the attorney-general from receiving fees other than his salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

BANKS AND LOAN AND TRUST CO)iPANIES-
A Bill-To issue circulating notes to State banks ... 82 270 286 344 821
To relieve building and loan associations doing business in connty where chartered. . . . . . . . . . . 186
To repeal an act providing for examination of private banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 416 478
To amend charter of Home Loan & Banking Co., 233 271 287 307 312 32~ 821
To require persons doing private banking business to have" not incorporated" printed on their stationery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 464 737
To amend an act to incorporate the Bank of the University....... .. . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .... 505 739 876
To provide uniform method for granting charters to banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

BONDS-State, County and 1\-Iunicipal-

A Bill-To authorize the Governor and treasurer of

this State to issue bonds to pay off bonds past

due, issued by Chas. J. Jenkins........

88

To pay off past due bonds known as" Convention

Bonds"............ . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

88

To authorize the issue of new bonds, to pay off

bonds issued by Chas. J. McDonald. . . . . . . . . . . .

89

To pay off bonds as they may mature by levying a

tax (see Tax and Tax Officers).

To authorize the mayor and council of Washing-

ton to issue bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 387 500 639

BOUNDARY LINES-State and County-
A Bill-To fix the boundary line between Georgia, and South Carolina at Augusta, Ga ......... 281 418 635 1045
To establish boundary line between Twiggs and 'Vilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

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INDEX.

CIRCUITS-

A Bill-To change the name of the Coweta circuit.. 346

To create a new judicial circuit to be composed of

Coweta, Fayette and Meriwether counties, to be

known as Coweta circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

346

To fix the time of holding courts in Cherokee cir-

cuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

To fix time of holding courts in the Southwestern

J 1dicial circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 665 739 831

To appoint a committee to consider the reorgani-

zation of.......................................

85

CHURCHES-

A Bill-Giving certain privileges to St. Lukes Episcopal church at Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 501 638

CODE-Amendments of-

A Bill-To amend section 101 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . 82 302 324

To amend section 105 of the Code . . . . . . . . . 82 302 325 1045

To amend section 2185(719a) of the Code. . . . . . . . 97 738

To amend section 2417, volume II, of the Code .. 97 271 286

To amend section 1292, volume I, of the Code....

97

To amend section 629, volume III, of the Code....

98

To amend section 431 of the Code............... 99 611 911

To amend section 4193 of the Civil Code of 1895.. 158

To amend section 65, of volume III, of the Code

of 1895..............................

160 611

To amend.section 35 of the Code, which requires

the registration of voters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

160

To amend section 698, of volume III, of the

Code ........................................ 161 303 325

To amend section 2185 of the Code .... 161 495 546 562 600

To amend section 5404, of volume II, of the Code 173

To amend section 4147, of the Code..............

174

To amend section 5043, volume II, of the Code... 176

To amend section 2323 of the Code. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 176

To amend section 1378, of volume I, of the Code .. 177 495

547 549

To amend section 398, of volume III, of the

Code ...................................... 177 303 327

To amend section 765, of volume III, of the

Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 184 303 328

INDEX.

111~

CODE-Continued.

To amend section 341, of volume III, of the

Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

185 508

To amend section 1486 of the Code........

185

To amPnd section 2250 of the Code...

. .186 352 395

To repeal sections 2253 to 2260 of the Code .... 186 352 396

To amend section 81, of volume III, of the

Code................... . ..

198

To amend section 815, of volume III, of the

Code.

. . .. .. . ... . . . .

. ... 226 496 912

To amend section 859, of volume III, of the Code 226

To amend section 850, of volume III, of the Code 227

To amend section 2322, of volume II, of the Code 230

To amend section 120 of the Code. . . . .

. . . 230 613

To amend section 5315 of the Code . . . . . . . . .... 231 864

To amend section 1262of the Code, volume I,231 595 614 696

To amend section 1250 of volume I, of the Code 232 595

To amend section 1301 of the Code of 1895 .... 232 496 1033

To amend section 857 of the Code of 1895.

233

To amend section 974, of volume III, of the Code 234

To amend section 2795, volume II, of the Code.

234

To amend section 3135, volume II, of the Code .. 235 271

287 288

To amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code .. 255 496

684 715

To amend section 427, of volume III, of the Code 257

To amend section 1642, of volume I, of the Code . 258 350

412 900

To amend section 37(H of the Code. . . . . .

272

To amend section 813, of volume III, of the Code.

273

To amend section 1549, of volume I, of the Code., 273 398

To amend section 286, of volume I, of the Code.

273

To amend section 388, of volume III, of the Code 280

To amend section 974, of volume III, of the Code. . 282

To amend section 873, of volume I, of the ()ode. . . 305

To amend section 2334 of the Code (Civil) ...... 306 420 614

To amend sections 5315 and 5316 of the ()ode. . . . . . 306 612

827 865

To amend subsection 11, of section 4082, of vol-

ume II, of the Code..................... . .. 306 419

To amend section 2334 of the Civil Code .......... 307 973

To amend section 2579, of volume II, of the Code 316

To amend section 2573, of volume II, of the Code

To amend section 1292 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . .

313

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INDEX,

CODE-Continued.

To amend section 1254 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 498

To amend section 2743 of the Code............... 318

To amend section 909 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 738

To repeal section 1010 and amend subsection 2, of

section 1011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . 319

To amend section 974 of the Code. . . . . . ........ . 319

To amend section 93 of the Penal Code ........ . 320

To amend section 1005 of the Penal Code ....... . 322

To amend section 413 of the Code ............... . 322

To amend section 3441 of the Code. . . . . . . ....... . 346 738

To amend section 4205, volume II, of the Code...

347

To amend section 3244 of the Code .......... 347 614 972

To repeal chapter 2, articles 1 to 12 inclusive, of

volume I, of the Code.......... . .. ..

348

To amend section 2219 of the Code........... 348 614

To amend section 1366, of volume I, of the Code.. 367

To amend section 1354, of volume I, of the Code. . 367

To amend section 70(1286) of the Code

368

To repeal section 397, of volume III, of the Code 368

To amend section 1552, of volume I, of the Code .. 369 736

To amend section 508, of volume III, of the Code 369 617

To amend section 3765, of volume II, of the Code 388

To amend section 8772, of volume II, of the Code 389

To amend section 3766, of volume II, of the Code 389

To amend section 98, of volume I, of the Code, 390 501 846

To amend section 1250 of the Code ........... 391 499 703

To repeal section 2763(3974 a) of the Code . . . . . . . 452

To amend section 3 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

To amend section 826 of the Civil Code .......... 465 616

To amend section 3826 of the Civil Code.......... 465

To amend section 574, of volume I, of the Code.. 472

To amend section 309 of the Code of 1895........ 474

To amend section 3950 of the Civil Code . . . . . . . . . 490

To amend section 5269(3) of the Civil Code. . . . . . 503

To amend section 1916, volume II, of the Code, 504 635 942

To amend section 4517 of Civil Co1e .............. 504 927

To amend se!tion 5462 of the Code ............ 626 736 911

To amend section 1700 of the Code ........... 632 737 943

To repeal section 2763 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

To amend section 1272, of volume I, of the Code

(see Pensions).

To amend section 120.5 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73S

To amend section 982 of th~ Code .......... 820 871 972

To amend section-- of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

INDEX.

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COMMISSIONERS-Roads and Revenues-

A Bill-To amend an act to create a board of commis-

sioners of roads and revenues for Houston

county..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 161 302 325

To create a board of commisioners of roads and

revenues for the counties of Spalding and Butts, 162 736

826

To create board of commissioner5 of roads and

revenues for Twiggs county ................ li4 302 327

To amend an act giving commissioners of roads

and revenues certain powers. . . . . ............ 197 992

Giving power to elect their own clerks .. 198 496 863 882 965

To create board of commissioners of roads and rev-

enues for Columbia county ................ 256 497 635

To amend an act creating commissioners of roads

and revenues for Glynn county ...... 280 303 346 413 821

To compensate commissioners of roads and reve-

nues of Burke county ...................... 306 419 468

To repeal an act creating board of commissioners

of roads and revenues for Oconee county .. 384 501 638

To amend an act creating board of commissioners

of roads and revenues for Baldwin county, 472 618 744

744

To repeal an act to create board of commissioners

for Union county.............. .- ............ 502 615 742

To authorize judges of the superior court to fill

vacancies in commissioners of roads and reve-

nues (see Judges).

To abolish the commissioners of roads and reve-

nues for Clayton county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

To create a board of commissioners of roads and

revenues for Thomas county ................ 505 617 726

To repeal an act providing for board of commis-

sioners of roads and revenues for Camden,

Thomas and Echols counties ............... 505 619 725

To authorize commissioners of Newton county to

establish a dispensary (see Dispensary).

To amend an act creating a board of commission-

ers for Monroe county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 522 618

To create a board of commissioners for Dade

county.....................

. .. 561 619 746

To amend an act giving commissioners of roads and

revenues, or county judges certain powers ... 613 739 785

1116

INDEX.

COMMISSIONERS-Continued.

To amend an act to create a board of commission-

ers for roads, public property, etc ........... 629 653 680

To create board of commissioners of roads and

revenues for Butts county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 737 832

To create board of commissioners of roads and reve-

nues for Douglas county .................... 747 827 874

To repeal an act to create a board of commission-

ers for 'Vare county..... . ............... 869 1024

To amend an act to create a board of commission-

ers for White county..................

869

CO:\Il\IISSIONERS-Railroad-

A Bill-To reduce the salary of the railroad commission ............................................ 161 648

CO}I:\IUNICATIONS-

From the Georgia Bar Association.........

92

From 'Voman's Christian Temperance Union of

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

CONSTITUTION-Amendments of-

A Bill-To amend paragraph 2 of article 7 of the constitution .................................... 134 494 535
To amend paragraph 4, section 2 of article 7 of the constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
To amend paragraph 1, section 1 of article 7 of the constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 258 738
To carry into effect paragraph 1 of section 4 of article 8 of the constitution ................... 281 614 942
To amend paragraph 3 of section 4 of article 3 of the constitution............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
To amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
To amend paragraph 1 of section 12 of article 7 of the constitution......................... . . . . . . . 474

CONSTABLES-
A Bill-To pay constables for conducting prisoners to jail...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

INDEX

1117

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS-

A Bill-For the holding of ........................ 197 271 276

COM:\IITTEES-

To conduct speaker-elect to the chair ......... .

To eseort clerk to clerk's desk ........ .

To notify Governor of organization of General As-

sembly.......................

. ........ .

To select chaplain ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .

To report rules for government of House ..... .

To ascertain who is entitled to represent the county

of :\lacon ........... .

To assist in counting the votes of the gener.1l elec-

tion ........................................... .

On rules.............. . ........... .

To investigate what judicial officers are to be

elected by the General Assembly .......... .

To make arrangements for the inaugural. .... .

To confer with pension commissioner

To be styled the committee on expenditure

To invite Fleming G. DuBignon to address General

Assembly ...... .

To investigate ballot reform system.

On general agriculture. . ................... .

On special agriculture. . . . . ......... .

On amendments of constitution .... .

On appropriations .............. .

On ways and means ......... .

On auditing ..................................... .

On banks ...................................... .

On Blind Asylum . . . . .

. ............ .

On corporations . . . . . . . . . .

.... .. ..

On counties and county matters ............... .

On education.......... . . . . . ..... .

On enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . ........... .

On excuse of members . . . . . . . . . . . .... .

On Georgia School for Deaf ............ .

On Georgia State Sanitarium .................. .

On halls and committee rooms....... . . . . . . . . . ..

On hygiene and sanitation ..................... .

On immigration . . . . . . . . . . . .................. .

On internal improvements ...................... .

On journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .

7 9
16 17 18
17
21
23 24
28 28 90 177 165
171 192 204
205 206 206
207 208 208 209 209 210 210 211 211 212 212 213 213 214 214
2a

1118

INDEX.

COMMITTEES-Continued.

On general judiciary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

215

On special judiciary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

On labor and labor statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

On manufacturing ................... , . . . . . . . . . . . 216

On military affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

On mines and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

On penitentiary.................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

On pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

On privileges and elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

On privileges of the floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

On public library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

On public printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

On public property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

On railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

On roads and bridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

On rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

On temperance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

On state of republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

223

On wild lands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

To prepare suitable resolutions on the death of

Hon. W. T. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

244

On invalid pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . 308 309

To consider report of special attorney W. & A.

Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

309

To investigate geological department.... . . .

309

To visit educational institutions....... . . . . . .

392

On reorganization of judicial circuits. . . . . . . . . . . . 392

To investigate issue between Dr. Payne and agri-

cultural commis8ioner..... . . . . . . . . . . .

463

To investigate treasury department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Appointed by the Governor to inve~tigate the

graves of Confederate soldiers at the North. . . . . 479

To investigate the Northeastern Railroad

646

To arrange for entertainment of the President.

697

Steering committee.. . . .

834

To welcome General Assembly of Alabama

844

To ascertain at what time the President would

arrive.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

946

Of conference on general appropriation bill.

1046

Of conference on House Bill No. 139 . . . . .

1055

On Rock College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1055

On entomologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1055

On contingent fund . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055

INDEX.

1119

COMMITTEEs-Continued.

On geological department........................ To attend closing exercises at North Georgia Agri-
cultural College .............. ,................. To visit Georgia Normal and Industrial College.. To visit University. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . To visit Technological School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On part of the House to revise tax laws . . . . . . . . . . On part of the House to constitute Atlanta depot
commission ................................... . To investigate geological department............ . To investigate Georgia State Sanitarium ........ .

1055
1055 1081 1081 1081 1105
1105 1105 1105

COMMITTEES OF CONFERENCE-

On Bills Nos. 125 and 126 of House . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . On banking clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On circus tax amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

552 1085 1085

CORPORATIONS-Municipal-

A Bill-To amend the charter of Fitzgerald..... 89 271 285 349 To amend an act incorporating the city of Elberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 253 269 To amend an act incorporating the town of Thomasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 351 370 To amend the charter of the city of Dawson .... 97 417 508 To amend the charter of the city of Atlanta...... 99 350 371 821 To amend the charter of the city of Macon .... 100 415 466 To incorporate Edgewood, in Dekalb county .. 159 494 545 To estabJish the city court of Dawson (see Courts). To amend the charter of Valdosta ............. 233 420 467 To amend the charter of Loganville ........... 236 271 286 To amend the charter of Leesburg ............ 255 398 469 To provide new charter for Clarkston .......... 279 497 634 Authorizing judges of superior courts to grant charters to corporations during vacations.. . . . . . 283 To amend charter of 'Vashington, Ga ............ 283 636 To authorize courts of municipal corporations to punish offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 To amend charter of Sharpsburg .............. 346 498 638 To repeal section 2 of an act to define corporate limits of Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 350 414

1120

INDEX.

CORPORATIONS-Continued.

To amend charter of Harmony Grove, Ga ..... 368 613 718

To extend corporate limits of Harmony Grove. .

369

To incorporate Sy.lvester, in 'Vorth county .... 385 500 639

Toamend the charter of Ocilla ........... 388 500 640 821

To anwnd an act granting corporate authority to

~parta . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 501 642

To amt>nd the charter of Brunswick ...... 390 499 642 1045

To amt>nd st>ction 4 of an act incorporating 'Vaynes-

boro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 499 642

To abolish the city court of Dekalb county (see Courts).

To amend an act to incorporate town of East-

man

. . . . . . . . . . 454 498 643

To establish new charter for town of Leesburg.454 736 770

To repeal an act to incorporate the town of Bre-

men . . .

. .464 615 745

To amend an act incorporating the town of Lyerly 473 737

829

To repeal an act to amend an act to establish char-

ter for Griffin . . . . . ........................ 517 871 930

To amt>nd an act to incorporate the town of Lump-

kin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .. 522 586 644

To amt>nd cha~ter of .\ugusta

. 535 615 744 928

To amt>nd tht> charter of :Marietta. . .......... 626 739 785

To repeal the existing charter of the town of Hill-

man . . . . . . . . .

. 627 927 949

To amend an act to incorporate .Jackson, Ga ... 627 737 828

To amend an act to provide new chartt>r for the

town of Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.629 680 737 831

To amend an act to incorporate the town of Rac-

ooon

MO

To amend the charter of Patterson, Ga . . . .

630 870

To amend the charter of Sparks, in Berrie"n county 666

To amend the charter of the town of Camilla..

675

To amend an act to incorporate Augusta.. . . . .... 683 871

To repeal an act to amend an act to amend charter

of Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 870 930

To amend the charter of the city of l\Ionroe ... R07 81?8 929

To incorporate the town of "'arsaw . . . . . . . . . . . 820 870 929

To incorporate the town of Camak . . . . ....... 833 870 929

To incorporate the town of Pavo .............. 833 R70 931

To incorporate the town of Oakwood ............. 833 870

INDEX.

1121

<JORPORATIONS AND TRUST COMPANIES-

A Bill-Requiring all corporations to pay wages due

an employee upon his death to his widow (see Employees).

To prq,vide for the incorporation of trust compa-

nies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 418 925

Authorizing judges of superior courts to grant

charter8 during vacation to corporations (see

Judges).

To require sleeping-car companies to furnish sep-

arate compartments for white and colored pas-

sengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

490

To prohibit the operation of railroads unless first

becoming incorporated (see Railroads).

COTTON SEED HULLS AND MEAL-
A Bill-To regulate the sale of cotton seed hulls and meal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 81 270 285 505

COSTS AND FEES-

A Bill-To pay officers in criminal caRes, properly ap-

proved costs and fee bills, out of the funds of

the county treasury .. . . . . .

..... ........

99

To provide for payment of certain costs accrued

in the conviction of felonies.... . . . .

274

To pay representatives advertising fees for local

bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

To require all persons bringing suit in justice

courts to deposit sufficient amount to pay costs, 368

To repeal so much of an act as provides for the

payment of certain costs in Northern Circuit, 388 499 640

To repeal an act to amend an act to pay cer-

tain insolvent criminal costs in Northern judi-

cial circuit.................................. 389 499 641

To repeal an act to pay insolvent costs of con-

stables, notaries public and justices of the

peace in Hancock county ......... 00 ........... 389 499

To reduce the fees of notaries public and other

officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

489

To limit insolvent costs of sheriff of Richmond

c o n n t y . . 503 617 741 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 . . . . . . . . . 00 00

. . 00

..

To limit the payment of costs of clerk of the court

n h j

of Richmond county 504 617 743 00. 00 00. 00 . . . . . . . . .

1122

INDEX.

COSTS AND FEE8-Continued.

To amend an act to regulate the payment of fees to attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 630 826 902
To provide for the payment of insolvent costs of justices of the peace, etc., of McDuffie coJinty.. 631

COUNTY AND COUNTY :MATTERS-

A Bill-Authorizing the city council of Augusta to im-

pose a penalty for failure to pay taxes, and any

sums due for use of water .............. 188 383 420 467

To authorize the city council of Augusta to im-

pose a penalty for failure to make tax ret'urns, 188 416 467

To authorize the city council of Augusta to en-

force collection of taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 383 468

To repeal an act creating a board of fire commis-

sioners for Savannah .................... 227 417 475

To repeal an act creating a board of tax assessors

for Sa\annah ........................ 228 417 477 821

To repeal an act creating a board of police com-

missioners for SaYannah .................... 228 416 477

To repeal an act prohibiting any one person from

holding more than one office at a time in Chat-

ham county ............................ 228 304 417 476

To repeal an act creating a board of water com-

missioners for Savannah .................... 228 417 476

To repeal an act creating an office of commissioner

of public works for Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 417 477

To repeal an act creating a park and tree com-

mission for Savannah ......................... 229 417

To fix time of election of all city officers for

SaYannah ............................. 229 420 509 545

To authorize the mayor of Newnan to establish a

system of drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 229 416 508

To authorize the mayor of Cochran to establish

a system of water-works .................. 235 420 466

To repeal an act creating a board of county com-

missioners for '~''are county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

236

To amend an act Yesting veto power in the may-

or of SaYannah .

. ........... 256 350 411

To empower the mayor and council of Sayannah

to condemn property ...... ................ 256 350 412

To repeal an act consolidating the office of clerk

and treasurer of Columbia county ...... 257 419 509 546

INDEX.

1123

COUNTY AND COUNTY MATTERS-Continued.

To authorize the city council of Augusta to change

dam across Savannah river ................. 281 418 635

To fix boundary line along river front at Augusta

(see: Boundary Line).

To amend an act to authorize the city council of

Augusta to collect by execution all water rents 282

To authorize the city council of Angus ta to alter

Walker street... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. ..

317 498 637

To authorize the city council of Augusta to fix

number of members necessary to constitute a

quorum ................................. 317 497 637

To employ inspectors of roads and bridges in coun-

ties having a population of more than 75,000 in-

habitants............ .. . . .. . .. .. . . .. .. . .. . .. 32()

To repeal section 2 of an act to define corporate

limits of Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

321 350

To establish the boundary line between Twiggs

and "'ilkinson counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

322

To reg~late the expenditure of county funds 347 498 901

To authorize the treasurer of Chatham county to

employ a clerk. . .

. .... 369 615 743 782

To authorize the mayor and council of washing-

ton, Ga., to issue bonds .................... 387 500 639

That city council of Augusta be not required to use

seal in making by-laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 500 641

Authorizing the city council of Augusta to fix

fine~ as punishment for yiolation of by-laws .. 391 500 643

To prevent the manufacture of whisky in Talbot

county (see Liquor and Liquor Laws).

Tc) provide for election of judge and bailiff of

Houston county . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. .. . .. . .

454

To amend an act prodding for a board of ex-

aminers of stationary engineers for Fulton

county..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 464 615 666

To regulate the sale of liquor in Mitchell county

by establishL g a dispensary (see Dispensaries).

To repeal an act to establish a dispensary in

Blakely, Ga. (see Dispensaries).

To change county site of 'Vilcox county .......... 503 616

To fix salary of judge of county court of Marion

connty (see Judges).

To limit insolvent costs of sheriff of Richmond

county (see Costs and Fees).

1124

INDEX.

COUNTY AND COUNTY MATTERS-Continued.

To create a board of police and fire commission-

ers for Athens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5C4

To amend an act to create a board of police com-

missioners for Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

612 937

To prohibit the manufacture of spirituous li-

quors in Newton county (see Liquor, etc.)

To change manner of selecting county commis-

sioners of Brooks county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 739 830

To except Fannin county from operation law re-

quiring registration of voters................... 630

To prohibit the sale of wine within two miles of

Alpharetta (see Liquor).

To prohibit the manufacture of intoxicants in

Spalding county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

To fix term of county solicitor of Pulaski county .. 682 827

875

To provide for board of examiners of stationary

engineers for Richmond county............. . . . 833

To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Henry

county (see Liquor and Liquor Laws).

To amend an act to regulate public investment in

Glynn county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869

To authorize board of education of Pulaski county

to purchase certain property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025

CONSTABLES-

A Bill-To authorize constables to levy and collect fl.

jaH. issued from ~uperior courts................

174

To authorize the payment of certain insolvent

costs to (see Costs).

COURTS-County and City and Police and Justice-

A Bill-To confer jurisdiction upon the recorders'

courts and the police courts of cities in Georgia

whose charters so authorize . . . . . . . . . . . . .

99 645

To amend the Code, section 4193, touching the

jurisdiction of county courts in civil cases (see

Amendments to Code).

To establish the city court of Dawson .......... 162 351 371

To repeal an act to create a county court in each

county in this State-so far as applies to Terrell

county ...................................... 162 353 393

INDEX.

1125

COURTS-Continued.
To amend an act to establish a city court for Ware county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
To amend an act to establish the city court of Atlanta........................................ 231 253 269
To amend an act to establish the criminal court of Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 253 270 458 517
To amend an act creating the city court of Waycross. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . 236 253
To amend an act to establish the city court of Floyd county ................................ 282 497 636
To require all persons bringing suit in justice court to deposit sufficient amount to pay costs (see Costs and Fees.)
To abolish city court of Dekalb county ....... .452 616 743 To establish the city court of Swainsboro ..... .470 618 746 To amend an act to establish city court of Gwin-
nett ......................................... 517 826 875 To authorize courts of municipal corporations to
punish offenders of municipality................ 614 To establish city court of Clarkesville ........ 628 826 875 To amend an act to establish city court of Hall
county ...................................... 832 870 92H To amend an act to create the city court of Way-
cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 To establish citY: court of Worth county . . . . . . . . . . 869 1024
COURTS-Superior and Supreme-
A Bill-To require all judges of superior and city courts to decide all motions for new trials within thirty days after same is argued (see Judges).
To provide for the rotation and interchanging of circuits by the judges of the superior courts of this State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
To change time of holding superior courts of Worth, Calhoun, Baker and Mitchell counties .. 184 927 955
To change time of holding superior court of Dodge county. . . . . . . ............................. 186 303 328
To try certain criminal cases in superior court.... 227 To transfer Taylor county from Chattahoochee
circuit and fix the time of holding superior court 236 To change time of holding superior court of Bibb
county......... . ............................. 306 496

1126
COURTs-Continued.

INDEX.

To change time of holding superior court of Frank-

lin county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 682 826

To change time of holding superior court of Irwin

county.. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ..

.......... 684 827 972

To change time of holding superior courts in

Heard and Carroll counties....... . ............ 833 927

CRIMINAL LAW8-

A Bill-Providing that notice of intention to apply for writ of certiorari shall operate as supersedeas for fifteen days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
To try certain criminal cases in superior courts.. 2'27 To make criminai pleadings amendable.......... 319

DISPENSARIES-
A Bill-To repeal an act to establish a dispensary in Blakely, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 500 645 772 773 795 908
To regulate the sale of liquor through dispensaries in )Iitchell county ...................... 474 618 744
To repeal an act authorizing the commissioners of Newton county to establish dispensary ...... 505 616 742
To maintain a dispensary in the town of Comer 535 617 928
To establish dispensary in ::\Iadison county........ 832
DOGs-
A Bill-To tax dogs.:..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 To tax dogs to discourage their breeding ..... 366 498 850

EDUCATIONAL-
A Bill-To determine who shall be eligible to serve as school officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
To authorize trustees of University to operate summer session (see Schools).
To create a commission for recommendation of course of English in the common schools.. . . . . 257
To establish permanent commission in every county to examine text-books .................. 275 928

INDEX.

1127

EDUCATIONAL-Continued.
To give county boards of education full power to regulate school term .................. 400 617 862 1045
To prescribe a course of physiology and hygiene in common schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS-

Election of speaker........................ .

57

Election of clerk ..................... .

79

Election of speaker pro tem.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . 9 11

Election of messenger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 13

Election of doorkeeper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 15

Votes of elections declared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 27 28

Governor's electi.on . . . . ........................ .

26

Secretary of state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .

26

Comptroller-general. ............................ . 26 27

Treasurer..................................... .

27

Attorney-general ............................. .

27

Commissioner of agriculture.................. .

27

State scnool commissioner ....................... . 27 28

Prison commissioner .......................... .

28

Election-Of Chas. G. Janes of the Tallapoosa circuit,

judge ....................................... . 101
Of ,V. T. Roberts solicitor-general for the Talla-

poosa circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Of A. H. Hansell for judge of the Southern cir-

cuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Of R. B. Russell for judge of the Western circuit 111

Of W. M. Henry for judge of the Rome circuit .. 114

Of H. C. Sheffield for judge of the Pataula circuit 117

Of J. C. Hart for judge of the Ocmulgee circuit 119 120

Of Jno. B. Estes for judge of the Northeastern cir-

cuit ......................................... . 122
Of ,V. A. Charters for solicitor-general of the

Northeastern circuit ......................... . 125

Of B. D. Evans for judge of the Middle circuit 128

Of E. L. Brinson for judge of the Augusta circuit 135

Of "Tm. H. Felton, jr., for judge of the Macon cir-

cuit ........................................... . 138

Of Jos. W. Bennett for judge of the Brunswick circuit....................... . ..... ~. . . . . . . . . 141

Of E. J .. Reagan for judge of the Flint circuit for

unexpired term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . 144

1128

INDEX.

ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LA"\VS-Continued.
Of E. J. Reagan for judge of the Flint circuit for full term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Of P. E. Seabrook for judge of the Atlantic circuit 149 150. Of Livingston Kenan for solicitor-general of the
Atlantic circuit................................ 152 A Bill-To provide for and fix the hours of keeping
. open polls at precincts ........................ 99 411 457 To repeal an act to provide for the registration
of voters in this State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 To amend section 35 of the Code which requires
the registration of voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 To provide for the registration of voters in this
State (see Voters). To prohibit the betting on elections ....... 227 352 410 455 To designate the hours that polls shall open; who
shall preside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 411 419 512 To repeal an act regulating municipal elections for
Savannah ................................... 473 615 698

EXEMPTIONsA Bill-To amend the constitution so as to exempt places of religious worship from taxation....... 134
EXPLANATIONS-
Mr. Knowles explains his remarks................ 459

EMPLOYEES-
A Bill-Requiring corporations, upon the death of an employee, to pay wages due him to his widow. . 161 351 371
FEE8-(See Costs and Fees).
FELONY-(See Criminal Laws).

FENCES-
A Bill-To prescribe how partition fences shall be erected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

INDEX.

1129

FERTILIZERS-
A Bill-To amend section 1 of an act prescribing three grades of commercial fertilizers. . . . . . . ..... 227 352 401
To provide for taxation of commercial fertilizers. 321 To amend the laws governing the inspection of
commercial fertilizers . . . . . . ...... 747 826 965 1086

FISH AND GAME-
A Bill-To prohibit any person from hunting or fishing on the lands of another in counties having a population of 40,000 inhabitants ............. 98 271 287 302
To repeal an act preventing the hunting and catching of opossums in this State between March 1st and October 1st............................. . . 159
To prohibit the. trapping, poisoning or catehing of fish with nets . . :. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 183
To prohibit non-residents from hunting or fishing in Liberty county .............................. 184 309
To prevent the baiting of doves. . ......... 176 302 326 465 To regulate the catching of fish in the streams of
Floyd county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 303 329 To protect fish in streams of Lee county.......... 255 To make it unlawful to hunt or fish upon lands of
another without permission ......... 275 350 412 518 667 To protect certain game in this State............. 318

GARNISHMENTS-
A Bill-To prohibit creditors from sending claims, accounts or debts out of this State for collection, by garnishment or otherwise ... 162 351 372 374 376 385

HUNTING, FISHING, ETC.-(See Fish and Game).

INSURANCE COMPANIES AND LAWB-
A Bill-To regulate business of insurance brokers ... 682 736 To amend an act to regulate the business of insurance companies ............................... 682 738

1130

INDEX.

INVIT.\TIO~S-

From the Oratorical Association of the State Uni-

versity .. o.. 0 0 0

0 0 0



o . . . .

25

Indting Fleming G. DuBignon to address General

Assembly on ballot reforn{ .. 0 0 o

171

To participate in Peace Jubilee .. 0 0 0. o o. 0 o o. 0.

260

To attend services at Jackson Hill Baptist Church 260

JOII\T SESSIOKS-

To open returns of State elections .17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 0 0 22 26

To inaugurate the Go,ernor-elect 0 0 o. o 0 0 0 0 o. o

93

JUDGES-

A Bill-Authorizing judges of superior courts to grant charters to corporations during vacation .. 283 418 781
To require judges of superior courts to decide all motions for new trials, etc ... 0 0 133 415 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 50i} 5~2
To fix salary of judge of county court of )!arion c o u n t y 503 546 6-14 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
To authorize judges of superior courts to fill vacancies in office of commissioners of roads and

re\enues .. 503 619 745 o 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

....... 0 ....

JUDG:\IENTS-

A Bill-Providing for the record of judgments and d e c r e e s , e t c . 505 927 0 0 o. o. o 0 0 0. 0 0 o o 0 0 o. o. 0 0 0 0 0

JURORS-

A Bill--To prescribe kind of boxes to be used to con-

tain name of jurors 0 0 0. 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.

0 0 0 0 0

231

To provide compensation for jurors in certain

c a s e s 0274 304 3-!2 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 . . 0. 0 0 0 0. 0 0 . . 0 0 . . 0 0 0

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-

A Bill-To increase their power and jurisdiction . 0. 1026

INDEX.

1131

JUSTICE COURT8-(see Courts). LANDS-Titles to and record of-

A Bill-To cede certain lands in Meriwether county to

U.S. Government . . .

. ............ 82 84 89 100

To amend an act giving thirty-six months in which

to bring suit for lands sold under wild land tax

fi. jas . ........................................ 187 613 92~

LABORERS AND CROPPERs-

A Bill-To provide for the removal of laborers and croppers........................................ 185 612

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LA\Y8-

A Bill-To abolish the sale of liquor in Georgia. . . . . . 255 398

To prevent the sale of liquor in :Marion county ... 272 398

To make it unlawful to give away intoxicating

drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 318 398 565

To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Talbot

county ..... ,...... .. ..

.. ..... 388 418 604

To regulate the sale of liquor in :Mitchell county

(see Dispensaries).

To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Newton

county... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 627 737 829

To prohibit sale of wine in two mile!! of Alpha-

retta........................

.. ....... 630 825 8H

To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Butts

county ..................................... 681 736 830

To prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Henry

county....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869

LUNATIC ASYLUM-

A Bill-To prescribe how lunatics may be admitted

'vm: and discharged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

To release

Schwarz from....................

629 747

MANUFACTURING AND MANUFACTURERSA Bill-To protect manufacturers and producers .. 451 616 926

1132
MANUFACTORIEs-

INDEX.

A Bill-To require guana factories to return for taxa-

tion all assets in each county where they do busi-

ness............................... .

373

MEDICAL-
A Bill-To regulate the sale of patent medicines ..... . 159 To prohibit the sale of morphine in this State. 187 398
MESSAGEs-Executive-
29 30 238 269 478 488 523 606 633 688 721 769 802 862 962 1003 1011 1048.
MESSAGES-Senate-
15 16 21 24 83 101 164 170 188 189 203 236 237 289 294 341 344 397 400 425 448 452 506 534 539 542 555 562 572 574 650 677 695 696 714 768 769 776 789 795 901 903 943 968 985 991 993 1002 1004 1038 1041 1043 1052 1056 1062 1066 1067 1070 1077 1083 1085 1089 1000 1091 1104
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS-

A Bill-To make one-half of every Saturday during the

months of May, June, July and August a legal

holiday.................................. . . . ..

98

To provide and fix the hours of keeping open the

polls at precincts (see Election Laws).

To make it unlawful to wantonly discharge a gun

on Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 133 416 507

To repeal an act to provide for the admission to

the bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 850

To provide for a change of venue in certain civil

cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 159 495 545

To repeal an act to provide for the registration of

voters.......................................... 160

INDEX.

113:3

MISCELLANEOUS BILLs-Continued.

To make it unlawful to discharge a gun on public

highway... . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . ................. 163 329 334

To extend the laws of Georgia applicable to chari-

table and benevolent institutions for the custody

of children ................................ 175 303 326

To prevent the baiting of doves (see Fish and Game)

To prevent sacrifice of property sold at legal sales, 184

To repeal section 3 of an act providing for the ap-

pointment of auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

To provide for the removal of laborers and croppers 185 612

To make horse-racing unlawful on the highways of

this State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 186 351 396

.-\.uthorizing graduates of the G. N. I. College to

teach without further examination (see Teachers)

To try certain criminal cases in superior court . . . 227

To prevent prisoners from making statement in

their behalf unless under oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

To require landowners to prevent obstructions

from blocking streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

To provide for sale of an interest in real estate (see

Sale).

To amend an act to establish board of pharmaceu-

tical examiners........ .. .. .. .. . .. ........ 274 45!7

To establish a State board of embalming .. 317 498 728 8!4

To make criminal pleadings amendable . . . . . . .

319

To make certain requirements of a wife claiming

equity in property of husband.

321

To pay owners of articles stolen in all cases of lar-

ceny..........

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

To amend an act to provide for admission to the

bar . . . . . . . . . .

. ..... 367 740 629

To suppress mob violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ti8

To prescribe how partition fences shall be erected, 400

To prohibit the use of obscene language in pres-

ence of females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

To modify rule of negligence in actions by ser-

vants, etc......... .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

To permit the State to be sued in certain cases, 464 73.j 5!10

To prohibit any State official from accepting fa-

vors from corporations..... .

. .... 283 615

To provide for establishment of office of public

matron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

627

Providing that no person shall be guardian of an

insane person in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

1134

INDEX.

MISCELLANEOUS BILLs-Continued.

To appoint commission to consent to erection of

new depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 8:!6

To require notice to be given of levy in cases of at-

tachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

665

To exclude the lands of Mrs. ~I. B. Wright from

village of Summerfield. . . . . . . . . . ........... 681 739 874

To establish a system for working the streets in

Milledgeville .............................. 820 870 930

MORTGAGES-
A Bill-To require registration of transfers of mortgages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 739

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-(see Corporations). MORPHINE-
A Bill-To prohibit the sale in this State ............. 187 398

ORDINAHIES-

A Bill-To authorize ordinaries to purchase books

needed in office . . . . . . . . . . . .

184 304 373

To authorize the ordinary of Lincoln county to

issue bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . 691

ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE-

House called to order by clerk of last session.. .

3

Qualification of members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Election of speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Election of clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

Election of speaker pro tem. . . . . .

9

Election of messenger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11

Election of doorkeeper............. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

PENITENTIARY-
A Bill-Requiring officials of State institutions to purchase supplies from, etc. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

INDEX.

1135

PENSIONS-

A Bill-To authorize payment of pensions semi-annu-

ally............................................

391

To prevent certain persons from drawing pensions 452 61i

To amend section 1272, vol. I, of Code, relating to

pensions of widows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 787

To amend section 1250 of the Code, relating to

pensions of Confederate soldiers. . . . . ...... 391 499 703

To appropriate $750 to pay pensions for 1898 ... 174 352 393

To pay pension due J. W. Willoby to his widow. 370 421 509

PETITIONS-

From grand jury of Haralson county................. 517

POLICE COl\I~IISSIONERS-

A Bill-To amend an act to create a board of police

commissioners for Augusta.... . . . .

188 612 637

To repeal an act to create a board of police com-

missioners for Savannah ................... 228 416 467

PRACTICE-

A Bill-To regulate the practice in superior and city

courts ............................

273

PRISON COl\ll\IISSIONER-

A Bill-Providing for support of prison commissioner

for 1899.

. ............................ 536 586 840

PUBLIC PRINTI~G-

Governor's message-300 copies ordered printed..

79

To print 300 copies of House bill 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

To print 300 copies of bill to issue circulating

notes to banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

287

To print 300 copies each of reports of comptroller-

general and State treasurer . . . . .

289

To print 300 copies of resolution pro\iding for

board of tax commissioners .

400

To print 300 copies of House bill No. 306

465

To print 300 copies of report of committee on

graves of Confederate soldiers........... . . . . . . 488

1136

INDEX.

PUBLIC PRINTING-Continued.
To print 300 copies of bill to amend section 2, paragraph 2, article 7, of the constitution.......... 535
To print 300 copies of report of committee to investigate report of W. A. Wimbish............. 664
To print 300 copies of bills 127 and 128............ 667 To print 300 copies of House bill No. 301.......... 740 To print 300 copies of House bill No. 237.......... 784 To print report of committee to investigate State
treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 To print 200 copies of Senate bill No.1 . . . . . . . . . . . 997

RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAYS-
A Bill-To prohibit any persons from operating a railroad in this State unless first becoming incorporated . . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . 187 495 531 583 589
To provide for assessment of railroad companies for taxation ................................... 258 725
To prohibit any railroad, expresss or telegraph company bestowing favors upon State officials.. 283
To require railroads to carry bicycles free of charge................................. . . . . . . . 627
To require street railways to provide a screen for protection to motormen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
To require railroads in "'ilkinson county to fence in their tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927

REGISTRATION-

A Bill-To provide for the registration of voters (see Voters).

REWARDS-

A Bill-To authorize the Governor to keep standing

offer of $25.00 reward for the apprehension of

any person buying or selling votes . . . . . . . . . . . . .

98

RELIEF-A Bill for-

Of .Toel F. Thornton and Geo. A. Hall as securities

on bond of .Jene 'Villiams . . . .

. .. 171 259 646 753

Of l\lartin H. Dooly as security on bond of E. A.

Richards & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Of Geo. W. Harrison................... . .. .. . .. . 626

JNDEX.

1137

RELIEF-Continued.

Of 0. \V. Linden and others........ . ....... 683 736 831

Of A. J. Davis..... . . . . . . . .

. ............. 373 822

Of .J. W. Johnson of Oconee county ....... 609 822 876 900

Of Jas. R. Cravens ........................... 632 823 944

Of A. M. Hill .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. 632 928 952

Of John P. Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 927

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES-

Of committee to select chaplain of House . . .

21

Of committee to examine returns for election of

member of the House from Macon county . . . . . .

24

Of committee on inaugural ceremonies. . . . . . . . . . .

84

Of committee to ascertain what judicial officers

are .to be elected by the present General As-

sembly ..................... _................ 90 96

Of committee to confer with the pension commis-

soner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. _. . . . . . . . 177

Of committee to invite F. G. DuBignon to address

General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Of committee on rules .................... 201 275 731 854

Of committee on enrollment .. 244 358 379 593 007 622 729

757 780 797 907 944 1018 1042 1058 1066 1091

Of committee on appropriations ... 248 356 439 448 554 592

608 800 818 952 999

Of minority on county and county matters . . . . . . . 809

Of committee on county and county matters .. 249 298 313

357 435 449 542 580 581 599 619 699 759 799 923

Of general judiciary ~ommittee ... 250 265 296 336 380 404

443 444 514 559 576 633 676 709 798 819 824 913

1014 1034

Of committee on hall and rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Of committee on banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 357 808

Of committee on privileges of the floor .... 265 284 300 316

330 381 439 469 512 539 560 609 649 768 801 803

808 853 978 1000 1021 1~12 1023

Of committee on general agriculture .. 266 295 335 432 474

543 654 824 993

Of committee on ways and means.267 300 407 462 556 578

587 607 711 916 987

Of committee on corporations ..... 267 334 382 405 461 579

621 692 713 844 885 961

Of special judiciary committee .... 268 312 314 359 362 436 407 552 679 758 816 866 1012

'7:.! h j

1138

lSDEX.

REPORTS OF CO:\DUTTEES-Continued.

Of minority of special judiciary committee...

773

Of committee on education 313 356 438 450 573 594 759 863

Of committee on pensions ................ 315 380 447 620 Of minority of general judiciary committee ... 339 460 534

540 559 679 Of minority of general agricultural committee . . . 340 Of committee on privileges and elections ........ 359 433 Of committee on state of republic................ 406 Of committee on temperance ..... 407 434 575 598 710 924 Of committee on public library ................... 415 513 Of committee on constitutional amendments ..... 442 712 Of committee on railroads ........... 462 557 806 817 940 Of committee to investigate graves of Confederate
soldiers at the North ........................... 479 485 Of special agriculture committee ................. 502 578 Of committee on hygiene and sanitation .. ........ 557 Of minority on privileges and elections . . . . . . . . . . 565 Of committee on State penitentiary ............ 583 1056 Of committee to visit some State using" Austral-
ian ballot" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

- Of committee to investigate the report of "" A.

Wimbish...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. ..... 654 656

Of committee to visit School for Deaf... . . . . . . . . 673

Of committee to frame resolutions on death of

Hon. W. T; Jones............................ . 693

Of committee to investigate geological depart-

ment . . . . ............ 718 1086 0





Of committee on Georgia State Sanitarium 0 748 753 799 940 1017

Of committee to visit School for the Blind at

l\lacon ...................................... 0

767

Of steering committee ........................... 83i 858

Of committee to examine State-treasury ....... 0

885

Of committee to investigate controversy between

Dr. Geo. Payne and the commissioner of agri-

culture . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 0

916

Of conference committees ........... 941 1009 1089 1091

Of committee to visit State institutions ......... . 979

Of committee on Rock CollE>ge . . . . . .......... 1076 1084

Of committee of conference on expense of com-

mitteemen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107i 1082 0

To confer upon the circus tax amendment..

1088

To confer upon the Rock College appropriation... 1088

INDEX.,

1139

REPORTS-State officials-

Of State treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28!~

Of comptroller-general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S!)

REPORT8-Supreme Court-

A Bill-To authorize the republication of Georgia Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 373 50
To fix all Georgia Reports at the price of $2.00 per volu1ne ...................................... 274 617

SALES-

A Bill-To regulate the sale of stock of merchandise

and to prevent fraudulent conveyancing of same,

83

To provide for the levy and sale of all interest or

equity of redemption of real estate .......... 183 257 613

To prohibit the sale of morphine in this State (see

:\Iedicines).

To prevent sacrifice of property sold at legal sale.

184

SLEEPI~G-CAR COl\fPANIES-(See Corporations).

SAVANNAH-
A Bill-To repeal an act to create a board of fire commissioners for .............................. 227 417 475
To repeal an act to create a board of tax assessors for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 417 477 821
To repeal an act to create a board of police commissioners for.... . ........................ 228 416 467
To repeal an act to create a board of water cone. missioners for. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 228 417 476
To repeal an act to create the office of commissioner of public works for ................. 228 417 ~77
To repeal an act to create a park and tree commission for................... .. ............. :!2!J 417
To fix the time of election of all city officers for. . 22!J 420 5()<J 545
To amend an act vesting veto power in the mayor of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 256 350 412
To empower the mayor and council of to condemn property .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .............. 256 350 412
To repeal section 2 of an act to define corporate limits of ...................................... 321 350

1140

INDEX.

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWS-

A Bill-To establish a public school system for city of

Tifton . . . . . . . . o 89 611 742 0

00 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

To establish a system of public schools in Edge-

wood, Dekalb county ... 00 ............... 0......

159

To authorize trustees of State University to oper-

ate

summer

sessions

. . . . . oo o.o235 0 0 0 0 000

000 0 0 0

496

973

To repeal an act to make permanent the income of

the State University o0 0 0 256 30! 331 341 411 426 441

To amend an act to establish a public school sys-

tem in Washington, Ga...................... 282 418 636

To regulate the public school term of this State, 322

To provide for a system of public schools in Clark-

ston ................................... 0 451 500 643 931

To repeal an act to establish public school system

in Hogansville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 74

To establish public school system for Knoxville,

Georgia. 0 0.

0. 0

0

0

o 0 0

0

0

0

00

0

00

o 0 0

00

0

0

0 0. 0. 0

00

0...

747

SHEEP-

A Bill-To protect the sheep industry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0

318

SLANDERA Bill-To define slander and prescribe a penalty . 229 352 410

SOLDIERS' HOME-

A Bill-To provide for the purchase of 0 0 0 0 0 o0. 0 0

3~1

SOLICI'.MRS-GENERAL-

A Bill-To fix the compensation of solicitors-general in this State...... . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. .. . .. . .. . 160

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS-

A Bill-To provide statute of limitations on suits aris-

ing outside State. 0 o0 o0 0 0 0

0

o oo o 0. 0.

0 0

STATE OFFICIALsA Bill-To reduce salaries of 0 0 0 0 0 ooo. 0 oo

320 1043

INDEX.

1141

STATE VETERINARIAN-

A Bill-To create the office of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

STATE LIBRARIAN-

A B!ll-To furnish copy of Code to each member of

General Assembly for use during session..... . . .

18

STATE SCHOOL COl\IMISSIONER-
Report of-under resolution requesting certain information......................................... 363

STATE TREASURER-
A Bill-To amend an act authorizing the treasurer to draw his warrant for certain moneys to be used in paying teachers.. . ........................ 185 495
To fix salaries of State treasurer, secretary state, and comptroller-general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

STATE UNIVERSITY-
A Bill-To authorize the trustees to operate summer sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 235 469 973
To repeal an act to make permanent the income of .......................... 256 304 331 341 411 426 441

TAX AND TAX OFFICERS-
A Bill-To regulate settlements to be made by the tax collectors of this State of railroad taxes received by them................................. 158
To require tax receivers of this State to keep in their offices a numerical index of all lots of land in their respective counties.................... 173
To prescribe the powers of tax collectors of this State.......................................... 174
To provide a uniform system of tax receipts in this State................................... 175 259 612 924
To prescribe how notes, bills, etc., shall be returned for taxation ......................... 230 614 782

1142

INDEX.

TAX AND TAX OFFICERS-Continued.

To provide for assessment of property subject to

taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 230 612

To levy a tax for support of S~ate government and

institutions ........................ 236 272 589 652 769

To require tax receivers to return tax digest to

county commissioner........... . . . . . . .

273

To require the payment of a tax on dogs by their

owners.............................

281

Prescribing how lands shall be returned for taxa-

tion....................................

321

Prescribing how notes, accounts, etc., shall be re-

turned for taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 321 855 859

Prescribing how bonds of all corporations shall be

returned for taxation................

322

To provide for listing of real and personal prop~

erty; to create board of tax commissioners; to

create county board of assessors..

. ... .453 465

To pay off bonds as they mature by levying and

collecting a tax ............................ 4i3 618 847

To regulate settlements to be made by tax col-

lectors of this State ............................ 494 544

To provide for a board of equalization of real and

personal property subject to taxation in this

State........ .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . .. .. ... 867

TEACHERs-

A Bill-To grant permanent license to graduates of

Bowden college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 825

To allow graduates of Georgia Normal and Indus-

trial College to teach without further exam-

ination .................................... 226 612 969

To amend an act relati\e to payment of school-

teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

956

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co:\IPANIES-
A Bill-Requiring the return of all property for State, county and municipal taxation................. 374

INDEX.

1143

TRUST COl\IPANIES-(See Corporations).

VOTERS-

A Bill-To prescribe qualifications for voters.. . . . .

348

To provide for registration of voters. . . . . . . . . . . . 162 370

To repeal an act to submit certain questions to

voters of Troup county ................ 473 683 738 830

To provide for registration of voters (municipal)

in Savannah ........................... 536 616 699 821

WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSEMEN-
A Bill-Authorizing warehousemen to give bond and issue receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

INDEX.

PART II.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

A Resolution-Providing for a joint session to open returns of State elections ...................... .
For appointment of committee to select chaplain ............................... .
For appointment of pages ............... . Directing clerk to notify Senate of organi-
zation of House ........................ . For appointment of committee on rules .. . Authorizing appointment of two assistant
doorkeepers ............................ . Directing State librarian to furnish copy
of Code to members of General Assembly That members withdraw from the hall to
draw seats in the House ............... . That certain members be permitted to
select their seats ....................... . To appoint a committee to ascertain who is
legally entitled to represent the county of Macon .............................. . Regulating daily sessions of the House ... . Providing for the appointment of a committee to make arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies .................... . Inviting reporters of daily papers to seats in the House ........................... . Providing for appointment of committee to consider the reorganization of judicial circuits ................................ . Referring different parts of the Governor's message to appropriate committees .....

16 17 18
17 17 17 17 18 18 18 22
21 22
25 79
88

INDEX.

1145

A Resolution-Appointing a committee to confer with

pension commissioner to ascertain num-

ber of legal pensions o~ file in his office..

9)

Providing for a joint session for the pur-

pose of electing judges and solicitors-

general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Providing for two sessions of the House

after November 7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Providing for the appointment of a com-

mittee to use the best means of plaCing

taxable property on the digests . . . . . . . . . 135

Extending an invitation to Hon. Daniel C.

Gilman and Hon. Wm. L. \Vilson to ad-

dress the House and Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . L55

To take a recess for three days so that

member!< might go home to vote in the

congressional election . . . . . . . ...... 164 168 172

Requesting the Governor to furnish the

General Assembly with a full statement

of the financial condition of the State .. 165 172

To appoint a committee on expenditures..

165

Providing for the purchase of a portrait of

Gov. Jno. Milledge .................... , 165

Thanking Hon. \V. J. Northen, and asso-

ciates, for services rendered the State at

Trans-:Mississippi Exposition...... . .... 171 244

Inviting Fleming G. DuBignon to address

the General Assembly on ballot reform. . 171

For relief of Geo. A. Hall and Joel F.

Thornton as securities on bond of Jene

Williams ....................... 171 259 646 753

To ascertain the condition of State treas-

ury on November 1, 1898................. 183

To pay city of Atlanta for paving, etc., on

State property .. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 822

To dust carpet on floor of J;Iouse.......... 193

To refer all privilege resolutions to that

committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Appointing a committee to draft resolu-

tions on death of Hon. \V. T. Jones, rep-

resentative of Dougherty............... 201

To refer all bills heretofore referred to

finance committee to committee on ap-

propriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

1146

I_NDEX.

A Resolution-:Ooncerning the election of United States

Senator, etc........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 259

Setting forth eminent fitness of J. H.

Blount, Jr ......................... 260 3!9

To appoi;;t committee on "Invalid Pen-

sions" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . 263 276

To submit all privilege resolutions without

being read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26!

To print 300 copies of House bill No. 149... 264

To pay certain moneys to l\frs. Anna E.

Branch.............................. 275 502 533

Requesting certain information from State

school commissioner . . . .

279

Inviting Geo. T. Barnes to address General

Assembly on Nicaraguan Canal. . . . . . . . . 289

Appointing committee to visit University

and Normal School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 349

Appointing committee to investigate geo-

logical department . . ............... 290 304 353

Requesting certain information of State

school commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

To pay pension due J. W. Willoby to his

widow ............................ 370 421 509

To authorize the commissioner of agri-

culture to sell certain articles in his d!:-

partment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 372 824

For the relief of A ..J. Davis .............. 373 822

Concerning the Nicaraguan canal ......... 392 470

To allow no member pay while on leave of

absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

To appropriate $2,000 to purchase chemi-

cals, ere., of Dr. Payne ................. 397 440

To provide for the payment of two extra

doorkeepers . . ................ 399 611 838 1044

Providing for a board of tax commission-

ers .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 399 423 925

To appoint a committee to investigate con-

troversy between Dr. Payne and State

chemist . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

To have 2 lO copies of calendar printed daily 460

To authorize Governor to draw warrant for

$87.50 to pay for chairs .................. 466 823

To authorize Governor to borrow money

sufficient to supply casual deficiencies, 489 611 846

Regulating the day's session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

lNDEX.

1147

A Resolution-Requesting certain information from the

Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Appointing a committee to investigate the

report of N. E. Railroad

..... ......

516

To appoint porter for post-office department 517 531

555

Providing for expert accountant. . . . . . . . . . 521

Giving certain privileges to committee ap-

pointed under Resolution No. 52 . . . . . . . . 552

Regulating the sessions of the House. . . . . . 565

Limiting debates of the House to ten min-

utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Allowing twenty minutes to Messrs. Pee-

pies and Stewart in which to present

claims.............

. . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Resolved, That V. A. Stewart be elected to

seat as member......................... 568

Resolved, That A. J. Brown be elected to

seat as member.......................... 571

Resolved, That J. W. Overstreet be elected

to seat as member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57L

Regulating daily sessions of House........ 57L

Extending thanks to men who enlisted dur-

_ing war..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Providing for night session on December

5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 588

To pay per diem and mileage due ,V, T.

Jones, deceased . .

. . . . . . . 588 823 9.)3

Providing for two sessions daily after Mon-

day, December 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

605

For the relief of J. ,V. Johnson, of Oconee

county ........................ 609 822 876_ 900

Authorizing the Governor to decorate the

capitol in honor of President. . . . . . . . . . . 621

For the relief of James R. Cravins ...... 632 823 944

For the relief of .-\.. 1<1. Hill, of Walton

county ............................. 632 928 952

Providing for the refunding of. certain tax

money.................. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 632

To pay pension due 0. F. Johnson to his

widow ........................ _...... 645 822 994

'ro appoint a commission to declare true

northern boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664

To correct map 6 of official survey of

W. & A. Railroad . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . 665 823

1148

INDEX.

A Resolution-For relief of John P. Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 921

Regulating the day's session . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6i-1

Limiting debates on general appropriation

bill to ten minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6i4

Appointing a committee to assist in the en-

tertainment of the President............ (i/8

Limiting debates to ten minutes, except to

chairmen of committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

Relating to motions to reconsider . . . . . . . . . 726

For the appointment of a steering commit-

tee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

To refund the sum of $100 to Charles J.

Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 748 823 871

To release Roxy Ann Long from asylum 748 823 876

That Senate be requested to return House

bills Nos. 127 and 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

Regulating daily sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

Providing for a joint session December 14

to receive President.....................

761

Declaring John Vicars elected member of

the House from Coffee county........... 770

Seating John Vickers as member of the

House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

To pay Wm. J. Alman $100 per annpm since

passage of an act in 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
To compensate A. L. waldo for services per-

formed ............................. 820 8il 958

Relative to the graves of Confederate sol-

diers in the North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834

To appoint committee to investigate Geor-

gia State Hanitarium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834

To provide for the bringing up of unfinished

business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 855

Thanking B. M. Fowler for services ren-

dered State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937

Authorizing 'V. H. Harrison to publish acts

of 1896--97-98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937

Relative to the address of the President,

Wm. McKinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976

Sympathizing with Hon. G. I. Barwick in

his illness. . _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987

Relative to the reception of the Alabama

legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

To clean carpets of committee rooms . . . . . 1002

INDEX.

1149

A Resolution-That tax collectors do not issue executions for twenty days...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To find out who is entitled to represent county of Coffee........................
That bill not disposed of shall constitute unfinished business fot next session. . . . .
Appointing a committee of conference on general appropriation bill...............
Appointing a committee of conference on House bill No. 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To mail a list of unfinished business to each member of the House . . . . . . . . . . . .
Urging the Governor to retain W . .A. Wimbish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extending thanks to Hons. Jno. D. Little and A. 0. Blalock.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extending thanks to Hon. J T. Boifeuillet,
Extending thanks to Mrs. W. C. Glenn and
Miss Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extending thanks to Hon. J. H. Williford
and assistants........................... Extending thanks to messenger Durham. . Extending thanks to Reeves liicGee. . . . . . Extending thanks to page;; of the House.. Extending thanks to Rev. Mr. wright,
chaplain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notifying the Senate that the House is
r<lady to adjourn sine die . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1025 1039
1043
1046
1046
1055
1056
1074 1074
1074
1075 1075 1075 1075
1075
1105

HOUSE RESOLUTION8-Privileges-

A Resolution-Extending privileges of the floor to Chas. R. Crisp of Americus,...... . . . . . 101
Extending privileges of the floor to Col. W. H. J,uttrell.......................... 104
Extending privileges of the floor to Hon. Paul E. Seaborn ...... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Extending privileges of the floor to Hon. J. A. Dodgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Extending privileges of the floor to Hon. E. B. Smith............................. 134
Extending privileges of the floor to Hons. R. A. Nesbit and A. E. Barnes. . . . . . . . . . 134
Extending privileges of the floor to Judge G. H. Price................... . . . . . . . . . 166

1150

INDEX.

A Resolution-Extending privileges of the floor to Hons.

L. D. Shannon and W. Y. Griffin of

Twiggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Extending privileges of the floor to Hon.

Wm. 'Willingham of Oglethorpe........ 173

Extending privileges of the floor to Hon.

Aaron French of Pittsburg, Pa....

173

Extending privileges of the floor to Judge

A. H. Hansell . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . 173

Extending privileges of the floor to J. N.

Scarborough.,.......................... 181

Extending privileges of the floor to Hon.

Gordon Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Extending privileges of the floor to F. ~I.

Allagood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Extending privileges of the floor to J. l\I.

Smith and H. McWhorter ......... :..... 182

Extending privileges of the floor to Hon.

Robert Dougherty............ . . . . . . .

182

Extending privileges of the floor to J. H.

Barron and P. P. Kingsberry . . . . . . . . . 182

Extending privileges of the floor to Judge

J. W. Haygood .. .. . .. .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . 182

Extending privileges of the floor to James

)1. Dupree ................. ........ . . . 182

Extending privileges of the floor to Thos.

)1. Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

~xtending privileges of the floor to R. B.

Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Extending privileges of the floor to W. A.

Cox . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Extending privileges of th~ floor to J. P.

Perry...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Extending privileges of the floor to J.D.

Watkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Extending privileges of the floor toT. J.

Lyons...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 263

Extending privileges of the floor to J. T.

Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Extending privileges of the floor to ,V. J.

Peeples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Extending privileges of the floor to J.D.

""atkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2i2

Extending privileges of the floor to H. C.

'Vall and T. C. Leak oo .. 00.00 00 00 00 00 00

288

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1151

A Resolution-Extending privileges of the floor to Col.

J. H. Estell .......................... .

288

Extending the privileges of the floor to

Hon, "' J. Peeples .................... 289

Extending privileges of the floor to Jas. A.

Campbell, Frank C. Anderson, H. Don-

nelly, Robert Haight and others ....... . 308

Extending privileges of the floor to Geo.

T. Barnes .............................. . 330

Extending privileges of the floor toR. C.

::\IcAllester . . . . . . ..................... . 330

Extending privileges of the floor to B. A.

Clayton ............................. . 384

Extending privileges of the floor to C. 1\-L

Harris ........................... .

384

Extending privileges of the floor to J. '"

Callahan ...................... .

384

Extending privileges of the floor to Arthur

G. Powell ......................... .

384

Extending privileges of the floor to J. 1\-L

Griggs ....................... .

384

Extending privileges of the floor to Charles

L. Bartlett, M. C . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . 440

Extending privileges of the floor to ex-

members of the legislature. . . . . . ...

441

Extending privileges of the floor to Hon. ,V,

Russell ............................... . 472

Extending privileges of the floor to Dr.

E. E. Dixon............................ .

4 ~"~

Extending privileges of the floor toW. A.

Jordan and others ...................... . 4i2

Extending privileges of the floor toW. 0.

Connor ............................... . 516

Extending privileges of the floor to C. H.

Caldwell and J. P. Williams ............. . 516

Extending privileges of the floor to A. L.

Hawes ................................ . 541

Extending privileges of the floor to D. B.

Nicholson ........................... . 541

Extending privileges of the floor to F. E.

Twitty, J. E. DuBignon and J. F. Colson 561

Extending privileges of the floor to G. For-

ester . . . . ............................. . 561

Extending privileges of the floor to Mr.

O'Neal, of Dooly ...................... . 561

1152

INDEX.

A Resolution-Extending privileges of the floor to C. E. Dowman .............. ... . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . 609
Extending privileges of the floor to J. A. Butt.................... . . .... .... ... 650
Extending privileges of the floor to Governor and General Assembly of Alabama 761
Extending privileges of the floor toW. H. Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

INDEX.
PART III.
SENATE BILLS.
A Bill-To amend section 341 of the Code ........ 291 494 988 To regulate the fees of notaries public, and other officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 934 989 To amend section 3950 of the civil Code ... 490 556 1025 1041 To require sleeping-car companies to furnish separate compartments .................. 490 735 County officers-filing of bond, etc .... 490 1025 10f& Allowing constables to levy and collect certain fi.fas ............................ 490 933 989 To amend section 72 of vol. I of the Code .. .491 868 990 1019 To amend act to establish city court of Albany, 491 611 740 822 To amend all acts incorporating the town of Cedartown ............................. 521 589 6311 To repeal an act creating a board of commissioners for Fannin county .............. 610 786 827 To amend an act to create a board of police commissioners for Albany, Ga. . . . . . . . . . 610 735 82S To change time of holding court in Cherokee circuit ................................. 610 735 865 To amend section 1107, vol. III, of the Code, 610 933 991 To amend section 5551 of the Code .......... 733 1027 To fix number of committeemen to visit State institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 733 1002 1049 To amend section 28&5 of the Code ..... 733 1027 1050 To provide for transfer of rent notes. . . . . . . . . . 734 To dispense with motion for new trial, etc., 734 1027 1051
73 hi

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INDEX.

A Bill-To amend section 5541 of civil Code .... 734 1027 1050 To reduce bond of sheriff of Dougherty county 734 868 991 To amend section 107 of vol. I of the Code .. 735 1028 1051 To provide for a board of equalization of real and personal property . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867 934 988 1008 To amend section 2636 of the Code ........... 867 990 To provide compensation for reporters of superior court ................................ 867 1027 To amend sections 1572, 1574 and 1576 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 926 To appoint a commission to consent to erection of new depot, etc .................. 926 948 992 To amend an act to provide for condemnation of private property ...................... 931 949 992 To make it unlawful to manufacture intoxicating drinks........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 To create city of Blakely in lieu of town of Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 To amend an act to incorporate the town of Newton ............. : .............. 932 1028 1063 To amend section 5401 of vol. II of the Code ... 932 1028 1053 To provide who may redeem property sold at tax sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 1028 1052 To amend paragraph 7 of section 107 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1028 1054 To provide forth~ more humane execution of criminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1028 To amend an act relating to life insurance companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 948 1025 1060 To amend section 2867 of the Code .......... 1027 1051 To amend the charter of the Capital City Bank..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033

INDEX.
PART IV.
SENATE RESOLUTIONS.
Providing for a committee to notify the Governor of the organization of the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 15 16
Appointing a committee to visit some State having the "ballot reform" system ......................... 171 190
Appointing a committee to investigate the State treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 408 409
Appointing a committee to welcome the General Assembly of Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
To deliver William Schwarz to proper authorities .. 933 948 989 Providing for correction of map No.6 of W. &A. R. R., 933 To appoint a commission to declare northern bound-
ary of the State .............................. 933 1027 1047 To more fully investigate the Georgia State Sanitari-
um. . ........................................ 988 1026 1047 To provide for a committee to investigate the geolog-
ical department .................................. 1063 1085 Requesting the Governor to furnish flag to the Third
Georgia Infantry, U. S. V.......... .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1085