Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session of the General Assembly at Atlanta, Wednesday, October 25, 1899

JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STA1~E OF GEORGIA
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
At Atlanta, Wednesday October 25, 1899
ATLANTA, GEOR&IA
GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER
(Franklin Printing and Publi>hlng House) 1899

JOURNAL.

Atlanta, Georgia,

Wednesday, October 25, 1899.

In pursuance to the provisions of the Constitution o the State of Georgia, the members o the House o Representatives convened in the State Capitol, at 10 o'clock a. m. this
day, was called to order by the Speaker, Hon. John D.
Little, o Muscogee county, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. C. R. Wright.

Upon a call of the roll it was found that a quorum wa;; present, the following members answering to their names:

Those present were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bowen,

Adamson,

Bower,

Allen,

Brandon,

Anderson,

Brown of Bryan,

Arnold,

Bryan,

Barron,

Bynum,

Bass,

Calvin,

Bennett of Mitchell, Carter,

Bennett of Pierce, Castleberry,

Beauchamp,

Chappell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Cook,

Bell of Spalding, Copeland,

Black of Dawson, Crossland,

Black of Whitfield, Darnell,

Blalock,

Denny,

Bond,

Dews,

Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Esterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, :Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George,

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Gresham,

Lee,

Rogers,

Greene,

Longino,

Rose,

Griffin of Greene, Martin,

Rudicil,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Simpson,

Griffith,

Maxwell,

Singletary,

Hammett,

Merritt,

Slaton,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Sloan,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Smith of Hall,

Harrison,

Morris,

Smith of Hancock,

Harris,

Mullens,

Snell,

Harrell,

McCants,

Spinks,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Speer,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Starr,

Hendricks,

McDonough,

Stubbs,

Henderson of Washt'nMcElreath,

Sturgis,

Herring,

McFarland,

Stewart,

Hill,

McGehee,

Stone,

Howard,

McLaughlin,

Swift,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Tatum,

Holder,

McMillan,

Taylor,

Hosch,

McU,ae,

Tisinger,

Hutchins,

Newton,

Timmerman,

Jarnagin,

Ogletree,

Tracy,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Turner of Henry,

Johnson of Baker, Overstreet,

Turner of Rockdale,

Johnson of Bartow, Pace of Newton,

Upchurch,

Johnson of Floyd, Padgett,

Walker of Crawford,

Johnson of Lee,

Pate of Gwinnett, 'Valker of Union,

Jones of Burke,

Park of Greene,

'Vatkins,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Troup,

\Vhiteley,

Jordan of Pulaski, Post,

Williams,

Knowles,

Price,

Willingham,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Effingham, Wood,

Lane of Early,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson, Woodal,

Lane of Sumter,

Reid,

Wooten,

Laing,

Reynolds,

Yates,

LaRoche,

Richardson,

Mr. Speaker.

Latimer,

Those absent were :Me~srs.-

Brown of Carroll, Bush, David,

Everett of Polk, Hall, Hammond,

Hamby, Hardin of Libetry, Henderson of Irwin.

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

Jl!r. Speaker:
I am instructed by the Senate to inform this branch oi
the General Assembly that the Senate has reconvened, according to law, and is now ready to proceed with the regular business of the session.
The Hon. James F. West, of "\\.,.hite county, memberelect to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the HolJ. T. W . ..Fain; Hon. G. H. Williams, member-elect from Emanuel, to fill the vacancy caused by the death o the Ron. G. I. Barwick; Hon. H. H. Carlton, member-elect from Clarke, to fill the vacancy caused by the death o the Hon. Alex. S. Irwin, Jr., and the Ron. E. Tanner, memberelect from the county of Coffee, came forward and were sworn in as members of the House o Representatives, by the Hon. W. A. I..ittle, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
The follO"Iving message was received from the Senate though Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has agreed to the following resolution:
Resolved, That the House concurring, a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House, be appointed to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has reconvened, and is ready to receive any communication he may desire to make.

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Committee on part of Senate are Messrs. Dickerson, Steed and Heard.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, the Senate resolutiQn, providing for a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House, to wait upon the Governor and notify him that the General Assembly had reconvened an<l was ready to receive any message he might wish to communicate, was read and concurred in.

The Speaker appointed the following committee in pm~ suance to the above resolution: Messrs. Ousley, Price, Walker of Crliwford, Smith of Hall, Beauchamp.

The following communication was received from his Excellency the Governor, through :Mr. Hitch, his Secretary, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

I am directed by the Governor to deli,er to the House of Representatives a communication in writing.

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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Atlanta, Ga., October 25, 1899.
To the Smwte and House of Representatives:
The year that is now approaching its close has been to the people of Georgia more than ordinarily eventful. To our farmers, who constitute a large majority of our population and upon whom the burdens of government fall most heavily, that prosperity which has blessed other branches of business in our own and other States has not returned. \Vhile in most sections of the State Providence has blessed the people with the early and the late rains, and crops have been fairly good, in some of the counties, especially in Middle Georgia, drought has prevailed to such an extent as to greatly damage the cotton crop and almost entirely destroy the crop of corn, while the price of our great staple continues so low that even where the yield is good, there is no profit in its production. Hence while those en:gaged in its cultivation have worked hard arid in many cases lived hard, they have saved nothing and are as poor to-day as they were in 1893 when the disastrous panic paralyzed -every industry and prostrated every business enterprise throughout the country. The recent rise in price puts no -surplus money in the pocket of the average farmer. It ~nly 111akes up to him his loss on account of a short crop

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and saves him from ruin. Two-thirds of a crop at seven and a half cents means no more to him than a full crop at five cents. Whether the continued low price of our chief staple has been due, as many contend, to overproduction, or to the closing of the mints of the world against one of the money metals which has been recognized from the earliest period of recorded history on terms of equality with theother, the experience of the last seven years has demon-strated the difficulty with which we compete in the production of cotton with the newer States of the Southwest. It is, however, a healthy sign that our farmers and planters, realizing this, are diversifying their crops more and moreevery year, and are growing every year more and moreindependent, and have to rely less and less upon borrowed money with which to make their crops. If this course continues to be pursued for a few years, as I have no doubt it will be, and if our farmers can be even partially relieved of the burthen of taxation which has oppressed them during the long period of business depression and shrinkingvalues, they will soon be out of debt, and become what they ought to be, their own masters paying tribute to nobody.
While the agriculture of the State has not been profitable, it is gratifying to know that our manufactures areboth prosperous and profitable. Seeing this, our peoplewho have surplus money are investing it in the erection and equipment of factories, I.':lost of which are for the manufacture of cotton goods. lJ'hese factories that are springing up all over the State, even in some of the small towns~ are owned and operated by our o~ pe~ple and give em-

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ployment {O our home labor. No longer do we go North for capital to inaugurate these enterprises n ,r for labor to operate them.

SMALLPOX.
Early last winter this loathsome disease made its appearance in many of the counties of the State, and while it has been stamped out in some of them in which its spread was at one time alarming, it has appeared and still exists in quite a number of others in almost every part of the State. It has existed in an unusually mild form, and because of iti! mildneEs it has been the more difficult to control. It has prevailed mainly among the colored population, who, owing to their careless habits and roving disposition and their inclination to conceal the existence of the disease when it appears, have made it extremely difficult to treat and especially to arrest the spread of the contagion. To aid local authorities in their efforts to successfully treat and prevent its spread, there being no State Board of Health in Georgia, I, early in the year, secured from the Surgeon-General of the :Marine Hospital Service of the United States for a few weeks, the services of Dr. 0. P. Wertenbaker, an expert in the treatment of smallpox, and by his skill and energy he was of great service to county and city authorities upon whom, under our law, the duty of handling epidemic diseases of this sort devolves. I. have in every instance, when called on to do so, supplied the county authorities at the expense of the.State with vaccine matter to meet the first outbreak of the disease, after which they h~ve been required to supply themselves at the expense of

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the county. In this course I have followed the construction placed upon the law by the Attorney-General.
The extraordinary expense thus incurred, for which no specific appropriation had been made, has amounted to about $500.00, which Ihave paid out of the contingent fund, which is burdened with every charge against the State for which no specific appropriation has been made.

CRIME AND MOB VIOLENCE.
Crime has prevailed to an alarming extent in some portions of the State and destroyed the peace and quietude of many communities. Lawless negroes have assaulted white women and infuriated mobs have inflicted summary, and in one case barbarous punishment upon the offenders, sometimes even taking them out of the hands of the officers of the law to do it. In consequence of the frequency of these assaults we have been made to tremble for the safety of our wives and daughters, especially in the rural districts, and law-abiding negroes in the communities in which lynchings have occurred have lived in a state of constant appre. hension and alarm. Robberies and burglaries and arson and even murders have been of frequent occurrence, and emboldened by the impunity of those who have taken the law into their own hands in the punishment of ravishers, the mob has sat in judgment on the perpetrators of other crimes and forestalled the officers of the law in inflicting punishment. As usual, too, when the mob usurps the prerogatives of the courts of law, I regret to have to say the innocent have sometimes, I fear, been made to suffer with

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the guilty. The unusual amount of crime committed by negroes, and in consequence thereof the unprecedented amount of mob violence, is mainly due to the intermeddling of irresponsible fanatics and fools who do not know anything of the situation at the South, nor of the real relations of the people of the two races. These miserable intermeddlers, hating the Southern white man more tllan they do the crimes of the most abandoned of the Southern negroes, have, through their newspapers and by means of incendiary and inflammatory letters, many of which hav~ been sent to negroes in Georgia, ignoring or justifying the crimes which have provoked the mob, advised and urged the negroes to retaliation. Full of malice and hatred, they forget the cordial relations which always prevailed between the whites and blacks at the South before they began to sow the seeds of discord. They forget that their mean and despicable intermeddling only aggravates a situation they profel:'s to deplore, and that the only solution of what they call the "race problem" is to be found, not by the people in New or Old England, who know nothing about tho South and its problems, but by the honest, order-loving and law-abiding elements of the two races between which there was no friction until they brought it about by their unholy interference.
It is a hopeful sign, however, that notwithstanding the diabolical advice of these fanatics to precipitate race conflicts, the better and more intelligent negroes throughout the State realize that the relations of the races must be regulated by the Southern white man and the Southern negro, and not by the over-zealous and unwise South-haters

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and bigots of other sections. A few months ago, just after the perpetration by a negro of one of the most diabolical crimes in the annals of crime, and the infliction by the mob upon its perpetrator of the most barbarous punishment ever inflicted upon a criminal in Georgia, an effort was made, through the press and in personal interviews with leading negroes of intelligence, to impress them with the fact that the good of both races demanded that there should be no race prejudices, no color line in matters of law and order and morality, but that all good men of both races should align themselves together against the vicious and criminal, and that they should be as diligent in discouraging the crimes that provoke lynching and in aiding in bringing criminal negroes to justice, as they are in denouncing the mob that punishes the crime. I am glad to be able to say that the advice has been largely followed, and that many of the best negroes in the State have arrayed themselves on the side of law and order, and have been instrumental in bringing to trial in the tribunals provided by law, many members of their own race who have offended against the law. A notable instance is to be found in the recent riot or insurrection in :Mcintosh county, the most formidable in the history of the State, in which an infuriated mob of hundreds of negroes defied the civil officers and insulted the majesty of the law, and forced me with the utmost reluctance to send a large body of armed soldiers into the county, at heavy expense, to protect life and property. When a reign of terror prevailed, and after one deputy sheriff had been killed and another wounded by negroes, ten leading colored men of the county sought an interview

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with the gallant officer in command of the troops I had sent into the county, assured him of their sympathy and undivided SUJ>port in his effort to protect life and property and restore the supremacy of the law. As further assurance they issued and had printed a circular addressed to their race in which they took bold ground in favor of the supremacy of the law, and were largely instrumental in restoring order and in inducing members of their own race implicated in the riots to surrender themselves into the hands of the officers of the law. These are healthy signs and go to show that i there is any solution of the race problem it must and can be found by the intelligent Southern white man and the intelligent Southern negro, and not by nonresident agitators who are in truth the enemies of both races.
To prevent mob violence and bring offenders to trial before the lawfully constituted tribunals, I have brought to bear all of the powers of the Executive Department. In my efforts to re-enthrone the law and restore the supremacy of the civil tribunals I have been ably and faithfully seconded by the prosecuting officers and judges throughout the State, and in a number of cases men threatened by the mob have been rescued by the military and brought to trial in the .tribunals established by law. Some of these men have been found guilty and punished according to law, but others have, after fair trials, been found not guilty of the crimes charged and released, thus demonstrating the danger of lynch law and the fairness and impartiality of our courts ~md juries.

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While I have felt it my duty to call into requisitil?n portions of the military of the State to aid the civil authorities in protecting life and property, and in enforcing the law more frequently than has been necessary in the past, I hav~ resorted to this extreme measure only when circumstances imperatively demanded it, and I have often refused when called upon by sheriffs and other officers for military aid, to comply with their urgent requests, because the sheriffs are the conservators of the peace in their respective counties, clothed with ample power by the law to summon every able-bodied man in their counties to aid them in preserving the peace and upholding the law. It is gratifying to be able to say the sheriffs in most of the counties in which disturbances have occurred have performed their duties faithfully, but there are a few exceptions to this rule, and a few instances in which these officers have made no sufficient effort to do their duty through the posse provided by law, and there is one instance in which the military when they reached the scene of disturbance found the jail with the prisoners in it, in the actual possession of the negro mob, the sheriff having surrendered it to them.

OFFICIAL REPORTS.

The reports of the heads of the several departments of the State government herewith submitted are so full, so cleaJ," and so complete, that it is unnecessary for me to do more than to call attention to them.
Those of the Comptroller-General, the Treasurer, the State School Commissioner and the Commissioner of Agri-

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culture are all thoroughly exhaustive and bear evidence of the painstaking care o these excellent officers as well in their preparation as in the administration o their offices.
The reports o all the other officers o the executive department, while not so voluminous, are equally interesting and will amply repay careful perusal.
That o the Commissioner of Pensions is, while brief, of special interest as well to the taxpayers as to the pensioners. It is the most complete report o this department ever published, giving a correct and clear insight into the operations o this important and rapidly growing branch o the executive office. The amount o the public money disbursed through it has increased rom year to year until rom $185,000 in 1890 it has grown to $678,000 in 1899. The number o pensioners has grown in seven years rom 7,290 in 1893 to 11,125 in 1899. There is on the roll one pensioner to every 165 inhabitants o the en~ire State. In Fulton county there is one pensioner to every 137 inhabitants, in Bibb one to every 199, in Banks one to every 54, in Cobb one to every 97, in Gwinnett one to every 93, in Walton one to every 83, in Forsyth one to every 95, in Chatham one to every 836, in Effingham one to every 700, in Richmond one to every 239. Banks has the largest pension roll o any county in the State, according to population, and McIntosh the smallest. I divided equally between all o the taxpayers in the State, each would pay $1.78 annually a.r pensions. The tsix counties receiving the largest am01mts in pensions are Fulton, Carroll, Cobb, Gwinnett, Bibb, and Walton; the six receiving the smallest, Camden, Charlton, Mcintosh, Effingham and Echols.

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The number of widows on the roll is growing gradm l smaller year by year, but the number of invalids (soldi wounded in battle) is slightly on the increase, while thP the indigent increases annually at the rate of 25 per r t. If this rate of increase continues for the next five yer , ..tS is entirely probable, more than a half million doll& :; per annum will be required to pay this class of pensioners alone. This is a burthen, however, which the State can not and the people do not desire to evade. The gallant m.11 of '61 to '65, who by reason of poverty and decrepitudr are unable to support themselves, are entitled to the State"s bounty and will continue to receive it.
The Prison Commission being required by law to report, not to the Governor, but directly to the Legislature, I have not seen a copy of their annual report. It will doubtless be laid on your desks at an early date, and should receive your careful consideration, because it will be the first annual report published since the inauguration of the new prison s_ystem. That it is an improvement on ;,."lY former system I have no doubt, but it may be that its actual workings have developed defects in the law, which will call for amendment-indeed it would be remarkable if this were not the case, for it rarely ever occurs that a new law is a perfect law. Almost all laws have to be perfected by amendment.
Of one provision of this law, however, I am prepared to speak, that one which makes the prison commission a Board of Pardons. It has fully met the expectations of the friends of the measure, and it has afforded great relief to the executive office. Without advisory power lodged some-

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~here, it would be no longer possible or the Governor, 'Jtth our large number o convicts and the constantly in. ;:iasing number o applications or executive clemency, to , 1!- that careur and prompt consideration to them that
j-1 "~ce to the applicants and the importance o the subject
dtt':fnds; but after the Board o Pardons has gone careu1l;fover a case and made a brie o what is in it, and sent it With their recommendation to the Governor, his labor is greatly lightened and he can quickly reach a conclusion and take su<-n action as the acts warrant.

' RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The rep,?rt o the Railroad Commission is o spe<'ial in-

terest. <Je?:gia was a pioneer in enacting a Railroad Com-

mission law,;and her law is one o the best in the Union, and has served". as a model to other states which have created

Railroad Conu:nissions. Its powers are broad enough to

protect the peopl,e against extortion and unjust discrimina-



tion and yet suffiq~ntly restricted to prevent injustice to the

railroads in the State. The relations between the Commis-

sion and the railroads are amicable and harmonious, the

roads conforming cheerfully to the rules prescribed by the

Commission and the Commission showing proper regard to

the rights and interests o those who have invested their

money in the roads.

The Commission have in their report recommended some

.amendments to the law to which I desire to call your special

attention. Their suggestions seem to me to be wise and

timely.

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STATE INSTITUTIONS.

All the institutions fostered by the State are in good c<cidition. The University of Georgia, at Athens, is more prosperous than at any other time in -the hundred years of c'its existence.
The North Georgia College, at Dahlonega, is prosperous and is doing a work unsurpassed perhaps in importance and value, by any other institution of learning in the South.
The Schoo( of Technology enjoys a high degree of prosperity and fills a want for thorough technical education long felt in our State
The Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Girls, in Milledgeville, continues to prosper and do good, while the Normal School at Athens is doing a work invaluable to the teachers of the State.
The School for the Blind and that for the Deaf and Dumb are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, and without ostentation or undue pretensions are providing well for the unfortunate classes of our people for whose benefit they were intended, and both are well attended.
The State's greatest charity, the Sanitarium at :Milledgeville, while it costs the taxpayers more than a quarter of a million of dollars a year, is an honor to the commonwealth and a monument to the philanthropy of your predecessors who founded it. Hitherto the representatives of the people have been liberal in providing for its wants, and t:he State and the unfortunates for whose benefit it was founded have always been, and still are fortunate in having in charge Qf it men of superior ability and peculiar fitness. While

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those now in immediate charge of the institution have beet! faithful to their trust, and have, I think, merited the_ hearty endorsementgiven them by your special committee whoEe repnrt lies on your desks, the present board of trustees are entitled to much credit for the reforms they have inauguratd in the fiscal management of the institution, and I heartily commend these reforms to the careful consideration of those who are to succeed them in office.
While the interest of the taxpayers of the State demand the most rigid economy in the administration of the finances of all of these institutions, and the closest scrutiny by the General Assembly into their management, we should not in providing for their support pursue any niggardly policy which would cripple them or impair their usefulness and efficiency.

FINANCES AND TAXATION.

The report of the State Treasurer shows the total receipts at the Treasury from all sources for the year ending September 30th, to have been $3,671,932.00 and the total disbursements $3,353,160.00 The receipts include $100,000 borrowed in New York to enable the Treasurer to pay teachers for work done during the first half of the year, and to meet the State's other liabilities maturing on the first of July. This loan has been paid since the close of the report year, the 30th September, and hence, while it appears in the item of receipts it does not appear in the item of disbursements, having been borrowed before the end of the report year and paid back after that date.

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All appropriations have been made to meet the demands upon them except those for free schools, pensions, printing and the contingent fund. The latter would have been ample but for the extraordinary demand upon it to aid local authorities in preventing the spread of smallpox and the unusual necessity for the employment of troops in :Several counties to aid the civil authorities in enforcing the law, all the expense of which had to be paid out of this fund.
Owing to heavy drafts upon the printing fund to reprint volumes of the Reports of the Supreme Court which had gone out of print, this fund has been exhausted. But for this extraordinary demand, which required $3,500.00 of the last appropriation of $13,500.00, the appropriation would have been ample.
Up to and including the year 1895, whenever these reprints were necessary, the General Assembly made a special appropriation to cover the cost, but no provision having been made at your last session for payment for this work, and the law requiring that they be reprinted being imperative, there was no alternative but to pay for it out of the printing fund, an expedient which seemed to be warranted by section 161 of the Code, notwithstanding it has been the custom to make special appropriations for this purpose. In this connection I desire to call the attention of the General Assembly to a matter that seems to me to be a fit subject for legislation. As the law now stands, the Governor is required to have reprinted at the expense of the State, any volume of the reports of the Supreme Court, the copy-

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right of which is the property of the State, that may be out of print. These reprints, when not provided for by special ,appropriation, must be paid for Imt of the printing fund for the current year, as in this instance, and are sold by the Librarian to the general public. The money thus arising goes, not back into the printing fund which has to bear the expense of the publication of the volume, but into the library fund, to be expended under the direction of the Supreme Court. Thus one fund is robbed for the benefit of another. I suggest that the law be so amended as to require the repayme~t back into the treasury, to the credit of the printing fund, of an amount out of the proceeds of the sale of reports thus reprinted, equal to the actual cost of. reprinting these volumes, and that only the balance left after thus paying the cost of re-publication go into the library fund.
The Librarian in his report for the year 1898 made some
r admirable suggestions on this subject, and bills are now,
believe, pending in your bodies which in my judgment would greatly improve the present law. To these bills I invite your special attention.
The appropriation for pensions was sufficient to pay all pensioners on the roll at the time the appropriation was made, but since that time, out of 2,863 new applications filed with the commissioner, 841 have been allowed, for the payment of which no funds are available.
The greatest trouble encountered in administering the finances of the State for some years past has been in the free school fund. As is well known to your honorable bodies, the subject having been fully discussed at your last

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:;ession, it has been impossible to meet, when due, the demands of the teachers of the State without resorting to temporary loans from the banks and without advancing temporarily for school purposes large amounts collected and appropriated to other purpose, to be paid back out of the school fund for the next year. This condition has beBn due to the fact that your predecessors increased appropriations for school purposes from year to year without providing funds adequate to meet them. Thus it happened that a large portion of the fund collected for the support of the public schools for any given year, had to be applied to the payment of arrearages due teachers for work done the year before. To illustrate more fully-my predecessor in office, Governor Atkinson, borrowed in New York and applied to the payment of teachers for work done in 1898, two hundred thousand dollars, all he could borrow to meet such deficiencies without violating the limitations prescribed in the Constitution. After he had done this, there was still due them at the end of the year $811,000.00, which I had to pay out of the fund collected in 1898 for the support of schools in 1899. Add to this $811,000.00 the $200,000 borrowed in New York, which I had to pay back to the bank from which it was borrowed, in December, and we have $1,011,000.00 of the fund collected to support schools in 1899, which had to be applied to the payment of teachers for work done in 1898, leaving for the support of schools in 1899 only $387,000.00, an amount not sufficient to run the schools two months. Early in the present year, in a conference between the State School Commissioner, the State Treasurer and the Governor, it was agreed that schools

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should be taught and the teachers paid for two months dur-

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ing the first half of the year, the deficiency after exhaust-

ing the fund on hand to be supplied by a temporary loan.

This agreement was carried out. I borrowed $1.00,000 at

2-f per cent. interest per annum, and the teachers have been

paid for these two months' work. In the same conference

with the State School Commissioner and the State Treas-

urer, it was agreed that the schools should be taught and

the teachers paid for three months during the last half of

the year, thus providing five months of free schools during

the year for the children of the State. This agreement has

also been carried out by the State School Commissioner, and

all the schools in all the counties have been opened for a

three months term since the first of July, the county school

authorities being left free to decide, as the convenience and

interest of the people in each county might seem to dic-

tate, in which three of the last six months of the year schools

should be taught. Thus at the end of the present year,

1899, there will be due the teachers of the State all their

earnings for three months, $838,800.00, to be paid, as here-

tofore, out of the fund provided for the support of the

schools next year, 1900, unless the General Assembly can

provide some other mode of payment. If the old plan of

paying the arrearages due the teachers for work done in

one year out of the fund provided to pay them for the next

year is pursued, there will be left of the school fund pro-

vided for 1900 only $459,000.00, about what is required to

run the schools two months, thus leaving 11s in practically

the same condition at the eild of this year that we were in
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at the end of the last.

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If the General Assembly could devise some means by whieh the revenues raised for the support of schools for each year can be applied to the support of the schools for that year, and for that year only, or if the matter could be so evened up as to have on hand at the beginning of each year half of the money to run the schools for that year, leaving the other half to be paid as now, by advances made from the general fund, it would be much more satisfactory to the people, and relieve the State School Oommil;lsioner and the Governor from much embarrassment and unfriendly criticism by those who do not know the real difficulties with which they have to contend.

URGENT NECESSITY :E'OR MORE RIGID EOONO:MY.
In response to the suggestions made in a special "lessage
I had the honor to send your honorable bodies at y01~r last session, the General Assembly made some commendable advances in the direction of retrenchment and a more rigid economy, and in this way you were enabled to reduce the tax rate slightly. But there still exists a necessity and a popular demand for further retrenchment, because the masses of our people in this day of shrinking values and low prices of the prouucts of their labor, are less able than ever before to pay high taxes. I realize that it is difficult to know where to attempt further retrenchment. At your last session you cut the school fund 12-! per cent., and the three funds administered directly by the Governor, to wit: the military fund, the public building fund and the. contingent :fund, in the aggregate 50 per cent., and you

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cut off expenses in evbry other place where it seemed possible. The pension fund was not reduced, indeed was so~ what increased, and if it is to be the policy of the State to provide for the gallant men who in their vigorous manhood stood a wall of fire between her people and an invading enemy, and see to it that none of them in their old age and decrepitude, nor their surviving widows who made equal sacrifices for the common good, suffer from want or be driven to the poorhouse, then there is no roo~ for retrenchment here. On the contrary, if we are to provide for these two classes, the indigent ex-Confederate soldiers and their surviving widows, and every dictate of gratitude and humanity demands that we do this, there will be for a few years a necessity for larger appropriations for this purpose,' and the only retrenchment possible in the pension department would be to withdraw pensions from those of the invalid class-those who were wounded in battle--and from the widows who are independent financially and do not stand in need of the State's bounty to protect them from want. The amount that could be saved in this way would be small at best, and would cut but little figure in reducing the State's expenditures.
The only place, therefore, for further retrenchment is in reducing to a minimum the appropriations to the Vi!rlous institutions supported wholly or partly by the State, and in withdrawing the remaining $200,000 of the extra $400,000 voted to the free schools by your predecessors. Should you do this you will still have a school fund of $1,236,000, exclusive of the hire of convicts which is still unappropriated, and which may be added to the school fund. If

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this is done, the fund will reach nearly thirteen hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which will be sufficient to run free Echools for at least five or six months in the year, in which every child in the State, white and black, may be taught what the framers of the Constitution intended should be taught, "the elementary branches of an English education only." This term of five or six months in the year is as long or longer than most of the white children in the country can be spared from work to go to school, and these studies, "the elementary branches of an English education," are all that can be lawfully taught at the expense of the State, and ~tll that is necessary to prepare our youths for the ordinary business of life. Every dollar of the public school fund applied to the teaching of anything else is a palpable violation of the Constitution. The policy of the framers of the Constitution was to afford to all the children of the State facilities for acquiring, at the expense of the taxpayers, an English education, which is all that is necessary to good citizenship. To meet the demand for school!CI of a higher grade they provided for the imposition by communities upon themselves of local taxation for their support. This, too, is right, because it puts the burthen where it belongs, on those who get the benefit of it.
Besides these provisions, there are in the State many high schools and colleges maintained by individuals and organizations, which cost the State nothing-institutions for the whites sustained by the churches and philanthropic persons among our own people, and institutions for the negroes, sustained for the most part by their friends at th<> North. Thus we have ample faeilities for the ednc.ttion

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<>f all who desire it in the higher branches without burthening the State, and without discrimination against anybody. It is true that the State appropriates annually to the U niversity at Athens eight thousand dollars, but she at tho same time appropriates to the school at Savannah for her -colored people the same amount. The appropriation t'> the University is a debt-that to the sa.;annah schoo1 a dc.nation. Thus both races are provided for equally from the State treasury; but the schools for the higher educatirm of the negroes supported by churches and other organizations are richer than those for the higher education of the -.vhites. The Yalue of the property of the negro schoot; it. the city of Atlanta alone, it is said, is greater than ul: tl!c w1dowments of all the schools and colleges in the State ior tl1e education of the whites.
It may not be amiss in this connection to call attention t<. tlH:: f&.ct that no State in the Union, perhaps, has imposed upon its taxpayers heavier burthens for the support of free lS<'l:ocjs than has Georgia. Some of them pay more P'~t -capitft of school population, but they are rich, densely popl.dattd States, which were not impoverished by the civil war. We have a school revenue derived from other sources, th;m direct taxation, of about six hundred and forty thonsaiHl tldlars, exclusive of about one hundred thousand dolv Jar;; hire of convicts, which will probably be thus appliei. In addition to this we levy for the support of free schools a direct tax on all the property of the State, the home of the poorest mechanic and widow and the little farm of the .
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five other States in the Union levy for this purpose mor& than o~e mill, and of this five only two levy as much as Georgia does.
I by education in the text-books taught in the schools crime was diminished, as many of us at one time hoped would be the case, there might be some reason for imposing even heavier taxes upon our people for the support of schools. But this is not true, for it is a startling fact, established by the experiel).ces of thirty years, that while under our system of free schools illiteracy has rapidly decreased, especially among our colored population, crime has much more rapidly increased among them, and with the increas& of crime the expenses of administering the criminal law have increased in the same ratio. All of these expenses have to come out of the tax-payers, not out of the men whocommit the crimes. It is estimated that the expense of administering the criminal law in Georgia is six hundred thousand dollars per annum; the records of the courts show that eighty-five per cent of this expense is chargeable tonegro criminals. Thus we have a burthen on the shoulders. of the taxpayers of five hundred thousand dollars incurred ip. protecting innocent negroes and in punishing guilty ones. Add to this the money expended in the education of the children of the race, and that necessarily expended when the militia have to be called into service to protect them from the mob, infuriated by crimes committed by them, and we have a sum expended on account of the negroalone equal to the total expenditures of the State for all purposes in 1860. And yet the total taxable values in th&

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State in 1860 were nearly twice what they are now. In <>ther words the negro costs the taxpayers now as much as both races cost them in 1860.
Still, notwithstanding all this, it is our duty to provide for the children of the race that education contemplated in the Constitution, to protect the law-abiding in all his rights of person and property, and tQ punish those guilty <>f crime, not by the mob, but through the instrumentalities provided by law, however heavy the burthen thus imposed upon us. The best interests of both races, as well as the dictates of justice and humanity, demand this much but no more.
In view of all these facts and the additional facts, equally well established, that ninety per cent. of the crimes committed by .negroes are committed by those who have had the opportunities of free schools, and only ten per cent. by the ex-slaves who are illiterate; while ninety per cent. of the property acquired by the race since emancipation iS in the hands of the illiterate ex-slaves and not in the hands of thoEe educated in the free schools, it seems to me that justice to the tax-payers of the State demands that we adhere more closely to the limitations prescribed in the Constitution a~d confine our public schools to "the elementary branches of an English education only," leaving to the ehurches and to private enterprise and to local taxation, the support of schools for higher education.

TAX REFORM:. There has been complaint for many years that under our system of taxation much property has escaped the hand of

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the tax-gatherer, and that great inequalities have existelL in the valuation of property returned for taxation. , To meet the demand for reform and the equalization of the burthens of taxation a joint commission was appointed at your last session to sit during the rece3s and prepare and report some measure for consideration at the beginning of your present session..
This commission has been laboriously at work mueh of the time during the summer and fall, in the discharge of the duty assigned them, and will doubtless report for your early consideration a measure intended to meet the popular demand. I cannot too earnestly impress upon you the importance of this subject. There are great inequalities which should be corrected. Property in one county equally valuable as similar property in another is often returned in one at half the value put upon it in the other. This is especially true of farming lands. Even in the sam:.: county one farmer returns his lands at their real value while his neighbor broadside of him, in order to avoid the tribute he owes his State and county, returns his at only half or even less than half what they would bring under the hammer. The same disparity exists in the valuation of other property, while some species of taxable wealth entirely escape taxation because of the facility with which it can be hidden. Bonds, stocks, notes and other evidences of debt often escape in this way while merchandise is frequently greatly undervalued. From these causes, real estate, which is visible and cannot be hidden, is made to bear more than its :;:hare of the bnrthens of government.
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Assembly to frame a law which can be made to reach all the invisible property of the unscrupulous tax-payer, who hides his money and his evidences of indebtedness, I do believe a law can be framed that will compel him to pa;: taxes on his visible, tangible property at a fair valuation, and thus equalize the burthens between him and his more conscientious neighbor who now bears more than his share. For many years we have endeavored to keep down the taxrate bv finding new objects of taxation, and by reaching invisible property which has escaped, but we have met with but indifferent success. We have suc~eeded in taxing the plow of the farmer and the sewing-machine of the widow., but the bonds of the miser have escaped, and the higher the rate of taxation the greater has been the incentive to him to hide his property from the tax-gatherer.
But we should not be discouraged. While we may not be able to reach all the property in the State for purposes of taxation, we can equalize the burthen on that which we can reach and thus greatly improve existing conditions.
I refrain from making any specific recommendations on this subject because I have no doubt the commission into whose hands you gave the matter will do so, and that you will, with their report as a basis, be able to enact a law that will measurably at least remedy the defects in the present system.
BALLOT REFORM.
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those endowed with the elective franchise. In a State in which there is a large, ignorant, unpatriotic or purchasable vote, often the rich and unscrupulous candidate triumphs Qver his poor and honest c0mpetitor. Good and capable men too often shrink from politics because they cannot without loss of self-respect resort to the means necessary to secure success. Thus the standard of political moral~ and of official ability and integrity is lowered and the people lose respect for and confidence in their public servants; the word politician becomes a term of reproach, and politics is regarded as a synonym for trickery and dishonesty. When they have lost respect for those who make the laws the people lose respect for the laws. I.awlessness and crime abound, respect for the courts and juries is lost, a turbulent and irresponsible rabble sits in judgment on criminals, often involving the innocent with the guilty; the judges are dened, the majesty of the law is insulted and the mob usurps the prerogative of the executioner. To these causes I believe much of the constantly increasing lawlessness and -crime and mob violence that has disgraced our State in the recent past may be traced. For thirty years we, impoverished by one of the most devastating wars that has blighted the earth in two thousand years, have taxed ourselves heavily to support free schools in which to educate all of our people, and thus bring up to the standard of intelligence and good citizenship the irresponsible class of voters in our midst, but costly as the experiment has been it has failed. The irresponsible, venal vote has increased more rapidly than illiteracy has decreased. We must therefore try an~ <>ther remedy. This dangerous element must be eliminated

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from our elections; the safety of the State demands it; and the quickest and surest and safest way is to amend the Constitution, as some of our sister States have done, so as to restrict the ballot. None but the honest and virtuous and intelligent should be entrusted with this dangerous weapon. Let virtue and intelligence and integrity be the sole test. The man who will directly or indirectly sell his vote is unworthy of a vote, and it should be taken away from him. The man who is virtuous and intelligent, however poor or humble, or of whatever race or color, may be safely entn1sted with it.
I therefore recommend that an amendment of the Constitution be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection, restricting the elective franchise to those who recognize the sanctity of the ballot, and realize the responsibilities of citizenship.

THE MILITARY.
Our experience during the year has verified the wisdom of the framers of the Constitution who said "a well regulated militia is essential to the peace and security of the State." Situated as we are with two races nearly equal in number, differing so widely not only in color but in tastes, habits, attainments, capabilities and aspirations, the one the strongest race in the world, schooled for seven hundred ~ears in the science and art of self-government; the other, the weakest of the five races, removed only a few generations from ancestors who for ages had been steeped in the lowest depths of Larbarism and only one generation re-
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moved from a condition of slavery in which they learned nothbg of the duties and responsibilities o citizenship, and knew no law but the law of force, there will necessarily be more or less lawlessness. When the inferior race is incited and encouraged to deeds o lawlessness and crime by the enemies of the superior race, as has been the case during the last year, there will be, in spite o the united efforts of the best element of both races, occasions in which the civil power cannot cope with the rioters or the mob, and must necessarily have the support of the military in maintaining the supremacy of the law, and in protecting life, liberty and property. Unfortunately in the organization o the Georgia regiments for the Spanish-American war our State military organizations were almost destroyed by the withdrawal from the companies and regiments o many o the best officers and men ir. them. Hence it was that at the beginning of the present administration there was scarcely an efficient company or regiment in the State, and this, too, at a time when a reliabl1:: military was more needed for local protection than ever before in our history. Realizing this situation I at once went to work as best I could with the scanty means available, tarough the Inspector-General, Col. Wm. G. Obear, to reorganize and perfect the various companies in the State, most o them mere skeletons, only hal armed, and I am glad to be able to report that while it was necessary to disband some companies for inefficiency, most of them have been recruited up to an efficient standard, new officers have been commissioned to fill vacancies, and while some of them are not, for want o means, equipped as they should be, the esprit de corps is much improved.

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New companies are being tendered to take the place o those mustered out, and I believe with reasonable encouragement rom the General Assembly all o them will soon
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be a bulwark and an orna:rnent to the State. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the gallant men
who have responded to my call in the several emergencies which have arisen requiring their services to sustain the civil offi..:lers in protecting life and property and maintaining the supremacy of the law. While, as stated above, I have in many instances declined to respond to the call of civil officers or military aid because I did not see the necessity for it, there have been disturbances in eight counties, to wit: Campbell, Coweta, Butts, Lee, Richmond, Spalding, Decatur and Mcintosh, which, or the protection of lie or property, or both, required the aid o the military. In all these cases I sent troops, usually small detachments, to the support o the civil authorities, in every instance requiring the commanding officer to report to the sheriff, and to act strictly in subordination to him. The most serious uprisings were in Decatur and Mcintosh counties. That in Decatur was put down by Captains 1.fyddleton and Smith of Col. Wooten's regiment, the Fourth Infantry, with but little trouble and without bloodshed. The insurrection in Mcintosh county (or it really assumed the propvr tions o an insurrection) was much more formidablo. When the mob o several hundred armed negroes first took possession o the town o Darien the sheriff, the mayor and other prominent citizens reported the acts to me and urgently asked that I send at once five hundred armed "ft'len to their relie. This I did not do, because I deemed so

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many men unnecessary, and the expense would be great. But I did send by special train from Savannah, one hundred and seventy-four officers and men of the First Infantry, commanded by Capt. Gleason, and twenty-five officers and men of Troop "A," First Cavalry (dismounted), under command of Lieut. Cunningham, Capt. Gleason commanding the whole. This command was on the train and in motion for Darien in less than an hour from the time their commander received my telegraphic order, and while a part o4' them remained in Darien under command of Capt. Grayson to preserve order, the remainJer, under command of Capt. Gleason, returned immediately to Savannah as all escort to the sheriff of :Mcintosh county, who had in charge Henry Delegal, the negro whose crime gave rise to the trouble. The promptness and fidelity with which Capt. Gleason and his command executed my order in this emergency merits the highest commendation. On the next day, the negroes having armed themselves to the number ot about a thomand to resist the arrest of the leaders of the mob of the day before, and one deputy sheriff having been killed and anotlmr wounded in the discharge of official duty, Col. A. R. Lawton was ordered to take command at Darien with plenary power to do whatever in his judgment was necessary to restore order and sustain the civil authorities in upholding the law. To this end most of his own regiment, the First Infantry, returned to Darien, where also reported to him Troop "G" of the First Cavalry, Capt. Sinclair, whose station is Darien. Later on the men of the First Infantry and Troop "A" of the First Cavalry, worn out by constant duty day and night for several days, were

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relieved by detachments of one officer and twenty men each, from Troops "B," "E," and "I" of the First Cavalry, and one officer and forty men from Troop "G" of same regiment. This force of a hundred men was deemed necessary to guard against the possibility of another riot at the trial of the fifty or more men who had been arrested, and were to be tried at once, a speGial term of the Superior Court having been called for that purpose. No further disturbance occurred, however, and as soon as the court completed its work and adjourned, the last of the troopa were sent away, perfect order having been restored throughout :Mcintosh county.
Much credit is due Col. Lawton and his gallant officers and men for the wise and conservative, but determined course pursued by them throughout this whole unfortunate, yet fortunate affair-unfortunate that it occurred at all, yet fortunate that quiet was restored, and all the chief offenders arrested and brought to trial without the shedding of a drop of blood by the military. In addition to Col. Lawton, whose wisdom, prudence and firmness in restoring the supremacy of the law merits my thanks and the thanks of all the people of the State, I would not feel that I had done my duty were I to fail to make special mention of Lieut. Edward Leonard, of the First Infantry, whose valuable services in arresting John Delegal and others of the most desperate of the rioters, is so highly commended by Colonel Lawton in his clear, lucid aud admirable report, hereto attached as an appendix, to which I invite the special attention of the members of the General Assembly, in order that they may realize the serious and dangerous character

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of this uprising of negroes and the invaluable services o the military as an aid to the civil authorities in protecting life and property and restoring order in such emergencies.

AMENDMENTS OF MILITARY LAWS.
My experience and observation at a time when so much depends on the efficiency of our soldiery have suggested a nece:;sity for several amendments of our military laws, which were framed, as I am informed, by an officer of the United States army and modeled after the United States laws governing the organization and control of the regular army. While a life tenure of office is best in the regular army, it is repugnant to the spirit of a volunteer organization. Some of the military organizations of the State have been found by the Inspector-General to be inefficient and incapable of being brought up to a standard of efficiency because they are commanded by officers who were elected by men not one of whom is now a member of the organization. Thus there is a want of sympathy between the officers and the men, interest is lost in the company, and it becomes practically useless.
I therefore recommend that the law be so changed as to limit the tenure of office in all companies and regiments to three or five years, at the expiration of which time the office shall become vacant and be filled in the manner now prescribed by law.
Another matter to which I desire to call your special attention is the great discrimination betv;een officers and men in the matter of pay when in actual service. It is now pro-

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vided that the pay of each shall be that prescribed by law for officers and soldiers of the regular army of the United States. Under this law a Colonel of Infantry receives $9.72 per day. Lieutenant-Colonel .................. . $8 34 per day Major ...................... 6 !)4 per day Captain ........................... . 5 00 per day First Lieutenant .................... . 4 17 per day Second Lieutenant .................. . 3 8!) per day First Sergeant ...................... . 83 per day Other sergeants ..................... . 60 pe:r day Corporal .......................... . 50 per day Private ........................... . 43 per day
While this is not too much for officers, it is more than the State in a period of hard times and high taxes can afford to pay, and more indeed than the gallant officers of the State troops who serve the State from motives of patriotism and not for money, demand. At the same time the paltry forty-three cents paid to the private soldier who is most frequently a young man of slender means, working for a salary, or for daily waget~, which stop the moment he responds to the call of the State to put down a mob or quell an insurrection, to say nothing of the danger he incurs of losing his place and the inconvenience it gives his employer, is compensation so v.iggardly that the State should not, however hard the times, ask her defenders to accept it. This scale of wages was adopted when the State seldom or never had to call on her military to aid the civil authorities in cnforcinP' 4-l.."'~ law. Now, however, it is different, and there

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is scarcely a month in which it is not necessary for some part of the military to be called out for this purpose.
I therefore recommend, and in this I only voice the recommendation of the Military Advisory Board, that the law be so changed and amended as to pay all field officers of all arms of the service four dollars a day. All captains of all arms of the service $3.00 a day. All lieutenants of every arm of the service $2.00 a day. All regimental non-commissioned officers $1.50 a day. All other non-commissioned officers $1.25 a day, and all privates $1.00 a day, besides quarters and subsistence when in actual service in resisting mobs or quelling riots. In computing the time twenty-four hours should be counted a day, and every fractional part _of twenty-four hours should be counted as a whole day.
The experience of the recent past has demonstrated that as aids to the civil authorities in enforcing the law, companies and not regiments are needed. Of all the several occasions in which it has been necessary to call on the military for assistance during the last year, there has been but one in which more than two companies were necessary, usnally a mere detachment of one company is sufficient. That one was in quelling the recent insurrection in 1-fcintosh county, of which I have already spoken, for which the entire First Regiment of Infantry and' several detachments of Cavalry were necessary. This experience seems to warrant the conclusion that the military fund should be applied to the cultivation of companieO"., by paying their armory rent and supplying them with uniforms. I ather than

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in paying the expenses of regimental encampments, as now provided by law.
I therefore recommend this change in the law, and the further change that the expenses of the State troops including subsistence, transportation, compensation, etc., when called out to put down riots, and to aid the civil authorities, be paid out of the military fund instead of the contingent fund, upon which so many other drafts must necessarily be made. Already the extraordinary drafts upon this fund, only $10,000.00 per annum, for the purposJ of arresting the spread of smallpox and to pay the expenses of the military when necessarily called into service to quell riots or prevent lynchings, have exhausted about half of the appropriation.

DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION.

To supply the deficiency in the contingent fund occasioned by drafts upon it to prevent the spread of smallpox and to defray the expenses of the military when employed in the suppression of mobs and in aiding the civil authorities in the enforcement of the law, an appropriation of $5,000.00 will be necessary, while to supply the deficiency in the printing fund occasioned by reprinting Supreme Court Reports, will require $3,500.00 more.
I respectfu1ly suggest that appropriations be made to supply these deficiencies.

THE OFFICE OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL.

The Adjutant-General's office is the headquarters of the military of the State. From it issue all orders affecting the

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State troops, and as well their comfort as their efficiency .in serving the State when needed, depends on the efficient working of that office.
Under our law the Adjutant-General receives no salary for his military services, but he is by virtue of office Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, and for his service as such he receives a salary of two thousand dollars. He has no clerk or other assistant.
The present incumbent, Brigadier-General John M. Kell, was appointed in 18861 not only on account of his ability but in recognition of his splendid services to the South in the civil war, and in recognition of these services he has been retained in the office through each succeeding administration up to this time, notwithstanding his advanced age, his failing health and his consequent inability to discharge the duties of the office. Up to the beginning of the Spanish-American war no serious inconvenience resulted to the public service from his constantly increasing infirmity, because there was up to that time detailed from the regular army of the United States an officer paid by the general government as an assistant to the Adjutant-General of each State. This assistant perfmmed all the duties of the office during the absence or disability of the Adjutant-General. But at the beginning of the war with Spain the United States needed all her military officers for service in the field and the gallant Captain Brown was withdrawn from this special service in Georgia. General Kell, being from his increasing infirmity unable to discharge the duties of his office, my predecessor in office, Governor Atkinson, employed Col. Wm. G. Obear of the State troops as a clerk

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in the office, who performed them. Col. Obear was paid out of the military fund. In the appropriation act passed by your honorable body at your last session, such restrictions were thrown around the disbursement of the public money, and I think wisely, that not only no part of the military fund, but no part of any other fund could be applied to the payment of a clerk for the office. General Kell's health being still so bad that he could do no part of the work of the office, and I being unwilling to supplant him by ap- . pointing another to the office he had filled so long and so well, and mindful of his splendid services to his country in the days of his manly vigor, the only course left to me was to place Assistant Adjutant-General Byrd on the roll of the Capitol Guard as Captain, and require him to do the work of the Adjutant-General, paying him forty-five dollars a month out of the Public Buildings and Grounds fund as Captain of the Guard, and G<.ueral Kell paying him fiftyfive dollars a month out of his salary of two thousand dollars per annum. Thus we patched up a salary of one hundred dollars a month for Col. Byrd who had performed the triple duty of Captain of the Guard, Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, and Adjutant-General. This course was pursued after agreement with Gen. Kell and consultation with the Attorney-Gen.eral, who advised me that in no other way could I pay an officer to keep the AdjutantGeneral's office open without a violation of law.
This course, while the only one open to us, has been unsatisfactory, because the triple duties of Acting AdjutantGeneral, Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds and

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Captain of the Guard have been too much for one man, and have worked a hardship on the other four members of the Guard whose duties have been thus increased.
I therefore recommend that General Kell, iu consideration of his extreme age and growing infirmities and in recognition of his splendid services to the South and his State, be retired on the first day of January, HlOO, with his rank, on a pension sufficient to support him comfortably during his life, or that provision be made for paying the Assista11t Adjutant-General who performs the duties of the office, an adequate salary when thus actually employed.

NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.

The Northeastern Railroad Company, whose bonds were endorsed by Governor Colquitt, under authority of the Act of the 27th October, 1870, having defaulted in the payment of its interest due on the first day of November, 1893, was seized by Governor N orthen on the 15th day of Xovember, 1893, in accordance with the provisions of the .Act authorizing the endorsement, and put in the hands of R. K. Reaves of Athens, to be operated by him as the agent of the State, in accordance with the provisions of said Act. 1\Ir. Reaves continued to so operate the road until the lGth day of April, 1895, when Governor Atkinson, after advertising as required by law, offered the road for sale at auction to the highest and best bidder, in Athens, its southern ter-
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No satisfactory bid being received, the Governor bid it in for the State, and ].Ir. Reaves continued, by order of the GoYernor, to operate it as agent for the State.

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On the 28th day of May, 1896, under authority of the said Act of October 27, 1870, authorizing the State's endorsement, Governor Atkinson leased the road and its appurtenances to E. A. Richards & Co., for a term of twenty years at an annual rental of $18,600.00. On the first day of June, two days after the signing of the contract of lease, the lessees took charge of the property and operated it until the 6th day of May, 1897, when Governor Atkinson, the lessees having defaulted in the payment of the stipulated rental for more than eight months, again seized the road, and re-appointed Mr. Reaves State Agent to operate it, which he continued to do until the 21st of J1me, 1897, when the Governor again offered it for sale to the highest and best bidder, bidders submitting sealed bids which were opened on that day, but no satisfactory bid being received, the Governor continued to operate it through ~Ir. Reaves to the close of his administration.
At the beginning of the present administration, :Mr. Reaves having operated the road to the entire satisfaction of both Governors Northen and Atkinson, and seeing no good that could result to the State from a change of agents, I continued him as agent, and he is still the agent of the State in charge of the property.
The net earnings of the road have been sufficient to pay the interest on the $287,000 of State bonds issued to pay off the bonds of the railroad company endorsed by the State, which upon the default of the company in the payment of its interest became an immediate liability of the State, and some months have shown a small profit; but not sufficient to warrant the State in holding and operating the

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road permanently. It has always, too, been the sense of the General Assembly, as is evident from all the legislation on the subject since it fell into the hands of the State, that the road should be offered for sale whenever in the judgment of the Governor there might be a probability of selling it without loss to the State.
Thus believing, and this belief being concurred in by the special committee appointed by your honorable bodies at your last session to look into the affairs of the road, I have advertised according to the provisions of the Act of December 21st, 1897, for sealed bids for its purchase, to be opened on the 31st day of October, when I have reason to believe there will be more than one bidder and that the road will be sold at a price sufficient, not only to save the State from loss, but to yield a little profit.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
At your last session you provided by resolution for the appointment of a joint committee "to investigate the Geological Department and report their findings to the Governor."
The general appropriation bill appropriated "for the Geological Survey $8,000.00 provided the Governor shall have power to discontinue the operations of the said department, ii, after an investigation by a joint committee of the Senate and House, he should deem it best to suspend the operations of the Department," etc. Under the provisions of the said resolution a joint committee of the two houses was appointed which investigated the operations of the de-

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partment and reported that "the committee after inspection of the State Museum and careful consideration of the testimony, are of the opinion that a Geological Department, if properly conducted, is of inestimable value to Georgia, and we beg so to report to your Excellency, recommending at the same time that the department for Georgia be continued, and that the conditional appropriation for its maintenance be made available," etc. "We are of the opinion from the testimony both written and oral, that the State Geologi~t, Prof. W. S. Yeates, is competent as a mineralogist and geologist to discharge the duties of his office," etc.
Upon receipt of this report the State Geological Board was called together, and its contents made known to them. After careful consideration of the report and the recommendations of the committee it was deemed advisable and t() the best interest of the State to continue the survey, and it has been continued uninterruptedly. No changes have been made in the corps, but Prof. Yeates has been retained as State Geologist, and he has retained as assistants Professors McCalla and Watson, and in my opinion good and
. faithful work has been done by all of them.
During the year two bulletins have been prepared and printed, the one on "The Artesian Well System" and the other on "The Clay Deposits of Georgia."
Another bulletin has been prepared and is about ready for the press on "Roads and Road Building Material," and two others on "The Granites and Gneisses of the State" and the "Aluminum Ores" are well advanced and will with a little more work be ready for the printer.



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No provision was made at your last session for printing the bulletins of the department for either the present year or the next. The two printed are still unpaid for, and there are no funds with which to pay for those in preparation. As these bulletins will prove of great benefit to the State in presenting our resources in the lines covered by them, and their mechanical execution reflect great credit on the State Printer, I respectfully recommend that an appropriation be made to pay for the same, as well as for those now in preparation.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
As factories and foundries and machine shops and railroads have increased in the State, the number of our people employed by them has increased, and there is a growing demand among our wage earners for a Department of Labor, or, at least a Bureau of Labor, attached to the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of gathering and publishing such statistical information as will be of interest to them. This class of our people is growing constantly larger and they are among our most useful and reliable citizens, and .their demands should receive your most careful consideration.
I realize that the State cannot at this time establish any new and expensive departments. Indeed I do not understand that our mechanics and artizans and wage earners demand this, but they do desire that there be somewhere in the State government, either as a Bureau in the Department of Agricult11re or elsewhere, an officer whose duty it



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~hall be to look after and promote their interest, and gather and disseminate such statistics and other information as shall be useful and profitable to them, and who shall occnpy the same relation to them that the Commissioner of Agri-culture occupies to the farmers of the State. I have deemed it my duty to call your 'attention to this matter and to suggest that you give it careful consideration.

CHILD LABOR.
There is also an earnest desire among the same class of <Our citizens that there be some legislation on the subject of -child labor, and I am advised that a bill on this subject will be presented for your consideration. While I fully appre-ciate the difficulty you will encounter in legislating on this subject, I invite your careful attention to it, feeling that while the strong are usually able to take care of themselves, it is your duty and mine to protect the weak.
CONCLUSION.

In conclusion it may be said in truth that there has sel-dom been a time when the field for wise statesmanship was broader than that which now opens up before us. I have mentioned some things which are of vital importance to the people of Georgia, but there are others of equal importance which will claim your attention. While I have felt constrained by a sense of duty to speak plainly and unequivocally and to present a picture somewhat gloomy of conditions which have prevailed in the State, I would not be un-derstood as taking a gloomy view of the future. On the con-

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trary, many signs point to better times-to cleaner political methods, the return of at least a fair degree of prosperity among our farmers and business men in the country, the restoration of peace and order all over the State, the reenthronement of the courts of law in their pristine vigo-r, the suppression of the mob and ample security for all ou. people however poor or humble. It is your duty to promote by wise and patriotic legislation all of these end::;. That you will come up to the full measure of your duty I have no sort of doubt, and that I will at any time be found reluctant to co-operate with you in your efforts I trust you will never have reasons to fear. My highest and only am bition is to add to the glory of my State and to promote in every legitimate way the prosperity and happiness of all of her people.
.A. D. CANDI.ER.

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APPENDIX "A."
In accordance with the requirements of Section 5815 of the Code, I herewith submit report of all reprieves, commutation of sentence, and pardons granted by me during the year.
A.D. CANDLER.
PARDONS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
FELONIES. Charlie J ohns.on.-Attempt to wreck a railroad train_ Uobb County Superior Court, November term, 1896. Sentenced to fhe years in the Penitentiary. Pardon recommended by Prison Commission for the following reasons: "Defendant was only twelve years old when the crime was committed and the evidence adduced was entirely circumstantial and very weak. He has already served two years in the penitentiary. The judge who tried and sentenced him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him and many of the best citizens of Cobb county 'recommend this clemency." Granted December lOth, 1898.
Mallette Dukes.-Burglary. Butts County Superior Court, Spring term, 1895. Sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Commutation of sentence to five years in the penitentiary recommended by the Pardon Board for the following reasons:
"The defendant plead guilty of burglary at the trial and was given ten years sentence. The prosecutor, the jury who tried him, the judge who sentenced him, and the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, the county officers and many law abiding citizens of Butts county urge clemency." Commutation granted December lOth, 1898.

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Jim Tillrnan.-Murder. Superior Court of Baker County, Spring term, 1876. Sentenced to life imprison ment. The Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"The defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence and was received into the penitentiary on the 13th day of M11y, 1876, and during this service of twenty-two years and seven months his conduct has been exemplary. He was forty-eight years old when received, and is now seventy and totally blind and helpless." Granted December 10th, 1898.

Hen Harden.-Voluntary manslaughter. Troup Superior Court, November term, 1894. Sentenced to eight years. Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"The evidence in this case, while authorizing the verdict rendered, discloses many facts going to show that defendant might have been acting in self-defence. This view is strengthened by affidavits of witnesses not sworn at the trial establishing facts which if then presented would have justified a verdict of acquittal. The judge who tried and sentenced him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him and many of the best citizens of Troup county urge his pardon." Granted December 23d, 1898.
Robert lVatkins.-Voluntary manslaughter. Houston Superior Court, October term, 1896. Sentence five years. The Prison Commission recommended pardon for the fol lowing reasons:
"Defendant's character previous to this difficulty had been excellent, as is testified to by many of the best citizens of his county. The evidence makes out a case which would have justified a verdict of justifiable homicide as thoronghlx

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as that of voluntary manslaughter. The judge who presided and sentenced him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, the jury that convicted him, many county officers and a number of the best citizens of the county recommend his pardon." Granted December 23d, 1898.

Francis Bartow Keller.-Seduction. Superior Court of Chatham County, January term, 1894. Sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The Prison Commission recommended a pardon for the following reasons:
"Defendant's term of imprisonment already served is a sufficient punishment to him and an ample vindication of the law. The jury which convicted him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, and many of the best citizens of Chatha'm and other counties urge his pardon. The judge who sentenced him interposes no objection; the woman whom he was convicted of having seduced ha3 since married, and the ends of justice will be best subserved by this clemency." Granted December 23d, 1898.

James Daniel.-Burglary. Worth Superior Court, Oc-

tober term, 1898. Sentenced to five years. Prison Com-

mission recommended pardon for the following reasons:

"Defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence,

the unexplained possession of a small part of the goods

stolen, which goods were identified by the pro!lecutor. The

prosecutor now says he has traced the other goods into the

possession of another person whom he believes to be the

guilty party and he is now convinced that the defendant,

if guilty at all, is guilty only as accessory after the fact and

recommends this pardon. For the same reason the judge

who sentenced him, the solicitor who prosecuted him, the

grand jury that indicted him, the jury that convicted him,

soine of the county officers and many of the best cit1zens

of the county recommend clemency." Granted January

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John lVatson.-Horse stealing. Dougherty Superior Court, April term, 1893. Sentenced to twelve years. Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"Defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence and has always protested his innocence. His prosecutor begs clemency in his behalf, stating that in his belief he i:> innocent. The judge who sentenced him strongly urges his pardon. He has served six years and his conduct haa been good." Granted March 3d, 1899.
0. 0. Pitbman.-Cattle stealing. Fulton Superior Court, Fall term, 1896. Sentenced to three years. The Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"When the defendant was arrested he was only si..,.teen years of age and without having an opportunity to consult with his parents, who are law abiding citizens, and without the benefit of counsel he plead guilty. The facts of the case, as shown to the Commission, show that he was used as the tool of men much older than himself; that his previous character had been good; that during his imprisonment his conduct has been exemp}ary. His pardon is requested by many good citizens of Fulton and Cobb counties, which pardon is also urged by the solicitor who prosecuted him. He has already served all but three months of his sentence which is considered sufficient." Granted March 4th, 1899.
W. A. Brown.-Larceny after trust. Fulton Superior Court, Spring term, 1898. Sentenced to twelve months in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Com~,ission for the following reaii--:ms:

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''The physician in charge of the camp at which the de-

fendant is incarcerated, says defendant ie affiicted with

.scrofulous tuberculosis and before conviction was a con-



firmed opium habitue, and wh~e now cured of the opium.

habit, which ~ppears to have been the cause of the crime,

is a confirmed invalid. The solicitor who prosecuted him,

the jury which convicted him. and many good citizens o

Fulton county recommend this clemency. His term will

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.expire on the 28th of April, 1899, and it is thought that

l1is punishment has been..a sufficient vindication o the law."

Granted March 4, 1899.

Joel Te1rell Huff.-Murder. Harris County Superior -court, :E'all term, 1897. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the iollowing reasons:
"1st. The evidence submitted to the Court and jury while strong enough to support the verdict is in several particulars unsatisfactory, in that it does not clearly fix the crime upon Huff. 2d. The newly discovered evidence to the effect that the evidence upon which the conviction was bad was untrue and that Huff was at his home at the time the crime was committed, and could not thereiore have shot the deceased or been present with the party who did -shoot him. 3d. The grand jury which indicted Huff, and the jury which convicted him have requested his pardon :and state that in view of the newly discovered evidence that they do not believe he had any connection with the killing of the deceased, Carnett. 4th. The solicitor-general trying the case recommends the pardon in view of the .evidence and the newly discovered evidence. 5th. A large number of the citizens of Harris county, not only by peti~ -t~on recommend his pardon but state that they are ab<ur lutely satisfied, from all the facts and circumstances of the

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case, that Huff is innocent of any connection with the crime for which he was convicted. 6th. After his conviction and pending his motion for a new trial before the Supreme Court there was a jail delivery in Harris county, Georgia, where Huff was confined, in which Stripling, his co-defendant and confessedly guilty party, escaped with other criminals, but notWithstanding that Huff had equally as good an opportunity to escape, he refrained from doing so.'~ Granted March 6th, 1899.
Andrew Nolan.-Burglary. Fulton Superior Court~ January term, 18~)9. Sentenced to nine months in the chaingang. The Pardon Board recommends a commutation of sentence to present service and a fine 'of seventy-five dolla~s for the following reasons:
"Defendant is but seventeen years of age and up to thi& conviction had always borne a good reputation and character. The amount of property stolen was one pair of shoes of thJvalue of several dollars. For the crime he has already served about three months, which with the fine suggested is thought to be sufficient punishment. If released from custody the defendant can now secure work with responsible people, which will tend to make of him a good citizen and enable him to help support his dependent n:..other. The jury which convicted him recommends 'the most lenient penalty' and the solicitor-general who prosecuted him recommends his pardon." Granted March 8th, 1899.
William Ficken.-Burglary. Fulton Superior Court, Spring term, 1895. Sentence ten years in the penitentiary. The Prison Commission recommended his pardon for thefollowing reasons:
''Defendant was twenty-two years of age when convicted an_d had prior thereto borne a good reputation, having been raised by parents of good standing in the community.

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Since his conviction his mother has died and his father, now old and infirm, needs his assistance in supporting his family. Ficken seems to have been led into this crime by older and more vicious companions and having already served :four years, during which time his conduct has been excel lent, it is thought that the law has been sufficiently vindicated. This pardon is recommended by the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, some of the jurors who convicted him and many of the most prominent law-abiding citizen~ of Fulton county." Granted March 8, 1899.
Hayes Fears.-Burglary. Troup Superior Court, Ma.7 term, 1898. Sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for th~ following reasons:
"Defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence, which at best made but a slim case for conviction. ThE> judge who tried him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, his prosecutor and m~ny of the best law-abiding citizens of Troup county strongly urge clemency in his behalf. His character before conviction is shown to have been good and since his incarceration has been meritorious as to conduct." Granted March 9th, 1899.
Walter Gartrell.-Cow stealing. Fulton Superior Court, Fall term, 1896. Sentenced to nine years. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"That his reputation was good before the crime was committed and this is his first offense. He plead guilty and has served with good conduct since his imprisonment.. His application is recommended by a large number of reputable citizens of Cobb and Fulton counties, who state that he is simple-minded, easily persuaded and that he was led into the crime by certain men whom they name. Executive clemency is also recommended by the solicitor-general.

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The ends of the law in the judgment of the Commission have been met in this case." Granted J\Iarch 27th, 1899.

lYI. R. llfonroe.-Murder. Dawson Superior Court, :March term, 1893. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"At best the evidence made out but a slight case for conviction, and would have fully justified a verdict for volun tary manslaughter. Defendant without any preparation and acting under considerable provocation, picked up a jack-plane and threw it at deceased, inflicting a mortal wound. While in jail he was stricken with paralysis and i'i now and has been since his incarceration completely helpless and in the opinion of the physician in charge is liable to die at any time. The joint committee on pardons from the General Assembly in 1896 recommended this pardon. Eight members of the jury which convicted him and a large number of the best citizens of Dawson county, including officials, earnestly pray for this clemency." Granted March 28th, 1899.

Smart Jones et al.-
Whereas, The Prison Commission has recently investigated personally the condition of the convicts now in the Georgia Penitentiary and from such investigation recommends pardons for the following convicts:

Smart Jones.-Murder. Coffee Superior Court; received October 24th, 1895, under life sentence, who is completely paralyzed and has been bed-ridden for two years.

William Butler.-J\'Iurder. From Sumter county; received March 11th, 1893, under life sentence; paralyzed; bed-ridden for two years and completely helpless.

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Milligan Hill.-Burglary. Hancock Superior Court; received December 16th, 1897, under sentence for five years; paralyzed and in declining health.

Richard White.-Attempt to murder and volun.tary manslaughter. Decatur County Superior Court; received May
28th, 1897, under two sentences, aggregating twenty-seven years, who is badly diseased and cannot live much longer.

Isaac Dixon.-Murder. From Liberty county. Under life sentence; afflicted with heart disease and likely to die at any moment, and who has been confined to the hospital for six months.
Alex Billups.-Murder. From Mitchell county; received February 4th, 1896, under life sentence. Badly afflicted with rheumatism and has been helpless for two years.
Jim Orockett.-Burglary. From Lowndes county. R0ceived December 6th, 1896, under three years sentence, who has a bad case of consumption.
Richard Smith.-Assault with intent to rob. From Dooly county. Received April 7th, 1898, under two year~ sentence; badly diseased and unable to work.
Tom Holson.-Burglary. From Dodge county; received March lOth, 1890, under fifteen years sentence. Badly diseased and highly recommended by the prison officials.

W. F. Hopkins.-Forgery. From Effingham county; received July, 1897, under two years sentence. Term expires in April and he is in very bad health.

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John May.-From Washington county; received September 1st, 1896, term expires in April; affiicted with consumption.

Chas. Glenn.-Simple larceny. From Fulton county; received September 19th, 1896, under three years sentenc'~. Term expires in April. Affiicted with consumption.

Riley Josey.-Burglary. From Schley county; receiveJ October 27, 1892, under ten years sentence. Badly diseased; term expires in August.

Frank 1l1eadow.-Assault. From Dade county; received September 29, 1897, under two years sentence. Appears to be idiotic and in declining health. Term expires in July.

Tom Kinneman.-Car breaking. From Whitfield county; received November, 1897, under three years sentence, badly diseased and almost helpless. Recommended for pardon by the solicitor-general who prosecuted him.

Jack Jones.-Arson. From Thomas 1county; received January 18th, 1891, under life sentence. Bed-ridden with dropsy.

Jim Tillrnan.-Murder. From Baker county; received May, 1876, under life sentence; totally blind and almo~t helpless.
Allen Blackwell.-Murder. From Elbert county; received May 3d, 1882, under life sentence; seventytw~ years old; has lost one leg and is nearly blind.

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Jesse Johns.on.-Murder. From Brooks county; 1"~ ceived November 21, 1891, under life sentence; badly diseased, bed-ridden and has been helpless for three years.
The above pardons granted March 29, 1899.

Perry Williams.--:-Murder. Superior Court of Cla;.county, March term, 1890. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commissio.t for the following reasons:
"After a careful investigation it looks as if defendant might have been wrongfully convicted and there is nov' grave doubt of his guilt in the mind of the solicitor-general who pro3ecuted him, the jury who tried him and the county officers and best people of Clay county who earnestly recommend his pardon, including the grand jury serving at the March term, 1897, who by formal presentments request his pardon." Granted :May 8th, 1899.

Chas. R. Reid.-Voluntary manslaughter. . Bibb Superior Court, September term, 1897. Sentenced to thre3 years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"The killing in this case was under strong provocation. Deceased having g-rossly insulted defendant's wife and made to her improper and indecent proposals, which she immediately reported to her husband. The insult was gross, wanton and unprovoked and was sufficient to have excited in Reid an extreme heat of passion under which he appears to have acted in taking the life of deceased. In his conviction for manslaughter the law has been thoroughly vindicated in the punishment undergone by him. In view of his physical condition the punishment has been amplf. His health, never robust, during his confinement ,has become' more delicate, and further confinement will probably

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endanger his life. His pardon is strongly urged by the judge who tried him, by the entire jury who tried and con victed him, the county officers of Bibb county, where the crime was committed, and by many other good citizens of that and other counties." Granted !-fay 8th, 18!!9.
James Harris.-Attempt to commit arson. Superior Court of Glascock county, August term, 18!!4. Life imprisonment. Pardon recommended by Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant was convicted entirely on circumstantial evi dence which was very vague and highly unsatisfactory The judge who tried and sentenced him, the solicitor wh.J prosecuted him, the jury which convicted him, strongly urge his pardon upon this ground, which is also request~1 by the county officers of Glascock county and a large num ber of the best citizens thereof. The grand jury for the February term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Glascock county, in their formal presentments urge his pardon.' Granted 11lay 8, 1899.
W. T. Jenkins.-Voluntary manslaughter. Habersham Superior Qourt, Fall term, 1897. Sentence two years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"The sentence of two years, the minimum under the law> shows that the judge who presided at the trial did not consider this an aggravated case. Jenkins left a wife and thre~ small children, one of whom is physically helpless and all Qf whom are absolutely dependent. His wife, upon whom rhese children rely for support and maintenance, ltl desper-~tely and dangerously ill, and it is thought under the cir"1Umstances that he should be released and allowed to gC> to their assistance. This pardon will only shorten his sentence about six months." Granted May 30th, 18!J!J.

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Will Thornton.-Murder. ' Sumter Superior Court, November term, 1898. Senten~ed to death. Sentence r~commended to ~ommutation for life in the penitentiary, loy the Prison Commission, for the follnwing reasons:
''Evidence of certain facts and circumstanP.es attending the killing which were inadmissible under strict rules and were therefore excluded from thejury, have been presented to the Prison Commission and clearly show that the penalty of death should not be inflicted on this applicant for the <'rime committed. This evidence showed that the killing occurred after aggravated and continued provocations. Doubt also appeared of a purpose to kill in striking the blow and also whether the blow was the direct cause of death. The slayer was a peaceable and reputable man, while the party killed was of violent disposition. Recom- mendations for executive clemency have been signed by a majority of the trial jury, the foreman of the grand jury, the prosecutor, several county officials and a large number of the intelligent, law-abiding and representative citizens of Sumter and Terrell counties." Commutation to life imprisonment granted June 1st, 1899.
Parham H. Mabry.-Larceny after trust. Glynn Superior Court, January term, 1898. Sentence two years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"First-The defendant upon being arrested restored to the company in whose employment he had been all the money taken by him. Second-Before his conviction hE'
'bore an excellent character, which is vouched for by many
of the best citizens in the community in which he lived, and since his incarceration his conduct has been exemplary and repentant. Third-The judge who presided at the trial and the solicitor-general who prosecuted him strongly mge his pardon, stating the law had been vindicated, society

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protected and the defendant sufficiently punished. This request is joined in by sixteen members of the grand jury which indicted him, ten members of the traverse jur:v which convicted him, and many of the officials of the city of Brunswick and the county of Glynn, and a large number of the best citizens of the community, who, being familiar with all the facts surrounding this case, believe he deserves clemency. Fourth-On May 5th last an adverse report was made in this case, but since the judge and solicitor hav~ urged the pardon and the prosecutor has withdrawn all objections thereto, and also since said adverse report defendant's mother, with whom defendant's wife and two small children lived, has died, leaving his wife and children completely alone, destitute and dependent and with no one to support and protect them. This pardon, if granted, will shorten defendant's term only about four months." Granted July 6, 1899.

Solomon J oseph.-.Arson. Berrien Superior Court, ::March term, 1889. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
''Defendant was convicted of burning the planing mill'! of H. H. Tift, upon the testimony of a detective,. who swore that the defendant had confessed the crime to him. The prosecutor, :Mr. Tift, now urges his pardon, stating 'that. nfter the conviction of the defendant there occurred several other fires of apparent incendiary origin and finally one of my watchmen, a white man, was detected starting one of tl1e~e fires, who, upon detection, confessed that he had been' making a practice of starting fires and then discovering them in order to increase the apparent necessity for hi" m1_-)l0yment. Since the discharge of this watchrr.an ther-:: hwe been no more :fires of this character. In view of thi~

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fact together with the character of the testimony against -Joseph1 I have grave doubts of his guilt.' The judge who tried and sentenced him urges the pardon, stating at the trial he had grave doubts of defendant's guilt and had a motion been made he would have set aside the verdict. The solicitor who prosecuted him also urges his pardon upon the same ground." Granted July 7th, 1899.

Harry Sweat.-Murder. Chatham Superior Court, De-cember term, 1898. Sentenced to death. Pardon B(lard recommended commutation to life imprisonment for th~J following reasons:
"At the time of the difficulty between deceased and defendant both ;vere in a state of intoxication and appeared to be on friendly and even intimate terms, with no present cause of quarrel. Defendant in a friendly manner had endeavored to prevail on deceased to leave the porch of one Angus Smith, who had ordered them to leave, and when defendant endeavored to pull deceased away, Smith pushed them both and they fell off the stoop to the ground. Thereupon they began fighting and defendant, much the smaller and weaker of the two, cut deceased, inflicting wounds from which he died. On the trial of defendant he offered to prove that deceased when dying and conscious of his con dition, upon being interrogated about the difficulty said: 'Harry is all right. I made Harry cut me. Angus Smith is the cause of it all.' Which evidence under the strict rules of law was properly rejected by the court. Had the evidence been admissible it would have doubtless influenced the jury to recommend life imprisonment, one of the punishments for murder. While this evidence was properly rejected by the court, it is thought to be worthy of consideration by the Executive in passing upon the application for clemency. "Many of the best and most conservative

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citizens of Chatham county, and adjoining counties, strong-ly urge this commutation, including members of Congres~ and Senators of Georgia, county and city officials, membersof the grand jury which indicted him and of the traverse jury which convicted him." Granted commutation to life-imprisonment July 19, 1899.

Henry Edwards.-Burglary. In Effingham SuperiorCourt, Spring term, 1899. Sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant was convicted when but sixteen years of age, and has now served over ten years. During his imprisonment he has developed a case of chronic asthma,. which grows worse, and to keep him further confined might endanger his life. He has been a model prisoner during his confinement." Pardon granted August 22d, 1899.
A. N. Oarpenter.-Burglary. In Elbert County Superior Court, Spring term, 1897. Sentenced to three yearsin the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
''Defendant was only seventeen years old when the crimewas committed, and was not supposed to be mentally we1l balanced, and having served all his term but two months,. the prosecutor, the judge who tried and sentenced him, thesolicitor-general who prosecuted him and many of the be:;t law-abiding citizens of Elbert recommend and strongly urgl} his pardon." Pardon granted August 22d, 1899.
George Foster.-Burglary. In Baldwin Superior Court, Fall term, 1892. Sentenced to fifteen years in the peniten-tiary. Pardon recommended by the Priso~1 Commissionfor the followir.g reasons:

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"The judge who tried him and the solicitor-general who

prosecuted him, the prosecutor, many county officers of

Baldwin county and other good law-abiding citizens thereof

earnestly recommend his pardon. He has been a model

prisoner during his confinement, and it is thought his pun-

ishment has been sufficient." Sentence commuted to eight

years actual service, August 22d, 1899.



Jesse Dickens.-Voluntary manslaughter. In Richmond Superior Court, May term, 1894. Sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission or the following reasons, to wit:
"The defendant was but seventeen years o age when convicted, and has now served over five years. His conduct during his imprisonment has been exemplary and it is thought that his punishment has already been sufficient. His pardon is urged by eight members o the jury which tried him, the judge who presided at his trial, the solicitor.. general who prosecuted him and many o the best lawabiding people o Richmond county, and in ormal report, after investigation, by the ormer legislative committee on pardons." Pardon granted August 25th, 1899.

J. T. TribUe.-Simple larceny. In. Pulaski Superior Court, Spring term, 1883. Sentenced to our years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission or the following reasons:
"The applicant when he committed the crime was only twenty years o age, and restored to the owner o the stolen property the money or which he had sold the same beore his arrest. When indicted he plead guilty. After serving eight months and eleven days he escaped rom the penitentiary and fled into a distant State, where he has since continuously resided. From most trustworthy sources the

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Commission ascertains that he has lived an exemplary life and commands the respect and confidence of all who know him. A number of years since he connected himself with the church ano is now a minister of the gospel. To-day he has delivered himself up to the proper authorities in Georgia and is now in custody of the law. In view of the fact it is thought that his further humiliation and disgrace should not be required especially as the law has been completely vindicated and the criminal completely reformed." Pardon granted August 29th, 1899.
Alex Towns.-Robbery. Floyd Superior Court, Spring term, 189G. Sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission lor the following reasons:
"Defendant was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of a witness who since the trial was shown to be a thief being then engaged in systematically robbi_ng his employers. These facts being brought to the attention of the judge who tried him, and the solicitor who prosecuted him, they recommend his pardon upon the ground that had they been known at the trial a conviction could not have bee:1 had." Pardon granted September 1st, 1899.
Fate Jones.-Voluntary manslaughter. In Butts Superior Court, January term, 1897. Sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. Pardon recommendeo by the Prison Commission for the following reasons, to wit:
"The judge "ho tried and sentenced him and the solicitor-general who prosecnted him, voluntarily write recommending his pardon. The latter stating that in his opinion justice would be done by extending this clemency and there was doubt of his guilt. The physician in charge where Jones is confined certifies that his health is completely broken down and further confinement will shorten his life." Granted September 1:"t, 1809.

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John Maroney.-Robbery. In Floyd Superior Court, Spring term, 1896. Sentenced to five years in the peniten~ tiary. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reawns:
"Defendant was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of a witness who had since the trial been shown tv be a thief, being then engaged in systematically robbing his employers. These facts being brought to the attention of the judge who tried him, and the solicitor who prosecuted him, they recommend his pardon upon the grounds thlft had they been known at the trial the conviction could not have been had." Granted September 1st, 1899.
MISDEMEANORS.
Fred Etheredge.-Burglary. Spalding Superior Court, January term, 1898. Sentence twelve months in the chaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Since defendant's conviction and imprisonment in the chaingang his mother has died and Oscar Macmahan, whl) was jointly indicted and convicted, has been pardoned. Defendant has served eight months in the chaingang. Eleven of the jurors who convicted him, the prosecutor, the judge who presided ;nd sentenced him, the solicitor who prosecuted him and many of the good law-abiding citizens of the county of Spalding urge his pardon." Granted November 7th, 1898.
lVillis Peterson.-Assault. l\Iuscogee Superior Court, November term, 1898. Sentence twelve months or $50. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for th! following reasons:
"The defendant has served one-half of his term in the chaingang and is now willing and able to pay one-half of

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his fine. During his confinement his health has become enfeebled and a pardon is recommended by the judge who presided at the trial, and by the solicitor who prosecuted him." Granted November 7th, 1898.

Rolly Scott.-Simple larceny. Worth Superior Court, October term, 1898. Sentence twelve months. Commutation to $75.00 recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"It is represented that the defendant is suffering from a gunshot wound in his arm, which renders him unable to do physical labor, which fact is certified to by the ordinary of Worth county, who asks for this commutation. An effort was made to have the judge of the Superior Court pass an order allowing defendant to pay a fine, but as said order was presented after court had adjourned for the term, the judge had not the legal authority to pass same, but 'iu writing he recommends this commutation." Commutation granted November 29th, 1898.

Lee Bond.-Misdemeanor. Murray Superior Court, February term, 1897. Sentenced to fine and six months. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant was sentenced to pay a fine and work upon the public works six months. The order providing that upon the payment of the fine the chaingang sentence should be suspended. The fine was promptly paid and now the judge who tried him and imposed the sentence of his own motion requests this commutation_" Granted December 3d, 1898.
James .M. K eith.-Simple larceny. Superior Court of Whitfield County, Spring term, 18!)8. Sentenced to fine or twelve months. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:

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"Defendant is shown by competent evidence to he a boy

-of very weak mind, whose previous character was excellent.

These facts having been shown to the satisfaction of the

judge who tried and sentenced him, he now recommends a

pardon. The boy has already served eight months in the

chaingang, and this is considered a sufficient punishment..,

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Pat Banlcs.-Assault and battery. Bartow Superior Court, July term, lb98. Sentence twelve months. Pard0n recommended by the Prison Commission for the folhw.. Ill.!! reasons:
"Defendant was convicted of assault and battery growing out of a heat of passion, in a baseball game, in which .there was no apparent malice. He has already served five months, which it seems is a sufficient punishment for the -offence and a complete vindication of the law. He has a wife and children who are entirely dependent upon him for maintenance. His pardon is recommended by the judge who tried and sentenced him, the solicitor who prosecuted him and other good citizens of the county of Bartow." Granted December 23d, 1898.

Aden Grice.-lfisdemeanor in two cases. Gilmer Superior Court, October term, 1898. Sentenced to chaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the -following reasons:
"Defendant was in jail for about six months previous to his trial, and during that time and since his incarceration 1n the chaingang his health has become seriously impaired, and he now seems to be suffering with consumption. The physician in charge of the chaingang hospital informs tha Prison Commission that longer incarceration may prove -fatal to the prisoner. His pardon is asked for by the judg3

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who tried and sentenced him, the solicitor who prosecuted him and many of the best citizens of his county." Grante(t J'anuary 16th, 18!)9.

Bowman Trollinger.-Assault and battery. Newton County Court, December term, 1898. Sentenced to finco of $30.00 or twelve months in the chaingang. Prison Commission recommends pardon for the following reasom;
"Defendant was a mere boy, not over sixteen years of age, and the boy assaulted was about the same age, and it l3 represented that the fight was really under considerabl,:; provocation. Defendant's parents are yery poor and being unable to pay the fine and costs, he had to go to the chaingang. :Many of the best people of Newton county, and' among them the judge who sentenced him and the solicitor who prosecuted him, strongly urge his pardon. In om opinion the law has been fully vindicated by the punish-ment already inflicted." Granted January 19th, 1899.

Frank Clay.-Gaming. Houston County Court, October term, 1898. Sentence, $30.00 or twelve months. Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"When the defendant was convicted he was unable topay his said fine and has been serving out the alternative sentence in the chaingang, where he has been imprisoned for four months. He now wishes to pay his fine and be discharged." Granted March 3, 1899.
J. W. Oliver.-Carrying pistol concealed and pointing pistol at another. City Court of Macon, September term. 18!:18. Sentenced $75.00 and cost in each case or fourmonths in jail. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commisf'ion for the following reasons:

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"Defendant and prosecutor in the case had been at enmity for quite a while previous to the occurrence out of which the prosecution and conviction grew, and was convicted on the evidence of the prosecutor and his wife and one other witness, who asks his pardon now on the ground that her evidence may have been incorrect. Defendant stoutly justified himself and his theory was substantiated by one witness. The prosecutor now asks his pardon, which request is joined by eight of the jurors who convicted him, and the solicitor-general who prosecuted him and many oi . the best citizens of Bibb county, including county and city
a officials. He has wife and six young children who are
dependent upon him for a support and are now in destitute circumstances. He has already served two months in jail, which is thought to be a sufficient vindication of the law." Granted March 4th, 1899.
John Hal Jones.-Larceny from the house. City Court of Atlanta, October term, 1898. Sentenced to fine of $50.00 or six months in the chaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
''Defendant was convicted of stealing a pair of shoes from a storehouse on the testimony of two witnesses, that just previous to his arrest had been in the store. He had been in the store and the shoes were found in his possession. At the time of his arrest he claimed to have purchased thH shoes from one Simon Stevens and on his trial proved by three or four witnesses that he had so purchased them. Since his conviction Simon Stevens has been arrested and identified by those witnesses as the man who sold the shoes to the defendant, and has been committed and is now in jail for the offence, and the said Simon Stevens now admits that he sold the defendant the shoes." Granted March 4th, 1899.

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John Findlay.-Larceny. Fulton Superior Court, November term, 1898. Sentence $50.00 or six months. Prison Commission recommended pardon for the following reasons:
"Defendant was jointly charged with one John Hal .Tones and both were convicted. On the 4th inst. Jones was pardoned on the recommendation of the Commission, <>n the ground that when arrested in possession of the stolen goods he claimed to have bought them from one Simon . Stevens who has been recently arrested charged with the same crime, and upon his committal trial admitted that he sold the shoes to John Hal Jones. Stevens has been put upon trial and convicted of the larceny for which Jones and Findlay were convicted. The solicitor of the City Court who prosecuted Jones and Findlay, who this week prose ~uted Stevens to conviction, now urges this pardon, stating that he believes Jones and defendant to both be innocent." Granted March 14th, 1899.

Joseph B. Brown.-Selling liquor. Superior Court of Banks County, November term, 1898. Sentence twelve months. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
''He has consumption as shown by the certificates of two physicians, and the petition of a large number of reputable dtizens, which may be developed into permanent disability by longer confinement. His pardon is recommended by petitioners, the trial jury and the solicitor. His offence if! a misdemeanor and his time will expire in November, 1899." Granted April 8th, 1899.

Z eke Word.-Selling liquor and gaming. Walton Superior Court, April term, 1898. Sentence twelve months for each offence. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:

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"He is stricken with paralysis and subsequently affilcted -with other diseases, rendering him totally unable to work, -causing him confinement in the jail hospital and \hreatenc; his life unless he is released. He is a poor man and unable to pay the fine imposed. His pardon is recommended by the officials of Walton county, and a reputable practicing physician, who has examined him: and certifies under oath to his eXtreme disability." Granted April 8, 1899.
Lott Miller.-Gaming. City Court of Griffin, Septem
ber term, 1898. Sentence nine months or $50.00. Par -don recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"He has already served out seven and one-hal months, leaving but a few more days, counting the time earned for good behavior, which is thought to be sufficient punishment for his crime. His pardon is recommended by the judge who tried him and the solicitor who tried him." Granted April 29, 1899.
Willis Dillingham.-Larceny from the house. Superior Court of Spalding County, and sentenced to the chaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant is only eighteen years of age; very delicate; diseased and unable to undergo the punishment inflicted upon him, which is certified to by the county physician of Spalding county. His pardon is urged by the judge who presided at the trial, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him and many of the county officers of Spalding county.'' Granted April 29, 1899.
Anna Hunley.-Larceny from the house. City Court of Columbus, January term, 1899. Sentence, ten months. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for th~ fol1owing reawns:

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"Since her conviction she has been in jail, unable to by placed upon the chaingang on account of her physical co:r... clition, which is certified to by two reputable physicians, one of them being the county physician, to be deplorable, being confined for the most of the time to her bed with consumption, suffering with frequent hemorrhages. In the opinion of these physicians she will never recover, and further imprisonment will hasten her death. Her pardon is recommended by the judge who presided at the trial, tlll~ solicitor of the city court, two of the commissioners of road:> and revenues and other officers and citizens." Granted April 29th, 1899.
Horace P. Owens.-Gaming and retailing liquor without license. Superior Court of Fulton County, January term, 1899. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant plead guilty and asked the court not to impose an alternative fine, but to give him terms on the chaingang, hoping that confinement and hard labor would enable him to give up certain bad habits to which he was addicted, and which brought about his criminal acts. Since his confinement his health has broken down and the county physician in charge of the chaingang hospital certifies that further confinement will probably injure him for life.,. Granted 1Iay 8th, 1899.
Joe Tye.-Stealing a ride on railroad train. W alto:t County Court, February term, 1899. Sentence, twelve months. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant is a negro boy about fifteen years of ageand rode upon the train at the advice of an Atlanta policeman, who told him it was no crime. He has already served about three months of his ~entence, which is deemed suffi..ient uunishment." Granted May 8th, 1899.

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T. James Buchanan.-Larceny from the person. Fulton Superior Court, Spring term, 1899. Sentence, nine months. The Prison Commission recommended commuta-
tion to present service upon the payment of a fine of fifty dollars and costs, for the following reasons:
"Defendant was indicted for robbery, but upon the trial after the evidence was introduced for the State, the solicitorgeneral accepted a plea of larceny from the person. It seems that defendant and one Richard Gilbert were both drunk, and that defendant took Gilbert's watch in an open manner, in the presence of witnesses in a saloon, which fact being reported to the police he was arrested and charged with robbery. Defendant claimed then and has alwaya claimed that he was only taking the watch to prevent Gilbert from losing it, and the facts seem to bear out his contention with some degree of probability. Gilbert himself recommends an unconditional pardon, and the solicitorgeneral who prosecuted him also urges clemency, as dv many other good citizens of Fulton county." Granted commutation as recommended May 8, 1899.

S. P. Fambrough.-Selling whiskey illegally. Morgan County Court, April term, 1899. Sentence, $300 and costs or twelve months. Pardon recommended by thoJ Prison Commission, upon the payment of a fine of $100 and costs, or twelve months in the chaingang, for the follov;ing reasons:
"Since his conviction defendant has been shot twice with a shotgun, and is now confined to his bed from the wounda receiYed. His financial condition is such that he cann:ot pay the fine, and his physical conditio11 is such that he cannot undergo the labor and confinement. The county judge t1nd solicitor therefore recommend the commutation named." Commutation granted :May 24th, 1899.

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Louisa Palmer.-Arson. In Chatham Superior Court,. .March term, 1895. Sentenced for life imprisonment. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission forthe following reasons:
"Defendant was only sixteen years of age when the crime was committed and is reported to have been very ignorant and extremely simple. Her crime consisted of three attempts to sPt fire to the house of her employer, in Savannah, w1th no apparent motive, she being taken almost in the act the third time, after the other two had been extinguished, all during one day and in daylight. No harm or damage occurred by any of these attempts and the jury recommended her to the extreme mercy of the court. The judge had no discretion in sentencing her, the penalty being life imprisonment on recommendation. The judge now urges her pardon, stating that had it been in his power he would. have given her a term of years, which recommendation i::1 strongly urged by the solicitor-general who prosecuted hm, a!ld other good citizens and the jurors who convicted her." Commutation to ten years in the penitentiary, granted August 23d, 1899.

Joseph 0. Rickerson.-Seduction. In Putnam County: Fall term, 1898. Sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"The evidence at best makes out a very weak case of seduction. The solicitor-general who prosecuted the casJ recommends a pardon on the ground that a conviction fol" fornication would have been proper and an ample vindication of the law. This recommendation is joined in by theentire grand jury which indicted him, except one, by theentire traverse jury which convicted him, by many count_v officers of the county, inc1nding the Representative and-



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Senator of the 28th district, and many of the best lawabiding citizens of Putnam county. It is thought that the extreme penalty as for a misdemeanor will be a suitablepunishment in this case." Commutation to one year itt the penitentiary, granted August 24th, 1899.

R. K err.-Simple larceny. In the City Court of At lanta, November term, 1898. Sentenced to twelve month:> on the chaingang and six months in jail. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission for the followin~ reasons:
"The defendant was a boy who drifted from his home in Texas seeking a living, but fell in while here with bad company, an older man, who persuaded him in assisting in thecrime for which he was convicted. His former characteris shown by some of the most respectable people of Texa!?to have been good, and his family connections are of thebest. His pardon or commutation is recommended by thesepeople and al~o by the solicitor who prosecuted him and other court o1Iicials as well as by some of the best people of Atlanta. The imprisonment already suffered in thechaingang is considered sufficient punishment and the fiftydollar fine to take the place of the additional term in jaiV' Commutation to twelve months in the chaingang and a fine of fifty dollars, to include the cost, granted August 31st~ 1899.

Bud Haclcett.-1Iurder. In Bartow Superior Court, :March term, 1899 (special session). Sentenced to death. Commutation to life imprisonment in the penitentiary ree<>mmended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
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committed the homicide in an encounter without having made previous preparation for the difficulty, and without time for deliberation. He is an ignorant man of very weak mind, and the crime was committed while he was intoxicated. A strong appeal is made in his behalf by many of the most respectable citizens of Bartow county, where he was reared, also by many members of the bar and officers of the court and county. Recommendations for commutation also made by the judge of the city court, by the judge of the Superior Court before whom he was tried, by a number of the jurora who tried him and by the solicitor-general." Sentence commuted to life in the penitentiary September 20th, 1899.

Eb W right.-Selling mortgaged property. County Court of Baldwin county, November term, 1898. Sentence, $250 or twelve months. Pardon recommended by tha Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"A careful reading of the record in this case generates n strong doubt of defendant's guilt of any crime. He was sentenced under ~ section of the Code of 1882, making the penalty for this crime a fine in double the amount of the mortgage, which statute by amendment in 1895 now makes the penalty the same as in other misdemeanors. He has already served four months, which is considered ample punishment for the crime of which he was convicted." Granted 11Iay 24, 1899.
Lee Clements.-Riot, assault and carrymg concealed weapons. Fannin Superior Court, January term, 1898. Sentenced to twe1Ye months each on two of the cases anl six months on the other. Pardon recommended by th,:J Prison Commission for the follmYing reasons:
"The offences occurred at the same time and place as one ('Yent ancl no one was hurt. The applicant has nndergone the penalties <t:>YC'ntc>en montl1s in tht:> chainp:nnc:. nnd hi.:.

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-pardon is recommended by the officials of Union and Fannin counties, by a very large number of intelligent and good citizens of Union county, by the judge before whom he wa& tried and the solicitor who prosecuted him." Granted _J.une 2d, 1899.

Ben _Sam IIarper.-Selling whiskey illegally in two -cases. City Court of Elberton, October term, 1897. .Sentenced to twelve months in each case. Pardon recorn mended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant was first convicted in the Mayor's Court for .a violation of a city ordinance, involving the same trans.action, and given terms of three months in each case and served out these terms. He was then tried and convicted for violating the State law and received the sentences set -out above, making the time already served over two years. He is represented to be afflicted with an inc-qrable disease and his pardon is requested by the judge who tried him, the solicitor who prosecuted him and many of the best citizend of the county of Elbert. If pardoned the last term will only be shortened by about two months." Granted July 6th, 1899.

Lula Seals.-Larceny from the house. City Criminal Court of Atlanta, .March term, 1899. Sentence, twelve months. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission from twelve months on the chaingang to twelva months in jail, to includethe time she has already served in jail, for the following reasons:
"The County Commissioners of Fulton county make thii request for commutation, desiring that she should be employed in work at the jail, rather than on the gang, and it is thought that her punishmPnt there will be equally l!-8

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great and perhaps more humane. This request is als~ joined by the solicitor of the City Court who prosecuted herand the judge who tried and sentenced her says this disposition will be perfectly satisfactory to him." Commutation: granted July 8th, 1899.

J. T. Oollier.-Assault and battery. Cobb County Superior Court, November term, 1898. Sentenced to $1,000 ortwelve months in the chain-gang. Pardon recommended_ by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"This clemency is recommended by the judge who pre sided and sentenced him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him and a large number of the best law-abiding citizens of Cobb county." Granted August 21st, 1899.

Postell Loden.-Selling whiskey illegally. City Courtof Clarkesville, February term, 1899. Sentenced $100 ortwelve months in the chaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"The judge who tried him, the solicitor who prosecuted him and many of the best and law-abiding citizens or Habersham county recommend his pardon. Defendant was only nineteen years of age when convicted and hasalready served more than six months on the chaingang,_ besides about three weeks in jail prior to his trial, which is considered sufficient pnnishment for his crime." Granted August 22d, 1R99.

George White.-Simple larceny. City Court of Bartow County, June term, 1899. Sentenced to six months in thechaingang. Pardon recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendant was only twelve years of age when convictedand upon newly discovered evidence presented to the judge'

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of said court who tried him without a jury, he expresses great doubt as to his guilt and asks his pardon, which is also urged by the solicitor who tried him." Granted September 1st, 1899.

Charlie Gordon.-Gambling. Bibb Superior Court, April term, 1899. Sentenced to si."!: months in the chaingang. Pard~n recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"After confinement in jail he was confined thirty day~ in the pest-house on account of smallpox in the jail, then worked in the chaingang 1mtil September and becoming sick he was sent to the hospital where he is yet confined. He is rmfit for work on account of dropsy. The pardon is recommended by the judges of the Superior and City Courts, by the solicitor-general and by a number of officials and citizens of Bibb county." Granted September 30th, 1899.

Richard M oreland.-Carrying concealed weapons. City Criminal Court of Atlanta, July term, 1899. Sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs or twelve months in the chaingang. Commutation recommended by the Prison Commission to a fine of $30, including costs, or six months in the chaingang, for the following reasons:
"He has established by means of letters from prominent citizens of his home, LaGrange, Georgia, that his character is of the best and that he has never been in any trouble before, or transgressed any of the laws of the State to their knowledge. The judge who presided at his trial, and the solicitor who prosecuted him, both request that the sentence be reduced." Granted July 13, 189fl.

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RESPITES.
To the Sheriff of Chatham County:
Whereas, At the March term, 1898, o the Superior Court oi Chatham county, Abram Smalls was convicted of the offense of murder and was sentenced therefor to be executed on Friday, the 9th day of December, 1898, and
Whereas, A petition numerously signed by respectable and law-abiding citizens of said county has been presented to me asking the commutation of said sentence to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and
Whereas, On account of the many important public duties upon the Executive requiring immediate consideration, it is impracticable at this time to give proper consideration to said petition for commutation, it is deemed proper to grant a respite of said sentence as hereinafter named. You are therefore hereby commanded to delay and postpone the execution of said sentence until Friday, January 13th, 1899, on which day, in the absence of any legal order directing the contrary, you will do execution upon the body of the said Abram Smalls in accordance with the judgment of the court rendered in said case. Herein fail not.
Granted December 8th, 1898.
J elf Hicks.-
To the Sheriff of Macon County:
Whereas, At the }.fay term, 1898, of the Superior Court of Macon c01mty, Jeff Hicks was convicted of the offense of murder, and was sentenced therefor to be hanged on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, 1898, and
Whereas, A petition numerously signed by the law-abiding citizens of Macon county, has been presented to me asking a commutation of said sentence to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and

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Whereas, On account of the many public duties upon the Executive, requiring immediate consideration, it is impossible and impracticable at this time to give proper con- , sideration to said petition and to the record in said case, it is deemed proper to grant a respite of said sentence as hereinafter named.
You, the sheriff of said Macon county, are therefore hereby commanded to delay and postpone the execution of said sentence until Tuesday, January 3d, 1899, on which day, in the absence of any legal order directing the contrary, you will do execution upon the body of the said Jeff Hicks in accordance with the judgment of the court rendered in said case. Herein fail not.
Granted December 19, 1898.

Second respite granted Jeff Hicks on the 31st day of De. cember, 1898, for the reason that he was stricken with pneu-
monia and was dangerously ill when said second respite was granted, which fact was certified to by the county physician, !f. F. Crumley, who stated that should he live until the day l"et for the execution, to wit: January 3d, 1899, he would be unable to move or stand alone, and that "to execute him in that condition would be inhuman and almo:<t barbarous." Second respite granted December 31st, 1898.

Will Taylor and Fred Perry.-
To the Sheriff of Wilkes County:
Whereas, at a special term of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, begun on the 30th day of Jan., 1899, Will Taylor and Fred Perry were convicted of murder and were sentenced therefor to be hanged QU Friday, the 21st day of February, 1899, and,

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Whereas, a petition for mandamus nisi has been filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court, to require the judge of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, to certify to the bill of exceptions presented to him in said cases, and,
Whereas, since the Supreme Court is not in session, and will not be until the fourth day of March proximo, eight days after the day set for the execution of the said Taylor and Perry, and it being therefore impossible for the said petition for mandamus nisi to be heard before the day set for the execution of said Taylor and Perry, unless a stay of sentence is granted, and,
Whereas, in view of the above recited facts, it is deemed proper to grant respites of said sentences as hereinafter named.
You, the said Sheriff are hereby commanded to delay and postpone the e;.ecution of said sentences until Friday the 24th day of March, 1899, on which day in the absence of . any legal order directing the contrary, you will do execution upon the bodies of the said Will Taylor and Fred Perry in accordance with the judgment of said court rendered in said case. Herein fail not. Granted February 21, 1899.
Second respite granted Will Taylor and Fred Perry on the 14th day of March, 1899, for the reason that said cases are still pending before the Supreme Court, and at the request of the judges of the Supreme Court said second respite was granted, so as to allow them the time needed to consider and pass upon said applications. Second respite granted until the 28th day of April, 1899.

Cassius Law.-
To the Sheriff o Hall County: Whereas, At the J-anuary term, 1899, of the Superior
Court o Hall County, Cassius Law was convicted o the

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-crime of murder, and was sentenced to be hanged on Wednesday, the 15th day of March, 1899, and
Whereas, A numerously signed petition from the citizens -of the said county of Hall, praying a commutation of th3 sentence of the Court, in which the said Law was convicteJ~ to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary, has been re-ceived, and
Whereas, The Board of Pardons, whose duty it is to pass upon said petitions and send it up to this department with their recommendation, is not in session and cannot, owing to the absence of its members on official business, be convened before the day set for the execution of the said Law, :and
Whereas, It is deemed proper and right to afford every -criminal every opportunity authorized by law to secure a mitigation of his sentence. Therefore, in order that the petition for a commutation of the sentence of the said Law may be considered and acted upon by the said Board of Pardons, before said sentence is carried into effect, it is -deemed proper to grant respite of eaid sentence as hereinmter named. you, the sheriff, are hereby commanded to -delay and postpone the execution of said sentence until Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1899, on which day, in the absence of any legal order directing the contrary, _you will do execution upon the body of the said Cassius Law in accordance with the judgment of the court rendered in said case. Herein fail not. Respite granted March 14th, 1899.
Second respite granted Cassius Law on March 28th, 1899, until Wednesday, the 12th day of April, 1899, for the reason that the Pardon Board had not had sufficient time in which to pass upon said application for commutation.

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Jim Rembert.-

To the Sheriff of Mitchell County:

whereas, At the April term, 1899, of the Superior Court

of Mitchell county, Jim Rembert was convicted of th&

offense of murder, and sentenced therefor to be hanged on

the 16th day of .May, 1899, and

Whereas, A petition signed by the foreman of the jury

who tried said Jim Rembert, the~olicitor-general who pros-

ecuted him, and many of the best and most law-abiding peo-

ple of Mitchell county asking that said execution be stayed

until the mental condition of the condemned man can be

inquired into and ascertained, has been presented to the-

Executive, and

.

Whereas, On account of the many public duties upon

the Executive requiring consideration, it is impracticable at this time to give proper consideration to said petition,

and the record in said case. It is deemed proper therefore

to grant a respite of said sentence as hereinafter named.

You, the sheriff of said county of Mitchell, are hereby

ordered to delay and postpone the execution of the said

Jim Rembert as ordered by the said court, until Friday, the

16th day of June, 1899, on which day, in the absence of

any legal order directing the contrary, you will proceed tQ

do execution upon the body of the said Jim Rembert in

accordance with the judgment of the court rendered in said

<'ase. Herein fail not. Respite granted May 15th, 1899.

Will Wilson.-
To the Sheriff of Dodge County:
Whereas, At the March term, 1899, of Dodge Superior Court, \Vill \Vilson was convicted of the offense of murder,. and sentenced therefor to be hanged on the 23d day of June, 1899, and

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Whereas, New evidence has been discovered that create,; a doubt as to the guilt o:fthe said Will Wilson, therefore, to the end that the question o:f the guilt o:f the said Will Wilson may be more :fully inquired into by the Board o:f Pardons, it is deemed proper to grant a respite o:f said sentence as hereinafter named.
You, the sheriff o:f said county of Dodge, are hereby ordered to delay and postpone the execution o:f the said Will Wilson as ordered by said court until Friday, the 14th day o:f July, 1899, on which day, in the absence o:f any legal order directing the contrary, you will proceed to do execution upon the body of the said Will Wilson in accordanc~ with the judgment o:f the Court rendered in said case. Herein :fail not. Granted June 22d, 1899.

RE:MOVAL OF DISABILITIES.
Judd Murray.-Larceny. Morgan County Court, June term, 1883. Sentence, fine o:f $15. Removal o:f disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission :for the :following reasons:
"The defendant, :for :fi:fteen years since his conviction, has lived an upright, honest life and has made a useful citizen. These :facts are testified to by some o:f the best .citizens of Morgan county, including county officials, who ask that thi:$ removal o:f disabilities be granted him." Granted December lOth, 1898.
Geo. F. Miller.-Larceny :from the house. Oconee County Court, January term, 1891. Sentenced to pay a fine. Removal o:f disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission :for the :following reasons:
"The crime was insignificant, i:f a crime at all, and the small fine imposed was immediately paid. Since then de-

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1ellllaut has liveJ. an honest, law-abiding life, which fact is certified to by the original prosecutor in the case, the solicitor who prosecuted him, the judge who tried him and other good citizens of Oconee county, all of whom urge this clemency." Granted December 12, 1898.

Joseph Hallinan.-Larceny after trust. Chatham Superior Court, - - term. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission, for the following 1easons:
"The judge of the court who presided at the trial and sentenced him, the solicitor-general who prosecuted him, and one of the present Representatives from Chatham county, who are familiar with the previous character of thu defendant, as also the evidence upon which he was convicted, strongly urge this clemency." Granted December 23d, 1898.

John T. Howell, Jr.-Larceny. County Court of Spalding County, - - term. Sentenced therefor to pay a fine. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Defendanfs conviction occurred about twelve years ago, since which time his conduct has been good and he has led an honest, exemplary life, all which facts are testified to by some of the best citizens of the county in which he lived, who ask for this clemency." Granted June 6th, 1899.
J. W. Lavar.-Extorti.on. City Court of Macon, June term, 1897. Sentenced to pay a fine and confinement in Bibb county jaiL Hemoval of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Said Lavar was constable of the 481st district G. :M. and as such collected on a fieri facias, issued by the justice of the peace of said district, the sum of five dollars for a

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peace warrant, to which in law the officers were not entitled. Very many of the best citizens of Macon and Bibb county believe that he intended to commit no crime, anti was honestly mistaken as to the law in the case, and they urge that his disabilities be removed." Granted May 8th, 1899.
Thomas H. Roach.-Simple larceny. Superior Court ()f Cherokee County, December term, 1882. Sentence to payment of :fine and costs. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Since his conviction, seventeen years ago, defendant hal3 1ed an honest, law-abiding life and has made a good citizen." Granted May 8th, 1899.
Allen Robinson.-Burglary. Superior Court of Pierce County, September term, 1876. Sentence five years in the penitentiary. ~emoval of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"His sentence for which he was convicted having been fully served. Since his release he has established a character as an honest, upright citizen, which is vouched for by his present employer, with whom he has lived for eighteen yearl3." Granted July 20th, 1899.
J. H. J. Brown.-Extortion. Superior Court of Bibb County, April term, 1893. Sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and removal from office. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"Petitioner paid his fine and has since lived an honest, upright life, which is certified to by many good citizens of Bibb county, including the judge who presided at his trial, the present judge and solicitor of that circui~, and other ():fficials, city and county, who request that his disabilities be removed." Granted July 18th, 1899.

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W. II. 1'hompson.-Embezz1ement. Morgan SuperiorCourt, September term, 1897. Sentence two years in thepenitentiary. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"It appears to be his first and only violation of law. His conduct during the te:vn of punishment has been invariably good, and the petition of a number of intelligent ana respectable citizens, including county officers, urged this application for Executive clemency. Since the expiration of his term he has deported himself as a good citizen." Disabilities removed August 12th, 1899.
Lee Sloan.-Simple larceny. In Forsyth Superior Court, Spring term, 1897. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"The ordinary of Forsyth strongly urges this clemency and vouches for his good character." Disabilities removed August 23d, 1899.
C. II. Parrot.-Simple larceny. In City Court of Bartow County. Sentenced to pay a fine. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for thefollowing reasons:
"A number of the best citizens of Bartow county request this clemency because of the good character of the defendant." Disabilities removed August 23d, 1899.
W. I. Geer.-Larceny from the house. In Clay Superb1
Court, :March term, 1888. Sentenced to pay a fine of thirty-five dollars. Removal of disabilities recommended by the Prison Commission for the following reasons:
"He was but a boy when he committed the offence charged and since his conviction he has led an honest, upright life and is represented to be a good law-abiding, useful citizen by many of his neighbors, who request and urge this clemency." Disabilities removed August 23d, 1899.

APPEJ\TDIX B.
SAVANNAH, GA., September 8th, 1899.
Governor of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
Sir :-As all my communications in the matters covered by this report have been received from or sent to the Commander-in-Chief direct, and not through the Adjutant-General, this report is addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, and not to the Adjutant-General, but is transmitted through the last named officer.
I have the honor to submit herewith my report as commanding officer of the State troops on duty at Darien, Ga., from August 23d to September 5th inclusive.
On August 23d, 1899, I was temporarily absent from my station in Eatonton, Ga., on business not connected with the Georgia Volunteers. On that day, the Commander-inChief first ordered troops to Darien, and I had no connection with the execution of the said order. On the morning of the 24th I returned to Savannah, and promptly reported by telegraph to the Commander-in-Chief that I was present for duty. I was ordered, in respon~e thereto, to proceed that day to Darien, Ga., look into the situation, advise the Governor thereof, and either retain or dismiss the troops then at Darien as I in my judgment should deem necessary and best. I at once proceeded to Darien, and found Qn duty there a detachment of the First Reg't. In:., G. V., 4 officers and 66 enlisted men under the command of Capt. \Vm. L. Grayson; also Troop G, Mcintosh Light Dragoons,

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1st. Reg't. Cav., G. V., whose station is at Darien, 3 officers and 27 enlisted men under the command of Capt. B. T. Sinclair.
I was met at the station by a committee of citizens of Darien and Mcintosh county, which committee included the Mayor of the city, the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and several prominent citizens. I was also met by T. B. Blount, the sheriff of the county, and Capt. Grayson in command of the detachment of the 1st. Reg't Inf. I conferred freely with aJI of these and found this state of facts: Henry Delegal, a prominent negro of the county, residing near Harris Neck on the coast, had been accused of rape on a white woman, Matilda Ann Hope. The accusation had been recently made; the crime was alleged to have been committed on the 2d of December, 1898. On Monday, August 21st, Delegal had surrendered himself to the sheriff, and was confined in jail. Without any cause therefor so far as I could discover, the negroes of the town and county conceived the idea that he was to be lynched; that is to say, I know no cause for this conception ~xcept the frequent lynchings of negroes charged with this crime which have occurred within the past few months in the State of Georgia. For the purpose of protecting Henry Delegal against lynching, the negroes began to arm themselves and to gather in and about the town and in the vicinity of the jail. This went on during Monday and Tuesday. Some of them, I am convinced, were actuated solely by the intention of protecting Henry Delegal; others undoubtedly took advantage of the situation to make themselves very offensive, and to conduct themselves in a most dangerous and insolent manner calculated to bring about a breach of the peace and a riot. Under these circumstances it was thought advisable that Henry Delegal should be removed for safe-keeping to Chatham county jail.

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On Wednesday morning, August 23, Sheriff T. B. Blount undertook to take him from the jail for this purpose; he was stopped by armed negroes and informed that this could not be done, and a large number of them made a show of force in front of and around the jail. They were not commanded to disperse. Indeed, so far as I could discover, the sheriff did nothing except to comply with their demands, and to permit them to place an armed guard of some twenty negroes around the jail for the purpose of protecting it. This seemed to merely add fuel to the flames. Armed negroes seemed to have complete possession of the town, and the white citizens naturally viewed the situation with much alarm. The result was communication with the Governor, and the request that troops be sent to conduct Henry Delegal to Chatham county jail. I attach hereto, marked "Enclosure No. 1," the report of Capt. P. F. Gleason, commanding 1st. Reg't. In., G. V., dated August 24th, and covering this service, which shows that he reached Darien about 7:30p.m. with 14 officers and 184 men, took the prisoner from the jail, delivered him to the sheriff of Chatham county on that same night, leaving 4 officers and 66 men, under command of Capt. W. L. Grayson, 1st. Reg't. In., G. V., on duty at Darien. Meantime Troop G, 1st. Reg't. Cav., G. V., whose station is at Darien, had been ordered out by the Governor, and had assembled with a strength of 3 officers and 22 men, and was then in its armory. The services of this troop do not seem to have been used at all on this day.
I found Capt. Grayson's detachment of the 1st. Reg't. In., and Troop G of the 1st. Reg't. Cav., still on duty, but not united into one command. For sufficient reasons I did not undertake to remedy this want of unity, but left them as separate commands, both reporting to the sheriff. Capt. Sinclair did not report to me, but I sought him out and

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gave him orders. I was informed by him, and by the citizens, that he had only 14 serviceable carbines. As soon as daylight appeared, I caused an inspection of his command to be made by 2d Lieut. Walter E. Coney, of the 1st. Reg't. Inf., and who reported to me that 37 carbines were in sufficiently good condition for. any duty which they might be called upon to perform. Lieut. Coney is very capable of judging, and I have no doubt that his report is correct.
.Although Henry Delegal's presence in the jail was the original cause of the riot, and he had been removeaJ it did not seem to have bettered the situation. Both negroes and whites were in a state of high exc_itement; large numbers of warrants had been immediately sued out by the Solicitor-General for the arrest of the negroes who had intimidated the .,heriff. Many of the arrests had been made, and they kept the community in a state of inflammation. Had no effort been made to arrest these men, matters would. probably have quieted themselves, but it was absolutely necessary to the preservation of law and order that they should be arrested. I spent the night of August 24th at Darien. At about daybreak of that morning, two special deputy sheriffs, J os. Townsend and Octavus Hopkins, undertook to arrest John Delegal, the son of Henry Delegal, at his house about 15 miles from Darien. John Delegal shot and killed J os. Townsend and wounded Octavus Hopkins in the shoulder. His mother and his brother are both charged with complicity in the crime of murder. He claims that he shot in self-defense. The merits of this claim will be decided by the courts.
It did not take me long to come to the conclusion that the presence of troops at Darien was necessary. I therefore ordered Capt. Sinclair and Capt. Grayson to keep their commands on duty, and on the morning of the 25th I~ tuhted to Savannah, having accomplished the mission ()n

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which I was sent. During the entire period of my service I made frequent telegraphic reports to the Commander-inChief. On the morning of the 25th the Commander-inChief telegraphed me to take entire charge of the situation at Darien, and keep such troops there as I saw proper...
while I was in Darien, the sheriff requested me to ask the Commander-in-Chief to order out the Liberty Independent Troop, B, 1st. Cav., mounted, to scour the county and to disperse or arrest large armed bands of negroes supposed to be gathered in sundry places. The sheriff was firmly convinced that rumors of the gathering of such bands were true. I could not satisfy myself that they were, and I refused to comply with his request. He made it direct by wire. In response thereto the Liberty Independent Troop was ordered to obey my commands, and to hold itself in readiness to move at a moment's notice. During the night of the 25th I was awakened by a telephone call from the sheriff, who informed me that he had most reliable and trustworthy information, which was undoubtedly true, that a large band of armed negroes were gathering in the vicinity of South Newport, Mcintosh county; that it was necessary to disperse them, and he again insisted that I should send the Liberty Independent Troop there. With many doubts I felt that I could not disregard such positive information from the sheriff, who was the civil officer to whom I was ordered to report, and under whose direction I was ordered to act; and I therefore, with much reluctance. ordered the Liberty Troop to actually assemble at its station, and await further instructions. Later telephonic advice from the sheriff strengthened the information which he had given me, and I then ordered the command to proceed as indicated. The report of Capt. W. P. Waite of this command is attached hereto, marked "Enclosure No. 2,:' and gives the details of his service. I would respectfully direct

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attention to the fact that he incurred an expense o $9.00 in his two days' service.
On the morning o the 27th, the information from the sheriff having proved to be totally unfounded, the Liberty Troop, being then at Crescent station on the Darien & Western railroad in Mcintosh county, was ordered to re-
turn to its station and be dismissed, and these orders were carried out.
During the night of the 25th, I also received information by wire and telephone from Capt. Grayson, commanding the detachment o the 1st. Reg't. In., at Darien, that he had sent a detachment of 30 men under 1st. Lieut. Edward A. Leonard, 1st. Reg't In., and 1st. Lieut. David C. Barrow, 1st. Reg't. In., to Eulonia station on the Darien & Western railroad, for the purpose of assisting an armed posse of the sheriff in capturing John Delegal, charged with riot, and also with the murder o J os. Townsend, and assault with intent to murder Octavus Hopkins, -special deputy sheriffs hereinbefore referred to. They left for th~ station on a special train at about daylight of August 26th.- This service was most excellently and skillfully performed under the command of Lieut. Leonard, and with the assistance of Lieut. Barrow and the 30 enlisted men. The sheriff's armed posse undoubtedly contained men whose desire was rather to kill than capture John Delegal. I have no hesitation in saying that they would not have captured him alive had it not been for Lieut. Leonard and his troops. He displayed the greatest skill and judgment; he got into communication with the women o the Delegal family, and through them arranged for the peace-able surrender of John Delegal to the troops; but he was unwilling to surrender to the sheriff's posse, and would probably have resisted arrest with his life. Had it not been for the presence of the troops, it is not at all improba-

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ble that some of the posse would have been killed, and also John Delegal. :Lieut. Leonard finally secured possession of John Delegal, and then had to negotiate with certain members of the sheriff's posse before he would bring him into their sight or presence, in order to be sure that he would be safe. This he had difficulty in doing. He announced to them that John Delegal would be protected with the lives of himself and his men, and after convincing them any other course on their part would result in the useless sacrifice of valuable lives, he succeeded in peaceably putting him upon the train, on which he met me at Darien .Junction on the afternoon of August 26th, as will hereafter appear.
I continued during the night of the 25th to obtain from the sheriff most alarming reports of the assembly of large bodies of armed negroes throughout the county. As I stated before, he was my commanding officer, and the information which he gave me was official. It turned out to be wrong, but I was compelled to act upon it. In addition to this I had previously received permission from the Commander-in-Chief to relieve the detachment of the 1st. ln. then on duty at Darien by other troops, thus preventing any man or set of men from making too great a sacrifice of his private interests for the small and grossly inadequate pay which is provided by law for men of the Georgia Volunteers. I therefore at 10 a.m., on the morning of August 26th, ordered all of that portion of the 1st. Reg't. In. stationed in Savannah not then at Darien to assemble at its armory at 3 p. m., for the purpose of going to Darien. These orders were transmitted through the usual channels, and werP. obeyed most promptly. In pursuance thereof, the command did assemble at 3 o'clock, and at 4 o'clock it left for Darien on the regular train of the Florida Central & Peninsular railroad. When it joined at Darien the de-

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tachment of the regiment then on duty there, the five companies and the Field and Staff of the 1st. Reg't. Inf. had actually present for duty 15 officers and 225 enlisted men.
At Darien Junction we found on the train of the Darien & Western railroad, Lieuts. Leonard and Barrow, with their detachment of 30 men, in charge of the prisoner John Delegal, arrested as hereinbefore stated. This detachment joined the balance of the regiment, who all proceeded together to Darien.
During all this period, Troop G, 1st. Cav., had been quartered in its armory. Capt. Grayson's detachment had been quartered in the courthouse, and were very uncomfortably situated; they had left in such a hurry that they were not properly equipped; indeed, so far as the State property is concerned, they could not leave properly equipped, for th3 [ Jte has furnished them with neither blankets nor overcoats, nor cooking utensils, nor equipage of any kind. I had therefore on the morning of the 26th wired the Commander-in-Chief of my intention to carry the balance of the regiment stationed in Savannah, and asked for tents. Th~y were promptly furnished by express, and arrived on Sunday the 27th, on which date camp was pitched immediately in front of the courthouse, and all the troops, including Troop G, 1st. Cav., were put in camp.
On arrival at Darien on the evening of the 26th, and as the result of the investigation made during that evening and night and the next morning, I concluded that the reports of the gathering of armed bodies were still grossly exaggerated, and that there were more troops at Darien than were necessary to preserve order. Arrests, however, still continued, and excitement was unabated. I therefore ordered back to Savannah all o:f Capt. Grayson's detachment, with the exception o:f 1st. Lieut. E. A. Leonard, whom I kept for more \York of the kind he had previously so skill-

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fully done. There were many men in the command who had left with it under orders at great sa~rifice of their personal interests. Many of them were clerks, whose employers had refused to allow them to go, and who had been threatened with discharge. In some cases, on the other hand, there were as many as five men out of one office, whose employers had acted in a more liberal spirit, but whose business was undoubtedly suffering from the sacrifice. I therefore selected some 25 or 30 other men or returning to Savannah, and these, on the morning of August 27th, with Capt. Grayson's detachment, and under the command of that officer, returned to Savannah and were dismissed. The details of these numbers appear from the ~forning Report.
On the morning of Tuesday, August 29th, for the same reason as above stated, I sent home another detachment under the command of 1st. Lieut. J. C. Tyson, 1st. Reg't. In.
On Monday morning, August 28th, Lieut. Leonard, under my orders, accompanied two special deputy sheriffs in a vehicle to the neighborhood of Eulonia Station, where the Delegal family lived, for the purpose of arresting Edward Delegal, the brother of John Delegal, likewise charged with murder, and Miranda Delegal, the mother of the two, under the same charge. At the same time I sent by train a detail of twelve men under the command of Serg't Doyle, Co. B., 1st. In., to Eulonia Station. This detachment knew not for what it was sent, and had orders to remain there until it received command from some commissioned officer of the regiment. Their duty was well performed, although in the end their prescence turned out to be unnecessary. Lieut. Leonard and the two speciaJ deputies returned during the night of the 28th with the prisoners. Lieut. Leonard had again shown the same skill and judgment which he had exhibited in the arrest of John Delegal.

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For the same reasons which actuated me in the relief o1 Capt. Grayson's detachment, I now desired to relieve the ....thers of the officers and men of the 1st. Inf. from further duty, and to substitute other troops therefor. Col. 'Vm. G. Obear, Inspector-General of the State, had been in Darien on the 26th and 27th, which place he left for Atlanta ou the last named evening. I had conferred freely with him; he conferred with the Commander-in-Chief. The result thereof was orders communicated to me by telegraph to substitute detachments of one officer and 20 men each from Troops B, E and I, 1st. CB.v., and one officer and 40 men from Troop G, same regiment, and to relieve the 1st. Reg't. Inf. from further duty. The detachments above named reported accordingly during Wednesday, August 30th, and on that evening all of the 1st. Reg't. Inf. (except the Colonel, who was ordered to remain) returned to Savannah and was dismissed, arriving at 2 a.m., 31st of August.
Troops Band I had more than 20 men. It was difficult to get the exact number and no more on account of the scattered condition at their home station of the officers and men of these commands, it not being known in advance exactly who could be obtained and who could not, and some men having joined the troops en route. There was, however, very slight discrepancy from the number provided, the largest number at any time in all the troops of the 1st. Cav. being only six in excess of the 100 ordered. These troops of the 1st. Gav. occupid the same camp formerly occupied by the 1st. Reg't. Inf.
On Wednesday the 30th, a special term of the Superior Court of Mcintosh county was convened by Judge Paul E. Seabrook, Judge of the Atlantic Circuit, for the purpose of trying the cases of Henry Delegal, charged with rape, Miranda, John and Edward Delegal, charged with murder and 'riot, and Jonas Green and some fifty others, charged

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with riot. That court is still in session. The Grand Jury brought in indictments for riot in about 37 cases, and also indicted the three Delegals for murder, and Henry Delegal for rape. Twenty-two of the rioters have been convicted. At the time of the convening of the court there was in my opinion but one reason for the retention of troops at Darien, and that was the presence in the jail of the three Delegals, and particularly of John Delegal who fired the shots which had killed Townsend and wounded Hopkins. The feeling against him in the county was very high, and I do not think his life would have been safe had it not been for the l resence of the troops. In addition to the effect by their presence, the only duty performed by the tro9ps after the convening of the court was guard duty, a guard being maintained around the jail, around the city lock-up, in which some prisoners were confined, and for disciplinary purposes a guard being maintained around the camp. This required the daily mounting. of a guard consisting of one commissioned officer, two sergeants, three corporals, and 27 privates. As the result of this, many of the men performed guard duty on every alternate day, and the detachment was therefore not too large for the work which it performed.
I should have mentioned above that on the morning of Sunday, August 27th, I had a meeting with about one dozen leading colored men of Mcintosh county, their names being as follows: F. M. Mann, Rector Episcopal Church; E. M. Brawley, Pastor of Grace Bap. Church; Chas. R. Jackson, Postmaster; R. W. Collins, no occupation; Hercules Wilson, brickmason; S. W. Mciver, Chairman of the Republican Committee of the county; J as. L. Grant, editor of the local negro paper; John C. Lawton, Deputy Collecter of the port; J. D. Dorsey, Pastor Presbyterian Church, and Edwin J. Kimball, keeper of a restaurant in Darien. There was no one present at the conference but those above named

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and myself. It was held in the courthouse. I had a general talk with them about the situation. I called their at- . tention to the fact that the troops were there for the purpose of preserving order, and for this purpose were friendly to all friends of law and order, and inimical to any one opposed to law and order, and that this was without regard to color; that the immediate cause of the disturbed condition at that time was the warrants which were out for those charged with riot, and necessity of arresting them; that they knew as well as I that they would be arrested some day unless they permanently left the county; that if they were in jail they were perfectly safe with the troops there, and that the onl;r. way to bring peace into the county as soon as possible was to have these men surrender themselves. I offered, in case any of them were afraid to surrender themselves to the sheriff's posse, to receive their surrender myself personally, or through other officers. I urged upon them that it was impossible for me to communicate directly or indirectly with these fugitives, but that they could do so, and I wished them to advise their surrender. I also suggested to them that they should give advice of a peaceable nature to the negroes of the county, and that I thought their advice would be followed.
I was very much gratified at the reception which was given to my suggestions. I believe that practically all of those whom I met were decidedly in favor of law and order. I certainly saw no evidence of anything else in any of them, Nearly all of them, I learned, were men of excellent reputation in the county; they were intelligent, and they were uf great assistance to me. They informed me at the conference that, it had been their intention to have a meeting on Monday the 28th, for the purpose of doing something in the line of my suggestion. At my instance they had their meeting immediately. They invited me to be present at it.

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This I declined, because I knew they would talk more freely if I was not there. I left them in the courthouse, keeping any one from interrupting them. The result of it was twofold:
(1.) A printed circular, signed by most of these men who were at the conference, and by other leading negroes, which was freely distributed through the county, a copy of which is enclosed herewith, marked "Enclosure No. 3."
(2.) The voluntary surrender, some of them to me, some of them directly to the sheriff, of a large number of negroes against whom warrants for riot were then out. Indeed, the only arrest made after this date during my service which was not the result of a voluntary surrender, was the arrest of Edward and Miranda Delegal by Lieut. Leonard above referred to, and this was practically voluntary. I thi~ that the action of these negroes had much to do with the calming of the situation at Darien, and they deserve great credit therefor.
The situation had so far calmed down that during the session of the court those persons charged with riot were conducted between the jail and the courthouse, a distance of about 250 yards, in the center of the town, without other guard than the bailiffs. When, however, the case of the three Delegals charged with murder was called, I had them conducted back and forth under an extra guard detail, because I was informed and believed that there were men present in town whose greatest desire was to kill John Delegal, and perhaps one or both of the others, and I was determined that this should not happen.
A motion in these cases was made by the counsel for the Delegals for. a change of venue on the ground that they could not get a fair trial in the county. Counsel for the defendants sought me and asked my opinion. I declined to give it. They issued a civil subpcena for me as a witneSI!I,

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and finally, when the motion came up for hearing, placed me on the stand. It was the only occasion of my entering the courtroom during my service, because I believed it was best that there should be no military display there. While I did not absolutely prohibit all of my men from going into the courtroom, I did discourage it, and but few were present there. Some exceptions were made in the case of men who were members of the bar in their private capacity, and who were not then engaged on active military duty.
On the stand I was asked my opportunities for observation, and whether in my opinion these men could get a fair trial. I said that I was unwilling to answer this question, and, with the permission of the court, I stated my reasons. They were that I had been sent by the Commander-in-Chief in command of troops there for the purpose of preserving peace and order in the county; that if I gave an opinion on that subject either way, I would thereby antagonize friends or the enemies of the Delegals, and that this would makeme less able to perform the duty which had been entrusted to me, in a quiet and peaceable manner, and that I considered that duty paramount to the duty which in my opinion every citizen owes, of giving in court any information which he may have bearing upon a disputed issue. Counsel for defendants did not thereafter insist upon my answering. The motion for change of venue was successful, and the cases have been moved to the Superior Court of Effingham county.
When this case was ended in Mcintosh Superior Court, I advised the Commander-in-Chief that the three Delegalscharged with murder should be moved to Chatham county jail, and that there was no further necessity for the presence of troops in Darien, except for the purpose o guardingHenry Delegal, charged with rape, whose case was assigned for hearing on 'Vednesday, September 6th. The result

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was that on the night of September 4th, I received orders. to dismiss all the troops under my command, bringmg the three Delegals to Chatham county jail with a sufficient guard, and that other troops would be furnished to take Henry Delegal from Chatham county jail to Darien, and remain there as long as was necessary. Accordingly, on the morning of Tuesday, September 6th, camp was broken. Troop G, 1st. Cav., Mcintosh Light Drago01.1s, being at its home station, was dismissed with orders to hold itself in readiness to reassemble on short notice when so ordered by lawful authority.
The detachment of Troop 1, 1st. Cav., was ordered to leave Darien by boat for Brunswick at 3:30 p. m. on the 5th, proceeding thence via the Southern Railway to Jesup, its home station, and be dismissed. The detachments of Troops Band E, 1st. Cav., and Col. A. R. Lawton commanding the troops, proceeded by train at 10 :30 a. m, to Savannah in charge of the three prisoners, who were on that afternoon safely delivered at the Chatham county jail. The detachment of Troops B and E then returned to their respective home stations and were dismissed, and Col. Lawton, being at his home station, relinquished command, and his service was ended.

COMMISSARY AND QUARTERMASTER.
When the five companies of the 1st. Reg't. Inf., and Troop A, 1st. Cav., proceeded to Darien on August 23d, they carried with them field rations provided by Capt. H. J. Sutcliffe, Commissary 1st. Reg't. Inf. These were only consumed in part. Capt. Grayson's detachment, while on detached duty, took their meals at a restauran4c. Thesemeals were furnished by the city of Darien or t'h. county of Mcintosh-! am not certain which. The M..clntosh, Light Dragoons obtained subsistence in the same manner.

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When the balance of the 1st. Reg't In. went to Darien -on the afternoon of the 26th, Capt. Sutcliffe, the Commissary, was ordered to provide himself with five days' field rations and this was done. \Vhen the entire command was put into camp, as above stated, rations were regularly issued as near as practicable in conformity to Army Regulations; the cooking was done by enlisted men of the command; no -complaints were heard, and there was evidence of first-class ability to take care of themselves in the field. The cooking was good, and all the men seemed satisfied.
Capt. Sutcliffe was relieved from duty and allowed to return to Savannah on the morning of August 29. At my request, Capt. F. A. Dunn, Commissary 4th. Reg't In., G. V., stationed at Brunswick, by order of the Commanderin-Chief, reported to me on Wednesday, August 30th. He was detailed as Adjutant, Commissary and Quartermaster. He performed most efficient and valuable service, and remained at Darien after camp wa"- broken, .~tnd has continued to act as Commissary and Quartermaster {or the detachment of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, who went to Darien in charge of Henry Delegal on September 6th. He continued the work being performed by Capt. Sutcliffe. Fresh meat and bread were purchased daily for the troops, ihere being no facilities for baking bread. I am unable at the present time to submit the bills, or an account of thes~ purchases, because some of the rations supplied are still on 'hand, but will be returned to those from whom they were purchased, and due credit will be allowed for them. The net amount of the bills cannot, therefore be submitted until the service of the troops at Darien is entirely ended. All Commissary and Quart~rmaster's-supplies on hand when I relinquished command were left with Capt. Dunn, for the use -of the troops coming to Darien.

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The detachment of Troops B, E and I, 1st. Cav. arrived at Darien with no cooking utensils, and no individual mess . kits. This, of course, should not have been the_ case, but I could not allow the men to suffer for the errors of their officers, and I therefore purchased tin plates, knives, forks, spoons, cups and cooking utensils for these detachments at a total cost of $26.90. These supplies were left in the hands of Capt. Dunn, and are possibly being used by the troops now at Darien.
A supplemental report will be submitted as to Quartermaster and Commissary's supplies, the cost and disposition thereof.
Enclosure No. 4 herewith is the report of Capt. W. L. Grayson in command of the detachment of the 1st. Inf., on duty in Darien from August 23d to 27th.
Enclosure No. 5 is a package containing the originals of all telegrams received by me, except two from the Commander-in-Chief on the night of the 4th, which were telephoned to me from Savannah, and therefore were not received in writing, the telegraph office at Darien having closed early in the evening.
Enclosure No. 6 is a package containing copies of all telegrams sent during the service.
Enclosure No. 7 is a package containing copies of all orders issued by me during the period of my service.
Not until Tuesday, August 29, was I in possession of any blanks or books. On that day I received from the Adjutant-General a Consolidated Jl,forning Report, for company morning reports, guard book and sick books. They are all enclosed herewith, and give detailed information of the conduct of the guard, and the number of men present for duty. The information on the :Morning Report is sufficient on which to base the pay account for the enlisted men. I have added to it a memorandum showing the number of

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day's duty performed by each commissioned officer, giving his name and rank, as this information could not be obtained otherwise from the Morning Report. The statements on the Consolidated Morning Report under the head of Remarks are referred to as a part of this report, and give certain detailed information. The reports from August 23d .to 29th, inclusive, are made up from memoranda kept up to .that time for want of official books, and this accounts for the absence of signatures in the proper place, and the irregularity of the remarks. Details for guard duty will also be found in the Consolidated Morning Report on a separate heet.
In conclusion, I deem it unnecessary to make any remarks further than those that have been frequently made by myself, by various Governors and Adjutant-Generals of the State, by officers of the United States Army on duty with the State troops, and by other officers of the Georgia Volunteers, with reference to the necessity of appropriations by the State for the equipment and maintenance of the Georgia Volunteers. The gross injustice of so great a State .as Georgia, claiming service of the nature which has been performed without complaint, freely, willingly and at grea~ sacrifices by the officers and men who have been under my command during the period of this service, expecting them to give their time and their energies not only without suffi-cient compensation, but at great pecuniary sacrifice, often jeopardizing and sometime losing their employment on account thereof, is manifest to any one. Why should these men perform this service? Must it be placed on the ground of patriotism? If so, why is it that those who refuse them asistance do not themselves perform it? The troops which were under my command have done splendid service; they
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State, acting through its General Assembly, that they should quit. It is nothing but their pride in their State and the organizations to which they belong which makes them do this. On the doctrine of quid pro quo, they owe no duty, but they are too patriotic to act on this idea.
The pay of the enlisted men is practically inadequate, the private soldier receiving 43 cents a day, and in many cases losing from two to three dollars a day, besides increasing the arduous character of his work. I have understood that the Commander-in-Chief advocates an increase of pay to enlisted men on duty, at the same time reducing the pay of the officers. I strongly recommend such an increase of pay for the enlisted men, even if, in order to get an increase, it is necessary to reduce the pay of the officers. While I do not think their pay should be reduced, I am sure that none of them will object to it, if they thereby increase the pay of the men.
I have the honor to extend my thanks to the Commanderin-Chief for the confidence he has reposed in me, and for his kindness and consideration in adopting my every suggestion, and giving to me the widest latitude and discretiOn. While I have had on duty at Darien at times more troops than was necessary, taking into consideration the facts which have since been definitely learned, I did not have on hand any which seemed to be unnecessary giving due consideration to the official reports which were made to me by the sheriff. This has been a matter of great expense to the State, but in my opinion will have a very beneficial effect on the Georgia Volunteers, and a deterring effect on all who are inclined to violate the rules of law and order.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ALJ~XANDER RUDOLF LAWTON, Colonel 1st. Reg't In., G. V.,
Commanding State Troops at Darien.

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

By Mr. Ellis o Bibb-
A resolution providing or the 'appointment of a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Ron. Alex. S. Irwin, Jr., of the county o Clarke.

By Mr. Hardwick of \Vashington-

A resolution proYiding for the appointment of a contmittee to draft rewlutions on the death o the Hon. Geo. L Barwick, deceased, of Emanuel county.

By ~Ir. Duncan of Houston-

A resolu_tion proYiding for the appointing of a committe0
to draft resolutions on the death of the lion. w. S. King, of
the county of Houston.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Hon. F. W. :Fain, of the county of White.

By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a com-
"r mittee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the
Hon. ,V. C. ade, of the county of Brooks.
The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
A resolution pertaining to the reception of Lieut. Brunt by by the General Assembly, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Bower, the above resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time and 1eferred to the Committee on Railroadi, to wit:

By Mr. Tatum of Dade--

A bill to be entitled an act to make engineers of common carriers liable for ten per cent. o the damages assessed or the killing of live stock, and for other purposes.

Upon motion of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the following bill WllS introduced, read the first time and referred to the committee of the whole House, to wit:

By Special Joint Committee o House and Senate--

A bill to be entitled an act providing for the assessment of all real and personal property for purposes o taxation; for a State Board of Tax Commissioners, to provide the manner of their selection, to prescribe their powers and. duties, to create a board of assessors in each county o thls State, to prescribe when, where and in what manner property shall be returned for taxation in the several countieb of this State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, moved that the House resolve itself into a committee o the whole for the consideration of the above bill, and for other purposes, whlch motion was lost.
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Wher8upon, the Speaker, exercising the power vested in him by law, resolved the House _into a committee of th~ whole for the purpose of considering said bill, and Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, was designated to preside over said com mittee.

After a consideration of the bill by the committee of the whole House, the committee arose, and through its chairman reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it be read not earlier than Wednesday, November 1, 189!1, and recommitted to the committee of the whole House.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. ~fcGehee of Harris-
-A resolution providing for the printing of 500 copie~ of the bill and report of the Special Committee on Taxation, for the use of the House.
Mr. Post, of Coweta, moved that 300 copies of the Gov ernor's JI.'Iessage be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.

The Speaker appointed the following committees, to wit:
Committee to draft resolutions on the death of the Ron. G. I. Barwick of Emanuel: Messrs. Hardwick, chairman; Franklin of Bullock, Brown of Bryan.
Committee to draft resolutions upon the death of the Hon. A. S. Irwin of Clarke: Messrs. Ellis of Bibb, chairman; :Morris, Bower.

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Committee to d~aft resolutions upon the death of Ron. W. S. King of Houston: Messrs. Duncan, chairman; Easterlin, vValker of Crawford.

Committee to draft resolutions upon the death of Ron. W. C. Wade of Brooks: Messrs. Blalock, chairman; Bennett of Mitchell, Rose.

Committee to draft resolutions upon the death of Ron. F. W. Fain of vVhite: Messrs. Slaton of Fulton, chairman; Copeland, Tatum.

Committee to wait upon Lieut. Brumby: Messrs. Bower~ chairman; Carlton, Morris.

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

By the Joint Tax Committee of House and Senate--

_ A bill to be entitled an act providing for the levying and

collection of a per centum tax upon a certain class of in-

comes in this State, and for other purposes.

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Referred to the \Vays and Means Committee.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the forming of pools, trust monopolies, etc., for the controlling of the markets of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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By :Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1921, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Banks.
By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By :Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Gwinnett, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Temperance Committee.

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A bill to be entitled an act to define and declare the meaning of the words, "elementary branches of an English education," in paragraph 1, section 1, article 8 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By-1[r. Moore of CarrollA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3465, volume
2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the sale of the Second Baptist church, at Columbus, Ga., and for othnr purposes.

Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bond of Madison-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the county authorities of this State to p:urchase bloodhounds, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the punishment of "an assault with iptent to rape," and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide tl board of county commissioners of Elbert county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for persons to hunt or fish upon the lands of another in Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for any person or persons, in the day or night, to wilfully discharge any firearms on or within one hundred yards of any publie highway, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of Foster Sherlock, of Richmond county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Appropriation Committee.
By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act providing for a new charter for the. town of Washington; Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hardwick of WashingtonA bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2 of sec-
tion 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by prescribing additional qualifications for the elector!! of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

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By Mr. Chappell of .Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the making of affidavits out of the State of Georgia, to be used within said State, and for other purposes.
Heferred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By :\fr. ::\fcDonald of Ware-
A bill to be entitled an act providing for the taxation -of dogs, for the protwtion of the sheep industry and the benefit of the public school funds of vVare county, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By )fr. J arnagan of "\';'"arren-
A bill to be entitled an act to GreHte a State Text-Book Commission, and to procure for use in the public :free schools in this StatP a uniform series of text-books, and for ()tiler purposes.

1\dund tv the Committee on Education.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

13;v I'dr. Slt'tor:. of Fnlton-
A resol!ltion tendering the Hall of Representativ8s to the Robert E. Lee order on Jannary 19, 1900, for the purpose of memorial exercises.

Leave of absence was granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Brown of Onrroll, Hamby of Rabun, Bush

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of Miller, Howard of Chattahoochee, Henderson of Irwin, Everett of Polk, Hammond of Richmond.

On Motion of Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, the House adjourned untillO o'clock a.m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Georgia,
Thursday, October 26, 1899.
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.
Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved that the call of the roll be di..:pensed with, which motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Park of Greene, the reading of thu journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the Senare through Mr. l\ orthen, the Secretary thereof:
~lfr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolution, to wit:
A resolution pertaining to the reception by the Gener~l Assembly in joint session of Lieut. Thomas M. Brumbv, and for other purposes.
The committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs. Ne::!bitt and McGehee.
The Special Committee appointed to revise the Tax Laws of this State, through ita House Chairman, Mr. Ellis of Bibb, begs leave to submit the following report:

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To the General Assembly of Georgia:

Upon November .. , 1898, the following joint resolution, introduced in the House by 1'Ir. Ellis of Bibb, was adopted:
Whereas, After years of experience it is apparent that the practical operation of the present system of tax returns and a:::sessrnent in Georgia is inefficient and does not meet the purpose of the framers of our Constitution to equalize the burdens of taxation upon all classes of persons and property; and
vVhereas, Our present system as a whole is inadequate to meet the purposes for which it was intended, and is not in keeping with the wisdom, experience, business judgment and progressive methods which have marked the course of a large majority of other States in these matters, and as a consequence millions of dollars in wxable values are not now being returned for taxation, and much of tho property now on the digest is returned at an unfair valuation; and

Whereas, In recognition of this condition of this branch of our State's affairs there are more than a dozen measures now pending to correct evils apparent in the present system; and

Whereas, In every question involving a proposed change in the tax laws of the State there are considerations of vital import to every citizen of the State and to the commercial and business prosperity of our people, as well as questions of constitutional and statutory law and public policy, rendering it of, the utmost importance that none of the20 questions be hastily considered or ill-advisedly decided; and

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Whereas, It is manifestly impossible that the General Assembly will, at its present session, already nearly half gone, be able to enter into a proper consideration of the manifold questions involved in the inauguration of a new system and a revision, simplification and codification of the laws concerning taxation, and an analysis of the administrative machinery thereof, all of which is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary; be it, therefore,
'Resolved, by the House and Senate concurring:-
First. That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed, as soon as practicable after the passage of this resolution, to appoint five members from the House and three from the Senate, who, together with the Governor, the Attorney-General and Comptroller-General, each of whom shall be ex officio member of said board, shall conEtitute a State Board of Tax Ccmmissioners.
Second. It shall be the duty of such board:-
(a) To carefully inquire into the evils and inequalities of our present tax system, with particular reference to property which is now escaping taxation, or is being returned at an inadequate valuation, and to make the burdens of taxation bear equally upon the taxed.
(b) To make a careful study of the tax systems in operation in other States, with a view of correcting the evils of our present system, and particularly of reaching tangible and intangible personal property not now being taxed.
(c) To report fully to this General Assembly on the first day of its next session the result of its investigation and its findings in such a manner as will, in so far as is possible: place before the members thereof the considerations upon which such findings are based.

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(d) To prepare and present to the General Assembly, at the same time its report is made, and as a part thereof, a bill incorporating such changes in the tax laws of Georgia as will, in the opinion of said board, most effectually correct the evils and inequalities of the present system.

(e) To inquire into and report upon the practicability and wisdom of a constitutional limitation of the rate of ta~ ation, as well as the propriety of incorporating in our tax -system a reasonable tax on incomes and direct or collateral inheritances, or both.
Resolved, Third, That said board shall meet at such time as may be determined upon by the members thereof and as may be necessary to the proper discharge of the duties herein iniposed; provided, that the meetings of such board shall in no case continue longer than thirty days.
Under this resolution your committee was duly appointed, and pursuant to the duties thereby devolved upon it, upon January 23, 1899, met at the capitol and organized by the election of Senator "Wight, Senate Chairman, and Mr. Ellis of Bibb, House Chairman, and Mr. B. M. Blackburn, Secretary.

It was evident to a majority of your committee upon its convention, that the successful and proper conduct of the business before it required its sittings to be hel din execcutive session. The presence of parties interested in the proposed legislation, the press reports of every tentative action or discussion throughout the consideration of this vast and difficult field of legislation, in which revision of work already done was a daily occurrence, together with

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the instruction of the General Assembly to report to that body on the first day of this session, made no course but this advisable, and surely none other proper.
Under resolution, prompt and proper steps were at once taken to furnish through the Secretary to each member of the committee copies of the different tax laws of the several States of the Union, so far as the same were obtainable.
Your committee the~ adjourned to meet upon June 26,
1899, upon which date it met and held continuous session until July 29; then adjourning by resolution until August 21, it remained at work from that date until August 26, 1899. Its sittings were by the engagements of its several members then suspended until October 4, 1899, since which time, either as a whole or by sub-committees, it has devoted its time to a discharge of the duties imposed by your resolution. Your resolution limited its .session to thirty days. A conscientious consideration of the matters therein committed to its arbitrament, involving not only the whole science of taxation, but its allied problems which have vexed political economists since the birth of human government, required that this arbitrary limitation should not curtail its careful work, regardless of what personal sacrifices its members may have been called upon to contribute to that end. An early discovery of this fact determined. your committee to yield to the work in hand every available day that could be spared from the private vocations of its several members. Having before it the wise deliberations of the Tax Commis.Sion of Wisconsin, a body required to consider the question of taxation for a period of five years; the work of the Commissioners of Iowa and California, the admirable laws of Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky, together with that of legislative bodies of many other States, and all of the measures at present pending before this body, embodying at once the wisdom of years past and the progreu

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<> the present age, your committee submits its final work, keen to the probabilities that it may be open to objections, yet conscious of the other and greater fact that it comprises as a whole the best features of the tax codes of this day and country, and represents the honest fruit of this humble body's individual study and collective labor.
To the various State House Officers, and especially to the able Attorney and Comptroller-Generals, and to the faithful and industrious Secretary of this committee, we desire to acknowledge our deep obligations.
Not that legislation can create wealth, nor that a revision of tax laws may wring more revenue into the coffers of the State, but to the end, as expressed in the resolution to which we owe our existence, that the burdens of taxation may bear equally upon the taxed, we lay before you thi!'l report and measure. We believe that its adoption means that out of inequality shall spring equality, and out of injustice shall come forth justice. It can, at least, be said that if it is the work of erring mortals, it is sponsored by many earnest patriot hopes.
Your committee therefore begs leave to report as follows: Your committee has concluded at the ontRet tbat the sys tern of taxation which makes every tax-payer his own taxassessor, is radically erroneous. The experience of government testifies to the fact that avarice is too often the master of human frailty for the State to practically leave to the tax-payer the question as to how much he shall take from his own pocket to contribute to the support of the body politic. Such a system, and the system under which this State now operates, exacts from the unscr'upulous and the honest disproportionate toll, and lays upon the owner o visible property an unjust share of the burdens of taxation. The history of our present system f:hows that as if by common consent, civic morals so far relax at times that even

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in the midst of industrial improvement and increasing values, depleted returns and sequestered properties actually embarrass the necessary and economical administration of the government. \Ve have therefore decided to recom~ mend a great change in the present law, the creation of a system of taxation by assessment. \Ve propose to put the tax machinery of this State under the general control of a State Board of Tax Commissioners, whose members by the terms of their offices and the manner of their selection will be as far as possible removed from political influences.
vVe also propose the creation of local boards in each
county, to be filled in a manner which, in our opinion, will bring to the discharge of the duties the ablest and fairest men.
The bill which we have framed is based upon this proposition of assetosrnent. It is radical, but in our judgment it is vital. We have given this State board great power with which to provide means to reach hidden property. In no other way can that property which cannot escape hope to find rElief.
In the accompanying bill we make some changes in the pre'3<mt law as to the method of taxation, and many changes intended to rench property hitherto untaxed.
We have provided for a land map of each county, and a payment of taxe,: by lots and subdivisions upon a land book. The waking of these maps will not only supply an imperative need in thotoe counties now without them, but the payment of taxes by the proposed land book will rescue the titles t~ land all over this State from the confusion and danger into which our present inadequate statutes are continually drawing them. This provision will benefit every owner of land who pays his taxes, and render that class of property more valuable as collateral and desirable as an investment, as well as protect its enjoyment in the hands of the owners. We propose to tax the tangible property of every

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corporation exactly as the tangible property of every individual is taxed. The plan of taxing a corporation upon the market value of its shares of stock worked a manifest injustice, as it permitted the corporation to pay taxes upon its net worth, while the individual paid upon their gross or entire worth. The corporation had its debts deducted, in other words, and paid on the balance, while the individual paid on all his property, no matter how much he owed.
This provision, however, cannot be applied to chartered banks. The terms of the Federal Act, providing how national banks may be taxed, limits taxation to the shares of stock and real estate; and any law which would impose a different method upon State banks would be a most unwise discrimination.
In the bill reported, we have declared all franchises granted by this State, or used or enjoyed in this State, to be personal property, and taxable as such, for State purposes; and have defined the value of such franchises to be the difference between the value of the tangible property of a corporation and its entire property. We believe that this enactment will compel a vast amount of values hitherto entirely untaxed by law to bear their part of the burden of government.
We provide for the assessment of railroad, telegraph, telephone, express, Pullman and refrigerator car companies, and all those corporations now making returns to the Comptroller-General, by the State Board of Tax-Assessors, whose assessment shall be final.
\Ye have considered the question referred to us of the taxation of direct and collateral inheritances. We have concluded to propose a tax upon such collateral inheritances as descend by devise or will differently from the rule of inheritances provided by law. We do not believe that in the hour when a man's family most needs the fruit of his economy and industry, it should be diminished by an addi-

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tional tribute to the State, unless it be that inheritance which is unexpectedly bestowed upon collateral or other terms not in the line of inheritance under the wisdom of tha.law.
In the justice of things, unexpected gratuities, but not the accumulation of the ancestor hoarded to save the legal heir from want, should yield its portion to the tax-gatherer.
The committee endeavored assiduously to frame some provisions that would in its opinion be adequate to reach notes, accounts and money, which class of property is so prone to evade taxation. A majority of this committee is of the opinion that to require of the tax-payer to return for assessment an itemized list, showing amounts and names of the debtors of all notes and accounts owned by him, would be so inquisitorial in its forced disclosure of private affairs as to be odious to all, and would render the work of assessment in many counties an impracticable and almost endless task. Therefore, the committee has deemed it best to seek to correct the defects of the law in this regard by investing the State Board of Tax Assessors with plenary powers to frame such regulations as will insure a discovery of all such property to the county boards; and by authorizing such county boards, in the event the return of the tax-payer, in which he swears he has itemized his notes an!l accounts and taken the aggregates therefrom, in their opinion does not set forth such property truly, to arbitrarily assess such an amount against him as under their information is proper, the tax-payer having the opportunity to relieve himself o any threatened over-assessment by the exhibition o a detailed, full and itemized list.
Among the other matters by your resolution laid before us or our study has been the advisability o an income tax. The wisdom, expediency and constitutionality of such a method o raising revenue has been investigated and con-

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i!idered by your committee with all of the care and deliberation possible in the limited time at its disposal. The adoption of such a measure involves such an innovation upon the present scheme of taxation that its conclusions have been arrived at, not without much difficulty and debate. In view of the many questions which environ the proposal -of such a measure, your committee by a majority vote has .determined to recommend the passage of an Act providing for a tax upon incomes by separate and independent bill from the general act herewith proposed. A majority of _your committee believes such a system to afford the most equitable of all methods for the raising of revenue, distributing the burdens of government in that proportion which makes the impost bear equally upon all, and ultimately reducing the tax rate, thereby alleviating the toll now most largely borne by certain classes of tangible property. Of its constitutionality as a law of this State, a State sovereign, in so far as the raising of its revenues for it." own domestic purposes is concerned, however that sov-reignty may have been threatened in other directions by the encroachments of federal power, a majority of your committee has no doubt.
Your committee further recommends the adoption of a constitutional amendment limiting the rate of taxation to a maximum rate of five mills. The purposes for which taxes may be imposed for State uses are enumerated in the constitution; but no restraint upon the legislative power exists as to the amount of taxes which may be levied for such purposes. The presence of this unlimited power furnishes a continual temptation to extravagance in appropriation. No tax-payer may with any certainty anticipate what future tribute to the government his property may be called upon to render, and the permanency of value;;, together with the security desirable to all investors, must 1ack assurance, so long as the tax rate is the creation of the
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shifting and unfettered tempers of successive legislatures.

Your committee further recommends the continuance in

force by proper terms embraced therein of the next general

license tax act, passed by this Assembly, fixing business

taxes, as the law of this State upon such subject, until the

same be modified or repealed by a special act introduced

for that purpose. It has been the legislative practice to

frame an entirely new act, fixing these taxes for every two

years; a practice involving a great and unnecessary con-

sumption of the limited time of our sessions. Not only is

much time wasted in the consideration and discussion of

these different license taxes, only to permit them to remain unchanged, but the knowledge that the life of this general

license tax act expires with the year for which its operation

is framed, and that each license tax will be fixed de novo,

as a matter of law, unsettles business, and is to a large degree unfair to citizens engaged in these various lines of-

industry.

ED. L. \VIGHT, Chairman, \V. A. DoDsoN, President, B. T. FoucHE,
s. T. BLALOCK,
Senate Committee.

HoLAXD ELLIS, Chairman, Jxo. D. LITTLE, Speaker, e:-c officio, T. \V. I!AHDWICK,
R. \V. FREEMAN,

M. L . .TOID!SON, A. 0. BLALOCK,

House Committee.

The undersigned members of the Tax Committee, while we approve the bill presented by the majority of the committee in most of its features, differ with them in that the bill proposes t9 tax for State purposes only, the intangible

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property of railroad, telegraph, sleeping-car, express, telephone and other corporations mentioned therein. The standard of value adopted in the bill is the true and full cash value of all property of every kind, both tangible and intangible, what it would sell for when sold as such property is usually sold. When this value is found and determined by the Board of Assessors, we can see no reason why, in the case of the corporation referred to, the intangible values so found should be exempt from a just and fair proportion of the burdens of county and municipal taxation; and we insist that the same should be taxed as the property of individuals is taxed.
R. \V. FREEMAN, .M. L. JonNsox,
R. T. ForcuE,
A. 0. BLALOCK.

:Mr. Brandon, of Fnlton, upon the part of the minority of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report, to wit:
1ffr. Speaker:
The undersigned members of the Temperance Committee beg leave to diseent from the report of the chairman, ratified by a majority of the members in attendance, recom mending the passage of the bill introduced by :Mr. Willingham, of l\fonroe, the same being House bill number 221.
We respectfully submit that the bill in its present shape should not pass, as it imolves an unusually radical change in the laws of our State, is repugnant to the Democratic principle of home rule, strikes a serious blow at the public schools of Georgia, and should not be enacted into a law until its provisions shall have been carefully and thoroughly eonsidered by a committee.

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vVe further respectfully submit, that the Temperance Committee has not had an opportunity to give its provisions mature consideration for the reason that when it was called up for action and read the previous question was called for~ and carried, and the vote was taken without the slightest opportunity being given for debate or amendment.
Under these circumstances, and especially at this tim!~ when the State is struggling to make its revenues equal tn its expenditures, and when it with difficulty and only by means of the highest tax rate that has ever been imposed upon the people is able to do so, and considering that if this bill is passed, it will either deprive tlie children of the State of a part of the school privileges that they are now enjoying, or impose upon their parents a more burdensome and grievous tax-rate than the one at present imposed upon them1 an] considering the stringency of the times and the general depression that the people are at present contending with, we nrge most respectfully that this bill should be recommitted for more deliberate consideration by the Temperance Committee, or should be killed altogether.
Respectfully submitted.
J. LINDSAy JOHNSON,
MoRRis BRANDON,
D. P. RosE,
w. R. REID,
JNo. J. McDoNOUGH,
RoLAND ELLIS,
N. EMANUEL, THOS. J. CHAPPELL, \V. F. HARRELL,
BYRON B. BowER, JR.,
R. Y. RuDicn., B. F. McLAUGHLIN, WALTER G. PARK.

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Mr. Pace of Newton, moved that as soon as the joint se;;sion was dissolved to-day, that the House stand adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. to-morrow.

Ron. W. W. Walker, member-elect from the county of Brooks, to fill the vacancy caused by the deatli of the Hon.
W. C. Wade, presented himself, and was sworn in as a member of the House, by the Hon. Hal. T. Lewis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

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

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A resolution extending an invitation to Dr. W. C. Stubba, scientist and agriculturist of the State of Louisiana, to deliver an address on agriculture, on Friday evening, 8 o'clock p.m., October 27, 1899.

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

.V. r. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to wit:

Resolved, by the Senate the House concurring, That the Ron. W. B. Stubbs, of Louisiana, be invited to address the General Assembly at 7:30 o'clock to-morrow night.

Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, moved that the House take a recess until 10:15 o'clock, which motion prevailed.

The hour of 10:15 having arrived, the House was calle<l to order by the Speaker.

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The hour 10:30 having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session of the General Assembly was convened for the purpose of receiving Lieutenant Thomas l.:L Brumby, of the United State;; Navy, and was called to order by the Hon. "\V. A. Dodson. President of the Senate.

Immediately thereafter Lieutenant Brumby, accompanied by his Excellency Hon. A. D. Candler, and escorted by the State House officials' reception committee and other distinguished gentlemen, appeared upon the floor of th~ House, and the distinguished visitor, Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, was presented to the General Assembly.

The joint session of the General Assembly was then di..;solved, and the Senate retired.

The House then stood adjourned, in pursuance to the motion previously made by Ron. J. M. Pace, of Newton. until 10 o'clock a.m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, October 27, 1899.

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 the call of the roll those answering to their name;; were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Barron,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bass,

Bell of Spalding,

Rennett of Mitchell, ~lack of Dawson,

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfield,

Beauchamp,

Blalock,

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'Bond,

Harrison,

McFarland,

Bowen,

Harris,

McGehee,

.Bower,

Harrell,

McLaughlin,

Brandon,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Brown of Bryan,

Hathcock,

McMillan,

Bryan,

Hendricks,

McRae,

Bynum,

Henderson of Washt'nNewton,

{}alvin,

Herring,

Ogletree,

('arlton,

Hill,

Ousley,

-carter,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Castleberry,

Hopkins,

Pace of Newton,

Chappell,

Holder,

Padgett,

Cook,

Hosch,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Copeland,

Hutchins,

Park of Greene,

Crossland,

Jarnagin,

Park of Troup,

Darnell,

Johnson of Appling, Post,

David,

Johnson of Baker, Price,

Denny,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Effingham,

Dews,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Dickey,

Johnson of Lee,

Reid,

Drawdy,

Jones of Burke,

Reynolds,

Duncan,

Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Ellis,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

Emanuel,

Knowles,

Rose,

Esterlin,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Early,

Simpson,

Farmer,

Lane of 8umter,

Singletary,

Felker,

Laing,

Slaton,

Fender,

LaRoche,

Sloan,

Freeman,

Latimer,

Smith of Hall,

Franklin,

Lee,

Smith of Hancock,

Ford,

Longino,

Snell,

Fort,

Martin,

Spinks,

Gay,

Mayson,

Speer,

George,

Maxwell,

Starr,

Gresham,

Merritt,

Stubbs,

Greene,

Mitchell,

Sturgis,

Griffin of Greene, Moore.

Stewart,

Griffin of Twiggs, Morris,

Stone,

-Griffith,

Mullens,

Swift,

Hall,

McCants,

Tanner,

Hammett,

McCranie,

Tatum,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonald,

Taylor,

Hardin of Wilkes, McDonough,

Tisinger,

Hardwick,

McElreath,

Timmerman,

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Tracy,

Walker of Union, Willingham,

Turner of Henry, Watkins,

Wood,

Turner of Rockdale, West,

W oodal,

Upchurch,

Whiteley,

Wooten,

Walker of Brooks, Williams of Emanuel,Yates,

Walker of Crawford, Wiliams of Lumpkin, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Brown of Carroll, Everett of Polk,

Bush,

Hammond,

Hamby. flend~son of Irwin,

Mr. Bond of Madison, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.
The journal was then real and confirmed.
Upon the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter, the following bills were introduced, read tho first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. McDonough of Ware--
A bill to be entitled an act. to pay the tax-collectors of State and county taxes, for the county of Ware, a salary of $500 per annum, and for other purposes.
Referred to the County and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. McDonald of Ware--
A bill to be entitled an act to pay the treasurer of W aru county a salary of $300, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to be entitled an act to require all ordinaries t) publish in the newspaper in which the sheriff advertises, all citations, notices, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Newton of Morgan-
', A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act crea~ing a board of commissioners for the county of Morgan, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Newton of Morgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to authori;~e the judge of the county court to deliver all persons convicted of misdemeanors, etc., to the county commissioner~, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Newton of Morgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to appropriat.) the proceeds of the hire of convicts convicted of misdemeanors to the payment of insolvent costs, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2, paragraph

'2 of the general tax act of the years 1899 and 1900, ap-

proved December 22, 1898, by striking the word "phar-

macy," and for other purposes.

-

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Easterlin of Macon-
A bill to be entitled an act requiring the officers in charge of county affairs to furnish two trained bloodhounds to the sheriff, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and Count.Y Matters.
By Mr. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the spring term of the Milton county superior court.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide a special trial for rape cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to consolidate, amend and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Rome, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court for the county of Bartow, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act. to repeal section 5331 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4334 of th~ Civil Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 5347 of the <Jode of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

:By Mr. Martin o Banks-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it a misdemeanor for -croppers to quit working their crops, without good cause, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on General Agriculture.

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By Mr. :McElreath of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for oper sting machinery, from the running streams of Cobb county, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Slaton of l!"'ulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require persons, firms or corporations, having claims for money damages against any municipal corporation of this State, to present the same for adjustment before bringing suit thereon, and for othe-r purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court of Bartow, and for other purposes.
Refened to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts to render judgment at the appearance term of such court without the verdict of a jury in all civil cases. and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A bill to be entitled an act to permit the commissioner:> of roads and revenues to pay officers of superior courts, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
The following Senate resolution was read and concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Davis of the 37th District-
A resolution inviting the Ron. W. B. Stubbs to address the General Assembly, in joint session, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., October 2'1, 1899.
On motion of :Mr. Adams of Putnam, House bill No. 181, the same being a bill to establish a commission in each count}" to select school text-books, and for other purposes, was made the special order for October 31st, after special order already set.
On motion of Mr. Speer of Sumter, House bill No. 16, the same being a bill to amend section 2185 (719-a) of the Code of Georgia, was made the special order for W ednesday, November 1, 1899.
On motion of ~lr. Starr of Gordon, House bill No. 42, the same being a bill to amend section 65, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, was made the special order for Thursday, November 2, 1899.
On motion of :Mr. Watkins of Gilmer, House bill No. 72, the same being a bill to amend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code, was made the special order for Tuesday, October 31, 1899.

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On motion of Mr. Hardwick of Washington, House bill No. 122, the same being a bill to provide for the assessment vf property subject to taxation in this State, and for other purposes, was tabled.
On motion of :Mr. Slaton of Fulton, House bill No. 123 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Bryan of Floyd, House bill No. 131 was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, House bill No. 166 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, House bill No. 180 was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, House bill No. 209 was tabled.

The following bills were read the third time, and P'It upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of a cropper or other laborer in certain cases, and for other
purpose~.
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 94, and the nays 5.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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By :Mr. Hall of Bibb -

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit any railroad, ex press or telegraph company, or any person or persons owning or operating any railroad or other business in this Stato from giving to any legislator, or other State official, passes over their lines, etc., and for other purposes.
The following amendment was offered by Mr. Hall~ which was read and adopted, to wit:
Amend by striking out the figures 1899, wherever they occur, and insert in lieu thereof the figures "1900."

l\1:r. :McLaughlin moved that the bill be tabled.

On the motion to table, Mr. Hall called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye "ere J\fessrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding. Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, Darnell,

Denny, D!'WS, Dickey, Drawdy, Easterlin. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of T_wiggs, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes,

Henderson of \Vasht'n H!'rring, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, .Tohnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordon of Pulaski, Knowles, LaRoche, Lee, Maxwell, Merritt, Mullens,

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McCants, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McLaughlin, McMillan, McRae, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett,

Rawls of Effingham, Stubbs,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Stone,

Reid,

Tanner,

Rogers,

Taylor,

Rose,

Tracy,

Rudicil,

Turner of Rockdale,

Smith of Hall,

Upchurch,

Smith of Hancock, \Valker of Union,

Snell,

Wood,

Starr,

Woodal.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, . Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Blalo.ck, Bynum, Calvin, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Fender, Freeman, Ford, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hardwick, Harrison, Hathcock, Hill,

Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, Longino, Mayson, Mitcheil, Moore, Morris, McDonald, McLennan, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Reynolds, Simpson,

Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, \Valker of Brooks, Watkins, West, Whiteley, williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, \Vooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Floyd,

Bond,

Hammond,

Latimer,

Bowen,

Hamby,

Martin,

Brandon,

Harris,

McFarland,

Brown of Carroll, Harrell,

McGehee,

Bush,

Harvard,

Newton,

Carter,

Hendricks,

Park of Troup,

Cook,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Crossland,

Howard,

Walker of Crawford,

David,

Johnson of Baker, Willingham.

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:Mr. McLa-ughlin moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

Upon counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 81, and the nays 63.

The motion of Mr. }fcLaughlin, therefore, prevailed, and the bill was tabled.

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

By Mr. Rogers of Marion-

A bill to be entiiled an act to prescribe the time and &ettlement with tax collectors of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of th3 Atlanta Banking Company, and for other purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction to th~ United States of certain realty, and for other purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb--
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A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the incorpora tion of land transportation companies other than railroad :, and for granting charters for the operation of the same, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on General Agriculture.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2334 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Mr. Post, of Coweta, offered the following amendment, which was adopted, to wit:
Amend by striking out in the 5th line of section 1 tht.: words "the suit is filed," and insert in lieu thereof the words "the injury or damage was sustained."
Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:
Amend titles by inserting after the word "Code" and before the word "and" the following, "by providing when suits may be brought against railroads under certain circumstances."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was disagreed to, and the bill lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Copeland of Walker-

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A resolution to have 300 copies of House bill No. 45fi printed for the use of the House.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members~ to wit: :Messr>J. Hamby of Rabun, Singletary, Stone of Walton, Jordan of Pulaski, Turner of Henry, Emanuel of Glynn, Speer of Sumter.
On motion of wlr. Hardwick, the House adjourned until 7:~0 o'clock to-night.

Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, October 28th, 1899.

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.
Upon call of the rolL those answering to their names were Messrs:-

Adams,

Bond,

Adamson,

Bowen,

Allen,

Bower,

Arnold,

Brandon,

Barron,

Brown of Bryan,

Bass,

Bryan,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bynum,

Bennett of Pierce, Calvin,

Beauchamp,

Carlton,

Bell of Forsyth,

Carter,

Bell of Spalding, Chappell,

Black of DawRon, Copeland,

Black of Whitfield, Cr ssland,

Blalock,

Darnell,

David, Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford,

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Fort,

Laing,

Richardson,

Gay,

LaRoche,

Rogerd,

George,

I. atimer,

Rose,

Gresham,

Lee,

Rudicil,

Greene,

Longino,

Simpson,

Griffin of Greene, Martin,

Slaton,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Sloan,

Griffith,

Maxwell,

Smith of Hall,

Hall,

Merritt,

Smith of Hancock.

Hammett,

Mitchell,

Snell,

Hardin of Liberty, Moore,

Spinks,

Hardin of 'Vilkes, Morris,

Starr,

Hardwick,

Mullens,

Stubbs,

Harrison,

McCants,

Sturgis,

Harris,

McCranie,

Stewart,

Harrell,

McDonald,

Swift,

Harvard,

McDonough,

Tanner,

Hathcock,

McElreath,

Tatum,

Hendricks,

McFarland,

Taylor,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nMcGehee,

Tisinger,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Timmerman,

Hill,

McLennan,

Tracy,

Howard,

McMillan,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hopkins,

1\IeRae,

Upchurch,

Holder,

Newton,

walker of Brooks.

Hosch,

Ogletree,

\Valker of Crawford,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

walker of Union,

Jarnagan,

Overstreet,

\Vatkins,

Johnson of Appling, Pace of Newton,

\Vest,

Johnson of Baker, Padgett,

\Vhiteley,

Johnson of Bartow, Pate of Gwinnett, \Villiams of Emanuel,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Greene,

Williams of Lumpkin.

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Troup,

Willingham,

Jones of Burke,

Post,

Wood,

Jordan of Jasper, Price,

Woodal, .

Knowles,

Rawls of Effiingham, Wooten,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Yates,

Lane of Early,

Reid,

Mr. Speaker.

Lane of Sumter,

Reynolds,

Those absent were Massrs.-

Anderson, Brown of Carrol, Bush,
Castleberry, Cook,
Dews,

Emanuel,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Everett of Polk,

Singletary,

Hammond,

Speer,

Hamby,

St.one,

Henderson of Irwin, Turner of Henry.

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Mr. Merritt of the Committee on Journals reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.
The journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Tatum gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House so far as it relates to the passage of House bill No. 184.

Mr. Hall, of Bibb, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House bill No. 210.
Mr. Tatum, of Dade, moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House bill :Ko. 184 by Mr. Post of Coweta, the same being a bill to provide for the removal of a cropper or other laborer in certain cases, and for other purposes, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved to reconsider the action of the House in disagreeing to the report of the committee on House bill No. 210, the same being a bill to be entitled an act to amend sec. 2334 of the Code and for other purposes, which motion prevailed.
The committee appointed to draft resolutions on the death of the Ron. A. S. Erwin, late member of this body, from the county of Clarke, begs leave through its chairman, Mr. Ellis of Bibb, to recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

A RESOLU'fiON.
Resolved by the House of Representatives that, whereas, in the providence of God, death has taken from his seat in this House, the Honorable Alexander S. Erwin, the representatiYe o the county o Clarke,

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Be it resolYed, that by that sad event this body has lost an able, courageous and upright member, the county of Clarke a faithful and efficient representative, and the State of Georgia a citizen without fear and without reproach, whose conspicuous attainments pledged to its service years of able and honorable effort.

Resoh,cd fnrther, that our hearts go out m sympathy to the stricken family of the dead in this hour of their sorrow.

Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the family of the deceased, and that upon the conclusion of the special order of the day, this House stand adjourned as a mark of respect to his memory.
Respectfully,
ELLIS OF BmB, MoRRIS oF CoBB:
BowER OF DECATUR.

Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned committee appointed to prepare and present to the House suitable resolutions upon the death
of Hon. vV. S. King beg leave to submit the accompany-
ing resolution as a report.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. DUNUAN,
w. J. \Y ALKER,
J. J. EASTERLIN, Committee.

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A RESOLUTION.

Whereas, An all-wise Providence has removed from our midst our late confrere the Hon. W. S. King; and

Whereas, It is meet and proper that we should place on record our appreciation of the high character of our deceased brother, and give expression to our sense of the irrepaable loss which we, his legislative associates and the State, in common with his immediate family, have sustained in his removal from this earthly sphere; therefore, be it

Resolved, That, by the death of the Hon. \V. S. King, the General Assembly of Georgia has lost one of its most capable and conscientious members and the commonwealth a loyal and useful citizen.

Resolved, That we experience a sorrowful pleasure in bearing testimony to his unflagging zeal in the interest of the State, his great love for the cause of free public instruction, his uniform courtesy to all with whom he came in contact, and his fearlessness in the advocacy and the defense of the right.

Resolved, That a page in the Journal of the House be dedicated to his memory, and a copy of the foregoing preamble ~nd these resolutions, signed by the Speakel'" and the Clerk, be furnished the family of the deceased.

The <'ommittee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Hon. Geo. I. Barwick, late member of the House of Representatives from the county of Emanuel, through its chairman, Mr. Hardwick of Washington, ~mbmitted the following report:

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:Mr. Speaker:

Your committee appointed to prepare and present to this body, suitable resolutions on the death of Hon. Geo. I. Barwick, late member from Emanuel, beg leave to present the following resolutions and to recommend their adoption by the House, to wit:

Whereas, Since our last session, the Hon. Geo. I. Barwick, of the county of EmanueL has been removed from our midst by death; therefore, be it

Resolved, That in the death of our late colleague the State of Georgia and the county of Emanuel have lost a distinguished, upright and useful citizen, and that in his death, the House of Representatives has lost a member whose usefulness and worth were highly appreciated by this body and by its se,eral members as individuals.

Resol-.ed further, That these resolutions be entered upon the minutes of the House, and a copy thereof be sent to the family of our deceased colleague, as a token of the profound sympathy of the House with them in this sad affiiction.

Resolved further, That as an additional token of re-

spect to the memory of our late colleague, this House, at the conclusion of the special order of to-day, do adjourn.

Respectfully submitted.

w. T.

HARJ?WICK,

A. J. BROWN,

HIRAM FRAKLIN,

Committee.

Mr. Slaton of Fulton, Chairmai?- of the committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of theBon. T. W. Fain, late member from the county of White~ submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Hon. T. W. Fain, late a representative of the county of White, beg leave to submit the following report:
Mr. Fain belonged to an old substantial family of Georgians that for a long number of years liberally contributed to the development of the State's best interest, and aided in the establishment of that public sentiment in the rural districts of the State which secures to citizenship those virtues that render home-life happy in the full enjoyment of all that is pure.

Respected and trusted by his people, he was more than once honored by them as their representative in the Georgia Legislature.

Our associations with him during the session of 1898 were pleasant and of the most cordial nature.

He was modest and unassuming, yet, firm and true to his convictions.

He sought not the plaudits of man, but rather to know and do that which was right, and thus gained for himself that which he did not consciously seek.

Tried, true and trusted, he laid down his life in his old
age without a stain on his character, and thus secured to
himself "a good name," which "is rather to be chosen
than great riches."

To those who loved him best, and loving his memory still, are yet draped in the dark folds of mourning, we tender these feeble words, with the hope that they may in part, at least, assuage their deep sorrow.

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Be it therefore resolved, That a page of journal of the House be dedicated to his memory, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the Speaker and Clerk of the House be transmitted to the family of the deceased.

Respectfully submitted,

JoHN M. SLAToN, Chairman,
F. \V. CoPELAND,
G. w. l\1. TATU~I.

The committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Hon. W. C. "\Vade, late member of the House of Representatives from the county of Brooks, through its chairman, Mr. Blalock of Fayette, submitted the following report:
Hon. W. C. Wade, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brooks county, Georgia, in 1872. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm near Quitman, Ga. He was ~ducated in the common schools of Brooks county and in the high school of Quitman.
In the early nineties he began the study of law and was shortly afterwards admitted to the bar. He successfully practiced law for several years, and in 1896 purchased the Quitman Free Press, which journal he conducted on a high plane, in connection with his law practice, until the time of his death.
A RESOLU'riON.
Whereas, An all-wise Providence has, since our last session, seen fit to remove from our midst the Hon. W. C. Wade, representative from the county of Brooks; and
'\Yhereas, By his gentle and kindly demeanor he had endeared himself to his fellow members; and

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whereas, His faithful service as a legislator deserves recognition at the hands of his colleagues; therefore be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, while we bow in submission to the decree of Providence, we greatly deplore the death of our colleague.

Be it further resolved, That as a mark of respect for the memory of our deceased brother member, that at the end of these memorial exercises this House shall stand adjourned until Monday morning, October 30, at 10 o'clock a.m.

A. 0. BLALOCK,

D.P. RosE,

s. SA:M

BENNETT.

Leaves of absence were granted to the following members, to wit: Messrs. Castleberry, Anderson of Bartow, Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock, Lane of Early, Walker of Crawford.

Out of respect to the memory of the several deceased members of the General Assembly, and in compliance with provisions of the above resolutions, the Speaker announced the Home adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m., Monday.

Atlanta, Ga, :Monday October 30, 1899.
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 Ron. G. R. Glenn, State School Commissioner.

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On call o the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Farmer,

Knowles,

Adamson,

Felker,

Lane of Bibb,

Allen,

Fender,

Lane of Sumter,

Anderson,

Freeman,

Laing,

Arnold,

Franklin,

LaRoche,

Barron,

Ford,

.Latimer,

Bass,

Fort,

Lee,

Bennett of Mitchell, Gay,

Longino,

Bennett of Pierce, George,

Martin,

Beauchamp,

Gresham,

Mayson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Greene,

Maxwell,

Bell of Spalding, Griffin of Greene, Merritt,

Black of Dawson, Griffin of Twiggs, Mitchell,

Black of Whitfield, Griffith,

Moore,

Blalock,

Hall,

Morris,

Bond, Bowen,

Hammett, Hamby.

Mullens, McCranie,

Bower,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonald,

Brandon,

Hardin of Wilkes, McElreath,

Brown of Bryan, Hardwick,

McFarland,

Brown of Carroll, Harrison,

McGehee,

Bryan,

Harris,

McLaughlin,

Bush,

Harrell,

McLennan,

Bynum,

Harvard,

McRae,

Calvin,

Hathcock,

Newton,

Carlton,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Carter,

Henderson of Irvin, Ousley,

Chappell,

Henderson of Washt'n,Overstreet,

Cook,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,

Copeland,

Hill,

Padgett,

Crossland,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Darnell,

Hopkins,

Park of Greene,

David,

Holder,

Park of Troup,

Denney,

Hosch,

Post,

Dews,

Hutchins,

Price,

Dickey,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Effingham,

Drawdy,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Duncan,

Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

Ellis,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

Emanuel,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Easterlin,

Jordan of Jasper, Rogers,

Everett of Stewart, Jordan of Pulaski, Rose,

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Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart,

Stone,

Watkins,

Swift,

West,

Tanner,

Whiteley,

Tatum,

Williams of Emanuel,

Taylor,

Williams of Lumpkin

Tisinger,

Willingham,

Timmerman,

Wood,

Tracy,

Woodall,

Turner of Rockdale, Wooten,

Upchurch,

)" a t e s ,

walker of Brooks, Mr. Speaker.

\Valker of Union,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Castleberry.

Lane of Earley,

Everett of Polk,

McCants,

Hammond,

McDonough,

.Johnson of Baker, McMillan,

.Johnson of Bartow,

Smith of Hancock, Snell, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawford .

Mr. Bond of Madison, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of Saturday's proceedings had been examin.ed and approved.

The journal was read and confirmed.

On the call of the roll of counties for the introduction oi new matter, the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Walker of BrookS--

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the forfeiture and retirement of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers to the capital stock of corporations without a sale or suit, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Carlton of Clarke--

A resolution providing for the enlargment of the annual visiting committees to the State University, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Education.

By Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the granting of new trials in .suits fur damages, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Post of Coweta~
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 of volume 2 lf the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the insurance business in Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend ~ection 5518 o theCivil Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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159

By Mr. Howard of Dooly-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of cigarettes or cigarette papers in Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

By ~fr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale or manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Jasper, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Bass of Habersham-

A bill to be entitled an act, to prohibit public officers from charging mileage, etc., when the same is furnished them free, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton d Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice respecting bills of exception<J generally, and especially those t:ued out for the purpose of carrying civil cases to the supreme court in forma pauperis, and for other purposes.
RefeiTed to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to confirm the right to traverse
the entries o constables and officers of courts not of record, and for other purposes.
Rt:ferred to Geher:-tl Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Bennett of Pierce--

A bill to be entitled an act to make the official term of certain State House officers four years, and :for other pur- , poses.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2417, volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By :Mr. Dews of Randolph-

A bill to be entitled an act to levy a tax on dogs, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to pay the county treasurer of Glynn county a salary, to fix the amount, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Bennett of Pierce--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Bennett of Pier<}e--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend secti.on 98 o v. olume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hardwick of 'Vashington-

A bill to be entitled an act to impose penalties upon electric telegraph companies, and for other purposes.

Referred to GeJ}eral Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Park of Troup-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1366 of the 'Code, and for other purposes.

"Referred to Committee on Education.

J3y 1\fr. Merritt of Hancock-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Hancock comity to pay criminal cost of the officers of the county court of said county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

'BJ." .Mr. Duncan of Houston-

Abill to be entitled an act to amend an act to pay pen-sio~ to Confederate s_oldiers or their widows. Approved
December 6th, 1897, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.
llh

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Mr. Brandon of Fulton, moved that House bill No. 162,. the same being a bill to provide for the levy and sale unde~ legal process of an interest or equity of redemption in real estate when the defendant does not O'Nn the legal title, and for other purposes, be made the special order for W ednesday, November 1st, 1899, after the special order already set.

Mr. Harrison of Quitman, moved to amend by addingthat 200 copies of the above bill be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed, as amended.
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, bill No. 226, being a bill to amend section 909 of the Code, was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Simpson of },filton, House bill No. 9.'),2,. being a bill to amend section 1254 of the Code, was tabled..
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, House bill No. 220,. the same being a bill to amend section 1262 of the Code was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, House bill No. 211, the same being a bill to amend sub section 11 of section 4082 of volume 2 of the Code was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Post of Coweta, House bill No. 246,. the sanie being a bill to amend section 3441 of the Code was tabled.

Mr. Pace of Newton, moved that House bill No. 249, the same being a bill to amend section 4205 of volume 2 of the Code, be made the special order for Wednesday November8th, 1899, which motion prevailed.

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Mr. Swift o Elbert, Chairman o the Joint Committee o the House and Senate to investigate the condition o the Northeastern Railroad, on the part of the House, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. President:
we, your committee appointed by virtue o the follow. ing resolution, to wit: "Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That a joint committee o three rom the Houga and two rom the Senate be appointed to investigate and report upon the operation and results o the Northeastern Railroad, and or other purposes," have made the investigation required by said resolution, and make the following report thereon:
1st. we find the physical condition o the road goodmuch improved under State management. \Ve consider the State fortunate in securing the services o the official,; who are now in control o said road.
2d. \Ve have examined into the financial condition of the road rom !fay 8, 1897, to June 30, 1899, and find that the financial operations o said road are conducted upon business principles. The results o said investigation are given elaborately in the tables o figures attached to this report.
Respectfully submitted. B. E. THRASHER, Chairman,
w. J. GREEN,
Senate Committee.

THOMAS M. SwiFT, Chairman. W. A. PosT,
Committee on part o House.

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Statement o:f remittances made to Governors W. Y- At- :kinson and A. D. Candler, per dates shown below:

Date.

To whom paid.

Amount.

Nov. 18, 1897 .. Ron. W. Y. Atkinson, Gov .. $6,000 00

March 9, 1898 .. Ron. W. Y. Atkinson, Gov .. 5,000 00

Oct. 27, 1898 .. Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, Gov .. 1,500 00

-Oct. 29, 1898 .. Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, Gov.. 702 47

Total ........................... $13,202 47

"Feb. 20, 1899 .. Hon. A. D. Candler, Gov .. $3,750 00 .March 21, 1899 .. Ron. A. D. Candler, Gov. . 3,500 00

Total. ........................... $7,250 00

Total amount paid to Governors to June 30,

1899 ........................... $20,452 47

Statement o:f remittances made by agents to Treasurer Irom May 8, 1897, up to and including June 30, 1899:

By whom remitted. From what station.

Amount.

T. W. Crews, Agent ......-\thens, Ga ..... $232,042 73

T. M. Daniel, Agent ...... Center, Ga. . . . . . C: H. Smith, Agent ...... Nicholson, Ga.... 'T. L. Smith, Agent . . . . . . Nicholson, Ga....

905 80 842 14 404 7:3

C. A. Bond, Agent ...... Harmony, Ga .... 72,947 46 J. W. Wood, Agent ...... Maysville, Ga.... 16,009 26

J. M. Garrison, Agent .... Gillsville, Ga. . . .
W. A. Crow, Agent ...... Gillsville, Ga. . . .
:r. W. Hooks, Agent ...... Lula, Ga. . . . . . . .

369 53 3,506 07 5,226 8.)

$332,254 fif} Total received :from other sources. . . . . . . . . 14,258 0~
"Total cash received :from all sources by Treasurer, :from l-fay 8, 1897, up to and including ..Tune 30, 1899 ....................... $346,512 6-t

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Included in the operating expenses, the following amounts have been expended for tools, material, etc., ao shown below, which were deemed necessary to put the road in good condition:
Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ $ 4,667 41: Track tools, angle bars, switches, switch stands
and spikes .......................... . 1,129 n
Cross-ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . 12,029 30 Bridges and trestles .................... . 3,774 81 Repairs to locomotives .................. . 7,239 02' Repairs to passenger equipment ........... . 2,374 30
$ 31,217 59
BALANCE SHEET.
To June 30, 189!). Debtor: Gross receipts ......................... $153,529 33 Due other lines ........ : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,001 51

$159,530 84
Creditor: Operating expenses ..................... $127,525 9! Paid to Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.452 47 Due by agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,497 4tt Due by other lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 42 Cash on hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,220 5.:>

$159,530 84
Gross earnings for the year ending June 30, 1898: Passenger ............................. $16,755 36 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,228 53 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 3:) Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,682 41
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... $72,332 70'

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Gross earnings from May 8, 1897, to June 30, 1899:

Passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... $ 36,485 69

Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,787 73

Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416 26

Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,822 57

Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

194 50

$153,706 75

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
.By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2219 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.
J3y Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1552, volume 1 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 103, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By ltir. Price of Oconee-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 508, volume :3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the Tassage of the bill, was disagreed to and the 1->ill was loF>t.

On motion of Mr. Post of Coweta, Rouse bill No. 274, the same being a bill to fix the price of Georgia reports, was tabled.

By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A hill to be entitled an act to republish certain Georgia Reports, 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 123 and the nays 0.

'f

..

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional

majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Chappell of Muscogee, House bill No. 280, the same being a bill to amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia was tabled.

Mr. \Voodall, of Talbot, moved that in the absence of the -author, Houoe bill No. 305, the same being a bill to prevent -certain persons from drawing pensions, and for other purposes, be tabled, which motion prevailed.

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By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the granting of permanent teachers' license to the graduates of Bowden College in the couuty of Carroll, and for other purpOf!8S.

The report of committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was disagreed to and the bill was lost.

. By unanimous consent, the folowing bills were introduced read the ;6.f~Uime, and appropriately referred, to wit:.
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb~

A resolution to authorize the board of trustees of theStatE) Sanitarium to pay J. W. Wilcox the sum of $400.00,. and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for otherpurposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the making, forging or counterfeiting cards, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled "an Act to incorporate the Germania Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act regulating the taking of fish in the streams of Whitfield county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters..
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to require the several public. institutions of this State to have a special day to pay all laborers, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Calvin of Richmond, House bill No. 193, the same being a bill to carry into effect paragraph 1 of section 4, article 8 of the State Constitution, and for other purposes, was taken from the table and recommitte!l to the Committee on Education.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, House bill No. 71, the same being a bill to amend section 2323 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes, was recommitted to Committee on General Judiciary.

The following joint resolution was introduced and read: the first time, to wit:

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J3y Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
.L\ resolution providing for the appointment of a special
,committee from the General Assembly to visit the State Normal School at Athens, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Carlton, the resolution with amend:lUents was tabled.
On motion of :Mr. Griffin of Greene, House bill No. 203, the same being a bill to amend paragraph 3, section 4, article 3 of the Constitution, was withdrawn.
On motion of Mr. Moore of Carroll, House bill No. 332, the same being a bill to move the county site of Wilcox county was made the special order for "\Vednesday N ovember 8th, 1899, after special order already set.
The following bills were, by unanimous consent, introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By !fr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2876 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to be entitled an act to require all persons offering -for sale hay, shucks, cottonseed hulls, etc., in bales, to mark Or stamp same, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

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'ByMr. Ellis o Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide compensation or expert witnesses, and or other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By }fr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to render physicians and sur;geons incompetent to testify in civil cases as to certain information acquired while consulting or attending a patient, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mr. Park of Greene, House bill No. 324, the same being a bill to require all persons or firms -doing a private banking business to have stamped on their tationery the words "not incorporated," was tabled.

By unanimous consent, the following bill was made the .special order after the orders already set for Wednesday, November 8th, 1899, to wit:
By 1Ir. Pace of Newton-
A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend paragraph 2, section 2, article 7 of the Constitution, and for other 1)urposes.
By unanimous consent, and upon request of Mr. Pace of Xewton, House bill No. 249, which was made the special order for "\Yednesday November 8th, 1899, was displaced.
On motion of Mr. Lane of Bibb, House bill No. 343, the same being a bill to provide for the record of judgments and decrees of mits transferring or affecting the titles to :real estate, etc., was tabled.

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The following bill was read the third time and put uporu its passage, to wit:

By :Mr. Lane of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4517 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 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 90, nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: :Mr. Rose of Camden, :Mr. vVatkins of Gilmer, Mr. Black of Whitfield, Mr. Hamby of Rabun, Mr. Jordan of .Jasper, Mr. Tatum of Dade.

On motion of :Mr. McLaughlin of :Meriwether, the Houeeadj'ourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga.,
Tuesday, October 31, 1899.
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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1Jpon the call o the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

.Adams,

Ellis,

Johnson of Bartow,

.Adamson,

Emanuel,

Johnson of Floyd,

Allen,

Easterlin,

Johnson of Lee,

Anderson,

Everett, of Stewart, Jones of Burke,

Arnold,

Farmer,

Jordan of Jasper,

Barron,

Felker,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Bass,

Fender,

Knowles,

Bennett of Mitchell, Freeman,

Lane of Bibb,

Bennett of Pierce, Franklin,

Lane of Early,

Beauchamp,

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Bell of Forsyth,

Fort,

Laing,

Bell of Spalding, Gay,

LaRoche,

Black of Dawson, George,

Latimer,

:Black of Whitfield, Gresham,

Lee,

Blalock,

Greene,

Longino,

Bond,

Griffin of Greene, Martin,

Bowen,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Bower,

Griffith,

Maxwell,

randon,

Hall,

Merritt,

Brown of Rryan,

Hammett,

Mitchell,

Brown of Carroll, Hardin of Liberty, Moore,

Bryan,

Hardin of Wilkes, Morris,

Bush,

Hardwick,

Mullens,

Bynum,

Harrison,

McCants,

()alvin,

Harris,

McCranie,

Carlton,

Harrell,

McDonald,

Carter,

Harvard,

McDonough,

Castleberry,

Hathcock,

1\IcElreach,

'Chappell,

Hendricks,

McFarland,

Cook,

Henderson of Washt'nMcGehee,

<Jopeland,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

<Jrossland,

Hill,

McLennan,

Darnell,

Howard,

McMillan,

David,

Hopkins,

McRae,

Denny,

Holder,

Newton,

Dews,

Hosch,

Ogletree,

Dickey,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

Drawdy,

Jarnagan,

Overstreet,

Duncan,

Johnson of Appling, Pace of Newton,

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Padgett,

Smith of Hall,

Pate of Gwinnett, Smith of Hancock,

Park of Greene,

Snell,

Park of Troup,

Spinks,

Post,

Speer,

Price,

Starr,

Rawls of Effingham, Stubbs,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Sturgiss,

Reid,

Stewart,

Reynolds,

Stone,

Richardson,

Swift,

Rogers,

Tanner,

Rudicil,

Tatum,

Simpson,

Taylor,

Singletary,

Tisinger,

Slaton,

Timmerman,

Sloan,

Tracy,

Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,. Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, 1\'atkins, West, Whiteley, williams of Emanuel,. Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those ahsent were Messrs.-

Everett of Polk, Hammond,

Hamby,

Johnson of Baker,

Henderson of Irwin, Rose.

~fr. Harris of Thomas, of the Committee on Journals~ reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.

The journal was read and confirmed.

:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Com~ mittee, submitted the following report:

Jfr. Speaker:
The General .fudiciary Committee have had under .con sideration the following House bills, which I am instructed: to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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Bill Ko. 215, which provides that insane persons for whom guardians have been appointed, may have the issueof their restoration passed upon by jurors from a panel composed of twelve men, instead of eighteen.

Bill No. 187, which provides for the stopping of prosecutions for seductions.

Bill No. 455, which provides for the making of affidavits out of the State, to be used in the State.

I am instructed to recommend that the following bills do not pass:

Bill No. 264, providing for the suppressing of mob violence, and the recovery for damages, for injuries sustained at the hands of any mob.
Bill No. 477, as amended, which requires judges of superior courts to render judgment at appearance term, on unconditional contracts in writing.
Respectfully submitted.
JoHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee,. submitted the following report:
M., . Spealcer:
The Committee on Special Judiciary have had under 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:

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A bill to change the time of holding the spring term of Milton county superior court, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to regulate the discharge of firearms in Richmond county, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to regulate hunting and fishing in Richmond -county, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to codify and amend the charter for the city -of Rome, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to authorize the sale of the Second Baptist

church property in the city of Columbus, Georgia~ and for

other purposes.

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Respectfully submitted.

RoLAND ELLis,
Chairman.

Mr. Jordan, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Jf1. Speaker:

The Committee on Agriculture have had under 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 relating to warehousemen in this State, and :for -other purposes.

Also, a bill to levy a tax on dogs, and for other purposes.

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The committee also instruct me to report the following bill back to the House, with the recommendation tliat the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to prohibit the sale and manufacture of cigarettes, etc., in this State.

Respectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAX, Chairman.

)[r. Cahin of Richmond, moved that 300 copies of House bill Xo. 214, which relates to bonded warehouse:;:, he printed foe the me of the Honse, which motion prevailed.
::\Ir. l <me~ of Burk<', moved that House hill No. 484, which relates to the Eale of cigarettes in this State, be withdrawn from the Committee on General Agriculture andrecommitted to Committee on Hygiene. The motion prevailed.
H: HlJallimons con;:ent the following bills we:re intro-
ducecl, nad the fiNt time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By ::\[r. Carter of Burke-
_.\ hill to l:e entitled an act to require the evidence in all cae~, lHlh criminal and civil, tried in the superior courts of thi::: Statl'. to Le reported, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Jwliciar.v Committee.

Hy ::\lr. Carter of Burke-
A bill to he entitled an act to facilitate the collection of claims hy 1nechanic~, cobblers, and other;:, and for othe1 purposes.
Referrctl to Committee on General Agriculture.
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By J\ir. Bower of Decatur-
.A bill to be entitled an act to extend the powers of the Hailroad Commissioner;., and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroad;;;.

.By Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the law of'year's 'SUpport as provided in section 3465 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture. J3y Mr. Beauchamp of Pike-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize private sanita-riums of this State to receive and treat patients who are victims o:f alcohol, morphine, etc., and :for other purpose;;.

Referred to State Sanitarium Committee.

By :Mr. Slaton o:f :Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the rate o:f inter.est chargeable against execution, administration, guardians .and trustees on money in their hand~ belonging to the estate they represent, and :for other purposes.

He:ferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. \Vatkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the casting of sawJust in the streams of this State, and :for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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:By Mr. Felker of Walton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the State and county school commissioners to prescribe and have used in tho eommon s<;hools of this State a text-book on chemistry as applied to agriculture, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
:By }fr. .}[cT){,nough of Chatham-

A bill to he entitJed an act to provide for the election of the clerk of Chatham county, and of the clerk of the city -court of s~wannah h;v the people, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General ~r udiciary Committee.
]3y Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the granting 0 ne\v trials, and for other purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
:By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the various acts which relate to the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.

Heferred t0 the General .Judiciary Committee.

Ry Mr. Felker of \Valton--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 834 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895, a,nd for other purposes.

Heferred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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By )[r. Felker of \Valton-

.\ bill to he entitled an act to prohibit any judge or justice of this State from becoming intoxicated, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee 011 Temperance.

By )fr. Greene of Clay--

A bill to l:e entitl0d an. act to reimlmrsp \. S. )fills, and for other purposes.
R?ferred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Hardin of Liberty--
A l.Jill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509 of volunw 2 of the Code of 18tl;), and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee. By ~lnsrs. IIardiu of Lilwrty and Drawdy of' \Yayne-

A Je3o1ntion for the relief of ~\ ..J. Dclk, of Lihert;v coun;y. and \Y. D. T,yons, D. K Price and E. S. Fishback, of \\rayne co11nty, and for other purpo~P".
1\,,ferred to Committee on .Appropriations.

::\ir. Hamby, chairmar. on part of th0 H on~e of spe0id cmnmitice to imesti~ate the C0ological Department, snhllli~ 1f d 1he following report:

Jfr. ,'-'palter:
At" the last session of the (;pneral ~\sscmhly the following joint resolution was passed hy the Senate and concurred in by the Honse, to wit:

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House be appointed to investigate the 'Geological Department and report their findings as soon as possible after the adjournment of the General Assembly to the Governor of Georgia, with power to summon witnesses and to compel the production of all necessary books, papers and documents.
Your special committee appointed under this resolutio11 on behalf of 'the House submit the following report:
On January - , 1899, the. full committee met at the Capitol in Atlanta, and continued their session from day to day and from week to week until thBir labors were finished. The investigations of this committee were most thorough and painstaking, and every witness who could throw any light possible upon the operations of this department, the competency, skill and energy of the present State Geologist, and of the importance of this department to the State as one of its established institutions, was called and examined and his testimony recorded.
In like m~nner, every possible book, paper, r~cC?rd, .file or {]ocument, throwing any light on any of these subjects, wa3 carefully examined, and the result of all this examination was summed up and embodied in our report tohis Excellency, the Governor, which \\-e filed with him, together with all of the evidence on which it was based.

\Ye attach, as a part of this report, a copy of our findings submitted to his Excellency, the Governor, leaving out the written evidence, as this is too voluminous to be embodied in or attached to this report, and as the same is now on file in executive office easily accessible if needed.

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An itemized statement of the expenses of this committee, together with the time we were engaged, has been examined and approved by the full committee and will be submitted to the Appropriations Committee and the House.

Having discharged all the duties required of us under said resolution, your special committee ask to be discharged.

REPORT TO THE GOVERXOR OF THE C0}.1:}.fiTTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE GEOJ,OGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The undersigned committee on the part of the House and Senate have made a careful and full investigation under the resolution and beg hereby to report to your Excellency as provided.
It was hoped that our work would be facilitated by the fact that at the last session a joint committee had undertaken a part of the same work, giving such time to it as could be spared from other public duties; but its records, owing to the necessarily limited time at the disposal of that committee, were so, meagre and incomplete as to be of no practical assistance to us.
The investigation has been conducted with a VIew to finding out:
1. Does Georgia need a Geological Department~
2. Is the department properly conducted by the pre::~ent State Geologist?

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THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED.
In arriving at conclusions on these points, it was neces"ary to inspect the offices and records of the _State Geologist and his aosistants, as well as the collection of specimens of Georgia's mineral and other resources known as the State Museum, and to receive a mass of te11timony, and tlie conclusions reached were based upon the inspections made and the testimony received. We have pleasure in saying that the offices and records of the State Geologist and his assistants are in excellent shape, and it is highly gratifying to lH to find in the State museum a collection of minerals, ores, metals, building stones, woods, etc., whose development flhoulcl ancl.no doubt will in time make Georgia one of the wealthiest States in the Union. This collection has been exhibited at expositions in Atlanta, X ashville and Omaha, where it attracted much favorable attention, and that part of it devoted to marbles and granitBS is acknowledged to be the finest State collection of the kind ever exhibited in this country.

For years there has been a doubt in the minds of many men as to whether or not the geological department for this State should be continued, and since the establishment of that bureau, there has not been a legislature that did not contain quite a considerable number of members who were in favor of its abolishment. This was natural, as the department is something apart from the usual and indispensable machinery of government, and as the money appropriated to it was in the nature of an experimental investment, and the results very frequently were indirect. If such an expenditure of public !lloney is profitable to the taxpayers of the State, the fact is best established by a careful scrutiny of the property returned for taxation as the direct nnd indirect work of the bureau in discovering hidden re-

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sources, establishing new industries, and inducing investments from foreign capital, thus increasing the tax returns and correspondingly lowering the rate.
These considerations constitute a reason for official inwstigation into the bureau, for if the results obtained by the department are not commensurate with the cost, the taxpayers, whatever their pecuniary circumstances, should not be required to pay the unnecessary tax; if, on the other hand, the investment is a fruitful one, and saves i.n taxes more than it costs, the representatives of the people would increaec the tax burden by abolishing the department.

'Ve take occasion to say here that throughout we have endeavored to pursue the investigation in such manner a.,; would leave no doubt as to whether or not the .investment was a profitable one, and as would obviate the expense of future investigations under that head.

TIIE DE:MAKD FOR THE DEPARTUE:XT.
In considering whether or not Georgia needed a Geological Department, mstained by the State, we have taken th<3 ,iew that the existence of such a need depended upon the eharacter and extent of her mineral and other resources, developed and undeveloped, that came under such a department. It is useless to say, as was said before the department was established, and has been said since, that the interests to be developed are private interests, and therefore the expense should be borne by individual owners; for whil0 that objection to a geological bureau would be a controlling one if Georgia had a monopoly in these things, it loses much of its force when one discovers that there are like resource:-; in other States, that other States sustain geological bureaus

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'io achertise them, and that if Georgia has the resources and does not adopt similar methods, she will be neglected by i1westors in such property, and her sources of that character \Yill likely be undeveloped. It should also be borne in mind (and this idea permeates the testimony given befort' the committee by experts, buyers, sellers, business men interested in the State's material development and others) that given a State with such resources, official information i8 absolutely necessary to attract the serious attention of investors. Investors can travel much faster toward a deal if backed by the reports of an official department, having nnder examination that class of investments. The official n>ports are supposed to speak the truth, and therefore they carry great weight. l~nofficial reports, while frequently tlwy may be correct, are regarded with suspicion, and receive scarcely any attention from investors. Another consideration is that the objection referred to, if carried into <-ffect, wonld work a hardship upon the public generally; for while the mmers of the property described derive the greatest benefit from its advertisement and development through a State bureau, the benefit is also general, since the proper(' so advertised and developed not only brings capital from other States and increases the value of property, thus increasing the tax returns and lowering the tax rate, but its development gives employment to labor, puts more money in circulation at home, and cheapens prices to our mvn people of the products.
THE TESTDIONY DELIVERED.
The testimony before the committee under this head was conclusive. There are in Georgia, according to exJlerts, between 40 and 50 minerals, ores, metals, stones,

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etc., of economic value, some in small quantities so far asc is known, and probably not justifying development, but many of them inviting investment and promising surprisingly good returns. The list is as follows:

Ores, :Metals, etc., of Economic Value--Gold, silver (in minute quantities in galena); copper (principally in th~ form of chalcopyrite, an iron copper sulphide); iron (as magnetite, hematite, limonite and siderite, the last rare); manganese (in the form of oxides); aluminum (as bauxite); lead (as galena, pyromorphite, etc., the second rare).

:Miscellaneous :Minerals and Stones-Asbestos, talc,. ocher, monazite, chromite (not yet found in large quantities), beryl, garnet, corundum, huhrstone, chert, rutile, marl, phosphate, rock crystal, amethyst, moonstone, barite (commercial name, barytes), graphite, zircon, parite (sulphuric acid ore), kaolin and other clays (usually mixtures), molybdenite, dolomite (magnesian limestone), valcite (crystallized and marble), limestone, fire opal, diamond, muscovite (mica), millerite (nickel sulphide, rare), slate, granite, gneiss, serpentine, caen stone ( ?), amphibolite, diorite,. diabase, coal, tripoli, red sandstone.

WHAT WITXESSES TESTIFIED TO.
After this enumeration it scarcely seems necessary to quote opinions of witnesses as to the mineral wealth of Georgia, and the need of a.geological bureau, but these opilJions, if not yet necessary, are interesting. It was stated before the committee that Georgia led all the other State~. in ochre, was second as to manganese, and high in marble,, iron and gold. The bulletin of the State Geological De-

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pnrtment on marbles shows that in 1893 the production of illarble in Georgia waR greater than that in any other Statet'xcept Vermont, the output being valued at $261,666.

One witness has testified that his firm alone ships annually 20,000 cars of granite.

BUILDINGS OF GEORGIA :MARBLE.
In the last six or seven years the following large structnres have been built of Georgia marble: St. Luke's Hospital, New York, in which $240,000 worth of the stone was used; the Corcoran Art Gallery in "\Vashington; thee State Mutual Life Association building, in "\Vorcester,. ~Iass., a $1,000,000 structure; the Century building (an office building) in St. Louis, costing several hundred thou<:and dollarE; a part of the Congressional Library of the United States, in which 252 car-loads of Georgia marblewas used; and at present the State capitols of Rhode Island' and Minnesota are being built of Georgia marble.
In Bartow county; Georgia, the annual output of iron ore, ochre and manganese is $140,000 to $150,000: A witness has testified that the iron ores of Georgia were aloneof enough importance to justify retaining the department, another that Georgia offered a class of gold mining not found in any other State; another that as a mineral region Georgia was entitled to more attention than the rest of the Piedmont region together; another that Georgia was more susceptible to mineral development than any other State, except, perhaps, North Carolina; another that the minerai resources of the State would justify an annual appropriation <;>f $20,000; another that the possibilities of the State in mineral uevelopment were almost unlimited; and so or:.

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IX\~~\.LCABLE TO THE STATE.

One witne~o stated tersely, referring to Georgia's re:::onrccs in this line, that a State that could take a supposed Yalucle~s property and make it valuable would become rich. The te,timony, as it relates to the needs of the departn~eut, abounds in expressions snell as, ''It could not be spared;" 'It is of the utmost importance;" "It is one of the most .-alnable institutions sustained by the State," and "It would l:e the greatest lllisfortune to lose it."

SHOCLD "KOT ABOLISH.
lt i~. worthY of remark tltat while some of the witnesses criticized the conduct of the department, the great preronderance of testimmy was against its abolishment; and it must Le borne in mind that the committee invited and gave ample opportunity for testimony adverse to the retention of the department.
The committee made inCJuiry as to whether or not the State could ~afely abolish the State bureau, and depend upon the federal government for surveys in Georgia. Thr:; federal goYernment has done some work in Georgia in the last few year!", but the testimony indicated that it was uncertain whether. or not it would be conti~ued, as such work ,\as done by political influence, and that already obtained in this State was through a Georgian who was at that time Secretary of the Interior. It \vas testified that the work of the State and that of the federal government was not independent, but co-operative, and that with even the federal government doing work in Georgia, a State bureau for giving information in detail would be necessary.

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VALUABLE TO THIS STATE.

The committee, after inspection of the State museum and careful consideration of testimony, are of the opinion that a Geological Department, if properly conducted, is of inestimable value to Georgia, and we beg so to report t) your Excellency, recommending at the same time that the Department for Georgia be continued, and that the conditional legislative appropriation for its maintenance b2 made available, provided the undue delay in getting out the bulletins, which delay was 1rought to our attention b:ywitnesses, be first corrected by the Governor of the State, who is hereby requested to satisfy himself that there will be no future delay before he authorizes its use.

It is proper to say that from the testimony, in the opinion of the committee, it would seem unjust to charge thi'l delay solely either to the State Geologist or the State print ers, and that to an extent both are responsible for it, and while it is a matter that justifies the very general and adverse public criticism which it has received and in which we join, and calls 'for correction, yet, in view of the divided responsibility for it, we do not think it such misconduct if not repeated as would authorize the discharge ofthe present State Geologist.

\Ve arc of the opinion from the testimony, both writte:1 and oral, that the State Geologist, Professor \\r. S. Yeates, is competent as a mineralogist and geologist to dischargP the duties of hiR ofiice, and furthermore that he has shown efficiency in the work of collecting a State museum, and m that embraced in the bulletins issued.

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SHOuLD STAY IN HIS OFFICE.
1\re recommend that in view of the fact that there are 1nany visitors to the office of the Geologist, some of whom .are prospective investors in Georgia property, the Geologist, when not in the field, be in his office more during office l~ours than he has been in the past, and that whenever it. is necessary for him to have seclusion for official work, he particularly designate one of the Assistant Geologists, if such assistant is not in the field, to receive visitors in his stead during such time.

\Ve append to this report to your Excellency the testimony heard before the committee.
Respectfully submitted. S. T. Wingfield, Ch'm. }f. T. Perkins,
Committee on the Part of the Senate.

R. E. A. Hamby, Ch'm. G. W. M. Tatum, Geo. "\V. Adams,
Committee on the Part of the House.
Respectfvlly submitted. ROBT. E. A. HAMBY,
Chairman Committee on Part of the House.
The following bills, which were made the special orde~ for to-day, \Yere taken up, read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:

By 1fr. \Yatkins of Gilmer-

A hill to be entitled an act to Hmend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the -passage o:f the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was los~.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a permanent commission to select school books in each county of this State, .and for other purpo&es.
~Ir. Bell, of Forsyth, moved that the bill, together with the amendments, be tabled, and that 300 copies be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.
By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-

A bill to he entitled an act to amend section 3441 of the Code, and for othe~ purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th':l passage of the bill, was agreed to.
L pon the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, and the nays 0.
So the bill, having received the requisite constitutiom!l majority, was passed.

Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Corporations having had nnder con&ideration a hill to Le entitled an act to amend the act ine6rporating the town of Raccoon, in Chattooga county,

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excluding certain lands from its incorporation, beg leaYe tO> report the same back, with the recommendation that it paEs, as amended by the committPe.

Hespectfnlly snLmitted.

,LUrES P. DFXCAX, Chairman.

By nnammons consent the follmYing resolutions wer} introdneed, read the first time an<l appropriately referred, to wit:

By 1[r. "'\Jkn of Bald,Yin-

A joint resolntion to appropriate $t, L)7 to the Bof!rd of Directors of the Georgia X ormal all<l Industrial College, for certain repairs to the college property, and for othe1 pnrposee.

HderrPd to Committee on ~\pprnpriation,;:.

The following resolution was intro<lncecl by the mcmbcr> of the Honse of the Special .Toint Committee of the Honc and Senate appointe<] to inYestigate thc Geological Department:

~\ resolution proYiding for tl1<> 1;aYment of the cxpensc,; of the Geological Department imestigation, and for othc-:_ Jlllrpo8es.

Referred to Committee on ~\ppropriation;;.

On m0tion of 1Ir. 1[cFarland nf Franklin, bill Xo. 3fl7. being a hill to change the time of holding the superior com t of Franklin county, and for other purposes, was withdrawn.

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193

Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that House bill No. 392, relat~ ing to the appointment of commissioners to consent on behalf of the State, be tabled, as the author was absent, which motion prevailed.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the business of insurance brokers in this State, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that a call of the roll be had to ascertain whether or not a quorum be present, which motion prevailed.

lipon the call of the roll those answering to their names

were )fessrs.-

.

Adams,

Bryan,

Adamson,

Bush,

Allen,

Bynum,

Anderson,

Calvin,

Arnold,

Carlton,

Barron,

Carter,

B1ss,

Chappell,

B~nnett of Mitchell, Copeland,

R:mnett of Pirce, Crossland,

Beauchamp,

Denny,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dews,

Black of Dawson, Dickey,

Bcmd,

Drawdy,

B~wer,

Duncan,

Brandon,

Ellis,

13 h

Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett,

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Hardin of Liberty, Moore,

Smith of Hancock,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mullens,

Snell,

Harris,

McCants,

Spinks,

Harrell,

McCranie,

Sturgis,

Harvard,

McDonald,

Stewart,

Hendricks,

McElreath,

Stone,

Henderson of Washt'nMcFarland,

Swift,

Herring,

McGehee,

Tanner,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Tatum,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Taylor,

Holder,

Newton,

Tisinger,

Hosch,

Ogletree,

Timmerman,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

Tracy,

Jarnagan,

Pace of Newton,

Walker of Brooks,

Johnson of Bartow, Padgett,

Walker of Crawford,

Jones of Burke,

Pate of Gwinnett, Walker of Union,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park of Greene,

Watkins,

Knowles,

Park of Troup,

West,

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Effingham, \Villiams of Emanuel,

Lane of Sumter,

Bawls of \Vilkinson, Williams of Lumpkin,

Laing,

Reynolds,

Willingham,

LaRoche,

Richardson,

Wood,

Lee,

Rogers,

Woodal,

Longino,

Rudicil,

Wooten,

Merritt.

Singletary,

Yates,

Mitchell,

Slaton,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Castleberry, Cook, Darnell, David, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Felker, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardwick, Harrison, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Howard, Johnson of Appling. Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson, of Lee, Jordan of .Tasper, Lane of Early, Latimer, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Morris, McDonough,

McMillan, McRae, Overstreet, Post, Price, Reid, Rose, Simpson, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Whiteley.

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On counting the call it was found that 120 member~ were present.

A quorum being present, the House resumed the business before it.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 17.
So the bill, having re'ceived the requisite constitutional 1najority, was passed by substitute.

On motion of Mr. Moore of Carroll, House bill No. 423, to change the time of holding the superior courts of the counties of Heard and Carroll, was tabled.
The following privilege resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Park of Greene-

Resolved, That the privileges of the floor of the House be extended the Ron. Robert L. MeWhorter, of the county of Greene, during his stay in the city.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members:.
:M~ssrs. Pace of Newton, Everett of Polk, Johnson of Fioy~
'Sloar.. of Hall.

On motion of }fr. Mitchell of Thomas, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday, November 1, 1899.

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 the roll, those answering to their names were J\fessrs.-

Adams, Adamson,
Ali Em,
Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, 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, Carlton, Carter, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, D.ews,

Dickey,

Hill,

Drawdy,

Hopkins,

Duncan,

Holder,

Elli~,

Hosch,

Emanuel,

Jarnagan,

Easterlin.

.Johnson of Appling,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Bartow,

Farmer,

Johnson of Floyd,

Felker,

.Johnson of Lee,

Fender,

Jones of Burke,

Freeman,

Jordan of _.Jasper,

Franklin,

Jordan of Pulaski,.

Ford,

Knowles,

Fort,

Lane of Bibb,

Gay,

Lane of Early,

George,

Lane of Sumter,

Gresham,

Laing,

Greene,

LaRoche,

Griffin of Greene, Latimer,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lee,

Griffith,

Longino,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Hardin of J,iberty, Maxwell,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Harrison,

Moore,

Harrell.

Morris,

Harvard.

Mullens,

Hathcock,

McCants.

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nMcDonald,

Herring,

McDonough,

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197

McElreath,

Richardson,

McFarland,

Rogers,

McGehee,

Rose,

McLaughlin,

Rudicil,

McLennan,

Simpson,

McMillan,

Singletary,

McRae,

Slaton,

Newton,

Sloan,

Ogletree,

Smith of Hall,

Ousley,

Smith of Hancock,

Overstreet,

Snell,

Pace of Newton,

Spinks,

Padgett,

Speer,

Pate of Gwinnett, Starr,

Park of Greene,

Stubbs,

Park of Troup,

Sturgis,

Post,

Stewart,

Price,

Stone,

Rawls of Effingham, Swift,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Tanner,

Reid,

Tatum,

Reynolds,

Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins,
'Vest, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood,
'Voodal, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Blalock, Castleberry, Cook, Everett of Polk,

Hammond,

Howard,

Hamby,

Hutchins,

Henderson of Irwin, Johnson of Baker.

Mr. Bond of Madison, Chairman of the Commitee on Journals, reported that the joumal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.

The journal was read and confirmed.

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

Jlfr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority, the following Senate bill, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the eligibility of county school commissioners, and making sueh officers ineligible as teachers in the comm~n schools of this State, and to prescribe penalties therefor.

Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had und~r considei-ation the following bill of tha
House, which they instruct me to report back to the House
with the recol)'lmendation that the same do not pass:

A bill to be-entitled an act to alter and amend article 3t section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of this State,. by striking therefrom the words occurring therein after the figures "1878" and before the word "no" and insei:t;ing in lieu thereof the following, "and biennially thereafter on the same day until the day shall be changed by la,w, and for other purposes."

Hespectfully submitted.

_J. M. PACE, Chairman.

The Speaker announced the following committee assign-.: ments, to wit:

Ron. G. H. Williams of Emanuel, Committee on Counties and County Matters, Committee on General Judiciary, Committee on Corporations, Committee on Penitmitiary, Committee on .Pensions, Committee on Privileges an.-I Elections.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER I, 1899.

199

Hon. H. H. Carlton of Clarke, Committee on Education, Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Military, Committee on Banks, Committee on General ,Judiciary.

Hon. E. Tanner of Coffee, Committee on Education, Committee on Pensions, Committee on Roads and Bridge;:, Committee on Manufactures, Committee on Academy for the Blind, Committee on Corporations.

Hon. W. "\V. Walker of Brooks, Committee on Appropriations, Committee on General Agriculture, Committee on State Sanitarium, Committee on Education, Committee on Special Judiciary.

Hon. J. F. "\Vest of White, Committee on Counties and County Matters, Committee on "\Vays and Means, Committee on General Agriculture, Committee on TemperancJ, Committee on Education, Committee on Pensions.

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

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-

A hill to be entitled an act to amend section 4786 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Willingham of Monroe, House biH No. 221, known as the "Temperance Bill," was m~de the special order for Tuesday, November 7th, 1899, immediately after the reading of the Journal.

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l\[r. Brandon of Fulton, asked that House bill No. 16L whlch was made the special order for to-day, be displaced, ~md that the same be made the special order for to-morrow, after special order already set, which request was granted.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution tendering the hall of the House of Repre sentatives to the State Prohibition Association, for the night of November 1, 1899.
The following bills, which were made special orders for to-day, were read the third time and put upon their passage: to wit:

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2185 (719a) of the Code of Georgia, relating to the qualification and appointment of Railroad Commissioners, and for other purposes.
The committee offered to amend as follows:

Amend by striking out in the first section of said bill, in the seventh line of said section, between the words, "time and commissioner," the word "three," and inserting in lie11 thereof the word "one," and by striking from said section after the word "election" in the seventh line thereof, tho following: "one for the term of two years, one for the term <>f four years, and one for the term of six years," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: "for the term of six years," and by adding at the end of section two of said bill the following: "the commissioner whose term of office ex-

wEDNESDAY, NoVE;\IBER 1, 1899.

201

pires October 14th, 1901, shall be appointed by the Gov-<.'rnor to hold his office until his successor is selected by the people, which commissioner shall be elected at the general -election in October, 1902, and the commissioner whose term of office expires October 14, 1903, shall be appointed by the Governor to hold his office until his successor i;; elected, which election shall take place at the general elee tion in October, 1904."

l\Ir. Duncan of Houston, moved that the bill, togethe: with amendments, be tabled.

On this motion, ~Ir. Bell of Forsyth, called for th~ 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.-

-.Arnold. Bennett of Pierce, .Brown of Carroll, Bynum, 'Copeland, Darnell, Duncan, Farmer, Fort, <George,

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Hardin of Wilkes, McGehee,

Hardwick,

Rawls of Wilkinscn,

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Knowles,

Snell,

Mayson,

Tatum,

Maxwell,

Tanner,

Morris,

Walker of Crawford.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Black of Dawson,

Adamson,

Black of Whitfield,

Allen,

Bond,

Barron,

Bowen,

Bennett of Mitchell, Brandon,

Beauchamp,

Brown of Bryan

.Bell of Forsyth,

Bryan,

.Bell of Spalding, Calvin,

Carter, Crossland, David, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel,

202

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Gay, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee,

Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Lane of Sumter,

Sloan,

Laing,

Smith of Hancock,

Lee,

Spinks,

Longino,

Speer,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Merritt,

Stewart,

Moore,

Stone,

Mullens,

Taylor,

McCants,

Tisinger,

McCranie,

Timmerman,

McDonald,

Tracy,

McFarland,

Walker of Union,

McLennan,

Watkins,

Newton,

West,

Ogletree,

Whiteley,

Ousley,

Williams of Emanuel,.

Padgett,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Pate of Gwinnett, Willingham,

Park of Greene,

Wood,

Post,

Woodal,

Price,

Wooten,

Rawls of Effingham, Yates,

Rogers,

Mr. Speaker.

Simpson,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Bass, Blalock, Bower, Bush, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Denny, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Gresham, Hammond, Hamby, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, McRae,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Hutchins,

Pace of Newton,.

Jarnagan,

Park of Troup;

Johnson of Appling, Reynolds,

Johnson of Baker, Richardson,

Johnson of Floyd, Rose,

Jones of Burke,

Slaton,

Jordan of Jasper Smith of Hall,""

Lane of Early,

Starr,

LaRoche,

Sturgis,

Latimer,

Swift,

Mitchell,

Turner of Henry,

McElreath.

Turner of Rockdale,.

McLaughlin,

Upchurch,

McMillan,

Walker of Brooks.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 1, 1899.

203:

Mr. Sloan of Hall mo~ed to dispense with the verification of the r~ll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote, it was found that the ayes were28; nayJ:d}9; the motion to table was therefore lost.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

Upon motion of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the previous question was ordered.

Mr. Sloan of Hall, 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,

Darnell,

Adamson,

David.

Barron,

Dickey,

Bass,

Drawdy,

Bennett of Mitchell, Ellis,

Beauchamp,

Emanuel,

Bell of Forsyth,

Everett of Stewart,

Bell of Spalding, Farmer,

Black of Dawson, Felker,

Bond,

Fender,

Bowen,

Freeman.

Bryan,

Franklin,

Bush,

Ford,

Bynum,

Fort,

Calvin,

Gay;

Carlton,

George,

Carter,

Gresham,

Chappell,

Greene,

Copeland,

Griffin of Greene,

Crossland,

Griffith,

Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Washt'n Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Bartow~ Johnson of Lee, Lane of Bibb,. Lane of Sumter. Laing, LaRoche,

'204

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Lee, Longino, Martin. Mayson, Moore, Mullens, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McC'..ehee, McLennan, McMillan, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Padgett. Pate of Gwinnett,

Park of Greene,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Taylor,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Tisinger,

Reynolds.

Timmerman,

Richardson,

Tracy,

Rogers,

Turner of Henry,

Rudicil,

Turner of Rockdale,

Simpson,

Walker of Crawford,

Singletary,

Walker of Union,

Sloan,

Watkins,

Snell,

West,

Spinks,

Whiteley,

Speer,

Williams of Emanuel,

Stubbs,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Sturgis,

Willingham,

Stewart,

'Voodal,

Stone,

Wooten,

Swift,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

~ennett of Pierce, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Duncan, Griffin of Twiggs, Hardin of Wilkes,

.Jones of Burke, Knowles, Maxwell, Merritt, Morris, McDonough,

Newton, Post, Reid, Slaton, Smith of Hancock.

Those not voting were ltfessrs.-

.Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brown of Bryan, -<Jastleberry, Cook, Denny, Dews, Easterlin, _Everett of Polk, Jfammond,

Hamby,

Mitchell,

Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Park of Troup,

Hutchins,

Price,

Jarnagan,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Baker, Starr,

Johnson of Floyd, Tatum,

Jordan of Jasper, Upchurch,

Jordan of Pulaski, Walker of Brooks,

Lane of Early,

Wood,

Latimer,

Mr. Speaker.

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On motion of Mr. Copeland of vValker, the verification
of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 114, and the nays 17.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion of Mr. Singletary of Schley, House bill N. . 305, to prevent certain persons from drawing pensions, wn,; taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.
Mr. Willingham of Monroe, moved that 500 copies vf House bill No. 221, known as the "Temperance Bill," b; printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.
The special orders of the day were again taken up, read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution, which relates to the power of taxation to be exercised by the General Assembly, and for other purposes.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb offered the following amendment, t,) wit:

To amend by striking out the figures "4 mills" wherever they occur, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "5. mills."
The amendment was lost.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage, was agreed to.

Mr. Sloan of Hall 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,

Hardin of Liberty, Richardson,

Arnold,

Hardwick,

Rogers,

Barron,

Harrison,

Rudicil,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harris,

Simpson,

Bennett of Pierce, Hendricks,

Singletary,

Bell of Forsyth,

Herring,

Sloan,

Bell of Spalding, Hill,

Hmith of Hancock,

Black of Dawson, Hopkins,

Snell,

Bower,

Holder,

Stubbs,

Brown of Bryan, Johnson of Appling, Sturgis,

Bryan,

Johnson of Bartow, Stone,

Bush,

.Jones of Burke,

Swift,

{)alvin,

Laing,

Tanner,

Carlton,

J,aRoche,

Taylor,

Carter,

Martin,

Tisinger,

Chappell,

Mayson,

Timmerman,

Copeland,

Morris,

Tracy,

Darnell,

Mul ens,

Turner of Henry,

David,

McCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,

Drawdy,

McDonald,

Walker of Crawford,

Duncan,

McDonough,

Walker of Union,

Ellis,

McElreath,

Watkins,

Emanuel,

McFarland,

West,

Farmer,

McGehee,

Whiteley,

Felker,

McLennan,

Williams of Emanuel,

Franklin,

Newton,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Ford,

Ogletree,

Willingham,

Gay,

Padgett,

'Vood,

Greene,

Park of Greene,

Woodall,

Griffin of Greene, Post,

Yates,

Hall,

Rawls o( Effingham, Mr. Speaker.

Hammett,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

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207

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adamson;

Freeman,

Merritt,

Allen,

Fort,

Moore,

Beauchamp,

Gresham,

McCants,

Black of Whitfield, Griffin of Twiggs, Ousley,

Bond,

Griffith,

Overstreet,

Bowen,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pate.of Gwinnet.t,

Brandon,

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

Brown of Carroll, Hosch,

Reynolds,

Bynum,

Knowles,

Slatou,

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Spinks,

Dickey,

Lane of Sumter, Stewart,

Everett of Stewart, Lee,

Wooten.

Fender,

Longino,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Bass, Blalock, Castleberry, Cook, Denny, Dews, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, George, Hammond, Hamby, Harrell, Harvard,

Hathcock,

McLaughlin,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Howard,

McRae,

Hutchins,

Pace of Newton,

Jarnagan,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Baker, Price,

Johnson of Floyd, Rose,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Jordan of Jasper, Speer,

Jordan of Pulaski, Starr,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Maxwell,

Walker of Brooks,

Mitchell,

On motion of Mr. Sloan of Hall, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, and the nays 8.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutionaJ majority of a two-thirds of the House, was therefore lost..

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JouRNAL oF THE Homm.

:1Ir. Ellis gave notice that on to-morrow he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the bill of :Mr. Chappell of 1-Iuscogee, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1, paragraph 1, article 7 of the Constitution.

Leaves of absence were granted the following member:;: :Messrs. Denny of Floyd, Walker of Brooks, Whiteley of Glascock.

:\fr. Gresham of Burke moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock a.m., which motion prevailed.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, X ovember 2, 1899.

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

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their name!'l were Messrs.-

Adams. Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron,

Bass,

Black of Whitfield,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bond.

Beauchamp,

Bowen,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bower,

Bell of Spalding, Brandon.

Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan.

THuRsDAY, NovEMBER 2, 1899.

209

Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, news, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncnn, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, :Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard,
Uh

Hathcock,

Newton,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Washt'nOusley,

Herring,

Overstreet,

Hill,

Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Padgett,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Hutchins,

Post,

Jarnagan,

Price,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of wilkinson,

Johnson of Bartow, Reid,

Johnson of Floyd, Reynolds,

Johnson of Lee,

Richardson,

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Rose,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Knowles,

Simpson,

Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Lane of Early,

Slaton,

Lane of Sumter,

Smith of Hall,

Laing,

Smith of Hancock,

LaRoche,

Snell,

Lee,

Spinks,

Longino,

Speer,

Martin,

Starr,

Mayson,

Stubbs,

Maxwell,

Sturgis,

Merritt,

Stewart,

Mitchell,

Stone,

Moore,

Swift,

Morris,

Tanner,

Mullens,

Tatum,

McCants,

Taylor,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

McDonald,

Timmerman,

McDonough,

Tracy,

McElreath,

Turner of Henry,

McFarland,

Turner of Rockdale,

McGehee,

Upchurch,

McLaughlin,

'Valker of Brooks,

McLennan,

Walker of Crawford,

McMillan,

Walker of Union,

McRae,

Watkins,

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West,

'Villingham,

Whiteley,

Wood,

Williams of Emanuel,Woodall,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Bennett, of Pierce, Blalock Castleberry, Everett of Polk,

Hammond,

Latimer,

Hamby,

Rawls of Effingham~

Henderson of Irwin. Sloan.

Johnson of Baker,

The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read ami confirmed.
Mr. Ellis of Bibb repeated the notice he gave on yesterday that he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the bill by Mr. Chappell of Muscogee, the same being a bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, which relates to the power of taxation by the General Assembly, and for other purposes.
Mr. Slaton of Fulton asked unanimous consent to introduce the following joint resolution, the request was granted and the same was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A joint resolution providing for the joint session of the Senate and House for the purpose of receiving Admiral "\V. S. Schley, of the United States Navy, on November4, 1899.

On motion of !fr. Slaton the resolution was ordered in,mediately transmitted to the Senate.

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The following message was received from the Senat~ 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 be er,titled an act to repeal section 397, volume :} o.f the Code of Georgia of 1895.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 600 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

~Ir. Ellis of Bibb, in conformity with his previous notice, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in defeating the following bill, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1: section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Chappell of Muscogee then moved that the rules oi
the House be suspended for the purpose of putting said bill upon its passage, which motion prevailed.

The bill was as follows:

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State, which relates to the power of taxation, to be exercised by the General Assembly, by adding at the end of said paragraph a proviso, limiting the power of the General Assembly t) levy and assess a tax for any purposes, exceeding fourtenths of one per centum, except for specified purposes, and to provide for the submission of the same to the people for ratification, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority o the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that . paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution o this State, which relates to the powers of taxation ovet the State of Georgia, to be exercised by the General Assem bly, shall be amended by adding at the end thereof, tht~ following proviso: "Provided, however, that the General Assembly shall have no power to levy or assess taxes o:: any purposes whatever, exceeding in the aggregate four tenths of one per centum, after the first day of January, J 905, except for the purpose of suppressing insurrection, Tepelling invasion and defending the State in time of war.:'
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority afore-said, That whenever the proposed amendment of the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly: the Governor of this State shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be pub lished in at least two newspapers in each congressional district in this State, for the period of two months previous to the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above proposed amendment shall be sub mitted for ratification or rejection of the electors of thia State, at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided for in the second section of this act, in the several congressional districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to yote, who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly.
All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For ratification of the amendment.of paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Con

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stitution of this State, limiting the power of taxation of the General Assembly," and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "Against the ratification of amendment of paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution, limiting the power of taxation of the General Assembly."
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That thfl Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to providE) for the submission of the foregoing proposed amendment of the Constitution of thi." State to a vote of the people, as provided by the Constitution of this State in paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 13, and by this act; and if the same be ratified, the. Governol' shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in same manner as in case 9f elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation and cause the same to be inserted one time in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the said amendment ratified.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That all laws and parts o laws, in c~nflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb offered the following amendment, to wit:

To amend by striking out "4 mills," wh~rever it occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof "5 mills."

On motion of Mr. Copeland of "\Valker, the previous question was ordered on the bill and pending amendment.

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The amendment of )fr. Ellis of Bibb, to strike out "4. mills" where,er it occur, and insert "5 mills," wa3 adopted.

This hill contemplating an amendment to the ConstitHtion, the a,ve3 and na,vs we>re ordered, and on taking a ballot viva Yoce, the Yote was as follows:

Those Yoting in the affirmative were "Messrs.-

Adams,

Felker,

Maxwell,

Adamson,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

Anderson,

Ford,

Morris,

Arnold,

Fort,

Mullens,

Barron,

Gay,

McCranie,

Bass,

George,

McDonald,

Bennett of Mitchell, Gresham,

McElreath,

Bell of Forsyth,

Greene.

McFarland,

Bell of Spalding, Griffin of Greene, McGehee,,

Bowen,

Hall,

McLaughlin,

Bower,

Hammett,

McLennan,

Brandon,

Hardin of Liberty, McMillan,

Brown of Bryan, Hardwick,

Ogletree.

Bryan,

Harrison,

Overstreet,

Bush,

Harri:>,

Pace of Newton,

Bynum,

Harrell,

Park of Greene,

Calvin,

Harvard,

Park of Troup,

Carlton,

Hendricks,

Post,

Carter,

Henderson of washt'nPrice,

Chappell,

Herring,

Rawls of Effingham,

Cook,

Hill,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Copeland,

Hopkins,

Reynolds,

Darnell,

Holder,

Richardson,

David,

Hutchins,

Rogers,

Denny,

Johnson of Appling, Rose,

Dews,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

Drawdy,

.Tones of Burke,

Simpson,

Duncan,

Lane of Early,

Singletary,

Ellis,

Laing,

Smith of Hall,

Emanuel,

LaRoche,

Smith of Hancock,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Snell,

Everett of Stewart, Martin,

Starr,

Farmer,

Mayson,

Stubbs,

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Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy,

Turner of Henry, \Villiams of Lumpkin,

Turner of Rockdale, Willingham,

Walker of Crawford. Wood,

Walker of Union, \Voodall,

\Vest,

\Vooten,

Whiteley.

Yates,

Williams of Emanuel, Mr. Speaker.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Beauchamp, Bond, Brown of Carroll, {)rossland, Fender, Freeman, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith,

Hardin of Wilkes, Hathcock, Hosch, Johnson of Lee, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Merritt,

Moore, McCants, Ousley, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Reid, Spinks, Watkins,

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Bennett of Pierce, Howard,

Black of Dawson, Jarnagin,

Black of Whitfield, Johnson of Baker,

Blalock,

Johnson of Floyd,

Castleberry,

Jordan of Jasper,

Dickey,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Everett of Polk,

Knowles,

Hammond,

Latimer,

Hamby,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin,

McRae, Newton, Slaton, Sloan, Speer, Tanner, Taylor, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks,

Mr. Bass of Habersham, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 121, nays 25.
So the bill having received the reqms1te constitutional majority, was passed, as amended, by, a two-thirds vote of the House.

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

Mr. Speaker:

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

.A resolution relative to reception and entertainment of Admiral Schley, and the committee on the part of the Senate are lYiessrs. Terrell and Clifton.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on .Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on .Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

.A resolution for the relief of .A. J. Delk, of Liberty county, and W. B. T~yens, D. S. Price and E. L. Fishback, of Wayne county.

.Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

.A bill for the relief of A. S. Mills.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Committee on Corporations:

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A bill .to require all railroad or milway companies own ing or operating lines through the county of Wilkinson, State of Georgia, to fence in the right of way, etc.

Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Com mitt8{~, submitted the following report:
~lfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do
pas~>:
Bill No. 479, a bill to provide an act ceding jurisdiction by the State to the United States of America, over land in the city of Atlanta, for new goYernment building or for repairing the present one.
Bill No. 171, providing an act to amend section 3761 of the Code of 1895.
Bill No. 303, providing an act to repeal section'276;.: (3974d) of the Code o 1895.
Bill No. 383, providing that no person shllll be appointed a guardian of an inE>ane person, who is creditor of that person, and for other purposes.
I am instructed to report the following bill back, with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committfe on Banks.

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Bill Ko. 357, providing the uniform method of grantin~ charters to banks, bankers, etc., and setting forth requirements necessary to do a banking business, and for other purposes.

The follo>ving bill I am instructed to report back, with recommendation that the author of the bill be given lea ~'e to withdraw the same.

Bill X o. 21, providing an act to require notice to be given in all cases of appeal.

H.espectfully E>ubmitted.

JOHX l\l. SLATOX, Chairman.

:Mr. :Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties anJ Connty :.Matters, F<ubmitted the following report:

Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County :Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to repeal an aet authorizing the judge of the county court of .~lorgan county to turn over misdemeanor conYictR to the county commiRsioners for said county, anl for other purpo~es.

Also, a bill torepeal an act appropriating the hire of mi3demeanor convicts in :1Iorgan county to the payment of insolvent costs, and fer otl1er purposes.

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Also, a bill to amend an act creating a board of county commissioners in the county of :1Iorgan, and for other pllrposes.

Aho, a bill to authorize county authorities in this State to purchase bloodhounds, and for other purposes.

The committee also im.truct me to report the followi113 bill back to the House, with the recommendation that the author be permitted to withdraw same, to wit:

A bill to exempt the county of :Fannin from the operation of the registration laws, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. ~L :MOORE,
Chairman

.Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corpor.ttions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations having had under con sideration Senate bill K o. 50, entitled an act to amend the charter of the Capital City Rank, beg leave to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that i l do pass.

Respectfully submitted.
JAlfES P. DcXCAN,
Chairman.
~11. Ch<tppell of ::\Iuscogee asked that bill Xo. 230, which was Ieferred to the Committee on Appropriations by mi,;take, be withdrawn and recommitted to Committee on Corr(r.ltions, wlJich motion prevailed.

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1\lr. Slaton of Fulton, moved that House bill No. 357 be \dthdrawn from Committee on General Judiciary, and hi> rl'eommii!ed to Committee on Banks and Banking, which lllotion preYailed.

Ry un,niimous consent the following bills were intro duced, n-ac~ the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

.13y Mr. B1ynn of Floyu-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit a citizen \lf an hwc-rpora'.Hi town from voting in fence and no fence electiom.

Hefer!'Hi to Committee on General Agriculture.

1\1r. H:trnson, of Quitman, asked that as soon n;; the unanimou~ consents on the clerks desk were disposed of, that the bi I[ known as the "tax bill" be taken up anrl read tl1e second time by unanimous consent.

:Mr. Slaton of Fulton objected.

Mr. Harrison then moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose above mentioned, which motion was lost.

:Nir Ellis of Bibh moved that in view of the fact that the tax bill and other important measures were on the calendar in their regular order and that their progress was bein1~ retarded by the special orders already set, that the special orders upon the clerk's desk he abrogated and the business of the House take its regular course, which motion prevailed.

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221

Acting under unanimous consent previously granted the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution to refund the amount received from the State of Georgia from the sale of wild lands of Annie E. Branch, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A resolution to supply ordinaries, judges and clerks ':>f the superior court with certain matter, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee.on Appropriations.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to ue entitled an act to amend section 1643, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend section 1916, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purpose~.

Referred to Committee on Banks.

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By :Mr. Lane of Early-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By :Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4102 of the
Code, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Dews o RandolphA bill to be entitled an act to establish and maintain a
dispensary in the city of Cuthbert, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to establish a State Board ,)f
Embalming, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Hardin of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a branch of the State University, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

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223

By 1fr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the compensation of witnesses in criminal courts, and for other purpose'l.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By 1Ir. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3441 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to allow suits by summons issued and all affidavits which are the foundation of suits b be made before an authorized officer, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By 1r. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3440 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By 11r. Willingham o Monroe-

A hill to be entitled an act to provide for the regulation of companies transacting insurance business in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Easterlin of 1.facon-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payuwnt of certain costs accrued in the conviction of certain felonie;;, m;d for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By 1.fr. Moore of Carroll-

A bill to amend section 1262, volume 1 of the CodE>; and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to amend section 5462 of the Code, and for other purpoE'es.

Referred to Committee on Counties imd County Matters.
By .\Ir. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 126!'\, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By J\lr. Brandon of :Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to require petitions for certiorari to set forth errors complained of in certain cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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225

By :Mr. McDonald of Ware-

A bill to be entitled an act to pay the solicitor of the city -court of \Vaycross a salary of $500 per annum, and for o0ther purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matter8.

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice in daim cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary. By Mr. Harvard of Dooly-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1405, vol ume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Longino of Campbell-

A bill to authorize the board of commissioners of roads '31ld revenues of Campbell county to furnish the sheriff of said county with two bloodhounds, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By ~fr. Gay of Colquitt-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 2 and 7 of -an act mtablishing a public school for the city of Moultrie, -and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.
lfh

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By )fr. Anderson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 581 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary. By :Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 815 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By )fr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to he entitled an act to repeal section 4625 of thu Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By 1Ir. Hardin of wilkes-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2805 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By :Jir. Brown of Canoll-
~\ bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of the county school commissioners by the qualified voter-; of the respective counties in this State, and for other ptlrposes.

Heferred to Committee on Education.

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227

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to amend section 3465 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Spinks of Paulding-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee -on General Judiciary. By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee (by request)-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the keeping or having of burglar tools in the State of Georgia, and fo~ other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Simpson of :Milton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of all obstructions in the streams of Milton county, except dams for the operation of machinery, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Carter of Burke-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act establishing a board of commissioners of roads and revenueK for Burke county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Bond of Madison-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Five Forks in the county of Madison, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matter~.
By Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to he entitled an act to prescribe the duties of -official stenographers of the superior courts of this State, .and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
At this juncture an invitation was received from the Hon. W. A. Hemphill, Chairman of the Reception Committee, extending an invitation to the House of Representaiiv~ to participate in the reception of Rear Admiral Schley, .of the United States Navy, on Saturday, November 4, 1899.

The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-

A resolution to change the rule of the House relative tn ihe introduction of new matter.

Tb; following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-

A reavlution providing for the appointment of a com :mittee to be styled the Committee on Public Expenditures.

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229

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-

A resolution providing for a special committee from the General Assembly to visit the State Normal School, and for other purposes.

Mr. C~vin, Acting Chairman of the Committee on

Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution that a standing committee to consist of eleven members to be styled the Com~ittee on Retrenchment in Public Expenditures, be appointed by the Speaker,. etc., a:qd for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. :MARTIN V. CALVIN, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on .Hygieneand Sanitation, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
1,Ve, the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, recommend that bill 518 do pass.
G. W. DRAWDY, Chairman.

Mr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiep.eand Sanitation, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

We, the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, recommend that bill No. 488 do pass, as amended.

G. W. DRAWDY, Chairman.

Chairman.

The Speaker appointed as the committee on the part of the House to receive Admiral Schley of the United States Navy, the following: Messrs. Slaton, Chairman; Bell of Forsyth, Lane of Sumter.
Leaves of absence were granted the following member;;: Messrs. Sturgis of McDuffie, Harrell of Dodge, Gay of Colquitt, McCranie, Bennett of Pierce.
On motion of !fr. :Morris of Cobb, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga., Friday, November 3, 1899.
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 the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

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231

Adams,

Franklin,

Lee,

Adamson,

Ford,

Longino,

Allen,

Fort,

Martin,

Anderson,

Gay,

Mayson,

Arnold,

George,

Maxwell,

Barron,

Gresham,

Merritt,

Bass,

Greene,

Mitchell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Greene, Moore,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of rwiggs, Morris,

Beauchamp,

Griffith,

Mullens,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hall,

McCants,

Bell of Spalding, Hammett,

McCranie,

Black of Dawson, Hamby,

McDonald,

Black of Whitfield, Hardin of Liberty, McDonough,

Blaloek,

Hardin of Wilkes, McElreath,

Bond,

Hardwick,

McFarland,

Bowen,

Harrison,

McGehee,

Bower,

Harris,

McLaughlin,

Brandon,

Harrell,

McLennan,

Brown of Bryan,

Harvard,

McMillan,-

Brown of Carroll, Hathcock,

McRae,

Bryan,

Hendricks,

Newton,

Bush,

Henderson of Washt'nOgletree,

Bynum,

Herring,

Ousley,

Calvin,

Hill,

Overstreet,

Carlton,

Hopkins,

Pace of Newton,

Carter,

Holder,

Padgett,

Chappell,

Hosch,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Copeland,

Hutchins,

Park of Greene,

Crossland,

Jarnagan,

Park of Troup,

Darnell,

Johnson of Appling. Post,

David,

Johnson of Baker, Price,

Denny,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Effingham,

Dews,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Dickey,

Johnson of Lee,

Reid,

Drawdy,

Jones of Burke,

Reynolds,

Duncan,

Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Ellis;

Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

Emanuel,

Knowles,

Rose,

Easterlin,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Early,

Simpson,

Farmer,

LI!Jle of Sumter,

Singletary,

Felker,

Laing,

Slaton,

Fender,

LaRoche,

Sloan,

Freeman,

Latimer,

Smith of Hall,

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Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, 8peer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift,

Tanner,

\Vest,

Tatum,

Whiteley,

Tisinger,

Williams of Lumpkin~

Timmerman,

Willingham,

Turner of Henry, Wood,

Turner of Rockdale, Woodall,

Walker of Crawford, Wooten,

. Walker of Union, Yates,

Watkins,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Castleberry, Cook, Everett of Polk, Hammond,

Henderson of Irwin, Upchurch,

Howard,

Walker of Brooks,

Taylor,

Williams of Emanuel.

Tracy,

:Mr. Lane of Sumter, of the Committe on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been. examined and approved.

Th journal was read and confirmed.

:Mr. Willingham of Monroe, gave notice that at the proper time he "Would move to reconsider the action of the House in abrogating the special order already set, so far as it related to House bill No. 221, commonly known as thfr "Temperance bill," which was made the special order for Tuesday, November 7th, 1899.

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

i.llr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutionaL majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509 of the revised Code, by striking the words uthree months" at the end of said section and inserting ufour weeks."

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 48 of the Code of 1895, volume 1, in regard to lists of disqualified voters, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require all railroad companies in this State who have already leased, or may hereafter lease their property, to have the contract of lease recorded in the clerk's office of each county through which said railroad may run, and for other purposes.

Also a bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 668 of ,-olume 3 of the Code of 1895, which provides for penalty for false information as to lien under section 2800 of the Civil Code.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council of Augusta, upon written petition of one-half of property owners, to establish a uniform system of street sprinkling, and for other purposes.
:Mr. Longino of Campbell, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill No. 550, which request was granted.
Mr. Morris of Cobb, asked that House bill No. 477 be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.
The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Rogers of Marion-
A resolution to allow the postmistress of the House to close the postoffice at 12 o'clock m. on Saturday the 4th inst., for the purpose of allowing her to visit the fairgrounds in the afternoon.

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By Mr. \Voodall of Talbot-

A resolution to encourage the rating of farmers of this 'State, recently begun by mercantile agencies, and for other purposes.

Mr. Greene of Clay, asked unanimous consent to with ,draw House bill No. 528, which request was granted.
lfr. \Villingham of :Monroe, in conformity with his former notice, moved to reconsider the action of the House in abrogating all special orders, so far as it relates to House bill No. 221, which was made the special order for next Tuesday, which motion was ruled out of order.
Mr. \Yillingham asked unanimous consent that the above bill be made the special order for next Thursday.

Objection was raised.

Then 1.fr. \Villingham moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of making said bill special -order for Thursday November 9th, 1899.

Upon this motion, :Mr. \Villingham 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,

Bell of Spalding.

Adamson,

Black of Dawson,

Anderson,

Blalock,

Arnold,

Bond,

Bass,

Bowen,

Bennett of Mitchell, Brown of Carroll,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bynum,

Carter, Cook, Copeland, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Easterlin,

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'Everett of Stewart, Laing,

Rogers,

Farmer,

Longino,

Simpson,

Felker,

Mayson,

Sloan,

Fender,

Merritt,

Smith of Hall,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Smith of Hancock,

Ford,

Moore,

Snell,

Fort,

McDonald ,

Starr,

George,

McElreath,

Stewart,

Griffin of Greene, McFarland,

Swift,

Griffith,

McGehee,

Tanner,

Hamby,

McLennan,

Tatum,

Hardin of Liberty, McRae,

Timmerman,

Harrison,

Ogletree,

Turner of Rockdale,

Harris,

Ousley,

Walker of Crawford,

Harvard,

Pace of Newton, 'Valker of Union,

Hendricks,

Padgett,

Watkins,

Hill,

Pate of Gwinnett, West,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

'Villiams of Lumpkin,

Jarnagan,

Park of Troup,

Willingham.

Johnson of Bartow, Post,

Wood,

Johnson of Lee,

Price,

Woodall.

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of 'Vilkinson, Wooten,

Lane of Early,

Richardson,

Yates.

Lane of Sumter,

T~ose voting nay were Messrs.-

Barron, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel,

Franklin,

Maxwell,

Gresham,

Morris,

Greene,

Mullens,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Hammett,

McLaughlin,

Hardin of Wilkes, ~ewton,

Hardwick,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hathcock,

Reynolds,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nRose,

Herring,

Rudicil,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Hosch,

Slaton,

.Johnson of Baker, Spinks,

Jordon of Pulaski, Tisinger,

Knowles,

Mr. Speaker.

Lane of Bibb,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Hutchins,

Bennett of Pierce, Johnson of Appling,

Beauchamp,

.Johnson of Floyd,

Carlton,

Jones of Burke,

Castleberry,

LaRoche,

Everett of Polk, Latimer,

Gay,

Lee,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammond,

McCranie,

Harrell,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Reid, Speer. Stubbs, Sturgis, Stone, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Whiteley, williams of Ei:nanuel.

:Mr. Sloan of Hall, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote it was iound that the ayes were 91,

nays 47.



The motion not having received the requisite threefo:urths majority, necessary to change the rules of the House, was therefore lost.

Mr. Jordan, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following bill of the House which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all

kinds from running streams in the county of Cobb, and for

other purposes.

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The committee also recommend that the following bills of the House do not pass, to wit :

A bill to make it a misdemeanor for croppers to quit working their crops, and for land owners to remove croppers without good cause, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to facilitate the collection of claims for repairs by mechanics, tinkers, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to require all persons selling hay, shucks, etc. in bales, to mark and stamp the same, and for other purposes .

Respectfully submitted. C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.
At this juncture, the following invitation was received from Rev. L. G. Broughton:

To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Represent:. tives of the General Assembly of the State o Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.

My_ Dear Sir :--I take great pleasure in inviting you and your honorable body to attend services at the "Tabernacle Baptist Church," this city, next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. I shall preach a sermon bearing upon a line full of interest to legislators at this time. The subject will be "Christian Citizenship, Involving the Sanctity of the Ballot."
The announcement of this to your honorable body will be greatly appreciated. I am,
Yours most respectfully,
LEN. G. BROUGHTON.

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The call o:f the roll o:f counties was had, and the :following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By :Mr. Browr. o:f Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide how payments shall be made to pensioners who have been enrolled as such, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Hardin o:f Liberty-
A. bill to be entitled an act to proYide :for the removal o:f obstructions :from the public roads o:f this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hopkins o:f :Mcintosh-

A bill _to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town o:f Darien, and :for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Speer o:f Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a State Board of Health and prescribe their duties, and :for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. :Moore o:f CarrollA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act
to establish a city court in the county o:f Carroll, and :for other purposes~

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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new judicial circuit to be called the Carrollton circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. ~feRae of Telfair-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of McRae to purchase, establish and maintain a system of waterworks, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. :McRae-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Helena, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 388 of theCode, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By ::VIr. Drawdy of Wayne--

.A_ bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of thecharter of the town of Jesup, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the holding o the several city courts in this State by the various superior court judges, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Washington, Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The folowing Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referJ;ed, to wit:

By Mr. Little of the 18th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council of Augusta, upon written petition of one-half of property -owners, to establish a uniform system of street sprinkling, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

J3y Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 668 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 48 of vol-
ume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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By 1.1:r. Nesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the elegibility of ~ounty school commissioners, and for other purposes.

RefetTed to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Mann of the 44th DistrictA bill to be entitled an aGt to amend section 600 of vol
ume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
ll,y Mr. Morrison of the 34th District-
A bill to be entitled an act 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. Wingfield of the 28th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to require all railroad companies in this State, who have already leased, or who may hereafter lease their property, to have the contract of lease, etc. recorded in the clerk's office in each county through. which said road runs, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
:Mr. Hardin of Liberty, asked unanimous consent to withdraw Housa bill No. 21, which request was granted.

:Mr. Park of Greene, asked unanimous consent to haveSenate bill No. 43 taken up and read a third time, which. request was granted.
The bill was as follows :
By ~lr. "\YingfieJd of the 28th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the more full
and complete transfer and assignment of rent notes, mortgage notes, and other evidence of indebtedness, and forother purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill was agreed to.

::\Ir. Hall of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays on passage of the hill, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follow.;;;

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Bass,

Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson,

-Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Rryan,

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Brown of Carroll, Harris,

Ousley,

Bryan,

Harvard,

Pace of Newton,

Bynum,

Hathcock,

Padgett,

Calvin,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nPark of Greene,

Carlton,

Herring,

Post,

Carter,

Hopkins,

Price,

Castleberry,

Holder,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Chappell,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Cook,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Crossland,

Johnson, of Baker, Rose,

Darnell,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

David,

Jones of Burke,

Simpson,

Denny,

Jordan of Pulaski, Singletary,

Dews,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Dickey,

Lane of Bibb,

Sloan,

Drawdy,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hancock,

Ellis,

Lane of Sumter,

Snell,

Emanuel,

Laing,

Spinks,

Easterlin,

LaRoche,

Starr,

Everett, of Stewart, Longino,

Stewart,

Farmer,

Martin,

Stone,

Felker,

Mayson,

Tanner,

Fender,

Maxwell,

Tatum,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Tisinger,

Franklin,

Moore,

Timmerman,

Ford,

Morris,

Turner of Rockdale,

Griffith,

Mullens,

watkins,

Hall,

McDonald,

'Vest,

Hammett,

l\IcElreach,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Hamby,

McFarland,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Hardin of Liberty, McLaughlin,

'Vood,

Hardin of Wilkes, McLennan,

Yates.

Harrison,

Newton,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.~

Bush, Copeland,

Greene, McCants,

McGehee, Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Barron,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bower, Bennett of Pierce, Brandon, Black of Whitfield, Duncan,

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Everett, of Polk, Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Fort,

Jordan of Jasper, Speer,

Gay,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

George,

Lee,

Sturgiss,

Gresham,

Merritt,

Swift,

Griffin of Greene, McCranie,

Taylor,

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Tracy,

Hammond,

McMillan,

Turner of Henry,

Hardwick,

McRae,

Upchurch,

Harrell,

Ogletree,

'Valker of Brooks,

Hendricks.

Overstreet,

Walker of Crawford,

Henderson, of Irwin, Pate of Gwinnett, Walker of Union,

Hill,

Park of Troup,

Whiteley,

Howard,

Rawls of Effingham, Willingham,

Hutchins,

Reid,

'Vooten,

Jarnagan,

Reynolds,

Mr. Speaker.

Johnson of Floyd,

On motion of 111r. Copeland, the verification of the rollcall was dispensed with.

Mr. Post of Coweta, moved that the bill be recommitted to the General Judiciary Com~ittee, which motion was lost.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 110, nays 6.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution was read the first time and referred to Committee on Rules, to wit:

By :Mr. Copeland of Walker-

A resolution to expedite the business of the House, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred, to wit:

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-'-

A bill to be entitled an act to require persons to give bond and pay costs before obtaining a writ of certiorari to munictpal courts, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Siaton of Fulton---,-

A bill to be entitled an act .to amend section 908 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Denny of Floyd--

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A bill to be entitled an act to fix the time for holding the buperior courts in the Rome circuit, and for other p'.lrposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
Dy Mr. Starr of Gordon-

A bill to be entitled an aet to amend section 65 of volume (; of the Code, IJ.nd for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Starr, the above bill was tabled.

j3y Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of u cropper or otber laborer in certain cases, 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, :Mr. Tatum of Dade, called for the ayes and nay3, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were ~fessrs.-

Arnold,

Hall,

Newton,

Bass,

Hammett,

Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Wilkes, Park of Troup,

Beauchamp,

Hardwick,

Pqst,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harris,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bell of Spalding, Hendricks,

Reynolds,

Black of Dawson, Henderson of Washt'n.Richardson,

Bowen,

Hopkins,

Rogers,

Brown of Bryan, Hosch,

Singletary,

Bynum,

Hutchins,

Slaton,

Carlton,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Knowles,

Snell,

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Spinks,

David.

Lane of Sumter,

Speer,

Denney,

LaRoche,

Starr,

Dews,

Martin,

Tisinger,

Ellis,

Maxwell,

Timmerman,

Everett of Stewart, Merritt,

Turner of Henry,

Farmer,

Mitchell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Freeman,

Morris,

Walker of Crawford.

Franklin,

Mullens,

'Valker of Union,

Ford,

McDonald,

Watkins,

Fort,

McElreath,

Willingham,

Griffin of Greene, McGehee,

'Vooten

Griffin of Twiggs, McMillan,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Blalock, Bond,

Bower, Brandon,
Brown of Carroll, Bryan,

Bush, Carter,
Copeland, Darnell,

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Dickey, Drawdy, Emanuel, Fender, Greene, Griffith, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Herring, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, .Johnson of Baker, .Johnson of Bartow,

Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Lane of Early, Laing, Longino, Mayson, Moore, McCants, McFarland, McLennan, Ousley, Padgett,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson, Rudicil, Sloan, Stubbs, Tanner, Tatum,
'Vest, 'Villiams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin,
'Vood, Woodall, Yates.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfield, Calvin, Chappell, Cook, Duncan, Easterlin, Everett, of Polk, Felker, Gay, George, Gresham, Hammond, Harrison,

Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Henderson of Irvin, Hill, Howard, Holder, Johnson of Floyd, .Jordan of Jasper, Latimer, Lee, McCranie, McDonough, McLaughlin, McRae, Ogletree, Overstreet,

Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Price, Reid, Rose, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Taylor, Tracy,
Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, Whiteley, Mr. Speaker.

On motion o Mr. Rogers o :Marion, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On p~ssage o the bill the ayes were 74, nays 49.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following invitation was received and read, to wit::

Atlanta, Ga., November 3, 1899.
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives.
My Dear Sir :-It is with pleasure that I extend to you and to your honorable body, a most cordial invitation to attend service at the Fifth Baptist church, this city, next Sunday night, 7 :30, corner Bell and Gilmer streets. I especially desire to preach to the Georgia legislators at this time.
Yours respectfully,
J. C. SOLOMON, Pastor.

The following bills were read the first time by unanimous consent, and appropriately referred, to wit:
l3y :Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2234 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The Speaker announced the following additions to the General Judiciary Committee, to wit: Mr. Freeman of Coweta, Mr. Griffith of Haralson, :Mr. :Martin of Banks.
Mr. Calvin, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, to which resolution No. 174 was committed, asked that thesame be laid on the table for one day.
The request was denied.

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None of the leaves of absence asked for to-day were granted, on account of objection raised by Mr. Ellis of Bibb.

1.fr. Rogers of Marion, moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, which motion prevailed.

Atlanta., Ga.,
Saturday, November 4, 1899.
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.
On motion of Mr. Hamby of Rabun, the call of the ro:I was dispensed with.
~Ir. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been exainined and approved.
On motion of Mr. Ellis, the reading of the journal wad dispensed with.
Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judi ciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which the,v instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to require the commissioners o roads and revenue-s o Hancock county to pay criminal costs o officers in tho county court, etc., and or other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis o Bibb asked unanimous consent that the. leaves o absence asked or on yesterday be granted, which request was granted.

Under the head o unfinished business the following bill was read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Park o Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide or the appointment o a General Inspector o Oils or the State o Georgia, and or other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following message was received rom the Senate through Jliir. 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 be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 o the~ Code o 1895.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the ineligibility o members o boards o roads and revenues and county commissioners, as jury commissioners.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the game laws <> Georgia, section 1 o an act approved December 22, 1896.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding Dougherty superior court.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 o an act to provide or a solicitor o the county court of Oconee county.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman o the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

J:lr. Speaker:
The Committee on Apropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution or payment o expenses o Geological Department investigation.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill making an appropriation or the counties o Monroe, Bibb, Clarke and Chatham, o the direct tax, refunded to the State, which was never paid out to the citizens f.f said counties.
Respectfully submitted. T. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman,
By CLARENCE KNOWLES, Vice-Chairman.

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JouRNAl. OF THE Homm.

Mr. Willingham of Monroe, moved that when the joint session of the General Assembly was dissolved to-day, that the House adjourn until10 o'clock Monday morning, which motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following bill was introduced~ read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in the town of Stone Mountain, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

Upon motion of :nfr. Knowles of Fulton, resolution No. 28, which provided for the payment to the city of Atlant:t of $2,397.03, was laid upon the table.

On mvtion of l\fr. Slaton of Fulton, the House took a recess until 10:30 o'clock a.m.

The hour of 10:30 a.m. having arrived, the Speaker called the House to order.
At this juncture the Senate appeared upon the floor oi the Honse, and the joint session was called to order by tlw Hon. \V. A. Dodson, President of the Senate, for the pu.rpose of receiving Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, of the United States Navy.
Immediately thereafter Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, a,~ companied by his Excellency, Ron. A. D. Candler, an.l escorted by the State House officials, reception committee, and other distinguished gentlemen, appeared upon the floor of the House, and the distinguished visitor, Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, was presented to the General Assembly.

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On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, the joint session wa., dissolved.

The .following leaves of absence were granted to wi~: Messrs. Mullins of Meriwether, Stubbs of Laurens, Richardson of Hart, Griffin of Greene, Easterlin of Macon, Copeland of y.,ralker, Smith of Ha~cock, Arnold, Overstreet of Screven, Rogers of Marion, Brown of Bryan, Hill of Wilkes, Laing of Terrell, Hendricks of Tattnall, Singh tary of Schley, Post of Coweta, Franklin, Freeman o-f Coweta, Dickey of Fannin, Pate of Gwinnett, Farmer of J e:fferson, Gresham of Burke, Swift of Elbert, S.n~ll, Max-
well of Oglethorpe, Chappell of :Muscogee, \Voodall of
Talbot, "\Valker of Crawford, Ousley of Lowndes, Griffin of Greene, Bowen of Wilcox, Drawdy of Wayne, Wooten of Calhoun, Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Stewart.

In pursuance to the motion of Mr. Willingham of Monroe, the House stood adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Monday, November 6, 1899.
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. Dr. Lewis.
Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

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Adams,

Griffin of Twiggs, McLennan,

Adamson,

Griffith,

McMillan,

Allen,

Hall,

Mt'Rae,

Anderson,

Hammett,

Newton,

Barron,

Hamby,

Ogletree,

Bass,

Hardin of Liberty, Overstreet,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Wilkes, Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Pierce, Hardwick,

Padgett,

Beauchamp,

Harrison,

Park of Greene,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harris,

Post,

Bell of Spalding, Harrell,

Price,

Black of Dawson, Harvard,

Rawls of Effingham,

Black of Whitfield, Hathcock,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Blalock,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nReynolds,

Bond,

Herring,

Rose,

Bowen,

Hill,

Rudicil,

Bower,

Howard,

Simpson,

Brandon,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Brown of Carrol, Holder,

Slaton,

Bryan,

Hosch,

Sloan.

Bush,

Jarnagan,

Smith of Hall,

Bynum,

Johnson of Appling, Smith of Hancock.

Calvin,

Johnson of Bartow, Spinks,

Carlton,

Johnson of Floyd, Speer,

Carter,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Castleberry,

Jones of Burke,

Sturgis,

Chappell,

Jordan of Jasper, Stewart,

Crussland,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stone,

David,

Lane of Bibb,

Swift,

Denny,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

Dews,

Lane of Sumter,

Tanner,

Dickey,

Laing.

Taylor,

Duncan,

LaRoche,

Tisinger,

Ellis,

Latimer,

Timmerman,

Emanuel,

Lee,

Tracy,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Turner of Henry.

Felker,

Mayson,

Walker of Union,

Fender,

Merritt,

'Vatkins,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

West,

Franklin,

Moore,

Whiteley,

Ford,

Morris,

Williams of Lumpkin.

Fort,

Mullens,

Willingham,

Gay,

McCants,

Wood,

George,

McCranie,

Yates,

Gresham,

McFarland,

Mr. Speaker.

Greene,

McLaughlin,

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255

Those absent were Messrs.-

Arnold,

Hutchins,

Brown of Bryan, Johnson of Baker,

Cook,

Knowles,

Copeland,

Martin,

Darnell,

Maxwell,

Drawdy,

McDonald,

Everett of Polk,

McDonough,

Everett of Stewart, McElreath,

Farmer,

McGehee,

Griffin of Greene, Ousley,

Hammond,

Pate of Gw.innett,

Hendricks,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin,

Reid, Richardson, Roger8, Snell, Starr, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Williams of Emanuel, Woodal, Wooten.

Mr. Bond of Madison, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of Saturday's proceed ings had been examined and found correct.

The journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton, asked leave of absence for his colleague, Mr. Knowles, on account of the illness of his father, which request was granted.
Mr. Brandon then asked leave of absence for himself from to-day's session, for the purpose of attending the depot committee meeting, which request was also granted.

J\fr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

.}[r. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By l\fr. Moore of Carroll-
A bill to amend an act establishing city court in the city of Carrollton, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-

A bill to provide for a board of county commissioners for Elbert county, and for other purposes.

Also, the following bill, which they instruct me to report back,with the recommendation that it do not pass:

By Mr. McDonald of Ware-

A bill to pay the solicitor of the city court of Waycross $500 per annum, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. 1L MOORE, Chairman.

:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the Gen~!al Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

ll!r. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee have had under conf:lideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass:

A bill proYiding an act to provide for the compensation of stenographic reporters for the superior courts of this

State, to fix their compensation, define their duties, and

for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

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l\h. Willingham of :Monroe, asked that House bill N (). 221, commonly known as the "Temperance Bill," be made the special order for Tuesday, NovembeP 7, 1899.

Objection was raised, and the request of ~Ir. -Willingham was refused.

lTpon the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter the following bills were introduced, read the. first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By l\fr. Duncan of Houston-

A joint resolution to authorize the payment of the per
diem of the Hon. \V. S. King, late Representative from the
county of Houston.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

J3y ::J<Ir. Sloan of Hall-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the examination and licensing of stationary engineers in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By ::\Ir. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to make the defendant in any criminal case competent, but not compellable, to testify as a witness upon the trial of such case, and for otherpurposes.
Referred to Geueral Judiciary Committee.
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258

JouR:-<AL oF THE HousE.

By ~Ir. Harrell of Dodge-

A bill to he entitled an act to establish a city conrt m the town of Eastman, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County ~latter::-.
By ~Ir. Harrell of Dodge-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county co\ll"t of Dodge county, and for other purposes.
Referred to ( 'onnuittee on Counties and County ~Iatters.
By ~fr. ~Iorris of Cobb-
A resolution to appropriate $:300 additonal to pay inci<1ental expen~es of the Hailroad Commission, and for other purposes.
Refened to Committee on Appropriations.
H: ~fr. ('rossland of Dougherty-
A"bill to he entitled an act to amend the tenth section of the gcnera1 tax bill, and for other purposes.
Heferred to ( 'ommittec on \Yays and ~[cans.
By 1Ir. ( 'arlton of Clarke-
A bill to he entitled an act to amend an act tletining the compensation and appointment of the Board of Trustee,; .of the Stat<' C nivcrsity, and for other purposes.

H.eferre<l to ( "ommittee on :Education.

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259

:By Mr. Carlton of Clark-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the apLJoint.ment of a District Commissioner of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committ~e on Agriculture.

By l\Jr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the registration, sale and inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers, .and for other purposes.

Referr<><l to Committee on ~\gricnltnre. Dy Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to extend tit:] city limits of ~lacon, and for ot.her purpose:,;.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

B." )fr. West of \Yhite-

..:\ resolution pro\'iding for the payment of the per diew -of Ron. T. \Y. Fain, deceased, Representatin from the county of whit~.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By .Mr. Hardin of Liberty-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a uniform system .of school text-books in this State, and for other purposes.

Referrcd to Committee on Education.

260

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

l.lr. Carlton of Clarke, aEked that bill X o. 510 be withdrawn from the Committee on 1.Vays and :Means and r<Jferred to the Committe on General J ndiciary, which request was granted.
On motion of 1\Ir. Pace of Xewto,n, Honse bill No. 3~ was referred to Committee on Rules, with instructions t) report the same back with date as to when the same shall be taken up.
The :following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By ~Ir. Emanuel of Glynn-
A resolution and a bill to be entitled an act for the relief of the estate and sureties on the bond of Jno. P. Lamb, aui for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were Di, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
By J.Ir. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a permanent commission in each county and town of this State whose duties shall be to select modern text-books for use in the public schools, and for other purposes.

PIJon motion of ~Ir. Adams of Putnam, the above biU was tabled.

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261

By Mr. Hall of Bibb -
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2334 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, and the nays 1.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
By unanimous consent the following joint resolution wa,:; Tead, to wit:
l3y :Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A joint resolution providing for the retirement of Adjutant-General John Mcintosh Kell, and for other purposes .
.Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of putting the above Yesolution upon its passage, which motion prevailed.
The .resolution was unanimously adopted.

By unanimous consent the following bill was introduced and read the .first time, to wit:

l3,Y :Messrs. :Mcl,aughlin and :Mullins of :Meriwether-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court c-f Greenville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Cmnmittee.

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On motion of 11r. "Willingham of 1-Ionroe, House bilr X o. 221 was temporarily tabled.
l.[r. Hardwick of \Vashington, moYed to suspend th) rules of the House for the purpose of introducing a bill, which motion was lost.
House bills for a third reading were again taken up, aml the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By 1-fr. Pace of Newton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4205 of vol nme 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tht~ passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, and th nays 0.

So the bill having received the requisite constitutionBl majority, was passed, as amended.
By 1Ir. Singletary of Schley-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent certain persomfrom drawing pensions, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

Mr. Johnson of Bartow, moved that the action of the-
House in agreeing to the report of the committee, be reconHidered, for the purpose of allowing him to offer an amendment, which motion prevailed.

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263

~Ir. Johnson of Bartow, then offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Provided, that if said pensioner has a widow or mm(r children, dependent on said pension, the same shall be paid to them.

The report of the committee was then agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisitc> constitutionnl majority, was passed, as amended.
}Ir. :Moore of Carroll, asked unanimous consent to hav.: bill X o. 332, providing for the removal of the court-home of -Wilcox county, made the special order for \Vednesday~ X ovember 8, 1899.
Objection was raised.

}Ir. -Moore then moved to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose above indicated, which motion prevailed, and the bill was made the special order for next \Vedne:sday, X member 8, 1899.
The following House bills were read the second time~ to wit:

By 1Ir. Hardin of Liberty-

A resolution for the relief of A. J. Delk, of Liberty
--w. county, B. Lyen, D. S. Price and E. L Fishback, of
the county of \V ayne, and for other purposes.

264

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3761 of thl) Code, and for other purposes.

By lvir. Barron of Jones~

A bill to amend section 388 of volume 3 of the Code, 11nd for other purposes.

By the House :Members of the Special Committee to Investigate the Geological Department-

A resolution providing for the payment of investigation of Geological Department.
By Mr. 1Iitchell of Thomas-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2579, Yolume 2 of the Code, and for _other purposes.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act relating to warehousemen in this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fain of White-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and reYenues for \\Thite county, and for other purposes.

By ::\Ir. Singletary of Schley-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 (3974-a) of the Code, and for other purposes.

265
J3y :Mr. Bryan of :Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide that no person shall be appointed as guardian of an insane person who i:l a creditor of that person, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Rudicil of Chattooga-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Raccoon, and for other purposes.
By Special Joint Committee of the House and Senate-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the return of all real and personal property for taxation, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the sale of what is known as the Second Baptist church building of Columbus, and for other purposes.
By ~Ir. CalYin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful fot: any person to discharge a gun unless in defense of person or property, within one hundred yards of any public road of this State, and for other purposes.
By ~fr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for any person or persons to hunt or fish upon the lands of anothee in Richmond county, and for other purposes.

266

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Jlr. Chappell of ::\Iuscogee-

A hill to be entitled an act .to provide for the making of affidavits out of this State, and for other purposes.

By "Jir. X ewton of }forgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a board of commissioners for ~forgan county, and for other: purposes.

By 2\fr. Newton of :Morgan-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to authorize the judge of the county court to deliver certain persons to the board of commissioners of ~forgan county, and for othe .. purposes.

By l\fr. l\foore of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court in the city of Carrollton, and for other purposes.

By 2\fr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide a board of county commissioners for Elbert county, anu for other purposes.

By 2\'fr. \Vatkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the casting of sawdust in the streams of this State, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. l\Ierritt of Hancock-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the commissioner;; of roads and revenues of Hancock county to pay certaiu. c-osts, and for other purposes.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 6, 1899.

267

By :Mr. :McElreath of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an act to proYidc for the removal of all obstructions from the streams of Cobb county, othcJ than dams used for operating machinery, and for other purposes.

By Mr. X ewton of ~forgan-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to appropriatt' the proceeds of the hire of convicts to the payme,ut of certain insolvent costs, and for other purposes.

By Mr. HarYard of Dooly-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of cigarettes in this State, and for other purposes.

By :1\fr. Slaton of !'ulton-

A bill to he entitled an act to cede to the jurisdiction uf the United States certain realty, and for other purposes.

By :\fr. Bond of :Madison-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the count,v authorities of each county of this State to purchase bloodhounds, and for other purposes.

By :l\-Ir. Denny of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to consolidate, amend, and codify the various acts incorporating the city of Rome, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph--

~ bill to be entitled an act to discourage the breedingof dogs, and for other purposes.

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
By }fr. Simpson of :Milton-
A bill to change the time of holding the spring term of the Milton superior court, and for other purposes.
On motion of :Mr. Pace of Newton, 300 copies of House bill No. 454, and 300 copies of each of the majority and minority reports thereon, were ordered printed for the use of the House.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By }fr. Thrasher of the 27th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of an act to provide for a solicitor of the county court of Oconee county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the game laws of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By }fr. Terrell of the 36th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 of vol-
ume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
1~." }fr. wight of the lOth DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holdin~
-the Dougherty superior court, and for other purposes.

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269

Referred to Committee on Countie.s aml County :Matters. By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the ineligibility of members of boards of roads and revenues, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County }fatters.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Nisbett of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committe, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agred to.

Pending the passage of the above bill, the House adjorned, on motion of Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas, until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, XoYember 7, 1899.
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.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

F pon the call of the roll those answering to their names were :Messrs.--

Adams,

Fort,

~lerritt,

Adamson,

Gay.

Mitchell,

Allen,

George,

Moore,

Anderson,

Gresham,

Morris,

Barron,

Greene,

:Mullins,

Bass,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffith,

McCranie,

Bennett of Pierce, Hall,

McDonald,

Beauchamp,

Hammett,

McElreath,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hardin of Liberty, McFarland,

Bell of Spalding. Hardin of Wilkes, l\JcGehee,

Black of Dawson, Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Black of Whitfield, Harrison,

McMillan,

Bowen,

Harris,

McRae,

Bower,

Harrell,

Newton,

Brandon,

Hathcock,

Ogletree,

Brown of Carroll, Henderson of \Vash t'nOusley,

Bryan,

Herring,

Overstreet,

Bush,

Howard,

Pace of Newton,

Bynum,

Hopkins,

Padgett,

Calvin,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

Carlton,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Carter,

Jarnagan,

Post,

Castleberry,

Johnson of Appling, Price,

Chappell,

.Johnson of Bartow, t{awls of Effingham,

Copeland,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Crossland,

.Johnson of Lee,

Reid,

Darnell,

Jones of Burke,

Reynolds,

David,

.Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Denny,

Jordon of Pulaski, Rogers,

Dews,

Knowles,

Rose,

Drawdy,

Lane of Bibb,

Rudicil,

Duncan,

Lane of Early,

Simpson,

Ellis,

Lane of Sumter, Singletary,

Emanuel,

Laing,

Slaton,

Easterlin.

LaRoche,

8loan,

Everett of St.ewart, Latimer,

Smith of Hancock,

Farmer,

Lee,

Spinks,

Felker,

Longino,

Speer,

Fender,

Martin,

Starr,

Freeman,

Mayson,

Stubbs,

Ford,

Maxwell,

Sturgis,

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271

Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy,

Turner of Henry, 'Villiams of Emanuel.

Turner of Rockdale, williams of Lumpkin,

Upchurch,

Willingham.

Walker of Brooks, 'Vood,

Walker of Crawford, Woodall.

Walker of Union, 'Vooten,

Watkins,

Yates.

West,

Mr. Speaker.

Whiteley,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Arnold, Blalock, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Cook, Dickey, Everett of Polk, Franklin,

Griffin of Greene, Hutchins,

Hammond,

Johnson of Baker,

Hamby,

McDonough,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Hendricks,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Irwin, Smith of Hall,

Hill,

Snell.

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

}Jr. }fcLaughlin of }Jeriwether, gaYe notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of tlw Home in passing House bill Xo. 210, the same being a bill to amend section 2334 of the Code, and for other purposes.

}Jr. Johnson of Bartow, gaye notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House had n_l_)_~n yesterday on House bill X o. 305, the same beinp; a bill to provide for the non-payment of pensions to insane pensioners, except in certain cases.

}Jr. }fcLaughlin of :Meriwether, in conformit,' with hi,; preYious notice, moved to reconsider the action of the Home had upon ;vesterda.' upon the following bill, to wit.

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JouR~AL OF THE HousE.

By :Jir. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2334 of the Code, and for other purposes.
)fr. :Freeman of Coweta, called for the prenous question, which call was sustained.

On the motion to reconsider, 1Ir. Hall of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot Yiva voce, the vote was as follow~:

Those voting in the affirmative were }fessrs.-

Allen, Barron, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Darnell, Denny, Everett of Stewart, Felker,

George, Griffith, Harrell, Jones of Burke, Mayson, Moore, Mullens, McCants, McCranie,

}IcGehee, McLaughlin, Park of Greene, Reid, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Bpinks. Tisinger, Yates.

Those voting in the negative were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Carter,

Adamson,

Castleberry,

Bennett of Mitchell, Chappell,

Beauchamp,

Crossland,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dews,

Bell of Spalding, Drawdy,

Black of Dawson, Duncan,

Bower,

Emanuel,

Brandon,

Easterlin,

Bryan,

Farmer,

Bush,

Fender,

Bynum,

Freeman,

Calvin,

Ford,

Carlton,

Gay,

Gresham, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty. Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 7, 18~9.

273.

.Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling. Johnson of Floyd, .Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mitchell, Morris, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland,

McLennan,

Stewart,

Overstreet,

Swift,

Padgett,

Tatum,

Pate of Gwinnett, Timmerman,

Park of Troup,

Tracy,

Post,

Turner of Henry,

Price,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rawls of Effingham, Walker of Brooks,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Walker of Crawford,.

Reynolds,

Walker of Union,

Rose,

West,

Rudicil,

Williams of Emanuel,

Simpson,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Singletary,

Willingham,

Slaton,

Wood,

Sturgis,

Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Blalock, Bond, Brown of ~ryan, Cook, Copeland, David, Dickey, Ellis, Everett of Polk, Franklin, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of rwiggs, Hammond,

Hamby,

Ogletree,

Hathcock,

Ousley,

Hendricks,

Pace of Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Henderson cif 'Vasht'nRogers,

Hill,

Smith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Snell,

Johnson of Baker, Speer,

Johnson of Bartow, Starr,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stubbs,

Knowles,

Stone,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

Latimer,

Taylor,

Maxwell,

Upchurch,

Merritt,

Watkins,

McDonough,

Whiteley,

McMillan,

1Vooten,

McRae,

Mr. Speaker.

Newton,

::Nir. Gresham of Burke, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 27, and the nays 91.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The motion to reconsider was therefore lost.

Mr. Johnson of Bartow, in conformity with his previous notice, moved to reconsider the action of the House had on yesterday upon House bill No. 305, providing for the nonpayment of pensions to insane pensioners, except in certain cases, for the purpose of offering an amendment, which motion prevailedJ and the action of the House had on yesterday was reconsidered.

Mr. Johnson then offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:
To amend said proviso by striking out the word "widow'' therein, and inserting the word "wife" in lieu thereof.
The report of the committee was then agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

The following joint resolution was introduced and read, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A joint resolution providing that the joint commtsswn on the revision of the tax laws shall meet for the purpose of hearing the representatives of varwus interests of the bill reported by said commission.
Mr. Morris of Cobb, moved that the resolution be tabled.

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275

On the motion of Mr. Morris to table the abov-e resolutiont Mr. Slaton of Fulton, 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.-

Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Brown of Carrpll, Bryan, Bush, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Farmer, Freeman, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Griffith,

McDonald,

Hammett,

McFarland,

Hardin of Liberty, McGehee,

Hardin of Will\es; Overstreet,

Hardwick,

Park of Greene,

Harris,

Park of Troup, -

Harrell,

Post,

Herring,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Howard,

Rose,

Jarnagan,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Appling, Sloan,

Johnson of Bartow, Sturgis,

Johnson of Floyd, Stewart,

Jordan of Jasper, Tisinger,

Lane of Early,

Turner of Henry,

Laing,

Upchurch,

Lee,

Walker of Brooks,

Longino,

Watkins,

Moore, Morris,

Williams of Emanue~. Yates.

Mullins,

Those voting in the n~gative wer~ Messrs.-

Adams,

Bower,

Adamson,

-Brandon,

Barron,

Bynum,

Bennett of Mitchell, Calvin,

Bell of Forsyth,

Carlton,

Black of Dawson, Drawdy,

Black of Whitfield, Felker,

Bowen,

Fender,

Ford,
Harri~n; Harv~;trd,
Hopkins,--
Holder, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski,

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J:ouRNAL OE: THE HousE.

Lane of Sumter, LaRoche,
Martin, Mayson, Mitchell, McCranie, McElreath, McLennan,

Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Price, Reid, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Spinks,

Tatum, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Williams of Lumpkinr Woodall.

Those not voting we~e Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Bass. Bennett of Pierce, Blalock, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Dickey, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Franklin, George, Griffin of Greene, Hall,
Hammond, Hainby; Hathcock,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,.

Henderson of Irwin, Reynolds,

Henderson of Washt'nRichardson,

Hill,

Rogers,

Hosch,

Singletary,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Baker, Snell,

Knowles,

Speer,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

Maxwell,

Stone,

Merritt,

Swift,

McDonough,

Tanner,

McLaughlin,

Taylor,

McMillan,

West,

McRae,

Whiteley.

Newton,

Willingham,

Ogletree.

Wood,

Ousley,

Wooten,

Pace of Newton, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of ~fr. Sloan of Hall, the verification of theroll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 65,. and the nays 48.

The motion of Mr. :Morris of Cobb, that the resolution. be tabled, therefore, prevailed.

TuEsDAY, NovEMBER 7, 1899.

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Mr. Jordan, Chairman of the Committee on General _Agriculture, submitted the following report:

11!1. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am in-structed to report back, with the recommendation that thn same do pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the running streams of :Milton county, and for other pur-pses.

Also, a bill to amend section 3465 of the Code of 1895,
.and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. G. W. JORDAN, .TR, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to vtit:

.1lf1-. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended:

A bill providing an act to amend the various acts in the

city court of Savannah, so as to provide for a solicitor in the

<:ity court of Savannah, to determi"ue . his qualifications,
of mannr:lr and time his election, to fix duties, to provide

his compensation, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

278

JouRNAL o:F THE HousE;

,,.Mr. ,Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions,. submitted the following report:

}rfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Pensions have had under considerP. tion the following resolution of the House, which tliey in-' struct me to report back, with the recommendation that thesame do not pass, to wit:

A resolution to pension William J. Alman, of the county of Heard, and for other purposes.

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The committee also instruct me to report the following

bill of the House back, with the recommendati?n that it

do not pass, tOwit:

A bill to provide how payment shall be made to pensioners, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration th.~ followi:Q.g bill of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as. amended, to wit:

A bill to amend section 1643 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

B. F. SIMPSON; Chairman.

Mr. Reyn,olds, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 7, 1899.

279

Mr. Speake1:

The Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration House bill No. 385, which is a bill to create a Bureau of Labor and Labor Statistics in this State, and for other purposes, and have instructed me to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH s: REYNOLDS,
Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judieiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary 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 establish the city court of Greenville, in the county of Jl.feriwether, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to establish a dispensary in the city of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town o! Darien, and for other purposes.

280

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also, a bill to :fi.x the time for holding the superior court.~ in the Rome circuit, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to provide for the appointment of a General Inspector of Oils for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

The committee 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 amend section 2417, volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a hill to amend section 2805 of volume 2 of thG Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The committee also instruct me to report the following :Senate bill back, with the recommendation that the same {]o pass, to wit:

A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to establish a uniform system of street sprinkling, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Brown of Carroll asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill X o. 247, which request was granted.
The following memorial was received from the Georgia :Federation of "\Vomen's Clubs, and read, to wit:

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 7, 1899.

281

The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, in conveniion assembled, at Macon, Ga., November 3, 1899, respectfully submits the following resolutions to the General Assembly of Georgia:

Whereas, A bill providing for the regulation of the ag3 at which children shall be permitted to work in factorie~ of Georgia, is at present before your honorable body for consideration; and

"Whereas, The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, an organization which comprises forty-seven clubs, and a membership of between five and six thousand women, feel::; deeply the importance of the paseage of this bill, not alone from the standpoint of the children of to-day, but as vitally connected with the future of our State through the best development o its manhood and its womanhood,

Be it resolved, That the Georgia Federation of "\Vomen's Clubs respectfully but earnestly urges upon the General Assembly of Georgia a favorable action upon this bill, with the assurance that such an action would not only meet the hearty approval of the best element of Georgia's voters, but would put our State in line with the progressive action of other States in the adjustment of this important problem.

B,v unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, io
wit:

By :Mr. vVatkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee ori Corporations.

282

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to be entitled an act to add an additional clause to section 1775, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purpose.;_
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

By :Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A resolution to pay the pension of J. J. Folds, of Putnam county, for 1896, to his daughter, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Watkins of GilmerA bill to be entitled an act amendatory to the charter .-,f"
the town of Ellijay, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the city of' J effer;;;on, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Countie3 and County :11:atters..

By J[essrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporatethe town of Jefferson, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters..

'I'uESDAY, NovEMBER 31, 1899.

283"

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sub-section 2 of thl3 general tax act for the years 1899 and 1900, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Bynum of Columbia-

A bill to be entitled an act to. amend section 341 of vol~ ume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hardwick of \Vashington-

A bill to be entitled an act to adopt a substitute for sec-tion 1143 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 813 of thee-

Code, and for other purposes..

Referred to General Judiciary <;Jommittee.

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A resolution to authorize the payment of the pension ofW. R. H. Stratham.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

"284

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Spinks of Paulding-

A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the spring term of Paulding superior court, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special .Tudiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the several acts in\:orporating the 'illage of Summerville, and for other purposes.

Reierred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Brown and Moore of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 583 of volllme 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.

By :Mr. Everett of Stewart-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower the Commissioner of Agriculture to supply a bookkeeper for the Agricultural Department, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special .Tudiciar:v Committee.

By Mr. Brandon of :Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to empower the Treasurer of Fulton county to pay the road and bridge inspectors of J< ulton county certain money, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 7, 1899.

285-

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide what judicial offi-cers in cities of more than ten thousand inhabitants shall have jurisdiction to require bonds for good behavior, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 739 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McGehee of Harris-
A resolution providing for the appointment of an assistant doorkeeper for the House for the remainder of th~ se3s1on.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Calvin, Acti;ng Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

},fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration House bill number 33, which is a bill that proposes to amend the Constitution so as to exempt. from taxation all property of any church et. al., and for other purposes; and have instructed me to report the same back to the House, with a recommendation that, in pursuance of the instructions of the House, this bill be made the special order fmThursday, the 9th inst., immediately after reading of the journal.

:286

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also, a resolution to expedite the business of the House, and the committee have instructed me to report the sam.l back to the House, without any recommendation, for the reason that the resolution is in the nature of positive instructions to the committee, and it is competent for the House only to dispose of the proposition. The committee further instructed me to say that should it please the House to give the committee specific instructions on the subject-matter of said resolution, such instructions will be faithfully and rigidly adhered to.

Also, a resolution which provides for a change in the rules as to procedure in introducing new matter, substitUTing a "bill box" at the Clerk's desk in lieu of a call of the roll of_ counties, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.
Respectfully submitted. MARTIN V. CALVIN, Acting Chairman.

The following resolution was read the second time and. put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A resolution to change the rule of the House of Repre:;entative~ relative to the introduction of new matter.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted.

The following bill, which was upon its passage at the adjournment of yesterday's session; and which came up to-day under the head of unfinished business, was put upon its passage, to wit:

WEDNESDAY, NOVJ~MBER 8, 1899.

287

By Mr. Xesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank of Atlanta, and for other rmrposes.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

!.eaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: :Messrs. Hathcock, Newton of Morgan, Harris of Thomas, Speer of Sumter, Ogletree of Butts, Pace of New ton, Lane of Bibb, Starr of Gordon, McDonald of "\Vare, Bond of :Madison, IIutchins of Gwinnett, Turner of Henry, Anderson of Bartow, McLaughlin.
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga.,
'Vednesday :November 8, 1899.
The Hou::;e met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a.m. this day and was called to order by the Ron. A. 0. Blalock, Speaker pro tem. and opened with pra~er by the ..Chaplain.

288

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Upon call o the roll those answering to their names were

Messrs.-

Adams,

Fort,

Merritt,

Adamson,

Gay,

Mitchell,

Allen,

George,

Moore,

Anderson,

Gresham,

Morris,

Arnold,

Greene,

Mullins,

Barron,

Griffin of Greene, McCants,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Twiggs, McCranie,

Bennett, of Pierce, Griffith,

McDonald,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

McDonough,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammett,

McElreath,

Bell of Spalding, Hardin of Liberty, McFarland,

Black of Dawson, Hardin of Wilkes, McGehee,

Black of Whitfield, Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Blalock

Harrison,

McLennan,

Bond.

Harris,

McMillan,

Bowen,

Harrell,

McRae,

Bower,

Harvard,

Newton,

Brandon,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Brown of Carroll, Henderson of Washt'nOverstreet,

Bryan,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,

Bush,

Hill,

Padgett,

Bynum,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Calvin,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

Carlton,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Carter,

Hutchins,

Post,

Castleberry,

Jarnagan,

Price,

Chappell,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of Effingham,

Crossland, Denny,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Wilkinson, Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

news,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

Dickey,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Drawdy,

Jordan of .Jasper, Rogers,

Duncan,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rose,

Ellis,

Knowles,

Rudicil,

Emanuel,

Lane of Bibb,

Simpson,

Easterlin,

Lane of Early,

Singletary,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Sumter,

Slaton,

Farmer,

Laing,

Sloan.

Felker,

Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Fender,

Longino,

Smith of Hancock,

Freeman,

Martin,

Snell,

:Franklin,

Mayson,

Spinks,

Ford,

Maxwell,

Speer,

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 8, 1899.

289

Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, 'Timmerman,

Tracy,

Williams of Emanuel,

Turner of Rockdale, Williams of Lumpkin,

Upchurch,

Willingham,

Walker of Brooks, Wood,

Walker of Crawford, Woodall,

Walker of Union, Wooten,

\Vatkins,

Yates,

West,

Mr. Speaker.

Whiteley,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bass, Brown of Bryan Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Everett of Polk,

Hammond,

LaRoche,

Hamby,

Latimer.

Hathcock,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Irwin. Stubbs,

Howard,

Tatum,

Johnson of Baker, Turner of Henry,

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

:Mr. Jordan of Jasper, asked leave of absence for the Speaker for two or three days, which lea~e was granted.

Mr. Cahin of Richmond, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House lwd upon yesterday on resolution No. 180 relative to the }Oint tax commission.
The following communication was received from the Senate through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

Jlfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend section 3441 of the Code of Georgia, .and for other purposes.
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290

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The Senate has also concurred in the following joint resolutions of the House, to wit:

A resolution providing for a special committee from the General Assembly to visit the State Normal School at Athens.

The committee on the part of the Senate, are )fessrs. Dickerson, Morrison and King.

Also, a resolution appointing a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to report on the recommendation of the Governor as to a pension for General Kell.

The committ{ e on the part of the Senate are 1Iessrs. Redding and Wingfield.

:1Ir. Calvin of Richmond, in conformity with his previous notice, move~ to reconsider the action of the House in tabling on yesterday House resolution Xo. 180, relative to the tax commission.
1Ir. Hardwick of \Vashington, arose to a point of ord.~r, that the motion to reconsider could not he made at this time, which was sustained by the Speaker.

The Speaker announced the following committee on the part of the House to visit the State X ormal School : 1Iessrs. Carlton, Chairman; Dews, \Yoodall, \Vatkins, Gresham, Laing, Everett of Stewart.
The foliowing bill, which was made the special order for to-day was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

WEDNESDA:Y, NovE.MBER 8, 1899.

291

By ::llr. Bowen of \Yilcox-
A hill to be entitled an act, to provide for the removal of the court-house of wilcox county from Abbeville to Rochelle.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
l\fr. Price of Oconee, moved that all persons in the House7 not members of the House, be excluded.
l\fr. Knowles of Fulton, moved to amend the motion of )fr. Price of Oconee, by allowing ex-members of the House the privileges of the floor, which amendment was adopted.

)fr. Bower of Decatur, moved to further amend by al~ lowing newspaper reporters the privileges -of the floor, which amendment was adopted.

The motion of :Mr. Price of Oconee, prevailed as amended.

On motion of :Mr. :Morris of Cobb, State House officials were also allowed the privileges of the floor.

Mr. Hardwick of \Vashington, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen,

Bell of Forsyth,

Anderson,

Bell of Spalding,

Bennettlof Mitchell, Blalock,

Bennett of Pearce, Bowen,

Beauchamp,

Brandon,

Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Carlton, Carter,

292

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, David. Drawdy, Duncan, Easterlin, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hill, Howard, Holder,

Jarnagan, .Johnson of Appling, .Johnson of Bartow, Johnson, of Lee, .Tones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, McDonald, McDonough, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post,

Rawls of Effingham, Reynolds, Rogers, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman. Tracy, Walker of Brooks, 'Vest, 'Villiams of Emanuel, 'Villiams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Woodal.

Those voting in the negative were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Barron, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Bush, Calvin, Denny, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer,

Gay,

Morris,

Greene,

Mullins,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Hardwick,

McCranie,

Harrell,

McElreath,

Hendricks,

McFarland,

Henderson of 'Vash'tnMcGehee,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

Overstreet,

Hosch,

Padgett,

Hutchins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Floyd, Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Lane of Early,

Reid,

Laing,

Rose,

Martin,

Sloan,

"WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 8, 1899.

293

Smith of Hall,

Walker of Union,

Sturgis,

'Vatkins,

Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley,

Upchurch,

Wood, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bass, Bond, Brown of Bryan Cook, Copeland, Dickey, Everett of Polk, Gresham, Hall,

Hammond,

Ousley,

Hamby,

Price,

Hathcock,

Richardson,

Henderson of Irwin, Stubbs,

Johnson of Baker, Tatum,

Jordan of ,Tasper, Turner of Henry,

Latimer,

Walker of Crawford,

Maxwell,

Mr. Speaker.

Ogletree,

Mr. Price of Oconee, asked to be excused from voting.
Objection was raised, but on motion of 1Ir. McLaughlin of _l\Ieriwether, Mr. Price's request was granted, and he was excused from voting.
:Mr. McLaughlin of :Meriwether, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 55.
The bill not having received the requisite two-thirds majority of the House was lost.
Leaves of absence were granted the following mellfbers, to wit : :Messrs. Adams of Clayton, Park of Greene: Black of Whitfield, McMillan of Chatham.
On motion of :Mr. Brandon of Fulton, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

294

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, November 9, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock

a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker pr..:,

tern., and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.



rpon the call of the roll those answering to their names were ~fessrs.-

Adams,

Darnell,

Hardwick,

Adamson,

David,

Harrison,

Allen,

Denny,

Harris.

Anderson,

Dews,

Harrell.

Arnold,

Dickey,

Harvard,

Barron,

Drawdy,

Hendricks,

Bass,

Duncan,

Henderson of "\Vasht'n

Bennett of Mitchell, Ellis,

Herring,

Bennett of Pierce, Emanuel,

Hopkins,

Beauchamu,

Easterlin.

Holder,

Bell of Forsyth,

Everett of Stewart, Hosch,

Bell of Spalding, Farmer,

Hutchins,

Black of Dawson, Felker,

.Jarnagan,

Black of Whitfield, Fender,

.Johnson of Appling,

Blalock,

Freeman,

iohnson of Baker,

Bond,

Franklin,

Johns<m of Bartow,

Bowen,

Ford,

.Johnson of Floyd,

Bower,

Fort,

.Johnson of Lee,

Brandon, Brown of Bryan,

Gay, George,

.Jones of Burke,
Jordan of .rasper,

Brown of Carroll, Gresham,

.Jordan of Pulaski,

Bryan,

Greene,

Knowles,

Bush,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Bibb,

Bynum;

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Early,

Calvin',

Griffith,

Lane of Snmter,

Carlton, Carter,

Hall, Hammett,

Laing, J,aRoche,

Castleberry,

Hamby,

Lee,

Chappell,

Hardin of Liberty, Longino,

Crossland,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mayson,

THURSDAY, NovEMBER 9, 1899.

295

Merritt, 1\litchell, :Moore, Morris, 1\lul ins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, ::\IcE!reath, McFarland, McGhee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, 1\lcRae, Newton, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene,

Park of Troup,

Stone,

Post,

Swift,

Price,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Tisinger;

Reynolds,

Timmerman,

Richardson,

Tracy,

Rogers,

Turner of Henry,

Rose,

Upchurch,

Rudicil,

\Valker of Brooks,

Singletary,

Walker of Crawford,

Slaton,

walker of Union,

Sloan,

Watkins,

Smith of Hall,

\Vest,

l'mith of Hancock, Whiteley,

Snell,

\Villiams of Emanuel,

Spinks,

williams of Lumpkin,

Speer,

Willingham,

Starr,

Wood,

Stubbs,

Woodall,

Sturgis,

\Vooten,

Stewart,

Yates.

Those absent were 1\fessrs.-

Cook, o<Jopeland, Everett of Polk, Hammond, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, 1\laxwell,

Hill,

Ousley,

Howard,

Simpson,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Martin,

Mr. Speaker.

The following message was received ,from the Senate through ~Ir. Xortlwn, the Secretary thereof:

.1Vr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4517 ~ the Civil Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

296

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutiona! majority, the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4927 of theCode of 1895, volume 2.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize "\Vm. Akin & Son, of Catoo8a county, to manufacture and collect fot~ a remedy known as Akin's Tetter and Dropsy Cure.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3761 of volume 2, Code of Georgie, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

M-r. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following act, to wit:
An act to amend section 5462 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bond of :Madison, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.
The journal was read and confirmed.
Mr. :Moore of Carroll, gave notice that at the proper tim~ he would move to reconsider the action of the House had upon yesterday in defeating House bill No. 332, providing. for the removal of the court-home of "Wilcox county from Abbeville to Rochelle.

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Mr. Post of Coweta, asked unanimous consent to havebill No. 515 withdrawn from CommittBe on AgriculturE' and referred to General Judiciary, which request wa~ granted.

Mr. Harrison of Quitman, asked unanimous consent t(} have bill No. 551 recommitwd to Committee on Counties and County Matters, which request was granwd.

Mr. Denny of Floyd, asked unanimous consent to hav~ bill No. 181 recommitted to Committee on Education, which request was granwd.

Unanimous consent was given :Mr. T.ane of Early, to withdraw House bill No. 535.
Mr. McLaughlin of :Meriwether, moved that Senate bi4l No. 16 be taken up and read a third time, and put upon it<> passage, which motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Watkins of Gilmer, bill No. 43 was placed on the calendar.

J..fr. Calvin of Richmond, asked unanimous consent to. withdraw House resolution No. 170 from Committee on Appropriations, which request was refused.

The following privilege resolution was read and. adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Richardson of Hart-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the House to the Hon. A. G. :McCurry and Hon. \V. F. Bowelduring their ;,tay in the city.

"298

JouRNAL OF THE HousE;

}lr. Woodall of Tall,ot moved that Senate bill No. 2~ J,e taken up and read the second time, for the purpo~e of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which motion was lost.

::\fr. :Moore 0f Carroll, in conformity with his previon:> notice, moYed to r<>comider the action of the House in tle\-&ting the following bill, to wit:

By )fr. Bowen of ,.rilcox-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the remo1al of tlw court-house of "~ilcox county from Abbeville i0 Rochelle.
:\fr. Johnson of Bartow, called for the previous qnPstiou.
On the call for the previous question Mr. Rose of Camden, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustai:r;wJ.
Pending the call of the ayes and nays :nfr. Overstreet o ScreYen, moved that the motion to reconsider be tabled.
On the motion to table ~Ir. Slaton of Fulton, called for the ayPs and nays, which call was sustained.

:;\Ir. "rillingham of :Monroe moved that the House ndJonrn.

On the motion to adjourn )[r. Mitchell of Thom'as, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
::\Ir, \Yillingham asked to withdraw his motion to ad-
JOlHn.

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::\fr. Slaton objected.

J\fr. Bower arose in his Eeat and asked permission to ex plain his Yoto, which permission was granted.

On taking the ballot viva voce, on the motion to adjourn, the vote was as follows:

Those voti11g- in ihe affirmati,,e were :Messrs.-

Allen, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Bower, Bush, Crossland, Darnell, Denny,

Dews, Duncaq, Ellis, Greene, Hosch, .Johnson of Baker. Johnson of Floyd, Knowles,

McCants, McLaughlin, Rose, Tisinger, Upchurch, Williams of Emanuel, Willingham.

Those voting in the negative "ere ~fessrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, -Darlton, -carter,

Castleberry, Chappell, David, Dickey, Drawdy, .Emanuel, Easterlin. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Free1nan, Franklin, Ford,. Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,. Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby,

Hardin of Libe~ty, Hardin of Wilkes, llarrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard . Hathcock, Henderson of 'Yasht'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hol(ler, Hutchins. Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, .Johnson of Lee, Jonesof Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McRae,

Newton, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, ~ate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks,

Speer, Starr. Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Brooks, 'Valker of Crawford,.. Walker of Union, Watkins, 'Vest, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin. 'Voodal, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Cook, Copeland, Fort, Everett of Polk, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hardwick,

Hendricks,

Simpson,

Henderson of Irwin, Smith of Hall,

Hopkins,

Stubbs,

Latimer,

Taylor,

McElreath,

Turner ofHenry,

McMillan,

Turner of Rockdale,

Ousley,

Wood,

Park of Greene,

Mr. Speaker.

Reynolds,

:w On motion of :Mr.. alkcr of Union, a verification of the

roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 23, and the nays 125, so the motion to adjourn was lost.

1vir. Allen of Baldwin, arose to a point of order, that .he motion to table the motion of :Mr. :Moore of Carron to !econsider the action of the House in defeating House bill Xo. 332 on ye3terday, was out of order.

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The point of order was sustained, and the motion to table ruled out.
}fr. Q,rerstreet of Screven, appealed from the de~i:>iJn of the chair, and upon such appeal, Mr. Ellis of Bilb, called fm the ayes and nays, and the same were ordered.

The rules of the House were suspended, on motion of :Mr. Ellis of Bibb, for the purpose of allowing the follow ing resolution to be introduced and read, to wit:

13y :Mr. }fcGehee of Harris-

A resolution providing that no motion to adjourn shalt he entertained before 1 o'clock p.m., in the future.

Under the rules of the House the resolution was laid on the table for one dDy.

On taking the ballot v1va voce, upon the appeal fro111 <lecision of thE' chair, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Brandon,

Adamson,

Brown of Carroll,

Allen,

Bryan,

Anderson,

Bush,

Arnold.

Bynum,

Barron,

Carter,

Bass,

Castleberry,

Bennett of Mitchell, Crossland,

Bennett of Pierce, Darnell,

Beauchamp,

David,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dews,

Bell of Spalding, Dickey,

Black of Dawson, Drawdy,

Bond,

Duncan,

Bowen,

Ellis,

Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE~

Hardin of Liberty, Maxwell,.

Rose,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Rudicil,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Singletary,

Harris,

Moore,

Slaton,

Harrell,

Morris,

Sloan,

Harvard,

Mullins,

. Smith of Hancock,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Snell,

Hendricks,

McCranie,

Spinks,

Henderson of \Vasht'nMcDonald,

Speer,

Herring,

McDonough,

Starr,

Howard,

McElreath,

Stubbs,

Holder,

McFarland,

Stewart,

Hosch,

McGehee,:

Stone,

Jarnagan,

McLaughlin,

Swift,

Johnson of Appling, McLennan,

Tatum,

Johnson of Baker, McMillan,

Taylor,

JohQson of Bartow, McRae,

Tisinger,

Johnson of Lee,

Newton,

Timmerman,

Jones of Burke,

Ogletree,.

Tracy,

Jordan of Jasper Padgett,

Turner of Henry,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pate of Gwinnett, Upchurch,

Knowles,

Park of Greene,

\Valker of Brooks.

Lane of Bibb,

Park of Troup,

Walker of Crawford.

Lane of Early,

Post,

Walker of Union,

Lane of Sumter,

Price,

Watkins,

Laing,

Rawls of Effingham, West,

LaRoche,

Rawls of wilkinson, Williams of Emanuel,

Lee,

Reid,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Longino,

Reynolds,

Willingham,

Martin,

Richardson,

Woodal.

ayson,

Rogers,

Those voting in the negative 'vere Messrs.-

Bower, Brown of Bryan

Calvin, Carlton,

H-ammett, Overstreet.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Chappell, Cook,

Copeland, Denny, Everett of Polk, Farmer,

George, Greene, Hammond, Hamby,

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Hardwick,

Ousley,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Hill,

Simpson,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Sturgis,

Johnson of Floyd, Tanner,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley, wood, \Vooten, Yates, l\Ir. Speaker.

On the motion to appeal from the decision of the chai l""
the ayes were 1:n; and the nays 6.
The decision of the chair was therefore sustained.

On taking the ballot YiYa Yoce, upon the call for the pre vious question, the Yote was as follows:

Those Yoting in the affirmatiYe "ere )Iessrs.-

Adams,

Easterlin,

Hosch,

Adamson,

' ]<jverett of Stewart, Jarnagan,

Anderson,

Felker,

Johnson of Appling,

Arnold,

Freeman,

Johnson of Baker,

Barron,

Ford,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bass,

Fort,

.Johnson of Lee,

Bennett of Mitchell, Gresham,

;Jones of Burke,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of Greene, .Jordan of Jasper,

Beauchamp,

Griffin of Twiggs, Jordan of Pulaski,.

Bell of Forsyth,

Griffith,

Lane of Bibb,

Bell of Spalding. Hall,

Laing,

Black of Dawson, Hammett,

LaRoche,

Blalock,

Hamby,

Lee,

Bond,

Hardin of Liberty, Longino,

Brown of Bryan, Hardin of Wilkes, :Martin,

Brown of Carroll, Hardwick,

)Iayson,

Calvin,

Harrison,

:Maxwell,

Carter,

Harris,

.:\Ierritt,

Castleberry,

Harrell,

:\Iitchell,

Darnell,

Harvard,

l\Ioore,

David,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Dews,

Henderson of \Vash t'n"i\IcDonald ,

Drawdy,

Hill,

:McElreath,

Emanuel,

Holder,

:McFarland,.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

McLennan,

Singletary,

McRae,

Smith of Hancock,

Newton,

Snell.

Padgett,

Starr,

Pate of Gwinnett, Sturgis,

Park of Troup,

Stewart,

Post,

Stone,

Rawls of Effingham, Swift,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Tanner,

Reid,

Tatum,

Reynolds,

Taylor,

Rogers,

Timmerman,

Tracy, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, West, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham. Woodall. Wooten, Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, {}happell, Crossland, Denny, Dickey, Duncan,

Ellis, Farmer, Fender, Franklin, Gay, Greene, Herring, Hutchins, Johnson of Floyd, Knowles, Lane of Early, Morris,

McCants, McGehee, McLaughlin, Overstreet, Richardson, Rose, Slaton, Spinks, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Watkins, Williams of Emanuel.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Lane of Sumter,

Cook,

Latimer,

Copeland,

McCranie,

Everett of Polk, McDonough,

George,

McMillan,

Hammond,

Ogletree,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Park of Greene,

Hopkins,

Price,

Rudicil, Simpson, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer. Stubbs, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Wood, Mr. Speaker.

The ayes were 107, and the nays 37.

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The call for the previous question was therefore sm:tained.

:Mr. Ellis of Bibb, moved that the House adjourn.
On the motion to adjourn, :Mr. Calvin of Richmond~ called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Pending the call of the ayes and nays, :Mr. Willingham of Monroe, moved that the session be extended until the: day's business be disposed of, which motion was lost.

On taking the ballot viva voce, on the motion to adjourn, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were :M:essrs.-

Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Bower. Brandon, Crossland, Denney, Dews, Ellis, Farmer, Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Harrell, Hendricks, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Knowles, LaRoche, Maxwell,

McCants, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pace of Newton, Reid, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Smith of Hall.

Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bond,

Adamson, Allen,

Bowen, Brown of Bryan,

Anderson,

Brown of Carroll,

Bass,

Bryan,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bush,

Bennett of Pierce, Bynum,

Beauchamp,

Calvin,

Bell of Spalding, Carlton,

Black of Dawson, Carter,

Blalock,

Castleberry,

20h

Darnell, David. Dickey, Drawdy, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of _Stewart,. Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford,

306

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Fort,

Lane of Sumter,

Simpson,

Gay,

Laing,

Singletary,

George,

Lee,

Sloan,

Griffin of Greene, Longino,

Smith of Hancock,

Griffith,

Mayson,

Snell,

Hall,

Merritt,

Speer,

Hammett,

Mitchell,

Starr,

Hamby.

:Morris,

Srubbs,

Hardin of Liberty, Mullins,

Sturgis,

Hardin of Wilkes, McCranie,

Stewart,

Harrison,

McDonald,

Stone,

Harris,

McElreath,

Swift,

Harvard,

.McFarland,

Tatum,

Hathcock,

McGehee,

Tisinger,

Henderson of Washt'n.McLennan.

Timmerman,

Herring,

McRae,

Tracy,

Howard,

Ogletree,

Turner of Rockdale,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Walker of Brooks,

Jarnagan,

Pate of Gwinnett, Walker of Crawford.

Johnson of Appling, Park of Troup,

'Valker of Union,

Johnson of Bartow, Post,

'Vest,

Johnson of Lee,

Price,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Jones of Burke,

Rawls of Effingham, Willingham,

.Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of 'Vilkinson. woodall,

Jordan of Pulaski, Richardson,

wooten.

Lane of Bibb,

Rogers,

Those not Yoting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Duncan, Everett, of Polk, Franklin, Hammond, Hardwick, Henderson of Irvin, Hill,

Hopkins, Hutchins, .Johnson of Floyd, Lane of Early, Latimer, Martin, Moore, McMillan, Newton, Ousley, Padgett, Park of Greene,

Reynolds, Spinks, Tanner, Taylor, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel, Wood, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. \Voodall of Talbot, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

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On the motion to adjourn the ayes were 28, nays 111, the motion was therefore lost.
The question before the Hobse ~as the previous questiou
-on the motion of Mr. Moore of Carroll, to reconsider the action of the House had upon yesterday upon House bill No. 332.

On the motion to reconsider Mr. Slaton of Fulton called ior 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,

Hardin of Liberty, Newton,

Anderson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pace of Newton,

Arnold,

Harrison,

Padgett,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harris,

Park of Troup,

Bennett of Pierce, Harvard,

Post,

Beauchamp,

Hathcock,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bell of Spalding, Holder,

Reid,

Bowen,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Brandon,

Johnson of Baker, Singletary,

Brown of Carrol, Johnson of Bartow, Slaton,

Bryan,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hancock.

Bynum,

Jordan of Pulaski, Spinks,

Carter,

Knowles,

Speer,

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Darnell,

Lane of Sumter,

Stone,

David,

LaRoche,

Swift,

Duncan,

Lee,

Tanner,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Tatum,

Felker,

Mayson,

Tracy,

Fender,

Maxwell,

Turner of Henry.

Freeman,

Merritt,

"\Valker of Brooks,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

Walker of Crawford,

Ford,

:i\roore,

West,

Fort,

McDonald,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Griffin of Gret>ne, :McDonough,

Willingham,

-Griffith,

McLennan,

"\Vooten;"

Hammett,

Me Rae,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Greene,

Ogletree,

Adamson,

Griffin or' Twiggs, Overstreet,

Barron,

Hall,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bass,

Hamby,

Rawls of wilkinson.

Bell of Forsyth,

Hardwick,

Reynolds,

Black of Dawson, Harrell,

Richardson,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Rose,

Bower,

Henderson of Washt'nRudicil,

Bush,

Herring,

Sloan,

Calvin,

Hosch,

Smith of Hall,

Carlton,

Hutchins,

Snell,

Cas tieberry,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Denny,

Jordan or Jasper, Sturgis,

Dews,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Dickey,

Laing,

Timmerman,

Drawdy,

Martin,

Turner of Rockdale,

Ellis,

Morris,

Upchurch,

Emanuel,

Mullins,

Walker of Union,

Everett of Stewart, McCants,

Watkins,

Farmer,

McFarland,

'Voodal,

Gay,

McLaughlin,

Yates.

Gresham,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Hill,

Blalock,

Howard,

Brown of Bryan, Hopkins,

Chappell,

Jarnagan,

Cook,

.Johmon of Floyd,

Copeland,

Latimer,

Everett of Polk,

McCranie,

George,

McElreath,

Hammond,

McGehee,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Ousley, Park of Greene, Price, Simpson, Taylor, Tisinger, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel. Wood, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :M:r. Brandon of Fulton, a verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 80, and the nays 64.

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The motion to reconsider, therefore, prevailed.

~Ir. Slaton of Fulton, moved that the House adjourn.

Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved to amend the motion of Mr. Slaton, that when the House adjourn it adjourn to reconvene at 3 o'clock p.m.

:Mr. Brandon then moved to amend by adding that when the House adjourn it adjourn to reconvene at 9 :45 tomorrow mormng.

Pending the motion to adjourn, the hour of adjournment arrived, and all further business was ,suspended.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members; :Messrs. David, \Vood of Towns, Hardin of Liberty, Johnson of Appling, Ford of Worth.

The Speaker pro tem. then announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Friday, November 10, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjmirnment, at 10 o'clock a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and ()pened with prayer by the Chaplain.

:no

L pon the call of the roll those answering to their names. were }fessrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron,

Freeman.

Franklin,

Gay,

..

George,

Gresham,

LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin. :\Iayson,

Bass,

Greene,

Bennett of :Mitchell, Griffin of Greene,

Beimett of Pierce, Griffin of Twiggs,

Beauchamp,

Griffith,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hall,

Bell of Spalding, Hammett,

Black of Dawson, Hardin of Wilkes,

Blalock,

Hardwick.

Bond,

Harrison,

Bowen,

Harris,

Bower,

Harrell,

Brandon,

Harvard,

:Merritt. Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullens, McCranie. McDonald. McDonough, l\fcFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan,

Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll. Calvin, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, David. Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan,

Hendricks,

McRae,

Henderson of Washt'nNewton.

Herring.

Ogletree,

Hill,

Ousley,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Hopkins,

Pace of Newton,

Holder,

Padgett.

Hosch,

Park of Greene,

Hutchins,

Park of Troup,

.Jarnagan,

Post,

.JohnsOfl ef Appling Price,

.Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham~

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Wilkinson,

.Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

Ellis,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Emanuel,

Jordan of Jasper, Rogers,

Easterlin,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rose,

Everett of Stewart, Knowles,

Rudic!l,

Farmer,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Felker,

Lane of Sumter,

Sloan,

Fender,

Laing,

Smith of Hall,

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Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner,

Tatum,

walker of Union,

Taylor,

\Vat.kins,

Tisinger,

\Vest,

Timmerman,

williams of Emanuel,

Tracy,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Turner of Henry, \Villingham,

Turner of Rockdale, \Voodal,

Upchurch,

\Vooten,

\Valker of Brooks, Yates,

\Valker of Crawford, 1\ir. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Bryan, Bush. Bynum, Carter, Darnell, Everett of Polk, Ford,

Fort,

l\fcCants,

Hammond,

McElreath,

Hamby,

1\ic:M:illan,

Hardin of Liberty, Pate of Gwinnett,

Hathcock,

Simpson,

Henderson of Irwin, Singletary,

Lane of Early,

Whiteley,

Latimer,

Wood.

Maxwell,

::O.fr. ::O.ferritt of Hancock, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal was read and confirmed.
J\Ir. Reynolds of Richmond, asked unanimous consent to withdraw from the Committee on Appropriations and from the consideration of the House, House resolution No. 170, which request was granted.
J.Ir. Jordan of .Jasper, moved that 300 copies of House hill X o. 590 be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate through J\Ir. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

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Mr. S pealcer:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majorities the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1036, volume 3, Code of Georgia, 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act placing the solicitor of the county court of Effingham on a salary, to fix the amount and prescribe the manner of paying same.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of the act providing for the appointment of a clerk for Effingham county court, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved February 20th, 1873, which provides for the payment of insolvent costs due the clerk of superior court and sheriff <>f Fayette county.
:Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committe on Education, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had before it the following House bill and resolution, which they instruct me, as their chairman, to report back to the House, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
No. 313, by l\fr. Park of Troup, which is a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to authorize the town oi Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system independent of the public school system or the State of Georgia, to provide for the maintenance and .support of the same, and for other purposes.

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Xo. 163, by :Mr. Carlton of Clarke, which is a resolution providing for the enlargement of the Annual Visiting Committee to the State l;niversity, and for other purposes.

R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on "\Vays and );feans, submitted the following report:

J.l!1. Speaker:

The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend subsection 2 of the general tax act for the years 1899 and 1900, approved December 22, 1898, "'l as to exempt Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

:iHr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corpora1ions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter .of the town of Ellijay, in Gilmer county, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to amend the charter o:f the town of Ellijay,. <::stablishing a board o:f tax equalizers, and :for other purposes.

Also a bill to amend sections 2 and 7 o:f an act establishing a public school :for the city o:f :Moultrie, in the county o:f Colquitt.

The committee also instruct me to report the :following House bill back, with the recommendation that the sain<3 do not pass, to wit:

A bill to require all railroads or railway companies to fence in their right of way in the county o:f wilkinson, State o:f Georgia, and for other p~uposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JA:M:ES P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

}fr. Jordan, Chairman o:f the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the :following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on General Agriculture have had undet consideration the following bill of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pa~s, as amended, to wit:

A bill to regulate the registration, sale, inspection, etc., of commercial fertilizers, and :for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

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Mr. Chappell, .Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Th~ Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following joint resolution, which I am instructed toreport back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A joint resolution to appropriate twenty-one hundred and fifty-seven dollars to the Board of .Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, for the repairing of the college property.

Also, the following joint resolution, which I am mstructed to report hack, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A joint resolution authorizing the payment of the per diem. of the Hon. Vi. S. King, late a Representative from the count:r of Houston.
Also, the following House resolution, which I ttm instructed to report back, with the recommendation that th8 same do pass, to wit:
A resolution authorizing payment of pension of W. R. H. Statham.
Also, the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that tho same do not pass, to wit:
A resolution providing for the payment of the per diem of Hon. T. \V. Fain, of White county.
Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

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)fr. -Willingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker:
The CommittBe on Temperance have had under consideration the following House bills, and request me to report the E>ame back, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
By )fr. Jordan of .Jasper-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture -of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors (except domestic wine made from grapes and berries), within the limits o-f Jasper county, and for other purposes, and providing a penalty for violation of same.
By )fr. Bell of Spalding-
An act to make it unlawful to manufacture any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquor, except domestic wine, in the county of Spalding, and to prescribe a penalty for violating same, and for other purposes.
By )fr. Turner of Henry-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of distilled or spirituous liquors of any kind from fruit grown, or other substance, within the limits of Henry county, Ga., and to prmide a penalty for the violation thereof.
By )fr. Park-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to manufacture any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating

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liquor, except domestic wine, in the county of Gwinnett, and to prescribe a penalty for violating same, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Felker-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit any Justice of theSupreme Court, judge of any superior court, judge of any city court, criminal court or county court, in the State, from getting drunk or otherwise acting in any manner unbecoming his office, to prescribe a punishment for the same, and for other purpo.ses.

Also, House bill No. 535-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1897, which they requefit reported back to the House without action, and that the author be allowed to withdraw same.
Respectfully submitted.
B.S. WILLINGHAM,
Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under con&ideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:



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A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner of giving notice of levy of an attachment upon realty in certain cases, as amended.

A bill to be entitled an act to require the ordinaries of this State to publish in the newspaper in which the sheriff'-> advertisements are published, all citations, notices, and advertisements, and for other purposes, as amended.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act amending the charter of the Atlanta Banking Co., as amended.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled can act to incorporate the Germania Loan and Banking Co., of Atlanta, Ga., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the making, forging or counterfeiting cards, receipts, certificates or letters given by any association of railway employees or any corporation or person, with intent to deceive or dofraud, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election by the people of Chatham county, of the clerk and sheriff of the city court, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4786 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 107 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

I am also instructed to report the following House bills back, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an :act to provide for the registration of voters in this State, and for other purposes.

Abo, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 274;) .of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 820 of volume 3 of the C'ude of 1895, and for other purpo;;es.

Also, a bill to be entited an act to amend section 3465, Yolume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The committee ha\'e also had under consideration the iollowing bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the authors be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763, volume 2 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the granting Df new trials.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Committee on Railroads, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2234 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN ~I. SLATON, Chairman.

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The undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee submitted the following report, to wit:

..Yr. Speaker:

We, the undersigned, members of the General Judiciary Committee, beg leave to submit the following minority report:

House bill No. 446, by Mr. Moore of Carroll, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3465, volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

We believe and hereby recommend that the same do pass.
(Signed)-
W. A. POST, JNO. ALLEN, W. P. LAROCHE, W. F. BROWN, .T. C. BARRON, E. C. SPEER, J. A. LAING, W. E. SPINKS, E. S. GRIFFITH, W. B. SLOAN.

Messrs. Bell, Harrison, Bass and Sloan, of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority report:

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Mr. Speaker:

The undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee dissent from the majority report 'adverse to the passage of House bill No. 41, and recommend that said bill do pass.
H. P. BELL, "\V1L HARRISON, CIIAS. L. BASS, W. B. SLOAN.

Messrs. Brandon, Allen, Lane and Slaton, of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority 1eport:

Mr. Speaker:
'l.Ne, the undersigned, members of the General Judiciary Committee, beg leave to submit a minority report on House bill No. 468, and recommend that the same do not pass.
MORRIS BRANDON, JNO. ALLEN,
w. T. LANE,
JOHN M. SLATON.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2573 of vol-
ume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4334 of the Civil Code of this State.

.Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the granting of new trials in suits for damages, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 815 1) volume 3 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration thefollowing House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to provide a statute of limitations for suits upon contracts, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration tha following Honse hill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that same be referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the
:follo"'ing House bill, which I am instructed to report baok,
with the recommendation that the author be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to require the wife claiming

an eqnity in the property of her husband, to enter the same
of record.

Eespectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairoman.

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!fr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Cont:mittee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The General .Judiciary Committee have had under con.sideration the following House bill, which I am instructed -to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass:

A bill providing to repeal section 5331 of the Civil Code, and to restore trial by jury in this State, and for other pur-poses.

The following bill I am instructed to report back, with o~ecommendation that it do pass, as substitute:

A bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts to render judgment at the appearance term )f such court without the verdict of the jury, in all civil cases, founded on unconditional contracts in writing, where an issuable defence is not filed under oath or affirmation on the :first day of the appearance. term, provided personal service is had on the defendant.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The undersigned, members of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority report, to
-wit:

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Mr. f.peaker:

We, the undersigned, members of the General Judiciary
Committee, beg leave to make the following minority re-
port on House bill No. 469, being entitled a bill to repeal
section 5331 of the Civil Code, and respectfully recommend
that the bill do not pass.
JNO. T. ALLEN, MORRIS BRANDON, W.T. LANE, JOIL.~ M. SLATON, R. A. DENNY, E. F. McLAUGHLIN, D. F. CROSSLAND, R. L. MERRITT, N. L. HUTCHINS, JR., T. W. HARDWICK, SEABORN H. JONES, W. P. LaROCHE.

Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment,. submitted the following report:

Mr. l:-pcaker:

The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An act to amend section 4517 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to amend section 3441 of the Code of 189.),. and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.
'1,,,

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman_

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Mr. Moore of Carroll, Chairman of Committee on Counties and County Matters, submmitted the following report:
.Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Counties and County Matters hav"!
had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the 3d section of an act providing for a solicitor for the county court of Oconee county, and for -other purposes.
Also, a bill to change the time of holding Dougherty ~unerior court.
hlso, a bill to prescribe the ineligibilty of members of boards of roads and revenues as jury commissioners.
The committee also instruct me to report back the following bills of the House, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and l'evenues of Clayton county, and for other purposes.
Ah:o, a bill to repeal an act regulating the taking of fi~h in the streams of Whitfield county.
Also, ~ bill to abolish the county court of Dodge county.
.Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend thn -charter of the city of Dalton.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to incorporate the town of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson, and to provide for the .election of mayor and aldermen for the same.

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Also a bill to incorporate the city of J e:fferson, in Jackson county, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to establish a city court in the town of Eastman, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. vValker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Enrollment instruct me to report back to the House, as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to his Excellency, the Governor, the following act, to wit:

An act to amend section 5462 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and

Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

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The Committee on Ways and Means have had underconsideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill to amend the tenth section of the general tax act for 1899 and 1900.

A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the general tax act of the years 1899 and 1900, approved December 22, 189"8, by striking the word pharmacy.

Respectfully submitted.

R. ~V. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiett~ and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speuker:

We, the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, recommend that bill No. 537 do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

G. "\V. DRAWDY, Chairman.

Mr. Allen, Chairman of the State Sanitarium Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

.As Chairman of the State Sanitarium Committee, beg to make report, that this committee have had under con sideration House bill No. 521, and recommend that the !'arne do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

JNO. ALI~EN, Chairman.

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The undersigned, members of the Committee on Labor and Lab~r Statistics, submitted the following minority re-
port, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned, members of Labor and Labor Statistics Committee, beg leave to submit the following minority report on House bill No. 385, which provides a Bureau of Labor Statistics. \Ve do not believe such a measure would meet with the approval of the tax-payers of the State. We are not in favor of creating new offices, which will require an increasing appropriation from time to tim'}.
Further, We do not believe such a measure will give relief to the masses of the laboring people of the State.
HARDIN of Wilkes, BusH of Miller, WOODALL of Talbot.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Five Forks, in t~e county of Madison, and for other purposes.
Also, that the following bills of the House do pass, as amended, to wit:

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A bill to amend the act creating the city court of Waycross, in the county of Ware.

Also, that the following bill of the House do nQt pass, to wit:
A bill ;to pay the solicitor of the city court of W aycros.;,
in Ware cou:q.ty, a salary, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. MOORE,
Chairman.

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

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution fixing the order of business for to-morrow'~> session, as follows: 1. Reading Senate and House bills favorably reported a second time. 2. Reading local bills a third time.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing that no unanimous consent or motion to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of taking up any bill or resolution out of its regular order, shall be put to the House until the title of such bill or resolution has been read.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing that on Monday, November 13, the House shall meet at 9 o'clock, and adjourn at 1 o'clock p.m.

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Mr. Newton of Morgan, asked unanimous consent t(} withdraw House bill No. 463, which request was granted.

Mr. Bennett of Pierce, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bills Nos. 494 and 502, which request was granted.
Mr. Martin of Banks, asked unanimous consent to recommit bill No. 466 to General Agricultural Committee, which request was granted.
The following joint resolution was introduced, read th~ first time, and tabled, on motion of Mr. Morris of Cobh,. to wit:

By Mr. McFarland of FranklinA resolution providing that the General Assembly ad-
journ on November 23d, inst., including thirty days fot the session.
The following bills were read a first time and appropriatelv referred, to wit:

By Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide a different method of registration for the officers and employees of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors, except domestic wines, in the countv of Jackson, and for other purposes.

Referred to Temperance Committee.

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By Mr. Longino of Campbell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Campbell county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Commitee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Reynolds of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 338, volume
1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hardin of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the hunting or fishing of non-residents in the county of Liberty, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Griffith of Haralson-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the marking and printing the contents of the soles of boots and shoes on the same, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Longino of Campbell-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the commissioneN of roads and revenues of Campbell county to furnish the sheriff with two bloodhounds, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 333 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved December 7, 1897, relative to the owning of water-power by corporations, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fort of Harris-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all the acts i~cor porating the town of Hamilton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Johnson of Lee--

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to protect the fish in the streams of Lee county, and for other purposes.

Referred to C~mmittee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hamby of Rabun-

A bill to be entitled an act to appropriate money to Secretary of State for the binding of ancient records, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to require the purchasers of gold bullion to keep a record of all purchases, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Mines and Mining.
By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent the sale of interest in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to cede certain land selected
for site of U. S. Prison, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow white women over eighteen years old to enter the Georgia School of Tech nology, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Drawdy of Wayne-
A bill to be entitled an act to protect certain fish in th3 streams of Wayne county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to be entitled an act to make appropriation to pa,v indigent pensioners for 1900, and for othC'r purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the admission of county school commissioners into the Normal School :Jt Athens, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Spinks of Paulding-
A bill to be entitled an act to declare the proceedings in certain contested elections, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fort of Harris-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a statistical report of the cotton crop of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McFarland of FranklinA bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 375 and
376 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1097 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Slaton o:f Fulton-
A bill to .be entitled an act to provide a punishment filc, arson, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Park of Troup-A bill to be entitled an act. to amend section 2726 of th~;
Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Carlton of ClarkeA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an
a.ct to establish the ~ity cou.t>t of Clal"ke, {:OUnty an.d for. other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Carlton of ClarkeA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an
act to ~ud an act iQ. establish a city court for Cla.Fke coUJa;ty, so as to change the salary of th.e judge of said court, and for other purposes.
Referred to GooeraJ. Judici8Jry Committee .
By Mr. Tracy of DoolyA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating
th.e city of Co.rdele, and for other purposes.,


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By }fr. Park of Greene-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the owner of a

bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt to fore

close the same as in the manner of mortgages, etc., and for

other purposes.



Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent any person who is not a member of a precinct rom voting in such precinct, and or other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 578 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tracy o Dooly-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act establishing the public schools or the city o Cordele, and or othe1 purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for any Confederate soldier, or other soldier, who is beneficiary under section 1642, volume 1 of the Code, to transfer to

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any persons the privilege granted to him by the State, to provide a penalty for any violation of the provisions of this act, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A resolution to provide for the payment of the per diem of the joint t~x commission of the Senate and House, for compensation of secretary, clerk and porter of same, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By }fr. Hendricks of Tattnall-

A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to abolish any pauper home heretofore established, or which may hereafter be established in the various counties of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matter:;.

By 1\lr. 0Yerstreet of Screven-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2 of section 2801 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. S\vift of Elbert-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the formation of pools, trusts, and monopolies of all kinds, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
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By l\fr. Stubbs of I.aurens-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporato.~ the town of Dexter, and for other purposes.

Hefcrred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hamby of Rabun-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for an appropriation for the publication of reports of the Geological Department, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By ~fr. Sturgis of l\IcDuffie-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal sections 1551 and 1578, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture. By ~Ir. Park of Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow officers of the several counties to appoint the managers of elections, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By )Ir. ;rordan of Jasper-

.A bill to amend section 1559 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Harrison of Quitman (by request)-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4188, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purp~ses.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.
By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-
A bill to be entitled an act to require all graduates :from schools other than the State Normal School, at Athens, to stand examinations for licenses, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A joint resolution to pay the pension of W. J. Irwin, ancl for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Drawdy of Wayne-
A joint resolution to pay the Hon. Elijah Tanner, Representative from Coffee county, m1leage and per diem, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A joint resolution ~or the relief of the employees of the Northeastern Railroad, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to 'Yit: By :Ur. )fann of th~ 44th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1036 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Brannen of the lith District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4927, Yolume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Gross of the 29th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sectinu 3761, Yolume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Heferred to General Judiciar.'' Committee.

By :Mr. 1\Iann of tl\e 44th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize \Vm. Akin and

son to manufacture certain dropsy cure, and fo> other pur-

poses.

..,

Referred to General Jndiciar.'- Committee.

By :Mr. Blalock of the 26th District--
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act which pro,,ides for the payment of insolYent costs due the clerk and sheriff of Fayette county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special .Tudiciary Committee.

By Mr. Gronnstein of the 1st District-

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of an act providing for a clerk of Effingham county, and for othet purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By ~Ir. GroYenstein of the 1st District-
~\.. bill to be entitled an act to place the solicitor of Effingham county court upon a salary, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read a second time, to wit:

By )Jr. Thrasher of the 27th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of an act to provide for a solicitor for the county of Screven, and for other purposes.

By )Jr. Wight of the lOth District-

A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the superior court of Dougherty county, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. Steed of the 23d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the ineligibility of commissioners of roads and revenues as jury commissioners, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. T~ittle of the 18th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city ~ouncil -of Augusta to establish a system of street sprinkling, anu ior other purposes.

By Mr. West of the 6th District-

A resolution providing for the correction of map No. 6 -of the official survey of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The following bills were read a third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By the House :Members of the Special Joint Committee to Investigate the Geological Department-
A resolution to pay the expenses of the Geological Department investigation.

This resolution involving an appropriation, was referred to the Committee of the whole House. The Speaker designated Mr. Reynolds of Richmond as chairman of the committee of the whole.

After a consideration of said bill, the committee of the whole arose, and Mr. Reynolds, the chairman thereof, reported the resolution back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Harvard,

Park, of Greene,

Adamson,

Hathcock,

Park, of Troup,

Anderson,

Hendricks,

Post,

Barron,

Henderson of Wash'n,Rawls, of Effingham,

Bass,

Howard,

Rawls, of Wilkinson,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hopkins,

Reid,

Bennett of Pierce, Holder,

Reynolds,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Blalock,

Hutchins,

Rogers,

Bond,

Jarnagan,

Rose,

Bowen,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Floyd, Simpson,

Bryan,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith, of Hall,

Calvin,

Jones of Burke,

Smith, of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Jordan of Jasper, Snell,

Chappell,

Jordan of Pulaski, Spinks,

Cook,

Knowles,

Starr,

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Denny,

Lane of Sumter,

Swift,

Dickey,

Laing,

Tanner,

Ellis,

LaRoche,

Tatum,

Emanuel,

Longino,

Timmerman,

Easterlin,

Martin,

Tracy,

Fender,

Merritt,

Walker of Brooks,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Walker of Crawford,

Franklin,

Moore,

Walker of Union,

Gay,

Mullens,

"\Vest,

Griffith,

McCranie,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Hall,

McDonald,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Hammett,

McFarland,

Willingham,

Hardin of Wilkes, McLennan,

Woodall,

Hardwick,

Pace, of Newton, Wooten,

Harris,

Padgett,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding,

Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon,

Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton,

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Carter, Copeland, Darnell, David, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Ford, Fort, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison,

Harrell, Henderson of Irwin, Herring, Hill, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Lane of Early, Latimer, Lee, Mayson, Maxwell, Morris, McCants, McDonough, McElreath, , McGehee, Me Laughlin, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree,

Ousley, Overstreet, Pate, of Gwinnett, Price, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Speer, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,. Upchurch, Watkins, Whiteley, Wood, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of ~fr. Thomas of :Mitchell, the verification

of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 98, and the nays 0.
So the resolution having received the requisite consti-

tutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Newton of Morgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to appropriate
the proceeds of the hire of certain convicts to the payment of insolvent costs, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the pass~ge of the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional m:ljority, was passed.
By :Mr. Rudicil of ChattoogaA bill to be entitled an act to an1end an act incorporating
the town of Raccoon, and for other purposes.
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 111, and tlw nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-
jority, was passed.
By Mr. Fain of White-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a hoard of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of 'Vhite, and for other purposes.
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 102, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Newton of }forgan-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal a:n act to authorize the judge of the county court of Morgan county to deliveT C~iJrtain felonies to the commissioners of roads and revenue~,. 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 pasl:'age of the bill the ayes were 99, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. :Merritt of Hancock-

A bill to be entitled an act to require the commissioners -of roads and revenues of Hancock county to pay certain criminal coE>ts, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passa~e of the bill, was a~reed to.
On the passa~e of the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional. majority, was passed.
By Mr. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the various acts to incorporate the city of Rome, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passa~e of the bill the ayes were 94, and the r1ays 0.
The bill havin~ receiwd the requisite constitutional rna jority, was passed.

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By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide :a board of county commissioners for Elbert county, and for -other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thl.' -passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pas~age of the bill the ayes were 98, and the r1ays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an ~ct to make it unlawful for any person or persons to hunt or fish upon the lands of another in Richmond county, and for other purposes.
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 99, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Chappell of ~[uscogee-A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the sale of the
'Second Baptist church, in Columbus, Ga., and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ])assage of the bill, was agreed to.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
.A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to di::;charge firearms in one hundred yards of public highways in this State, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, and the nays 0.
So the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Newton of MorganA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creat!ng a
board of county commissioners for the county of }fOrgan, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of t.he bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Pace of X ewton, asked that action on bill No. 33 be postponed until next Thursday, which request was granted.

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On motion of Mr. "Willingham of Monroe, House bill No. 171 was tabled.
On motion of ~fr. ),foore, of Carroll, House bill No. 332 was tabled.
On motion of :Mr. Tatum of Dade, House resolution No. 164 was tabled.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By ~fr. Adamson of Clayton-
A bill to be entitled an &ct to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Clayton county~ and for other purposes.
By }fr. ~fcLaughlin of :Meriwether-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of GreeneYille, and for other purposes.

By }Jr. :McDonald of I.Vare-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creatin_g tho city court of Waycross, and for other purposes.
By }fr. LaHoche of ChathamA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an
act to amend the nrious laws in relation to the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Park of Greene-
.:\. bill to be entitled an act to provide for an Inspector of Oils for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members: :Messrs. Calvin, J arnagan, LaRoche, Fender, Latimer~ John.son of Lee, \Valker of Crawford, Johnson of Bartow, Harris of Thomas, Padgett of Echols, Chappell, Bowen, Turner of Henry, Jordan of Jasper, Willingham, Walker of Union, Harrison of Quitman, Emanuel, Bower, Barron, Brown of Carroll, Newton of }forgan, Lane of Sumter, Swift of Elbert, Blalock of Fayette, Castleberry.
On motion of }fr. Hall of Bibb, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, November 11, 1899. 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 Rev. Dr. W. B. Stradley.
On motion of Mr. Dews of Randolph, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Copeland of \\Talker, the reading of the journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Com mittee, submitted the following report, to wit:
.J1r. S pealcer:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to proYide for the employment of inspectors of roads and bridges in counties having a population of more than seYenty-fiye thousand, and for other purposes, as amended.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5518 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the law of year's support, as provided in section 3465 of volume 2 oi the Code, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require persons to give bond and pay costs before obtaining a writ of certiorari, when same is issued in municipal courts, and for other pmposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act ceding jurisdiction overcertain land selected for the site of a United States prison in Fulton county, Georgia, as amended.
The committee have also had under consideration th ~ following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 534:7 of the Code of Georgia.

Also a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practicerespecting bill;;; of exceptions generally, and for other pur
pose~.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman..

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

JI.Ir. Richardson, Chairman pro tern of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee han had under con sideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with recommendation that tho same do pass, to wit:
''r House bill ~o. 578, by )Ir. Harden, of "Wilkes, a bill. to
establish a city court in ashington, Georgia, and for other purposes.
House bill X o. 450, by :Mr. Harden, of wilkes, a bill to he entitled an act to amend an act providing a new charter for the town of \Yashington, Georgia, approved December '1, 1894, and all amendments thereto, so as to incorporate the tmvn of \\rashington as the city of \\rashington, Ga.
House bill No. 608, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the several acts incorporating the village of Summerville, in the county of Richmond.

House bill X o. 640, a bill to be entitled an act to provide that if any manager or managers of any election held in this State, under any law thereof, shall knowingly permit any one to vote at any of the precincts in this State who is not entitled to vote under the laws of said State at saifl precinct, or shall knowingly prevent any one from votin,J: _,lho is eutitled to vote at said precinct, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as such.

House bill X o. G-3, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower any owner- of a bill of sale to personal property to secme a debt to foreclose the same in the man-

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ner as mortgages on personal property are now foreclosed where the amount of principal debt does not exceed one hundred dollars, and providing defenses to said foreclosurej and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
:M. M. RICHARDSON,
Chairman pro tem.

)-fr. Moore, Chairm'an of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several .acts incorporating the town of Hamilton, in the county of Harris.

Also, a bill to repeal an act entitled "an act for the protection of fish in the streams of Lee county, and to fix pen~lties for the same," etc.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriatelY referred, to wit:
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Stone of "'alton-
A bill to be entitled an act to proYide for the support o-f the Prison Commission for the year 1899, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriatiom.
By }.fr. Copeland of \Yalker-
A bill to be entitled an act to make certain appropriation-; to the State Uninrsity, and for other purposes.
Referred to ConnnittPl' on Appropriations.
The undersigned mPmlwrs of the General Jlllliciary Committee submitted the following majority report:
Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned llll'mhcrs of the General J udieiary Committee, constituting a majority of the committee. request the recommittal of Honse bill X o. 524, being a bill to create the office of solicitor of the eity court of SaYannah..
Respectfully submitted. BYRON B. BOWER, JNO. M. HOPKINS, B. S. WILLIXGHA:\I, A. C. STONE, 0. X. STARR, ,J. A. LAIKG, HARRISON OF QUIT.\IAX, H. H. CARLTON, SEABORX H. JOXES, :\leLA UGHLIN, FOUDREN MITCHELL, B. F. SIMPSON, SAM:. S. BE~N ET,

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D. F. CROSLAND, JAS. P. DUNCA~, N. L. HUTCHINS, JR., W. A. POST, N. A. MORRIS, G. P. MARTIN, B. L. TISINGER, J. C. BARRON, T. W. HARDWICK, W. T. LANE, R. A. DENNY, J. H. FELKER, J. F. L. BOND, A. S. JOHNSON, CHAS. L. BASS, E. C. SPEER, R. E. A. HAMBY, J. H. HALL, J. W. OVERSTREET, JNO. COPELA~D.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit: By :llr. \Vatkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to limit and fLx the compensation of solicitors-general of this State, and for other pmposes.
By ~Ir. :Mitchell of Thomas}._ hill to be entitled an act to amcntl ,:;cction :? 573 of Yol-
ume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By :::\Ir. Reynolds of RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to create a Bureau of Lah)r
and Labor Statistics, and for other purposes.

356

JouRNAl, OF THE HousE.

By l\1r. Jordan of Jasper-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the general ta.-x: act, and for other purposes.
By l\Ir. Bennett of Pierce-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend article 3, section ,
paragraph 1 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.
By l\Ir. l\Iorris of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts to render judgment at the appearance term :.E such court, without the verdict of a jury, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

By )fr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to regulate the taking of fish in "'Whitfield county, and for other purposes.

H\' !-fr. Dennv of Flovd-

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A bill to be entitled an act to fix the time for holding the superior court of the Rome circuit, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. Calvin o Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a State Board of l:Ip.balming, and for other purposes.

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By ::Jir. Post of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the law of ,year'.;; support, and for other purposes.

By }fr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1643, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By )lr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Henry, and for other purposes.

By ~[r. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4334 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

By }fr. Overstreet of Screven-

A bill to be entitled an act to require all ordinaries to publish certain information, and ~or other purposes.

By }fr. ,Tohnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 815, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By }fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of th'J Atlanta Banking Company, and for other purposes.

358

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By 1fr. Allen of Baldwin-

A bill to he entitled an act to amend section 4786 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. J3randon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the emp~oyment of inspectors of roads and bridges for all the counties of this State, and for other purposes.

By J\fr. Beauchamp of Pike-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize hospitals awl sanitariums of this State to receive and tr8at victims d alcohol.
By :Mr. Post of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By J\fr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to require persons convicted in municipal courts to give bond and pay costs, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Johnson of Lee-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act for the protection of fish in Lee county, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5518 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

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l3y J\Ir. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 5331 of the {~iYil Code, and for other purposes.

By J\Ir. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the registration, sale, inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers, and for other purposes.

By :Mr.. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction over certain land in Fulton county to the United States, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Harrell of Dodge-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court in the town of Eastman, and for other purposes.

By l\Ir. Pate of Gwinnett-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture -of spirituous liquors, except domestic wines, in the county -of Gwinnett, and :for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 2 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3465 of volmme 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

360

JouRNAL OF THE Hous:i;.

By :lir. Simpson of Milton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removai of all obstructions other than dams for the operation )f machinery, from the streams of 1filton county, and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to he entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate
the town of Jefferson, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Spinks of Paulding-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 107, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb--
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the counterfeitin~ of cards, receipts, etc., and for other purposes.

By ~fr. Fort of Harris-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Hamilton, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Denny of :Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the admission of county school commissioners into the State Normal School at Athens, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit any judge in thisState from getting drunk, and for other purposes.

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By :Mr. Pol:'t of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the granting oi new trials, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize any owner of ~ bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt to foreclose the same as in the manner of mortgages, and for other pmposes.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-
A bill to be entitled an act to maintain a dispensary iu the city of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.
By !-Ir. I"reeman of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner of giving notice of leY~T of an attachment upon realty in .certain cases, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Bell of SpaldingA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the ~anufacture
of spirituous liquors in the county of Spalding, except dvmestic wines, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Black of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to a~end an act to amend
the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
By :Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the city of Jefferson, and for other purposes.

362

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Crossland of J)onghcrty-

A bill to he <>ntitl<>d an act to anwnd the tenth section of 1he general tax act, and for other purpo8CS.

By }[r. Harrell of DodgeA bill to be <>ntitled an act to aholi~h the connty court
o.f Dodge county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hopkins of :Mcintosh-

A hill to be entitl<>d an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Darien, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Bond of :Madison-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town r, }'ive Forks, and or other purposes.

By :Mr. Hardin o Wilkes-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act providing a
new charter for the city o 'Vashington, Ga., and or other
purposes.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 2 and 7 of an act establishing the public schools for the city o MoultrieJ and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Carlton o Clarke-
A resolution providing for the enlargement o the an-
nual visiting committee to the State University, and or other purposes.

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By ~Ir. Watkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the <harter of the town of Ellijay, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
~~ bill to prohibit the manufacture of ;:;pirituous liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Jasper, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to organize a system of public schools for Hogansville, and for other pm poses.
By }Ir. Allen of Baldwin-
A joint resolution providing for the appropriation of cermoneys to the directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Copeland of Walker-
A resolution to expedite the business of the House, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Duncan of Houston-

A joint resolution authorizing the payment of the per diem of the late Hon. W. S. King, of the county of Hom;-ton, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to amend an act to incorporate the Germani~ Loaa -and Banking Company, and for other purposes.

364

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sub-section 3 of section 2 of the general tax act, and for other purposes.
By l!fr. Holder of .Jackson-

A resolution authorizing the payment of pension of \V. R. H. Stratham, and for other purposes.
By Mr. v,ratkins of Gilmer-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of \Vashington, Ga., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the several acts incorporating the city of Summerville, and for other pur poses.

By }fr. Park of Greene-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the managers of elections from allowing non-residents of precincts to vote in such precinct, and for other purposes.
By Mr. :McDonough of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Chatham county by the people, and for other purposes.

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On m0tion of ~Ir. Hall of Bibb, bill No. 475 was recoru1nitted to Committee on General Judiciary.

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

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concernin~ the condemnation of private property, and for other pur poses.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Price of Oconee--
A bill to be entitled an act to require all persons oper:ating gins in this State to keep account of all cotton ginned, , and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

B,v, Mr. Wooten of Calhoun-
A bill to be entitled an act to require county authorities to keep bridges, etc., in repair, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matter~.
By ~Jr. Hall of Bibb--
A bill to be entitled an act to carry into effect paragraph 4, section 2, article 4 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Lane of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payment of the trustees of the Technological School, and for oth8r purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By :Mr. Park of Greene--
A joint resolution to pay the pension of Albert Merrin; to his widow, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted, t) \Yit:
By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-
A resolution providing for the acceptance of the inYitation for the General Assembly to attend the Fair at Brunswick on Thanksgiving da~.
The following resolutio11 was read and adopted, to wit:

By 1! r. Tisingn of l'pson-
A resolution requesting the Hon. J no. D. Little, Speake:
of the Honse of Heprest>utatives, to furnish a portrait of himself to be hung on the walls of the House.
On motion of ~lr. Slaton of Fulton, House bill No. 431, by ~fr. McDonald of \Yare, was tabled.
Jfr. Post of Coweta, asked that House bill ~o. 238 he withdrawn, which request was granted.

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367

On motion of l\Ir. Copeland of ~Walker, House bill ]\ !'. 524 was tabled.

)Jr. l\fcGehee of Harris, asked leave of absence for l\fr. Mullins of Meriwether, which leave was granted.

Mr. Stone of \Valton, chairman of the committee to visit the State Farm, asked that himself and the members of said committee be recorded as being present on yesterday, which request was granted.

The folluwing invitation was received from the Southeastern Fair Association to visit Brunswick on Thanksgiving Day, which was read and accepted:

Brunswick, Ga., X ovember 7, 1899.
lion. J.D. Little, Speaker of House: The Southeastern Fair Association extend a cordial invitation to the General Assembly of Georgia to visit Brunswick on Thanksgiviug day, to a clam bake and an oyster roast.
J. A. BUTTS, llr~sident.

Leave3 of absence \vere granted the following members; -~fessrs. Lane of Early, Adamson of Clayton, Hutchins of Gwinnett, Freeman of Coweta, Adams of Putnam, Bu,;h of )filler, Hardwick of washingion, 1-IcElrcath of Cobb. Stone of \Valton.
On motion o~ Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the Home adjourned: until 9 o'clock l\fonclay morning.

368

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Atlanta, Ga., ~Ionday, November 13, 1899.

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 Hon. :Mr. Bass of Habersham.

Mr. ~layson, of DeKalb, moved to dispense with the call of the roll, which motion was lost.

L pon the call of the roll those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bl~ck of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bialock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews. Dickey,

Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of rwiggs, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd,

Jones of Burke,

Jordan of Jasper,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Knowles,

Lane of Bibb,

Lane of Early,

Lane of Sumter,

LaRoche,

Lee,

Longino,

Martin,

Mayson,

Maxwell,

Merritt,

Mitchell,

Moore.

Morris,

McCranie,

McDonald,

McElreath,

McFarland,

McGehee,

McRae,

Ousley,

Overstreet,

Pace of Newton,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Park of Greene,

Post,



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369

Price,

Stan,

Rawls of Effingham, Stubbs,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Sturgis,

Reynolds,

Stewart,

Rogers,

Swift,

Rose,

Tanner,

RudicH,

Tatum,

Slaton,

Taylor,

Sloan,

Tisinger,

Smith of Hancock, Timmerman,

Snell,

Tracy,

Speer,

Turner of Henry,

Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Watkins, West, whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those ahsent were Messrs.-

Allen, Barron, Bell of Spalding, Bowen, Bush, Bynum, Chappell, David, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty,

Hardwick,

McMillan,

Harrison,

Newton,

Harris,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Henderson of \Vasht'nPark of Troup,

Holder,

Reid,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Hutchins,

Simpson,

.Johnson of Appling. Singletary,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Laing,

Spinks,

Latimer,

Stone,

Mullins,

Walker of Crawford,

McCants,

'Valker of Union,

McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel,

McLaughlin,

Wood,

McLennan,

Woodall.

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

Mr. ~Iorris of Cobb, gave notice that at the proper time, he would move to reconsider the action of the House in recommitting to the General Judiciary Committee, House bill No. 475.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
JI.Iotions to reconsider being in order, Mr. Morris of Cobb, in conformity with his previous notice, moved to reconsider the action of the House, in recommitting House bill No. 475 to the General Judiciary Committee, which motion preYailed.
The following bills were read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By :Mr. Ousley of Lowndes-
A bill to he entitled an act to amend an act to incorpo:rat the town of Hahira, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By 1\Ir. Lane of Early-
A bill to he entitled an act io repeal an act to establish a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By 1\Ir. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to he entitled an act to make certain approp1iation for the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on _.:\. ppropriations.
By }lr. Lane of Early-
A hill to be C'ntitled an act to amend an act creating a -disptn:,;ary in the town of BlakPiy, and for other purposes~
Referred to ( 'ommittee on TPmperance.

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371

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A resolution, endorsing the action of creating the chair of dental surgery in the State Sanitarium. By ~Ir. Denny of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a uniform system of tax receipts in the several counties of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on vVays and :Means.
By Mr. McCranie of Berrien-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a ~harter for the city of Tifton, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate
the town of "Meigs, and for other purposes. Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
BJ :Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to he entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
On motion of ~Ir. Brandon, of Fulton, bill X o. 162 was tabled.

372

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Tatum, of Dade, bill No. 166 wastabled.
On motion of Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, bill No. 163 waStabled, owing to the absence of the author.

On motion of Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, bills Nos. 127 and 128 were tabled.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

J.l'Ir. Speaker:

His :Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:
An act, to amend section 1517 of the Civil Cone of Georgia.

An act, to amend section 3-!41 of the Code of 1895.
The following bills were read a third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:
By ~Ir. "'\Vatkins of Gilmer-

A bill to be entitled an act to fix the compensation of the Solicitors-General of this State, and for other purpos~.
Mr. Copeland, of 'Valker, moved that the bill be tabled, which motion was lost.
The report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to, and the bill was lost.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 18.99.

373,

By lir. Johnson of Lee-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the county of Lee, 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 bill1 the ayes were 96, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Copeland of vValker-
A resolution to expedite the business of the House, and for other purposes.

The Committee on Rules reported above resolution back to the House without any recommendation.

The resolution not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A resolution providing for the payment of the mileage and per diem of the late Hon. W. S. King, representative from the county of Houston.

The above resolution, involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of said committee, Mr. Carlton, of Clarke.

After a consideration of the -above resolution, the com-
mittee arose, and the chairman thereof, reported the same back to the. !fous~ with the recoririri~ndation that the 's~m~ do pass.

374

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows;

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hardin of 'Vilkes,

Arnold,

Harrell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harvard,

Bennett of Pierce, Hathcock,

Black of Dawson, Hendricks,

Bond,

Herring,

Brandon,

Johnson of Floyd,

Brown of Carroll, Jones of Burke,

Calvin,

Jordan of Jasper,

Carlton,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Carter,

Lane of Bibb,

Cook,

Lane of Early,

Copeland,

Laing,

Crossland,

LaRoche,.

Darnell,

Lee,

Denny,

Longino,

Dews,

Martin,

Dickey,

Mayson,

Drawdy,

Maxwell,

Ellis,

Merritt,

Easterlin,

Mitchell,

Farmer,

Moore,

Felker,

Morris,

Franklin,

McCranie,

Fort,

McDonald,

Gay,

McElreath,

George,

McFarland,

Gresham,

McGehee,

Griffith,

McLennan,

Hall,

Ousley,

Hamby,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Overstreet,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Starr, Stewart, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, 'Valker of Brooks, Watkins, 'Vest, Whiteley. Williams of Lumpkin Willingham, Wooten, Yates.

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Birrron; Bass, Beauchamp,

Bell of Forsyth, .. , . Bell qf Spalding, .
Black of Whitfield, Blalock, .Bowen, Bower,

Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry, Chappell,

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 1899.

375

David,

Hopkins,

Padgett,

Duncan,

Holder,

Park of Troup,

Emanuel,

Hosch,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Everett of Polk,

Hutchins,

Reid,

Everett of Stewart, Jarnagan,

Singletary,

Fender,

Johnson of Appling, Smith of Hall,

Freeman,

Johnson of Baker, Spinks,

Ford,

Johnson of Bartow, Speer,

Greene,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Griffin of Greene, Knowles,

Sturgis,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Sumter,

Stone,

Hammett,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry, .

Hammond,

Mullins,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hardin of Liberty, McCants,

Upchurch,

Hardwick,

McDonough,

Walker of Crawford,

Harrison,

McLaughlin,

:walker of Union,

Harris,

McMillan,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Henderson of Irwin, McRae,

Woodall.

Henderson ofWasht'nNewton,

Wood,

Hill,

Ogletree.

Mr. Speaker.

Howard,

Pace of Newton,

.Ayes 94, nays 0.

On motion of 1\lr. :Mitchell of Thl)]nas, a verificati'on of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the pa:,.;nge of the resolution the ayes were 94, nays 0.
So, the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By 1fr. Holder of JacksonA resolution providing for the payment of \V. R. H.
Stratham.
The resolution, involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the pur~ pose of considering the same, and the Speake~ designated as chairman of the committee of the whole, }fr. Watkins; of Gilmer.

376

JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.

After a consideration of said resolution, the committee of the whole arose, and through its chairman, reported tlie same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hendricks,

Arnold,

Herring,

Bass,

Hill,

Bennett of Mitchell, Johnson of Floyd,

Bennett, of Pierce, Jones of Burke,

Blalock

Jordan of Jasper,

Bond.

Jordan of Pulaski,

Brown of Carroll, Knowles,

Calvin,

Lane of Bibb,

Carlton,

Lane of Early,

Carter,

Laing,

Cook,

LaRoche,

Darnell,

Lee,

Denny,

Longino,

Dews,

Martin,

Dickey,

Mayson,

Drawdy,

Maxwell,

Ellis,

:Merritt.

Easterlin,

Mitchell,

Everett of Stewart, Moore,

Farmer,

:Morris,

Fort,

McCranie,

Gay,

McDonald,

Gresham,

McElreath,

Griffitli,

McFarland,

Hamby,

McGehee.

Hardin of Wilkes, McLennan,

Harrell,

Ousley,

Harvard,

Overstreet,

Hathcock,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan. Smith of Hancock, Snell, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, "ratkins,
'Vest, Whiteley, Willingham, Wooten, Yates.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 18~9.

377.

Those not voting were :M:essrs.-

Adams. Allen, Anderson, Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, David, Duncnn, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin,

Ford,

McDonough,

George,

McLaughlin,

Greene,

McMillan,

Griffin of Greene, McRae,

Griffin of Twiggs, Newton,

Hall,

Ogletree,

Hammett,

Pace of Newton,

Hammond,

Padgett,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Troup,

Hardwick.

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Harrison,

Reid,

Harris,

Reynolds,

Henderson of Irwin. Rose.

Henderson of Washt'nSingletary,

Howard,

Smith of Hall,

Hopkins,

Spinks,

Holder,

Speer,

Hosch,

Stubbs,

Hutchins,

Stone,

Jarnagan,

Turner of Henry,

Johnson of Appling, Turner of Rockdale,

Johnson of Baker, Walker of Crawford,

.Johnson of Bartow, Walker of Union,

Johnson of J,ee,

Williams of Emanuel,

Lane of Sumter,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Latimer,

Wood,

Mullins,

Woodall,

McCants,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 90, nays 0.

On motion of JUr. Sloan, of Hall, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the resolution, the ayes were 90, nays 0.

So, the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

378

JouRNAL Q"f THE HouHE.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A joint resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, of Bibbcounty.

This resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and th~
Speaker designated as chairman of said committee, :Mr.
Dews, of Randolph.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

On motion of Mr. Copeland, of \Valker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On motion of ~Ir. Ellis o Bibb, the resolution, togetherwith the roll-call, was tabled:

On motion of Mr. Overstreet of Screven, House bill No. 187 was tabled on account of the absence of the author.

Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, asked unanimous consent to have all local bills for a third reading, taken up and put upon their passage.

J\fr. Willingham of Monroe, objected, and J\fr. Calvin's request was refused.

On motion of Mr. Willingham, House bill No. 389 was tabled, owing to the absence of the author.

On motion of :Mr. Overstreet of Screven, bill No. 427." was tabled.

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379

On motion of Mr. Post of Coweta, House bill No. 313 was tabled.
On motion of Mr Ellis of Bibb, bill No. 214 was tabled.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, asked unanimous consent to have all local bills for a third reading taken up and put upon their passage, which request \vas granted.
On motion of Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas, bill No. 215 was tabled.
The following local bills were read a third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Adamson of Clayton-
A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clayton county, 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.

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

On motion of :Mr. Adamson, the above bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Gwinnett, except domestic wines; and for othel' pul'poses.

-380

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.. .

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, wns agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 88, nays 0.

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

By Mr. 11fcElreath of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of all obstructions from the streams of Cobb county, other than dams for the operation of machinery, and for other purposes.

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 94, nays 8.

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

On motion of }Ir. }!orris, of Cobb~ the rules of the House were suspended for the purpose of immediately transmitting the above bill to the Senate.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were intro~ duced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By 1vfr. Price of Oconee-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2615 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee o;n Labor and Labor S.ta,tistics..

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 1899.

By Mr. Adamson of Clayton-
.A bill to be entitled an act to require tax-collectors of this. State to furnish tax-collectors of each county with a list of defaulters, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved that the following resolution be taken from the table, together with the aye and nay vote thereon, which motion prevailed.
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis.

The viva voce ballot on said resolution was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Dews,

Anderson,

Dickey,

Arnold,

Drawdy,

Bass,

Ellis,

Bennett of Mitchell, Easterlin,

Bennett of Pierce, Everett of Stewart,

Bell of Forsyth,

Farmer,

Black of Dawson. Felker,

Black of Whitfield, Franklin,

Blalock,

Fort,

Bond,

Gay,

Bower,

George,

Brandon,

Gresham,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of Greene,

Calvin,

Griffith,

Carter,

Hall,

Cook,

Hamby,

Copeland,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Crossland,

Hardwick,

Darnell,

Harrell,

Denny,

Harvard,

Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Howard, Johnson of Bartow,. .Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, .Tordan of Pulaski,_ Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell,_ Moore, Morris,

382

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McLaughlin, McLennan, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post,

Rawls of Effingham, Stubbs,

Reynolds,

Tanner,

Richardson,

Tatum,

Rogers,

Tisinger,

Rose.

Tracy,

Rudicil,

Upchurch,

Simpson,

Walker of Crawford

Slaton,

Watkins,

Bmith of Hancock, \Vest,

Snell,

Willingham,

Speer,

Wooten,

Starr,

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Barron, Beauchamo, Bell of Spalding, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, David, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty,

Harrison,

Padgett,

Harris,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Henderson of \Vasht'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Hill,

Reid,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Holder,

Sloan,

Hosch,

Smith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Spinks,

.Tarnagan,

Sturgis,

Johnson of Appling, Stewart.

Johm;on of Baker, Stone,

Johnson of Lee,

Swift,

.Tones of Burke,

Taylor,

Knowles,

Timmerman, .

Lane of Sumter, Turner of Henry,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Mul ins,

Walker of Brooks,

McCants,

\Valker of Union,

McDonough,

Whiteley,

McGehee,

\Villiams of Emanuel,

:McMillan,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McRae,

\Vood,

Newton,

\Vooda11,

Pace of Newton,

J\Jr. Speaker.

Ayes !H:l, nays 0.

On passage of the re.-olution the ayes were 99, nays 0.

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383

.So, the resolution having received. the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the appointment of a general oil inspector, and for other purposes:
The committee propc>sed to amend, as follows:
Amend by striking all of section 3, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Section 3. And it is hereby made the duty of said General Oil Inspector, to personally prosecute each and every offender under the provisions of this act, and upon conviqtion, such offender shall be punished as provided in section 1039 of the Code of Georgia, and all fines arising from prosecutions under this act shall be paid into and become a part of the general educational fund of this State.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, in conflict with this act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Amend by inserting in lieu of the word "and" the word "or," in the last line, but one in section 2.

~Ir. :Morris of Cobb, offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit :

Amend section 1 by inserting after the word "actual" aml before the word "traveling" in the twenty-ninth line of said section, the following words: "and necessary."

~Ir. Copeland, of \Yalker, called for the preYious question on the bill and amendments, which call was sustained.

384

JoURNAL oF THE Hous:s:.

On agreeing to the report of the committee, 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 aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,
All~>n,
Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis. Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Freeman, Franklin, George,

Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Harvard. Hathcock, Hendr_icks, Herring, Eill, Johnson ot Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, .Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, LPe, Martin, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, :McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McLaughlin,

Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham. Reynolds' Richardson, Rogers, Rose,
Slaton, Sloan, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Star. Stewart, Swift, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford,. Watkins, West, Williams of Lumpkin-. Willingham, '\Vooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bryan,

Bennett of Mitchell, Castleberry,

Brown of Carroll, Copeland,

Darnell, Farmer, Fort,

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383

Hardin of Wilkes, Howard, John~on of Appling. Johnson of Bartow, Longino, Moore, Morris,

McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, Ogletree, Pate of Gwinnett, Rudicil,

Smith of Hancock, Sturgis, Tatum, Whiteley, Woodall, Yates.

Those ;not voting were Messrs.-

Barron, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Chappell, David, lluncan, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, Ford, Gay, Gresham, Green, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty,

Hardwick,

Newton,

Harrison,

Padgett,

Harris,

Park of Greene,

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Henderson of Wash'n,Reid,

Hopkins,

Simpson.

Holder,

Singletary,

Hosch,

Smith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Stubbs,

Jarnagan,

Stone,

Johnson of Baker, Tanner

.Jones of Burke,

Taylor,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Mullins,

Walker of Brooks,

McCants,

Walker of Union,

McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel.

McMillan,

\Vood,

McRae,

Mr. Speaker.

Ay~ 89, nays 28.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thoma$, the verification ef the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 89, nays 28.

The report of the committee, that the bill do pass as amended, was therefore agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 22.
lllih

.386

JouRNAL oF THE HousE

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional wajority, was passed, as amended.
On motion bf Mr. Park of Greene, the bill just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate, ihrough Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, b;v the requisite constitutional ma-
jority, the follov.ring bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to repeal an act approved December 14th, 1894, entitled an act, providing for regulating the business of in;;urance brokers in this State, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed, by the requisite constitutiorial majority, the following bill of the House, as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend ~ection 2219 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed the folowing resolution of the House, by the ref!nisite constitutional majority:
A resolution and an act for the relief of the estate and sureties on the bond of ,John P. Lamb, late treasurer.
The Senate has abo passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the folowing bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to provide for a uniform series of text-books to be u~?ed in the common schools of this State, to create a book commission, and deiiue its powers, and for other purposes By :Mr. Hardin of Wilkes-

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 1899.

387

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act providing a new charter for the town of \Vashington, and for other purposes.
The report oi the eommitt.ee, which was favorable to tlJe passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was.passed.
On motion of Mr. Hardin, the above bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of Dalton, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favo:rable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, 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 0.

388

JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts incorporating the village of Summerville, 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.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution of the Senate, in which a concurrence of the House is asked, a& follows:

A resolut~on inviting Hon. "'alter B. Hill to address the General As,;:t>mbly of Georgia.

By }lr. Jordan of Jasper---
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacturE~ and sale of spirituous li<1nors except domestic wine, in the county of Jasper, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pa;:sage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 100, nays 0.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 13, 1899.

389

So, the blll having received the requisite constituti;mal majority, was passed.

By Mr. ~icDonougl: of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled an aet to provide for the election by the peopl0. of Chatham county, of the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pas~age of the bill was agreed to.

On paRsage of the bill, the ayes \vere 9-, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Black of \Vhitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to reg11late the taking of iish in the streams of Whitfield county, and for other purposes.

The report. of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Dews c Handolph-
A bill to be entitled an ac~ to regulate and maintain a dispensary in the city of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.

390

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Anderson, of Bartow, the above bill was recommitted to Committee on Temperance.

The Speaker announced as the committee on the part of the House to consider the recommendation of the Governcr
to retire Col. J. Mcintosh Kell on a pension, Mr. Blalock,
Mr. Hru:rison, Mr. Bell of Forsyth.

The following communication was received from the Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, to wit:

Atlanta, Ga., November 13, 18fJ9. To the Ifon. .Tno. D. Little, S pealeer liouse of Representa-
tives:
Sir:--I have the honor to report to you, as per the election return, received and on file in this office, the election )f Hon. 0. )f. Houser, as Hepresentative from Houston
county, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. ,V. S. King, de-
.ceased.
Election held ::s-ovember 9th, 1899.
Respectfully,
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.

The lion. 0. M. Houser, member-elect from the county 'Of Hous~on, to fill the unexpired term of the late Ron. W. S. King, representative from Houston, came forward; and was sworn in as a member of the General Assembly.
The oath of office was administered by lion. wm. H. Fish, associate justice of the supreme court.

TcESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

391

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Turner of Rockdale, Gay of Colquitt, Jones of Burke.

On motion of Mr. Price, of Oconee, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, November 14, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and <>pened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Those present were Messrs.-

Adams,

Blalock,

Adamson,

Bond,

Allen,

Bowen,

Anderson,

Bower,

Arnold,

Brandon,

Barron,

Brown of Bryan

Bass,

Brown of Carroll,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bryan,

Bennett of Pierce, Calvin,

Beauchamp,

Carlton,

Bell of Forsyth,

Carter,

Bell of Spalding, Castleberry,

Black of Dawson, Chappell,

Black of Whitfield, Cook,

Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker,

392

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Fender,

Knowles,

Richardson,

Freeman,

Lane.of Bibb,

Rogers,

Franklin,

Lane of Early,

Rose,

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Rudicil,

Fort,

Laing,

Simpson,

Gay,

LaRoche,

Slaton,

George,

Lee,

Sloan,

Gresham,

Longino,

Smith of Hall,

Greene,

Martin,

Smith of Hancock,

Griffin of Greene, Mayson,

Snell,

Griffin of Twiggs, Maxwell,

Spinks,

Griffith,

Merritt,

Speer,

Hall,

Mitchell,

Starr,

Hamby,

Moore,

Stubbs,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Sturgis,

Hardin of Wilkes, McCants,

Stewart,

Hardwick,

McCranie,

Swift,

Harrison,

McDonald,

Tanner,

Harris,

McDonough,

Tatum,

Harrell,

McElreath,

Taylor,

Harvard,

McFarland,

Tisinger,

Hathcock,

McGehee,

Timmerman.

Hendricks,

McLaughlin,

Tracy,

Henderson of Wash'tnMcLennan,

Turner of Henry,

Herring,

.McMillan,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hill,

McRae,

Upchurch,

Howard,

Newton,

Walker of Brooks,

Hopkins,

Ogletree,

Walker of Crawford,

Holder,

Ousley,

Walker of Union,

Hosch,

Overstreet,

Watkins,

Hutchins,

Pace of Newton,

'Vest,

Jarnagan,

Pate uf Gwinnett, Whiteley,

Johnson of Appling. Park of Greene,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

.Johnson of Baker, Park of Troup,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Johnson of Bartow, Post,

Willingham,

Johnson of Floyd, Price,

Wood,

Johnson, of Lee,

Rawls of Effingham, Woodal.

Jones of Burke,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Wooten,

Jordan of ,Jasper, Reid,

Yates.

Jordan of Pulaski, Reynolds,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bush, Bynum, Duncan, Everett of Polk,

Hammett,

Mullins,

Hammond,

Padgett,

Henderson of Irwin, Singletary,

Latimer,

Stone,

TuEsDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

393

Mr. :Merritt of Hancock, reported that the journal or yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.

The journal was read and confinned.

l.h. Dews of Randolph, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in recommitting bill No. 538 to the Temperance Committee.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Easterlin of Macon-

A resolution to change the hours of meeting of the House from 9 o'clock a.m. to 9:30 o'clock a.m., and on Monday of each week at 10 o'clock a.m.

Mr. Willingham moved that House bill No. 221, known as the "Temperance Bill," be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to impose a penalty upon electric telegraph companies, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back~ with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit;

.'394

' JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to be entitled an act to require petitions for certiorari to set forth errors complained of in orderly and di5tinct paragraphs, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the authors of sam8 be allowed to withdraw them, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 974 of volume 3 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make the official term Of certain State house officers four years instead of two, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 98 lf volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4102 <>f the Code of 1895, volume 2, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following message was received from the SenatJ through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, the following bill of the House, by the requisite constitutional majority:
. A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and direct the republication o:f certain Georgia Reports; and for other pu:poses.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

395

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional 1najority, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize county schol commissioners to appoint assistant commissioners, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dews of Randolph, moved to reconsider the action 'of the House in recommitting House bill No. 538 to th1~ Temperance Committee, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Hardin of Liberty, asked that resolution No. 164, which was tabled during his absence, be taken from th~ table and placed upon the calendar, which request wa~ granted.
Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, asked that House bill No. 595 be taken up, read a third time and put upon it~ passage.
Objection was raised, and Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose above indi cated.
On the motion to suspend the rules of the House }[r. Slaton called for the ayes and nays, which call was su~ tained.
On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:
Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Allen, J3arron, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, lBrandon,

Brown of Carrol, Calvin, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, Denny,

Dews, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Franklin, Greene,

396

.JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Harrell, Hill, Howard, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper,

Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, LaRoche, Lee, Moore, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Park of Troup,

Rawls of Effingham,. Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Spinks, Tanner, Tisinger, Upchurch, West.

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Harrison,

Ousley,

Anderson,

Harris,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Adamson,

Harvard,

Post,

Bass,

Hendricks,

Price,

Bennett of Mitchell, Henderson of Washt'nRawls of Wilkinson,.

Bennett of Pierce, Herring,

Rogers,

Bell of Spalding, Holder,

Simpson,

Black of Dawson, Houser,

Smith of Hancock.

Blalock,

.Tarnagan,

Snell,

Bond,

Johnson of Bartow, Starr,

Brown of Bryan, Johnson of Lee,

Sturgis,

Carter,

Lane of Sumter,

Stewart,

Castleberry,

Laing,

Swift,

Copeland,

Longino,

Tatum,

David,

Martin,

Taylor,

Dickey,

Merritt,

Timmerman,

Easterlin,

Mitchell,

Tracy,

Everett of Stewart, McCants,

'Valker of Brooks,

Farmer,

McCranie,

Walker of Crawford,

Freeman,

McDonald,

Walker of Union,

Ford,

McElreath,

Watkins,

Fort,

McFarland,

'Villiams of Emanuel

Gay,

McGehee,

'Villiams of Lumpkin,.

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Willingham,

Griffith,

M(Rae,

'Vood,

Hall,

Newton,

Hardin of Wilkes, Ogletree,

Wooten. Yates.

Hardwick,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

397

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bowen, Bower, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, -Chappell, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, George, Gresham,

Hamby,

Overstreet,

Hathcock,

Padgett,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Johnson of Appling, Sloan,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hall,

Jones of Burke,

Speer,

Knowles,

Stubbs,

I"atimer,

Stone,

Mayson,

Turner of Henry.

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Morris,

Whiteley,

Mullins,

"\Voodal,

McMillan,

Mr. Speaker.

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 51, and the nays 82.

So, the motion to suspend the rules of the House was therefore lost.
~[r. :McLaughlin then moved that the bill, No. 595, be made the special order for 11 o'clock this morning.

Mr. Slaton of :Fulton, called for the ayes and nays on the motion of Mr. McLaughlin, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Allen, Barron, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield,

Brandon, Calvin, Darnell, Denny,

Ellis, Emanuel, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond,

398

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Harrell, Hosch, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, McLaughlin,

Park of Troup, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton,

Tatum, Tisinger, West, Williams of Lumpkin, Wood, Yates

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,
Adamson,
Anderson,
Bass,
Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce,
Bell of Forsyth,
Bell of Spalding,
Black of Dawson, Blalock,
Bond,
Brown of Carroll,
Carter,
Castleberry, Copeland, David, Dickey. Easterlin. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall,
Hamm~tt,
Hardin of Wilkes,

Harrison,

McLennan,

Harris,

McRae,

Harvard.

Newton,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Washt'nOusley,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

Houser, Hutchins,

Post, Price,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Wilkinson,.

Johnson of Bartow, Rogers,

.Johnson of Lee,

Simpson,

Lane of Bibb, I,ane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee,

Sloan, Smith of Hancock,. Snell, Spinks, Starr. Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Brooks; Watkins, Williams of Emanuel! Willingham, Woodal, Wooten.

TUESDAY,. NOVEMBER 14, 1899.

Those not -.oting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Felker. Fender, Franklin,

George,

McMillan,

Greene,

Overstreet,

Hamby,

Padgett,

Hardin of Liberty, Richardson,

Hardwick,

Singletary,

Hathcock,

Smith of Hall,

Henderson of Irwin, Speer,

Hill,

Stone,

Hopkins,

Stubbs,

Johnson of Baker. Tanner,

Jones of Burke,

Turner of Henry,

Jordan of Jasper, Turner of Rockdale,

LaRoche,

Upchurch,

Latimer,

'Valker of Crawford,

Maxwell,

Walker of Union,

Mullins,

Whiteley.

McDonough,

Mr. Speaker.

McElreath,

On motion of Mr. Bass o Habersham, a \r.orification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 32, and the nays 90.

The motion of 1\fr. ~fci,aughlin was therefore lost.

Mr. Calvin of Richmond moved that the House adjourn.

On the motion to adjourn Mr. Slaton called for the aye.l and nays, which call was sustained.

A ballot viva voce was taken, and Mr. Woodall of Talbot moved to dispense with a verification of the same.
On the motion to dispense with a verification of the rollcall, Mr. Ellis of Bibb called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

400

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were l.fessrs.-

Adamson,

Harrison,

Park of 'Greene,

Allen,

Harris,

Post,

Anderson,

Harvard,

Price,

Bass,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bennett of Mitchell, Henderson of Wash- Rawls of Wilkinson,

Bennett, af Pierce, ington,

Beid,

Beauchamp,

Herring,

Richardson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hill,

Rogers,

Blalock,

Holder,

Rose,

Bond,

Houser,

Rudicil,

Brown of Carroll, Jarnagan,

Simpson,

Carlton,

Johnson of Bartow, Sloan,

Carter,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry.

.Jordan of Jasper, Snell,

Cook,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Spinks,

Copeland,

Lane of Bibb,

Speer,

Crossland,

Lane of Early,

Starr,

David,

Laing,

Sturgis,

Dews,

Lee,

Stewart,

Dickey,

Longino,

Swift,

Drawdy,

Martin,

Tanner,

Easterlin,

Mason,

Tatum,

Everett of Stewart, Merritt,

Taylor,

Farmer,

Mitchell,

Timmerman,

Freeman,

Moore,

Upchurch,

Franklin,

Morris,

\Valker of Crawford,

Ford,

McCants,

\Valh::er of Union,

Fort,

McCranie,

Watkins,

Gay,

McDonald,

\Vest,

George,

McElreath,

Whiteley,

Gresham,

McFarland,

Williams of Emanuel,

Greene,

McGehee.

Williams of Lumpkin,

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Willingham,

Griffith,

McMillan,

Wood,

Hall,

McRae,

\Voodall,

Hammett,

Newton,

\Vooten,

Hardin of Liberty, Pate of Gwinnett, Yates,

Hardin of Wilkes,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14,. 1899.

401-

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower,

Darnell, Denny, Ellis, Felker,

Hopkins, McLaughlin, Slaton, 'Walker of Brooks.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Barron, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Chappell, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fender, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardwick,

McDonough,

Harrell,

Ogletree,

Hathcock,

Ousley,

Henderson of Irwin, Overstreet,

Howard,

Pace of Newton,

Hosch.

Padgett,

Hutchins,

Park of Troup,

Johnson of Appling, Reynolds,

Johnson of Baker, Singletary,

Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

Jones of Burke,

Stubbs,

Knowles,

Stone,

Lane of Sumter,

Tisinger,

J.aRoche,

Tracy,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Mullins,

Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Hardin of Wilkes, moved to dispense with a verifica tion of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 111, and the nays 12.

So, the motion to dispense with the verification of thi.l roll-call had on the motion to adjourn .prevailed.
26h

402

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On the motion to adjourn the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Ellis,

Calvin,

Greene,

Denny,

Hosch,

.Johnson of Appling, LaRoche, Rose.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Ford,

Mayson,

Adamson,

Fort,

Maxwell,

Allen,

Gay,

Merritt,

Anderson,

George,

Mitchell,

Barron,

Gresham,

Moore,

Bass,

Griffin of Greene, Morris,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffith,

McCranie,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

McDonald,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammett,

McFarland,

Bell of Spalding,

Hardin of Liberty, McGehee,

Black of Dawson, Harrison.

McLennan,

Blalock,

Harris,

McMillan,

Bond,

Harvard,

McRae,

Brown of Bryan, Hendricks,

Newton,

Brown of Carroll, Henderson of 'Vash'n,Ogletree,

Carlton;

Herring,

Ousley,

Carter,

Howard,

Pace of Newton,

Castleberry,

Holder,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Cook,

Houser,

Park of Greene,

Copeland,

Hutchins,

Park of Troup.

Crossland,

Jarnagan,

Post,

Darnell,

Johnson of Bartow, Price,

David,

Johnson of Lee,

Rawls of Effingham,

Dews,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Dickey,

Lane of Bibb,

Rogers,

Emanuel,

Lane of Early,

Rudicil,

Easterlin.

Lane of Sumter, Simpson,

Everett of Stewart, Laing,

Sloan,

Farn1er,

Lee,

Smith of Hancock,

Felker,

Longino,

Snell,

Freemari,

Martin,

Spinks,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

403

Speer; Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tatum, Taylor,

Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of .Brooks, Watkins, 'Vest,

Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham,
'Vood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Chappell, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Fender, Franklin, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

Harrell,

Reid,

Hathcock,

Reynolds,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Hill,

Singletary,

Hopkins,

Slaton,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hall.

Johnson of Floyd, Stubbs,

Jones of Burke,

Stone,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tanner,

Knowles,

Turner of Henryr

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Mullens,

Upchurch,

McDonough,

'Walker of Crawford,

McElreath,

'Valker of Union,

McLaughlin,

Whiteley,

Overstreet,

'Villiams of Emanuel.

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 9, nays 114.

The motion to adjourn was therefore lost.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, moved to suspend the rules of the House, for the purpose of permitting Mr. Hardwick of Washington to submit a report.

On the motion to suspend the rules of the House Mr. Ellis called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

The ballot viva voce was taken, and Mr. Brandon of Fuiton, moved to dispense with a verification of the same.

404

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On the motion of Mr. Brandon, 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: Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Bennet, of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Carlton, Carter,
ca~tleberry,
Cook, Copeland, Dross land, Darnell, David, Dews, Drawdy, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Greene,

Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Harnby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes Harrison, Harvard. Hendricks, Herring, Hopkins, Holder, Jarnagan, .Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, .Jordan of Jasper, .Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Early, Laing, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mayson, Merritt, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan,

Ousley, Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid. Richardson, Rogers, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, \Valker of Crawford, Walker'of Union, West, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood. Woodall, Wooten.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

405

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Denny, Ellis, Emanuel,

Hosch, Houser, Moore,

Newton, Slaton, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Harris,

McRae,

Arnold,

Harrell,

Ogletree,

Barron,

Hathcock,

Overstreet,

Bass,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

BlacK of Whitfield, Henderson of \Vash'n,Park of Troup

Bowen,

Hill,

Reynolds,

Brown of Bryan, Howard,

Rose,

Bryan,

' Hutchins,

Rudicil,

Bush,

,Johnson of Appling, Simpson,

Bynum,

.Tohnson of Baker, Singletary,

Chappell,

.Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

Dickey,

Jones of Burk~,

Snell,

Duncan,

Knowles.

Speer,

Everett of Polk:,

Lane of Bibb,

Stone,

Felker,

Lane of Sumter,

Tisinger,

Fender,

LaRoche,

Turner of Henry,

Franklin,

Latimer,

walker of Brooks,

George,

Maxwell,

\Vatkins,

Greene,

Mitchell,

Whiteley,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mullins,

\Villiams of Emanuel,

Hammond,

McLaughlin,

Mr. Speaker.

Hardwick,

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 94~ and the nays 9.

The verification of the aye and nay vote on the motion to suspend the rules of the House, was therefore dispensed with.

On the motion to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of allo\ving Mr. Hardwick of Washington, to submit a report, the vote was as follows:

406

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those voting aye were )fessrs.-

Allen, Barron, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Cook, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Felker, Franklin, Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Hall,

McLaughlin,

Hammett,

McMillan,

Hardwick,

Overstreet,

Harrell,

Rawls of Effingham.

Henderson of Wash'n,Reid,

Howard,

Reynolds,

Hopkins,

Richardson,

Hosch,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Johnson of Floyd, Snell,

Jordan of Jasper, Stubbs,

.Tordan of Pulaski, Tatum,

Lane of Early,

Tisinger,

Lee,

Upchurch,

Moore,

Yates.

Those voting nay were ~fessrs.-

Adams,

Ford,

Adamson,

Fort,

Anderson,

Gay,

Bass,

George,

Bennett of Mitchell, Gresham,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of Greene,

Beaucham,

Griffith,

Bell of Forsyth.

Hardin of Liberty,

Bell of Spalding, Harris,

Black of Dawson, Harvard,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Brown of Bryan, Herring,

Brown of Carroll, Hill,

Carter,

Holder,

Castleberry,

Houser,

Copeland,

Hutchins,

Dickey,

Jarnagan,

Easterlin,

Johnson of Bartow,

Everett of Stewart, .Johnson of Lee,

Farmer,

Laing,

Freeman,

Longino,

Martin,
May~on,
Merritt, Mitchell, McCants. McCranie, McDonald. McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace of Newton, Pate, of Gwinnett, Park of Green; Post, Price, Rawls of Wilkihson,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

407

Rogers,
Simpson, Sloan,
Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Starr,
Stewart,

Swift,

Walker of Union,

Tanner,

"\Vest,

Taylor,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Timmerman,

Willingham,

Tracy,

'Vood,

Walker of Brooks, Woodall,

Walker of Crawford, Wooten,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Blalock, Bowen, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Chappell, Crossland, David, Everett of Polk, Fender, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardin of Wilkes, Padgett,

Harrison,

Park of Troup,

Hathcock,

Rudicil,

Henderson of Irwin, Singletary,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hall,

.Tones of Burke,

Sturgis,

Knowles,

Stone,

Lane of Bibb,

Turner of Henry,

Lane of Sumter,

Turner of Rockdale,

LaRoche,

Watkins.

Latimer,

Whiteley,

Maxwell,

Williams of Emanuel,

Morris,

Mr. Speaker.

Mullins,

Ayes 49, nays 84.
The motion to suspend the rules of the House, was therefore lost.

Mr. Denny of Floyd, asked that Senate bill No. 22 be taken up and read the first time.

Objection was raised, and :Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved h suspend the rules of the House for the purpose above indicated.
On the motion to suspend the rules of .the House Mr. Ellis called for. the ayes and nays, which call was not sustained, and the motion to suspend the rules of the Holl9e was lost.

408

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Ellis of llibb, then moved that the House adjourn.

On the motion to adjourn, Mr. Slaton of Fulton; 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.-

Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Brandon, Calvin, Darnell, Denny, Dews,

Duncan, Ellis, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Harrell, Hopkins,

Hosch, Johnson of Appling, J.aRoche, Reid, Rose, Slaton, Upchurch,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Easterlin,

Holder,

Adamson,

Everett of Stewart, Houser,

Allen,

Farmer,

.Jarnagin,

Anderson,

Freeman,

Johnson of Bartow,

Barron,

Franklin,

Johnson of Floyd,

Bass,

Ford,

.Johnson of Lee,

Bennett of Mitchell, Fort,

.Jordan of Jasper,

Bennett of Pierce, Gay,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Bell of Forsyth,

Gresham,

Lane of Bibb,

Bell of Spalding,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Early,

Black of Dawson, Griffith,

Lane of Sumter,

Bond,

Hall,

Laing,

Brown of Bryan,

Hamby,

Lee,

Brown of Carroll, Hardin of Liberty, Longino,

Bryan,

Hardin of Wilkes, Martin,

Carlton,

Hardwick,

Mitchell,

Carter,

Harrison,

Morris,

Castleberry,

Harris,

McCants,

Copeland,

Harvard,

McCranie.

'Crossland,

Hendricks,

McDonald.

David,

Henderson of \Vash'nMcElreath,

Dickey,

Herring,

McFarland,

Emanuel,

Hill,

McGehee,

TuEsDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

409

McLennan,

Simpson,

McMillan,

Sloan,

McRae,

Smith of Hancock,

Newton,

Snell,

Ogletree,

Spinks,

Ousley,

Speer,

Overstreet,

Starr,

Pate of Gwinnett, Stubbs,

Park of Greene,

Sturgis,

Post,

Stewart,

Price,

Swift,

Rawls of Effingham. Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Richardson,

Tisinger,

Rogers,

Timmerman, Tracy, TurnE"r of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, 'Valker-of Brooks, Walker of Crawford. Walker of Union, Watkins, West, Williams of Lumpkin,.. Willingham,
'Vood, Woodall, Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Bush, Bynum, Chappell, Cook, Drawdy, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, George, Hammond,

Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Howard, Hutchins, Johnson of Baker, Jones of Burke. Knowles, !.atimer, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, Mullens, McDonough,

McLaughlin, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rudicil, Singletary, Smith of Hall, Stone, Tanner, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel,_ Yates, Mr. Speaker.

On verifying the roll-call it was found that the ayes werl} 22, and the nays 112.

The motion to adjourn was therefore lost.

Mr. Willingham of Monroe, moved to suspend the rulesof the House for the purpose of taking House bill No. 221 up and putting it upon its passage.

4l0

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, moYed, as a substitute, that House biE Xo. 437, known as the "General Tax Bill," be taken up and put upon its passage.

ilfr. Brandon of Fulton, moved as a substitute to the whole that both the "Temperance Bill' and the "Tax Bill" be made the special order for Friday, November 24, 1899, the "Tax Bill" to be acted on first.

On the motion to make the "Temperance Bill" and "Tax Dill" the special orders for Friday, ~ovember 24th, :Mr. Brandon called for the ayes and nays.

Before the call for the ayes and nays, made by Mr. Brandon of :Fulton, could be acted on, :Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved that the House adjourn.

On the motion to adjourn Mr. Ellis called for the ayes and nays, whieh call was sustained.

On taking the ballot Yiva Yoce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were }.fessrs.-

Allen, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield. Bower, Brandon, Calvin, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy,

Duncan, Ellis, Franklin, Greene, Griffin of Twigg5, Hammett, Harrell, Hopkins, Hosch, Johnson of Floyd,

Know IPs, LaRoche, McDonough, Reid, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Snell, Upchurch.

ruEsDAY, Nov:EM'B:ER 14, 1899.

411

Those Yoting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Harris,

Pace of Newton,

Adamson,

Harvard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Anderson,

Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

l3ass,

Henderson of 'Vash'n,Post,

Bennett of Mitchell, Holder,

Price,

Bennett of Pierce, Houser,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bell of Forsyth,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Bell of Spalding.

Johnson of Appling, Richardson,

Black of Dawson, Johnson of Bartow, Rogers,

Brown of Bryan.

Johnson of Lee,

Simpson,

Brown of Carroll, Jordan of .Jasper, Singletary.

Carlton,

Jordan of Pulaski, Sloan,

Carter,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Lane of Early,

Spinks,

Cook,

Lime of Sumter,

Starr,

Copeland,

Laing,

Stubbs.

Crossland,

Lee,

Stewart,

David,

Longino,

Swift,

Dickey.

Martin,

Tanner,

Eman,uel,

Mayson,

Ta-tum,

Easterlin,

Merritt,

Everett of Stewart, Mit~hell,

Taylor, Timmerman,

Farmer,

Morris,

Tracy,

Freeman, .

McCants,

Turner of Henry,

Ford,

McCranie,

walker of Brooks,

Fort,

McDonald,

'Valker of Crawford,

.Gay,

McElreath,

'Valker of Union,

George,

McFarland,

Watkins,

Gresham,

McGehee,

'Vest,

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Williams of Lumpkin

Griffith,

McMillan,

Willingham,

Hall,

McRae,

'Vood,

Hamby,

Newton,

Woodall,

Hardin of Liberty, Ogletree,

Wooten,

Harrison,

Ousley,

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, .Barron, .Blalock,

Bond, Bowen, Bryan,

'Bush, Bynum, Chappell,

412

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Everett of Polk,

Hutchins,

Felker,

Johnson of Baker,

Fender,

Jones of Burke,

Hammond,

Lattimer,

Hardin of Wilkes, Maxwell,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Henderson of Irwin, McLaughlin,

Herring,

Overstreet,

Hill,

Padgett,

Howard,

Park of Troup,

Reynolds, Smith of Hall, Speer, Sturgis, Stone, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale. Whiteley, Williams of EmanueJ:. Mr. Speaker.

On a verification of the roll-call it was found that th,~ ayes were 29, and the nays 107.
The motion to adjourn was therefore lost.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton, renewed the call for the aye:; and nays upon his substitute, that the "Temperance Bill'" and the "Tax Bill' be made the special order for Frida.\~,. November 24th, which call was sustained.

On taking the ball0t viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Allen, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Calvin, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Griffin of Twiggs,

Hall,

McLaughlin,

Hammett,

McMillan.

Hardin of 'Vilkes, Rawls of Effingham~

Hardwick.

Reynolds,

Harrell,

Rose,

Henderson of Washt'nRudicil,

Hosch,

Slaton,

Johnson of Appling Snell,

Johnson of Floyd, Stubbs,

Knowles,

Tanner,

Lane of Bibb,

Upchurch

LaRoche,

Whiteley,

McDonough,

Yates.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 18!J9.

413

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hamby,

Adamson,

Hardin of Liberty,

Anderson,

Harrison,

Barron,

Harris,

Bennett of Mitchell, Holder,

Bennett of Pierce, Houser,

Beauchamp,

Jarnagan,

Bell of Forsyth,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bell of Spalding, Johnson of Lee,

Black of Dawson, Jordan of Jasper,

Blalock,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Bond,

Lane of Early,

Brown of Carroll, Lane of Sumter,

Carlton,

Laing,

Carter,

Lee,

Castleberry,.

Longino,

Cook,

Martin,

Copeland,

Merritt,

David,

Mitchell,

Dickey,

Morris,

Emanuel,

McCranie,

Easterlin,

McDonald,

Everett of Stewart, McElreath,

Farmer,

McFarland,

Felker,

McGehee,

Freeman.

McLennan,

Ford,

McRae,

Fort,

Newton.

Gay,

Ogletree,

Gresham.

Pace of Newton,

Griffin of Greene, Pate of Gwinnett,

Griffith,

Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Simpson,
~loan,
Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, vVest, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood. woodal,
'Vooten.

Those not voting were llfessrs.-

Arnold,
Ba"s, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, .Bryan,

Bush. Bynum, Chappell, Everett of Polk, Fender,

Franklin, George, Greene, Hammond, Harvard,

414

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Hathcock,

Jones of Burke,

Hendricks,

Latimer,

Henderson of Irwin, Mayson,

Herring.

Maxwell,

Hill,

Moore,

Howard,

Mullins,

Hopkins,

McCants,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

Johnson of Baker, Overstreet,

Padgett. Park of Troup, Reid, Singletary, Smith of Hall, Stone, Tisinger, Williams of Emanuel. Mr. Speaker.

:Mr. Hardwick of \Vashington, moved to dispense with a verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.
On counting the vote the ayes were 39, and the nays 9-1.

The substitute of }fr. Brandon was therefore lost.

Mr. Brandon then moved as a substitute to the motion of Mr. \Villingham, relative to the "Temperance Bill," and to the substitute offered by }fr. Hall to that motion, that the "Temperance Bill" and the "Tax Bill" be made the special order for Thursday, November 23, 1899.

On the substitute offered by Mr. Brandon, 2\ir. Ellis of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

A ballot viva voce, was had upon the substitute offered hy Mr. Brandon of :Fulton, a verification of which Mr. Brandon moved to dispense with.

Before the vote on the adoption of the substitute could be announced, Mr. Ellis of Bibb called for the ayes antl nays on the motion to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which call was sustained.

A ballot viva voce was also had upon this motion, and Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, moved to dispense with the verification of the same, on which motion Mr. Ellis of Bibb, also called for the ayt>Jl and nays.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

415-

The call for the ayes and nays was sustained.

, Pending the call of the ayes and nays on the motion to
dispense with the verification of the aye and nay vote taken on the motion to dispense with the verification of the aye and nay vote on the substitute offered by )Ir. Brandon o Fulton, to the motion of Mr. -Willingham of Monroe, and the substitute to that motion by Mr. Hall of Bibb, Mr. Black of Whitfield moved that the House adjourn, which motion was ruled out of order.

Jl.fr. Hall of Bibb then moved that the House take fL recess for ten minutes.

Mr. Blalock moved to amend }fr. Hall's motion by taking a fifteen minute recess.
J\fr. Slaton of Fulton then moved as a substitute to mak,}the recess 25 minutes.

Mr. Dews of Randolph then moved as a substitute that the House take a recess until 12:59 o'clock.
Mr. McGehee then moved as a substitute, that the Hou,_;;e adjourn sine die, 1vhich motion the Speaker ruled out ot order.
On the motion of Mr. Dews, Mr. Blalock of Fayett,~ called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

-416

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Allen, Black of Whi~field, Brandon, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, 'Duncan, Ellis. Hardwick,

Harrison,

Overstreet,

Howard,

Reid,

Hosch,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

Lee,

Tanner,

Moore,

Tatum,

McDonough,

Tisinger,

McLaughlin,

Upchurch,

McMillan,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Freeman,

Laing,

Adamson,

Franklin,

Longino,

Anderson,

Ford,

Martin,

Barron,

Fort,

Mayson,

-Bass,

Gay,

Maxwell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Greene, Mitchell,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffith,

Morris,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

McCranie,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammett,

McDonald,

Bell of Spalding, Hammond,

McElreach,

Black of Dawson, Hamby,

McFarland,

Blalock,

Hardin of Liberty, McGehee,

Bond.

Hardin of Wilkes, McLennan,

Bower,

Harris,

Newton,

Brown of Bryan,

Harvard,

Ogletree,

Brown of Carroll, Hathcock,

Ousley.

Bryan,

Hendricks.

Pace of Newton,-

-{)alvin,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nPate of Gwinnett,

Carter,

Herring,

Park of Greene,

Castleberry,

Hill,

Park of Troup,

Cook,

Hopkins,

Post,

{)upeland,

Holder,

Price,

David,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Effingham,

Dickey,

.Jarnagan,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Emanuel,

Johnson of Bartow, Richardson,

Easterlin,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

Everett, of Stewart, Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Farmer,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hancock,

Felker,

Lane of Sumter,

Snell,

Spinks, Speer, Starr, Sturgiss, Stewart, Swift,

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 14, 1899.

417

Taylor,

\Vest,

Tracy,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Turner of Rockdale, Willingham,

"\Valker of Brooks, Wood,

Walker of Crawford, wooten.

Walker of Union,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bowen, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Chappell, Crossland, Everett, of Polk, Fender, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Harrell,

Henderson, of Irwin, Reynolds,

Houser,

Simpson,

Johnson, of Baker, Sloan,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall.

.Jones of Burke,

Stubbs,

Jordan of Jasper, Stone,

Knowles,

Timmerman,

LaRoche,

Turner of Henry,

Latimer

"\Vatkins,

Merritt,

Whiteley,

Mullins,

"\Villiams of Emanuel,

McCants,

Woodall.

McRae,

Mr. Speaker.

Padgett,

Mr. McLaughlin o Meriwether moved that the verification o the roll-call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 30, and the nays 104.
The motion to take a recess until 12:59 was therefore lost.
Mr. Dews o Randolph, moved that the House adjourn.

On the motion o :Mr. Dews, Mr. Brandon o Fulton called or the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:
27h

418

JuuRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Bower of Decatur asked permission to explain hi,; vote on the motion to adjourn..
Objection was raised, and :Mr. Ellis of Bibb moved thut the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of .allowing Mr. Bower to explain his vote.

On the motion to suspend the rules of the House, }fJ-. McLaughlin of Meriwether called :for the ayes and nay", which call was sustained.

Pending the call of the ayes and nays on the motion to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of allowing Mr. Bower of Decatur to explain his vote on the motion to adjourn, the hour of adjournment arrived, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., \Vednesday, November 15, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 :30 o'clock a.m., this day and was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

l'"pon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Arnold. Barron,
Bass,

Bennett of 'Mitchell, Black of Whitfield,

Bennett of Pierce, Blalock,

Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Bond, Bower,

Bell of Spalding, Brandon,

Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan

WEDNESDAY, Nov.~<:M:aER 15, 1899.

419

Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland; Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of \Vilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, H:trvard,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Hendricks,

Ogletree,

Henderson of Washt'nOusley,

Herring,

Overstreet.

Hill,

Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hopkins,

Park of Greene,

Holder,

Park of Troup,

Hosch,

Post,

Houser,

Price,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Effingham,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Appling, Reid,

Johnson of Bartow, Reynolds,

Johnson of Floyd, Richardson,

Johnson of Lee,

Rogers,

Jones of Burke,

Rose,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Knowles,

Simpson,

Lane of Bibb,

Singletary,

Lane of Early,,

Slaton,

Lane of Sumter,

Sloan,

Laing,

Smith of Hancock,

LaRoche,

Snell,

Lee,

Spinks,

Longino,

l:ltarr,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Mayson,

Sturgis,

Maxwell,

Stewart,

Merritt,

Swift,

Mitchell,

Tanner,

Moore,

Tatum,

Morris,

Taylor,

Mullins,

Tisinger,

McCants,

Timmerman,

:McCranie,

Tracy,

McDonald,

Turner of Henry,

~IcDonough,

Turner of Rockdale,

McElreath,

Upchurch,

McFarland,

\Valker of Brooks.

McGehee,

Walker of Crawford.

McLaughlin,

Walker of Union,

McLennan,

Watkins,

McMillan,

West,

420

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Whiteley,

Willingham,

Williams of Emanuel,Wood,

Williams of Lumpkin,Woodal.

Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Allen, Bowen, Bush, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Fender,

Gay,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hall,

Jordan of Jasper Speer,

Latimer,

Stone.

Mr. Bond, Chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.

The journal was read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent, the following joint resolution of the Senate was read and adopted, to wit :
By :Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-
A joint resolution to invite the Hon. \Yalter B. Hill to address the General Assembly on Thursday November 16,
18~)9.
:M:r. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bill, which they direct me, as their chairman, to report back to the House, with a recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond--
A bill to be entitled an act to carry into effect paragraph 1 of section 4, article 8 of the Constitution of this State, which paragraph relates to local taxation for the establishment and maintenance of public schools, and for other purposes.
I am also directed to report the following House bills to the House with a recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate public instruction in the county of Glynn, approved February ~1st, 1873, and for other purposes.
Also, by Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to be mtitled !Ul act to amend the act of 1889 defining the composition and appointment of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, by providing that the president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society and 1he President of the Georgia State Horticultural Society shall be ex officio members of said board, and for other purpooes.
I am also directed to report the following bill to the House with the recommendation that the introducers of same be permitted to withdraw same, to wit: By Mestrs. George and 1fayson of DeKalb-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the establishment -of a system of public schools in the town of Stone Mountain, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

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:Mr. Knowles, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on. .Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on .A.ppropriations, have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

.A bill for the relief of Foster Sherlock of the county of Richmond.

A bill to make appropriations for the payment of pensions to invalid and indigent soldiers for the year 1900.

Also, the following House bill which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit :

~\. bill to appropriate the sum of $1,614.09 for the Georgia School for the deaf, to cover deficit arising in the appropriation for the support of said institution.

Also, the following joint resolution, which I am in:o:trudell to report hack to the House with the recommenda1ion that !iame do pal"~, to wit:

A joint resolution providing for the pay of the per diem and mileage of Hon. Elijah Tanner, representative of the eounty of Coffee.
Respectfully submitted.
CLAHEN1..JE KNOWI,ES, Chairman pro t<m.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 15, 1899.

423

Mr. Hamby, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and :l{ining, submitted the following report:
Mr. Spealcer:
The Committee on }fines awl _}bung have had ,.mder consideration the following bill <Yhidt I am instructfd to report hack to the House with t'tcomn~endati')n 1:h:lt the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to require purchasers of native gold, gold bullion, gold dust, gold nuggets and gold amalgam, to keep a register of such purchases, and to make returns thereof, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R. E. A. HAMBY, Chairm:m.
Mr. Hardwick, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affai1s, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideratitm House bill Xo. 605, by Mr. Hardwick. of vV<l~ll ington, which is a bill entitled "an .Act to adopt a substitute for section 1143 of the Code of 1895, prescribing the duration of commissions of officers of the volunteer forces of this State, and to amend s~ction 1218, prescribing the pay of the volunteer forces of the State when called into the service of the State, and for other purposes," which bill they haYe instructed me, as their chairman, to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted. T. W. HAI~D"\VICK, Chairman.

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Mr. Harris, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

M 1. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration bill No. 642, "To be entitled an act to amend section 578 of the revised Code, and for other purposes," and recommend that it do pass.
Also, bill No. 530. A bill "to prohibit any voter who is a citizen of any incorporated town or village, from voting in elections for fence or no fence," and recommend that it. do not pass.
Also, bill K o. 635, "To be entitled an act to amend sections 375 and 376 of volume one of the Code of Georgia of 1895, by inserting between word 'the' and the word 'Lowland' in the fourth line of said section 375, the words 'rivers, creeks, bottom or,' and by striking out from the same line of section 376, the word 'public,' and from the third line thereof the word 'coast,' and for other purposes," and recommend that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
J. F. HARRIS, Chairman pro tern.
E. A. CARTER, Secretary.

Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committ~e on Amendments to the Constitution, begs leave to submit the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House bill, and instruct me to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 8 of the Constiution of this State,

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. PACE, Chairman.

The undersigned members of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following minority report:
The undersigned members of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, dissent from the majority report or said committee, adverse to the passage of House bill No. 442, and recommend that said bill do pass.
H. P. BELL, T. W. HARDWICK, ROLAND ELLIS, W. P. LAROCHE.
~Ir. :Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Jfr. S pealeer:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters 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:

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A bill to protect bream and red-breast perch in waters and tributaries of the Great and Little Satilla Rivers, of the
county of vVayne.

Also, a bill to make it unlawful to abolish pauper houses heretofore established in this StatB.

Also, a bill to authorize and require county authorities to repair and keep in good condition bridges across ditches (;n public roads.

Also, a bill to permit the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Spalding county to pay a reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts, etc.

The committee have also had under consideration the folfollowing bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass to wit:

A bill to pay the treasurer of \Vare county a salary of $300 per annum, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to pay the tax-collector of Ware county a salary of $500 per annum, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal an act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Ware county.
Also, a bill to tax dogs for the protection of sheep, etc.

Also, a bill to govern primary and other elections, and togovern the conduct of candidates, etc.
Respect nll,v >'Ubmitted.
J. l\I. l\IOORE, Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 15, 1899.

427

:Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations 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:

A bill to incorporate the town of Hahira, in the county of Lowndes, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal an act to extend the limits of the city of ~lacon, etc.

Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Dexter, in the county of Laurens.

Also, the following bills, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do not pass, to. wit:

A bill to regulate corporations, companies or associations transacting life insurance in this State upon the mutual, co-operative or assessment plan.

Also, a bill to amend the charter act of the city of Tifton,. in Berrien county.

Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same be withdrawn by author, to wit:

A bill to amend section 3d of the charter of the town of Jessup.
Respectfully submitted. JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

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:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report; to wit:
},fr. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to declare the proceedings in certain contest~d election cases a suit at law, and for other .purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled .an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require all persons having claims for injuries to persons or property against municipalities to present same, as amended.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3441 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide what judicial .officers in cities of more than ten thousand shall have jurisdiction and authority to require bonds for good behavior, ~md for other purposes, as amended.
The General Judiciary Committee. have also had und~ consideration the following Senate bills which I am instructed to report to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 48, volume J. of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require all railroad companies in this State, who have leased the line of road of' another company to have the contract of lease recorded, etc., and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 2763 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
The General Judiciary Committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 813 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3765 of the Code, volume 2.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3772 of the Code, volume 2.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 70 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize the forfeiture and retirement of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4193 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 397, volume 3 of the new Code.
Also a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509,_
volume' 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the trial in the superior courts of persons charged with certain criminal offenses, upon accusation, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the having .and keeping of burglar tools, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 397, volume .3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize W m. Aiken .& Son, of Catoosa county, Georgia, to manufacture and sell the Aiken Dropsy Cure, etc., and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed to report back with the recomn:endation that the authors of same be allowed to withdraw them, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act t0 relieve building and .oan associaticns, doing a business only in the county where ehartered, from 'l:Jeing required to deposit securities, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an r.ct to change the name of the Judicial Circuit known as the Coweta Judicial Circuit, ~and for other purposes.
Hespectfully submitted.
JOHN ~I. SLATON, Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 15, 1899.

431

)fr. McDonough, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
..:lfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend section 2234 of the Civil Code of 1895, by adding a proviso at the end of said section.

Also~ a bill to extend the power of the Railroad Commissioners so as to give them power and authority to regulate the operations and charges of sleeping-car companies for transportation and service, etc.

Also, the following bills, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to make engineers of common carriers liable for ten per cent. of the damage_ assessed for the killing of livestock in this State.

Also, a bill to require street railway companies to proYide at the forward end of their cars, a screen, to protect motormen from cold and inclement weather, etc.
Also, a bill to require all railroads in this State to carry bicycles without charge, etc.
Hespectfully submitted.
JNO.J. ::\fcDONOUGH, Chairman.

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Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speake-r:

....-.'

The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House bill, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 2 of the Constiution of the State of Georgia, by prescribing additional qualifications for electors of this State, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. M. PACE, Chairman.

The undersigned members of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following minority report:

Mr. Speakt!r:
The undersigned members of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution of this State, beg to present this minority report upon a bill "to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by prescribing additional qualifications to the voters of this State, and for other purposes," with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
WILLIAM HARRISON, B. L. Wil-LINGHAM,
J. A. LAING.

.J.-' \VEJlXE:'D.w, XorEMBER 10, 1899.

433

The fullowing bills were read the first time, and appropriately refcrrell, to wit:
B: :Jfr. :JicRae of Telfair-
A bill to be o!ltitled an act to proYide for the reorganization df.!ihe State militia, and for other purposes.
Referred to :Jiilitary Committee.
By :Jir. \Yilliams of Emanuel;:-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate the to\Yn of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County ~Iatters.
By }[r. Greene of ClayA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate
Fort Gaines, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By :Mr. -Williams of Emanuel-

A bill to be entitled an act to require all building and loan associations to file certain information with the Comptroller-General, and for other purposes.

lleferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Messrs. :Mayson and George, of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of KirbYood, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.
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By ~Jr. ~Ioore of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for any tr<1in to be nm by two locomotives, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section G1, Yolume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :J[r. Park of Greene-
A resolution to appropriate $250 for the purpose of erecting a substantial enclosure around the graYe of Ooyernor Peter Early.
Hcferrcd to Committee on Appropriations.
. Bv., ~lr. Emanuel of Ghnn-
A !Jill to he e>ntitled an act to amend an aet to establil'lh the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By :Mr. Barron of Jones-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to ~tablish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and ReYenues for the .county of Jones, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 15, 1899.

435

By Mr. Snell of Johnson-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate .the town of 'Vrightsville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Mr. Johnson of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to make certain appropriations to the trustees of Everett Springs Seminary, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By l\Ir. Lane of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a joint stenographer for the State Chemist and State Entomologist, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
By !llr. S,vift of Elbert-

A resolution to pay investigating committee of the North<>,Rstern railroad.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By :Messrs. :Mayson and George of DeKalb-

A hill to be entitled an act to require street car companies to ~nrnish seats to passengers, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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By ::\[r. Barron of Jones-

~\bill tote entitlc<l an act to proviJe for the election oi the jtHlge and wlicitor of the county court of Jones eount_v, by the people, anJ for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County ::\Iatters.

By ).f r. Bass of Habersham-

A hill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Alto, in Banks county, and for other pnrposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations. By :Mr. Hardwick of \Yashington-
A bill to be entitled an act to make auditiOI1al appropriations for the State militia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By ::\Ir. Carlton of Clarke-

A bill to be entitled an act to make certain appropriations for the State Normal School, and for other purposes.

Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Hardin of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 581, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purpose,;.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

WEDNESDAY, NovE:IIBER 15, 1899.

437

By ~Ir. Brandon of Fulton-
~\.. bill to be entitled an act to authorize the treasurer tD return certain moneys to the ~\..merican Surety Company, and for other purposes.

Hderred to Gencral Judiciary Committee.

'l'he following imitation was received and accephd on motion of ~fr. Bower, of Decatur, to wit:

1fr. and ~Irs. T. B. Felder invite the members of the
Honse of Representatives, and ladies, to a reception in houi)r of lion. aml ~Irs. Holand Elli,;, at their home, 702 PPadttree trcet, on Thur--day c,euing, :X ovember 16th, from 8 to 11 p.m.

::\Ir. Holder, d .Taeksmt, asked that bill Xo. 627 be reeotnmittPd to ( 'ommittcP oil Connty and County :Matters, \\hieh re(pwst \\'HS grantPd.

~Ir. Hanlin, of tibert:, asked that bill Xo. 555 be recommitted to Special J ndiciary Committee, which request was granted.

:\lr. :\IeHne a~ked unanimous coml'nt to withdraw bills :Xo~..-):!I and ;)j -1-, \\'hich requPst was granted.

::\Ir. (;eorgc, of DeKalh, asked to withdra,\ bill Xo. 58, which request was granted.

Comcnt \Yas giwn 1Ir. Howard, of Dooly, to withdraw bill X o. !3 7.

Consent "as giwn ::\fr. Bennett, of ::\Iitchell, to withdraw bill X o. JS-1.
Consent was gi,en ~Ir. Lane, of Bibb, to withdraw bill No. -l-81.

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On motion of Mr. McDonough, of Chatham, House bill .Ko. 436 was recommitted to Committee on Railroads.

JHr. Chappell, of ?lfuscogee, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of taking House resolution 166 from the table and placing it upon the ealandar, which motion was lost.

The folowing bills were read the third time and put upon their paesage, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-

A re:,olution providing for a different manner of electing rnited States Senators, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted.

By :;\fr. Hardin of Liberty-
A resolution provi(ling for the relief of A. J. Delk, \V. B. Lyen, D. S. Price and E. L. Eishback, and for other purposes.
Thi,; resolution invohing an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a counnittee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairm:m of the committee, }lr. Denny, of Floyd.
After a consideration of the resolution, tho committee of the whole arose, and through their chairman; reported progresf', and asked leaYe to sit again.
On motion of :Mr. \Villingham, of }[onroe, the House took a recess for fifteen minutc:O.

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The fifteen minutes recess having expired, the Speaker called the House to order.

:Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, moved that the recess be extended fifteen minutes longer.

:Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved to amend by making the extension thirty minutes, which motion was accepted and the Honse took a recess for thirty minutes.

The recess of thirty minutes haYing expired, the Speaker again called the House to order.

On motion of ::M:r. Willingham, of l\Ionroe, the House again resolved itself into a committee of the "hole, for the purpose of considering the following resolution, to ''"it:

Dy 1fl. Hardin of Liberty-
' T A resolution for tho relief of A .r. Delk, R L~en,
D. S. Price and E. L. Fishback.

The Speaker again designated as chairman of the committee of the whole :M:r. Denny, of Floyd.

The hour of adjournment having- arriYed, the committee of the whole arose and through its chairman, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.

Leaves of absence were "granted the follmYing members:

Messrs. Newton of Morgan, Bryan of Floyd, Hopkins of
~lelntosh.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until!) :30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, ~ovember lG, 1899.

Thei-[nn~e met pursuant to adjournment, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. thi~ day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened "ith prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were ~fe:-srs.-

Adams,

Denny,

Adamson,

Dews,

Allen,

Dickey,

Anderson,

Drawdy,

Arnold,

Duncan,

Barron,

Ellis,

Bass,

!~manuel,

Bennett of :\Iitchell, Easterlin.

Bennett of Pierce, Everett of Stewart,

Beauchamp,

Fanner,

Bell of Forsyth.

Felker,

Bell of Spalding. Fender,

Black of lJaw,;on, Freeman,

Black of Whitfit>ld, Franklin,

Blalock,

Ford,

Bond,

Fort,

Bower,

Gay,

Brandon,

George,

Brown of Bryan, Gresham,

Brown of Carroll, Greene,

Bynum,

Griffin of Greene,

Caldn,

Clriffin of Twiggs,

Carlton,

Griffith,

Carter,

Hall,

Castleberry,

Hammett,

Cook,

Hamby,

Copeland,

Hardin of Liberty,

Crossland,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Darnell,

Hardwick,

David,

Harrison,

Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of \Vasht'n Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Hutchins, .Tarnagan, .Tohnson of Appling, .Johnson of Baker, .Johnson of Bartow, .Johnson of Floyd, .Johnson of Lee, .Tones of Burke, .Tordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, :\Iartin,

THuRsDAY, NoVK\rBER 16, 1R9:).

441

Mayson, Merritt. :Mitchell, Moore,
1\Iorri~,
::\Iullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald , McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, l\Icl\fillan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley. Pace of Kewton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Hreene, Post,

Price,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Tisinger,

Reynolds,

Tin11nerman,

Richardson,

Tracy,

Rogers,

Turner of Henry,

Rose,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rudicil,

Upchurch,

Simpson,

'Valker of Brooks,

Singletary,

'Valker of Crawford,

Slaton.

"'alker of Union,

Sloan,

"'atkins,

Smith of Hancock, 'Vest,

Snell.

Whiteley,

Spinks,

'Villiams of Emanuel

Speer.

'Villiams of Lumpkin.

Starr,

"'illingham.

::Hubbs,

Wood,

Sturgis,

Woodall.

Stewart,

'Vooten,

Stone,

Yates.

S11ift,

::\Ir. Speaker.

Tho,;:e ahsellt were ::\le;;;~rs.-

Bowen, Bryan, Bush, Chappell, Everett of Polk,

Hammond,

Ht>nderson of Irwin, Kewton,

Jordan of .Ja"per, (herstreet,

Knowles,

Park of Troup,

Latimt>r,

Smith of Hall,

::\fr. S,Yift of Ell.JC'rt reported that the jomnal of yesterday's }H'"cee<lings h:Hl hePn examined and apprmed.

::\fr. Beauchamp of Pike mnYe<l to tlispensP with the reading of the jonmaL whieh motion was lost.

The .imn11al \Yil>' tlwn na<l ancl emdirmed.

::\Ir. Slaton of Fulton nJOYPcl that the Honse take a recess until 10:];) o'elock, \dtieh motion prevailed.

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The hour of 10:15 o'clock having arri,ed, the Speaker called the House to order.

~Jr. Harrison of Quitman, then moved that the recess be extended ten minutes longer, which motion prevailed.

The ten minutes extension of the recess having expired,. the Speaker again called the House to order.

~Jr. Sloan of Hall, asked that hill X o. 587 be ,,ithdraw~t from the General Judiciary Committee and recommitted to the Special .TllClieiary Committee, which request was granted.
~Ir. ~JcLanghlin of ~Jeriwether, a~kecl 1mammonR consent to take up Honse bill X o. 5\!5, and pnt the same upon its passage.
Objection was raised, and ~[r. ~JeLanghlin movrcl to su,;pe]l(l the rules of the Honse for the purpose above indicate<l, which motion was lost.
~Jr. \Yillingham asked unanimous con~cnt to introduce a resolution.
Objection was raised, and :Mr. l~llis of Bibb moved to suspend the rules of the Honse, which motion prevailed.

The rewlntion was as follows, to wit: By ~Jr. Willingham of :Monroe-

A resolution providing that House hill Xo. 221, known as the "Temperance Bill," be made the spPcial order for Tuesday, :XO\ember 21st, immediately after the reading of

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the journal, and that the previous question be considered ordered at 11 o'clock \Vednesday, unless same is abrogated by unaimous con:;::ent.
The resolution was adopted.

By unanimous coment the following bill was read and put upon its passage, to wit:
By :Messrs. )fcLaughlin and :Mullins o ::\Ieriwether-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court or Greenville, and or other purposes.
:Mr. Post offered to amend as follows, to wit: Amend by making the salary o said judge $750.00, instead o $800.00.
The amendment o ::\Ir. Post was adopted.
:Mr. )fcLaughlin offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:
Amend by striking out all o section 2 o said bill.

The report o the committee, which was aYorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to, as amended.
On the passnge o the bill the ayes were 111, and the nays 0.
So, the bill ha,ing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
J\Ir. Barron of Jones, asked that bill Xo. 187 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

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rmmimom consent was giYen :ilfr. Swift of Elbert to haYe hill X o. 439 withdra\m.
.Jir. Cop0land, Chairman of the Committ00 on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

.J!r. Spea!.cr:

The Committee on Banks haYe had under comideration Housc> bill X o. 35 i, entitled an act to proYide for a uniform method of granting' rhart0rs to hanks, which they instruct me to report back, \Yith the recornnwndation that sam0 do not pass.

Also, Ilom0 bill Xo. 43fl, fntitlecl an act to r0peal ~<'C tion 1921 of Yolnme 2 of the Code of 1895, which they in:,trnct me to r0port haek, with thP r0commPIHlation that the ~anw do not pa~s.

Abo, Home hill So. ;)!32, entitled an ad to amend section 1 D16, Yolmne 2 of the Code of 18H;\ awl for other pnrpses, which they ill,.;truct me to rPport haek, with the recommendation that the f'ame do pass.

Hespectfully s11lnnitte<l.

F. W. ('OPEL\XD, Clwi m w n.

The following message was receind from the Senate through }fr. X orthen, the SPrretary tltPrPof:
JI1. Speah'r:
The Senate has eonenrred in the follo\Ying resolution of the Honse, to \Yit:

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A resolution endorsing the board of trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Also, a resolution to accept the inYitation of the Southeastern Fair ~lssociation, to visit the city of Brunswick on Thanhgiving day.
The ol1mving bill of the Honse \Vas lost in the Senate:
A bill to amend section 233-! of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to consolidate the offices of tax-receiver and treasurer in the county of Fannin.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of theSenate, in \Yhich a concurrence of the House is asked:
A resolution convening the two Houses of the General Assembly in joint session at noon Tuesday, K ovember 21, 1899, for the purpose of hearing the address of Ron. Walter B. Hill.
:Mr. Bmver of Decatur, asked unanimous consent to have the following bill taken up and put upon its passage, which request was granted, to \vit:

By 1\fr. De,vs of Randolph-

A bill to be entitled an act to discourage the breeding of dogs, and for other purposes.

!fr. \Voodall of Talbot, offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:

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Provided, that this hill, if enacted, shall not become operative in any county except upon the recommendation of the grand jury of said county.

:Mr. Carter of Burke, offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Amend by inserting the words "or her" after the words "kill him" wherever they occur.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to, as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, and the nays 20.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

On motion of :Mr. Dews of Randolph, the bill just passed was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the SenatB.
On motion of ~fr. I.ane of Early, bill X o. 671, which was unfavorably reported by Oommitttee on Counties and County ~ratters, was recommitted to Committee on Temperance.

~fr. :McDonald of vVare, asked that House bill X o. 151
be withdrawn, which request was granted.

On motion of ~fr. :McDonald of \Vare, Home bill Xo. 431 was placed on the calendar.

~fr. Emanuel of Glynn asked permiSSIOn to withdraw hill No. 428, which request was granted.

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:Mr. Turner of Henry, asked unanimous consent to have bill No. 274 taken from the table and placed upon tlu~ <>alendar, which request was granted.

:Mr. :McLaughlin, Chairman of the Committee on PriYilegcs and Elections, submitted the following report:

Jfr. Hpeaker:

The Committee on PriYilcges and Elections have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back, w~th recommendation that the same .do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to allow the polls at the precincts on general election days in this State opened at the same hour in the morning that arc required to be opened at the courthouses, etc.

Hc~pectfnlly submitted.

B. F. ~IcLAUGHLIK, Chairman.

}f r. \\' illingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
J[r. Spealter:
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration House hill Xo. 151, entitled an act to abolish the 8alc of 8pirituons or malt liquors in the State of Georgia, nnd imtruct mc to report it back, with the request that the nnthor hc allowed to "ithdraw it.

Al,o, Honse hill Ko. GJ3, entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of any spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors, ~xecpt domestic wines made from grapes or berries within

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the limits of Jackson count~' To prmide a penalty for Yiolation of same, and for other purposes, and instruct me to report to the House said bill, with recommeudation that same do pass.

Alw, Honse bill X o. GG3, to repeal an act entitled an act to establish a dispemary in the tmn1 of Blakely, in the county of Early, and for other purposes, and instruct me to report it back, with the request that the author be allowed to withdraw same.

Also, House ]Jill X o. G71, entitled an act apprond December lG, 1897, creating a dispemary in the town of Blake>ly, Early county, Ga., for the sale of ardent spirits, etc., and for other purposes, and instruct me to report it back, with the recommendation that same do not pass.

Respectfully submitted.

B. S. WILLIKGHAni, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By nfr. Harris of Thomas-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to consult architects regarding the acoustics of the House of RepresentatiYes, and for ot~er purposes.
Senate bill X o. 119 was recommitted to the General J ndiciary Committee, on motion of :Mr. Slaton of Fulton.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

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By :Mr. Harrell of Dodge-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of Dodge county, and for other purposes.

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 \Vere 105, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By ~Ir. Harrell of Dodge-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court in the town of Eastman, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 116, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Watkins of Gilmer-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of Ellijay, and for other purposes.

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 101, and the nays 0.
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So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Watkins of GilmerA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
town of Ellijay, and for other purposes. 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 116, 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. Upchurch of Charlton, :Maxwell of Ogle-
thorpe, \Valker of Crawford, Rose of Camden, :McLennan,
Farmer, Sturgis, Jordan of Pulaski, vVooten, Brown of
Bryan, Drawdy, Whitely.

:Mr. Allen, chairman of the committee to visit the State Sanitarium, asked leave of absence for said committee, which leave was granted.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock tomorrow mornmg.

Atlanta, Ga., J<'riday, Xovemher 17, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m.., thisday and was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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Upon the call of the roll those answering to their name& were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Griffin of Greene, McDonough,

Anderson,

Griffin of Twiggs, McElreath,

Arnold,

Griffith,

McFarland,

Barron,

Hall,

McMillan,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hammett,

McRae,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammond,

Ogletree,

Bell of Spalding, Hamby,

Ousley,

Black of Dawson, Hardin of Liberty, Overstreet,

Black of Whitfield, Hardin of Wilkes, Pace of Newton,

Blalock,

Hardwick,

Pate of Gwinnett.

Bond,

Harrison,

Park of Greene,

Bowen,

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Bower,

Hendricks,

Post,

Brandon,

Henderson of Washt'n,Rawls of Effingham.

Brown of Bryan,

Herring,

Rawls of wilkinson,

Brown of Carroll, Hill,

Reid,

Bush,

Howard,

Reynolds,

Bynum,

Holder,

Richardson,

Calvin,

Hosch,

Rogers,

Carlton,

Houser,

Rudicil,

Carter,

Hutchins,

Simpson,

Cook,

Johnson of Appling, Singletary,

Copeland,

Johnson of Bartow, Slaton,

Crossland,

.Johnson of Floyd, Sloan,

Darnell,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hancockr

David.

Lane of Bibb,

Snell,

Denney,

Lane of Early,

Spinks,

Dews,

Lane of Sumter,

Speer,

Dickey,

Laing,

Starr,

Ellis,

LaRoche,

Stubbs,

Emanuel,

Lee,

Stewart,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Stone,

Everett of Stewart, Martin,

Swift,

Felker,

Merritt,

Tanner,

Fender,

Mitchell,

Tatum,

Freeman,

Moore,

Timmerman,

Franklin,

Morris,

Tracy,

Ford,

Mullins,

Turner of Henry,

Fort,

1\IcCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,.

Gresham,

McDonald,

Walker of Brooks,

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Walker of Union, West, Whiteley,

Williams of Emanuel,Woodall,

Willingham,

Yates.

Wood,

Mr. Speaker.

Those ah~ent were :Messrs.-

.Adams, .Allen, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bryan, Castleberry, Ghappell, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett, of Polk, Farmer, Gay, George, Greene, Harris,

Harvard,

McLaughlin,

Hathcock.

McLennan.

Henderson of Irwin, Newton,

Hopkins,

Padgett,

.Jarnagan,

Price,

Johnson of Baker, Hose,

.Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall.

.Tordan of .Jasper, Sturgis,

Jordan of Pulaski, Taylor,

Knowles,

Tisinger,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Mayson,

Walker of Crawford.

Maxwell,

Watkins,

McCants,

Williams of Lumpkin

McGehee,

wooten.

:Mr. .Merritt, of Hancock, reported that the journal of .yesterday's proceedings had been examined and approved.

The journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Hardwick, of \Vashington, moved that House bill No. 454 be made the continuous special order for Tuesday November 28th, immediately after the reading of the JOurnal, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Easterlin, of ~lacon, asked that bill No. 545 be placed on the calendar, which request was granted.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. woodall of Talbot--

A resolution providing that the members be furnished with the status of business for each day's session.

FRIDAY, NovEMBER 17, 1899.
~fr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
"lfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report hack to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
...:\. bill to he entitled an act to amend section 1036 of the Code of Georgia, 1895, volume 3, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitutB, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3826 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
.\lso, a lill to he entitled an act to providP a punishment ~1' arson.
Tlte committ~e have also had under coMideration chc ftllowing SenatP bill, which I am instructed to report hack with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
~\. bill to Le entitled an act to authorize wm. Aiken & Son, of Catoosa county, Georgia, to manufacture.and sell the Aiken TAtter and Dropf'y Cnre, and for other purpm.e!'l.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Honse hili which I am instructed to report hack with the recommendation that the !'lame do not pass, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to provirle for the payme11t of certain costs accrued in the conviction of felonies, and for othtr purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHX :M. SLATON, Chairman.

:M:r. Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, :Submitted thl: following report:

Jlh. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions ha,e had under consid ::.-r.tion the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to repert [,ack to tbe Home with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an aet approved December oth, 1897. to authorize the payment to Confederate soldiers of pensions, and for other purposes.

Also, the following House bill, with the recommend at iu1 that the san.e do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to make it unlawful for any Confederate soldier to transfer license and other benfits, etc., and for othl'r pnrpeses.
Also, the following Honse bill, which I am instrueted ro report back to the Honse with the recommendation th:t the same do not pass, to wit :

By ~fr. watkins of Gilmer-

A bill to amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of arti.d!: 7 of the Constitution of the State, and for other pur!'')~P3.
Respectfnlly submitted. B. F. SBIPSOX, Chairman.

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Mr. Blalock, Chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

.MI'. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under conl:liueration the following joint resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse with the recommenda.tion that the same do pass, to wit:

A joint resolution to refund the amount received by the StHte from the sale of wild lands of Annie E. Branch under tax execution, issued by the tax-collector of Decatur county.
Also, the following Honse ret:olutions which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A resolution to appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars to h::txe an enclosure around the grave of Governor rf'ter Early, and to have a suitable shaft over said grave.
.:\.. resolution to pay investigating committee under joint . rl'solution of House and 8en::tte to investigate :Northeastern railroad
Also, the following Honse hills which I am insructed to report back with the r~commendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

~\. bill to appropriate two thomtand dollars annually, for fixe years, to the trustees of Everetts Springs Seminary, in Floyd county, Ga.

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A bill to authorize the cJovernor and treasurer of this State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and rdiring certain of the past-due bonds of the State, known as "Convention Bonds," issued by Chas. J. Jenkins, Governor of the State.
The committee further instructs me to request that th& report of the su1committee herewith returned, be entered on the ,Tournal cf the Honse as a part of the report of this committee, which report refers to said bill No. 10.
Respectfully mbmitted. A. 0. BLAT"OCK, Chairman pro tern.
Mr. Chappell, of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report :
Jlfr. Spealter:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
A bill to regulate the meetings of the local board of trustees of the State Technological School, etc.
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 appropriate money to the Secretary for the purpose of rebinding, as~wrting and to save, protect, and preserve its ancient records on file in his office, etc.
A bill to provide an appropriation for the publication and distribution of the reports of the Geological Survey, etc.

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Also, the following Home bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the authors be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:

A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain past due bonds of the State, issued by Chas, J. }[cDonald, Governor.

A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to' issue bonds for the purpo~e of paying off and re-
tiring certain past due bonds of the State, known as conven-
tion bonds.

A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain of the past due bonds of the State, issued by Uhas. J. McDonald, Governor.

Also, the following House resolution, which I am in-

structed to report back with the recommendation that the

author be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:



A resolution empowering the Speaker to appoint an assistant doorkeeper.
Respectfnlly submitted. T..T. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

REPORT 01~ THI~ SUB-CO}BflTTEE FROM THE APPROPHIATIOXS CO.M~HTTEE ON THE HAYS & SCOTT BONDS.
.1.lfr. Chairman;
Your sub-committee, having under consideration House bills No. 8 and No. 10, relative to refunding the bonds
known as the Hays & Scott bonds, and charged with the

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duty of ascertaining the facts connected with the issue and payment of same, submit the following report:

1. We find all the bonds named in both bills to have been duly authorized by law, properly issued and signed, and tested under the seal of the State.

2. All of said bonds are entered on the bond registry of the treasury department. The Scott bonds do not show entry of any payment of coupons prior to 1850, as the original entry could not be found. The payment of all coupons to date of maturity appear upon the registers, except as follows:

X o. 6 coupom not paid in 1866 and 1867.

So. 17 coupons not paid in 1868.

Xos. 72 and 49 coupons not paid in 1867.

No. 54 coupons not paid in 1866.

Xos. 10, 12, 13 and 14 coupons not paid in 1857.

Sos. 425, 60, 61, 62, 43 and SO coupons not paid in 1870 :mel 1871.

K os. 63 to 72 coupons not paid from 1869 to 1871.

So. 20 coupous not paid from 1867 to 1871, except 1868.
In the margin, where payment of bond entries are made, appear blanks opposite nu~nbers of bonds, corresponding in numbers, dates and amounts to all, of said bonds, except the letter "P" written in pencil, is written in some of said _spaces, to wit: opposite Xo. 2, Xo. 5, Xo. 21, No. 31, No. 42 and X o. 75. The~e blanks appear opposite a good number of past-due bonds other than the ones in the bills.

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3. "'Ve examined the two books referred to by Dr. J. F. Bozeman in his report on Page ~o. 4, as prepared andreported under the Act of 1875; in one of which he states is a record by synopsis, of all the recognized and valid current bonds of the State; the other as the one in which he registered or recorded all past-due and pa.id bonds and all in1 alid bonds. In the latter of these books, we find the bonds known as the Hays, or Convention bonds, and on another page both the Hays & Scott bonds under the head of outlmced bonds, but there is nothing to show date of entry. The bonds named in the bill are not registered on the former of the two books.

4. The entry upon the package of the Hays bonds, the receipt of :pr. Bozeman, and the affidavits of E. P. Scott and C. . \. Xutting, all show that the owners or holders of these bonds, attempted in good faith, to complv with the Act of 1875, reqniring prei'entation for registry on or before August 1st, 1875.

E. P. Scott, hmYe,er, failed to show continued ownership of $4,000.00 of bonds claimed by him for five years, as required by the said Act, not being able to trace them further back than July, 1874, to A. H. )fuller & Son, of K ew York, from whom he bought them at auction. The remaining $8,500.00 were preYiously in the hands of R. J. Briggs since 1868, who bought them from a broker, but -did not know from whom.

5. \Ve find that it is impossible to ascertain, from the records, whether or not these bonds haYe been paid, or whether or not they are still outstanding, Yalid, unpaid bonds in the hands of bona fide holders; that the records of these old bonds and the transactions concerning them are so imperfect, nncertain and mutilated, as to fail to carry

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conviction either way. \Vc are justified in this conclusion by the official statements of Governor Smith and treasurer .Tones, as well as by an inspection of the books. \Ve, therefore, are left to rely mainly upon affidavits of the holders and the circumstances surrounding their ownership, before and after maturity, and the statements of officials.

6. Dr. J. F. Bozeman states in his official report, made October 5th, 1875, as an expert, special assistant, appointed by authority of law to report on the character and amount of State debt, that "cogent reasons exist for the opinion that the $20,500.00 of bonds held by Messrs. E. P. Scott & Co., and E. L. Hays, Esq., are part and parcel of the $174,000 redeemed by :Messrs. Clews & Co., in 1870-71, and which were improperly sold by them at auction on December 13, 1873, through A. II. ~fuller & Son, and "ere bought in by ~h. Clt>ws, and through his agemy, floated in the market again." Dr. Bozeman also records them in a book kept by him, heretofore referred to, as outlawed bonds, presumably as being ineluded in the Clews' transactions, as they arc not in the class excluded by the Constitntional Convention.

7. Of the bonds sold by Clews & Co., on December 13th, 1873, after one day's ad,ertisement, $156,000.00 were sold to J. D. Hays; $12,500.00 to Misses Louisa and Annie Clews, said to be sisters to Henry Clews; and $5,000.00 to Chittcndon & Hubbard; making a total of $174,000.00, which sold for $18,625.00-a little mer 10 per cent. of face value.

8. E. L Hay:;; claims to have bought his $8,000.00 from John A. Broadhead in 186(). He states that when they became due in 1871, he demanded payment of 1Ir. Vail in :Xew York, the State's supposed agent, and immediately afterwards forwarded them in person to the treasurer of

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Georgia with the same demand, and payment was refused for lack of funds to pay the bonded debt. No further action was taken until1874, when they were presented by his agent, \V. H. Tuller. There is no evidence that he col lected, or attempted to collect, any of the semi-annual .coupons before maturity, and no reference made to them.
He states that he was in Europe as the reason why the payment was not pressed more frequently after maturity. After the effort to have them registered in 1875, nothing further was done by him toward collection until 1889.

U. Dr. Bozeman also states on pages No. 11 and No. 12 of his "Audit of State Bonds," that the bonds of E. L. Hays
and E. P. Scott & Co. were included in the sale of the $174,-
000.00 illegally made by Clews & Co., December 13th, 1873, through A. H. ~fuller & Son at auction in New York at a little over 10 per cent. on the dollar.
10. K P. Scott swears, that on July 1, 1874, he bought at auction through A.. H. )fuller & Son, the bonds now held by him, and in the bill before our committee, which are of the same class, dates and amounts as those sold by Clews & Co., and paid 89 cents, 90 cents, and 91 cents on $1; that $4,000.00 of said bonds which matured in 1870, he purchased in one lot; $4,500.00 maturing in 1871, in the second lot; and $4,000.00 maturing- in 1871, in the third lot.

Of the bonds before us, only $1,750.00 mature in 1870, which contradicts and disproves Scott's affidavit. E. P. Scott also states that he ascertained that $8,500.00 were sold as the property of R. J. Briggs, but could not trace $4,000.00 further than the auction sale of :Muller & Son.
11. R. J. Briggs swears, that in November, 1868, he
bought in the open market in New York, through a broker,

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from someone, whom, he could not state, $8,500.00 of' these same bonds. 'Vhen they became due, the officers of the State declined to pay the principal and interest; that hecaused them to be presented on several occasions to theproper agents of the State, through his agents (none ofwhom he names), and received neither pay nor satisfactory answer. Afterwards, also, when he learned that the State, had resumed payments, he presented them. He then had them sold at auction.
R. J. Briggs, after knowing his ownership was ques-
tioned, failed to sa: anything about having collected thecoupons, all of which are off the bonds, but says the State refused to pay principal and interest when the bonds be came due.

12. Xeither Briggs nor Hays show by any one, living or dead, by written or oral evidence, that these bonds were ever presented for payment to anyone, or that they were in their possession until after the Clews sale, through }fuller & Son, in December, 1873, except L.v their own affidavit, notwithst~nding they were officially reported as in the Clews transaction in December, 1875, by Dr. Bozeman.

13. The letter of I. C. Plant shows that when Scott was called upon by his attorney for the whereabouts of R. J. Briggs, he proceeded to hunt him up among the employees of Clews & Co., but failed to find hilll.
' T 14. In 1879, S. Gurnee & Co. came before the Geor-
gie Legislature, claiming ownership of the Scott bonds, as. successors of Scott & Co. Scott's affidavit in 1893, states that E. P. Scott & Co. are the owners, and that they arenow, and have been continuously in the possession of said
firm since said purchase, from R. J. Briggs in 1874.

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15. Under the Acts of 1873, page :Xo. 16, $1,200,000 of bonds were issued for the purpose of paying all past due bonds of the State, then outstanding, with money or new bonds, and advertisements and circulars were sent out, calling upon the holders to bring up their bonds and get the cash or new bonds. Treasurer Jones states that, under this Act, ~e disposed of all the bonds for cash or old bonds, and none were turned away without the new bonds, when they came with past due bonds, or the money. (See treasurer Jones' report, page No. 41.
All of which facts constrain your committee to repo~ that they very seriously question the validity and bona fide ownership of said bonds by the claimants, especially of the Scott bonds, and to concur in the report of Dr. Bozeman, that ''cogent reasons exist for the opinion that these bonds are part and parcel of the $174,000.00 of bonds redeemed by Messrs. Clews & Co." and resold by them illegally after maturity, and subject to all the equities between H. Clews & Co. and the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted. J. A. :LAING, Chairman. TOSEPH H. :FEI..KER, C. H. JORDAN, 1">. B. LATIMER, T. H. l\fcMILLAN.

STATEMENT OF PART OF EVIDENCE AND DOCFME:XTS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE.
Affidavit of E. L. Hays and Entries on Envelope.
contra.
Absense of any sort of proof, except affidavit, to show possession prior to Clews' illegal sale of redeemed bonds in December, 1873. Although rejected as being in said sale

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by J. F. Bozeman, State's auditor in July, 1875. Acts of 1875, page 12; records (in vault) of current valid bonds, 1875; record of past-due outlawed bonds, 1875, page 215. (Printing on outsideof this book nearly erased.)
Heport of treasurer John Jones, 1874, and appendix to table G. Also, Jones' report for 1873, pages 5 and 6. Report of joint committee, 1875, Kibbee, chairman, asaisted by J. F. Bozeman, to investigate treasurer Jones; also supplemental report, page 10. Audit of State bonds by J. F. Bozeman, pages 6, 11 and 12. J. F. Bozeman's report of State debt, page 4. Documents pertaining Treasury Department, accompanying Governor Smith's message, October, 1875, and Jones' statement in same. Report of special committee (Kibbee & Sneed), to investigate account of H. Clews & Co., with the State, showing an indebtedness to the State of $200,000.00 by said firm.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Jfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills, which I am inBtructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an act to provide a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones county, etc.
Also, a bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of Swainsboro, in the county of Emanuel, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to authorize and require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Campbell county to provide two bloodhounds for the use of the sheriff of said connty, etc.

~\lso, a hill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and HeYenues for Campbell county, to define their powers and duties, etc.

Also, a bill to provide for the election of the county jnJge and solicitor of Jones county by the people of Jones county, etc.

~\lso, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw same, to wit:

A hill to amend section 5462 of the Cotle of 1895, and for other purposes.

Hcspectfnlly submitted. J. M. ~iOORE, Chairman.

~Ir. Bower, of Decatur, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of Floor, submitted the following report:
.Jlfr. Speaker:
The Committ~ on Privileges of the Floor, recommend the adoption of the following privilege resolution, to wit:
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to the lion. Horace M. Holden, of Crawfordville.
Hespectfully submitted.
BYRON BOWER, Chairman.
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Mr. Duncan, of Houston, asked that bill No. 668 be recommitted to Committee on Corporations, which request was granted.

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

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution to fix the order of business for to-morrow's s<>ssion, as follows:

1. Reading Senate and House bills favorably reported, first and second time.

2. Local bills, etc., third reading.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Spalding, bill No. 389 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

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

By :Mr. Heid of Taliaferro-
Resolved, that the privileges of the floor he extended the Hon. Horace M. Holden, of Crawfordville.

The undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following minority report:

Mr. Speaker:
\Ve, the undersigned members of the General Judiciary Committee, beg leave to submit a minority report on House bill No. 314, and recommend that the same do not pas~:-
Respectfnlly submitted. B. F. McLAUGHLIN,
N. L. HUTCHINS, JR.

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The following message was received from the Senate; through Mr. N orthen, the Secret~ry thereof:
J/r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requlSlte constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to prevent persons from drawing pensions in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend act incorporating the town of Raccoon, in Chattooga county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clayton county.
The Senate has also passed the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution providing for the payment of the expenses of the committee to investigate the State Geological Department.

The Senate has also passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to prevent children under the age of twelve years from working in f~ctories, mines and workshops, and for other purposes.
The following bill of the House was lost in the Senate ~ A bill to amend section 2185(719A) of the Code of <Jeorgia, and for other purposes.

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

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By 3Ir. Jordan of Jasper-

_A hill to he entitled an act to regulate the sale, inspection and analy,;is of commercial fertilizers, and for other
p11rpo~es.
On motion of ~Ir. Freeman, of Co\\eta, t1te bill, together \Vith amendments, \Yere tabled, owing to the absence of the author.
On motion of ::\Ir. Holder, of Jackson, bill No. 431 was recommitted to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By ~Ir. Turner of Henry-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Henry, 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 106, nays 0.

So, the bill haYing received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The follmving bill was read the first time and appropriareiy referred, to wit:

J3y l.Ir. Tisinger of Upson-.

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Yatesville, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committeeon Corporations.

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By unanimous consent, the following resolution was read and adopted, by substitute, to wit:

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution, tendering the hall of the House to ~ertain ladies on Tne:>day evening, X ovember 28th.
The following sub~titute was offered and accepted, to wit:

By :Mr. Blalock of Fayette--

Resolwd, That the hall of the House be tendered to the above ladies named, on Tue5day evening, November 28th, 1899.
The resolution was adopted by substitute.

Mr. :Moore, of Carroll, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill No. 548, which ref] nest was granted.
On motion of ].Ir. Calvin, of Richmond, 300 copies of the substitute offered to bill X o. 451 were ordered printed for the u;:e of the House.
By ~Ir. Stubbs of Laurens-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the selling of cotton-seed in the county of ]~aurens, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matter;;.

By :Mr. Bell of Forsyth-

A resolution to provide for the placing in office of the Secretary of State a portrait of the late Nathan 0. Barnett.

Heferred to Committee on Appropriations.

470

JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

Under the head of unfinished business, the following resolution was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit: By }fr. Hardin of Liberty-
A resolution for the relief of A. J. Delk, W. B. Lyen, D. S. Price and E. L. Fishback.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Denny, of Floyd.
. The committee of the whole arose, and through its chair-
man, reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were !Iessrs.-

Bell of Spalding, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, David, Denny, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Franklin, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Floyd, J.ane of Early, LaRoche, Lee, 1\fi tchell, 1\IcCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McLaughlin, McMillan,

McRae. Ousley, Overstreet, Rawls, of Effingham, Rawls, of wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rogers, Slaton, Sloan, Snell, Starr, Stubbs, Ti,;inger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Williams of Emanuel,

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Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Anderson,

Griffith,

Arnold,

Hall,

Barron,

Hammett.

Bennett of Mitchell; Harrison,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrell,

Black of Dawson, Howard,

Bond,

Holder,

Bowen,

Houser,

Bush,

Hutchins,

Carter,

Johnson of Bartow,

Cook,

Lan'e of Bibb,

Copeland,

Laing,

Darnell,

Longino,

Dickey,

Martin.

Easterlin,

Merritt,

Felker,

Moore,

Ford,

Morris,

Fort,

Mullins,

McFarland, Ogletree, Pace, of Newton, Park, of Troup, Post, Richardson, Rudicil, !smith, of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Walker of Brooks, West, Woodall,
Yates.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

AdamQ,
Adamson, Allen, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bynum, Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Freeman, Gay, George, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Harris,

Harvard,

Pate, of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Irwin, Park, of Greene,

Henderson of Wash'n,Price,

Hosch, .Jarnagan.

Rose, Simpson,

.John!'on of Baker, Singletary,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith, of Hall,

.Jones of Burke,

Sturgis,

Jordan of Jasper, Swift.

.Jordan of Pulaski, Tanner,

Knowles,

Taylor,

Lane of Sumter,

Upchurch,

Latimer,

walker of Crawford,

Mayson,

'Valker of Union,

Maxwell,

'Vatkins,

McCants,

Whiteley,

McElreath,

williams of Lumpkin,

McGehee,

Willingham,

McLennan,

Wood,

Newton,

'Vooten,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 58, nays 53.

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On motion of ::.\Ir. Bower, of Decatur, the verification of the roll-call wa,; dispensed with.

On pa:;age of the bill, the ayes were 58, nays 53.
So, the r('>;o}ntion not having rec~ived the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By nnaniuwm consent, :Mr. Moore, of Carroll, was allowed to withdr;nY bill No. 606.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, was allowed to withdraw House bill No. 518.
The following bills were read the first time and appr<r priately referred, to wit:
By ::\Ir. rpclmrch of Charlton-

Abill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the running of freight trains in Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By )fr. Herring of Decatur-
A bill to Le entitled an act to prohibit the hunting or fishing upon the lands of another in this State, and for other purpo~es.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

By ::.\Ir. Park of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of LaGrange, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By :Mr. Blalock of Fayette~.

A bill to be entitled an act to exempt railway postal clerks from jury duty, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special .Tndiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Allen of Baldwin_:_
A bill to be entitled an act to make sufficient appropriations to put the old capitol building at Milledgeville in repair, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on ~<\. ppropriations.
By :Mr. Herring of Decatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 527 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Hefcrrecl to General Agriculture Committee.

By :Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act relatiYe to negotiable instruments, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Conunittec.

By :Mr. Drawdy of \Vayne-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of the town of J esnp to establish a dispensary, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County l\~aters.

By l\fr. CalYin of Richmond-

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A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the annual publication of statistics of the agricultural products of this. State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Agriculture Committee.

By ~fr. Longino of Campbell-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide that all indigent Confederate veterans, entitled to practice medicine, may do so without having to pay a tax, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on \Vays and :Means.

By ~fessrs. Adams of Putnam, and Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to make criminal pleadings amendable in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Pate of Gwinnett-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of Gwinnett county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Williams of Emanuel-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the road laws of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By :Mr. Martin of Banks-

A bill to be entitled an act to limit the amount of compensation to be paid certain county officers of this State,. and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Mr. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2717 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A resolution to pay the pension of A. J. Taylor to his widow, and appropriate money for that purpose.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By :Mr. Hammond of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to expedite the administration of justice in rape cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

The following Senate bill was read the first time and appropriately"referred, to wit:

By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent children under twelve years of age from working in factories, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Labor and Labor Statistics Committee.

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The following bill wa:o read and the Senate amendment -concurred in, to "it:

By )fr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section X o. 2219 .of the Code, and for other purposes.

Leaves of absence "ere gtanted the following members, c-:> wit: Messrs. 1Ierritt, Copclall(l, Rogers, Stuart of :Murray, Tanner, Carter, Stubbs, Everett of Stewart, Hammond, \Valker of Brooks, Emanuel of Glynn, Tisinger, Richardson, Blalock, Harrell of Dodge, Pace of Newton, Franklin, Sloan, ~Iorris of Cohh, )fcRae, Taylor, Dews, Fort, Cro,_. land, Barron, Speer of Sumter, T~aue of Earlv, Y.;oorc of Carroll, Pate of Uwinnett, Tracy of Dooly, and Houser.

On motion of )lr. "Whiteley, of Glascock, the House adjoumed until 9 :>W o'clock to-morrow morning.

~\.tlanta, Georgia, Satnrday, Xovember 18, 18DD.

The House met pursuant to a<ljournment, at !1:30 o'doek

a.m. this clay, alHl "a~ callPcl to order hv thr Speaker, mHl

opened with prayer hy the Chaplain.



On motion of ~Ir. J,anc nf Bihh, the enll of the roll wa~ dispensed with.

The reading of the jomnal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with, on motion of :Mr. Bond, of )fadison.

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}Ir. Hardin of Liberty, gaYe notice that at the proper time he would moYe to reconsider the action of the House had upon yestenla.v upon resolution X o. 164.

3fr. Cahin of Richmond, gave notice that at the proper time he would moYe to reconsider the action of the House had yesterday upon the joint resolution introduced by himself tendering the Hall of the House to certain ladies.

.Mr. Hardin of Liberty, then moved to reconsider the action of the llou~e had upon resolution X o. 16-, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Hardin, the resolution was placed upon the calendar.

:Mr. Calvin of Richmond, then moved that the action of the Honse had yesterday upon the joint resolution introduced by himself tendering the hall of the House to certain ladies, be reconsidered, for the purpose of offering a substitute, which motion prevailed, and the following subl'<titnte was offered, to wit:

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resohed, That the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives be, and the same is hereby granted to :\Irs. Virginia D. Young, of South Carolina, :M:iss Francis Griffin, of Alabama, and :Mrs. I. \V. Parks, of Georgia, on Tuesday evening the 28th inst., for the purpose of delivering addresses on the scope of the elective franchise.

The resolution was unanimously adopted, by substitute.
Mr. Holder, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on: Counties and County :Matters, submitted the following report:

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Jlfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which I am instructed to report hack, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to the buying _and selling of seed cotton in the .county of I"aurens, and for other purposes.

Hespectfully submitted.

JNO. N. HOLDER, Chairman pro tern.

J\Ir. Calvin, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the game laws of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The committee also recommend that the following bill of the House do pass, by substitute, to wit:
A bill to prohibit the forming of pools, trusts, combinations, etc., and for other purposes.
Also, that the following bill of the House do pass, to wit:
A bill to provide for a statistical report of the cotton crop in this State, and for other purposes.

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Also, that the author of the following bill of the House be permitted to withdraw the same, to wit:

A bill to require all persons or corporations operating gins in this State to keep a record book of all cotton ginned by them, and for other purposes.

Also, that the following bill of the House be recommitted to the Committee on Education, to wit:

A bill to require the State School Commissioner certain text-books, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

:MARTIN V. CALVIX, Chairman pro tem.

Mr. Hichardson, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Jfr. S pealcer:

The Committee on Enrollment instruct me to report a~ properly enrolled, dnly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An act to repeal an act appron!d December 14, 18H4-, providing for regulating the business of insurance broken: in this State, and for other purposes.

Also, a resolution and an act for the relief of the sureties .and estate of Jno. P. I.amb, late treasurer o Gilmer county, .and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted. }f. :M. RICHARDSON, Chairman p:ro tern.

480

JouRXAL OF THE Hm;sE.

~Ir. Slaton, Chairman of the General J ucliciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Jir. Speaker:

The committee have had nmler eon~ideration the following Home bills, whieh I am instrncted to report back, with the 1'econnuendation that the same do pass, to \vit:

A bill to he entitled an act to rPgnlate the business of insnrance in the State of Georgia.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1486
. of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes. Also, a hill to be entitled an act to amend section 581 of Yolume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes. As substituted.

Also, a hill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved December 7, 1897.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 338 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Al~o, a hill to be entitled an act to amend section 333 of the Code of 1895, volume 1, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, etc., and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do pass, t9 wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509, volume 2 of the Revised Code, and for other purposes, as amended.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 668, volume 3 of the Code of 1895.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report .back, with the recommendation that the author of the same be .allowed to withdraw it, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2876 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

:Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

ilfr. 8 pealeer:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of WrightsYille, in the county of Johnson, etc.

Respectfully submitted.
'lh

J. M. MOORE, - Chairman.

482

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1486 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to relieve building and loan associations under certain circumstances from security deposit as now required by law, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Rawls of Effingham-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow the polls at precincts on general election day to b~ opened at same time they are required to be opened at the court-house, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend secti.on 974' volume

~: of the Code, and for other purposes.



By Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the wife claiming an equity in the property of her husband to enter the same on record, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the name of the Coweta judicial circuit, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate public instruction in the county of Glynn, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to relieve Foster Sherlock7 and for other purposes.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require persons having claims against municipalities for injuries, to present same~ and for other purposes.
By Mr. Ben of Spalding-
A bill to be entitled an act to permit board of roads and revenues of Spalding county to pay officers of the superior court reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts, and for other purposes.
Ry Mr. Denny of FloydA bill to be entitled an act to regulate the business of
insurance companies in this State, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to impose penalties upon electric telegraph companies, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Felker of WaltonA bill to be entitled an act to require the State and
county school commissioners to prescribe and have used in the common schools of this State a text-book on chemistry,. and for other purposes.

484

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Bower of l?ecatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to extend the powers of the Hailroad Commi,sioners, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3441 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1916, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-
A hill to be entitled an act to amend section 581, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By 1fr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2234 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to extend the Emits of the city of ~facon, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A hill to b0 entitled an act to amend an act defining the con1position of the Board of Trust~es of the State University, and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

485

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to adopt a substitute for section 1143 of the Code, relative to the compensation and composition of military forces of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide what judicial officers in cities of more than ten thousand inhabitants shall have authority to require bond ~or good behavior, etc., and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Holder & Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous lirtuors in Jackson county, and for other purposes.

li,y Mr. Reynolds of Hichmond-
A bill to be entitled a.n a.ct to amend section 338, voll:me 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 333, volume 1 of the Code and for other purposes.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act relative to corporations or individuals controlling water-power in this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to require purchasers of native gold to keep a register of such, and for other purposes.

486

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Drawdy of Wayne-
A bill to be entitled an act to protect the fish in the streams of 'Vayne county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Blalock oi Fayette-
A bill to be entitled an act to make certain appropriations to indigent pensioners for 1900, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Spinks of Paulding-
A bill to be entitled an act to declare certain proceedings in contested election cases, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act establishing the city court in Clarke county, and for other purposes.

By )fr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to he entitled an act to change the provisions of an act establishing a city court in Clarke county as regards the salary of the judge of eaid court, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fort of Harris-
~\.. bill to be entitled an act to provide for a statistical report of the cotton crop of this State, and for other purposce.

By :Mr. Stubbs of Lanrens-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Dexter, aud for other purposes.

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487

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 578 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the forming of pools, trusts, etc., in this State, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hendricks of Tattnall-
A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to abolish pauper houses in counties where they have been established heretofore, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to be entitled an act to require all persons operating gins in this State to keep a record of all cotton ginned
by them, and for other purposes.
By Mr. "\Vooten of Calhoun-
A bill to be entitled an act to require county authorities to keep bridges across ditehes on the public roads in repair,
and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ousley of Lowndes-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Hahira in Lowndes county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Lane of Early-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the dispensary in :Early county, and for other purposes.

48R

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Denny of Floyd-
.Abill to be entitied an act to make certain appropriations
for the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposeS.

By :Mr. Snell of Johnson-

A bill to be entitled an act to reincorporate the town of wrightsville, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Barron of Jones-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jones county by the people, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Williams of Emanuel-

A. bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Barron of Jones-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revennues for the county of J'ones, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Lane of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the meetings of

the local Board of Trustees of the Technological .School,

and for other purposes.

.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent any Confederate soldier from transferring to another the privileges accorded him by the State, and for other purposes.

8ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1899.

489-

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A billto. be entitled an act to provide a punishment fo~ arson, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Longino of Campbell-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of Campbell county to furnish two bloodhounds to the sheriff, and for other purposes.

By J\fr. Easterlin of Macon-

A bill to provide for the payment of certain costs accrued in the conviction of felonies, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Longino of Campbell-

A biH to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Campbell county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-

A bill to be entitled an act. to amend an act to pay pensions to Confederate soldiers or their widows, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3826 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Hall, Ellis and Lane of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the payment of past-due bonds of this State issued by Chas. J. McDonald~ Governor, and for other purposes.

-490

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By :Messrs. Hall, Ellis and Lane of Bibb-

A. bill to be entitled an act to authorize the payment of past-due bonds, known as "Convention Bonds," issued by Chas. J. Jenkins, Governor, and for other purposes.

By ~1es;;rs. Hall, Ellis and Lane of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Governor and Treasurer to issue bonds to pay off past due bonds issued by Chas. J. )lcDonald, Governor, and for other purposes.

By 1\fr. Park of Greene-

A resolution providing for an appropriation to erect a suitable inclosure around the grave of Governor Peter Early, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution to refund the money received by the State from the sale of wild lands of Anna E. Branch.

By 1\fr. Swift of Elbert-

A resolution to pay committee appointed to inYestigate the X ortheastern Railroad.

The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:

By J\fr. )fann of the 4th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1036 of the Code, and for other pm:poses.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

491

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3509, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 480 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to require certain railroad companies to have the contract of lease recorded in the derk's office in each county through which said road runs.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 668, volume <3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-

A bill to be entitled im act to repeal section 2763 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By lfr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the game laws of this State, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr.< Holder of Jackson, bill No. 627 was recommitted to Counties and Comity Matters Committee.

}fr. Brown, of Carroll, asked permission to withdraw bill No. 247, which request was granted.

492

J OliRNAL OF THE HousE.

Owing to the absence of Mr. Dews, of Randolph, the author of Honse bill No. 538, Mr. Rawls, of Effingham,. moved that the same be tabled, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Willingham, of :Monroe, House bill No. 663 was withdrawn.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Spalding, and' for other purposes.
The following amendment was read and adopted:
Amend section 1 by striking "1899" after the words"first day of April," and inserting in lieu thereof "1900."
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to, as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, and thenays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 2 and 7 of an act to establish a public school system for Moultrie, and_ for other purposes.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

493

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.
By :Mr. Fort of Harris-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend and consolidate t4e several acts incorporating the town of Hamilton, and for other purposes.
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 109, and the nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, >vas passed.
By :Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate

the town of Jefferson, and for other purposes.



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 111, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority. was passed.

494

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By 1fr. Hardin of Wilkes-
. A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court for \Vashington, Ga., and for other purposes.
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 112, and the nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the city of Jefferson, and for other purposes.
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 104, and the nays 0.

So, the hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By )fr. Hopkins of Mcintosh-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Darien, and for other purposes.

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 91, and the nays 0.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

495-

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

By }fr. Brandon of -Fulton-

A .bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction over certain land in Fulton county to the United States, and forother purposes.

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 116, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, \~as passed.

By 1\Ir. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the employment of inspectors of roads and bridges for all the conntier; -of this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the palage of the hill the ayes were 117, and thenays 0.
So, the hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Brandon, the two bills last passed wereordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of theAtlanta Banking Company, and for other purposes.

496

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the J>assage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional n1ajority, was passed.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction to the LTnited States of certain realty: and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the J>assage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.

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

The above bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the SenatB, on motion of :Mr. Slaton.
By ~Ir. Bond of ~fadison-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the tmvn of FiYe Forks, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was faYorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passa~e of the bill the nyes were 102, and the nays 0.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

497

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

By }fr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the Germania Loan and Banking Co., and for ,other purposes.

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 109, and the nays 0.

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

By :Mr. 1\Ioore of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court in the city of Carrollton, and for other purposes.

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 92, and the nays 0.

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

By 1\Ir. Simpson of Milton--
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds other than dams for the operation of machinery, from the streams of :Milton county, and for other purposes.
32h

498

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The repc,rt of the committee, which was favorabie to th~ pas::;age of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes "ere lH:, and the nays 0.

.So, the bill having receind the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The following local Sel!ate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By :Mr. Little of the 18th District-

_A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the city council

()f Augusta to establish a uniform system of street sprinkling, and for other purposes.

The report of the committel, \Yhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having recei,ecl the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The following bills were introduced by unanimous consent, aml appropriately referred, to wit:

By 31r. Hndicil of C'hattooga-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal sections 10 to 15 inclnsin of an act to incorporate the town of Summerville, .and for other purposes.

Heferrcd to Committe(' on Corporations.

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 18, 1899.

499

By Mr. Bush of Miller-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the poisoning o the streams of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a new charter for the city o 1'Iacon, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

On motion of Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas, bill X o. 487 was recommitted to General Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mr. Drawdy, of \Vayne, bill No. 627 was recommitted to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

Leaves of absence were granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Simpson, Herring, Ousley, Black o Dawson, Hardin of Wilkes, Hill of Wilkes, :McDonald o Ware,
Hamby, Reid, .Tohnson o Bartow, Overstreet.
::M:r. Beauchamp, of Pike, asked leave of absence for the Committee on Blind .A3ylum, which leave was granted.
On motion of :Mr. Lane, of Bibb, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

6.00

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Atlanta, Ga.,
Monday, K ovember 20, 1899.
The House n::et 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 Rev. vValker Lewis.
Upon call of the roll those answering to their names were .Messrs.-

Adams,

Gresham,

Adamson,

Griffin of Greene,

Allen.

Griffin of fwiggs,

Ander:>on,

Griffith,

Arnold,

Hall,

Bass,

Hammond,

Bennett of :Mitchell, Hamby,

Bennett of Pierce, Hardwick,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrison,

Black of Whitfield, Harris,

Bower,

Harvard,

Brandon,

Hendricks,

Brown of Carroll, Howard,

Bryan,

Hopkins,

Bush,

Hutchins,

Bynum,

Jarnagan,

Calvin,

,Johnson of Baker,

Carlton.

.Johnson of Bartow,

Carter,

Jones of Burke,

Cook,

Knowles,

Copeland,

Lane of Bibb,

Crossland,

Laing,

Darnell,

LaRoche,

David,

Lee,

Denny,

Longino,

Dews.

)Iayson,

Dickey,

Maxwell,

Drawdy,

Mitchell,

Duncan,

1\Iorris,

Ellis,

Mullins,

Felker, Ford,

::\fcDonald, McDonough,

Fort,

McFarland,

George,

McLaughlin, McRae, Newton, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Hawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Re:ynolds, Richardson, Rudicil, l;impson, l;]aton,
Smith of Hancock,
~pinks,
f'peer, Stan, Stone, Tatum, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, 'Valker of Union, 'IVatkins, West, Whiteley. Williams of Lumpkin, \Villingham, Wood, Yates.
1\fr. l:ipeaker.

MoNDAY, N-ovEMBER 20, 1899.

501

Those absent were Messrs.-

Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, .Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Castleberry, Chappell, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Gay, Greene, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrell, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, Ousley,

Henderson of Washt'nOverstreet,

Herring,

Park of Troup,

Hill,

Reid,

Holder,

Rogers,

Hosch,

Rose,

Houser,

Singletary,

.Johnson of Appling. Sloan,

.Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

.Johnson of Lee,

Snell,

,l"(}rdan of Jasper, Stubbs,

Jordan of Pulaski, Sturgis,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Lane of Smuter,

Swift,

Latimer,

Tanner,

Martin,

Taylor,

l\f erritt,

Tisinger,

Moore,

Timmerman,

McCants,

Tracy,

McCranie,

Upchurch,

McElreath,

Walker of Brooks,

~IcGehee,

walker of Crawford,

McLennan,

Williams of Emanuel,

McMillan,

Woodall,

Ogletree,

Wooten.

The journal o Saturday's procedings was read and confumed.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman o the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

]tf1. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pas8, to wit :

502

JouRNAL OF THE Hous~

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 581, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Hespectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
"r By ~fr. J arnagan d arren-
.A_ bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of warrenton, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Felker of Walton-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of \Valton, and for other purposes.
Ordered engrossed.
By Mr. Harwick of Washington-
A bill to be entitled an act to declare when building and loan associations shall be deemed insolvent, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committ~e.
By Mr. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Cordele, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 20, 1899.

503

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide liens for liverymen, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the city court of .Tefferson, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :M:r. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the trial of the right of real property when levied on and claimed by a third person, and to enjoin the sale of such property until such trial, and for other purposes.

Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Jones of Burke--

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the reception of certain patients in the State Sanitarium, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Drawdy of Wayne--

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act relative to the cutting of turpentine boxes, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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b04

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Tracy of Dooly, by request-

A bill to be wtitled an act to refund certain money to :l\<Irs. E. M. Scott, derived from the sale of wild lands, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Lumpkin-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Dahlonega, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

l3y Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the relief of Martin H. Dooly, and for other purposes.

I:eferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Carter of Burke-

A bill to be enttled an act to amend sections 490 and 491
9f the Penal Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette--

A bill to be entitled an act to rearrange the Flint and Coweta circuits, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-

MoNDAY, NoVEMBER 20,:1899.

505

A bill to be entitled an act to provide when judicial and other officers shall be disqualified, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read the first time and .appropriately referred, to wit:
By 1Ir. Steed of the 23d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize county school ,commissioners to appoint assistant commissioners, and for .other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education. By :Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-

A bill to be entitled an act to consolidate the offices of tax-collector and treasurer of Fannin county, and -for oth~r purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ::M:r. Clifton of the 2d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe a uniform series of text-books for the common schools of this State, and for -other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

The following message -..vas received from his Excellelicy, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

506

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed"
the following act! to wit:
An act to repeal an act, approved December 14, 1894, entitled "an act providing for the regulating the business of insurance brokers in this State."
..Also, a resolution for the relief of the estate and sureties on the bond of John P. Lamb, late treasurer of Glynn county.

:Mr. Allen, of Baldwin, asked that bill No. 166 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

On motion of :Mr. Brown, of Carroll, bill No. 613 was tabled.

:Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, asked unanimous consent to withdraw bill No. 291, which request was granted.

On request of :Mr. Hall, of Bibb, bill No. 202 was taken from the table and restored to its place upon the calendar.

:Mr. Brown, of Carroll, asked that. bills Nos. 120 and 567 be taken from the table and placed on the calendar, which request was granted.

Unanimous consent was given :Mr. Drawdy, Of Wayne,, to withdraw bill No. 701.

}fr. Lane, of Bibb, asked that bill No. 622 be recommitted to General Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.

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MoNDAY, NovEMBER 20, 1899.

507

Mr. Watkins, of Gilmer, asked that bill No. 168 beplaced on the calendar, which request was granted.
By request of Mr. Slaton, of }""'ulton, Senate bill No. 16 was recommitted to Committee on Railroads.

By request of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, bills Nos. 8, 9 and 10 were recommitted to Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, asked that resolution' No. 163 be taken from the table and restored to its place upon the calendar, which request was granted.
House bill No. 42 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar by reqnet;t of :Mr. Starr, of Gordon.

On motion of Mr. Slaton, of I<'ulton, the regular order of business was displaced, and only local bills for third reading were put upon their pasage.
Mr. walker, of Union, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of allowing the Speaker to appoint two additional committeemen for the Enrollment; Committee.
The Speaker announced as the additional members of the Committee on Enrollment, Messrs. \Villiams of Lumpkin and Woodall of Talbot.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit.:

By :Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate public instruction in the county of Gljnn, and for otherpurposes.

,

.508

JouRNAL oF THE HousE

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 91, nays 0.

The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the CommissionPrs of Roads and Revenues of Spalding county to pay to the superior court officers, reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts, and for other purposes.

The report of the committe, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, wa8 agrPed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.

The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A hill to he entitled an act to extend the limits of the -city of :Macon, 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 99, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 20, 189tl.

509

:By )fr. Longino of Campbell-
A hill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a. Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On pasage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By lllr. Longino of Campbell-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the Commissioners oi Roads and Revenues of Campbell county to furnish the sheriff of said county with two bloodhounds, and for other purposes
The report of the commitee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On pasage of the bill~ the ayes were 105, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Carlt1m of Clarke--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the city court of Clarke county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 1assage of the bill, was agreed to.

-510

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 115, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Stubbs o LaureHs--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Dexter, 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 aye<> were 120, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~lr. Ousley of Lowndes-
A hill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Hahira, in Lowndes county, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pasage of the hill the ayes were 125, nays 0.

Tlw bill having recf'ived the requisite constitutional m:: jority was passed.

By :\lr. Sne11 of .Johw:on-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate the tc.wn of \Vright:;ville, and for other purposes.

The r<por~ of tht:: eommittee, "hich 'm" favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the hill, the ayes "ere 130, nays 0.

MoNDAY, NovEMBER :W, 1899.

.'Hl

The bill having received the requisite constitutional m;<jority was pas::ed.

By -.M:r. Barron of ;Jones-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide a Bord of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for J OTIP"1 county, and fo.r other purposes.
Ti1e report of the committee, which was favorable to tb.s passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ID;l jority was passed.

By .Mr. 'Villiams of Emanuel-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate ihc town of Swain;;boro, 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 96, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority w::d passed.

By :Mr. Barron of Jones-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jones county by the people, and for other purposes.
The report of the com~ittee, which was favorable to the pas~age of the bill ''as agreed to.
On passage nf the hill the ayes were 115, nays 0.

h12

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stubbs of I.aurens-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of cottonseed in Laurens county, between the 15th day of August and the 15th day of December, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorahl~ to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional m~ j:nity wa;s passed.

By }lr. Simpson of :Milton---
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding. the spring term of the superior court of :Milton county, and for other purposE.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to rhe pasasge of the bill, was agreed to.

On pasage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was pllssed.

}Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special J udj.. ciary, submitted the following report:
]1,[r. Speaker:
'J'he Committee on Special Judiciary, have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructBd to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

MoNDAY, NovEMBER 20, 1899

513

A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.

Also, a bill to amend an act establishing public schools in the city of Cordele.

Also, a bill to amend section 388 of the Code of Georgia of 1895.

Also, Lhe following House bills do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend an act to incorporate the city of Cordele.

Also, a bill to require the several public institutions of this State to set a day in or on which they shall pay all laborers in their employ, and for other purposes.

The committee also recommend that the following House lJill do not pass, to wit :

A bill that officers having charge of county matters shall appoint all election managers, etc., and for other purposes.
RE~pectfully submittf:d. IWLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the fol1owing bill was read the second time, to wit:
By :Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of ~feigs, and for other purposes.
I.eave of absence was granted Mr. Gresham, of Burke, from to-day's session on account- of important business. .
On motion of Mr. Stone, of \Valton, the House adjourned until 9 :30 a.m. to-morrow.
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Atlanta, Ga.
Tuesday, Xovember 21, 1899.
The Honse met pursuant to adjournment at 9:30 o'cloek :a.m. this day and was called to order by the. Speakt>r and opent>d with prayer by the Rev. "'alker Lewis.

Mr. Dews, of Randolph, moved to dispense with the rotl,f'all, which motion was lost.

Cpon call of the toll, those answering to their names were )ft>ssrs.-

Adams,

Darnell,

Adamson,

David,

Allen,

Denny,

Anderson,

Dews,

Arnold,

Dickey,

Barron,

Drawdy,

Bass.

Ellis,

Bennett of Mitchell, Emanuel,

Bennett of Pierce. Easterlin,

Beauchamp,

Everett of Stewart,

Bell of Forsyth,

Felker,

Bell of Spalding, Fender,

Black of Dawson, Freen1an,

Black of Whitfield, Ford,

Blalock,

Fort,

Bond,

Gay,

Bower,

George,

Brandon,

Gresham,

Brown of Bryan, Greene,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of Greene,

Bryan,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Bush,

Griffith,

Bynum,

Hall,

()alvin,

Hammett,

Carlton,

Hammond,

Carter,

Hamby,

Castleberry,

Hardin of Liberty,

Chappell,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Copeland,

Hardwick,

Crossland,

Harrison,

Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of 'Vasht'n Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch. Houser, Hutchins, .Jarnagan, .Johnson of Baker, .Johnson of Bartow, .Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, .Jordan of Jasper, .Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of ~umter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee. Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt,

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Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree. Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post,

Price,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Timmerman,

Heynolds,

Tracy,

Richardson,

Turner of Henry,

Rogers,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rudicil,

'Valker of Brooks,

Slaton,

Walker of Union,

Sloan,

Watkins,

Smith of Hall,

West,

Smith of Hancock, Whiteley.

Snell,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Spinks,

Williams of Lumpkin,

f::lpeer,

Willingham,

Starr,

Wood.

Sturgis,

Woodall,

Stewart,

wooten,

Stone,

Yates.

Swift,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bowen, Cook, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Franklin, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Herring,

.Johnson of Appling, John.son of Lee, Latimer, Martin, Morris, McMillan, Ousley, Overstreet,

Padgett, Rose, Simpson, Singletary, Stubbs, Tisinger, Upchurch, Walker of Cra.wford.

Mr. Bond, of Madison, Chairman of the Committee'on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's pro(:eedings had been examined and adopted.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Forsyth, the reading of the journal was dispensed with.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. BeU of Forsyth-
Resolved, That the session of the House for to-day be from 9:30 o'clock a.m., to 1:30 o'clock p.m., and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., this afternoon.

On motion of Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, bill No. 650 was recommitted to Committee on Appropriations.

The Speaker assigned Mr. Houser, of Houston, to the following committees, to wit: Appropriations, Railroads, Education, Pensions, Manufacture.

The following qtessage was received from the Senate,

through Mr. Xorthen, the Secretary thereof:



ilfr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide for the election of the clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah by vote of the people of Chatham county.

Also, a bill to repeal an act regulating the taking of fish from the streams of whitfield county. .,,

Also a bill to prohibit the manufacture of intoxicatingliquors in the county of Jasper.

Also, a. bill to make it unlawful for any one to hunt orfish on the lands of another in the county of Richmond.

Also, a bill to amend an act to provide a board of commissioners of the county of Elbert.

Also, a bill to authorize the sale of the Second Baptist

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Also, a bill to prohibit the discharge of firearms within one hundred yards of any public highway in the county of Riehmond.
Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors in the county of Gwinnett.
Also, a bill to amend the act providing a new charter for the town of Washington, in the county of Wilkes.

Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the village {}f Summerville in the county of Richmond.
Al8o, a bill to repeal an act protecting the fish in the streams of Lee county.
Also, a bill to require the eommissioners of Hancock county to pay criminal costs in certain cases.
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Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Rome, in the county of Floyd.
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Also. a bill to repeal an act, authorizing the judge of .county court of Morgan to deliver convicts to the county commissioners.

Also, a bill to amend the act creating the board of commissioners for Morgan county.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following. bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to establish the city court of Lexington, in the county of Oglethorpe.
Also, a bill to abolish the city court of Oglethorpe
~ounty.

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Also, a bill to establish the city court of Wrightsville; in Johnson county.

Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Cedartown.
Also, a bill to provide for the payme~~;t b;-, the county of Irwin of the legal costs due the officers in misdemeanor cases, for services actually rendered.

Also, a bill to fix the compensation of jurors and court bailiffs in the county of Irwin, and provide the manner of paying same.

Also, a bill to incorporate the city of Lexington, in Oglethorpe county.
The Senate has also concurred in the fol1owing House resolution, to wit:
A resolution providing for appointment of a committee from the House and Senate to report on the acoustie condition of the hall of the House of R-epresentatives, and the committee on the part of the Senate is :Mr. Heard.
Mr. walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the fol1owing report':
Mr. 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 prevent certain persons from drawing pensions in this State, and for other purposes:

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519

Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Raccoon, in Chattooga county.

Also, an act to establish a. board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Clayton county.

Also, an act to amend section 2219 of the Code.

Also, a resolution to pay expenses of the committee investigating the Geological Department.

Respectfully submitted.

J. Y., \r ALKEH, Chairman.

~fr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report, to wit:
JI'r. Speaker:
-n:~. the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, report a suostitute to House bill :No. 570, with a recommendation that the same do pass.
Respedfully submitted.
G. \V. DRAWDY, Chairman.

The following bill, which was made the special' prder for to-day. was taken up and read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
B,Y ~Ir. "mingham of Monroe-
A bill to be entitled an ad to prohibit the manufactur>., sale or giving a way to induee trade any spirituous or malt liquors, and for other purposes.
The following substitute was offered and read, to wit~

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By Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish bar rooms; prohibit the manufacture and sale, or keeping for sale, intoxicating liquors, except in public dispensaries, under county or municipal control; to define the method of sale, .regulation, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act, and for other purposes.
Mr. 'Willingham moved that the rules of the House be suspended and the action of the House upon the substitute and pending amendments be postponed until the debate be concluded upon the bill, which motion prevailed.

Pending the discussion of the bill and at the conclusion of the argument of Mr. Denny, of Floyd, the hour of adjournment arrived, and the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Tuesday, 3 p.m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock p.m., and was called to order by the Speaker.
The following resolution was introd,uced, read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A resolution ratifying the agreement between the advocates and opponents of the Temperance bill to have an equal division of time in arguments <.m each side.
Pending further debates upon the bill, and while Mr. LaRoche of Chatham had the floor, the hour of adjournment arrived.

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521

Leave of absence was granted the following members:

Messrs. Farmer of Jefferson, Bowen of Wilcox, Carlton of Clarke.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga. wednesday, November 22, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 :30 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. Sloan of Hall, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Watkins of Gilmer, the reading of the journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispf'nsed with.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
B,v Mr. Bell of Forsyth-
A resolution to extend this morning's session until the substitute, amendments and pending bill be disposed of.
The following message was received from i.he SenatP through Mr. N'orthen, the Secretary thereof:

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Jfr. Speaker:

ThP He-nate- has passed by the requisite constitutionai majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to require the judges of this State to grant supersedeas in criminal cases when motions for new triais. are made.

Also, a bill to provide for making new partif'S to writs of enor, and to regulate the practice in the Supreme f'onrt in regard to same.

Also, a bill to prewnt anyone from being liable for damages, who levies or eauses to be le-vied executions in certain cases.

Also, a bill to amend seetion 4611 of the Code of Georgia, volume 2, by addling certain words thereto.

Tlw Senate has also. passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of thf' House as amended:

, A bill to repeal an act to submit to the voters of Troup county the question whether or not liquors shall be sold in said county, so far as the city of \Yest Point is concerned.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constituiional majorit.' the following resolution of the House:
A resolution authorizing the payment of the per diem of Hon. \Y. S. King, late a representative from Houston county.
By unanimous consent of the Senate the following bill of the House is returned without action on the part of the SenatP, it being understood that the author desires to withdraw same.

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A bill to repeal an act to appropriate the proceeds of the hire of misdemeanor cinvicts in Morgan county to the payment of insolvent costs.

Under the head of unfinished business the following bill was taken up and put upon its passage, to wib

By Mr. 'Villingham of Monroe-

A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or give away to induce trade, any malt or intoxicating liquors, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were offered, read and adopted, to wit:

,By Mr. 'Villingham of ~lonroe-

To amend section 3, line 3, by striking after the word

"at" the words "a common" and inserting the word "any"

.in lieu thereof.

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Also, to amend by striking all after the word "therefor,'' in said line, and up to the word "in," in the fourth line of said section.

Also, by Mr. 'Villingham of ~fonroe-

To amend by striking all of section 5, and substituting therefor the following:

Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That any proceedings under this act, whether prosecutions or injunctions, the payment by the defendant of the United States revenue tax, as a dealer in int?xicating liquors, whether fermented or distilled,_ or the holding of a receipt for such tax, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is guilty of violation of the provisions of this act, and the original books or certified'

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-copy from the entry in the books of the United States. Revenue Collector, showing the payment or parol evi deuce as to the contents of said books or payment of the tax, or the contents of any receipt _given therefor, shall be competent evidence in any such prosecution or proceeding.

~Ir. \Vatkins, of Gilmer, proposed to amend as follows:

To amend by adding a new section, provided the provisions of this act shall not go into effect until it shall have been ratified by tht> voters of this State.

On the adoption of the above amendment, Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, 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.-

.Allen, Arnold, ,Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp. Black of Whitfield, Bond. Bower. Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Chappell, Darnell. Denny, Dews, Drawdy,

Ellis, Emanuel, Felker, Franklin, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett., Hammond, Hardin of 'Vilkes, Hardwick. Harrell, Hathcock, Howard, Hosch, Hutchins, .Tohnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Early, LaRoche, Lee, Maxwell, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McDonough, McLaughlin, .McMillan, Park of Troup, Rawls of Effingham, Reid. Reynolds, Rose,

WEDXESDAY, NovEMBER 22, 1899.

525-

Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Snell,

Spinks, Speer, Stone, Tisinger, Turner of Henry,

Upchurch, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin,. Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hamby,

Ogletree,

Adamson,

Hardin of Liberty,' Ousley,

Anderson,

Harrison,

Pace of Newton,

Bass,

Harris,

Padgett,

Bennett ofjMitchell, Harvard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

Bell of Spalding, Henderson of Washt'nl:'ost,

Blalock

Hill,

Price,

Brown of Bryan, Holder,

Rawls of wilkinson,.

Brown of Carroll, Houser,

Richardson,

Bynum,

.Jarnagan,

Rogers,

Carter,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock .

Castleberry,

Johnson of Lee,

Starr,

Cook,

.Jones of Burke,

Stubbs,

Copeland.

.Jordan of .Jasper, Sturgis,

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Stewart,

David,

Lane of Sumter,

Swift,

Dickey,

Laing,

Taylor,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Timmerman,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Tracy,

Farmer,

M.:"rritt,

Turner of Rockdale,.

Fender,

Mitchell,

Walker of Brooks,

Freeman,

Moore,

Walker of Crawford,.

Fvrd,

McCranie,

Walker of Union,

Fort,

McDonald,

West,

Gay,

McElreath,

Williams of Emanuel,..

George,

McFarland,

Willingham,

Gresham,

McGehee.

'Vood,

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Woodall,

Griffith,

McRae,

wooten.

Hall,

Newton,_

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson,
Rowen, Carlton, Duncnn, Everett of Polk, Henderson of Irwin,

Herring, Hopkins, .Johnson of Appling, Latimer,
Martin,

Overstreet, Smith of Ha~l,. Tanner,
Tatum, Mr. Speaker.

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On motion of :Mr. Park of Greene, the verification of the roll-call was dis}*nsed with.

Ori counting the vote it was found that the a,ves were 67, nays 92; the amendnwnt was therefore lost.
The following amendment was offered by :Mr. \Villingham, of Monroe, which was read and aduptetl, to wit:

To amEnd, b,v l'ltriking out all of section 8, and inserting the following, to wit:

8Pction 8. Be it further t>nacted b,y the authority afore-said, That the provisions of this act, as to prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicating liquors shall not apply to those counties where such manufacture is now pro-, hibited by law, and the provisions of this act as to prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors shall not apply to those counties where such sale is now prohibited b,v law, but if for any reason the law now controlling the manufacture or sale should be rept>aled or become inoperative in any county, then the provisions of this act as to the prohibition of such manufacture or sale shall immediatel,v become opf'rative in such county.

Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent licensed druggists from selling or furnishing pure alcohol for medicinal, at1, scientific or mechanical purposes.

Provided. further, That the provisions of this act shall not become operative until ,June first, 1900.

Mr. Willingham propoS(>d to amend .further by striking out all of section 7, and inserting in lieu thereof the foliowing:

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Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority a.f()re, -said, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to; repeal, nor affect existing laws regulating the manufacture and sale of domestic wines in this State.

The above amendment to section was adopted.

~Ir. Beauchamp, of Pike, offered the following amendnwnt, to wit:

To amend section 9, by adding the following: Provided that the provisions of this act shall not become operative until the same is ratified by ~ majority of the legal voters of the State, at an election to be ordered by the Governor, at a time when no other election is held, not earlier than sixty days after the passage of this act, nor later than six months. The ballots voted at said election shaH have printed thereon the words, "For the sale," and upon the other ballots, "Against the sale." If a. majority of the ballots cast at said election shall be against the sale, then tlu~ provisions of this act shall go into effect, wheri the Governor shall issue his proclamation proclaiming such result, publishing the same for four consecutive weeks in some of the lead~ng papers of this State.
On the amendment offered by .Mr. Beauchamp of Pike, ~Jr. Barron of Jones, rallt>d 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.-

Allen, AriJDld, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, 'Beauchamp,

Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush,

Calvin, Chappell, Darnell, Denny, Dews,

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Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Felker, Franklin, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrell, Howard, Hosch, Hutchins, Johmon of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski,

Knowles,

Reynolds,

Lane of Bibb,

Richardson,

Lane of Early,

Rose.

LaRoche,

Rudicil,

Lee,

Singletary,

Maxwell,

Slaton,

Morris,

Sloan,

Mul ins,

Snell,

McCant~,

Spinks,

McDonough.

Speer,

McLaughlin,

Stone,

McMillan,

Tisinger,

Newton,

Turner of Henry,

Ousley.

Upchurch,

Padgett,

Watkins,

Park of Troup

Whiteley,

H.awls of Effingham, Williams of Lumpkin,

Reid,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Fender,

.Johns0n of Bartow,

Adamson,

Freeman,

.Johnson of Lee,

Anderson,

Ford,

.Jones of Burke,

Bass,

Fort,

Lane of Sumter,

Bennett of ::\fitchell, Gay,

Laing,

Bell of Forsyth,

George,

Longino,

Bell of Spalding, Gresham,

Mayson,

Blalock,

Griffin of Greene, Merritt,

Brown of Bryan, Griffith,

Mitchell,

Brown of Carroll, Hall,

Moore,

Bynum,

Hamby,

:McCranie,

Carter,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonald,

Castleberry,

Harrison,

McElreath,

Cook,

Harris.

McFarland,

Copeland,

Harvard.

Mcr:ehee,

Crossland,

Hendricks,

McLennan,

David,

Henderson of Washt'nMcRae,

Dickey.

Hill,

Ogletree,

Easterlin.

Holder

Pace of Newton,

Everett of Stewart, Houser,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Farmer,

Jarnagan,

Park of Greene,

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529

Post,

Stewart,

Walker of Union,

Price,

Swift,

\Vest,

Rawls of \Vilkinson, Taylor,

"Williams of Emanqel,

Rogers,

Timmerman,

Willingham,

Bmith of Hancock, Tracy,

Wood,

Starr,

Turner of Rockdale, Woodall,

Stubbs,

\Valker of Brooks, \Vooten.

Sturgis,

\Valker of Crawford,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson, Bond, Bowen, Carlton, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, Overstreet,

Herring,

Simpson,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Appling, Tanner,

Latimer,

Tatum,

Martin,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Speer, of Sumter, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote the ayes were 70, nays 86, the amendment was therefore lost.

:Mr. Speer, of Sumter, proposed to amend by striking all of section 7 of said bill.

On this amendment, )Ir. Speer 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 )lessrs.-

AllE>n, Arnold, Barron, Bower, Brandon, Bush, Chappell, Denny,
a4h

Dews, Ellis, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Howard, Hosch, Johnson of Baker,

.Johnson ot Floyd, .Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, LaRoche, Maxwell, McCants, McDonough, McMillan,

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Park of Troup,

Rudicil,

Rawls of Effingham , Singletary,

Reid,

Slaton,

Reynolds'

Snell,

Speer, Stubbs, Williams of Emanuel.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Blackof Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Easterlin, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene,

Griffin of Greene, Newton,

Griffith,

Ogletree,

Hall.

Ousley,

Hamby,

Pace of Newton,

Hardin of Liberty, Padgett,

Hardin of wilkes, Pate of Gwinnett,

Harrison,

Park of Greene,

Harris,

Post,

Harvard.

Price,

Hathcock,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Hendricks,

Richardson,

Henderson of 'Vash'n,Rogers,

Hill,

Rose,

Holder,

Simpson,

Houser,

Sloan,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hancock,

Jarnagan,

Spinks,

Johnson of Bartow, Star,

Johnson of Lee,

Sturgis,

.Jones of Burke,

Stewart,

Jordan of Jasper, Stone,

Lane of Bibb,

Swift.

tane of Early,

Taylor,

Lane of Sumter,

Tisinger,

Laing,

Timmerman,

Lee,

Tracy,

Longino,

Turner of Henry,

Mayson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

Upchurch,

Mitchell,

Walker of Brooks,

Moore,

Walker of Crawford.

Morris,

'Valker of Union,

Mullins,

West,

McCranie,

Whiteley,

McDonald,

Williams of Lumpkin.

McElreath,

Willingham,

McFarland,

Wood,

McGehee,

Woodall,

McLennan,

Wooten,

McRae,

Yates.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson, Bowen, Carlton, J>uncan, Everett of Polk, Hardwick, Harrell,

Henderson of Irwin, Overstreet,

Herring,

Smith of Hall,

Hopkins,

Tanner,

Johnson of Appling, Tatum,

Latimer,

'Vatkins,

Martin,

Mr. Speaker.

McLaughlin,

On motion of Mr. McRae, of Telfair, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 35, nays 120; the amendment was therefore lost.

Mr. Willingham offered the following amendment, which was read and adopted, to wit:
To amend section 2 by striking all of said section after the word "code," in the third line of said section.

Mr. Willingham moved to amend the caption of said bill as follows:

To amend by inserting after the word "act," in the last line of the caption, the following, "and to provide a time when this act shall go into operation.

The above amendment was adopted.

The original bill having been perfected, the following substitute was taken up, read and put upon its passage, to wit:

By l\fr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish bar-rooms, pro hibit the manufacture and sale, or keeping for sale, intoxicating liquors, except in public dispensaries, under

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-county or municipal control, to define the method of sale. regulate and prescribe penalties for the violation of this .act, and for other purposes.

The substitute was lost.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to, as amended.

On the passage of the bill, 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 aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Ford,

Laing,

Adamson,

Fort,

Longino,

Anderson,

Gay,

Mayson,

Bass,

George,

Merritt.

Bennett of Mitchell, Gresham,

Mitchell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Griffin of Greene, Moore,

Bell of Spalding, Griffith,

McCranie,

Blalock,

Hamby,

McDonald,

Brown of Bryan

Hardin of Liberty, McElreath,

Brown of Carroll, Harrison,

McFarland,

Bynum,

Harris,

McGehee,

Carter,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Castleberry,

Hendricks,

McRae,

Cook,

Henderson of 'Vash'tnNewton,

Copeland,

Hill,

Ogletree,

David,

Holder,

Ousley,

Dickey.

Houser,

Pace of Newton,

Easterlin,

Jarnagan,

Padgett,

Everett of Stewart, .Johnson of Bartow, Pate of Gwinnett,

Farmer,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Greene,

Felker,

.Jones of Burke,

Post,

Fender,

Jordan of Tasper, Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Freeman,

Lane of Sumter,

Hichardson,

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Rogers, Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift,

Taylor,

'Vatkins,

Timmerman.

'Vest,

Tracy,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Turner of Henry, Williams of Lumpkin,

Turner of Rockdale, Willingham,

Walker of Brooks, wood,

Walker of Crawford, Woodall,

'Valker of Union, 'Vooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Ellis, Emanuel, Franklin, Greene,

Griffin of Twiggs, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrell, Hathcock, Howard, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, LaRoche, Lee, Maxwell, Morris, Mullins,

McCants, McDonough, McLaughlin, McMillan, Park of Troup, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Stubbs, Stone, Tisinger, Upchurch, Whiteley, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson, Bowen, Carlton, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Henderson of Irwin,

Herring. Hopkins, Johnson of Appling. Latimer, Martin, Overstreet,

Simpson, Smith of Hall, Tanner, 'l'atum, Mr. Speaker.

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On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, and the nays 65.
So, the bill having received the necessary requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
The Speaker announced the following committee on part of the House to secure an estimate as to the cost of improving the acoustic properties of the Hall of the House of Representatives, to wit: Messrs. Harris of Thomas, Brandon.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members: Messrs. Tisinger, Johnson of Lee, Bynum, David, Knowles.
The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9:80 to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga. Thursday, November 23, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron,

Bass,

Black of Whitfield,

Bennett of Mitchell, Blalock,

Bennett of Pierce, Bond,

Beauchamp,

Bower,

Bell of Forsyth,

Brandon,

Black of DawRon, Brown of Bryan,

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535

Brown of Carroll, Hill,

Bryan,

Howard,

Bush,

Holder,

Carlton,

Hosch,

Carter,

Houser,

Castleberry,

Hutchins,

Chappell,

Jarnagan,

Cook,

Johnson of Baker,

Copeland,

Johnson of Bartow,

Or ssland,

Johnson of Floyd,

Darnell,

Jones of Burke,

Denny,

.Jordan of Jasper,

Dews,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Dickey,

Knowles,

Drawdy,

Lane of Bibb,

Duncan,

Lane of Early,

Emanuel,

Lane of Sumter,

Easterlin,

Laing,

Everett of Stewart, LaRoche,

Farmer,

Latimer

Fender,

Lee,

Freeman,

Longino,

Franklin,

Mayson,

Ford,

Merritt,

Fort,

Mitchell,

Gay,

Moore,

George,

Morris,

Gresham,

Mullins,

Greene,

McCants,

Griffin of Greene, McCranie,

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonald,

Griffith,

McDonough,

Hall,

McElreath,

Hamby,

McFarland,

Hardin of Wilkes, McGehee,

Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Harrison,

McLennan,

Harris;

McMillan,

Harrell,

M<'Rae,

Harvard,

Newton,

Hathcock,

Ogletree,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Henderson of Washt'nPadgett,

Herring,

Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hancock. Snell, Spinks, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry. Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, West, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham,
'Vood, Woodall, Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bell of Spalding, Bowen, Bynum, Calvin,
David, Ellis,
Everett of Polk, Felker, Hammett,

Hammond.

Pace of Newton,

Hardin of Liberty. Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Appling, Speer,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Martin,

Stone,

Maxwell,

Tracy,

Overstreet,

Yates.

The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and

confirmed.

Mr. Hamby, of Rabun, moved that bill No. 624 be committed to Committee on Appropriations, which motion prevailed.

Mr. LaRoche, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following reporL

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under con sideration the following bills, which I an instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the several acts incorporating the town of Dahlonega, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Yatesville, in Upson county, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of "\Yarrenton, Ga., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to repeal sections 10 to 15, inclusive, of an act to incorporate the town of Summerville, in the county of Chattooga, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend an act to establish the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Fort Gaines, in Clay county, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Alto, in the counties of Banks and Habersham.
Respectfully submitted. W. P. L.AROCHE, Chairman pro tern.
Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committtee on Education have had under consideration Senate bill Ko. 105, by Mr. Dickerson of the 5th district, which is, "a bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the eligibility of county school commissioners and making such officers ineligible as teachers in the common schools of this State, and to prescribe penalties therefor, and for other purposes," and they direct me as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that the same do not pass.
They ha,-e also had under consideration House bill ~o. 501, by Mr. Park of Troup, which is, "a bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1366 of the Code of Georgia, and to provide in lieu thereof another method of election of county commissioner of education, and for other purposes," and direct me as their chairman, to report same back to the House with a recommendation that it do not pass.
They have also bad under consideration House Bill No. 560, by Mr. Brown of Carroll, which is "a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of county school commissioners by the qualified voters of the respective counties, and to prescribe the qualifications requisite to the eligibility to bold such office, and for other purposes pertaining thereto," and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House, with a recommendation that it do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, R. A. DEN~Y, Chairman.

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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 bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend section 982, of the Code of Georgia, b;r adding the city of Douglas, in Coffee county.

Also, a bill to protect the cattle of this State from contagious disease.

The Senate has also passed as amended the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, in regard to stock law in militia districts.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

},fr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolutions, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A resolution to appropriate to the contingent expenses of the railroad commission of Georgia in paying expenses of office, and for the hire of a porter, stenographer, etc.

A resolution to provide for an appropriation for the payment of the per diem of the Joint Tax Commission of the Senate and House, for compensation of secretary, of clerk and porter of same, etc.

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A resolution to appropriate sixty dollars as indigent pension to widow ofT. J. Traylor.
Also, the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A resolution authorizing the treasurer of the State to pay to the widow of Albert Merritt his (indigent) pension for the year 1898.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to reduce salary of State officials and employees; to fix and prescribe the salaries that shall be paid to the same, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
lfr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under con Rideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the. same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 4927 of the Code of 1895, vol. II., and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1097, volume III., of the Code of Georgia, 1895.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the holding of the several city courts in this State by the various Superior court judges and city courts judges, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the marking, stamping, or having printed the contents of the soles of boots and shoes on same, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 93 of the Penal Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Brandon of Fulton, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill No. 88, which request was granted.
Unanimous consent was granted McDonald, of Ware, to withdraw bills Nos. 432, 453, 457, and 458.
On motion of Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, bill No. 86 was tabled.

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541

~Ir. Slaton of Fulton, asked that bills Nos. 545 and 558 be recommitted to General Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.

Mr. Park, of Greene, asked that bill No. 646 be committed to General Judiciary Committee, whiPh request was granted.

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

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the State treasurer to return certain deposits to certain insurance companies, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By ~Ir. Reid of Taliaferro-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Crawfordville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish a city court in the county of Bartow, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Sloan and Smith of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court in Hall county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSI<.: .

By ~fr. Freeman of CowetaA. bill to be entitled an act to amend section 901 of the
Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to ~Yays and Means Committee.

By Mr. Feeman of Coweta-
A. bill to be entitled an act to amend section 906 of volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to v\'ays and Means Committee.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A. resolution to advise our senators and representatives in Congress as to certain matters concerning the Harbor of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

Under the rules of the House, the resolution was laid on the table for one day.

By Mr. Henderson of Irwin-
A. bill to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Ocilla, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-
A. bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-
A. bill to be entitled an act to authorize T. C. Byars to put up lightning-rods without having to pay license, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Appropriations Committee.

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543

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a board of prison commission for this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Penitentiary Committee.
By Mr. "Gpchurch of Charlton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 386 and 387, volume I, of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ~Ir. l:pchurch of Charlton-

A bill to be entitled an act to more definitely define the boundary line between the counties of Charlton and "\:Yayne, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ~f.r. Starr of Gordon-

A bill to be entitled an act for the protection of game in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Castleberry of Monroe-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous or malt liquors in the county of Monroe, and for .other p1;1rposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

544

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Ry Mr. Everett of Stewart-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 243, volume 3, of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary O>mmittee.
On motion of Mr. Pace of Newton, bill No. 33 was made the special order for Tuesday next, to follow the Hardwick bill.

The following communication was received from the Georgia \\"oman's Suffrage Association, to wit:

Atlanta, Ga., November 22, 1899.

Hon. John D. Little, Atlanta Ga.:

Dear Sir: The following resolution was passed by thor:. members of the Georgia \Yoman's Suffrage Association, and the Atlanta Equal Suffrage Association at a meeting held this afternoon:

Hesolved, That the Georgia \Yoman's Suffrage Asso-

ciation and the Atlanta Equal Suffrage Association ex-

pr-ess grateful thanks to the members of the House of

lw}Jresentatives for the courteous tender of the use

1.i the hall of representatives on Tuesday ewning ~o

vember 28, 18!)9, and for the opportunity thus afforded

the "roman Suffragists of Georgia to speak within the

ehief council chamber of the people of Georgia.

It is with pleasure that I transmit this resolution to

;you, and through you to the honorable body owr which

you preside.

Respectfully,

MARY L. ~IcLE:NDON,

PresidPnt Oeorgia \\"oman's Suffrage Association.

THURSDAY, NovEMBER 23, 1899.

545

Hon Jno. D. Little, speaker of the House asked leave of absence until Monday, which was unanimously granted.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
Hy Mr. Starr of Gordon-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 65, volume 3, of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Pending the discussion of the above bill, the hour for the Joint Session of the General Assembly arrived, for the purpose of hearing the address of the Hon. walter B. Hill, chancellor of the University of Georgia, and the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the same was called to order by the President of the Senate.
The distinguished chancellor then addressed the General Assembly, after which the Joint Session was dissolved.
The Senate having retired, the House was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Speer of Sumter, moved that 300 copies of the substitute to bill No. 370 be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.
Leaves of absence were granted the following members: Messrs. Richardson of Hart, Snell of Johnson, Henderson of Washington, Bennett of Pierce, Adamson of Clayton, McCranie of Berrien, Hardin of Liberty, McDonald of Ware, Jordan of Jasper, Tracy of Dooly.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 :30 a.m. tomorrow.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Atlanta, Ga. Friday, November 24, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker pro. tern. and opened with prayer by the Hon. Mr. Bryan of Floyd.

Upon call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, 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, Calvin, -Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, _ David, Denny,

Dews, Emanuel, Easterlin, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard. Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins,

Holder, Hosch, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Knowles, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, :\Iayson, Maxwell, l\Ierritt, :Mitchell, :Moore, :Morris, Mullins, :i\IcElreath, ::\IcFarland, )lcliehee, McLaughlin, )lcLennan,
~ewton,
Ogletree, Ousley,

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547

Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton,

Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Starr. Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Timmerman, Turner of Henry,

Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walkel" of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, 'Vest, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, Wo0d, Woodall, 'Vooten, Yates Mr. Speaker.

Those ahsent were Messrs.-

Adamson, Bennett of Pierce, Bowen, Bynum, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Franklin, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Henderson of Washt'nMcRae,

Johnson of Appling, Overstreet,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Troup,

Jordan of Jasper, Reynolds,

Jordan of Pulaski, Singletary,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hall,

Latimer,

Snell,

Martin,

Tisinger,

McCants,

Tracy,

McCranie,

Williams of Emanuel

McDonald,

Willingham.

McDonough,

Mr. Bond of ~Iadison, chairman of the Committee on Journals, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceeding had been examined and adopted.

The journal was then re&d and confirmed.

On request of )fr. Houser of Houston, Mr. Lane of Bibb, was granted lea>e of absence for a few days.

On request of Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Rose of Camden, and l\Ir. Upchurch of Charlton, were granted leave of absence for a few days.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

We the undersigned, members of the Appropriation Committee, respectfully submit the following minority report:

Mr. Speaker:

Whereas, The Appropriation O>mmittee have reported adversely upon House bill No. 685, making certain needed appropriations to the State Normal School, and
Whereas, 'Ve, the und~rsigned, consider said appro-
priations absolutely essential and urgently required for the health and safety of the pupils at this, the people's school, and in which every county in the State has a deep and abiding interest, do hereby respectfully recommend that said bill do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
H. H. CARLTON of Clarke, W. W. DEWS of Randolph, EDWARD A. CARTER, 0. M. HOUSER, W. W. PRICE.

Mr. LaRoche, Chairman pro tern. of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bill, which they direct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

An act to amend the charter act of the city of Tifton, in

the county of Berrien, etc.

Respectfully submitted.

W. P. LaRoche, Chairman pro tern.

FRIDAY, NoVEMBER 24, 1899.

549

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act establishing the city court of Jefferson.

Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of Kirkwood, in DeKalb county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. MOORE, Chairman.
Mr. Park, acting Chairman of the Committee on GeneraJ Agriculture, submitted the following report, to wit:
M.r. Speaker and Members of th.e House of Representatives:
The General Agricultural Committee recommend that the following bills do pass, to wit:
House bi~l No. 710, by Mr. Bush, of Miller-A bill to prohibit the poisoning of fish in the streams of this State.
Said committee recommend that the following bills do not pass, to wit:
House bill No. 481, by Mr. Lane, of Bibb-An act for the incorporation of land transportation companies, other than railroads.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

House bill No. 178, by Mr. Moon, of Carroll-An act to prohibit the adulteration of sugar, etc.
House bill ~o. 597, by Mr. Adams of Putnam-An act to amend section 1775 of the Code of 1895, volume 1.
Respectfully submitted. J. B. PARK, JR., Acting Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

.Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following house bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and restrict the rate of interest in this State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. McDonough, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads, having considered the following House bill, instruct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bilJ to amend section 4 of an act, approved Noven;lber 30, 1897, regulating the running of freight trains on Sunday, and for other purposes.

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551

The committee also instruct me to report the following House bill back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to :wit:
A bill to make it unlawful for any railroad company to run a train of cars with double headers.
Respectfully subm~tted. JNO. J. McDONOUGH, Chairman.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on Ways. and Means, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am in structed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize all Confederate soldiers who are now, or who may hereafter be on the indigent roll, and who are otherwise under the laws of Georgia entitled to practice medicine, to practice without being subject to any tax therefor.
Respectfully submitted. R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education hav:e had under considera tion Senate bill No. 22, by Mr. Clifton, of the second, which is, "a bill to be entitled an act to provide for a uniform series of textbooks to be used in the common schools of this State, to create a book commission and to



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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

contract for same, to provide for and define the period of such adoption, and for other purposes," and I am directed as the chairman of said committee to report said bill back to the House with a recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
Respectfully submitted.
R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Spea,ker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended; to wit:
A bill to provide for the support of the prison commission for the year of 1900, and to make the necessary appropriation therefor.
A bill to authorize T. C. Byars, a Confederate soldier of Randolph county, to sell and put up lightning-rods in any county in this State without paying any license or special tax to the State.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to appropriate the sum of twelve thousand dollars to the State Normal School at Athens, Ga.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPEI,L, Chairman.

FRIDAY, NovEMBER 24, 1899.

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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 bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to authorize the forfeiture and retirement of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers to capital stock of corporations.
The following bill of the House is returned thereto, without action on the part of the Senate, it being stated that the author desired to withdraw same.
A bill amending an act regulating public instruction in Glynn county
Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether, asked that bill No. 488 be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.
Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, moved that bill No. 437, known as the "Tax bill," be made the continuous special order for Monday, next, immediately after the reading of the journal.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read, and under the rules of the House was laid upon the table for one day, to wit:
By Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee-
A resolution providing that printed copies of all bills to amend the Code be furnished the memben~ of the House.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On request of Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, bill No. 625 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.
lfr. Lane of Sumter, asked that bill No. 681 be withdrawn from General Agricultural Committee, and recommitted to Committee on Appropriations, which request was granted.

Upon request of ~fr. Brown of Carroll, bill No. 675 was placed upon the calendar.
By unanimous consent Mr. Johnson of Bartow, was allowed to withdraw bill No. 197.

House bill No. 238 was withdrawn by reguest of Mr. Post, of Coweta.
By request of Mr. Moore of Carroll, House bill No. 211 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

By unanimous consent the following bill was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senate amendments, to wit:

By Mr. Walker of Union-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code, relative to the stock law in militia districts, and for other purposes.

The Senate proposed to amend as follows:

Provided that nothing in this act shall apply to any county that has already partially adopted the stock law. Provided further, that this act shall not go into effect in any county of this State until recommendeQ. by a majority vote of the grand jury of said county.

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555.

The House refused to concur in the above amendments.

The Senate proposed to amend further as follows:

Amend by adding after the word "around" and before the word "such" in the ninth line of section 1, the words "part of," and after the word "district" and before the word "as" in the ninth line of section 1, the words "as touch non-stock law or fence law districts or counties." Also, by striking the words "said district" at the end of section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "portions of such district as touch the non-stock or fence law districts or counties."
The above amendment was read and concurred in by the House.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the- second time, to wit:
By. Mr. Jarnagin of Warren-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of '\Varrenton, and for other purpoSes.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution wasread the first time, and referred to Committee on Appropriations, t? wit:

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A resolution to provide for the payment of the committeemen on the committee appointe-d to investigate thecondition of the State Sanitarium.

Under the head of unfinished business the following bill was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

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By Mr. Starr o-f Gordon-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 65, volume 3, of the Code of 1895, relative to the cooling time, ..and for other purposes.

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

Ou passage of the bill, Mr. Morris, of Cobb, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
On taking th> ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Emanuel, Easterlin, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Ford, Fort, -Gay,

George, Gresham, Hall, Hammett, Harrison, HaTris, Harvard, Hendricks, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Mason, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, Mullins, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan,

McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Rawls of Wilkinson, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Simpson, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Starr, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Brooks. Walker of Crawford, walker of Union, Watkins, West, Whiteley, Yates.

FRIDAY, NovEMBER 24, 1899.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Allen, Barron, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Denny, Freeman, Griffin of Greene,

Griffith, Hammond, Howard, Hutchins, Laing, Longino, Mitchell,

Morris, Pace of Newton, Park 'of Greene, Rawls of Effingham,. Slaton, Stubbs.

Those not voting were M~srs.-

Adamson,

Harrell,

Pate of Gwinnett,.

Bennett of Mitchell, Hathcock,

Park of Troup,

Bennett, of Pierce, Henderson of Irwin, Post,

Beauchamp,

Henderson of Vlash'n,Price,

Bell of Forsyth,

Herring,

Reid,

Black of Dawson, Hill,

Reynolds,

Bowen,

Hopkins,

Rose,

Bower,

Holder,

Singletary,

Brandon,

Hosch.

Sloan,

Brown of Bryan, Houser,

Smith of Hall,

Bynum,

Johnson of Appling,. Snell,

Castleberry.

Johnson of Lee,

Speer,

Chappell,

Jordan of Jasper, Sturgis,

Dews,

Jordan of Pulaski., Tanner,

Dickey,

Knowles,

Tatum,

Drawdy,

Lane of Bibb,

Taylor,

Duncan,

LaRoche,

Tisinger,

Ellis,

Latimer,

Tracy,

Everett of Polk,

Martin,

'l)urner of Henry,

Everett of Stewart, McCants,

Upchurch,

Franklin,

McCranie,.

Williams of Emanuel,.

Greene,

McDonald,

Williams of Lumpkin,.

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Willingham,

Hamby,

McElreath,

Wood,

Hardin of Liberty, McRae,

Woodall,

Hardin of Wilkes, Overstreet,

\Vooten,

Hardwick,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 24.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Starr asked that the bill just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Objection was raised and Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose .above indicated, which motion prevailed.

The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, ~Ir. Hitch, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:
An act to amend sections 2219 of the Code of 1895.
An act to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Clayton county.
An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Raccoon, in Chattooga county.
An act to preYent eertain persons from drawing pensions in this State.
Also, a resolution, providing for the payment of the expenses of the Committee of Investigation of the Geological Department of the State of Georgia.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution to fix the order of business for to-morrow .as follows, to wit:

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First. Reading Senate and House bills and resolutions, favorably reported a second time.
Second. Reading Senate and House local bills a third time.
Third. The introduction of new matter.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing for two sessions a day while the Tax Bill is under discusion.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution to limit the number of absentees from the House, and for other purposes.
LeaYe of absence was granted the following members, to wit:
Messrs. Dickey, Lane of Sumter, McFarland, Bush, Harrell, Rawls of 1Yilkinson, Rudicil, Drawdy, McGehee, Snell, Brown of Bryan, Franklin, Sloan, Griffin of Greene, Singletary, Beauchamp, 1Vood of Towns, Turner of Rockdale, Tatum of Dade, Emanuel, Greene, Bell of Spalding, Hutchins, Griffin of Twiggs, Barron of Jones, Everett of Stewart, Laing of Terrell, Timmerman, Bond, Copeland, Hathcock, Tracy, Jarnagin, Johnson of Bartow, Howard of Chattahoochee, Hall, Willingham, Tatum, Hammett, Reid, Pace, Black, Brown of Carroll, Fort.
~fr. Slaton of Fulton, moYed that when the House adjourned that it adjourn until 9:30 o'clock Monday morn i n g.
On motion of Mr. ~forris, of Cobb, the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock Monday morning.

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Atlanta. Ga. Monday, November 27, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a.m. this day, and owing to the absence of. the Speaker and Speaker pro tern., the House was called to order by the clerk of the House, Hon. Jno. T. Boifeuillet, of Bibb.

The first business in order was the election of a Speaker pro tern.

~Ir. Ellis, of Bibb, nominated for Speaker pro tern. Mr. Freeman, of Coweta. There being no other nominations the ayes and nays were ordered.

A ballot viva voce was had, and those voting for Mr. Freeman were as follows:

Adams,

Darnell,

Adamson,

Denny,

Anderson,

Duncan,

Arnold,

Ellis,

Barron,

Easterlin.

Bass,

Everett of Stewart,

Bennett of Mitchell, Felker,

Bell of Forsyth,

Fender,

Black of Dawson, Franklin,

Black of Whitfield, Fort,

Blalock,

Gay,

Bowen,

George,

Bower,

Gresham,

Brandon,

Greene,

Brown of Bryan, Griffin of Greene,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of Twiggs,

Calvin,

Griffith,

Carlton,

Hall,

Cook,

Hammett,

Copeland,

Hamby,

Crossland,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Laing. LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Mayson,

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Maxwell, Mitchell, Moore, McCants, McDonald, McElreath, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Newton, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene,

Post,

Swift,

Price,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Timmerman,

Reid,

Upchurch,

Reynolds,

Walker of Brooks,

Richardson,

'Valker of Crawford,

Rogers,

'Valker of Union,

Rose,

'Vatkins,

Smith of Hall,

'Vest,

Smith of Hancock, Whiteley,

Spinks,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Starr,

Willingham,

Sturgis,

'Vood,

Stewart,

Woodall,

Stone,

Wooten.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Allen, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bond, Bell of Spalding, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, David, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Freeman, Ford, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Henderson of 'Vash'n,Ogletree,

Holder,

Ousley,

Hosch,

Park of Troup,

Houser,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Johnson of Baker, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Singletary,

Jones of Burke,

Slaton,

Jordan of Jasper, Sloan,

Knowles,

Snell,

Lane of Early,

Speer,

Lane of Sumter,

Stubbs,

Latimer,

Tatum,

Martin,

Taylor,

Merritt,

Tisinger,

Morris,

Tracy,

Mullens,

Turner of Henr.y,

McCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,

McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel,

McFarland,

Yates,

McGehee,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
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On counting the vote, it was found that the total number cast for Mr. Freeman, were 105.
Mr. Freeman was then declared duly elected Speaker pro tern. of the House, and was escorted to the Speakers' stand.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved that the roll-call for the election of a Sperker pro tern., be substituted for the roll-call of the House, which motion premiled.
The journal of Friday's proceedings was read and confumed.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
}rh. Speaker: I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to de-
liver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing, with an accompanying report.

To the General Assembly of Georgia:
I herewith transmit to your honorable bodies the final "Report of the Georgia State Memorial Board on the Monument and Markers erected on the Chickamauga Battle Field" This Board was created by act of the General Assembly approved December 15th, 1894. Its .duties are to "inspect the battle fields upon which com~ bats took place in the late civil war within the limits of this State, and also all places of historic interest to the people of this State since the first day of January, 1860." By act approved December 16th, 1895, the sum of twentyfive thousand dollars was appropriated for the purpose .of "erecting in Chickamauga National Military Park one or more monuments to designate the position of Georgia troops participating in said battle."

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Under authority of the first named act the Governor appointed as members of the State Memorial Board, Colonel James S. Boynton, Major Joseph B. Cumming, Captain W. S. Everett and the Honorable Gordon Lee, of the county of walker, in which the battle-field of Chickamauga is situated, Adjutant-General John Mcintosh Kell being ex officio Chairman of the Board. On the 7th of April, 1896, the Board met, elected the Honorable Gordon Lee Secretary, and entered upon the discharge of their duties imposed upon them by the terms of the act of the 16th of December, 1895, to wit, the erection of one or more monuments on the battle-field of Chickamauga, and on the 4th of May, 1899, their work was completed .and they unveiled, in the presence of an immense concourse of people, from Georgia and Tennessee, the most beautiful and imposing monument on this historic field.
The Board have performed their work faithfully and well. They have done this without fee or reward, but purely as a work of patriotism and devotion to the State .and her gallant sons who were engaged in this, one of the most gigantic and stubbornly contested conflicts of the war between the States. They have, too, not only performed this patriotic work gratuitously for the State, but they have accomplished it in a manner which reflects great credit not only upon themselves, but also upon Georgia, at a cost considerably less than the amount appropriated for the purpose. Usually when such work is done by a commission, and especially when that com= mission works without compensation, supplemental appropriations are necessary to complete the undertaking. These commissioners have erected more than fifty imperishable markers designating the spots on which Georgia troops fought, and on a commanding eminence overlooking the surrounding country, the most imposing monument on the field, and have left in the treasury of the State more than a thousand dollars of the first and only appropriation made for the purposes of their work.

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For the faithful and economical manner in which the duty has been performed the people of Georgia owe the commission and especially Captain Everett, the Chair~ man pro tern., and :\lr. Lee, the Secretary, upon whom the burthen of the work has mainly fallen, a debt of gratitude which I am sure both they and their representatives in the General Assembly fully recognize.
A. D. CAXDLER, Governor.

REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL BOARD.

Ron. A. :D. Candler, Governor of Georgia:

This report, respectfully submitted to your Excellency,

embraces the action of the State Memorial Board, in the .

erection and completion of one large Monument and fifty-

five Battle Monuments, to the valor of Georgia's brave

sons, who fought on the Battle-field of Chickamauga,

September 19th and 20th, 1863; and the dedicatory

services on May 4th, 1899.

J. MciNTOSH KELL, W. S. EVERETT, JOSEPH B. CUM~IING, JAMES S. BOYNTON, GORDON LEE.

LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT.
Providing For State Memorial Board.
No.61.
An act to create a board to be known as the State Me-
morial Board, to provide for the appointment of themembers thereof, and to prescribe the duties of said board, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State to appoint four suitable citizens of this State forthe time hereinafter specified, and with the powers and duties hereinafter set forth, who, with the Adjutant-
General, to be known as "The State Memorial Board."

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this Act the Governor shall appoint two of the members of said Boiird for two years, and two of the members of said Board for four years; the AdjutantGeneral of the State of Georgia shall be the other member of said board, and be the ex officio chairman of the same, and shall meet and designate one of their number as their secretary. All of said members shall serve without compensation and without expense.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said board to proceed at once and inspect the battefields upon which combats took place in the late civil war, within the limits of this State, and also all places of historic interest to the people of the State, since the first day of January, 1860.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said board to ascertain as accurately as possible the historic details connected with all these events since the date mentioned, to correspond with the War Department at 'Vashington, D. C., and with persons and organizations of other States, so far as it may be necessary to ascertain the facts above mentioned.
Se~. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said board to make a report of each and every year's ~tctings and doings to the Governor of this State at least twenty days before the meeting of each General Assembly, and the same shall be submitted by the Governor, together with the other reports of public institutions of this State, to the General Assembly.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said Board shall erect such monuments, mark such lines, and establish such memorial as they may be directed by the General Assembly to establish. Such expenses as niay be incurred shall be paid out of any sum to be appropriated by the General Assembly on the warrant of the Govrnor.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws in conflict with this Act be, and are, hereby repealed.
Approved December 15, 1894.
APPROPRIATION FOR MONUl\fENTS ON CHICKAMAUGA BATTLE-FIELD.
No. 223.
An act to make an appropriation to the State Memorial Board, for the purpose of marking by monument or monuments and other suitable memorials, the position or positions occupied by the Georgia troops participating in the battle of Chickamauga within the limits of the National Military Park of Chickamauga, and for other purposes.
Seeton 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and is, hereby appropriated from any funds in the treasury to the Memorial Board of the State, to be expended as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $10,000 of the above amount shall become available for the use of said board immediately after the passage of this act, and the further sum of $15,000 shall become available in the year 1897; and the State Memorial Board shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, proceed to carry the same into effect by erecting in Chickamauga National Military Park one or more monuments and other memorials of such material, design and inscription as they may select, to designate the position of Georgia troops participating in said battle; provided, the material used in the work shall, as far as practicable, be a product of Georgia.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the State Memorial Board shall keep a record of their proceedings and an itemized account of expenditure, and shall report the same to the Governor to be embraced in his annual mes-

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sage to the legislature, and said board shall serve without compensation except actual and necessary expenses; and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for such sums and at such times as said Memorial Board may deem necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Approved December 16, 1895.

February 1, 1896.

By authority of an act of the General Assembly entitled "An act to create a board to be known as the State Memorial Board, to provide for the appointment of the members thereof, and to prescribe the duties of said board, and for other purposes," approved December 15, 1894, it is

Ordered,

That the following persons be, and they are, hereby

appointed members of said State Memorial Board, to

serve for the terms respectively mentioned in connection

with their names, to wit: Gordon Lee, of the county of

Walker, and W. S. Everett, of the county of Fulton, for

the term of two years, and Joseph B. Gumming, of the

county of Richmond, and James S. Boynton, of the county

of Spalding, for the term of four years.

(Signed)

W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor.

By the Governor,

J. W. WARREN, Sec. Ex. Dept.

PROCEEDINGS.
Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1896. The State Memorial Board met in the Capitol in the office of Gen. J. Mcintosh Kell. The object of the meeting was to organize.

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Capt. W. S. Everett was elected chairman pro tern. and Gordon Lee secretary.
On motion, the members of the board called on the Governor to notify him that the board had organized and was ready for business, and to ask for any instructions he had to offer. . The board then adjourned subject to the call of the chairman.
GORDON LEE, Secretary. CAPT. W. S. EVERETT, Chairman pro tern.

Chickamauga, Ga., May 24, 1896.
The State Memorial Board met, pursuant to a call of the chairman, at the Park Hotel. There was present, besides the members of the board, Gens. Fullerton, Boynton, Stewart and Maj. Smith of the National Park Commission. The rules regulating the erection of monuments on the National Park were read and discussed.
The board unanimously adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the State of Georgia would erect one grand and imposing monument, somewhere near the center of the National Park; that the cost should not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000); that the balance of the appropriation, or as much as might be necessary to defray the expenses of the board, and to erect suitable battle monuments, and locate the position of each Georgia organization participating in the battle, September 19th and 20th, 1863.
The board then adjourned subject to a call of the chairman.

Atlanta, Ga., June 15, 1896.
Pursuant to a call of the chairman, the board met in the office of Capt. W. S. Everett. The question of the selection of a suitable design for.the large monument was discussed.. On motion, the secretary was authorized to

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exercise his discretion in judiciously advertising for a design and specifications.
The following synopsis of the advertisement was submitted and approved, after which the board adjourned to meet September lOth, at Park Hotel, Chickamauga, Ga.:

"$500

FIVE HuNDRED DOLLARS

$500

""~ill be paid by the State Memorial Board of Georgia for a design, if accepted by the board, as hereinafter provided, for a monument to be erected by the State of Georgia on Chickamauga battle-field, to the Georgia Confederate soldiers engaged in that battle.
"Designers are invited to make designs, putting no other limitations on their artistic conceptions than those made necessary by the following conditions, to wit:
"Cost.-The cost of the monument not to exceed $20,000.
"1\faterial.-The material used to be either granite combined with bronze, or marble combined with bronze, or granite and marble .combined with bronze.
"Inscriptions.-The monument to bear inscriptions by regiment, battalion or battery, besides au inscription of moderate length, historical or otherwise, of general character.
"Designs, accompanied by specifications, should be sent in sealed packages to the undersigned at Chickamauga, Ga., by or before September lOth, 1896, on which day and at which place the packages will be opened and examined by the board.
"The board reserves the right to reject any and all designs offered, and any design selected by the board will be accepted and paid for only on condition that the board shall be able, within ninety days from said date, to enter into contract with a responsible contractor for the erec-

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tion of the monument, including inscriptions; for a sum not exceeding $20,000.
"State Memorial Board of Georgia, "By Gordon Lee, Sec'y, Chickamauga, Ga.
N. B.-The cost of the sub-surface foundation, on which the monument will rest, is not included in the sum above mentioned."
Chickamauga, Ga., September 10, 1896.
Pursuant to adjournment, the board met at the Park Hotel. There were present Captain Everett, Colonel Boynton, Major Cumming and Gordon Lee.
Pursuant to the advertisement authorized June 15th, the following designers submitted drawings for the monument:
Southern Marble Co .................. Knoxville, Tenn. John L. Snoddy ...................... Knoxville, Tenn. Muldoon & Co ......................... Louisville, Ky. J. N. Hazlehurst ......................... Atlanta, Ga. Blue Ridge Marble Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson, Ga. A. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson, Ga. Albert Weinert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, N. Y. Venable Bros ............................ Atlanta, Ga. Bruce & Morgan ......................... Atlanta, Ga. C. A. Venable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, Ga. John Myer ............................... Chicago, Ill. D. S. Dinwoody .......................... Placyne, La. Chas. Smith ...................... Chattanooga, Tenn. S. P. Stewart ........................... Cincinnati, 0. Golucke & Stewart ....................... Atlanta, Ga. Alfred White & Son ..................... Cincinnati, 0. P. H. Bell & Stanley ...................... Atlanta, Ga. G. L. Norrman .......................... Atlanta, Ga. Wm. Seviers .......................... Richmond,_Va. M. J. Dimmock ........................ Richmond, Va.

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J. W. Griggs ......................... West Point, Ga. Martin Mock ........................... Buffalo, N.Y. 0. P. Heath & Chas. Moore ................. Macon, Ga. Isreals & Harder ..................... New York, N.Y.
Each representative present was requested to appear before the board and explain the merits of his design. After due consideration of all the designs, the board decided that the merits of ten designs were so close they desired further time to consider them'. The following designs were considered the most appropriate: Isreals & Harder, 0. P. Heath, Muldoon & Co., Blue Ridge Marble Co., A. Anderson, Venable Bros., Bruce & Morgan, Chas. Smith, Golucke & Stewart and G. L. Norrman.
The board adjourned to meet in Atlanta, September 18, 1896.

Atlanta, Ga., September 18, 1896.
The board met in room No. 24 of the capitol, pursuant to adjournment for the purpose of selecting a design for the monument. After a careful consideration of all the designs, the one submitted by Muldoon & Co., was accepted, with some changes, and the secretary was instructed to notify them to prepare plans and specifications at once.
Meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.
Atlanta, Ga., November 18, 1896.
The board met pursuant to a call of the chairman. Plans and specifications furnished by Muldoon & CQ. were approved.
On motion, it was unanimously decided to advertise for bids on the granite and bronze work separate, if _contractors desired to bid that way. Muldoon & Co. were requested to furnish a set of plans drawn one-half inch to the foot. The secretary was authorized to have twentyfive copies of specifications printed, and an equal number-

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of blue prints of the plans made, the cost not to exceed fifty dollars.
The board unanimously agreed to advertise for bids in the following papers, for two insertions: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Journal, Augusta Chronicle, Savannah New::;, Macon Telegraph, and Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
The following is a copy of the advertisement:
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by W. S. Everett, -Chairman State Memorial Board, Atlanta, Ga., until wednesday, January 5, 1897, 12 o'clock noon, for the labor and material for the complete construction of a monument of granite and bronze, to be erected on the Chickamauga National Military Park, Chickamauga, Ga.
.Bids will be received for the granite and bronze work separate or together. Bidders must specify from what quarry the granite is to be obtained for doing the work and where the bronze is to be cast.
A certified check for $500 must accompany each bid. 'fhe successful bidder will be required to give a $20,000 bond for the faithful and prompt completion of the monument.
Plans and specifications can be secured from the undesigned or can be seen after December 15 at the office of the chairman, Atlanta, Ga. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Address all communications to the undersigned. GORDON LEE,
Member of Board and Secretary, Chickamauga, Ga.
The board adjourned to meet in Adjutant-General's office, Atlanta, Ga., January 5, 1897.
Atlanta, Ga., January, 5, 1897. The board met, pursuant to adjournment, in the office ,of the Adjutant-General, and proceeded to open the bids. The following bids were received:

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GRANITE WORK.
Jno. M. Goessler & Son, Philadelphia ........ $15,863 00 General Contracting Go., Atlanta, Ga. . . . . . . . 12,488 00 Chas. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,885 00 0. P. Heath, Macon, Ga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,975 00
Venable Bros., Lexington, Ga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,146 oo
Venable Bros., Stone Mountain, Ga . . . . . . . . . . 7,153 00 Harrison Granite Co., Chicago, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . 9,729 00 C. E. Tayntor & Co., New York.............. 9,950 00 W. B. Bowe, Augusta, Ga................... 8,675 00 Venable & Collins, Atlanta, Ga............. 9,375 00 Venable & Collins, Atlanta, Ga.............. 10,391 00

BRONZE WORK.
Alex. Doyle, New York .................... $ 7,500 00 Bernard & Co., New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,150 00 American Bronze Co., Chicago, Ill........... 6,750 00 M. J. Powers, New York, N.Y............... 8,150 00 Gorham Mfg. Co., New York, N.Y............ 7,200 00' Chas. Moore, Chicago, Ill.................... 6,725 00

GRANITE AND BRONZE.
Jno. M. Goessler & Son .................... $21,500 00
Muldoon & Co ............................. 18,500 oo
Harrison Granite Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,929 00 C. E. Tayntor & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,950 00 W. F. Bowe ............................... 15,780 00 Venable & Collins .......................... 15,753 00 Venable & Collins ......................... 16,945 00 Venable Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,593 00 Venable Bros ............................. 14,803 00
After the bids were read and compiled, the board ad~ journed, to meet in room No. 21 of the capitol at 11 a.m.,. January 6th.

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Atlanta, Ga., January 6, 1897.
The board met pursuant to adjournment. All bids for the granite and bronze work were read, and samples of marble, granite and bronze were examined carefully.
On motion, the board unanimously decided to adopt the blue granite of Georgia, as the material of which to construct the monument. It was further dPcided not to award the contract until all the quarries of the State represented by the bidders could be examined by the committee of experts, to be appointed by the board. The board, on motion, rejected all the bids except the four lowest, represented by Venable Bros., Venable & Collins, ,V. B. Bowe, and 0. P. Heath. . The board then adjourned to meet subject to a call of the chairman.

Atlanta, Ga., January 21, 1897.
The State Memorial Board met, pursuant to a call of the chairman, in room No. 21 of the capitol building, all .members being present.
C. E. Tayntor & Co., of New York, although not a successful bidder, suggested some changes in the plans of the monument. The secretary was authorized to see him at once, and ascertain whether his plan suggesting the change in the shaft could be secured.
The secretary reported that he had secured the plans for fifty dollars.
The board ratified the contract of the secretary. The four lowest bidders were then requested to bid on the monument, after the changes had been made. They submitted bids for the granite and bronze as follows:
W. B. Bowe ............................... $19,055 00 VenableBros ............................. 17,20000 Venable & Collins ......................... 18,295 00 0. P lleath ............................... 17,825 00

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The following resolution was passed:

Resolved, That the bid of Venable Bros. be accepted,

it being understood that said bid is made on the original

plans and specifications as amended, altered and modified;

provided that they will undertake for the additional sum

of $7,200.00 to provide and put in position the bronze

work according to plans and specifications of Gorham

Mfg. Co., and provided further that they enter into a con-

tract to give bond for the sum of $20,000.00 to complete

the work on --day of

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The Attorney-General was requested to prepare a suitable bond.
C. E. Smith reported that he had visited the granite quarries, and that in his opinion either of the bidders could procure stone of suitable sizes for the construction of the monument. He further stated that the blue granite of Georgia was superior to any yet found in the United States for monumental purposes.
The board then adjourned subject to a call of the chairman.

Chickamauga, Ga., March 15, 1897.
'l'he board met, pursuant to a call of the chairman, at the Park Hotel. Colonel Boynton presented the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Board, that the chairman be requested to enter into a contract, at once for the granite work with Venable Bros., also to confer with Venable Bros., and if they have not closed the contract for the bronze work to notify Gorham Manufacturing Co. of the acceptance of their bid, and to at once enter into a contract with them.
The members of the board then proceeded, with Generals Fullerton, Boynton and Stewart, members of the National Park Commission, to inspect all the available sights where Georgia troops fought, with a view of locat-

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ing the most eligible sight for the Georgia monument. On returning from this inspection, the board unanimous ly decided to locate the monument on the high knoll in the southwestern corner of the "Poe Field."
On returning from the Park, the chairman was authorized, in drawing the contract for the granite and bronze work, to stipulate that the board would make advances on the work as it progressed, the ad>ances not to exceed 66 2-3 per cent. of the actual value of the work.
The secretary was authorized to make a contract with R. D. Betts to superintend the erection of the monument at a salary of sixty dollars per month.
The question of battlemarkers or monuments came up. and the contract was let to Venable Bros. to erect from forty to sixty at a cost of seventy-five dollars each; the monuments to be six feet six inches high, four feet six inches wide, and eighteen inches thick.
Meeting then adjourned, subject to a call of the chairman.

Atlanta, Ga., September 14, 1897.
Pursuant to a call of the chairman, the board met at the office of Chairman pro tern. Everett. The following' resolution was offered and unanimously carried:
Resolved, That the tablets on the monuments contain a list of the general officers and brigade commanders; also a list of each regiment of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with commanders, who were present and took part in the battle September 19th and 20th, 1863.
The secretary was instructed to co-operate with the National Park Comission, and locate all the positions, on the Park, where Georgia troops fought.
The board adjourned subject to a call of the chairman.

Atlanta, Ga., December 13, 1897. Pursuant to a call of the chairman, the board met and took an early train for Stone Mountain for the purpose of

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inspecting the work on the monument. They found that considerable progress had been made, and as far as completed, it was done according to the plans aml specifications. The secretary read a report of the work of the board for the past year. The same was ordered spread on the minutes and a copy filed with the Governor, which was as follows:

His Exeellency, -nm. Y. Atkinson, Governor:
The State Memorial Board respectfully submit the following report: After unavoidable delay, we succeeded in consummating a contract with Venable Bros., of Atlanta, Ga., to construct and erect a monument of Georgia blue granite, with a substantial base, twenty-nine feet at the extreme angles, and nineteen feet six inches high. Upon this base a round shaft or column of finely dressed granite, five feet in diameter, gradually tapering, thirty-seven feet and six inches high. Upon this shaft is a beautifully carved capstone seven feet high.
The granite base is designed to receive bronze figures on three projecting parts thereof. Upon those projections three bronze statues, each six feet nine inches high. are to be placed, representing the three arms of the serTice-Infantt~-, Ca,-alry and Artilery-with a bronze color:bearer on the top of the shaft, fifteen feet high, bearing a ConfedPrate battle-flag unfurled, so as to display the cross and stars.
The monument from foundation to top of flag-staff will
be eighty-six feet high. Four bronze tablets are to be let into the base; one will
contain a gr-neral memorial inscription; the others are designed for the names of the general officers who were Georgians; regimental, battalion and company officers who commanded corps. divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions and independent companies in the battle of Chickamauga.
This large monument will be erected on a b~ntiful ele-
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Yation in the "Poe Field," near the LaFayette and Chattanooga public road. This is a conspicuous point near the I'Pnt<'r of the battle-ground.
"'e also contracted with Yenable Bros. to prepare and erect some fifty small battle monuments, to be four feet wide, one foot six inches thick, and six feet high. Upon Pach of these the name of a Georgia Commander is to be eut, with the day and the hour of the day when said command was engaged at the point wlwre the same is erected. And by these small monuments the places were each of the Georgia eommands were engaged in the battle will be marked.
"'e eontracted \vith Yenable Bros. for the granite work Of the large monument, ten thousand dollars. For each of the :-mall monunwnts, seventy-five dollars.
"'e eontraeted with the Gorham Manufacturing Co., of Xew York, to design, make and place in position all of the bronze work for seven thousand two hundred dollars.
)!any diffieulties intenened to delay the completion of the work at as early a day as we earnestly desire. 'Ve confidently pxpect all will be finished and in position by the first of ~lay next. "~hen completed. the members of the board earnestly desire to confer with you. and fix a day for the <:edieation,and on the occasion fixed for the dedication to han' present to }JHrticipate in the ceremonies your ExcellPn<y and your military and ei\il staff. the State House oflie<>rs, the officers and membets of the General Assembly, the ConfPderate Yeterans. the Judicial offieers of the State, the military mganizations of the Stat<', municipal oflicpts, ci,ic organizations. and the people of the State, Chil'lmmauga Park Commission, and YPterans of the rnion army.
The board adjourned subject to a eall of the chairman.
Atlanta, l:a .. )farch ~0. l~flfl.
The sPerl'tary reportPd that he had loeated fifty-fiye positions in the pa!'l,;:, where Georgia troops had done con-

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.spicuous fighting; that Venable Bros. had erected fifty five battle monuments, according to plans and specifications.
After conferring with the Governor, it was decided to dedicate the monument on )fay 4th, 1899.
The Hon. Jas. C. C. Black, of Augusta, Ga., was selected as the orator of the day, and )Iaj. Cumming was requested to confer with him at once, and request his acceptance.
Rev. "'m. E. Boggs, D.D., LL.D., Chancellor of the University of Georgia, was requested to pronounce the invocation upon this occasion. Gordon Lee was requested to make all necessary arrangements for the dedication.
The board decided to place a concrete pavement around the monument; they contracted with Charles Smith to do the work for the sum of $1350.00, and took the following bond from him that the work would be first-class in every .respect. -The board then adjourned.

Georgia. 'Yalker County.

Know All )len by These Presents, That-
"'hereas, Charles E. Rmith did lay and put down the concrete panment surrounding the base of the Georgia .Monument in Chickamauga-Chattanooga :Kational l\Iilitary Park, for the sum of four hundred and sixty-two ($4G~) dollars, said work guaranteed to be first-class and according to specifications furnished by the Georgia Commission.
Xow, for and in consideration of said sum of four hundred and sixty-two ($4132) dollars to said Chas. E. Smith in hand paid by Gordon Lee, we the undersigned jointly and sevf'rally bind oursehes, our heirs. f'xecutors and assigns to Gordon Lee, his heirs and assigns, in the sum of four hundred and sixty-two ($46~) dollars, waiving all

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homestead and exemption rights under the laws of this

State or of the United States.

The condition of the above obligation is, that should

said pavement be in good condition, and no defects found

in same, and proven to be first-class work according to

specifications, until after May 1st, 1900, then this obliga-

tion to be void. Should said pavement, however, prove

defective in any particular, whether in material or work-

manship, or should there appear any cracks or breaks in

any of the sections of said pavement, or any fleaking or

sloughing or peeling of said pavement, then in that event

said Chas. K Smith shall at once, without delay, remedy

such defects to the satisfaction of the State Memorial

Board of the State of Georgia, even to the taking up any

or all of said pavement and replacing same in best mate-

rial and best manner, according to specifications of con-

tract, and in default of said Chas. E. Smith putting said

defeetin' pavement in proper condition within a reason-

able time from said ~Iay 1, 1900, say till July 1, 1900, then

this obligation shall be of full force and effect.

This July 21, 1899.

(Signed)

W. A. SADD.

(Signed)

CHAS. E. S~IITH.

"'itness:
H."-- BARR

IXSCRIPTIOXS OX THE TABLETS OF THE GEORGIA ~IOXU~IEXT.
(TABLET OKE.)
GEXEHAL OFFICERS, BRIGADE CO~DL\.XDERS, AXD STAFF-OFFICERS OF GEORGIA
CO~BL\SDS.
"r- IA.-Gen. James Longstreet.
Maj.-Gen. H_ T. walker. ~Iaj.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Brig.-Gen. Henry L. Benning.

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Brig.-Gen. John K. Jackson. Brig.-Gen. )farcellus A. StovalL Col. Peyton H. Colquitt. Col. C. C. Crews. Col. Claudius C. V\Tilson. Longstreet's CorpsLieut.-CoL G. ~foxley Sorrel, A. A. Gen. \Valker's CorpsCapt. Joseph B. Cumming, A. A. Gen. Wheeler's CorpsCol. Hugh M. King, A. A. Gen. Benning's BrigadeCapt. Herman H. Perry, A. A. and I. Gen. Capt. Seaborn Jones Benning, A. A. Gen. Stovall's Brigade-Capt. J. P. C. 'Vhitehead, Jr., A. A. Gen.

ARTILLERY.
(TABLET .TWO.)
Ninth Georgia Battery, Maj. A. Leyden. T. H. Dawson Ga. Battery, Lieut. R. W. Anderson. Howell's Ga. Battery, Capt. Evan P. Howell.
Havis's Ga. Battery, Capt. M. w. Havis.
Massenberg's Ga. Battery, Capt. T. L. Massenberg. Peeples's Ga. Battery, Capt. Tyler M. Peeples. Scogins's Ga. Battery, Capt. John Scogins. "'.olihin's Ga. Battery, Capt. Andrew M. V\'olihin. York's Ga. Battery, Lieut. "'m. S. Everett.

CAVALRY.
First Georgia, Col. J. J. Morison. Sec_ond Georgia, Lieut.-CoL F. ~L Isom. 'l'hird Georgia, Col. R. Thomson. Fourth Georgia, CoL Isaac ,V, Avery. Sixth Georgia, Col. John R. Hart. 'Third Confederate (Ga. companies) A, E. F.

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Eighth Confederate (Ga. companies), K, Col. John S. Prather.
Tenth Confederate (Ga. companies),F. G, H, I, K, Col. C. T. Goode.

IXFA:XTRY.
(TABLET THREE.)
First Georgia (ConfPderate) 2d Battalion, :\Iaj. James Clark Gordon.
Second Georgia, Lt.-Col. "\Ym. S. Shepherd, :\Iaj. "\V. W. Charlton.
Fifth Georgia, Col. Chas. B. Daniel. Eighth Georgia Battalion, IA.-Col. Leroy :Xapier. )faj. Z.
L. "\Vatters. Fifteenth Georgia, Col. Dudley )1. DuBose, :\Iaj. P. J.
Shannon. Seventeenth Georgia, I...t.-Col. Charles "\V. :\Iathews. Twentieth Georgia, Col. J. D. Waddell. Twenty-fifth Georgia, Col. A. J. Williams. Twenty-ninth Georgia, Col. "\V. J. Young, Lt.-Col. W. D.
Mitchell, Lieut. G. R. )feRae. Thirtieth Georgia, Col. Thos. \\'. :\Iangham, Lieut.-Col.
James S. Boynton. Thirty-seventh Gf'orgia, Col. A. F. Rudler, Lt.-Col. Joseph
T. Smith. Forty-sixth Georgia, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt, )laj. A. M.
Speer. Forty-seYenth Georgia, Col. \\~illiam S. Phillips, Capt.
,Joseph S. Cone. Sixty-fifth Georgia, Col. R. H. )foore. Sharpshooters-
First Georgia Battalion, )faj. Arthur Shaff. Second Georgia Battalion, )laj. Richard H. \\'bitely.
Fourth Georgia Battalion, )faj. T. D. Carswell, Capt. B. M. Turner, Lieut. Joel Towers.

MoNDAY, NovE~1BER 27, 1899.
(TABLET FOUR.)
TO THE LASTIXG ~IE~IOR OF
.All Her Sons Who Fought on this FieldThose Yfho Fought and Liwd,
And Those '''ho Fought and Died; Those "'ho Gave ~Iuch, and Those "'ho Gave All-
GEORGIA ERECTS THIS MON"C~IENT.
.A LIST OF ''BATTLE )10X"C~IEXTS.''
ERECTED ON CHICKA:IfAUGA BATTLE-FIELD BY THE STATJ<~ oF GEORGIA, NA:IU:'\G THE Cmr~IANDERS AND THE HouR EAt:H 0RGA~IZATION WAS E:'>GAGED.
1st Georgia, Confederate, 2d Battalion Infantry, ~Iaj .. James Clark Gordon, 1:30 p.m., Sept. 19th.
1st Georgia, Confederate, 2d Battalion Infantry, Maj. James Clark Gordon, 5:30 p.m., Sept. 20th.
2d Georgia Infantry, Lt-Col. "'m. S. Shepherd, ~Iaj.
"' "' Charlton, 4:00 p.m., Sept. 19th. 2d Georgia Infantry, Lt-Col. Wm. S. Shepherd, Maj.
\\'. "' Charlton, noon, Sept. 20th. 5th Georgia Infantry, Col. Chas. P. Daniel, 1:30 p.m.,
Sept. 19th. 5th Georgia Infantry, Col. Chas. P. Daniel, 5:30 p.m.,
Sept. 20th. 8th Georgia, Battalion Infantry, Col. LeRoy Napier,
l\Iaj. Z. L. "'atters, noon, Sept. 20th. 15th Georgia Infantry, Col. Dudley )1. DuBose, l\Iaj.
P. J. Shannon, 4 p.m., Sept. 19th. 15th Georgia Infantry, Col. Dudley ~1. DuBose, ~faj.
P. J. Shannon, noon, Sept. 20th. 17th Georgia Infantry, IA-Col. Chas. "' l\Iathews,.
4 p.m., Sept. 19th.

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17th Georgia Infantry, Lt-Col. Chas. w. Mathews,
noon, Sept. 20th. 20th Georgia Infantry, Col. J. D. Waddell, 4 p.m.,
Sept. 19th. 20th Georgia Infantry, Col. J. D. \\addell, noon, Sept.
20th. 25th Georgia Infantry, Col. A. J. \Yilliams, 8:30 a.m.,
Sept. 19th.
29th Georgia Infantry, Col. \Y. J. Young, Lt-Col. w.
D. Mitchell, Lt. G. R. McRae, 8:30a.m., Sept. 19th.
29th Georgia Infantry, Col. w. J. Young, Lt-Col. w.
D. Mitchell, Lt. G. R. McRae, 12:30 p.m., Sept. 20th. 30th Georgia Infantry, Col. Thos W. ~Iangham, Lt.-
Col. Jas. S. Boynton, 8:30 a.m., Sept. 19th. 30th Georgia Infantry, Col. Thos \Y. Mangham, Lt.-
Gol. Jas. S. Boynton, 12:30 p.m., Sept. 20th. 37th Georgia Infantry, Col. A. F. Rudler, Lt.-Col.
Joseph T. Smith, 5 p.m., Sept. 19th. 37th Georgia Infantry, Col. A. F. Rndler, Lt.-Col.
Joseph T. Smith, 11:30 a.m., Sept. 20th: 46th Georgia Infantry, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt, Maj.
A. M:. Speer, noon, Sept. 20th. . 47th Georgia Infantry, Col. Wm. S. Phillips, Capt.
Joseph S. Cone, 11 a.m., Sept. 20th. 65th Georgia Infantry, Col. R. H. l\Ioortc>, Sunday,
.Sept. 20th. 1st Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. Arthur
.Shaff, 8:30 a.m., Sept. 19th. 1st Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, 1\faj. A4..rthur
Shaff, 12:30 p.m., Sept. 20th. 2d Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, l\faj. Richard
whitely, 1:30 p.m., Sept. 19th. 2d Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, l\faj. Richard
\Vhitel;v, 5:30 p.m., Sept. 20th. 4th Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. T. D.
Carswell, Capt. B. 1\f. Turner, Lt. Joel Towers, 4:30 p.m., Sept. 19th.

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4th Georgia, Battalion Sharpshooters, l\Iaj. T. D. Carswell, Capt. B. l\1. Turner, Lt. Joel Towers, 11:30 a.m., Sept. 20th.
1st Georgia Cavalry, Col. J. J. ~lorrison, 7:30 a.m., Sept. 19th.
1st Georgia Cavalry, Col. J. J. Morrison, 11:30 a.m., Sept. 20th.
2d Georgia Cavalry, Lt.Col, F. l\1. Isom, 3 p.m., Sept. 20th.
2d Georgia Cavalry, Lt..Col. F. M. Isom, 5:30 p.m., Sept. 20th.
3d Georgia Cavalry, Col. R. Thomson, 3 p.m., Sept. 20th. 3d Georgia Cavalry, Col. R. Thomson, 5:30 p. m., Sept. 20th. 4th Georgia Cavalry, Col. Isaac W. Avery, 3:00 p.m., Sept. 20th. 4th Georgia Cavalry, Col. Isaac \Y. Avery, 5:30 p.m.. .Sept. 20th.
6th Georgia Cavalry, Col. John R. Hart, 3.00 p.m..
Sept. 20th. 6th Georgia Cavalry, Col. John R. Hart, 5:30 p.m.,
sept. 20th. 3d Confederate Georgia Companies, A, E, F, Cavalry.
.3 p.m., Sept. 20th. 3d Confederate Georgia Companies, A, E, F, Cavalry,
5 :30 p.m., Sept. 20th. 8th Confederate Georgia Company, K, Cavalry, Col.
JohnS. Prather, noon, sept, 20th. lOth Confederate Georgia Companies, F, G, H, I, K,
Cavalry, Col. C. 'T. Goode, 7:30 a.m., Sept. 19th. lOth Confederate Georgia Companies, F, G, H, I, K.
Cavalry, Col. C. T. Goode, 11 a.m., Sept. 20th. 9th Georgia, (Everett's) Battery, Lieut. ,V. S. Everett,
2 p.m., Sept. 19th.
9th Georgia, (Everett's) Battery, LH~ut. w. S. Everett,
'2 to 5 p.m., Sept. 20th.

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T. H. Dawson's Georgia Battery, Lieut, R. \Y. Anderson, 4 p.m., Sept. 19th.
T. H. Dawson's Georgia Battery, Lieut. R. \Y. An derson, 11:30 a.m., Sept. :.:Oth.
Howell's Georgia Battery, Capt. EYan P. Howell, 10 a.m., Sept. 19th.
Howell's Georgia BatteJy, Capt. EYan r. Howell,
11:30 a.m., Sept. 20th. Hayis's Georgia Battery, Capt. :\I. \Y. HaYis, noon,
Sept. 20th. ::\IassenbPrg's Georgia Batte1y, Capt. T. L. ::\Iassenberg
noon, Sept. 20th. Peeples's Georgia Battery, Capt. Tyler ::\1. Peeples, 4
p.m., Sept. 19th. Peeples's Georgia Battery, Capt. Tyler ::\1. Peeples,
noon, Sept. 20th. Scogins's Georgia. Battery, Capt. Jolm Scogins, 1::30
p.m., Sept. 19th. Scogins's Georgia Battery, Capt. John Scogins, 4:30
p.m., Sept. 20th.

ST.-\.TE::\IEXT OF EXPE~DITCRES OF STATE ::\IE::\1-
0RL\L BOARD FRO)f XOVE)IBER 6TH, 1896, TO
DATE.
Amount paid for adyertising for bids, etc ...... $ 05 )'>') Amount paid expenses of Board for three years,
incidental~ etc......................... 429 03 Amount paid for premiums for accepted plans,
etc. . . . .. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 60 Amount paid for granite curbing and concrete
walk, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 82 Amount paid Gorham ::\Ifg Co. for bronzes. . . . 7,200 00 Amount paid Venable Bros. for monuments and
markers .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . ... .. .. .. . .. 14,133 00 Amount paid expenses of dedication, etc. . . . . . 644 46

Total expenditures .................... $23,847 96. Balance of appropriation undrawn..... 1,152 04

$25,000 00'

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The State )lemorial Board issued the following invitation:
The State )Iemorial Board announces that the monument erected by the State of Georgia on the Chickamauga Battle-field, will be dedicated at ten o'clock on the morning of l\Iay fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
All Confederate and Federal organizations throughout Georgia and other States, and the citizens generally, are invited to attend.
It is the earnest 'vish of the board that as many as possible of the citizens and such organizations honor the occasion with their presence.

STATE )!E)IORIAL BOARD.
Gen. J. ~Iclntosh Kell, Chairman _..... __ .Atlanta, Ga.
Capt. ,Y. S. Everett, Chairman pl'O tem. _.... Atlanta, Ga.
Gordon Lee, Secretary ............... Chickamauga, Ga. Col. James S. Boynton ..................... Griffin, Ga. l\faj. J. B. Cumming ......... * ........... Augusta, Ga_

ORDER OF EXERCISES.
)IUSIC.
,y_ Prayer by Rev. E. Boggs, D.D., LI..D., Chancellor
of the T:"'niversity of Georgia.
l\f"CSIC. Presentation of the )fonument to the Governor, repre-
senting the State of Georgia, by )Iajor Joseph B. Cumming, )fPmber of State )femorial Board.

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ML'SIC.
Acceptance of the ~1onument on behalf of the State and its transfer to the Government of the United States, by Governor Allen D. Candler.

MlJSIC.
Acceptance of the Monument on behalf of the Govern ment of the l:Jnited States, by General Henry V. Boynton, Chairman of the National Park Commission.

MUSIC. Oration by Hon. ,James C. C. Black.
ML'SIC. BEXEDICTIOX

EXERCISES AT THE UNYEILIN"G Ol!' THE GEOR. GIA }fOXU}lEXT ON ~fAY 4TH, 1899.
The Governor and a party of distinguished guests arrived at the monument at 12 o'clock noon, where they were met by five thousand visitors from all sections of the State. "\Vhen the stand had been occupied by the speakers and -others, the exercises of the day were formally opened by Capt. "\V. S. Everett, who asked the attention of the audi-ence to the Rev. "\Vm. E. Boggs, D.D., LL.D., Chancellor -of the State University, who had been selected to ask the divine blessing on the occasion.
The inYocation concluded, Hon. Gordon Lee, secretary of the commission, said he regretted to announce the inability of :Maj. J. B. Cumming to be present, owing to illness. It was the intention of the commission to have him make the

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presentation of the monument to the State, because of hisfamiliarity, J,).Ot only with the work, but with all the events. which make this place historic. It therefore devolved upon the speaker to represent :Major Cumming, and he would ask attention while he read a draft of the remarks which thewriter had intended to make on the occasion:

ER01f CO:MISSIOXER CuMMING.
"Your Excellency :-As it is well known to you and many others of this audience, the Legislature of Georgia,. at its session in 1894, created the 'State Memorial Board.' The act made the Adjutant-General of the State, Col. J. Mcintosh Kell, ex officio chairman of the board. Your immediate predecessor in the high office held by you, honored Capt. W. S. Everett, Col. James S. Boynton, :1\Ir. Gordon Lee and myself by appointing us to the other four places, and thus the board was constituted.
"The act creating the board prescribed for it many, but rather indefinite duties; but the same legislature, at its next session, appropriated $25,000, and charged the board with the work of applying that sum to the erection of a monument, or monuments, on this the greatest of the many battle-fields within the borders of the State.
''Ko member of the board could claim any knowledge or special fitness for the task They could only bring to it zeal and devotion born of a deep-rooted and cherished sentiment. The board, at its first meeting, decided to expend the great bulk of the sum appropriated on a single imposing monument, and to use as much as was necessary of what was left after this principal object was attained in marking the positions on the field where Georgia troop& fought and fell during the two days of the great battle.
"The work of this board is accomplished, and here it stands, to encounter the criticism, not only of the present

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hour, but of ages to come. They deliver it to you for the State of Georgia with the hope, not free from distrust, that their efforts have produced a satisfactory result. But they can s?..y unreservedly that whate,er :feelings they may entertain touching the profoundly interesting task, unsought but accepted by them, all such feelings are tempered by the full consciousness on their part of conscientious undertaking.
"As the inscription says, 'To the lasting memory of her "'~~"who fought on this field-those who fought and lived._, and those who fought and died; those who gave much, ~md those who gaYe all-Georgia erects this monument.'
"Around it sleep slayer and slain, foes in the days of battle, but peradventure understanding each other now, and through all the intervening yeaq, for all the coming ages; friends perhaps, certainly no longer foes. All were brave, and all shared equally in the hour of death the consolation of the conviction common to both, of duty fully performed.
"Glorious was the day of battle, but blessed, thrice bles~ed are the years of peace! This monument stands for both of these, Glory and Peace. For this memorial of the nlor of her soldiers Georgia has placed on a costly foundation, laid for it in this clay of reconciliation by those against whom they fought.
"Glory! glory to all of either side who did their duty here, and peace encamp about this stately shaft. Glory, perennial as Chickamauga's stream. Peace, everlasting as yon Lookout :Mountain."
l'NYEILIXG OF ~IOXT.JIEXT.
At the conclmion of tlw reading-,vhich "as received with applan~e-the b:md rendered "Dixie," and .Jiii's ~1Iyrtle Everett, daughter of Capt. \\~. S. E\erett, pnlled

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the cords that htld the Stars and Stripes gracefully draped over the statuc>s at the base of the monument, revealing to the assembbge ihe beantiful proportions of Georgia's offering to her sons who had "fought and lived, and who had fought wd died'' on the battle-field of Chickamaugn.
ACCEPTAXCE FOR THE STATE.
Gov. A. D. Candler was the next speaker. He ~was greeted \Yith prolonged applause. "'"hen this had ceased, the Governor said:
''Jl1. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Georgia Commisszon:
In acceptingas the chief magi::trate of Georgia from your hands this beautiful monument, intended to perpetuate the memory of all of the sons of the Empire State of the South who thirty-five years ago fought on this gory field, I congratnlate you, and award to you the plaudit, ''vell done, good and faithful senants.' X ever have Georgians; always faithful to ewry trust, been more faithful than you have in ihe discharge of the duty imposed upon you. X ever ha,e any commission wrought with means so scanty results more marvelous for beauty and grandeur and symmetry. All Georgia is proud of this monument, erected by you of imperishable brass, and granite from her own everlasting hills in historic old Oglethorpe county, 'to the lasting memory of all her sons who fought on this field-those who fought and liwd, and those \d10 fought and died; those who gaw much and those who gave all'-and all Georgians congratulate you on the fidelity \vith which you haw diseharged yonr tn1st. In the name of all yonr fellow citizens, I thank you, and repeat the well-earned plaudit, ''vell done, good and faithful senants.'
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Commission : This monument and these markers have been erected by the State of Georgia to perpetuate the memory of all her sons, living and dead, who illustrated her on this now historic :fiel~, and as everlasting reminders of their heroism and valor. All men in all ages have honored bravery, and those nations whose soldiers have fought most bravely have in all ages been most powerful. Indeed, among the Romans so high did bravery rank among human attributes that the word was a synonym for virtue; the same word which meant also bravery. If a man was brave he was abo virtuom, but if he was not brave, no matter what his other ennobling attributes, he was not virtuous.
"Perhaps the sublimest exhibition of patriotism and bravery and devotion to principle in the annals of the world was when the American colonies, in 1776, threw off the British yoke, and laid the corner-stone of this fabric of freedom upon which our descendants have erected the grandest republic of all the ages. . I am proud that Georgia was one of the thirteen. I am proud that the Georgians \vho fought on this bloody field were the lineal descendants of the men who fought at Camden, and Yorktown, and Cowpens. At that time Georgia was the youngest, the most remote, the most sparsely populated, and consequently the least important of the British provinces in America. She had less cause for complaint at the British government than 11ny other one of them, and hence had less incentive to rebel against British rule. On the contrary, she had much for which to be personally grateful; for while the Parliament had enacted no law that injuriously affected her people, save only the stamp act, which had never been enforced within her borders, it had spent many thousands of pounds in efforts to promote the prospe-rityand welfare of her pwJJe, and to protect them from the savages who surrounded them. In view of all the facts, Georgia was slow to take

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up arms against the mother country-so slow that her nearest neighbor, South Carolina, with the zeal and impetuosity which characterized her people, denounced Georgia as an 'infamous State,' and attempted, by passing in her Legislature a non-intercourse law, to force her into revolution. But our sturdy ancestors were not to be enforced, but acting ~n the motto which they afterwards emblazoned on their <':scutcheon, '"\Visdom, Justice and Moderation,' pursued the even tenor of their way till American blood moistened the . soil of Bunker Hill, and it became apparent that recon~iliation between England and her colonies was no longer possible. Then Georgia flew to arms, and put herself in line with her northern sisters, regardless of the dangers to which she exposed herself at the hands of the savage allies of the royal government, the smoke of whose wigwams could be seen on every side, fought to the finish for the right of self-government, and as a reward for her temerity suffered more in the sanguinary conflict than any other one of the immortal thirteen.
"We, ~ir. Chairman, who have erected and tender to you this monument, as a perpetual reminder to coming generations of the valor of the men of Georgia who fought on this historic field, are the lineal descendants of the men whom I have described. We are proud of the valor and self-sacri:ficing devotion of our brethren, as well those who fought and lived, as those who fought and died on this ensan-
guined field. vve are proud that we are citizens of the
greatest Republic on earth; we are proud that we are Georgians, and that we are the lawful heirs of the bravest, the truest and the wisest men who ever fought the battle of freedom, or put in motion the machinery of a new government. In the wars of the Republic, from Bunker Hill to Santiago, Georgia valor has been conspicuous. In the battles of the war of 1812; in all the Indian wars; at Monterey
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and Cerro Gordo, and Cherulmsco, and Buena Vista, and the City of Mexico, when the Stars and Stripes were unfurled over the halls of the 1Iontezumas, Georgia was there, and Georgia blood flowed. Here on this ensanguined field, within her own borders, Georgians illustrated Georgia. But let it not be forgotten that all these Georgians were Americans. \Vaiving all inquiry as to who was right and who was wrong in the fratricidal conflict of 1861, where is the American who is not proud of the names of Lee, the cavalier; Stonewall Jackson, the puritan; Albert Sidney Johnston, the Chevalier Bayard of the South; Joseph E. Johnston, the Fabius of the Confederacy; and .T. E.B. Stuart, the Marshal N ey of the Lost Cause? vVho does not honor our own illustrious Georgians, Longstreet, and Gordon, and wheeler, and Walker, who perished in front of Atlanta, who while Georgians, were Americans, scions of the great Anglo-Saxon stock, and sons of the great Republic, nourished at her breast, who nobly and brilliantly illustrated American valor and devotion to the cause they had espoused? All men, from ~laine to Texas, and from the lakes to the gulf, respect and admire and honor them for :beir chivalrous bearing and sturdy manhood, as all unprejudiced men must and do honor the illustrious Grant, and the indefatigable Sherman, and the gallant McClellan, for their deeds of daring and heroic devotion to the cause each believed to be right. All of these, no matter under which :flag they fought, were Americans, and the deeds of daring and heroic achievements of all of them reflect glory on the American name. We in Georgia honor all of them alike, because they were a1l Americans, and are worthy of honor; but we will be pardoned for according equal honorand more love to the sons of Georgia, children of the Empire State of the South,

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NURSED AT HER BREAST A~D CRADLED lX HER AR~IS,
who fought her on her own soil, in obedience to her behest, and thus honored the name of Georgian as well that of American. For this reason we erect this monument, and inscribe on it the names of Georgia's valiant sons-'immortal names that were not born to die.'
"And now, General Boynton, intD your hands, as the representative of the great Republic, we give it, and ask you to accept it and preserve it, that generations yet unborn may see and know the esteem in which the heroes whose names we have inscribed on its tablets were held by us, and that it may be an inspiration to our descendants centuries hence, and prompt them to deeds of valor in defense of the undying principles of the great American Republic. Such an inspiration it will be. The nation and the people who thus honor their heroic dead will never want defenders. I have sometimes thought that the fratricidal side of life, which rendered this field historic, was only a part of a plan of an inscrutable providence protecting and more firmly cementing together the many parts of this great country with which God has blessed us. These monuments and these four hundred thousand heroes who fell fighting each for what the other thought was right may yet be the shrines from which future generations will draw the inspiration to nerve them to defend the cardinal principles of the faith for which both sides fought. We are not the only nation which has been rent with fratricidal strife. Rome, the first Republic, and Greece, the land of scholars and 'the nurse of arms,' the home of the arts and sciences, two thousand years ago, the nurseries of philosophers, orators, scholars and warriors, are full of monuments and ruins, reminders of the courage and manhood of those who left

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them. Our old mother, England, the greatest nation on -earth, save only her American daughter, has suffered the throes of internal strife and bloody revolution, and her fair fields are dotted with monuments of deadly conflict between her own sons, but they only add to her glory and her grandeur. They are only the evidences that her people have opinions and the courage to defend them. Hence these monuments and these graves and the ruins they have left. They are not a reproach, but an honor to us. I glory in ~them because they bear testimony to the patriotism and Yalor of my countrymen-my countrymen-of whom I am proud, whether they wore the blue or the gray. The graves and monuments all over this Republic, and the ruin and demolition wrought in the South during the four years of fire and blood from 1861 to 1865, are the evidences of the valor and heroic devotion and selfsacrifice of men who fought the battles of that gigantic conflict.
"A land without ruins is a land without memories-a land without memories is a land without history."
"'Then give me the land where ruins are spread, And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead; Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast Has flashed to the future the fame of the past; Yes, give me the land that hath legends and lays That tell of the memories of long vanished days ; Yes, give me the land with a grave in each spot, And names in the graves that shall not be forgot ; Yes, give me the land of the wreck and the tomb ; There is grandeur in graves-there is glory in gloom ; For out of the gloom future brightness is born, And after the night comes the sunlight of morn.'"

ACCEPTANCE FOR GOVEHNMENT.
At the conclusion of Gov. Candler's remarks Capt. Everett introduced the next speaker, who would represent the

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United States Government. It gave him pleasure, he continued, to introduce Gen. Henry V. Boynton, the representative of the Secretary of War. Gen. Boynton spoke a~ follows:
"Governor Candler, Representatives of Georgia, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"It is a thrilling lesson in patriotism to stand in this great park, ceded by the State of Georgia to the general government, to the end that the valor of all soldiers who fought here, from the North and from the South, might be suitably and impartially commemorated. It emphasizes that lesson to think that your splendid monument signifies and teaches -a divided nation, a great war, followed at length by mutual respect, and a reconciliation so perfect as to have brought both sections together to fight shoulder to shoulder under the one flag of our restored and indissoluble Union; a Union great and mighty, which, within a year, has made a century's journey, and stands to-day by the consent of the world in the front rank of the world's advance.
"From the inception of this park project to this culminating day, when Georgia dedicates and the nation receives the most imposing monument on these grounds, representatives of your State have been active, earnest and most effi.cient in assisting the national commission. In the first gathering of Union and Confederate veterans at Crawfish Springs, in 1889, to confer as to ways and means of here securing a national park, Gov. Gordon and I{on. Gordon Lee and his associates gave cordial welcome and practical help. Later, when Congress had provided for establishing the park, Gov. Gordon and his successors, Governors Atkinson, N orthen, and lastly you, sir, with the Georgia commission, and scores of active helpers with them, have rendered every aid. When it was found that the constitution

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of your State required that public expenditures should be made through departments of the State government having proper jurisdiction, and none such existed that could properly erect monuments, nothing daunted, at one session of your legislature the needed department was createa, and at the next the appropriation was made which has resulted in this magnificent monument, and fifty minor monuments to Georgia regiments and batteries on this field.
"In this inposing memorial Georgia not only sets an example to all the States, but calls especiallY. upon her sister States of the South to emulate this. The National commission takes great pride in this most attractive work; first, because it is the masterpiece upon this Chickamauga Park; next, because they feel confident that it will incite every Southern States to follow where Georgia has led. What one of these States, with the pride which they all possess, can afford to do less than Georgia here has done to perpetuate in granite and bronze the military prowess of her sons?
"It gives me especial pleasure, on behalf of our commission, to attest to you, sir, the efficient and enthusiastic work performed through several years by the Georgia State Commission; and also to publicly acknowledge the practical assistance rendered to make this dedication successful by the large and influential Georgia Society recently organized by ladies and gentlemen among native Georgians resident in Chattanooga.
"It is like breathing exhilarating mountain air to turn away from the sickening talk with which the t:ensational press of the land is seething, and stand on this field among its veterans who know what war is and what ii imposes, and. recall army commanders whom we all knew, who fought battles and, with their men, ate what fortune gave them, if it gave them anything, instead of spending days and nights smelling around commissary stores for a chance in

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Toice of spoiled provisions, and, upon each discovery, filling the land and the world with lamentations which have only served to detract from the glory of results as marvelous as any which history affords.
"I am proud to stand in this presence, as the representaiive of the Secretary of \Var, an able, honest, fearless and successful public servant; a strong, earnest, practical and unwavering friend of this park project; and, acting for him, to receive from you, sir, into the lasting keeping of the great Republic this magnificent memorial which the State -of Georgia has here erected to the valor of her sons."
When General Boynton had concluded, Capt. Evan P. Howell introduced the orator of the day-"one who knew what Chickamauga meant, and one whose eloquence had made notable many an important occasion like this." Captain Howell paid a tribute to the Northern soldier, and was followed by

RON. J. C. C. BLACK,
whose eloquent address was listened to with rapt attention. He said:
JJ[r. Chairman, Ladies -and Gentlemen:
"The Athenians inscribed upon ten pillars, erected over their ashes, the names of those who fell at Marathon. Thfl spirit which animated them was not purer nor more elevated than that which moves us to this day's duty, nor the -debt they paid more justly due than the obligation we now discharge. F ntil this hour we have been under bond. That liability is now happily and fully met. A noble sentiment prompted the purpose to commemorate, by fitting and nduring memorial, the services of soldiers who gavi, on this very spot, some of them much-some of them all-t<">

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state and country. The accomplishment o this worthy object was entrusted to a commission composed o citizens, some o whom stood with the men whose services inspired that purpose. That all o them were worthy of so high an office is witnessed by this occasion. A patriotic duty has been faithfully and successfully performed. We come to celebrate, with appropriate ceremonies, the completion of a work begun and ended in gratitude and love. The foundation o this structure is laid in soil once wet with the blood o the brave, and its summit crowned with the figure of a soldier bearing colors which never waved but in freedom's cause, and, though forever furled in defeat, was never lowered in disgrace. As we come with reverent spirits to dedicate it to patriotic and pious uses, how impressive the occasion, how auspicious the surroundings. On this field brave men ought and died. When the struggle was ended, thirty-threee thousand lay dead or wounded. On the spot where they stood or fell, to all her sons, tht:l living and dead, Georgia erects this memorial shaft. As "V\Tebster said at Bunker Hill, 'It is itself the orator o thi<> occasion.' Let it inspire us, and all who look upon it, with feelings worthy o its elevated sentiment and purpose. It is the grateful tribute of a great State to the devotion and valor o her sons, who, or her, surrendered or imperiled life. Purchased by the common treasure of all her people, it speaks the sentiment o every heart. :For those who give, it speaks o gratitude and love; or those to whom given, of those qualities and deeds which always, and everywhere, evoke the deepest and most enduring expression o these noble emotions. It tells of the highest civic and military virtues. As we look upon it, we are thrilled by it:; recital o love o home, love of country, love o liberty. Its speech is o courage-of fortitude-of heroism. It teaches the State that her sons are brave enough to endure

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suffering, to shed blood, to surrender life for her sake. It teaches the sons of a great commonwealth that service and sacrifice for the common weal shall sooner or later have fitting recognition. It commemorates the services of the living as well as the dead, and so it should be. Those who died m~y more deserve our praise; those who live, more need it. The living will soon be dead. Most of them will fall asleep on the bosom of the soil where they lived, and for tlJC defense of which they were willing to die. A few may rest in other soil, but wherever they find sepulchre, they-all-shall be held in grateful and affectionate mem ory of the common mother whom in life and death they have served and honored. Those who died here and those who survived the battle are alike worthy of the distinction with which we this day crown them; those who died, because no purer libation was ever poured upon I~iberty's altar than the blood they shed; those who survived, because they fought like true soldiers, and, when overcome, like true men accepted defeat without apology though without reserve.
"This monument-no monument, is needed to perpetuate the record of the Confederate soldier. The most enduring work of human hands may perish. That record shall live. It shall live in hif'tory and poetry, in song and fiction. That story, brief m~ it is, so brief that, measured by time, it is scarcely a chapter in the great volume of
human events, is the heritage oi ih~ world. The glory of
his sufferings and achievements belongs to mankind. It .shall not be diminished by the lapse of years, nor is it tarnished by the cause which inspired him. l~et it be stated again, and reiterated until the truth is acknowledged, that he did not go to war to perpetuate human slavery. Reared in the pursuits of peace, he was not a professional, but a <'itizen soldier. Sordid gold neither bribed nor tempted him. No mercenary motive prompted or sustained him.

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Neither the glory nor spoils of conquest fired his ambition. The flame that burned in his breast was kindled upon hiil country's altar, and his costly offerings of sacrifice and suf ferings-of life and fortune-were laid on his country's shrine. He was no traitor. He did not take up arms to {)ppose either the form or principles of the governmentfor these were preserved in the supreme law of the new Confederacy. He was not disloyal to the Union, under the Constitution. He loved with devotion the principles npon which that Union was founded, as embodied in that Constitution, and he cherished it with inherited devotion, for his ancestors had kept faith with every purpose for which it was established. It was ordained tto form a mor;;~ perfect Union'-

THEIR BLOOD HAD CEMENTED THE FOUNDATIONS

of that Union, and no work on that magnificent structur.~ was more polished and enduring than that wrought by them; they had never demanded that which was not theirs by moral and legal right, and only asked for themselveg what they fully conceded to others; tto insure domestic tranquility,' they had never meddled with the domestic affairs of any other State; tto provide for the common defense,' in every war on land or sea the best and bravest of them had carried the country's flag; tto secure for ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty'--every protest they uttered against federal encroachment was in. the interest of the rights of the people and the equality of the States.
uHe revered the names and memories of the fathers of the Republic. Why should he not? They were his
fathers. He cherished with patriotic pride the glories oi
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men who had achieved them. His forefathers, too, had :Bed from persecution. They, too, had helped to subdue the savage and the wilderness, and erect and open for aU the world a new home for freedom. He knelt at the altars on which they lit the fires of civil and religious liberty. By the graves of her dead, on the ,:pot once crimsoned and forever hallowed by their blood, Georgia declares that her sons who here fought were not traitors. To the military student who may come hither to study the art of war; to the traveler who may be attracted here to visit the field of a great battle; to whomsoever may look upon it in this and the generations that follow, by this token of pride and affection, Georgia proclaims that no stain of treason defiles the record of her sons who were marshaled on this or any other field. Covered with the wounds of war, begun and carried on in defense of great principles, without a scar of dishonor, our Confederacy fell, and I.iberty stood weeping at the grave of her youngest and fairest daughter. Our peerless military chieftain taught us that 'human virtue should be equal to human calamity'; and in a historic institution of learning, the illustrious name of I,ee-greater than which was never written in the annals of war, and fit for such com panionship-"as joined with that of \Vashington. Ou;. great civil leader, sustained by conscious rectitude, in dignified silence, in majestic patience, stood amidst the ruins of hopes he had most ardently cherished, and taught us that human virtue could be equal_ to human calamity.
"The integrity of his private character; the stainlessness of his public record; the ability he brought to the highest stations; his steadfast devotion to principle, place him among the most worthily distinguished characters in American history. Standing here in this presence, with a full sense of the responsibilty imposed by this occasion and its surroundings; feeling an ardent attachment to a Republic

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of States, in a Union whose peace they fervently pray may never be broken, for the people of Georgia I declare what no propriety forbids, the truth justifies, and justice to her living and dead demands: that the character of Jefferson Davis is worthy of the respect and admiration of all his countrymen. On the roll of Confederate leaders, if vicarious suffering can add to the claims of loyal and distinguished servic-e, it stands pre-eminent. The soldiers of our army resumed their places in peaceful pursuits, and in wery department of life have contributed their full share to all the advancement we now enjoy. Whoever at any time denied or doubted their sincerity, must yield to th(> public facts of our recent history. The delicate and difficult questions growing out of the situation in Cuba were entrusted to a distinguished Confederate general, whose fidelity and skill

WOX THE PLAUDITS OF ALL HIS COUNTRY111:EN.
"In the opening chapter of that history is written the name of Fitzhugh Lee. When the office _of the diplomat was ended, the service of the soldier began. Who can tell the disasters which might have ensued but for the brave counsel and unconquerable spirit displayed at Santiago by another gallant Confederate chieftain? When the war with Spain w11s proclaimed, he was among the first to answer his country's summons. He di!l not seek personal comfort, for he exchanged a residence in the national capital for a tent in the jungles of Cuba, and a seat in the House of Representatives for the burning, sickening heat of a tropical sun. With him went two sons, willing servitors in their country's cause. But this is not all of this record of devotion. A daughter, accustomed to all high station could confer and ample means provide, surrendered

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these for life among the sick and wounded and dying, on a foreign shore. After all this, when age and distinguished service and sacrifice would justify the refusal of any further offering, he stands not only willing, but asking for an assignment to duty in war against uncivilized tribes seven thousand miles distant from our nearest coast. No wonder as patriot, soldier, hero, the heart of the American people enshrines the name of wheeler; and this man rode on this very battle-field, under the Confederate flag. The first sacrifice in the Spanish war was offered when Worth Bagley, the son of a Confederate soldier, surrendered his pure young life at the post of duty in Cuban waters. A son of Georgia stood by the hero of Manila in an engagement which startled the world with surprise and quickened its admiration for the American sailor; and on that bright page in our naval history, is inscribed the name of Brumby with that of Dewey. From thousands of homes in the States which composed the Confederacy went forth the descendants of Confederate soldiers, like their fathers, to ~ol low the flag of our common country wherever national duty or honor might unfurl it.
"This monument tells not only of the glories of war, but of the blessings of peace. It perpetuates the valor of soldiers who fought against those who have furnished the foundation on which it rests. The State has ceded soil it once defended with its treasure and blood to those who invaded it with a destroying army, to erect memorials to the wldiers of that army. The national government has fur nished, to be laid on ground dedicated to the preservation of the very lines of battle occupied by its army, the foundation of a structure dedicated to the soldiers who charged those very lines and swept them with destruction. Strangr. spectacle this, which witnesses such meeting of the victorious and the defeated, but sublime as it is strange. To the

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dead it is the tribute the braYe pay the brave, and for the living the pledge that henceforth they be brethren. The dedication of this, honors the sentiment of the States which . have erected monuments to the valor of soldiers who fought on the other side in that struggle. They, too, deserve the admiration and praise expressed by lasting memorials. Let E.-Yery State whose sons participated in this battle bring here its tribute. And then I would erect another. It should he. the gift of all the States. Its foundation should be broad and deep. Its endurance should withstand the wasting touch of time. In symmetrical proportions and massive grandeur it should rise column upon column, its lofty summit crowned with the statues of two soldiers, with swords sheathed and hands grasped, and on it I would write this imcription: Here lie the victor and the vanquished. They liYed in duty done; they sleep in honored graves. In memory of all her Sons who fought in the war between the States-those who fought and won, and those who fought and failed-American patriotism erects this monument to American valor.
"'Ve this day celebrate a greater victory than was ever
achieved over a foreign foe--the victory of a great people over the passions and resentments engendered by domestie wnr. Other nations have conquered the world and falle11 the pitiable victims of their own ungoverned passions. W b ha,e conquered ourselves. "\Vhatever the future may have in store for us, we shall henceforth and forever
DWELL IN PEACE A~fOXG OURSELVES.
''Heaven grant us peace with all the world, and all the world peace. It ought to be so. The earth has drunk enough of the blood of her sons. War should cease. ThP wisdom of the world should devise some other method of settling international disputes, and the humanity of the

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world demand its adoption. But if this cannot be, we may rest in the assurance tliat the Union of these States will never again be disrupted by sectional war. "\Ve rejoice today in a country reunited, and forever. Let our joy be tempered by a sense of responsibility. In material progress, while we look with pride on what we have already achieved, and contemplate the future with hope, let us hold fast to the principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence and secured by the Constitution of our country. That declaration is the most blessed evangel ever proclaimed in human government. It declares that the right to life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness was the birthright of man, and the purpose-the only true purpose----of government was not to confer, but to secure this right.
"The doctrine that had so long dominated the governments of the world-the divine right of kings to rule-wasrepudiated, and that of the divine right of man to be fre2 was proclaimed. The supreme need of the day is the reassertion and readoption in practical administration of the truth that government is made for man and not man for the government. The great principles of that declaration were esteemed by our fathers of such value that to their maintenance they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. They are none the less worth our vigilance and devotion. Like the laws of ancient Israel, they shoulu be in our hearts. 'Ve should teach them diligently unto our children, and talk of them when we sit in our houses, and when we walk by the way, when we lie down, and when we rise up. We should bind them for a sign upon our hands, and they should be as frontlets between our eyes, and we should write them upon the posts of our houses and on our gates. For our domestic government, our Constitution is fully adequate to accomplish all its exalted purposes. In our homes and schools, on the hustings and at

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the forum, and through the press we should diffuse a knowledge of its principles and blessings, until there are none so ignorant they do not know, and none so ungrateful they do not cherish them. The Constitution of our country is the supreme law of the land, and Presidents and Cmigresses, and governors and legislatures, and courts and people alike should bow before its majesty, and yield obedience to its authority. Upon it restS the perfection and strength of our political institutions. If preserved, they shall stand; if overthrown, they shall fall. The events of the year just closed have opened a new volume in our history. No man (an tell when its last chapter will be written, nor whl!-t it will record. In solving the new problems which confront us, the teachings of our fathers and the traditions of om past, the wisdom of which has been vindicated by more than a hundred years of experience, should be the law of our conduct. If we are to enjoy prosperity and peace abroad, we must recognize the existence and authority of that Supreme Being whose law is above all human governments, whose power is stronger than armies and navies, and who:;;e righteous judgments are everywhere manifest in human history. The I.ord God of our fathers should be our God and the God of our children. If we maintain the supremacy of our Constitution at home; if we regard the lessons of the past in our intercourse with other countries; if we recognize as over all (our domestic and foreign affairs) the Divine Being to whom its founders committed the destiny of our Republic, then our free American institutions shall survive the mutations of time and the vicissitudes of fortune, their strength and vigor unimpaired, their harmony and unity undisturbed, their glory and beneficence undiminished. Then we will enjoy the reign of equal and just laws over all fatcions and parties, over every section and State, over every class and interest, dispensing their bless-

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ings on all alike; other nations shall share the blessings we enjoy, and they and we help the oncoming in grandeur and felicity of that day, the vision and hope of which has kindled sacred fires on the lips of prophecy, and sustained and cheered the heart of faith since Infinite Love first promised redemption to a fallen race.

THE PATRIOT VOICE WHICH FIRST CRIED FROM THE BALCONY

of the old State House in Boston, when the Declaration was originally proclaimed, 'Stability and perpetuity to American Independence,' did not fail to add, 'God save our American States.' I would prolong that prayer: Now and always, here and elsewhere, from our hearts and all hearts, from every altar in family and church, from every patriotic and pious soul, let this prayer go up, 'God save our American States.'
"What more shall I say? Why should I have spoken at all? Standing in this presence, and amidst these environments, I feel that my voice should have been hushed by the voices all around us. This and the other memorials here erected; these trees; this river, prophetically named Chickamauga-'River of Death'-this overshadowing mountain; the sky above and the earth beneath; these, all these, to the li;tening ear and the appreciative soul are vocal with an eloquence to which my poor speech can add nothing of worth or beauty. The feeble words I utter here shall perish with the passing hour. Their voices shall b(l like the voices of day and night, in the inspired and poetic conception of the Psalmist; they utter no audible speech, no articulate language, but their sacred silence itself is speech. 'Their lines shall go through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.' They shall tell of courage sustained by conviction, of duty faithfully done, of suffering
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heroically endured, of death bravely met in a great battle, and together as citizens of a common country, with mutual respect and in peace as lasting as the sleep of their fallen comrades, of state pride and national glory. Here Ohio and Illinois, and :Michigan and wisconsin, and Minnesota and Indiana, and Kansas and Missouri and Massachusetts have brought their tributes to the sons who fought in the Federal army. Here, too, Tennessee has reared her memorial to Forrest and the men who followed him, and commemorated the heroism of her sons. And Kentucky has come with her memorial, dedicated to her sons in both Federal and Confederate armies-Kentucky, the home of Clay and Crittenden, of :Morgan and Hanson, the birthplace of Davis and Lincoln.
"And nmY to this historic and consecrated place, enriched by so much to perpetuate the hallowed memories of the past, to impart inspiration for the present and hope for the future, Georgia brings her offering. Bowed by a mother's grief for the dead, yet sustained by a mother's joy in the living, and exulting with a mother's pride in the dead and living "ho were marshaled here, confidently committing their claims to the highest distinction to the judgment of a }USt and enlightened public opinion, invoking upon them and their posterity the richest blessings of Heaven, to their lasting mem01:y and undying glory, she dedicates this monument.
":1Iay it stand immovable as the foundations of yonder mountain, a worthy expression of the love and gratitude which inspired it, and ceaselessly as the flow of the river at its base, proclaim the duty here performed, the valor here displayed, the fame here achieYed. And in the years to come, every son of the great State whose glory is augmented by the liYes and death of those whose services and sacrifices it commemorates, looking upon it and recalling their names

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a11d deeds, his eye lustrous with patriotic pride, his heart aglow with patriotic fervor, may with rapture exclaim, 'Thank God, I, I too, am a Georgian!'"
This closed the regular program of the day. After the rendition of a patriotic air by the band, congratulations t.howered upon the speakers, and then the throng passed away, each one carrying with him lasting impressions of the scenes which had made Georgia Day a memorable one among the list of States that have placed in Chickamauga Park monuments which will excite the admiration of nations yet unborn.
.:Mr. Jarnagin, of Warren, asked that the following bill be taken up and put upon its passage, which request was granted, to wit:
By Mr. Jarnagin of Warren-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of 'Varrenton, and for other purposes.

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 92, and nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed..

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the %econd time, to wit:
By ~fr. Felker of "'alton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale or manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Walton, and for other purposes.

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The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-

A resolution, tendering the sympathy of the House to the Hon. Clarence Knowles in the death of his father, Mr. Peter Knowles.
Bill No. 676 was recommitteed to the Committee on
Corporations, on motion of Mr. Rose of Camden.
Mr. McDonald of ware, asked unanimous consent to have bills Nos. 529 and 551 recommitteed to the Commit-
tee on General Agriculture.
Objection was raised, and Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, moved that the bills above indicated be committed to Committee on Corporations, which motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent, the following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By ~Ir. CalYin of Richmond-
A resolution to make all bills contemplating a revision
of the tax laws of this State, the special continuous order to follow the "General Tax Act."

By ~lr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution, providing that while the tax bill is under consideration of the committee of the whole, the sittings of said committee shall not be later that 12 o'clock each morning, and that the balance of the session be devoted to the calendar.

~Ir. ~IcLaughlin, chairman pro tern. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

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Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to create and organize a new judicial circuit to be called the Carrollton Circuit, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled and act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 3440 of the civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require and provide for the establishment of an office in each of certain cities and towns, within the State of Georgia, to be known as the office of Public Matron, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 739 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, of section 2801 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same not pass, to wit:

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A bill, to be entitled an act to require the evidence in all cases, both criminal and civil, tried in the superior courts of this State, to be reported, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 341, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2726 of the Code of Georgia, volume 2, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act cutting turpentine boxes, article 21, paragraph 496, Code of Ceorgia, volume 3.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. McLAUGHLIN, Chairman pro tern.
The undersigned members of the Committee on Education submitted the following minority report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
vVe, the undersigned members of the Committee on Eduf'ation, respectfully submit the following minority report:
On Senate bill No. 22, we cannot concur in the report of the majority of the committee, for the following reasons, to wit:
First, because the General Assembly of 1896 and 1897, passed a joint resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to investigate and report upon the question of State uniformity. Said commisson was apponted, and after a thorough investigation, submitted a report showing that State uniformity in school books, was impracticable and inexpedient.

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Second, because 111 counties in the State under the law as it now stands, have made adoptions of books and contracts which do not expire until the 1st day of January 1904, and this bill, if passed, will not be operative until said day. Said question can therefore be disposed of by legislatures which will convene between the present and the day above mentioned.

For the above reasons, the undersigned cannot concur in the mapority repoct, and we therefore recommend that the bill do not pass.

Respectfully submitted.

H. H. CARLTON,

JNO. T. ALLEN,

S. H. JONES,

A. S. SMITH,

JNO. N. HOLDER,

JAMES M. GRIFFIN,

W. A. BLACK,

THOS. J. CHAPPELL,

.

GEO. W. ADAMS.

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 bills of the Bouse, to wit:

A bill, to amend the act establishing the city court, in Clark county.

Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a city court in the city of Carrollton, in Carroll county.

Also, a bill to create a bo.ard of county commissioners for the county of Campbell.

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Also, a bill to authorize and require the county co-mmissioners of Campbell county to purchase two bloodhounds.

Also, a bill to provide for the removal of obstructio-ns of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the creeks of Cobb county.

Also, a bill to repeal the act creating the board of co-unty commissioners for the county of Unio-n.

Also, a bill to change the time of holding Milton superior court.

Also, a bill to prohibit the buying and selling of seed cotton in Laurens county during certain seasons.

Also, a bill to provide for the election of the county judge and solicitor for the county of Jones.

Also, a bill to permit the board of county commissioners of Spalding county to pay reasonable fees to the officers of the superior court for hiring out convicts.

Also, a bill to abolish the county court of Dodge county.

Also, a bill to establish the city court of Eastman, in the eounty of Dodge.

Also, a bill to establish a city court in \Vashington, Ga.

The following bill of the House was lost in Senate:

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay, in the county of Gilmer.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bill as amended:

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A bill, to establish the city court of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill, to amend the claim laws of this State.

Also, a bill, to make it unlawful for any one to take certain game in this State, except on his own land, without a license.

Mr. Pace, of Kewton, asked unanimous consent to introduce two local bills.

Objection was raised and for the purpose above indi-cated ~Ir. Bower, of Decatur, moved that the rules of the House be suspended, which motion prevailed.

The bills were as follows, to wit:

By ~Ir. Pace, of Kewton-

A resolution, to authorize the payment of the pension of W. A. Harp.

Referred to Appropriations Committee.
~Ir. Reynolds, of Richmond, asked that bill No. 385 be made the special order to follow the tax bill, when the same is disposed of, which motion prevailed.

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

By Messrs. Arnold and ~Iaxwell, of Oglethorpe-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require owners of lands traversed by streams of Oglethorpe county, to keep out any obstructions in said streams, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. Felker, of walton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to declare as a nuisance
any place where whiskey or intoxicating liquors are sold, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Pace, of Xewton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require fire and marine insurance companies, doing business in this State, to
write insurance only through their resident agents, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

:\Ir. Carlton, of Clarke, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of taking up the bills introduced on last Friday, which motion prevailed.

The bills were read the first time and appropriately
referred, to wit:

B~" ~fr. Ousley, of Lowndes-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend
the charter of the city of Valdosta, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corp9rations.
By Mr. Tatum of Dade-
A bill, to be entitled an act to protect the uninclosed
timber of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

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By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill, to be entitled an act to appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the support of a summer session for the teachers of Georgia at the State University, and for other purposes.
Referred to Appropriations Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-

A bill, to be entitled an act to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for the support of the State college of agriculture, and for other purposes.

Referred to Appropriations Committee.

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

A resolution, to make certain appropriations to the Griffin Rifles, and for other purposes.

Referred to Appropriations Committee.

By lfr. Carlton of Clarke--

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of the town of Athens, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require the streets of Griffin to be worked by the county chaingang, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Messrs. Yates of Catoosa and Copeland of Walker, by request-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require the inspection of butter and cheese, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the charter of . the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hardwick of washington-
A bill, to be entitled an ad to amend the game laws of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Griffin of Greene-A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for instructions
. as to the nature and effect of alcoholic drinks in the schools of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By ~fr. Reynolds of RichmondA bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 1989 of the
civil Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By ~Ir. Dickey of FanninA bill, to be entitled an act to pay the pension due
Samuel Clontz for 1899 to his widow, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Appropriations Committee. By Mr. Yates of Catoosa and Mr. (J()peland of Walker,_ by request-

A bill, to be entitled an act to prevent bogs from run-ning at large beyond tbe limits of the lands of theirowners, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Agriculture Committee.

By Mr. Woodall of Talbot-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the charter of: Talbotton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Starr of Gordon-

A bill, to be entitled an act to require all bonds for title to realty in tbis State, when assigned or transferred,_ or by any subsequent transferee thereof, to be recorded, by tbe clerk of the superior court of the county in which. the land lies, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for the payment of a pension to the widow of the late Wm. T. Sburling,. and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. C<>ok of Heard-
A bill, to be entitled an act to prohibt tbe sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors in tbe county of Heard,and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By )fr. Tanner of Coffee--

A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for a system of
public schools in the town of Douglas, and for other purposes.

Referred io Committee on Education.

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee-

A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Coffee county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Mat-
ters.

By )fr. Hogers of ~farion-
A resolution, to adjourn the House from \Vednesday
until Monday, next; the time thus taken up, to be made
up at the end of the session.
Laid on the table for one day.

By Mr. Park of Troup-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish a city court in each county in this State, except certain counties, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committe.

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee--
A resolution, authorizing the State Librarian to furnish certain books to the officers of Coffee county, and for other purposes.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By ~fr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 1, paragraph 1, article 7, of the constitution, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

Mr. Ellis of llibb, asked that bill No. 214 be made the special order to come after the special order already set, which request was granted.

On motion of ~Ir. )litchell of Thomas, 300 copies of Senate bill Xo. 22 be printed for the use of the House,

which motion prevailed.

. Mr. Newton, of ~!organ, asked that bill No. 463 be re-



committed to the Committee on Counties and County

Matters, which request was granted.

~Ir. Bower, of Decatur, asked that bill No. 522 be made the special order to follow specia:l orders already set, which request was granted.
By unanimous consent, the following bill was read a third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:

By ~~r. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend an act, entitled an act to establish a city court in the county of Clarke, 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 89, and nays 0.

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

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill, to be entitled an act to regulate the meetings of the local board of trustees of the State Technological School, and for other purposes.
The report of the committe, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 94, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 388, vol-
ume 1 of the Code, 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, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 333, volume 1, of the Code, 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.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incor-
porate the town of Meigs, 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 93, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:

By ~Ir. Daniel of the 30th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of Oglt>thorpe county, and for otht>r purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By ~lr. DaniPl of the 30th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish a city court for the city of Lexington, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Moye of the 16th Di~trict-;-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of "'rights,:ille, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judic:ary Committee. 40:,

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By l\fr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporatt> the city of
Lexington, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciar.r Committee.

By ~Ir. Clifton of the 2d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a uniform system of school text-books, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

On motion of l\fr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 O'clock p.m.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to
o!'der by Mr. Blalock, Speaker pro tem.
On motion of ~fr. Bass, of Ha.bt>rsham, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The following bill which was made the special order for to-day was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
B;y Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for the return of
and assessment of all real and personal property in this
State, for purposes of taxation, to create a State board of
tax commissioners, to provide the manner of their selection, to prescribe their powers and duties, and to fix their (~ompensation, to create a county board of assessors in each county of this State, and for other purposes.
For the purpose of considering the above bill, the House r~:>sohed its~:>lf into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker pro tern. designated as chairman of the committee the Hon. Fonderin ~fitchell, of the county of Thomas.

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After a consideration of the above. bill, the committee ~rose and through its chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again, which request was granted.
Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday November 28, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

T;pon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bush,

Adamson,

Calvin,

Allen,

Carlton,

Anderson,

Carter,

Barron,

Castleberry,

Bass,

Chappell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Cook,

Bennett of Pierce, Copeland,

Beauchamp,

Orossland,

Bell of Forsyth,

Darnell,

Bell of Spalding,

David,

Black of Dawson, Denny1 Black of Whitfield, Dews,

Blalock,

Dickey,

Bond,

Drawdy,

Bowen,

Duncan,

Bower,

Easterlin,

Brandon,

Ellis,

Brown of Bryan, Emanuel,

Brown of Carroll, Everett of Stewart,

Bryan,

Farmer,

Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Gresham, Griffin of Green!'; Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, ?ardin of Wilkes Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock,

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Hendricks,

McCants,

Sloan,

Henderson of \Vash'n,McDonald,

Smith of Hancock,

Herring,

McDonough,

Snell,

Hili,

McElreath,

SpinKs,

Howard,

McFarland,

Speer,

Hopkins,

McGehee,

Starr,

Holder,

McLaughlin,

Stubbs,

Hosch,

McLennan,

Sturgis,

Houser,

McRae,

Stewart,

Hutchins,

Newton,

Swift,

J arnagan,

Ogletree,

Tanner,

Johnson of Baker, Ousley,

Tatum,

Johnson of Bartow, Overstreet,

Taylor,

Johnson of Floyd, Pace of Newton,

Tisinger,

Jones of Burke,

Padgett,

Timmerman,

Jordan of Pulaski, Pate of Gwinnett, Turner of Henry,

-Knowles,

Park of Greene,

Upchurch,

Lane of Bibb,

Park of Troup

Walker of Brooks,

Lane of Early,

Post,

Walker of Union,

Lane of Sumter; Price,

Watkins,

Laing,

Rawls of Effingham, West,

LaRoche,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson, Whiteley,

Lee,

Reid.

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Longino,

Reynolds,

Williams ofL1mp:dn,

Martin,

Richardson,

Willingham,

Maxwell,

Rogers,

'Vood,

Merritt,

Rose,

Woodall,

Mitchell,

Rudicil,

'Vooten,

Moore,

Simpson,

Yates,

Morris,

Singletary,

Mr. Speaker.

Mullins,

Slaton,

J:hose absent were :Messrs-

Arnold, Bynum, Everett of Polk, George, Greene, Hamby, Harrell,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Johnson of Appling, Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Lee,

Stone,

.Jordan of Jasper, Tracy,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Mayson,

Walker of Crawford.

McCranie,

The joumal of yesterday's proceedings were read and confirmed.

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Mr. Copeland, Chairman on part of the House of the )Oint committee on the State Sanitarium, submitted the following report, which was taken up and read, to wit:

HEPORT.
HousE OJ<' REPRESENTATIVES, ATLANTA, GEoRGIA,
June 22, 1899.
Jh. Speaker:
Under authority of joint resolution of the :Legislature, session of 1898, approved December 20, 1898, the committee appointed ''to thoroughly investigate each and ever-'<lepartment connected with said institution . . . . . . . . . . and report its findings to the Governor of this State, and at the next session of the General Assembly, and make such recon~ mendations as they may see proper," submit the following; report:
The committee met at the State Sanitarium, on the 1sr. day of May, 1899, and after hearing statements from thq trustees of the institution, proceeded to take testimony, relll-1.ive to "each and every department" of the institution, which statements and evidence taken before us, are attached to this report marked Exhibits A. and B., respectively, and filed herewith as part thereof.
The committee thoroughly examined, and inquired int;-, the methods used in conducting the affairs of the institution. in and about the grounds,- and in every department connected therewith.
Deeming it. as much our duty under the resolution under which we were appointed, to commend good and faithful service, -as it is to condemn dereliction, we report that tho

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subordinates of the Sanitarium, from Dr. Powell to thll

humblest servant employed under him, are rendering to the

State efficient and intelligent service, and we unreservedly

commend each of them to your Excellency's favorable con-

sideration, and commend them all to the people of Georgia

as good and faithful servants.



We :find in Dr. Powell an official efficient and practical,

tenderly and patiently administering to the wants of the

State's unfortunate subjects in minutest detail, and with

marked executive and administrative ability directing the

affairs of other departments of the institution with the aid

of faithful assistants under him.

The committee summoned Lucius J. Lamar, of B~ldwie,

as a witness, and requested his assistance in examining the

records, vouchers and accounts of the institution, going ovet

several years of its administration. Mr. Lamar was fo~

years Steward of the S.anital'ium, and we found him per-

fectly fa~iliar with its history in every department, whi<'h

enabled us to make our examination thorough and sifting.

. In our inYestigation we :find that with the exception )f

emergency purchases, all purchases for the Sanitarium ar~

made under competitive bidding. This we commend, but having found one or two instances where bids by -citi~~

of Georgia were preferred and accepted by the purchasing

committee of the trustees, over slightly lower bids by per

sons or :firms outside of the State, and for same quality 'Jf

goods, we condemn such practice, and recommend, that if

necessary to prevent like conduct, legislative enactment on

the subject.

It was explained to us that in th instance referred t'1

contracts were awarded to Georgians, because the difference

in price wa<J trifling and that the Georgian wa:s a tax-payer;

but we :find that the principle involved is of importance, ana

that such conduct tends to deter foreign bidders, aside from

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the fact that public servants ought to use public funds with more caution and economy than private funds of prudeut men are used.
"\Ve very much regret that the evidence which we filn with this report discloses the fact that more or less friction or disagreement exists among the trustees of the institution.
The line of disagreement seems to be well defined, separating three trustees long in office from seven whose term~ in office date back a few years only. This we find to be unfortunate, and more or less hurtful to the State's best interest. The Sanitarium is a charitable institution, and its benevolence finds warm support in every Georgia home. The position of trustee of this instituion should partake o:f the nature of the institution itself.
It is the opinion of the committee that the official conduct of each trustee should be such as will establish a fellowship, or unanimity of sentiment among the trustees as a bod,v; such as will keep in view the good of the institution, aside and separate from all other matters, personal or private, in any manner connected with the affairs of the institution.
Under the law, as it stands, we have no authority to do more than call attention to this unfortunate condition, with the hope that the matter will be given such attention by the proper authority as will best serve the public interest.
The committee finds that in 1895 the law relative to the State Sanitarium was compiled in pamphlet form, covering fomteen (14) pages. The compilation was by Hon. W. R, Burwell, of Sparta, Ga. Mr. T. M. Hunt, then and now a trustee of the institution, contracted with Mr. Bmwell to do this work for $6G.66. On the 26th day of April, 1895, Mr. Hunt collected the sum of $250.00 from the Steward of the Sanitarium for this service, signing a receipt therefor as follows: "\V. H. Burwell, by T. llf. Hunt"

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(the claim in Mr. Burwell's name having been previously audited). We further find that lfr. Hunt paid to 1<Ir. Burwell $66.66 o said $250.00, and illegally appropriated the balance, viz., $183.34 to his private use. We unhesitatingly condemn this conduct on the part o Mr. Hunt a;; trustee, and urge that legal proceedings to compel the return o said sum o money, viz.: $183.34, to the StaDJ Treasury where it legally belongs, be had, and that thrJ Legislature take cognizance o said trustee's conduct in saitl matter.
The committee further finds that Mr. Hunt, trustee, received sums o money from the institution as follows: At one time for professional services, $50.00; on one othe-r occasion, $25.00; and that during the year 1898 he wa..., paid $25.00 for services and expenses in going to Maco11_. Ga., to purchase mules and wagons or the institution. W 8 find that previous to this time like purchases did not cost exceeding $3.00 under direction o the Steward. Aside from the fact that the law prohibits officers o the Stat<~, from using public funds except in cases where the law clearly and by express authority authorizes its use, we think the practice of paying out funds appropriated to the Sanitarium, to members of the Board o Trustees for service3 not enumerated in the law defining a trustee's duty, is a bad one, and should not be tolerated, and that it is also a bad practice for trustees of the institution to render service:; for a consideration other than those provided by law.
we recommend legislation making it criminal for any trustee, officer or agent o the State Sanitarium, to directly or indirectly accept or receive money or anything of value for services, other than the compensation or salary now provided by law.

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Relative to the $250.00 transaction above referred to, the eommittee calls attention to the evidence of Hon. W. H.
Burwell and Mr. T. M. Hunt, found in the evidence and
Tiled with this report.
The committee further finds that Mr. Adolph Joseph, of Baldwin county, who was appointed trustee of the Sanitarium in December, 1894, has since his appointment as agent for Fried & Co., wholesale dealers in merchandise, and for other merchants, all of whom were frequently successful bidders for the sale of goods to the Sanitarium, shared in profits on sales made by the companies whose agent he wa;;. In ~everal instances Mr. Joseph received fifty per cent. of the profits made by the merchants he represented as agents. The evidence showed that in some cases the successful bidder made profits ranging from twenty to twenty-five per -cent., fifty per cent. of which Mr. Joseph received.
The evidence clearly shows that while Mr. Joseph wa:; in the employment of J. R. Fried & Co., of Macon, Geor_gia, on a salary of $2,400 per annum, that company waH frequently succe~sful in selling large amounts of goods to the Sanitarium, and that l.fr. Joseph as the agent of other bidders, made frequent sales of goods to the institution, amounting in the aggregate to many thousand dollars. Iu the last named instances the evidence does not disclose the amount of profits made, but does disclose the fact that Mr. Joseph received a commission on the profits made by thn merchants he represented.
The evidence of Mr. Jewell shows that :Mr. Joseph, while acting as trustee, undertook to control bids for sale of goods made by Mr. .Tewell to the Sanitarium, and also that h: complained that Mr. Jewell made bids to the imtitution too low.

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:.Mr. Joseph's explanation of this was to the effect that the complaint was concerning a thread company represented by both Mr. Joseph and Mr. Jewell, and that each had broken contract with the thread company by entering bid11 under the limit made by the thread company as to sellinh price of thread to all its agents. Without further detail,; from the evidence, all of which is filed with this report, th..~ committee condemns the practice on the part of ~[r. Joseph being in any manner concerned with bidders for sale of goods to the State Sanitarium, or interested in the profit'3 derived from such sale of goods to said institution, and W<! recommend legislation prohibiting such conduct in th_ future on. the part of trustees of the institution or other officer or agent thereof.
The evidence before us shows that Dr. E. E. Dixon, e>f Hall county, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, during the year 1898, accepted and received from the Mingo Coal & Coke Company, of Middlesboro, Ky., which company, in 1898, secured the contract to furnish the Sanitarium with coal for said year, as a donation one car of coal, viz.~ 42,750 pounds.
We find that while the law is not violated in this instance, nevertheless we condemn such conduct on the part of trustees, and recommend that the legislature enact u law, making it a crime for trustees or other officials of the State Sanitarium to accept donations from bidders, or other persons dealing with said institution. It is just to Dr. E. E. Dixon that we state that we have not heard his side of thn coal transaction named above, although we used every possible means to secure his attendance and expl~nation.
\Ve submit the foregoing as our final report, reserving the right to amend the same, if anything of importane<t should develop in certain matters concerning which we hav.:-

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some evidence at present, but have been unable to fully

develop by proof sufficient for action at the present time.

w. F.

COPELAND,

Chairman House Committee.

J. B. PARK, JR.,

J. T. NEWTON.

,v. J.

H. u~nERwoon,

Chairman on Part of Senate.

'V~r. RAWLINGS,

AMENDED REPORT.
The Special Sanitarium Committee having reserved the right to hear future evidence and to amend its reports made to his Excellency, the Governor, and having heard additional evidence and argument, herewith submits said additional evidence, together with the following modification o.f its findings on questions of fact.
We find that the charges against trustee Hunt are sus tained, to the extent that he received the money as set out in our original report, it being doubtful, however, that said money belongs to the State, we strike from our original report the recommendation that suit be commenced to r"cover said sum. We further find that under all the evidence submitted, trustee Hunt did not intend to do an_,legal wrong in said matter.
As to trustee Di.-xon, we adhere to our original finding" with the following modifications: We find that the doMtion of a car of coal to trustee Dixon, by the Mingo Coal & Coke Company, was made after that company had beer: successful as a bidder to furnish coal to the State Sanitarium, and therefore had no connection with said bid, and said trustee's conduct in said matter, in our opinion, did not involve moral turpitude, but we find that his published state;rilent of denial of the donation did not state the facts_

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As to trustee JoEeph, we find that as an individual he

did not receive profits from successful competitive bidding

to the State Sanitarium, but his principals did share in such

profits. We condemn the practice of trmtees being l.n any

manner interested in bids, but in justice to Mr. Joseph we

have doubts that he intended any legal wrong. In justice

to all the trustees, with the exception in our reports made,

we .find that they have generally managed the affairs of the

Sanitarium with ability and in business-like manner.

We adhere t~ our recommendation that legislation be

had to limit the discretion of trustees and officials of the

:State Sanitarium as in our original report suggested.

Respectfully submitted.

J. \\'. H. UNDERWOOD,
Chairman Senate. WM. RAWLIXGS.

F. W. CoPELAND,
Chairman on Part of the House Committee. J. T. NEWTON, J. B. PAHK, JR

.TRANSCRIPT OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY SUBMITTED BEFORE JOINT SPECIAL SANITARIUM COMMI'l"l'EE, MAY 2, 1899.
DR. E. E. DIXON. In January, 1898, this Board of Trustees was organized for two yea'rs. They saw fit to elect me president of the board, and Mr. T. ,T. Carling was elected vice-president. My first duty as president, was to divide the board up into committees so that every department would have its proper head, and be directly overlooked by some of the trustees. In appointing these committees, my object was to get the~ best results for the good of the institution. When the ex~ . ecutive committee was first appointed Mr. Joseph was not -on it. He, being the local member, felt that he should

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have been appointed on this committee, and not long afterthe meeting of the board, wrote to me about the matter. I wrote to brother Joseph that my sole object was to helpthe trustees to do the best work. \Vhen I was first appointed on this board of trustees, being a new member, I did not get into the workings of the institution. I had heard that there were some of the trustees who were taking some personal interest in the selling of goods to the institution; in fact, had been receiving some commissions, but that they did not regard it as wrong. They claimed that the State did not lose any money by the transactions, and they did not do anything wrong. I wrote brother Joseph that, if, when we met to get up the rules and by-laws governing the institution, he wc.uld introduce the following resolution (see page 4, section 7) : "No trustee or any of the officers created by them, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or sale of any supplies to the institution," that I would appoint him on the executive committee.
l\Iy object was to get so we could get at the business of the institution. These committees meet every thirty days, and my object was to put those members on these committees that lived nearest the institution. I added brother Joseph's name to that committee. You will see the duties of all committees embodied in the by-laws and regulations. Appointing Mr. Joseph on that committee did not please some of our brethren. I would not do anything for the purpose of displeasing any of our trustees. \Ve found that prior to that time the board of trustees elected one of theirnumber private secretary. Mr. Jones was the secretary of the institution, at $100.00 per month, and I did not see that the board needed a private secretary. Some of the board seemed to think the meetings ought to be private, but I said, so far as I was concerned, I did not regard this as a masonic lodge, and I was willing for eYeryone to know what

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we did, and when we came to elect a private secretary, the board elected Mr. Jones, and he has been acting as secretary since. The board met four times a year, and it was a question in my mind whether the Board had the right to .give one of their number a position as secretary.
The law provides that the superintendent shall receive $2,500 a year. I consulted with the Attorney-General, and we could find no law and no statute giving the superintend .ent the right to more than $2,500, but the board of trus tees added emoluments until he now receives board and maintenance, horses, carriages, etc. In calling your attention to the superintendent, there is nothing personal toward Dr. Powell in it, but I refer to the office, and it is your duty, gentlemen, to arrive at the inside workings of this institution, and find out what this board of trustees is doing. I think you will find that the board of trustees have done their best to take care of these buildings, and monies, and fnnds, and my impression is, that you will find that we have saved the State money.
vVe found that they were paying a treasurer $900.00. 1
.felt this was too much, and the sentiment grew on the board, and at our last election we elected another man treasurer. "\Ye fixed the salary first at $300.00, and then elected the man. The question was raised whether it wa.'l necessary to deposit the funds of the institution j.,. a State Depository, but it was finally decided that this would not be necessary, as the treasurer was under bond, and we could hold his bondsmen responsible. The treasurer's bond was formerly $20,000, but our appropriations have been increasing every year until we found it necessary to increase his bond to $40,000. The bonds of both the steward and treasurer arc now in the Governor's hands, and the secretary has his receipt for them. We found that the old ~manner of doing business was very satisfactory to a num

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her of the trustees, but we saw proper to make some change. Under the old management, the steward, together with the -chairman of the prudential committee and the superintendent, constituted the purchasing committee of the institution. The chairman of the committee being frequently absent, and the superintendent being a very busy man, it was called to my attention that he was not always with the -committee.
The old order was that the steward was the sole purchasing agent of the institution. My opinion is, that the new management has saved the State some money.
Q. When were you appointed on the board? A. Governor Atkinson appointed me on the board. This is my fourth year. This change in the steward being the purchasing agent was made while I was president of the board. Supplies are purchased for the institution under competitive bids four times a year. Mr. Carling, chairman of the 1:lxecutive committee, can tell you the manner in which it is done.
Mr. Carling: The competitive bids are advertised for in the Atlanta, :Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus and :Milledgeville papers, once in each of the papers, b1It the t1dvertisements do not all appear on the same date. The -advertisement states that bids will be received on such !I -date for supplies, and that specifications can be had by applying to the steward. The steward is instructed also to send a list to every firm ever making a bid.
Dr. Dixon: Since the legislative committee came down here to investigate matters, I have asked this board of trustees as a board, and I have asked the committees as committees, "Gentlemen, do you believe there has been any purpose or intent to perpetrate any fraud on the State?" and they have answered no in every instance.

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I take this position, gentlemen: If a member of this: board of trustees, or any member, had knowledge of anything wrong, it was their duty to bring this matter to my attention, that we might take proper action. I am sure, gentlemen, that I do not know of anything wrong that has. been done.
I found under the. old rule that the superintendent fixed the salaries of the subordinates. You will find a list of 350 to 400 subordinates who are employed by the superintenuent, and the fixing of all their salaries, something like $65,000, was left with the superintendent, and I thought it was unjust to the superintendent to put this responsibility on him, and I thought proper in fixing these salaries that this duty be placed on the executive committee; that they, in connection with the superintendent fix the salaries.
Now, gentlemen, I call your attention to another matter here. The trustees in former years had been paying the dummy line for the delivery of freight to the institution. When the contract expired last spring the dummy line asked for an increase to $4,000. This board of trustees refused to make a contract at this figure, and decided that rather than do so they would purchase additional wagons and mules and do their own hauling. \Ve entered into communication with the Central Railroad authorities, and endeavored to get them to run a spur track from their main track near Midway up to the asylum. They did this, and all they asked of us was simply the right of way. The road now is completed, and has resulted in the saving to the State of Georgia of $3,000 per annum.
In the matter of wagons, our Mr. Hunt, with lt{r. Carling, bought the wagons. Mr. Adams asked me if wecould not buy them in Milledgeville cheaper than in Macon. I told him that I could not say. Brother Adams then asked, "tell the members of this committee about the reso-

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lution your board passed taking the purchasing power out ' of the hands of the steward and putting it into the hands of Mr. Joseph." I told him that I did not know of any such action being taken. The secretary was requested to read the minutes of the board of trustees, and in the minutes of the executive committee, we found this resolution:
"That in all matters of purchase during the interim of the executive committe meetings, which are necessary and urgent, shall be referred by the steward to trustee Joseph for direction and purchase."
That committee stated that the intent of this resolution was this : That anything necessary to be purchased in the interim between the meetings of the exeeutiYe committe, the steward should confer with trustee Joseph as to the necessity and urgency of the purchase of such articles, and if, he, trustee Joseph, thought the purchase of such articles essential before the next meeting of the executive committee, that the steward have the authority to make such purchase.
I would like for you gentlemen to remember this. At the last election of officers the board of trustees saw proper to make two changes in the officers. The former steward, for sufficient cause, the board of trustees saw proper to elect another man in his place. When :Mr. Troutman was elected steward, Mr. Lamar seemed to take great o:ffenS at the board of trustees. Before the election of officers we fixed the salaries of the different offices. When we went down to dinner I was a little late in getting to the table. While I was eating I called Mr. Carling in, and asked him when the change should take place, and we decided that the new steward should go into office on the 31st of December. Mr. Lamar came rushing into the dinigroom, and stated that he was ready to turn over his books at once. I replied, "Mr. Lamar, the board of trustees have
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decided to have you- turn over your books, etc., on the 31st inst. He stated that he was ready to turn them over at once, and wished to be relieved of the office. I received a letter from the. new steward after he was installed in the office, stating that Mr. Lamar refused to give him any information as to the matters of the office, as it had taken him thirteen years to learn the routine duties of the office, and he did not propose to give any man the benefit of his knowledge.
Q. Are those officers elected annually 1 A. Some are elected annually, and the medical staff are .elected every two years. Q. Why was },f:r. Lamar discharged? A. Sometimes, Mr. Copeland, you can see things and feel things without specific details. I went down to Atlanta during the last session of the legislature, and I found the steward up there, and I went to him and asked him if there were any matters of interest relative to the institution, and he told me there was not. I being president of the board of trustees, felt that he ought to consult me in any matters pertaining to the institution. Q. There is nothing in the rules where a board of trU!J tees is required to keep a man; they can remove him with.out cause? A. Yes, sir. Q. You can make any change any time an officer's term .expires? A. Yes, sir. Q. About what has been the per cent. of increase of the patients in the institution per year 1 A. About 175. Q. Is there any method whereby we can arrive at the harmless and incurable cases~ A. The line of demarcation is very slight, and it would

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be difficult to state who were absolutely harmless and incurable.
Q. Jlas the board ever considered the question under the statutes of the State of discharging the- harmless, incurable ones?
A. This present board has not. The statute authorizes the superintendent to send back to the different counties the harmless incurable cases.
Dr. Eugene Foster: I think there was about 125 returned to the different counties sometime ago when we became so crowded. While the law speaks of harmless incurable, it always seems to a medical man to be an anomalous expression. Any one of them is liable to become violent or dangerous at any time. There is no such thing as harmless incurable unless in the matter of absolute idiocy. I hope the board will discuss this matter at some length, for I think the great State of Georgia ought to provide for the idiots as well as the lunatics.
Mr. Copeland: In my county it is being discussed, and it is thought, that owing to the hard times that we are passing through the ordinary and parties are being too hasty in sending patients to the asylum.
Dr. Dixon: In the specific matter of }.fr. Joseph having grown rich in the sale of goods to the institution, it was considered by this board that no member should be interested in sales made to the institution, and in making profits or gains therefrom. My attention was called by the chairman of the executive committee to a bill of goods sold &y Mr. Joseph to the institution last year after that rule had been adopted. Mr. Joseph had failed in business, and offered some shoes, etc., cheaper than they could be bought in open market.
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dollars. Dr. Foster called my attention to it, and I told him that I knew nothing of it, and we went down stairs together to see the steward, and he stated that :Mr. Joseph purchased thegoods, and sent them out here to the institution. :llir. Joseph came in about that time, and I spoke to him about the matter, and he said: ":Mr. Lamar, did you not buy these goods?" J\fr. Lamar said: "I bought them as they were reasonable." I then told Mr. Joseph that this \vas contrary to the rules of the institution, and while we would let this matter go by, if he made any more bills we would not pay for them. J\Ir. Joseph then got a little angry, and said, "I cannot see the difference in selling merchandise and in selling professional services," and I told him that he was correct.
Dr. Foster: I would like to state that immediately when I called :Mr. Carling's attention to the matter he said it was against the rules of the institution, and would not be allowed. :Mr. Lamar stated that Mr. Joseph called his attention to the matter and said, "I have got this lot of goods which I propose to sell very cheap," and that he looked oYer them and found the lot very cheap.
Jfr. Carling: Everything that Dr. Foster has stated is correct. The purchase was made during the interim between the meetings of the committee.
Mr. Underwood: To whom did Mr. Joseph refer, when he talked about professional bills and services?
A. Col. Hunt. He had prosecuted a negro here for selling liquor to an inmatB. He had also been employed by the superintendent to prosecute a negro for furnishing Osborne with the pistol with which he attempted to kill the superintendent. He was also employed to draw a bond or deed for the board of trustees.
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my attention was called to. That was a bill of Fried & Co., 1.facon, Ga. I have a statement from ex-Senator Roberts that he has affidavit from Fried & Co., stating that !fr. Joseph did not get one cent commission.
Dr. Gaulden: I only want to say that there seems to be a good deal of dissatisfaction on the part of the minority of the board, and the charge has been made that there was a caucus held in :Macon, and everything fixed before coming over. I know of no such caucus. I did meet Dr. Dixon and Dr. Mallory on the train coming here. I had met Dr. Dixon before, and happened to recollect him, and we had a very pleasant chat. So far as the organization is concerned I had no knmdedge. I had no personal feeling in the matter -no friends to reward or enemies to punish. I proposed to look out for the maintenance of this institution \Vith the least poesiblG cost to the State.
So far as Mr. Lamar was concerned, I did not feel that he was in touch \vith the majority of the board of trustees in the management of the institution.. I felt that he was disgruntled at the withdrawal of the purchasing power from his hands. If yolt will make an examination of the books of the institution you will see that thousands and thousands of dollars were expended by him on open account. Certain parties claim to be highly in favor of retaining this gentleman as steward of this institution, but I felt that in going to the legislature and trying to get a committee appointed, he was trying to bias the minds of this committee against the directors. I felt that it was a matter of insubordination. I suggested the present steward, and he was elected.
Q. How long have you been on the board~ A. Two years, in December. Dr. Mallory: I have nothing to say. I came down at the request of the president of the board to meet the com-

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mittee, and I am glad to have met you. I will state to the committee, that I am ready to answer any questions that they might ask.
Mr. Copeland: We have had a little caucus ourselves, and have outlined our manner of investigation. It may be that we will never have to call on you gentlemen again. If we think it necessary to call on you we will notify you. If we want your testimony on any matter we will let you know. The presumption is that nothing will develop that will necessitate our calling upon you.
J.lfr. Underwood: I want to state that no man will be condemned unheard.
.Mr. Parks: How often do the committees meet? A. The executive committee, with the auditing committee, meets on the 20th of each month. Dr. Eugene Foster: I will state, gentlemen, that I am the oldest member of the board of trustees, having served as a member for ten years, representing a membership on five boards of trustees. I want to say this: that the board of trustees has always acted as a board for the very best. interests of the State and the institution it represented. At the first meeting of the newly createrl. board of ten members, committees were formed, and their duties were just what they are now with the exception of the executive committee. Under the old policy every member was a committee of one to go into any department he might think proper. Something has been said by the president about the secretaryship. It was always a star-chamber board up to Jannary, 1898. I served the board as secretary for two years, freely. l'he work was arduous and I tendered my resignation, not feeling that it was right for one member of the board to do all the work. The board then fixed a salary of $300.00 a year, offered me the place, and urged me to take it. The matter was referred to the Governor and At-

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torney-General of the State as to whether it could be legally done. I have the correspondence at home on the subject in which they state it was perfectly legal. It wM not $75.00 a month, however. I also acted as secretary to the prudential committee, and that brought me here every month; often when I would not have come otherwise. Since that time Mr. Joseph has been acting as secretary, except at the quarterly meetings, by what authority, I do not know, the secretary simply recording the minutes on the book of minutes.
K ow about the rules, gentlemen: This board has always been governed by rules. If you will read those rules, and compare them with these you will find that the best rules ever made were made by previous boards of trustees. These rules-nearly every one of them-were developed after long experience of some of the wisest and ablest men of the State. Under the new rules the executive committee makes the purchases for the institution. There has been some disagreement, but certainly no friction about the matter. I thought the old way of purchasing was best; other members disagreed with me, and I bow to their judgment.
Now the question of the superintendent's salary. I want to say that the matter was brought up a long time ago by an old member of the board, my impression is, by Dr. Hopkins, of Thomasville. He gets $2,500, and can get no more, as it is made by special appropriation of the legislature. We gave him table expenses and services of ser-
vants. There was always a carriage used by the superintendent,
but not for him exclusively. If you will go back you will find that Dr. Green was superintendent when there was not one-fifth the number of patients that Dr. Powell has in charge. He got the'same sal-ary, and they allowed him $2,000 as perquisites, and that has continued, because the board felt the inadequacy of the salary.

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I do not think this board is entitled tv any credit for any saving over any other board of trustees. They have all done their duty. You will find by reference to page 109 of the report of 1898, that six times out of nine the previoul'! boards maintained the institution at less cost per capita per diem than the present board. As to whether this year will show a saving, I do not know.
Yon will find that in 1890 the per capita per diem waa 31 42J100; in 1891, it was 32 8J100; in 1892, 32 33[100; in 1893, 31 95[100; in 1894, 32 42[100; in 1895, 32; in 1896, 32 52[100; in 1897, 33 11[100; and in 1898, 32 46[100.
1l1r. Parks: That per capita each year includes the whole expenditure of the institution, including officers' salaries, etc. ?
A. Yes, sir. Q. How does that compare with the cost of other institutions of like character? A. I hme not the book, but can get it for you, but it sho"s that this was the cheapest maintained institution of this character in America; I think you can say the whole world. we have absolutely no pay patients. A millionaire can ~end his wife or daughter, and she must be received here, and her support comes out of the State funds. I will state that relatiYes of patients are allowed to deposit funds with the steward to be expended for their individual benefit, with which extras are furnished them, and this private deposit account is sacredly kept by the steward of this institution. I do not know what was said before the examining committee; I was not present, but I saw in the Constitution where a statement was made by one member of the board of trustees who received commissions on supplies. I do not know anything about it, and the statement was further credited to :Mr. Joseph in the Constitution. The article

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further stated that Mr. Joseph said that the board knew what he was doing. If those statements were made, gentlemen; if he stated that he accepted a commission, I am perfectly satisfied that the matter was wholly unknown to any other member of the board of trustees. If it was done it was an abuse of confidence, and if it is found out it should be published to the world, and if any member is guilty of it it should be known. My character is all that I have. I have practiced medicine for twenty-seven years. I have aways believed t~at the legislature had no desire to do anything but what is right and proper. I felt considerably mortified about the thing, and did write to the chairman of the Senate and House committees, and called their attention to the fact that this committee was to report to the next session of the General Assembly. I \Vrote the letter deliberately, and would write it again under similar circumstances. I am equally certain that Mr. Carling knew nothing about it, and I am equally satisfied that :Mr. Hunt knew nothing of it.
.Mr. Parks: The executive committee, under the present rules and regulations are the purchasing agents of the institution?
Dr. Foster: Yes, sir. I believe that it takes long years of training and thorough knowledge of the value of' the different articles to qualify a man for the position of purchasing agent of this institution. I believe that the proper person would be Mr. Carling to represent the board of trustees, and think he ought to be paid a salary to do the work. In my judgment, that would be the proper way to do the purchasing, assisted of course, by the steward and superintendent. Mr. Carling very wisely made this suggestion, that we have money enough to run a store-house, and that ''"e could carry stock enough to run us from one quarter to another without the necessity of buying things in the interim.

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When I called Mr. Carling's attention to the rule previously referred to, he stated to me that the construction of the rule was not what had been put upon it. The unfortunate part of that rule was, that it was in Mr. Joseph's handwriting, and I think 1-Ir. Joseph honestly put it there, but it was in words that did not convey the meaning of the executive committee.
Mr. Joseph: In regard to the rule which was adopted by the executive committee, and which I reduced to witing, my understanding was just as it was given by Mr. Carling and Dr. Foster. Nfr. Lamar came to town the followin~ day, or the day after, with a list of articles that he wished to buy. He came to me, and I told him that I did not want him to come to me; that when he wanted anything to buy it, and I would approve it. The construction placed by me upon that resolution was exactly the same as that placed by the other members of the committee, and I declined to act upon the construction the steward put upon it.
In reference to the publication in the newspaper, I de dined to enter into a newspaper war with my distinguished friend, Mr. Adams. The committee charged me with having receiYed compensation other than my salary as trustee. I think, M1. Bass, of Habersham, I think, that I was not the only one who received fees other than salary. Thel'e are other members of the committees who have received other monies than their salaries. I made no reflection upon anyone. I am a merchant, in the legitimate pursuit of selling goods. I never did a thing without first consulting some member of the board. I claim that I had a perfect right as a tax-payer and citizen of Georgia to sell goods t:> the State. I asked Col. Hunt, he being a lawyer, "If I succeed in furnishing samples and selling goods cheaper to the institution, do you think there is anything wrong in it?'' He said, no, he did not. I went to the Governor of the

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State, and asked if there was any impropriety in my selling goods to the State. He stated that he did not think there was. I do not think that I was fairly treated by the former committee. I asked to appear before them, and asked tho privilege of asking one question, and that was, "Mr. Steward, why did you buy these articles of merchandise 1" I think his reply was, "Because they were better."
In reference to that purchase, when we were closing ou~ a. lot of summer goods at far less than cost, I told Mr. FowlPr to lay out these items, and if I see Mr. Lamar I will call his attention to them. \Ve laid the goods out on the floor, and figured them down as low as we possibly could. Mr. Lamar came in, and I told him that I thought this was a lot of goods the asylum ought to buy, as I thought they could use them. He said he would let me know; that he would. submit them to Mrs. Darnell, the :Matron. The next morning I received a telephone message to send out the goods. I think :Mr. Lamar was called in by the executive committf'e to verify my statement, and I think that was substantially his reply.
Dr. Foster: The board did not ratify that statement. As the purchm;e had been made we let the matter pass, bu1, we notified :Mr. Joseph that it must not happen again.
.Mr. Copeland: Don't you think such a thing is liable to occur at any time transacting such a large amount of business 1
Dr. Foster: I think it was a deliberate violation of the rules of the institution.
llfr. Hunt: I have been a member of the board for about eight years. :For several years I acted as chairman of the prudential committee. Some five years ago M1~. Joseph was appointed on the board of trustees. Soon aftercoming on the board Mr. Joseph put in two or three bid-:', and they were paS&ed upon, and I suggested to him after-

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wards that I did not think it looked exactly right for a tru!ltee to bid in his own name, whereupon he stopped putting in bids.
I have received fees, and they have been audited by the trustees. At one time Dr. Powell wrote me to come over and assist the county solicitor in the prosecution of two negroes, and stated that if the State did not pay my fee h.:: would himself. I came, prosecuted the negroes, convicted them, and the State paid my fee. I have frequently drawn deeds or contracts, and they paid me for it. I do not understand that my duties require me to quit my business and do ,,ork for the State, and that I should not he paid for ir. That is the Yiew the trm:tees have taken of it prior to the last two years.
Mr. Copeland: I hflYe heard this statement of this purehaee in Yiolation of a rule, and heard the explanation of [t, qnd if I correct!~ understand what you gentleUlcn undel"stand, if ;;:cems to be a waste of our time to investigate it, :mel I want to know if I correctly understand it. I under stand you gentlemen to state that in that the State lost noth ing, lmt is the gainer by it?
Dr. Foster: ~Ir. Lamar stated that there was nothing lost to the imtitntion by the sale of goods referred to.
Jfr. Cmling: The ste\\ard stated that he bought them because they were cheaper, and that the State gained by them. I \vill state now emphatically that I know of no man making one cent out of the institution contrary to those mle;;: except that one bid, and that was done without the knowledge of the other members of the committee.
I "ent before some of the committee in Atlanta, an1l asked to be heard. :My reason was that I felt a little outraged at the article in the paper like Dr. Foster. I went before them, and stated that I knew nothing of anybody selling anything to this institution except that one bill of

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goods, which was purchased during the interim between the meetings of the committee. \Ye went right to work, and investigated the matter, and I told Mr. Joseph then that it was a direct violation of the rules. I was asked by Mr. Adams if I had not purchased some wagons in }\;[aeon at $75.00 each, when they could have been purchased in Milledgeville cheaper. I replied; "No, sir, but Col. Hunt did, and I was present, and assume my part of the responsibility." I do not know why they did not ask about th6 mules. \Ye paid for one pair of mules $185.00; for the other two pair of mules, I think, $480.00. I do not know anything about a mule, but Col. Hunt went there as judg!'l of mules and wagons both. I do know something abom 'vagons, but one of the board of trustees, Dr. Gaulden, sai_; he had been told by a wagon man that he would not duplicate the wagons for the price. As to the purchases, Dr. Foster stated that he did not agree with the way purchases are made. I do think in all candor that seven men can d)better in selecting out samples and passing on bids than any one man. I introduced a resolution, and if I am not mistaken, Dr. Foster requested me to withdraw it, that no item to the amount of $5.00 be purchased except by competitive bids. 1fy idea is that a public official has the eyes of everybody upon him, and he ought to have everything very straight. The bids are all opened together and then we go through the samples. Some of the things we do not understand. No one man can go in and tell the different qualities of calico, jeans, and groceries, and other articb> purchased by the institution, but as a whole I think thecommittee makes a pretty good combination, and it takes the responsibility off of one man. If there has been any sale of any supplies made to this institution since I havebeen a member of the board I know nothing of it, excepG this one bill, and that was before there was an investigation,.

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and before we expected any investigation. I stated it must be stopped, and if there was any more of it it would not be paid for:. When Mr. Hunt was directed-to go to Macon to purchase mules, wagons, etc., the executive committee recommended that he be paid $25.00 in that transaction, and I thought it a very reasonable charge. I would not have wasted that amount of time to do it, and I do not think Col. Hunt would have done so under other circumstance!3 for that amount.
Dr. F.oster: I would suggest that this committee tak~ into consideration the advisability of recommending that an addition in compensation be made to those coming here -every month. They have the management of everything, and they ought to receive double the compensation of the other members of the board. As to the auditing committee, I think he ought to be paid for the work out of th~ State Treasury, but I do not see the necessity of paying three men to do the clerical work which one man can attend to. It was the policy of the old board that the prudential committee receive $10.00 a day, not for the time that each trustee served, but this wholly extraneous service. The full board makes the plans of the business, arid this committee executes the work. The matter was brought to the attention of the Governor, and he stated. that there was probably a great deal of merit in the question, but it would require legislative action. I do believe that the executiv~ committee ought to stay here two days every month, for this reason, that while we have a capital corps of officers there are many things that ought to be looked after.
Dr. Dixon: I the committee will not need the mem hers of the board of trustees some of them would like to be -excused.
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that we may take, but if we wish any of them we will seucl for them.
Board adjourned. Mr. T. J. Carling appeared before committee. Being sworn testified as follows: ~""tf r. Copeland:
(J. What official position do you hold relative to the
Georgia State Sanitarium? A. I am vice-president of the board of trustees, chair-
man of the executive committee, and also a member of tha auditing committee.
Q. How long have you been a member of the board of trustees?
A. Since J ariuary, 1898. Q. Do you remember the appropriation by the legislature for the year 1898 ~ A. It was $290,000. Q. Do you remember the ~ppropriation for the year
1~!)7?
A. It was $280,000. Q. As an officer of this institution can you inform the committee the most convenient way of getting at the vouchers showing the expenditure of the two sums of money you have just named? A. No, sir. I could not tell for this reason. The bills and vouchers are in the custody of the steward. Monthly lu'\ Rnhmits them to the auditing committee for their approval, and I do not know what becomes of them after that. Q. Who was steward during the year 1897 'd A. I understand that Mr. I,. J. Lamar was steward. Q. Who was his successor? A. Mr. C. H. Troutman. Q. When did Mr. Troutman succeed Mr. Lamad A. On December 31st, 1898.

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Q. L nder the rules would not the vouchers, books, etc., of :Mr. Lamar be turned over to :Mr. Troutman?
A. They were ordered to be turned over to hi~. Q. Can you inform us where we could find the books and vouchers that I have inquired about~ A. I could not say positively, but I think you can in the steward's office. Q. \Vho would be the proper person or officer about the institution for us to call on :for those books and vouchers? A. ~Ir. Troutman, the ste>vard. Q. \Vhere does he reside? A. I think he resides here at the institution. Q. Have you made any purchases or assisted in making any purchases for the institution since you ha;re been a trustee? A. Yes. I have assisted in making the great majority of the purchases. Q. Can you give us the names and post-offices of persons from whom purchases were 1nade by you, or purchases in which you assisted in making? A. I could give you the names of a great many. I could give you the names of all of them. \Vhen I said the majority of purchases I 'vaut you to understand I meant bj competitive bids.
Q. Please give the names and post-offices of persons from
. whom you have made or aided in making purch-ases for the
institution.
A. I will say this: that at every letting of the contract every three months since I have been a member o_f th<> board of trustees I have attended and presided at the letting of all those contracts, and the contract book, which is kept by the secretary, will show the names and post-offices of the success:t"ul bidders.

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Q. Will that book give the names and post-offices of persons from whom purchases were made?
A. Y!'ls; sir. Mr. Undmwood:
Q. Can you give the committee a statement of why Mr. Lamar was discharged? Was there any charges preferred against him?
A. I know of no charges ever being made against Mr. Lamar. I do not know that he was discharged.
Q. I did not mean to say that. Permit me to ask you a. few questions.
Q. Was there any complaint as to his efficiency as an officer?
A. No, sir. Q. What was the complaint against him, if any? A. The ollJy complaint that I know of, and that was not made as a charge against him, was that he criticised very much the actions of the board of trustees in every waythe change in business, and then there was considerabl-3 friction between him and the storekeeper. I went to Dr. Powell myself, and told him that I thought he ought to look on every'body here as his own family; that he ought to be the father to them all, and stop these little difference~, and he told me that he would do it, and I think he did do it, and got Mr. Hunter and Mr. Lamar on friendly term;;, but there seemed to be considerable clash between the storekeeper and the steward. There was a good deal of undercurrent going around that the steward was saying that the board of trustees.did not know what they were about. But as to my direct charges there were no direct charges that I know of. Q. Did he have any intimation that he would be flisplaced? A. I think he did.
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Q. What evidence have you that he knew that? -~ A letter that 1 received on September 28th, as follows:

"Mr. T. J. Carling, City.
"My Dear Sir:-I you can consistently give me any information in reference to the enclosed inquiry, will appreciate it and regard it as strictly confidential.
Very truly yours, H. HORNE."

"Mr. H. Horne, Macon, Ga.

"Sept. 26th, 1898.

"My Dear Brother:-It is rumored over here that there

are to be some changes in the officers of the asylum, and that llr. T. J. Carling knows something about it. Now

if you can, I would like for you to talk with him in an indi-

rect way, and fu1d out what you C<m just what officers are

iikely to be changed. I understand that you and Mr. Carl-

ing are good friends; so perhaps you can accomplish what I want. Of course whatever yon learn will be treated con

fidentially by me. The steward is one o my most intimate

friends, and I am Yery an..'l:ious about him, and if his fences

are down I want to see that they are put in shape so that he

may work on the trustees. Let me hear as soon as you can.

Your brother, JULIUS HORNE."

This i~ my reason for believing that he had some intimation o a change. At this time I did not know there was any contemplation of a change while I knew there was some ieeling against his actions. Ou the 20th of December, when the election was to take place on the 21st, Dr. Gaulden introduced me to Mr. Troutman, in :Macon, and stated that he was an excellent man, a good boc,kkeeper, and that he

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wanted my vote for steward. On the 21st the election took place and Mr. Troutman was elected.
Q. In your statement this morning you said that that one bid of Joseph's of two hundred and some odd dollars was the only instance that you knew of. Now you do nr>t know but what he may have accepted commissions from other parties ?
A. I know nothing of it. I I knew it I would have brought it to the attention of the board of trustees and condemned it.
Q. The only charge brought against any member of the board was that brought against :Mr. Joseph?
A. Yes, sir. Q. Have you any knowledge of where Mr. Joseph reeei\ed either directly or indirectly commissions on sale; made to the institmion? A. Not 3Xcept in previous years before I was conneC'ted with the mstitutivn. The object of this rule was more especially to shnt him off. He had promised Dr. Dixon that ~f he would put him on that eommittee that he would introduce that resolution, but he did not introduce it; I introduced it, and it was as follows:
"Ko trustee or any of the officers created by them, shaH
be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or sale of any supplies to the institution."
There were some employees who sold, and sold after th!': rule was put in force. Sometime after the rule was formnlatccl, ~fr. Lamar called my attention to the fact that he ciid not understand until a few days previous that thifl debarred him from buying milk from the officers or employees, and he h2d been buying milk from the a~:oistant steward, and I stated, "Now, Mr. I.amar, Mr. Hollinshead has these cows oYer at his house, and it would be hard to

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cut him off. Let him go on until the 1st o the month, and let him dispose of his cows or make other arrangements.
Q. Since the rule was adopted, in May, 1898, the only instance that you have that l\Ir. Joseph sold anything tvthe State was that one instance?
A. Yes, that one instance. Q. In awarding contracts you have sealed bids? A. Yes. Q. And you award them to the lowest bidder? A. Not always. V\'"e get the best goods or the least money. The lowest and best bidder. I want to call your attention to another act. In one instance there was <:< sugar contract awarded; a bid rom a New Orleans hou~e was 5.74, that was a Louisiana concern, and the bid o a Georgia concern was 5.75. It amounted to $1.16 on the16)000 lbs. of sugar. We awarded the contract to tht:l Georgia man, as under the circumstances we considered him the best bidder he being a tax-payer. Q. In the purchase o dry goods have you a merchant who passes upon the quality o the samples offered with the bids? A. No, sir. We all examine the bids. The storekeeperr the steward, Col. Hunt, l\fr. Joseph, Dr. Foster and myself. We have no particular one to pass on the quality. Q. You spoke awhile ago o the purchase o some mules-
and wagons. was that under a competitive bid 1
A. No, sir. When they decided not to pay the dummr line $4,000 a year, which was asked to carry the freight, the board passed a resolution appointing a committee of three to purchase wagons, mules, and harness. That c01u mittee was composed o Col. Hunt, Mr. Joseph, and myself, appointed in full board meeting. Mr. Joseph did not cometo Macon to see about the purchase of mules, and there waf; no one present save l\fr. Hunt and myself. We went to-

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different wagon dealers and different stock dealers. and purchased from the lowest and best bidder.
Q. You confined your3elves in that to the city of :Macon. A. Yes. That was the resolution. Q. How many wagons did you purchase? .A. Three two-horse wagons. Q. what make of wagons? A. The manufacturer, "\V. H. Schatzman, a resident of :Macon. Q. What was the price paid for them? A. $75.00 each. Q. How many mules? A. Six. Q. What did you pay for the six mules? A. One pair of mules cost, I think, $175.00 or $180.00. The other two pair were bought from a different man at $460.00 or $470.00. Q. "\Vhen was this purchase made? A. Sometime in :March, 1898, I think. Q. Do you know within the last two years, or since January, 1897, of any other purchases having been made for the institution not under competitive bids? A. Yes, quite a number. The books will show. It is r. matter of record. That was one great complaint that I had with Mr. Lamar. I thought everything should be purchased by competitive bids. The books show all the pmchases, and show whether it is under private purchase or competitive bidding. The reason I cannot enumerate them I find when I come over on the 20th of the month quite a number of bids. We have money enough to our credit, and a storehome to keep the goods in, and we might just as well have the goods in the storehouse as the money in the bank, and then we would get the benefit of this competition. Q. Who were the six mules purchased from?

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A. Four :from vVaterman & Co., and two :from Hick~
& Co. Q. Have there been any mules purchased this year?
A. Yes. :Mules were purchased last week; two, I be
lieve, was the number. Q. vVho purchased those mules? A. Colonel Hunt purchased them. We get recommen
dations at the ~oard meetings and executive committee meeting;; :from the superintendent as to what is necessary :for the institution, and we aek his reasons why it is necessary to get this thing or that thing. He recommended the pur chase o:f another pair o:f mules because we are working ou the avenue, and he wanted a pair o:f mules :for the :farm, so he could take some o:f the mules :from the :farm to put on the road work. This was referred to Colonel Hunt, and he purchased them :from a gentleman right at the :front door.
Q. Since you have been on the board and as chairman o:f the executive committee have you known o:f anything oeing purchased by any o:f the officers that was not necessary?
A. No, sir. Q. Do you know o:f any instance where an unreasonable price wa:=; paid :for anything by any officer o:f the institution? A. No, sir. J.lfr. C. H. Troutman, Steward Georgia State Sanitarium~ appeared before the committee, and being sworn stated as follows: Q. vVhat official relation, i:f any, do you bear to this instih!tion? A. I am steward. Q. How long have you held that position? A. Since January 1, 1899. Q. You succeeded Mr. Lamar?

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A. Yes, Mr. L. J. Lamar. Q. Did he turn over to you the books, and vouchers, and other papers and records o his official conduct and administration? A. X o, sir. He only turned over to me a receipt or the money he had deposited in the bank or patients' fund aud petty cash. I gave him my receipt or the money on ds posit. The books, etc., I suppose, are in the office, but he tlid not show them to me, or make any explanation o them. Q. In your opinion are the vouchers and books o his administration in your office? A. I think they are. I have never examined them all. 0 course I had to examine his books, but so far as the vouchers are concerned, I have never examined them. Mr. Lamar turned the office over to me in a very few minute'l. He stated that he had a very sick brother in Milledgeville. and wanted to get back to him, and did not take long to turn things over. Q. In what office at the Georgia State Sanatar_ium are the records showing the expenditures o the institution? A. They are in the steward's office, I think. They ought to be there. They are there rom the 1st o January, and there is a gener11l statement filed in the superintendent':3 office. Q. Can you furnish to this committee books, voucher;;, stubs, checks, and other evidence showing all the expendi~ tures for the years 1897 and 1898? A. I do not know whether I can or not. They may be in my office, and they may be stored away upstairs. The witness, Troutman, having stated to the committee that he was not familiar with the administration o his office prior to December, 1898, further examination of this witness was discontinued or the purpose o examining the former steward, Lamar, to secure the information originally sought from Mr. Troutman.

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.ilfr. George Adams, Eatonton, Ga., appeared before Committee and being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. You notified some members of the committee that you were in possession or had knowledge of some facts relative to the former conduct of the Georgia State Sanitarmm. You w-ill please proceed in your own words, and state any facts relative to the matter of which you have knowledge.
A. I am here because I was chairman of the sub-committee of the joint Senate and House Committee that visited this institution last December, I think it was, of which subcommittees were appointed to inquire into each department. I was made chairman of the sub-committee to examine the steward's department, which includes the purchase of supplies. I had understood that my presence would be desired before the committee, and as this was a convenient time of the week for me to come, and as I was apprehensive that I could not come later during the week, I came down at this time.
It might be well for me to state to the committee that most of what I have to say will be in writing, in order that it may be more correct.
(Following is transcript of written statement made by witnes..c;;, George Adams, to Special Investigating Committee, and read by him to them :)
During the last session of the legislature, the joint House and Senate Committee on the State Sanitarium, visited the Sanitarium for the purpose of inspecting and reporting on it. Sub-committees were appointed, and I had the honor to be made chairman of the sub-committee to examine into and report on the steward's department. This sub-committee found some irregularities on the part of one of the trustees, Mr. A. Joseph, and it so reported. The substance of its report may be found in the report of the joint com-

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mittee to the General Assembly, beginning on page 369 of the House journal, and page 748 of the Senate journal for the session of 1898, but that report. does not go into detail, and for the information and convenience of the present special committee of investigation, and in justice to the said sub-committee, I will give a statement of the facts upon which it was based, so far as the steward's department was concerned.
By reference to the Code of 1895, the committee found that section 3010 said: "Without the express consent of the principal, after a full knowledge of all the facts, an agent employed to sell cannot be himself the buyer, and an agent to buy cannot be himself the seller." The committee took the position that this applied to all persons and officers whose duties were of a fiduciary character. It therefore applied to the trustees of the Sanitarium, and the committee proceeded to inquire whether or not it had been violated by thm, or any one of them. I found that it had been violated by trustee Joseph, both directly and indirectly. In part substantiation of this, I ask your consideration of the following items and facts as brought out before the committee, said items and facts having reference to dates between September 16th, 1895, September 15th, 1897, inclusive:
1. On September 16th, 1895, a bid of Sonneborn & Co., of Baltimore, on clothing and blankets, $6,630.00, was ac- ceptcd. It was on the stationery of Sonneborn & Co., but in A. Joseph's writing. Mr. Joseph admitted before the committee that it was his writing. He also admitted before the committee that he got a net profit out of it of about five per cent. It was testified before the committee by P. J. Cline, that Sonneborn & Co. dealt exclusively in clothing, whereas, about one-half of the bid was on blankets. It was testified before the committee by the steward that a receipt for part payment of said bill showed that the-

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amount of said payment was placed by Sonneborn & Co. to the credit of \Volff & Happ, of ~[aeon, for whOin Mr. Joseph admitted before the committee that he was agent.
2. On September 16th, 1896, A. Joseph submitted in his own name a bid on blankets, coats, vests, shoes, jeans, thread, $2,212.72. On objection to a trustee bidding, Mr. Toseph, who was present as a member of the purchasing committee, ran a pencil line through his name, and substituted the firm name of Dannenberg & Co., of :Macon, and the bid was accepted. Mr. Joseph testified before the committee that ten per cent. would cover his profits on this transaction.
3. On December 17th, 1896, a bid of Dannenberg & Co., of Macon, $318.38, was accepted. It was on the printed stationery of A. Joseph, and in his handwriting, but the printed part of one of Dannenberg & Co.'s bills had been pasted OYer the printed part of Joseph's. Mr. Joseph testified before the committee that he wrote the bid and pasted the printed part of Dannenberg & Co.'s bill over his own on account of the Yery close and friendly relations between him and Dannenberg & Co.
4. On September 15th, 1897, a bid of Dannenberg & Co., of :Macon, $2,036.50, was made and accepted. It was in A. Joseph's handwriting. ~[r. Joseph testified before the committee that he wrote and submitted the bid, and that it was a similar case to the one just referred to.
AU of these bills were examined in the original by the committee.
In the printed by-laws, rules, and regulations as adopted by the trustees, the committee found the following, adopted on or previous to May 1, 1898. "Section 7. No trustee, or any of the officers ceated by them, shall be interested directly or indirectly, in any contract or sale of any supplies to the institution." The sub-committee took the view that so far as the illegality of a fiduciary officer selling to the

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institution was concerned, this rule was superfluous. In, other words, that such selling was illegal without that rule, which was probably to call attention to the law on the subject. It is now referred to, because trustee Joseph testified before the committee that he had not submitted any bids since t.he adoption of that rule, except one instanee, on the order of the steward. But the records show that on May 5th, 1898, A .Toseph sold to the Sanitarium, calico, $43.26, and that on August 31st, 1898, he sold to it shoes to the amount of $148.08. These dates and items may be found in the annual report of the trustees for the fiscal year, September 1, 1897, to September 1, 1898, pages 75 and 76. On September 22, 1898, a bid of $2,423.40 was made by J. R. Fried & Co., of :Macon, and accepted, and it was testified before the committee that some of the samples accompanying it came from the store of A. Joseph, in :Milledgeville. lfr. Joseph testified before the committee that he sent the samples from his store, and that he was acting as agent for J. R. Fried & Co., of Macon, who, at that time, practically owned his business in Milledgeville.
The goods which :Mr. Joseph testified as having sold to the Sanitarium since the adoption of. the rule, quoted on the order of the steward, were sold September 10, 1898 and September 14, 1898, aggregating $240.44. As stated, Mr. Joseph testified that he sold these goods on the order of the steward. The steward testified before the committee that he did not understand it, and that he had no such authority or power to give such an order. It was an emergency purchase, that is, made between the meetings of the purchasing committee. By reference to the printed rules, the committee found that up to May 1, 1898 (see rules page 3), all matters of outlay or expense were decided by the executive (purchasing) committee, "except" quoting from the rules, "in emergency cases, when authority may be delega-

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ted to the superintendent or steward by the president of the board of trustees or chairman of executive committee." But after !fay 1, 1898, and before the dates of the emergency purchases mentioned and particularized, the following resolution was adopted by the executive committee:
"Resolved, That all matters of purchase during the interim of executive committee meetings, which are necessary and urgent, be referred to trustee Joseph for direction and purchase."
The steward showed up the typewritten copy of this resolution, which had been served on him by the secretary, as required. He did this in corroboration of his statement, that he had no authority or power to give an order for the goods, purchased September 10, 1898, and September 14, 1898. In the opinion of the committee, the resolution showed that trustee Joseph alone had the direction and purchase of them, and that whether he purchased them (from himself) on the order of the steward or not, he violated section 3010 of the Code of 1895.
The bills for all these purchases were examined by the 'committee.
As already stated, Mr. Joseph admitted before the committee having directly and indirectly sold goods to the Sanitarium while acting as one of its trustees, and if further .evidence on this line is requested, I can furnish his written statement over his signature, that he did. He testified that he was ignorant of the existence of the law contained in section 3010 of the Code of 1895, that he did not request or obtain consent to bid and to receive awards, that he had the right to do so, and that his bids were competitive, and the Sanitarium lost nothing by their acceptance. The committee, however, from the records, and the testimony, felt it its duty to the State to condemn such practices, and to ask the appointment of a special joint committee to make further and wider investigation, and in this action, so far as it

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relates to }fr. Joseph, it was the more pronounced because trustee Joseph was shown not only to have made bids and received awards, but the records show that he was added to the purchasing committee prior to September 1, 1898, and was on the purchasing committee as far back as September 16, 1896, and was chairman of the auditing committee.
11r. Adams submitted the following letter at the request of the committee:

(Copy of Letter.)
"MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., December 30th, 1898.
"I. H. Adams, Esq., Eatonton.
uDear Hud :-The long and warm friendship which has always existed between us, prompts me to ask your indul:.. gence. For some unaccountable reason, Mr. Geo. W. Adams (who I learn, is your brother), has seen fit to pursue me in a matter connected with the management of the State asylum. I am sure that if he would permit me to explain to him the transactions with which he finds fault, I could easily convince him of his eror. I have committed no wrong. In my capacity, as merchant, I have often been a competitor to furnish supplies to the institution. It was a matter open and above board, known to the chairman of the prudential committee, and many, if not all, of the trustees. That is all. Other members of the board often have received fees-such as attorney's fees and other services, other than their salary. I would like, if you can arrange for me, an interview with your brother, so that I can, in a friendly way, show him that he is doing me an injustice~. I am satisfied that he can have no personal reason for his, unfriendly manner, and therefor~, appeal to your friendship to help me to convince him. I beg to refer to my

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friends, Dr. R. B. Nisbet, Hon. W. F. Jenkins, Thos. G. Lawson, and others, in your community.
Sincerely yours, (Signed) ADOLPH JOSEPH."

Q. Where did you get the letter you have just had the stenographer to identify ?
A. It was handed to me by my brother, Capt. I. H. Adams.
Q. Do you identify the handwriting? A. It is on Mr. Joseph's office stationery, and in the same handwriting as the bids were in. Q. You state that you wish to make a statement as to this matter; you can now make your statement. A. The first statement I want to make, is in reference to that letter. I think that without a statement from me, it would be misleading in some things. In the first place, I have not pursued :Mr. Joseph. I came here as a member . of the legislature, on a committee to examine into this institution last fall. I was put on a committee that had to deal directly with the board of trustees. I knew there Wful such a man as ~fr. A. Joseph, who lived in :Milledgeville. I had never seen him before. That >vas all that I knew about the man. I had no friendly feeling toward, nor any unfriendly feeling, no prejudices or objections, either one way or the other. I found these irregularities on record, and they were so proved and admitted, and as chairman of the sub-committee, I so reported back to the full committee. If this is persecution of 1\Ir. Joseph, or pursuing him, as he phrases it, then I have persecuted him. He refers to 1\fr. Nesbit and Judge Jenkins and Judge I,awson, in the latter part of his letter. The intention of coure, is to create the impression that they indorse his course in this matter, but I wish to say

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from my personal knowledge, that they condemn it very severely. I have heard them openly condemn it.
Q. Is there any other fact or facts relative to the institution that you know ? I so, state them.
A. I wish to call the attention of this committee to some items in connection with this Joseph matter, which the subcommittee did not have time to refer to or ask him about.
Q. Does the report of the sub-committee to the legislature show what witnesses you had before the committee?
A. K o sir. We had Mr. J o8eph, ~Ir. Cline, and one or two others, but the committee depended mainly on the records of the office.
Dr. T. 0. Powell appeared before committee and testified as follows:
You all know I am a subordinate officer of the trusteel>. I know nothing of the mattr of my own knowledge} though I have heard a good deal. Any information that you may desire as to the expenditures of the institution will be shown by the reports, vouchers, and accounts in the steward's office. The former steward can place his hands on anything that you may desire.
Q. Have you heard anything, that in your judgment, we could take hold of and ferret out that would be to the interest vf the State or the institution, or both?
A. I have heard this mucb : I saw it in print that one of the trustees admitted that he got a commission on goods sold by other parties. As to the truth of this, I cannot say. I knew that he was trading with the institution, but I did not know that he was getting a commission.
Q. You have no other or further facts than we have derived from that other committee?
A. K o, sir. The only man that is fully capableof giving you a full account of the matter is :Mr. Lamar.
Q. I understand there has been a change in the manner of purchasing. When was that change made?

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A. Sometime in May, 1898. Prior to that date, the steward was the purchasing and disbursing agent. He was perfectly familiar with the duties and requirements of the office. He had been, prior to his connection with the institution, at various times, a dry goods, grocery, and hardware merchant. Some members of the board of trustees were usually present when contracts were let. I was very frequently there myself, but I did not feel capable of buying calico, or anything of the kind. The matter was left almost entirely by the trustees to Mr. Lamar.
Q. What additional perquisites do you get besides your salary ?
A. I get $2,500.00, my board and lodging, and for wife and daughter. I get the use of the carriage, but frequently the carriage is used for the benefit of the institution. That was the salary when I came here thirty-three years ago, when there was only three or four hundred patients, when Dr. Green was superintendent, only he had thirteen in his family, and they were all furnished board and lodging. There has been no increase since that time. I have never asked for an increase of salary to trustees or General Assembly. There has been no change in the salary since about the foundation of the institution.
Q. When was the present board of trustees appointed? A. The present board of trustees was appointed December 31st, 1897. Q. How long have the respective members served? A. Dr. Eugene_ Foster has been on the board ever since December, 1889, when the number of trustees was increased to ten. Mr. T. M. Hunt was appointed in October, 1893, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Hall. Dr. Jas. P. Walker was appointed in December, 1893; Mr. A. Joseph, in December, 1894; Dr. E. E. Dixon, Dr. R. A. :Mallory, and Dr. N. S. Walker, in December, 1895, and

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Mr. T. J. Carling, Dr. S. S. Gaulden, and Dr. H. J. Smith in December, 1897.
Q. How many employees are there on the pay-rolls of the institution at this time?
A. About 400. Q. How many inmates? _.!\_. There are 821 white males, 920 white females, 352 colored males, and 362 colored females, making a total number in the institution at this time of 2,455 patientS. I give below the yearly cost per capita of maintaining patients in eighty insane asylums, for the year 1887. This . table shows that the State Sanitarium of Gemgia is the most economically managed institution of its character in the U nitcd States:

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STATE.

Where Located.

- - --~----------------------~----:---

.Alabama. .

. Tuscaloosa.

Arkansas

....... Little Hock .

California

... Napa ......... .

California.

Stockton . . .. .

Connecticut

"Hartford Retreat"

Connecticut.

. Middleton

District of Columbia ........... .

Georgia....

Milledgeville .. .

Iowa . . . . . . .

Mt. Pleasant .... .

Iowa.... .

. Independence.

Illinois . . . . .

Anna

Illinois . . .

.I acksonville

Illinois . . . .

Kankakee.

[llinois

Chicago ... .

Illinois

.... Elgin .. .

Indiana . .

Indianapolis

Kansas..

Asawatomie

Kansas . . . . .

. Topeka

Kentucky

. Anchorage ..

Kentucky . .

. Hopkinsville ..

Kentucky . .

. Lexington

.Louisiana .

.Jackson

Maine . .

1ugusta ........ .

MassachuseLts .

. Worcester (chronic)

Massachusetts.

Worcester (acutP)

Massachusetts .

Danvers ..... .

Massachm<etts . . . Taunton .

Massachusetts . . . . North Hampton

Massachusetts .

Boston (McLean Asylum)

Massacnusetts

Boston

Maryland .

Catonsville ....

Michigan . . . .

Kalamazoo

Michigan

Pontiac .

Minnesota . .

St. Peter's

.Minnesota

Rochester ...

Mississippi

. . .J a c k s o n .

Missouri . .

Fulton ..

Missouri .

1St. Joseph .

Missouri .

St. Louis .

Nebraska .

Lincoln ..

New Hampshire New .Jersey.

Concord .. . 1Trenton .... .

New .Jersey

Morristown .. .

New York.

Auburn (criminal)

New York.

Buffalo .....

NewYork

Middletown (HomceOJIRthl

NewYork

Flatbush .

.New York...

Willard ..

New York

Utica.

~ewYork..

Hloomingdale ..

555$ 156 43

245 198 it>

I ,269 149 ti5

1,44!-1 135 u9

136 520 ()()

!l4u 117 48

1,173 274 71

1,179 135 36

488 190 53

113::11 212 82 5it; 178 10

629 178 i3

514 200 49

.J3i 20~ 10

525 207 39

1,421 175 liS 42411 234 f>6

f1i5:!38 1

2i4 38 220 44

5ti4 151 4u

58:; 2:!4 20

597 166 ]I)

506 224 31

3\ll . 155 48
'it\51 ::05 ].')
70t, Hili 3:l

659 180 65

416 Hili 48

106 849 5:~

212 :!.77 68

400 :!3:) 9i

782 21!1 44

652 214 60

6\13 l!IH 59

350 liS 81'1

428 138 .45

503 23ii 51

2lit; 20:) 2S

518 1116 62

172 16:! 32

f-22 21i4 20

65.J :!2H 87

1061190 2~7 92 180 90

3fi5i 298 8!1
3:w: 885 !l4

8:!1lj.

l,S3.'), 150 27

ii~5, ::!01 .~8

2.)(j, 758 33

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STATE.

'Vhere Located.

00

"O"'S""::'
zo. Q~ -)

Per Capita.

p...

New York..... . .... Poughkeepsie ............ .

North Carolina_ ...... Raleigh . . . . . . .. .

North Carolina.

Morganton ...... .

North Carolina. .

Goldsboro ....... .

.Ohio ................. Carthage ...... .

Ohio . .

. Cleveland ....... .

Ohio........

. ... Athens ....... .

Ohio . . . . . .

. .. Dayton ......... .

Ohio.......

. . Columbus...... .

Ohio . . .............. Newburgh ....... .

Oregon .............. Salem . . . . . . . . ... .

Pennsylvania

... Philadelphia ... .

Pennsylvania ........ Philadelphia (Friends)_

Pennsylvania

. Pittsburg ... .

' Pennsylvania

. . Norristown .. .

Pennsylvania ..... Warren _ .......... _.. . .

Pennsylvania . . . . . . Harrisburg ... .

Pennsylvania .. _..... Dannville ........ .

Pennsylvania ........ Dixmont __ .......... .

Rhode Island

Providence ..

South Carolina..

Columbia ...

Tennessee

Nashville . . . . . . . .

Texas . .. . . . . ... Austin ........... .

Utah .........

. Puro City ........ ..

Vermont

.... Brattleboro ..

Virginia _ ___ ... Petersburg (colored)_

Virginia ____ .... Williamsburg ......... .

Virginia . . . . . . . . .. Staunton .............. .

West Virginia

Weston .....

"'isconsin.

Winnebago

'Vi~consin

:\Iilwaukee.

350 254 lS2 133 7:2
633 o:!R 60i 950 300 40a
36~
1114 52:! 1,22tl
64~
431 367 510 IS9 630 4UO 524
51 443 433
4~4
637 {i31
li31
523

332 80 217 80 215 ()() 158 61 140 43 168 64 167 44 185 70 189 02 224 64 158 50 479 07 799 05 223 69 19R 58 202 39 230 57 240 83 430 19 430 19
146 !-16
178 06 251 49 562 75 198 75 113 69 187 92 139 !l8
111\ 44
166 17 180 lR

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M)-. L. J. Lamar appeared before committee; hei11g< sworn, testified as follows :
Q. Have you ever held any official position at the Georgia State Sanitarium?
A. Yes. Q. What position did you hold, and how long, and when did you cease to do so ? A. I have been the assistant steward, I have been tl1c treasurer, and I have been the steward of this institutiou. I was the assistant steward from February, 1883, to November, 1885. Judge Hammond died in November, 1885, and I succeeded him as steward. I was steward from that time until N ovemb_er 1st, 1888, when Colonel Humber , came in as steward. I was treasurer then from November, 1888, until June 1st, 1890, Colonel Humber having resigned, the trustees asked me to accept the position as ste11ard, and I came back. I then continued in office as steward until December 31st, 1898. Q. Do you know of a trustee by the name of Joseph? A. Yes, sir. Q. How long has he been trustee? Ar ~do not know, exactly, but think he was appointed in the fall of 1895. He succeeded Colonel Huff, of Bibb county. Q. Do you know of any transaction, such as the sale of good3, or property, that :Mr. Joseph made to this institntion, either directly for himself, or as agent for other peo-
ple? A. Yes. Q. The purpose of this question is to develop as evidencer
your entire knowledge of his transactions along that lim'. You have access to the papers, and we want all information you can give us from them.
A. I can state this, gentlemen: In September, 1895, :1lr. Joseph was present at the awarding of contracts, and 'vho-

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Ver the chairman o the prudential committee was, was also present; I think it was Colonel Hunt. The rule required that all bids should be opened in the .presence o the chairman o the prudential committee, the superintendent, and the steward, and the awards made. I cannot say whether Mr. Joseph was on the prudential committee at that time, or not, but he was present and aided in awarding the contracts. The contracts awarded that day were payable one-third each, November 5th, December 5th, and .January 5th, 1896. When I made a remittance to Henry Sonneborn & Co., of Baltimore, or one-third the amount Jue, that remittance was made promptly on November 5th. It was a rule o the board, and it was my custom to be prompt in the remittance o contracts. When I got a receipt for the amount, the receipt was written, "Received o I~. J. Lamar, steward, for account of Wolff & Happ.';
Q. Who is 1\Tolff & Happ, and where do they reside~ ])._. They live in Bibb county, and were doing business in Macon, Ga. I made it a rule during my term o office to keep nothing from the superintendent. I went into his <>ffice, and showed him the receipt. The second receipt and the third receipt came in the same way. That was th~ first thing, gentlemen, that aroused my suspicion. I neve,r ];lave charged :Mr. Joseph, directly, or anybody else, with having made a cent out o the sale. Q. Where did this firm, to whom you made the remit tances live-their place o business~ A. They were in Baltimore. The Rev. Mr. white, now <> Gainesville, was chaplain o the institution at that time. He was out here that day, and being an officer o the institution, he was in the store-room while the awards were being made. When I got back to town Mr. Cline, one o the merchants who had put in a bid, asked me, "What did I get~", and I told him. He said, "The Rev. }fr. White told me that Henry Sonneborn & Co., of Baltimore, got the

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blankets ?" I told him that they got the bulk o them. "Why," he says, "they are a clothing house, and never sold any blankets in their life."
The records of the institution show that Mr. Joseph was one of the prudential committee, whose business it was to receive and award bids for goods for the institution, having been appointed April 26th, 1895, and the records further show that he was a member of that committee on September 25th, 1895.
Q. I have a paper furnished from the office of the steward of this institution, showing a bid made September 15th, 1895 from Mr. Joseph, for various articles. Do you remember as a fact, that Mr. Joseph then made this bid ?
A. Yes, sir, I will swear to his handwriting. Q. Was this bid accepted ? A. Yes, sir. He received
6,000 ydssheeting, at .0478, amounting to ..... . 286 80 3,000 yds Calico at .0496 .................. . 148 80 250 pr Brogans at 1.12i ................... . 281 25 250 pr Shoes at .95 ....................... . 237 50 48 lbs Ball Thread at .lSi .................. . 8 88 150 doz Coats' Thread at .4101. ............. . 61 51 6 g.gr. Shoe lacers at .55 .................. . 3 30 12 g.gr. Buttons at .85 .................... . 10 20 200 pr Slippers at .90 ...................... . 180 00 150 pr Slippers at .85 ..................... . 127 50

1,345 74 Excess of award........................... 42 43

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 1,388 17
Q. Do you know of any other bids awarded to Mr. Joseph while he was trustee ?

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A. Yes, sir. Each quarter will show what was awarded to him.
Q. Then call them out so the stenographer can take. them down.
A. This bid is in the handwriting of Mr. J osep_h, but purports to be submitted by H. Sonneborn & Co.
(Witness also states that Mr. Joseph stated in his presence the latter part of last Jl'ar, that he made this bid as agent for H. Sonneborn & Co.)
Q. Was this bid accepted ? A. Yes sir; certain items of it were, which were as fol-
1ows:

h)O coats at 1.92!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 50 100 coats at 1.98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 00 100 coats at 2.05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 00 100 coats at ~.:i5 .......................... 215 00 100 coats at 2.12! ......................... 212 50 100 coats at 1.98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 00 100 coats at 1.85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 00 100 coats at 2.05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 00 300 vests at .73 .......................... . 219 00 100 vest at .77! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 50 100 vests at .78 .......................... . 78 00 100 pr blankets at 2.25 .................... . 225 00 100 pr blankets at 2.50 ....... ; ............ . 250 00 500 pr blankets at .95 ..................... . 475 00 300 pr blankets at 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 0~ 300 pr blankets at 1.65 .................... . 495 00 200 pr blankets at 1.90 .................... . 380 00 500 pr blankets at 1.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G50 00 100 pr blankets at 2.60 .................... . 260 00 300 pr blankets at 1.25 .................... . 375 00 240 pr blankets at 1.~5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 00

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350 pr blankets at 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5~5 00 :200 pr blankets at 1.80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 00

6,630 50 Of which he failed to deliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 63
Total .. .. . . . . . . ..................... 6,017 87 Q. Did yon ever hear Mr. Joseph say whether he received a commission on this, or not? A. YPs, sir. Q. When did you hear him ? A. When the committee was here last November. Q. Did he say how much commission? A. Yes sir; he told me he received five per cent. Q. Did you ever hear him say that he received commissions on any other sales? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Lamar, please state all bids and sales made to this institution by Mr. Joseph, while he was trustee, and furnish each one as you have the two foregoing, and if you know of your own knowledge, or ever heard Mr. Joseph say, whether he made a commission on any of them, state what he said, and from whom he got the goods in each in::tance. A. On ()nc>cmber 16th, 1895, 1<lr. Joseph was awarded the contract on bid in his own handwriting, and in his own name, for the following: 8,000 yds prints at .0545 ..................... 163 50 125 pr shoes at .97! ........................ 121 88 100 pr s:hoes at 1.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 00
390 3S He furnished in exce~~;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 90
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 394: 2S

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March 20th, 1896.

10 uoz hats at 4.25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 50 150 doz Coats' spool cotton at .41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 50 :2 g.gr buttons at 1.35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 70

106 70 He furnished in excess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16

Total ..... .

. ........ 117 86

June 19th, 18%.

150 doz Coats' cotton at .4101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 51 36 lbs ball thread at .18 ................... , . 6 40

Total

67 99

September 16th, 1896.
On this occasion Mr. Hunt was chairman of the pruden-tial committee. Mr. Joseph put in a bid in his own name, and lfr. Hunt declined to take it, and said, ''Mr. Joseph, I do not think it right for you, being a trustee, to bid on these things." Mr. Joseph then took the bid, run a line through his own name, and wrote the name of the Dannenberg Co. above it in pencil. I saw him do this.
Q. Where do the Dannenberg Company transact business?
A. In Macon. This is the award made him on that date, nnder the name -of the Dannenberg Co. :
1,000 yds Jeans at .18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 00 -100 Coats at 1.50 .......................... 150 00 100 Coats at 2.15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 00 ""1,000 yds Jeans at .L) ... ................... 150 00

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100 Vests at .75 .......................... . 75 00 12 doz Undershirts at 3.00 ................. . 36 00 12 doz Undershirts at 3.36 ................. . 40 32 300 Blankets at .95 ....................... . 285 00 200 Blankets at 1.90 ...................... . 380 00 200 Blankets at 1.55 ...................... . 310 0(}
100 Blankets at 1.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 00 5 doz Hats at 5.40 ......... : .............. . 27 00 5 doz Hats at 7.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 0(} 250 pr Shoes at .90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 0(}
48 lbs Ball Thread at .17i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 42'

2,212 72
He fmnished an excess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1!31 :n

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 2,343 ()3

December 17th, 1896.
'
I find that he bids as A. Joseph, agent, but nothing was awarded to him.
March 19th, 1897.
I submit a bid from The Dannenberg Co., which is in Mr. Joseph's handwriting, and he has admitted this to betrue:
100 Coats at .48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 0(} 50 Vests at .60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 0(} 5 doz Hats at G.OO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 0(} 5 doz Hats at ;).76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 80

A deficit of ......................

136 80 1 0(}

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 135 8()

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June 21st, 1897.
Mr. Joseph bid in his name as agent. The bid is iu hisown handwriting :
He was awarded:
36 lbs Ball Thread at .16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 76
100 pr Shoes at 1.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 oo-

130 76 He furnished an excess of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 00

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . . ....... 205 76:

September 15th, 1897.
The bid is in Mr. Joseph's handwriting, and in the name of The Dannenberg Co., of Macon, Ga, :
1,000 yds Jeans at .16 ...................... 160 00 100 Coats at 1.50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 00 100 Vests at .85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 00 100 Vests at .65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 00 300 pr Blankets at .98 ..................... . 294 00 100 pr Blankets at 1.35 .................... . 135 00 100 pr Blankets at 2.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 00 100 pr Blankets at 1.35 .................... . 135 00 100 pr Blankets at 1.55 .................... . 155 00 100 pr Blankets at 1.85 .................... . 185 00 5 doz Hats at 8.50 ........................ . 42 5()< 5 doz Hats at 12.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 00 5 doz Hats at 8.00 ........................ . 40 00 300 pr Brogans at 1.10 ..................... 330 00

2,036 5(} Furnished in excess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 51

Total ........... .

........ ::3,211 01

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September 20th, 1898.
Did in the name o J. R. Fried & Co., no name signed to Lid, but the figures are in ~Ir. Joseph's handwriting:
3,500 yds Checks at .0557f .................. 195 12 3,500 yds Drilling at 4 1-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 37 250 Coats at 1.40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 00 33 doz Undershirts at 3.00 .................. . 99 00 500 pr Blankets at .92 ..................... . 460 00 :250 pr Blankets at 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 00 %0 pr Blankets at 3.00 .................... . 750 00 100 doz half-hose at .50 .................... . 50 00
2,423 49 Furnished in excess ........................ 187 56
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :?,611 65
The following goods were l1onght from ~Ir. A .Toseph, a member of the board of trustees, not nndcr competitive bids:
February 5th, 1895 ... : ..................... 182 56 March 6th, 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 95 April 5th, 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 50 May 9th, 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 13 June 5th, 1895 ............................ 205 68 .Jnly 6th, 1895 ............................. 115 25 August 5th, 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 50 September 9th, 1895 ........................ 598 30 October 5th, 1895 .......................... 161 98 November 7th, 1895 ........................ 589 00 December 6th, 1895 ........................ 180 24 December 21st, 1895, cotton at 7 7-8 ............ 374 29 .Jannary 4th, 1896 .......................... 160 39

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March 5th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. l\L Hunt, and N. S. Walker ............... 575 51
May 7th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. l\L Hunt, and N. S. Walker ................. 72 7(}
June 5th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. l\L Hunt, and N. S. Walker ................ 267 25
July 6th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker ................. 22 46
August 5th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker ................. 81 9!)
September 5th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. l\L Hunt, and N. S. Walkr ............ 362 60
November 2d, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker ............ 158 41
December 5th, 1896, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker ............ 242 39
January 5th, 1897, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 90.
January 14th, 1897, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker ........... 12 133
March 5th, 1897, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting o A. Joseph, T. l\L Hunt, and N. S. Walker ................. 405 00

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_April 20th, 1897, examined and approved by auditing committee, consisting of A. Joseph, T. M. Hunt, and N. S. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 18
I think I can explain why the approval or bills w~ -stopped at this time. The Governor objected to the stamp being used; required that they put it in writing, and after that instead of approving each one of these bills, they would check up the books, and approve the book in their -own handwriting, and Mr. Joseph's name appears upon ;the book as one of the examining and auditing committee in the following instances :
..Tune 5th, 1897 ............................. 215 50 ..July 5th, 18V7, approved by Joseph alone ....... 42 54 August 5th, 1897, approved by Col. Hunt and Dr.
Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 408 04 :September 4th, 1897, approved by Dr. Walker, Dr.
Dixon, Col. Hunt and Mr. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . 45 00 This closed the fiscal year, but the vouchers were checked up for the year, and approved by Col. Hunt, Dr. Dixon, Mr. Joseph, and Dr. Walker. October 26th, 1897, approved by Dr. Walker and
Col. Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1~~ November 9th, 1897, approved by Dr. -walker and
Col. Hunt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 359 35 January 8th, 1898, approved by Dr. \Valker, and
Col. Hunt ............................ 135 50 :January 31st, 1898, approved by Dr. Walker and
Mr. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2 50 February 5th, 1898, approved by Dr. \Valker and
JI.Ir. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 40 1Iarch 5th, 1898, approved by JI.Ir. Carling, Dr.
Walker and 1Ir. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 63 )[arch 23d, 1898, appro>ed by :Hr. Carling and Mr.
Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 00

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~-\.pril 4th, 18!)8, approved by Mr. Carling and 1Ir. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19
May 5th, 1898, approved by Mr. Joseph alone, chairman auditing committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 26
I want to make a statement in justice to myself. The rules were adopted in May, but I never saw them until after they had been printed some five weeks later, and I continued to purchase as heretofore, until I saw the printed rules. Mr. Joseph was cognizant of the rules, but I was not until the printed rules were handed me.
Now, these two purchases are the ones I wish to explain. These two Mr. Joseph says I bought. I claim that I bought them under the direction of the rule passed by the -executive committee on July 20th: August 25th, 1898, approved by Dr. Walker, alone 184 08 September 22d, 1898, approved by Dr. Walker and
Mr. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 240 44
I want to call your attention to these two bills, as there seems to be some question about them. These are the only purchases that you will find from Mr. Joseph in any shape, after I got a copy of the printed rules, which I told you was the latter part of June. Mr. Joseph says I bought those goods. On July 5th, Mr. Carling wrote me this letter.

"Mr. L. J. Lamar, Steward.

July 5th, 1898.

Dear Sir :-When you are in need of anything for the

asylum, it is the wish of the executive committee that you ~onsult the local member, ~ir. Joseph, who is authorized

to give directions in all matters in the absence of chairman

.as committee.

(Signed) T. J. CARLING, Chairm~n Executive Committee."

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On July 20th, the secretary of the board furnished n11 with the following resolution:
"Resolved, That all matters of purchase during the i~ terim of the executive committee meetings, which are neeessary and urgent, shall be referred by the steward to trustee Joseph for direction and purchase."
I told Mr. Joseph, under that resolution I had no authority to buy anything. That I did think the good;; really worth the price asked for them. I think it was a good trade, so far as the price was concerned. My recollection is, that Mr. Joseph wrote that resolution out himself in my office in pencil.
Q. Who is secretary of the board ? A. Mr. H. S. Jones. Q. In whose handwriting does it appear on the minutes, vr do you know where the minutes of the executive com;nit_tee are? _\.. I. do not know, sir. These minutes were turned over to the secretary of the board.

Mr. H. S. Jones sworn, says: Q. What official position do you hold connected. with the Georgia State Sanitarium ? A. My official position is secretary of the institution, and private secretary to the superintendent. Q. Do you act as secretary of the board of trustees? A. I have so acted since January, 1898. Q. Do you act as secretary of the various committees of said board~ A. I act as secretary of the executive committee every quarter, when they meet to award contracts :for supplies for the institution. Have never been called upon to act in that (':tpac:ty at any of the other meetings of the execntive com-
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Q. Have you ever seen the original resolution alluded to by Mr. Lamar, relative to all matters of purchase during the interim of the executive committee meetings? I so, will you kindly show that to us.
A. Yes, sir. I have the original resolution in my possession.
Q. Do you recognize the handwriting of this resolution~ A.Yes, it is the handwriting of Mr. Joseph, and purports to be introduced by trustee T. J. Carling.

Mr. L. J. Lamar, recalled :
Q. (After being shown the original resolution), Mr. Lamar, whose handwriting is this resolution written in?.
A. It is in the handwriting of Mr. A. Joseph. In connection with this, I want to state that after the legislative committee was here last fall, I went to Atlanta in obedience to a telegram from the chairman of the Sanitarium Committee, Judge Jno. T. Allen of this place. It has been my custom for several years, either at the request of our representative or the board of trustees, to go before the General Assembly to make such explanations in reference to our annual appropriation, as they deemed necessary. I went directly from the car shed to the capitol; did not go by the then president of the board's office, Col. G. A. Cabaniss. I have always gone when requested by the boara of trustees, and never at any other time, except when summoned by the legislature. My object in this is only to make matters as clear as I possibly can. Here is the voucher for the expenses of my first trip to Atlanta. I did not pay my own expenses, the State of Georgia paid them. I did not appear before the committee at all. Judge Allen had telegraphed me, "Come Tuesday morning. Bring Dr. Powell with ycu." Dr. Powell was in Augusta attending
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conference. I wired him to come, and he came and brought Dr. Foster with him. As I stated above, I did not appear before the committee, and I do not think Dr. Foster did. They did not call us at all. I was very much pressed with the work here, and asked them to let me off as soon as they could. On the following Sunday, I think it was, I met Judge Allen on the streets of Milledgeville, and he said : aYou and Dr. Powell had better come back Tuesday; the Sanitarium Committee meets Tuesday at 3 o'clock. I went back, and went before the Sanitarium Committee, and also before the Appropriation Committee. Here is the receipt for my expenses on that occasion, paid by the State. I want to explain the discrepancy in the expenses of the two trips; one was $9.46, and the other $3.75. This dis-. crepancy was due to the fact that on one occasion I had a pass over the railroad, and on the other I did not.
Q. Do you know of any amount or amounts that have been paid to any other trustee out of the public funds aside from his salary as fixed by law ?
A. Yes, sir. Q. N arne the trustees that have received such payments: A. Col. Hunt was paid, in two cases, for services rendered in prosecuting a negro, Sam Sams, who we thought furnished fire arms to a patient who fired on the superintendent. In April I paid Col. Hunt for aiding in the prosecution of this negro. Col. Hunt was at this time a trustee of this institution. Col. Hunt was paid a fee of $25.00 during the year 1898, for prosecuting a negro for furnishing whiskey to an inmate named J as. P. Ramsaur. Q. Was not Col. Hunt also paid a fee for drawing a deed or doing some other writing? A. He was paid a fee of $50.00 for drawing a contract. Q. About when was this? A. About 1894.

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Q. Wasn't he also paid $25.00 for going to Macon and aiding in the purchase of some property for the institution?
A. He was paid $25.00 for purchasing some mules and wagons about a year ago.
Q. How far is it from Sparta to Macon via. the railroad? A. About 54 miles. Q. Do you know of Col. Hunt having been paid any other perquisites or sums other than those you have named? A. No, sir, I cannot recall. Q. You have been steward for a number of years, and you are conversant with the manner of making purchases for the institution. I will get you to state if the amount paid for these wagons and mules was not such as to justify competitive bidding? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you know why competitive bidding was not made the rule in this particular instance? A. No, sir. Q. Did any other trustee of the institution assist in making the purchase of these mules and wagons in Macon at the time ~1r. Hunt was paid $25.00 for his services? A. I cannot say. The resolution read that trustees Carling, Hunt and Joseph should make the purchase. Mr. Joseph did not go over, however. Q. I will get you to state if you know of any other trustee who has at any time received sums of money from the Sanitarium besides their salaries as provided by law? A. No sir, I do not. Q. Mr. Lamar, state if you know of your own knowledgt~,
or if you can by searching the records of the institution,
ascertain the fact, by refreshing your memory, what trustees, if any, had actual notice or knowledge of the sales made by Mr. Joseph to the institution, or of the_ sums of nioney 'vhicli you have named as having been paid to Mr. Hunt.

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A. The auditing committee knew of the sums paid lc Mr. Hunt for going over to Macon to purchase mu](':'. wagons, and harness, and also knew of the payment of tltt fees for prosecuting those two negroes.
Q. Can you name the auditing committee or committee~> that had this knowledge?
A. Dr. K. S. Walker, :Mr. T. J. Carling and Mr. A. Joseph were the auditing committee at that time.
Q. Do you know of any other member of the board (>f trustees that had knowledge of it?
A. No sir, I do not. Q. As to the transactions that you have detailed wiiJl Mr. Joseph, what trustees had knowledge of those trani! actions? A. The auditing committee that audited the account" every month were familiar with them. Q. Name the members composing that committe{) at dif ferent times. A. The auditing committee in 1895 was Mr. Joseph, Col. Hunt and Dr. N. S. Walker. That was the same committee through '96 and '97, and in '98 Mr. Hunt was dropped from the committee and Mr. Carling substituted. In reference to the $50.00 paid Mr. Hunt for drawing the contract, that was the action of the board of trustee;;. This was about 1894, I think. The minutes of the boartl of trustees of July 31st, 1894, shows that a resolution was introduced by trustee Huff employing Col. Hunt and Judge Watts, two of the trustees, as attorneys to draw contract and bond with contractor for building to be erected on asylum grounds, and that the president of the board, M. G. A. Cabaniss, arrange with them as to their fees. At one time the auditing committee was paid $10.00 per diem for auditing accounts, and those amounts have been drawn by Judge R. }'. Watts, Dr. R. B. Nisbet, Dr. W. H.

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Hall, Col. T. J\f. Hunt, Col. W. T. McArthur, Dr. Jas. P. Walker ($40.00 for four days services examining accounts). That continued until Governor Atkinson objected. Prohably he had been in office a year before it was stopped. My recollection is that it was stopped about sixteen months after he was inaugurated. It was commenced back with the appointment of the ten trustees in 1889, my recollection is.
Q. By whom was this codification of the laws compiled, and what was the amount paid for that work?
A. The board of trustees paid \V. H. Burwell $250.00 for compilation of the laws relative to the State Saritarimn. It is a pamphlet containing fourteen pages of printed matter.
Q. In the payments that you have above named to trustees you will please furnish the names of other trustees that you know had notice of these payments.
A. I suppose that this was done by action of the full board of trustees.
Q. When the auditing committee charged $10.00 per
diem for examining the accounts, was this by resolution oi
the board of trustees ? A. I do not know as I was not steward at the time this
started. Q. Who paid for the publication of the codification rJ{
the laws that Mr. Burwell got up? A. My impression is that the asylum paid for it. Q. T. 0. Brown was contractor to rebuild the negro
buildingt
.A. No, sir; J. W. McMillan, of Milledgeville, was tho
contractor. Q. We see in the annual report for the year ending Sep
tember 1st, 1898, that T. 0. Bro~ was paid for service3,
$55.60. .A.. The $5.60 was railroad :fare from here to Augusta.

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The $50.00 was for services spent here, I do not know how many days, with our engineer in ascertaining the damage by fire to the negro building. He was the representative of the board of trustees in adjusting the insurance. The insurance adjusters appointed a man, and the trustees appointed a man, both practical men, and they submitted their estimate of the amount of damage the State sustained b,v the fire to the adjusters of the various companies.
Q. Do you know of any officer other than trustees of the institution who have received compensation other than salaries provided by law? I such has been done can you ascertain it by refreshing your mind from the records of th~ institution?
A. In addition to the cash salaries that they get, they get fuel, lights and quarters, and some of them get their boar.J.
Q. "\Vho fixes the wages of the employees here? A. The wages of the attendants are fixed by the superintendent. Those in the steward's and engineer's depart
ments are n.. .ed b,v the engineer and steward after consulta-
tion with the superintendent. Q. Do you know how many persons, including laborers,
are employed in the institution? A. I cannot to-day. I can tell you about the number
when I was here. In December, 1898, there were about 400 on the pay-rolls.
Q. Do you know the amount paid them for labor per diem, per month, per annum?
A. Yes sir, the pay-rolls will show that. The supervisor is paid $1.00 a day. His duty is supervising the male wards. The male attendants-yard attendants, head attendants, and nightwatches are paid $25.00 per month, board and loding. The assistant male attendants are paid $16.65, with the same perquisites. In addition to their. lodging they get their physic, and any necessary medica~

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attention. They are not charged with any loss o:f time if they are sick on the wards. The head nurse gets $40.00 per month, and the same perquisites. I think she is a grailnate o:f a training school. Besides her other duties she lectures to the :female attendants two or three tims a week. They have a regular course to pursue. The head :female attendants, :female nightwatches, and yard attendants, get $16.65 per month, and the same perquisites. The assistant. :female attendants get $12.50 per month, and the same perquisites. The supervisor o:f the colored building get3 $50.00 per month, but does not get any board. He get'> his quarters, and :fuel and lights. His wi:fe, the matron in charge o:f the colored :females, gets $33.35, and gets thJ same perquisites as her husband.
Q. What amount is paid to common day laborers on the :farm, at the dairies, caring :for and :feeding stock, carrying off the garbage, and other like work?
A. The garden hands get $14.00 per month, but have tc, board themselves. The two head dairymen get $30.00 per month, house rent, :fuel, and lights, but have to board themselves. Each one has an assistant, and he gets $16.65 per month, but they board themselves. Our teamsters, who; in my judgment, do the hardest work here, having to handle five to six thousand tons o:f coal during the year, get $1.00 per day, but board themselves. Mr. Hobby, who look<; a:fter the mules, etc., is paid $1.00 a day, and Sundays, because he has to come and look a:fter the stock. He also drives a wagon that goes to town, and delivers goods :from the storehouse to the various buildings. The attendant; are allowed every other Sunday and two days in the week durlllg the month, which makes them put in twenty-six day3 during the month.
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A. No, sir. I think not. They are charged back with the time.
Q. :Mr. Lamar, do you know the names of the partiet: composing the firm of Dannenberg & Co. ?
A. Their billheads show that J. Dannenberg and T. Block compose the firm. They do business in Macon, 46 i Third street.
Q. Who compose the firm of J. R. Fried & Co. ? A. J. R. Fried and Robert Hect, Macon, Ga. Mr. Toseph stated to me in town that he made 10 per cent ~n the Fried bill, and 5 per cent. on the Sonneborn & Co. biH. I want to call your attention to the published report of the board of trustees, and read this clause of it: ''Your board of trustees are pleased to report that the officials of the institution have faithfully and efficiently discharged the duties of their respective positions during the year just closed, and we take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge our indebtedness to these officers for val~ uable assistance in the successful managment of the Sani tarium." I also want to call your attention to the surplus that waa Qn hand. There was about $31,966.66 reverted to the Treasury. Of that amount, about $12,000 was brought forward from the preceding year, really starting January, 1898, with a balance o:f about $12,000 on hand. Thu saving of $32,000 was made prior to the change in the man~ ner of purchasing supplies for the institution, or at least the bulk of it was saved prior to that time, which was about June, 1898. Our fiscal year closes on August 31st. Q. What reason did the trustees give for making that .change in purchasing the supplies, taking it away from tho steward and superintendent, and putting the purchasing power in the hands o the trustees. A. I will read the ollowing letter as my answer:

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(Copy.)

"Gainesville, Ga., April 7, 1898.

~Mr. L. J. Lamar, Steward, Milledgeville, Ga.

Dear Sir:-Yours o the 6th has been received. I fully appreciate your situation, and can see how some little confusion will result or awhile. In this connection I want to assure you, and all the officials of the asylum, o the full confidence o our board. Do not think or a moment that the new rules adopted is any reflection on anyone. We think the trustees should share more o the responsibility and not place so much on its officers.
You will please confer with the executive committee in regard to what information you desire. Our secretary, Mr. Jones, can give you the names. Mr. T. J. Carling is chairman. They will take pleasure in advising you. The sole purpose o our board is to help in the management o the affairs o the asylum as to give the best results, and at tho same time bring as far as possible every department under the immediate supervision o its committee.
We appreciate the arduous duties o your department, and I am anxious and willing to aid you in any way, at any time. with best wishes or your success,
I an1 very truly, Your friend,
(Sgd) E. E. DIXON,
President Board."

See Exhibit or tabulated statement o contract awards

for the years 1897 and 1898, giving names of parties to

whom contracts were awarded, amount of awards, and po!:>t-

oflices o firms.



Mr. D. A. Jewell, Jewells, Ga., appeared before the committee, and being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside~

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A. J ewells, Hancock county. Q. How far from Milledgeville? A. Thirty-three miles by rail, and five miles from th= railroad. Q. How long haYe you reisded in Hancock county? A. All my life--about thirty-nine years. Q. Do you know Mr. A. Joseph, of the city of Milledgeville, who is a trustee of the Georgia State Sanitarium ? A. Yes, sir, I do. Q. How long have you known him ? A. I have known him quite a number of years; probab!y twenty or twenty-five years. Q. Did you, in the year 1895, or at any other time, have any conversatjon or correspondence with Mr. Joseph in reference to making a sale of any goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium? A. I cannot say what year it was, but it was in the la."t three years. One day I was over here at the asylum; came over on eontract day to make a bid, and when I got back b Milledgeville I went in Joseph's store. He was in his office, and he and I had a conversation. Q. Will yon please give as correctly as you can in detail that conversation? A. Mr. Joseph said to me: "Why in the hell do you make your bidg so low for the asylum." I said I did it to get the business. I make the asylum bids on 5 per cent. margin of profits, and when I can get 5 per cent. on a thing like that I !Jm satisfied. "Why," he says, "that is no profit. Now," he says, "I will tell you what I will do. I want to make an arrangement with you whereby you furnish the goods and let me put in the bid. Don't you bid at all, bnt let me put in the bid. I will put them in at a profit, anl then we will divide the profits." I said, "How are you going to manage that?" He said, "That's all right, I will'

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attend to that. I look at the matter in this way. The State of Georgia is amply able to pay a legitimate profit on the business we do out there, and there is no need in the world to go out there and sell goods on a 5 per cent. profit. You know that is not a legitimate profit." My reply to him was, "That is true; 5 per cent. is a very small profit if you are selling goods from your store by the piece, but whea I go out there and sell them $1,000 at 5 per cent., I get $50.00, and that I consider a very good day's work." Th::tt is about the sum and substance of the conversation; that I was not to bid, but furnish the goods, and he was to do the bidding.
Q. Mr. Jewell, did you at any other time have another or like conversation with Jl.fr. Joseph~
A. No, sir. Q. what business were you in at that time ~ A. I was a manufacturer, running a cotton mill, an-i general merchandise. Q. Prior to that time had it been your custom or hab:t to sell goods to the Sanitarium~ A. Yes, sir, we have sold them here for years. Q. Did Mr.Toseph know of that fact~ A. Yes, I suppose he did. Q. Can you positively state, Mr. Jewell, that he did know that you had been furnishing goods and making bids~ A.. why, certainly, he could not have helped but know it, for he has asked me to quote him prices on sheeting, etc. Q. Did you ever know any other trustee other than Mr. Joseph to make any such suggestions~ A. No, sir. Q. You know of no other purchases that have been made by Mr. Joseph where a like commission has been offered~ A. No, sir.

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Mr. George. W. Hollinshead appeared before the committee, and being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. What official position do you hold connected with the Georgia State Sanitarium~
A. I am assistant steward. Q. What do your duties consist of~ A. Looking after the outside work of the institution, the wagons, teams, gardens, farms, dairies, blacksmith shop, . -etc. Q. How near, Mr. Hollinshead, in your opinion, does your department come to furnishing the inmates with vegetables that they need? What per cent. of it do you think you furnish ~ A. I furnish the bulk of the vegetables. Q. How long have you been with the institution~ A. About twenty-six years. Q. How long have you held the position that you now hold? A. About twelve years. I have been here in three capacities. First, I had charge of the laundry, then was supervisor of the wards, and was then made assistant stew_ :ard. Q. You doubtless have heard some talk about the wagom and mules that were bought in Macon by Col. Hunt anJ Mr. Carling. Do you know what was paid for those mul~ -of your own knowledge~ A. No sir, I do not. Q. You have those wagons under your control and in _your custody~ A. Yes, sir. Q. How long has it been since those wagons and mules were purchased? A. To the best. of my recollection, it has been about twelve months.

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Q. Do you know what they paid for the wagons~ A. No sir, I do not know of my own knowledge. Q. As compared with the wagons of a like description. that you had on hand, if in fact you did have any, wh:tt would you say is their relative value? A. My opinion was that the wagons we had on hanJ: were as good as the ones that were bought. Q. Do you know what those that you had on hand at that. time cost the institution? A. No sir. Q. Have you ever heard anyone say what those wagon-, cost? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Lamar said that the last wagons cost$75.00 apiece, and the others cost $51.00 or $52.00. Q. Taking the price into consideration, which do you prefer, the Macon wagons or the ones that you had on hand? A. Well, I would take the $51.00 wagon in preference to the other at $75.00. Q. Do you really think that the $51.00 wagon is of equal value as to service as the others, after having used them~
A. I do. Q. Do you know what those mules cost that were bought.
at the same time? A. No, sir. Q. Suppose that four head of them cost $480.00 and
another pair cost $240.00, would you consider that a fair price for them, or would you consider it too much, or would you consider them a bargain at that price ?
A. I do not know that that would be an exhorbitant price :for the mules.
Q. Suppose that they paid $75.00 for those wagons, do you consider that a fair price for them, or do you conside~ it more than they were worth, as compared to other wago1l5of like character?

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A. If the same wagon that we bought the year before ut $51.00 could be bought at the same price now, I think it would be an exhorbitant price to pay $75.00 for the others.
Q. Along about the time that those wagons were being sold who dealt in wagons of like character in Milledgeville, if any one?
A. I think there were two firms, W. & J. Caraker and J. R. Hines.
Q. Can you give us the number of cows that you now have on hand?
A. we have 122 head of cows on hand. Q. What is, in your opinion, their value? A. I should say $25.00 a round would be a fair valuation for them. Q. How many calves have you now? A. Twenty-four head of calves. Q. What is their market value? A. The market value of them would be about $1.50 :Jpiece. Of course the purpose for which we are keeping them makes them worth more to us. Q. How many hogs? A. 207 head. Q. How many pigs? A. 105. Q. what do you consider the value of the whole lot? A. About $2,280.00. Q. Have there been any recent purchases of mules for the institution? A. Yes, sir. On the 21st of April. Q. How many head? A. Two head. Q. By whom were they purchased? A. By Col. Tom Hunt. Q. Do you know what he gave for them?

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A. Yes, sir; $285.00. Q. Do you consider that a bargain, or do you considet
it an excessive price, or do you think he paid too little fot them?
A. I think the mules were worth that price. I do not think they could be bought for less money than that.
Q. What do you consider the amount of mules and horse'! on hand at this time worth?
A. We have some mules that are very old, that we have had for a long time, and we would have to make a big reduction for them. Including those old mules, I think $100.00 around would be a fair price.
Q. How many have you on hand? A. We have twenty-six mules and four horses-thirty head in all. Q. what do you con~ider the wagons, carriages, buggie:>
"T and harness worth ? A. e have no buggies. The carriages are very old~ and not worth much. They are nearly worn out. I should say $40.00 around would be a fair valuation. We have two carriages, and eight two-horse wagons, and then what
we call a little hearse wagon and- a hearse. ;r think thG
above would be a fair valuation. Q. What do you receive as compensation for you!'
services? A. I receive $1,500.00, and fuel and lights.

Mr. S. J. Dannenberg, of :Macon, Ga., appeared before the committee, and being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside? ~\.. I reside in Macon, Ga., Bibb county. Q. How long have you resided ther~ A. Off and on I haYe been in :Macon about twenty years. Q. What business are you engaged in?

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A. Wholesale and retail dry goods, and clothing and shoes.
Q. Did you at any time ever sell any goods, or your firm ever sell any goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium 1
A. We did. Q. When? A. I cannot give you the dates. Q. About when 1 A. To the best of my knowledge and belief we sold so:ni.e goods this season when the last contract was let. Q. Do you remember any other 1 A. The contract previous to that, I think, and several previous to that. Q. What is the style of your firm 1 A. The Dannenberg Company. Q. How long have you been in business under th<1t name? A. About eight years. Q. Do you know A. Joseph~ A. I do. Q. How long have you known him1 A. About fifteen years. Q. Who compose the members of your firm 1 A. It is a stock company. Q. How long has it been a stock company 1 A. About eight years. Q. How many stockholders 1 A. Four or five. Q. Who are they~ A. J. Dannenberg, I. Block, S. J. Dannenberg, W. F.
Dannenberg. Q. Have you a business manager? A. We have. Q. Who is business manager ?

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A. J. Dannenberg. Q. Do you hold any official position ? A. Yes, I am director.
.r Q. Has Mr. oseph ever been an agent for your com-
pany with authority to act for it in the sale of goods? A. I cannot answer. I do not think he has. Q. Did he ever by authority of your company have au-
thority to make bids for the sale of goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium?
A. I think he has. I am not positive. Mr. J. Dannenberg is the only one who could answer that, and he is in Europe.
Q. Has he ever been an agent of your company for the l>ale of goods
A. Not that I know of. Mr. Joseph has been an agent to my certain knowledge and belief for Messrs. J. R. FricJ & Co., and Wolff & Happ. I want it distinctly understood that he has never be~n agent for The Dannenberg Co., sl far as I know.
Q. Is The Dannenberg Co., J. R. Fried & Co., and Wolff & Happ members of the same firm?
A. No, sir. Q. Has A. Joseph, Agent, ever sold goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium for yGur company ? A. Yes. Q. Did he make any commission or per cent. in those sales that he made as agent? A. I think he did. Q. What reason have you for thinking that he did? A. For this reason: vVe have credited on account of A. Joseph, Agent, certain amounts which he received a3 -commissions on sales that he made for The Dannenberg Co. Q. I will now call your attention to a transaction that we find here. We find that A. Joseph on one occasion a few years ago put in a bid here in his own name. Some
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of the trustees objected to it under a new rule that they hall made that a trustee could not sell to the Georgia State San~ tarium, and Mr. Joseph. then ran a pencil throHgh his name, and added the name of your firm. Can you explain any-thing about that? Had he authority to do that?
I
A. Not that I know of. Q. Did you, or so far as you know, did any member 0f your :6.rm, have any knowledge of that act? A. Not as far as I know. Q. Would you have been likely to have known it? A. If I was home at the time, yes. Q. "\Vas there any financial or business relationship existing between your company and Mr. A. Joseph?
A. No, except as agent for J. R J'ried & Co., and woHr
& Happ. Q. When you say that he received a commission by wa;l-
of a credit, who gave that credit. A. The Dannenberg Co. gave it to h.im as "agent," not
as an individual. Q. Agent for the Dannenberg Co.? A. Agent for Wolff & Happ and J. R. Fried & Co. Q. Did he get any commission for selling goods to tb
Sanitsrium for The Dannenberg Co.? A. As A. Joseph, Agent, yes. Q. Did A. Joseph ever get any commission as agent or
otherwise for selling goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium for the Dannenberg Co., of Jtfacon?
A. Yes, sir. Q. About how much in amount? A. I cannot tell you. Q. Have you any idea? A. I suppose it would be about half of the profit made on the sale. Q. Do you remember the gross amount?

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A. No, sir. Q. Has your firm books that will. show that? A. I do not know. Q. I will now sho" you a paper identified by officers of this institution as a bid purporting to be from A. Joseph with the Dannenberg Co's. name in pencil-his name erased. Do you, after_ looking at that, seeing its datE:: goods, etc., tell who made that bid? A. Mr. Joseph made that bid. Q. Who for, himself or your company? A. I guess for himself. Q. Do you know whether your company furnished th! goods or not ? A. I do not. Q. Refreshing your memory from the copy of the letter I have just read to you, and which you have compared with the bid in your hands, I will ask you if your company furnished these articles to the institution? A. They did, so far as I know. Q. Did that company make this bid? A. No, sir. Q. Who made it for Dannenberg & Co.? A. The handwriting is that of Mr. A. Joseph. Q. Did your company have any knowledge of this until the original letter, of which this is a copy, was sent your company? A. I do not know. If they furnished samples to Mr. A. Joseph, agent, I think they did. Q. Why would Mr. Joseph make the bid in his own handwriting in his own name, which he did, and then erased his name on the first page and write your firm's name in
pencil? A. I suppose he wanted to make a profit on the mer-
chandise sold the institution.

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Q. Did your firm permit Mr. Joseph to sell your firm's

goods to this institution at a profit to himself?

A. They must have, according to this.

Q. Was there any understanding between your firm, or

any of its members and Mr. Joseph that he could sell your

goods and make a profit?

A. As stated before, Mr. J. Dannenberg is the only one

who could answer that question.

Q. Does the books or any data in the office of your corr.-

pany or elsewhere show that Mr. J oseplt did make a profit

or was allowed a profit on the firm's goods?

A. As st.<tted before, I think it will.

Q. Was he indebted to your firm ?

A. As A. Joseph, Agent, yes.

Q. On his debits you allow him a credit?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Did not he get a commission on all goods that he soH

for your firm? Didn't you say that you had allowed him

credit as a~ent for Fried & Co. ?



A. Yes, sir.

Q. How came it that you allowed him credit as ageLt

for Fried & Co., if you have no connection with Fried &

Co.?

A. He was their agent, and the only way that he could

do business was through Fried & Co.

Q. How was that?

A. Because we did not have his name in the commerchl

world.

Q. Did your firm ever sell any goods either directly Ol'

indirectly to this institution that Mr. Joseph had any con-

nection with?

A. Yes, sir. Recently we have had no business relationa

with Mr. Joseph, not since last August or September.

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Q. Did you stop doing business with Mr. Joseph en-
tirely~
A. Yes, as agent. Q. Did you cease to do business with him?
A. Entirely. The house refused to have any businc<>a
dealings with him as agent or otherwise. Q. Why was that? A. For the simple reason it took us so long to get our
money. Q. Have you sold a:> many goods to the Sanitarium sine')
you ceased to have dealings with Mr. Joseph?
A. No, sir.
Q. What proportion? A. I imagine not by one-third as much. Q. As long as he acted a:> agent, and you dealt with him as agent you sold about two or three timts as much to the institution as you have since ? A. Yes, sir. Q. What amount of profit do yon usually make? A. From 20 to 25 per cent. He received about one half of this. Q. If :Mr. Joseph testified heretofore that he received ten per cent., that was approximately true? A. Yes, sir. Q. When you go to :Macon could you examine your books, and let us know what commissions :Mr. Joseph got.
A. Yes, sir. The Dannenberg Co. was also agents of Fried & Co. and wolff & Happ to the extent of selling
goods to the asylum~ Q. Did Mr. Joseph have an agency with them also? A. There i:, 110 question but that he got the benefit of
everything sold. He certainly got the benefit either directl,; or indirectly.

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Q. You stated just now that as soon as Mr. ;roseph ceased
to sell goods as agent for you that you had not sold as many goods to the asylum as you had previously done. why wn;. that?
A. Our bids were not accepteJ. I will state thnt the
same shoe that was offered through Mr. Joseph at $1.10 and accepted was offered direct by the Dannenberg Co., an,l was not accepted.
Q. Are you positive in your mind as to the time that Mr. Joseph stopped acting for you as agent?
A. \Ve have not had any business transactions with hirn since last August, and I presume it was about that time or shortly before that time.
]j{r. J. R. II ines, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee.
Being sworn, testified as follows: Q. Are you a member of any firm, or are you doing bmi-
ness for yourself? A. For myself. Q. How long have you been in business at your present
place? A. I have been in business here since 1882. Q. What is the nature of your business? A. General merchandise and livery business. I handl~
wagons, buggies, harness, etc. Q. Have :you seen the wagons bought in :Macon, Ga,
three of them, about a year ago, for the State Sanitariun: ? A. I believe I did see them as they passed through th~~
streets as they were brought out. Q. \Vere you advised as to what they cost?
A. Ko, ~ir.
Q. You never examined those wagons carefully ? A. I only saw them pass through the streets. I do not know what they cost, and did not make any inquiry abo,Jt them.

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Q. You ~:<ell wagons? A. Yes, sir. Q. What is a two-horse wagon with four-inch tires worth? A. I do not remember, I rarely sell a wagon that large. I sold the State some several years ago, but they cost about $51.00, made by the Kentucky Wagon Co. It is considered a standard wagon. Q. From your knowledge, having dealt in wagons, would _you say that $75.00 was a fair price for the wagons as compared with the wagons you sell? A. The Lid on wagons from me was for the running gear without the bodies. Q. Suppose they cost $75.00, would you say they were a bargain, or too high ? A. I think they could have bought them a little cheaper. Q. Mt. Hines, would you object to walking down to the lot with :Mr. Parks and looking at those wagons? A. No, sir, not if the committee desires me to do so. )lr. Hines excused. _Mr. Hines recalledQ. Now, from having looked at those wagons, and sup-posing that they cost $75.00, do you think it was a bad purchase for the State? A. I think it was a bad purchase. Q. Could. those same wagons, or wagons of like capacit_v ()r duration have been bought, in your opinion, in Milledgf'-ville, for the same money or less money ? A. For less money. Q. How much less? A. I should say from $15.00 to $20.00 less on each "Wagon. Q. How loug have you been in the wagon business? .A. About teu years.

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Q. Then you have had considerable experience in handling and selling wagons ?
A. Yes, sir, the State has two of my wagons down there now, and they are better wagons to-day than the last ones they bought.
Q. What would have been the additional cost on yo1ll wagons with the same tire as the others ?
.A. It would have been somewhere in the neighborhood, of $5.00 or $7.50. It would not be over $10.00.
(Witness states this after having examined the wagon::. that were bought in Macon and those that were Rold in thtt open market in Milledgeville.)

Mr. Jacob Caraker, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee. Being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Mr. Caraker, do you know anything about some wagons bought for the institution sometime last year 1
A. Yes, I saw them as they came through town. Q. Having seen those wagons, and from your knowledg~ of the business, state, if you please, what you think th~y were worth? A. I do not know what they were worth, but I offered a better wagon for $55.00 without body-with three-inch tires. That is all I know, I accidentally saw them. Q. You looked at the wagons that day? A. I examined them, and they were pretty light wagons for that money. I used to build wagons, and I know all about them. I have been in the business a long time, an1 if I know anything it is about wagons. Q. Would you consider $225.00 for the three wagons ilo good trade or a bad one~ A. I think it was a bad one, for they gave too much.
Q. Do you think the wagons could be duplicated for le~
money?

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A. Yes. Q. What would you think would .be the probable freight from Macon over here ? A. Probably $1.75 per wagon. Q. You say you lookeJ. at the wagons that day? A. Yes. Q. You do not think they are superior in quality of wearing capacity to the wagons you had ? A. Nothing like it. Mine was the improved Tennessee wagon. Q. Was there any application ~ade to you to bid on wagons? A. No, sir.

Mr. P. J. Cline, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee; being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. You are a merchant in Milledgeville, are you not? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you know the firm of H. Sonneborn & Co., of Baltimore, :Md. ? A. Yes, sir. Q. What goods do they deal in? A. Clothing, exclusively. Q. Have you ever known them to o:ffm blankets for
sale? A. I heard that they put in a bid on blankets at the asylum.
Q. Have you ever dealt with them? A. Yes sir; I bought goods from them years ago. Q. Have you bought any recently, in the last year or two? A. No ir. Q. Do you know whether Mr. A. Joseph is connected with them in any way?

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A. I was a competitive bidder here on one occasion, and the next morning ~Ir. white came in the store, and I said, "';vho got the contracts?" He said, "'Vell, the
""r -firm of Sonneborn & Co., of Baltimore, got a large portion
of the blankets and clothing." I remarkeO., ell, there is rascality somewhere in the neighborhood, for I know that :M:r. Sonneborn does not sell blankets, and I know furthermore that :Mr.Joseph is connected with that bid in some way, because 'Volff & Happ, of 1\Iacon, have dealt largely with Sonneborn & Co., and there is close business relations existing between them for years, and if :Mr. Sonneborn has been awarded the bid, 1.fr. Joseph and Wolff & Happ are coming in for a large part of the profits." So, when a check, after sixty or ninety days was sent Sonneborn & Co., they wrote back to this institution that they had credited the -firm of 'Nolff & Happ with that amount of money. If that bid had been in the name of Wolff & Happ, :M:r. Joseph could not have consistently been the man to award the bid, because at that time he was th!! agent for Wolff & Happ.
Q. Do you remember what that bid amounted to? A. It amounted to some $6,000. Q. You say that the Baltimore firm wrote back that the third payment had been credited to Wolff & Happ? A. Yes, sir. Q. At that time, you say Mr. Joseph was doing business for Wolff & Happ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you know of any other bid, either directly or indirectly that :Mr. Joseph had an interest in? A. I know of dozens of them. There was not a bid awarded here that :Mr. Joseph was not interested in; I mean of the firms of Fried & Co., and \Volff & Happ. Two-thirds of the blankets, etc. purchased by this institu-

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tion he was interested in. Mr. Lamar told me sometime .ago that on that contract day there was -a lot of bids, and Mr. ,Toseph was awarding the contract, and at the time he had the samples of J. R. Fried & Co., P. J. Cline, Fred Haug, "\V. II. Thomas & Co., of Philadelphia, and others piled together, and Dr. Foster turned to him and said, "Joseph, take those samples of Cline's, Haug's and Thomas's from underneath those samples of Fried & Co." You see, Wolff & Happ failed, and the business was transferred to J. R. Fried & Co. Mr. Joseph was their agent.
Q. Do you know who got the contract that day? A. Why, Fried & Co. got it. Q. About what time was that? A. It must have been last spring. Fried & Co. failed in the fall. Q. Do you know }fr. Fried? A. Yes, sir. Q. What nationality are they? A. They are .Jews. Q. What amount of profit, if you know, was made on the dass of goods sold by Sonneborn & Co.? A. If :Mr. Sonneborn, as a jobber of New York, was to put in a bid to this institution he would put it in at about ten per cent. Q. If you were to see the original bill could you tell :about what per cent. was made on it? A. I do not know that I could. It is very easy for a man to take a case of goods in his store and get a billhead from Baltimore with Sonneborn & Co. printed on it, and set d~wn in his store and make a profit of thirty per cent. on his goods. I was a bidder on this occasion, and it cost me not less than $10.00 to $15.00 to get samples from New York and Boston. I have stood no chance. :Mr. Joseph ,stated that he got five per cent, but I will bet he received twenty per cent. :M:r. Cline, Mr. Hang, and }tfr. Jewell

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went to the expense and trouble of bidding upon these goods, but they were simply throwing away their time and money.
Q. Did your knowledge of Mr. Joseph's connection with these bids deter you from putting in bids?
A. Yes sir. I knew there would be no use in my putting in a bid as I would not get anything.
Q. Did you make bids to the institution before Mr. Joseph was a trustee?
A. Yes sir; I made a practice of bidding every contract day.
lfr. Carling told me over in Macon that I sold too many goods to the asylum. I told him that they bought from me because they thought I was honPst, and there were a great many who were not honest.
Q. In whose handwriting is this bid of Sonneborn & Co.?
A. In Mr. Joseph's handwriting. I will state further,. that after that bid was put in, I know that the institution was not run in th~ interest of the State of Georgia, but in. the interest of some of the trustees and outsiders, and I stopped bidding.
I have heard that Mr. Joseph has approached one or two men of this county, and asked them to become applicants for the position of steward of this institution.
Q. Who are they? A. Mr. G. C. McKinley, :Mr. G. W. Hollingshead, and others. He told these gentlemen that if they would not accept it that some one else would, as there was going to be a change. Q. From whom did you hear these reports? A. I heard Mr. Richard Lamar say so yesterday. It has been a common report on the streets of Milledgeville. No one knew this when the change of stewards took place; no one dreamed that this would take place.

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The first thing that struck the people and tax-payers of this section, who are familiar with the doings of the institu- .. tion, was that before the new board reached the institution, they stopped in Macon and held a secret caucus, and .elected as their chairman, Carling, a man who knew nothing of the running of this institution, when three old members were left on the board, and courtesy, if nothing else, demanded that one of them should succeed to the chairmanship, but they had no say so whatever, as what was to be the policy of the board in the management of this institution.
Q. Who went to Macon, and who was in the caucus? A. All the members of the board except Dr. Walker, of Putnam, Dr. Foster, and Mr. Hunt. Q. How do you know that, Mr. Cline? A. I know it from hearsay. Q. From whom can I get this information? . A. You can get it from the members of the board. I have heard the old trustees say that they were dumbfounded when the meeting opened, and they found that everything was all cut and dried. You know very ~ell, it is a custom or courtesy always existing in bodies of this kind, that old members are given preference in the matter of p~iding officers. Q. Would you consider Col. Tom Hunt better than some of the new ones, when he was charging fees for his services? A. He was led upon the mountain tops, and was tempted and fell. I heard the board paid Mr. Hunt $25.00 for the purchase of the wagons and mules, and I told him that he was wrong in accepting it, for I thought Mr. Hollinshead could have gone much cheaper and bought the mules, and knew the business better than Mr. Hunt. When I told Mr. Joseph that M~. Hunt had received $25 for purchasing three or four mules in the city of Macon, and that I thought that he and the trustees were acting

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without much judgment, he rubbed his hands together, and smiled all over himself.
Q. Mr. Cline, could you furnish us with the names of any persons that would likely testify to the meeting in Macon before this new board reached the city of :Milledgeville~
A. I do not know that I could. Q. Have you any means by which you could get this
information~
A. I do not know that I have. It has been common talk. Q. Who among those that you think met there lived nearest Milledgeville~ A. Mr. Carling lives in :Macon. Q. Do you know of any reason why they should discharge or displace Mr. Lamar~ A. Yes, ~ir. There has been no friendly feeling existing
. between :Mr. Joseph and this institution for the past .twentY
years. Judge Hammond was steward of this institution for ten or twelve years, and he stated to me a !lozen times, "I cannot go down to Joseph's and buy these goods, he will stuff my bids." Colonel Humber was appointed steward, and he was a good friend of Mr. Joseph, but he bought his goods from me. Then Lamar comes along, and I sold him those little things needed from time to time. :Mr. Joseph took a notion that he did not sell this institution any goods, that the steward did not buy from him; then he wantd to be trustee. :Mr. Huff was appointed trustee, and then resigned, and 1\fr. Joseph fought for it and worked for it, and finally got it, and the first thing he did when he was appointed was to try and get in with the employees. He introduced a resolution that the officers of the institution could not buy from the commissary unless the employees could do so. Then his next idea was to get rid of the steward. He 'vanted to get some one in here that he could do something with. !Ir .Joseph approached

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the gentlemen above referred to, and tried to get them to apply for the position.
Q. Mr. Cline, have you examined the bill of Sonneborn & Co.?
A. Yes. Q. From you examination of the bill, and prices current in the market, what would you say would be a reasonable profit that Mr. Joseph made on that bid~ A. Not less than twenty-five per cent. When this change was made last summer, and the purchasing power was taken from the steward of the institution, and the steward was not allowed to buy chickens, eggs and butter, except on the 20th of the month, it turned out to be a hardship on the institution, and it had to be repealed. Then the steward had to turn over to Mr. Joseph the purchasing of supplies. The first bid that was made after that law was passed called for sheeting, hooks and eyes, and dry goods of different kinds, and I went over to Macon for the purpose of getting up some bids on them, and approached :Mr. Carling at the Lanier House, and asked him to explain what class of goods he wanted; that there was so many different kinds of dry goods it would be impossible to get up the samples. This was some time in June, 1898, I think. :Mr. Carling stated that he had nothing to do with it, and that he had been worried and bothered too much already by these things. I then remarked, "Mr. Carling, you are looked upon as the head of this purchasing power." He then stated that the steward had that to do. I told him, "Why no, the steward had nothing to do with it; that the committee had taken that out of his hands. He then began to get a little warm and said, that George Case and he were brother Knights and brother }fasons, but that Case and I had been selling the institution too many goods, and that hereafter goods had to be sold to the institution ~nder competitive bids. I remarked,

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"then suppose the steward wants to buy two o~ three pairs of shoes;" then he says, "then he must get two or three bids to see what he can get them for." From that time on the purchasing power was taken from the steward, and Mr. J-oseph, became the purchasing agent. Each day's wants were delivered to Mr. Joseph by the steward of the asylum. I approached Mr. Joseph upon the streets of Milledgeville one morning; and told him that he was violating the rules of the institution; that Mr. Carling had told me in Macon that no_ one had the right to sell anything to the asylum without competitive bids, and that he was filling the daily wants of the steward. He denied it; said it was not true. Mr. Joseph, in thirty or forty minutes from that time arrived at the asylum, approached the steward, and asked him if there was anything needed. He told him yes, that they wanted some crash, and he told him, "Send Cline a memorandum ot it." That was the first memorandum I got.
Q. That was the same day you had the conversation with him?
..:\.. Ye~, sir.
Q. Did you get the memorandum? .A. Yes, I got a letter wanting to know wh.at I would furnish 1,000 yards of cra~h for.

FRIDAY, M.AY 5TH.

Mr. L. J. Lamar recalled.
Q. Mr. Lamar, on yesterday, when you were before m, you spoke, as I recollect it, that you might refresh your mind on some matters that you had not stated to us. Do you remember anything more this morning that in your opinion could aid us in this investigation?
A. I remember one or two little things that occurred over at the storeroom while the awards were being mad~. On one occasion, one contract day, to the best of my knowl-

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eJge and recollection I think it was last September, while purchasing dry goods, there was a number of bidders' sa~n
ples, Cline, vV. H. Thomas & Co., of Philadelphia, Fred
Haug, and others, whose samples were spread out on the table. l.Ir. Joseph was present, and he was spreading om samples of J. R. Fried & Co., and Dr. Foster remarkell, "}.h. Joseph, uncover those samples of Thomas, Cline, Haug, and others, and allow them the same chance that you do Fried & Co."
Q. On that occasion did :Mr. Joseph have these samplas eovered up ?
A. Yes, sir, Dr. Foster can substantiate my statement. I always considered, gentlemen, and do yet, that my first duty was to these unfortunate inmates. Last fall on contract day, in purchasing supplies there were some articles, groceries, that I do not think they had samples for. M.v recollection is that it was lard, and hams. It was suggested that they do not purchase those until the 20th of the following month, and get samples for them. I remarked, as politely and as respectfully as I knew how to address a gentle man: "\Ye will not have enough to wait until next month. The patients will be the sufferers." Under this rule I had no authority to buy, you understand. Mr. Carling remarked, "You need not bother yourself about the patients; the trustees will take care of them."
Q. During that interim were those things purchased? A. I do not know, sir, as I went away from here on Dceember 31st. The next morning they stopped purchasing wpplies, and held the election of officers, and I was removed. I stayed on until December 31st, and did what I comcientiously thought was my duty to do. On that sam(-}
day there were spectades purchased from vV. A. Doody &
Co. of :Macon, at $18.00 per gross, and the same things
could haYe been purchased from vV. H. Thomas & Co., for
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Q. Who were they purchased from? A. W. A. Doody & Co. Q. Where do they reside? A. Macon, Ga. Q. Was Mr. Thomas a competitive bidder? A. Yes, sir, his bid was there on file~ and his sample wa.,; there, and I suppose his bid is here now. Q. Were the goods identically the same? A. I thought they were. Still the executive committee might have thought otherwise. Q. Have you had experience in the purchase of those things before? A. Yes, sir. I had purchased for twelve years. Q. Please state if you know personally, or have ever heard any rumors from reliable sources of any trustee receiving a car-load of eoal as a donation. A. Yes, sir. Q. Commence now, and detail to the stenographer all that you know personally, or that you know from reliable Fources, giving the names of other persons that know anything about it. A. Several months ago, I think it was in the fall, Mr. John Ralston, Vice-President of the Mingo Coal & Coke Co., of Middlesborough, Ky., was here at the institution, and asked me sometime in writing him or making him remittances on the coal contract, please to give him the addre,;3 of Dr. Dixon; that he had promised to give him a car of ~oal, and wanted to ship it to him. :My reply was, handing him 011e of the reports, "You will find the addresses of the different trustees on that page," and there the matter for :1 time dropped. Subsequently, several months afterward, 1 saw him at the hotel in Milledgeville, the Milledgevilie Hotel, and as I was passing the hotel, stopped, and he called me m. He said, "I am glad to see that you are alive; I

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thought you were dead, as I had a letter from Mr. Troutman as steward, quite to my surprise." I remarked, "That is all right; the trustees have a perfect right to put any on'J in the position that they see fit." He asked me when they were going to let the coal contract, whether next week or not. I told him that I did not know, not having inquired, but suppose it was published in the papers as had been the custom. To make a long story short, he then said he wad
going to bid, and I remarked to him, "I do not know but
what I am due you an apology, Mr. Ralston, and better late than never. You failed to take off the report of the trm,~ tees at the time you were in my office last fall, and I really did not remember whether I sent you Dr. Dixon's addre..."!! or not." He said, "No, you did not, but I sent him the coal, and he was very much pleased with it."
Q. Do you remember the time of that conversation~ A. It was in March of this year. Q. Do you know whether this institution paid for that coal out of the funds of this institution or not. A. I have no idea that the institution paid a copper for it. Q. Then in your opinion the car of coal was a donation~ A. That is what the vice-president, Mr. Ralston, told me. Q. Did the doctor have anything to do with the letting of the contract for coal~ A. The full board was here, is my impression. It ca'l be substantiated from the records of the institution. The contract was let in this room by the board of trustees sometime in March, 1898. Refreshing my memory from the minutes of the meeting of the board of trustees of March, 1898, I ~ee that the coal contract was awarded t) the Mingo Coal & Coke Co., of :Yiddlesborough, Ky., amounting to 6,000 tons, more or less, at $2.75 per ton delivered. Refreshing my mind from the minutes I find

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that the following ~uembers were present at this meeting: President Dixon, V. P. Carling, and trustees walker of \Vebster, :Mallory, Hunt, Smith, Gaulden, and Walker o:f J>utnam.
Q. Were you ever approached by anyone relative to a change in the oftlcc of steward, and especially did any onr:: eYer make any statement to you in which you were tolrl under what conditions you might remain here as steward ? State fully.
.A. Yes, sir. Some time last fall Mr. J. .A. Horne, ftf 1his place, while I was in his office on business of the insti tution, stated to me, "I have a letter from my brothe!' Henry, of Macon, that I want you to read." I read the letter, the purport of which was that if I would trade more with :l\Ir. Joseph out of the private deposit account ha thought matters would work out all right.
Q. Either in the letter or anything !fr. Horne stated t> you, what matters did he refer to?
.A. My being retained in the position of steward. Tr:
justice to 1.fr. Horne I want to state that he wrote that lettet of his mvn volition. I did not know that he had written the letter. I replied to him: "Mr. Horne, Mr. Joseph knows just as well as I do that Dr. Foster and Mr. Carling agreed last August that the rules applied to the private deposit account as well as to the support and maintenance fund. Since then I have had no idea of making any purchase whatever from Mr.. Joseph at any price. It would be a violation of the rules of the trustees."
.A week prior to the election, Mr. J. J. Waxelbaum, in },filledgeville, at Ouher & Kidd's corner, said, "The election of officers comes off next week." I said, "Yes." He said, "I think you are all right; do not see why you should not be." I pleasantly remarked, "There is nothing certain in life but death and taxee," and also said that I felt reason-

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ably secure, there being but three new members on the board, and the other seven had supported me twelve months ago, and I had endeavored harder, if such a thiug was possible, to please the three new men than I ever had in my life. He then said, "Don't use my name, but I am perfectly satisfied if you will trade more out of the privato.~ deposit account for the patients with Mr. Joseph you will be all right." I then made- him in substance the same reply that I did Mr. Horne---that it would be a violation d the rules of the board of trustees, and I could not do it.
Q. During the time that you acted as steward do you know whether or not the trustee-s paid more for the san~~ kind of goods that was furnished either directly or ind~ rectly by Mr. Joseph than could have been bought from other parties ?
A. No sir, I cannot say that they did. Q. From your experience and observation as steward of the institution can persons who have had no experiencd as merchants and with the commercial world buy as advantageously to the institution as persons who have had experience in purcha..~ing, buying and selling articles such as the institution needs? A. No sir, I do not believe there is a man in Georgi.'l who is as familiar ~ith the wants of this institution as Dr. T. 0. Powell. There have been trustees here who knew nothing about the workings of the institution. One tru;tee who I do not believe I have ever seen in the steward'," office. A great many of them are professional men, and. may be fiJ:te physicians and fine lawyers, I do not say they are not,:but my idea is that experience is worth a great deal to a man. Q. Before the change was made lmder the new boar(l of trustees who did the purchasing, and what was the plan and methods adopted in purchasing for the institution ~

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A. The Eteward did the purchasing., All the things th:lt he deemed advisable and possible to advertise for were bought under competitive bids. Those bids were openctl in the presence of the superintendent, the chairman of tlw then prudential GOmmi_ttee, executive committee now, aml the awards were made by the steward in their presenc0. We would have Mr. Hollinshead, the assistant stewarJ, present, and he would give us his views about the qualiV of corn, oats, etc. We would consult as to which was the _ec;t, and I would then make the awards;
Q. what experience, if any, had you had in handlin~; groceries, dry goods, and such other articles as were usuall.y purchased for the use of the institution, including hardware?
A. I was in the mercantile business from January, 1870, until I came. out to the institution on February 22d, 1883. Atone time I handled dry goods exclusively, the firm being Windsor & Lamar. In 1872 we opened a store lower down the street and put in a stock of groceries. In the fall of that year our dry goods business was burned out. W) closed up the grocery business, and continued the dry good-i for possibly three or four years. I then gradually worked out of the dry goods business, and put iri a stock of hard ware, tinware, crockery, and things of that kind.
In staple groceries, in my judgment, it does not require so much experience, as you gentlemen well know the market :fluctuates almost daily.
I got off of that private deposit account too quick. t just brought thi~ file up to show you gentlemen that purchases had been made from 1Ir. Joseph on the private deposit account.
Q. Yon state that since you left the institution as steward that out of the private deposit account :Mr. Joseph, tru,;tee, had been paid for sales made to the institution'? Fmnish the amounts and dates from the bills before you.

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April 3, 1899 .............................. $7 98 January 20, 1899 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 30 No date, but evidently purchased since April 3, 1899 2 81}
On page 142 of contract book you will see that an award was made in June, 1898, to :Messrs. Waxelbaum, Sims & Co., Macon, G:;t., for 300 pairs of shoes at .97-!. The same shoe was offered by Fred Haug for .87-!- Mr. GeorgeHang, of Atlanta, got up the samples for his uncle, Mr~ Fred Haug, and Mr. A. A. Vaughan, who clerks for Mr. Fred Haug, told me that :Mr. George Hang came out here to get the samples after the awards had been made, saw the shoes he offeted and the shoes purchased, and stated that
they were identically the same shoe. IfI mistake not, M1. George Haug told Mr. J". M. Edwards in substance the-
same thing'!,. Q. Did you see the shoes, ![r. Lamar? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you compare the one with the other? A. I cannot say that I did beyond the brand. Q. Was the brand of the two shoes the same? A. My recollection is that they were. My opinion is,.
to the best of my knowledge and belief, that it is the same shoe. I had reached that point where I could not affor1l to make any suggestion to the trustees. I felt on the first contract day that I was in the way.
Q. What trustees were present when that bid for shoes was received ?
A. To the best of my knowledge and belief and recollel'! tion there were nobody present but Mr. Carling and Mr. Joseph. I do not recall anybody else. Sometimes Col. Hunt would come over there and sit awhile, and then ~~> back to the Center Building.
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the farming here we have a most excellent man, 1\Ir. G. "\V. Hollinshead, a very competent and efficient man. Whe!'i.ever we wanted a pair of mules I would send him to buy them. My experience was to get them, if possible, on trial. He would go over to Macon at an expense of not more than $3.00 to the institution. The mules would be sent over here. They would allow us to try them a week or two, and if they suited us we would keep them, and when they dil not we would return them. I have no recollection of ha;ing ever returned any mules while Mr. Hollinshead did thr~ purchasing. I did return one last year that was bought, _ suppose, upon the same conditions-that if they suited the~' would be paid for. We had paid for the mules, and :fiv~ or e.ix weeks after payment had been made, one of theTn was returned, and the party with whom we had been deal ing gave us another mule in place of him.
Q. Did ;you ever pay as much as $25.00 for one purchas~ of mules during your entire administration~
A. I never paid out over $3.00. It was usually $2.00, but I know $3.00 would cover the full cost of purchasing a pair of mules.
Q. Under the present rules of the board of trustees do you know what authority they had to buy those goods d :Mr.Toseph ~
A. No sir, I do not. Dr. Fo~ter will state that he anrl Mr. Carling agreed that that rule should apply to the plivate deposit account as well as the support and maintenanc~ fund.
Mr. J. W. McMillan, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee. Being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. How long have you resided in the city of Milledgeville?
A. Sixteen years.

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Q. What has been your business during that time? A. Contractor and brickmaker. Q. Have you ever done any work for the Georgia State
Sanitarium~
A. Yes sir, lots of it. Q. Have you been acquainted with the manner of pur-~hasing and conducting the business of the institution during any portion of the time you have been here? A. Just a general knowledge. Q. I suppose that you understand the purpose of th[g committee--to make a thorough investigation of every -department of this institution. We are absolutely ignorant save what we can get by calling on witnesses. If you 1..-now anything of your personal knowledge, or if you have heard -of anything from reliable sources, the committee will thank you to give them a full and complete statement of what yna may know in either of those ways. A. I only know that I have had a great many dealin~ with the trustees of the asylum, and there used to be meu -on the board who were gentlemen who I think acted from honest motives, but here lately there are some members of the board the most prominent part of whose reputation is not honesty. But as for having any evidence of anything being done, l have not got any. Q. Will you please name those to whom you refer? A. There is a man named Carling, from Macon. He Ji; a member of the board, and I have never heard one man from Macon say that he was an honest man. There is ::t man named Joseph, clever talking fellow, but his reputa tion for honesty is not first-class. I never heard anybody say that Carling stole anything, but I never heard anybody say that he was an honest man. There is Mr. Newton, whom I have known for years, but I have never heard anybody say anything but that he was an honest man. I have inquired of people from Macon as to what kind of fellow

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}fr. Carling was, and I never heard one man say that h~ was honest. He may be, though I do not know.
Q. You had that from reliable sources~ A. Yes, eii, from men who lived in Macon and now live in Milledgeville, Cook Bros., and others. Talking about purchasing things, years ago I used t'> sell lime, cement, and things like that. The asylum used a good deal of lime in whitewashing, and I used to sell it to the institution. when Mr. I~amar was steward, and h! and I were very good friends, I one day met him on the etreet and asked him, "Why are you not purchasing limo from me~" "Because," he says, "I can get it cheaper in :Macon." That is the way they did things here. Frien,lship was very good, but it did not interfere with business mattets. Q. You say that :Mr. I.amar, in your judgment, is an honest man~ A. I am a Scotchman and kinder cautious, but I wouhl swear to that. I have had dealings with that man, and he is as straight as a shingle. Q. Now what commission did you give him on things sold to the institution ? A. I:f you were to offer him commissions he would hit you in the mouth. He did not do business in that way. He is square as folks get to be. Q. Do you know of any other :fact, or :from having heard anybody that is reliable make any statement, can you giv<J us the names of any persons that we might gather any material :facts from relative to the management of this institution in any of its departments ~ A. One hears about town of the misdoings of Mr. Joseph. I have heard }fr. Cline make statements, and 1 have heard :Mr. Jacob Caraker, about some wagons being bought in Macop. by Mr. Carling.

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Q. Do you know of your personal knowledge of any man who has cea!led to make bids to the institution becausethey had not been fairly treated, or that they had no showing in competition 1
A. No, sir.

Mr. J. A. Horne, :Milledgeville, Ga., before committee;. Being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside~ A. Milledgeville. Q. How long have you resided in Milledgeville? A. I have been here since May, 1887. Q. What is your business? A. Broker and wholesale groceries. Q. Have you had any dealings with the Georgia State Sanitarium, bidding, selling or otherwise? A. Yes sir, con!'ltantly since 1887. Q. What have been your opportunities of knowing themanner in which the bids were made and contracts let, and the general management and conduct of the affairs of the institution ? A. I have always been furnished with a printed sli~ about one month ahead of contract days. Have always sent out a ~ealed bid and samples with it, and was notified of what I got. (Also states that the steward and some o' the trustees awarded the contracts.) Q. Had you any knowledge.of any recent changes madJ relative to the manner of purchasing for the institution ? A. My recollection is that up to the time Mr. Carling was appointed on the board that the steward, togdhel" with the superintendent, assistant steward and srorel~eeper have awarded the contracts. Since then I underRtand that Mr. Carling is on the committee. Q. Y fJU. have knowledge, I suppose, of the purpose of

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this committee to make a thorough investigation of the affairt: of the in::;titution. Do you know anything with reference tv any trustee or conduct of any official, or of any bid being received, contracts let, or purchases made which, in your juJgment or your knowledge of the institution, we ought to know?
A. I do not know that I do. I understood that one ot
the Jules was that samples must accompany bids. I have lmt t:everal contracts by not having samples, but it was awarded to others that did not put in samples, and my bid was lower than theirs.
Q. About when did you ever know of such a thing being done?
A. I think the contract was awarded last June. S. R Jaques & Tinsley Co., ~Iacon, Ga., were the parties receiv ing the contract.
Q. Do yon know any reason why a person in Maco..1 should have been awarded the contract for meats, who made .a higher bid than you, a resident of :1Iilledgeville ~
A. I could not give my reasons why they did it. Q. Had such a thing ever occurred before? A. No, eir. Q. Mr. Horne, did your brother Henry write you a letter from Macon at any time stating in substance that if Mr. L. J. Lamar would let up on A. Joseph, that he might be reinstated ~ A. No, he did not write me that. The trustees met here to elect their officers at the regular election time, hut they
did not elect them. It was postponed. I asked several oi them about it, and asked 1.1r. Joseph about it, and he said
they were not ready to elect at that time. He said that they would elect in December. I asked if there was any trouble, and he said. "I think if the election had come off then that Lush Lal'llar would have lost his place." Be-

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ing anxious to have l\fr. Lamar retained, and knowing th~t my brother, Henry, and Mr. Carling were good friends, I wrote him to find out what was the matter, and he wrote me hack and said that he had a conversation with Mr. Carling about it, and he said that there was nothing in the world the matter with Mr. Lamar; that he was an efficient man, and as long as he did his duty he was satisfied there would be no change. About a week or ten days after that I recei\cd another letter from my brother, and he stated that in a subsequent conversation with Mr. Carling he brought np the matter again, and this is my brother's advice after
having had that conversation: "I am satisfied that if yon will see Mr. J.amar, and get him to buy more from Mr.
Joseph, especially from the private deposit account, that considerable of the friction will be done away with." "If you are friendly with Mr. Lamar, you might suggest this to hiin, as I think that is the main trouble." Mr. Carling, gentlemen, took that letter and went before the legislature, and stternpted to prove there was collusion between myself ~nd l\fr. Lamar. I never sold the asylum $1.00 worth of goods except what was sold under sealed bids. Another charge he made there was that I had sold the asylum meal giving them 46 lbs., instead of 48 lbs. Every hid I have pnt in I have specified that it was bolted meal, and that .it was cheaper to buy as the bran went to the' hogs anyhow. That letter I sent to Mr. Lamar, and told him that probably there was his trouble. I wrote to Henry, and asked him if he had a copy of it, and he said no. The inference from that letter was that i:f 1fr. Lamar would do more purchasing at l\fr. Jose-ph's store for the institution instead of about town that the friction would be done away with.
Q. Do you know of your own knowledge of any former bidders that have ~eased to bid at the asylum since tht~ <'hange of trustees ?
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Mr. P. W. Brown, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee, .being sworn, testified as follows :
Q. About how long have you resided in Milledgeville~ A. About eighteen years. I was born and raised in the .cqunty. Q. What business have you been engaged in? A. Business of different kinds during that time. Was .chief marshal of the city for three or four years, and been .connected with the city government in different ways. Q. Have you or not been familiar with the workings of .the Georgia State Sanitarium-the manner of conducting its business, etc ? A. Yes, sir, to some extent. Q. Have you ever done any work for the institution? A. No, sii. I have attempted to have some dealings with them. Q. Do you know of anything that you think advisable -or proper for us to know, or can you give us information, or any other facts that would be to the benefit of the State and .the asylum? A. There is one little transaction of last year that I might make a statement of. In the spring of last year the trustees of the asylum passed an order to buy some road machinery. I -was then, and am now, an agent for the Good Road :Machinery Co. They wanted a Steel Champion, lat.est patent road machine, two wheel scrapes and a road plow. I talked with some of the trustees about it, and Col. Hunt and Mr. Carling of Macon, among the number. They >told me that they wanted the machine made by the company I represented. I was advised by one or two trustees, Col. Hunt among the number, to put in a sealed bid, and :that was put in and turned over to Mr. Lamar. The t~ .tees met on June 20th, opened my bid, but did not pae-s On it. The matter stood over until the next meeting of the

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trusteee, which was July 20th. My bid was exposed to the trustees, ii to no one else. When July came, there was another bid brought in from Macon ~rom Mr. Lee Ellis, just $4.00 less than mine on the very same identical ma chinery, from the same company and everything. I thought a little strange of that. I thought if his bid had been in at the same time as mine it would have been all right, but passing over a month, and mine being opened up, and his coming in just $4.00 less than mine, I did not think it was fair and right in justice to me.
Q. What was your bid 1 A. It was $311.00 in all. That included Steel Champion Road Machine, two 2-wheel scrapes and road plow. Q. Do you know why they opened your bid at the June meeting? A. No sir. Q. Do you know whether the party from Macon who made the successful bid knew of your bid 1 A. As I understand it, bids were not advertised for. I was looking out for business, and found this, and was advised by the trustees to put in my bid, and did so. There was no other bid put in on that date. Q. Do you know whether the party in Macon who made the successful bid of $4.00 under yours knew of the amount of your bid 1 A. No sir. It was possible that he could have found out. Q. Who from? A. From Mr. Carling and anypody else. Q. Who was the successful bidder in that 1 A. W m. Lee Ellis. I am under contract with the company for this territory, and after I found they had awarded it to him, I wrote them not to ship the goods unless they protected me in my commission. They wrote me that they Qid not want to lose the sale of the machinery, so they would fill Ellis's order, and pay me my commission.

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Q. Is Ellis an agent of that company? A. I do not know whether he is or not. The company wrote me that they did not know such a party as W m. Le& Ellis as being an agent.
Q. And yet he sold the very same goods that you bid on t
A. The very same, identical goods, from the same factory.
Q. What business is :Mr. Ellis engaged in in ].facon? A. I do not know. I think he is superintendent of th& streets, or something of the kind. Q. Can you furnish this committee with that letter, stating that the company did not know Ellis? A. Yes, sir, I think I can. Q. In the event that the letter is lost do you swear positively that it bore that statement?
A. Yes, sir, to the best of my recollection, right now. t
cannot see how Mr. Lee Ellis would have known anything about this transaction, unless he was put on notice. Furthermore, the bid that the machinery was awarded on was not here until the 20th of July, at the meeting of the trustees. It was not on file at 'all, with the steward of the asylum. If it was, it was on that day.
Q. As a matter of opinion, do you not think that :Mr. Carling notified that party in Macon, and had that bid put in?
A. I am just as confident of it as I am of most anything that I do not really know.
(Copy of letter referred to by Mr. Brown in his testimony.)
"Kennet Square, Pa., July 25th, 1898.
P. W. Brown, Agent, 111:illedgeville, Ga. : Dear Sir :-Your favor of the 20th inst., is duly to hand,
and we note fully all you say, with reference to your efforts to sell a Steel Champion Road llfachine and some scrapers to the State asylum.

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\Ve have delayed answering your letter, hoping to heal" from the Mr. Ellis, whom you refer to as the party who secured the order. We can readily appreciate the fact, that from your standpoint, Mr. Ellis had no right to interfere with the sale of this machine, but the thing that troubles m is whether Mr. Ellis really did sell a Steel Champion machine.
Tc thf' best of our knowledge and belief, we have never heard of ~nch a party as }fr. Ellis selling goods in your State, and it looks ver:_'l' much to us as if Mr. Ellis was an agent for some other than the Champion. If this is the case, you have been beaten out of this sale by a very smart trick. Of course, it may be possible that Mr. Ellis has been assisting our Mr. \Vells in the sale of Champion machines in Bibb county, and it mny be that Mr. Wells has given him some rights and privileges to sell in other counties which we know nothing of.
We do not, however, think that Mr. Wells would instruct Mr. Ellis to sell in your county, as he knows that you have a contract for selling goods (Champion) in Baldwin county, and that you should be prote~ted in any sales that you attempt to make.
We have written oUr agent, Mr. Wells, fully in this matter, sending him a copy of your letter, and asking him to investigate. We would also ask that you kindly give the matter attention and advise us by return mail whether or not Mr. Ellis put in a bid for Champion machine or for some other competing machine.
(Signed) Good Roads Machinery Co."
Mr. D. W. Brannen, Milledgeville, Ga., before committee; being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside ? A. In Milledgeville, Ga. Q. How long have you resided there*
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A. About seven years. Q. what is your vocation or business? A. Minister. Q. Do you know Mr. A. Joseph, of the city of Milledgeville, and a trustee of the Georgia State Sanitarium? A. I do. Q. If at any time you had any conversation with him or heard him say anything about the officials of this institution, or relative to retaining or not retaining any of them, please state when you had the conversation, and as you remember it, substantially what occurred between you. A. It has been about three weeks ago; I cannot state the time, because I did not have any idea of such a thing. I was not pumping him for any reason aside from my own satisfaction and interest in this institution. The discussion came up about the officials of the institution, and about the efficiency with which it was conducted, and I told him that I had heard it said that Dr. Powell was perhaps to be replaced by some one else; in fact, had heard two or three names suggested. I told him at the same time, that I considered that it would be a calamity for Dr. Powell to be replaced by anyone. I asked him then to do what he could and use what influence he had with the board (this rather in a light way, because it was in mere conversation), to not make any change of that kind. He replied, "As a matter of fact, I have very little to do with it. Such things as that are fixed by P!l1f a dozen members who meet before they come to this place." The conversation 'vas just in front of his store. Q. Do you know any other fact, either from your personal knowledge, or from reliable information that you have from others, concerning this institution, that in your opinion would assist this committee in making a thorough examination in the manner of conducting its different departments, either by trustees or other officials?

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A. If my experience here for twelve months carries any weight, knowing that I was only here for a short time, I must, in the interest of truth, say that it impressed me that it was more economically managed than any other iustitu tion I ever saw, and I have visited several.
Q. Have you ever heard of any one who stopped bidding on supplies for the institution on account of partiality shown certain parties by some of the trustees?
A. Yes sir. I was talking with Mr. P. J. Cline on this matter of business. He said, "Do you know the most of the dry goods sold out there are sold from Jewish houses~" I told him no, that I did not know anything about it. He said, "Look at the books, and you will see that that is the case." He further said, "It is no use for me to put in a bid out there to sell goods," and intimated without calling any names, that some of the trustees were involved in the matter.
Q. That is the only instance that you know of where such a thing has occurred~
A. Yes, sir, I believe the only instance.

M1. Fred Haug, J\1:illedgeville, Ga., before committee; being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside~ A. }.filledgeville. Q. How long have you resided at that place? A. Ever since before the war. Q. what business are you in~ A. Shoe business. Q. About how long have you followed that business~ A. Ever since the war. Q. Have you ever made bids to furnish the Georgia State Sanitarium with goods, such as they advertised for~ A. Yes, sir.

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Q. Has that been of frequent occurrence or seldom? A. Every time that they called for bids, I have always put in some samples. Q. In making bids for the last year or two years, do you bid now with the hope that your bids will be received as they always have, or have you observed a difference? A. I have observed some difference. I do not get the contracts awarded like I did before. Q. Explain, please, more fully in what respect your bids have been disregarded. A. I do not know. I could not explain it. I thought some other bidder had cheaper goods, or they liked tlieir goods better. Q. Can you recall any instance in which you offered goods of equal value or better than those offered by other persons, which were accepted when your bid was turned down? A. Not on my own memory, but a nephew of mine who travels for a shoe house said he did not know why I did not get the bid on a certain lot of shoes. He told me he would go out there and see what they had, and he said that he found out that the identical shoe that I had offered for less money than they paid for the shoes. Q. Is he reliable?
A. Yes. He was trying to sell shoes through me for
his house. Q. What is his name? A. George Haug. Q. Where does he live? A. He lives in Atlanta. Q. Is what you have stated your only reason for be-
lieving that your bids are not respected as they were formerly?
A. I never thought much about it.

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Q. You stated awhile ago, in answer to my question, that you never made bids now ?
A. Yes, I still make bids, but I am not as succussful as I have been.
Q. Do you think the change of trustees had anything to do with your being so unlucky?
A. I do not know. I send my bids and samples out here, and know nothing else about it. I have not been out here to the institution before for four or five years. I never have been out here on account of bids or anything of the sort. When the day comes I send out my samples, together with bid, like everybody else. I I am awarded anything I get a notice of the awards, and the other samples are sent back to me. I know the officers of the institution, and consider them nice, good men. They have always treated me gentlemanly.
Q. Did your nephew state when he came to examine the shoes, that they were of the same make?
A. Yes sir, of the same brand and make. My bid was lower than the other on the shoes referred to. My recollection is that the shoes bought were five or more cents per pair higher than the shoes I offered. Q. Were you not rather surprised when the award was made in that way? A. Yes, I was surprised that somebody else could get more for the shoes than I could. I did not offer anyone rebate. I I cannot get anything straight, I do not want it at all. The last contract day I did not get anything. Heretofore, for years, I have always got something. Of course I was surprised that I did not get anything, but I deal fair and square with everyone.
Q. vVere these shoes exactly the same make or brand of
shoe? A. It was exactly the same shoe; so my nephew stated.

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llfr. R.N. Lamar, before committee; being sworn, testified as follows :
Q. Where do you reside? A. ::Milledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga. Q. About how long have you resided there? A. I have lived in the county since 1854; moved to Milledgeville in 1-farch, 1894. About five years prior to that I lived just about half a mile from the asylum. Q. Are you familiar with the manner in which t~e trustees or other officials of the Georgia State Sanitarium have generally conducted the business of purchasing for the institution? A. No sir, I know nothing of my own knowledge. Q. Do you know Mr. A. Joseph? A. I do. I have known him since 1865. Q. Do you know :Mr. L. J. Lamar, the former steward? A. I have always been informed and regarded him as my brother. Q. :Mr. Joseph, I believe, holds the position of trustee? A. He is one of the trustees appointed by Governor Atkinson. Q. About how long has he held that position? A. About four years. Q. Are you intimate with Mr. Joseph? A. I know him very well, and when we were younger men we were together a good deal. Q. Did Mr. Joseph, since he was a trustee, ever approach you and make any remarks to you about your brother, L. J. Lamar keeping quiet, and if he would keel> quiet what would be the result of it-that he might be restored to the former position? A. Yes, on more than one occasion. On December 8th, 1898, I was taken sick, and was confined to my bed for six weeks, and to the house for eight weeks, and about the time of my recovilry, when I was beginning to be on the

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streets, Mr. Joseph remarked to me, ''Dick, I would like to see you. When can I find you at home alone?" I said,
"vVell, Joseph, you know my family consists of daughter)
baby and myself. Most any time you will find me practically alone," but without previous appointment he came around one night. My little boy, ten years old, was in an adjoining room, had retired, but was not asleep. Trustee Joseph gets up and closes the door between him and the boy. I said, "You need not do that, the little boy will be asleep in a minute." Then he began to say in rather an undertone, "You and I have always been good friends, and it has _given me great pain the manner in which your brother has spoken of me." I said, "While I have great confidence in my brother, I am sure he would not do anything that is wrong. You must have given him some great offense to make him feel so." He said, "I want to talk to you about that matter out at the asylum, but owing to your indisposition I have been unable to do so." He then said, "I have nothing in the world against your brother, and so far as that ~s concerned, I was really for your brother, but you know to be in the minority a man is nothing, and I did vote against him simply to be in the majority. If I had known that my vote would have elected him it would have appeared for him." That conversation occurred sometime in February. Either the day before or two days prior to the meeting of this committee we had another interview, and he repeated about the same thing he said before, and said, "Now, if Lush will only keep quiet, all things will be right." He further stated that one trustee would vote for him now when the matter would come up -again, and he was satisfied that he could control another.
Q. As I understand you, Mr. Lamar, the keeping quiet as remarked by Mr. Joseph, in that conversation, refers to talking to this committee

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A. Yes, that is the way I understood it. Q. Residing here as you do, and have done for some time, with your knowledge and familiarity with this institution, I will get you to state, Mr. Lamar, either from your own knowledge, or from reliable information, that you may have from other people, any other fact or circumstance that, in your judgment, would be of benefit to the State or to the institution, or to this committee in making a thorough investigation of the institution and its affairs, including the trustees and other officials. A. I only know of things as rumors. Do not know of anything per se. Q. Any material rumors~ A. These are simply street rumors. I have heard that there was some irregularity about the purchase of some wagons; that a larger amount was paid for them than they could be bought in Milledgeville. I have heard it charged without proof being offered, that all of these parties who are upon this executive committee, that they were all paid -well greased in other words. For instance, that $25.00 was paid Hunt for going over to Macon to purchase mules. I did not go down into this thing. I thought, perhaps if ! looked into it to try and find out that it would be considered partisan. I know nothing, save from rumors. I am impressed that my brother was put out of here simply from spite, because he could not be used, or would not do that which was improper, and wrong for him to do. Q. What has made those impressions? A. I heard about these transactions of Joseph's. For instance, I heard that Joseph wanted to carry something into effect, and he absolutely wrote a resolution out, without the action of the board upon the resolution, and he transferred it over to the secretary, and instr11cted him to record it as a part of the minutes of that meeting. I do

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not know whether that is so or not. All that I know of my own knowledge was the two interviews I had with trustee Joseph.
Q. At y'Our second interview with Mr. Joseph, did he say that one trustee would vote for your brother, and he thought that he could control another? Did he mean himself?
A. He did not mean himself in either instance. Q. Did he mention who they were? A. No, he did not call any names. He did say that one already had changed, but did not give his name, and also said, "I do not know, but may be, I am in hopes that we can get Carling." Q. Did he, in either one of those interviews, intimate that there had been a conference held that supplanted your brother? A. He said that he knew when they met how things stood; otherwise, he would not have been in the majority. Q. How did he state that he knew he was in the majority before the meeting? A. My; impression was that SL'{ certain men had a full understanding about it. Dr. Gaulden went to Mr. Troutman and said, "We want you to fill the office of steward up there." Mr. Troutman said, "I do not know about that. That fellow Lamar is a kinsman of mine," and he wrote my brother a letter. Dr. Gaulden went down there to see him, and he said that he did not care to antagonize Mr. Lamar. Q. If I understand you aright from your interview with Mr. Joseph, you judged that the matter had all been fixed~ A. No question about that. Dr. Gaulden told Mr. Troutman, "You might as well take the position, as Mr. Lamar will not be re-elected, and if you do not take it, some one else will."

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Mr. G. G. McKinley, before committee. Being sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside? .A. I live in Baldwin county. Q. How long have you resided here? .A. .All my life. Q. .Are you acquainted with Mr. Joseph, a trustee of the Georgia State Sanitarium? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you know anything about l.Ir. Joseph's conduct as trustee relative to any sales he has made to the institntion? A. No sir, nothing of my own knowledge. Q. Did you at any time before the change of stewards here hear him say anything relative to making a change, or did he ever offer the position to you? A. He urged me to become an applicant for it, but I declined. He rather insisted on it two or three times, may be four times. I declined to do it, and told him that T believed they had the best steward in the State of Georgia. Q. Did he state any reasons? A. He said he knew I needed the place, was competent to fill it, and could fill it with ease. I gathered from his conversation that there were not very pleasant relations between him and Mr. Lamar. Q. Personal matters between them? A. I inferred so from his conversation. Q. Do you know from your own personal knowledge any fact or facts the knowledge of which to this committell or to the State at large would be of benefit to the institution?
A. I do not think so, Mr. Copeland. Of course I am acquainted with all the rumors that are in circulation in regard to the action of the board for the past year or two.

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The common talk is that some of them-not all of themare cheap politicians, and that they are making this institution a sort of football.
Q. From your observation and acquaintance with the working of the institution for a long time, have you seen or noticed anything that impedes the progress, or is in any manner injurious ?
A. None in the world. I know the men in charge here are men of the very highest character. The inner workings of it I know nothing about. I am not ready to believ0 some of the rumors that are in circulation all over the State. The character of the men at the head here are a refutation of all such charges.
Q. The reason that you think it is well managed is that you see the progress of the institution and. its general wcl fare advancing in its usual channels?
A. I believe that it is capably managed in every respect, from the head on down.
Q. Did Mr. Joseph give any reason why he thought there would be a change ?
A. He said there was going to be a change; that Lamar was going to lose his place.
Q. How long was that before Mr. Lamar was turned out?
A. As well as I remember, he broached this matter to me maybe twice during the last year, and I think once the :fall before. Probably the first time that he spoke to me about it was over twelve months ago. I finally told him that I would not have it if they elected me unanimously.
Q. With your knowledge of this institution, your own acquaintance with its history, do you believe there is any necessity for an investigation at all?
A. Not a bit.

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Q. What, in your opinion, has given rise to this friction, and these various rumors, and so much talk adversely to the institution?
A. I suppose it is unpleasant personal relations between the board of trustees and the officers of this institution. I see no reason for any investigation on any charge. These charges have been made for eighteen months, probably, and I have heard, though I know nothing about that, that Mr. Joseph is unfriendly to both Dr. Powell and the former
steward, Lamar. Q. Do you know what gave rise to that enmity? A. No, sir. Q. Do you know, or have you had any knowledge that
:Mr. Joseph has been speculating off of the monies that hav~ been appropriated for the maintenance of this institution 1
A. No, sir. Q. You have given your opinion about certain matters, I will now ask you a theoretical question. If it is true that he has speculated and received commissions to the amount .of several thousand dollars, then where would the blam3 lie? Would others connected with the institution, wh> might have knowledge of this fact, in your opinion, would that attach any blame to them 1 A. Yes, sir, I think it would. I think every man that knew of it, and permitted it to be done is as guilty as the man that did it.. Q. As a citizen in easy reach of the institution have you .heard any rumors that there have been caucuses by any o:t the trustees? That the majority is against the minority, .and caucused relative to the action of the board?
A. No, sir. I did hear that there was a majority opposed 'tO the minority. I heard that the board of trustees was :pretty evenly divided, and as to the chairman, they did not know how he would fall.

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Q. In your opinion, do you think it would be right for them to hold a caucus?
A. This is the State's greatest charity, and it does seem to me that they ought to have men on that board abov~ caucusing. They ought to be big men, broad men, andabove this little wirepulling politics. It may be impossible to have such a thing, but if there is an institution in theState of Georgia that ought to be out of politics it is this institution.
Q. I think you stated that you thought this investigation unnecessary; in the event that it developed that Mr. Joseph had been speculating with the knowledge of some of the other trustees, what would you then think? Would you consider a trustee speculating off of the purchases made a matter for investigation?
A. Most assuredly. The trustees ought to have nothing to do with making a cent out of the institution. They ought to be above that.
Q. In the event it should be proven to the satisfaction of the cowmittee that such speculations had been carried on, what do you think should be the recommendation of this committee ?
A. If it is proven on them, I think there is no question about the propriety of their removal. I cannot conceive of a man doing his full duty here in a humanitarian way and at the same time making money out of the institution. They are more than apt to conflict in some way. I believethat the board of trustees ought to be filled with men who are not trafficking, and that they ought to stand above politics, money, and everything else except an earnest desire tobenefit the unfortunates out here.
Mr. L. J. Lamar recalled: Q. Mr. Lamar, do you know of anything else that mayassist this committee?

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A. I just wanted to make two or three statements. .L want to repeat a conversation I had with M;r. S. L. Terry, of :Milledgeville. The day after the election of officers in December, 1898, :Mr. Terry said he passed Mr. Joseph, and remarked to him, "You have dropped a mighty good man at the institution; his place cannot be filled." l\fr. Joseph replied, "Yes, very easily, plenty of men can fill his position. \\re do not intend to stop there; we are going to p~l.t Dr. I'owell out too."
I also want to repeat what Colonel Hunt told me on one occasion. I was telling him how much bothered I was in discharging the duties of the office, and I was, as I thought, bordering on nervous prostration; that I did not bdievo that I could hold 011t. He said, "\Vell, Mr. Carling say:> that if he had your job as steward he would control the politics of Baldwin county."

Mr. W. H. Burwell, Sparta, Ga., before committee. I:eing !'worn, testified as follows:
Q. \Vhat is year profession? A. I am a lawysr. Q. where do yon reside? 1\.. ln Sparta, '-' g, (~. How long l1a\e you been In the practice of law~ A. About six rear::..
r!. Have you ~;incc you were admitted to the bar ber.m
ir, ~J:utnership with ~myone ? }... Yes sir, with \ol. J. T. Jordan. Q. Has that partnership continued since that time tm~1l
)lt )\'/ ~
J~. No sir. P):;siLly nine months after I was adt:~itted b the bar I formnrl a partnership with Col. J ordaE. He -died m the spring o~ 1895. Since that time I have i1racrir~clm;y professioa alone.

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Q. Did you ever compile the la,"S for the State Sr.nitariwn ~
A. Yes sir. (!. lf that the pamphlet? (Being shown the pampl.1cl.) A. Yes sir, I suppose so. Q. Do you rememher what was paid you for that work~ A. I think $100.00. Q. You had no o11e then with whom to divide that, running a separate and independent business? A. The matter w;:~ first suggested to me by Col. Hunt, who is also an attJrney of my town, and was at the time and is now a trustee of this institution.. He had been employed or had been requested by the board to do the work of compiling the~e lnws, but stated to me that he did not have the time to do it, and wanted to know if I woulrl undertake the wori~. I told him that I would, and he then had me to come over and meet some of the members of the board of trustee~:;-.~ome three or four. Q. Did Mr. Ht:nt get any part of that fee? A~ I signed a H'cc~ipt for this fee, and I am sure the re ceipt ought to be in the records, but I am sure the receipt was for $100.00 ard I gave him a percentage of this fee. Q. Do you know 'vhat per centage, Mr. Burwell? A. Mr. Hunt gave me two thirds or one half of the fee. Q. Speaking about the amount of that fee, if it should turn out that it was more than $100.00, would it be reasonable to suppose that he gave you one half of it? A. I think he gave me two thirds of the fee. Q. I think it is to be perfectly fair to you. I am informed that the receipt was for $250.00. A. I never received that amount of money. I was really employed by Mr. Hunt to do this work on a division of fees to be made with him for such services, he agreeins to pay me $66.00 for this work.

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"\Vitness does not now remember how the money was paid, whether by check directly to him, or in cash directly to him, or from Mr. Hunt.
Q. Having seen the original receipt, which purports that you have received $250.00 for the compilation of the laws relating to the Georgia State Sanitarium, and having examined it, state whether or not you received the money that that receipt called for for said work.
A. I state most positively that I did not receive the full sum of $250.00 as mentioned in this receipt, but my memory is that I only received two thirds of $100.00, Mr. Hunt contracting with me upon a basis of $100.00, and not $250.00. I further state and swear positively that the receipt is signed by T. 1vi. Hunt, and in his own handwriting. I am familiar with his handwriting. I now read to you the original receipt as it appears in the records of this institution.

"Georgia State Lunatic Asylum,

No. 2120.

Office of Steward.

Milledgeville, Ga., April 26, 1895.

Received from L. J. Lamar, Steward,

Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars for codifying laws re

lating to Lunatic Asylum.

$250.00.

(Sgd) W. H. BURWELL,

By T. M. Hunt.

I swear further that I have no memory of ever havinJ seen this receipt before, and further that I did not authorize 1vir. Hunt to sign such receipt for me. I may have authorized him to receipt for $100.00 fee. ly memory is not clear on this point. I gave Mr. Hunt a receipt for $100.00, on L. J. Lamar, Steward, and I supposed that was the one on record at the institution until the original receipt

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signed by Mr. Hunt was shown to me. I at no time discussed the matter of fees with anybody connected with this institution except Mr. Hunt, and he told me that ho would look after that part of the business, as it had been fixed at $100.00, and would see that I got my money.
Q. Do you know anything else, Mr. Burwell, going w show any mismanagement or misappropriation of funds of this institution?
A. I cannot state positively of my own knowledge o any mismanagement or any misappropriation of funds of this institution, aside from what I have already testified. I have always regarded the officials directly in charge oi this institution as thoroughly competent and most efficient in the discharge of their duties.
Q. To whom do you refer now? A. I refer to the superintendent, the steward, assistant steward, and such officers as have the direct management of the institution and immediate control. I know nothing of the conduct of the trustees aside from what has been testified to.
Q. Have you no information by hearsay of any mismanagement on the part of the board of trustees or others, O!" have you heard of any rumors that you consider well founded that will lead us to any fact showing mismanagement?
A. That is rather a broad question, and I hardly know
how to answer it. Of course all of us are familiar to soma extent with the Joseph matter, to the purchase of goods from Joseph by the trustees in an indirect way, but I hava taken no interest in the case; have paid no attention to it. I, however, as a lawyer, recognize the fact that a trustee under the law would have no right to sell goods directly or indirectly to this institution and receive a profit therefor.
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After the compilation of the laws I suggested to Mr. Hunt that his name should appear with mine as one of the compilers, but he said to me that as I had done the work just let it go in my name, and let me get the credit for it.
Mr. J. R. Fried, Macon, Ga., before committee. Being :Sworn, testified as follows:
Q. Where do you reside? A. }lacon, Ga. Q. How long have you lived there? .A. For twenty odd years. Q. what business are you in? A. Dry goods and notions. Q. How long have you been in that business? .A. About ten years. Q. Are you engaged in that business as an individual 'Or as a company? A. As J. R. Fried & Co. Q. Are you acquainted with Mr. A. Joseph, a trustee of the Georgia State Sanitarium? A. Yes, sir. ~. About how long have you known him? A. I have known him for twenty-five years. Q. Has your firm eYer bid to sell this institution goods~ A. Yes, sir. Q. Since Mr. Joseph became a trustee? A. Before that. Q. Any since that? A. Yec;, sir. Q. what is the amount of your dealings with the Geor -gia State Sanitarium since Mr. Joseph became a trustee, or about how much? A. Since I have been in the business I have always got :a contract from the Georgia State Sanitarium. Every bid

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I put in I got something. Sometimes it was less; sometimes it was more.
Q. Now I will ask you this question: Do you know oi
any transaction in which bids have been made which have been accepted where any trustee or other officer of thi~ institution has made a profit to himself?
A. I do not know of any other trustee except Mr. Joseph.
Q. You are an intelligent witness, and have heard my statement, tell the committee the transactions in which Mr. Joseph has had a cent or received compensation in anv way whatever on any bids or contracts on purchases with your firm or other firms.
A. I have been putting bids to the asylum ever since J have been in the business. I used to be with the firm of Nussbaum & Co. We put in bids to the asylum, and always got some contracts. Afterwards when I started in ~usiness for myself I always gave in bids, and I do not think there was more than one or two contracts where we did not get something. Sometimes $1,000; sometimes $1,500.00, and the highestwe ever got was about $2,000. As far as Mr. Joseph as trustee was concerned, we did not know anything about it. Mr. Joseph never had any profit from us. It is true that I did instruct Mr. Joseph sometimes to send in the samples and to put down the bids, as he was more familiar with it than I was, but he received no benefit whatever. Mr. Joseph only acted as agent for J. R. Fried & Co.
Q. Did he receive any part of the profits on any of these bids or purchases ?
A. Not from us. Q. Did he receive them from anybody else~ A. I do not know anything about that. Q. Had your firm any account against him~

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A. At the present time, yeff. Only six weeks ago I got relieved of that business. Before that time the business was A. Joseph, agent for J. R. Fried & Co. The whole business belonged to J. R. Fried & Co. Mr. Joseph only had a salary.
Q. A salary in your firm? A. He could only draw so much per month. Q. How much per month did he draw? A. He was allowed to draw $2,400.00 a year. Q. What services did he render that firm? A. He attended to the business in general. Q. Did that include the sale of goods? A. Yes sir, everything that belongs to the business. Q. How long has your firm been paying him $2,400.00
a year for his services ?
A. About three years. To give you a full account of the business; about five or six years ago \Volff & Happ anl ourselves were creditors of A. Joseph. The firm was. insolvent, and a receiver was appointed, and the stock was sold. Wolff & Happ and myself bought the stock from the sheriff, and the business went on through A. Joseph; Agent. \Volff & Happ, about three and a hal years ago, failed, and all came under our firm, and we carried on the business under the firm name of J. R. Fried & Co. About six weeks ago I sold out the business.
Q. '\Vas it a part of Mr. Joseph's business as the paid agent of your firm to sell goods to the Georgia State Sanitarium?
A. Not exactly. In one instance I bought some goo~s in New York. Some things were for the store in Milledgeville, and these samples went straight to the store in Milledgeville instead o going to Macon, and I instructed Mr. Joseph to mark these samples and send them out to the
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Q. And was paying him $2,400.00 a year for that and other like services ~
A. Whatever has to be done in the business. He hatl to do anything I told him.
Q. Out of those transactions did 1fr. Joseph get any profit aside from his salary~
A. No. Q. During that time, in the last three or three and a half years, that he was receiving $2,400.00 a year, did he make sales to any other person, company or corporati0n besides the Georgia State Sanitarium? A.. No corporation. Q. Any individual? A. He made sales all over this county and other counties? Q. Can you name an individual that he made sales to? A. I suppose that I could give the names of some of the citizens of :Milledgeville that he sold goods to. Q. Did you employ him at $2,400 a year after or befor') he became a trustee ? A. I really do not know. I do not know when he became a trustee. Q. When did you employ him? Give the date as nearly as you can remember it. A. That was about five years ago when we bought that business, Wolff & Happ and Fried & Co., but when Wolff & Happ failed we made a new contract with him. The contract was the same only the old one was with Wolff & Happ and .T. U. Fried.& Co., and I wanted to start right as the business belonged to J. R. Fried & Co. Q. Did the fact that he was trustee have anything to do with that contract? A. Not a particle. Q. Do you know ~Ir. Carling of the city of Macon? A. Yes.

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Q. Is he a trustee ? A. I believe he is. Q. Have you had anything to do with him in makinr; bids? A. Never in my life. I do not believe I spoke fifty words to him in my life. Q. Have your sales been larger or smaller in the last four years to this institution than they were formerly? A. Sometimes they decrease and sometimes they in crease. Q. Taking it as a whole? A. No, they have not increased nor decreased. Q. Have you books by which you could show the amount of your sales for the last eight years? A. Certainly. Q. As I understand you, speaking from memory, you state there has been no change since ~{r. Joseph became trustee in the amount of your sales? A. Yes, as I stated, one contract it was more; on another it was less. Q. :Making an average of it, do you state it has been more or less since he has been trustee ? A. There was no more. It came out about even. Q. Can you give us from your books, and will you do so, a statement for the last eight years of your sales, giving the total for each year, to this institution? .A. Yes, sir. Certainly. Q. When will you furnish that to us? A. I can furnish it by '\Yednesday morning.

l.!r. '1'. 1lf. llnnt, Sparta, Ga., before committee. Being sworn, testi-fied as follows:
Q. '\Vhat official position do you hold relative to the State Sanitarium?

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A. I am a trustee. Q. When were yon first appointed~ A. Eight years ago this October. lf.r. N orthen appointed me to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Hall. Q. Do you know one Mr. Burwell, an attorney at law t A. Yes, sir.
Q. vVas he mer employed to compile the laws relating
to thit; institution? A. He was. Q. Who employed him~ A. The board of trustees. Q. what was the amount of his fee~ A. I could not answer that, sir, by reason of want of
recollection. Col. Watts, who was on the board when I came here was employed to do that work, but by reason of ill health or some other cause, did not. They then asked me to compile the laws, and I refused for the same reasonthat I was not in good health. They then employed Mr. Burwell, and his name appears officially on the pamphlet-
Q. Did you receive any part of that compensation~ A. I do not think I did. Q. "Who signed the receipt to the steward for the fee in that service~ A. I think I did, and turned it over to Mr. Burwell at
his request. Q. The receipt then, Mr. Hunt, as I understand you,..
with the st~:;ward, would be in your handwriting~ A. I would not be positive about that. I think Mr.
Burwell asked me to collect it for him and carry it and deliver it to him.
Q. Mr. Jones, have you any receipt in this room by which you can fix the date? If you have, present that tY CoL Hunt.
A. I think I have.

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Q. Did the trustees include in llfr. Burwell's pay the cost of printing?
A. I do not know whether they did or not. Q. Please give the stenographer the number of that receipt. A. 2120. Q. The amount of that receipt, please? A. $250.00. Q. The date of that receipt? A. April 26, 1895. Q. By whom is it signed? A. Signed by me for }rlr. \Y. H. Burwell. Q. Was llfr. Burwell here at the time that payment for that labor was made? A. No sir, he was not. That is my recollection, and I judge so from that receipt. Q. Did you or not take any receipt from Mr. Burwell when you turned over to him his compensation? A. I do not recall that I did. Q. If you did, have you that now in your possession? A. I could not answer that. Q. If yon have such receipt will you furnish it to this committee ? A. I certainly will if it is in my possession. Q. Do you know of any mismanagement on the part of any officer of this institution of your own knowledge? A. I do not, sir. Q. Do you know, or have you heard of any rumor that you consider well founded that would lead us as a committee to the discovery of the truth that there has been mismanagement or misapplication of funds appropriated to this institution? A. I haYe heard all sorts o rumors, but I could not give you any data that would be of value. If it was in my power I certainly would do it.

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Q. ,,.,.ere you present last :March at the meeting o the !board o trustees, when the coal contract for this institutior. for 1898 was awarded?
A .. )fy recollection is that I was. I am pretty sure that I was.
Q. W'ho received, as best you can remember, the award for coal?
A. I do not remember the name. Q. 'Vas it a company in Kentucky, known as the Mingo .Coal & Coke Co. ? A. That is my recollection. Q. 'Vas there at that time a competitive bid from the Halloway Coal Co.? A. That is my recollection, sir. Q. Did they have samples here at that time? A. I do not know, but I think that Capt. DeSaussure, -the engineer here, stated that they did. Q. Do you remember which one of those companies had the coal that stood the best test? A. )fy recollection is that we sent for Capt. DeSanssure, '<'lnd he came in and said that the Mingo Coal & Coke Co.'s \Vas the best coal that we ever had here. I know I based my judgment entirely upon his statement. Q. Do yon remember which one o those companies had 1he lowest bid? A. No sir, I do not. That is a matter o record, how
~...-er.
Q. Do yon know of your knowledge, or have you any information that would lead this committee to the truth or falsity o the fact that members o the board o trustees 'have ever received any coal as a donation?
A. None whatever. Q. You do not know whether that is true o your own knowledge?

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A. No sir. I really never heard of it before. Q. I see that the consideration for the $250.00 for Mr~ Burwell, stated in the receipt, is for codifying the laws relating to the I.unatic Asylum. A. That is correct. Q. Who paid the printer? A. I do not know. Q. Do you know whether the $250.00 covered the printing as well as the codifying of the laws? A. I do not of my own knowledge. Q. Who mually does the printing for the institution? A. I can hardly answer that question. I think it has been done in Augusta several times, but I really could not tell who does it. Q. I want to ask whether the State Printer, who has a contract for doing the printing for the State, includes in his contract the printing for this institution? A. I do not know, but I do not think it does. Q. Do yo\l know how many of these pamphlets containing this codification were made? A. I do not. Q. From whom did you purchase the w~gons in Macon ? Also the mules? A. Four of the mules were purchased from Mr. W ate:;:man. I think he is on Fourth street, just above the carshed. Two of them were purchased from Mr. Ellis, adjoining l\Ir. Waterman's stables. The wagons were bought from a lvir. Schatzman. Q. Where does he live? A. I can hardly tell you. The board of trustees ap pointr-d ~fr. Carling and myself to purchase six mules anI thrte wagons. I went to Macon and l\fr. Carling met me. :Mr. Carling iil chairman of what was at that time the prudential committee, and what is now the executive-

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committee, and a trustee of this institution. They appointed Mr. Carling and myself to purchase mules and' wagons to haul the goods of the institution at the time that the institution refused to pay $4,000 a year, which was demanded by the dummy line. I went to :M:acon. Mr. Carling met me. We went to Mr. \Vaterman, and then went to Mr. Ellis, and those are the only sales stables that I know of in the city. Mr. \Vaterman had four large mules. He priced them at considerably above the sum that was agreed upon. We differed with him as to the price, and went to Mr. Ellis' stables. There we found a smaller pair of mules that I suggested to Mr. Carling I thought could be used on the farm and in the gardens, and that we might take a pair of the large mules there and put to the wagons. He did not agree with me at first, but afterwards stated that as there were very few mules in the market at that time that if we could get the mules at the price suggested by Mr. :Ellis we had best buy them. That was my judgment, and we purchased the mules. The next morning we went back to \V aterman's early, and made a trade with him for the other four mules with a guarantee that if any of the mules proved no good he would replace them. Those mules were purchased. On the evening before we traded with :Mr. Ellis or \Vaterman, Mr. Carling suggested that we go up to Parmalee's and look at some wagons. We went, Mr. Parmelee showed us his stock in hand. They were different makes of ordinary road and farm wagons. After looking over his stock Mr. Carlin~ then took me round to Schatzman's. when we reacheci there he was at his forge welding and shaping up an iron axle. As t:oon as he bad finished :Mr. Carling called himover, and we had a talk in regard to his wagons. He said: that his wagons were made by himself, and that he fur nished the city o Macon with wagons or heavy haulin~--

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:Mr. Carling then sent out and had one of the city wagom driven by the shop for in,;peetion. \Ve investigated th'J wagons, and Schatzman called especial attention to the superior wood work and ironing of those wagons over and above the ordinary "agons, and Mr. Carling stated that the city of :Macon used them, aBd used them at and above the price which was asked by Schatzman :for the wagons to us, which was $75.00 apiece. I then remarked to Mr. Carling that I thought we ought to buy for the institution the very best that could he had; that we hauled from one to two tons of coal at a load, and we wanted the wagon-; that would last the longest and do the best service. I recall making this remark to him: that i they would do the best service for the city of ::.\lacon, and the city of Macon was using them at that price, $75.00, by reason of their superior make and quality, that I saw no reason why the State should not purchase them. That ended my connection in . every respect as to the purchase of mules and wagons.
Q. How much did you receive out of that~ A. X ot a single cent. Q. How much, to your knowledge, did :Mr. Carling re cei\'e ~ A. Not a cent, to my knowledge. Q. How much did you receive from the board of trustees for that service~ A. I Jo not recall. They might have paid my expenses. I do not remember. Q. Is it not tr11c that for that service you received $25.00 ~ A. I wonld not Le positive, bnt I think they paid me $25.00 in lieu of expense5. Q. How long were you there? A. I went there one morning, and stayed all night, and came back the next afternoon-two days and one night. Q. What was your railroad fare to and from that point?

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A. $2.65 there, and $2.65 back. Q. What would have been your hotel bills? A. Well, it is generally $2.00 a day. I went over an3. took dinner, and supper and lodging, and breakfast and dinner again. Q. Do you know, Col. Hunt, >vho had previous to tha~ time been making the purchase of mules and wagons fn:- the institution since your incumbency in office? A. L. J. Lamar, the steward. Q. Do you know what has been the cost of purchase a:; to expenses whi3n compared with your expenses at that t.ime? A. I do not. It is the only pul'(hase that I ever made. Q. Who was present of the board. of trustees when yoJ were voted the $25.00 for your senices? A. :My recvllection was that it was the full board. I would not be positive, hut that is my recollection. Q. We have evidence before us, and we think that it i'l due you as a State official that we inform you of it, that you only paid :Mr. Burwell $M.66 of the $~50.00 that yon receipted for. Now is that correct, or a mistake? A. I could not state exactly, but my recollection is thea he got half. Q. Who got the other half? A. I think I did, but I am not positive about that. Mr. S. L. Terry, :Milledgeville, Ga., being sworn, testified as follows: Q. Mr. Terry, it has been reported to this committee that one of the trustees of this institution made certain statements to you in regard to certain officers of this institution. State what was said at that time? A. When Mr. Lamar was :first discharged from the insti tution I met :Mr. Joseph on the street one morning and said, ''.Mr. Joseph, the trustees did a very wrong thing when.

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they removed llr. Lamar. I do not think they will be able to fill his place." He replied, "Well, we have got rid <>f him, and we will get rid of Dr. Powell."
Q. About when was that conversation~ A. About a week after Mr. J..amar was discharged. Q. Where do you reside~ A. Milledgeville. Q. How long have yuu resided there~ A. Since December, l 8!.16. Q. What official position do you hold in Milledgeville~ A. I am on the police force. Q. Did Mr. Joseph give any reason why they wanted t.) get rid of Dr. Powell?
A. No, sir, he did not give any particular reason. He
seems to have a spite against him. Q. Did he suggest as to who his successor would be? A. No, sir. U e first replied that he did not have any-
thing to do with the matter, and then remarked, "We will get rid of Dr. Powell next."
Q. Did he give any reason why Mr. Lamar was dis<harged?
A. No, sir, he just seemed to have a spite against them. Q. Have you observed Dr. Powell in the discharge of his official duties about the institution? A. I came here as an employee in 1884, and stayed until
1896. Q. During that time did you have an opportunity to oh-
-serve the doctor, and his treatment and management of thf' affairs here~
A. I was in charge of a ward for about eight years. Q. VIrould say that his services were efficient? Did he discharge his duties properly in your opinion? . A. Yes. sir. They could not have done it better than he -did. \Vhenever we had a sick man, Dr. Powell was alway~

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~rompt ir, coming to see him---(!oming over late at llight sometimes without being called.
Q. Do you know of any mismanagement on the part of :any servant or employee of this institution?
A. No, sir, I do not. I think the Governor was mighty bad off to appoint a trustee when he appointed Mr. Joseph.

J\fr. L. J. Lamar recalled. Q. A bout a year, or perhaps two years ago, do you know of any brick contract that was to be let for brick for this institution? A. I can recall one about twelve months ago. Q. Who got the contract ? A. C. C. Stratton & Co., of Macon, Ga. Q. Was there anybody from this city bidding on that contract? A. It was let by competitive bids. 1.1r. McMillan biJ Dn it, if I remember correctly. My recollection is that the trustees instructed the engineer to get up the bids. Stratton furnished th:m at $4.40 delivered. Q. Do you know what :Mr. Mdiillan's bid was? A. No, sir. (). Do you know of 3our own knowledge whether there was any proposition made 1y anyone to Mr. Mdfillan in <:ase his bid should be accepted to share with him i.n the
1;rofits? A. No, sir, I do not. lfr. C. :F. Jackson, who was man-
ilging the dummy at that time asked me who got the eon tract, and I told him. He said, "I am going over there fil!d see if I can get some of the hauling for the Georgia Rail :road." He said he would put them at Harper's sttwe, '\vhid1 is nearer than :Midway. He went over to Macor, to .see Mtratton, but did not get any of the brick. He said he lwd it intimated that if he would rr.ake certain concessiom,

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S(L:ndhing like ten cents difference, that he would get tlH>. h::~;ding. :M:r. J a!"kson told me that there was somethiEg fi~hy iu the contract, l:ut he could not get at the l:.:d0m of it.
Q. :l\fr. Lamar, what is the custom now in regard to the coal ? Does it passs through the store, and is it weighed 1
A. No, sir, it is not weighed. Several years ago we did weigh a car occasionally. The coal mines do not gener~t!ly weigh the coal themselves. "\Ye have been governed l;y the railroad weights upoa which the freight is charged. ( am not positi,e that the coal last year was weighed by tl;;~ railroad company, but the year before that and two or three years before I am positive that it was.
Q. Do yuu know whether or not there has been any dis position on the part of any employee or officer of this institution to suppress testimony that might be drawn out by this committee?
A. Yes, sir. I think T stated last week that ~Ir. Joseph. approached my brother, and several of my friends, anl asked them to Eee me and ask me to be as easy on him as possible as things would work out all right. Y esterda_y morning I was going up to the courthouse, and :Mr. Horne called me in his store and said, "Joseph came to me Satur day night and asked me to please see you, and ask you to let him down as easy as you could; not to be too hard on him," alid I made the same reply, in substance, as on a former occasion.
Q. \Vas that coal tested \Yhen it was received by anyone connected with the institution before it was accepted or re jected, when the bids were made?
A. X ot last year. "\Vhen the contract was awarded it was not. \Ve had been purchasing coal from that same mine for gas purpoEes, and possibly four or five years ago this coal was tested in connection. with ten or fifteen others,.

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but I do not think it was last year as we had tested it prry viously, and were governed by that test.
Q. Where is the Galloway Coal & Coke Co. located~ A. It is in Walker county, Alabama, I think. I do not know the post-office address. Q. Was that ever tested to your knowledge? A. I do not think it has ever been tested. It got so for the last two or three years that I declined to accept cars o:: coal to be tested from any mines except upon instructions from the board of trustees. There were twenty-five or thirty mines that wanted to send sample cars. It woulG. give us 600 to 800 tons of coal, and Capt. DeSaussure having so much outside work to do told me that he would not have the time to look after his regular work and attend t( the tests. Q. when the contract was awarded about a year ag,, do you know whether or not the Mingo Company was the lowest bidder ? A. K o, sir. I do not think they were the lowest in price. Q. !faking a comparison of the coal, what would you say about the bids? A. I cannot speak positively as to that. Capt. DeSau:;sure can tell you about it. The Galloway Company, l think, was under them, but the coal had never been tested.. Q. When that test coal is sent here does the institutio~
buy it? A. Yes, sir, and pay for it at the price at which the con-
tract is awarded. If the Galloway Company, for instanc~, had bid $2.80, and the contract was awarded at $2.75, we would have paid them only $2.7 5 for the test car of coal. One car of coal was gi,en us by the Durham mines, of Chickamauga, Ga. The coal was give11 us, but we had to pay the freight.

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Statement of T. H. DeSaussure, engineer:
Since the last report of the institution, there has been a hook and ladder truck purchased for the use of the Sanitarium, with complement of extension ladders~ etc.
In the matter of coal~ a test was made to determine the comparative value to the institution of many of the coal& on which bids were made. Twenty-seven (27) tests of various coals have been made. There was, however, several bids last March on coal that the Sanitarium had not tested. (There was a test made of the Galloway Co.'s coal before last contract for coal was made.)

Mr. A. Joseph, Milledgeville, Ga., being sworn, testified as follows :
Mr. Joseph, we have put you on notice, as a trustee of the Georgia State Sanitarium of what has been testified concerning bids, purchases, and other transactions. Now, if you see proper, you can take up these matters, and let your evidence M to these transactions go into the records.
A. The Jewell matter is an absolute falsehood, so far as I know. I will tell you just what occurred. Sometime ago, I do not know how long ago, there were several bids made on Coats' spool cotton. I do not remember the date. I had made a bid at .4090-, and Mr. Cline had bid at .41, which is contract pric~. We are all under agreement tO> sell Coats' Thread at .45 less 12 per cent less 2 per cent., which reduced to figures makes the contract price .40 2-100. The contract, I think, was awarded to me at .4090, and promptly reported to the Coats' Thread people by Mr. Cline, that I had broken the contract in 'bidding for thread. Mr. Thomas, the manager of the company in Atlanta, wrote me promptly that I had no right to bid .4090. I went over the figures, and found that the mistake had occurred in subtracting the discount. Sometime after that a bid was made

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on thread by Jewell at .3860, and when I saw it, said there must have been some change in the price of thread, and I wrote to Thomas, making this inquiry, wanting to know if there had been any change in the discounts, and stating that there had been a bid at .3860, and gave the name of the bidder. I had no desire to reflect on the bidder. Of course Bowen & Jewell were mad about it. From that time on there has not been any very good will between the firm and myself. Last fall, I think it was, Mr. Jewell came in my store and said, "Mr. Joseph, when is the next contract day at the asylum?" I said, "I do not know, Mr. Jewell. Don't you get slips notifying you when contracts will be let?"
I was just in the act of closing the drawer, and I said to him, "I tell you what you can do, Orlando, you can send )'Our samples to me, and I will put them in with ours, and if we get any contracts we will divide the commissions."
Q. Do I understand that this Thread Company, who have men all over the United States selling for them, fix a limit below which no one man can got
A. No one can go, and keep faith with them. Q. You had been complained against for putting in a bid by mistake, lower than the contract limit of the Thread Company, and after that Mr. Jewell put in a bid lower, at .3860, a marked difference, and then you simply reported the matter with a view of ascertaining if the company had changed the price of thread, and on that account you say that Mr. Jewell has felt hard toward you? A. Yes. I was blamed by him for giving this information. I thought if anyone else could sell thread for .386() we ought to be able to do so. As for my making any unfair proposition, of course that is absurd. I told him that if he would send his samples over to me I would put them in with mine, and if we got anything we would divide.

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In reference to \Volff & Happ, and J. R. Fried & Co., and the Dannenberg Co., in 1893 or 1894, my assets were bought by Wolff & Happ and J. R. Fried. I went into the hands of a receiver, and my assets were bought up by these two concerns, both of whom were creditors of mine at the time of the failure, and in order to protect themselves and from a friendly feeling for me, they bought these assets for some $30,000. They became the owners of my business; I became their agent under an agreement to manage said business, and to be compensated at the rate of $2,500.00 per annum, and if at any time, at any period of this contract I should be able to adjust my indebtedness with my credit-
ors so as to resume business in my own name, of course I
~hould have the preference to buy back at the market value. As such agent, I have been doing business ever since. ,In conducting this business, I could not confine my purchases to those two houses. I had authority to contract as agent for the purchase of goods with anybody. In the -course of business of course we bought goods from The Dannenberg Co. as well as from other people in New York, Boston, and elsewhere. Mr. Dannenberg is probably the wealthiest merchant in Georgia, and controls more ability to buy goods than anyone else that I know. In that way the samples of the The Dannenberg Co. were sent to me as agent for those concerns, Wolff & Happ and J. R. Fried & Co. in competition in the general line of trade. I admit that a profit was made on the goods sold, and that profit went to the merchandise account of the firms that I represent. There was no money. It went to the credit of A. Joseph, agent of J. R. Fried & Co.
Q. Is it not true, that if instead of selling the goods here you had sold them to me, there would have been the same
profit to you? A. Certainly. It was a legitimate business transaction,
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tucky, or with an individual. Now, right here, permit me to say, that in these inspections o samples I did not direct their purchase by the institution. A. Joseph, as trustee, did not buy goods for the State asylum, but A. Joseph, as agent, submitted samples for them to buy if they thought the goods better than the others submitted.
Q. In the case of those samples that you submitted, did you have no voice in deciding whether the asylum would take them or not~
A. I may have been present once or twice, perhaps twice in two or three years.
Q. When you submitted the bids and the contracts were awarded on that particular line of goods, yon were not present?
A. I do not remember. I may have been in the building at the time. I do not vote on or say to whom the contracts are to be awarded. The purchasing committee was composed of the steward, superintendent. assistant steward and storekeeper.
Q. In other words, Mr. Joseph, in making the sales that you have discussed, you did not judicially decide the question as to whether this or that bid should be accepted?
A. No, sir. I may have been asked at times, "Mr. Joseph, which do you think the best of these samples." Now in reference to changing that bill. If I remember, it was my own heading, A. Joseph, agent. I was out here standing at the door of the storeroom, and Col. Hunt was on the steps. I asked him if he thought there was anything wrong in my bidding, and he said he did not. I also asked lfr. Lamar, and he said, "I think you have a perfect right as a citizen of Georgia, to submit samples." There had been some discussion in Milledgeville, and very bitter competition, and I have been the object of that unfair and unholy competition. You are not merchants, gentlemen,

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and if you are you may have been an exception to the rule.
I do not think I ever uttered aword of complaint when the
patronage of this asylum went in other directions. Just as soon as this occurred, I was assailed on all sides. I said to Mr. Hunt; "Tom, I am going to change this bid." "They came from Dannenberg Company anyhow," and I just scratched my name, and took and wrote Dannenberg Com pany over it. There were no trustees present. The trustees are never present. This happened before the change of rules. This was an open, broad, daylight transaction, under no cover or desire to conceal anything. I have heard it said that Mr. Hunt rejected a bid of mine. That is all bosh. This occurred on the outside of the sto~ house. We had been discussing the matter, and I said, "these goods are Dannenberg's, and I will just put their name on the bid."
As to the profit derived out of any of these transactions, gentlemen, they went to the credit of the business I wa.c~ managing, as agent. If they were mine, individually, I would have offered them for sale. I believe I have a perfect right, though a trustee, to sell goods to the institution.
Q. You believe a trustee has a right to do business with the institution?
A. Yes, I believe he has. Q. Is this your handwriting? A. Yes. Q. Did you make anything on the bid 1 A; Why certainly I did. Now, right in this connection. During the first year after I was appointed trustee, I think~ on one occasion I was over at the storeroom, and asked the cost of a rubber sheet I saw there. I was told that it cost $1.25 and freight, which was about $12.00 a case of 100. I procured a sample, sent it to the resident buyer in New York, and sold the in-

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stitution 600 sheets at .97i, delivered. I claim that 1 have
saved the State money. As to Mr. Horne and Mr. Lamar, I do not remember ex-
actly the occurrence. I will be frank with you, and tell you all that I know. I have been fearful that under the passion of resentment that Mr. Lamar might forget himself, and in a desire to revenge himself for a wrong done by me, but of which I was entirely innocent; knowing full well that resentment rages in everybody's breast, I was fearful that he might forget himself and make statements that were not entirely correct. I said to Mr. Horne, "I hope Mr. Lamar has told the truth about everytJiing in <JOnnection with me. So far as I am concerned, I would do him any favor that I would six months ago."
Q. I understood you the other day to say that before you made any bid or at some time you conferred with the Governor of the State about this, and he told you it was legitimate for you to bid?
A. The Governor sent for me, together with Dr. Foster, once about th~ salary being paid him. I said this, "Governor, I am a m~rchant, as you well know, and I am connected with firms that have friends and capital, and it is my duty to do what I can for them as well as myself, and I want to know if you think there is any impropriety in my selling goods to the State ?" and he said, "No sir, I do not." I asked Col. Hunt, and he said, "Why, it is your duty to .do it. If you can save the State any money, it is your duty to do it." I asked Mr. Lamar, and he said, "I think you have a right to do as you please." I made no effort to con.ceal anything from the board of trustees, and I make this declaration now, that my transactions with the State has been for the State's benefit. Whether it was discreet or not, I leave that to your kind judgment. There was no intention on my part to do wrong.

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This conversation I had with .Mr. Horne: I said, "l hope that 1Ir. Lamar told the truth about me; that he left hia passion and resentment behind him." I told !Ir. Jones that if Mr. Lamar had any sense he would keep quiet, and the board would probably put him back. He had the power of purchase. He was the man that held the reins, together with the chairman of the executive committee.
Q. Did I undrstand you to say just now that you had never been a member of the purchasing committee?
A. I have, since the executive committee went into effect last May.
Q. If you were a member of that committee, how many member!' were on that committee?
A. Four. Q. were you not a member of the old prudenti!il committee? A. For a short while, but the prudential committee did not buy. The purchasing power of the institution rested with the chairman of the prudential committee, the steward, superintendent, assistant steward, storekeeper, etc. Q. As I understand you, up to May 1st, 1898, the purchases were made by the steward, and not by the executive committee? A. Yes, sir. The superintendent, steward, chairman of the prudential committee were the purchasing power. Q. You never was chairman of the prudential committee? A. No, sir. Q. Since the 1st day of May you have not been interested directly or indirectly in any awards made ? A. J. R. Fried & Co. bid, but my concern got no benefit out of their bids. You will find that part of the bid is in my handwriting, but I fully explained that. A part of their samples were sent from Macon to Milledgeville, and a

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part was sent by express from New York to me at Milledge-ville. The time was short, and they wrote me to please submit these samples for them at the prices that they named, and I wrote it, and pinned it on their typewritten bid.
Q. Since the first of :1fay, 1898, you have never been interested directly or indirectly in any bid made to the .institution?
A. No sir. Q. Mr. Joseph, is it true or not, that you made a statement to any one in Milledgeville since last December, that you knew that the old steward was going to be discharged, and that it was all fixed before they met? A. I did not know it with absolute certainty, but I knew that Dr. Gaulden was going to make a change; that he had a sufficient number of votes to make the change. Q. What were the charges against him? A. That is a question that I ought not to be asked to answer. It is a personal matter, entirely. I think the hoard of trustees have a perfect right to put anybody in they wish, whether there are any charges made or noc. (Mr. Joseph thinks that if he hears of any rumor of any mismanagement that the trustee ought to report it to the board of trustees, and let them deal with the matter of complaint.) Q. That being true, don't you think that you ought t{) cite the party to appear before you, and give him a hearing~
A. Yes, sir. That is my personal view. I would not condemn anybody. I would not remove a man from office upon mere hearsay. Mr. Lamar may have been unfairly treated, or he may not. I think this: I think the board of trustees had a perfect right to oust him and put somebody else in his place.
Q. Is this not true, that the State of Georgia is to be served and not the individual ?

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A. That is true, but there ought to be the utmost har-

mony between the trustees and the officers.

Q. Don't you think, Mr. Joseph, that an employee has a

perfect right to know what the complaint is before his dis-

-charge~

A. No sir; I do not think that. If I employ a man and

I dislike him I just tell him that I have no further use for

him. It might not always be wise to investigate a man, and

personally, if it depended upon my vote, I do not believe

that I would vote to discharge him.

Q. There was $250.00 paid to Mr. Burwell for codify-

ing the laws. Was not that a pretty good price to pay for

that service ~

.

A. I thought so.

Q. Did the full board direct that payment to be made?

A. I think so.

Q. Did you have any competitive bid on that~

A. No, sir. It is not worth three cents to the institu-

tion. I want to know the difference between hiring a mem-

ber of this board to do anything, and between the members

selling milk and butter. I think the amount paid was ex-

-cessive.

Q. Do you know who got that money?

A. Mr. Burwell, I reckon.

Q. ~uppose that he did not get but $66.00, what went

with the re,st of it~

A. I do not know. I know I did not get any of it.

Q. Were checks issued by the steward, or paid in cash '

A. I think the steward issued checks.

Q. On what bank?

A. On the Milledgeville Banking Co. Our system is

this : the steward issued his check .on the treasurer of the

institution, and the treasurer always kept his money in the

Milledgeville Banking Co.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

779

Q. During the time that you have acted as trustee, from _your knowledge of merchandise, do you know of any incStance in which the asylum has paid more than the market price in the purchase of goods?
A. I do not think that I do. Q. I will state that I asked Mr. Lamar the same question, and he said he did not. A. There is a certain firm in Philadelphia, W. H. Thomas & Co., who have made large sales to the institution without competitive bids. I have no reason to believe but what they were bought properly enough. So far as any wrong, I do not believe there was ever any intentional wrong. I believe Mr. Lamar did his duty as well as any other one man could do them. Taking him all in :all, I believe him to be a very competent man.

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LIST OF PRINCIPAL CONTRACT AWARDS MADE FOR THE YEARS 1897 AND 1898, TOGETHER WITH SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS AND THEIR POSTOFFICES.

J. A. Horne, Milledgeville, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897.
40,000 lbs. hay at .75. 100,000 lbs. bran a1 .79. 45,000 lbs. bacon at .05 3-4. 6,000 lbs. hams at .10 3-4. 110 bbls. Hudnut grits at 1.99. 900 bu. meal at .39. 1,800 gal. syrup at .18 1-2. 6,000 lbs. butterine at .09. 15,000 lbs. rice at .04. 150 bbls. Irish potatoes at 1.35.
Awarded June 21st, 1897.
500 bu. white corn at .42. 500 bu. sound feed oats at .29. 50,000 lbs. hay at .77 1-2. 150,000 lbs. bran at .62. 55,000 lbs. bacon at .05 1-2. 6,500 lbs. hams at .09 1-4. 110 bbls. Hudnuts grits at 2.15. 1,000 bu. meal at .40 1-2. 7,000 lbs. coffee at .13 1-2. 12,000 lbs. rice at .04. 100 sacks salt at .40. 200 gal. vinegar at .16.

Groceries.

'l'UESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1899.

781

Awarded September 15th, 1897.
500 bu. corn at .47 1-4. 500 bn. oats at .30. 150,000 lbs. bran at .71. 50,000 lbs. bacon at .615. 6,500 lbs. hams at .08 3-4. 500 hl>ls. flour at 5.50. 75 bbls. grits at 2.35. 1,000 bu. meal at .43 1-2. 6,000 lbs. Rio coffee at .09 3-4. 100 sacks salt at .. 43. 2,000 gal. syrup at .. 23 1-2. 6,000 lbs. cheese at .09 3-4. 200 gal. vinegar at .14 1-2. 6,000 lbs. No. 1 mackerel at .6 1-2. 200 bbls. Irish potatoes at 1.75.
Awarded March 18th, 1898.
600 bu. corn at .46. 600 bu. oats at .37 3-4. 50,000 lbs. hay at .67 1-2. 180,000 lbs. bran at .79. 55,000 lbs. bacon at .057. 600 bbls. flour at 4.95. 120 bbls. grits at 2.00. 1,200 bu. meal at .42 1-2.
Awarded December 15th, 189'7.
600 bu. oats at .35 3-4. 50,000 lbs. hay at .70. 175,000 lbs. bran at .78. 6,500 lbs. hams at ,.07 3-4. 550 bbls. flour at 4.99. 120 bbls. grits at 2.03. 1,200 bu meal at .39 1-2.

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Awarded June 21st, 1898.
600 bu corn at .46 3-4. 600 bu. oats at .34 1-2. 50,000 lbs. hay at 14.75. 60,000 lbs. bacon at .0618. 6,500 lbs. hams at .7 3-4. 125 bbls grits at 2.15. 800 bu. meal at 42 1-2.
Awarded September 22d, 1898.
55,000 lbs. bacon at .0584. 8,000 lbs. coffee at .07 7-8. 600 bbls. flour at 3.75. 14,000 lbs. rice at .05 1-8. 2,400 gal. syrup at .22. 10,000 lbs. cheese at .08 1-2. 7,000 lbs. hams at .07 1-2. 600 bu. oats at .35.

Awarded October 20th, 1898.
120 bbls. grits at 2.30. 160 sacks salt at .48.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.
550 bbls. flour at 3.55. 130 bbls. grits at 2.25.. 1,000 bu. meal, unbolted, at .41. 8,000 lbs. butterine at .09 3-8. 2,400 gal. syrup at .. 19. 300 gal. vinegar a1; .12. 350 sacks Irish potatoes at 1.65. 600. bu. corn at .46 3-4. 600 bu. white oats at .38. 180,000 lbs. bran at .74.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

783.

8,000 lbs. No. 1 mackerel at .08 3-4. 7,000 lbs. hams at .07 5-8. 24 cases potash at 2.45. 45,000 lbs. bacon at .0535. 10,000 lbs. rice at .05.

S. R. Jaques & Tinsley Co., Macon, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897. 500 bu. corn at .38. 500 bu. oats at .27. 6,000 lbs. coffee at .15 1-2. 550 bbls. :flour at 4.95. 200 gal. vinegar at .12. 4,500 lbs. soap at .02 1-2. 336lbs. soda at .02 1-4.
Awarded June 21st, 1897.
7,000 lbs. lard at .0398. 500 bbls. :flour at 4.50. 9,000 lbs. sugar (brown) at 04 1-4. 6,000 lbs. granulated sugar at ..04 7-8. 3,500 lbs. soap at .02 3-4. 150 lbs. black pepper at .07 3-8.
' 1,600 lbs. candles at .07 1-8.
Awarded December 15th, 1897.
500 bu. corn at .43. 6,500 lbs. lard at .4 3-4. 1,200 lbs. candles at .7 1-4. 4,500 lbs. soap at .02 3-4. 6,000 lbs. cheese at .08 1-2'. 6,000 lbs. mackerel at .09 3-4.

Groceries.

784

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Awarded September 15th, 1897.

-6,000 lbs. sugar at .0535. 1,600 lbs. candles at .07 1-2. 200 lbs. starch at .03. 13,000 lbs. rice at .04 7-8. 4,500 lbs. soap at .02 3-4.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.
-6,500 lbs. hams at .07 5-8. 8,000 lbs. lard at .05 1-2. 8,000 lbs. coffee at .08 1-2. 16,000 lbs. sugar at 4.52. 7,500 lbs. sugar at 5.32. 2,200 gal. syrup at .20. 150 lbs. black pepper at .09 1-2. 15,000 lbs. rice at .04 7-8. .5,000 lbs. soap at .02 3-4.

Awarded June 21st, 1898.
180,000 lbs. brariat ..73.
s,ooo lbs. lard at .06 1-8.
-600 bbls. flour at 4.25. 8,000 lbs. coffee at .08 3-4. 14,000 lbs. sugar at 5.11. 5,000 lbs. soap at .02 3-4. 224 lbs. soda at .02. 15,000 lbs. rice at .05 5-8.
Awarded September 22d, 1808.
14,000 lbs. brown sugar at .05 1-4. 7,000 lbs. granulated sugar at 5.68. '300 gal. vinegar at .13.

TuESDAY', ~N:evEMBER: 28; 1899.

785

3M. sackS: Irish potatoes at 1.75...

336 lbs. soda at .02.
300 lbs. black pepper at .io..

8,000 lbs. mackerel at .07 7-8.

2,000 lbs. tobacco at .26.

300 lbs. starch at .02 :H:. ,
()00 bu. corn at .46 1-4.

180,000 lbs. bran at .65...

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lbs.

soap

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5,000 lbs. lard at .05 1-2.

-:A:w-ar.ded.: pecember ~2d1 1898~

(),000 lbs. turpentine soap ~t, ~O? 3-,4. (),000 lbs. lard at .05 3-4. -
336 lbs. soda at .02. ~ ..
2,000 lbs. tobacco at -.26.
1'50 :sacks 1salt at .56.

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Savannah Grocery C?!f. Sl}~a:r;t"?~~' q.~.

Awarded March 19th, 1897.

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9,000 lbs. sugar at' .0423.- .

1,200 lbs. candles at .07. 400 lbs. starch at .03.

Awarded :March 17th, .1898.

1,200 lbs.

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150 lbs. blac~p~pper at:

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300 lbs. starch at .02 7-8.

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1-2 bbl. oatmeal at 3.00.

100 sacks salt at .53.

6 doz. buckets at 4.75.

50h

.Groceries"!
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7.86

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Swift & Co., Atlanta, Ga..
Awarded March 19th, 1897. 2,000 lbs. lard at .0475. 4,000 lbs. lard at .0485.

Groceries-.

Awarded June 21st, 189'T.

6,000 lbs. butterine at .08 7-8r

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

6,000 lbs. butterine at .09.

Awarded September 221f, 18-98.

8,000 lbs. butterine at .09 1-4.

Austin, Nichols & Co., New York, N.Y.

Grocerie&

Awarded March 19th, 1897.

6;000 lbs. granulated sugar at .0:461.

Awarded June 21st, 1897.

2,000 gal. syrup at .20 1-2. 336 lbs. soda at .0221. 400 lbs. starch. at .0298.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.
9,000 lbs. sugar at .0473. Awarded December 15th, 1897..
10,000 lbs. sugar at 4.54. 7,500 lbs. co:ffeee at .08 3-4. 150 lbs. pepper at .08 1-4..

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1899.

787

Awarded March 17th, 1898.

400 lbs. starch at .0298. 336 lbs. soda at .02.

Awarded June 21st, 1898.

2,400 gal. syrup at .25.

Hancock Bros. & Co., Lynchburg, Va.

Groceries.

Awarded March 19th, 1897.

1,800 lbs. tobacco at .20.

Awarded June 21st, 1897.

1,800 lbs. tobacco at .20.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.

1,800 lbs. tobacco at .20.

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

1,600 lbs. tobacco at .20.

Awarded June 21st, 1898.

2,000 lbs. robacco at .21.

Carhart Bros., New York, N. Y. Awarded March 19th, 1897
.300 lbs. black pepper at .05 3-4.


Groceriee..

788

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G. W. vV. Stane, Oxford, Ga. Awarded March 19th, 1897.
45 doz. brooms at 1.90.

Awarded September 22d, 1898. 30 doz. brooms at 1.75.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.
-60 doz. brooms at 1.75:

Brooms.

Rogers & Joiner, Macon, Ga.

Awarded ;March 17th; 189B.

1,800 lbs. tobacco at .21.

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Awarded September 22d, 1898:

1,000 bu. meal at .42.

I;

.Award~d De~~inher 22d, 1898~

8,000 lbs coffee at .08 1-4.

Groceries.

Augusta Broom Co., Augusta, Ga.



Awarded September 15th, 1897.

.' 48' doz. brooms at 1.75.

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Awarded ~fa'rch 17th, 1S98;

60 doz. brooms at 1.75.

Brooms.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899. :E;. -J. Holly, Columbus, Ga. .:
Awarded December 15th, 1897, 48 doz. brooms at 1.65.
Awarded June 20th, 1898. 60 doz. broollls at 1.65.

Broonui.

G. Schwartz, New Orleans, La:

Groceries.

Awarded June ~Oth, 1898.

6,000 lbs. standard granulated sugar at 5.58.

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

13,000 lbs. rice at .04 15-16.

Independent Rice Co.1 N~w Orleans, La.

Grocerie&.

Awarded Dece~ber,22d; 1898, .

12,000 lbs. brown sugar at .04 1-2. 7,000 lbs. grrumiatoo su~r at .04 7-8.

4,rmour Packing Co., Kan~ City, ~Q. ~warded ,June 20th,- ~.898~
6,000 lbs. butterine at .09 1-4. ,-~:

.Grpeeries.
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790

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Armour & Co., Chicago, TIL

Groceries.

Awarded September 15th, 189'7. 5,500 lbs. butterine at .08 3-4.

Awarded March 1'ith, 1898.

6,000 lbs. butterine at 8.40.

Jno. C. Roth Packing Co.~ Cincinnati, Ohio. Groceries. Awarded September 15th, 189'7.
6,500 lbs. lard at .05 3-8.

M. J. Glynn & Co., New York, N. Y. Awarded September 22d, 1898.
650 lbs. mixed tea at .33 less 4 per cent.

Groceries.

Otto Diederichs, Chicago, Til. Awarded December 22d, 1898.
8,000 lbs. cheese at .03.

Groceries.

Standard Oil Co., Atlanta, Ga. Awarded June 21st, 1898.
1,400 lbs. candles at .O'i. -

Groceries.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

791

Awarded September 22d, 1898.

1.,600 lbs. candles at .07. Awarded December 22d, 1898.
1,800 lbs. candles at .07.

Buckeye Soap Co., Dayton~ 0. Awarded June 21st, 1898.
~,000 lbs. chipped soap at .04 1-4.

Soap.

L. A. Waters & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Awarded June 21st, 1898.
10 boxes blue mottled soap at .04 3-4.

:United States Laundry & Machinery Co., Cincinnati, 0.
Awarded September 21st, 1898.
'
-2,000 lbs. chipped -soap at 3.65.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.

2 bbls. wheat starch at .06 1-2.

"3 bbls. corn starch at 3.75.

2 bbls. aniline blue at 2.85.

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:3,000 lbs. chipped soap at 3.~5.

Southern H~rdware Co., Macon, Ga..

Hardware.

Awarde~ March_-~9th,)897;

6 doz. chambers at 3.00 24 doz. plates at .57. .~

Awarded June '21St, 18~7.

96 sets c. c. handle teas at .30. 24 doz. c. c. dinner plates at .58.

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Awarded September 15th; 1897.

6 gross tin dip~~ at 3.00~ 6 gross washpans at 5.25. 6 doz. shears at 2.00. . '

Awarded!larch 17th, 1898.
6 gross washpans at 5.00. 1 gross chambers l}.t:30';00;, . 2 gross plates at 7.00.

Aw~~ed June 2.1,st,. 1898.
6 gross washpans at 5.00. 1 gross soup plates at 7.00.

1 gross chambers at 30.00.

.2 gross
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dinner

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plate. s.

at .

7.00 .

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A;w!!rded September 15th, 1898.

100 sets teas at .33. 50 sets plates at .29. 3 doz. pitchers at.l.3Pr , 6 doz. pitchers at ' .85. 6 doz. well buckets at 3-00:

Awarded December .22d, 1898. 6 doz. No. 9 bowls and pitchers at 6.75.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

193

Beck & Gregg Hardware QQ,, Atlimta, Ga.

Hardware~

Awarded December 22!1, :!.898. _

1 gross spectacles at 1.50 per_ doz. 3 doz. spittoons at .95-.

6 doz. lantern globes at .55. 2 doz. axe handles at .65~

2 doz. pick handles at .79. 1 doz. well whirls at 1.90. 6 doz. iron handle knives- and forks at .30. 1 gro. candlesticks at ~.4Q. 1 gro. tin foot tubs at 2AO~ 2 doz. ironbound well buckets at 2.85. 1 doz. alarm clook'l- at 7.00. 6 doz. 26 inch waiters at 2.00.

Palmer Hardware Co., Savannah,-- Ga.
Awarded :March 1S~h, 1897.
1 gro. candlesticks at 2.75. 12 gro. tablespoons at 1.10. 1 gro. plates at. 4.25.
Awarded ~ep~m_l>e!:)th, 1897~ ~ do,z, w. w. brushes at 7.50.
2'4 8ets soup plates at .30.
Awarded December 15th, 189'i.
6 gro. tin plates at 2.00. 6 gro. -dippers at 2.40. 6 gro. washpans at 4;50. 6 doz. buckets at 4.05. 6 doz. buckets at 1.75.
Awarded March 17th, 1898.
2 gro. tin dippers at 2.88. 1 gro. candlesticks at 2.75. 1 gro. soup plates at 1.20. 100 sets teas at .33.

'794

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Awarded June 21st, 1898. 100 sets teas at .33.
Awarded December 22d, 1898.

.2 doz. 1. h. shovels at 6.00. 6 doz. 3 h. r. c. water buckets at 4.05. 1 g. gro. tumblers at 36.00

Chas. Conklin & Co., Savannah, Ga.
Awarded March 20th, 1897'.
4 gro. tin cups at 1.85. 2 gro. tin dippers at 2.92. :3 gro. pie plates at 2.25. 6 gro. washpans at 5.50. 6 gro. teaspoons at .58.
Awarded June 21st, 1897. ~ gro. washpans at 5.50.

C. A. Conklin & Co., Savannah, Ga.

Hardware.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.

6 gro. tin plates at 2.35.

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

~ gro. tin cups at 1.73. 2 G. G. tablespoons at .96. 1 G. G. teaspoons at .48.

Awarded March 17th; 1898. :3 gro. tin plates at 3.10.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

795

Awarded December 22d, 1898.
6 gro. tin washpans at 4.93. 6 doz. coffee pots at 3.25. 1 doz lanterns at 4.00.

C. A. Conklin & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Awarded September 15th, 1897.
6 gro. tin cups at 1.90. Awarded March 17th, 1897.
4 gro. tin cups at 1.60. Awarded June 21st, 1898.
6 gro. tin cups at 1.60. 3 gro. tin plates at 2.15.
Awarded September 21st, 1898. 4 doz. coffee pots at 3.25. 3 doz. waiters at 3.35.

R. T. Semmes & Co., Savannah, Ga.
.Awarded September 21st, 1898.
12 gro. tin cups at 1.20. 6 gro. tin plates at 2.00. 6 gro. washpans at 5.00. 1 gro. candlesticks at 2.40. 6 doz. foot tubs at 2.30.

796

J ou~NAL oF THE HousE.

6 doz. tin buckets at 1.15. -6 doz. water buckets at 1.49. 6 doz. water buckets at 4.80. 2 coils rope at .09. 1 coil cotton rope at .09 1-4. 1 doz. lanterns at 4.35.

Awarded December 22nd, 1898.
1 gro. lantern .wicks at .30. 1 doz. R. R. picks at 3.00. 400 sets bed castors at 3.50. 50 doz. 1 pt. tin cups at 1.60 per gro. G doz. tin buckets at 1.15.

John C. V anSiclde7 Macon, Ga. Awarded March 19th, 1897.

Hardware.

48 sets C. C. handle teas at .30.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.

12 gro. tablespoons at 1.10.

Awarded September 21st, 1898.

25 sets plates at .25. 12 doz. chambers at 2.42.

Leopold Adler, Savannah, Ga.
Awarded September 21st, 1898.
3 doz. i qt. 0. C. pitchers at 1.07.
6 gr. tumblers at 2.40.

TuESDAY, NovEMBER 28, 1899.

797

1 gro. glass butter dishes at 9.00. 1 gro. glass sugar dishes at 7.20. 3 doz. ea. 6, 8 and 10 in. deep dishes at .73, 1.20 and 1.70. 3 doz. ea. 8, 10 and 12 in. flat dishes at .97, 1.52 and 2.39.

Dunlap Hardware Co., Macon, Ga.
Awarded December 15th, 1897.
100 sets C. C. handle teas at 66.29. 4 gro. C. C. 9 inch dinner plates at 66.29. 6 doz. C. C. chambers, large, at 66.-29.

Swindle Bros., Baltimore M. Awarded December 22nd, 1898~
24 boxes window glass, 6x8, at 2.75.
T. C. Burke, .Macon, Ga. Awarded September 20th, 1898,
6 bbls. turpentine at .31.

Tripod Paint' Co., Atlanta, Ga.

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Awarded December 22nd, 1898..

4 bbls turpentine at .411-2. .

798

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Cordley & Hayes, New York7 N. Y. Awarded September 21st7 181.18.
12 doz. nbre chambers at 5.40.

Culver & Corbin, Macon, Ga. Awarded March 17th, 1898.
6 doz. 3 hoop R. C. water buckets at 4.65.

Culver & Kidd, Milledgeville, Ga. Awarded March 19th, 1897.
6 doz. W. W. brushes at 6.50. Awarded September 15th, 1897.
6 doz. shaving brushes at .90. 6 doz. razor strops at 1.75.
Awarded December 15th, 1897. 6 doz. W. W. brushes at 7.00.
Awarded June 21st, 1898. 300 gal. turpentine at .27 1-8.
Awarded September 21st, 1898.
6 doz. W. W. brushes at 6.50. 6 doz. shoe brushes at 1.75. 6 doz. scrub brmhes at .85.

TuEsDAY, NovEl\IBER 28, 1899.

799t

6 doz. tooth brushes at .90. 12 reams note paper at .50. 5,000 envelopes at 1.50 per M. J 2 doz. blank books at 1.00. 6 doz. tablets at .50. 1 gro. Mt. Eagle Tripoli at 7.00.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.

12 doz. W. W. brmhes at 6.50.

Altmayer & Flatau, Macon, Ga.
Awarded June 20th,. 1898. 50 gal. corn whiskey at 1.50. 50 gal. rye whiskey at 2.40.
Awarded September 21st, 1898. 50 gal. corn whiskey at 1.50. 100 gal. rye whiskey at U!O.
Awarded December 22d,. 1898~
3 bbls. rye whiskey at 1.90.

Liquors-~

Garrett & Sons, Columbus, Ga. Awarded June 2tst1 1898~
50 gal. rye whiskey at Z.50.

:800

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

A. & N . .M. Block, Macon, Ga.

.Awarded June 21st, 1898.
30 gal. n. B. wine at 1.00.

P. J. Cline, Milledgeville, Ga.

Dry Goods.

.Awarded March 19th, 1897.

16 lbs. thread at .16. .5 doz. hats at 8.87 1-2.

.Awarded June 21st, 1897.

SO hats at .29.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.

100 coats at 2.37 1-2.

100 vests at .75..

100 vests at .87 1-2.

100 vests at 1.00.

5 doz. hats at 8.50.

48 lbs. ball thread at .17.

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.Awarded December 15th, 1897.

5 doz. hats at 7.50. 48 lbs. ball thread at .16.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.

100 coats at .92. 50 coats at 1.95.. 50 coats at 1.50. :36 lbs. ball thread at .16.

TuESDAY, NovE~IBER 28, 1899.

801

Awarded June 21st, HWH.
, o doz. hats at 5.52.
Awarded September 21st, 1H!lH.
25v bed spreads at .72. 1 G. gro~s C. D. buttons at .45. 3 G. gro. metal P. buttons at .70. 48 lbs. ball thread at .14 1-2.

\. Joseph, :Milledgeville, Ga.
Awarded June 21st, 18!)7.
36 lbs. ball thread at .16. 100 pr. shoes at 1.25.

Th"' ~annenberg Co., 1\Iacon, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897.
100 coats at .48. 50 vests at .60. 5 doz. hats at 6.00. 5 doz. hats at 5.76.
Awarded September 15th, 1897.
1,000 :'ards jeans at .16. 100 coats at 1.50. 100 vests at .85. 100 vests at .65. 300 pr. blankets at .98. 100 pr. blankets at 1.35.
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100 pr. blankets at 2.00. 100 pr. blankets at 1.35. 100 pr. blankets at 1.55. 100 pr. blankets at 1.85. 5 doz. hats at 8.50. 5 doz. hats at 12.50. 300 pr. brogans at 1.10. 5 doz. hats at 8.00.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.

3,500 yds. prints at .04. Awarded June 21st, 1898.

150 pr. brogans at 1.:20. 100 coats at .65. 50 coats at .65. :iU ~oats at .50.
A warded September 22d, 1898.
10,000 yds. shirting at .03. 2,500 yds. calico at .04. 400 yds. bleaching at .16 1-2. 250 yds. bleaching at .12 1-~. 300 yds. red flannel at .20. ;{;{ doz. undershirts at .3 8-!l. 150 pr. brogans at 1.00.
J. R. Fried & Co., Macon Ga.
Awarded March HHh, l~!l'i. 1-!,000 yds. shirting at .0375. 1,000 yds. cottonade5! at .12 1-2. 1,000 yds. eottonades at .12. 1,000 yds. cottonades at .9 1-2. :!,50() yds. checks at .0570.

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Awarded June 21st, 1897.

.3,500 yds. checks at .0570.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.
1,500 yds, jeans at .24 1-2. 1,500 yds. jeans at .18 1-2. 100 coats at 3.00. 100 coats at 1.50. 7,000 yds. drilling at .4 3-4.

Awarded June 21st, 1898.
8,000 yds. sheeting at .04. 125 doz. hose at .65. 200 doz. half-hose at .50. 36 lbs. ball thread at .12 1-2.

A warded September 22d, 1898.
3,500 yds. checks at .0557 1-2. 3,500 yds. drilling at .4 1-8. 250 coats at 1.40. :{3 doz. undershirts at 3.00. 500 pr. blankets at .92. 250 pr. blankets at 1.50. 250 pr. blankets at 3.00. 100 doz. half-hose at .50.
Awarded December 22d, 1~98.
8,000 yds. sheeting at .0385. 1,000 yds. jeans at .17 1-2. 2,000 yds. checks at .557 1-2.

Edward "~olfi, Macon, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897.
7,000 yds. shirting at .0445. 1,000 yds. suiting at .8 1-2. 5 doz. hats at 6.75.

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Awarded June 21st, 1897.
7,000yds. sheeting at .0437. 5 doz. hats at 6.00. 5 doz. hats at 7.75.
Awarded September 15th, 1897.
'!,000 yds. sheeting at .0438. 8,000 yds. shirting at .0384. 100 coats at 1.47. 100 coats at 1.65. 100 coats at 1.55. 100 coats at 1.47. 100 pr. blankets at 1.:w. 100 pr. blankets at 1.62. 200 pr. blankets at .85.
Awarded December 15th, 1897.
10,000 yds. shirting at .0339. 10 doz. hats at 5.00. 5 doz. hats at 5.00.
Awarded March 17th, 1898.
10,000 yds. shirting at .0319. 8,000 yds. sheeting at .0407.
Awarded June 21st, 1898.
10,000 yds shirting at .0314. 10 doz. bats at 4.50. 10 doz. bats at 4.25.

Awarded September 22d. 18!)8.
30 doz. brooms at .97 1-2. 1,000 yds. bleaching at .5 5-8. 1,000 yds bleaching at .2 7-S.

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12 rolls oilcloth at 1;22. 500 pr. blankets at .75. 20 doz. hats at 5.75. 10 doz. hats at 4.25. 10 doz. hats at 4.25. 6 doz. hair brushes at 1.20. 12 reams F. C. paper at 1.10. 12 doz. blank books at .45. 5 doz. memo books at .50. 6 doz. padlocks at 1.00.
A warded December 22d, 18!)8.
1,000 yds. jeans at .22. 400 blankets at .75.
Macon Knitting Co., Macon Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897.
100 doz. hose at .80. 150 doz. half-hose at .60.
Awarded June 21st, 1897.
100 doz. hose at .80.
A warded September 15th, 1897.
125 doz. hose at .80. 150 doz. half-hose at .52 1-2.
A warded December 15th, 1897.
125 doz. hose at .80. 150 doz. half-hose at .52 1-2.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.
125 doz. hose at .75. 175 doz. half-hose at .52 1-2.

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Awarded September 21st, 189R

100 doz. hose at .75. 100 doz. half-hose at .50.

W. A. Doody & Co.~ Macon, Ga.

Awarded September 22d, 1898.

1,500 yds. jeans at .12 l-2. 250 bedspreads at .90. 1,000 yds. ticking at .9 1-2. 1,000 crash at .10 1-2. 150 doz. Coats' cotton at .41. 12 doz. thimbles at .25. 50 doz. handkerchiefs at .60. 12 doz. coarse combs at .35. 12 doz coarse combs at .75. 6 pckgs. pins at .40. 12 doz. playing cards at .95. 6 gross pens at .40. 12 gross lead pencils at .75.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.

10,000 yds. 8-4 sheeting at .12 1-4. 400 yds. 10-4 sheeting at .19 1-4. 1,000 yds. jeans at .11 1-2. 1,000 yds. crash at .09 1-2. 600 white bedspreads at .75. 8 gr. g. shirt-buttons at .45. 12 reams C. N. paper at .70. Macon Knitting Co., (see above).
Awarded December 22d, 1898.

100 doz. hose at .75. 175 doz. half-hose at .47 1-2.

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The Waxlebaum Co., Macon, Ga. Awarded September 22d, 1898.

1,500 yds. jeans at .25. 33 doz. undershirts at 4.25. 500 pr. blankets at .98.

L. Hect, Macon, Ga.

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

3,500 yds. checks at .057.

Bowen, Jewell & Co., Jewells, Ga.

Dry Goods.

Awarded June 21st, 1897.

8,000 yds. shirting at .3 5-8. 125 doz. half-hose at ..60. 150 doz. Coats' cotton at .38 9-10.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.

3,000 yds. osanburgs at .0645. 3,500 yds. checks at .0585. 100 pr. blankets at 2.88. 100 pr. blankets at 2.31. 150 doz. thread at .38 9-10.

Awarded December 15th, 1897.

8,000 yds. sheeting at .0!40. 150 doz. thread at .38 9-10.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.
1,500 yds. cottonades at .10 1-4. 1,500 yds. oottonades at .10 3-4. 1,500 yds. cottonades at 10 1-4. 3,500 yds. checks at .0:;69. 150 doz. cotton at .41.

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A warded June 21st, 1898.
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3,500 yds. checks at .0550. 150 doz. spool cotton at .41.
A warded September 22d, 1898.
8,000 yds. sheeting at .0387. 1,500 yds jeans at .15 1-2. 3,500 yds. drilling at .0387 1-2.
Awarded December 22d, 1898.
300 yds. 6-4 bleeching at .10. 48 lbs. ball thread at .13 1-2. 150 doz. Coats' cotton at. 41.
,V. H. Thomas & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
A warded March 19th, 1897.
100 coats at .40. 100 coats at .46. 100 coats at .38. 50 vests at .21. 5 doz. hats at .05371-2.
Awarded June 21st, 1897.
3,500 yds. calico at .04. 5 doz. hats at 5.25.
Awarded September 15th, 1897.
1,000 yds. calico at .04. 100 pr. blankets at 1.60. 100 pr. blankets 1.65. 100 pr. blankets at 1.20. 100 pr. blankets at 1.72 1-2. 5 doz hats at 5. 25. 5 doz. hats at 7.25.

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A warded December 15th, L897.
3,500 yds. calico at .04. 5 doz. hats at 5.25, 5 doz. hats at 6.85. 5 doz. hats at 7.12. 5 doz. hats at 7.00. 5 doz. hats at 5.20. 5 doz. hats at 5.35.
6 G. G. shoe lacers at .:n.
Awarded September 2J..,t_ 18"'-'
60<Tyds. flannel at .14 1-2. 500 pr. blankets at .85. 200 oil sheets at 1.00. 12 do.z. fine combs at .50. 300 yds. gauze at .3 7-8.
A warded December 22d, 18\)8.
12 rolls 6-4 cocoa matting at .65. 100 rubber sheets at 1.00. 12 doz. tooth brushes at 5.50. 12 doz. coarse combs at .70. 1,000 yds. 7-8 bleaching at .2 7-8. 6 doz. gents' burial robes at .95. 6 doz. ladies burial robes at .95. 400 grey blankets at .85.

M, Rich & Bros., Atlanta, Ga.
Awarded December 22d, 1898.
3 rolls 8-4 linolium at .82 1-2. 3,000 yds. ticking at .7 1-2. 2,000 colored bedspreads at .80. 12 pkg. toilet pins at .35. Prattville Cotton Mills, Prattville, Ala.

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Awarded December 15th, 18tH.

4,000 yds. osanburgs at .06.

Awarded March 17th, 1898.

4,000 yds. osanburgs at .5 3-4.

Awarded June 21, 1898.

4,000 yds. osanburgs at .OG.

Awarded September 22d, 1898.
3,500 yds. osanburgs at .5 3-4. Etchison, Bates & Starke, Richmond, Va.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.
5 doz. hats at 6.00. 5 doz. hats at 4.00. 5 doz. hats at 6.00

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Awarded December 15th, 1897.

5 doz. hats at 8.00. 10 doz. hats at 6.00. 5 doz. hats at 10.00. 5 doz, hats at 6.00.

Howett, Warner & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. I,

Dry Goods.

Awarded September 15th, 1897.

100 pr. blankets at 1.30. 100 pr. blankets at 1.60. 100 pr. blankets at 2.50. 200 pr. blankets at .80.

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Awarded June 21st, 1898. 1,000 yds. calico at .3 3-8. 1,000 yds. calico at .3 7-8. 2,000 yds. calico at .3 3-4.
Awarded September 22d, 1898. 2,500 yds. calico at .3 3-4. 250 pr. blankets at 2.50.
Beckman & Co., Cleveland, 0. Awarded September 15th, 189i.
100 pr. blankets at 1.83. 100 pr. blankets at 1.50.
Awarded September 22d, 1898. 125 pr. blankets at 1.70. 125 pr. blankets at 1.60.
Craff Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Awarded March 17th, 1898.
125 pr. woman's shoes at 1.00.
Fred Haug, Milledgeville, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1897.
125 pr. slippers at .65. 125 pr. shoes at 1.12 1-2. 125 pr. shoes at 1.12 1-12. 125 pr. shoes at .95. 100 pr. shoes at .90. 100 pr. shoes at .87 1-2.

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Awarded September 15th, 1897.
250 pr. brogans at 1.00. 24 pr. brogans at 1.12 1-2. 12 pr. brogans at 1.25. 150 pr. shoes at .87 1-2. 150 pr. shoes at .871-2. 150 pr. shoes at .95.
Awarded December 15th, 1~!.17.
250 pr. shoes at 1.00. 150 pr:. _shoes at .87 1-2. 150 pr. shoPs at .85. 250 pr. shoes at .85.
Awarded March 17th, 1898.
150 pr. shoes at .90. 150 pr. shoes at .95.
Awarded September 15th, 1898.
UiO pr. brogans at .92 1-2.
Awarded December 22d, 1898.
200 pr. shoes at .88.
'Vaxlebaum, Sims & Co., Macon, Ga.
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Awarded December 15th, 1897.
300 pr. shoes at 1.00.
Awaided March 17th, 1S98 100 pr. shoes at .75. 300 pr. E.hoes at .97 1-2. 1~0 pr. shoes at 1.15. 150 pr. shoe'> at .85. 130 pr. t!hoes at .75.

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A warded June ~1st, 1898.
11)0 pr. slippers at .GO. 300 pr. shoes at .97 1-2. 150 pr. shoes at .90. 150. pr. shoes at 1.00. lOU pr. ~:-hoes at .75.
\Vaxelbaum, Popper & Co. (formerly \Vaxlt>baum, Sims & Co).

A warded September 21st, 1898.
10 pr. brogans at 1.30. 20 pr. brogans at 1.15.
:::oo pr. brogans at 1.00.
tOO pr. shoes at l.OU. 100 pr. shoes at .90. 150 pr. eloth shoes at .55. 300 pr. shoes at 1.00. 100 pr. slippers at .65.
A warded December 22d, 1898.
200 pr. brogans at .96 1-2. 60 pr. brogans at 1.09. 350 pr. shoes at 1.00. 150 pr. shoes at 1.00. 150 pr. slippers at .79. 150 pr. shoes at .89. 100 pr. slippers at .58. 100 pr. slippers at .68.
Finger & Shelly Mfg Co., Gainesville, Ga.
Awarded March 19th, 1S!l7.
150 pr. shoes at .90. 150 pr. shoes at 1.10. 150 pr. shoes at 1.10.

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Awarded September 15th, 1897.

84 pr. shoes at .85. 36 pr. shoes at .75.

Meinhard & Shaul, Savannah, Ga.

Clothing

Awarded Semptember 21st, 1898.

500 coats at .95. 500 vests at .50. 250 coats at 1.48. 250 vests at .62. 50 doz. handkerchiefs at .50. 50 doz. handkerchiefs at .60.

Awarded December 22d, 1897.

200 coats at 1.48. J. B. White & Co., Augusta, Ga.

Dry Goods.

A warded December 22d, 1898.

2,000 yds. calico at .3 3-4. Duck Brand Co., Chicago, Ill.

A warded December 22d, 1898.

200 rubher sheets at .85.

BJck Rros., Savannah, Ga.

Shoes.

Awarded December 22d, 1898.

100 pr. shoes at .80. 150 pr. slippers at .67.

Craff Sons & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., (omitted). A warded September 21st, 1898.
150 pr. slippers at .60. luO pr. slippers at .70.

Shoes.

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Francis H. Leggett & Co., New York, N.Y. Groceries.

Awarded September 15th, 1897. 150 lbs. black pepper at .07 14.

B. L. Lilienthal, Atlanta, Ga.
Awarded September 15th, 1897.
6 gr. tumblers at 3.00. 6 doz. C. C. chambers at 2.50.

R. H. :Malone, Fort Valley, Ga.
Awarded December 15th, 1891.
6,000 lbs, granulated sugar at .5 1-6. 2,200 gal. syrup, at .26.

J. J. "\\'axlebaum & Co., Macon, Ga.

Awarded June 21st. 1898.

200 gals. vinegar.

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Dr. Dixon:

Q. Doctor, you have seen the record of the evidence before this committee have you not?
A. Yes, Governor Candler wrote me to come down and look over the testimony any time that was convenient. 1 eame down one day, and with the limited time I had that day, I hurriedly looked over the testimony.
Q. I will state to you, doctor, that a gentleman from your city, l\Ir. Little, a coal dealer, testified before this committee that you had stated to him that there was a donation of coal to you by the company that furnished coal
for the State Sanitarium in the year 1897, I believe. Did
you make such statement to l\Ir. Little, and if you did make it, under what circumstances did you make it?
A. I will state, l\Ir. Chairman and gentlemen of the com-
mittee, in the out-set, that the purchase o coal or the Georgia State Sanitarium that was made in 1898 wa::; made by the full board of trustees, and not by the Executive Committee. This was an exception to the rule in purchasing. 'rhe coal was bought under compt'titive bids. I do not know how many bids were laid before the board of trustees, I think some fifteen or twenty. I was chairman of the board and was presiding at the time the bids were open. These bids were opened by the secretary, Mr. Jones. As the bids were read out he made a toecord of the different bids. The matter being laid beforl:' the board of trustees the question was what coal to purchase for the Sanitarium. The engineer, Capt. Dessaseur, was sent for and asked to express his opinion on the coal question. Capt. Dessaseur had entire charge of heating the buildings and the gas works. He stated that heretofore he had been using two kinds of coal, one for gas purposes and one for heating purposes, and that he had been making tests to see if he could find a coal that would answer both purposes. He stated that he had found a coal that would answer both purposes and answer those

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purposes better than any coal they had ever used, and
recommended the Mingo coal as being a better coal and would be less expensive to the institution. Solely on the strength of the engineer's statement the trustees awarded contract to the ~fingo Coal & Coke Co. I don't think there was any discussion after the engineer made his statement, and I, as the presiding officer, made no comments. It was not necessary, and I did not vote on the coal transaction. I can state positively that I never used any influence whatever in any way or by any means with a single member of the board of trustees, or with the engineer, or with a coal dealer, of with a living man on earth to in fluence the purchase of any special coal from any company. In the afternoon the work of the session was over and the board adjourned. Quite a number of us trustees went over to Milledgeville to theGeorgia depot to take the train for our homes. On the railroad between Macon and Milledgeville I was introduced to quite a number of coal dealers, gentlemen who had been over to the asylum to put in their bids. Among these gentlemen I met Mr. John Ralston, vice-president of the Mingo Coal & Coke Co., the successful bidder. This was the first time in my life that I had ever been introduced to this gentleman. I had never had any talk with Mr. Ralston about coal and had never sent any message to Mr. Ralston. The Mingo coal had never been handled in the market in my town. I, being president of the board of trustees, had a conversation with Mr. Ralston as to the mining of his coal, the location of his mines and the manner of taking the coal out of the mines, and he entered into a very interesting description of his mines. I asked Mr. Ralston if his coal was a good quality for grate purposes and heating bedrooms, and he stated it was one of the finest coals in the market. He asked me what kind of coal I had been using and I told him that I had been using as the best coal in our market, the Monte Vallo. Mr. Ralston stated that he would guarantee his coal to give better satisfaction than
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the Monte Vallo, and asked me if his coal had ever been sold in m:r town. I told him that if any of it had ever been sold there I had never heard of it. On the strength of his guarantee I entered into a contract with him for a car load of his coal, which I received in September, l think, of the following fall. As a guarantee of the quality of this coal I sent the company my note payable in ninety days from the date of the coal bill, giving me sufficient time to test the merits of the coal.
Dr. Dixon produces the note, original invoice and letter from the company.

COPY OF NOTE.
"Middlesborough, Ky., Dec. 20, 1898. Received in cash from E. E. Dixon $21.35 in full payment of within note, signed Mingo Coal & Coke Company, John Ralston, vice-president."
COPY OF INVOICE.
"Middlesborough, Ky., Sept. 21, 1898. Rill of Lading.
Dr. E. E. Dixon, Gainesville, Ga., bought of Mingo Coal & Coke Company, Lump Coal, K. 0., car 24096, weight 42700, price $1.00 per ton, $21.35."

COPY OF LETTER.
"Mingo Coal & Coke Company, incorporated. Middlesborough, Ky., Sept. 23d, 1898.
Dr. E. E. Dixon, Gainesville, Ga.: Dear Sir:---Enclosed, please find note for your signature
dated Sept. 23d, payable December 20th, for one carload of coal shipped you on which we guaranteed quality. As I told you when I last saw you, we believed we have the finest coal in the market and that you will be pleased

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with it. I send you this note and give you plenty of time

to test the quality before payment, and hope you will

sign the note and return it to us at your earliest conven-

ience.

Yours truly,

JOHN RALSTON, vice-president."

Dictated by J. R.

When the carload of coal arrived in Gainesville I was notified by the depot agent, Mr. Ramsaseur. I then went down to the depot and examined the coal. I was very much pleased with the appearance of it, the size of the lumps and it being so free from dirt. When I was at the depot quite a number of gentlemen came up to the car of coal and asked me a great many questions about it. Asked me if I had gone into the coal business and a great many jests would naturally be expected. As to what reply I made to these gentlemen I do not remember. I probably made a great many evasive replies to their in.qmries. I then went to see one of the local dealers, Mr. Ed F. Little. I told Mr. Little that I had a carload of the prettiest coal that I had ever seen and asked him to go down with me and examine the coal which he did. That was in the morning, I think. I then had the depot agent to produce the freight bill which amounted to $40.00. I :asked Mr. Little to think over a proposition during the oday and report to me in the afternvon, for him to pay the freight on the entire carload of coal, and to state how much of the coal he would deliver at my residence, free of charge, he to take the remainder of the car of coal as his property to dispose of as he saw fit. Mr. Little saw me in the afternoon and stated that he would pay the freight on the carload of coal and deliver at my residence five tons. After discussing the matter with Mr. Little, that was the best proposition I could get from him, and I :accepted his proposition. Mr. Little did deliver the :five

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tons of coal at my residence, and Mr. Little did take possession of the remaining balance of that carload of coaL as his property. As to what disposition he made of it and as to the proceeds, I know nothing and was not interested one thousandth part of a cent.
Q. Doctor, was the coal in any way or manner a donation to you, or a purchase by you from the Mingo Coal &. Coke Company?
A. It was a straight out purchase from the l\1ingo Coal. & Coke Co.
I see that the note that you present as being the note that you gave for this carload of coal is dated the 23d day of September, 1898. I will state to you that we havea copy from the railroad office of the date on which that coal was received at Gainesville, and it was received there Oct. 31st, 1898. 'Why did you give your note for the car of coal nearly one month before it arrived in Gainesville?
A letter traveling through the mail goes a great deal faster and arrives at destination a great deal quicker than. an old freight train that stops at every side-track on the road.
I see that according to this way-bill which you produce,_ that the coal should have left Middlesborough, Ky., Sept. 21st, and that the letter with your note should have left the same point Sept. 23d. Did you sign the note on the day that you received it through. due course of mail out of the post-office, and the coal not yet delivered?
I think so, because it was under a guarantee. As you see from the enclosed letter that the coal was to be guaranteed and I was to have 90 days to test the coal. That was why I did not pay for that coal on its receipt. I was. after a superior article of coal under guarantee.
Q. Then you did sign this, doctor, on the day it bearsdate or as soon as it could reach you after that date through the regular course of mail and return it before 1he coal arrived?

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A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you cancel this stamp on the note? A. Yes, sir. I see it bears date, Sept. 25th, 1898, which is two days 'later than the date of this letter. A. Yes, sir. Q. In one of your printed statements in the Constitution soon after this committee made its report as it appeared in the paper you published a copy of your receipt which purposed to be a receipt from this Mingo Coal & Coke Co. for your note. Did you take a receipt from them for a note that you gave them in settlement of a claim that they held against you? A. I did. I signed this note on the 25th day of September, 1898 and paid it December 20th, 1898. Q. Does this letter, dated Sept. 23d, 1898, from Mr. Ralston. vice-president, and the note dated Dec. 20th, 189S, exhibited to witness----- and signed?
I will state to the committee that this letter and this
note and coal bill was all made out by the vice-president. It bears the genuine signature of the vice-president of the Mingo Coal & Coke Co., and it is a genuine correspondence from that company, and my signature is a genuine signature.
Q. Dr. Dixon, I will ask you this question: was this note .and this letter exhibited before this committee actually written and signed in the year 1896, or have they been written out and signed and dated back since the year 1896, and since this investigation began?
A. Gentlemen,! think that is a question that devolves upon the honor of the gentlemen whose signature they bear. 'l'hese bills and letters are the evidence of it. l signed them, and what right have you to question them :as to their date?
You being the person who signed the note and who received the letter, it would seem, doctor, would know of your own knowledge whether they were written in the

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~-eat 1896 or written in 1899. Now do you remember as to whether they were written in 189() or 1899?
It seems to me, gentlemen, that the question of the e011nection of my business transaction as a private transadion, whether or not it had any connection with the State business, or whether it was the act of the Board of Trustees, I will state to you absolute}~, that it had no more to do with it than the wood you burn in your sto"{>es at horne.

DR. El~GENE FOSTER'S TESTBIONY BEFORE SPECIAL SANI'fARilHI CO)IMITTEE.
Q. Doctor, what position do you hold relative to the Georgia State Sanitarium?
A. I am one of the Board of Trustees, and have been for the past ten years.
Q. Doctor, you understand that you are summoned relathe to the charge of the evidence in the record taken before this committee while at :\Iilledgeville last ~lay, in which Col. Hunt, as shown by that evidence, received $250.00 for compilation of the laws governing that institution? Now, in your own way tell this committee what you know about that transaction.
A. I would like to refer to a transcript which I have here from the minutes of the board of trustees. I have also a copy of a letter which I wrote Col. Hunt, which I would like to refer to in order to refresh my memory. Below is the letter written Col. Hunt by Col. Cabaniss and myself.

"Augusta, Ga., July 27, 1899. Col. '1'. M. Hunt, Sparta Ga.:
Dear Col. Hunt:-Complying with your request that the undersigned who were respectively, president and secretary of the Boa1d of Trustees of the Georgia State

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Lunatic Asylum at the time when the matter of your employment to codify the lunacy laws of Georgia was begun and ended, we state as follows:
For many years the trustees of the asylum were hampered in their duties by reason of often having need of the various acts of the legislature relative to the Lunatic Asylum, and as many of these were scattered throughout the various acts of the legislature, the Board of Trustees, December 2d, 1889, adopted a resolution requesting judgeR. F. ~Watts, a member of the Board of Trustees to codify all existing laws relating to the Lunatic Asylum.
The minutes of the Board of Trustees show that on November 22d, 1892, "Judge ~Watts reported that the work of codifying those laws was too vast for him to undertake under his surroundings as a trustee." Trustee McArthur offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, first, That Hon. IT. F. watts, who has been appointed to codify the laws now in force in reference to the State Lunatic Asylum, be authorized to employ such assistance in the performance of said work as he may think necessary, and that his personal and other expenses that he may incur in the prosecution of his work be paid out of the funds of the Asylum."
Resolved, second, "That he be authorized to pay said assistant a sum not to exceed $250.00."
Trustee \Vatts from great press of business or other causes failed to make the codification as requested, and the need of the codification of these laws being constantly felt by the Board of Trustees to qualify them to discharge all their duties as trustee, Col. T. M. Hunt of Sparta, Ga., was employed to make this codification. The minutes of the Board of Trustees on this pointare as follows: "Meeting of Board of Trustees Jan, 24th, 1895. Present president Cabaniss, vice-president Nisbet, trustees Hunt, Hopkins, Nichols, Joseph, "~alker and Foster." Trustee walker moved that trustee Hunt be authorized to codify the laws of Georgia relative to Lunacy and the Lunatic

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Asylum by April the 1st. next, if possible, and to be paid such fee therefor as this board may decide. The Board of Trustees met April 26, 1895. Present, president Cabaniss, trustees Joseph, Hunt, "\Valker, Nichols and Foster.
Refen-nce to this matter is as follows on the minutes of the Board of Trustees: "Mr. Burwell, who had been employed to codify the laws of Georgia relative to questions of lunacy and the Lunatic Asylum in this State, appeared before the board and read in detail the codifications of laws by him." The minutes show that this codification was referred to superintendent Powell and the prudential
committee, and if approved by the superintendent and the prudential committee, that it be considered adopted b,v this board. "Trustee walker amended by moving that ~fr. \V. H. ~urwell, be paid the sum of $~50.00 for services as codifier, motion as amended adopted." Now while the minutes show that Mr. Burwell who had been employed to codify the laws appeared and read the codifi~ation, and that Mr. Burwell be paid the sum of $250.00 for senices as codifier, the minutes do not clearly and <;orrectly set forth the whole transaction. You, T. M. Hunt, was employed to make the codification by the Board of Trustees, and to the best of our recollection, and we are satisfied that we are perfectly clear in remembering the facts stated that the codification had been made jointly by you and Mr. Burwell, that you having been very busy and sick a part of the time, had employed him to assist you in the work. Some discussion arose as to whether the names of yourself and Mr. Burwell should appear jointly as codifiers of these laws, you being anxious to give him credit for the part of the work which he had done. To the best of my recollection trustee Foster replied, "as Mr. Burwell is a young attorney and you {Hunt) are a lawyer of established reputation, why not give Burwell the entire credit for the codification. Of course, the trustees understand that it is your contract, and that you had him to assist you." To this proposition

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you readily assented, according to our recollection. When
trustee \Yalker moved to pay $250.00 for this codification to the best of our recollection his motion was to pay Col. T. M. Hunt $250.00 for services as codifier, and you state as the credit will be given :Mr. Burwell for the codification let the bill be in his name, so that the transaction will appear on the books of the asylum in order to avoid conflict, and it was then trustee Walker moved to substitute ~-our name with that of Burwell's. \Ye are very clear and positive in the recollection, that every member of the board who was present understood it to be your contract to do this work of codifying these Lunacy Laws of Georgia, and that )lr. Burwell had only assisted you i_n this work. 'l'he Board of Trustees at no time conferred with ~Ir. Burwell relative to this matter, nor did they e1.er employ him to do this work. Knowing the facts vf the matter as we do, we unhesitatingly state that there was nothing intentionally covert in connection therewith, and therefore we are satisfied that if this matter had been properly presented to the Investigating Committee of the legislature, they would have readily seen that the trustees of the asylum were mo>ed in this matter solely in the interest of the institution, and that you did the work at their request and not upon your suggestion. After this codification of laws had been made a printed copy thereof was sent to the Ordinary of every county in
the state, in order to facilitate the proper commitment of
insane persons to the institution. In the matter of the asylum having paid you $50.00, for
legal services, the minutes of the board of trustees on this subject set forth the following facts: "l\Ieeting Board of Trustees, Nov. 25, 1897. Present, President Cabaniss, Vice-President Hopkins, Trustees \Valker of Putnam county, Dixon, Mallory, Joseph, Hunt and Foster." Trustee "~alker moved that T. l\I. Hunt be authorized to draw a contract with J. \V. l\fcl\fillan for repairing the negro building, and that he be paid a fee of $50.00 for this ser-

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vice." Adopted. The facts of this matter are as follows: The :Xegro Building had been largely destroyed by fire, and the contract for repairing the damages had been awarded to )fr. J. \\'. Mdiillan. The contract amounted to $36.000, and there were many intricate questions to be fully set forth in the contract to properly protect the interest of the institution, and it was deemed necessary that this paper should be drawn by a lawyer. The trustees of the asylum had no lawyer at their command from the State, whose duty it was to do such work,
and inamlllch as you "ere often called upon to gratuitously gi,e your professional opinion upon various matters coming up before the trustees for adjustment, the board feels that inasmuch as this matter was too vast to ask you to do it gratuitously that you were to be paid for your services, and we cannot see that any wrong has been done the State, or to the institution by paying you a reasonable fee for this service, which was intended solely to protect the interest of the institution.
Yre deem it only a matter of justice to say, that having
been intimately associated with you for a long numbt>r of years as a trustee of the State I"unatic Asylum, we have never seen any act upon your part that leads us to even suspicion that you were animated in any matter by any motive other than that of the good of the lunatic asylum and its unfortunate inmates, and we therefore unhesitatingly state that we have the highest respect and the most unbounded confidence in you as a gentleman of high character.
Yours truly, G. A. CABANISS,
EuGENE FosTER.

Col. Hunt was very ill the early part of this year and telegraphed me to see him professionally. After my professional duties had ended we naturally referred to this matter of the finding of the committee against him.' He

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seemed to be deeply mortified and humiliated about thematter and said he could not understand it. I told him I could not either. Knowing the facts as _well in each instance as I did, and that the ingestigating committee was a body of gentlemen, I was perfectly satisfied, and asked him if he knew what testimony he ga-ve. I will say in Col. Hunt's presence, which I think is proper, that on several occasions I had seen him under the influence of whiskey at the asylum, two occasions that I recollect of, and the reason why I asked him the question was thinking that he was not himself when he was before the investigating committee. Col. Hunt, then stated to me that he had gra-ve doubts whether he would be able to get up, and if he was going to succumb to this trouble, that his character was dear to him, and asked me if I would go to Milledgeville and obtain a transcript from the minutes of the board of trustees. I told him that if there was any service that I could render him I would cheerfully do so. I went to Milledgeville and got a transcript from the minutes of the board of trustees of the asylum made by the secretary of the institution, Mr. Jones. This, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, is the transcript which was furnished me at that time by the secretary of the institution.
Meeting of Board of Trustees, Jan. 24th, 1895. Present President Cabaniss, Vice-President Nisbet, trustees Hunt, Nichols, Joseph, walker and Foster.
Trustee "'alker moved that trustee Hunt be authorized to codify the laws of Georgia relative to lunacy and the I~unatic Asylum by April 1st, next, if possible, and to be paid such fee therefor as this board may dtcide.
"Meeting of Board of Trustees, April 26th, 1895. Present, President Cabaniss, Trustees Hunt, Joseph, Walker, Nichols and Foster.
Mr. Burwell who had been employed to codify the laws of Georgia relative to questions of lunacy and the lunatic asylum in this State, appeared before the board and read. in detail the codifications of laws made by him.

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Trustee Foster moved to adopt the codification made by )fr Burwell after being amended as noted on original paper, and that 1,000 copies thereof be printed for public use. Codification to be indexed side of each section, and an alphabetical index be placed in back of book.
'frustee .Joseph oft'ered a substitute, that the codification be referred to superintendent Powell and prudential Committee, and if approved by the superintendent and the Prudential Committee, that it be considered adopted by this board.
Trustee \\"alker amended by moving that )lr. w. H.
Burwell be paid the sum of ~:250.00 for services as eodifier.
::\lotion as amended adopted. 'frustee Foster moved that 1,000 copies of codification of laws be printed for public use, and that the superintendent furnish one copy to the Ordinary of each county in the State. Meeting of Board of Trustees, Xov. 25th, 1897. Present, President Cabaniss, Vice-President Hopkins, and trustees \\"alker of Putnam county, Dixon Mallory, Joseph, Hunt and Foster. Trustee 'Valker of Putnam, moved that T. M. Hunt be
authorized to draw contract with J. ,Y. )lc.Millan for re-
pairing negro building, and that he be paid a fee of $50.00 -for this service.

Meeting of Prudential Committee, April 20th, 1898. Present, T. J. Carling, Chairman, and trustees Hunt and .Joseph.
Resolved, That the sum of $25.00 be paid trustee Hunt for expenses incurred in purchase of mules, wagons and harness at Macon, Ga.

:Meeting of Board of Trustees, Dec. 22d, 1889. Pres.ent, trustees Cabaniss, Foster, Hall, Nichols, McArthur, Nisbet, 'Yatts, Cobb and Hopkins.

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By Capt. Cobb: ResolYed, That Col. "\Yatts, Chairman on Rules and
Laws be requested to codify all existing laws relating to the Lunatic Asylum. Carried.
Meeting of the Board of Trustees, Jan. 25th, 1892. Present, President Cabaniss, Vice-President Hall, and' trustees Foster, "'atts, Nisbet and McArthur.
Judge Watts reported that he had finished codifying the laws and will have them printed. Judge "\Yatts was authorized to make any addenda as to law or facts from, other states as he may see fit.
::\[eeting of Board of 'l'rustees, ~ov. 22d, 1892. Present, Pre~ident Cabaniss, trustees Hall, Nisbet, "\Vatts, McArthur, "cilcox and Foster.
Judge Watts from the committee to codify the laws of Georgia go,erning Insane Asylum reported the work of codifying these laws is too yast for him to undertake under his surroundings as a trustee.
Col. .McArthur offered the following, which wasadopwd:
Resohed, first, That Ron. R. F. ":atts, who has been. appointed to codif;r the laws now in force in referenct to the State Lunatic Asylum, be authorized to employ such assistance in the performance of said work as he may think necessary, and that all personal and other expenses that he may incur in the prosecution of his work be paid out of the funds of the asylum.
Resolwd, second, That he be authorized to pay said. assistant a sum not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00).
~1eeting of Board of Trustees, July 31st, 1894. Present, President Cabaniss, Vice-President Nisbet; trustees. \\'atts, Hopkins, McArthur, Hunt and Foster. Also, trustee Huff mowd that ::\Ir. Hunt and Judge "'atts be employed as attorneys representing the State to drav. the contract and bond for the board of trustees with con,

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tractor Brown, and that President Cabaniss arrange with them as to their fee for this Hervice.
~Ieeting of Board of Trustees, Sept. 20th, 1894. Pres ent, President Cabaniss and trustees :McArthur, \Yalker, ~ichols and Foster.
Trustee :Xisbet moved that the steward pay trustees Hunt and Watts $50.00 each out of the petty cash fund for drawing the contract of this institution with contractor Brown for the new buildings.
l\Ir. Jones, the secretary, was asked his opinion as to the condition of Mr. Hunt at the time he testified before the Special Sanitarium Committee in May. He stated that Col. Hunt, in his judgment, was not himself in any wise, and doubted if he knew what he was talking about, and in view of that I came to Atlanta, Col. Hunt being desparately ill at the time, and as an act of friendship to him, I came to Atlanta as a trustee of the asylum and requested the Governor to allow me to read the testimony which you gentlemen had filed with him and which had by that time been made public.
The Governor stated that he saw no reason as the matter had gone into print, and why, I as a trustee, should not be allowed to read it.
Q. Did you read it, doctor? A. Yes, sir, I read the testimony and made extracts from the testimony of Col. Hunt and Mr. W. H. Burwell, which in every instance is a word-to-word transcript. I furnished it to Col. Hunt by letter and stated to him that .as his testimony was so at variance with the facts in the case as I knew them personally, and as shown by the minutes of the board of trustees and by Mr. Burwell's teHtimony, which I had read, I could not understand how the testimony given by him as it was if he was himself at the time. He was deeply mortified and humiliated to -read the testimony, and we advised together about it, and to the best of my recollection, I think I suggested to him to ask a rehearing before the committee. For many

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.'ears the trustet:s of the Asylum were hampered in their work b.' having no codification of the laws of Georgia. They were scattered, as you gentlemen know, throughout the Yarious acts of the legislature. The board of trus-
tees, soon after l went on the board, it was in 1889 I think, passed a resolution requesting ,Judge 'Yatts to codify all existing laws relative to the-Lunatic Asylum. This was adopted. The minutes then show that on Nov. 22d, 1892, .Judge Watts reported that the work of codif.''ing these laws was too great for him to undertake, and then the resolution which was adopted on motion of Col. McA.rthur authorizing him to have help not exceeding ~250.00 to do this work.
At a meeting of the board of trustees on April 26th, 1895, the minutes show as follows, and I will state, gentlemen, that I was secretary at that time. Mr. Burwell who had been employed to codify the laws of Georgia relative to questions of lunacy and the lunatic asylum of this State, appeared before the board and read in detail the codification of laws made by him. Trustee Foster moved to adopt the codification made by Mr. Burwell after being amended as printed ,on original paper, and that 1,000 copies thereof be printed for public use. Trustee 'Valker amended by moving that Mr. Burwell be paid the sum of $250.00 as codifier. Now while the minutes show that l\Ir. Burwell, who had been employed to codify the laws, appeared and read the codification, and that Mr. Burwell be paid the sum of $250.00 for services as codifier, the minutes do not fully and correctly set forth the whole transaction. Mr. T. M. Hunt was employed by the board of trustees to make the codification to the best of my recollection, and I am satisfied that I am perfectly clear in remembering the facts stated that the codification had been made jointly by him and Mr. Burwell, that he having been very busy and sick a part of the time, had employed Mr. Burwell to assist him in the work. Some discussion arose as to whether the names of Mr. Hunt and

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1\Ir. Burwell should appear jointly as codifiers of these laws. }lr. Hunt seemed anxious to give 1\Ir. Burwel.l credit for the part of the work which he, }lr. Burwell, had done. To the best of my recollection, 1 said to Mr. Hunt, as }fr. Burwell is a young attorney, why not give him credit for the codification? Of course, the trustees understand it is your contract and that you have had him to assist you, and to this proposition Mr. Hunt readily assented.
When trustee Jas. P. "\Yalker moved to pay $250.00 for this codification, to the best of my recollection his motion was to pay Col. T. 1\I. Hunt $230.00 for services as codifier. Then }fr. Hunt stated that as the credit would be given to 1\Ir. Burwell for the codification that the bill be in his name so that the transaetion would appear on the books of the asylum in order to avoid conflict, and according to my recollection trustee "'alker then moved to substitute 1\Ir. Burwell's name with that of 1\Ir. Hunt. I am very clear and positive in the recollection that every member of the board of trustees who was present understood it to be 1\Ir. Hunt's contract to do this work of codifying the laws of Georgia, and that 1\Ir. Burwell had only assisted in this work. The board of trustees at no time conferred with 1\Ir. Burwell relative to this matter, nor did they employ him to do the work. Knowing the facts of the matter as I do, I unhesitatingly state that there was nothing intentionally covert in connection therewith. I am positive that Col. Hunt did this work of corlifying the laws at the request of the board of trustees and by no suggestion of his that he be employed.
Q. Col Hunt: Do you remember any remark that I made to the committee about drawing money, or do you remember my making this remark, that 1\Ir. Burwell had been made the codifier, and I did not see how I could draw the money with 1\Ir. Burwell as codifier?
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~pen meeting of the board of trustees, that we recognized no one but you.
At a meeting of the board of trustees on Jan. 24th, 1S!J5, trustee "VValk:er moved that trustee Hunt be authorized to codify the ~aws of Georgia relative to Lunacy and the Lunatic Asylum, ~nd to be paid such fee therefor as this board may deciqe. On April the 26th, the board met .again. Mr. Burwell appeared before the board and read the codification laws as made by him, and then comes on these results in regard to what Mr. Burwell had done and what was authorized to be paid to him.
Q. Now, how can you substitute Mr. Burwell for Mr, Hunt?
A. Col. Hunt was asked if he was ready to report on the codification of the laws, and he said, "I am." Mr. Burwell, whom Col. Hunt had employed to assist him, read the laws in detail instead of Col. Hunt. I am sarisned that Col. Hunt had agreed to give the credit for the codification .to 1\Ir. Burwell before he, Mr. Burwell, apveared before the trustees at all. The resolution ordering the sum of money to be paid to Mr. Burwell was originally made by Dr. Walker, as I recollect it, and was changed from Col. T. M. Hunt to Mr. "\Y. H. Burwell at the suggestion of Mr. Hunt, inasmuch as he, Hunt, had .agreed to give Mr. Burwell credit for the codification.
Q. As I understand you, doctor, Mr. Burwell was not known in the transaction at all to the board of trustees?
A. K ot at all. sir. Q. "That was his object in appearing before the board? A. Mr. Hunt had requested Mr. Burwell to come owr with him, as he, Hunt, was feeling badly, and present the codification. By Col. Hunt: Do you, or do you not, remember that I stated that as
th0 resolution made .Mr. :Burwell the codifier, that the ehec~ would have to be in his name for me to draw the money?
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A. You stated that it ought to be so there would ben~ conflict between the minutes of the board of trustees and the finance book of the institution.
About the payment of $50.00 for a fee for drawing a contract with J. W. McMillan for repairing the negro building, the board of trustees bad no lawyer who was. paid by the State that they were authorized to call upon, and in as much as Col. Hunt was often called upon to gratuitously give his professional opinion upon various matters coming before the trustees, and the trustees. thought that it was work which it would be wrong todead-head Col. Hunt out of, that somebody would have to be employed, and it was agreed to employ him.
About the fee of $25.00 for the purchase of a team, I know nothing about it. I was at that time, sick or absem from the meeting and do not know anything about it except the minutes do show that Col. Hunt was paid $25.00 for that service. By Col. Hunt:
Q. I will ask you that at any time did I either request. or suggest the board of trustees to pay me a fee for any work that I ever did?
A.. Kever, that I ever beard of, sir. Q. Could you not have referred these matters for legal opinion to the Attorney-General? A. No, sir, CoL Cabaniss I am satisfied was on theboard when Mr. Clifford Anderson was Attorney-General, and we wrote to the Governor and were notified that theAttorney-General was not authorized to giye information to the board of trustees.
COL. G. A. CABANISS TESTIFIES BEFORE THE:
CO~IMITTEE.
Q. What position did you hold, Col. Cabaniss, in 1892, relative to the Georgia Sanitarium, and what position d~ you now hold?

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A. My position from 1889 until 1897 was chairman of the board of trustees. My connection ceased in 1897, when Governor Atkinson reappointed the board. I want to say that these papers contain everything that I know about this matter, as I remember it. The letter written by Dr. Eugene Foster and myself to Col. Hunt, July 27th, 1899, states correctly, as near as I can remember it, the transaction of the board of trustees.
Q. Col. Cabaniss, in this statement here it states that Mr. Burwell appeared before you all as trustees, and that you authorized him to be paid $250.00.
A. Well, I don't remember distinctly about that. I know that we had no contract with Mr. Burwell directly. Our contract was directly with Col. Hunt.
Q. You don't recall Mr. Burwell appearing before you? A. Yes, sir. My recollection is that he did appear and read the codifications. Trustee 'Valker moved that Mr. Burwell be paid the sum of $250.00. Q. Do you recall as trustee, how that check was drawn? A. No, sir, I do not. My recollection is very distinct that we were to pay Col. Hunt $250.00. Q. And your recollection is also distinct that the con tract was made with Mr. Hunt, and not with Mr. Burwell? A. Yes, sir.

TESTIMONY OF DR. JAS. P. WALKER.
My first meeting with the Board of Trustees was in January, 1894. During the first year of my officiel ass_o ciation with the board, there were frequent questions of law arising, and I, finding that there was no codification of the laws as is usual with organizations of that sort, inquired into the matter and found by reference to the minutes of the Board of Trustees that Judge Watt, a member of the hoard had been authorized to have the laws

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relating to the lunatic asylum codified. It passed on through that year and until January, 1895, I won't be positive as to the date. I had frequently asked Col. Hunt if he would not undertake it, Judge \Vatt being in bad health, and his attendance upon the Board of Trus tees was very irregular. Col. Hunt positively refused to
have anything to do with it as long as Judge Watt was on the board. Feeling the necessity of these laws being codi fied, at the meeting to which I refer the second ,year of my connection with the trustees, I took the liberty to introduce the resolution authorizing Col. Hunt to codify the laws at such price as might be fixed by the trustees by a certain time. Probably at the July meeting Col. Hunt announced that he had the laws codified and was ready to present them. He asked permission that Mr. Burwell, who had assistrd in the codification, be permitted to read the product of his work. Dr. Foster moved that the codification be accepted upon the approval of the superintendent. Mr. Joseph proposed the amendment that Mr. Burwell be paid, and I moved as a substitute that Mr. Hunt be paid the sum of $250.00 for the wor~. I am inclined to think that Col. Hunt objected to his name being in there, and stated that :\Ir. Burwell, as a young attorney had assisted him, and as he, Hunt, had already established his reputation as a lawyer, he was willing to give the credit to Mr. Burwell. At his instance l changed the name of '1'. M. Hunt toW. H. Burwell, which was adopted. I will state that the record shows this contract between Col. Hunt and the trustees.
I will state also that I was anxious to get the laws codified because I felt the necessity of it.
As to the $50.00 apportionment for drawing a contract, I was not present at the time, but I don't think that a single member of the Board of Trustees thought that Col. Hunt was over paid because he was a member of th<> Board of Trustees. I know on one occasion judge Stanford was paid $50.00 for work not more cumbersome than this since I have been a member of the Board.

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As to the $25.00 apportionment, that was left entirely to the Executive Committee, which was composed of T. J. Carling, Eugene Foster and T. M. Hunt.
The necessity for this, as I understand it, was a conflict between the Board of Trustees and the dummy line as to freight charges. The trustees had been paying the dummy line, almost ever since I had been a member of the board, $3,000 a year for delivering the freight from the depots at Milledgeville to the Asylum grounds. Ther~"' was a kick on the part of the dummy line for $4,000. The Board of Trustees refused to agree to pay them the amount, but was willing to pay the $3,000. The full Board of Trustees instructed the Executive Committee to ascertain if they could not make some arrangement by which the freight could be laid down there at a cheaper rate than that to be obtained by the dummy line. They did do this by buying wagons and teams. The result was that the freight was delivered on the grounds including the purchase of wagons and teams for about the same rate that the trustees had been paying heretofore, namely, $3,000. In addition to this, this conflict between the Board of Trustees and the dummy line awakened an interest on the part of the Central R. R. System and by the consent of the trustees they made a spur track to the .\.sylum grounds, almost to the doors of the enclosure, namely, the store-house, and now all freights are <It-livered on the As;ylum property free of expense as far as the railroad is concerned.
Q. Do you mean to say that as I understand it, free of extra <~harge?
A. Yes, sir. Q. Gentlemen, don't you thjnk that was pretty good pay for that service? A. I have no idea how long he was in Macon and how much it cost him. Suppose his round trip ticket cost $5.60 and he spent a day and a half there, and his hotel bill was

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$5.00, wouldn't you think that pretty liberal compensation to say the least of it.
A. T'his Executive Committee was selected for their lusiness sense, honor and ability, and I do not question tbeir motives in making this donation or contribution to Col. H:mt.

Q. By Col. Hunt:
Docter, you statPd a moment ago that I refused to cedify these laws as long as .Judge \Vatts remained on tl1e board. Do you remember my reason for doing that?
A. Professional reasons. I will state that Judge 'Vatts and Col. Hunt were both in the practice of law. He was an old man and Col. Hunt did not care to interfere with it as long as he was appointed to do the work.

Q. By Col. Hurtt: Did you ever know me to ask the Board of Trustees to pay me a cent for any work that I ever did? A. Never.

COL. T. lf. HUNT SWORN IN HIS BEHALF.
I wish to say that I remember all the transactions as having been testified to by Col. Cabaniss, Dr. Foster an.,_ Dr. walker just about as they do. I want to state further in connection with that purchase in l\Iacon. I was rt-quested by the Board of Trustees to go with l\Ir. Carling, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and assist him in the purchase of mules and wagons for the institution. He appointed a day and I went to l\Iacon with him, and my recollection now is that we spent two day~ and one night there. I never expected to receive a cent for it until the resolution was passed awarding me $25.00 for my time and expenses.
Q. what was your condition when you appeared before this committee in l\Iay lasi a3 to souriet_y':'

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A. I wish to state to this committee exactly what hap. pened as I remember it. I was sick at home before going to meet the summons of the committee. My physician and my wife both asked me not to go. After getting to Milledgeville I took two drinks of whiskey, I don't think I took any more. I know my physicial condition was .extremely bad at that time, as an evidence of which I will state that I took my bed the night that I came from Milledgeville of the evening that I testified before the ~ommittee. I was in my bed and confined to the house for something over four months from that time, and it was during that illness that I telegraphed Dr. Foster to see me personally, which he did. I will state further that I do not recall now exc~pt from reference to the testimony, the facts that I testified to before the committee that evening, but for reference, I would not recall any of them.
Q. Is it also true that on the evening that you testi!ied before the committee in May last, that you had also mken opium?
A. It is possible that I took laudanum and salts during the morning at one time, or perhaps possibly I took Hurham's Cordial. I don't know what is in it.

EVIDENCE OF W. A. RAMSEUR.
Sworn and said: "I reside in Gainesville, Ga., and I am an agent of the Southern R. R., and have been since the 15th of March, 1896. The Mingo Coal & Coke Co. of Kentucky shipped a car load of coal to Dr. E. E. Dixon of Gainesville, Ga., was received on 27th day of September, 1898, was forwarded from Middlesboro, Ky., September 21st, 1898, was delivered October 17th, 1898 to Ed F. Little, a coal dealer of Gainesville, Ga., under the direct ion of Dr. E. E. Dixon. Dr. Dixon said the coal was a present to him, and waR more than he coulduse; and that be could not sell what he did not use at his home without

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taking out a city license as a coal dealer. Dr. Dixon directed me to turn this car of coal, consisting of fortytwo thousand seven hundred pounds over to Ed. F. Little, a regularly, authorized licensed coal dealer. Mr. Littlereceived the coal, paid the freight and receipted for it. Dr. Dixon told me that the coal was given to him by a. young man, and that it was an extraordinary car of coal.
I am not sure about the doctor saying, that it was a young man that gave him the coal, but such is my recoll{'ction. I am positive that Dr. Dixon told me, that this car of coal was a donation or a gift. This car is the only car of coal that Dr. Dixon ever had shipped to him since! have been agent at that point. He use-s coal in the drug store of Dixon & Co., of which the doctor is a member. The car about which I have testified was shipped to thedoctor as an individual.

Ed. F. Little, sworn and said: "I reside in Gainesville~
HaU ccunty, Ga., and have lived there for about fifteen years. \Yas in the Coal and \Yood business last year. I bought a car of coal from Dr. E. E. Dixon last yea!", and paid him fol" it, that is, he had a car of coal shipped to Gainesville, Ga., last year, and I bought from him and paid him fol.' it in the following way: I paid the freight on the car, and to the best of my recollection, I placed five tons of the coal in Dr. Dixon's coal-house, free of charge to him. This five tons was delivered to Dr. E. E.
Dixon at his recidence. i bought the coal from Dl". Dixon
to keep down competition and to keep prices from being cut on me. I have never known Dr. Dixon to deal in coal before or since this. I was for fifteen years or more in the coal business. I have sold my business out now, and in the country on a farm. Formerly I sold him his coal. If Dl". Dixon had ordered coal to, or handled it at Gainesville, I would have known of it, ~s I was in thebusiness and watched it closely.

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841

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed, by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives, a communication in writing:

Kovember 28, 1899.
'l'o the Senate and House of Representatires:
At the request of the grand jury of Fulton county, which in its organized capacity called on me in a body to prefer the request, I herewith transmit to the Senate and House of Representatives their presentments made by unanimous vote on the 7th instant.
Concerning the proposition to abolish the prevailing fee system in said county and put all county officers on salaries, to be fixP.d by the grand jury and approved by the judge of the superior court, I am not sufficiently well informed to make any recommendation, and I therefore transmit this presentment without recommendation. It is purely a local question concerning which the grand jury are presumed to be more fully and accurately informed than anybody else, and the presumption is that they, as they declare, speak the voice of the people of Fulton county, and their suggestions are entitled to the most careful and respectful attention of the General Assembly.
The other evil of which they complain, barratry, is general, and business men and corporations all over th State have too often suffered from it. It is, moreover, a growing evil and has within the last two decades assumed proportions which are alarmin~. and threatening

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to legitimate business enterprise. Men licensed to practice law and their paid agents and coadjutors have in many instances brought unnecessary ruin upon railroads and factories and mercantile corporations and firms and individuals, and at the same time brought reproach upon the honorable profession of the law. Honest, safe business men and corporations doing legitimate business but temporarily embarrassed financially, are often forced by (:onscienceless barrators and shysters into the hands of receivers and are ruined, when if let alone they would (xtricate themselves, pay all honest debts and live in comfort. It is true, too, that when corporations and individuals are wrecked by the nefarious methods of these enemies of society and of the business of the country, the ereditors usually suffer with the debtor. He most frequently at the end of the litigation gets nothing, while the debtor and his children are reduced to penury, the entire estate being consumed in court costs, receivers flalaries and lawyers fees. The court costs are fixed by statute, but the salaries of receivers, sometimes two or three in number when one would be better, and the fees of the lawyers, frequently a score or more in a single <ase, are fixed by the court on the testimony of other lawyers as to the value of the services performed in the f'ase by their professional brethren. The result has been that exorbitant salaries have been allowed to receivers and often fees out of all proportion to the work done, have been allowed to the lawyers reprpsenting the various intPrests involved in the snit.
These evils have assumed such magnitude that they demand a remPd~-. and I hPartily concur in the recommendation of this grand jury and earnestly advise that a law he enacted requiring that at the time of filing a hill for injunction and receiYer against any corporation. firm or individual, the plaintiff shall enter into bond with good

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and ample security pa;vable to defendant in au amount sufficient to cover aJl demages sustained and expenses incurred in defending the suit in case the allegations are not proven and the suit is unsuccessful.
A. D. CAKDLER, Go,ernor.

PRESENTMENTS.
Hon. J. H. I.umpkin, Judge Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia:
'Ye, the grand jurors ~hosen and sworn for the fall term, 1899, superior court of Fulton county, respectfully submit the following representations and recommendations:
The attention of the grand jury has been called by numerous good citizens to two subjects that we consider of such importance, and no less our duty, to make pre sentments thereof to your honor at this time, and through the court, to call attention of the lawmaking power of the State to the same.
1st. The great and growing evil and damage done the business interests of the State by designing and irresponsible persons seeking through the courts to put corporations, firms and individuals into the hands of receivers. As the law now stands, any person can secure the serYices of an attorney and attack the integrity of any business concern with perfect impunity from liabiltiy. It matters not how much damage the defendant sustains, or to what expense put to in defending the attack, he has no recourse whatever. It is a lamentable and notorious report, and currently believed, that there are attorneys, regardless of the ethics of their profession and the law against barratr;v, who not only encourage litigation of this character, but personally, or through hired emissaries, hunt up stockholders and creditors of corpora-

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tions, etc., and by misrepresentation secure them as parties plaintiff in suits of this kind, with a view of wreck ing the ihstitution and getting a large per centage of the assets for "bringing the money into court," or with the hope of levying blackmail in the name of a fee for desisting in the further prosecution of the suit. Many temporarily embarrassed, but solvent concerns have been wrecked by these attacl,s, when, if let alone, would soon recover and become prosperous. It is almost universally the case, that when the assets of an estate administered by a receiver are distributed, the larger portion goes to other than the stockholders.
tfe respectfully submit the courts are open for the collection of any debt by due course and process of law, nnd that the bankrupt law is all sufficient to adjudicate insolyents. That the practice referred to is an abiding menace to the prosperity and business interests of the State; that it does not encourage and foster in the mind of the citizen a reverence for the majesty of the law, and respect for the courts and their officers, but quite the contrary. It is a great wrong and should be remedied. We therefore suggest, and urgently recommend, our immediate representatives in the legislature, as well as the r<:-presentatives from the several counties of the State 1_all being equally interested), to introduce without delay, and press to passage, a law containing a provision coml-'elling any person, before filing a bill for injunction and receiver against a corporation, firm or individual, to first enter into good and sufficient bond payable to defendant, in amount sufficient to cover damages sustained or expense incurred in defending the suit, provided the allegations are not proven, or the suit unsuccessful.
"e confidently appeal to the Fulton county bar to lend i1t- intluence and active aid to carry out these recommendations.

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COUNTY OFPICIALS.
2d. 'Ve are convinced that it is the almost unanimous desire of the tax-payers of Fulton county that her county officials be placed on salary in lieu of the present system of paying them in commissions, fees, fines and forfeitures. Several Grand Juries in the recent past have made the same recommendations. Efforts have been made to ascertain the annual income of the several offices, but as there is no law compelling the officers to disclose their receipts, such efforts have been without result. Take into consideration the enormous amount of litigation had in our different courts in almost perpetual session, and the number of criminals annually prosecuted, every case of which produce costs; the amount of Jlnes and forfeitures assessed against violaters of the criminal law, the large amount of taxes assessed and eollected, costing the county large sums in commission t-ach year. Add these sums together and the aggregate would be enormous. Sufficient, it is believed, to pay just and liberal salaries to each official, and produce a revenue that will go largely toward making our courts selfsustaining and relieve the tax-payers of a heavy burden.
The city of Atlanta pays her officials salaries, and gets the services of good and competent men, and saves largely thereby. There is no good reason why the county should not do the same.
We therefore earnestly recommend our representatives in the legislature at the present session to use their best endeavors to have enacted a law that will effectuate this change, making it applicable to the officers of sheriff, clerk of the Superior Court, tax-receiver, tax-collector, solicitors of the Superior Court. Said salaries to be recommended by the Grand Jury and approved by the Judge of the Superior Court, or in such other manner as the legislature, in its wisdom may deem just and to the best interests of the county.

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we recommend that these presentments be published

in the Atlanta Constiution and the Atlanta Journal.

Respectfully submitted.

(Signed)

JOS. H. JOHNSON, Foreman.

M. H. BLOUNT,

I<'. H. MOSES,

PE'L'ER F. CLARKE,

J. E. CARLTON,

J. W. COTTON,

H. E. JOHNSON,

D. R. PUGH,

J. F. BECK,
L. vY. PLUNKETT,

J. S. REED,

R. A. HARRIS,

H. A. BOYNTON,

SOL BENJAMIN,

JAMES B. WALLACE,

vV. H. SHARP,

J. H. SHELLY,

E. L. CONNALLY.

It is ordered by the court that these special presentments be published in accordance with the recommendation of the Grand Jury.
J. H. LUMPKIN, J. S. C. A. C. By the Court, this November 7th, 1899.
C. D. HILL, Solicitor-General.

Georgia, Gulton County. I, G. H. Tanner, Cled: of the Superior Court of said
county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of special presentments of the Grand Jury as ap pears of file in this office.
Witness my official signature and seal of Court, this 'l'th day of November, 1899.
G. H. TANNER, ~lerk.

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:Mr. McDonough, of Chatham, Chairman of the Railroad Committee, submitted the following report:

M 1". Speaker :
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration Senate bill No. 16, which I am instructed to report hack with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to require sleeping-car companies to separate white and colored passengers, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN J. :McDONOUGH, Chairman.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
Mr. SpeakeT:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:
An act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Gwinnett.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Washington, Ga.
An act to repeal an act to authorize the judge of the county court of :Morgan county to deliver to the county commissioners of said county all persons convicted in said court.

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An act to authorize the sale of the Second Baptist Church in the city of Columbus, Ga.

An act to amend and consolidate the various acts incorporating the city of Rome.

An act to amend an act creating a board of county commissioners for the county of :Morgan.

An act to repeal an act regulating the taking of fish in the streams of whitfield county.

An act to repeal an act relatjve to the protection of fish in the streams of Lee county.
An act to prohibit the manufacture. of spirituous liquors in the county of Jasper.

An act to amend an act to provide a board of county commissioners of Elbert county.
.An act to provide for the election of clerk and sheriff of the city court of Savannah, by the people of Chai:hnm county.
An act to amend an act incorporating the village of Summerville, in the county of Richmond.

An act to require the county commissioners of Hancock county to pay the criminal costs of the officers of the county court in certain cases.
Also, a resolution authorizing the payment of the per diem of the Ron. \V. S. King, late Representative from the county of Houston.

TuESDAY, N~vEMBER 28, 1899.

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}.fr. Copeland, of Walker, moved that 300 copies of the report and accompanying testimony of the Bpecial joint committee to investigate the Georgia State Asylum be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.

The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day was read the third time and put upon its pasage, to wit:
I>y Mr. Hardwick of Washinooton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2 of section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by prescribing additional qualifications for the elef:tors of this State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that if necessary, this morning's session be extended thirty minutes for the purpose of disposing of the bill under discussion, which motion prevailed.
~fr. Hall of Bibb, moved that the bill and amendments be tabled.
On the motion to table, Mr. Holder, of Jackson 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, Barron, Beauchamp. Bell of Forsyth.
54~

Bond, Rr:vnn, Frt>Pman, Hathcock,

Ht>nnPrson of \Vasht'n Ousley, Post,

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Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hardin of Liberty, Newton,

Allen,

Hardin of Wilkes, Ogletree,

Anderson,

Hardwick,

Overstreet,

Bass,

Harrison,

Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harris.

Padgett,

Bennett of Pierce, Harvard,

Park of Greene,

Bell of Spalding, Hendricks,

Park of Troup,

Black of Dawson, Herring,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Black of Whitfield, Hill,

Reid,

Blalock,

Howard,

Reynolds,

Bowen,

Hopkins,

Richardson,

Bower,

Holder,

Rogprs,

Brown of Carroll, Hosch,

Rudicil,

Bush,

Houser,

Singletary,

Calvin,

Jarnagan,

Sloan.

Carter,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Jones of Burke,

Spinks,

Chappell,

Knowles,

Speer.

Cook,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Copeland,

Lane of Early,

Stubbs,

Crossland,

Lane of Sumter,

Stewart,

Darnell,

Laing,

Swift,

Dews,

LaRoche,

Tanner,

Dickey,

Lee,

Tatum,

Drawdy,

Longino,

Tisinger,

Duncan,

Martin.

Timmerman,

Ellis,

Maxwell,

Turner of HPnry,

Easterlin.

Merritt,

\Valker of Brooks.

Everett of Stewart, Mitchell.

''\Valker of Crawford,

Farmer,

Moore,

\Valker of Union,

Fender,

Mullins.

\Vatkins,

Franklin,

:NicCants,

West,

Ford,

McDonald,

Whiteley,

Fort,

McDonough,

\Villiams of Emanuel.

Gay,

McElreath,

Williams of Lumpkin

Gresham,

McFarland,

\Vood,

Griffin of Greene, McGehee,

Woodall.

Griffin of Twiggs, McLaughlin,

Wooten,

Griffith,

McLennan,

Yates.

Hall,

McRae,

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Those not votingwere :Messrs.-

Arnold, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bynum, Carlton, David, Denny, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, George, Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby,

Harrell,

Price,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Effingham,

Hutchins,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling, Simpson,

Johnson of Baker, Slaton,

Johnson of Floyd, Smith of Hall,

.rohnson of Lee,

Snell.

Jordan of Jasper, Sturgis,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stone,

Latimer,

Taylor,

Mayson,

Tracy,

J\forris,

Turner of Rockdale,

McCranie,

Upchurch,

l\fcMillan,

\ Vi l l i n g h a m .

Pate of Gwinnett, :Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 11, nays 119.

On motion of 1\Ir. Bower, of Decatur, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the motion to table the ayes were 11, nays 119.

The motion to table was therefore lost.
Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, called for the previous question on the bill and amendments, which call was sustained.

On agreeing to the report of the committee, which was fayorable to the passage of the bill, Mr. Bush of Miller, 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.-

Bell of Forsyth,

Ellis,

Hardwick,

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Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Griffin of Twiggs, McFarland,

Adamson,

Griffith,

McGehee,

Anderson,

Hall,

McLaughlin,

Barron,

:Hammett,

McLennan,

Bass,

...-Hammond,

McRae,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hamby,

Newton,

Bennett of Pierce, Hardin of Liberty, Ogletree,

Beauchamp,

Hardin of Wilkes, Ousley,

Bell of Spalding, Harrison,

Overstreet,

Black of Dawson, Harris,

Pace of :Newton,

Black of Whitfield, Harvard.

Padgett.

Blalock,

Hathcock,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Park of l~reene,

Bowen,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nPark of Troup,

Bower,

Herring,

Post,

Brown of Carroll, Hill,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bryan,

Howard,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Bush,

Hopkins,

Reid,

Calvin,

Holder,

Reynolds,

Carlton,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Carter,

Houser,

Rogers,

Castleberry,

Hutchins,

Rudic!l,

Chappell,

Jarnagan,

Sloan,

Cook,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock,

Copeland,

Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

Crossland,

Jones of Burke,

Speer,

Darnell,

Knowles,

Starr,

Denny,

Lane of Bibb,

Sturgis,

Dews,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Dickey,

Lane of Sumter,

Swift,

Drawdy,

Laing,

Tanner,

Duncan,

LaRoche,

Tatum,

Emanuel,

Lee,

Taylor,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Tisinger,

Everett of Stewart, Martin,

Timmerman,

Farmer,

Maxwell,

Turner of Henry,

Fender,

Merritt,

'Valker of Brooks,

Freeman.

Mitchell,

'Valker of Crawford,

Franklin,

Moore,

'Valker of Union,

Ford,

Mullins,

Watkins,

Fort,

McCants,

. 'Vest,

Gay,

McDonald,

Whiteley,

Gresham,

McDonough,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Griffin of Greene, McElreath,

'Villiams of Lumpkin

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Willingham, Wood.

'Voodal, Wooten.

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Johnson of Appling

Arnold,

Johnson of Baker,

Brandon,

Johnson of Lee,

Brown of Bryan,

Jordan of Jasper,

Bynum,

Jordan of Pulaski,

David,

Latimer,

Everett of Polk,

Mayson,

Felker,

. Morris,

George,

McCranie,

Greene,

McMillan,

Harrell,

Price,

Henderson of Irwin, Rose,

Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Snell, Stubbs, Stone, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 3, nays 137.

On motionof Mr. Copeland, of walker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On agreeing to the report of the committee, the ayes were 3, nays 137.

The report of the committee was therefore disagreed to, and the bill lost.

The hour of adjournment having arrived. the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 o'clock P. M.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the roll-call was dispensed with.

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1Ir. -Willingham of Monroe, asked leave of absence for the Committee on Temperance, which request was granted.

1Jr. Hall of Bibb, asked that the following resolution, which was introduced on yesterday, be taken from the table and read, to wit:
By ~Ir. Rogers of :Marion-

A resolution providing that when the House adjourn on Thursday next, it adjourn to reconvene on :Monday December 4th.

1Ir. Hall of Bibb, offered the following substitute, which was read, to wit:
By 1Ir. Hall of Bibb-

A joint resolution, providing that a recess he taken -from X ovemher 29th, inst., until December 4th, and that the days thus taker. ue not counted as legislative days.

The resolution was adopted, by substitute.

1Ir. Adams, of Putnam, asked that bill No. 597 be recommitted to Committee on Special Agriculture, which request was granted.
The following bills were read the first time by unammous consent, and appropriately referred, to wit:
By :Mr. Castleberry of Monroe-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to prohibit the manufaeture and Eale of spirituous or m~Jlt liqucrs in the county of :Monroe, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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855

By :Mr. -Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the expenditure of the county funds of Monroe county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Jl.atters.
By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A joint resolution, providing for the payment of a clerk to the Adjutant-General, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Reid of Taliaferro-A resolution for the relief of G. T. Edwards, and for
other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Jl.fr. Jordan of JasperA resolution to pay the pension due Jas. J. Smith to his
widow, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Bower of DecaturA bill to be entitled an act to exempt maimed Confeder-
ate soldiers from paying certain taxes, and for other pur-
po~es.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

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Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:

An act to repeal the act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the county of Union.
An act to establish the city court of Eastman, m the county of Dodge.

:Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

111r. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the. same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the special committee to investigate the management of the Georgia Sanitarium.

~'\..lso, the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit: ,

A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying certain pastdue bonds of the State.

Also, the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the authors be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:

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857

Bills to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain of the past-due bonds of the State, issued by Chas. J. :McDonald, Governor, and countersigned by J. Crawford, President of the Board of Commissioner,; 1)t the western and Atlantic railroad.

A bill to authorize the Governor and Treasurer of the State to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and retiring certain of the past-due bonds of the State, known as Convention Bonds, issued by Chas. J. Jenkins, Governor, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

\Ve, the undersigned members of the Committee on Education, desire t~ submit the following minority report on House bill No. 648 :

},f1". Speaker:
vThereas, the Committee on Education having had under consideration House bill No. 648, which, by a vote of 7 to 6, is reported back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, and,
whereas, Said bill, as amended, does a great injustice to the State Normal School, at Athens, Georgia, and does not, in our judgment or opinion, meet with the approval of a majority of the members of said Committee on Education; therefore, we, the undersigned, respectfully submit this, our

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minority report, recommending that said bill, as amended, do not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
E. B. GRESHAM, R. L. FARMER, H. H. CARLTOX, J~O. N. HOLDER, N. L. HUTCHIX:S, ,J u, T. A. PATE, FONDREN MITCHELL, ::5. H. JO.NES, J. C. BEAUCHAMP, .JOS. H. FELKER.

i\Ir. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report, to wit:
Jf1. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideratioH House bill }.; o. 456, by l\Ir. Jarnagan, of \Yarren, which is, "A bill to be entitled an act to create a Stat Textbook Commission, and to procure for use in the public free schools, in this State, a uniform series of text-books; to define the duties and powers of said commission, and other officers; to make an appropriation for the carrying into effect this act, and to provide punishment and penalties for the violation of the same"; and they direct me, as. their chairman, to report said bill back to the House with a recommendation that the introducer thereof be allowed to withdraw same.
The Committee on Education have also had under consideration House bill No. 592, by l\Ir. Harden, of Liberty, which is" A bill to be entitled an act to establish a uniform

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series of text-books to be used in the common schools of this

State; to provide the manner in which the same shall be pre-

pared, and for other purposes~'; and they direct me, as their

chairman, to report said bill back to the House, with a

recommendation that the introducer thereof be allowed to

withdraw same.

The Committee on Education have also had under con-

sideration House bill Xo. 648, by :Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski,

,\hich is "A bill to be entitled an act to require all students

or graduates of any school, college, or other institution of

learning, the State Normal School at Athens, Georgia,

alone excepted, to stand an examination, etc., and for other

purposes"; and they direct me, as their chairman, to report

said bill back to the House, with a recommendation that

the same do pas'S, as amended.



The Committee on Education have also had under con-

E<ideration House bill No. 54H, by ~[r. Harvard, of Dooly,

which is "A bill to be entitled an act to amend section

J405, volume 1 otthe Code of 1895, and for other pur-

poses"; and they direct me to report, as their <>hairman, that

through inadvertence said bill has been altered and muti-

lated by the committee, an.d to request of the House, that

a copy of same, as originally introduced, and by the com-

mittee attached to the original, may be established and sub-

stituted in lien of said original, and that the introducer of

said bill may thereupon be allowed to withdraw same.

Respectfully submitted.

R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, moved that the Governor's message be taken from the table and read.
Objection was raised. and :Mr. Blalock moved to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose above indicated.

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Pending the vote on the motion to suspend the rules o the Hou::e, the Speaker ordered the roll to be called to find whether or not a quorum was present.

Upon call of the roll those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, 'Barron, Bennett of Pierce, 'Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cr,1ssland, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, -Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, oGriffith,

Hall,

Padgett,

Hammett,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Greene,

Hardin of Wilkes, Post,

Hardwick.

Rawls of Effingham,

Harrison,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Harris,

Reid,

Hendricks,

Reynolds,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nRogers,

Houser,

Simpson,

Hutchins,

Singletary,

J arnagan,

Sloan,

Johnson of Bartow, Spinks,

J(\nes of Burke,

Starr,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stubbs,

Lane of Bibb,

Swift,

Lane of Sumter, Tanner,

Laing,

Taylor,

LaRoche,

Turner of Henry,

Longino,

walker of Brooks,

Maxwell,

\Valker of Crawford,

Mitchell,

Walker of Union,

Mullins,

Watkins,

McDonald,

'Vhiteley,

McFarland,

'Villiams of Lumpkin,

McGehee,

'Vood,

McLennan,

"\Voodall,

Newton,

Yates.

Ousley,

Mr. Speaker.

Overstreet,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Adams, .Anderson, .Arnold,

Bass,

Bell of Spalding,

Bennett of Mitchell, Black of Dawson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bond,



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Bowen,

Hill,

Ogletree,

Bush,

Howard,

Pace of Newton,

Bynum,

Hopkins,

Park of Troup,

Carlton,

Holder,

Price,

Castleberry,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Cook,

Johnson of Appling, Rose,

Copeland,

Johnson of Baker, Rudicil,

Darnell,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

David,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Dickey,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hancock.

Drawdy,

Knowles,

Snell,

Everett of Polk,

Lane of Early,

Speer,

Felker,

Latimer,

Sturgis,

Franklin,

Lee,

Stewart,

Fort,

:Martin,

Stone,

Gay,

Mayson,

Tatum,

George,

Merritt,

Tisinger,

Greene,

Moore,

Timmerman,

Griffin of Twiggs, :Morris,

Tracy,

Hammond,

McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hamby,

McCranie,

Upchurch,

Harrell,

McDonou-gh,

West;

Harvard, Hathcock,

McElreath,. McLaughlin,.

Williams of Emanuel1. Willingham,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Wooten.

Herring,

l\:I('Rae,

Present 89, absent 86.

Number of members present 89, and the number absent 86.

It having been found that a quorum was present, the House proceded with the business before it.

The motion of :Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, to suspend the rules of the House for the purpose of having the Governor's message read, prevailed, and the message was read.
The following communication was received. from the Georgia "\Vomans' Suffrage Association, to wit:

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Atlanta, Ga., Xovember 28, 180i:l.
To the Speaker and llfernbers of the House of Representatires of Georgia:
Gentlemen:-\Ye, the general officers of the Georgia \Vomans' Suffrage Association, hereby extend a cordial invitation to your honorable body, to attend the evening session of the Annual Convention of the Georgia \Vomans' Suffrage Association, to be held in the hall of the House of Hepresentatives, Tuesday Xovember 28th, at eight o'clock
p.m. vVe again thank you for the much-appreciated cour-
tesy extended by yourselves, on motion of Hon. 11artin V.
Calvin, of Richmond, to our invited guests, Mrs. v irginia
D. Young, Mrs. Isabelle \V. Parks and :Miss Frances E. Griffin.
vVe trust you will find it convenient to be present, and
will hear them-our chosen champions-express their views on "The Scope of the Elective Franchise."
Hespectfully, MARY L. 1fcLEXDON, President G. W. S. A. GERTRUDE THOMAS, Rec. Sec, G. W. S. A. L. D. :MORSE, Cor. Secy. Ga. W. S. A.
ADELAIDE WILSON, Treasurer Ga. vV. S. A.
The following communication was received from Hon. .J. A. Butts, President of the Southeastern Fair As!'lociation, to wit:
Brunswick, Ga., November 24, 1899.
Speaker of the House, Atlanta, Ga. :
Dear Sir :-Never was there extended a more heart-ftlt and earnest invitation than that which we made the Getvral Assembly of Georgia, to visit Brunswick on Thanksgiving,

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and we trust that it will be received by that honorable body in a like spirit, and that they will attend in a body. I am just
-w. informed by Col. E. Kay, Chairman of Entertainments,
that everything is now arranged, and that we can take care of all of them. Everything will be done to g-iv~ them a real day of pleasure, and aside from the features of the r.tir, the battle ship "Texas" will afford a day of entertainment. Your visit to the ship will be a part of our programme, and we have secured a large, safe steamer for the day. Please do me the kindness to make this information general. I am also informed that a special train will bring you down, and is to arrive early in the morning of the 30th.
Yours very truly,
J. A. BUTTS, President.

:Mr. \\ralker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined the follo".-ing acts, which I am instructed to report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery .to his Excellency, the Governor, to wit:
An act to establish a city court in the city of Eastman.
Also, an act to amend an act to create a board of county commissioners for Campbell county.
Also, an act to prohibit the buying and selling of seed cotton in the county of Laurens, at certain periods.
Also, an act to amend an act to establish a city court in the city of Carrollton, and for other purposes.

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Also, an act to authorize the commissioners of Campbell county to provide two (2) bloodhounds for use in said county.
Also, an act to provide for the election of county judge and solicitor of Jones county by the people of said county.

Also, an act providing for the remoYal of obstructions from streams in Cobb county, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to permit the county commissioners of Spalding county to pay officers of the several courts of said county reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to repeal an act establishing a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Union county, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to amend an act establishing a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to abolish the county court of Dodge county.

Also, an act to change the time of holding the spring term of Milton superior court, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Overstreet, of Screven, moved that the rules of the IIouse be suspended for the purpose of having bill No. 662 read a second time, which motion prevailed, and the bill was as follows, to wit:

By :Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section 2801 of the Code of Georgia, fl,nd for other purposes.

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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hamby, of Rabun.

The following memorial was received from the undersigned citizens of Clarke county, to wit:

Atlanta, Ga., November 13, 1899.
To Honorable H. H. Carlton, Representative Clarke Co.:
Sir:-We, the undersigned citizens of Clarke county believing in your ability as a statesman, having faith in your sense of justice and right, beg to call your attention to the enclosed memorial on the Hardwick bill, and ask your earnest consideration of the same.
It states clearly the position of the negroes of Clarke county, and, in truth, the negroes of the State.

It is a simple plea for justice, and for the best interests of our well-beloved State.
In it we ask not that we be excused from any qualification which the legislature of Georgia sees fit to make the basis of suffrage, but we do ask that the qualification be made to apply to all citizens alike.
The memorial is self-explanatory, and we shall enter into no discussion of its merits here. Our only aim is to have you read it carefully. After you have read the Hardwick bill, see if our position is sound and just; consider how th~ best interests of all the citizens can be subserved; remem-
ber, that we love our old commonwealth, and believe ir. ne..-
manhood; then, having considered the matter in all its phases, do what you think best.
These are hours of great concern to the negroes of Gcorc~i":, and we, of this county appeal to you.
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Under the present election laws we may never be able to show you in a public manner our appreciation of your work and efforts, if you, believing it compatible with what is best and right, help to eliminate the unfair and unjust features of the Hardwick bill, yet, deep down in our hearts, we shall treasure the memory of your aid, and, sometime, in some way, we may be able to give a tangible proof of our appreciation.

Thanking you before hand for your kind consideration of this appeal, we beg to remain,
Very respectfully, your petitioners,
M. B. :Morton, .John R. Mack, F. B. Gospids, 1.V. H. Harris, J. Iry Elder, S. W. Hill, Albert A. Ashton, C. Stephen Haynes, L. S. Clark, Noah Johnson, J. H. Brown, A. B. Murden, I. H. Hunter.

The following report was submitted by the committee on part of the House, of the joint committee to look into that part of the Governor's message, which relates to the Adjutant-General, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

Your committee, appointed under joint resolution of the House and Senate, providing that a com:mittee of three

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from the House, and two from the Senate, be appointed to look into and report on that part of the Governor's message relating to the Adjutant-General, submit the following report:

The joint committee have investigated this mater, and find that, owing to the extreme physical infirmities of Gen. ]{ell, for several years, he has been unable to discharge all the unties of his office; that prior, and up to the Spanish war, an officer was detailed from the \Var Department, who assisted him without cost to the State, 1r to the AdjutantGeneral; that after the Spanish war, Governor Atkimon appointed Captain Obear as his assi>~tant, paying his salary ()Ut of the military fund; that upon the entering of the present assistant, Phil G. Byrd, upon the discharge of his duties, it was found that the military fund was no longPr nvailable, and the salary of this officer has been paid in part from the contingent fund, and in part from the salary of the Adjutant-General himself, thus reducing the salary of this office below the point of a comfortable and dignified living.

Your committee do not think, first, the Adjutant-Gen-eral could be pensioned, as he does not fall within any class Of pensioners recognized and provided for by the Constitution.
Second. Your committee further believe, that in view -of the brilliant and honarable services of John Mcintosh Kell, in the Confederate States Navy, and in view of the fact, that he is now unable to help himself, that a grateful people should show their appreciation in some enduring and useful form. We therefore submit, as a part of our report, the accompanying resolution, which we recom-

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mend be introduced in the House, and adopted by thf.' House and Senate.
Respectfully submitted. A.O.Bl..ALOCK, WM. HARRISON, J. B. BELL. On pa~t of House.

Under the head of unfinished business, the following bill was taken up for a further consideration by the Honse, to wit:
By Special Joint Committee of the House and Senate--

A bill to be entitle<.\ an act to provide for the return of all real and personal property in this State for taxa~ion, and for other purposes.

For a further consideration of the aboye bill, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, :Mr. Calvin, of Richmond.

The committee arose, and through its chairman, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 :30 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 29, 1899. The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day; and was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Hon. Mr. Bryan, of Floyd.

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Upon call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Freeman,-

Merritt,

Adamson,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

Allen,

Ford,

Moore,

Anderson,

Fort,

Morris,

Barron,

Gay,

McCants,

Bass,

Gresham,

McFarland,

Bennett of Mitchell, Greene,

McGehee,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of Greene, McLaughlin,

Beauchamp,

Griffin of Twiggs, McLennan,

Bell of Spalding, Griffith,

McRae,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hall,

Newton,

Black of Dawson, Hammett,

Ogletree,

Black of Whitfield, Hammond,

Overstreet,

Blalock,

Hardin of Liberty, Ousley,

Bowen,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pace of Newton,

Bower,

Harrison,

Padgett,

Brandon,

Harris,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Brown of Bryan, Harvard,

Park of Greene,

Brown of Carroll, Hathcock,

Post,

Bryan,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bush,

Henderson of Wash'n,Rawls of Wilkinson,

Bynum,

Herring,

Reid,

Carlton,

Hill,

Reynolds,

Carter,

Howard,

Richardson,

Castleberry,

Hopkins,

Rogers,

Chappell,

Holder,

Rudicil,

Cook,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Copeland,

Houser,

Singletary,

Crossland,

Hutchins,

Slaton,

Darnell,

Jarnagan,

Sloan,

David,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock,

Denny,

Johnson of Floyd, Snell,

Dews,

Jones of Burke,

Spinks,

Dickey,

Jordan of Pulaski, Speer,

Duncan,

Knowles,

Starr,

Ellis,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Emanuel,

Lane of Early,

Sturgis,

Easterlin.

Laing,

Stewart,

Everett of Stewart, Lee,

Tanner,

Farmer,

Longino,

Tatum,

Felker,

Martin,

Taylor,

Fender,

Maxwell,

Timmerman,

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Turner of Henry, West,

woodall,

Walker of Brooks, Williams of Emanuel, Wooten .

. 'Valker of Crawford, Williams of f,umpkin,Yates,

Walker of Union, Willingham,

Mr. bpeaker.

Watkins,

Wood,

Those absent were Messrs:-

Arnold,

Johnson of Lee,

Bond,

Jordan of Jasper,

Calvin,

Lane of Sumter,

Drawdy,

LaRoche,

Everett of Polk,

Latimer,

George,

Mayson,

Hamby,

Mullins,

Hardwick,

McCranie,

Harrell,

MclJonald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Johnson of Appling, McElreath,

Johnson of Baker, McMillan,

Park of Troup, Price, Rose, Smith of Hall, Stone, Swift, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Rcckdale, Upchurch, Whiteley.

The journal of yesterday's procedings was read and confirmed.

llr. lforris of Cobb, asked that bill No. 477 be made the special order for next "\Vednesday, immediately after the reading of the journal.

Objection was raised, and Mr. Morris moved a suspension of the rules of the House for the purpose above mentioned, which motion was lost.

Mr. Carlton of Clarke, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of introducing the following resolution, which motion prevailed, and the resolution was read and referred, to wit :

By Mr. Carlton of .Clarke-
A resolution to apply certain funds, now in the State Treasury, to the sinking fund of the State, so as to reduce taxation, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on. Ways and Means.
l\Ir. Pace of Newton, asked that the special order fixed for this hour, which was House bill No. 33, be displaced, and that the same be made the special order for Tuesday of next week, immediately after the reading of the journal.

Objection was raised, and Mr. Pace, of Newton, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose above indicated, which motion prevailed.
Mr. :McLaughlin, of Meriwether, asked that House bili No. 595 be t.'lken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senate amendments.

Objection wa5 raised, and Mr. J\icLaughlin moved a suspension of the rules of the House, for the purpose above mentioned, which motion prevailed, and the bill was as follows, to wit:

By Mr. McLaughlin of Meriwether-
A bill to be entiiled an act to establish the city court of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hall, .of Bibb, moved that the rules of the House be suspended, for the purpose of making House bill No. 477 the special order for Wednesday, of next week, which motion was lost.
l\Ir. Holder, o Jackson, asked that bill No. 613 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Holder, of Jackson, asked that the following bill be taken up and read a secnnd time, which request was granted, to wit:

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By :M:e:;:ors. Holder and Hosch of Jackson~

A hill to be entitled an act 'to amend an act establishing
the city c~urt of Jefferson, and for other purposes.

l!Ir. ,Jordan of Pulaski, asked that bill No. 51JO be re~ committed to Committee on Agriculture, which reque,;t was granted.

Leave of :tbsence was granted the Committee on Appropriations on request of Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee.

On request of Mr. Blalock of Fayette, :Mr. Jordan of ,Jasper, was granted leave of absence on account of sicknes->.

Mr. Brandor. of Fulton, asked that bill No. 86 be taken from the table and restored to its place on the calendar, which request v.-as granted.
:Mr. ![orris, of Cobb, asked that bill No. 477 he made the special order for Thursday of next week, which request was granted.
The following bills were introduced by unanimous consent, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By }fr. Bass of Habersham-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Clarkesville, and for oth-er purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following message was reeeived from the Senate, through :Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, as amended :

A resolution that the General Assembly take a r~cess November '29th to December 4th, 1899, and that the intervening da;rs be not counted as legislative days.

The fnllowing joint resolution was taken up for the pur. pose of concurring in the Senate amendment, to wit:

l3y :Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution that the General Assembly take a receso; from the 29th day of K ovember until the 4th day of December, and that the days between said dates be not count2d as legislative days.
The Senate proposed to amend as follows, which was read and concurred in, to wit:

Amend by adding at the end of the resolution the following w-o:rds, to wit:

"Provided, That Sunday December 3d, be not counted :as one of the dies non!'

Mr. Brandon moved that the Senate be given notice, immediately, of the concurrence of the House, in the above Senate amendmE-nt, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Brown, of Carroll, moved. that the following bill be taken up for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill,
to wit:

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By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to amend section 2322, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

On disagreeing to the report of the committee, Mr. Brown, of Carroll, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those Yoting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Ford,

Barron,

Gay,

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffith,

Bennett of Pierce, Hall,

Beauchamp,

Hammett,

Bell of Spalding, Hathcock,

Bowen,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Brown of Carroll, Lane of Early,

Bush,

Laing,

Calvin,

Longino,

Carlton,

Martin,

Castleberry,

Moore,

Cook,

Morris,

Darnell,

McLennan,

Felker,

Padgett,

Fender,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Freeman,

Park of Troup,

Franklin,

Post,

Rogers, Rudicil, Singletary, Spinks, Sturgis, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Walker of Brooks, walker of Union, watkins,
'Vest, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood, Wooten. Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Blalock, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Bryan,

Carter, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews,

Dickey. Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin. EveN>tt of Stewart, Greene, Griffin of Greene,

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Hardin of Liberty, Jones of Burke,

Hardin of)Wilkes, Lane of Bibb,

Hardwick,

. LaRoche,

Harris,

~e.

Harvard,

Maxwell,

Hendricks,

Mitchell,

Henderson of Washt'nMcCants,

Herring,

McDonough,

Howard,

McFarland,

Hopkins,

McGehee,

Holder,

McLaughlin,

Hosch,

Newton,

Johnson of Bartow, Ogletree,

Johnson of Floyd, Ousley,

Overstreet, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effingham, Raw s of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Sloan, Hmith of Hancock, Starr, Stubbs, Timmerman, \Valker of Crawford, Williams of Emanuel,. Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brandon, Bynum, Drawdy, Emanu.el, Everett:of Polk, Farmer, Fort, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Harrison, Harrell,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Hill,

Price,

Houser,

Richardson,

Hutchins,

Rose,

Jarnagan,

Simpson,

Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Lee,

Snell,

Jordan of Jasper, Speer,

Knowles,

Stewart,

Lane of Sumter, Stone,

Latimer,

Swift,

Mayson,

Tisinger,

Merritt,

Tracy,

MulHns,

Turner of Henry,

McCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,.

McDonald,

Upchurch,

McElreath,

Whiteley,

McMillan,

Mr. Speaker.

McRae,

Ayes 53, nays 62.
:Mr. Fanner, of J e:fferson, asked permission of the Howe to be excused from voting, as he was absent during the discussion upon the bill, which request was granted.

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Mr. Sloan, of Hall, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

Upon counting and consolidating the vote, it was found that the ayes were 53, nays 62.

The unfavorable report of the committee was therefore -agreed to, and the bill lost.

Mr. Tatum, of Dade, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of allowing all bills favorably reported upon by the committee, to be read the second time, which motion prevailed, and the following bills were taken up and read the second time, to wit:

By }fr. Greene of Clay-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate .the town of Fort Gaines, and for other purposes. .

By Mr. Upchurch of Charlton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the running of freight trains on Sunday, _and for other purposes.

Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

.Mr. Spealrer:
The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to his Excel-lency, the Governor, the following act, to wit:

An act to establish the city court of washington, Geor:gia, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

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:Mr. Jordan of Pulaski, Chairman pr.o tern. of the Gen- eral Agriculture Committee, submitted the following re- port:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have instructed. me to report the following bill of the House back, with the recommendation that the same do pass,. to wit:.

A bill for the protection of timber on unenclosed lands . in this State.
Respectfully submitted.
JORDAN, of Pulaski, Chairman.

The foUowing message was received from the Senate,. through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof::

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional ma- jority, the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States of Ameri- ca over certain lands in the county of Fulton.

Also, a bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States ofAmerica over certain lands in the county of Fulton.

The Senate has also passed as amended, the following hill of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide for the appointment of a general inspector of oils for the State:

The Senate has also passad, by the requisite constitutional: majority, the following bills Of the Senate:

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act requiring assessment insurance companies to have printed on all papers, policies, and documents, "Assessment Plan," in red ink.
Also, a bill to establish a system of public schools in Blue Ridge, Fannin county, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to better carry out the provisions of section 4732 of the Code of 189!).
Also, a bill to amend section 2723 of the Code of 1895, in relation to lien of mortgages.
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 -the following acts, to wit:

An act to provid~ for the removal of obstructions, other than dams used for operating machinery, from the streams of Cobb county.
An act to amend an act establishing a city court in the county of Clarke.

An act to require the county commissioners of CampbPll county to purchase two bloodhounds for the use of the sheriff of said county.

An act to change the time of holding the spring term of -the superior court of Milton county.

An act to make it unlawful for one person to hunt or fish On the lands of another in Richmond county.

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An act regulating the hire of convicts in Spalding county.
An act to make it unlawful to discharge fire-arms within une hundred yards of the public highways of Richmond County.
An act to abolish the county court of Dodge county.
An act to amend an act establishing the city court of Carrollton.
An act to regulate the sale of seed cotton.
An act to amend the act creating a Board of County Commissioners for Campbell county.
An act providing for the election of the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jones county. by the people {)f said county.

An act establishing the city court of Washington.

Mr. Reynolds, of Richmond, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpoee of taking up the following bill, which was made the:: apecial order for to-day) to wit:

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

''i~~~ J.
A bill to be entitled an act to create in the Department

{)f Agriculture a Bureau of Labor an_d_J Lr abor Statistics, and

for other purposes.

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An appropriation being invQ\v.ed in the bill, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same, a:i],d the. Speaker desig'nat0.d: ~1s chairman of the committee, Mr. Lane of Bibb.

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After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose,. and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, as amended.

Pending the discussion of the bill, the following re.;olution was introduced by unanimous consent, read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Park of Cxreene-
A resolution providing that the afternoon session of today be dispensed with, and further, that the session of this morning be extended until the bill under discussion be. disposed of.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to th!'" passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays. were ordered, and upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Castleberry,

Bennett of Mitchell, Chappell,

Bennett of Pierce, Cook,

Beauchamp, . '' Copeland,

Bell of Spalding, Denny,

Blalock,

Dews,

Bowen,

Duncan,

Bower,

Ellis,

Brandon,

Easterlin;

Bush,

Everett of Stewart,

Calvin,

. Fender,.

Carter,

Freem~n,

I.

Franklin, Gay, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty Hardwick, Harris,

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881

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Rudicil,

Henderson of Wash'n,McDonough,

Speer,

Herring,

McFarland,

Sturgis,

Hopkins,

McLennan,

Stewart,

Hosch,

Newton,

Tanner,

Jones-of Burke,

Ogletree,

Tatum,

Lane of Bibb,

Ousley,

Tisinger,

Lane of Early,

Park of Greene,

Timmerman,

Laing,

Park of Troup,

Turner of Henry,

LaRoche,

Rawls of Wilkinson, West,

Lee,

Reid.

Williams of Lumpkin,

Longino,

Reynolds,

Willingham,

Martin,

Richardson,

Yates.

Maxwell,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Bond, Bryan, Dickey, Ford, Fort, Griffith, Hendricks,

Howard, Holder, Houser, Merritt, Morris, McElreath, McGehee, Overstreet, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett,

Rawls of Effingham, Rogers, Simpson, Smith of Hancock. Starr, Taylor, Walker of Brooks-, Walker of I. rawford. Woodall, 'Vooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bynnm, f'rtrlton.
Cro~sland,
Darnell,
55~

David, Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, George, Hamby, Pardin of \Vilkt>s Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Bakt>r, .Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, .Jordan of Pulaski, .Tohm:on of .-\ ppling. .Tonnson of L<->e, .Tordan of Jasper. Knowles,

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Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Mayson, Moore, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McLaughlin, McMillan, McRae,

Pace of Newton, Post, Price, Rose, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks, Stubbs,

Stone, Swift, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, walkPr of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, williams of Emanuel,
'Vood, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 76, nays 30.

On motion of :Mr..Mitchell, of Thomas, the verication o the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 76, nays 30.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was therefore lost.
Leav2 of absence was granted the following members: Messrs. :McDonald of \Vare, Richardson of Hart, Simpson of :hfilton and Bush of Miller.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speake1 announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. Monday.

Atlanta, Georgia,
Monday, December 4, 1899.
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 Hon. 1\fr. Bell, of Forsyth.

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Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford,

Fort,

McGehee,

George,

McMillan,

Gresham,

McRae,

Greene,

Ousley,

Griffin of Greene, Overstreet,

Griffin of Twiggs, Pate of Gwinnett,

Griffith,

Park of Greene,

Hall,

Post,

Hamby,

Price,

Hardin of wilkes, Rawls of Effingham,

Harrison,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Harrell,

Reynolds,

Harvard.

Rogers,

Hathcock,

Rudicil,

Hendricks,

Slaton,

Henderson of vVash'n,Sloan,

Herring,

Smith of Hanc,ock,

Howard,

Snell,

Hopkins.

Spinks,

Holder,

Speer,

Hutchins,

Star,

Jarnagan,

Sturgis,

John~on of Appling, Stone,

Johnson of Bartow, Tanner,

Johnson ot Floyd, Tatum,

Jones of Burke,

Tracy,

Jordan of Pulaski, Turner of Henry,

Knowles,

Turner of Hoc~<dale,

Lane of Bibb,

Walker of Brooks,

Laing,

Walker of Union,

LaRoche,

Watkins,

Lee,

'Vest,

Longino,

'Vhiteley,

Mayson,

'Villiams of Emanuel.

Merritt,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Moore,

-Willingham,

Morris,

'Vood,

Mullins,

Woodall,

McCranie,

Yates.

1\IcFarland,

Mr. Speaker.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those absent were :M:essrs.-

Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Cas tieberry, Dickey, Everett of Polk, Gay, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harris, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Hosch,

Houser, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, :Martin, Maxwell, Mitchell, McCants, McDonald, McDonough, McElreath,
~IcLaughlin,
McLennan, Newton, Ogletree,

Pace of Newton, Padgett, Park of Troup, Reid, Richardson, Rose, Simpson, Singletary. Smith of Hall, Stubbs, Stewart, Swift. Taylor, Tisinger. Tinunerman, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, 'Vooten.

Mr. Bond of }fadison, Chairman of the Committee on journals, reported that the journal of last \Vednesday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal was read and confirmed.

Mr. Lane of Bibb, asked for leave of absence for :M:r. Harrison of Quitman, until \Vednesday morning, on account of important business, which leave was granted.

liir. Reynolds of Richmond, gave notice that at the proper time, he would move to reconsider the action of the H?use had on \Vednesday upon House bill No. 385.

:Mr. Ellis of Bibb, moved that the general tax bill, which

was made the special order for this hour, be displaced, and

that the same be made the special order for to-morrow, _im-

mediately after the reading of the journal, which motion

prevailed.

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By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Rogers of :Marion-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act in reference to the granting of l.icense to sell liquors in Buena Vista, and for other purposes.
Referred to Com.mittee on Counties and Count"v Matters.
By }fr. Rogers of Marion-
A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of :Marion county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County ::\1atters.

By :Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Felker ofWalton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts incorporating the town of Social Circle, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

By :11r. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the streams of Bibb county, and for other purposes.

Engrossed.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Ford of Worth-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Poulan, in \Vorth county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By J\1r. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By J\Ir. Bryan of Floyd-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide n tax for the manu-

facture of domestic wines in the county of Floyd, and for

other purposes.

_,

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By J\Ir. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to submit certain questions to the qualified voters of whitfield county, approved September 26th, 1883, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By :.Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide that the lien of mortgages on crops given to secure the payment of debts for supplies, etc., shall be superior to judgments of older date than such mortgages, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. I~aRoche of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act, approved December 15th, 1859, and an act amendatory thereof, approved October 24th, 1870, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Hardwick of vVashington-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Harrison, in vVashington county, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes. _

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2401 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By 1Ir. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act incorporating . the town of Cohutta, in the county of Whitfield, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate public instruction in Glynn county, and for other purposes.

Referred tD Committee on Education.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A resolution, tendering the hall of the House to the Virginia Society of Atlanta on the evening of January 19th, 1900.

The above resolution was read and adopted.

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee--

A resolution, providing for the correction of an error in the engrossing and enrollment of House bill No. 445, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Chappe11 of Muscogee--

A resolution to supply certain deficiencies in contiugent and printing funds, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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889

By Mr. McCranie of Berrien-

A bill to be entitled an act to create a new cbl.lrter for the town of Sparks, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
A joint resolution for the relief of Gen. C. D. Anderson, of Houston county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction over certain lands in Fulton county to the United States, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A resolution, providing for the purchase of the portrait of ex-Governor \V. Y. Atkinson.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to reduce the fees of notaries public and other officers in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

890

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSH.

By JHr. Brandon o: Fulton-

Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, there shall be an afternoon session o: the House, beginning at 3 p.m., and ending at 5 p.m.

The rsolution was read and adopted.

In conformity with his previous hotice, :Mr. Reynolds, o: Hichmond, movcd to reconsider the action o: the House, had upon the following bill, to wit:

By i~Ir. Reynolds o: RichmondA bill to be entitled an act to create a Department o:
J~abor and Labor Statistics, and :or other purposes.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
:Mr. Chappell, Chairman o: the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

_Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under con~ideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that ~::arne do pass, to wit :

A bill to appropriate the sum o: two thousand dollars :for the purpose of repairing and placing in proper co11dition the old capitol building, located at ~Iilledgeyille.

Aho, the following joint resolution, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

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~91

A joint resolution, providing pay for a clerk to the Adjutant-General.

Also, the following House resolution, which I am in structed to report back with the recommendation that tl}c same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to authorize payment of pension of W. A. Harp.
A resolution for the relief of G. T. Edwards, former ta}~ collector of Taliaferro county, and his surety.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CIB. PPELL, Chairman.
}Ir. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on vVa;n ~:nd
Means, submitted the following report:
~vir. Speaker:
The Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 906 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, which provides that tax-collectors may place thea fi. fas. for taxes in the hands of any constable of the county, who shall be authorized to collect or levy the same in any part of the county.
Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to wit:
A bill to prescribe the time and manner of settlement with tax-collectors of this State.

:892

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 901 of the Code of 1895, which prescribes the compensation allowed sheriffs and constables for collecting tax fi.fas.
Respectfully submitted. R. W. :FREEMAN, Chairman.

Jl.fr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the acts incorporating the town m Ocilla, in Irwin county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Crawfordville.
Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert, to provide for the election of superintendent of water-works and electric lights, etc.
Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do not pass, to -wit:

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893

'VA bill to govern primary and other elections, etc., in are county.

Also, the follo.ing bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw same, to wit:
A bill to pay the solicitor of the city court of 'Vaycross,
in Ware county, a salary of $500.00 per annum, etc.

~lso, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to. amend an act ~mending the charter of city of Valdosta in county of Lowndes, approved October 24th, 1887.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under coneideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to empower and direct the treasurer of Fulton county to pay euch aum as may be certified by the county commissioners to be due the road aml bridge inspector.

894

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The committee have also had under considPration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act, approved December 7th, 1897.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. :McLAUGHLIN, Chairman Pro Tern.

l\fr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do. pass, as amended, to wit :
A bill to make additional appropriation for organizing, arming, equipping, clothing, drilling and training the Georgia Volunteers of this State, and for the purpose of paying the State troops, when in actual service.
Also, the following joint resolution, which I am in;:tructed to report back with the recommendation that the ~arne do pass, to wit:
A joint resolution providing for the purchase of the portrait of Governor John :Milledge.
Also, the following House resolution which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

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895

A resolution, appropriating the sum of one hundred and :five dollars and thirty-three cents, to be paid to the Griffin Rifles for four days' service in suppressing a riot at tht:' Griffin Cotton :Mills.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

:Mr. Reynolds, Chairman of the Committee on I,abor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

M1. Speake1:
The Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration Senate bill No. 118, which is a bill to prevent children under the age of twelve years, from working in factories, mines, work-shops and for other purpo;;;es, and have instructed me to report the same to the House, with a recommendation that the same do pass.
Hespectfully submitted. JOE S. REYNOLDS, Chairman.

:Mr. Richardson, Chairman, pro tern. of Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

~Mr. Speaker:
""''e, the Committee on Special Judiciary, have had tln<~er consideration the followmg House bill, to wit:
House bill No. 696, a bill to be entitled an act to exempt railway postal clerks from jury duty in any of the courts of this State, and for other purposes, and recommend that same do pa..c;s.

896

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

House bill No. 725, a bill to be entitled an act to arrange the Flint and Coweta judicial circuits by taking from the Coweta circuit the county of Fayette, and adding said county to the Flint circuit, and for other purposes, and recommend that same do pass.

House bill No. 731, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a city court in the county ofHall, and to provide for the appointment of a judge and solicitor thereof, approved August 14th, 1891, so as to provide that defendants in criminal cases shall not have the right to demand an indictment by the grand juries of said county, and recommend that same do pass.

House bill No. 604, a bill to be entitled an act to change the time for holding the spring term of Paulding superior court, and recommend that same do pass.
Senate bill No. 145, by Mr. :Moye, of the 16th District.-
A hill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of wrightsville in Johnson county; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge, solicitor, and other officers thereof; to define their duties .and powers as well as the salaries and fees thereof; to provide for the granting of new trial_s therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, and recommend that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
M. ::NI. RICHARDSON, Chairman Pro Tern.

J\Ir. Jordan, of Pulaski, Chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:

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_Mr. Bpeaker:. The C~mmittee on Special Agriculture ha~e had under
consider!ltion House bills Nos. 754 and 597, which I am instructed to ~eport back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to prohibit hogs from running at large beyond the limits of the lands of their owner or manager, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend section 1775 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitte~. G. W. JORDA.N, JR., ChairmaP.
1\lr. "Willingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
~lfr. S peakcr:
The committee have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass~ to wit:
A bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Monroe, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of J.\fonroe.
Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous liquors in the county of Heard, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to declare a nuisance, any place where spirituous liquors are sold in violation of the law.
liih

898

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The committee also recommend that the following House bill do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act creating a dispensary in the town of Blakely, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. C. L. BASS, Chairman Pro Tern.
1fr. Moore1 Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had unde:r: consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend an act creating the city court of Waycross, in the county of Ware.
Also, that the following House bill do not pass, to wit:

A bill to authorize towns in the county of Wayne to establish dispensaries, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. :MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

1lfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

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An act to amend the act incorporating the village of Summerville, in the cou'Jtty of Richmond, and :for other purposes.
Also, an act to provide for the election of clerks and sheriffs of the city courts of Savannah, by the people of Chatham county.
Also, an act to amend an act to provide a board of commissioners of Elbert county, and :for other purposes.

Also, an act to make it unlawful :for any person to hunt or fish on the lands of another in Richmond county.
Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of spirituous liquors in Jasper county.

Also, an act to repeal an act relative to the protection of fish in the streams of Lee county, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to repeal an act regulating the taking of fish in the streams of Whitfield county, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to amend an act to creat a board of commismissioners for the county of Morgan.
Also, an act to make it unlawful for any person to discharge fir~-arms within one hundred yards of the public highways of Richmond county.
Also, an act to amend and consolidate the various act."l incorporating the city of Rome.

Also, an act to repeal an act to authorize the judge of the county court of Morgan county to deliver to the commissioners of said county a.ll persons convicted in said court, of misdemeanors, etc., and for other purposes.

906
Also, an act to amend an act providing .a new charte:r: for the town of Washington; Ga., and for otheJl purposes.
Also, an act to make it unlawful to manufacture any al~ coholic liquors in the .county of Gwinnett, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to require the Commissioners of Roads .and
Revenues ~f Hancock c~un.~y t~ pay the cri~inal costs o~

the officers of the county court, in certain cases, and for

other purposes.

,.

Also, an act to authorize the Mle of the Second Baptist Church building and lot in the city of Columbus, and for other purposes.
Also, a resolution 'authorizing the pa'ymeht of the per diem of the Ron. W. S. King, late Representative from the county of Houston.
Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

:Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

jlfr. Speaker

The Committee on Enrollment have examined, and I am instructed to report, as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to his Excellency, the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act ceding jurisdiction to the TTnited States of certain realty in the county of Fulton, and for other purposes.

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Also, -an act to cede jurisdiction over certain lands selected for the site of a United States Prison in this State, ,and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judieiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to abolish the city court of Gwinnett, and for other purposes, as amended.
Also, a bill to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in this State, etc.

Also, a bill to e8tablish the city court of LaGrange, in Troup county.

Also, a bill to amend section3 of the act providing for the appointment of. a clerk of Effingham county court.

Also, a bill placing the solicitor of th_e county court of Effingham county upon a salary.

Also, a bill to repeal an act which provides for the payment of insolvent costs due clerk superior court and sheriff of Fayette county.
Also, a bill to ineorporate the city of Lexington in Oglethorpe county.

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JOURNAL 01!' THE HOUSE.

Also, a bill to establish the city court of Lexington, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to abolish the city court of Oglethorpe county, etc.

Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to report back with recommendation that same be read second time and referred back to committee, to wit:

A bill to authorize and empower the Commissioner of Agriculture to employ a bookkeeper, etc.

Also, the following bill, which I am instructed to repqrt back with recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for the examination and licensing of stationary engineers in this State, etc.
Respectfully submitted. ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

By unanimous consent, the following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, speeches in the House shall be limited to ten minutes each; provided, that this limitation shall not apply to the privilege secured to a chairman of a committee, or the introducer of a bill.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved that the se~sion of this morning, from 11:30 a.m. until 12 o'clock m. be devoted to the unanimous consents now on the clerk's desk, and that the rest of the session after that hour be devoted to the calendar, which motion prevailed.

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By unanimous_consent, the following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Rogers o Marion-

A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the time and manner o settlement with tax-collectors of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A resolution to pay the expenses of the joint committee to investigate the management of the Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Mr. Tisinger of Upson-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter o the town of Yatesville, in Upson county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Tracy o Dooly-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the public schools for the city of Cordele, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Cordele, and or other purposes.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to be entitled an act to add an additional clause to section 1775 of volume 1 o the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Williams Of Lumpkin-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts incorporating the town of Dahlonega, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Longino of Campbell-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow certain Confederate soldiers to practice medicine without paying license, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A resolution to provide for an appropriation for the payment of the members of the joint ta..'C committee, and for <>ther purposes.
By Mr. Blalock of Fayette--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.
.ny_Mr. Henderson of Irwin-.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Ocilla, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a State Board of Health for this State, and for other purposes.
}3y Yr. Castleberry of .Monroe--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act relative to the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Monroe, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
. A bill to. be entitled an act to provide for the establish ment of the office of public matron in certain counties, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Drawdy of Wayne--
A joint resolution providing for th~ payment of the per -diem and mileage of Hon. Elijah Tann~r, of Coffee county.
By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3440 of the Civil Code, mid for other purj>oses.
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to requir.e the several public instiutions of this State to have a set or prescribed day on which to receive money from the State, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Castleberry of Monroe--
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture -of spirituous liquors in the county of Monroe, and for. other purposes.
By Mr. Lane of Sumter-:-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1097 of volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Black of WhitfieldA bill tO be entitled an act to amend section 388 of the
Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

906

JouRNAL or THE Houss.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A resolution to provide for an additional appropriP.tion o $300 for the Railroad Commission of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By .Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the holding of the several city courts in this State by the superior court judges, and for ether purposes.

By Mr. Stone of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the support of the Prison Commission for the year 1900, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of Greene-

A resolution providing for the payment of the pension due Albert Merritt to his widow.

By Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to declare as a nuisance any place where liquor is sold, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bass of Habersham-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Alto, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A resolution to pay the pension of sixty dollars dueT. J. Taylor to his widow.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1899.

907

By Mr. Cook of Heard, by request-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits in Heard county.

By Mr. Hardin l)f Liberty-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 581, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes~

By Mr. RudicH of Chattooga-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal sections 10 to 15 of an act to incorporate the town of Summerville, in Chattooga county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

. A bill to be entitled an act to create a new judic;al circuit to be -known as the Carrollton Circuit, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the putting of any poisonous substance in the streams of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to ~e entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

Mr. Moore, of Carroll, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

908

J OURN:.u.. OF THE Hous..

~71-Ir. Speaker: The Committee on Counties and County Matter& have
'bad under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to authorize the ordinary of Lincoln county to -issu:e bonds, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend an act, approved DecembPr 22d, 1898, to regulate and control the expenditure of county funds, for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill. to abolish the county court of Marion county, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to amend an act granting licel1Se to.sellliquor
in Buena Vista, and for other purposes. Respeotfully submitted. J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

1lfr. Speaker: The Committee on Pensions have h~d under considtra-
tion the following bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to pay the pension of J. J. Folds, of Putnam county, for 1896 to his daughter, Miss Ailsey Folds.
Also, a bill to pay the pension of W. J. Irwin to Mrs. Clyde C. Irwin, widow of said W. J. Irwin.
Respectfully submitted. B. F. SIMPSON, Chairman.

Mo:t~DAY} DECEMBJ:R 4, 1899.

909

'l'he followip.g message was received from the Se:n~te,
thr9\;lgh M:r.. Northen, the Secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker:
. The Se~ate' has passed, by the requisite constitutional
o majority, the following bills the House, to wit:
.. A bill to be en~itled an act to provide for the appointment
of an inspecto~ of roads and bridges in certaiU: coimties.

Also,' a bill to repeal an act to extend the limits of the city of Macon.

Also,. an act to repeal the charter of the town of J efferson, in the .coUllty of Jackson.

. Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Hahira, .in Lowndes county.

Also, a bill to amend an act providing a. Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jones .county.

Also, a bill to amend sections 2 and 7 of an act establishing a public school for the city of Moultrie, in Colquitt county.
Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the t(,wn of Darien, in "Mcintosh county.

Also, a bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of Wrightsville, in the county of Johnson.

The Senate has a]so passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following resolution of the House.
A resolution authorizing payment of pension of \Y. R. H. Statham.

910

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The Senate has also receded from the amendment in which the House refu~ed to co:ri.cur, to the following bill of
the House, to wit :

A bill to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code of Georgia, in regard to stock law.
The Senate has also passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills o~ the Senate, to wit:
A. bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Barnesville.

Also, a bill to provide manner by which owners o property may create estates therein, and for other purposE.s.

On motion of Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, resolution No. 78 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

House bill No. 214 was made the special order for tomorrow, December 5th, subject to pending orders.

On moti')n of }.>Ir. Bower, of Decatur, House bill No. 522 was made the special order for to-morrow, to follow special order already set.

On motion of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, Senate bill No. 123 was recommitted to Special .Judiciary Committee.

.Mr. Reynolds, of Richmond, moved that bill No. 555 be recommitted to Special Judiciary Committee, which motion prevailed.

Lpon request of Mr.. Blalock, of Fayette, bill No. 765 was withdrawn from the committee for a second reading ~md immediately recommitted.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1899.

911

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

},r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton, Georgia.

The Senate has also adopted the following joint resolution, which a concurrence on the part of the House is asked:

A resolution extending thanks to the people of :Brunswick, and to the Southern Railway, for the transportation and entertainment of the General Assembly, on their recent visit to Brunswick.

The following bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4086 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Emanuel-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenuet> for Emanuel county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

R~ Mr. Tatum of Dade--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2567, volume :2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

912

JouRNAL Oll' THE, HousE.

R~ferred to Spe~ial J udici~ry Committee.

By Mr. Turner o Henry.:..__:_ -

A resolution, authorizing the State Librarian to purchase certain .books, and for other purposes.

Referred to .Committee on .Appropriations.

By Mr. Brown of Bryan-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the taking of fish. from the waters of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jones of Burke--'

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of \Vaynesboro to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting electric lights, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By :Mr. Gay of Colquitt-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Doerun, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Counties and Countv Matters.

By ~fr. Copeland of \Valker-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 66, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privi~eges and Elections.

Mo~DAY, DEcEMBER 4, 1899.

91~

.By Mr. Stuart of 1Jiurray-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the manner of elections in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Albany, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Rawls of Wilkinson-

A bill to prohibit the trespassing upon the lands of another, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act to charter the city of Albany, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of rep tration in. the count;y of Colquitt, and for other purposes.
Referred to Com:rp.ittee on Corporations.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to reincor-
porate the town of Moultrie, and for other purposes.
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914

Referred to Committee on Co11>orations.

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By,Mr.- Jihits6n of Applh:ig~

A bill to _];>e_ entitled an a,ct to repeal an act regulating
in the ~ie o spirituous-li(pi~rs Appling county, and for
other purposes.

_, -Referred to Committee on Counties and Countv Matters.

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A bill to be- entitled- an act to incorporate the Chipley
School District in Harris CQ:Unty, and. for o~her purposes.:

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By Mr. Park o Greene--'-

A resolution, providing or the payment o the pension due James G. Ingram to),!.is widow,, and or other purposes.

, __Referred to Comlllittee on Appropriation~.

By Mr. Farmer o J effer94n-

A resolution providing for the payment of the pension dueT. E. Swan, to his widow.

Referred to Com.mittee on Appropriations.

By unanimous consent, the following bill was read the third time and p~t upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Felker o Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture o spirituous or malt liquors in the county o Walton, and or other -purposes.

MoNDAY,, DEcEMBER, 4, 18_99.

915

The report of the committee, which was favorab~e to the

passage of the bill, ~as agreed to.

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On passage of the bill, the ay~ ~ere 104, ~ays 0.

was The bill having received t~e requisite constitutional ma-

jority, passed. . ./ ..

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The following Senate' bills were rea<fthe first time, to wit:

By Mr. Redding of the 22.d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on, Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Humphreys of.the 7th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the forfeiture of interest of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers to capital stock of corporation without a sale of suit, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. \Vest of 6th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2723 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Wingfield and Bunn_:_

A bill to be entitled an act to provide the manner by which the owners of property by deed may create an estate therein, and for other purposes.

916

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Redding of 22d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to better carry out the provisions of section 4732 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 982 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Banks.

By Mr. Gross of the 2.!lth District-

. A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:

By :Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of I~ex:ington, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the city of Lexington, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moye of 16th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of \Vrightsville, and for other purposes.

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 4, 1899.

917

By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent children under the age of twelve years from working in factories, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of Oglethorpe county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Grovenstein of the 1st District-

A bill to be entitled an act to place the solicitor of Chatham county upJ:>n a salary, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4927, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

:J3y Mr. Grovenstein of the 1st District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3 of an act providing for a clerk of Effingham county court, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Blalock of the 26th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide for the payment of insolvent costs due the clerk and sheriff of Fayette county, and for other purposes.

The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

918

JouRNAL. OF THE HousE. .

By Mr. Wilcox of 15th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the compensation of the
'jurors and bailiffs of the superior court of Irwin county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4611 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent any one from being ]iable for damages who levies any e.xecution upon property not belonging to defendant, and for other purposes.

Referred to ~neral .Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-:-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend and consolidate aU acts incorporating the town of Cedartown; and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr.. Bunn of the 38th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the claim laws of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

M~~AY,; J?.J11!ll(~lll~\~t~l~~9.

9:W

By :Mr. Morrison of the 34th Distriet-
. :A bilf to be entitled an ict to r~quire the judg~ of th~
courts of this State 'to grant supersedeases in ~ertaiU: crimi~al cases, and fo~ other .pprposes..

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wilcox o_f the _15th District-

. A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payinent by the county of I~n, certain cost-s accrued in misdemeanor cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Wight of the lOth District-

A bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to trap certain gam~, .and for .other purposes.
&erred to General Judiciary C~m~ittee.

By Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-,-

, A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Blue Ridge, and for other purposes.

Rerred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-

. A bill to be entitled an act to protect the cattle of this State from contagious diseases, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Agriculture Committee.

By Mr. Redding of the .229- Dist.I:ict~ .

920

JouRNALOF THE HousE.

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practicein th&'
superior courts of this State relative to writs of error, tmd for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act requiring life insurance companies to have certain information printed on their policies, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Reid of Taliaferro--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Crawfordville, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to be entitled an act to require f!ll applicants for license to teach, to stand examination, except the graduates of the Normal School at Athens, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-

A bill to be entitled an act to make additional appropriation for the military of the State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-

A bill to be entitled .an act to amend the charter of the city Of Cuthbert) and for other purposes.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1899.

921

By Mr. Park of Troup--
A bill to be entitled an act to create in every county in this State, a county court, except certain counties herein mentioned, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-
A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of Gwinnett county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Reid of Taliaferro--
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A resolution for the relief of G. T. Edwards, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin--:-
A bill to be entitled an act to make appropriation for the purpose of repairing the old capitol building, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Everett of Stewart-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and empower the Commissioner of Agriculture to employ a bookkeeper, and for other purpoS8.

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-

A bill to bE" entitled an act to protect timbers on uninclosed lands of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Willingham of Monroe-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the expenditure of county funds of Monroe county, and for other purposes.

922

JotJR~AL 0}? THE JiousE,,.

By Mr. Ousley of Lowndes--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta, and for other purposes.

By Mr. David of Lincoln-
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A bill to be entitled an act R. authorize the ordinary of Lincoln county to issue bonds,. and for other purposes.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-

A bill to amend section 739 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A bill to be entitled an act to exempt railway postal clerks from jury <:luty, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of TroupA bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of
LaGrange, and for other pu:riioses.
By Messrs. Yates of Catoosa and Copeland of Walker-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent hogs from running at large beyond the limits of the lands of their owner, and for other purposes.

By l!r. Pace of Newton-

A resolution authorizing the payment of the pension of

W. A. Harp, and for other purposes.



By- Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A joint resolution providing for an appropriation to purchase the portrait of Governor John Milledge.

MoNDAY, D.ECKMBE~ 4, 1899.

923

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton~
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the treasurer of Fulton county to pay :fr(}m. the county treasury, certain money, and for other purposes.
:By Messrs. Sloan and Smith of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court in Hall eounty;--R~Kl--for--other purposes.

By Mr. Blaiock of Fayette-

.A joint resolution providing for the payment of a clerk to the .Adjutant-General, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Spinks of Paulding....__. .

.A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the spring term of the Paulding superior court, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-

.A resolution to make certain appropriations to the Griffin Rifles, and for other purposes-
By Mr. Dews of Randolph-

A bill to be entitled-an act.to authorize T. C. Byars to sell lightning rods without having to pay license, and for other purposes.

By Mr_ Blalock of. Fayette-
A bill to be ~ntitled an act to rearrange the Flint and Coweta Judicial Circuits; and for other puryoses-

924

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend 'section 906, volume l of the Code, and for other purposes.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Monday, 3 o'clock P.M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to . order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Bass, of Habersham, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Price of Oconee-
.A. joint res<>lution for the relief of J. W. Johnson, of Oconee county.
An appropriation bein_g involved in the resolution, tne House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Starr of Gordon.
After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to."

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1899.

925

The bill involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered,.and upon taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Barron,

Freeman, Ford, Fort,

McGehee, McMillan, Newton,

Bass,

Gresham,

Bennett of Mitchell, Greene,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of Greene,

Reauchamp,

Hall,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammett,

Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett,

Black of Dawson, Hardin of Wilkes, Park of Greene,

Black of Whitfield, Hardwick,

Post,

Blalock,

Harrell,

Price,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bowen,

Henderson of Washt'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Bower,

Herring,

Reid,

Brandon,

Hill,

Reynolds,

Brown of Bryan, Hopkins,

Rudicil,

Brown of Carroll, Holder,

Slaton,

Calvin,

Hosch,

Smith of Hancock,

Carlton,

Hutchins,

Snell,

Carter,

Jarnagan,

Starr,

Cas tieberry,

Johnson of Appling, Stone,

Chappell,

Johnson of Floyd, Swift,

Copeland,

Johnson of Lee,

Tanner,

Darnell,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tisinger,

David,

Lane of ~ibb,

Timmerman,

Denny,

Lane of Sumter,

Tracy,

Dews,

Laing,

Watkins,

Duncan,

LaRoche,

West,

Ellis,

Longino,

Whiteley,

Emanuel,

Mayson,

Williams of Emanuel,

Easterlin,

Morris,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Everett, of Stewart, Mullin!!,

Wood,

Farmer,

McCranie,

Woodall.

Felker,

McElreach,

Yates.

Fender,

McFarland,

92.6

.J. OU'RNAL, .OF ~~E. Jf()U~E.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Griffith,

Joh~~o~ of Bartow~ :Rogers;

Lee,

' Sloan,

Merritt,

Spinks.

Those not voting w~;re Messi;S.~

Arnold, Bell of Spalding, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Cook, Crossland, Dickey, Drawdy, Everett, of Polk, Franklin, Gay, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock,

.Henderson, of Irwin, Richardson,

.. Howard,

Rose,

Houser,

Simpson,

Johnson, of Baker, Singletary,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Jordan of J~tsper, Speer, '

Knowles,

Stubbs,

'Lane of Early,

Sturgiss,

Latimer

Stewart,

Martin,

Tatum;

Maxwell,

TaylOr,

Mitchell,

Turner of Henry,

Moore,

Turner of Rockdale,

McCants,

Upchurch,

McDonald,

Walker of Brooks,

McDonough,

Walker of Crawford,

McLaughlin,

Walker of Union,

McLennan,

'Willingham,

McRae,

Wooten,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

Park of Troup;

Ayes 104, nays 9.
On motion o.f Mr. Copeland, of Walker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On passage of the resolution, the aye3 were 104, nays 9.
The resoliltion having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Price, of Oconee, the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 4, .1899.

927

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be e.ntitled an acttoamend section 1486 of the Code, so as to require four .instead of three full courses of study as a prerequisite for license to practice medicine or surgery in this State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Brandon offered the following resolution, to wit:

By Mr. :Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1486, volume 1 of the COde, so as to require that applicants forcertificates and licenses to practice medicine or surgerey, shall be graduates of an incorporated medical college, that re-. quires not less than four full courses of study, and for other purposes.
On passage of the bill, by substitute, 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 vating aye were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bt>auchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Carlton,

Carter, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Ft>lker;
Fender, Ford, Gresham,

Griffith, Hardwick, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring, Hopkins, Hosch, Hutchins, .Tarnagan, Johnson of Appling; .Jones of Burke, .Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter,

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Laing, LaRoche, Merritt, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McLanghlin, McMillan, Newton,

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Ousley, Overstreet,. Pace of Newton, Park of Green, Park of Troup, Price, Reynolds, Rudicil, Slaton,

Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Starr, Stone, Tracy, Turner of Henry, walker of Brooks, Williams of Lumpkin, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hendricks,

Reid,

Bennett of Mitchell, Howard,

Rogers,

Bennett of Pierce, Holder,

Singletary,

Black of Dawson, Johnson of Bartow, Sloan,

Blalock,

Johnson of Lee,

Snell,

Darnell,

Lee,

Sturgis,

Easterlin,

Longino,

Tanner,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Tatum,

Farmer,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

Fort,

McElreath,

"Walker of Union,

Greene,

McFarland,

Watkins.

Griffin of Greene, McGehee,

\Vest,

Hall,

Ogletree,

Whiteley,

Hammett,

Pate, of Gwinnett, Williams of Emanuel,

Hamby,

Post,

Wood,

Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of Effingham, Woodall.

Harrell,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Bryan, Bush, Bynum. Castleberry, Cook, Dickey, Drawdy,

Everett of Polk, Freeman, Franklin, Gay, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harvard,

Hathcock Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Houser, Johnson of Baker, J.ohnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Latimer,
Martin,~
Maxwell,

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929

Mitchell, McCants. McDonald. McDonough, McLennan, McRae, Padgett,
Richardson,

Rose, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Speer, Stubbs, Stewart, Swift, Taylor,

Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Willingham, Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 69, nays 50.
On motion of Mr. Easterlin, of Macon, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 69, nays 50.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke--
A resolution providing or the enlargement o the annual visiting committee to the State University, and for other purposes.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Bell, of Forsyth.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the sa~e back to the House, and asked leave to sit again.

The Speaker announced the following Committee on Retrenchment in Public Expenditure, provided for by the resolution of the House: 1.fessrs. Bell of Forsyth, Chair-
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~ JouRNAL_- oF THE HousE..

man; Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Rudicil, Everett of Polk,

Bl~lock, ':Bennett of :Mitchell~ Starr, Cl;J.appell, :Mitchell and

~arrison.

.

.

.

Leave of absence was grant!ld the following members:
_Messrs. Post of Coweta, Arnold of. Oglethorpe, Bass, Park
of Greene, Hutchins, Maxwell and Long.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker anilounc.ed the Ho_use adjourned until 9 :30 o'clock to-l)"lorrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, De~ember 5!h, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9:30 o'clock

_a. m., this day, and was C!!-lled to order by the Speaker, and

opened with prayer.



Upon the. call of the roll thpse answering to their names 'wre .Messrs.-

.Adams,

Bond,

.Adamson,

Bowen,

.Allen,

Bower,

.Anderson,

Brandon,

Barron,

Brown of Bryan,

Bass,

Brown of Carroll,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bryan,

Beauchamp,

Bynum,

Bell of Forsyth,

Calvin,

"Black of Dawson, Carlton,

Black of Whitfield,. Carter,_

Blalock,

Castleberry.

Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, .Ellis, Emanuel,

TuEs:ou~ DECEMBER 5r 1899.

Easterlin,

Jordan of Plilllski,> Rose,"

Everett of SJ;ewart;'''Knowles, .. .L:<. Rud-ieil,'

Farmer, '

Lane of Bibb, Slaton,

Felker, Fender,

Lane of Sumter, Sloan,

Laing,

. Smith of Hall,

Freeman,

LaRoche,

Smith of Hancock,

Ford,

Lee,

Snell,

Fort,

... Martin, ,

Spinks,

Gay,

Mason,

Starr,

George;

Merritt,

Stubbs.

Gresham,

Mitchell,

Sturgis,

Greene,

Moore,

Stewart,

Griffin of <;reene, Morcis, ;.

Stone,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mullins,

Tanner,

Griffith,

.McCants,

Tatum,

Han,

McCranie,

Taylor,

Hammett;

" Mc:l'.lonald,

Tisiriger,

Hardin of Liberty, MCIDonough;

Timmerman,

Hardwick, ,

,McElreath,

Tracy, ,

Harris,

McFarland,

Turner of Henry,

Harrell,

McGehee,

Turner of Rockdale,

Harvard,

McLaughlin,

Upchurch,

Hathcock,

McRae;

Walker of Brooks.

Hendricks,

; Ousley;~

Henderson ofW~sh'}1,0verstreet 1

Herring,

Pace of Newton,'

Walker of U~iQn, Watkins, West,

Hill,

Padgett,

Whiteley,

Howard,

Park Of Greene;

Williams of Emanuel,

Hopkins,

Park of' Troup,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Houser,

Price,

Willingham,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Effingham, Wood,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of Wilkinson, Woodall,

Johnson of Bartow, Reid,

Wooten,

Johnson of Floyd, Reynolds,

.Yates.

Johnson of Lee,

Richardson,

Mr. Speaker.

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Those- absent were .1\.fessr&.-

Arnold, Bennett, of Ph:!rce, Bell of Spalding, Bush, Dickey,

Everett,of Polk,

Harrison,

Franklin,

Henderson of Irwin,

Hammond,

Holder,

.Hamby, ~

Hosch.

Hardin.of Wi)~es., ... Hutchi,n~,

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JouRNAL oF TBII HousE.

Johnson of Baker, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Latimer, Longino, Maxwell,

McLennan, McMillan, Newton, Ogletree, Pate of Gwinnett, Post,

Simpson, Singletary, Speer, Swift, Walker of Crawford.

Mr. Merritt, of Hancock, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The journal of yesterday was read and ~finned.

Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House had yesterday upon the resolution introduced by himself to tender the hall of the House to the Virginia Society of Atlanta.

Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, also gave notice that at the

proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the

House had yesterday upon House bill No. 86.

'

Mr. McLaughlin, of Meriwether, asked that bill No. 48S be recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.

}fr. Duncan, Chainnan of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

.~fr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have instructed me to report the following House bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend the act establishing the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

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933

Also, That the follo"Wing House bill do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Clarksville, and for other purposes.

:Also, That the following House bill do not pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
Respectfully submitted. JAMES P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, sul;lmitted the.following report:

lJlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations 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:

A bill to appropriate the sum of $4,500 for the support of a summer session for the teachers of the teachers of~the State University.

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 make an appropriation to the State University for the use of the Technological School for building a dormitory, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide for a joint stenographer for the State Chemist and State Entomologist, and to provide for additional expenses of the Department of Entomology.

934

J ou~NAL oF THE HousE.

Also, the following joint resolution, which I am mstructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A joint resolution providing for the refunding of cer-
tain tax moneys into the Treasury o the State on property in Richmond connty by Nathan Tooner, administrator of estate of Amanda D. Tooner, of said county.
Also, the following House res~lution, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to pay the widow of James G. Ingram, late of Greene county, the accrued pension due her deceased husband.
Also, the following joint resolution, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A joint resolution to provide for the placing in office of the Secretary of State a portrait of the late Nathan C. Barnett.
Also, the follo"\ving House resolution, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same be read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations:

A resolution to supply certain deficiencies in contingent and printing fund, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

935

Mr. :McFarland, of Franklin, asked that bill No. 635 be recommitted to the Gene~alAgricultural Committee, which request was granted. . M~. Holder, of .Jackson, Chairman of the committee to Yisit convict camps, asked leave of absence for himself ~d said commit~ee, which leave was. granted.
The following resolution was read, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That after to-morrow (Wednesday), the 6th inst., no new matter shall be permitted to be introduced.
The above resolution was tabled, on motion of Mr. J oh~ son, of Bartow.
Mr. Pace, of Newton, moved that the rules of the House be suspended fo~ the purpose of displacing the speciai order for this hour, which was bill No. 33, and that the same be made the specialorder for to-morrow, immedi~tely after the reading of the journal, which motion prevailed.
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 bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to incorporate the town of DuPont, Clinch county.
Also, a bill to repeal an act incorporating the city of Dul'ont, in Clinch county.

936

JOUlm"AL OF TBB HoUSB.

Also, a bill to amend section 2801 of the Code o 1895.
Also, a bill to amend section 4653 of the Code of Geor gia of 1895.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the Atlanta Banking Company.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Germania Bank ing Company, of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of distilled or spirituous liquors in Henry co\}nty, Georgia.

The Senate has also passed, as amended, the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide for the removal of all kinds of obstructions from the streams of Milton county.

The following resolution was introduced by unanimous consent of the House, and read, to wit:

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A resolution seeking to transfer House bill No. 437, known as the "General Tax Bill," to the next General Assembly for the consideration o that body.

On the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Copeland, of Walker, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

TuESDAY, DEcEMBER 5, 1899.

937

'fhose voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Gay,

McDonough,

Allen,

Gresham,

McEtreath,,

Anderson,

Greene,

McLaughlin,

.Barron,

Griffin of Greene, McMillan,

.Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Twiggs, McRae,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

Ousley,

lUack of Whitfield, Hammett,

Overstreet.

Bowen,

Hardwick,

Park of Troup,

.Bower,

Harvard,

Rawls of Effingham,

.Brandon,

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

Brown of Carroll, Herring,

Reynolds,

Bryan,

Howard,

Snell,

Calvin,

Hopkins,

Spinks,

Carlton,

Houser,

Starr,

Chappell,

Johnson of Floyd, Stubbs,

Cook,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stone.

Crossland,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

Darnell,

Laing,

Tisinger,

David,

LaRoche,

Turner of Henry,

Denny,

Lee,

Walker of Crawford.

Dews,

Martin,

Williams of Emanuel,

Duncan,

Moore,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Ellis,

Morris,

W oodal.

.Easterlin,

McCants,

Wooten,

Fender,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, .Bell of Forsyth, .Black of Dawson, Bond, .Brown of Bryan .Bynum, Carter, Castleberry, Copeland, Drawdy, Everett of Stewart, Felker,

Ford, Fort, George, Griffith, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, Hathcock, Hendricks, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow,

Jones of Burke, Lane of Sumter, Mayson, Merritt, Mitchell, Mullins, McCranie, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, Pace of Newton, l?adgett,

938

JouRNAL oF THE HousE:

Price,

Speer,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Sturgis,

Rogers, Rose,

Tatum, Taylor,

Rudicil,

Timmerman,

Singletary,

Tracy,

Sloan,

Upchurch,

Smith of Hancock, Walker of Brooks.

W:alker 'of Union,

Watkins,

West, Whiteley,

Willingham,

.i ..

Wood,

Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold. Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bush, Dickey, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Freeman, Franklin, Hammond, Hamby, .Harrison,

H&rrell,

McLennan,

Henderson of Irwin, Newton,

Hill,

Ogletree,

Holder,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hosch,

Park of Greene,

Hutchins,

Post,

Johnson of Baker, Richardson,

Johnson of Lee, Simpson,

Jordan of Jasper Slaton,

knowles,

Smith of Hall,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Latimer,

Swift,

Longino,

Turner of Rockdale,

Maxwell,

Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, moved to dispense with a veri~ fication of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 73, and the nays 58.

The resolution was therefore adopted.
lfr. Moore, of Carroll, asked leave of absence for himself and the Committee on Counties and County Matters for a part of this mornings session, which leave was. granted.

Mr. Jord:m, o Pulaski, Vice-chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report: to wit:

TU:ES.P-4-YJ D_ECE?dBER 5,. 1899.

939

M_r. Speqlcer:
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:

A. bill to. be entitledan act to exempt maimed or disabled, Confederate .soldiers from. the tax imposed upon proprietors or owners of every park or place where baseball, etc., is played, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideratipn the fol-
lowing House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with th~ recommendation that the same do pass2 as amended, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to require the inspecticm of butter and cheese, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to 'prohibit hunting anl fishing on the lands of another, without license or permission, in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 527 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. G. "\V. JORDAN, JR., Yice-chairman.

Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved that bill No. 166 be made_the special order for to-morrow, immediately after the reading of the journal, subject to special orders already set.
:Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, moved to amend themotion of Mr. Hall, by adding that House bill 'No. 237 be also made the special order for to-morrow, to follow bill No. 166, which amendment was adopted, and the motion prevailed as amended.

9-!0

JouRNAL oF THB HoUSB.

:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Com mittee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to cede to the United States jurisdiction over certain territory in Jt'ulton county.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bill of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 6). of the Code of 1895, volume 1.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and restrict the rate of interest in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide that the officer or officers of the several counties in this State, having charge of county matters shall appoint all election managers and clerks, and for other purposes.
He:>pectfully submitted.
B. F. licLAUGHLIN, Chairman pro tern.

TuBSDAY, DECBllBE:k 5, 1899.

941

By unanimou8 consent the following bill was read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:

By .Mr. Stone o Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the support of the Prison Commission for the year 1900, and for other purposes.

The bill involving an app:J:opriation, the Rouse resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, the Ron. D. P. Rose, of Camden.

After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose and through its chairman, reported the same back to th~ House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

The committee to which this bill was referred offered to amend as follows, to wit:

To amend by adding to section 1 the following: Provided, that the appropriation heretofore made, of seven thousand, two hundred dollars, for the payment of the salaries of the Prison Commissioners and their clerk, shalll-e held and deemed, and be considered a part of the approJ>ria- .. tion made by this act.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved in the above bill, a ballot viva \oce, was ordered, and on taking the same, the vote was as follows:

9~2

. , JoURNAL o' rrHE Hous:e:

Those voting aye we-re Messrs.-

Adams,

Ha'rdin of Wilkes, Park of Troup,

Adamson,

Hardwick,

Price,

Allen,

Harris,

Rawls Df Effingham,

Anderson,

Harvard,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Barron,

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

Bennett of Mitchell, Herring,

Reynolds,

Beauch!lmp,

Howard;

Rogers,

Black of Whitfield, Hopkins,

Rose,

Bowen,

Houser,

Rudicil,

Bower,

J arnagan,

Singletary,

Brandon,

Johnson of -Appling, Sloan,

_a.rown of ;Bryan,, Johnson of Baker, Smith of Hancock,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Bartow, Snell,

Bryan,

Johnson of Lee,.

Spinks,

Bynum,

Jones of Burke,

Starr,

Calvin,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stubbs,

Carter,

Lane .of Bibb,

Sturgis,

Castleberry,

Lane of Sumter, Stone,

Chappell,

Laing,...

Swift,

Copeland,

LaRoeh!l,

Tanner,

Crossland,

Lee,

Tatum,

David,

Martin,

Tisinger,

Denny, .

.Mayson,

Timmerman,

Dews,

Merritt,

Tracy.

Emanuel,

Mitchell,

Turner of Henry,

Easterlin,

Moore,

Turner of Rockdale,

Everett. of'Stewart, Morris;

Upchurch,

Fender,

Mc0ranie,

Walker of Brooks,

Freeman,

McDonqugh,

Walker of Crawford,

Ford,

McFarland,

Watkins,

Gay;

McGehee,

West,

Greene,

McLaughlin,

Whiteley,

Griffin of Greene, McMillan,

Williams of Em&nuel

-Griffith,

McRae,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Hall,

Overstreet,

Wood,

Hammett,

. Pace of Newton, Woodall,

Hardin of Liberty, Padgett,

Yates

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Arnold,

.. Bell of Forsyth,

Bass,

Bi:ill of Spalding;

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Dawson,

B.lalock, Bond, Bush\

T.Ul:SDAY, DECEMBER 5,. 1S99.

943

CJ~rltQ~,
Oook, Darnell, Dickey,
DouvdJ,
:Ounc~n.
Ellis,
Everett of Polk, Farmer, .Felker,.. . Franklin, Fort, George, Gresham,. Griffin of Twiggs, _Hami\lond, . Hamby, Harrison, Harrell,

,Hat~k,.

McLennan,

Hendricks,

NewtoJ;l,

Henderson of Irwin, Ogletree,

Hill,

Ousley,

Holder;

..Pate of Gwinnett,

Hosch,

.Park of Greene,

Hutchins.

Post,

Johnson of Floyd, Richardson,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

Knpwles,.

. ,Slaton,- ,

Lape of Early,

Smith of Hall,

Latimer,

Speer,

Longino,

Stewart,

Maxwell,

'T!!.)llor,,

Mullins,

Walker of Union,

McOa1;1ts,

Willjngham.

McDonald,

Wooten;

McElreath,

Mr,Speaker.

-On motion of }1.~:. Stone, of Vvalton; the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of tho bill the ayes were 111, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
11r. Hu~vard, of Dool_y, moved that bill No. 488 be withdrawn from the committee and be restored to its place upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.
The following bill, whi~h was made the special order :for this morning, was taken up and placed upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize bonded ware_housemen to give bonds and issue warehouse receipts, and for other purposes.

944

JouRNAL oF THE Hous:t:.

The committee proposed to amend as follows, whieh was read and adopted, to wit:

Amend by inserting in section 4, after the word "concern," the following: "Unless requested not to insure by the owner."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On passage o~ the bill the ayes were 89, nays 17.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

Jl{r. S peake1:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed

the following acts, to wit:



An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States to certain realty in the city of Atlanta.
An act to cede jurisdiction over certain lands selected for the site of a United States prison, in this State, and for other purposes.
The following bill, which was the next special order 011 the calendar, was read the third time, to wit:
By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to extend the powers of the Railroad Commission, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

945

On motion of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, the bill was ~abled.

In conformity with his previous notice, Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in adopting the resolution introduced by himself tendering the Hall of the House to the Virginia Society, of Atlanta, on the night of January 19, 1900, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Brandon also moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House bill No. 86, on yesterday, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters instruct me to report the following bills of the House back, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other pnrpoE!es.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
Also, a hill to incorporate the Chipley school district, in Harris county.
Also, a bill to repeal an act establishing a board of commissioners for Emanuel county, and for other purposes.
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946

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Doerun, in Colquitt county, and for other purposes.

Also, Senate bill to fix the compensation of jurors, bailiffs of the superior courts and county courts of Irwin county, and for other purposes.

The committee also recommend that the following House bill be recommitted to the Committee on Temperance, to wit:
A bill to repeal an act regulating license for sale of liquor in Appling county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. :MOORE, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By lir. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a new charter for the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Rogers of Marion-
A' bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of :Marion county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Rogers of Marion-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act in reference to granting liceme to E<ell liquor in Beuna Vista, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

947

By unaimous cQnsent the following Senate bill was read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Hand of .the 8th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section '2801 of the Code, and for othei" purposes.

Heferred to the General Judiciary Committee.

..

.!.

By unanimous com:ent the following bill was taken up
for the purpose 'of' concurring in the Senate amendments>
to wit:

By Mr. Park of TrouP-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to submit certain questions to the 'qualified voters of Troup county.

The Senate proposed to amend as follows~
Provided, that this act shall not go into effect until the same is ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of West Point, at a special election ordered by the mayor and council uf West Point. Those in favor of such bill shall have printed or written on their ticket, "For ratification," and those opposed to said bill shall have written or printed on their ticket, ''Against ratification."
The Senate amendment was concurred in.
By unanimous .consent the following bills were introD.uced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

948

JOURNAL OF 'THE liOUSE.

By Messrs. Johnson and Denny of Floyd-

A joint resolution to authorize the Governor to appoiPt not less than two nor more than five Commissioners to the:o Exposition UniversaJ, to be held in Paris for the year 1900,.. and the same to serve without compensation.

Engrossed.

By Messl"fl. Tisinger of Upson and Woodall of Talbot-

A joint resolution to pay arrears of pension due Jno. D_ Morgan.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Newton, of Morgan.
On motion of Mr. Morris, of Cobb, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Tuesday, 3 P.M. The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
:Mr. Easterlin, of l\facon, moved that the call of the roll' be dispensed with.
On the motion to dispense with the call of the roll, Mr. :Ellis, of Bibb, called for the ayes and nays.
On the above motion, no quorum having voted, the Speaker ordered a call of the roll to ascertain if a quorum was present.

TuEBI>Av, DECEMBER 5, 1S99.

949

Upon the call of the roll those am,wering to their names were Messrs.-

_Adams,

Griffin of Greene, McFarland,

Adamson,

Griffin of Twiggs, McGehee,

Allen,

Griffith,

McMillan,

_Anderson,

Hall,

McRae,

Barron,

Hammett,

Ousley,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Liberty, Pace of Newton,

Beauchamp,

Hardin of Wilkes. Padgett.

Bell of Forsyth,

Harris,

Park of Troup,

Black of Whitfield, Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

_Elalock,

Henderson of Wash'tnRawls of wilkinson,

Bond,

Herring,

Rogers,

Bowen,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Brandon,

Houser,

Sloan,

Brown of Bryan

Hutchins,

Snell,

.Brown of Carroll, Jarnagan,

Spinks,

Bryan,

Johnson of Appling, Speer,

Bynum,

Johnson of Bartow, Starr,

-<Jastleberry,

Johnson of Floyd, Stewart,

-<Jhappell,

Johnson of Lee,

Stone,

Cook,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tanner,

-<Jopeland,

Lane of Bibb,

Tatum,

Denny,

Laing,

Timmerman.

Duncan,

LaRoche,

Walker of Brooks,

Ellis,

Lee,

Walker of Crawford,

Emanuel,

Martin,

Walker of Union,

Easterlin,

Mayson,

Whiteley,

Everett of Polk,

Merritt,

Williams of Emanuel,

.Everett of Stewart, . Mitchell,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Fender,

Morris,

Wood,

Freeman,

Mullins,

Woodall,

Ford,

McCants,

Yates.

Gay,

McCranie,

Mr. Speaker.

Greene,

Those absent were Messrs.-

_Arnold, .Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, .Elack of Dawson,

Bower, Bush, Calvin, Carlton, Carter,

Crossland, Darnell, David, Dews, Dickey,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Drawdy,

Jordan of Jasper,

Farmer,

Knowles,

Felker,

Lane of Early,

Franklin,

Lane of Sumter,

Fort,

Latimer,

George,

Longino,

Gresham,

Maxwell,

Hammond,

Moore,

Hamby,

..McDonald,

Hardwick,

,McDonough,

Harrison,

McElreath,

Harrell,

McLaughlin,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Hathcock,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Ogletree,

Hill,

Overstreet,

Howard,

Pate 11f Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park of Greene,

Hosch,

Post,

Johnson of Baker, Price,

Jones of Burke,

Reid,

Reynolds, Richardson, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Stubbs, Sturgis, Swift, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, 'Vatkins, 'Vest, Willingham, Wooten.

It wa:5 found that 91 members were present, and 84: absentees.

Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, asked to withdraw his call for the aye.3 and nays, which request was granted.

The motion of :Mr. Easterlin to dispense with the rollcall, pevailed.

.Mr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on HygienQ and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

..Mr. Speaker:
We, the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, report House bill No. 724, with recommendation that the samet do pass.
Respectfully submitted. G. W. DRAWDY, Chairman.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

~51

By unanimous consent, the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Messrs. McGehee and Fort of Harris-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the Chipley school district, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Black of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Dalton, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Black of WhitfieldA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Dalton, so as to empower the mayor and council to condemn private property, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Adams of PutnamA resolution to pay the pension due J. J. Folds to his
daughter.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:
By :Mr. McGehee o ThomasA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the registration
of voters to vote in the municipal elections of Boston, Georgia.
Heferrcd to Special Judiciary Committee.
By }fr. Laing of TerrellA hill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Dawson, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

952

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE, .

By Mr. Chappell of ~Iuscogee (oy request)-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the preservation of historical records, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

At this juncture a memorial was received from the Daughters of the American !\evolution, asking for an appropriation to preserYe certain historical records, and for other purposes.

The above memorial was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. LaRoche, of Chatham, asked that bill No. 524 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, whiGh request was granted.
1Ir. Hall, of Bibb, moved that when the Rouse adjourn this afetrnoon, it adjourn to reconvene at 8 o'clock p.m., which motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, resolution No. 20 was tabled.
Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and instruct me to report as duly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code of 1895.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

953

Also, an act to amend sections 2 and 7 of an act establish-
ing a public school for the city of Moultrie.
Also, an act to repeal the charter of the town of Jefferson.

Also, an act to repeal an act etxending the limits of the city of :Macon.

Also, an act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton, Ga.

Also, a resolution authorizing payment of pension of W. R. H. Statham, of Jackson county, and for other pur-. poses.
Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.
Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations instruct me to report the following House bill back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter for the city of Macon. Respectfully submitted.
JAS. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

Mr. McRae, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Military Affairs beg leave to submit the following report:

954

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The committee having had under consideration the following bill, which they instruct me as their chairman to report back to the House, with a recommendation that the t'lame do pass:

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the reorganizution, discipline, enlistment, regulation and protection of th<3 military forces of this State, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Respectfully submitted.
}fAX L. McRAE, Chairman pro tern.

Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, makes the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on A~mendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House bill, which they direct me to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to extend the provisions of said section, article and paragraph to the widows of Confederate soldiers, who by reason of age and. poverty, or infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty, are unable to provide a living for themselves, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. }f. PACE, Chairman.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

955

Mr. "Willingham, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
jlfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following bills, and instruct me to report same back, with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
Senate bill No. 69, entitled an act to make it unlawful for any person or persons to make and manufacture fermented intoxicants, and fixing punishment for same.
House bill No. 780, amending an act aproved September 26, 1883, regulating the sale of liquor in Whitfield county, and for other purposes.
Also, House bill K o. 795, repealing an act approved December 10th, 1897, which repealed an act approved February 20th, 1877, amended October 2, 1879, and further amended September 26, 1883, etc., which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that same be committed to the Committee on General Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted.
B. S. vVILLIK GHAM: Chairman. ~Ir. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. S pealeer:
The Committee on Special Judiciary have instructed me to report the following Senate hills back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of Barnesville.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also, a bill to amend an act providing for the appoint ment o:f a clerk of the county court of Effingham county, and for other purposes.

Also, the following joint resolution, do pass, to wit:
.A resolution to correct an error in the engrossing and enrolling of House bill No. 445, in regard to the sale of the house and lot of the Second Baptist church, in Columbus, Georgia.
,
Also, that the following House bill do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2805 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Also, that the following House bills do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 243, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Talbotton, and for other purposes.
Hespectfully eubmitted. HOLAND ELI~IS, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the counterfeiting or forging of certain cards, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

957

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Williams of Lumpkin-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the several acts incorporating the city of Dahlonega, and for other purposes.

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 90, and the
nays 9
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Greene of Clay-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act incorporating the town of Fort Gaines, and for other purposes.

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 99, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to authorize the e~tablishing of a public school system in Hogansville, and for other purposes.

958

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

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 99, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Hardin of Liberty-

A resolution for the relief of A. J. Delk, W. B. Lyens, D. S. Price and E. L. Fishback.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, a ballot viva voce was taken, and the vote was as follows:
Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Beauchamp, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, David, Denny, Dews, Ellis, Easterlin. Everett of Stewart,

Fender,

McDonough,

FreP.man,

McElreath,

Greene,

McGehee,

Griffin of Greene, McRae,

Griffin of Twiggs, Padgett,

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Troup,

Hardin of Wilkes, Price,

Harris,

.Rawls of Effingham,

Hendricks,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nReid,

Hopkins,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Appling, Snell.

Jones of Burke,

Starr,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tanner,

Knowles,

Timmerman,

LaRoche,

Tracy,

Lee,

'Valker of Union,

Mayson,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Mitchell,

Wood,

McCranie,

Woodall.

McDonald,

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

959

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Darnell, Duncan, Everett of Polk, Felker, Ford, Gay, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Harvard,

Hathcock, Herring, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Martin, Morris, McCants, McFarland, Ousley, Rogers, Singletary,

Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Spinks, Speer, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tatum, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, Willingham. Yates.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Bush, Carter, Crossland, Dickey, Drawdy, Emanuel, Farmer, Franklin, Fort, George, Gresham, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick,

Harrison,

Ogletree.

Harrell,

Overstreet,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Hill,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Howard,

Park of Greene,

Holder,

Post,

Hosch,

Reynolds,

Johnson of Baker, Richardson,

Johnson of Lee,

Rose,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hall,

Lane of Sumter,

Stubbs,

Laing,

Taylor,

Latimer,

Tisinger,

Longino,

Turner of Henry,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

Upchurch,

Moore,

Watkins,

Mullins.

\Vest,

McLaughlin,

\Villiams of Lumpkin,

McLPnnan,

\Vooten,

Mc-;\Iillan.

Mr. Speaker.

Newton,

960

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 62, and the nays 42.

The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Morris, of Cobb, moved that when the House aJjourn, it, adjourn until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.
By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A joint resolution providing for an appropriation to the trustees of the N orinal and Indusrtial College, to make certain repairs, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Hall, of Bibb.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
Pending the discussion of the resolution the hour of adjournment arrived.
Leave of absence was granted :Mr. Black, of -Whitfield.
The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899.

961

Atlanta, Ga.,

Wednesday, December 6th, 1899.

The Home met pursuant t() adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Hon. Mr. Bryan, of Floyd.

Upon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.---

Adams,

Dews.

Herring,

Adamson,

Dickey,

Howard,

Allen,

Drawdy,

Hopkins,

Ander110n,

Duncan,

Houser,

Arnold,

Ellis,

Hutchins,

Barron,

Easterlin,

Jarnagan,

Bass,

Everett of Polk, Johnson of Baker,

Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Bartow.

Bennett of Pierce, Farmer,

Johnson of Appling.

Beauchamp,

Felker,

Johnson of Floyd,

Bell of Forsyth,

Fender,

Johnson of Lee,

Black of Dawson, Freeman,

Jones of Burke,

Black of Whitfield, Franklin,

Jordan of Pulaski.

Blalock,

Ford,

Knowles,

Bond,

Fort,

Lane of Bibb,

Bowen,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter.

Bower,

Gresham,

Laing,

.Brandon,

Greene,

LaRoche,

Brown of Bryan, Griffin of Greene, Lee,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of rwiggs, Longino,

Bryan,

Griffith,

Martin,

Calvin,

Hall,

Mayson,

Carlton,

Hammett,

Maxwell,

Carter,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Castleberry,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Chappell,

Harrison,

Moore,

Cook,

Harris,

Morris,

Copeland,

Harrell,

McCants,

Crossland,

Harvard,

McCranie,

Darnell,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

David,

Hendricks,

McElreath,

Denny,

Henderson of Washt'nMcFarland,

6lll

962

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

McGehee,

Rose,

McLennan,

Rudicil,

McMillan,

Simpson,

McRae,

Singletary,

Newton,

Slaton,

Ogletree,

Sloan,

Ousley,

Smith of Hancock,

Overstreet,

Snell,

Pace of Newton,

Spinks,

Padgett,

Starr,

Park of Greene,

Sturgis,

Park of Troup,

Stewart,

Post,

Stone,

Price,

Swift,

Rawls of Effingham, Tanner,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Tatum,

Reid,

Taylor,

Reynolds,

Tisinger,

Rogers,

Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Union, Watkins, West, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were 1\lessrs.-

Bell of Spalding, Bush, Bynum, Emanuel, George, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Holder,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hall,

Lane of Early,

Speer,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

Mullins,

Walker of Crawford.

:Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved to dispense with the reading of the journal of yesh:rday's proceedings, which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Allen, of Baldwin, moved that the following resolution, which was brought over as unfinished business from yesterday, be taken up and placed upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A joint resolution to appropriate $2,157 to the Georgia X ormal and Industrial College, at Milledgeville, Ga.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899.

963

The report of the committee of the whole, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, as amended, as shown in yesterday's journal, was agreed to.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the roll was ealled, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, :Barron, Bass, Eeauchamp, Blalock, Bowen, .Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Fort, Gresham,

Greene,

McCranie,

Griffin of Greeme, McDonald,

Griffin of Twiggs, McElreath,

Griffith,

McGehee,

Harrison,

McLennan,

Harris,

McMillan,

Harvard,

Newton,

Hathcock,

Ousley,

Henderson of Washt'nOverstreet,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,

Hopkins,

Park of Greene,

Houser,

Park of Troup,

Hutchins,

Post,

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Baker, Reid,

Johnson of Floyd, Reynolds,

Johnson of Lee,

Rose,

Jones of Burke,

Rudicil,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hancock.

Lane of Bibb,

Spinks,

Laing,

Starr,

LaRoche,

Tanner,

Lee,

Taylor,

Longino,

Turner of Rockdale,

Maxwell,

Upchurch,

Merritt,

Walker of Crawford,

Mitchell,

Whiteley,

Moore,

Williams of Emanuel,

Morris,

'Voodall.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Darnell, Dickey, Duncan, Everett of Stewart, Ford, Gay, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty,

Hardin of Wilkes, Harrell, Howard, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Martin, McCants, McFarland, Padgett, Rawls of Wilkinson_, Rogers, Simpson,

Snell, Sturgis, Swift, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Union, West, Wood, Wooten. Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Bennett of Pierce, Hendricks,

Richardson,

Bell of Spalding, Hill,

Singletary,

Black of Whitfield, Holder,

Slaton,

Bryan,

Hosch,

Sloan,

Bond,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hall,

Bush,

Knowles,

Speer,

Bynum,

Lane of Early,

Stubbs,

Copeland,

Lane of Sumter, Stewart,

David,

Latimer,

Stone,

Ellis,

Mayson,

Tatum,

Emanuel,

Mullins,

Tisinger,

Felker,

McDonough,

Turner of Henry,

Franklin,

McLaughlin,

Watkins,

George,

:McRae,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Hammond,

Ogletree,

Willingham,

.:'lamby,

Pate of Gwinnett, Mr. Speaker.

Hardwick,

Ayes 89, nays 35.

On motion of Mr. Easterlin, of Macon, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 89, nays 35.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899.

96o

The resolution having received the requisite constiutional rua,io.rity, was passed.

On motion of Mr. Allen, of Baldwin, the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. N e>rthen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate ha::: passed, by the requisite constitutional majoritY.L._ the following bills of the House:

A bill to incorporate the city of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson.

Also, a bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several acts incorporating the town of Hamilton, in the county .of Han-is.

Passed as amended.

Also, a bill to amend section 65 of volume 3 of the Code () 1895.

Passed as amended.

Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Dexter in Laurens county.

Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Five Forks, in the <:ounty of l\fadison.

Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.

966

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Alf:'o, a bill tv repeal an act incorporating the town of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county, and for other purpo;:e:o.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay in the county of Gilmer.
.l~.lso, a bill to amend section 4205 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Also, a bill to levy a ta.,'\: on dogs, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to amend an act establishing a city court in the county of Clarke, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A hill to amend section 2~1 of the Code 6 1895.

Also, a bill to authorize and require the board of Commissioners of Roads and Hevenues of Oglethorpe county to hire out misdemeanor convicts.

~Ir. LaRoche, of Chatham, moved a suspension of the rules of the House for the purpose of t~king up the foll0wing bill and placing it upon its passage:

The motion to suspend the rules of the House prevailed, and the bill was as follows:

By ~fr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts relating t() the city court of Savmnah, relative to the solicitor of said cou:rt, and for other purposes.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899.

967

:Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas, moved that the bill and pending amendments he tabled, and on that motion Mr. :Mitchell called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follow~:

Those voting aye were )fessrs.-

Arnold,

Hall,

Rose,

Bass,

Hammett.

Rudicil,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Liberty, Smith, of Hancock,

Beauchamp,

Harris,

Stone,

Calvin,

Henderson of Wash'n,Swift,

Carlton,

Johnson of Lee,

Timmerman,

Carter,

Jones of Burke,

Upchurch,

Castleberry,

Lee,

'Valker of Brooks,

Dickey,

Mitchell,

Walker of Crawford,

Duncan,

McFarland,

Walker of Union,

Easterlin,

Ousley,

williams of Lumpkin.

Everett of Stewart, Park, of Troup,

Wood,

Ford,

Post,

Wooten,

Gay,

Rogers,

Yates.

Those ,otiug nay were :Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Chappell, Cook,

Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, Drawdy, Felker, Fender, Franklin, Fort, George, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hardin of Wilkes, Harvard, Hendricks,

Herring, Howard, Hopkins, Houser, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Laing, LaRoche, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore,

968
McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan, Newton,

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Overstreet,

Speer,

Padgett,

Stewart,

Park, of Greene,

Tanner,

Price,

Tatum,

Rawls, of Effingham, Turner of Rockdale,

Rawls, of Wilkinson, Watkins,

Sloan,

Whiteley,

Snell,

Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bush, Bynum, David, .Denny, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Freeman, Gresham, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick, Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Latimer, Martin, Morris, Mullins, McDonough, McLaughlin, McRae, Ogletree, Pace, of Newton,

Pate, of Gwinnett,

Reid,

Reynolds,

Richardson,

Simpson,

Singletary,

Slaton,

Smith, of Hall,

Spinks,

Starr,

Stubbs,

Sturgis,

Taylor,

Tisinger,

Tracy,

Turner of Henry,

'Vest,

Williams of Emanuel

Willingham,

'

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 42, nays 72.

:Mr. woodall, uf Talbot, moved to dispense with a verifi-
cation of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the motion to table, the ayes were 42, nays 72.

The motion to table was therefore lost.

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969

1fr. :l\foore, of Carroll, called :for the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which call Wfli:l sustained.

The committee offered to amend, by striking out all ~)f section 4, which amendment was adopted.

:Mr. Park, of Greene, moved to amend by making section 4 as :follows:

Section 1:. Be it further enacted, That the solicitor of
the said city court shall not commence his duties until .Tanu-
sry 1st, HlOl, under this law, but an election under this law shall not interfere with the rights of the pres.?nt mcumbent.
The amend~ent of Mr. Park was adopted.

On pasage of the bill, Mr. }fitchell, of Thomas, called for the ftyes and nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as followt~:

Those voting aye were -Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, "Brandon, Brown of Carroll,

Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, Dam ell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Ellis, Everett of Polk, Felker,

Fender, Freeman. Franklin, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hardin of wilkes,

970

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Hardwick. Harrison, Harvard, Hendricks, Howard, Houser, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Sumter, LaRoche, Lee, Longino,

Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, McCants, McDonald, McGehee, McMillan, Newton, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Singletary, Slaton,

Sloan, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Tanner, Tatum, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, West, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, Woodal.

Those voting n~y were :Messrs.-

Bass,

Henderson of Washt'nRogers,

Bennett of Mitchell, Herring,

Rose,

Bower,

Johnson of Baker, Rudicil,

Calvin,

Jones of Burke,

Sturgis,

Carlton,

Laing,

Stewart,

Carter,

Mitchell,

Stone,

David,

Morris,

Swift,

Dickey,

McCranie.

Timmerman,

Duncan,

McElreath,

'Valker of Brooks,

Easterlin,

McFarland,

Walker of Union,

Everett of Stewart, Ogletree,

Williams of Emanuel,

Farmer,

Ousley,

Willingham,

Ford,

Park of Troup,

Wood,

Hall,

Post,

Wooten,

Hardin of Liberty, Rawls of wilkinson, Yates.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Arnold, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield,

Bush. Bynum, Cook, Crossland, Emanuel,

Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Harris, Harrell,

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971

Hathcock,

Latimer,

Henderson of Irwin, Martin,

Hill,

Mullins,

Hopkins,

McDonough,

Hold~r,

McLaughlin,

Hosch,

JI.IcLennan,

Hutchins,

McRae,

Jordan of Jasper, Padgett.

Lane of Bibb,

Pate of. Gwinnett,

Lane of Early,

Reynolds,

Richardson, Simpson, Smith of Hall, Speer, Taylor, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Upchurch. Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Allen, of Baldwin, the veri:ficatim of the roll-call was digpensed with.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 86, nays 44.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lo:0t.

:1\Ir. .Moore, of Carroll, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill No. 716, which request was granted.

The following privilege resolution was, by unauimous consent, read and adopted, to wit:
By l\h. Bower of DE:catur-

A resolution, extending the privileges of the floor of the House to ex-Governor _Bob Taylor, of Tennessee.

The following resolutions were read, to wit:

By :Mr. Calvin of Hichmond-

A resolution, providing that at the afternoon session today, the order of business from 3 to 4 o'clock shall be the consideration of Smate and House bills for thild reading.

Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, proposed to amend by having a session from 8 to 10 o'clock this evening.

972

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On motion of :Mr. Overstreet, of Screven, the bill and amendment was tabled.

By Mr. Stone of Walton-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the
House to the Hon. :r:. 0. Garner during his stay in the city.
The resolution was adopted.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:
J~y Mr. Pace of Newton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section
z of article 7 of the Constiution, so as to enlarge the power
of exemption from taxation of all places of religious wor~hip, all(l places of bmial, and for other purposes.
Mr. Pace, of Kewton, moved to amend section 1 of the bill, by striking thel'efrom the words "or burial" iu the seventh line thereof, and adding the words "all places of burial," after the word ''profit" in the ninth line thereof.

And further, to amend ~aid section by inserting after the word "profit" in the twenty-first line thereof the words "all places of burial."

'lhe amendment was adopted.

:Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved that the morning session be extended until the bill under discussion be disposed of, which Infotion prevailed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pal'~age of the bill, was agreed to.

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973

On passage of the bill, the ayes and nays were called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Darnell, David. Denney, Dickey, Easterlin, Everett, of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham,

Greene,

McMillan,

Griffin of Greene, Newton,

Griffith,

Ogletree,

Harrison,

Ousley,

Harrell,

Overstreet,

Harvard,

Pace of Newton,

Hendricks,

Padgett,

HendersonofWasht'n,Park of Greene,

Herring,

Park of Troup,

Howard,

Post,

Houser,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Hutchins,

Reid,

Jarnagan,

Rogers,

Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock,

Johnson of Floyd, 8nell,

Johnson of Lee,

Spinks,

Jones of Burke,

Starr,

Knowles,

Stone,

Lane of Bibb,

Swift,

Lane of Sumter, Tanner,

Laing,

Taylor,

LaRoche,

Timmerman,

Lee,

Tracy,

Mayson,

Turner of Henry,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

Walker of Crawford,

Moore,

Walker of Union,

Morris,

Watkins,

McCranie,

Whiteley,

McDonald,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

McElreath,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McFarland,

Willingham,

McGehee,

Wood,

McLennan,

Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Drawdy,

Bryan,

Duncan,

Ellis, Hall,

974

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Hopkins, Jordan of Pulaski,

Rawls of Effingham, Sturgis,

Rose,

Stewart,

Rudicil,

West,

Simpson,

Woodall,

Singletary,

Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Carlton, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Dews, Emanuel, Felker, Freeman, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardin of Wilkes, Harris, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Baker, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Early, Latimer, Longino, Martin, Mitchell, Mullins, McCants,

McDonough, McLaughlin, McRae, Pate of Gwinnett, Price, Reynolds, Richardson, Sloan, Smith of Hall. Speer, Stubbs, Tatum, Tisinger, Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 105, nays 20.

On motion of :Mr. \Vovdall, of Talbot, the n:rificatio:ri
oi the r1ll-call was dispense<) with.
On pa~sage of the hill, the ayes were 105, nays 20.
Tl1e bill not having received the requisite constiutional two-thirds majority, was lost.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

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975

Wednesday, 3 o'clock P. M.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were }fessrs.-

Adams,

Griffin of Twiggs, McLennan,

Allen,

Griffith,

Ousley,

Anderson,

Hall,

Pace of Newton,

Bass,

Hardin of Liberty, Padgett,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Wilkes, Park of Greene,

_Beauchamp,

Harrison,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harris,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Black of Dawson, Harrell,

Reid,

Blalock,

Harvard,

Reynolds,

Bond,

Hathcock,

Rogers,

Bower,

Hendricks,

Rudicil,

Brandon,

Henderson of Washt'nSingletary,

Brown of Bryan, Herring,

Sloan,

Brown of Carroll, Howard,

Snell,

Carlton,

Houser,

Starr,

Carter,

Hutchins,

Sturgis,

Chappell,

Jarnagan,

Stewart,

Copeland,

Johnson of Appling, Stone,

David,

Johnson of Baker, Tatum,

Dews,

Johnson of Bartow, Taylor,

Dickey,

Johnson of Lee,

Tisinger,

Drawdy,

Jordan of Pulaski, Timmerman,

Duncan,

Lane of Bibb,

Tracy,

Easterlin,

Laing,

Turner of Henry,

Everett of Polk,

Lee,

walker of Brooks,

Everett of Stewart, Longino,

Walker of Crawford.

Farmer,

Martin,

walker of Union,

Felker,

Merritt,

West,

Fender,

Moore,

'Villiams of Emanuel,

Franklin,

Morris,

"'illiams of Lumpkin,

Ford,

McCants,

Willingham,

Fort,

McCranie,

'Voodall,

Gay,

McDonald,

'Vooten,

Gresham,

McElreath,

Yates.

Greene,

McFarland,

Mr. Speaker.

Griffin of Greene,

976

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Ellis, Emanuel, Freeman, George, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardwick,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Ogletree,

Hill,

Overstreet,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park of Troup,

Hosch,

Post,

Johnson of Floyd, Price,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Jordan of Jasper, Rose,

Knowles,

Simpson,

Lane of Early,

Slaton,

Lane of Sumter, Smith of Hall,

LaRoche,

Smith of Hancock,

Latimer,

Spinks,

Mayson,

Speer,

Maxwell,

Stubbs,

Mitchell,

Swift,

Mullins,

Tanner,

McDonough,

Turner of Rockdale,

McGehee,

Upchurch,

McLaughlin,

Watkins,

McMillan,

Whiteley,

McRae,

Wood.

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

.~.l!r. 8 peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill oi the Senate, to wit:
A bill to establish the city court of Barnesville.
:Mr. Hall, of Ribb, moved that all members in attendance on committees at this time, be instructed to return to the House :immediately, which motion prevailed.
1\fr. Carlton, of Clark, moved to suspend the rule>' of the

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, -}899.

977

House for the purpose of taking up the following resolution, which mothn prevailed, and the resolution was as follows, to wit :
By :Mr. Carlton of Clark-
A resolution providing for the enlargement of the annual visiting committee to the State University, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same, and the Speaker designated as Chairma:q. of the committee, Mr. Hall, of Bibb.
After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same bac1r to the House, with tbe recommendation that it do pass, as amended.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the resolution, the ayes were 102, nays 7.
So, the resolution having re~eived the requisite constitutional maiority, was passed.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was taken up and read a third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A resolution, providing for the payment of the per diem of the joint tax commission of the House and Senate, and ior other purposes.
6~h

978

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the llouse r8solved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.

Leave of absence was granted the following members~
Messrs. Harrell of Dodge, Henderson of W ashington7
Greene, Drawdy and Swift.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the SpeakP-r announced the House adjourned until 9 :30 to-morrow morn mg.

Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, December 7th, 189~).

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 :30 o'dock a.m. this uay and wa::: called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were :Messrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield,

Blalock,

Brandon,

Bennett of Mitchell, Brown of Bryan,

Bennett of Pierce, Brown of Carroll,

Beauchamo,

Bush,

Bell of Spalding, Bryan,

Bond,

Bynum,

Bowen,

Calvin,

Bower,

Oarlton,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1R9;).

979

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Hopkins,

Holder,

Price,

Hosch,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Jarnagan,

Reid,

Johnson of Appling, Reynolds,

Johnson of Baker, Rogers,

Johnson of Bartow, Rose,

Johnson of Floyd, Rudicil,

Johnson of Lee,

Simpson,

.Tones of Burke,

Singletary,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Sloan,

Lane of Sumter,

f;mith of Hancock,

Laing,

Snell,

LaRoche,

Spinks,

Lee,

Starr,

Longino,

Sturgis,

Martin,

Stewart,

Mayson,

Stone,

Maxwell,

Tanner,

Merritt,

Tatum,

Mitchell,

Taylor,

Moore,

Tisinger,

Morris,

Timmerman,

Mul;ins,

Tracy,

McCants,

Turner of Henry,

McCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,

McDonald,

Upchurch,

McElreath,

Walker of Brooks,

McFarland,

'Valker of Crawford,

McGehee,

walker of Union,

McLennan,

Watkins,

McRae,

west,

Newton,

Whiteley,

Ogletree,

Williams of Emanuel,

Ousley,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Overstreet,

Willingham,

Pace of Newton,

Wood,

Padgett,

Woodall.

Park of Greene,

Wooten.

Park of Troup,

Yates.

Post,

Mr. Speaker.

980

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Cook, Drawdy, Everett of Stewart, Greene, Hammond, Harrell,

Henderson of Irwin, McLaughlin, .

Henderson of Washt'nMcMillan,

Houser,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hall,

Lane of Early,

Speer,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

McDonough.

Swift.

Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved to dispense with the reading of the joll.rnal, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Lal1oche, of Chatham, gave notic,~ that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the Honse Lad yesterday upon bill No. 524.

Mr. Pace, of Newton, gave notice tha1 at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the Hou,;.3 had yesterday upon House bill No. 33.

The following privilege resolutions were read and ad )p ted, to wit:

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

A resolution limiting the discussion of all bills to thirt) minutes, and each speech to five minutes.

By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A resolution to appoint a committee to be charged with the duty of 1ringing before the House such measures as should be enacted into law.

On motion of nfr. Post, of Coweta, the resolutioll was tabled.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899.

981

By :M:r. :M:cGehee of Harris-
A resolution providing for an evening session from 7:30 o'clock to 9:30 o'clock for the remainder of the session.
:M:r. Slaton, of Fulton, offered the following substitute, which was read, and the resolution was adopted by substi~ tute:
By l\Ir. Slaton of Fulton-
Resolved, That the business of this afternoon's sessioii con,sist of reading local bills a third time, and that then bills for a first and second reading shall be in order and shal~ not be displaced by unanimous consents.

:M:r. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The General J udicia,ry Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2723 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The committee b.ave also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation .that the same do pass, to wit: .
' A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 4625 of th~
Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

982

JOURNAL OP THE HousE.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning the condemnation of private property, in this State, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to protect game in this State, and prevent exportation of same beyond the limits of the State.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice in claim cases, etc., and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the compensation of witnesses in criminal cases.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require tax-collectors of this State to make out a certified list of tax defaulters, etc., and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairmah,

Mr. Denny, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
1'rfr. S pealcer:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration House bill No. 631 by Mr. Johnson, of Floyd, which is "a bill to be entitled an act to admit white women over

THURSDAY, D~CE:W:BEB 7, 1899.

983

eighteen years of age to enter the Textile Department of the Georgia School of Technology, and for other purposes," and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House, with a recommendation that it do paso;;.
The Committee on Education have also had under consideration House bill No. 761, by Mr. Tanner, of Coftee, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a system of public schools :for the town of Douglas, in C~Jffee county; to provide by spectial tax for the maintenance and support of same; to provide suitable buildings therefor; to establish a board of education to conduct the same, and for other purposes"; and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House, with a recommendation that the same do pass.
The Committee on Eduaction have also had under consideration Senate bill No 75, by Mr. Johnson of the 41st, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Blue Ridge, Fannin county, Georgia; to empower the mayor and council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof; to provide for the issuance of bonds of said town for the purpose of purchasing school property, building schoolhouses, etc. ; to create a board of school commissioners for said town, and for other purposes"; and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that the same do pass.
The Committee on Education have also had under consideration Senate bill No. 102, by Mr. Steed of the 23d, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to authorize county school commissioners to appoint assistant commissioners, who shall exercise the same powers and duties that county Echool commissioners now exercise, and for other purposes"; and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that it do not pass.

984

. JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The Committee on Education have also had under consideration House bill No. 412, by Mr. Walker, of Craw.ford, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to establish a public school system for the town of Knoxville, Georgia, and for other purposes"; and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that it do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted.
R. A. DE}<~Y, Chairman.

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and .County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back, with the reco~enda tion that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit non-resident persons from hunting, fishing or trapping, etc., in the county of Liberty, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to authorize and require the county commissioners of Spalding county to have public streets, etc. of Griffin, Ga., worked by the county chaingang.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee county.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to abolish the county court of Worth county, and for other purposes.

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985

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same ao pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payment by the county of Irwin, of the legal costs due officers for services, actually rep.dered, etc., and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act for the protection of bream and red-breast perch in tlie Big and Little Satilla rivers, and their tributaries, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to consolidate the office of tax-receiver and treasurer in the county of Fannin, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.. J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee have had under sonsideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

986

JOUroi'AL OF THFJ HOUSJ!.

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and control the taking and catching of oysters and fish from the public waters of the State, etc., and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate "!:-ill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A_ bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section 2801, volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to better carry out the provisions of 4732 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
RBspectfully submitted. J. H. HALL, Chairman pro tern.

:M:r. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report, to wit:
].!r. S pealcer: The Committee on Corporations instruct me to r~port the
following House bills back witli the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to repeal the charter of the city of Albany, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to create a new charter for the city of Albany, :md for other purposes.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Poulan, in Worth county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JAS. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

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987

Mr. Freeman, Chairman o~ the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back to the House without any action by the committee, but with the recommendation that it be placed on the calendar.

A resolution to apply certain funds now iri the State 'freasury to the sinking fund of the State, so as to reduc~ taxation, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.

Mr. Jordan of Pulaski, Chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report, to "\vit:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture instruct me to report the following Senate bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to protect the cattle of this State from contagious diseases, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. G. W. JORDAN, JR., Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submit~ the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolutions, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

988

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A resolution to pay to Mrs. C. R. Clontz, widow of Samuel Clontz, deceased, the pension due her husband for the year of 1899.

A resolution to pay pension of James J. Smith to his widow.

A resolution to pay pension of T. E. Swan to his widow.
Also, the following joint resolution, which I am in~ structed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A joint resolution to appropriate the sum of $225.00 to pay arrears of pension of John D. Morgan, an ex-Confederate soldier, and a citizen of Upson county.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.
Mr. Moore, of Carroll, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, s~bmitted the followin~ report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections386 and 38'7 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

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989

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to more definitely detine, x and establish the dividing line betwe~n the counties of Charlton and \Vayne, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. :McDonough, Chairman of the Commit~e on Railroads, submitted the following report:

..l.tlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following joint resolution of the House, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A resolution for the relief of the employees of the Northeastern railroad of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. J. McDONOUGH, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

.illr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary instruct me to report the following Home bill back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for registration of votrs in municipal elections in the town of Boston, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, Chairman pro tern. of the Com-

mittee on General Agriculture, submitted the following

report, to wit:

:, . _ :.::;;:

990

JouRNAL oF THE HousE..

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to require the owners of land,
traversed by creeks or other streams, in Oglethorpe county, to clean out all obstructions in the same, and allow full and open channel for the free passage of water, etc., and for other purposes.
i\Jso1 a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the registration, sale, inspection and analyses of commercial fertilizers, acid phosphates, ch!;lmicals, and cottonseed meal in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit;

A bill to be entitled an act to make it a misdemeanor for

croppers to quit working their crops without good cause,

etc., and for other put'poi>e~.

.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act t<> repeal sections 1551 and 1578, volume 1 of the Code of 1895.
Respectfully submitted. G. \V. JORDAN, .JR., Chairman, Pro Tern.

1fr. Bower, of Decatur, asked that bill No. 522 be taken from the table and restored to its place upon the calendar, which request was granted.

11r. Emanuel, of Glynn, asked that resolution No. 215 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

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991

Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of making bill No. 522 the special order for to-morrow, which motion was lost.
Mr. Stone, of Walton, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of making bill No. 332 the special order for Tuesday morning next, at 11 o'clock, which motion was lost.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Upchurch of Charlton-
A joint resolution, urging orir Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts in obtaining a sufficient appropriation for carrying out the project adopted by Congress for deepening the channel of the St. Johns river, and for other purposes.
The following bill, which was made the special order for this morning, was taken up and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the assessment of the property of railroad companies for taxation in this State, and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for a consideration of the same, and the Speaker designated as Chairman of the committee, Mr. Longino, of Campbell.
After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, as amended.

992

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Carter, Emanuel, Easterlin. Everett of Polk, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Griffin of Greene, Griffith,

Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Howard, Johnson of Appling, Lane of Sumter, Lee, Mitchell, Mullins, McFarland, McLennan, Newton,

Ousley, Pate of Gwinnett, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Rogers, Singletary, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawford, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Woodall

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bennett of Pierce, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Bryan, Bush,

Calvin, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,

Franklin, Ford, Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,
H~rring,
Holder, Hosch, Houser, Jarnagan,

THUBSDA;Y, DECEifBER 'f' 1899.

.Tones of Bl:H'ke.

Laing,

'

LaRoche,

Longino,

Mayson,

!Maxwell,

MerritJ;,

Moore,

Morris,

Qverstreet,

Noe of Newton, <Stone,

Padgett,

])anner,

Park of Greene,

Upchurch,

Rawh of Wilkinson, Walker Qf Urtion,

Reid,

Watkins,

Rose,

West,

Budicjl,

Whiteley,

~loan,

Wood,

Smith of Hancock, Yates.

Stubbs,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson,

Hutchins,

Beauchamp,

Johnson of Baker,

:Blslock,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bt:andon,

Johnson of Floyd.,

Cook,

Johnson of Lee,

Copeland,

Jordan of Jasper,

David,

Jordan of Pulask~,

Drawdy,

Knowles,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Bibb,

Felker,

Lane of Early,

Fort,

Latimer,

Gay,

Martin,

George,

McCants,

Greene,

McCranie,

Hammond,

McDonald,

Hamby,

McDonough,

Harrell,

McElreath,

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

Henderson of Wash'n,McLaughlin,

Hill,

McMillan,

Hopkins,

McRae, Ogletree, Park of Troup, Price, Reynolds, Richardson, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hall, Speer, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Brooks, Willingham, Wooten. Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 52, nays 62.

On motion of Mr. Black, Q[ Whitfield, the verification of the roll-call was ~penSild with.

On pasage of the bill, the ayes were 52, nays 62.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
6llh

}fr. Walker, C~ai:r;man of ~e. Comm,it~ee on ~nrollment7 submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: The Committee oil Enrollment instruct me to report as
properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to repeal an act to submit the question of thesale of spirituous liquors to the qualified voters of Troup county,
as pur- so far the same relates to West-Point, an:d:for other
poses.
Also, an act to am~nd an act 'to incQrporate the town ;of
Hahira, in the county of Lowndes, and for other purposes.
Also, an ar-t to amend an act incorporating the town of Darien, and all acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.
Also, an act to amend an act providing a board of commissioners for Jones county.

Also, an act providing for an inspector of roads and . bridges in certain counties in this State.

Also, an act to amend an act incorporl:lting the Germania.

Loan and Banking Company.



Also, an act to prohibit the manufacture of distilled liquors in Henry county.

Also, an act to repeal a11 act incorporating the town of Wrightsville, in the county of Johnson.

Also, an act to amend the charter of the A.tlanta Banking
Company. Respectfully submitted. J. Y. WALKER, Ch!Urmal!.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899.

995

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit~ By Mr. Easterlin of Macoll~

A resolution limiting debates in the committee of the whole to five min11tes.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was taken from the table and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a commit-
tee of seven to bring before the House from day to day7 such matters as should be enacted into law.

On motion of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, bill No. 162 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Oe>mmittee.

Mr. Dews, of Randolph, asked that bill No. 538 be taken from th~ table and restored to its place upon the calendar, which request was granted.

On request of Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, resolution No. 20 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.
Leave of absence was granted the following members: Messrs. McRae of Telfair, Park of Troup, Whiteley of Glascock, Sloan of Hall.

On motion of Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

....
Thursday, 3 P. M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

996

.JoURNAL OF TBE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Bass, of Habersham, the roll-call was dispensed with.
:Mr. Copeland, of Walker, Chairman of the committee to. visit certain convict camps, asked leave of absence for himself and said committee, which leave was granted.
:Mr. Anderson asked that bill No. 124 be recommitt~
to the Special Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.
On motion of .Mr. Williams, of Emanuel, bill No. 431 . was recommitted to Committee on Corporations.
Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An aet to incorporate the town of Five Forks, in the county of Madison.

Also, an act to levy a tax on dogs in this State, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to amend section 4205 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Meigs, in Thomas county.

Also, an act to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay, in Gilmer county, and for other purposes.

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997

Also, an act to amend the act establishing a city court in

the county of Clarke.

.

Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Dexter,. in Laurens county.
Respectfully submitted.. J. Y. WALKER, 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. 776, entitled an act to provide a tax for the manufacture and sale of domestic wines in BryaR county, and for other purposes,.'' and insfl!uct me to report same back with a :recommendation that i.t do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
B. F. WILLINGHAM, Chairman.

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

J.lfr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, and asks a concurrence on the part of the House :

A resolution accepting the invitation of the Yotmg l&ns' Democratic League, to meet with them on the evening of December 11th.
The :folwwirig bill& were :tead ~ third time and placed. upon their passage, to wit :

998

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Rogers of Marion-

A bill to be enitled an act to abolish the county court of Marion county.
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 109, nays 0.
So, the bill havi~g received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Rogers of Marion-
A bill to be entitled an act in reference to the granting of license to sell whiskey, 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. David of Lincoln-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the ordinary o Lincoln county to issue bonds, 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 107., nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional ,:majority, was passed.

.;;
J3y Mr. Dews of"Randolph-,. , '

.A bill to be entitled an act to establish and maintain a .dispensary in Cuthbert, Ga., and for other purposes:

.

.. !: ..

The report of the coiDJJrittee, which was favorable to the

passage of the bill, was agreeda to.
..... "

On passage of the Bill, Mi-. Everett, of Stewal-t, 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.-

Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bush, Chappell,. Crossland, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Felker, George,

Griffin of Twiggs, Hardwick, Hutchins, Johnson of B~ker, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles,,_
LaRoche, Mayson, Maxwell, Morris, McDonough, McMillan, Overstreet, Park of Greene, Reid,

Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Snell, Stubbs, Tanner, Tatum, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Watkins, Whiteley, Woodall, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

.Adams,

.Brown of Carroll,

.Aaamson,

Bryan,

Anderson,

Bynum,

Bass;

Calvin,

Bennett of Mitchell, Carter,

Bell of Forsyth,

Castleberry,

Bond,

Dickey,

Brown of Bryan, Easterlin,

Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Hall,

lOOO

JouRNA-L OF THE HousE.

Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, :HM'VBl'd, Herring, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Jarnagan, Johnson of Bartow, J!ohBson of Lee~ Jones of Bur,ke, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Sumter, Laiag, Merritt,

Moore,

Simpson,.

McCranie,

Singletary,

McElreath,

Sloan,

MeFMland,

Smith of Hancock,

DeGehee,.

Star,

McLennan,

Sturgis,

Ogletree,

Stewart,

Ousley,

'l'aylor,

Pace of Newton,. Tl'M'y,

Padgett,

Walker of Union,

Pate of Gwinnett, West,

Post,

Williams of Emanuel.

Pri~,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Willingham,

Rogers,

W0otea.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Franklin,

Hill,

Arnold,

Fort,

Howard,

Beauchamp,

Gres~nl',-

Hop~ins,

Bell of Spalding, Greene-,

- John11on of ApplhYg~

Black of Dawson',. Griffith,

Johnson ot Floyd,

Black of Whitfi~f Hammett,

Jordan of Jaspe!",

Blalock,

Hammond,

Lane of Early,

Carlton,

Hamby,

Latimer,

Cook,.

Hardin of Wilkes,. Lee,

Copeland,

Harrell,

Longino,

Darnell,

Hathcock,

Martin,

David,

Hendricks,

Mitchell,

Drawdy,

Hender!rott ofirwill'; Mullins,

Farmer,

Henderson of Waslt"'n,McCants,

McDonald,

Smith of Hall,

Turner of Rockdale,

McLaughlin,

Spinks,.

Wpehltr~.,.

McRae,

Speer,

Walker of Brooks,

Newton,.

Stone,

Walker of Crawf.old.

Par,k. o~ '.l!.ou.p,

Swift,

Wood,

Rawls of Effingham,. 'l'immerman,

Mr. Speaker,

Richardson,

Ayes 44, naylf &:8.

THtJ'RSl>AY,. lJECEMBE'It 7, 1899.

1001

On m&tioo of Mr. Mo:rril!l, ~f Cobb, the verifieatkm o the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 44, nays 68.
The bill not having reeeived the :requisite eonstitutional majorityf was l~
Mr. :Moore, of Carroll, askM permission ro withdraw bills Nos. 425 and 615, which r~uest was granted.
Mr. Price of Oconee,. asked unanimous consent to with-
draw bill No. 658, which request was granted.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to pay certain moneys from the treasury of Fulton county, to the road and bridge in~etor, and fo-r othe-r 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 109, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional rnftjority, was passed.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture of. spirituous liqnbrs in the county of J a.ckson, and fo-r other purposes.

The report o the committee which was fav-orable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed ro.
On paseage of the bill, the ayes WeYe 1001 n~ 0.

1002

_JOURJ'!AL OF: TilE. -HoUSE. _

The bill ~ving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Tracy of Dooly-
A bill to be. entitled an act to amend an act to establish the public schools of Cordele, 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.

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

By Mr. Tracy of Dooly-

A bill to-be entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Cordele, 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 107, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was p_assed.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

. A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

The report, of the c~mmittee which was favorable to the
t.o passage of the bill, was agree~ .

On pafi!!age of the bill, the-ayes were 106; nays 0.

TH~RSDA~, DECEMBER 1, 1899.

1003

So, the bilL having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Bass of Habersham-
A bill to be entitled an act to maend an act to incorporate the town of Alto, al!.d for other purposes..
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, waa agret;ld, to..
On p~ssage of the bill, the ayes ;were 105, nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb--
A bill to be entitled an act .to incorporate the town of Kirkwood, 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 re~eived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Tisinger of Upson-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the toWn. of Yatesville, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, waa agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes. were 109, n~ys 0.

1004

JoURNAL o:r THE HousE.

&, the bill having received the requisite constiutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Park of Troup--

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of LaGrange, 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 109, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite co:nstitutioual majority, was passed.

By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett~

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city cO'ftrt of Gwinnett, 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 we-re 106, :naye 0.

So, the- 'bill having receiv~d the requisite co11stitntional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rudicil of Chattooga-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal sections 10 to 15 of an act to incorporate the town of S~merville, in Chattooga county, and for other purposes.

The :report of the committee, which was fav-orable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On paseage of the bill, the> aye& were 106, MJl! 0.

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1006

.&, the bill hal'Ulg ieceiVd the requisite eQD.stitutional
majority, was p~.
By Messrs. Holder and Hosch ()f J aekson-
A bill to be entitled an aet to establish the city eourt o Jefferson, .and for other purpoaes.
The report o the eommittee, which was fav()l'ahle to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the hill, the ayes were 108, nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constiutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Reid of Taliaferro-
A hill to be entitled an act to amend the charter o Crawfordville, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agTeed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 109, nays 0.

So, the bill having received' the requisite constiutional

majority, was passed.



By :Messrs~ Sloan. and' Smith of Hall:_

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish a city court in the county of Hall, and for other purposes.

The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 109, nays 0.

1006

JouRNAL bF THE HousP:.

So, the bill having receiv'ed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Henderson of Irwin-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Ocilla, and for other purposes.
The report of the eomrriittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 108, nays o.
I
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dews of Randolph-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Cuthbert, 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, t?e ayes were 116, nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Castleberry of Monroe--'-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture

of spirituous liquors in the county of Monroe, and for other

purposes.

c



The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

passage of the bill, was agreed to.

.

THURBDA:Y,~DECEMBER 7, 1'899.

1007

On passage of the bill,the ayes--were 12i, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the r~quisite constitutional

majority was passed.





By Mr. Ousley of Lowndes:-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of Valdosta, and for other purpOses.

The report of the committee, which .was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pasage of the bill, the ayes were 113, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Cook of Heard (by request)-

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manUfacture . of spirituous liquors in Heard county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed t~.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 121, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Castleberry of Monroe---:

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in Monroe county, and for other purposes;

1008

J"ouRN.6.L o.F THE Hous&

The report of the committee., whicli was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 12.3, nays 0.

The bill having received the :requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act creating a new charter for Macon, 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 109, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Black of Whitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Dalton, so as to authorize the mayor and council to condemn private property, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.
On pasage o the bill, the ayes were 125, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. McGehee and Fort of HarrisA bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the Qhipley
school district, and for other purposes.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899.

1009

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 122, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dalton, relative to the board of water-works commissioners, and for other purposes.

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 123, nays 0.

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

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

Jfr. S pealcer:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following act, to wit :

An act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton.

The following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Wooten of Calhoun-
A bill to be entitled an act to revise the pension rolls of certain counties o this State, and for other purpoo-es.
fUll

1010

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-

A resolution for the relief of A. C. McCrary, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

J3y Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create the office of special attorney of the W. & A. railroad, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Carter of Burke-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3355 of the

Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. West of White-

A bill to repeal section .1786 of the Code, and for other purposes.

RefetTed to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Bynum of Columbia-

A joint resolution authorizing the payment of the burial expenses of J. M. Wilkins, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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.By Mr. Williams of Emanuel-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Adrian, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By :Mr. Williams of Emanuel-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish the city court of Swainsboro, ~nd for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the town of Douglas, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
.By :Messrs. Johnson and Anderson of Bartow-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create a hoard of county commissioners for Bartow county, and for ~ther purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
:Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special J u~iciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. S p_eaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary instruct me to n}JOrt the following Hou!:le bill back with the recommenda~ion that the same do pass, to wit :

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A bill to amend the charter of Dawson, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. ROLAND EI.LIS, Chairman.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. :Ford of Worth-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Poulan, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Brown of Bryan-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide a tax for the manufacture and sale of domestic wines in Bryan county.
By lvfr. Herring of Decatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the hunting or fishing upon the lands of another in this State, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Upchurch of CharltonA hill to be entitled an act to more definitely define the
boundary line between the counties of Charlton and Wayne; and for other purposes.
By Mr. Brandon of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction oYer cer-
tain lands in Fulton county to the. United States, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Gay of ColquittA .bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town o
Doerun, in Colquitt county, and for other purposes.

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1013

By :Mr. Hardwick of y.,-ashington-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act incorporating the town of Harrison, and for other purposes.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the .Vernon Shell Hoad Company, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Johnson and Denny of Floyd

A resolution Duthorizing the Governor to appoint a boar<;! of commissioners for the Exposition l!niversal, to be held i:r;t Paris, in 1900.

By Mr. Turner of Henry-
A joint resolution to pay pension due W. J. Irwin.

By Mr. Herring of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 527 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of Greene-

A resolution to pay the pension due J. G. Ingram to his widow.

By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts constituting the charter of Albany, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-

A bill to .be entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Albany, and for other purposes.

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. JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee--
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act creating the
board of commissioners of Coffee county, and for other pur-
poses.
By Mr. Walker of Crawford-
.A. bill to be entitled an act to establish a public school system for the town of Knoxville, Ga., and for other purposes.
By Mr. Carter of Burke--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 490 and 40 l of the Penal Code, and for other purposes.
By :.\fr. Tanner of Co:ffe<.'--

A bill to be entitled an act to provide a system of pub!ie schools for the town of Douglas, and for other purposes.
By ]lr: Black o:f Whitfield--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to submit certain questions to the qualified voters of Whitfield county, :md for othe11 purposes_

By :Mr. Park of Greene--

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 61, volume

am 1- a:f the Cflde,.

w &ilier -plll"]>~~

By Mr. williams of Emanuel-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish the :Bolmi o:i C&m:missiame-rs- o:f Roads and :Revenues. for the county of Emanuel,. am! f~ othe:r pen:p0aee.

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1015

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke--
A bill to be entitled an act to make an appropriation for the support of a summer session for the State University.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
~A.. bill to he entitled an act to provide for t_he registration of voters to vote at the municipal elections in the town of Boston, and for other purposes.

By :Messrs. Farmer and Taylor of J e:fferson-
A resolution providing for the payment of the pension dueT. :E. Swan to his widow.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb--
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Arnold and Maxwell of Oglethorpe--
A bill to be entitled an act to require all owners of lands of Oglethorpe county to keep obstructions cleared from the streams traversing same, and for other purposes.

By =~fr. Felker of Walton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend all acts incorporating the town of Social Circle, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill tn be entitled an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Bibb county, an<l :Eo~ other purposes.

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By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A resolution to correct an error in the engrossing of House bill :No. 415, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Upchurch of Charlton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 38() and 387 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for otlier purpose8.
By Mr. Tisinger of Upson-

A joint resolution to pay the aiTears in the pension due John D. }forgan, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning the condemnation of private property in this State, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Carlton of Clarke-

A resolution to apply certain funds in the State Treasury to the sinking fund of the State, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. ;Jordan of Jasper-
A resolution to pay the pension due Jas. J. Smith to hi:l
widow.
By Mr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 4625 of the Code, and for other purposes.

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1017

By Mr. Starr of Gordon--

A bill to be entitled an act to protect the game o this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Chappell of }!uscogee-
A resolution to supply certain deficiencies in the contingentand printing funds, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Lane of Sumter-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice in claim cases, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to exempt maimed or disabled Confederate soldiers from paying certain taxes.

By Mr. Woodall of Talbot-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter o.f tlte city of Talbotton, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Park of Greene--

. A billto be. entitled an act to require the inspection of
butter and cheese, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Brown of Bryan-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and control the taking of fish and oysters in the public waters.of this State, and for other purposes.
By }[r. Bass of Habersham-

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A bill to be entitled an act to amend the cbaner oi Clarksville, and for other purposes.
By l\fr. J ohmon of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to admit white women oveteighteen years of age into the School of Techno~ogy, aud for ot;her purposes.
By l\fr. Emanuel of C-Hynn-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establi.Rh the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. :McRae of Telfair-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the reorganization of the military forces of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payment of certain moneys to Nathan Toomer, arid for other purposes.

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the streets of Griffin to be worked by the convicts of the county of Spalding, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of Appling-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act regulating the license for the sale of spirituous liquors in Appling county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Dickey of ~'annin-

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1019

~\. resolution to pay the pension due Samuel Clontz to his widow.

By Mr. Everett of Stewart-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 243, volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

BJ': Mr. Laing o Terrell-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Dawson, and for other purposes.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to ,,_,it: By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing that the matter submitted by the Steerage Committee, be not set aside, except by unanimous consent.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

.A resolutw,n providmg that when a motion is made for the committee o the whole to rise and report the bill or resolution under consideration back to the House with the recommendation that it do or do not pass, that the chairman of said committee shall do so immediately, and all further debates in the committee of the whole shall cease.

Under the rules of the House, the above resolution was laid on the table one day.

On motion of Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, bills Nos. 481, 567, 178 and 675 were tabled.

On motion of Mr. Price, of Oconee, bill No. 658 was withdra'\\-n.

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House bill No. 685 was tabled upon motion of Mr. Carlton, of Clarke.

In pursuance to the provisions of the resolution this day adopted by the House, the Speaker announced the following Steering Committee, to wit: Messrs. John~vn of Bartow, Chairman; Bell of Forsyth, Chappell, Duncan, Ellis, Jordan of Pulaski, and Slaton.

Leave of absence was granted the following members, to wit: Me.cosrs. Whiteley of Glascock, Johnson of Lee, Rogers of Marion, Beauchamp, Singletary.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, December 8, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Spealier, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron,. Bass,

Bennett of Mitchell, Blalock,

Bennett of Pierce, Bond,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bowen,

Bell of Spalding. Bower,

Black of Dawson, Brandon,

Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan,

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1021

Brown of Carroll, Herring,

Pace of Newton, _

Bryan,

Hill,

Padgett,

Bush,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bynum,

Hopkins,

Park of Greene,

Calvin,

Holder,

Post,

Carlton,

Hosch,

Price,

Carter,

Houser,

Rawls of Effingham,

Castleberry,

Hutchins,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Chappell,

Jarnagan,

Reid,

Cook,

Johnson of Appling, Reynolds,

Copeland,

Johnson of Baker, Richardson,

CJrossland,

Johnson of Bartow, Rogers,

David,

Johnson of Floyd, Rose,

Denny,

Jones of Burkt>,

RudicH,

Dews,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

Dickey,

Jordan of Pulaski, Slaton,

Duncan,

Knowles,

Smith of Hancock,

Ellis,

Lane of Bibb,

Snell,



Emanuel, Easterlin,

Lane of Sumter, Lane of Early,

Spinks, Starr,

Everett of Polk,

Laing,

Stubbs,

Farmer,

LaRoche,

Sturgis,

Felker,

Lee,

Stewart,

Fender,

Longino,

Stone,

Freeman,

Mayson,

Swift,

Franklin,

Maxwell,

Tanner,

Ford,

Merritt,

Tatum,

Gay,

Mitchell,

Taylor,

George,

Moore,

Tisjnger,

Gresham,

Morris,

Tracy,

Griffin of Greene, Mullins,

Turner of Henry,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

Griffith,

McCranie,

Upchurch,

Hall,

McDonough,

Walker of Brooks,

Hammett,

McElreath,

Walker of Crawford.

Hamby,

McGehee,

Walker of Union,

Hardin of Liberty, McFarland,

West,

Hardin of Wilkes McLennan,

Whiteley,

Hardwick,

McMillan,

Williams of Emanuel,

Harrison,

McRae,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Harris,

Newton,

Woodall,

Harrell,

Ogletree,

Wooten.

Harvard,

Ousley,

Yates.

Hathcock,

Overstreet,

Mr. Speaker.

Hendricks,

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Those absent were :Messr8.-

Adamson, Beauchamp, Darnell, Drawdy, Everett of Stewart, Fort, Greene, Hammond,

Henderson of Irwin, Singletary,

Henderson of Wash'n,Sloan,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Latimer,

Speer,

Martin,

Timmerman,

McDonald,

Watkins,

McLaughlin,

Willingham,

Park of Troup,

Wood.

Mr. Lee, of Pulaski, asked leave of absence for Mr. Cook; of Heard, which leave was granted.

On motion of Mr. Park, of Greene, the reading of the
journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Carlton, of Clark, asked that bill No. 685 be taken
from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

Mr. \Valker, of Union, asked that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of having two additional members appointed on the Committee on Enrollment, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, asked that bill No. 110 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

:Mr. Brown, of Carroll, asked that bill No. 573 be substituted for bill No. 247, which bill was on the order of business for to-day, which request was granted.

~Ir. Hall, of Bibb, asked that Senate bill No. 1 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which request was granted.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1023

Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, asked that resolution No. 234 be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations, which request was granted.
Mr. LaRoche, of Chatham, in conformity with his previous notice, moved to reconsider the action of the House had upon bill No. 524, which was a bill relative to the solicitor of the city court of Savannah.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.

l\fr. Pace, of Newton, moved to reconsider the action of the House had upon House bill No. 33, which motion prevailed.
The following bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide how notes, bonds and accounts, etc., shall he returned for taxation, and for other purposes.
On motion of l\Ir. Slaton, of Fulton, the hill was tabled, together with the substitute and pending amendments.

The following hill, which was made the special order for to-day, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

-~ bill to he entitled an act to require judges of the superior courts to render judgment at the appearance term of such court, without the verdict of a jury, in all civil cases, and for other purposes.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The following substitute was offered by Mr. Morris, of Cobb, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to require judges of superior, city. and county courts to render judgment at the appearance term of their respective courts, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill Mr. Morris called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-.

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,

Everett of Polk, Johnson of Floyd,

Felker,

Lane of Bibb,

Ford,

Lane of Early,

Gay,

Lane of Sumter,

Griffin of Greene, LaRoche,

Griffith,

Mayson,

Hammett,

Maxwell,

Hamby,

Mitchell,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Hardin of Wilkes, McCranie,

Hardwick.

McDonough,

Harrison,

McLennan,

Harris,

McMillan,

Harrell,

Newton,

Harvard,

Ousley,

Hendricks,

Overstreet,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hopkins,

Post,

Holder,

Price,

Hosch,

Reynolds,

Houser,

Richardson,

Hutchins,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling, Simpson,

Johnson of Baker, Slaton,

Spinks, Speer, Starr, Tanner, Tatum,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1025

Tr!J.Cy,

Walker of Union,

Turner of Rockdale, West,

Upchurch,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Walker of Brooks, Woodall.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Barron,

Johnson of Bartow, Rawls of Wilkinson.

Bennett of Mitchell, Laing,

Reid,

Bennett of Pierce, Lee,

Rudicil,

Bond,

Longino,

Smith of Hancock

Brown of Bryan, Merritt,

Snell,

Carter,

McCants,

Sturgis,

Fender,

McFarland,

Stewart,

Freeman,

McGehee,

Taylor,

Franklin,

Ogletree,

Tisinger,

George,

Padgett,

Williams of Emanuel,

Griffin of Twiggs, Park of Greene,

Wooten,

Hall,

Rawls of Effingham, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Blalock Carlton, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Drawdy, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fort, Gresham, Greene, Hammond,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Henderson of Irwin, Park of Troup,

Henderson of Washt'nRogers,

Hill,

Singletary,

Jarnagan,

Sloan,

Johnson of J,ee,

Smith of Hall,

Jones of Burke,

Stubbs,

Jordan of Jasper, Stone,

Jordan of Pulaski, Swift,

Knowles,

Timmerman,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Martin,

Walker of Crawford,

Moore,

Watkins,

Mullins,

Whiteley,

McDonald,

Willingham,

McElreath,

Wood,

McLaughlin,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Morris, o Cobb, the verification o the roll-call was dispensed with.
clh

1026

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 36.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute.
Mr. Morris then moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion prevailed.
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 bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to alter and amend the charter of the city of Cedartown, in the county of Polk.

The next special order was the following resolution, which was re!1,d and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A resolution to provide for an appropriation for the payment of the per diem of the joint tax commission, and for other purposes.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas.
After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER R, 1899.

1027

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

An a:ppropriatio:t;l being involved in the resolution, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, Franklin, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs,

Griffith,

McLennan,

Hall,

McMillan,

Hamby,

Newton,

Hardin of Wilkes, Ogletree,

Harris,

Ousley,

Harvard,

Overstreet,

Hendricks,

Pace of Newton,

Herring,

Park of Greene,

Hill,

Post,

Hopkins,

Rawls of Effingham,

Holder,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Hosch,

Reid,

Houser,

Reynolds,

Hutchins,

Richardson,

Johnson of Appling, Rose,

Johnson of Floyd, Rudicil,

Jordan of Jasper, Slaton,

Jordan of Pulaski, Snell,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Lane of Early,

Stone,

Laing,

Tanner,

LaRoche,

Tisinger,

Longino,

Tracy,

Mayson,

Turner of Henry,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

Upchurch,

Mitchell,

Walkerof Union,

Moore,

williams of Emanuel,

Morris,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McCranie,

Woodall,

McDonough,

wooten.

McGehee,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

'Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Brown of Bry~, Bush, Dickey,
::E!'sterlin, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison,

Howard, Jarnagan, Knowles, Lane of Sumter, Lee, McCants, McFarland,

Smith of Hancock, Sturgis, Stewart, Taylor, West, Willingham.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Greene,

Park of Troup,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hammond,

Price,

Bennett of Pierce, Hardwick,

Rogers,

Beauchamp,

Harrell,

Simpson,

Black of Whitfield, Hathcock,

Singletary,

Blalock,

Henderson of Irwin, Sloan,

Bond,

Henderson ofWasht'nSmith of Hall,

Bynum,

Johnson of Baker, Spinks,

Cook,

Johnson of Bartow, Speer,

Copeland,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Darnell,

Jones of Burke,

Swift,

Drawdy,

Latimer,

Tatum,

Ellis,

Martin,

Timmerman,

Everett of Stewart, Mullins,

Walker of Brooks,

Farmer,

McDonald,

Walker of Crawford,

Freeman,

McElreath,

Watkins,

Ford,

McLaughlin,

Whiteley,

Fort,

McRae,

Wood.

Gay,

Padgett,

Yate!!.

Gresham,

Pate of Gwinnett, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 95, and the nays 19.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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1029

On motion of Mr. Starr, of Gordon, the resolution wl,\8 or~ered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit: By Mr. Park of Greene--

A resoltuion extending thal!ks to the Hon. C. H. Jordan and Ex-governor W. J. Northen for the~ services to. the State.

By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond-

A resolution providing that all bills and resolutions be ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate, after passage, unless a notice to reconsider is given.

Th~. following resolution, which was read yesterday and

laid on the table for one day, was taken up, read, and on

motion of Mr. Calvin, was committed to the Committee on

Rules, to ~t:

.

.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A resolution providing that when the House is in committee of the whole, that all debates shall cease when the motion to report back to the House is made, and th.at the chairman shall make said report immediately.

The following resolution was read, and under the rules of the House, was laid on the table for one day, to wit:

By Mr. Blalock of Eayette-

A resolution limiting debates upon any measure to twenty minutes, _and speeches thereon to five minutes.

The following resolution was introduced, read and ordered engrossed, to wit:

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Freeman o Coweta-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow, if necessary, such money as is needed to supply casual deficiencies.

The following bill was read the third time and placed upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Rawls of Effingham-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow proper freeholders to swear in and manage elections when no proper officer appears, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill Mr. Bush, of Miller, 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, Allen, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding. Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan. Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Chappell,

Denny, Dews, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Franklin, Ford, Griffin of Greene, Harris, Hendricks, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling,

Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Early, LaRoche, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCranie, McDonough, McGehee, McLennan, Ousley,

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1031

Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds,

Richardson, Rudicil, Slaton, Tanner, Turner of Rockdale, Walkerof Brooks,

Walker of Union, West, Williams of Emanuel, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Bush, Dickey. Fender, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hammett, Harrell, Herring, Houser,

Lee, Longino, Mayson, McCants, McFarland, Ogletree, Park of Troup, Post, Reid, Smith of Hancock, Snell,

Spinks, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Tisinger, Turner of Henry, Williams of Lumpkin, Yates.

Those not voting were Mesars.-

Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield. Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker,

Felker,

Johnson of Bartow,

Freeman,

Johnson of Lee,

Fort,

Jones of Burke,

Gay,

Lane of Bibb,

George,

Lane of Sumter,

Gresham,

Laing,

Greene,

Lattimer,

Hall,

Martin,

Hammond,

Maxwell,

Hamby,

Mullins,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonald,

Hardin of Wilkes, McElreath,

Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Harrison,

McMillan,

Harvard,

McRae,

Hathcock,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Henderson of Wash'n,Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Price,

Hosch,

Rogers,

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Rose, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer,

Stubbs, Swift, Tatum, Timmerman, Tracy, Upchurch.

Walker of Crawford, watkins, Whiteley, Willingham,
'Vood, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of 1Ir. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 63, and the nays 33.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

Mr. Jordan, of Jasper, moved that bill No. 590 be tabled, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Park, of Greene, bill No. 684 was tabled;

Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Commitee on Corporations instruct me to report the following bills back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Sparks, in the county of Berrien.
Also, that the following Senate bill do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of Cedartown, in Polk county.

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1033

Also, that the :following Senate bill do not pass, to wit:

A bill regulati~g insurance in this State.

Also, that the :following House bill be read second time and recommitted, to wit:

A bill to amend charter o:f the city o:f Brunswick.

The committee have also had under consideration the :fol lowing bills, which they instruct me to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town o:f MouJtrie, as the city o:f Moultrie, and :for other purposes.

Also, a bill to establish a system o:f registration :for the city o:f Moultri~, and :for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JAS. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman o:f the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Commitee have had under con~ideration the :following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4611 o:f vol ume 2 o:f the Code o:f Georgia, and :for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the claim laws of the State of Georgia, and to regulate the pleading and practice with reference thereto, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration tho following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide the manner by which the owners of property may create by deed an estate therein, and improvements placed thereon, etc., and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the relief of Martin H. Dooly.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, 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 House bills, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to provide for the acceptance by the State of Georgia of the property known as the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1035

A bill to appropriate money to the Secretary of State for the purpose of rebinding, assorting, and to save, protect and preserve its ancient records on :file in his office, etc.
A bill to be entitled an, act for the preservation of historical reGords of the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton of FultonA resolution authorizing the Steering Committee to re-
arrange the calendar during the day if they should see :fit.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon. their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Reid of TaliaferroA resolution for the relief of G. T. Edwards, and for
other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On passage of the resolution the ayes were 99, and the nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill to be entitled an act to require all persons having
claims for injuries against municipalities to present same, and for other purposes.

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Mr. Morris, of Cobb, moved to amend as follows:
To amend section 1, by adding after the word "injury" and before the word "and," in the seventh lirie of said section, the words "as near as possible."

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
To amend section 1, byadding at the end of section 1 the following : Provided, that the meaning of statute of limitations shall be suspended during the time the demand for payment before such authorities is pending without action on their part.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
Leave of absence was granted the folloWing members, to wit: Messrs. Bowen, McDonald of Ware, Speer of Sumter, Chappell.

The hour of adjournment having arri~ed, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this aft!3rnoon.

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1037

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

Adams,

Griffin of Greene, Padgett,

Allen,

Griffin of Twiggs, Park of Greene,

Anderson,

Griffith,

Park of Troup,

Barron,

Hall,

Post,

Bass,

Hardin of Liberty, Rawls of Effingham.

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrison,

Reid,

Bell of Spalding, Harris,

Reynolds,

Black of Dawson, Harvard,

Richardson,

Blalock,

Hendricks,

Rudicil,

Bond,

Henderson of Wash'nSlaton,

Bower,

Herring,

Smith of Hancock,

Brandon,

Houser,

Snell,

Brown of Bryan, Johnson of Bartow, Spinks,

Brown of Carroll, Jordan of Pulaski, Starr,

Bryan,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Bush,

Lane of Early,

Sturgis,

Carlton,

Lane of Sumter,

Stewart,

Carter,

Laing,

Stone,

Chappell,

Lee,

Tanner,

Crossland,

Longino,

Taylor,

David,

Maxwell,

TurnE>r of Henry,

Denny,

Merritt,

Walker of Brooks,

Dews,

Mitchell,

Walker of Union,

Dickey,

Moore,

West,

Ellis,

Morris,

Whiteley,

Emanuel,

McCranie,

Williams of Emanuel,

Easterlin,

McFarland,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Everett of Polk,

McGehee,

Willingham,

Felker,

McLennan,

Woodall,

Fender,

Ogletree,

Wooten.

Freeman,

Ousley,

Yates,

Ford,

Overstreet,

-Mr. Speaker.

Gresham,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold,

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfield,

Beauchamp,

Bowen,

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Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Franklin, Fort, Gay, George, Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick, Harrell, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Howard,

Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagin, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke. Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, LaRoche, Latimer, Martin, Mayson, Mullins, McCants,. McDonald. McDonough, McElreath, McLaughlin, McMillan,

McRae, Newton, Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Price, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer, Swift, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Wood.

By unanimous consent the following joint resolution was read a third time, and put upon its passage:

By Mr. Drawdy of Wayne-
A joint resl'!lution providing for the payment o the per diem due the Ron. Elijah Tanner, o Coffee county.
Mr. Rawls, of Effingham, proposed to amend by paying per diem and mileage for 1898 and 1899.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to
On the passage o the bill the ayes were 110, and the nays 0.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1039

So, the resolution having received the requisite constitu tional majority, was passed, as amended.

Mr. Moore, of Carroll, Chairman of the Committee_ on
Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters instruct me to report the following House bills back, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to repeal the charter for the town of Cohutta.
Also, a bill to regulate the compensation of ordinaries, clerk of superior courts, etc., of this State.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

1Ir. Jordan, of Pulaski, Vice-chairman of the Committee on General ..::\.griculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture instruct me to report the following bill of the House back, with the recommendation that Etame do not pass, to wit:
A bill appropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars to the State College of Agriculture and Arts, at Athens, Ga.
Respectfully submitted.
G. W. JOHDA N, JR., Chairman pro tern.

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The following message wa., received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:

Mr. Spealcer:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:
An act to levy a tax on dogs in this State.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Darien.
An act to amend the charter of the Atlanta Banking Company.
An act to amend the chart~r of the Germania Banking Co., of Atlanta.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Hahira, in Lowndes county.
An act to prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Henry county.
An act to amend the act creating the board of county commissioners of Jones county.
An act to amend sections 1778 and 1781 of the Code.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Meigs.
An act to amend the charter of the town of Dexter.
An act to amend an act creating the city court o Clarke county.
An act to amend section 4205 of the Code.

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1041

An act to incorporate the town of Five Forks, in the county of :Madison.
An act to repeal the local option law of Troup county, so far as it relates to the tmvn of West Point.
An act to amend the public school law of the city of Moultrie.
An act to repeal th~ charter of the town of J e:fferson.
An act to repeal an act extending the limits of the city of :Macon.

An act to provide for the appointment of an inspector of roads and bridges in certain counties in this State.

An act to repeal the charter of the town of Wrightsville, in the county of Johnson.

Also, a resolution authorizing payment of pension of "\Y. R. H. Statham, of Jackson county.

:Mr. Moore, of Carroll, Chairman of Committee on Counties and County ~latters, begs leave to submit the followin~ report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had before it for consideration the following bills, which I am instructed to report back, with a recommendation that the same do pass:

No. 810, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Adrian, in the counties of Emanuel and Johnson, and for other purposes.
66h

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Also, No. 813, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act establishing the city court of Swainsboro, in the county of Emanuel, and for other purposes. All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon, their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Chappell of }fuscogee-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the maki11g of affidavits outside of the State of Georgia to be used within this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and thenays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an act to create a new judicial circuit to be known as the Carrollton circuit.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 63, and thenays 36.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional

majority, was lost.

._ .

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1043

By Mr. Bond of Madison-
A bill to be entitled an act to autho~ize the county au:thorities of the several counties of this State to purchase bloodhounds, and for other purposes.
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 105, and thn nays 5.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Starr, of Gordon, House bill No. 488 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Post of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the law of year'.~. support as provided for in section 3465, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
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 96, and the nays 6.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the committee to investigate the Georgia State Sanitarium.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose

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o considering the same, and the Speaker designated ~ chairman o the committee, :Mr. Park o Greene.

Ater a consideration o the resolution the committee of the whole arose, and, through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that .it do pass.

On the passage o the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Eass, "Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Elack of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Denny, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk,

Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harvard. Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Laing,

Lee, Longino, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Morris, Mullins, McDonough, McFarland, McLennan, McMillan, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reid, Reynolds, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Starr,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

1045

Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger,

Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, 'Valker of Brooks, Walker of Union,

'Vest, Williams of Emanuel, Willingham, Wooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Beauchamp, Bowen, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland,
Crossland, Darnell, David, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fort, George, Gresham, Greene, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardwick,

McRae,

Harrell,

Newton,

Hathcock,

Padgett,

Henderson of Irwin, Pate of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Washt'nPark of Troup,

Howard,

Richardson,

Houser,

Rogers,

Johnson of Baker, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Singletary,

Jones of Burke,

Sloan,

Jordan of Jasper, Smith of Hall,

Knowles,

Speer,

Lane of Sumter,

Stone,

LaRoche,

Swift,

Latimer,

Tatum,

Martin,

Timmerman,

Mayson,

Upchurch,

Moore,

Walker of Crawford,

McCants,

'Vatkins,

McCranie,

Whiteley,

McDonald, McElreath,

Williams of Lumpkin, Wood,

McGehee,

Woodall,

McLaughlin,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, and the nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Upchurch o CharltonA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the
running of freight trains on Sunday, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage o the bill the ayes were 91, and the nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hardin o WilkesA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2805, volume
2 o the Code, and or other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage o the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
By Mr. Bush o MillerA bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the putting of
poisonous substances in the streams o this State, for the purpose of killing fish, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage o the bill the ayes were 100, and the nays 0.

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1047

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A resolution to pay the pension due T. J. Taylor to his
widow.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and tho Speaker appointed as chairman of the committee, Mr. Slaton, of Fulton.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, ad amended.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

.Adams,

Carter,

Allen,

Denny,

Anderson,

Dews,

Barron,

Dickey,

Bennett of Mitchell, Duncan,

Bennett, of Pierce, Ellis,

Bell of Forsyth,

Easterlin,

Bell of Spalding, Everett of Polk,

Blalock,

Felker,

Bond,

Ford,

Bower,

Fort,

Brandon,

.Gay,

Brown of Bryan, George,

Brown of Car:roll, Griffin of Greene,

Bush,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Bynum,

Griffith,

Calvin,

Hammett,

Carlton,

Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Pulaski,

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Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Laing, Lee, Longino, Mason, Ma:t:well, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCranie, McDonough, McFarland, McLennan, McMillan,

Newton,

Snell,

Ogletree,

Spinks,

Ousley,

Starr,

Overstreet,

Stubbs.

Padgett,

Sturgis,

Park of Greene,

Stewart,

Post,

Tanner,

Price,

Taylor,

Rawls of Effingham, Tracy,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Turner of Henry,

Reid,

'Valker of Brooks,

Reynolds,

Walker of Union,

Richardson,

Williams of Emanuel,

Rose,

'Villiams of Lumpkin,

Rudicil,

Willingham,

Slaton,

Wooten.

Smith of Hancock,

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Bass, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bryan, Castleberry. Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Gresham, Greene,

Hall,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hammond,

Park of Troup,

Hardwick,

Rogers,

Harrell,

Simpson,

Hathcock,

Singletary,

Henderson of Irwin, Sloan,

Henderson onVash'n,Smith of Hall,

Howard,

Speer,

Johnson of Baker, Stone,

Johnson of Lee,

Swift,

Jones of Burke,

Tatum,

Jordan of Jasper, Tisinger,

Lane of Sumter,

Timmerman,

LaRoche,

Turner of Rockdale,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Martin,

Walker of Crawford.

Mullins,

Watkins,

McCants,

'Vest,

McDonald,

Whiteley,

McElreath,

Wood,

McGehee,

woodall,

McLaughlin,

Yates.

McRae,

Mr. Speaker.

Pace of Newton,

FRIDAY, NovEMBER 8, 1899.

1049

On motion of Mr. Easterlin, of l!Iacon, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority,_was passed, as amended.

By Mr. Longino of Campbell-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow Confederate soldiers to practice medicine without having to pay a tax, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, and the nays 3.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Leave of absence was granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. George of DeKalb, Turner of Rockdalr_, Newton of Morgan, Reid of Taliaferro, Morris of Cobb.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 9: 30 to-morrow morning.

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Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, December 9, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. W. B. Stradley.

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan. Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, David, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,

Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison, Harrell, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Jordan of .Tasper, Jordan of Pulaski,

Knowles, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Lane of Bibb, Laing, LaRoche, Longino, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McFarland, McLaughlin, McLennan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Padgett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rawls of Wilkinson, Reynolds, Richardson, Rose,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1051

Rudicil, Simpson, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart,

Stone, Swift., Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks,

Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, West, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Wooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bryan, Calvin, Chappell, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Stewart, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick,

Harris,

McGehee,

Harvard,

McMillan,

Hathcock,

Newton,

Henderson of Irwin, Pace of Newton,

Henderson of Wash'tnPate of Gwinnett,

Howard,

Reid,

Hosch,

Rogers,

Johnson of Floyd, Singletary,

Johnson of Lee,

Sloan,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Latimer,

Speer,

Lee,

Tatum,

Martin,

Timmerman,

Mayson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Morris,

Watkins,

McDonald,

Whiteley,

McDonough,

Wood,

McElreath,

Woodall.

:Mr. Park, of Greene, moved to dispense with the reading of the journal of yesterday's proceedings, which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Brown, of Carroll, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House had on yesterday upon House bill No. 573.

Mr. Rawls, of Effingham, gave notice, that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House had on yesterday in reference to House bill No. 169.

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l.fr. Brown, of Carroll, then moved to reconsider the action of the House had on yesterday upon House bill No. 573, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Rawls, of Effingham, in conformity with his previous notice, moved to reconsider the action of the House had yesterday upon bill No. 169, which motion prevailed.
On motion of :Mr. LaRoche, of Chatham, bill No. 524: was tabled.

Mr. Carter, of Burke, asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill No. 516, which request was granted.
l.fr. Hardin, of Liberty, asked permission to withdraw House bill No. 592, whi-ch request was granted.
The following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Walker of Crawford-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a public school system for the town of Knoxville, Ga., and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Emanuel of GlynnA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish
the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

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1053

The report o the committee, which was :favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage o:f the bill the ayes were 98, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

By :Mr. Ellis o:f Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter o the city o Macon, and :for other purposes.

The report o the committee, which was :favorable to the passage o:f the bill, w_as agreed to.

On the passage o the bill the ayes were 96, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the county authorities o Spalding county to have the streets o Griffin worked by the county convicts, and :for other purposes.

The report o:f the committee, which was :favorable to the passage o:f the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage o:f the bill the ayes were 96, and the nays 0.

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

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By Mr. Woodall of Talbot-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Talbotton, and for other purposes.

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 96, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A l:iill to be entitled an act to provide a punishment for arson, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favor!lble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize any owner of a bill o sale to personal property to secure a debt to ore~ close the same in the manner as mortgages, and for other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1055

On the passage o the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Spinks o Paulding-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time o holding the spring term o the Paulding superior court, and or other purposes.
The report o the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage o the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Tanner o Coffee--
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create a board o commissioners o roads and revenues or the county o Coffee, and or other purposes.

The report o the committee, which was favorable to the pas8age o the bill, was agreed to.

'Upon the passage o the bill the ayes were 99, and the nays 0.

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

1056

JouRNAL o~<' THE HousE.

By :Mr. Tanner of Coffee-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a system of public schools for the town of Douglas, and for other purposes.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By }fr. Park of Troup-

A bill to be entitled an act to create a county court in each county of this State, and for other purposes.
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 99, and the nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Bass of HabershamA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter o the
city of Clarksville, and for other purposes.

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 96, and the nays 0.

SATU~AY, D~EMBE~ 9, 1.899.

1057

The bi]J. having received the requisite constitutional majority, was paesed..
By Mr. Felker of Walton---:-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the several acts in;. corpor~~:ting the town of Social Cir_cle, and for other purposes.
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 93, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Bibb, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brandon of Bryan-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide a tax for the manufacture of domestic wines in the county of Bryan, and for <>ther purposes.
87b

1058

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, and thenays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to submit. certain questions to the qualified voters of Whitfield county,. and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pas8age of the bill the ayes were 122, and thenays 0.
The bill having received the requi~ite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ford of Worth-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town o:f Poulan, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and thenays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority, was pa8sed.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1059

By Mr. Hardwick of WashingtonA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate
the town of Harrison, and for other purposes.
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 119, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Williams of Emanuel-
A hill to he entitled an act to repeal an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Emanuel, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By :Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A hill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Doerun, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to tlH passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the paseage of the bill the ayes were 122, and th} nays 0.



1060

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The bill havi.ng received the reqwsite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-

A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction over certain lands in Fulton county to -the United States, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the J>assage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requ,isite constitutional ~ajority, was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of Appling-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to regulate the granting of license to sell intoxicating liquors in Appling county.

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 124, and the nays 0.

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

By :Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an act constituting the present charter of Albany, and for other purposes.

SATURDAY:- DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1061

The report of the committee, which was favo-rable to' the passage ~~ the b,ill, was agreed to.

On the passage ~{the btllt~~-: ~y~s were i23, an.d the
nays 0.

So, the bill haVing received the. ~equisite con$titutional

majority, was passed.

. - -

.

.

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.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to th!"

pass-age

.-of

the .

bill, -w. as

.agr- e-.. e~d

to.

On the passage of 'the- bill the ayes- were 128~ and the nays 0..

The bill having received the reqUisite constitutional m~~

jority, was passed.

..

By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-

A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the city of Albany, and for other purp~ses.

The "-

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e
'

p .

o.

r

t

.

.o..f

the

commit. t;ee,.

whi- ch

was

fa. vora. ble

to

the

passage of the ~il!, was agreed to.

Oll tl1e passage of the bill the ayes were 125, and the nays 0.
So, the bill havirig received the requisite constitutional
majority, was passed.

l062

JOURNAL OF TIJE HOUSE.

.By Mr..Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the registration of voters to vote at the municipal.election in the town of Boston, and for other purposes.

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 126, and the nays 0.
So, the 'Qill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond~ A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1916 of vol-
ume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the hill the ayes were 89, and the Ii.ays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional maJority~ was passed.
By_ Mr. Knowles of Fulton-
A bill tobe entitled an act to require the registration and transfer of mortgages, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On. the pa1;1sage of the bill the ayes were 120, and the nays 0.

SATURDAY, DBCEMBEll 9, 1899.

1063

Th~ bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

:By Mr. .Adams of Putnam-
A bill to be entitled an act to add an additional clause to -section 1775, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ~ge of the bill, was agreed to.
On, the passage of the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Poet of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to require purchasers of native gold to keep a record of the same, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the -passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the paMage o~ the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-

jority, was passed.

'

]~y Mr. Starr of Gordon-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the protection ~ game in this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the :passage of the bill, was agreed to.

1064

On the passage of' the bill the ayes ~ere 89, and. t~e
nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionai majority,. was p~ssed.

:By M.r. Slaton of l!'nlton..:_

to . A bill to be' entitled an act

amend

~ection
.

.5. 518

of

the

Civil Code, and for other purposes.

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 89, and th~

nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionai rna~ jority, was pa~ed.

By Mr. Blaiock ~f Fayette.xhiii to be entitled an act to rearra~ge the Flint ~nd Coweta judicial circuits, and for other pl{~~ses.

The report of the committee, which was "favorableto the

passage of the bill, was agreed to.



On ~l~e passage of' the hili the ~yes wtl~e 136, and. the

nays 0.



The bill having received the requiSite constittiilonal majo:rity, was passe!!. _. ,

B)' :Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill.to be entitled an act to exempt railway postal clerks

from jury duty, and for other purposes.



'

8ATl1im.At,. DECEMB.Eilt: 9,. l899.

1065

he ~~po~t"olil~e c~mnlitt~~' -w:hich' ~as,fav~rable t~ thJ!
passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On .the passage of the bill the ayes were 139, and the
nf,(ys q.._ .. :..

The bill having received tile r~qtiiSite constitutionaf ina-

jo~ity, wa& passed. _. .

__ _ . .

The following Senate bills were read the third time, an!{ put upon their p!!S!3age_, to .wit:

By Mr. Grovenstein of the 1st District-

---

....

-. '. ~ . - ~

- -

~.

.' -

A bill to be entitled an act to place the _solicitor of .the

Effingham county court upon a salary, and for other pur-

poses.

-The r-eport of the-committee, which was- favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passirgeof the-bill the ayes were 129, and the nays 0.

So, -the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

A bill to be entitled an act to abolish the city court of

Oglethorpe county, and for oilier purposes.



to -The report ofth~ committee, wltlch ~asfavorable the

passage of the bill, was agreed to~.



On tli~-passage o:f the bill t:heayes were 135, arid .the

nays 0.

'



1066

JouRNAL Oll' 'l'llE HousE.

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

By Mr. Moye of the 16th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Wrightsville, and for other purposes.

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 131, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the city of Lexington, and for other purposes.
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 130, and the nays 0.

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

By r. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act toestablish the city court of Lexington, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1067

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 132, and. the nays 0.
So, th~ bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Thrasher of the 27th District-
A. bill to amend an act to provide for a solicitor for the county court of Oconee county, and for other purposes.

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 133, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Grovenstein of the 1st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to am~nd an act providing for the appointment of a clerk of the Effingham county court, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favo~able to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 134, and the nays 0.

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

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

1068

The Senate insists on its amendment No. 2 to the follow-
ing bill of the Rotise; to wit [

A bill to establish the city court of Greenville; providing

that the solicitor of said' court shall receive'the same fees

as are allowed solicitors-general of this State; and has

adoJ?t~d as-~ ;ubstitut~ to its. ~m(mdm(mt. No. 9, /th~ follo~

To ing:

strike from. the original bill all of section 42, and

substitute therefor, the. _substitqt~ for all?-E)ndment No., 9, providing for .the disp~siti~~ the fu'~d~ arising. f~oin_ fines,

etc., in said court.

The ~ollowing' mes8age -~~s recei;~d from tlie Senate
through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
.. ~ ,..

The following bill of the House having failed to receive the req1usite constitutio'nal'liiajority~ was lost in the Senate

.A hii{to prohibinhe manufacture; saie, keeping for sale,

etc., of any intoxi~ating iiquom in the State of GeO'rgia;ahd

for other purposes.



By unaliii:ll6{is consent the foilowing resohition,vas read

and adopted.

.

By Mr. Bon'd of Madison_:_

A resolution instructing our Representatives and SenatorsinCongress to further the project of having U. S. Senators elected by the people.

Mr: Duncan~ 'Chairman of the Committee on Corpora-

tions, submitted the following report:

.

SATURD~Y, DECEMBER.,9., 1899.

}()69

:M_r. Speaker: .
The Comn1ittee on Corporations instruct me to report the following House bill back, with recommendation that same do pas~, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Athens, in the county of Clarke.
Also, the following Senate bill do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. Respeetfully submitted.
J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

Mr. Knowles, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee .on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
~Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, which I am instructed to report back, with. the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution authorizing the State J..ibrarian to purchase for the use of the State Library the combined edition of the public laws of this State for 1896-1897 and 1898, and to appropriate money therefor.
Also, the following joint resolution, which I am instructed to report back~ with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:
A joint resolution authorizing the payment of the burial expenses of J. M. williams, of the county of Columbia.

1070

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Also, the following resolution to be reported back to the House, with the recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

A resolution to pay A. C. McCrary, of Graysville, Ga., the sum of $2,500.00 for personal injury sustained on W. & A. R. R. in 1860.
Respectfully submitted.
CLARENCE KNOWLES, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
}h. Speaker:
The committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the author of the same be allowed to withdraw the bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper in Georgia.
Hespectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Turner of Henry-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and ,direct the republication of Georgia Heports, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, IS9:J.

1071

By Messrs. Johnson and .Anderson of Bartow-
.A resolution to appropriate fifty dollars for the relief of the minor children of William Hill.
Referred to Committee on .Appropriations.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
.A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election cf the judge and solicitor of the county eourt of Jasper county by the qualified voters of said county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Richardson of Hart-
.A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of a cropper or other laborer in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-
.A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Terrell county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Mr. Laing of Terrell-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the dispensary net relating to Terrell county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Comities and County :Matters.

1072

JouRNAL OF THE Hous,;,

By Mr. All~n of Baldwin-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the city court of Waycross, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County M;att.ers.

By Mr. Carlton 'of Clarke-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Ogletree of Butts-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act to incorporate the town of Jackson, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hamby of Rabun-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of the counties of this State to employ a surveyor to assist in laying out new roads, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.

The following Senate bills were- read the first time, and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the hiring out of the convicts of Oglethorp~ county, and or other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1073

By Mr. _Redding of the 22d District-

A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4653 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Dickerson of 5th District-



A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to reincor-

porate the town of DuPont, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the _town of Dp.Pont, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee op. Corporations.

By Mr. Gross of the 29th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 221 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Cedartown, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
6~h

1074

JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special J udici:!ry instruct me to rec port the following bills, with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
Senate bill X o. 124, a bill to consolidate the office of taxreceiver and treasurer of Fannin county.
Also, House bill No. 787, a bill to regulate fees of no taries public, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to reduce the fees of notaries public.
By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of registration for the city of Moultrie.
By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the relief of Martin H. Dooly.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1075

By Mr. Turner of Henry-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the State Librarian to purchase certain books.
By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Athens, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 9.06, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Williams of Emanuel-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish the city court of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.

By :Mr. Park of Troup-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1366 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act to reincorporate the town of :Moultrie.

By Mr. McCranie of Berrien-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the town of Sparks, and for other purposes.

:By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

1076

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Williams of Emanuel-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Adrian, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate public instruction in the county o Glynn, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Johnson of the 41st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to protect the cattle of this State from contagious diseases, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Bunn of the 38th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend the claim laws of
the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. Wilcox of the 15th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payment of
services rendered in misdemeanor cases by the county of Henry, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Gross of the 29th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Au-
gusta, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Johnson of the 41st DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to consolidate the offices of
treasurer and tax-collector of Fannin county1 and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 18!l9.

1077

By Mr. Hand of the 8th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2801, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Cedartown, and for other purposes.

By Mr. West of the 6th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2723 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wilcox of the 15th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the compensation of jurors and bailiffs of Irwin county.

By Mr. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4611 of volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Wingfield and Bunn-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide the manner by which the owners of property may create by deed, an estate therein, etc., and for other purposes.

1078

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The Speaker announced the following additional members of the Committee on Enrollment: Messrs. Carlton and Rudicil.

Leave of absence was granted the following members, to wit: 'J\fessrs. Hopkins of Mcintosh, Howard of Chattahoochee, Harrell, Johnson of Bartow, Anderson.
On motion of Mr. Post, of Coweta, the House a~journed until10 o'clock Monday morning.

Atlanta, Ga.,

Monday, December 11, 1899.

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 the call of the roll those answering to their nam(:s were Messrs.-

Adams,

Bryan,

Adamson,

Bush,

Allen,

Bynum,

Arnold,

Calvin,

Bass,

Carter,

Bennett of Mitchell, Chappell,

Bennett of Pierce, Cook,

Bell of Forsyth,

Copeland,

Black of Dawson, Crossland,

Black of Whitfield, David,

Bond,

Denny,

Bowen,

Dews.

Bower,

Dickey,

Brandon,

Duncan,

Brown of Bryan, Ellis,

Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall,

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 11, 1899.

1079

Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hendricks, Hill, Howard, Holder, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Appling. Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing,-
LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin,

Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton,

Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Union, West, Williams of Emanuel, Willingham, Wood, Woodall, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Anderiion, Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Carroll, Carlton. Castleberry, Darnell, Drawdy, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Greene, Griffin of I'wiggs, Hammett, Hammond,

Hardin of Wilkes, Ousley,

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Hathcock,

Price,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

Herring,

Simpson,

Hopkins,

Singletary,

Hosch,

Sloan,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Lee,

Speer,

Latimer,

Walker of Crawford,

McDonald,

Watkins,

McGehee,

Whiteley,

McLaughlin,

Williams of Lumpkin.

Newton,

Wooten.

Ogletree,

1080

JOURNAL- OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. Bond, of Madison, reported that the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

}fr. Park, of Greene, moved to dispense with the reading of the journal, which motion prevailed.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By }.fr. Morris of Cobb--

A resolution providing for an additional appropriation to the railroad commission for 1900, and for other purposes.

An appropriation being involved in _the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole,, for the purpose of considering the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. McRae, ot: Telfair.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Bryan, Calvin,

Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, Denny, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Polk,

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1081

Fender, Freeman, Fort, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hamby, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard. Hendricks, Hutchins,

Johnson of Baker, Johnson ot Floyd, Laing, LaRoche, Mayson, Maxwell, .Morris, McDonough, McElreath, McMillan, McRae, Overstreet, Pace of Newton,

Park of Greene, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Richardson, Rose, Slaton, Tatum, Tracy, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, West, Williams of Emanuel, Wood.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

BuRh,

Jones of Burke,

Dickey,

Jordan of Jasper,

Felker,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Franklin,

J_ane of Early,

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Gay,

Lee,

Hall.

Longino,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Howard,

McCants,

Holder,

McCranie,

Houser,

McFarland,

3arnagan,

McLennan,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Padgett, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Stewart, Stone, Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Walker of Brooks, Willingham, Woodall, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, 13ynum, Carter, Carlton, Castleberry, Cook,

Darnell, David, Dews, Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, George, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes,

Harrell, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring,
~ill.
Hopkins, Hosch, ,Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Knowles, Lane of Bibb,

1082

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Latimer, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McDonald, McLaughlin, Newton, Park of Troup, Reid, Reynolds, Rudicil,

Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Stubbs, Swift, Turner of Henry, Watkins, Whiteley, McGehee, Ogletree, Pate of Gwinnett, Price,

Ayes 64, nays 39.

Rawls of Wilkinson, Rogers, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Star, Sturgis, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Williams of Lumpkin, wooten. Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Woodall, of Talbot, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 64, nays. 39.

The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

Mr. Morris gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House, just had on the above resolution.

:Mr. West, of White, asked that bill No. 811 be withdrawn from he General Judiciary Committee and recommitted to the Special Judiciary Committee, which request was granted.

Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved to reconsider the action of the House, had on Saturday, upon bill No. 795, which motion prevailed, and on motion of !:Ir. Ellis, was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1083

By Mr. Brown of Bryan-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the taking of fish' and oysters in the public waters of this State, and for otherpurposes.
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 96, nays 0..

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Copeland, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:
The Committee on Banks and Banking, have had under consideration Senate bill No. 135, entitled an act to amend' section 982 of the Code of 1895, providing for the selection of banks in certain cities, therein named as State deposits, so as to add to said list the city of Douglas, in thecounty of Coffee, and instruct me, as their chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that it do. pass.
Respectfully submitted.
F. W. COPELAND, Chairman.

Mr. C. H. Jordan, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:
J.[r. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriclture have had under consideration the following bill of the House, which I am~ requested to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, to wit:

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.
A bill to establish as a branch of the University, the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, in the southern -part of this State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Duncan, of Houston, Senate bill No. 157 was recommitted to the Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was introduced, read and adopted:
By Mr. Howard of Dooly-
_.\._ resolution, instructing our Senators and Congressmen to introduce a measure, authorizing the State of Georgia to enact legislation to prevent the importation and sale of cigarettes in this State.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, gave notice, that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House m adopting the above resolution.
The following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A resolution to pay the pension due J. J. Folds to his ,daughter.
The resoultion involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. -Willingham, of Monroe.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1085

After a consideration of the resolution, the committeearose, and through its chairman, reported the same back tothe House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
Report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called,. and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows ::

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Franklin,

Mullins,

Adamson,

Ford,

McCants,

Allen,

Fort,

McCranie,

Bass,

Gay,

McDonough,.

Bennett of Mitchell, Griffin of Greene, McFarland,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffith,

McLennan,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

McMillan,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hardin of Liberty, McRae,

Black of Whitfield, Harrison,

Ousley,

Blalock,

Harris,

Pace of Newton,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Padgett,

Bowen,

Herring,

Park of Greene,

Bower,

Hill,

Post,

Brandon,

Holder,

Rawls of Effingham,.

Brown of Bryan, Howard,

Reynolds,

Bush,

Jarnagan,

Richardson,

Bryan,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Calvin,

Jordan of Jasper, Rose,

Chappell,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Cook,

Jones of Burke,

Singletary,

Copeland,

Laing,

Slaton,

David.

LaRoche,

Smith of Hancock,.

Denney,

Lane of Early,

Snell,

Dews,

Lee,

Starr,

Dickey,

Longino,

Stone,

Duncan,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Easterlin,

Mayson,

Stewart,

Emanuel,

Maxwell,

Swift,

Everett, of Polk, Merritt,

Tanner,

Felker,

Mitchell,

Tatum,

Fender,

Moore,

Taylor,

Freeman,

Morris-,

Tisinger,.

1086

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

"Timmerman,

Walker of Brooks, Wood,

Tracy,

West,

Woodall,

"Turner of Rockdale, Williams of Emanuel,Yates.

Upchurch,

Willingham,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, .Arnold, Barron, Bell of Spalding, .Black of Dawson, Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Crossland, Darnell, Drawdy, Ellis, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, .Hammett, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardin of Wilkes, Newton,

Hardwick,

Ogletree,

Harrell,

Overstreet,

Harvard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hathcock,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Henderson of Washt'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Hopkins,

Reid,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Houser,

Sloan,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hall.

Johnson of Baker, Spinks,

Johnson of Bartow, Speer,

Johnson of Floyd, Sturgis,

Johnson of Lee,

Turner of Henry,

Knowles,

Walker of Crawford.

Lane of Bibb,

Walker of Union,

Lane of Sumter,

Watkins,

Latimer,

Whiteley,

McDonald,

williams of Lumpkin,

McElreath,

Wooten .

McGehee,

Mr. Speaker.

McLaughlin,

Ayes 107, nays 0.

On motion of :Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification o0f the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the resolution, the ayes were 107, na.ys 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Special.Tudiciary Committee, :Submitted the following report, to wit:

MoNDAY, DECEMBER ll, 1899.

1087

Jfr. Speaker:

The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following House bills and Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1786 of the I>olitical Code of 1895.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act amending the act amending the act incorporating the town of Jackson, Butts county, Georgia. Approved, December 22d, 1898.

Also, Senate bill Ko. 169 by Senator ~dcling of the 22d District, creating the city court of Barnesville.
Respectfully submitted.
ROLAND ELLIS, Chairman..

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By :Mr. Johnson of BartowA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 815, volume
3 of the Code, 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 115, nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

1088

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Knowles of Fulton-

A resolution, authorizing the Governor to draw his warrant for certain moneys due the city of Atlanta for paving done on certain streets, and for other purposes.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the Committee, Mr. Hall, of Bibb.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, by substitute.
Report of the committee was agreed to.

Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, moved that the bill and su"bstitute be tabled, which motion prevailed.

By Mr. Park of Greene-
A resolution to appropriate certain money for the payment of the pension due Albert Merritt.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, th~ House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Bush, of Miller.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
Report of the committee was agreed to.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

108!)

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-:-

Adams,

George,

McLennan,

Adamson,

Gresham,

McRae,

Allen,

Griffin of Greene, Ogletree,

Bass,

Griffith,

Ousley,

Beauchamp,

Hall,

Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hamby,

Padgett,

Bennett of Pierce, Hardin of Liberty, Park of Greene,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrison,

Post,

Bell of Spalding, Harris,

Rawls of Effingham,

Black of Dawson, Harvard,

Richardson,

Blalock,

Herring,

Rogers,

Bond,

Hill,

Rose,

Bower,

Howard,

Rudicil,

Brown of Bryan, Holder,

Singletary,

Brown of Carroll, Hutchins,

Slaton,

Bryan,

Jarnagan,

Smith of Hancock,

Bush,

Johnson of Appling, Speer,

Calvin,

Johnson of Baker, Snell,

Chappell,

Johnson of Bartow, Starr,

Cook,

Johnson of Lee,

Stewart,

Copeland,

Jordan of Jasper, Stone,

CJrossland,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tanner,

.David,

Lane of Sumter.,

Tatum,

Denny,

Lane of Early,

Taylor,

Dews',

Laing,

Tisinger,

Dickey,

LaRoche,

Timmerman,

Duncan,

Lee,

Tracy,

Ellis,

Longino,

Turner of Henry,

Emanuel,

Martin,

Turner of Rockdale,

Easterlin,

Mayson,

Upchurch,

Everett of Polk,

Maxwell,

West,

Felker,

Merritt,

Williams of Emanuel,

Fender,

Mitchell,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Freeman,

Moore,

Willingham,

Franklin,

Mullins,

Woodall,

Ford,

McCants,

Wooten.

Fort,

McElreath,

Yates.

Gay,

McFarland,

69h

1090

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Those not voting were Messrs.---:

Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brandon, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Darnell, Drawdy, ' Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hardin of Wilkes Hardwick, Harrell,

Hathcock,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hendricks,

Park of Troup,

Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Henderson of Wash'n,Rawls of Wilkinson,

Hopkins,

Reid,

Hosch,

Reynolds,

Houser,

Simpson,

Johnson of Floyd, Sloan,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Knowles,

Spinks,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Latimer,

Sturgis,

Morris,

Swift,

McCranie,

Walker of Brooks,

McDonald,

Walker of Crawford.

McDonough,

Walker of Union,

McGehee,

Watkins,

McLaughlin,

Whiteley,

McMillan,

Wood.

Newton,

Mr. Speaker.

Overstreet,

Ayes 114, nays 0.

On motion of Mr. Woodall, of Talbot, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On pasage of the resolution, the ayes were 114, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-
A resolution, providing a clerk for the Adjutant-General.
The resolution involving ~n appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of .the committee, Mr. Lane, of Sumter.

MoNDAY, DECEMBER IJ, 1899.

1091

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.
Report of the committee was agreed to.
An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and before the vote on the same could be announced, Mr. Ellis, ()f Bibb, moved that the bill and roll-call be tabled, which motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof :
J.l?. Speaker: The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill t.o prohibit the transporting of cattle th-z:ough the .counties of Towns, Union and Rabun, in this State.

Also, a bill to incorporaie the town of Ringgold, in the .county of Catoosa.

Also, a bill to repeal an act incorporating the village of Ringgold, in Catoosa county.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Nichols, in Coffee .county.

The Senate has also passed, by the requisite constitu-tional majority, the following bills of the House:
A bill to amend section 338 of volume 1 of the Code o 1895.
Also, a bill to amend section 333 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895.

1092

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following resolution of the House:

A resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, a citizen of the county of Bibb.

The following bills were introduced by unanimous consent, read the first time, and appropriately referred:

By Mr. Bass of Habersham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a city court for the city of Clarksville, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of publie: schools in the town of Stone Mountain, and for other pur-poses.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A resolution, providing for the payment of the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, for extra services_
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee--
A resolution, providing for the indexing of the journals of the House and Senate.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

MoNDAY;,DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1093

Tiy Mr. LaRoche o ChathamA resolution or the relief o Manning White. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

The following resolution was read, and under the rules () the House, was laid on the table for one day, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin o Richmond-
A resolution, providing or a night session o the House for the remainder o the session, the same to begin at 8 ()'clock p.m. and close at 9:30 o'clock p.m.

Mr. Denny, Chairman o the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

]Ifr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration House bill No. 782 by :Mr. Emanuel, o Glynn, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to regulate public instruction in the county o Glynn"; and they_ direct me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same -do pass, by substitute.
The Committee on Education have also had under con:eideration House bill No. 181, by Mr. Adams, o Putnam, which is "A bill to be entitled an act to establish a permanent commission in each county, city and town o this State, io study, compare and select modern text-books and books -o reference or use in the public schools of the State," etc., etc., and they direct me, as their chairman, to report the Mille back to the House, with a recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted. R. A. DENNY, Chairman.

1094

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, m which the concuiTence of the House is asked:

A resolution, requesting our Senators and Representatives to cooperate-in the movement for a national park.
By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to extend the powers of the Railroad Commission, so as to give them power and authoiity to regulate the operations and charges of sleeping-car companies, and for other purposes.
On agreeing to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, Mr. Bower 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,

Fender,

Bennett of Mitchell, Freeman,

Beauchamp,

Franklin,

Bell of Spalding, Gay,

Bower,

Griffith,

Brandon,

Hardwick,

Brown of Carroll, Harris,

Bush,

Harvard,

Cook,

Hathcock,

Crossland,

Herring,

Dews,

Johnson of Bartow,

Ellis,

Jordan of Jasper,

Emanuel,

Lane of Early,

Easterlin,

Laing,

Everett of Polk,

Longino, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Ousley, Park, of Greene, Richardson, Rudicil, Slaton, Speer, Starr, Tatum, Wooten, Yates.

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 11, 1899.

J095

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Bass, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Chappell, Denny, Dickey, Ford, Fort, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hill, Howard,

Hutchins,.

Post,

Jarnagan,

Rawls, of Effingham,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,



Johnson of Floyd, Rose,

Jones,

Singletary,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith, of Hancocl\,

Lane of Sumter,

Snell,

LaRoche,

Stubbs,

Lee,

Stewart,

Martin.

Tanner,

Mayson,

Taylor,

_Maxwell,

Tisinger,

Merritt,

Timmerman,

Mullins,

Tracy,

McCants,

Turner of Henry,

McDonough,

Turner of Rockdale,

McElreath,

Upchurch,

McFarland,

"\Valker of Brooks,

McLennan,

"\Vest,

McMillan,

Williams of Emanuel

McRae,

Willingham,

Ogletree,

Woodall.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bynum, Carter, Castleberry, Copeland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Stewart,

Farmer,

Knowles,

Felker,

Lane of Bibb,

Griffin of Twiggs, Latimer,

Hammett.

McCranie,

Hammond,

McDonald,

Hardin of Wilkes, McGehee,

Harrison,

McLaughlin,

Harrell,

Newton,

Hendricks,

Overstreet,

Ht>nderson of Irwin, Pace, of Newton,

Henderson ofWash'n, Padgett,

Hopkins,

Pate, of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park, of Troup,

Hosch,

Price,

Houser,

Rawls, of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Baker, Reid,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

1096

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Simpson, Sloan, Smith, of Hall, Spinks, Sturgis,

Stone,

Whiteley,

Swift,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Walker of Crawford, Wood,

Walker of Union, Mr. Speaker.

Watkins,

Ayes 43, nays 66.

On motion of :Mr. Bryan of Floyd, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On agreeing to the report of the committee, the ayes were 43, nays 66.

The report of the committee was disagreed to and the bill lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. McGehee of Harris.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p.m. this afternoon.

Monday, 3 p.m.
The House reconvened atthis hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Beauchamp,

Allen,

Black of Dawson,

Bass,

Bond,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bowen,

Bennett of Pierce, Bower,

Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush,

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1097

Calvin, Chappell, Copeland, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Howard, Holder, Hutchins,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Johnson of Baker, Padgett,

Johnson of Bartow, Park of Greene,

Johnson of Floyd, Post,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Effingham,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Lane of Bibb,

Richardson,

Lane of Early,

Rogers,

Lane of Sumter, Rose,

Laing,

RudicH,

I.aRoche,

Slaton,

Lee,

Bmith of Hancock,

Longino,

Stubbs,

Martin,

Sturgis,

Maxwell,

Stewart,

Merritt,

Tanner,

Mitchell,

Tatum,

Moore,

Taylor,

Morris,

Tisinger,

Mul ins,

Timmerman,

McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

McCranie,

Upchurch,

McDonough,

Walker of Union,

McElreath,

West,

McFarland,

Williams of Emanuel,

McMillan,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McRae,

Woodall.

Newton,

Yates.

Ogletree,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whiifield, Blalock, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry,

Cook,

Hammett,

Darnell,

Hammond,

Drawdy,

Hamby,

Easterlin,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Everett of Stewart, Hardwick,

Farmer,

Harrell,

Felker,

Henderson of Irwin,

Gay,

Henderson of Washt'n

George,

Hill,

Gresham,

Hopkins,

Greene,

Hosch,

Griffin of Twiggs, Houser,

1098

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Jamagan, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Knowles, Latimer, Mayson, McDonald, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, Overstreet, Pace of Newton,

Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Price, Reid, Reynolds, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks, Speer,

Starr, Stone, Swift. Tracy, Turner of Henry, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, Willingham, Wood, Wooten.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By }fr. Denny of Floyd-

A resolution, providing for certain appropriations to the Georgia School for the Deaf.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, lfr. Bass of Habersham.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Bass,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Spalding,

Bennett of Pierce, Black of Whitfield,

Beauchamp,

Blalock,

Bell of Forsyth,

Brown of Carroll,

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1099

Bryan, Calvin, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Harvard, Herring,

Howard,

Overstreet,

Holder,

Pace of Newton,

Hosch,

Padgett,

Jarnagan,

Park of Greene,

Johnson of Appling, Post,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Bartow, Reid,

Johnson of Floyd, Reynolds,

Jordan of Jasper, Richardson,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rogers,

Laing.

RudicH,

LaRoche,

Singlt>tary,

Lee,

Slaton,

Longino,

Speer,

Martin,

Starr,

Maxwell,

Stubbs,

Moore,

Tatum,

Morris,

Tisinger,

Mullins,

Timmerman,

McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

McCranie,

Walker of Brooks,

McDonough,

West,

McElreath,

Williams of Emanuel,

McLennan,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McRae,

Willingham,

Newton,

Woodall,

Ogletree,

Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Bush. Dickey, Hutchins,

Merritt, McFarland, Smith of Hancock, Snell,

Sturgis, Swift, Taylor, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bond, Bowen, Bower,

Brandon, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Darnell,

Drawdy, Easterlin. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, George, Gresham,

1100

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Greene,

Jones of Burke,

Rose,

Griffin of Twiggs, Knowles,

Simpson,

Hammett,

Lane of Bibb,

~loan,

Hammond,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hall,

Hardin of Wilkes, Lane of Sumter, Spinks,

Hardwick,

Latimer,

Stewart,

Harrison,

Mayson,

Stone,

Harris,

Mitchell,

Tanner,

Harrell,

McDonald,

Tracy,

Hathcock,

McGehee,

Turner of Henry,

Hendricks,

McLaughlin,

Upchurch,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

walker of Crawford,

Henderson of Wash'n,Ousley,

Walker of Union,

Hill, .

Pate of Gwinnett, Watkins,

Hopkins,

Park of Troup,

Whiteley,

Houser,

Price,

Wood,

Johnson of Lee,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 93, nays 13.

On motion of Mr. Copeland of \Valker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 93, nays 13.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was paesed.
:Mr. Slat::>n of :Fulton, asked permiSsiOn to withdraw House bill No. 48S, which request was granted.

~fr. Ellis of Bibb, asked that the resolution providing a clerk for the Adjutant-General, which was tabled this morning, toge~her with the aye and nay vote thereon, be taken fro:r;n the table and the vote announced, which request was granted.

The WJte ,;.1s as follows:

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1101

Those voting aye were :M:essrs.-

Adamson,

Hardwick,

Allen,

Harrison,

Anderson,

Harris,

Bass,

Hathcock,

Bennett of Mitchell, Herring,

Bennett of Pierce, Hill,

Beauchamp,

Holder,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hosch,

Bell of Spalding. Hutchins,

Black of Whitfield. Jarnagan,

Blalock,

Johnson of Appling,

Bower,

Johnson of Bartow,

Brandon,

Johnson of Floyd,

Bryan,

Johnson of Lee,

Calvin,

Jordan of Jasper,

Chappell,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Cook,

Lane of Early,

Copeland,

Lane of Sumter,

Denny,

Laing,

Dews,

LaRoche,

Duncan,

Lee,

Ellis,

Martin,

Emanuel,

Maxwell,

Easterlin,

Merritt,

Felker,

Mitchell,

Fender,

Moore,

Freeman,

Morris,

Franklin,

Mullins,

Gay,

McCranie,

Gresham,

McDonough,

Griffin of Greene, McElreath,

Hall,

McLennan,

Hardin of Liberty,

McMillan, McRae, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Post, Rawls of Effingham. Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Rudicil, Slaton, Snell, Speer, Starr, Stubbs, Tanner, Tatum, Tisinger, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch. West, williams of Emanuel, Willingham, Woodall, Wooten.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Dickey. Ford, George, Griffith, Longino, Mayson,

McCants, McFarland, Padgett, Singletary, Smith of Hancock,

Stewart, Taylor, Timmerman, \Valkerof Brooks. Yates.

1102

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Barron, Black of Dawson, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Bryan. Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Crossland, Darnell, David, Drawdy, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fort,

Greene,

McLaughlin,

Griffin of Twiggs, Newton,

Hammett,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hammond,

Park of Troup,

Hamby,

Price,

Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Harrell,

Simpson,

Harvard,

Sloan,

Hendricks,

Smith of Hall,

Henderson of Irwin, Spinks,

Henderson of Wash'n,Sturgis,

Howard,

Stone,

Hopkins,

Swift,

Houser,

Walker of Crawford,

Johnson of Baker, Walker of Union,

Jones of Burke,

Watkins,

Knowles,

Whiteley,

Lane of Bibb,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Latimer,

Wood,

McDonald,

Mr. Speaker.

McGehee,

Ayes 96, nays 16.

On motion of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the resolution, the ayes were 96, nays 16.
So, the resolution having received the requisite con8titutional majority, was passed.
1.fr. Moore of Carroll, Chairman of the Committee un Counties and County. 1.'Iatters, submitted the followinl? report:
-'"tlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County atters have had under consideration the :following House bill, which I am requested to report back with a recommendation th:~t the same do pass, to wit:

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1103

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin, by request-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the city court of Waycross, in the county of ware; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers of said court, and for other purposes.
J . .M. MOORE, Chairman.

Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
.Jlfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations instruct me to repvrt the :following Senate bills back with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to alter and amend the charter of the city of Cedartown.
Also, a bill l'egulating the business of life insurar>.ce in this State.
Respectfully submitted.
J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

:Mr. J3ush of Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, submitted the following report:
Jlfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Roads and Bridges instruct ine to report the following bill of the House, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that same do pru3ii, to wit:

1104

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

A bill relative to the laying out of new roads in this State, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. A. BUSH, Chairm~u~.

:Mr. Williams of Emanuel, asked that bill No. 813 be !"ecommitted to the Committee on Counties and County \[atters.
The following bill:> were introduced, r3ad the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Felker of Walton-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for \Yalton county, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.
By Mr. Felker of \Valton-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a county court for the county of Walton, and for other purposes.
Engrossed.
By Mr. Sturgis of McDuffie-
A resolution to pay the pension due George Welch to his widow.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following biils were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1105

By Mr. Wooten of Calhoun_:_
A bill to be entitled an act to require county authMities to keep in good condition, bridges across public roads in this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pasage of the bill, the ayes were 99, nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bell of Forsyth--
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide for the registration of voters in this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was adverse h the passage of the bill, was agreed to and the bill was lost.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, secti0n

2 of the general tax act of the years 1899 and 1900, and

for other purposes.



The report of the committee, which was favorable to ihe passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill, the ayes were 128, nays 4.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
70h

1106

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By :Messrs. Farmer and Taylor of Jefferson-
A resolution providing :for the payment of the pension~ due T. E. Swan to his wido,v.
An appropriation being involved m the resolution, theHouse resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Bennett of Mitchell.
After a consideration of the resolution, the commiHeearo-se, and throngh its chairmim, reported the same bac1:: tothe House with .the recommendation that it do pass.
Report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, t:nd on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Chappell,

Adamson,

Cook,

Allen,

Crossland,

Bennett of Mitchell, David,

Bennett of Pierce, Denny,

Beauchamp,

Dews,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dickey,

Bell of Spalding, Duncnn,

Black of Dawson, Ellis,

Black of Whitfield, Easterlin,

Blalock

Everett of Polk,

Bond,

Fender,

Bowen,

Freeman,

B,ower,

Franklin,

Brandon,

Ford,

Brown of Bryan, Fort.

Brown of Carroll, Gay,

Bryan,

Griffin of Greene,

Bush,

Griffith,

Calvin,

Hall,

Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Hutchins, .Tarnagan, Johnson of Appling,.. .Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow,.. Johnson of ;Lee, .Tordan of Jasper, Lane of Early,

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1107

Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mc>rritt. Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McMillan, McLennan,

McRae,

Snell,

Newton,

Speer,

Ogletree,

Starr,

Ousley,

Stewart,

Pace of Newton, Tanner,

Padgett,

Tatum,

Pate of Gwinnett. Taylor,

Park of Greene,

Tisinger,

Post,

Timmerman,

Rawls of Effingham, Tracy,

Rogers,

Upchurch,

Rose,

Walker of Brooks,

Rudicil,

'Vest,

Singletary,

Willingham,

Slaton,

Yates.

Smith of Hancock,

Those not Yoting were ){essrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bynum, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Copeland, Darnell. Drawdy, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker. George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes,

Hardwick.

Reynolds,

Harrell,

Richardson,

Henderson of Irwin, Simpson,

Henderson of "\Vasht'nSloan,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

.Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

.Tones of Burke,

Stubbs,

Jordan of Pulaski, Sturgis,

Knowles,

Stone,

Lane of .Bibb,

Swift,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Mayson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Maxwell,

Walker of Crawford,

Morris,

Wal~er of Union,

McCants,

'Vatkins,

l\fcDonald,

Whiteley,

.McGehee,

'Villiams of Emanuel.

l\fcLaughlin,

Williams of Lumpkin

Overstreet,

'Vood,

Park of Troup,

Woodall.

Price,

'Vooten,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Mr. Speak!'r.

Reid,

A.'es 107, nnya 0.

1108

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

lrr. Mitchell of Thomas, moved to dispens-e with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 107, nays 0.

So, the resolution having received the requisite comtitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to be entitled an act to carry into effect paragraph 1, section 4, article 8 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On pasage of the hill, the ayes were 48, nays 47.

So, the hill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, wa.'l lost.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 5331 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill, :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:

MoNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1899.

1109

Tho.se voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Bass, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Bryan Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Carlton, Cook, Copeland, Dickey, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall,

Hammett, Hamby, Harrison, Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Herring, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Lane of Early, Laing, Lee, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCranie, McElreath, McFarland, McMillan, Newton,

Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Park of Greene, Post, Rawls of Effingham, Richardson, Rogers, Rudicil, Singletary, Snell, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Walker of Brooks, West, Willingham, Woodall, Wooten, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Allen,

George,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Liberty,

Bell of Spalding, Hutchins,

Black of Whitfield, 'Johnson of Appling,

Bond,

Lane of Bibb,

Crossland,

Lane of Sumter,

Denny,

Maxwell,.

Merritt, McDonough, McRae, Padgett, Rose, Slaton.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Arnold, Barron,

Bennett of Pierce, Bower, Brandon,

Bynum, Calvin, Carter,

lHO

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Castleberry,

Hill,

Reid,

Chappell,

Hopkins,

Reynolds,

Darnell,

Johnson of Bartow, Simpson,

David,

Johnson of Lee,

Sloan,

Dews,_

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Drawdy,

Jordan of .Tasper, Smith of Hancock,

Duncan,

Jordan of Pulaski, Spinks,

Ellis,

Knowles,

Speer,

Emanuel,

LaRoche,

Starr,

Easterlin,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

Everett of Polk,

Longino,

Stone,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Tatum,

Farmer,

Morris,

Turner of Henry,

Gresham,

McCants,

Turner of Rockdale,

Greene,

McDonald,

Upchurch,

Griffin of Twiggs, McGehee,

Walker of Crawford,

Hammond,

McLaughlin,

Walker of Union,

Hardin of Wilkes, McLennan,

Watkins,

Hardwick,

Pace of Newton,

Whiteley,

Harris,

Pate of Gwinnett, 'Villiams of Emanuel,

Harvard,

Park of Troup,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Wood,

Henderson of Wash'tnRawls of 'Vilkinson, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 77, nays 20.

On motion o :Mr. Slaton o Fulton, the verification o the roll-call was dispensed with.

Before the vote on the bill could be announced, Mr. Hall o Bibb, moved that the bill and aye and nay vote thereon, be tabled.

The Speaker announced that Mr. Hall was out o order, and that he could not entertain the motion, as the previous question had been ordered.

Mr. Hall appealed rom the decision o the chair, an.l on putting the appeal to a vote, the decision o the chair was sustained.

On the passage o the bill, the ayes were 77, nays 20.

MoNDAY, DEcEMBER 11, 1899.

1111

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

The following Senate resolution was read and concurred in, to wit:

Tiy Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-
A resolution, accepting the invitation of the Young :Mens' Democratic League, on the evening of December .1~, 1899.
Mr. Ellis, Chairman of the Committee on Special Jndi-ciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary instruct me b report the following House bills back with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend the act creating the city court of Clark~ ville. and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of a cropper, etc.
Respectfully !lubmitted. ROLAND ELLIS, Chairma11.

On motion of Mr. Lane of Sumter, the House adjourned until 9 :30 to-morrow.

1112

JOURNAL OF .THE !loUSE.

Atlanta, Ga.

Tuesday, December 12, 1899,

The House met pul'Suant to adjournment at 9:30 o'clock a.m., this day, and was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Hon. Mr. Bryan, of Floyd county.

Upon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

David,

Harrell,

Adamson,

Denny,

Harvard,

Allen,

Dews,

Hathcock,

Anderson,

Dickey,

Hendricks,

Arnold,

Drawdy,

Henderson ofWash'n,

Barron,

Duncan,

Herring,

Bass,

Ellis,

Hill,

Bennett of Mitchell, Emanuel,

Howard,

Bennett, of Pierce, Easterlin,

Hopkins,

Beauchamp,

Everett of Polk,

Holder,

Bell of Fprsyth,

Everett of Stewart, Hosch.

Bell of Spalding, Farmer,

Houser,

Black of Dawson, Felker,

Hutchins,

Blalock.

Fender,

Jarnagan,

Bond,

Freeman,

Johnson of Appling,

Bowen,

Franklin,

Johnson of Baker,

Bower,

Ford,

Johnson of Bartow,

Brandon,

Fort,

Johnson of Floyd,

Brown of Bryan, Gay,

Johnson of Lee,

Brown of Carroll, George,

Jones of Burke,

Bryan,

Gresham,

Jordan of Jasper,

Bush,

Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski,-

Bynum,

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Bibb,

Calvin,

Griffith,

Lane of Early,

Carlton,

Hall,

Lane of Sumter,

Carter,

Hammett,

Laing,



Castleberry.

Hamby,

LaRoche,

Chappell,

Hardin of Liberty, Lee,

Cook,

Hardin of Wilkes, Longino,

Copeland,

Hardwick,

Martin,

Crossland,

Harrison,

Mason,

Darnell,

Harris,

Maxwell,

TUESDAY). DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1113

Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Pace of Kewton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup,

Post,

Swift,

Price,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Timmerman,

Reynolds,

Tracy,

Richardson,

Turner of Henry,

Rogers,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rose,

Upchurch,

Rudicil,

''Valker of Brooks,

Simpson,

walker of Union,

Singletary,

Watkins,

Slaton,

West,

Smith of Hall,

Whiteley,

Smith of Hancock, Williams of Lumpkin,

Snell,

Willingham.

Speer,

Wood,

Spinks,

Woodall,

Starr,

Wooten,

Sturgis,

Yates.

Stewart,

Mr. Speaker.

Stone,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Latimer,

Griffin of Twiggs; McDonald,

Hammond,

McLaughlin,

Henderson of Irwin, Overstreet,

Knowles,

Sloan,

Stubbs. Tisinger, Walker of Crawford. Williams of Emanuel,,

On motion of Mr. Mol'ris, of Cobb, the reading of the journal was dispensed with.

Mr.- Hall, of Bibb, gave notive that he would move to reconsider the action of the House had on: yesterday upon House bill No. 469 at the proper time.

Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, gave notice that at the
proper tim~ he would move to reconsider the action o! the
House in allowing to be withdrawn House bill No. 488.

1114

JouRNAL Oli' TH~ RousE.

Mr. Morris, of Cobb, in conformity with his notice given on yesterday, moved to reconsider the action of the House upon bill No. 177.

Mr. Laing, of Terrell, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On the motion to reconsider, Mr. Morris called for the ayes and naJs, which call was not sustained.

The motion to reconsider was lost.

Mr. Hall, of Bibb, then moved to reconsider the action of the House yesterday upon bill No. 469:

Mr. l\roodall, of Talbot, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

The motion to reconsider prevailed..
Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, moved to reconsider the action of the House in allowing the withdrawal of bill No. 488, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Duncan, of Houston, asked that bill No. 332 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
'l'he General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill, to be entitled an act to better carry out the provision of section 4732 of the Code of Georgia, of 1895, and for other purposes.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1115

The committee have also had under consideration the following resolution of the House; which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution, authorizing the State Librarian to furnish to the public officers of Coffee county, certain books, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to prescribe for the reception of patients into the Georgia State Sanitarium, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill, to be entitled an act to authorize and direct the State Treasurer to return to certain insurance companies certain deposits, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill, to be entitled an act to provide that the lien of mortgages on crops, given to secure the payment of debts for supplies, shall be SUP.QI'ior to judgments of older date, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute, towit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to require fire and fire and marine insurance companies, doing business in the State of Georgia, to write. insurance in the State only through their licensed agents, etc., and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

lll6

JouRNAL oF TH!t HousE.

Mr. walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, l'mbmitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. ,-;peaker:
The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An act, to incorporate the city of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to repeal an act incorporating the town of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

Mr. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:
ilfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, having had under consideration the following House bill, direct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the constitution of the State of Georgia, by adding a second proviso to paragraph 1, section 14, article 7, relating to the sinking fund, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. PACE, Chairman.

Mr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appro priations, submitted the following report:

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1117

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under con sideration the following House bill, which I am in structed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill, for the relief of Geo. W. Harrison, State printer.
Also, the following House resolution which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A resolution to supply certain deficiencies in contingent and printing funds, and for other purposes.
A resolution, to appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the minor children of William Hill.

A resolution to pay the clerk and secretary of the Senate for extra services, and for other purposes.
A resolution, providing for the indexing of the journals of the House and Senate, for the year of 1899.
A resolution, to pay the widow of George Welch, late of l\IcDuffie county, the accrued pension due her deceased husband.
Also, the following House bill, which I am instructed io report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill, to provide an appropriation for the publication and distribution of the reports of the Geologieal Survey of this State, for the year of 1899, and for other purposes.

Also, the following joint resolution, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

1118

J OURNAJ, OF THE liOUSE.

A joint resolution, authorizing the Governor to draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of Manning White,
~te.
Respectfully submitted..
THQS. J. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

Mr. LaRoche, of Chatham, asked that bill No. 524 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Rawls, of Effingham, asked that bill No. 179 be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which motion prevailed.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Arnold and Maxwell of Oglethorpe--
A bill, to be entitled an act to require owners of lands
traversed by streams, of Oglethorpe county, to keep all obstructions therefrom, 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 125, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By )fJ. <'happen, of )fuscogee-
A resolution, to correct an error in the engrossing and. enrollment of House bill No. 445.
'rhe report of the ('Ommittt?e, which was faYorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

On passage of the resolution the ayes were 124, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The Steering Committee offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That the House meet this evening from 7:30 to 8:30, for the purpose of reading bills a second time and putting local bills and bills with a local application on . their passage, and such other bills as the authors may desire to place upon their passage.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman ofthe General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Spealwr:
The General Judiciary Committee have had under cone sideration House bill No. 814, which is a bill to incorporate the town of Douglas, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:
. By ~fr. ~IcLaughlin, of ~Ieriwether-
A bill, to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Greeneville, and for other purposes.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

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A bill, to amend, supersede and consolidate the several acts incorporating the city of Douglasville.
. Also, a bill to limit the power of railroad companies to issue of bonds;
The Senate has also adopted the following joint resolution, which a concurrence on the part of the House is asked:
A resolution, providing for a memorial to the senators and representatives in Congress, in reference to a duty on Egyptian cotton.
The following bill of the House was read in the Senate:
A bill, to amend paragraph 1, section 1, of article 7 of the constitution of this State.
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House:
A bill, to amend the several acts incorporating the town of Dahlonega, in the county of Lumpkin.
Mr. l\foore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County l\fatters, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to authorize and require the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Oglethorpe county, to hire out labor of all misdemeanor convicts, and for other purposes;

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Also, the following House bills:
A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide a county board of commissioners for the county of Bartow, and for other purposes, do pass.
A bill, to repeal an act entitled an act establishing a city court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county, and for other purposes, do not pass.
A bill, to require the judge< and solicitor of the county court of Jasper county, to be elected by the qualified vote~ of said 'county, do pass.
A bill, to amend the dispensary act -for the regulation of the sale of vinous and malt liquors in Terrell county, and for other purposes, do not pass.
Also, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Terrell county, and for other purposes, do not pass.
Respectfully submitted. J. M. MOORE, Chairman.
The undersigned members of the General Agriculture Committee, submitted the following minority report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
"'e, the undersigned members of the General Agriculture Committee of the House, which committee have had under consideration House bill No. 590, it being known as the General Fertilizer Bill, do hereby enter our most earnest protest against the passage of this bill. ".e base our opposition to the bill upon the following grounds:
1st. If it should pa.ss as now framed, we honestly believe that it will decrease the use of cottonseed meal in the manufacture of ammoniated fertilizers..
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2d. We believe~ ~s all will admit, that if the manufacture of cottonseed meal is decreased to any extent, it will decrease the price of cottonseed themselves.

3d. We believe that if this bill passes in its present shape, that it will benefit the large fertilizer trust and would injure the small fertilizer mixers throughout the State.

4th. We have no objection to raising the grade of fertilizers made out of foreign materials which are brought into the State to compete with the products of our own land, hence we submit that if the grade of fertilizers is to be raised, it should be upon these foreign fertilizer companies, and not upon our own home manufacturers,. who make the bulk of their product from cottonseed meal.

5th. We doubt the wisdom of continually amending the fertilizer laws of this State. The laws upon this subject as they now stand, have for a number of years, given general satisfaction to the people, and we submit that it would be the wisest policy upon the part of this House, to let well enough alone.

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P. D. HARDIN, J. T. NEWTON, wALTER l\IAXWELL, D. F. WOODALL, J.T. CASTLEBERRY, A. H. OGLETREE, J. B. BELL, D.P. ROSE, J. R. HOSCH, D. C. HILL, A. C. TAYLOR, J. P. PADGETT.

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By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-

A bill, to be entitled an act to regulate the inspection, sale and analysis of commercial fertilizers, and for other purposes.
The time limiting the discussion of the bill having expired, Mr. Woodall, of Talbot, moved that the time be extended five mnutes, so as to allow the apponents of the bill to discuss the same.
Mr. Post, of Coweta, moved to amend the above motion by extending the time ten minutes, which motion prevailed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage- of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill, Mr. Morris, of Cobb, 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.-

Anderson, Bass, Beauchamp, Bower, Bush, Bynum,
Calvin,
Cook, Darnell, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Freeman,

Franklin, Ford, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hardwick, Harris, Herring, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing,

Lee, Longino, Mayson, Merritt, McFarland, McGehee,
McLenn~,
McRae, Pace of Newton, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Price, Rawls of Effingham, Reynolds, Rogers, Singletary, Smith of Hancock,

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Speer, Stewart, Swift, Tatum,

Tisinger, Tracy, Walker of Bro<;>ks,

West, 'Villiams of Emanuel~ Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hardin of Wilkes, Overstreet,

Adamson,

Henderson of Washt'nPadgett,

Barron,

Hill;

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bennett of Mitchell, Howard,

Post,

Bennett of Pierce, Holder,

Reid,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Bell of Spalding, Houser,

Rudicil,

B1ack of Dawson, Hutchins,

Snell,

Bond,

Jarnagan,

Starr,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Baker, Sturgis,

Bryan,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

Castleberry,

LaRoche,

Taylor,

Copeland,

Martin,

Turner of Henry,

Cros.sland,

Mitchell,

Turner of Rockdale,

David,

Moore,

Upchurch,

Drawdy,

Morris,

Walker of Crawford,..

Duncan,

Mullins,

"\Valker of Union,

Ellis,

McCants,

Whiteley,

Gresham,

McDonough,

Willingham.

Griffith,

Newton,

Wood,

Hall,

Ogletree,

Woodall.

Hamby,

Ousley,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Carlton, Carter, Chappell, Emanuel, Farmer, Felker,

Gay,

Jones of Burke,

George,

Knowles,

Hammond,

Latimer,

Hardin of Liberty, Maxwell,

Harrison,

McCranie,

Harrell,

McDonald,

Harvard,

McElreath,

Hathcock,

McLaughlin,

Hendricks,

McMillan,

Henderson of Irwin, Rawls of Wilkinson,_

Hopkins,

Rose,

Johnson of Appling, Simpson,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

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Sloan, Smith of Hall, Spinks, .Stubbs,

Stone, Timmerman, Watkins,

Williams of Lumpkin, Wooten. Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. W odall, of Talbot, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 61, nays 65.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Emanuel, of Glynn, asked that bill No. 777 be recommitted -to the Committee on Corporations, which request was granted.

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill, to be entitled an act to appropriate $2,000 for the purpose of repairing the old capitol building, at Milledgeville, and for other purposes.
An appi'opriation being involved in the bill, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, for the purpose of considering the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Tatum, of Dade.
After consideration of the bill, the committee arose and through its chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

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Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Barron, Bass, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Fender, Freeman,

Fort,

McGehee,

Gresham,

McLennan,

Griffin of Greene, McMillan,

Griffin of Twiggs, Newton,

Griffith,

Ogletree,

Hamby,

Overstreet,

Hardin of Wilkes, Pace of Newton,

Hardwick,

Park of Greene,

Harris,

Park of Troup,

Harvard,

Post,

Henderson of Washt'nRawls of Effingham,

Herring,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Houser,

Reynolds,

Jarnagan,

Richardson,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hancock,

Jordan of Jasper, Speer,

Jordan of Pulaski, Starr,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

Lane of Sumter,

Taylor,

Laing,

Tisinger,

LaRoche,

Tracy,

Lee,

Turner of Henry,

Mayson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Maxwell,

Walker of Brooks,

Merritt,

Walker of Crawford,

Moore,

Watkins,

Mullins,

West,

McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Anderson,

Ford,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hall,

Black of Dawson, Harrell,

Bond,

Howard,

Bryan,

Hosch,

Bush,

Lane of Early,

Bynum,

Longino,

Darnell,

McFarland,

Dickey,

Padgett,

Everett of Stewart, Pate of Gwinnett,

Franklin,

Price,

Rogers, Singletary, Snell, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Tatum, Walker of Union, Wood, Woodall, Yates.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold,

Hill,

McRae,

Bennett of Pierce, Hopkins,

Ousley,

Black of Whitfield, Holder,

Reid,

Brown of Bryan, Hutchins,

Rose,

Copeland,

Johnson of Appling, Simpson,

David,

Johnson of Baker, Sloan,

Farmer,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Felker,

Knowles,

Spinks,

Gay,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

George,

Martin,

Stone,

Greene,

Mitchell,

Timmerman,

Hammett,

Morris,

Upchurch,

Hammond,

McCants,

Whiteley,

Hardin of Liberty, McCranie,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Harrison,

McDonald,

Willingham,

Hathcock,

McElreath,

Wooten,

Hendricks,

McLaughlin,

Mr. Speaker.

Henderson of Irwin,

Mr. McGehee, of Harris, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 33.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Speer of Sumter-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 2234 of the civil code, and for other purposes.

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 53, nays 47.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

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3 o'clock p.m.

The House reconYened at this hour, and was called to ()rder by the Speaker.

"Upon the call. of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Everett of Stewart, J ongino,

Allen,

Farmer,

Martin,

Anderson,

Felker,

Maxwell,

:Barron,

Fender,

Merritt,

Bass,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Franklin,

Morris,

Bennett of Pierce, Ford,

McCants,

Beauchamp,

Gay,

McDonough,

Bell of Forsyth,

Gresham,

McElreath,

Black of Dawson, Greene,

McFarland,

Bond,

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Bowen,

. Griffith,

McMillan,

Bower,

Hall,

McRae,

Brandon,

Hardin of Liberty, Newton,

Brown of Bryan, Hardwick,

Ogletree,

Brown of Carroll, Harrison,

Ousley,

Bryan,

Harris,

Overstreet,

Bush,

Harrell,

Padgett,

Bynum,

Harvard,

Park of Troup,

Calvin,

Hendricks,

Post,

Carter,

Henderson of "\Vash'nEawls of Effingham.

Castleberry,

Herring,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Chappell,

Holder,

Reid,

Cook,

Hosch,

Reynold,s,,

Copeland,

Houser,

Richardson,

Crossland,

Hutchins,

Rose,

David,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Denny,

Johnson of Bartow, Singletary,

Dews,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

Dickey,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hancock,

Drawdy,

Jones of Burke

Snell,

Duncan,

Jordan of Pula;;ki, Spinks,

Ellis,

Lane of Bibb,

Speer,

Emanuel,

Lane of Early,

Starr,

Easterlin,

LaRoche,

Stubbs,

Everett of Polk,

Lee,

Sturgis,

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Stewart, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger,

Tracy,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Turner of Henry, Willingham,

Upchurch,

Wood.

Walker of Brooks, Woodall,

Walker of Crawford, Yates,

Walker of Union, Mr. Speaker.

West,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hill,

Arnold,

Howard,

Bell of Spalding, Hopkins,

Black of Whitfield, Jarnagin,

Blalock,

' Johnson of Baker,

Carlton,.

Jordan of Jasper,

Darnell,

Knowles,

Fort,

Lane of Sumter,

George,

Laing,

Griffin of Twiggs, Latimer,

Hammett,

Mayson,

Hammond,

Moore,

Hamby,

Mullins,

Hardin of Wilkes, McCranie,

Hathcock,

McDonald.

Henderson of Irwin, McGehee,

McLaughlin, Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Price, Rogers, Simpson, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams of Emanuel, Wooten.

By unanimous consent, the following joint resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A joint resolution relative to claims for cotton seized and sold by the U. S. Government, under an act of the Fede.r;al Government, of March 12th, 1863.
Mr. Stone, of Walton, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Penitentiary Committee instruct me to report the following House bill back, with the recommendation. that the same do pass, to wit:

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A bill, to amend the act of December 21st, 1897; creating a prison commission for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

A. C. STONE, Chairman.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage:
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd:_
A bill, to be entitled an act to fix the time of holding the Rome superior court, 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 93, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Harwick of Washington-
A bill, to be entitled an act to make sufficient appropriation for the equipping, organizing and drilling of the State militia, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved in the bill, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Lane of Bibb.
After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose, -and through their chairman, reported the bill back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended.

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The committee proposed to amend as follows:
To amend by adding the proviso that twelve hundred ~olla.rs for clerk of Adjutant-General shall be paid out of this appropriation.

Mr. Hardwick of Washington propOsed to. amend as follows:

To amend by striking out the words "twenty-five thousand," wherever the same occur in said bill, and insert in lieu thereof the words "twelve .thousand five hundred."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

An Appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Crossland,

Hill,

Allen,

Denny,

Hosch,

Barron,

Dews,

Houser,

Bennett of Mitchell, Drawdy,

Hutchins,

Bennett of Pierce, Duncan,

Johnson of Appling,

Beauchamp,

Emanuel,

Johnson of Floyd,

Bell of Forsyth,

Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Lee,

Blalock,

Everett of Stewart, Jordan of Pulaski,

Bowen,

Felker,

Lane of Bibb,

Bower,

Freeman,

Lane of Early,

Brandon,

Greene,

Lane of Sumter,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of Greene, Laing,

Bryan,

Hall,

LaRoche,

Bynum,

Hamby,

Lee,

Calvin,

Hardin of Wilkes, Longino,

Carlton,

Hardwick,

Martin,

Carter,

Harrison,

Mayson,

Castleberry,

Harris,

Merritt,

Cook,

Henderson of Washt'nMitchell,

Copeland,

Herring,

McCants,

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J ou~tNAL .or l'Hl!l HousE.

McCranie, McDonough, McElreath, McLennan, McMillan; McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup,

Post,

Stone,.

Rawls of Effingham, Swift,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Tanner,

Reid,

'ratum,

Reynolds,

Tisinger,

Richardson,

Tracy;

Rogers,

Turner of Rockdale,

:Rose,

Upc_hurch,

Rudicil,

Walker of Crawford,

Slaton,

Williams of Emanuel,

Smith of Hancock. Williams of Lumpkin,

Snell,

Willingham,

Speer,

Woodall.

Starr,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson, Bush, Dickey, Easterlin, Franklin, Ford,

Ifardin of Liberty, Harvard, Hendricks; .Johnson of Bartow, McFarland, Price, Sturgis,

Stewart, Taylor, Walker of Union, West, Whiteley, Wood, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.~

Arnold, Bass, Bell of Spalding, Black o{ Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Chappell, Darnell, David, Ellis, Farmer, Fender, Fort, Gay, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs,

Griffith,

Mullins,

Hammett,

McDonald,

Hammond,

McGehee,

Harrell,

McLaughlin,

Hathcock,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Irwin, Simpson,

Howard,

Singletary,

Hopkins,

Sloan,

Holder,

Smith of Hall,

.Tarnag~n,

Spinks,

.Johnson of Baker, Stubbs,

.Tones of Burke,

Timmerman,

.Jordan of .Jasper, Turner of Henry,

Knowles,

Walker of Brooks,

Latimer,

Watkins,

Maxwell,

Wooten.

Moore,

Mr. Speaker.

Morris,

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On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 21.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hardwick of Washington_:_.
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for the adoption of a substitute for section 1143 of the Code.
The report o.f the committee, which was favorable to
the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 8.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was pass~d.

By Mr. Reynolds ~f Richmond-.
A bill, to be entitled an act to create in the Department of Agriculture, a Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, and for other purposes.
The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:
To amend section 1, by striking therefrom all the words begining in the 7th line with the word "deputy" and ~nd ing with and including the word "artisan," in the lOth line, and substituting in lieu thereof the followng:

"On the first Monday in January 1900, some suitable pers{)n as chief clerk, who shall be in special charge of said bureau."

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Further amend section 1, line 14, by striking the word$ "payable as other State officers" and insert in lieu thereof the word "wocthy."
Amend section 4, of the bill by striking out the word "deputy" before the word "commissioner."
To amend by striking from the remaining sections (except section 4), the words "deputy commissioner," whereever the same occl)r, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "chief clerk."

To amend the title of the bill by striking therefrom the words "deputy commissioner" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "chief clerk."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

Mr. Adamson called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Calvin,

Adamson,

Carl tOll,

:Allen,

'Carter,

Bennett~ 'Mi~, Castleberry,

Bennett of Pierce, Chappell,

Beauchamp,

Cook,

Bell of Spalding, Copeland,

Blalock,

Crossland,

Bowen,

Denny,

Bower,

Dews,

Brandon,

Dickey,

Brown of Carroll, Drawdy,

Bynum,

Duncan,

Emanuel, .Eallterlin, 'Ev;erett of Polk, Everett of Stewar.t, .Fender, Franklin, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick,

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1135

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Rudicil,

Henderson of_ Wash'n,McCran~e,

Slaton,

Herring,

McDonough,

Snell,

Hill,

McFarland,

Spinks,

Hosch,

McLennan,

Speer,

Houser,

McMillan,

Sturgis,

Hutchins,.

McRae,

Stone,

Jarnagan,

Newton,

Tanner,

Johnson of Lee,

Ogletree,

Tatum,

Jordan of Pulaski, Ousley,

Tisinger,

Lane of Bibb,

Overstreet,

Tracy,

Lane of Sumter,

Pace of Newton,

Turner of Rockdale,

Laing,

Park of Greene,

Upchurch,

LaRoche,

Price,

Walkerof Crawford,

Lee,

Rawls of Wilkinson, West,

Longino,

Reid,

Williams of Emanuel,

Martin,

Reynolds,

Woodall,

Mayson,

Richardson,

Yates.

Maxwell,

Rose,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Anderson, Barron, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, David, Ford, Gay,

Griffin of Twiggs, Padgett,

Hardin of Liberty1 Post,

Harrison,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hendricks,

Rogers,

Howard,

Singletary,

Johneon of Appling, Star,

Johnson of Bartow, Taylor,

McCants,

Walker of Brooks,

McElreath,

Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs."""'7

Arnold, Bass, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bush, Darnell, Ellis, Farmer, Felker, Freeman,

Fnrt.

Holder,

George,

Johnson of Baker,

Griffith,

Johnson ot Floyd,

Hammett,

Jones of Burke,

Hammond,

Jordan of Jasper,

Harris,

Knowles,

Harrell,

lane of Early,

Hathcock,

Latimer,

Henderson of Irwin, Merritt,

Hopkins,

Moore,

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Morris, Mullins, McDonald, McGehee, McLaughlin, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Simpson,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Smith of Hancock, Stubbs, Stewart, Swift, Timmerman, Turner of Henry,

Walker of Union, Watkins, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin. Willingham, \Vooten. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, moved to dispense :with the
verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 27.

The bill ba\'ing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was.
read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A resolution, providing that the pages be excused from the night sessions.
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 acts, to wit:

An act, to repeal an act incorporating the town of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county.

An act, to incorporate the city of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

TUE!:lDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1137

By Messrs. Wingfield and Bunn-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide the manner by which the owners of property may create by deed an es tate therein, 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 111, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 4334 of the civil Code, 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, Mr. Lane, of Sumter, 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.-

Barron, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth, Blalock, Bower, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Carlton, Carter, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Dickey,
72h

Drawdy, Emanuel, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hardin of Liberty,

Harvard, Hathcock, Henderson of Washt'n Herring, Howard, Houser, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Lane of Early, Mitchell, Moore, McFarland, McGehee,

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

McLennan,

Rogers,

Ogletree,

Rudicil,

Ousley,

Spinks,

Overstreet,

Starr,

Post,

Sturgis,

Price,

Stewart,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reynolds,

Tisinger, Tracy, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, West, Williams of Lumpkin. Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Gresham,

Allen,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Anderson,

Hill,

Arnold,

Johnson of Appling,

Bennett of Mitchell, Johnson of Lee,

Bennett of Pierce, Jordan of Pulaski,

Bell of Spalding, Lane of Sumter,

Black of Dawson, LaRoche,

Bond,

Mayson,

Castleberry,

:Maxwell,

Chappell,

Merritt,

Crossland,

McDonough,

Denney,

1\Ic:\fillan,

Dews,

Pace of Newton,

Padgett, Park of Greene, Rawls of Effingham, Reid, Richardson, Rose, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Speer, Stone, Swift, Turner of Rockdale. 'Valker of Union, Wood.

Those not voting were ~Iessrs.-

Adamson, Bass, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, David. Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett, of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer,

Felker, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby. Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Hutchins,

Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, .Tones of Burke, .Tordan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Laing, Latimer, Lee, Longino, :Martin, Morris, l\I ullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald,

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1139

McElreath, McLaughlin, McRae, Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Simpson, Singletary,

Sloan, Smith of Hall. Snell, Stubbs, Tanner, Tatum, Timmerman, Turner of Henry,

Walker of Crawford, Watkins, Whiteley, 'Villiams of Emanuel, Willingham, 'Voodall, 'Vooten. 1\Ir. Speaker.

On motion of 1\Ir. Overstreet, of Screven, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes ~were 61, nays 42.
The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By ~Ir. Bell of Forsyth-
A resolution, providing that the order of business for to-night shall embrace reading Senate bills for the first time.
~Ir. Duncan, Chairman of the Committ~ on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Jlfr. Spcal."tr:
The Committee on Corporations ha>ing had under consideration, a bill, to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes, in::;trud me to report the same back with the reconunendation that it do pass; provided, the House should determine the proofs sufficient, it having been made to appear to tht> committee that prior to the introduction of this bill, a bill had been introduced in the House, based on the same proofs submitted to the committee in its consideration of this bill.
Hespectfully submitted. J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

1140

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Leave of absence was granted 1\fr. Holder, of Jackson, from to-nights' session.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 7:30 o'clock tonight.

Tuseday, 7:30 p.m.

The House met at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.

Mr. Bass, of Habersham, moved to dispense with the call of the roll, which motion was lost.

"Gpon the call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Carter,

Allen,

Chappell,

Andenon,

Copeland,

Arnold,

Crossland,

Barron,

Denny,

Bass,

Dickey,

Bennett of Mitchell, Drawdy,

Bennett of Pierce, Ellis,

Beauchamp,

Emanuel,

Bell of Forsyth,

Everett of Polk,

Bell of Spalding, Everett of Stewart,

Blalock,

Farmer,

Bowen,

Felker,

Bower,

Freeman,

Brandon,

Franklin,

Brown of Bryan,

Ford,

Brown of Carroll, Fort,

Bush,

Gay,

Bynum,

George,

Carlton,

Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes, Hendricks, Henderson of 'Vasht'n Herring, Hosch, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Martin,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1141

Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett,

Park of Greene,

Swift,

Post,

Tanner,

Price,

Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Tisinger,

Reynolds,

Turner of Henry,

Richardson,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rogers,

Upchurch,

Rose,

Walker of Brooks,

Rudicil,

walker of Crawford,

Singletary,

Walker of Union,

Slaton,

Watkins,

Smith of Hancock, West,

Snell,

Williams of Emanuel,

Spinks,

Willingham,

Starr,

Wood,

Stubbs,

Woodall,

Sturgis,

Yates,

Stewart,

Mr. Speaker.

Stone,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adamson, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bryan, Calvin, Castleberry, Cook, Darnell, David, Dews, Duncan, Easterlin, Fender, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick, Harrison,

Harris,

Latimer,

Harrell,

Longino,

Harvard,

Morris,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Hill,

McLaughlin,

Howard,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hopkins,

Park of Troup,

Holder,

Rawls of Effingham,

Houser,

Simpson,

Hutchins,

Sloan,

Jarnagan,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Appling, Speer,

Johnson of Baker, Timmerman,

Johnson of Bartow, Tracy,

Johnson of Floyd, Whiteley,

Johnson of Lee,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Jordan of Jasper, 'Vooten.

Knowles,

1\fr. Brandon, of Fulton, moved that the order of business of to-night be, first, the reading of bills for a first

1142

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

and second time, second, reading of local bills a third time, third, such bills as the authors may wish to bring before the House, which motion prevailed.

~Ir. Blalock, of Fayette, moved that the session be extended not later than !) :30 oclock, which motion prevailed.

~Ir. watkins, of Gilmer, moved that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of having bill No. 168 read the second time, which motion was lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted:

By ~Ir. Blalock of Fayette-
A resolution, providing that unanimous consent must be obtained to displace the order of business.

The following resolution was read by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations, to wit:

By Mr. Bond of Madison-
A resolution, authorizing the payment of the pension due W. B. Power, to his widow.

Also the following bills, to wit:

By l\fr. Richardson of Hart-
A resolution, providing for the payment of $100 to Medicia Johnson.
Referred to Appropriations Committee.

Mr. Emanuel, of Glynn, asked unanimous consent to withdraw bill No. 782, which request was granted.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1143

The following Senate bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Mann of the 44th District-
A bill, to be entitled an act to limit the power of railroad companies to issue bonds, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the city of Douglasville, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Greene of the 40th-
A !lill, to be entitled an act to prohibit cattle being transported through the county of Rabun, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Agriculture Committee.

By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th-
A bill, to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Nichols, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By ~fr. l\fann of the 44th-
A bill, to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Ringgold.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

1144

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Mann of the 44th-
A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incor-
porate the town of Ringgold, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Felker of Walton-

A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create a county court in the county of Walton.

By Messrs. Johnson & Anderson of Bartow-

A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act to establish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues foT the county of Bartow.

By Mr. Bass of Habersham-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to create the city court of Clarksville.

By Mr. Carlton of Clark-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 1, sec:tion 14, article 7, of the constitution, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. George & Mason of DeKalb-

A bill, to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Stone Mountain.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to relieve Geo. W. Harri-
son.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1145

By Mr. Sturgis of McDuffie-
A resolutoin, to pay the pension due Geo. Welsh to his widow.
By Mr. Richardson of Hart-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for the removal of a laborer or cropper in certain cases.
By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide for the electing of the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jasper county by the people.
By Mr. Tanner of Coffee-
A bill, to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the town of Douglas.
By Mr. Hardin of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish as a branch of the State University, a .College of Agriculture and Mechanical arts.

By Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act creating the prison commission, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee---
A resolution, to pay the clerk of the House and secretary of the Senate for extra services.

By Mr. Chappell of ~luscogee---
A resolution, providing for tl\e indexing of the journals of the House and Senate.

1146

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Ogletree of Butts-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act amending the act to incorporate the town of Jackson.

By 1\lr. Slaton of ~'ulton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to authorize the treasurer of the State, to return certain insurance companies deposits, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee--
A resolution, authorizing the State Librarian to furnish certain books to the officers of Coffee county.

By Mr. Pace of Newton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require fire and marine insurance companies, to do business in this State only through their resident agents, and for other purposes.

By Mr. West of White--
A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal section 1786 of volume 1, of the Code.

By Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish the city court of Waycross.

By l\Ir. Jones of Burke--
A bill, to be entitled an act to prescribe the manner of reception of patients into the State Sanitarium.

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1147

By 1\fr. Hamby of Rabun-

A bill, to be entitled an act authorizing the county commissioners of the several counties of this State to emplo;v a civil engineer to assist the road commissioners, and for other purposes.

By 1\fr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill, to be entitled an act to provide that the lien of mortgages on crops, given to secure the payment of debts be superior to judgments of older date.

By Mr. Felker of walton-
A bill, to be entitled an act to repeal an act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for V\!alton county.

By l\fessrs. Johnson & Anderson of Bartow-
A resolution, appropriating $50 to the minor children of William Hill.

l\fr. Emanuel, of Glynn, moved to table bill 777, which motion prevailed.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:

By l\fr. Dickerson of the 5th-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 982 of the Code, and for other purposes.

By l\fr. Redding of the 22d-
A bill, to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

1148

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Bunn of the 38th District-

A bill, to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Cedartown.

By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill, to be entitled an act to require the commissioners of roads and revenues of Oglethorpe county to hire out misdemeanor convicts.

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act requiring life insurance companies in this State to have certain matter printed on their policies.

By Mr. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill, to be entitled an act to better carry into effect, section 4732 of the Code.

The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. McCranie of Berrien-
A bill, to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the town of Sparks.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1149

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Sparks, 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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Carlton of Clarke--
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend the charter of the city of Athens.

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 116, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By :\Ir. Blalock of Fayette--
A bill, to be entitled an act to make appropriation for
the payment of the pensions of_ indingent soldiers, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved in the bill, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. 0Yerstreet, of Screven.
After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose,
and through their chairman, reported the bill back to the
House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.

1150

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

An appropriation being involved, the roll was called, and on taldng the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows.

.Those voting aye were 1\fessrs.-

Adams,

Griffin of Greene, Overstreet,

Allen,

Griffin of Twiggs, Pace of Newton,

Arnold,

Griffith,

Padgett,

Barron,

Hall,

Park of Greene,

Bass,

Hardin of Liberty, Post,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of "'ilkinson,

Bennett of Pierce, Harvard,

Reid,

Beauchamp,

Hendricks,

Richardson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nRogers,

Bell of Spalding, Herring,

Rose,

Blalock,

Howard,

Rudicil,

Bond,

Johnson of Baker, Singletary,

Bowen,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

Brandon,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hancock,

Brown of Bryan, Lane of Bibb,

Snell.

Brown of Carroll, Lane of Early,

Spinks,

Bush,

Laing,

Starr,

Bynum,

LaRoche,

Sturgis,

Carter,

Lee,

Stone,

Castleberry,

:uartin,

Swift,

Chappell,

1\Iayson,

Tanner,

Copeland,

Merritt,

Tatum,

Drawdy,

::\Ioore,

Taylor,

Emanuel,

1\Iullins,

Tisinger,

Everett of Polk, McCranie,

Turner of Rockdale,

Everett of Stewart, McDonald,

'Valker of Brooks,

Felker,

McElreath,

"Walker of Crawford,

Fender,

McFarland,

Walker of Union,

Freeman,

l\JcGehee,

Watkins,

Franklin,

l\JcLennan,

'\'est,

Ford, Fort,

1\Icl\Iillan, Newton,

Williams of Emanuel,
"iood,

Gay,

Ogletree,

Woodall.

George,

Ousley,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Darnell,

Price.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1151

Those not voting were ~fessrs.-

Adamson, Anderson, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Cook, Crossland, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Farmer, Gresham, Greene, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick,

Harrison,

McCants,

Harris,

McDonough,

Harrell,

McLaughlin,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Henderson of Irwin, Pate of Gwinnett,

Hill,

Park of Troup,

Hopkins,

Rawls of Effingham,

HoldE!r,

Reynolds,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Houser,

Sloan,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hall,

Jarnagan,

Speer,

Johnson of Appling, Stubbs,

Johnson of Bartow, Stewart,

Johnson of Lee,

Timmerman,

Jones of Burke,

Tracy,

Jordan of Jasper, Turner of Henry,

Knowles,

Upchurch,

Lane of Sumter,

Whiteley,

Latimer,

Williams of Lumpkin

Longino,

Willingham.

Maxwell,

'Vooten,

1\fi tchell,

Mr. Speaker.

:Morris,

On motion of ~Ir. )feCtanie, of Berrien, the verification of the roll-eall was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill tile ayes were 102, nays 2.

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

By )Ir. "'illiams of Emanuel-
A bill, to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Adrian, in the counties of Emanuel and Johnson, and 01 other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

1152

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Gay of Colquitt-
A bill, to be entitled an act to establish a system of
registration for the city of Moultrie, 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 93, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Park of Greene--
A bill, to be entitled an act to require the inspection of butter, cheese, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, 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, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Bass,

Bennett of Mitchell, Blalock,

Bennett of Pierce, Bond,

Beauchamp,

Bowen,

Bell of For8yth,

Brandon,

Bell of Spalding, Brown of Bryan

TuESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899.

1153

Brown of Carroll, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Copeland, David, Dickey, Drawdy. Emanuel, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman. Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes,

Harvard,

Padgett.

Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

Henderson of \Vasht'nPost,

Herring,

Rawls of wilkinson.

Johnson of Appling Richardson,

Johnson of Baker, Rogers,

Johnson of Floyd, Rudicil,

Jordan of Pulaski, Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hancock,

Lane of Early,

Snell,

Laing.

Spinks,

LaRoche,

Starr,

Lee,

Sturgis,

Mayson,

Stewart,

Merritt,

Stone,

Mitchell,

Swift,

Moore,

Tanner,

McCranie.

Tatum,

McDonald,

Taylor,

McFarland,

Tisinger,

McGehee,

Turner of Rockdale,

McLennan,

\Vatkins,

McMillan,

\Vest,

Newton,

williams of Emanuel,

Ousley,

Wood,

Overstreet,

Yates.

Pace of Newton,

Those voting nay were ~Iessrs.-

Barron, Hall,

Ogletree, Singletary,

Walker of Brooks.

Those not voting were Messrs.--.

Adamson, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower, Bryan, Carter, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, Denny,
73h

Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, George, Gresham, Hammett, Hammond,

Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Hathcock, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Howard, Hopkins, Holder,

1154

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Hosch, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Sumt~r, Latimer, Longino, Martin, Maxwell, Morris,

Mullins,

Smith of Hall,

McCants,

Speer,

McDonough,

Stubbs,

McElreath,

Timmerman,

McLaughlin,

Tracy,

McRae,

Turner of 'Henry,

Pate of Gwinnett, Upchurch.

Park of Troup,

Walker of Crawford,

Price,

Walker of Union,

Rawls of Effingham, Whiteley,

Reid,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Reynolds,

Willingham,

Rose,

Woodal.

Simpson,

'Vooten,

Sloan,

:1\'Ir. Speaker.

On motion of ~fr. Copeland, of Walker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 5.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Park of Greene-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend section 61 of volume 1, of the Code of 1895.
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 78, nays 17.
The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill, to be entitled an act to amend an act creating
the charter of the Vetnon Shell Road.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1155

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of, the biil by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional w~jority was passed by substitute.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia,
\Vednesday, December 13, 1899.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9 ;30 a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened \\ith prayer by the Ron. :Mr. Bryan, o Floyd.

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

Adams,

Brandon,

Adamson,

Brown of Bryan

Anderson,

Brown of Carroll,

Barron,

Bryan,

Bass,

Bush,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bynum,

Bennett of Pierce, Carter,

Beauchamp,

Carlton,

Bell of Forsyth,

Castleberry,

Bell of Spalding, Chappell,

Black of Dawson, Cook,

Blalock,

Copeland,

Bond,

Crossland,

Bowen,

Darnell,

Bower,

David,

Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Richardson,

Fort,

LaRoche,

Rogers,

Gay,

Lee,

Rose,

Gresham;

Longino,

Rudicil,

Greene,

Martin,

Simpson,

Griffin of Greene, Mayson,

Singletary,

Griffith,

Maxwell,

Slaton,

Hall,

Merritt,

Smith of Hancock,

Hammett,

Mitchell,

Snell,

Hamby,

Moore,

Spinks,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Starr,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mullins,

Stubbs,

Hardwick,

McCants,

Sturgis,

Harrison,

McCranie,

Stewart,

Harris,

McDonald,

Stone.

Harrell,

McDonough,

Swift,

Harvard,

McElreath,

Tanner,

Hathcock,

McFarland,

Tatum,

Hendricks,

McGehee,

Taylor,

Henderson of \Vasht'nMcLennan,

Tracy,

Herring,

McMillan,

Turner of Henry,

Hill,

McRae,

Turner of Rockdale,

Howard,

Newton,

Upchurch,

Holder,

Ogletree,

\Valker of Brooks.

Hosch,

Ousley,

Walker of Crawford.

Houser,

Overstreet.

\Valker of Union,

Hutchins,

Pace of Newton,

Watkins,

Jarnagan,

Padgett,

West,

Johnson of Appling, Pate of Gwinnett, Whiteley,

Johnson of Baker, Park of Greene,

Williams of Emanuel,

Johnson of Bartow, Park of Troup,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Johnson of Floyd, Post,

Willingham,

Johnson of Lee,

Price,

wood,

Jones of Burke,

Rawls of Effingham, Woodal,

Jordan of Jasper Rawls of "Wilkinson, \Vooten,

Lane of Bibb,

Reid,

Yates.

Lane of Early,

. Reynolds,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold. Black of Whitfield, Calvin, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond,

Henderson of Irwin, Sloan,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Jordan of Pulaski, Speer,

Knowles,

Tisinger,

Laing,

Timmerman,

Latimer,

Mr. Speaker.

McLaughlin,

\VED:SESDAY, DECE.MBl':R 13, 1899.

1157

:llfr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Jlfr. Spealter:
The General J udiciar~ Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the forfeiture and retirement of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers to capital stock of corporations, etc~, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful for any person to trap, net, kill, etc., except on their own land, wild turkeys, quail, etc., and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with -the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to render physicians and surgeons incompetent to testify in civil cases as to certain information acquired while consulting or attending a patient, and for other purposes.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act approved December 10, 1SD7, which act repealed an act approved Februar.' 20, 1877, etc., regulating the license for the sale of liquor in Appling county.
The committee have also had under consideration the following House bill, "hich I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to >yit:

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A bill to be entitled an act to provide compensation for expert witnesses, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHX ~I. SLATO.X, Chairman.

On motion of :Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, the reading of the journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Park, of Greene, gave notice that at the proper time he would moye to recC'nsider the action of the House had yesterday upon bill Xo. 677.
:Mr. Reynolds announced that the Speaker asked leave of absence from to-day's session on account of illness, which was unanimously granted.
l\Ir. Slaton moved that the morning's session be extended until 1:30 o'clock, which motion prevailed.
:Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, Chairman of Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:
J.fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report hack, with a recommendation that the same do pass:
Xo.. 168, a bill to prohibit the driving, transporting or conveying of cattle from any point south of the Blue Ridge mountains into or through the counties of Rabun, Towns and Union, and for other purposes.
Respectft1lly submitted. G. W. JORDAN, JR., Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1159

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

Jfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend section 5273 of the Code of 1895.
Also, a bill to regulate the carrying certain cases to the Supreme Court of this State.
Also, a bill to amend an act approved December 20, 1898, creating a commission to consent on the part of the State to the erection of a new Union Station in Atlanta.
Also, a resolution providing for the release of "\V. G. Shockley from the State Sanitarium of Georgia.

Also, a resolution revoking the license of certain railroads entering the car-shed in Atlanta.

The S_enate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills and resolutions of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend an act approved :November 30, 1897, regulating the running of freight trains on the Sabbath day.

Also, a resolution to appropriate $2,813.00 to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, for repairs.

Also, a resolution paying the expenses and per diem of the joint tax commission, for compensation of secretary, clerk and porter of the same.

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J't.fr. \Valker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Jlfr. Speal.er:
The Committee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An act to establish the city court of GreenYille, in ~[eri wether county.

Also, an act directing the republication of certain Georgia Reports.

Also, an act to amend section 338 of volume 1 of the Code of 18lJ5, and for other purposes.

Also, an act to amend section 333, volume 1 of the Code of 18!:15.

Also, a resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, of Bibl1 county, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted. T. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

)fr. Chappell, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
_;t[r. Speaker:
The Committee on ...:\.ppropriations have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1161

A bill to appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a dining-room, kitchen, bakery and girls industrial school for the white department of the Georgia School for the Deaf, at Cave Springs.

Also, a bill to appropriate the sum of eleven thousand dollars for the purpose of adding to the buildings of the negro department of the Georgia School for the Deaf, etc.

Also, the following House bill, to be reported back, with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:

A bill to appropriate se,en thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting at the Georgia School for the Deaf, at Cave Spring, a building for physical training, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS..T. CHAPPELL, Chairman.

The Committee on Georgia School for the Deaf submitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
,\Ye, the committee appointed by you to visit the School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, Georgia, respectfully submit the following report:
The general surroundings of the institution are good. The health conditions of both white and colored inmates unusually good, reflecting great credit on the superintendent.
The attendance is growing much beyond the capacity of the present buildings, so much so as to make additional room an absolute necessity.

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vVe find the buildings for whites insufficient and recom-
mend an appropriation of ten thousand dollars to enlarge the buildings.

We find the buildings for colored inmates in bad condition, and the addition of a dining and cook-room very necessary, and we recommend an appropriation of five thousand dollars to be expended on the buildings of the colorerl inmates in said institution.

We find the moneys appropriated by the State, so far as we were able to ascertain in the limited time at our disposal, properly expended and vouched for. The system of bookkeeping good.
"\Ve desire to express the greatest satisfaction 'Yith the whole ma.Jlagement of the _institution, and congratulate our State upon the efficiency of the principal, officers, and teach ers of said institution.
Respectfully submitted.
E. W. WATKINS, Chairman pro tern.

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

.Mr. S pealcer:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit~

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed b;v his Excellency, the Governor, to delivlir to the Senate and House of Hepresentatives a com munication in writing, with accompanying petitions.
December 13, 1899.
'l'o the General Assembly of Georgia:
I have received from the citizens of the count:y_ of Fulton, the city of Augusta, and the city of Rome, three peti tions addres8ed to the members of the General Assembly of Georgia, and praying a law be enacted ''requiring bond to be given by any person or persons who file a bill for the appointment of ~ receiver," etc., copies of which I herewith, as requested, transmit to your honorable bodies fo" your consideration.
A. D. CAXDLER, Governor.
PETITION FRO!i THE CITIZEN"S OF :FULTON COUNTY.
To the Members of the General Assf!;mbly of Georgia:
The undersigned respectfully bring to your attention the great injury which is frequently done to business enterprises. and individuals by the filing of petitions for the appoint ment of receivers in cases devoid of merit. Although the parties thus attacked defeat receiverships, the fact that bills are filed against them cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently filed by irresponsible persons.
We earnestly petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person or persons who file a bill for the-

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appointment of a rcceiYer, conditioned to pay the defendant all damages in case no receiver is appointed. \Ve respectfully urge that this act further provide that such a bond as the one abme described be given before the petition for a receiwr is allowed filed in the superior court o:f any county of thi~ State.

S. M. \Vall.

.J. M. Poole.

Geo. R. Wall.

G. Thurman.

J ..F. ~leDougald.

L. Stribling.

C. C. Childers.

\V. J. O'~eal.

Atlanta Con. Bottling Co.,L. \Y. O':Keal.

Lee Hogan mgr.

J. H. Lindsa,Y.

W. H. ~IcClain.

W. P. Delk.

C. D. Stewart.

A. L. Delkin.

J. M. Green. John M. Smith.

J. C. Davis.
G. H. & A. -n. Porce.

S. \Y. Baer.

R. C. Black.

J. B. J:t'reeman.
W. ~I. & w. T. Ten.'

J. B. Smith. Chas. E. ~Ioody.

Joe Clay.

J.D. Eledy.

W. E. :Kix.

C. P. Bedingfield.

\V. S. Belyeu.

LaHatte Printing Co.

J:t'. ~I. Robinson.

Sidney L. Davis.

Phoenix Planing ~Iill.

~I. E. Harris & Co.

S. 0. King.

C. S. King.

L. L. Ewing.

Ed R. Hayes.

)forris & Carroll.

M. H. Hirsch.

T. C. Anderson.

G. A. Dewald.

E. D. DaYis. Moran's Pharmae~.

H.\\'. Rountree & Bro., T. &
B Co., by -n. Z. Turner

\V. H. Yickery Bros.

mgr.

S. D. Mitchell.

l\1. Theopide.

Singer & ~filler.
s. Boyce.

J. l\f. Alexander & Co. ~I. T. LaHatte.

H. C. Smith.

H. C. Dunlop.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1165.

F. B. Lippitt.

Forest .\..dair.

J. E. Brown.

Jack Adair.

P. 0. Hynds.

Wm. J. Davis.

walter J. wood.

Clem R. Harris & Co.

'fhe Columbian Book Co. H ..A. Chisholm.

J. W. Trigg.

W. T. Adams.

George E. Bealer.

T. W. Callaway.

The Great A. & P. Tea Co. B. Vignaux.

A. Holoman, 71 "\Vhiteball. Daniel Bros.

~lcClure 10 Cent Co.

R. B. Swift & Co.

Douglas & Davison Co. J. P. :Northrop.

L. ,J. Stilson.

B. L. Thompson.

C. D. Kenny, E. A. Hart- Jno. H. Thompson.

sock, mgr.

The Randall Cycle Co.

Hightower & Kirkpatrick. P. H. Snook & Austin, Furni-

Hightower & Graves.

niture Co., Thos.. H. Aus--

L. Lieberman.

tin, secy & treas.

Cable Piano Co., H. B.J. "\V. Hughes.

Morenus, mgr.

}I. Mann & Bros.

Beauchamp & Drake.

D. B. Hollis.

G. C. Beerman.

J. R. Glenn.

.\.tlanta Btewing & Ice Co., Regal ~hoe Co.

by Allecl.: Sleueer, prest. A. Fox.

J. D. Dunwoody.

Law Bros.

R. E. Hope.

.J. H. Goldsmith.

Jno. F. Bates.

A. P. Herrington.

W. M. ~lc:Xeal.

P. A. Gay.

Seiple Sons.

Kahn & Titlebaum.

Jones.\.. Fuller, (11ilton eol Chal'les "\V. Crenshaw.

F. Kates.

Edwin Stewart.

Atlanta Plumbing Co.

Lace House, H. Hunter & Co..

Oramling, Spaldin~ ,_o, pn Geo. }luse Clothing Co.

H. S. Collinsworth, secy. Stovall Smith Drug Co.

L. Steinau.

J. S. Dozier.

Jno. B. Daniel.

Southern Ad>t'g & Dist. Co..

A. G. Ballard.

DeWitt Pinson.

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JouRNAL QF THE HousE.

.J. H. Johnson.

C. H. Mason.

C. J. Kamper Gro. Co, C. J. D. Moss.

Kamper, prest.

J. S. Dobbs.

D. H. Dougherty Co.

C. B. Lucas.

Delbridge & Rice.

D. Morgan.

H. B. watkins.

H. D. l\1eCutcheon.

R. H. Cherry.

R. B. Broyles.

Jas. T. Miller.

Atlanta Elevator works.

.Joseph Berry.

:Moncrief Furnace Co., S.. P .

L. Prather.

Moncrief, mgr.

Atlanta Tailoring Co., 8am C. W. Rogers.

Marcus, mgr.

Hammack, Lucas & Co.

LeeR. Hutcherson.

W. R. Haney.

W. L. Bryan.

T. H. Quinn.

C.. Berchusse.

Star Furniture Co.

W. R. McDuffie.

A. Langford.

E. P. Roberts.

Hatty Krouse.

1.'. 8. McCarter.

G. S. Pior.

\\". D. Young.

"\Yarren Boyd.

. A. C. Minhinnett.

M. B. Avary.

F .J. Cooledge & Btos, C. J. Wilkerson Meat Co.

Vaughn, mgr.

R. A. Ellis.

~Borchardt & Pinchard.

A. L. Day.

Simpson & Harper, per J. J. J. Foote.

J. Simpson.

F. R. Holly.

W. L. Fain.

W. C. Phelps.

E. E. Lowe Co.

J. M. Breslin.

M. C. Morris.

l\f. J. Yarbrough.

:Nat wilson.
M. E. &C. W. Ford.

Frank E. Block. Phil Schwarz.

C. R. King.

C. Stewart.

Geo. Mann.

Mark "\V. Johnson.

J. L. Brown.

J .J. Camp.

E. W. McNeal.

James G. Craig.

H. G. Hastings.

J no. H. Dennis.

. J. M. Davridge.

John C. Evins.

WED;-,ESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 18!19.

1167

C. E. Bell.

P. M. F. Medin.

C. L. Fain.

C. 0. Meyer.

A. C. Williams.

W. ~f. U.ice.

I. L. Carpenter.

Walker & Treadwell.

Chattahoochee Brick Co.

Pease, genl. mgr.

Bennett Prtg House, B. F.E. F. Robertson.

Bennet, propr..

H. L. Atwater.

Southun Rubber Stamp & \Y. T. Crenshaw.

Stencil Wks, W. C. Ben- .Joseph L. Smith.

nett, propr.

Geo. \V. Lanier.

Glenn Faver.

W. B. Laine.

J. H. Fielder.

M. C. Hardin.

H. W. Post.

S.D. Johnson.

Frank S. Dariacott.

Oscar Davis.

Stewart & Ray.

C. H. Giradeau.

C. H. Spangler.

Green & Matthews.

S. W. Bacon.

R. C. Eve.

(Teo. Stein.

W. H. Mallory.

Hilburn & Bowden.

Edw. C. Brown.

J. T. \Vhitcomb & Son.

J. J. Baines.

\Ylute Hickory Wagon ~\lfg C. ~f. McHew.

Co.

Dowman Mfg Co.

Jno. E. Carp.

Natl Straw Hat \Yorks, E.

'1'. 1<'. Monroe.

Kaufman.

Grayton & Knight Mfg Co. B. C. Rush.

E. C. Smith.

Anderson Hewitt.

Atlanta Saw & Supply Co.' J. P. Trammell.

C. C. Chaffee.

C. J. Barton.

U. J. Riordan.

J. J. Schikan.

111. Riordan.

J. H. Head.

Mays Quick & Hildebrand. S. M. Truitt & Son.

Atlanta Supply Co.

Gholstin-Cunningham Sp'g

E. D. Crane & Co.

Bed Co.

wells Plumbing Co. W. A.vVm. Wolpert.

wells, mgr.

J. F. Kelly.

The 8. P. Richards Co.

1168

JouRNAL OI<' THE HousE.

A. C. Belcher.

J. R. )!orris.

J. T. Bird.

P. H. Donnelly.

The Cit~,. Grain & Feed Co. R. G. Dunwoody.

L. F. Jones.

" Howard Kessler.

E. E. G. Roberts.

C. J. Dunlap.

The Atlanta Tea & Coffe Co.," 0. Perry.

E. E. G. Roberts, propr. R. B. Kelly.

W. J. Hogan.

\Y. )1. Teat.

J. S. Bosworth.

P. C. Gilham.

C. C. weaver & Son.

Gate City Fence \Yks, T. A.

James T. \Veaver.

Splan, mgr.

B. \V. Ectiss.

J. D. Streets.

C. G. Bradley.

\V. H. Barnett.

F. A. Adge.

\Y. B. Smith.

Roy ~helton.

Atlanta Soda Co.

L. Shurman.

R. P. )Iilam.

\Ym. D. Roper.

)lilam & )Iiller.

Green Hampton.

J. E. Gullatt.

\Y. A. hey.

H. R. Denard.

Jas Keiley & Co, per E. Kie-Beardsley & Son.

ley.

The C. .A. Dahl Co., A. B.

FowlEr & Co.

\Yilliams, mgr.

E. A. ~Ioore.

R. A. Broyles.

R. 0. Shields.

R. A. Wynn.

\Y. C. Elrod. mgr.

R. .-\. Broyles, Jr.

Gate City Electrictl SupplyDunning & Son.

& Construction Co., OscarJno. T. \Vrigley, mgr \Vrig-

C Turner.

ley Engraving Co.

Southern Plumbing & Tin-J. E. Ormond.

ning Co., J. L. )!ell, mgr. Chas. Heinz, Jr.

T. H. Porter.

John Trammell.

Geo. W. )loore.

X. )1eKinley.

\V. D. l'ayne, with all m~-J. T. Schneider.

Heart.

P. J. Donohue.

A. C. Lampkin.

D. B. Pierce.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1169

To bhe .Zifembers of the General .Assembly of Georgia:

The undersigned respectfully bring to your attention the great injury which is frequently done to business enterprises and individuals by the filing of petitions for the appointment of receivers in cases devoid of merit. Although the parties thus attacked defeat receiverships, the fact that bills are filed against them, cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently filed by irresponsible persons.
We earnestly _.petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person or persons who file a bill for t~e appointment of a receiver, conditioned to pay the defendant all damages in case no receiver is appointed. We respect fully urge_that this act further provide that such a bond as the one above described be given before the petition for a receiver is allowed filed in the superior court of any county of this State.

R. H. Jones. Frank Edmondson & Bro. R. H. Wilson. Young A. Gresham. A. C. Woolley. W. S. Morgan. J. H. Low. Homer W. Carson. R. H. Randall. Geo. M. Daniel. H. L. Harralson. H. C. McCool. W. E. Treadwell. S. B. Scott. '\Y. H. Johnson. J_ A. Reynolds. W. R. Dimmock.
74h

Jno. R. Thornton. J. H. Martin. E. G. Willingham. G. M. King. W. E. Worley. J. C. Mason. C. C. Mason. C. W. Berry. H. W. Merritt & Bro. J. H. Merrritt. J. M. Kaplan. W. F. Wesley. Price Bros. C. H. Brown. W. W. Morgan. Edgar C. Jones. Julian J. Jones.

1170

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

T. F. :Mc'Gahee.

Atlanta Steam Candy Fctry.

R. P. Todd.

W. M. Spratlin.

J. A. Parks, Sr.

~f. L. Thrower.

J. E. Sheats.

C. F. Poole.

P. E. "\Vood.

A. L. Curtis.

Geo. W. Branch.

C. E. Conarroe.

J. B. Legg & Son.

J. T. Candler.

A. P. Eskeridge.

C. J. Kicklighter.

J. M. Dodson.

T .J. Avery.

R. E. Smith.

M. H. Lucas.

W. H. Bowen.

H. Thadden.

L. G. Pirkle.

H. T. Huff.

J. B. Speer.

Bell Bros.

T. M. Wills.

J. W. Hod<>.

Wells & Willis.

Easterlin & Hanson.

J. S. Coaley.

J.P. Spier.

"" M. Poole & Bro. E. T. Andrews.

Martin & Russell. S. T. Henderson.

W. M. Middlebrooks.

(The Brown Supply Co. Geo.

W. E. Brown.

S. Brown, genl. mgr.

J. J. Childress.

J. H. LaHatt.

R. B. Curtis.

waters & Co.

Smith & Higgins.

Cochran Grocery Co.

J. J. West.

J. A. Madden.

S. A. Swann.

Tenn. Poultry & Produce Co.

A. D. Kiser.

B. N. Greer, mgr.

G. T. Eubanks.

C. W. "\Veddington.

J. M. Cochran.

H. T. Blacknall.

A. T. Fuller.

R. C. Hood.

C. S. Mason.

J. C. Foote.

J. A. Morris.

L. "\Volfsheimer.

Williams & Garrison.
vV. P. Barge.

E. M. Clarke. Fulton Mfg. Co., W. S. Me

\V. H. Stocks.

Neal prest.

A. P. "\Vood.

McNeal Paint and Glass Co.,

The A. A. vVood & Sons Co. "\Y. S. ~fcNeal, prest.

Atlanta Machinery Co. . J. Spann Rheppard.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1171

F. A. Hull.

J. R. Patty.

S. P. Carter.

Atlanta Plow Co., H. D.

W. H. Henderson.

Terrell, prest.

Son. Home B. & L. Assn., byJ. F. Jonas.

W. H. Henderson,gen. mgr L. W. Hashnop.

The :Fred W. \Volf Co., by J. L. Foster.

E. E. Eagan, mgr.

R. D. McNinch.

Eugene E. Thornton.

R. S. Johnson.

A. C. \Vebster, mgr. D. Ap- E. T. Payne, Jr.

pleton_& Co.

C. J. Baisden.

S. M. Burbank.

Fulton Foundry & Machine

Bruce & Morgan.

works, R. D. Stokes, prest.

H. C. Reynolds.

Sims Bros.

D. G. Jones.

J. A. George.

M. H. Dickinson.

John L. Coleman & Co.

E. G. Thomas.

E. 0. l\files & Co.

Claude White.

T. A. Leathers.

F. \Y. Hart, sash and door Joseph Hanlon.

Co., F. W. Hart, mgr. W. R. Harris.

H. J. Taylor.

A. J. Martin Hdw. Co.

L.A. Hawes & Bro.

A. C. Belcher.

B. Maxwell.

M. Otyson.

J. M. Roberts.

Thos. G. Elder.

Trammell & Roberts.

W. C. Alexander.

J. A. Minor.

B. C. Adams, Jr.

T. E. Middlebrooks.

Turner & Co.

J. T. Pope.

J. S. Cameron.

J. J. Baker.

W. F. Manry & Co.

M. C. Treadwell.

W. F. Pattillo.

H. H. Butler.

C. E. Lucas.

Geo. Y. Pierce, M.D.

J. C. Austin.

A. A. Graves.

W. A. Wright.

Shirley Bros.

Chandler & Ward.

W. E. Perkim~.

H. F. Askane.

C. L. Golden.

W. N. Everett.

A. J. Thomason.

J. C. Hardin.

1P2

JouRNAL OF niE HousE.

R. D. Crusoe.

C. l\1. Morris.

~Hill.

~~.,~.-~~:.-~.~~
Swift and Company.

T. N. Hall.

R. R. Rallo, mgr.

E. H. Barnett.

A. P. Morgan Grain Co.

H. P. Foster, Jr.

G. E. Johnson.

J.D. McCowen.

.J. N. Porter.

B. Z. Holmes.

Edw. B. Bridgers Adv. Co.,

H. E. Harmon.

Edw. B. Bridgers, mgr.

Bankers Guarantee Fund H. J. Thornton.

Life Association.

C. A. Thornton.

J. S. Raine.

John l\1. Green.

Edward.S. Gay.

W. H. Preston.

~lay & Spalding.

W. E. "Wilhelm.

C. II. Phillips.

G. D. Albright.

0. T. Ambrose..

Carlton & Smith.

R. B. Chase.

C. W. O'Connor.

W. C. Felder.

J. L. Robertson.

G. L. Crandall.

J. G. Williams.

A. W. Jones.

W. D. Willis.

Wm. P. Davis.

J. J,. Riley & Co.

I. S. word.

Joseph Robinson.

Carll\Ionday.

J. E. Jones.

Hammond Packing Co.

Robert F. DeBelle.

J. R. Abbott.

E. white.

W. S. Dunc;an & Co.

To fhe Members of the General Assembly of Georgia:
The under~igned respectfu,lly bring to your attention the great injury which is frequently done to business enterprises and individuals by the filing of petitions for the appointment of receivers in cases devoid of merit. Although the parties thus attacked defeat receiverships, the fact that bills are filed against them,. cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently :filM by irresponsible persons.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBElt 13, 1899.

ii73

We earnestly petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person or persons who file a bill for the appointment of a: receiver, conditioned to pay the defendant
all damages in case no receiver is appointed. vVe respect-
fully urge that this act further provide that such a bond as the one above described be given before the petition for a receiver is allowed filed in the superior court of any county of this State.

J. A. Fritz. G. C. Minor. C. A. Cobb. Paul Smith. L. I.J. I.angston. V\". L. Venable. F. E. Ladd. 'Valter C. Lawrence. R. I.J. 0. McAllister. Thos. H. Northen. Edward Crusselle. M. L. Minor, Jr. J. W. Goldsmith. J. W. Burnes. J as. M. Goldsmith. Waddy Thompson. Thos. J. Wesley. R. H. Carpenter. N. B. Wright. Paul A. Wright. H. T. Holbrook. G. W. Crusselle. R. Bowen. W. B. Gresham. W. J. Norton. D. B. Stancliff. Wm. W. Roberts. Jno. A. Perdue.

Brutus J. Clay. C. R. Ledbetter. J. A. Magill. C. T. Watson. J. C. Chapman. Wm. C. McGill. T. J. Frees. Geo. A. Clarke. E. A. Speer. Craig Cofield. Jno. 8. Owens. A. B. Steele. Wm. D. Owens. Frank M. Potts. C. E. Currier. Henry Potts. L. M. Prouty. G. W. Toney. Max J. Winkler. R. A. Glover. C. H. Ford. L. T. Tucker. J. G. Thrower. H. W. Edgar. B. R. Mountcastle. J. A. White. J. R. McMichael. J. W. walker.

1174

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

H. W. Yarbrough.

C. H. Redding.

Saml. G. Walker.

E. C. H. Kins.

A. S. Sawyer.

Chas. E. Steele.

J. V. Johnson.

E. S. O'Brien.

,V. H. Davidson.

John J. Keller & Co., Robt.

J. S. Lester.

Johnson, mgr.

John M. Miller.

J. E . .Cummings.

J. T. Alexander.

D. L. Brantley.

Sanford W. Gay.

W. 0. Foote.

Edward H. Gay.

Julius Simon.

A. Perkins.

J. H. Govan.

Fred G. Palmer.

R. A. Williams.

Guy H. Crusselle.

Kates Transfer Co., per J. K.

H. Hymes.

J. A. Scott.

B. M. Nall.

Wm. A. Harris.

Max R. Hall.

M. C. Carroll, Jr.

J. C. Cann.

A.M. Shomo.

Chas. P. Byrd.

R. H. Bramlett, mgr.

T. J. Lyon, Jr.

D. L. Thomas.

Otis I.umber Co., by Wm. ,V. J. Cramer.

:M:. Otis.

F. G. Rawson.

,J. C. Flynn.

J. E. Tyler.

F. H. Jeter.

Chas. M. May.

Dr. Gifford.

J. T. Doonan.

A. R. Davidson.
8. -w. Moore.

R. S. Humphries. F. M. Jack.

J. D. Robertson. Francis Jones.

'" R. Roberts. T. C. Fambro.

Watts Publishing Co., J. R. .J. C. Govan.

"ratts, mgr.

Thos. Hughes.

S. M. Cooper.

Fred E. Alli'n.

Retail Credit Company, C. B. L. Lilienthal.

Woolford.

R. R Crutcher Furniture Co.,

J. S. Doyle.

R. S. Crutcher, prest.

F. A. Crawford.

Brown & Catlett Furniture

S. M.Knox.

Co., per. J. R. P. Cochran.

W. S. Witham.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1:3, 1899.

1lil}

Phillips & Crew Co., by B. J. V. Colclough.

B. Crew, prest.
Perryman & walters.

C. C. Pillsbury. Geo. A. Case.

H. M. Patterson.

Jacob Vogt.

0. L. Johnson.

J. E. Boney.

H. P. Foster.

H. T. McDaniel.

New Atlanta Cutlery Wks, H. L. Holbrook.

Chas Vittur, mgr.

C. W. Lawshe.

V. J. Dennie.

H. L. Harris.

A. Smith.

C. L. Brown.

J. H. Stark.

J. Evans Miller.

M. L. Tolbert.

J. H. Johnston.

N. R. Keeling.

Sam E. Tinley.

G. C. Drummond.

W. T. Webb.

A. G. Rhodes.

0. J. Bradley.

J. B. Roberts.

Henry Thornton.

DeLamater & Todd, Jno. Dozier Plumbing Co.

DeLamater.

H. W. Ashe.

Geo. B. Bick.

"V\<T. D. Alexander.

Star Tailors, E. L. Hillery, G. C. " 7illiams.

tr(>.as.

The Mutual Loan & Bkg Co.,

J. C. Lehman.

E. P. McBurney, cashr.

J. A. Johnson.

L. B. Langford.

G. W. Johnson.

A. Landsberger.

W. F. Humerkoff.

A. Springer.

A. E. McDonald.

W. S. Parris.

P. J. Smyth.

Chas W. Griffies.

H. 0. Byrnes.

W. H. Tucker.

W. E .Carnes.

W. J. Fletcher.

Geo. W. " 7aters.

A. J. Holbrook.

J. T. Wheelan.

Ed Townsend.

John Kelly.

W. J. Brown.

I~. C. Gentle.

James F. Snelling.

Nathan Wood.

~fatbew C. Peele.

Jno. A. Miller.

H. T. Clark.

Oha.s 0. Tyner.

J. W. Willis.

1176.

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

R. H. Crawford. E. M. Sawtell. Royal Lbr. Co. W. T. Orusselle. L. D. White. Thos. J. Peeples. W. L. Peel. J. R. Rucker. Robt. F. Maddox. R. H. Loveman. M. E. Proffitt. F. M. Brotherton. A. S. Talley. J. L. Cox. R. E. Bondurant. E. D. L. Moblt>y. C. N. Allen. J. A. Bondurant. W. T. Evans. G. W. Weems. Jas. A. Gifford.

W. E. Shelverton. W. L. Kelly. M. L. Bates. L. E. O'Keefe. W. C. McLane. H. L. Kahn. T. H. Weaver, Jr. B. J. Eiseman. N. Hess' Sons. Chas Adler,
mgr. Abe Fry. Jno. S. Prather. Jacobs Pharmacy Co., per
Jos. Jacobs. J. C. Klein. C. E. Whitman. C. W. Hunnicutt. I. L. Farrell. JohnS. Holliday. Geo. W. Harrison.

To ~he Members of the General Assembly of Georgia:
The undersigned respectfully bring to your attention the , great injury which is frequently done to business enterprise! and individuals by the filing o petitions or the appointment o receivers in cases devoid of merit. Altho_ugh the parties thus attacked defeat receiverships, the fact that bill!! are filed against them, cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently filed by irresponsible persons.
We earnestly petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person or persons who file a bill or th<J appointment o a receiver, conditioned to pay the defendant all damages in case no receiver is appointed. We respect-

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBERl3, 1899.

1177

fully urge that this act further provide that such a bond a:> . the one above described be given before the petition for a receiver is allowed filed in the superior court of any county of this State.

A. McD. wilson. A. L. Barth. A. McD. wilson, Jr. T. C. Hampton. Walter Tomlinson. C. A. Tappan. W. E. Knott. W. A. Morris. F. R. Reynolds. ,Jos. A. McCord. Jas. F. Prince. John L. Richmond. H. B. Dixon. John M. Cooper. W. B. Symmes. W. J. Campbell. I. C. Erwin. R. A. Sims. M. R. Emmons. J. F. Price. W. H. Holland. Fred Shaefer. Guy Webb. Tom Allen. L. B. Hambright. S. L. Asher. A. W. Tolleson. Geo. R. Law. E. J. Perkerson. Frank Hill. John Aldredge.

Phil. R. Bethea, Jr. I. H. Oppenheim. A. 8. Marshall.
~Meyer.
J. R. Jack. Jacobs Pharmacy Co. E. Anthony. F. B. Palmer. Clifford Denton. The Wiley Mfg Co. Randolph & Case. Chas. E. Wilkes. E. T. Kellam. L. B. Folsom. D. P. Morris & Sons. F. H. Cooledge. W.A.Long. E. H. Carroll. J. B. Campbell. J. A. Maxey. E. H. Thornton. W. F. Manry. C. E. Bothwell. H. M. Berry. Yellow Pine Co., by Walter
Pope, secy & treas. I<,. M. Scott. E. H. Jones. Ed Shunford. M. L. Cotton. Geo. S. O'Bear, Jr.

1178

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

. American Chemical Co., J. C. Clark, mgr.
J. C. Clark, machinery. A. A. Smith, fertilizers. Jno. K. Ottley. J. W. English. Chas. I. Ryan. Jno. B. Orme. H. W. Davis. Elliott C. Jennings. H. A. Beutell. Jno. B. Wheat.

Edward J. "\Verner. Turner Goldsmith. H. P. Wilson. William Lowe. T. F. Scott. R. B. Hall. E. C. McCune. Walker Dunson. "\Vm. W. Kingston. James H. Dickery, Jr. Thos. D. Meadds. J. H. Johnson.

To the ~"tlernbers of the General Assembly of Geo1gia:

The undersigned citizens of Rome, Ga., respectfully bring to your attention the great injury which is frequently done to business enterprises and individuals by the filing of petitions for the appointment of receivers in cases devoid of merit. Although the parties thus attacked defeat receivership:;;, the fact that bills are filed against them, cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently filed by irresponsible persons.
We earnestly petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person or rersons who file a bill for the appointment of a receiver, conditioned to pay the defendant all damages in case no receiver is appointed. We respectfully urge that this act further provide that such a bond as the one above described Le given before the petition for a receiver is allowed filed in the superior court of any county of this State.

Jno. H. Reynolds. B. 0. Hughes. Bass & Heard. J. Sam Veal. H. Abramson.

Griffin Hdw. Co. E. H. West. T. B. Owens. Seaborn Wright. Eugene Oberdorfer.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1S99.

1179

John L. Rivolta. Thompson Niles. James L. Height. W. M. Gammon & Son. Wm. A. Wright. A. S. Harvey. J.AJ.nham & Son. Rounsaville & Bros. N.H. Bass. J. F. Bass. I. H. Colclough. R. W. West. W. H. Anderson. S. l\f. Stark. B. F. Clark. W. H. Steele. Saml Funkhouser. The Hanson Supply Co. C. A. Truitt. D. H. Ramsaur. A. B. Montgomery. C. B. Goetchius. J. T. warlick. A. Rawlins. Geo. F. Chidsey. J. Y. McGhee, mgr. M. R. McWilliams. A. J. Ragan. R. R. Hams. W. T. Jones. Harris & Cooley. W. A. Hall. J. Kuttner & Co. Cantene & Owens. Houston R. Harper. E. D. Jones. A. w. Leadbetter.

J. F. Greene. F. G. Govan. M. F. Govan. J. R. Cantrell. J. Moultree. H. B. Parks & Co. C. Terhune. R. V. Allen. S. N. Kuttner. Hand & Co.
"'rMoore & Glover. J. Gordon. L. G. Todd. West Cycle Co. J. G. Barney. H. G. Stoffregen. J as. A. Smith. Montgomery & Co. D. R. Moss. D. D. Handle. A. ~loses. J. L. Brannon & Co. Bosworth Vandiver. Hamp Smith. R. S. Morris. Rome Hdw Co. by B. T,_
Haynes, prest. Hall & Quarles. Taylor & Norton Co. A. M. Antognole & Co. Simpson Grocery Co. A .T. Little. J. B. :Mathis. Ranus-Burney Co. Rome China & Stove Co.
'V. S. Robinson.
.J. B. 'Yalters & Co.

1180

JOURNAL OF THE .HouSE.

7'J the Members qf the General Assembly of Georgla :

The undersigned, citizens of ,Augusta, Ga., respectfully bring to your attention the great injury which is frequently -done to business enterprises and individuals by the filing -of petitions for the appointment of receivers in cases devoid -of merit. Although the parties thus attacked defeat reCeiverships, the fact that bills are filed against them cause great damage and injury. These bills are frequently filed by irresponsible persons.
We earnestly .petition you to pass an act requiring bond to be given by any person, or persons, who file a bill for .the appointment of a receiver, conditioned to pay the defendant all damages in case no receiver is appointed. We respectfully urge that this act further provide that such a bond, as the one above described, be given before the petition for a receiver is allowed filed in the superior court of any county of this State.

,V. B. Young.
.J. A. Anderson. E. J. Gallaher. C. M. Miller. F. R. Kimbrough. W. E. Mikell. A. D. Jones. W. C.Jones. Percy E. May. C. 0. Simpson. A. H. Vondeiliett. A. J. McKnight. T. C. Vason. .J. G. Weigle. E. Allan Pendleton. "T. C. Bergh. Charles A. Maxwell.

George W. Lewis. Wm. Martin. Force & Co. F. L. Fuller. H. H. Murphy. John W. Walker. E. W. Deveney. Deveney, Hood & Co. Victor Sweep Co. A. l!.... Pendleton. J. V. H. Allen & Co. R. E. Allen. M. C. Eve. L. C. Hayne. Chas R. Clark. W. J. Stevens. M. G. Rigley.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

H8L

Ghas. C. Howard.

Rufus H. Brown..

Frank G. Ford.

Fred T. Lockhart.

W. C. Warfilaw.

H. H.Hickman.

Geo. J. Fargo.

Hy B. King.

Interstate Cotton Oil Co., by Bowdre Phinizy.

James D. Dawson, mgr. Jackson & O'Connor.
Commercial Bank, F. E. John F. Holmes & Co.

Fleming, prest.

Leonard Phinizy.

Z. Daniel.

M. 0. Dowds Sons & Co..

Richards & Shaver.

Frank X. Dorr.

Chas. D. Carr & Co.

Davison & Fargo.

Baker & Smith.

W. T.Gary.

C. E. Coffin.

Thos. W. Coskery.

Walton & Carr.

J os. B. Cumming.

A. P. Carr & Co.

Geo. E. Goodrich.

A. P. Carr.

W. D. Timberlake.

Coskery & Hunter.

P.M. Mulherin.

Crawford & Co.

C. H. Camfield..

J. J. Hicks & Bro.

Mulherin & Armstrong .

Lamb & Hollingsworth. C. A. Steed.

"Sunmakes" Incorp.

Z. Armstrong.

C. G. Goodrich.

Union Savings Bank, by Jno..

Jacob Phinizy.

D. Sheahan, cashier.

J. B. Davenport.

W. E. Latimer.

Richards & Shaver.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By :Mr. ,Johnson of Bartow-
A resolution to exclude all persons, except newspaper re- porters, pages and porters, and others, from the floor of the House, for the remainder of the session.
The following bills were read the third time, and put: upon their passage; to 'vit:

1182

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes w~re 102, and the nays 2.

So, the resolution having received the requisite consti.tutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-
A bill to be entitled an act to require all graduates of schools or colleges in this State, except graduates of the State Normal School, at Athens, to stand examinations before being allowed to teach in the common schools in this State, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill 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 aye were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron,

Bass,

Black of Dawson,

Bennett of Mitchell, Blalock.

Bennett, of Pierce, Bond,

Beauchamp,

Bowen,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bower,

Bell of Spalding,

Brown of Oanoll,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1183

Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry. Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, George, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock,

Henderson of Wash'n,Padgett,

Herring,

Park of Greene,

Hill,

Post,

Howard,

Price,

Hosch.

Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Baker, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Bartow, Reynolds,

Jones of Burke,

Rogers,

Jordan of Jasper, Rose,

Jordan of Pulaski, Singletary,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hancock,

Laing,

Snell,

LaRoche,

Spinks,

Lee,

Sturgis,

Martin,

Stewart,

Mason,

Stone,

Maxwell,

Swift,

Merritt,

Tanner,

Moore,

Tatum,

McCants,

Taylor,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

McDonald,

Tracy,

McDonough,

Turner of Rockdale,

McElreath,

Upchurch,

McFarland,

Walker of Crawford.

McLennan,

walker of Union,

McMillan,

Watkins,

McRae,

'Vest,

Newton,

Whiteley,

Ogletree,

Willingham,

Ousley,

Wood,

Overstreet,

Woodall,

Pace of Newton,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Brandon, Carlton, Carter, Dews, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison,

Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Lane of Sumter, Longino, Mitchell, Morris,

McGehee, Pate of Gwinnett, Slaton, Speer, Starr, Walker of Brooks, Williams of Emanuel.

1184

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Copeland, David, Ellis, Farmer, Gay, Hammond, Hardwick, Harris, Hendricks,

Henderson of Irwin, Richardson,

Hopkins,

Rudicil,

Holder,

Simpson,

Johnson of Floyd, Sloan,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Knowles,

Stubbs.

Lane of Early,

Timmerman,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

1\'fullins,

williams of Lumpkin,

1\'fcLaughlin,

"\Vooten,

Park of Troup,

1\'fr. Speaker.

Reid,

On motion of :Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, and the nays 23.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority; was passed.

:Mr. ;Harrison, of Quitman, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House just had on the above bill.

By Mr. LaRoche of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the various acts relating to the city court of Savannah, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
:Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas, called for the previous question, ;Yhich call was sustained.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1185

On the passage of the bill, Mr. Mitchell called or the ~yes and nays, which caU was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

.Adams, .Adamson, .Allen, Anderson,
~Barron,
Bell of Forsyth, :Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush; -<Jhappell, Cook, -<Jopeland, Dews, Ellis, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Fender, Freeman, .Franklin, Fort, -Greene,

Griffin of Greene, McLennan,

Griffith,

McMillan,

Hammett,

Newton,

Hardin of Wilkes, Overstreet,

Hardwick.

Pace of Newton,

Harvard,

Park of Greene,

Howard,

Price,

Hosch,

Rawls of Effingham,

Johnson of Appling, Reid,

Johnson of Bartow, Simpson,

Johnson of Floyd, Singletary,

Jordan of Jasper, Slaton,

.l ordan of Pulaski, Snell,

Lane of Early,

Spinks,

Lane of Su~ter,

Speer,

LaRoche,

Starr,

Longino,

Tanner,

Mayson,

Tracy,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

West,

Moore,

Whiteley,

McDonald,

Williams of Lumpkin

McDonough,

Woodall,

McGehee,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

~Bass,

Dickey,

Bennett of Mitchell, Duncan,

Black of Dawson, Easterlin,

Bower,

Everett of Stewart,

Bynum,

Ford,

.<Jalvin,

Gresham,

Carlton,

Hall,

Darter,

Hardin of Liberty,

-<Jastleberry, J)avid, ,

Harrison,



Harris,

75h

Henderson of Washt'n Herring, Jones of Burke, Laing, Mitchell, Morris, McCants, McCranie, McFarland, McRae, ..

1186

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Ogletree,

Rose, .

Padgett,

Smith of Hancock,

Pate of Gwinnett, Stone,

Post,

Swift,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Richardson,

Walker of Brooks, Walker of Union, Williams of Emanuel.,. Willingham, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Drawdy, Farmer, Gay, George, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hamby, Harrell,

Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Houser, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of J,ee, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Latimer, Lee, Martin, Mullins, McElreath, McLaughlin,

Ousley, Park of Troup, Reynolds, Rogers, Rudicil, Sloan, Smith of Hall~ Stubbs, Sturgis, Stewart, Tatum, Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, Walker of Crawford.Watkins, Wooten, Mr. Speak!'r.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 72, and thenays 46.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutionar majority, was lost.
By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A resolution to pay the joint committee of the House and'. Senate for the investigation of the Northeastern Railroad_

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBJ:<:R 13, 1899.

1187

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Johnson, of Floyd.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the reccommendation that the same do pass.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were called, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Easterlin,

Lane of Early,

Adamson,

Everett of Stewart, Lane of Sumter,

Anderson,

Freeman,

LaRoche,

Barron,

Franklin,

Lee,

Bass,

Ford,

Longino,

Bennett of Mitchell, Fort,

Mayson,

Bennett of Pierce, George,

Maxwell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Gresham,

Merritt,

Bell of Spalding, Greene,

Mitchell,

Blalock,

Griffin of Greene, Moore,

Bowen,

Griffith,

Morris,

Bower,

Hall,

McCranie,

Brandon,

Hardin of Liberty, McDonough,

Brown of Carroll, Hardwick,

McFarland,

Bush,

Harrison,

McGehee,

Bynum,

Harvard,

McLennan,

Calvin,

Henderson of Wash'tnMcRae,

Carter,

Herring,

Newton,

Castleberry,

Hosch,

Ogletree,

Chappell,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Cook,

Johnson of Bartow, Overstreet,

Darnell,

Johnson of Floyd, Pace of Newton,

David,

Jones of Burke,

Padgett,

Denny,

Jordan of .Tasper, Pate llf Gwinnett,

Dews,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park of Greene,

Ellis,

Lane of Bibb,

Post,

1188

JouRNAL oF THE Housl!:.

Price,

Speer,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Starr,

Reynolds,

Sturgis,

Richardson,

Stewart,

Rose,

Stone,

Rudicil,

Swift,

Singletary,

Tisinger,

Slaton,

Tracy,

Smith of Hancock, Turner of Rockdale,

Snell,

Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, West, Whiteley, 'Villiams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Woodall, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-
Dickey.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Arnold, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan Bryan, Carlton, Copeland, Crossland, Drawdy, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Gay, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby,

Hardin of Wilkes, McLaughlin,

Harris,

McMillan,

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Hathcock,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hendricks,

Reid,

Henderson of Irwin, Rogers,

Hill,

Simpson,

Howard,

Sloan,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Holder,

Spinks,

Houser,

Stubbs,

Hutchins,

Tanner,

Jarnagan,

Tatum,

Johnson of Baker, Tyalor.

Johnson of Lee,

Timmerman,

Knowles,

Turner of Henry,

Laing,

Walker of Crawford,

Latimer,

'Valker of Union,

Martin,

Watkins,

Mullins,

Wood,

McCants,

\Vooten.

McDonald,

Mr. Speaker.

McElreath,

On motion of l.Ir. Slaton, of Fulton, the Yerification of the roll-call was dispensed '.Vitll,.,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1189

On the passage. of the resolution the ayes 'were 106, and the nays 1.
So, the resolution having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A resolution providing for the compensation of A. 1.
Waldo for services rendered the State.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
Mr. Spinks, of Paulding, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

An appropriation being involved m the resolution, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.--

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding.
Bower, Brandon, Brown of Bryan. Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum,

Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Darnell, David, Denny, Dews, Dickey. Drawdy, Duncan, Emanuel, Everett of Stewart,. Franklin, Fort, George,

Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harvard, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring, Howard, Hutchins, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow,

1190

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Johnson of Floyd, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Lot).gino, Mayson, Maxwell, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCranie, McDonough, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan, McMillan,

McRae,

Sturgis,

Ogletree,

Stewart,

Pace of Newton,

Stone,

Padgett,

Tanner,

Pate of Gwinnett, Tatum,

Park of Greene,

Tisinger,

Post,

Tracy,

Price,

Turner of Henry,

Rawls of Effingham, Upchurch,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Walker of Brooks,

Reid,

Walker of Crawford,

Reynolds,

Walker of Union,

Richardson,

Watkins,

Rogers,

West,

Rose,

Whiteley,

Rudicil,

Williams of Emanuel,

Singletary.

Williams of Lumpkin,

Smith of Hancock, Willingham,

Spinks,

Wood,

Speer,

Woodall,

Starr,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.~
Hardin of Liberty.

Those not \'Oting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Copeland, Crossland, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Gay, Hammond, Hamby,

Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hill, Hopkins, Holder, Hosch, Houser, Jarnagan, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pul11ski, Knowles, Latimer, Martin, Mt;lrritt, Mullins, McCants,

McDonald, McElreath, McLaughlin, Newton, Ousley, Overstreet, Park of Troup, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Stubbs, Swift, Taylor, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Wooten. Mr. Speaker.

WEDNESDAY; DECEMBER 13; 1899.

'1191

of On motion of Mr. Stone, of Walton, the veri:fictiion
-the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, and the

:nays 1.

. .

..

So, the resolution having received the requisite co~sti-

'tutional majority, was paSsed. .

.- .

::By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-:-;-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a State Board of
Embalming, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
j>assage of the biil, was agreed to.

Mr. McRae, of Telfair, called for the previous question,

which 'call was. sustained. .

.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, and the

nays 3.



So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional -majority, was passed.

::By Mr. Overstreet, of Screven-

A bill to be entitled an act. to require all ordinaries of -this State to publish citations, notices and advertisements, ~tc., and for other purposes.

The following amendments were offered, read and -adopted, to wit:

By .Mr. Howard of Dooly-
Provided, that the 'paper receiving the publications be at the county seat.

1192

JouRN.AI. .oF THE HouSE.

By Mr. Bower of Decatw--
Amend by striking paragraph 3 from said act.
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 1041 and the nays 12.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pa..<~Sed, as amended.

By Mr. Crossland of Dougherty-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the lOth section of the general tax act. for 1899 and 1900.
The report of the committ~e, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 25.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. Tatum, of Dade, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action. of the House just had upon the above bill.

By Mr. Crossland of Newton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of article 7 of the Constitution, and for Dther purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 1~, Hl99.

1193

As an amendment to the Constitution was proposed in the bill, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hamby,

McLennan,

Adamson,

Hardin of Wilkes, McMilla~,

Allen,

Harris,

McRae,

Anderson,

Harvard,

Newton,

Arnold,

Hathcock,

Ogletree,

Bass,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Bennett of Pierce, Henderson of Washt'nOverstreet,

Beauchamo,

Herring,

Pace of Newton,.

Bell of Forsyth,

Hill,

Pate of Gwinnett,,

Black of Dawson, Howard,

Park of Greene,

Bowen,

Holder,

Park of Troup,

Bower,

Hosch,

Post,

Brandon,

Houser,

Price,

Brown of Bryan, Hutchins,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Brown of Carroll, .Jarnagan,

Reynolds,

Bush,

Johns<m of Bartow, Rogers.

Bynum,

Johnson of Floyd, Singletary,

Carter,

,Jones of Burke,

Slaton,

Castleberry,

Jordan of Jasper, Bmith of Hancock,

Chappell,

Lane of Bibb,

Spinks,

Cook,

Laing,

Starr,

Drawdy,

LaRoche,

Stone,

Easterlin,

L'ongino,

Tanner,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Taylor,

Felker,

Merritt,

Timmerman,

Franklin,

Mitchell,

Tracy,

Ford,

Moore,

Turner of Roc.tdale,

Fort,

Morris,

\Valker of Crawford,

George,

Mul ins,

Walker of Union,

Gresham,

McCants,

Watkins,

Greene,

McCranie,

Whiteley,

Griffin of Greene, McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel,

Griffith,

McDonald,

Willingham.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Bennett of Mitchell, Dews,

Bryan,

Duncan,

Hall, Hardin of Liberty,

1194

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Hardwick,

Lee,

Sturgis,

Harrell,

McFarland,

Tatum,

Johnson of Appling, Rawls of Effingham, West,

Johnson of Baker, Richardson.

Woodall,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rudicil,

Yates.

Lane of Early,

Those not voting were M~rs.-- .

Barron,

Freeman,

Reid,

Bell of Spalding, Gay.

Rose,

Black of Whiifield, Griffin of Twiggs,

Blalock,

Hammett,

Bond,

Hammond,

Simpson,
Sloan, Smith of Hall~

Calvin,

Harrison,

Snell,

Carlton,

Henderson of Irwin, Speer,

Copeland,

Hopkins,

Stubbs,

Crossland,

Johnson of Lee,

Stewart.

Darnell,

'Knowles,

Swift,

David,

Lane of Sumter, Tisinger,

Denny,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Dickey,

Martin,

Upchurch,

Ellis,

Maxwell,

Walker of Brooks.

Emanuel,

McElreath,

Williams of Lumpki ,

Everett of Polk;

McGehee,

'Vood,



Farmer,

McLaughlin,

Wooten,

Fender,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Stone, of 1.Valton, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, and the nays 22.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Morris asked that bill No. 314 be tabled, which request was granted.

The following resolution was, by unanimous cons(ilnt, in trodnced and read, to wit:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1195

By Mr. Barron of Jones-

A resolution providing for a night session from 7:30 to 1) :30 o'clock, and to fix the order of business.
Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, offered the following substitute, which was read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That a night session be held from 7:30 to 1() o'clock to-night.
'"
The resolution was adopted by substitute.

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A bill to be entitled an act to exempt disabled" Confed~rate soldiers from certain taxes, and for other p1,1rposes.
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 90, and the nays 33.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, gave notice that h~ would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the above bill at the proper time.

Mr. Tatum, of Dade, asked permission to withdraw h1s notice of a reconsideration of bill No. 589, which request was granted.

Mr. Bush, of Miller, renewed the notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the House on the bill No. 589.

1196

JouRl'<AL OF THK HousE.

Mr. Drawdy, of Wayne, asked unanimous consent to withdraw bills Nos. 629 and 701, which request was granted.
Mr. Lane, of Early, asked that he be allowed to withdraw
bills Nos. 653 and 671, which request was granted.

By Mr. Blalock of Fayette-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

An amendment to the Constitution being involved in the bill, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking theballot viva voce, the voie was as follows:

Those voting aye were ~Messrs.-

Adamson,

Cook,

Hammett.

Allen,

Copeland,

Hamby,

Anderson,

Crossland,

Hardin of Liberty,

Barron,

Darnell,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Bass,

David,

Hardwick,

Bennett of Mitchell, Dews,

Harrell,

Bennett of Pierce, Drawdy,

Harvard,

Bell of Forsyth,

Ellis,

Hathcock,

Bell of Spalding, Everett of Stewart, Hendricks

Black of Dawson, Felker,

. Henderson of 'Vash'n

Blalock,

Fender,

Herring,

Bowen,

Freeman,

Hill.

Bower,

Franklin,

Howard,

Brown of Carroll, Ford,

Holder,

Bryan,

George,

Hosch,

Bush.

Gresham,

Houser,

Bynum,

Greene,

Jarnagan.

Carter,

Griffin of Greene, Johnson of Appl.ing,

Castleberry,

Griffith,

Johnson of Bartow,

Chappell,

Hall,

Johnson of Floyd,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1197

Jones, Jordan of Jasper, ;rordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, J.ane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Mitchell, Morris, Mullins, McCranie, McDonald, McDonough, McFarland, McGehee, McLennan,

McMillan,

Starr,

Newton,

Sturgis,

Ogletree,

Stewart,

Ousley,

Stone,

Overstreet,

Tanner,

Pace, of Newton, Tatum,

Padgett,

Taylor,

Pate of .Gwinnett, Tisinger,

Park of Greene,

Timmerman,

Park of Troup,

Tracy,

Post,

Turner of Rockdale

Rawls of Effingham, Walker of Crawford,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Watkins,

Reynolds,

West,

Richardson,

Whiteley,

Rogers

Williams of Emanuel,

Rose,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Rudicil,

Wood,

Singletary,

Woodall,

Snell,

Yates.

Spinks,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brandon,. Brown of Bryan, Calvin, Carlton, Denny, Dickey, Duncan, Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Fort, Gay,

Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Harrison, Harris, Henderson of Irwin, Hopkins, Hutchins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Lee, Knowles, Latimer, Martin. Merritt, Moore, McCants. McElreath, McLaughlin, McRae.

Price, Reid, Simpson, Slaton, Sloan, Smith, of Hall, Smith, of Hancock, Speer, Stubbs, Swift, Turner of Henry, Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, Walker of Union, Willingham,
'Vooten, Mr. Speaker.



1198

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Stone o Walton, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage o the bill th!') ayes were 122, and thenays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By M~. Carlton o Clarke---..,-
A bill to be entitled an act to appropriate $4,500.00 orthe support o a summer session o the State University.
Mr. Howard, o Chattahoochee, moved to table the bill, which motion prevailed.

On motion of 1fr. Gresham, o Burke, .the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Wednesday, 3 p.m.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called toorder by the Speaker pro tern.

Mr. McRae, o Telfair, moved that the roll-call be dispensed with, which motion was lost.

Upon the call o the roll those answering to their names. were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Allen, Anderson,

Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Forsyth,

Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1199

Bowen,

Hill,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Bower,

Howard,

Reid.

Brandon,

.Holder,

Reynolds,

Brown of Bryan, Hutchins,

Richardson,

Bryan,

Johnson of Appling, Rogers,

Bush,

Johnson of Baker, . Rose,

Carlton,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

Carter,

Jones of Burkt>,

Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Jordan of Pulaski, Snell,

Chappell,

Lane of ,Early,

Spinks,

Cook,

Laing,

Starr,

Copeland,

LaRoche,

Stubbs,

Darnell,

Lee,

Sturgis,

David,

Maxwell,

Stewart,

Dews,

Merritt,

Stone,

Drawdy,

Mitchell,

Swift,

Emanuel,

Moore,

Tanner,

Farmer,

Morris,

Tatum,

Felker,

McCants,

Taylor,

Freeman,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

Ford,

McDonough,

Timmerman,

Fort,

McElreath,

Tracy,

Gay,

McFarland,

Turner of Henry,

Gresham,

McGehee,

Upchurch,

Greene,

McMillan,

Walker of Brooks,

Griffin of Greene, McRae,

Walker of Crawford.

Griffith,

Newton,

Walker of Union,

Hall,

Ogletree,

Watkins,

P ardin of Wilkes Overstreet,

West,

Harrison,

Pace of Newton,

Whiteley,

Harris,

Padgett,

Williams of Emanuel.

Harrell,

Park of Greene,

Willingham,

Harvard,

Park of Troup,

Wood,

Hathcock,

Post,

Woodall,

Hendricks,

Price,

Yates,

Henderson of Wash'n,Rawls of Effingham, Mr. Speaker.

Herring,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Arnold,

Bynum,

Rass,

Calvin,

Bennett of Mitchell, Crossland,

Black of Whitfield, Denny,

Brown of Carroll, Dickey,

Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart,

1200

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Fender,

.Jarnagan,

Franklin,

Johnson of Floyd,

George,

Johnson of Lee,

Griffin, of Twiggs, Jordan of Jasper,

Hammett,

Knowles,

Hammond,

Lane of Bibb,

Hamby,

Lane of Sumter,

Hardin of Liberty, Latimer,

Hardwick,

Longino,

Henderson of Irwin, Martin,

Hopkins,

Mayson,

Hosch,

Mullins,

Houser,

McDonald,

McLaughlin, McLennan, Ousley, Pate of Gwinnett, Simpson, Singletary, Slaton, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer, Turner of Rockdale, Williams of Lumpkin, 'Vooten.

:Mr. Chappell, Chairman <;>f the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

-.Yr. Speaker:
The Committee. on Appropriations have had under consideration the following resolutions, which I am directed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A resolution to authorize the payment of the pep.sion of W. B. Power, deceased, to his widow, :Mary J. Power.

Also, a resolution to provide for the payment of $100 to
Melicia Johnson, widow of .T. L. Johnson, deceased,_ a pen~
swner.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. CHAPPELL, ChaixmaB.

Mr. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee on Corpora-
tions, submitted the following report, to wit:

WEDNESDU, DECEMJ3ER 13, 1899.

1201

.2111. Speaker:
The Comn:littee on Corporations hi\Ve had under considt-ration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report bacf, with the recom~ndation. that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be ep.titled an act to authorize the mayor and
council o the city o waynesporo to issue bonds to the
amount of $25,000, etc., for tpe purpose o erecting an
electric plant and waterworks, and or other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the
following Senate bills, which l !llll instructed to report back, with the recommendation that Hw same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an ~t to repeal an act entitled an
:act to reincorporate the towll of PuPont as the city of DuPont, and for other :purpose~. '

Also, a bill to be entitled flU act to incorporate the town

<>f DuPont, in the county o CHttch, and State of Georgia,

:and for other purposes.

'

The committee have fl.lso had under consideration the following Senate bills, which lt~rlll instructed to report back to the House, with the recom~~ndation that same be read :a second time and recommitteq, to wit:

A bill to be entitled l\n act to amend, supersede and consolidate the seYeral acts incorporating the city o Douglasville, in the county of Dougl!\5.
Also, a bill to be entitled af\ act to incorporate the town Q{ Nichols, in the county of Coffee, etc., and for other pur})Oses.
Hespectfully submitted.
JAS. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.
76h

1202

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Mr. Chappell, of l\Iuscogee, asked leave of absence for :Mr. Denny, of Floyd, on account of sickness, which leavewas granted.
The following bills were read the third time, and placed upon their passage, to wit:

By :Mr. Chappell of :Muscogee-
A resolution to appropriate a sufficient amount to supplythe deficiencies in the contingent funds of the Governor,_ Supreme Court and printing funds.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, l\fr. I.aRoche, of Chatham.
After a consideration of the resolution the committe~ arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays wereordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote wa'las follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Adamson,

Brandon,

Anderson,

Bryan,

Barron,

Bynum,

Bass,

Castleberry,

Bennett of Mitchell, Chappell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Cook,

Bell of Spalding, Darnell,

Black of Dawson, Dews,

Blalock,

Dickey,

Bowen,

Drawdy,

Bower,

Emanuel,

Everett of Stewart,. Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hall, Hammett, Hamby, Hardin of Libertyr

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1203

Hardin of Wilkes, Lee,

Hardwick,

Martin,

Harrell,

Merritt,

Harvard,

Mitchell,

Hathcock,

McCants,

Henderson of \Vash'n,McCranie,

Herring,

McDonough,

Hill,

McLennan,

Howard,

McMillan,

Holder,

McRae,

Hutchins,

Newton,

Jarnagan,

Ogletree,

Johnson of Appling, Ousley,

Johnson of Baker, Pace of Newton,

Johnson of Floyd, Padgett,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Greene,

Jordan of Pulaski, Post,

Lane of Early,

Rawls of Effingham,

Lane of Sumter,

Rawls of \Vilkinson,

Laing,

Reid,

LaRoche,

Reynolds,

Rose, Slaton, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Starr, Stubbs, Stewart, Tanner, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, walker of Union, Watkins, \Vest, Whiteley, \Vood, \Voodall, Yates.

Those Yoting nay were :Messrs.-

Brown of Carroll, Hendricks,

Moore,

McFarland.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Calvin, Carlton, Carter, Copeland, Crossland, David,

Denny, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin. Everett of Polk, Farn1er, Felker, Franklin, Gay, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Harrison,

Harris, Henderson of Irwin. Hopkins, Hosch, Houser, Johnson of Bartow. Johnson of Lee, Jones, Knowles, Lane of Bibb,: Latimer, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Morris,

1204

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mullins, McDonald, McElreath, McGehee, McLaughlin, Overstreet, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Pate, Price, Richardson,

Rogers, Rudicil, Simpson, Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Speer, Sturgis, Stone, Swift, Tracy,

Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Crawford, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, "\Vooten, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :1fr. Hardin, of wilkes, the verification o the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, and the nays 4.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
:Mr. Taylor, of Jefferson, asked leave of absence for Mr. Farmer, of Jefferson, on account of sickness, which leave was granted.

By :Messrs. Johnson and Anderson of Bartow-
A resolution to pay the minor children of -William Hill fifty dollars.

The resolution involYing an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. "\Vatkins, o Gilmer.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee -arose, and throngh its chairman, reported the same back to the Honse, with the recommendation that it do pass.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1205

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hamby,

Ousley,

Allen,

Hardin of Liberty, Pace,

Anderson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Padgett,

Bass,

Harrison,

Park of Green,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harris,

Park of Troup,

Bennett of Pierce, Harrell,

Post,

Beauchamp,

Harvard,

Price,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hendricks,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bell of Spalding, . Henderson of Wash'n,Rawls of Wilkinson,

Blalock,

Hill,

Reid,

Bond,

Howard,

Richardson,

Bower,

Hutchins,

Rogers,

Brandon,

Johnson of Appling, Slaton,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Bartow, Spinks,

Bush,

Johnson of Floyd, Starr,

Bynum,

Jones,

Sturgis,

Calvin,

Jordan of Jasper, Stewart,

Castleberry,

Jordan of Pulaski, Stone,

Chappell,

Lane of Early,

Tanner,

Cook,

Lane of Sumter,

Tatum,

Copeland,

Laing,

Taylor,

David,

Longino,

Tisinger,

Dews,

Martin,

Timmerman,

Emanuel,

Mitchell,

Tracy,

Everett of Stewart, Moore,

Upchurch,

Fender,

McCants,

walker of Brooks,

Freeman,

McCranie,

walker of Crawford,

Ford,

McFarland,

Walker of Union,

Fort,

McGehee,

Watkins.

Gay,

McLennan,

West,

Greene,

McMillan,

Whiteley,

Griffin of Greene, McRae,

'Vood,

Griffith,

Newton,

Woodall.

Hall,

Ogletree,

Yates.

Hammett,

1206

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Those voting nay were ~f:essrs.-

Barron, Black of Dawson, Bryan, Darnell,

Dickey, Drawdy, Franklin,

Herring, Singletary, Smith of Hancock.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Carter, Carlton, Crossland, Denny, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Farmer, Felker, George, Gresham, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammond, Hardwick, Hathcock,

Henderson of Irwin, McLaughlin,

Hopkins,

Overstreet,

Holder,

Pate,

Hosch,

Reynolds,

Houser,

Rose,

Jarnagan,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Baker, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Sloan,

Knowles,

Smith of Hall,

Lane of Bibb,

Snell,

LaRoche,

Speer,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

Lee,

Swift,

Mayson,

Turner of Henry,

Maxwell,

Turner of Rockdale,

Merritt,

'Villiams of EmanueL

Morris,

'Villiams of J.umpk in,

Mullins,

Willingham,

McDonald,

'Vooten,

McDonough,

Mr. Speaker.

McElreath,

On motion of }Ir. :Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call -..vas dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, and the nays 10.

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

:Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, asked permission to withdraw his notice for reconsideration of bill No. 768, which request was granted.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1207

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

J3y :Mr. :Mitchell of Thomas-
A resolution providing that the afternoon session be extended until 6:30 o'clock p.m., and that there be no night -sessiOn.

By ::\fr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A resolution to pay the clerk of the House and Secretary -of the Senate for extra services.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Hutchins, of Gwinnett.

After a consideration o:f the resolution the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the resolution back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were -ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

On motion of Mr. :Mitchell, of Thomas, the verification o:f the roll-call was dispensed with.

Before the vote on the resolution could be announced lfr. Park, of Greene, moved to table the resolution, and the Toll-call, which motion prevailed.

1208

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A resolution to appropriate a sufficient d:tnount to have the journals of the House and Senate indtl1ted.
The resolution involving an approprirtt~ob., the House re-
solved itself into a committee of the whoie for the purpose of considering the same, and the Sp~~ker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Beaucha:inp, of Pike.

After a consideration of the resolu'tioil the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The report of the committee, which Wlls favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

An appropriation being inYolved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Allen,

Cook,

Arnold,

Copeland,

Bass,

David,

Bennett of Mitchell, Dews,

Beauchamp,

Drawdy,

Bell of Forsyth,

Duncan,

Bell of Spalding,

Everett of Stewart,

Blalock,

Fender,

Bowen,

Freeman,

Brown of Carroll, Franklin,

Bryan,

Fort,

Bynum,

Gay,

Calvin,

Griffin of Greene;

Carter,

Griffith,

Castleberry,

Hamby,

Chappell,

Hardin of Liberty,

Harrison,

Hendricks,

.

Henderson of \Vasht'n

Hill,

Holder,

Hosch,

Houser,

Hutchins,

Johnson of Baker,

Johnson of Floyd,

Jordan of Jasper,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Lane of Early,

Lane of Sumter,

Laing,

LaRoche,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1209

Lee, Longino, Maxwell, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCranie, McDonough, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Overstreet, Pace,

Padgettr
Park ut Greene,

Tanner, Tatum,

Park of 'i'i'oup,

Tisinger,

Post,, .

Timmerman,

RaW~- ~,'it Effingham, Upchurch,

Raw.~ .of Wilkinson, Walker of Brooks,

Rey#MJ~ii 1

Walker of Crawford,

Riq'fiji:t(i~on,

'Vatkins,

Ri##/it1~

West,

SWJj~tBry,

Whiteley,

st4~n.

Williams of Emanuel,

sJt.#..,-,
afubb~.

Wood, Woodall,

Silirgis,

Yates.

Storie,

Those voting nlly wete Messrs.-

Barron, Black of Dawson, Dickey, Ford,

Hall, Hammett, Rerring, Howard,

McCants, McFarland, Rogers.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams,
Adamson,
Anderson ( :
Bennett at 'Pr'eree,
Black of 'Whitfield, Bond,
Bowert ..
BBrraonwlfeb"tiiJl~ryan,
Bus:bi ,:. Cad~#
DC~r:l~ul~litn, d Denny,
Ellist Etrulnuel,
EIP.sterlin, Everett of Polk, Fanner,

Felker,

Knowles,

George,

Lane of Bibb,

Gresham,

Latimer

Greene,

Martin,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mayson,

Hammond,

Merritt,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mullins,

Hardwick,

McDonald,

Harris,

McElreath,

Harrell,

McGehee,

Harvard,

McLaughlin,

Hathcock,

Ousley,

Henderson of Irwin, Pate,

Hopkins,

Price,

Jarnagan,

Reid,

Johnson of Appling, Rose,

Johnson of Bartow, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Sloan,

Jones,

Smith of Hall,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Smith of Hancock, SnPll, Spinks. Speer, Stewart,

Swift, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale,

Walker of Union, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, 'Vooten, Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Tatum, of Dade, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On counting the vote the ayes were 92, and the nays 11.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
:Mr. Tanner, of Coffee, asked to withdraw Senate bill No. 188, which request was granted.

lir. :Morris, of Cobb, moved that the resolution appropriating certain money to the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, for extra services, and the roll-call thereon, be taken from the table, and the vote thereon announced.

On counting the vote it was found to be as follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Adamson,

Calvin,

Anderson,

Carter,

Arnold,

Castleberry,

Bass,

Chappell,

Bennett of Mitchell, Cook,

Bennett of Pierce, Copeland,

Beauchamp,

Darnell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Dews,

Bell of Spalding, Drawdy,

Blalock,

Huncan,

Bond,

Emanuel,

Brandon,

Everett of Stewart,

Bryan,

Felker,

Bynum,

Freeman,

Ford,

Fort,

Gay.

Greene,



Griffin of Greene,

Griffith,

Hamby,

Hardin of Liberty,

Hardin of 'Vilkes,

Harrison,

Harris,

Harvard,

Henderson of wash'n,

Herring,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1211

Hill,

McLennan,

Smith of Hancock,

Holder,

McMillan,

Starr,

Hosch,

McRae,

Stubbs,

Johnson of Appling, Newton,

Sturgis,

.Johnson of Bartow, Ogletree,

Stone,

Johnson of Floyd, Overstreet,

Tanner,

Jordan of Jasper, Pace,

Tatum,

Jordan of Pulaski, Park of Greene,

Tracy,

I ane of Early,'

Park: of Troup,

Upchurch,

LaRoche,

Price,

'Valker of Brooks,

Longino,

Rawls of Effingham, Walkerof Crawford,

Maxwell,

Reid,

Walker of Union,

Merritt,

Reynolds,

'Vest,

Mitchell,

' Richardson,

Whiteley,

Moore,

Singletary,

Wood,

Morris,

Slaton,

Woodall.

McDonough,

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-

Barron, Dickey, Hall, Hammett, Harrell, Howard, Johnson of Baker,

Martin,

Rogers,

McCants,

Stewart,

McFarland,

Taylor,

McGehee,

Tisinger,

Padgett,

Timmerman,

Post,

Yates.

Rawls of wilkinson,

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bush, Carlton, Crossland,, David, Denny, Ellis.

Easterlin,

Houser,

Everett of Polk,

Hutchins,

Farmer,

.Jarnagan,

Fender,

Johnson of Lee,

Franklin,

Jones.

George,

Knowles,

Gresham,

Lane of Bibb,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lane of Sumter,

Hammond,

Laing,

Hardwick,

Latimer,

Hathcock,

Lee,

Hendricks,

Mayson,

Henderson of Irwin, Mullins,

Hopkins,

)IcCranie,

1212

JouR:>~AL OF THE HousE.

McDonald, McElreath, McLaughlin, Ousley, Pate, Rose, Rudicil, Simpson,

Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Swift, Turner of Henry,

Turner of Rockdale, Watkins,
'Villiams of Emanuel. Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, 'Vooten. Mr. Speaker,

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 91, and the nays 20.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the regulation, clrilling and equipping of the military forces of this State, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which wa' s favorable to the pussage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, and tha 111\YS 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Upchurch of Charlton-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend sections 386 and 387, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

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 19.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1213

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. lipchurch of Charlton-

A bill to be entitled an act to more definitely define the boundary line between the counties of Charlton and \Yayne, and for other purposes.

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 89, and the nays 25.
The bill having received the requisite consti~utional majority, was passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Park of Troup-
A resolution to extend the session from 6:30 o'clock to 7 o'clock p.m., and fixing the order of business.

By :Mr. Everett of Stewart-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to employ a bookkeeper, and for other purposes.

The bill involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, :M:r. Rawls, of Effingham.
After a consideration of the bill, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the bill back to the House, with the recommendation'that the same do pass.

1214

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The report of the committee was disagreed to, and the bill lost.

By :Mr. Tatum of Dade-----
A bill to be entitled an act to protect timber on the un inclosed lands of this State, and for other purposes.

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 we.c,e 91, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A resolution to compensate the Griffin Rifles for services rendered the State.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved iteel into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, :Mr. Lane, of Sumter.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the Home, with the recommendation that it do pass.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

:Nfr. Slaton, of Fulton, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion was sustained.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1215

Before the vote could be announced, Mr. Brandon moved that the bill and the aye and nay vote thereon be tabled, which motion prevailed.

By :Mr. Bryan of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create the Prison Commission, and for other purposes.

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 3.

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

On motion of Mr. Jordan, of Jasper, resolution No. 226 was tabled.

On motion of :Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, bill No. 685 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Sturgis, of McDuffie, resolution No. 264 was tabled.

By l\fr. :Moore of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sub-section 4082, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

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 9~, and the nays l.

1216

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of :Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, bill No. 732 wa.3 tabled.

By 2\Iessrs. George and Mayson of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the establishing and maintaining of a system of public schools.

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 91, and the nays 0.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Johnson of Appling-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act relative to the granting of license to sell liquor in Appling.

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 89, and the nays 0.

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

By :Mr. Allen of Baldwin-
A hill to be entitled an act to amend the act to establish the city court of Waycross.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

1217

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tht: J>assage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 1.

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

By Mr. Tanner of Coffee--
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the <City of Douglas.

The report of the committee, which passage of the bill, was agreed to.

was favorable

to

th~

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiop.al majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jasper county by the people.

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 90, and th'3 nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-

jority, was passed.

..

'17h

1218

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

lly Mr. Ogletree of Butts-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to incorporat~ the toWn of Jackson.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 91, and thenays 0.

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

Thefollowing-resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-
A resolution providing that the House meet at 9 o'clock to-morrow.

By Mr. Bass of Habersham-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the act to create thecity court of Clarkesville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Messrs. Felker and Stone, of Walton, bill~ Nos. 826 and 827 were tabled.

\VEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899.

121~

The following Senate bills were read the :first time, to wit:

By Mr. West of the 6th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act creating a board of commissioners to consent in behalf of the State to the erection of a new passenger depot for Atlanta.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend article 3, section 4,
paragraph 3 of the Constitution. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Fouche of the 42d DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to regulate the carrying of
certain cases to the Supreme Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-
A resolution providing for the release of J. W. Shockley from the State Sanitarium.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5273, volume 2 of the Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

1220

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. \Vest of the 6th DistrictA resolution revoking license of certain railroads.

Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

The follo,ving Senate bills were read the second time, -to wit:

By Mr. Green of the 40th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the transportation of cattle through the county of Rabun.

By :Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-
A bill to be entjtled an act to amend the acts to incorporate the town of Douglasville.

By ::M:r. Wight of the lOth District-
A bill to be entitled an act to protect partridges and other game.

By lfr. Humphreys of the 7th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the forfeiture of the shares of stock of delinquent subscribers to capital stock of corporations, without a sale or suit.

The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:
By lfr. Jones of Burke-
A bill to authorize the mayor and city council of W aynesboro to issue l,>onds.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1221

By Mr. Bond of Madison-
A resolution authorizing the payment of the pension due W. B. Power to his widow.

By Mr. Richardson of HartA resolution to pay Medicia Johnson $100.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to render physicians incompetent to testify in certain cases.

By Mr. Ellis of Bibb-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide compensation for expert witnesses.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Snell, of Johnson.

On motion of Mr. Starr, of Gordon, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Atlanta, Georgia,

Thursday, December 14, 1899.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 9 a.m. this day, and was called to order by the Speaker pro tern, and opened with prayer by the Hon. Mr. Bryan, of Floyd.

On call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold,

Barron,

Bennett of Pierce,

Bass,

Beauchamp,

Bennett of Mitchell, Bell of Forsyth,

1222

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bond, Bowen, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Dews. Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis. Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hall, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardin of Wilkes,

Harrison,

Park of Troup,

Harris,

Post,

Harrell.

Price,

Harvard.

Rawls of Effingham,

Henderson of Washt'nRawls of Wilkinson,

Hill,

Reid,

Holder,

Reynolds,

Hosch,

Richardson,

Hutchins.

Rose,

Jarnagan,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Appling, Singletary,

Johnson of Baker, Slaton,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hancock,

Johnson of Floyd, Spinks,

Jones of Burke,

Speer,

Jordan of Jasper, Starr.

Jordan of Pulaski, Stubbs,

Lane of Bibb,

Sturgis,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Laing,

Stone,

Lee,

Swift,

Martin,

Tanner,

Mayson,

Tatum,

Maxwell,

. Taylor,

Merritt,

Timmerman,

Mitchell,

Tracy,

Moore,

Turner of Henry,

Morris,

Upchurch,

Mullins,

Walker of Brooks,

McCants,

Walker of Crawford,

McCranie,

Walker of Union,

McDonald,

Watkins,

McElreath,

"\Vest,

McFarland,

Whiteley,

McGehee,

Williams of Emanuel.

McRae,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Newton,

Willingham,

Ogletree,

Woodall,

Ousley,

Yates.

Overstreet,

Mr. Speaker.

Park of Greene,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams, Anderson,

Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan,

Carlton, Crossland,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1223

Denny,

Howatil,

:Emanuel,

Hopkins,

Easterlin,

Houser,

~verett of Polk,

Johnson of Lee,

-Gay,

Knowles,

-Greene,

Lane of Sumter,

Hammett,

LaRoche,

Hammond,

Latimer,

Hardwick,

Longino,

Eathcock;

McDonough,

Hendricks,

McLa!Jghlin,

Henderson of Irwin; McLennan,

Herring,

McMillan,

Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Rogers, Simpson, Sloan, Smith uf Hall, Snell, Tis.inger, Turner of Roekdale, Wood, Wooten,

On motion of :Mr. Slaton,. of Fulton, the reading of the

journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

.

'

.

The Steering Committee introduced the following reso-

lution, which was read and adopted, to wit:

A resolution providing for a night's session from 7:30 o0.,clock f~r the purpose of reading Senate bills first and
secon(!.. time, and passage of Jocal bills and bills of local ap-
plication.

Mr. Hardin, of Libert.r, ask~ that billsNo. 689 and 569 oe taken from the table and placed on the calendar, which request :was granted.
Mr. Park, of Greene, asked that ~esoluti~n No. 264 be -taken from the table .and placed on the calendar, which req~est was granted.

Mr. Johnson, of Bartow~ asked that resolution No. ~39

be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar, which

-request was granted.

.

Mr. Freemari, of Coweta, asked that bill No. 732 be taken --from the table and placed upon the calendar,-which request -was granted.

1224

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. "\Voodall, of Talbot, asked that resolution No. 685be taken from the table and placed upon the calendar,.. which request was granted.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to establish the city court of LaGrange.

Also, a bill to create a new charter for Albany.

Also, a bill to repeal the present charter of Albany.

Also, a bill to abolish the city court of Gwinnett county..

Also, a bill referring to warehousemen in this State.

Also, a bill requiring persons having claims against municipalities to submit same for adjustment before suit.

Also, a bill to provide for the making of affidavits out of the State of Georgia to be used in Georgia.

Also, a bill to amend an act establishing the city court of Hall county.

Also, a bill to amend the act creating the city court of J e:fferson.

Also, a bill to prohibit the making, forging or counterfeiting cards, receipts and certificates given by associations. of railway employees.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1225

The Senate has also passed by the requisite const~tutionai majority, the following resolutions of the House:
A resolution providing for the enlargement of the summer visiting committee to the State University.

Also, a resolution for the relief of J. W. Johnson, former tax-collector of Oconee county.

Also, a resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of special committee to investigate the management of the Georgia Sanitarium.
Also, a resolution providing for payment of p~r di.E;lm and mileage of Ron. Elijah Tanner, of Coffee county.

Also, a resolution for the relief of G. S. Edwards, former tax-collector of Taliaferro county.

Also, a resolution to appropriate sixty dollars as indigent pension to widow of T. J. Taylor, and a like amount to the widow of S. P. Rutherford.

The following bills of the House were lost in the Senate:

A bill to repeal an act to authorize the town of Hogansville to organize a public school system.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Brunswick.

Also, a bill to amend section 2805 of the Code of 1895, volume 2.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate:

A bill to regulate the practice of osteopathy in this State.

1226

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Also, a bill to allow graduates of certain colleges in this State to teach in the public schools without examination.
Also, a bill to amend the law concerning the condemnation of private property.
Also, a bill to amend sectidn 1099 of the Penal Code.
Also, a bill to apply Statute of Limitations in certain cases.
Also, a bill to provide and define the incompetency of witnesses in certain cases.
Also, a bill to amend section 752 of the Penal Code of 1895.
Also, a bill to repeal an act providing for payment of certain insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta circuit, sb far as same applies to McDuffie county.

Mr. Bell, of Spalding, moved that the resoluti<?n appropriating $105 to the Griffin Rifles, which was tabled yesterday, together with the aye and nay vote thereon, be taken up and the vote upon the same announced, which motion prevailed.

The vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Bell of Spalding,

Allen,

Blalock,

Arnold,

Bond,

Bass,

Brandon,

Bennett of Mitchell, Brown of Bryan,

Bennett of Pierce, Brown of Carroll,

Beauchamp,

Bryan,

Bell of Forsyth,

Bynum,

Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, David, Dews,

THURSDAY, 1JECEM.BER 14, 1899.

1227

Emanuel,

Lane of Sumter, Rawls of Wilkinson,

Fender,

Laing,

Reynolds,

Franklin,

Lee,

Richardson,

Fort,

Longino,

Rogers,

Gay,

Martin,

Rudicil,

Griffin of Greene, Maxwell,

Singletary,

Griffith,

Merritt,

Slaton,

Hall,

Mitchell,

Smith of Hancock,

Hamby,

Moore,

Snell,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Starr,

Hardin of Wilkes, Mullins,

Stubbs,

Harrison,

McCranie,.

Swift,

Harrell,

McDonald,

Tanner,

Harvard,

McGehee,

Tatum,

Henderson of Washt'nMcLennan,

Taylor,

Herring,

McRae,

Tisinger,

Holder,

Newton,

Timmerman,

Hosch,

Ogletree,

Tracy,



Houser,

Ousley,

Upchurch,

Hutchins,

Overstreet,

Walker of Union,

Jamagan,

Pace of Newton,. Watkins,

Johnson of Appling, Padgett,

West,

Johnson of'Floyd, Park <;>f Greene,

Williams of Eman'!lel,

Jordan of Jasper, Park of Troup,

Wood,

Jordan of Pulaski, Post,

Yates.

Lane of Bibb,

Rawls of Effingham,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Howard, Lane of Early,

McFarland, Sturgis,

Stewart, Whiteley.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson,

Crossland,

Barron,

Denny,

Black of Dawson, ,Dickey,

Black of Whitfield, . Drawdy,

Bowen,

Duncan,

Bower,

Ellis,

Bush,

Easterlin,

Calvin,

Everett of Polk,

Carlton,

Everett of Stewart,

Farmer, Felker, Freeman, Ford, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hammett,

1228

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Hammond,

Latimer,

Hardwick,

Mayson,

Harris,

McCants,

Hathcock,

McDonongh,

Hendricks,

McElreath,

Henderson of Irwin, McLaughlin,

Hill,

McMillan,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Baker, Price,

Johnson of Bartow, Reid,

Johnson of Lee,

Rose,

Jones of Burke,

Simpson,

Knowles,

Sloan,

LaRoche,

Smith of Hall, Spinks, Speer, Stone, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Brooks. walker of Crawford, Williams of Lumpkin, Willingham, Woodall. Wooten. Mr. Speaker.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 101, and the nays 7.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

l\fr. Bush, of Miller, moved to reconsider the action of the House had upon yesterday upon bill No. 589.
Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

The motion to reconsider was lost.

Mr. Park, of Greene, moved to reconsider the action of the Hou>'e had yesterday upon bill No. 677, which motion prevailed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-
A resolution to provide for bringing up of the unfinished business of this session of the General Assembly, and for other purposes.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

122!1

Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

.~.tfr. 8 peaker:
The Enrolling Committee report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to amend the act creating the city court of Hall county.

Also, an act to repeal the present charter of the city of Albany.
Also, an act to amend the act creating the city court of Jefferson, in Jackson county.
Also, an act to abolish the city court of Gwinnett.
Also, a resolution to enlarge the summer visiting committee to the State University.

Also, a resolution providing .for the pay of the per diem of Ron. Elijah Tanner, Representative from Coffee county.
Also, a re~olution to pay indigent pensions to widows of T. J. Taylor and S. P. Rutherford.
Also, a resolution to pay the per diem and expenses ofthP joint investigating committee to investigate the Georgia Sanitarium.
Respectfully submitted. .J. Y. W.A.LKER, Chairman.

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

1230

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

J[r. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to provide the manner by which owners of property may create estates therein.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

...~bill to repeal paragraph 8 of section 3355 of the Code.

Mr. Richardson, Chairman pro tern. of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Spealwr:
The Committee on Enrollment report as duly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

A resolution to provide for the payment of joint tax commission of Senate and House, and other purposes.

A resolution to appropriate twenty-eight hundred and thirteen dollars to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, for repair of the college property.

An act to amend the several acts incorporating the town of Dahlonega, to reincorporate same as the city of Dahlonega, and for other purposes.
An act to amend section four (4) of an act approved November 30th, 1897, regulating the running of freight trains. on the Sabbath, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. M. 1L RICHARDSON, Chairman pro tern.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1231

Mr. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County M~tters, begs leave to submit the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with a recommendation that the same do pass:
No. 563; a bill to amend section 1st of the act establishing a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Burke, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. MOORE, Chairman.

The following message was received from his Excellency> the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Hitch, to wit:
M., . S pealeer:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following act, to wit:
An act to establish the city court of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether.
Also, a resolution to provide for the payment of the joint tax committee of the Senate and House.
The following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Carlton of Clarke-
A resolution providing for an appropriation to the Normal and Industrial College, at Athens.

1232

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The resolution involving an appropriatipn, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Hall, of Bibb.

Immediately thereafter the committee arose, and through their ch~irman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that said bill had been improperly referred to the committee of the whole, as the adverse report of the Committee on Appropriations had not been disagreed to.

By Mr. Sturgis of J\fcDuffie-
A resolution to pay the widow of Geo. -Welsh the pension due her husband.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, J\fr. J ordan, of Jasper.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, as amended.

The committee proposed to amend as follows: By adding the words, "the widow of James G. Ingram shall be paid $60 from the pension fund."

The report of the committee was agreed to, as amended.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hardin of Wilkes, Newton,

Anderson,

Harrison,

Ousley,

Bass,

Harris,

Pace of New~

Bennett of Mitchell, Harvard,

Padgett,

Bennett of Pierce, Hathcock,

Pate of Gwinnett..

Bell of Forsyth,

Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

Bell of Spalding, Henderson of 'Vasht'nPark of Tr()(lp,

Black of Whitfield, Herring,

Post.

Blalock,

Hill,

Price,

Bond,

Howard,

Rawls of Effinglumr.

Bower,

Holder,

Rawls of WilkiDBOD,

Brandon,

Houser,

Reid,

Brown of Carroll, Jarnagan,

Rogers,

Bryan,

Johnson of Appling, Rose,

Bynum,

Johnson of Bartow, Rudicil,

Calvin, Carter,

Jordan of Jasper, Singletary, Jordan of Pulaski, Slaton,



Chappell,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Copeland,

Lane of Early,

Sturgis,

David,

Laing,

Stewart,

Dews,

Lee,

Swift,

Dickey,

Longino,

Taylor,

Emanuel,

Martin,

Tisinger,

Everett of Polk,

Mayson,

Timmerman,

Everett of Stewart, Maxwell,

Tracy,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Upchurch,

Ford,

Moore,

'Valker of Broob,

Fort,

McCants,

Walker of Unioa,

George,

McDonald,

Watkins,

Gresham,

McFarland,

West,

Griffin of Greene, McGehee,

Whiteley,

Hammett,

McLennan,

Wood,

l:Iammond,

McMillan,

Yates.

Hardin of Liberty,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Barron, Bowen,

Darnell, Griffith,

Merritt, Smith of Hanc<dt.

78h

1234

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Carlton, Castleberry, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Franklin, Gay, Greene, Griffin of Twiggs,

Hall,

Ogletree,

Hamby,

Overstreet,

Hardwick,

Reynolds,

Harrell,

Richardson,

Henderson of Irwin, Simpson,

Hopkins,

Sloan,

Hosch,

Smith of Hall,

Hutchins,

Snell,

Johnson of Baker, Spinks,

Johnson of Floyd, Speer,

Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Jones of Burke,

Stone,

Knowles,

Tanner,

Lane of Sumter,

Tatum,

LaRoche,

Turner of Henry,

Latimer,

Turner of Rockdale,

Morris,

Walker of Crawford,

Mullins,

Williams of Emanuel,

McCranie,

Williams of Lumpkin,

McDonough,

Willingham,

McElreath,

Woodall.

McLaughlin,

Wooten.

M<Rae,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Jordan, of Jasper, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, and the nays 5.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new judicial circuit to be known as the Carrollton circuit, ano for other purposes.

THURSDAY, DECEMBEk 14, 1R99.

1235

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On motion of .M:r. Brown, of Carroll, the action of the House in agreeing to the report of the committee was reconsidered, for the purpose of allowing him to offer the following amendment, to wit:
To amend by adding at the end of section 2 the following: Provided the provisions of this act shall not be of force after January 1, 1905, at which time all the proceedings pending in the superior courts of said counties shall relate to and hold good in the counties of the Coweta circuit, into which the counties of said Carrollton circuit shall then be merged.
Mr- West, of White, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
'l'he report m the committee was then agreed to, as
amended_

On the passage of the bill :Mr. Jones, of Burke, 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.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Barron, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Blalock, Bowen, Brandon,

Brown of Carroll, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Darnell, Drawdy, Everett of Stew\lrt,

Fender, Freeman, Fort, Griffin of Twiggs, Griffith, Hardin of Liberty, Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder,

1236

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Houser, Jordan of Jasper, Lane of Bibb, Laing, Lee, Martin, Maxwell, Moore, McCants,

McGehee, Ogletree, Pace of Newton, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Troup, Post, Reid, Rudicil,

Slaton, Speer, Tanner, Tatum, Tisinger, Tracy, Turn~:>r of Henry, Williams of Emanuel.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Harvard,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bennett of Mitchell, Henderson of Wash'nRawls of 'Vilkinson,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hutchins,

Singletary,

Black of Dawson, Jarnagin,

Smith of Hancock,

Bond,

Johnson of Appling, Starr,

Bryan,

Johnson of Baker, Sturgis,

Bush,

Johnson of Bartow, Stewart,

Bynum,

Jones of Burke

Stone,

Dews,

Lane of Early,

Swift,

Everett of Polk,

Lane of Sumter,

Taylor,

Ford,

'I ongino,

Timmerman,

Gresham,

Mayson,

'Vatker of Brooks,

Griffh of Greene, Merritt,

'Valker of Union,

Hdl,

McFarland.

Whiteley,

Hammett,

McLennan,

'Vood,

Hardin of Wilkes, Newton,

Yates.

Harrison,

Padgett,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bass. Black of Whitfield, Bower, Brown of Bryan, Carlton, Crossland, David, Denny, Dickey, Duncan, Ellis,

Emanuel, Easterlin, Farmer, Felker, Franklin, Gay, George, Greene, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick, Harris,

Harrell, Hathcock, Hendricks, Henderson of Irwin, Hopkins, Hosch, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jordan of Pulaski, Knowles, LaRoche, Latimer,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1237

Mitchell, Morris, Mullins, McCranie. McDonald. McDonough, McElreath, McLaughlin, McMillan, McRae, Ousley, Overstreet,

Park of Greene, Price, Reynolds, Richardson, Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Sloan, Smith of Hall, Snell, Spinks,

Stubbs, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, walker of Crawford, 'Vatkins, west,
Williams of Lumpkin,Willingham, 'Voodall, Wooten. Mr. Speaker.

On motion of :Mr. Gresham, of Burke, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 55, and the nays 50.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. Jordan of Jasper-
A resolution to provide for the payment of the pension due J as. J. Smith to his widow.

An appropriation being involved, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Johnson, of Bartow.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

1238

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those voting ay~ were :Messrs.-

Adamson.

Hardin of Wilkes, McRae,

Bass,

Hardwick,

Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harrison,

Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Pierce, Harris,

Padgett,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrell,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bell of Spalding, Harvard,

Park of Greene,

Black of Whitfield, Henderson of Washt'nPark of Troup,

Blalock,

Herring,

Post,

''

Bowen,

Hill,

Rawls of Effingham,

Bower,

Howard,

Rogers,

Brandon,

Holder,

RudicH,

Bryan,

Hosch,

Singletary,

Bush,

Houser,

Slaton,

Carter,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hancock,

Castleberry,

Johnson of Baker, Starr,

Chappell,

Johnson of Floyd, Sturgis,

Cook,

Jordan of Jasper, Stewart,

Copeland,

Jordan of Pulaski, Swift,

David,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

Dews,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

Ellis,

Lane of Sumter,

Taylor,

Emanuel,

Laing,

Tisinger,

Everett, of Polk, Lee,

Timmerman,

Everett of Stewart, Martin,

Turner of Henry,

Fender,

Merritt,

Turner of RockdaJe,

Freeman,

Mitchell,

Walker of Brooks,

Ford,

Moore,

Watkins,

Fort,

McCants,

West,

Gresham,

McFarland,

Whiteley,

Griffin of Greene, McGehee,

Willingham,

Griffith,

McLennan,

Woodall,

Hamby,

McMillan,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Barron,

Darnell,

Diekey.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arnold,

Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Bond, Brown of Bryan,

Brown of Carroll, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton,

THURt!DAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1239

Crossland,

Johnson of Bartow, Reid,

Denney,

Johnson of Lee,

Reynolds,

Drawdy,

Jones of Burke,

Richardson,

Duncan,

Knowles,

Rose,

Easterlin,

LaRoche,

Simpson,

Farmer,

Latimer,

Sloan,

Felker,

Longino,

Smith of Hall.

Franklin,

Mayson,

Snell,

Gay,

Maxwell,

Spinks,

George,

Morris,

Speer,

Greene,

Mullins,

Stubbs,

Griffin of Twiggs, McCranie,

Stone,

Hall,

McDonald,

Tracy,

Hammett,

McDonough,

Upchurch,

Hammond,

McElreath,

Walker of Crawford,

Hardin of Liberty, McLaughlin,

Walker of Union,

Hathcock,

Ogletree,

Williams of Emanuel,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Henderson of Irwin, Overstreet,

Wood,

Hopkins,

Price,

Wooten.

Jarnagan,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Mr. Speaker.

Johnson of Appling,

On motion o :Mr. Slaton, o Fulton, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage o the bill the ayes were 96, and the nays 3.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Slaton o Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the relief o Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer.

An appropriation being involved in the bill, the H6tise resolved itself into a committee o the whole, and the Speaker deE.ignated as chairman o the committee, Mr. "Willingham, o :Monroe.

1140

JouRNAL OF THE Hou~E.

After. a consideration of the bill the committee arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House~. with the recommendation that the same do pass.

lfr: E11llis called for the previous question, which was suslaine<L

The report of the committee was agreed to.

An appropriation being involved in the bill, the ayes and uys were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

These voting aye were Messrs.-

.&lieD.
....JL.il.en;on,
Amold,

Everett of Polk, Fender, Freeman, George,

McCranie, McMillan, McRae, Newton,

Bamett ef Mitchell, Griffin of Greene, Ogletree,

llelmett of Pierce, Hall,

Pace of Newton,

JJ.II o:t; Forsyth,

Hamby,

Park of Greene,

..U of Spalding, Hardin of 'Vilkes, Park of Troup,

111Ki: of Whitfield, Harrison,

Post,

Blaloek,

Harris,

Rawls of Effingham,

Zolnm.

Henderson of Washt'nReid,

~~

Hill,

Rose,

..,_, JlaumOI'J,
JlnJwn.of Carroll,

Johnson of Floyd, Jones, Jordan of Jasper,

Rudicil, Slaton, Starr,

BJDum,

Jordan of Pulaski, Swift,

Carter,

Lane of Bibb,

Tanner,

GasUeLerry,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

Clalppell,

Laing,

Turner of Henry,

CoH,

LaRoche,

Turner of Rockdale,

Cnlssland,.

Lee,

Walker of Crawford,

Darid~

Mayson,

Watkins,

JlewBp
. J!:llis.

Maxwell, Mitchell,

'Vest, 'Villiams of Emanuel,

BmantreT,

Moore,

Williams of Lumpkin,

r..t.erlin,

Morris,

Willingham.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1241

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-

Bush, Darnell, Dickey, Ford, Griffith, Harvard, Howard, Holder, Lane of Sumter, Longino,

Martin, McCants, McFarland, McLennan, Padgett, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rogers, Singletary, Smith of Hancock,

Spinks, Speer, Stewart, Taylor, Tisinger, Walker of Brooks, Whiteley, Woodall, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hammond,

McElreath,

Adamson,

Hardin of Liberty, McGehee,

Barron,

Hardwick,

McLaughlin,

Beauchamp,

Harrell,

Ousley,

Black of Dawson, Hathcock,

Overstreet,

Bond,

Hendricks,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Brown of Bryan,

Henderson of Irwin, Price,

Calvin,

Herring,

Reynolds,

Carlton,

Hopkins,

Richardson,

Copeland,

Hosch,

Simpson,

Denny,

Houser,

Sloan,

Drawdy,

Hutchins,

Smith of Hall,

Duncan,

Jarnagan,

Snell,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Appling. Stubbs,

Farmer,

Johnson of Baker, Sturgis,

Felker,

Johnson of Bartow, Stone,

Franklin,

Johnson of Lee,

Timmerman,

Fort,

Knowles,

Tracy,

Gay,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Gresham,

Merritt,

Walker of Union,

Greene,

Mullins,

Wood,

Griffin of rwiggs, McDonald,

Wooten.

Hammett,

McDonough,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 78, and the nays 28.

1242

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to he entitled an act to amend section 4334 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was-favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Mr. Woodall, of Talbot, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 8.

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

By Mr. Johnson of Floyd-
A bill to be entitled an act to admit white women overeighteen years of age into the Technological School.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, wafO agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 80, and the nays 33.

The bill haYing failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By Messrs. Holder and Hosch of Jackson-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend sub-section 3, section 2 of the general tax act, and for other purposes.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1243:

The report of the committee, which was f~vorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed tO".

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, and thenays 1.

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

The following bill \Vas taken up, and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

By :Mr. Ellis of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act relating to warehousemen in this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the relief of Martin H. Dooly.

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 111, and the nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pa!"sed.
By Mr. Freema~ of Coweta-
A bill to provide that the lien of mortgages on crop& given to secure the payment of debts for supplies, etc., shall be superior to judgments of older dates.

1244

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

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 6.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5331 of the Code, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th'! passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were 71, and the nays 21.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By :M:r. Turner of Henry-
A resolution authorizing the State Librarian to purchase <'ertain acts, and for other purposes.
The __resolution involving an appropriation, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and tht Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Anderson, of Bartow.

After a consideration of the resolution, the committea arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back
to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.

THURSDAy' DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1245

An appropriation being involved, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those vot-ing aye were Messrs.-

Allen,

Freeman,

Moore,

Anderson,

Ford,

Morris,

Bennett of Mitchell, Fort,

McCants,

Bennett of Pierce, Griffin of Greene, McFarland,

Beauchamp,

Griffith,

McGehee,

Bell of Forsyth,

Hammond,

McMillan,

Bell of Spalding, Hamby,

Ogletree,

Black of Whitfield, Hardwick,

Ousley,

Blalock,

Harrison,

Pace of Newton,

Bond,

Harris,

Park of Greene,

Bowen,

Harvard,

Park of Troup,

Brandon,

Henderson of \Vasht'nPost,

Brown of Carroll, Herring,

Rawls of Effingham.

Bryan,

Hill,

Richardson,

Bynum,

Hutchins,

Rose,

Calvin,

Johnson of Baker, Rudicil,

Carter,

Jordan of Jasper, Singletary,

Castleberry,

Lane of Bibb,

Slaton,

Chappell,

Lane of Early,

Smith of Hancock,

Copeland,

Lane of Sumter, Sturgis,

Dews,

Laing,

Swift,

Drawdy,

LaRoche,

Tisinger,

Emanuel,

Lee,

Timmerman,

Easterlin.

Maxwell,

Turner of Henry,

Everett of Polk, Merritt,

Turner of Rockdale,

Felker,

Mitchell,

Williams of Emanuel.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, _Barron, Black of Dawson, Bower, Darnell, Dickey, Hammett, Hathcock, Howard, Longino,

Mayson,

Stone,

McDonald,

Taylor,

McLennan,

Tracy,

Rawls of Wilkinson, 'Valker of Brooks.

RogPrs,

'Valker of Crawford,

Spinks,

West,

Speer.

Whiteley,

Starr,

Woodall.

Stewart,

Yates.

1246

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adamson,

Hardin of Wilkes, McRae,

Arnold,

Harrell,

Newton,

Bass,

Hendricks,

Overstreet,

Brown of Br~an,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Bush,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Carlton,

Holder,

Price.

Cook,

Hosch,

Reid,

Crossland,

Houser,

Reynolds,

David,

Jarnagan,

Simpson,

Denny,

Johnson of Appling, Sloan,

Duncan,

Johnson of Bartow, Smith of Hall,

Ellis,

Johnson of Floyd, Snell,

Everett of Stewart, Johnson of Lee,

Stubbs,

Farmer,

Jones of Burke,

Tanner,

Fender,

Jordan of Pulaski, Tatum,

Franklin,

Knowles,

Upchurch,

Gay.

Latimer,

walker of Union,

George,

Martin,

Watkins,

Gresham,

Mullins,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Greene,

McCranie,

Willingham.

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Wood,

Hall,

McElreath,

Wooten,

Hardin of Liberty, McLaughlin,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Morris, of Cobb, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 78, and the nays 28.
So, the !Jill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Park, of Greene, !fiOVed that the morning's session be extended until two o'clock p.m., which motion prevailed.

By Mr. Black of \Yhitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 388 of the ' 'Code, and for other purposes.

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1247

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 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Black of Whitfield-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 739 of the Code, and for other purposes.

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 -, and the nays-.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.

By Mr. West of White-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal section 1786, volume 1 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage or the bill the ayes were 46, and the nays 57.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

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By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent hogs from running at large fmther than the limits of the lands of their own ers, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

:Mr. Mitche1l, of Thomas, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, and the nays 28.

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

:Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, moved that the bill just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion prevailed.

By Mr. Herring of Decatur-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the hunting or fishing upon the lands of another, without permission, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to, and the bill lost.

By ::1\fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize and direct the State Treasurer to return certain deposits of insurance companies.

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1249

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 90, and the nays 0.

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

On motion of l\lr. Felker, of Walton, bill ~o. 520 was tabled.
By :Mr. Felker of 'yalton-
A bill to be entitled an act to declare as a nuisance any place where liquors are sold, and for other purposes.

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 90, and th.~ nays 0.

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

Upon request of :Mr. :Moore, of Carroll, bill No. 332 wa,; withdrawn.

By Mr. Barron of Jones-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 388, volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Pending discussion upon the above bill :M:r. Blalock, of Fayette, moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.
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1260

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I,eave of absence was granted the following members, to wit: Messrs. Henderson of 'vVashington and Rose of Camden.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until
a o'clock this afternoon.

Thursday, 3 p.m.

The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to -order by the Speaker.

U!}on call of the roll, those answering to their names were Messrs:--

Adams,

Dews,

Adamson,

Dickey,

Allen,

Drawdy.

Anderson,

Emanuel,

Barron,

Everett of Polk,

BaRs,

Everett of Stewart,

'Bennett of Mitchell, Felker,

Bennett of Pierce, Fender,

:Beauchamp,

Freeman.

'Bell of Spalding, Ford,

Blalock,

Fort,

Bond,

George,

Bowen,

Gresham,

Erown of Carroll. Greene, ,

'Bryan,

Griffin of Greene,

'Bynum,

Griffin of Twiggs,

Carter,

Griffith,

Castleberry,

Hall,

Chappell,

Hardin of Wilkes,

Cook,

Harrison,

Dopeland,

Harris,

Darnell,

Harvard,

David,

Hill,

Howard, Holder, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Bartow, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Early, Laing. Lee. Longino, Merritt, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, McCants, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin,

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1251

Ogletree,

Slaton,

Overstreet,

Smith of Hancock,

Pace of Newton,

Spinks,

Padgett

Starr,

Parkof IC:reene,

Sturgis.

Park of Troup,

Stewart,

Post,

Tanner,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Richardson,

Tisinger,

Rogers,

Timmerman,

Tracy, Walker of Brooks. Walker of Crawford, Walker of Union, Watkins, Williams of Emanuel, Williams of Lumpkin, Woodall, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bower,. Brandon, Brown of Bryan Bush. -<Jalvin, Carlton, Crossland, Denny, Duncan, Ellis, Easterlin Farmer, Franklin, Gay, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Liberty, Hardwick. Harrell, Hathcock,

Hendricks,

Ousley.

Henderson of Irwin, Pate of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Washt'nPrice,

Herring.

Reid,

Hopkins,

Reynolds,

Hosch,

Rose.

Houser,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Floyd, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Singletary,

Knowles,

Sloan,

Lane of Bibb,

Smith of Hall,

Lane of Sumter, Snell,

LaRoche,

Speer,

Latimer,

Stubbs,

Martin,

Stone,

Mayson.

Swift,

Maxwell,

Turner of Henry,

Mullins,

Turner of Rockdale,

McCranie.

Upchurch.

McDonough,

.West,

McElreath,

Whiteley,

McLennan,

Willingham,

McMillan,

Wood,

McRae,

Wooten.

Newton.

]t,fr. 8 peaker:

The Committee .on Constitutional Amendments have had under consideration the following Senate bill, to wit:

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X o. 107, a bill to he entitled an act to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of 1877, and for other purposes, and they have instructed me as their chairman to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that. it be read a second time and then be recommitted to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
Respectfully submitted.
J-. :M. PACE, Chairman.

The following message was received from his Excellency,. the Governor, through his Secretary, :Mr. Hitch, to wit:
llfr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signeci the following acts, to wit:
An act incorporating the city of Dahlonega.
An act to regulate the running of freight trains on theSabbath.
An act to amend section 338 of the Code.
An act to amend section 333 of the Code.
Also, a resolution for the relief of A. J. Davis, of Bibbcounty.
A resolution to appropriate $2,813.00 to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, ful' repair of the college property.
J\fr. Jordan, of Jasper, Chairman pro tem. of the Committee on Appropriations, begs leave to submit the following report:

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1253

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had under their

eonsideration Senate bill No. 175, and I am instructed to

report same back, with recommendation that it do pass, by

substitute.



A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of DouglasYille, in the county of Douglas, and for Other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
C. II. JORDAN, of Jasper, Chairman pro tern.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read :and adopted, to wit:
By :Mr. Little of J\fuscogee-
A resolution memorializing Congress in regard to the -further improvement of the Chattahoochee, Flint and Appalachicola rivers, and for other purposes.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon -their passage, to wit:
By }\ifr. Barron of Jones-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 388, volume 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.
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 2.
So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

1254

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Laing of Terrell-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the holding of the various city courts in this State by the superior court judges, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 1.

The bill having received th,:l requisite constitutional majority, was pa:::sed, by substitute.

By Mr. Dickey of Fannin-
A resolution to pay the pension due C. R. Clontz to his: widow.

An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. McGehee, of Harris.

After a consideration of the resolll.tion, the committee . arose, and through their chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass, as amended.

The committee proposed to amend by adding the following:

Provided further, That the sum of $60 be paid to the widow of W. B. Power.

The report of the committee was agreed to, as amended.

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1255

The resolution involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Beauchamp, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Carter, Cook, Copeland, David, Dews, Dickey, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffin of Twiggs, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harris,

Harrell, Harvard, Hathcock, Hill, Howard, Holder, Hutchins, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jordan of Jasper Jordan of Pulaski, Lane of Bibb, Lane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, Lee, Longino, Mitchell, Morris, McCants, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McMillan, McRae, Ogletree. Pace of Newton,

Padgett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Rawls of Effingham. Rawls of 'Vilkinson. Reid, Richardson, Rogers, Singletary, Slaton, Speer, Starr, Sturgis, Stewart, Stone. Tanner, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, 'Valker of Brooks. walker of Crawford. walker of Union, Watkins, Williams of Emanuel. Williams of Lumpkin. Wood, Woodal, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Drawdy, Griffith,

Hall,

Merritt.

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Those not Yoting were ~fessrs.-

Adams,

Gresham,

McLennan,

Allen,

Hammett,

Newton,

Anderson,

Hammond,

Ousley,

Barron,

Hardin of Liberty, Overstreet.

Bennett of }fitchell, Hardwick,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Bell of Forsyth,

Harrison,

Price,

Black of Dawson, Hendricks,

Reynolds,

Bowen,

Henderson of Irwin, Rose,

Bower,

Henderson of Washt'nHudicil,

Brown of Bryan

Herring,

Simpson,

Bush,

Hopkins,

Sloan,

Calvin,

Hosch,

Smith of Hall,

Carlton,

Houser,

Smith of Hancock,-

Castleberry,

J ohnson of Bartow, Snell.

Chappell,

Johnson of Lee,

Spinks,

Crossland,

Jones of Burke, Stubbs,

Darnell,

Knowles,

Swift,

Denny,

LaRoche,

Tatum,

Duncan,

Latimer,

Turner of Henry,

Ellis,

Martin,

Turner of Rockdale,

Emanuel,

Mayson,

Upchurch,

Easterlin,

Maxwell,

West.

Farmer,

Moore,

Whiteley,

Felker,

Mullins,

Willingham,

Franklin,

McCranie,

\Vooten,

Gay,

McDonough,

l\Ir Speaker.

George,

McElreath.

On motion of ~Ir. 1\Iitcheli, of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the pnssage of the resolution the ayes were 91, and the nays 4.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
On motion of ~Ir. Hathcock, of Douglas, Senate bill No. 175 was recommitted to Committee on Corporations.

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1257

Un motion of :Mr. Stone, of 1Yalton, bill No. 737 was tabled.

By 1Ir. Harvard of Dooly-
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale or manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette papers in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
:Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 83, and the nays 0.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

By 1Ir. Willingham of Monroe-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate and control the funds of Monroe county.

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 98, and the nays 1.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion of J\Ir. Speer, of Sumter, bill No. 570 was ta hied.

1258

JOURNAL OF THE lloUSE.

By lfr. Park of Greene-

A resolution providing for an appropriation to improve the grave of Governor Peter Early.
An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Griffith, of Haralson.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through its chairman, reported the same back to the House, with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee of the whole, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to, and the bill lost.

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice in claim cases, and for other purposes.

Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

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 71, and the nays 53.

The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

On motion of lfr. Lane, of Sumter, bill No. 556 was

tabled.

i, _ : '

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, ] 899.

1259

By Mr. Rogers of :Marion-
A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the time and manner of settlement with the tax-collectors of this State, and for other purposes.
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 58, and the nays 40.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice of osteopathy in this State.
Referred to the General ,Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Beauchamp of Pike-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize private hospitals to receive patients who are victims of alcohol.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the pm;sage of the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 0.

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

1260

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following resolution was taken from the table, read the second time and adopted, to 'wit:

By :Mr. Emanuel of Glynn-

A resolution memorializing Congress, relative to the har-

bor of Brunswick.



The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 7:30 o'clock to-night.

Thursday, 7:30 o'clock p.m.
The Honse reconvened at this hour, and was called to orclPr hy the Speaker.
On motion of ~fr. Blalock, of Fayette, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The follmYing resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
Hy ~fr. Carter of BurkeA resolution providing that the Librarian be excused
from keeping the library open at night.
:Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, snhmitted the following report, to wit:
.Mr. ,'--pal.:er:
The committee have had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back, with

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1261

the recommendation that the same be read a second time and recommitted to this committee, to wit:

Bills X os. 86, 83, 140, 180, 138, 139, 109, 171 and 177.

Also joint resolution X o. 41.

Respectfully submitted. JOHN ~L SLATON, Chairman.

::\fr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The General .Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following resolution of the Senate, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to -''it:
A resolution revoking license of certain railroads entering the car-shed in Atlanta.
The committee have also had under consideration the following bills of the Senate, which I am instructed to report back to the Honse, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act approved December 20, 18!18, creating a Board of Commissioners to conent to the erection of a new depot in Atlanta, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN ~L SLATON, Chairman.

1262

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:

By 1Ir. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal paragraph 8 of section 3355 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Gross of the 29th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the Augusta judicial circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

By 1fr. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 752 of the Penal Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Odom of the 9th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1099 of the Penal Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee,

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to apply the Statute of Limitations in certain caEes, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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1263

By Mr. Perkins of the 31st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to further define the incompetency of witnesses in certain cases.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Webb of the 39th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to allow graduates of certain schools in this State to teach without further examination.
Referred to the Committee on Education.
By Mr. Perkins of the 31st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning the condemnation of private property, and for other purposes.
Referred to the G-eneral Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By :Mr. Dickerson of the 5th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4, article 3,
paragraph 3 of the Constitution, and for other purposes.
By 11Ir. Humphries of the 7th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to make it unlawful to manu-
facture fermented intoxicants, and for other purposes.
By :Mr. West of the 5th DistrictA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to create a
board of commissioners to consent on behalf of the State to the erection of a new pas<>enger depot for Atlanta.

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JouR~AL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. \Yest of the 6th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to revoke the license of certain railroads entering the car-shed in Atlanta.

By :Mr. J one:;; of Burke--

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the mayor and council of Waynesboro to issue bonds, and for other purposes.

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 91, and thf: nays 1.

The bill haviug received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

On motion of l\Ir. Park, of Greene, bill No. 677 wa'> tabled.

Mr. Rudicil, of Chattooga, asked that Senate bill Ko. 173 he withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee and referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, which request ''"as granted.

The following Senate bills were read the second time and
recommitted to the General ;rudiciary Committee, to wit:

By :Mr. Mann of the 44th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 600, volume 3 of the Code.

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126&

By Mr. Gross of the 29th District-
. . A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3761, volume 2 of the Code.
By Mr. Terrell of the 3Gth District-

A bill to be entitled an act to prevent certain persons., ,from being liable to damages.

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5273 of the
Code, volume 2.
By Mr. Morrison of the 34th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the judges of the superior courts to grant supersedeas in criminal cases.
By Mr~ Redding of the 22d District-
. A bill to be entitled an act to regulate practice in th~
Supreme Court of this State.

;By }[r. Fouche of the 42d District-
A bill to be entitled: ~n act to regulate the carrying of certain cases to the S]J.pre~~ Court.

J?y J4:r: (t.rqss of the 29th District-
A bill to be entitled an aCt to amend section 221 of tlie .Cpd~. . ,

By :Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th: District-
. .'A bill to be entitlM an' act t~ a~end section' 46im of the
Civil Code.
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1266

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

13y :Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-
A resolution providing for the release of W. G. Shockley from the State Sanitarium.
On motion of l\Ir. :Mitchell, of Thomas, Senate bill No. 124 was tabled.
By unanimous consent the following bills were put upon their passage, to wit:

By 1\fr. Cook of Heard-
A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the superior court of Heard county, and for other purposes.
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 99, and the nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Senate bills were read the third time, and placed upon their passage, to wit:

By ::O.Ir. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish the city court of Barnesville, and for other purposes.

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 93, and the nays 0.

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1267

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Jolmson of the 41st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to establish in the town of Blue Ridge a system of public schools, and for other purposes.

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 -\v-ere 93, and the nays 0.

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

By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-
A bill to amend, supersede and consolidate the severai acts incorporating the town of Douglasville, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the billr was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Wilcox of the 15th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the payment o-f certain costs by the county of Irwin.

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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 89, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of the 30th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to require the commissionel'd of roads and revenues of Oglethorpe county to hire out misdemeanor convicts.

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 89, and th.-~ nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Bunn of the _38th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to amend tho} several acts incorporating the town of Cedartown.

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 89, and the nays 0.

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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899.

1269

By Jl.fr. Bunn of the 38th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend the charter of Cedartown.

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 89, and th~:; nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of Barnesville.
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 90, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna~ jority, was passed.

By Mr.. Gross of the 29th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage o the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 91, and the nays 0.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

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

By :Mr. Wilcox of the 15th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to fix the compensation of the jurors and bailiffs of the superior courts of Irwin county.
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 91, and the nays 1.
The bill having received.the requisite constitutional ma jority, was passed.
Mr. Tatum, of Dade, moved that the House take a recess subject to the call of the Speaker, which motion prevailed.
The House was again called to order by the Speaker.

The following bill was taken up, and the Senate amendment concurred in, 'to wit:

By lfr. Starr of Gordon-
A bill to be entitled an act t6 amend section 65, volum~ 3 of the Code, and for other purposes.

1.Ir. Hardin, of Liberty, asked that bills Nos. 539 and 689 be withdrawn, which request was granted.

Mr. l\Ioore, of Carroll, asked to withdraw bill No. 785, which request was granted.

On motion of Mr. Stone, of Walton, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

FRIDAY, DE()E)IBER 15, 1899.

12il

~-\..tlanta, Ga., Friday, December 15th, 189i).

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.

Fpon the call of the roll those answering to their names were Messr~.-

Adams,

Denny,

Harvard,

Adamson,

Dews,

Hendricks,

Allen,

Dickey,

Henderson ofWash'n,

Anderson,

Drawdy,

Herring,

Arnold,

Duncan,

Hill,

Barron,

Ellis,

Howard,

Bass,

Emanuel,

Holder,

Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Polk,

Hosch.

Bennett, of Pierce, Everett of Stewart, Hutchins,

Beauchamp,

Farmer,

Jarnagan,

Bell of Forsyth,

Felker,

Johnson of Applin?;,

Bell of Spalding,

Fender,

Johnson of Baker,

Black of Dawson, Freeman,

Johnson of Bartow,

Black of Whitfield, Franklin,

Johnson of Floyd,

Blalock,

Ford,

Jones of Burke,

Bond,

Fort,

Jordan of Jasper,

Bowen,

Gay,

Jordan of Pulaski~

Bower,

George,

Knowles,

Brandon,

Gresham,

Lane of Bibb,

Brown of Bryan,

Greene,

Lane of Early,

Brown of Carroll, Griffin of Greene, Lane of Sumter,

Bush,

Griffin of Twiggs, Laing,

Calvin,

Griffith,

Lee,

Carter,

Hall,

Longino,

Castleberry.

Hammett,

Martin,

Chappell,

Hamby,

Mason,

Cook,

Hardin of Liberty, Maxwell,

Copeland,

Hardin of Wilkes, Merritt,

Crossland,

Harrison,

Mitchell,

Darnell,

Harris,

Moore.

David,

Harrell,

Morris.

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Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McElreath, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, McMillan, McRae, Newton, Ogletree, Ousley, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Pate of Gwinnett, Park of Greene, Park of Troup, Post, Price,

Rawls of Effingham, Tatum,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Taylor,

Reid,

Tisinger,

Reynolds,

Timmerman,

Richardson,

Tracy,

Rogers,

Turner of Henry,

Rose,

Turner of Rockdale,

Rudicil,

Upchurch,

Simpson,

Walker of Brooks,

Singletary,

Walker of Crawford.

Slaton,

walker of Union,

Smith of Hancock, Watkins,

Snell,

'Vest,

Spinks,

Whiteley,

Speer,

Williams of Emanuel.

Starr,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Stubbs.

Willingham,

Sturgis,

Wood,

Stewart,

Woodall,

Stone,

Yates.

Swift,

Mr. Speaker.

Tanner,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Bryan, Bynum, Carlton, Easterlin, Hammond, Hardwick,

Hathcock,

Latimer,

Henderson of Irwin, McDonough,

Hopkins,

Sloan,

Houser,

Smith of Hall,

Johnson of Lee,

Wooten.

LaRoche,

Mr. Blalock of Fayette, moved to dispense with the read~ ing of the journal of yesterday's proceedings, which motion prevailed.

The following resolution was read and adoptBd, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond- .

A resolution, providing that the resolution requiring that unanimous consent shall be neceSsary to suspend the rule~
<) the House be rescinded.

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1273

Mr~ Anderson of Bartow~ asked that Senate bill No. 12'!: be taken from the table and placed upon the calenda~, which
request was granted.

The following message was received from .the Senate, thr~mgh Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof :
~Vr. Speaker:
The senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House:
.l\ bill to prohibit the manufacture of alcoholic liquors in Spalding county.
Also, a bill to direct .the county treasurer of F~.1lton county to pay the inspectors of roads and bridges of said county.
Also,: a bill to. establish a public school systein for Knoxville, Georgia.

Also; i bill to amend an act creating a board of commis-

sioners for the county of White.



Also, a bill to change time of holding Paulding superior -court.
Also, a bill requiring persons purchasing .native gold, to keep a register thereof.

Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquors in the county of Jackson.

Also, a bill to amend the act amending the charter of Dalion, Ga.

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Also, a bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Cordele.
Also, a bill to amend an act establishing public schools for Cordele.
Also, a bill to empower owners of bills of sale to foreclose same.
Also, a bill to appropriate five thousand dollars to thfr School of the Deaf.
Also, a bill to provide for support of Prison Commission for the year 1900.
The following bills of the House were passed as amended,. by requisite constitutional majority.
A bill to amend the charter of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to authorize the ordinary of Lincoln county to issue bonds.
Also, a bill to amend an act to establish the city court of Brunswick.
Also, a bill to regulate the meetings of the local board of trustees of the Technological School.
The Senate has also :eassed, as amended, the following. resolution of the House:
A resolution providing for a clerk to the Adjutant-General.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House:
A hill to amend the charter ot O<illa, in lrw1n county.

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Also, a bill to amend the charter of Yatesville. Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Doerun. Also, a bill to provide a system of public schools for thetown of Douglas. Also, a bill to amend the charter of Talbotton. Also, a bill to amend the charter of Dawson. Also, a bill to rearrange the Flint and Coweta circuits. Also, a bill to amend an act to prohibit the sale of liquor in Monroe county.

Also, a bill to provide for registration of voters in Boston,. Ga.

Also, a bill to amend an act to amend the charter of Valdosta.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Harrison.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Dalton..

Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquor m. H~rd county.

Also, a bill to repeal sections 10 to 15 of an act to incorporate the town of Summerville.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Crawfordville.

Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Vvalton county.

Also, a bill to amend the chartr of Cuthbert.

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Also, a bill to repeal the act creating the county court of 'Troup county.

Also, a bill to incorporate the Chipley School District.

Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture and ~le of do-

mestic wines in Bryan county.



Also, a bill to amend the charter of Dalton. Also, a bill to amend the charter of Macon.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Fort Gaines.
Also, a bill to repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Bibb county.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Social Circle;

Also, a bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquor in Monroe county.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of lfacon.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Alto.

Also, .a bill to incorporate the town of Poulan, in Worth COUnty.

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

A resolution to provide for bringing up the unfinished business of this session of the General Assembly.

Also, a resolution, memorializing Congress in regard to the further improvement of Chattahoochee, Flirit and Apalachicola rivers.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

The following resolution was lost in the Senate:
Requesting Representatives in Congress to introduce and support a bill allowing Georgia to prohibit importation of cigarettes into this State.
!fr. Beauchamp, Chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Spea.ker:
The Committee on Education have had under consideration Senate bill No. 132 : A bill to be entitled an act to. allow graduates of certain colleges <>f this State to teach in public schools of this State without further examination,. . and for other purposes. They report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman Pro Tern.

Mr. Duncan of Houston, Chairman of Committee on

Corporations, submitted th~ f~llowing report :



Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am requesW~o to report back.with the recommendation that the same do pass:

. No. 185. A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the towri of Ringgold, in the county of Catoosa, and for other purposes.

No. ;1.86. A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act en-
titled .an ~ct' :t6 indol-p6rate the village of Ringgold, iru

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walker (now Catoosa) county, approved December 27, 1847, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. J. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.

:Mr. Beauchamp, Chairman of the House Committee on Blind Asylum, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the Blind Asylum beg leave to submit the following report:
In conjunction with the Senate committee, we visited this institution, and examined, as best we could, in the limited time at our command, all of its departments.
Under the management of the new principal, the same economical methods, which have commended this institution so favorably to the State have been continued.
The method of instruction is well abreast of the progress that has been made in the best institutions of this character.
The sanitary condition of the buildings and surroundings is good.
\Ve note that some repairs are necessary on the roof of the main building.
The books and Youchers are correct, and well kept, being both simple and comprehensive.
Respectfully submitted. J. C. BEAUCHAMP, Chairman.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1279

::\Ir. Bower, Chairman of the Committee to Investigate the condition of the "'estern & Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report:
To the General Assembly:
Your Special Committee, appointed to investigate the <:ondition of the "\Vestern & Atlantic Railroad, respectfully submit the following report:
Your committee left Atlanta Saturday morning on a . special car, with a schedule so arranged that it enabled an
inspection of all the depots at every station of any size, between Atlanta and Chattanooga; many of the bridges and the road-bed; and we find the entire road in excellent condition, and that as far as the committee can see, the lessees are complying fully with the terms of the lease, in every particular.
The company has expended $20,000 upon the construction and repair of depots. They have erected new depots at Bolton, Vining, Marietta, Kenne~aw, Acw01 th; Emerson, Kingston and Dalton. All are well built, and those in the larger places are elegant and well equipped. They have repaired the depots at Tilton, Adairsville, Calhoun, Tunnel Hill, Ringgold, Chickamauga. In some of these instances the repairs have been quite extensive.
The company has expended $20,000 upon water stations, .every water tank being new. Six hundred thousand new ties have been put in, and the road-bed is in a very fine condition. There are forty-nine miles of standard ballast track, forty-two miles of skim ballast; the balance is dirt road, in :good condition. Included in the ballast track, there are six miles of marble ballast. The standard ballast track has been erected at a cost of $85,000, and this work is being continued. Every rail on the road is sixty-eight pound steel rails, and is new.

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New culverts of stone have been erected on every part of the road where necessary.
Every bridge on the road is built of iron, having been constructed at a cost of $198,337.
Your committee takes great pleasure in saying that the property of the State, in the hands of the lessee is being properly preserved and cared for; that improvements an<i
repairs of a permanent nature have, and are being made,
and the company has and is caring for the property of the State in a faithful and careful manner.
your committee exami:iied some of the valuable property, for which Special Attorney Brown has commenced suit to recover for and in behalf of the State. We endorse his course, and commend his energy a...'ld efforts to recover the State's rights in these. several instances. A full report of .said cases appearing in his .report: ' . ' . .

We take great pleasure in expressing our thanks to Su'perintendent McCollum, General Manage~ Thomas, and

General Passenger Agent, C. E. Harmon, for the many

court'esies and kindnesses shown the committee. They were

each untiring hi their efforts to make the trip a pleaaure,

and to aid us in every way in our investigatii:m..

.'

.

BYROK .BOWER, JR., Ch~irman..

'\:Y. Y>l. DEWS of Ral'l:J,olph, .

J. FRANK HARRIS,:

A. P. ADAMSON~.

JNO. W. :MAYSON,

J.. J.. EASTERLIN; :

N. A. MORRIS,

JOHN: R. HOSCH. . . ,

CHAS. L. BASS, Secretary.

FRIDAY, DECEl\IBEk 15, 1899.

1281

The following House bills were taken up and the Senate .amendments concurred in, to wit:

By 1.r. Blalock of Fayette-
A resolution, providing for a clerk to the Adjutant-General.

Amend by adding at the end of the resolution, the following words, to wit:

"To pay a clerk in the office of the Adjutant-General c~uring the ina hi1ity of that officer to discharge his duties; said clerk to be appointed by the Governor, with the approval of the Adjutant-General; Provided, that no other sum shall be paid out of the military or other fund, for clerical or other work in the office of the Adjutant-General or the Inspector-General."

By Mr. David of Lincoln-
A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the ordinary of Lincoln county to issue bonds.

To amend by striking out the figures "1899" and inserting in lieu thereof "1900."

By Mr. Simpson of :Milton-
A bill to provide for the removal of all kinds of obstructions in the streams of 1.1ilton county.

To amend as follows: "Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be, and the same a~e applied to the ('Olmty of Floyd.
S!h

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By :Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for the making of affidavits out of the State of Georgia, to be used within this. State.

To amend by striking out the word "and" after the word "act" and before the word "any" in the third line of section 1.

By Mr. Lane of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the meetings of the local board of trustees of the Technological School.
To amend by striking out "twenty-five dollars" wh~ ever the same occur, and insert in lieu thereof, the words "fifty dollars."

By l\fr. Fort of Harris-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Hamilton.

To amend section 28 by making some day definite m January, 1900, in which charter should take effect.

By l\fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to require persons having claims for money damages against municipal corporations to present_ same.
Amend by striking out "three months" and insert in lieu thereof "thirty days."

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1283

By :Mr. Emanuel of GlynnA bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to establish_
the city court of Brunswick.
To amend, first, by striking section 1 of said bill.

Second. To amend section 2 of said bill by striking therefrom the words, "Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and i't is hereby enacted by authority of the same," and by designating said section two as section one.
Third. Amend section 3 by striking the said section from said bill.
Fourth. To amend section 4_ by designating the same as "section 2."
By l\Ir. Brandon of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.

To amend by adding the following sections, to wit:
Section VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said act of incorporation, and the acts amendatory thereof are hereby further amended so that the clerk of council shall be elected by the mayor and general council at the first regular meeting of said mayor and general council, held in the month of October of the year 1900, and every two years thereafter.
Section VII. Be it fnrther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The above Senate amendment was non-concurred in.

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Upon request of Mr. Emanuel of Glynn, bill No. 428 was withdrawn.

On motion of Mr. Park of Greene, bill No. 583 was recommitted to Committee on General Agriculture.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By 1\Ir. Barron of Jones-
Re:solved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, that the keeper of the public buildings, be, and he is hereby directed to hang the pictures of the ex-presiding officers of the House in appropriate places in the Hall of Hepresentatives.
The following Senate biils were read the third time and placed upon their passage, to wit:

By l\fr. Steed d the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to require sleeping-car companies in this State, to separate white and colored passengers.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On pasage of the bill, the ayes were 88, nays 0.

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

By J.Ir. Johnson of the-
A bill to be entitled an act to consolidate the offices of treasurer and tax-receiver of the county of Fannin.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1285

The report of the committee, >Yhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill, :Mr. Everett of Stewart, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

Before the vote on the aboYe bill could be announced, Mr. :Morris of Cobb, moved that the bill together with the aye and nay Yote thereon be tabled, which motion prevailed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Lane of Sumter-
A resolution extending the profound sympathy of the Honse to Ron. D. F. Crossland, Representative from the c0unty of Dougherty, in the sndden death of his father.

By 1\fr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A resolution providing that all resolutions previously adorteJ, limiting debates in the House be rescinded.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Bell of Spalding-
A resolution, providing that the privileges of the floor be extended to the distinguished representatives of the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition.

Resolved further, That the House welcomes them as the representatives of the great State of X ew York, the first State, after Georgia, to guarantee a magnificent exhibit at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition.

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Resolved, further, That we commend the purpose of the great Pan-American Exposition, which is fou~ded on the primary idea of cultivating closer trade relations between the countries of this hemisphere, and the success of which will redound to the special benefit of the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
The committee was composed of the following gentlemen:
Ex-Congressmen, Col. J. B. weber, \Vm. H. Ryan, Norman E. Peck, :Maj. A. wheeler and Jos. E. Gavin.

l\Ir. Bell of Spalding, moved that a committee be appointed to escort the distinguished representatives of the State of .Kew York and of the Buffalo Exposition to a seat upon the floor of the House.
The Speaker appointed, in pursuance of the above motion, the following committee, to wit: :Mr. Laing, Mr. Brandon and JUr. Bell of Sp9lding.
After an address by Col. .T. B. \Veber, ex-Congressman
from the State of New York, the distinguished committee retired and the House resumed the business before it.

l\fr. Bell of Forsyth, Chairman of the Committee on Public Retrenchment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Retrenchment in the public expenditure, submit th) following:
The rule establishing the committee, and the appointment of the committee have been so recent, that it has been impossible for the committee, at the present session, even

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1287

to enter upon the discharge of the duties imposed by the rule. Good government imposes the lightest burdens, and secur.es the largest liberty, practicable, to the people. Tariff, internal revenue, and Spanish war _taxation, imposed by the Federal government is simply enormous. When to these, are added the State, county and municipal taxes nec-essary to maintain our State government, which the people pay cheerfully, the sweat and toil of our people are well nigh exhausted in meeting the burdens levied upon them, for the support of government. As civilization advances, the wants of the people and the necessities of government increase. The people who pay the money have the right to see that it is properly appropriated, and not wasted. The public virtue demands that the public treasury should be guarded with more than vesj;al vigilance. Economy in the public expenditures is a cardinal article in the democratic creed. And it is believed that our successors in future General Assemblies will constitute an important factor in maintaining its integrity.
Respectfully submitted.
H. P. BELL, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate, 1hrough :Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
.Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite con-
stitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Sparks, in Berrien county.
Leave of absence was granted J\fr. McDonald of Ware.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

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JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Friday, 3 P. l\1.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The following resolution was read anJ. adopteJ., to wit:
By l\lr. Griffith of Haralson-
A resolution, extending sympathy to the Hon. ,V. E.
Spinks, Hepresentative from PaulJ.ing, in the death of his father.
On motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow, Senate bill X o. 162, with the amendments, was tabled.
On motion of :Mr. Speer of Sumter, Senate bill No. 22, known as the "uniform text-book bill," was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General .Tudiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee have had under consideration the follo"wing Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4653 of the Civil Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN l\L SI.ATON, Chairman.

FHIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1289

1\Ir. Park of Troup, Chairman pro tern. of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A bill to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the payment of certain insolvent criminal costs, in Augusta Judicial Circuit, approved February 15, 1873, in so far as said act applies to }IcDuffie county.
Respectfully submitted. W. G. PARK, Chairman.

:Mr. \Valker, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, subinitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment, report as properly en-
rolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to amend an act establishing public schools for the city of Cordele.
Also, an act relating to warehousemen in this State.
Also, an act to empower any owner of a bill of sale to personalty to foreclo8e as mortgages are foreclosed.
Alf,o, an act tc, authorize payment of county bridge and road inspectors of :Fulton county.
Respectfully submitted.. J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

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Mr. Drawdy, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, have had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act regulating the practice of osteopathy in the State of Georgia.
llespectully submitted.
G. W. DRAWDY, Chairman.

Mr. Jordan, Chairman of the General Agriculture Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Agriculture Committee have had under consideration the following House bill, which I am instructed to report back, with the recommendation that we do not concur in the Senate amendment of the same, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an act to proviJe for the appointment of a General Inspector of Oils for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
C. H. JORDAN, Chairman.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1291

Jll1:r. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:.

The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following report, which they direct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

"A bill to be entitled an act to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of 1877 by striking out the word 'October' in the third line after the word 'in' and lefore the figures '1878.' and substituting therefor the word 'July,' and the manner of submitting the same for ratification, and for other purposes."
Hespectfully submitted.
J. M. PACE, Chairman.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to prevent children under twelve years of age from working in factories, and for other purposes.

:Mr. ]dorris of Cobb, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
Jllfr. J111:itchell of Thomas, moYed that the bill be tabled, which motion prevailed.

:Mr. Adamson of Clayton, asked to withdraw bill No. 670, which motion prevailed.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, gave notice that at the proper time, he would move to reconsider the action of the House in imletiuitely postpouiug Senate bill No. 22.

The following resolution was read, and on motion of :Mr. Slaton, was tabled, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing that the House stand adjourned f:ine die at noon on Saturday December 16th, 1899.

On motion of Mr. Johnson of Bartow, Senate bill No. 1 was indefinitely postponed.

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, the following acts, to wit :

An act. to repeal an act constituting the present charter of the city of Albany, and all a<ets amendatory thereof.
An act to amend an act creating the city court of Jeffer-
son.

An act to abolish the city court of Gwinnett.

Also, a resolution providing for the pay of the per diem

and mileage of Ron. Elijah Tanner, Representative of Cof-

fee county.

'

A resolution providing for the payment of pensions of sixty dollars each to Mrs. T. J. Traylor and Mrs. S. P. Rutherford.

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1293

. A resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of the Special Sanitarium Investigating Committee.

A resolution, providing for the enlargement of the summer visiting committee to the State University.
By Mr. Hand of the 8th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 2801 of the Code, volume 2.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the pasasge of the bill, the ayes were 90, nays 30.

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

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment non-concurred in, to wit:
By }fr. Park of Greene-

A bill to be entitled an act to provide for a General Inspector of Oils for the State of Georgia.

:M:r. Tatum of Dade, gave notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the House in non-concurring in the Senate amendment offered to the above bill.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, Senate bill No. 21 was tabled.

The following Senate resolution wa~ read and unammonsly adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. Terrell of the 36th District-

A resolution, extending thanks to the people of Brunswick, and to the Southern Railway, for the courtesy shown the General Assembly on their recent trip to Brunswick.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 7 :30 o'clock to-night.

Friday, 7:30 P. M.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Slaton of Fulton, moved to dispense with the call of the roll, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The General Judiciary Committee have had under con-
sideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same be read a second time, and be recommitted to this committee, to wit:
Bills Nos. 158, 164, 136, 183, 189.
The committee have also had under consideration the foli.:\ving resolution of the Senate, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
A resolution, providing for the release of W. G. Shockley from the State Sanitarium of Georgia.

FRiDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

1295

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice in the Bupreme Court of this State, relating to writs of error, etc., and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to prevent any one from being liable for damages who levies upon property not belonging to defendant in execution.

Also, a bill. to be entitled an act to apply the statute of limitations in certain cases, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 5273 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

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 House bills, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit the putting of walmlt leaves or walnut hulls, devil shoe-strings, and other poisonous substances in any waters of this State, and for other purposes.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to submit to the qualified voters of Whitfield coun:ty, or any militia district thereof, whether liquor shall be sold in said county.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars, for repairing the old capitol building, located at :Milledgeville.

The Senate has also passed, as amended, the following bills, to wit:

A bill to amend an act approved October 24th, 1887, to regulate the business of insurance in this State, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Kirkwood, in DeKalb county, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed the following resolutions of the House:
A resolution to correct an error in the engrossing and enrollment of House bill No. 445 in regard to the sale of house and lot of the Second Baptist Church, in Columbus, Georgia.
Also, a resolution to pay investigating committee under joint resolntion of House and Senate, to investigate Northeastern Railroad.

Ah:o, a resolution, to pay the widow of Albert :Merritt the pension due her deceased husband.

Also, a r0solntion, authorizing the Governor to borrow money.

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Also, a resolution to pay to Mrs. Alice :Swan, wi<iow or T. E. Swan, late of Jefferson county, $60.00 pension.
The Senate also passed, as amended
A resolution to pay the pension of J. J. Folds of Putnam county, for 1896, to his daughter, :Miss Ailsey Folds.

:Mr. Allen of Baldwin, Chairman of the Committee to visit the State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:

Jlr. Speaker:
The Joint Committee, nine from the House, and three from the Senate, has, during this session, visited the State Sanitarium, near the city of Milledgeville, and after a thorough investigation of said institution in its various lranches and divisions, beg leave to report:
This committee finds the buildings and grounds 0f the institution are in good condition, properly and well cared for; the machinery and other meqhanical appliances there necessary, are in first-class condition, well kept.
The stock, cattle, hogs, gardens and farms of the institution are all in first-class condition, and is a source of considerable revenue to the institution, and a great saving to the State.
We find the corps Qf physicians a splendid set of gentlemen, and in our opinion, skilled and well selected for the duties imposed upon them, and which are necessary for a successful treating of the unfortunate inmates.
We regret to know, that during the past fiscal year, there has been some eight hundred admissions of this class of unfortunates in this institution,. which of course, shows that insanity in its various forms, is possibly upon the increase, n:ild that the institution is becoming rapidly filled to over-
s~b

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flowing, there being in round numbers, 2,50Q_ patients now under treatment in said institution. Yet, under the skill and successful treatment there given, there is a great percent. o the patients finally restored to reason and to health and finally discharged.
We find that the appropriation set apart for this institution at the last session o the General Assembly, is being carefully and economically expended by the trustees and other officials o this institution. Yet, we fear, that by the great increase o patients, and necessarily the increase o expenses, the appropriation of $275,000 will not be sufficient for the year o 1900. Notwithstanding that economy has been reduced to a science, and that the unfortunate patients in this institution are given all the comforts that are necassary, wholesome and well-prepared food, and treated by the most skilled physicians upon the subject of insanity, and at the remarkable expe_nse to the State of about thirty-two cents per capita per day; we cannot see how it is possible to reduce this expense by any more rigid economy, when we consider the interest and the comforts o the most unfortunate class o human beings. They are the wards o this great State, with no one else to whom they can look for shelter or protection.
\Ve cheerfully commend to you and to the State at large, the indispensable services of that Christian gentleman and skilled physician, the superintendent of this institution, and the other officers and employees.
Respectfully submitted. JNO. ALI.E~, Chairman.

The following Senate bills were read the second time~ to wit:

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By Mr. Mann of the 44th-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town 6 Ringgold.

H~~ Mr. Mann of the 44th-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate ihe village of Ringgold.

By Mr. Gross of the 29th-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide

for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the Augusta

Circuit.

.~ Ji'!i

J3y Mr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to apply the Statute of Limitations in certain cases.

By Mr. Perkins of the 31st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to further define the incompetency of witnesses in certain cases.

By Mr. Redding of the 22d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 752 of the Penal Code.

By :llr. Brannen of the 17th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal paragraph 8 of section 3355 of the Code.
By Mr. Perkins of the 31st District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning the~ondemnation of private property.

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By :Mr. Odom of the 9th District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1099 of the Penal Code, and for other purposes.
On motion of :Mr. Bass of Habersham, Senate bill No. J 68 was tabled.

]iy ~Ir. :X esbitt of the 35th-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the State of Georgia.
Tlw following House bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:

By :Mr. :McCranie of Berrien-
A bill to be entitled an act to create a new charter for the town of Sparks.
To amend by striking out "thirti' in the 11th line of section 5, and imerting in lieu thereof, the word "ten."

By :Messrs. :Mayson and George of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Kirkwood.
To amend section 2 by striking out all of said section after the words "thence north" in the thirteenth line of said section, and inserting instead thereof the words "across the Georgia railroad to a stake 300 yards north of the center o the track of the Atlanta Railway Company, thence in an easterly direction to a stake 300 yards north of the center of the track of the Georgia Railroad track, immediately opposite the eastern line of the land of :Mr. P. L. Mynatt; thence in a southerly direction, along said }fynatt line, to a

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stake east of and opposite the southerly line of the lands of .Mrs. V. P. Sisson; thence in a westerly direction, along the southern line of said Sission, to the beginning point."

:Mr. Bush of Miller, asked leave of absence for the remainder of the session, which leave was unanimously granted.

On motion of Mr. Bass of Habersham, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. to-morrow.

Atlanta, Ga.,

Saturday, December 16, 1899.

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 the call of the roll, those answering to their names were }Iessrs.-

Adams,

Bower,

Adamson,

Brandon,

Allen,

Brown of Bryan,

Anderson,

Brown of Carroll,

Arnold,

Bryan,

Barron,

Bynum,

Bass,

Calvin,

Bennett of Mitchell, Carter,

Bennett of Pierce, Castleberry,

Beauchamp,

Chappell,

Bell of Forsyth,

Cook,

Bell of Spalding, Copeland,

Black of Dawson, Crossland,

Black of Whitfield, Darnell,

Blalock,

David,

Bond.

Denny,

Bowen,

Dews,

Dickey. Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis. Emanuel, Easterlin, Everett of Polk, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Felker, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gay, George,

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Gresham,

Lane of Sumter,

Rudicil,

Greene,

Laing,

Simpson,

Griffin of Greene, LaRoche,

Singletary,

Griffin of Twiggs, Lee,

Slaton,

Griffith,

Longino,

Smith of Hall,

Hall,

Martin,

Smith of Hancock,

Hamby,

Mayson,

Snell,

Hardin of Liberty, Merritt,

Spinks.

Hardin of Wilkes, Mitchell,

Speer,

Hardwick,

Moore,

Starr,

Harrison,

Morris,

Stubbs,

Harris,

McCants,

Sturgis,

Harrell,

McCranie,

Stewart,

Harvard,

McDonald,

Stone,

Hathcock,

McElreath,

Swift,

Hendricks,

McFarland,

Tanner,

Henderson of Washt'nMcGehee,

Tatum,

Herring,

McLaughlin,

Timmerman,

Hill,

McLennan,

Tracy,

Howard,

McRae,

Turner of Henry,

Holder,

Newton,

Turner of Rockdale,

Hosch,

Ogletree,

Upchurch,

Hutchins,

Ousley,

Walker of Crawford,

Johnson of Appling, Overstreet,

Walker of Union,

Johnson of Baker, Pace,

watkins,

Johnson of Bartow, Pate,

west,

Johnson of Floyd, Park of Greene,

Whiteley,

Johnson of Lee,

Park of Troup,

williams of Emanuel,

Jones,

Post,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Jordan of Jasper, Rawls of Effingham, 'Vood,

Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Wilkinson, Woodall,

Knowles,

Reid,

'Vooten,

Lane of Bibb,

Reynolds,

Yates,

Lane of Early,

Richardson,

l\Ir. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Bush,

Latimer,

Carlton,

Maxwell,

Hammett,

Mullins,

Hammond,

McDonough,

Henderson of Irwin, McMillan,

Hopkins,

Padgett,

Houser,

Price,

Jarnagan,

Rogers. Rose, Sloan, Taylor, Tisinger, 'Valker of Brooks, Willingham.

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The following message was received from the Senate, through 1.r. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

_Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in substitute of the House for the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend, supersede and consolidate the several nets incorporating the city of Douglasville.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional :majority, the following bills of the House:

A bill to amend section 815, volume 3 of the Code of 1895.

Also, a bill to change the time of holding the superior courts of the Rome circuit.

Also, a bill to require the owners of lands traversed by -creeks in Oglethorpe county, to remove obstructions therefrom.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Athens.

Also, a bill fm the protection of game in this State.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the Vernon Snell Road.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of Moultrie.
Also, a bill to establish a system of registration for the <!ity of Moultrie.
Also, a bill to incorporate the town of Adrian.

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The Senate has also passed a,s amended, the following bill of the House :

A bill to regulate the law of year's support in this State.

.Mr. Slaton, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the follo,ving report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee 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:

A bill to be entitled an act to expedite the administration of justice in cases. of rape, assault with intent to rape, and tor other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills; which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal paragraph 8 of section 3355 of the Code, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 752 of the Penal Code of 1895.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1099 of the Penal Code, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to require the judges of the courts of this State to grant snpersedeases in criminal cases, where motions for new trials are made.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to further define an act to further define the incompetency of witnesses in cases where certain parties are insane or deceased.

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Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning the condemnation of private property in this State, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 221 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bills, which I am instructed to report back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 3761 of volume 2 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to regulate the carrying of certain cases to the Supreme court, and to limit its jurisdiction respecting the same.

Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend section 600 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. JOHN :M. SLATON, Chaidman.

Mr. Slaton of Fulton, moved to dispense with the reading of the journal of yesterday's proceedings, which motion prevailed.
The following resolutions were read and unanimously adopted, to wit :
By :Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That the thanks of the House are due and are hereby extended the Chairman of the Enrolling Committee~ Hon. J. Y. Walker.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution, extending the thanks of the House to Mrs. W. C. Glenn, postmistress of the House of Representatives.

1Ir. Mitchell of Thomas, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in indefinitely postponing Senate bill No. 22.

Mr. Morris of Cobb, gave notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the House in refusing to concur in the Senate amendment to "Oil Inspector bill."

Mr. \Vatkins of Gilmer, gave notice that at the proper time, he would move to reconsider the action of the House had upon the "Child Labor bill," which was tabled on yesterday.

Mr. Ellis of Bibb, arose to the point of order, that a motion to table could not be reconsidered, which point of or-. der was sustained.

Mr. Morris of Cobb, moved to reconsider the action of the House in refusing to concur in the Senate amendment to bill No. 583, known as the "Oil Inspector bill."

:Mr. Slaton of Fulton, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On the motion to reconsider, the ayes were 38, nays 77. The motion to reconsider, was therefore lost.

:Mr. Stone, Chairman of Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

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]lh. Speaker: .

The Committee on Penitentiary has complied with its

duties in visiting and inspecting the various convict camps

of the State including the State farm.

,

I again, this year divided up the committee into small

subcommittees, consisting of four to six members each, to

perform this duty. In this way, only a few members of

the committee have been absent from their duties in the

House at any one time, and I have found it to be a saving

of a vast amount of expense to the State. These subcommit-

tees have made their reports to me in writing, which show

they have faithfully performed their duty. It is neither

tJecessary nor practicable in this general report to go into

details of the reports of these various subcommittees.. I

have filed them with the honorable Board of Prison Colli-

missioners of the State, and request that they examine thor-

oughly and particularly into the matters therein contained.

'With the exception of one or two small camps in the State,

the entire penitentiary department is in most excellent con-

dition, and the laws regulating and governing the same

faithfully complied with. At the two camps, Cole City

and Donalsonville, some slight irregularities, or neglect of

duty, have existed, to which the ,attention of the Prison

Commission is called.

The other camps are in excellent condition, and no com-

plaint whatever comes from the convicts confined there.

The convicts are all humane~y treated, well fed and clothed,

and splendid medical attention given them. The general

health of, and death rate among the convicts of this State

fully demonstrates that the present convict system of Geor-

gia is, perhaps, the best in the United States; there being

only fifty-seven deaths from all causes from October the

1st, 1898, to September the 30th, 1899, out of a total in

round numbers of 2,700 convicts.

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Under the old lease system, which terminated April the 1st, this year, the State realized about $11.00 per capita per annum for her convicts, while, under our present magnificent system, with its able and capable management, the State, since the first of April, has leased out 2,020 convicts at $100. per capita per annum. Which brings into the State treasury annually, from the hire of convicts, more than two hundred thousand dollars.
The committee visited in a body, the State farm, or penitentiary farm, near Milledgeville. There are, at present, confined there, 193 convicts, consisting of women, boysand disabled men. This is the first year the State has undertaken to farm with a portion of her convicts. From thereport of the Prison Commission, and from a thorough examination on the part of the committee, this farm has been fully, if not more than self-sustaining. When it is taken into consideration the fact that the State did not get possession and control of these convicts until the first of April, and further the class of labor confined there, it is very gratifjing to know, and reflects credit upon the managemeut~ that this farm, in so short a time, has ceased to be a mere experiment. The law of the State governing this farm is carried out to the letter. The buildings are all good and ::ubstantial, and are in a splendid sanitary condition. The camp for the women is situated about one mile from the camp for the men. Both of these camps are kept in as clean and nice condition as any well-regulated home, and the convicts all seem to be happy and as well satisfied as a human being could be, when deprived of freedom. The stables snd barns are all good buildings, and the barns are well filled with the products of the farm. The horses, m~Ilr.s, cows, and hogs are all in fine condition. The department operates a mill and gin on the farm, both of which are splendidly managed. The management of this farm, as well as

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the management of the entire prison department of the State, reflects great credit upon the wisdom and ability of the Prison Commission.
Respectfully submitted.
A. 0. STONE, Chairman.

l\ir. :Mitchell of Thomas, moved to reconsider the action <:f the House in indefinitely postponing Senate bill No. 22, known as the "text-book bill."

Mr. Slaton called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

On the motion to reconsider the action of the House, Mr. }.{itchell of Thomas, called for the ayes and nays, which eall was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows.

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson,

David,

Hill,

Anderson,

Denny,

Hutchins,

Barron,

Dews,

Jarnagan,

Bass,

Easterlin.

Johnson of Appling,

Bennett of Mitchell, Everett of Polk,

Johnson of Baker,

Bennett of Pierce, Everett of Stewart, Lane of Early,

Beauchamp,

Ford,

Lane of Sumter,

Bell of Spalding, Greene,

Martin,

Blalock,

Griffin of Twiggs, Mitchell,

Bond,

Griffith,

Mcnonald,

Bowen,

Hall,

McFarland.

Bqwer,

Hammett,

Ousley,

Brown of Carroll, Hardin of Liberty, Pate,

Bynum,

Harris,

Park of Greene,

Calvin.

Harrell,

Park of Troup,

Cas-tleberry,

Hendricks,

Price,

-Conk,

Henderson of Wash'n.Rawls of Effingham,

.Copeland,

Herring,

Rawls of wilkinson,

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Reid, Simpson, SinglE>tary, Smith of Hall,

Starr, Stewart, Timmerman, 'Vest,

Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, Yates.

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-.

Adams, Allen, Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Brown of Bryan, Bryan, Carter, Chappell, Crossland, Darnell, Dickey, Duncan, Emanuel, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Fort, George, Gresham, Griffin of Greene, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Harrison,

Harvard, Hathcock, Howard, Holder, Hosch, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Jones, Jordan of Jasper, Knowles, Lane of Bibb, Laing, LaRoche, Lee, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Moore, Morris, Mullins, McCants, McCranie, McElreath, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan,

Newton, Ogletree, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Post. Richardson, Rudicil, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Speer, Stubbs, Sturgis, Stone, Swift, Tanner, Tatnm, Taylor, Tracy, Turner of Henry, 'Valker of Crawford, 'Valker of Union, watkins,
'Vood, 'Voodall, Wooten.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Brandon,

Houser,

Bush,

Johnson of Bartow,

Carlton,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Drawdy,

Latimer,

Ellis,

McDonough,

Felker,

McMillan,

Gay,

McRae,

Hardwick,

Overstreet,

Henderson of Irwin, Reynolds,

Hopkins,

Rogers,

Rose, Slaton, Sloan, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale, Upchurch, 'Valker of Brooks, 'Villiams of Emanuel, Willingham, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 65, nays 80.

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On motion of :Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the motion to reconsider, the ayes were 65, nays 80. 'l'he motion wa'l therefore lost.

The following message was received from the Senate, through I\lr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

.Mr. Speaker:
The Senate insists on its amendment to t~e following bill of the House, and respectfully request the House to concur therein :

A bill to amend the charter of Atlanta.

The Senate has also passed, as amended, the following resolutions of the House:

A resolution to supply certain deficiencies in the contingent fund.

Also, a resolution to pay fifty dollars to the minor children of William Hill.

Also, a bill to make additional appropriation to the military fund of this State.

The following House bills were taken up, and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. Freeman of Coweta-
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the law of year's snpQort.

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Toamend by adding at the end of section 1, the following words:

Provided, however, that this act shall not be construed to affect rights already accrued at the time of its passage.
To amend further, by adding this proviso at the end of section 1 :

Provided, however, that the widow shall be entitled to a year's support in such part of the crop as may remain, after the landlord's lien for rent and supplies have been paid for.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate ihe business of insurance in this State, and for other purposes.

To amend by E:triking out "five" wherever it occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "ten."

By ~:lr. .Tordan of Jasper-
A bill to he C"!ltitled an Ret to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the General Tax Act.

To amend by adding the following proviso:

"Provided, that this act shall not be construed to exempt any pharmacist, except in cases where more than one is employed in the same store, only one of the number shall be liable for the tax, whether proprietor or clerk."
The above amendment was non-concurred in by the House.

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By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A resolution to pay the pension due J.T. Folds to his daughter, Miss Ailsey :Folds.

To amend as follows:
Resolved further, That sixty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the widow of \V. D. Barnard and Mrs. M. E. Fenley of the county of Fulton.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By 1\fr. West of the 6th District-

A resolution, revoking the license of certain railroads entering the car-shed in Atlanta.

~Ir. Hall of Bibb, moved that the bill be tabled, and on that motion, 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,

Hall,

Barron,

Howard,

Bennett of Mitchell, Lee,

Bowen,

McCranie,

Darnell,

McFarland,

Everett of Stewart, McGehee,

Ford,

McLennan,

Fort,

Park of Troup,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen,
83h

Anderson, Arnold,

Simpson, Snell, Sturgis, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, 'Vooten.
Bass, Bennett of Pierce,.

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Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bond, Bower, Brandon. Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Bynum, Calvin, Carter, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Drawdy, Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, George, Gresham, Greene, Griffin of G~eene, Griffith, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes,

Hardwick,

Overstreet,

Harrison,

Pace,

Harris,

Padgett,

Harrell,

Pate,

Harvard,

Park of Green,

Hathcock,

Post,

Henderson of Wash'n,Price,

Herring,

Rawls of Effingham,

Hill,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Holder.

Reid,

Hosch,

Reynolds,

Hutchins,

Richardson,

Jarnagan,

Rudicil,

Johnson of Bartow, Singletary,

Johnson of Floyd, Slaton,

Johnson of Lee,

Smith of Hall,

Jones,

Smith of Hancock,

Jordan of Jasper, Spinks,

Knowles,

Starr,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Lane of Early,

Stewart,

Lane of Sumter,

Stone,

Laing.

Swift,

Longino,

Tanner,

Mayson,

Tatum,

Maxwell,

Taylor,

Merritt,

Tisinger,

Mitchell,

Timmerman,

Moore,

Turner of Rockdale,

Morris,

Walker of Union,

McCants,

Watkins.

McDonald.

'Vest,

McElreath,

Williams of Lumpkin

McLaughlin,

Willingham,

McRae,

'Vood,

Newton,

Woodall.

Ogletree,

Yates.

Ousley,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Bush, Carlton,

Copeland, David, Everett of Polk,

Ft-lker, Franklin, Gay,

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Griffin of Twiggs, Jordan of Pulaski,

Hardin of Liberty, LaRoche,

Hendricks,

Latimer,

Henderson of Irwin, 1\Iartin,

Hopkins,

Mullins,

Houser,

McDonough,

.Johnson of Appling, McMillan,

.Johnson of Baker, Rogers,

Rose, Sloan, Speer, Tracy, Upchurch, ~Walker of Brooks,
Williams of Emanuel, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 23, nays 120.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas, the verification o:f the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the motion to table the resolution, the ayes were 23, nays 120. The motion to table was therefore lost-

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution, 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 vating aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Barron, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Bryan,

Bynum, Calvin, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Denny, Dews, Dickey, Ellis Emanuel, Easterlin, Fender, Freeman, George, Gresham,

Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardin of Wilkes, Hardwick, Harrison, Harris, Harrell, Harvard, Hendricks, Henderson of Wash'n, Herring, Hill,

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Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Floyd, Jones. Knowles, Lane of Bibb, I ane of Early, Lane of Sumter, Laing, LaRoche, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Merritt, Mitchell, McCants,

McElreath,

Slaton,

McLaughlin,

Smith of Hall,

McRae,

Smith of Hancock,

Newton,

Starr,

Ogletree,

Stubbs,

Ousley,

Swift.

Overstreet,

Tanner,

Pace,

Tisinger,

Padgett,

Turner of Rockdale,

Pate,

'Valker of Union,

Park of Greene,

Watkins,

Post,

'Vest,

Price,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Rawls of Effingham, Willingham,

Rawls of 'Vilkinson, Wood.

Richardson,

Woodall.

Rudicil,

Yates.

Singletary,

Those voting nay were :Messrs.-

Adams,

Johnson of Bartow,

Bennett of Mitchell, Lee,

Darnell,

McFarland,

Everett of Stewart, McGehee,

Farmer,

;McLennan,

Franklin,

Park of Troup,

Hall.

Reynolds,

Howard,

Snell,

Jarnagan,

Spinks,

Sturgis, Stewart, Taylor, Timmerman, Turner of Henry, Walker of Crawford, Whiteley, 'Vooten.

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Blalock, Bowen, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Carlton, Carter, Crossland, David, Drawdy, Duncan, Everett of Polk,

Felker,

Jordan of Jasper,

Ford,

Jordan of Pulaski,

Fort,

Latimer,

Gay,

Martin,

Griffin of Twiggs, Moore,

Hardin of Liberty, Morris,

Hathcock,

Mullins,

Henderson of Irwin, :McCranie,

Hopkins,

McDonald,

Houser,

McDonough,

Johnson of Appling, McMillan,

Johnson of Lee,

Reid,

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Rogers, Rose, Simpson, Sloan,

Speer, Stone, Tatum, Tracy,

Ayes 101, nays 26.

Upchurch, Walker of Brooks, Williams of Emanuel, Mr. Speaker.

:Mr. Slaton of Fulton, moved to dispense with the verification of the roll-call, which motion prevailed.

On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 101, nays 26.

So, the resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Saturday, 3 p.m.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Herring of Decatur, moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with.
No quorum having voted on the above motion, Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee, moved that the roll be called to ascertain whether a quorum be present, which motion prevailed.

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Upon the call of the roll those answering to their names were Messrs.-

Adams,

Hamby,

McLennan,

Allen,

Hardin of Liberty, Newton,

Anderson,

Harrison,

Ogletree.

Barron,

Harris,

Overstreet,

Bass,

.Harrell,

Pace of Newton,

Bennett of Mitchell, Harvard,

Padgett,

Bennett of P.ierce, Hendricks,

Park of Greene,

Beauchamp,

Henderson of Washt'nPost,

Bell of Forsyth, .Herring;

Rawls of Effingham,

Black of Dawson, Hill,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Blalock,

Howard,

Reid,

Bowen,

Hutchins,

Reynolds,

Bower,

Jarmigan,

Richardson,

Brandon,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Bartow, Slaton,

Bry;n,

Jordan of Pulaski, Smith of Hancock,

C 1 lvin,

Lane of Bibb,

Spinks,

Carter,

Lane of Early,

Starr,

Copeland,

Laing,

Sturgi~,

David,

LaRoche,

Stewart,

Dews,

Lee,

Stone,

Dickey,

Longino,

Tanner,

Easterlin,

Martin,

Upchurch,

Everett of Stewart, Mayson,

Walker of Crawford,

Freeman,

Merritt,

Whiteley.

Ford,

Mitchell,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Fort,

Moore,

Willingham,

Griffin of Greene, Morris,

Wood,

Griffith,

McCranie,

'Wooten.

Hall,

McElreath,

Yates.

Hammett,

McFarland,

Mr. Speaker.

Hammond,

McGehee,

Those ab.~ent were Messrs.-

Adamson, Arnold, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bond, Brown of Bryan,

Bush, Bynum, Carltop, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook,

Crossland, Darnell, Denny, Drawdy, Duncan,, Ellis,

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Emanuel,

Johnson of Lee,

Everett of Polk,

Jones of Burke,

Farmer,

Jordan of Jasper,

Felker,

Knowles,

Fender,

Lane of Sumter,

Franklin,

Latimer,

Gay,

Maxwell,

George,

Mulli~s,

Gresham,

McCants,

Greene, .

McDonald,

Griffin of Twiggs, McDonough,

Hardin of Wilkes, McLaughlin,

Hardwick,

McMillan,

Hathcock,

McRae,

Henderson of Irwin, Ousley,

Hopkins,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Park of Troop,

Hosch,

Price,

Houser,

Rogers,

Johnson of Baker, Rose,

Johnson of Floyd, Simpson,

Singletary, Sloan, Smith of Han, Snell, Speer, Stubbs, Swift, Tatum, Taylor, Tisinger, Timmerman, Tracy, Turner of Henry, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Brooks, Walker of Union, Watkins, West, Williams of Emanuel, Woodall.

95 prE:sent, 8() absent.

It waa found that 95 members were present and 80 absentees.

A quorum bein_g found present, the House proceded with the business before it.

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

Jfr. Speaker:
The Senate has refused to recede from its amendment to the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend paragraph 2 of section 2 of the Geneml Tax Act for lf:\99 and 1900.

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The Senate has concurred in the House amendment'! to the following bill of the Senate, to wit :

A bill to require sleeping-car companies to provide sepa"'ate cars for white and colored passengers.

The Senate has also passed the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend section ~RS, volume o of the Code.

Also, a bill to authorize private hospitals and sanitariums in this State, to receive certain patients.
Also, a bill to establish a State Board of Embalming.
1\ho, a bill to mnend sections 386 and 387 of Code of ] ~P5.

Aho, a hill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Stone Mountain.
Al~o, a hill to provide for the holding of the several city courts in this State },y the superior court judges, and city court judges.

_Also, a hill to provide for the relief of Martin H. Dooly.
Also, to exempt maimed and disabled soldiers from certain taxes.
Also, a bill to authorize certain Confederate soldiers to practice medicine without paying profe,sional tax.
Also, a l,ill to amend an act to establish the city court of \V aycross..

Also, a bill to repeal an act, approved December lOth,

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1897, regulating license for sale of liquor m Appling county.

Also, a bill to provide a substitute for section 1143 of the Code of 1895.

A ho, a bill for the protection of the military of this State. ~1\..lso, the following resolutions of the House:

A resolution to pay pension of .Tames J. Smith to hi<> widow.

A resolution to pay Clerk of House and Secretary of Senate ior extra services.

A resolution providing for the indexing of the journals o Rouse and Senate.

Also, a resolution to pay the Oriffin Rifles.

Also, a resolution to pay the widows of George Welch <md James G. Ingram the pensions due their deceased husbands.

Also, a resolution to pay ::Mrs. C. R. Clonts and :Mary J. l::'ower the pensions due their deceased husbands.

Also a resoltion to amend subsection 2 of section 4082 of the Code of ] 8!)5.
Also, a resolution to compensate A. L. 1,Valdo for services rendered.
The Senate has also passed as amended, the following hill of the Honse :
A bill to amend section 388 of the Code of 1895, volume 3.

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The following hills of the House were lost in the Senate:

.A bill to require registration of transfer of mortgages.

Also, a bill to abolish .county court of Marion county.

Also, a bill to change time of holding Heard superior court.

Also, a bill to repeal an act creating a board of commissioners for Coffee count.v.

The following House bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. Anderson of Bartow-
A resolution to appropriate fifty dollars to the mmor children of william Hill.

To amend by adding the following proviso: Whereas,
Vv. J. Irwin, invalid pensioner from Henry county, for the
years 1890, 1Bfll, an.i 1892, and died on the 4th day of N oy,~mber, 1892, when his said pension was due, and was
not paid; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Mrs. Clyde C. Irwin, widow of said 1,V. J. Irwin.

The House refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the follo~iug bills, to wit:

lJy Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
A bill to make additional appropriation to the State militia.

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By Mr. Chappell of Muscogee-

A resolution to <;;upply certain deficiencies in the contingent fund, and for other purposes.

The following re<;;olution was read and unanimously
adopted, to wit:

By Mr. "Morr1s of Cobb-
A resoltuion, providing for the payment of the per diem of the Hon. R. \v~. Everett of Polk, and lion. P. B. Latimer of Cherokee, who have been sick during the greater part of the session.

The House refused to recede from its non-concurrence in the Senate amendment to bill No. 464, which is a bill to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the General Tax Act, and invites a conference committee upon the part of the Senate.

ThP Speaker appointed the following committee of conference upon the ahovebill, on part of the House, to wit: ::.\lessrs. Freeman, Jordan of Jasper, J arnagan.

The House refused to recede from its non-concurrence of the Senate amendment to House bill No. 666, which is a bill to amend the charter of Atlanta, and invited a conference committee upon the part of the Senate.

The Speaker appointAd the following committee of conference upon part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate: :Messrs. Brandon, Bower and Ellis.

On motion of ~fr. Morris of Cobb, bill No. 577 was tabled.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate inl'.ists on its amendment to the following bill
oi the House, and respectfully requests a concurrence on
the part of the House :

A bill to prO\'ide for the appointment of a General In!:>pector of Oils for the State.

On motion of Mr. Slaton, the House refused to recede from its non-eoncurrence of the Senate amendment to Houee bill No. 583, and invited a conference committee cr the part of the Senate.

The Speaker &ppointed the following committee of confcrenee, to eonfer with a like committee from the Senate upon the above bill: :Messr!:'. Slaton, l~ark of Greene, and Jordan of Jasper.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

By :Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing that all resolution!'\ heretofore ad0pted, limiting the time of speeches or the discussion of any meat>ure be abrogated.

1\fr. Park of Greene~ offered the following substitute, which was mad and aclopted, to wit:

A resolution, allowing 1\fr. Hall of Bibb, fifteen minutes; :Mr. Brandon of Fulton, fifteen minutes, and all other debates of the Hense be limited to three minutes.

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On the adoption of the resolution, by substitute1 Mr. Copeland of -walker, <>alled for the ayes and nays, which
call was sustained, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the
V"ote waf:: as follows:

Those voting aye were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Bennett of Pierce. Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding. Black of Whitfield, Bower, Chappell, Dews. Duncan, Ellis, Emanuel, Easterlin, Fender, Freeman, Greene, Griffin of Greene,

Hamby,

Ogletree,

Hardwick,

Ousley,

Harrison,

Overstreet,

Hathcock,

Padgett,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nPark of Greene,

Hill,

Rawls of Effingham,

Holder,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Johnson of Floyd, Reid,

Jordan of Pulaski, Richardson,

Knowles,

Slaton,

Lane of Bibb,

Stubbs,

Lane of Early,

Stone,

Lane of Sumter,

Tanner,

Laing,

Turner of Henry,

LaRoche,

Walker of Union,

Maxwell,

Watkins,

Merritt,

West,

Moore,

Wood.

Morris,

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams,

Farmer,

Barron,

Ford,

Bass,

Fort,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hall,

Black of Dawson, Hammett,

Bowen,

Hardin of Liberty,

Brown of Carroll, Hardin of Wilkes,

Bryan,

Harris,

Carter,

Harvard.

Copeland,

Hendricks,

Crossland,

Herring,

Darnell,

Howard,

Dickey.

Hosch,

Everett of Stewart, Hutchins,

Jarnagan, .Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Jones of Burke, Jordan of Jasper, Lee, Longino, Martin, Mitchell, McCants, McCranie, McDonald, McFarland, McLennan,

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Newtpn, Pace of Newton, Park of Troup, Post, Price, Reynolds, Rudicil,

Simpson, Singletary, Spinks, Sturgis, Stewart, Swift, Taylor,

Tisinger, Timmerman, Turner of Rockdale, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin, 'Vooten, Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Blalock, Bond, Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Calvin, Carlton, Castleberry, Cook, David, Denny, Drawdy, Everett of Polk, Felker, Franklin, Gay, George,

Gresham,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Griffin of Twiggs, Rogers,

Griffith,.

Rose,

Hammond,

Sloan,

Harrell,

Smith of Hall,

Henderson of Irwin, Smith of Hancock,

Hopkins,

Snell,

Houser,

Speer,

Johnson of Baker, Starr.

Johnson of Lee,

Tatum,

Latimer,

Tracy,

Mayson,

Upchurch,

Mullins,

Walke-r of Brooks,

McDonough,

Walker of Crawford,

McElreath,

Williams of Emanuel,

McGehee,

Willingham,

McLaughlin,

Woodall,

McMillan,

Mr. Speaker.

McRae,

Ayes 56, nays 63.

On motion of Mr. Copeland of Walker, the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

Upon the adoption of the substitute, the ayes were 56, nays 63.

The substitute was therefore lost.
:Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee, moved that the resolution he tabled.

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On the motion to table the resolution, Mr. Hall of Bibb, (,aJled for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

dn taking the ballot, viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting aye were :Messrs.-

Adams.

Hardin of Liberty, Park of Troup,

Barron,

Hardin of Wilkes, Rawls of Effingham,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hendricks,

Rawls of Wilkinson,

Beauchamp,

Howard,

Reynolds,

Bowen,

Jarnagan,

Richardson,

Bryan,

Johnson of Appling, Rudicil,

Calvin,

Jordan of Jasper, Simpson,

Carter,

Jordan of Pulaski, Spinks,

Copeland,

Lee,

Sturgis,

Crossland,

Martin,

Stewart,

Darnell,

Mitchell,

Taylor,

Dickey,

McCranie,

Tisinger,

Everett of Stewart, McDonald,

Timmerman,

Farmer,

McFarland,

Turner of Henry,

Fender,

McGehee,

Whiteley,

Ford,

McLennan,

Williams of Lumpkin,

Fort,

Ogletree,

Wooten,

Hall,

Ousley,

Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bass, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, :Blalock, Bower, Brandon, Brown of Carroll, Dews, Dunmm, Emanuel,

Easterlin, Freeman, George, Greene, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick. Harrison, Harris,
Harvard, Hathcock, Herring, Hill,

Holder, Hosch, Hutchins, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Floyd, Johnson of Lee, Knowles, Lane of Sumter, Laing, Longino, Mayson, Maxwell, Mc>rritt, Moore, Morris, McCants,

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McElreath, Overstreet, Pace of Newton, Padgett, Park of Greene, Post, Price,

Reid, Singletary, Slaton, Stubbs, Stone, Swift,

Tanner, Turner of Rockdale, Walker of Union, 'Vatkins, West, Wood.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson, Bond. Brown of Bryan, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Castleberry, Chappell, Cook, David, Denny, Drawdy, Ellis, Everett o Polk, Felker, Franklin, Gay, Gresham,

Griffin of Twiggs, Pate of Gwinnett,

Harrell,

Rogers,

Henderson of Irwin, Rose,

Henderson of 'Vasht'nSloan,

Hopkins,

Smith of Hall,

Houser,

Smith of Hancock,

Johnson of Baker, Snell,

Jones of Burke,

Speer,

Lane of Bibb,

Starr,

Lane of Early,

Tatum,

LaRoche,

Tracy,

Latimer,

Upchurch,

Mullins,

'Valker of Brooks,

McDonough,

Walker of Crawford,

McLaughlin,

Williams of Emanuel,

McMillan,

Willingham,

McRae,

Woodall,

Newton,

Mr. Speakf'r.

Ayf's 54, nays G7.

On motion of Mr. Hardin of Wilkes, the verification of the roll-call wm: dispensed with.

On the motion to table the bill, the ayes were 54, nays 67.

The motion to table was therefore lost.
On motion of 1-Ir. Hardwick of Washington, the Honse refused to recede from its non-concurrence in the SeD$te amendment to House bill No. 6S4, which is a bill to make additional appropriation to the State militia, and invited a conference committee on part of the Senate.

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The Speaker appointed the following committee to confer with a like committee from the Senate, upon the above bill: Messr~. Hardwick, Overstreet and Allen.

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

..~.lfr. Speaker:
The Senate has appointed as a conference committee on the part of the Senate, to consider the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to appoint a General Inspector of oils for this State.

The committee on part of the Senate, are Messrs Blalock, Mann and Thrasher.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Atlanta, and the committee on the part of the Senate, are Messrs. Nesbitt, McLester and Terrell.

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

Jfr. 8 peake1:
The SenJte has app<Jinted the following committee to confer with the House on the status of business before the General Assembly, to wit: J\fessrs. Dickerson, Steed and Dowling, and ask for a similar committee on the part of the House.

The Speaker announced as the conference committee to
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

arrange the order of business for to-night, the following members: Messrs. Slaton, Park of Greene, and Blalock.

1\fr. Anderson of Bartow, moved that the House adjourn until 8 ~'clock this evening, which motion prevailed.

Saturday, 8 p.m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at this hour,. and was called to order by Mr. Blalock, the Speaker pro tern. of the House.
On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the roll-call was dispensed with.
The following report was submitted by the committee appointed to arrange the order of business for to-night :
.Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee on the part of the House and Senate on the order of business to be pursued at the present night session, recommend that Senate bills that are local in their nature, be acted on by the House first to-night, and then general bills.
J. B. PAHK, JR.,
Chairman House Committee. JOHN M. SLATON. R. G. DICKERSON,
Chairman Senate Committee.
The following message was received from the Senf!.te,. through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

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Jfr. S pea!cer:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following House bills, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an act to cede jurisdiction over certain territory in Fulton county.

Also, a bill to amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of Georgia.

Also, a bill to amend the tenth section of the General Tax Act for 1899 and 1900.

Also, a bill to amend section 739 of the Code of Georgia.

Also, a bill to amend subsection third of section 2 o the General Tax Act. for the years o 1899 and 1900.

Also, a bill to provide a punishment for arson in certain cases.

Also, a bill to amend section 1916, volume 2 o the Code o 1895.

Also, a bill to amend the act creating a Board o Prison Commissioners for this State.

Also, a bill to exempt railway postal clerks rom jury duty in this State.

Also, a bill to make additional appropriations to the invalid and indigent pension funds or the year o 1900.

Also, a bill to amend section 906, volume 1 o the Code of 1895.

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Also, a bill for the protection of timbers on certain lands within this State.

Also, a bill to authorize and direct the State Treasurer to return to certain insurance companies certain deposits.

Also, a bill to amend an act, approved December 22, 1899, regulating the expenditure of county funds.

Also, a bil} to declare as a nuisance any place where liquors are sold.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of the city of Clarks-

ville.



The following bill of the House was lost in the Senate, towit:
A bill to amend an act in reference to granting license to sell liquors in Buena Vista.
The Senate has passed the following bill of the House as amended.
A bill to require all students or graduates of any school or college to stand an examination.
The following message was received from the Senate, through :Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
]Jr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the report of the Committee of
Conference on the disagreement of the two Houses on the following:
A bill to amend the tax act of 1899 and 1900 by striking out the word "pharmacy" from paragraEh 2 of section 2 of said act.

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1333

And has receded from its amendment to said bill.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof :

.Vr. Speaker:
The Senate ineists upon its amendment to House bill No. 234, appropriating certain amounts to supply deficiencies in the contingent and printing funds, and for other pur poses, and asks the House to concur therein.
The following message was received from the Senate, through the Secretary thereof :

]Ifr. S peake1':
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee on the part of both Houses, to wit:
A bill to authorize the appointment of a General Inspector of Oils for this State.
"\Ve, the Conference Committee, on the part of the House to confer with Senate committee on House bill No. 5-83, recommend that said bill, with amendment do pass with the following amendments:
Amend by striking out eection 1 of said bill, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following, to wit:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia to appoint a General Inspector of Oils for said State, whose duty shall be to go from point to point about

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

the State, at the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to inspect such oils as may be desired, instruct the local inspectors in the art of taking fair, correct and impartial samples of oils for illuminating purposes, and to test the same under the provisions of this act; to check up all accounts and books of account of local oil inspectors, and to see that all moneys due the State from fees paid for oil inspections are paid into the State Treasury, and to see that sr.id local oil inspectors, fairly, correctly, and impartially discharge the duties imposed upon them by this act and existing law not in conflict herewith, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed-by the Commissioner of Agriculture. If any dispute arises as to the test of any oils, then said General Inspector shall take a fair sample of said oil and forward it to the State Chemist, who shall make a final test, and his decision shall control in all matters of dispute. Said General Im;;pector shall be paid a salary not t'.' exceed one hundred ($1 00.00) dollars per month, and actual
and recessary traveling expenses, while in discharge of his duties, and said salary and traveling expenses shall be paid 1mt of the fees collected from oil inspection. Provided) however, that this act shall not be in conflict with sf'ctions 1579 and 1584, and other sections of the Code of Georgia, providing for 1he appointment an;l compensation of local oil inspectors.
Respectfully submitted. JOHK J..L SLATON, Chairn~an. JAS. B. PARK, .JR., C. H. JORDAN, Committee on part of Honse.

On motion of :Mr. Chappell of :1Iuscogee, the House refused to recede froin its non-currence of the Senate amendment to resolution No. 234, which is a resolution to supply

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certain deficiencies in the contingent and printing funds of this State, and invited a committee of conference from the Senate.
. The Speaker appointed the following committee of conference to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the above relOolution: Messrs. Chappell of Muscogee, Howard, Lane of Bibb.
The Committee of Conference to coner with a like committee from the Senate upon bill No. 684, submitted the following report:

..:lfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Conference, appointed by the House .and Senate to confer as to the Senate amendment to House bill No. 684, beg leave to report that in the opinion of the committee, the House should recede from its position and .agree to the Senate amendment.
Respectfully submitted.
T. W. HARDWICK, Chairman. J. W. OVERSTREET, JNO. T. ALLEN,
Committee on part of the House.
The following bill was taken up and the report of the Conference Committee thereon agreed to, to wit:
By Mr. Hardwick of Washington-
Bill No. 684. A bill to be entitled an act to make an additional appropriation to the State militia, and for other purposes.

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Mr. Morris of Cobb, moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to the report of the Conference Committee upon bill No. 684.

On the above motion, Mr. Morris 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, Anderson, Bass, Bennett of Mitchell, Bond, Brown of Bryan, Copeland, Darnell, Dickey, Drawdy, Easterlin, Everett of Stewar~. Fender, Freeman, Ford, Fort, Griffin of Greene, Griffith, Hardin of Wilkes,

Harris, Harvard, Herring, Hill, Howard, Holder, Jarnagan, Johnson of Appling, Johnson of Bartow, Longino, Merritt, Mitchell, McDonald, McFarland, McGehee, McLaughlin, McLennan, Newton, Ogletree,

Price, Rawls of Effingham, Rudicil, Singletary, Smith of Hancock, Snell, Spinks, Stewart, Stone, Tatum, Tyalor. Timmerman, Walker of Union, West, Whiteley, Williams of Lumpkin. wood, Yates.

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adamson, Allen, Arnold, Bennett of Pierce, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Whitfield, Bowen, Brandon, Brown of Carroll,

Bryan, Calvin, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Crossland, Dews, Duncan, Ellis, Farmer,

Franklin, George, Gresham, Greene, Hall, Hammett, Hammond, Hamby, Hardwick. Hathcock,

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Henderson of Wash'tnMaxwell,

Richardson,

Hosch,

Moore,

Slaton,

Hutchins,

Morris,

Speer,

Jordan of .Tasper, McElreath,

Stubbs,

Jordan of Pulaski, McRae,

Sturgis,

Lane of Bibb,

Overstreet,

.Tisinger,

Lane of Early,

Pace of Newton,

Turner of Rockdale,

Laing,

Park of Greene,

Upchurch,

LaRoche,

Park of Troup,

Watkins,

Martin,

Rawls of Wilkinson, Wooten.

Mayson,

Reynolds,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barron, Beauchamp, Black of Dawson, Blalock, Bower, Bush, Bynum, Carlton, Castleberry, David, Denny, Emanuel, Everett of Polk, Felker, Gay, Griffin of Twiggs, Hardin of Liberty, Harrison, Harrell,

Hendricks,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Henderson of Irwin, Post,

Hopkins,

Reid,

Houser,

Rogers,

Johnson of Baker, Rose,

Johnson of Floyd, Simpson,

Johnson of Lee,

Sloan,

Jones of Burke,

Smith of Hall,

Knowles,

Starr,

Lane of Sumter,

Swift,

Latimer,

Tanner,

Lee,

Tracy,

Mullins,

Turner of Henry,

McCants,

Walker of Brooks,

McCranie,

Walker of Crawford,

McDonough,

Williams of Emanuel,

McMillan,

Willingham,

Ousley,

Woodall,

Padgett,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 56, nays 62.

On the motion to reconsider, the ayes were 56, nays 62.

The motion to reconsider was therefore lost.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate Committee to consider the differences between the House and Senate on House resolution No. 234, to appropriate certain sums for the contingent and printing funds are !Iessrs. Steed, \Vest and Terrell.

The following Senat(l resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Steed of the 23d-
A resolution requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to cooperate in the movement for a national park.

The following House bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

By lfr. Black of Whitfield-:-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 388 of the Code.
To amend by adding the following proviso:
"Provided, that the amendment shall not apply to the cases now pending."

The Committee on Conference, appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate upon bill 66-6, submitted the following report:

llfr. Speal-er:
The Conference Committees on the part of the House and Senate on House bill No. 666, respectfully report that

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1339

they agreed by a majority vote that the House should recede from its position in refusing to concur in the Senate amendment.
BYRON B. BOWER, JR., Chairman Committee on part of House.

The report of the Conference Committee on bill No. 666,

which is a bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta,

was agreed to.

-

The Conference Committee, ::J.ppointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate upon bill No. 464, submitted the following report:

Jl r. S Beaker:
Your Committee of Conference on the amendment offered by the Senate to House bill No. 484, by Mr. Jordan ()f Jasper, report that we have conferred with the Senate .committee, and said Senate committee agree to recommend that the Senate recede from its amendment to said bilL
Respectfully submitted.
R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman. C. H. JORDAN, J. C. JARNAGAN,
Committee on part of House.
The report of the Conference Committee on bill No. 464,
which is a bill to amend section 2, paragraph 2 of the Gen<::ral Tax Act, was agreed to.
The following House bill was taken llp and the- Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

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By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-

A bill to require all graduates of colleges or other schools in this State to stand an examination before being allowed to teach in the public schools of this State.

To amend by striking out the word "State" between the words "the" and "school" in the tenth line of section 1 of t:aid bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "county."
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 bills of the House:
A bill to elect the judge and solicitor of the county court of Jasper county by the people.
Also, a bill to amend the act creating the city court of Clarksville.
Also, a bill to create a new charter for the city of Douglas, in Coffee county.
Also, a bill to regulate the catching of oysters and fish in public waters.

Also, to provide the superiority of liens of landlords.

Also, a bill to amend the charter of Jackson, in Butts county.
Mr. Morris, Chairman of the Committee to inspect the public property of this State, submitted the following report:

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1341

llfr. Speaker:

The Committee on Public Property submits the following report:

We find the interior walls of the Capitol building are in a wretched condition. Only a small percentage of their surface has ever been painted, while the walls thus finished, in most instances, had the paint applied before they were dry, thus causing a most unsatisfactory result. It is a fact, we J>re reliably informed, that since the building was accepted by the State, some twelve years ago, no paint has been applied to any interior woodwork, iron work or plastered walls; this being the case, it is easy to account for the dingy, <lirty and dilapidated condition of the plastered surfac\=)8.
We find that the interior woodwork and iron work, while needing paint, are kept clean and bright by the acting keeper of public building. We believe that the plastered walls, if painted, could also be kept clean and be made to look decent. As we understand it, there are two remedies for the plaster surfaces: One is to whitewash or kalsomine, and the other is to paint; either of the former, while seemingly cheaper, will cost more in the long run and prove far less satisfactory than the latter, for, to clean a whitewashed -or kalsomined wall, a new coat must be applied, while a painted wall can be easily washed and kept clean, the paint lasting for years.
As it will take a considerable sum of money to put the interior walls of the Capitol in proper condition, we recommend that the Governor be requested to have the keeper of public buildings and grounds, secure competitive estimates upon the cost of painting the interior of the various halls, corridors, offices, committee-rooms, light shafts and .dome. These estimates to be iii detail, for respective floors

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and dome, also stating cost, respectively, of wood, iron, and plaster surfaces, and said estimates to be furnished the public building committee of the next General Assembly.
The roof of the Capitol is in bad condition, but by vigilant care of the keeper of public buildings and grounds, it may be made do service for another year. The roof, as originally laid, is of tin, and has not been renewed since the building was finished. :From time to time, coats of paint have been applied, each new coat upon its prPA!ecessort until now, the several thicknesses have become dry and brittle, and in many places, chipped, thus continually expo~ing the tin surface to the atmosphere with the consequent results. when a new roof is laid it should be of copper. The Capitol is by far, too magnificent a structu!'e to be risked 1mder the uncertain protection of so flimsy and perishable a covering material as tin. The overhead plastering of the upper story 8hows that the roof has had many bad leaks; these seem to have been remedied, but the effects on the t~eiling me as marked as they are disfiguring.
"\Ve nnd that a walk through the grounds on the eastern side of the Capitol should be constructed similar to the walk on the western side of the building, and desire to recommend that the Governor be requested to have the keeper of public buildings secure competitive estimates on such a walk-way, also for cobble stone, and laying same, about coal bins on Mitchell street entrance to the Capitol, and have the snme incorporated with the information recommended above, to be furnished public building committee of next General Assemb1y.
N. A. .MORRIS, Chairman.

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

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1343

ll/r. S pealrer:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendments to the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend section 4927 of the Code of 1895, volume2.

Also, a bill to protect the cattle of this State from contagious disease.

Also, a bill to prohibit the transporting of cattle in or through the counties of Rabun, Towns and Union, in this State.

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

ll/r. S pealrer:
The second Conference Committee on the part of the Senate, to consider House resolution No. 234, to supply deficiency in the contingent fund are Messrs. Steed, Mann and Wight.

Mr. Freeman, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Mea,ns, submittedthe following report:

Mr. Speakm:
The Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bills, which I am instructed to report back without recommendation, to wit:

A bill to prescribe the method of returning for taxation, judgments, notes and accounts, etc.

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A bill to amend section 286, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, which relates to the salaries and fees of legislative officers.
A bill to prescribe how lands in this State be returned for taxation.
A bill to require telephone and telegraph companies, doing business in this State, to return their property for taxation, etc.
A bill to provide for the listing and assessing all real and personal property in this State, for the purpose of taxation.
A bill to provide for the levy and collection of a per centum tax upon a certain class of incomes in this State, etc.
A bill to provide for a uniform system of tax receipts in the several counties of this State.
Respectfully submitted.
R. W. FREEMAN, Chairman.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage :
By Mr. Bankston of the 5th-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 982 of the Code of 1895.
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 97, nays 0. The bill having received the requisitite constitutional majority, was passed.

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l3y Mr. Steed of the 23d-
A bill to be entitled an act to prescribe the ineligibility Ql members of boards of roads and- revenues and county <'Cmmissioners as jury commissioners.

The report of the committee, which was favora'ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill, the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, -..vas passed.

By l\fr. Wingfield of the 28th-
A bill to he entitled an act to require all railroad companies who may hereafter lease their road, to have their lease recorded, and for other purposes.

,T;he report of _the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passag{l. of the bill, the ayes vv.ere 99', nay!;ll. ,

The. hill having rect1ived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

13y l\fr. Wingfield of the 28th-~.

A bill to ba entitled an act to amend section _4~,. voJume 1 of the Code.

The report of the ~ommittee, which was f11;vorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On t}te passage of the bill, the ayes were 99, nays 0.

Mh

..

.

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

By :Mr. Wight of the lOth--

A bill to be entitled an act to change the time of holding the Dougherty superior court.

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 89, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By :Mr. Mann of the 44th-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to incorporate the village of Ringgold.
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 89, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Mann of the 44th-
A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the town of Ringgold.
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.

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1347

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

By Mr. Gross of the 29th-

A bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act to provide for the payment of certain insolvent costs in the Augusta circuit.

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 89, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional m:tjority, was passed.

By :Mr. Greene of the 40th-

A 1)ill to be entitled an act to prohibit the transportation of certain cattle through the county o Rabun.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agr~ to.

On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 88, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Johnson of the 41st-

A bill to be entitled an act to protect the cattle of this State from contagious diseasf's.

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 94, nays 0.

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The bill havir.g received the requisite constitutional majority, was pa~sed.

By l\Ir. West of the 6th--

A hill to he entitled an act to amend section 2723 of the Code.

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 89, nays 0.

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

On motion of Mr. "Watkins of Gilmer, bills Nos. 168 and '135 were withdrawn.

By :l\lr. Brannen of the 17th-
A bill to be entitled an aet to amend section 4927, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.

The 1eport of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill: the ayes were 89, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna . jority was passed.

By Mr. Brannen of the 17th-
A bill to be entitled an act to apply the Statute of Limitations in certain casP3, and for other purposes.

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13-49

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tlte passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill, th~ ayes were .89,. nays 0.

The bill having received. the requisite constitution~lrp.~-

jority, was pa!'tsed.

..

Mr. Chappell~ Chairman of the Conference, Comlllittee, on the yarl of the House, on the disagreement between tho Senatrp lind House ag to the amend~e:r;tt propos(ld by the Senate to House resolution No. 234, to supply deficiencies in the contingent and printing funds, submitted the following report, to wit=

Mr. Speaker:

The conference committee on the part of the House, on

disagreement to the Senate amendment to House r~olution

No. 234, have been unable to agree with the Senate committee in rrpgard 'to the same, and ' recommend that th~

House still insist on its refusal to concur in the_ Senatl}

amendment, and that this committoo- be discharged, and

another committee of conference be appointed on the part

of the House. .

.

Respectfully submitted. THOS. J. CHAPPELl., ChairmlJ.u.
.Read and adopted.

The conference committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate upon resolution No. 234:, reported that an agreement co11ld .not be reached, and recommended the appGintment of a new committee on the part of the House.

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On the recommendation of the above committee, the Speaker appointed the second committee of conference to confer upon resolution No. 234, which was as follows: Meosrs. Freeman, Jones and Smith of Hancock.

By Mr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to Le entitled an act to regulate the practice of osteopathy in this State, and for other purposes.

:Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, moved that the bill be indefi nitely postponed.

On the above motion 1fr. Ellis, 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 aye were 1[essrs.-

Allen, Bass, Calvin, Darnell, -Drawdy, Ellis, Harris,

Harvard, Herring, Hutchins, Mayson, Merritt, Morris,

Pate of Gwinnett, Rawls of Wilkinson, Rudicil, Simpson, Tisinger, Turner of Rockdale

Those voting nay were Messrs.-

Adams, Adamson, Arnold, Bell of Forsyth, Bell of Spalding, Black of Dawson, Black of Whitfield, Blalock, Bowen, Bower,

Brandon, Brown of Bryan, Brown of Carroll, Bryan, Carter, Chappell, Cook, Copeland, Crossland, Dews,

Dickey, Everett of Stewart, Farmer, Fender, Freeman, Franklin, Ford, Fort, Gresham, Greene,

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1351

Griffin of Greene, Lane of Sumter,

Richardson,

Griffith,

Laing.

Singletary,

Hammett.

LaRoche,

Smith, of Hancock,

Hammond,

Lee,

Snell,

Hardin of Liberty, Longino,

Spinks,

Hardin of Wilkes, Martin.

Sturgis,

Hardwick,

Maxwell,

Stewart,

Harrell,

Moore,

Stone,

Hathcock,

McDonald,

Swift,

Henderson of Wash'n,McElreath,

Tatum,

Hill.

McFarland,

Taylor,

Holder,

McGehee,

Timmerman,

Hosch,

McLaughlin,

Turner of Henry,

.Johnson of Appling, Ogletree,

Watkins,

.Johnson of Floyd, Overstreet,

West,

Johnson of Lee,

Pace, of Newton, Whiteley,

.Jones,

Park of Greene, Williams of Lumpkin,

.Jordan of Jasper, Park of Troup,

Wood,

.Jordan of Pulaski, Rawls of Effingham, Wooten,

Knowles,

Reynolds,

Yates.

1.ane of Early,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson,

Griffin of Twiggs, McLennan,

:Barron,

Hall,

McMillan,

Bennett of Mitchell, Hamby,

McRae.

Bennett of Pierce, Harrison,

Newton,

Beauchamp,

Hendricks,

Ousley,

Bond,

Henderson of Irwin, Padgett,

Bush,

Howard,

Post,

Bynum,

Hopkins,

Price,

Carlton,

Houser,

Reid,

Castleberry,

Jarnagan,

Rogers.

David,

Johnson of Baker, Rose,

Denny,

Johnson of BartQw, Slaton,

Duncan,

Lane of Bibb, .

Sloan,

Emanuel,

Latimer,

Smith, of Hall,

Easterlin,

Mitchell,

Speer,

Everett of Polk,

Mullins,

Starr,

Felker,

McCants,

Stubbs,

Gay,

McCranie,

Tanner,

George,

McDonough,

.Tracy.

Upchurch, .. .

Walker.of U.piop, Woodall,

Walker of Brooks, Williams of Emanuel,Mr. Speaker.

Walk~r o( Qr~wfonJ, Willingham,

Ayes 19, nays 101.

,,

On motion o:f Mr. Fender, of Clinch, the verificatiouof

the roll-call was ~ispensed with.





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Onthe mi}i;ion to indefinitely pos~pone the ayes were J_9~.

and the nays 101.

..

The motion was therefore lost.

}.fr. Watkins, of Gilmer, called 'for the pre~ious quet-J-

tion; ~h~i~h call w~s sustai~ed. .

: ,.

The report of the committee, whi~h was favorableto th~

passage of the bill, was agreed to.

' :

On the passage of the bill the 'ayes were 100, and tlm

nays 23.

,,. '". "- :,

The bill li.~~in,g :Teceived the r~qui~ite co~stitntionl:\1 m~..:

jority, was passed.

By Mr. Wight of the l'Oth District.;._._;
, ..
A bill to be entitled an act to futt):ler protect thegam_~. of this State, .alll~ for other purpo.ses....

Mr. McLaughlin, of }feriwether, called for the previous. question, which call was sustained.

The report of .the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage~ the bill the ayes were 88, and the nays 7.

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135~

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

The conf~rence. committee, appoint.ed to. confer with a similar committee on the part of the Senate, -to .consider t4e amendment p1~opo~ed :by the .Senate to House bill No,.-23~) beg leavf! to .submit the following report:.

]lfr. Speaker:
Your d:mimitt~e wete 'umible to agree ;With:~~~ Sert~to
committee on the amendmimf!m:Jposed'by fhe''S~nhe.

Your committee recomm~nd that the Hou~e '1adll~re t~

its disagreement with .tl1e ~eJ;t1l;t!1 am~n.~.I_Q..t7fl;t.. , .. ,.1 , , Respectfully s'ti'brni'tte,d:: .,,,;., . :. : ..',..,. ,,,., : ;,,

L: \. '. . t ; ~ I ' ~-. ,

I :

I"

R. '\V. FREEMAN;

JONES of Burke. A~ 'I. SMITH,' -.

Committee on. part of House.

On motion of Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, 'the report of

the conference .committee on resolution N 6. 234: \Vas

adopted.



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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following House amendinent to the follo\ving hill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hJint, trap or kill or take for sale, certain game in this State.

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The second conference committee upon resoluti9n No. 234 reported that the committee on part of the House and committee on part of the Senate could not agree, and recommended the appointment of a third committee of conercnce, and the Speaker appointed on the above recommendation the following conference committee to confer with a like committee from the Senate upon resolution No. 234: Messrs. Stone; Tisinger and Lane of Sumter.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The third conference committee on the part of the Senate to consider House resolution No. 234, to supply defi ciency in contingent funds, are :Messrs. Fouche, Passmore andBunn.

By Mr. Steed of the 23d District-
A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act requiring life insurance companies in this State to havo certain information printed on the face of their policies, an<l. for other purposes.

Mr. Park, of Troup, called for the previous question, which call was sustained.
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 45, and the nays 48.
The bill not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.

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The following resolution was read the third time, and unanimously adopted, to wit:

By Messrs. Denny and Johnson of Floyd-
A joint resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint a Board of Commissioners for the Exposition Universal.

By }fr. Nesbitt of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to amend section 4653 of the Civil Code, and for other purposes.

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 89, and the nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-

jority, was passed.



On motion of Mr. Jones, of Burke, Senate bill No. 141 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, the House took !l recess for ten minutes.

The House was again called to order by the Speaker.

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

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-
Whereas, The House of Representatives of the State of Georgia has had the services, for the tenn now about to close, of the most capable, courteous and accurate clerk,j;

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whose general efficiency, and expertness, ever blessed and

facilitated the businees of any J.egislature;

Therefore, be it resolved, That the thanks of the House of Representatives ~f the State of Georgia are hereby te!i"

dered the Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, and his able ~ssistants,

for their inost acc~ptable services as clerks," and assistant8

during the prese~'t term.



Mr: Speaker:

The committee appointed to confer with similar Senat0

committee on the part of the Senate, to consider the amend-

m~.,_n, t.,

proposed ''

by the.S.~nate

to

House

bill No.

234, beg '

leave to submit the following r,eport: . _ . _

__.After careful consideration :we are of the opinion that sa!d. Senate amendme~t is un~o~stitution~l, and your committee recommend that the House adhere to its disagreeme11t to said Senate amendment.

Respectfully submitted.

'
A. C. STONE,
B. L. T~SINGER,
W. T.-LANE, - Committee.

The report of the third conferencwcommittee appointe:l

to

confer .u. pon

resylution

No.

234,
...,' '

was

agreed

to.

The following resolution was read and: unanimously:

adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Swift of Elbert-
.. Resolved, That the thanks of this Home be-,. and they f,lre .hereby tendered the Hon. ,Tohrt T. Boifeuillet, and hi~,

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1367

assistants, :for the able and impartial conduct .of the busl.ness o:f the House.

By :Mr. Morrison o:f the 34th District-

A bill to be entitled an act to require judges o:f the courts o:f this State to grant supersedeas in criminal cases, and :for other purposes.

The report o:f the committee, which was :favorable to th~ ])Msage o:f the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage o:f the bill the ayes were 89, and the nays 0.

So, the bill having. received the requisite constitutiop.al majority, was passed.

On motion o:f Ur. Stone, o:f Walton, Senate bill No. 141l was tabled.

The Speaker appointed the :following committee o:f conference to con:fer with a like committee :from the Senate upon resolution No. 234, to wit: Messrs. Brown o:f Ca.rroll, Blalock, Spinks.

The :following resolution was read and unanimouslv

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l

adopted, to wit:

By 111:r. Ellis o:f Bibb-
A resolution extending the thanks o:f the Hquse .to t}l_e }-.ulton county delegation, Messrs. Slaton, Brandon ~nd Knowles.
The :following message was received :from the Senate through Mr. N orthen, the Secreta~y thereof:

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Jtf1. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the report of the conference com mittee, appointed to consider House resolution No. 234, t'> supply the deficiency in contingent fund, and recedes from its amendment.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has completed all business before it for consideration, and is now ready to adjourn sine die.
By J\fr. Wingfield of the 28th DistrictA resolution providing for the release of W. G. Shockley
from the State Sanitarium.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to tho'! passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 68, 'and the nays 26.
The resolution not having received the requisite constitutional majority, was_ lost.
The following message was received from the Senate through J\fr. N orthen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in the following joint resoln
tions of the House, to wit:
A resolution requesting the Senators and Congressmen

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1359

from Georgia to aid the Senators and Congressmen from :Florida in securing certain appropriations.

Also, a resolution memorializing Congress relative tu harbor improvements at Brunswick, Ga.

Also, a resolution relative to claims for cotton seized and sold by the United States Government under an act of the Federal Congress approved March J 2, 1863.

Also, a reeolution to authorize the Governor to appoint a board of commissioners fo; the Exposition Universal to be held in the city of Paris in the year of 1900.

Mr. Speaker:

Your committee of conference on the part of the House to confer with a like committee upon the part of the Senate on House resolution No. 234, beg leave to submit th~ following report:

That the Senate committee has agreed to recede from the Senate amendment.
A. 0. BLALOCK, W. F. BROWN, W. E. SPINKS.

The report of the conference committee (No. 4) appointed to confer with a like committee of the Senate on resolution No. 234 was adopted.
The following resolution was read and unanimously adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. Copeland of Walker-

A rewlution extending thanks to the representatives of the press.

Mr. Newton, of Morgan, moved to reconsider the action of the HouRe in refusing to pass the following resolution, to wit:

By :Mr. Wingfield of the 28th District-

A resolution providing for the release of W. J. Shockley.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On ~he !lassage of the resolution the ayes were 90, and thenays 3.

So, the bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. \Valker, Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:

The Comniittee on Enrollment report as properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for deliverance to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An act to provide a substitute for 1143 of the Oode d 1895.
Also, an act to require persons having claims for money damages against municipal corporations, etc., and for other purposes.

SATURDAY, DECJ.~MBER. 1.6, 1899.

1361.

Also, an act electing judge and solieitor of Jasper county by the people.

Also, an act providing a system of public schools for Douglas, Ga.

Also, a resolution appointing a committee to report on . pension of Gen. Kell.

Also, an act to amend sub-section 2 of the general tax
. act for 18!)9 and 1!)00. Also, a resolution to provide for bringing up the unfinished business of this session of the General Assembly.

Also, a resolution to correct an error in the engrossing and enrollment of House bill No. 445.

Also, an act to amend the charter of Dalton, Ga.
Also, an act to amend the charter of Crawfordville, Ga.
Also, an act to incorporate the town of Doerun, Ga.
Also, an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Cordele, Ga.
Also, an act amending the act approved November 21, 1893, entitled an act creating a new charter for Macon, Ga.
Also, an act for the protection of game in this State.
Also, an act providing for the making of affidavits om of the State to be used in the State.
Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor m '\Yalton county.
86h

1:362

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Also, an act appropriating $5,000.00 to the Georgia School for the Deaf.

Also, a resolution providing for the indexing of the Journals of the House and Senate.

Also, a resolution appropriating pensions for 1Irs. C. C. Irwin and others.

Also, an act incorporating Chipley school district.

Also, an act to provide for the appointment of an Inspector of Oils for the State of Georgia.

Also, an act amending sections 386 and 387 of volume 1, Code of 1895.

Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor lfl Monroe county.

Also, an act amending the charter of Yatesville, Ga.

Also, an act repealing sections 10 to 15 inclusive of an ~ct incorporating the town of Summerville, Ga.

Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money.

Also, an act to amend the act creating county commisEioners for the county of "White.

Also, an act amending an act incorporating the town of

A]
.'1

to.

u~ (t~~

Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of wine with.out license in Bryan county.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899.

1363

Also, a resolution paying pensions to the widows of George Welch and James G. Ingram.

Also, a resolution paying the widow of Albert Merritt the pension due her husband.

Also, an act amending the charter of Talbotton, Georgia.

Also, an act establishing a system of registration for Moultrie, Ga.

Also, a resolution memorializing Congress to improve the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers.

Also, an act to establish a public school system for the town of Knoxville, Ga.

Also, an act to require all students or graduates of any school, college, etc., to stand an examination, etc:

Also, a resolution paying the pension of J. J. Folds, of Putnam county, to his daughter.
Also, an act making additional appropriations to the invalid and indigent pension funds.
Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor in Spalding county.
Also, an act amending section 388 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an act repealing an act creating the county comt of Troup county.
Also, an act amending an act entitled an act amending the charter of the Vernon Shell Road Company, etc.

1364

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Also, an act amending the act creating the Prison Commissioners of this State.

Also, an act protecting timbers on certain lands within the State.

Also, an act amending the charter of Atlanta.

Also,. an act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor n Heard county..

Also, an act authorizing the ordinary of Lincoln county to issue bonds.

Also, an act amending section 1916, volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Also, a resolution endorsing the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium.

Also, an act rearranging the Flint and Coweta judiciai circuits, etc.

Also, an act amending the charter of Cuthbert, Ga.

Also, an act amending the charter of the city of Valdosta. Also, an act amending the charter of Clarkesville, Ga.

Aho, an act amending an act prohibiting the sale ot liquor in Monroe county.

Also, an act changing the time for holding the spring term of Paulding superior court.
Also, an act amending an act a~nending the charter of Jackson, Ga.

SATURDAY, DECE~IBER 16, 1899.

1365

. Also, an act authorizing the establishment of a system of public schools in Stone }fountain, Ga.

Also, an act amending an act approved October 24, 1887, regulating the insurance business in this State.

Also, a resolution paying Mrs. C. R. Clonts and Mrs. M. J. Power the pensions due their husbands.

Also, an act to provide for the registration of voters in the town of Boston, Ga.

Also, an act amending the charter of Macon, Ga.

Also, an act to make additional appropriations to the military of this State.

Also, an act amending section 1, article 7, paragraph l of the Constitution of Georgia.

Also, an act repealing an act approved December 10, 1897, etc., regulating the sale of liquor in-Appling county.
Also, an act to amend the tenth section of the genera] tax act for 1899 and 1900.

Also, an act amending an act establishing the city comt of Brunsw_ick, Ga.
of Also, an act to require purchaser8 native gold, etc., to
keep a register of such purchases.
Also, an act to require owners of land in Oglethorp~ county to clean out creeks and streams in said county.
Also, a resolution providing for a recess of the General Assembly from Nove.mber 29, to December 4, 18_!19.

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Also, an act amending section 815, volume 3 of the Cod.3 of 1895.

Also, a resolution paying Mrs. Alice Swan, $60.00 pension.

Also, a resolution to pay the Griffin Rifles.

Also, a resolution paying the clerk and secretary of Senate for extra services.

Also, an act amending the acts incorporating the town of Ocilla, Ga.

Also, an act to regulate the laws of year's support.

Also: an act creating a charter for the city of Albany.

Also, an act creating a new charter for the city of Douglas.

Also, an act providing for holding of the several city eourts by other judges.

Also, an act amending the charter of the city of Dalton.

Also, an act to amend the act incorporating Social Circle.

Also, a resolution to pay the pension of James J. Smith, for 1899, to his widow.

Also, an act to cede to the United States certain territory in Fulton county.

Also, a resoh1tion providing pay for a clerk to the Adj ntant-General.

Also, a resolution providing a committee to visit the State

Normal School.



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899.

1367

Also, an act to provide for the removal o obstructions in the streams of Milton county.

Also, an act to amend section 739 of the Code. Also, an act to amend the charter of Athens. Also, a resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a Board o:f Commissioners for the Plp"is Exposition. Also, an act to create a new charter for Sparta, Ga.

Also, an act to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the !.!Cneral tax act of 1899 and 1900.

Also, an act to provide for the support of the l 'rison Commission for 1900.
Also, an act to authorize private hospitals and sanitariums to receive certain cases.

Also, an act to direct the Treasurer to return certain deposits to certain insurance companies.
Also, an act to fix the time o holding the SUf'~rior courts of the Rome circuit.
Also, an act to amend the city charter of Dawson, Ga.
.Also, a resolution requesting the Senators and Congres'3men of Georgia to aid those from Florida in securing certain appropriations.

Also, an act providing that the lien of mortgages on crops, etc., shall be superior to judgments of older dates.
Also, an act to exempt railroad postal clerks from jury duty.

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Also, an act to amend sub-section 2 of section 4082 () the Code of 1895.

Also, an act to amend an act regulating the sale of liquo:r in Whitfield county.

Also, an act to regulate the catching of oysters from public waters.

Also, an act regulating the expenditure of county fundc~.

Also, an act incorporating the town of Poulan, Ga.

Also, an act declaring any place, where liquor is sold without license, a nuisance.
Also, an act to amend an act to establish the city c~rt of Waycross.

Also, an act prohibiting the putting of walnut leaves, etc., in any waters of the State.

Also, an act amending an act to incorporate the town of Moultrie.

Also, an act repealing an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Bibb county.
Also, 11 resolution to appropriate a sum, to compensate
A. L. Waldo.

Also, an act to exempt diseased Confederate soldiers froru tax imposed upon owners of every park, etc.
Also, an act incorporating the town of Kirkwood, Ga.
Also; an act amending the act incorporating the town of Fort Gaines.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899.
Also, an act amending section 906 of volume 1, Code of 1895.
Also, an act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor within the limits of Jackson county.
Also, an act establishing the city court of LaGrange, Ga.
Also, an act amending section 388 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an act incorporating the town of Adrian, Ga.
Also, a resolution memorializing Congress relative to harbor improvements at Brunswick.
Also, an act amending section 65 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an act providing for the reorganization of the militia, etc.
Also, an act to amend the acts incorporating the town of Hamilton, Ga.
Also, a resolution for the relief of G. T. Edwards, former tax-collector of Taliaferro county.
Also, a resolution-paying investigating committee under joint resolution to investigate Northeastern Railroad.
Also, a resolution relative to claims for cotton seized by the United States Government.
Also, an act prohibiting the making, forging or counterfeiting cards, etc., given by any association.
Also, an act creating the city court o Clarkesville, Ga.

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Also, an act providing for a punishment for arson in <'l'r tain cases.

Also, an act appropriating two thousand dollars for repairing the old capitol building.

Also, an act regulating the meetings of the local board of trustees of the Technological School.

Also, an act to provide for the relief of :Martin H. Dooly.

Also, an act amending an act amending the charter of Dalton, Ga.

Also, an act amending an act incorporating the town of Harrison, Ga.

Also, an act authorizing certain Confederate soldiers to practice medicine without paying tax.

Also, a resolution supplying certain deficiencies in the printing funds.

Also, a resolution appropriating fifty dollars for thd minor children of W m. Hill.
~-\.lso, an act establishing a State Board of Embalming.

Also, a resolution providing for the relief of the suretit:Jil of J. \V. Johnson, of Oconee county.
_\lso, an act establishing a system of registration for ~\Ioultrie, Ga.
Respectfully submitted.
J. Y. WALKER, Chairman.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899.

1371

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

By Mr. Slaton o:f Fulton-

A resolution providing that the House noti:fy the Senate
.o:f its readiness to adjourn sine die.
By Mr. Slaton o:f Fulton-
r~solved, by the House, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly be adjourned sine die.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned sine die.

INDEX .
TO
HOUSE JOURNAL,
1899.

I~DEX.

PART I.

AFI<'IDA VITS--

A Bill-To provi(le for the making of alfidavits out of

the State to be used in the State ..... 119 261:1 1044 1:!S2

To allow certain alfidavits to be made before

an olfieer ............................. ,. . . . . .

223

A:\lERICAl\ SURETY CO:\lPAl\Y-

A Bill-To return certain money to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

437

AGRICULTUHAL-Department of-

A Bill-To pro\ide a bookkeeper for ............ 284 921 1213

To publish agricultural statistics................

474

APPIWPRIATIOX8-

A Bill-To pay J. W. Wilcox $400.00................

1U8

To pay committee to investigate Geological De-

partment ................................. 192 264 342

To appropriate' money to Georgia Normal and Industrial College ........................ 192 363 000

To appropriate money to Secretary of State......

3a2

To compensate Tax Commission ........ 337 904 977 1026

To publish Geological reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a38

To make appropriation to State University. . . . .

354

To pay trustees of TE'chnological School. . . . . . . .

36u

To make appropriation to Georgia School for

Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 488 1098

To make improvements around grave of Gov-

emor Peter Early ...................... .434 400 1258

To appropriate money to Everett Springs Sem-

inary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

435

1376

INDEX.

APPROPIATIONS-Continued.

To pay for investigation of Northeastern Rail-

road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 435 490 1186

To make additional appropriation to State militia 436 9:!0

1130 13:!2 1335

To appropriate money to State Normal School.. 436 962

1:!31

To repair old capitol building ............. .473 9:.:1 11:!5

To refund certain money to Mrs. E. M. Scott....

504

To pay committee to investigate State Sanita-

rium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 903 1043

To appropriate money to support Teachers' Ses-

sion at University ......................619 1015 1198

To appropriate money to Agricultural College....

619

For compensation of A. L. ""aldo............. 1199

To pay Griffin Rifles for services ...... 619 92S 1:!14 1:!26

To make appropriation for payment of indigent

pensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149

Ptoviding clerk fot Adjutnnt-General. ......... 855 l;!:!g

1090 1100 1281

To supply certain deficiencies in contingent

fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 1017 120:! 1323

To purcha::.e portrait of Governor Atkinson.....

889

To pay per diem and milea~re of Elijah Tanner .. 905 1038

To appropriate $300 to Hailroad Commission .... 90\i 1080

'l'o purchase portrait of Govemor :\Iilledge......
'l'o pay burial expenses of .T. :\I. Yi"ilkins. . . . . . . .

922 1010

To pay certain money to Xatlian Toomer....... 1018

To pay certain mouey to cit~ of Atlanta......... 1088

To pay Clerk of House ami Secrtary of Senate

for extra ser>ices ...................... 1092 1145 1:!07

Providing for indexing of House and Senate

Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 1092 1145 1208

To pay ~Iedicia Johnson $100.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114:! 1:!21

To pay minor children of Wm. Hill $50.00..1147 1204 1322

ARSONA Bill-To ptovide punishment for ............ 33:) 489 1054

BANKS-
A Bill-To amend charter of Atlanta Banking Co .145 351 495 To amend act incorporating Germania Loan and Banking Company ........................ 1G9 363 497

INDEX.

'1'377

BILLS OF SALE--
A''Bill-~\s to foreclosure of bills of' sale to personal property .................................336 361 1054

BOARD OF HEALTHA Bill-To establish a State Board of Health . . . . . . . 238 OO.f

BOND8-State-
A Bill-To pay oti bonds issued by Gov. McDonald.. To pay oti bonds known as "Convention Bonds" To issue !Jonds to pay past due bonds issued by Gov. McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To require all !Jonds for titles to realty to be recorded .................... .

4S9>
400
400
6:..!1

BONDs-County-

A Bill-To authorize ordinary of Lincoln county to

issue bonds .............................922 998 1060



BOND8-l\Iunicipal-

A Bill-To authorize mayor of Waynesboro 'to issue !:Jonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................912 12'20 1264

BOUNDARY LINE-
A Bill-Concerning that of 'Va~ne and Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 543 1012 1213

BOOTS AND SHOES-

A Bill-Providing for the marking of certain infor-

mation on the soles of boots and shoes. . . . . . . .

331

BIUDGES-(See Roads and Bridges.)

BUILDING AND LOAX ASSOCIATIONS-

A Bill~Requiring companies to file information 'with

Comptroller-General . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . . . .

433

To relieve from security deposits...............

482

To declare when insolvent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

502.

1378

ISDEX.

BUTTER .\.XD CHEESEA Bill-To requile inspection of .............. 621 1017 1152

CER'l'IORAHI-

A Bill-To require petitions for certiorari to set forth

errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

:.!24

To require bond to be given and costs paid before

obtaining writ of certiorari to municipal courts 245

CHURCHES-
A Bill-To authorize sale of Second Baptist chmch of Columbus, G{'otgia .................... 117 265 347

CIGARE'l'TESA Bill-To prohibit sale of ..................... 159 267 1257

CLAIMS-



A Bill-To require claims against municipal corpora-

tions to be presented for adjustment, before

bringing suit ...................... 140 483 1035 1282

To facilitate collection of......................

177

CODE AMEND:UEKTS-

A Bill-To repeal section 1921, Vol. 2..............

116

To amend section 34613, Vol. 2.................

116

To repeal section 5331 of Civil Code ...139 359 1108 1244

To amend section 4334 of Civil Code ... 139 357 113'7 1:.!42

To repeal section 5347 of Cotle..................

139

To amend section 2334 of Code ..............146 261 272

To repeal section 2763, Vol. 2 ................. 158 358

To amend section 5518 of Civil Code ........ 158 35S 1063

To amend section 2417, Vol. 2..................

160

To amend section 98, Vol. 1.................... 1U1

To repeal section 13fi6 of Code ................ 161 1075

To amend section 2219 of Code ................ 166 47U

To amend section 1552, Vol. 1. ............ ~...

1uu

To amend section 508, Vol. 3...................

1\lti

To amend section 2876 of Code................

170

To amend section 4517 of Civil Code...........

172

To amend section 834, Vol. 3....................

179

INDEX

1379

.CODE AMENDMENTS-Continued.

To amend section 3509, Vol. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . .

1SO

To amend section 1378, Vol. 1. .. :..............

190

To amend section 3441 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 4S4

To amend section 4786 of Civil Code............ 199 358

To amend section 2185 (719-a) of Code.........

200

To amend section 1643, Vol. 1. ................ 221 357

To amend an act to am~d section 1916 of

Vol. 2........... ... . . . . . . . .... ~ ......... 221 4S4 1062

To amend section 4102 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:!2

To amend section 3441 of Civil Code............

~~-a

To amend section 3440 of Civil Code ........... 223 U05

To amend section 1262, Vol. 1. . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

224

To amend section 54132 of C.ode.................

224

To amend section 1200, Vol. 1.................. 224

To an;end section 1405, Vol. 1.::: . .'.' ..... :.....

225

To amend scetion 581, Vol. 1..: .:~ .. :..... .' .~ .226 484 007

To amend section 815, Vol. 3 ...... ~ ..... ~ .226,357 101:!7

To repeal section 41325 of Code: ............. 226 10i6

To amend section 2805, Vol. 2 .. ~ .......~ ...... 226 1046

To amend section 3465 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 227 359

To amend section 107, Vol. 1. .................. 227 360 To amend section 388, Vol. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 264

624 905 1246 1338 1249

"To amend section 908 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

245

To amend section 65, Vol. 3 ... : ..... . 245 545 556 1270

To amend section 4205, Vol. 2 ...... ;;. :; .. ;.:.

262

To amend section 3761 of Code...... ;..;.;..... 21:l4

To amend section 2579, Vol. 2 .... ;..':: ... :....

264

To repeal section 2763(3974-a) of. code.. . .. . .. ..

264

To add additional clause to section 1775, Vol.
1 ........................ : ... : .. :: ... .. 282 003 1063

To amend section 341, Vol.. 3 .......... ,.......

283

To adopt substitute for section 1143 of Code.283 485 1133

"To amend section 813 of Code .... ~ ...... ,.....

283

To amend section 583, Vol. 1. .. , ..... ; .... , . . . . .

284

To amend section 739 of Code ............ 285 922 1247

To amend section 338, Vol. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 485

To amend section 333 ?f .Code .............332 485 624

To amend sections 375 and 37G of Code..... , . . . .

334

To amend section ~097, Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 905

To amend section 2726 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

335

ro ameno1 section 578 of Code...... ,. .......... 336 487

'To amend section 2801, Part ~ of Oode ........ 337 864

CODE AMENDMENrS-Contiiiued.

To repenl sectlonfl 1551 and 1578. of Code. . . . . . . .

~-

To anHmd section 1559 of Code .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

338.

To amend section :!'188, Vol. ~- .... _...,..........

339

To 'amend section 2573, Vol. 2.................

355

To amend l!ection l!'in5 'of code................

380

To amend section '61, Vol. 1. ............. 43'4 1014 11M

To aml'nd St>ction 581, Vol. 1..................

4<so

To amend -sectton 5::!7 of Code ................. .473 1013.

To amend section ~i7 of Code...............

475

To amend section 1486 of Code ................ 482 9"27

To amend section 974, Yol. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41S:.!.

'.Po amend section 2'234 of 'Civil code .......... ."487 1127

To amend Rectlon 3826 df 'Ch'il Code...........

4~

To anwnd sel1.ions 490 and 491 of :Peiial Code ... 504 1014

To amentl section 001 df. Code.................

;}42.

'.i'o a111end section 906, Vol. 1. ............ .'542 924 1o7a
To amend sections ~6 ilnd 887, Veil. i ..... 543 10Hl 1212

To amend section 21!3, Vol. 3 of 'Code ......... :544 1019

To amenrl Se<;tions 1778 and 1781 of 'Co.de.......

;}54

To amend section 19S!.l of civil Code...........

6~0

'l'o amend section 2322, Vol. 2.................. 874

To amend section 2401 of Code.................

887

'ro amend section 4086 of Code................

911

To amend section 2567, Vol. 2..................

911

To amend flection 66, Vol. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

m~:

To nmend section 3.'J55 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010

To repenl section 17'86 of Code .......... 101'0 1146 1247

To amend sub-section 4082, Vol. 2.............. 1215-

C011l\IITTEES-special--
To communicate with the 'Go\ernor. . . . . . . . . . . To draft rel'lolntions on death of Hon. G. I. Bar-
wick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . To drnft resolutions on death of Hon. A. S. Irwin To draft resolutions on death of Hon. W. S. King To draft r!'solntions on death of Ron. W, 0. Wade To 'receiYe r.ieutenant Brilmby.......... . . . . . . . . To receiYe Adrnii'al '" S. :Schley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . To visit State Normal School..................
On retirement of col. J. Mcl'ntos11 Kell.........
On improYernent of 'a:c>oustic l)ropertieJ;; of. House Steering ComnHttee

6
114114 115 115 115-
2~0
~
aoo
534 1020.-

I~DEX.

CO::\Bll'l'TEE ASSIGS::\fE:X'l'S-Additio~al--

To Committee on Enrollment. ............ 507 1022 1{)78

AsRignment to committees of 'Villiams of Eman-

uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..

HIS

A:;;Rignment. to committees of. Carlton of Clatk..

199

Assignment to committees of Tanner of Coffee..

199

Assignment to commltte.es. of 'Valker of Brooks..

191:1

Assignment. to committees of ,\.est of White....

199

Assignment to committees of Houser of. Houston 516

'COMMISSIO~ER 01' AGHICULTURE-

A Bill-To proYide fot u district commissioner of. .

259

'COMMl.:NIC.\.TIONS-

From Georgia 'Voman's. Suffrage .<\.'!Sociation....

862

From Southeastem Fair A!!sociation ........... ' S62

-<JO~MI'l'TE~S. 01-' CONFERENCE-
On Bill No. 4rl4............................... 1323
On Bill So. t)66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323 On Bill No. 583, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:324 1333 On Bill Xo. 68-L........................ .. . . . . . . 1329 On R~solntion No. 234 ................... 13~4 131\0 1357

'CONSTITUTION .\.::\~ENDJ\~ENTS-

A Bill-To amend paragraph 1, section 1; article 8. .

116

To amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 2 .... 118 359 S49

To amend paragraph 1, section 4, article 3 ....... 160 356

To amend patagraph 1, sectionl, article 7 ...... 205 211 904 623 1196
To carry into effect paragraph 4, Rection 2, arti-

cle 4..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

365

To .amend paragraph 2_. section 2,_ article 7.- ..... 972 1192

To amend paragraph 1. section 14, article 7 ...... 1072 1144

To c~rry into effect paragraph 1, section 4, arti~

cle. 8.................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

'CON8.l' ABLESA Blll..,..,To confirm the right to traverse the entries of 159

1382

INDEX.

CORPORATION8-:0.Iuniclpal-

A Bill-'.ro repeal act to incorporate Wrightsville .... 435 51()

To amend act to incorporate Alto ......... .436 900 1003

To amend charter of Yatesville ............ .468 903 1003

To repeal sections 10 to 15 of an act to incor-

pm:ate Summerville .................... .498 907 1004

To re-incorporate WrightsvillE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

To amend act to create new charter for Ma-

con . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 499 946 1008

To amend charter of Warrenton ............. 502 555 611

To amend all acts to incorporate Dahlonega ... 504 904 957

To amend charter of Crawfordville.........541 920 1005

To amend acts incorporating Ocilla ........ M~ 004 1006

To amend charter of Cuthbert. ........... 54~ 920 1006

To amend act to amend charter of Valdosta .. 618 922 1006

To amend act to amend charter of Athens .. 619 1075 1149

To amend charter of Macon ........... 620 885 1015 1053

To amend charter of Talbotton ............ 621 1017 1054 To amenu charter of Clark!.'ville ...........872 1018 1056

.ro amend acts to incorporate Social Circle .. 885 1015 1057

To incorporate Poulan .................. 886 1012 1058

To amend charter of Dalton ........... 886 951 1008 1009

To amend charter of Dawson ............ 951 lOW 1061

To amend charter of Brunswick ..............886 1075

To create new charter for Douglas........1011 1145 1217

To amend act to incorporate Harrison .... 887 1013 1059

To amend charter of "Vernon-Shell-Road Co." ..1013 1154

To repeal act to incorporate Cohutta. . . . . . . . . . . . 887

To create new charter for Sparks .... 889 1075 1148 1300 To incorporate Doerun ............ , .... ~ .912 1012 1059

To creatP. new cliarter for Albany........ 913 1013 1061

To amend charter of Albany ..............913 1013 1060

To a:rnend act to re-incorporate l\foul:trie ........ 9i3 1075

To incorporate Chipley School District ...... 914 1008 951

To incorporate Adrian ..................1011 1076 1151

To amend act providing new charter for Wash-

ington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 118 362 387

To amend all acts incorporating Rome .......138 267 346

To amend an act to amend charter of Dalton .. 168 361 387

To incorporate the town of Five Forks ....... 228 362 400

To amend an net to incorporate Darien ...... 238 362 494

To establish system of Waterworks in McRae...

239

To amend act to incorporate Helena........... 239

INDJ,;X.

1383

CORPORATIOI\S-Continued.

To amend chart! of Jesup....................

:m9

To repeai act to extend limits of Macon ...... 259 484 508

To amend act to incorporate Raccoon .......... 265 345

To amend act to amend charter of Ellijay .... 282 364 450

To incorporate Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 361 4114

To repeal act to incorporate Jefferson ....... 282 36ll 41:13

To amend acts incorporating Summerville .. 284 364 388

To amPnd acts incorporating Hamilton ..332 360 493 1282

To amend act to incorporate Cordele .......335 903 1002
aas To amend act to incorporate Dexter ......... 486 510

To amend charter of Brunswick ............... 656 387

To amend act to incorporate Hahira ......... 370 487 510

To amend act to create charter for Tifton. . . . . . .

371

To amend act to incorporate Meigs........... .

To amend charter of Atlanta .......... 371 907 1002 1283

To repeal act to incorporate Swainsboro....... 433 488

To amend an act to incorporate Fort Gaines . .433 876 957

To incorvorate Kirkwood ................ .433 1003 1300

To amend act to incorporate Jackson ......1072 1146 1218

To amend act to incorporate Sparks............ 1149

CORPORATION8-Private-

A Bill-To p!'ohibit corporations from granting

passes, etc., to State officials..................

143

To repeal all act relative to the owning of water-

power by corporations ....................... 332 485

COSTS .AND FEES-
A Bill-To provide for payment of certain costs accrued in the conviction of felonies ........... 224 489
To require versons convicted in municipal courts to give bond and pay costs................... 351:!
To reduce fees of notaries public and other officers ........................................ 889 1074

COTTON--
A Bill-To requile ginners to keep account of cotton ginned by them ........................ , .... 334 486
To provide for statistical report of cotton crop ... 3tl5 487

INDEX.

COTTO]';SEED-
A Bill-To prohibit the sale of cottonseed in Laurens county after certain date ..... ~- ............. 4G9 512

COl;NTE1lFEITING-
A .Bill-;-;-to pn.hibit counterfeiting of cards, receipts, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 168 360 956

COL"NTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS-

A Bill-To authorize eounty authorities to purchase

bloodhounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 267 10-!3

To. repeal aet to authorize judge of :\forgan

count~ court to dispose of condcts ......... 137 26li 345

To repeal act to appropriate the proceeds of the

hire of misdemeanor convicts of :\!organ eounty

to payment of certain insolvent costs ....... 137 267 344

To furni>:h bloodhounds to sheriff of Macon

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

138

To remo,e obsttuctions from streams of Cobb

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 140 :!til 380

To furnish lloodhounds to sheriff of Campbell

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225. 489 331 509

To remove obstructions from streams of Milton

c01~nty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 360 497 1281

To empower treasur~r of Fulton county to pay

roa(} and bridge inspector ................ 284 923 1001

To mov!' courthouse of wilcox county ........ :!\H 29J 2!J8

To prohibit non-residents ftom hunting or fishing

in Liberty county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3:U

To repeal an act to protect fish in Lee county .332 35S 373

To protect fish in "'ayne county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 486

To repeal act to r!'gulate taking of fish in 'Vhit-

field county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 389

To keep obstructions from streams of Ogle-

thorpe county .......................... 617 1015 1118

To have streets of Gl"iftin worked by con-

victs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................619 1018 1053

To regulate expenditure of :Monroe county

funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 855 921 1257

To rep~al act to protect fish in Bibb county.SS~ 1015 1057

To establish system of registration in Colquitt

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

913

INDEX.

COUNTY COl\DIISSIOXElls-

A Bill-To amend act providing board of, for Elbert

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 117 266 347

To amend aet providing board of, for l\lprgan

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 266

To author:ze county commh;;sioners to pay officers

of the superior courts .of Spalding county ... 141 483 508 To require eounty commissioners of Hancock

eounty to pay criminal costs of officers .....161 266 346

To amend aet (reating board of commissioners

for Bm;ke eounty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

227

To amend act creating board of commissioners

for White county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 345

To amend aet creating board of commissioners

for Campbell county ........................ 331 509

To create hoard of commissioners for Clayton

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 379

To amend aet to create board of eommissioners

for .Jones county ......................... 434 4&1 511

To repeal act creating board of commissioners

for Coffee county ....................... 622 10141055

To repeal act creating board of commissioners

for Emanuel county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 1014 1059

To repeal act cteating board of commissioners

for Bartow county ......................... iOll 1044

To amend act creating board of commissioners

for Terrell county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071

To authorize commissioners of roads and reve-

nues to employ surveyors ............ , ......1072 1047

To repeal ad to create board of commissioners

for 'Valton county .......................... 1104 1147

COUXTY OFFICERS-

A Bill-To puy tax-colleetor of "'are county $500

salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

136

To pay treasurer of ""are eounty $300 salary...

136

To pay treasurer of Glynn eounty a salary. . . . . . .

160

To pay solicitor of city court of "raycross $500

salary ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... ... ...... ......

2:.!5

To eleet elerk and sheriff of city court of Chat-

ham county by the people ..................364 389 179

'

1386

INDEX.

COUNTY OFFICERS-Continued.

To elect judge and solicitor of county court of

Jasper county by the people............. 1071 1145 1217

To elect judge and solicitor of county court of

Jones county by the people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 488

To supply ordinaries, clerks and judges with cer-

tain matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

To limit compeusatlon of certain county officers..

47()

To reduce fees of notaries ppblic and other offi-

cers ........................................889 1074

COUNTY SCHOOL CO:\DIISSIONERS-

A Bill-To elect county school commissioners by the

people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

226

To allow county school commissioners to attend

Normal School ............................... 334 300

COURTs-Superior and Supreme--

A Bill-'.fo change time of holding Milton superior

court .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .............138 268 512

To change time of holding Franklin superior court 192

To fix time of holding superior courts In Rome

circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 245 356 1130

To change time of holding spring term of Pauld-

ing superior court ....................... 284 923 1055

To change time of holding Heard superior court. . 126tl

"ro have superior court cases reported...........

177

COURT8-County and City-

A Bill-To amend act to create city court for Bartow

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

139

To amend acts relatiYe to city court of Savan-

nah . .. . .. . .. .. .. .................. 179 349 966 1184

'l'o amend act to create city court for Carroll

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 238 266 497

To create city court for Washington, Ga ..... 240 364 494 To create city court for Eastman............ 258 359 449'

To create city court for Greenville .. 261 349 443 811 1119

To amend act to create city court of Clarks-

ville .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........335 486 509 623 1144 1218

To amend act relative to judge of city court of

ClarksYille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3lJ5 4"8().

INDEX.

138T

COURTS-Continued.

To amend act creating city court of 'Vaycross ...349 1216-

10'12 1146

To amend act creating city court of Brunswick ... 434 1018-

1052 1283

To create city court for LaGrange ........... 472 922 1004

To create city court for Gwinnett county .... 474 921 .1004

To establish city court for Cordele ........ :..... 502.

To amend act to establish city court for Jeffer-

son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 503 872 1005

To repeal act to establish city court for Bartow. . 541

To amend act to create city court for Hall county 541 923:

1005

To repeal act to create city court for each county 622.

To repeal act to create city court for Swainsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................1011 1075

To amend act to create city court for Barnes-

ville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. .

1092

To create county court for 'Valton county ......1104 1144

To create county court in each county......... :921 1056

To abolish county court of )!arion county.... 885 946 008-

To create county court of Dodge county...... 258 $2 449

DOGs-
A Bill-To tax dogs in Ware county......... ."... . . 119 To tax all dogs in the State .................. 160 267 445

EDUCATIONAL-

A Bill-To declare the meaning of the words "elemen-

tary branches of an English education". . . . . . . . 116

To amend an act to regulate public instruction

in Glynn county ........................... : .

SST

To regulate public instruction in Glynn county.. 483 507

887 1076"

To provide for instruction as to the effect of

alcohol on the system, in the schools of this State 620

ELECTIONs-
A Bill-To prohibit certain persons from voting in fence elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Q-
To repeal act to submit questions to voters of Troup county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 94T

INDF:X

.ELECTIONS- Omtinued.

T~, declate procPedings of certain contested elec-

tions_ .......... - ... - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 486

T~ allow county officers to appoint managers of .. 338 1030

Converning the time of oprning of polls......... 4~2 1U3U

TQ re.l>ulate manner of holding_ elections,........

913

To repeal act to proYide for reg~stration of Yoters 1105

To proYid~ for registration of voters_ to Yote In

municipal elections of Boston ............ 9:>1 1015 1062

To alll;~>nd act to submit questions to Yoters of

Whitfield county ........................886 1014 10:8

To prohibit non-residents from Yoting in precincts 336 364

-EMBALl\IINGA Bill-To establish a ::;;tate Boatd of ......... 222 356 1191

-ENGINEERS-

A Bill-::\faking enginl'ers liable for 10% of the dam-

ages for the killing of liYe stock..............

113

To license stationerr engin~>ers..................

:!57

EQUITY-

A Bill-To requhe a wift> claiming equity in the prop-

erty of lrer husband to entet same on record..

482

FER'l'ILIZERS-
A Bill-To reg-ulatl' the salt>, inspection and analysis of commercial fettiiizer,; ............. 259 359 368 1123

"FISH A"KD GA::\fE-

A Bill-To ptoteet certain game .. _............ 543 1017 1063

To amend game Iaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

620

.ro regulate taking of fish and oysters ...... 912 1017 101:13

GAME-(See Fisi1.)

GENERAL '.rAX ACT-
A Bill-'l'o amend pamg-raph 2, section 2, of ..... 138 356 1105 To amend tenth si'etion of .................. 258 362 1192 To amend suh-sPction 3 of section 2 of ....... 283 364 1242

GEOLOGIST-

A Blll-'-To Pllblish -reports of State Geologist (~ee Appropdatioiis.)

GOLD-
A Bill-To require purchasers to keep record of all gold bullion purcbased by them ........... 333 485 1063.

GUARDIANS-
A Bill-"Reliitive to appointment of guardians of insane persons ..-..................... . . . . . . . . . .

265--

HISTORICAL RECORDS-
A Btil-To 'piovide :f6i 'presen-ation of ............. 332 952

HOGS::A Bill-To prevent hogs from running at large ... 621 92:! 1248--

HOWSER, 0 l\1Sworn in as member of House.....................

390

INSURA~CE-

A Bill-To regulate the business of. ............158 483 1312

To regulate business of insurance brokers.......

193.

i'o t'egulate insurance companies...............

2ta

To return certain deposits to insurance com-

panies ................................. 541 1146 1248-

To require fire insurance companies to write in-

surance only through resident agents.......... 618 1146

INTEREST-

A Bill-To regulate rate of.........................

178

To prevent the sale of ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

INVITA'I'ION8--

From Dr. L. G. Broughton.....................

23'1

From Rev. J. C. Solomon.......................

248

To 'ViSft Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

367

From l\fr. and Mrs. T .. B. Felder.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

437.-

1390

INDEX

.JOINT SESSIOXS-

To receive Lieutenant Bruml.Jy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 134

To receive Admiral W. S. Schley................

252

To attend address of W. B. Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

545

.JUDGEs-
A Bill-To require judges of superior courts to render judgment at appearance term ............. 140 356 1023
To prohibit judges ftom becoming Intoxicated ... U!O 360 To provide for holding of city courts by superior.
court judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 906 1254

.JUDICIAL CIHCui'l'S-

A Bill-To create a new judicial circuit.... 239 907 1042 1234

To change name of Coweta circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . .

482

To re-arrange Flint and Coweta circuits ..... 504 923 1i.lti3

.LABORERS AND CROPPEB.S-

A Bill-To prevent croppers from quitting their work

without good cause .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

139

To provide for the removal of a cropper or other

laborer In certain cases .............. 142 245 1071 1145

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICsA Bill-To create Bureau of ............... 355 879 890 1133

LICENSE-

A Bill-To grant permanent license to graduates of

Bowden College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18

To require all graduates of other than the State

Normal Rchool to stand examinations for license 339 920

1182 1340

LIVERYMEN-A Bill-To provide liens for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

LIENS-
A Bill-To make liens on crops for supplies, superior to judgments of older date .............. 887 1147 1243

INDEX.

1391

LIGHTNING RODS-
A Bill-To authorize T. C. Byars to sell without paying license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 923

LIQUOR AND LIQL'OR LAWS-

A Bill--To prohibit the manufactl.tre and sale of .... 519 523

To declare bar-rooms a nuisance .......... 618 900 1241:1

To prohibit the manufacture and sale of in Gwin-

nett county ...............................116 359 379

To prohibit the sale of liquor in Jasper county.159 363 a~8

To repeal act to establish dispensary in Blakely .. 222 l$70

To establish a dispensary in Cuthbert. .... 222 361 a~l:l 999

To prohibit manufacture of in Jackson county. 3::10 485

1001

To prohibit manufacture of in Henry county. . . . 357 468

To prohibit manufacture of in Spalding county. . 361 492

To amend act to establish dispensary in Blakely. .

370

To establish dispensary in Early county. . . . . . . . .

487

To prohibit manufacture of in Walton county . 502 611 91-l

To prohibit manufacture of in Monroe .......... 543 005

To prohibit sale of in Heard county ........ 621 907 1007
To amend act to prohibit sale in Monroe county. . ~4 W'l

1000

To amend act to sell liquor in Buena Vista ... 885 946 99S

To tax wine makers of Floyd county.............

SSG

'l'o repeal act to regulate sale of liquor in Appling

county ................................. 914 1018 1216

To tax wine in Bryan county ................. 1012 1057

To amend dispensary act of Terrell county. . . . . . 1071

To establish dispensary in Jesup................

473

LIBRARIAN-State-
A Bill-To authorize State Librarian to furnish officers of Coffee county with certain books ....... 622 1146
To authorize Librarian to purchase certain books.~12 1244
MESSAGES-Executive-
7, 296, 372, 506, 558, 562, 841, 847, 856, 878, 944, 1009, 1040, 1136. 1163, 1231, 1252, 1292.

1392

nmEx.

MESSAGES-Senate-
5, 120, 133,:197,-211, 216, 232, 25o,- 2sv, 295, 312, SS6, 388.
3!:14, 444, 467, 516, 522, 538, 553, 615, 873, 877, 909, .~11. 935, 965, 976, 997, 1026, 1068, 1091, 1094, 1119, 1159, 1162, 1224, 1230, 1273, 1287, 1295, 1303, 1311, 1319, 1324, 13!!'J. 1331, 1332, 1337, 1340, 1343, 1353, 1354.

l\lEl\lORIALS-

From GP.orgia \Yomans Federation of Clubs.....

281

From dit'izeils of Clarke county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

86&

From Daughters of Revolution..................

9::i2.

l\ULI'l'ARY-
A Bill-For reorganization of the military forces ... 433 1018 121S
To approptlitte money to (see Appropriations).

1 \ U S C E I. . L A N E O U S -

A Bill-To prohibit the discharge of firearms within

100 yards of any public highway ........... 118 265 34S

To authorize forfeiture of shares of stock of de-

linquent subsctibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

157

To require shucks, hay, etc., in bales to be

stamped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17(}

To prohibit burglar tools In the State............

:!:!~

As to manner of giving ce1tain notice. . . . . . . . . . .

361

'l'o amend law concetning condemnation of pri-

vate property ............................... 365 1016.

To prohibit trains being run by two engines......

434

To amend act regulating running of freight trains 472 S76

lWIJ

To exempt railroad P. 0. clerks from jury duty .. 473 U22

IUirt

To make criminal pleading amendable...........

474

To prohibit poisoning of streams ........ .499 907 1C4G

'l'o protect uninclosed timber ...............618 921 1214

To repeal act to create office of Atto'rney of W. &
A. R. R...................................... 101(}

)IORTGAGESA Bill-To provide for registration of. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jl)ti2

INDEX.

1393

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS--

A Bill-Relative to.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

473:

ORpiNARIES-

A Bill-Requiring ordinarieA to publish all citations

and notices .............................137 357 1191

To supply ordinaries with certain matter. . . . . .

~:n

OFFICERS-State-

A Bill-To prohibit officers from charging mileage

when the same is furnished them free..........

159

'.fo make term of certain officers four years. . . . . .

100

As to what officers shall give hond for good be-

havior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 2:!8 485

'l'o provide when disqualified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

505

OIL IJ\"SPECTORA Bill-To appoint a, State Oil Inspector .... 230 349 383 1293

PENSIONS--

1394

INDEX.

PAUPER HO:\lE-
A Bill-To prPYent the abolishin~ of pauper homes whe1e alrPady established .................... a37 487

PHYSICIANS-
A Bill-To remlPr physieians incompetPnt to testify in C'Pl'tain C':ISPS .......... , . , .......... , , .. 171 1221

PRACTICE-

A Bill-To regulate praeti(e respecting bills of I'X-

ceJJtions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

159

To reg-nlntt~ practiee in (!aim casPs . . . . . . . . 225 1017 1258

PRISON CO:\DIISSIOX--
A Bill-Pro\iding for support of. ..............354 906 !lH To amPnd act c1eating Pri>:on Commission .. r.43 11-15 1215

PRIXTIXG-

To lll'int 300 of Go,ernor's :\fpssage.............

114

To print 500 of report of Tax Commission......

114

To print :::oo of Bill Xo. 4:iti...................

147

To print 200 of Bill Xo. 1!i2....................

162

To print 300 of Bill No. 214....................

177

To print i'iOO of Bill Xo. 221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20;)

To print 300 of Bill Xo. 4:i-!....................

2ti8

To print 300 of minority rPport on No. 454. . . . . .

2ti8

To print 300 of majo1ity report on No. 45-!......

208

'l'o lll'int 300 of Bill Xo. 590. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

311

To p1int 300 of Bill No. 451.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4till

To print 300 of substitute to No. :no...........

545

To lll'int 300 of Senate Bill Xo. 22..............

G23

To print 300 of State Sanitarium rPport.........

8Hl

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS--
A Bill-To haYe specified day on whieh to pay labor-
ers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hltl no;:;

PUBLIC :\IATHOX-

A Bill-To create office of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

905

-.

-

INDEX.

1395

RAILROAD CO}L\IISSIONER-

A Bllf--To extend tbe powers of tbe ........178 484 944 1094
To appropriate $300 to (see Appropriations).
RAPE-

A Bill-To fix. pu]J.ishment for assaults with intent

to rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

117

To proYide special trial for rape cases. . . . . . . . . .

138

To expedite justice in rape cases................

475

REGISTRATION-

A Bill-To provide a different method of registration

for officers and employees of this State......

330

To establish different method of registration for

Moultrie ................................... 10741152

REAL ESTATEA Bill-To cede jurisdiction over certain realty to the lJnited States ... 145 267 333 359 49j 496 889 1012 10o0
REPORTS-Supreme CourtA Bill-To republish certain volumes of.............167 1070

REPORTS OF CO~DHT'EES-

To revise tax laws............................

121

To draft resolutions on death of Ron. A. S. Irwin 149

To draft resolutions on death of Ron. ,Y. S. King 150

To draft resolutions on death of Ron. Geo. I.

Barwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

151

To draft resolutions on death of Ron. T. ,Y. Fain 152

To draft resolutions on death of Ron. ,V. C. Wade

154

To investigate North~astern Railroad............

163

General judiciary.. 174 256 277 317 321 323 350 (major-

ity 354) 393 428 453 480 501 539 550 613 893 940 981 985

1033 1070 1114 1119 1157 1260 1261 1288 1294 1304

Special Judiciary ....175 217 249 279 352 512 895 901 955

989 1011 1087 1111 1289

General Agriculture ..... 176 236 277 31-! 424 478 549 877

939 990 1039 1083 1290

1396

INDEX.

REPORTS OF LO:\DII r fEES-Continuea.

Of committee to investigate Geological Depart-

ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18(}

Corporations ... 101 2Hl 313 427 1103 1139 1201 1277 536

548 892 932 953 986 1032 1069 1074 On constitutional amendments ...... Hl8 425 432 934 1116

1251 1291 On approptiations .. 216 251 315 422 425 455 456 5a8 552

856 sao 894 933 987 1034 10u9 1111 1160 1200 12~3

On counties and county matters .. 218 255 325 328 353 464

478 481 549 898 908 945 984 988 1031;

1041 1102 1120 1231

On rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22!) 285

On hygiene and sanitation ...... 229 230 327 519 950 1:!90

On pensions .............................. 278 454 908

On labor and labor statistics .................... 279 895-

0n education ......... 312 420 537 551 858 982 1093 1277

On ways and means ............ 313 326 551 891 987 1347

On temperance ..................... 316 447 897 955 997

On Enrollment........ .324 3~6 479 518 8ti3 876 8!l8 900

952 994 996 1116 1i60

1229 1230 1289 1360

On State Sanitarium .............................. 327 629 On mines and mining ...... 0... 0.. 00000. 00. 00. 00. . 423

On military affairs 000. 0 ........... 0. 0.... 0 . 00. 0.

423

On railroads ... 0. 0000000. 0...... 0... 000. 00431 550 847 !l89

On banks .... 0. 0. 00000....... 00. 0.. 000. 00.. 0... 00.. 444 1083

On privileges and elections. . . . 0..... 0. 00. 00. 0.. 00 447

On privileges of the floor .. 0.. 0.. 0000000 000... 0. .

465

To examine Governor's message. 00. 0. . . . . . . 866

On special agriculture 0. 00........ 0.. 0. 0.. 0.. 897 987 1153

On roads and bridges 0. 0.... 00. 00000. 000... 0. 000. 00 1103

On

penitentiary .... 0. 000 ..

0 0.

0 0 00 00

00 . . . .

0..... 001129

1307

To investigate W. & A. R. R 0..... 00. 0000. 0.. 0. 00 . 12m

On retrenchment in the public expenditure. 0.. 0.. To investigate State Sanitarium 0.... 00.... 0. 0.. 00.

1286 1297

To inspect public property . 0.... 0. 0........ 0. . . . 1341 Of minority of temperance committee 00. 00..... 000 131

Of minority of general judiciary .... 0. 0320 321 324 354 466

Of minority of labor and labor statistics .... 000000. 328

Of minority of committee on constitutional amend-

tnents

. 0. 00..... 00. 0..... 0.. 00..

425 432

Of minority of appropriations committee.

548

Of minority of education committee ... 0. 0

61-l 857

or minority of general agriculture committee ..

11~1

INDEX.

1397

BEPORTS OF CONFERENCE Co:.\lMITTEES-
Of conference committee on bill No. 583.......... 1333 Of conference conm1ittee on bill No. 6S4.......... 1335 Of conference committee on bill No. 666... . . . . . . . 1338 Of conference committee. on_ bill No .. 464... . . . . . . 1339 Of conference committee on bill No. 234 ......... 1349 1353
1356 1359
RELIEF-A Bill for-

Of Foster Sherlock . . . . ........................ 118 483

Of A. S. Mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Of Delk, Lyens, Price and Fishback ........ 180 263 438 439

470 958

Of Jno. P. Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Of Employees of Northeastern R. R.............. 339

Of A. J. Davis ................................... ::178 381

Of Martin H. Dooly ....................... 504 1074 1248

Of G. T. Edwards .. : . .............. :. ....... 855 921 1035

Of Gen. C. D. Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

889

Of J. W. Johnson.................. . . . . . . . . . . .

924

..

Of minor children of Wm. Hill ................. :. 1071

Of Manning White ........... -..... . . . . . . . . . 1093

Of Geo. W. Harrison ............................ 1144 J239

ROADS AND TIRIDGES-
A Bill-To remove obstructions from ................ . To provide for an inspector, in each county, of roads and bridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 385 495 1105 To require count.y authorities to keep bridges repaired . . . . . . .................................. 365 487 To amend Road Laws ............................ 474
SANITARIUMS-
A Bill-To authorize private sanitariums to receive victims of alcohol, morphine, etc ........... 178 358 1259
To prescribe manner of reception of certain patients into the. State 8anitarium .............. 503 1146
.SAW DUST-
A Bill-To prohibit the casting of sawdust in streams. 178 266

1398

INDEX.

SCHOOLS-

A Bill-To amend an act relative to the public schools

of Moultrie ................................. 225 362 492

To establish system of public schools in Stone

Mountain .......................... 252 1092 1144 1216

To amend an act to establish public schools in city

of Cordele . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 336 903 1002

To repeal an act to establish a system of public

schools in Hogansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 957

To establish a system of public schools in Doug-

las................

. ................ 622 1014 1056

To establish a system of public schools in Knox-

ville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 1014 1052

SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY-
A Bill-To admit white women over eighteen years of age ....................................... 323 1018 1242

SECRETARY OF STATEA Bill-To bind ancient historical records in office of. 332 952

SOLDIERS-
A Bill-To prohibit Confederate soldiers from transferring certain privileges granted them ........ 336 488
To allow Confederate soldiers to practice medicine without having to pay license .............. 474 904 1049
To exempt maimed Confederate soldiers frompaying taxes (see Taxes).

SOLICITORS-GENERALA Bill-To fix compensation of ................ . .. . .. 355 372

STENOGRAPHERS-

A Bill-to prescribe duties of official stenographer ... , 228

To provide stenographerJor state.chemist.

435

STREET CAR 00:\-IPANIES-

A Bill-To require companies to furnish seats to pass-

engers................. .

43'>

INDEX.

1399

TAXES AND TAX LAWS-

A Bill-To provide a more thorough system of assess-

ing real and personal property for taxation. . . . . 113 265

626 868

To provide for levying of a tax upon a certain

class of incomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

115

To provide uniform system of county tax receipts 371

To exempt maimed Confederate soldiers from

paying . . . . . . .

. ............. 855 1017 1195

To assess railroad property for taxation . . . . . . . . . . 991

To provide how notes, bonds and accounts shall be

returned for taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

TAX COLLECTORS-
A Bill-To prescribe the time of settlement with tax collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 903 1259
To require state tax collectors to furnish county collectors with list of defaulters ............... . 381

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES-
A Bill-To impose penalties upon ...................... i6i 4R3

TEXT-BOOKS-(School)-

A Bill-To provide a uniform serJes of text-books for

schools of this state.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 119 259

To provide a text-book on chemistry.............. 179 483

To establish commission in each county to select

school text-books...............

. .... 191 260

TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES-

A Bill-To provide for incorporation of ..

146



TRESPASSING-

A Bill-To prohibit tr.,spassing upon the lands of an-

other....

913

TRIALSA Bill-To regulate granting of new trials ........ 158 179 361

1400

INDEX

"TRUSTEES-

A Bill-To amend an act to define the composition of

the trustees of the State University. . . . . . .

258 484

To r~gulate the meeting of trustees of Techno-

logical School.. . . . . . . . . . . .

. ........ .488 624 1282

"TRUSTS-

A Bill-To prohibit the forming of pools, trusts and

monopolies.

.. . .. . . .. .. .. ...... 115 337 487

"TURPENTINE BOXES-

A Bill-To repeal act relative to ..

503

UNIVERSITY (STATE)-
A Bill-To establish a branch of. . . . . . . . . . . " ... 222 1145 To appropriate money to (see Appropriations). To enlarge annual visiting committee ..... HiS 362 929 977

'V-OTERS-

A Bill-To prohibit non-residents from voting in any

other precinct than his own. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 336 364

To amend act to submit certain questions to the

qualified voters of Whitfield county.

.886 1014 1058

To repeal an Act to submit certain _questions to

the qualified voters of Troup county... . . . . . . . . . 947

To provide for the registration of voters to \'ote In

the mnnicipal elections of Boston. . .... fi5L 1015 1062

To repeal an Act to provide for registration of

voters ............... .

1105

WALKER, HON. W. W.Oath of office administered to ........ .

WARE HOUSEMENA Bill-Relative to......... .

~64 fl43 1243

INDEX.

1401

WITNESSES-

A Bill-To provide compensation for expert witnesses 171 1221

To provide compensation for witnesses in crimi-

nal courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

To make defendant in criminal cases competent

witness ...................... .

257

YEAR'S SUPPORTA Bill-to regulate the law of year's support 178 357 1047 1311

INDEX.

PART II.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

A Resolution-To appoint a committee to draft resolu-

tions on death of Hon. A. S. Irwin . . . .

112

To appoint a committee to draft resolu-

tions on the death of Hon. G. I. Barwick 112

To appoint a committee to draft r~solu-

tions on the death of Hon. W. S. King.. 112

To appoint a committee to draft resolu-

tions on the death of Hon. T. W. Fain.. 112

To appoint a committee to draft resolu-

tions on death of Hon. W. C. Wade

112

Pertaining to reception of Lieut. Brumby. 113

To print 500 copies of tax commission

report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Tendering House toR. E. Lee order. . . . . . 1l9

Inviting Dr. W. C. Stubbs to address Gen-

eral Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

133

To print 300 copies of Bill No. 456.

147

To enlarge visiting committee to State

University . . . . . . . . . . ......... 158 362 929 977

To appoint joint committee to visit Nor-

mal School at Athens. . . . . . . . .

170

To appropriate money to G. N. I. College.

(See Appropriations.)

To pay for investigation of Geological De-

partment. (See Appropriations.)

Tendering House to State Prohibition As-

sociation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20J

Providing for joint session to receive Ad-

miral W S. Schley. . .

210

To refund cert.ain money to Anna E.

Branch . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . 221 490

To change rules of House relative to in-

troduction of bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22S 286

INDEX.

1403:

A Resolution-Providing for a committee on expenditure 228

Providing for a committee to visit Normal

School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Allowing postmistress to close at 12

o'clock M., Nov. 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

To encourage rating of farmers by com-

mercial agencies . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

To expedite the business of the House.244 363 373

To pay per diem of Hon. W. S. King .. 257 363 373

To appropriate $300 to R. R. Commission.

(See Appropriations.)

To pay per diem of Hon. T. W. Fain . . . . . . 259

To provide for retirement of Adjt.-Gen.

Kell................................... 261

Providing for meeting of joint tax com-

mission . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Providing for Assistant Doorkeeper...... 285

To adjourn Nov. 23d sine die . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

To compensate tax commissioner. (See

Appropriations.)

To pay pension due W. J. Irwin. (See

Pensions.)

To pay per diem of Hon. Elijah Tanner. . . 339

To accept invitation to visit Brunswick... 3116

Requesting Speaker to furnish portrait of

himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Indorsing certain action in State Sani-

tarium................................. 371

For relief of A. J. Davis. (See Relief.)

To improve grave of Gov. Peter Early.

(See Appropriations.)

To pay committee to investigate North-

eastern R. R. (See Appropriations.)

Providing different manner of election of

U. S. ~en a tors

...... ..

438

:Making "Temperance Bill " special order 442

Regarding acoustic properties of House.. 448

To print calendar of each day's session. . . 452

Tenuering the House to certain ladies .... 469 477

To hang portrait of N.C. Barnett in Sec-

retary of State's office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Concerning Brunswick Harbor ........... 542 1260 To pay committee for investigation of

State Sanitarium. (See Appropriations.)

Providing for two sessions a day.. .

55!)-

1404

INDEX .

..A. Resolution-To furnish officers of Coffee county with

certain books.......

. ............. 622 1146

Relative to adjournment from Nov. 29 to

Dec. 4.

. ...................... 854 873

Providing clerk for Adjutant General (See

Appropriations.)

To apply certain funds in state treasury to

sinking fund .......................... 870 1016

Tendering house to Virginia society of

Atlanta .

... ...............

888

To correct error in Bill No. 445 ...... 888 1016 1118

To close library at night sessions. . . . . . . . . 1260

To supply certain deficiencies in contin-

gent fund. (:'ee Appropriations.)

To pay per diem of Hon. Elijah Tanner.

(See Appropriations.)

To authorize librarian to purchase certain

books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . ..... 912 1244

To transfer " General Tax Act" to next

General Assembly.... .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. 936

To appoint commission to Paris exposi-

tion

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1013 1355

To appoint steering committee .......... 980 995

Relative to St. John's River in Florida.... 991

Thanking Hon. C. H. Jordan and Gov. W.

J. Northen for services

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1029

Authorizing Governor to borrow money.. 1030

1074 1182

Relative to election of U.S. Senators..... 1068

l\iemoralizing Congress in reference to

sale of cigarettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084

'To pay clerk of house and secretary of

senate for extra services. (See Appropri-

tion>t.)

To pay for indexing of House and Senate

journals. (~ee Appropriations.)

Relathe to cotton seized during the war.. 1129

Providing for bringing up of unfinished

business

. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229

Memorializing Congress regarding certain

ri \ers . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253

To hang pictures of ex-presiding officers

of the house in appropriate places in the

house. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1284

Sympathizing with D. F. Crosland

1285

INDEX.

A Resolution-Sympathizing with W. E. Spinks ........ .

Extending thanks to Hon. J. Y. Walker,

Chm. enrolling committee...... . . . . .. .

Extending thanks to Mrs. W. C. Glenn .. .

To pay per diem of Hon. R. W. Everett

and P. B. Latimer .. : ................. .

Extending thanks to Hon. Jno. T. Boifeul-

let, clerk . .

. ................ .

Thanking the Fulton delegation . , ..... .

Thanking repressntatives of the press ... .

To adjourn sine die. . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ .

128S
1305. 1306
1323
1356 1357 1360 1371

RESOLUTIONS--Privileg<!s-

A Resolution-Extending privileges of the floor to R.

L. 1\IcWhorter. . . .

. ............ .

Extending privileges of the floor to A. G

McCurry and W. F. Bower ............ .

Extending privileges of the floor to H. M.

Holden............. .

Extending privileges of the floor to Gov;

Bob Taylor......................... ..

Extending privileges of the floor to T. C.

Garner......... . .................. .

Extending privileges of the floor to the

representatives of the Pan-American

Exposition of Buffalo................. ..

195 297 466 971 972
1285-

INDEX.

PART III.

SENATE BILLS.

_A Bill-To establish system of street sprinkling in Au-

gusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 240 342 498

To repeal section 6611, vol. III of the Code. . . . . . . . 240 491

To amend section 48, vol I of the Code ....... 240 431 1345

To amend charter of Capital City Bank ...... 241 269 287

To prescribe eligibility of county school commis-

sioners ...... .'................................. 241 1345

To amend section 600, vol. III of the Code ........ 241 1264

To amend section 3509, vol. II of the Code ........ 241 491

To repeal section 39i, vol. III of the Code. . . . . . . . 241

To require railroads to have contract of lease of

their roads recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 242 491 1345

To provide for transfer of rent notes, mortgages,

etc............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

To amend act providing for solicitor of Oconee

county court .................................. :268 106i

To amend the game laws of the State ............ 268 491

To repeal section 2763, vol. II of the Code........ 268 491

To change time of holding Dougherty superior

court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 268 341 1346

To proscribe the ineligibility of members of roads

and revenue...........

. ................... 269 341

To amend section 1036 of the Code ............... 340 490

To amend section 492i, vol. II of the Code .... 340 9li 1348

To amend section 3i(}l vol. II of the Code ........ 340 1265

To authorize Wm. Aikin to make dropsy cure.... 340

To repeal act to pay costs due sheriff of Fayette

county ........................................ 340 917

To amend an act providing clerk of county court

for Effingham county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 91i 1067

To place solicitor of Effingham on salary ..... 341 917 1065

To amend act providing solicitor for Screven Co. . 341

INDEX.

1407

A Bill-To prevent children under twelve years from working in factories ........................... .475 917 1291
To appoint assistant county school commissioners 505 To consolidate office tax collector and treasurer of
Fannin county ............................ 505 1076 1284 To provide uniform series of text books .......... 505 1309 To abolish city court of Oglethorpe county ... 625 917 1065 To establish city court for Lexington ....... 625 916 1066 To establish city court of Wrightsville ....... 625 916 1066 To incorporate Lexington ................... 626 916 1066 To provide for a uniform system of text-books . . . 626 To amend charter of Barnesville ............ 915 1077 1269 To authorize forfeiture of shares of stock of de-
linquent subscribers ............................ 915 1220 To amend section 2723 of the Code .......... 915 1077 13;"8 To provide manner by which owners of property
by deed may create an estate . . . ......... 915 1077 1137 To carry out provisions of section 473~ of the
Code .. : ....................................... 91611-!8 To amend section 982 of the Code ........... 916 1147 1344 To amend charter of Augusta ............... 916 1076 1269 To fix compensation of jurors and bailiffs of Irwin
county .................................... 918 1077 1270 'To amend section 4611. vol. II of Code .......... .'. 918 1077 To prevent certain persons from being liable to
damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 918 1265 To amend an act to incorporate Cedartown ....... 918 1077
1148 1268 To amend the claim laws of Georgia ............. 918 1076 To require judges to grant supersedeases .... 919 1265 1357 To require Irwin county to pay certain costs.919 107ti 1267 To make it unlawful to trap game .......... 91!1 1220 1352 To establish public schools in Blue Ridge ......... 919 1267 To protect cattle from contagious diseases .. 919 1076 1347 To regulate practice relative to writs of error .... 920 1265 To amend act requiring life insurance companies
to print certain information on their policies .. 920 1148 1354
To amend par. 2, sec. 2801 of the Code ....... 947 1077 1298 To hire out convicts of Oglethorpe county .. 1072 1148 1268 To establish the City Court of Barnesville .. 1073 1147 1266 To amend section 4653 of Civil Code ........ 1073 1265 1355 To repeal act to reincorporate DuPont . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 To incorporate DuPont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 To amend section 221 of Code .................. 1073 1265

1408

INDEX.

A Bill-To amend charter of Cedartown ................ 1073 1269-

To limit power of H.. R. companies to issue bonds. 1143

To amend act incorporating Douglasville ... 1143 1220 1267

To prohibit transportation of cattle through Rabun

county ................................... 1143 1220 1347

To incorporate Nichols.......................

1143-

To incorporate Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 1143 1299 1346

To repeal an act to incorporate Ringgold ... 1143 1299 1346

To create commission to. consent to erection of

new passenger depot ......................... 1219 1Z63

To amend art. :~. sec. 4, par. 3 of Constitution .... 1219 1263

To regulate carrying of certain cases to Supreme

Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1219 1265

To amend section 5273 of the Code, Voi. II ...... 1219 1265

To regulate practice of Osteopathy in Georgia .. 1~59 ISOO 1:150

To repeal par. 8, sec. 3355, of the Code .......... 1262 1299

To repeal act to pay insolvent costs in Augusta

Circuit .................................. 1262 1299 1347

To amend sec. 752 of Penal Code . , ......... 1262 1299

To amend sec. 10!lfl of Penal Code ........ : . ..... 12fl2 1300

To apply statute of limitations in certain cases .. 126::! 129fl

1348 To further define the incompetency of certain wit-

nesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1263 129!)

To allow certain graduates to teach without ex-

. amination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1263

To amend law concerning condemnation of private

property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. ....... 1263 1299

To prohibit manufacture of fermented liquors . . . 1263

To revoke license of certain railroads ...... 1220 1264 1313

To require sleeping-car companies to furnish sep-

arate compartments for white and colored pas-

sengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128-1-

INDEX.

PART IV.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS.

A Resolution-To correct Map No.6 of the Western &

Atlantic R. R....

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Inviting Hon. W. B. Stubbs to address the General

Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Inviting Hon. W. B. Hill to address the General As-

sembly.. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .........

420

Providing for release of J. W. Shockley ....... 1219 1266 1360

Revoking. licenses of certain railroads. . ....... 1220 1264 1313

Extending thanks to people of Brunswick. . . . . .

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Requesting our Representatives in Congress to co-

operate in movement.for National Park . . .

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