Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, at the regular session of the General Assembly, at Atlanta, Wednesday, June 24, 1903

JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
At Atlanta, Wednesday, June 24, 1903.
Atlanta, Ga.: Geo. W. Harrisou, State Printer The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company
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ATLAN'.rA, GA., Wednesday, J.:~ne 24, 1903.
In pursuance of the law passed at the last sesnion of the -General Assembly, entitled "An Act to change the time of the meeting of the General Assembly,'' the House met this day in the hall of the House of Representatives; was -called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplaiu.

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

Aaams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, _Ayres, Baldwin, Beau, Beauchamp, .Bell of Milton. Blackburn, Booth, Bower, Boy kin, Urinson, Brock, .Brown, -:stuce, Buchan.

Buchannon, Burton, .Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Can, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cooli:, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison,

Deal, Derrick, Oozier, Duckett, lJuggal), Uunbar, English. Evans, l"elcler, l'ielas, Finnigan, Flynt. l!'oster of Oconee, Foster of Towns, l:''ranklin, l'ussell, Gaulden, George, Ulenn,

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Grenade,

Martin.

Reid,

Grice,

Mayson,

Rice,

Griffin,

Miller of HullocR, Richardson,

Hall,

Miller of Muscogee, Ridley,

Hardeman,

Mills,

Rogers of Hall,

Harden,

l\f itch ell,

Rogers of Mcintosh..-

Hawes,

Mizell,

Roper,

Hayes,

Morton,

Rountree.

Hendry,

Moses,

Sanders,

Henry,

Mulherin,

Shackelford

Hicks,

McBride,

Shannon,

Hixon of Uarroll, McCurry,

Singletary,

Hixon or :::Jumter, McElmurray,

Slaton,

Holder,

McHenry,

Spence,

Houston,

McLain,

Stanford,

Howard of Baldwin, McRae,

Steed of Uarroll,

Howard of Laurens, Newton,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

Howell,

Nisbet,

Stewart,

Hutcheson,

Owen,

Stovall,

:rolmson of Clinch, 0Yerstreet,

Strickland,

Jones of Dougherty, O'Quinn,

Thompson,

Jones of Pickens, Parker.

Thurman,

Kelly,

Pate of Dooly,

Tigner,

Kendrick,

Pate of Gwinnett, Tracy,

Kent,

Paulk of Uotree,

Underwood,

Kilburn,

Paulk of Irwin,

Valentine,

Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence, Leigh,
Little, Lowe, Mann. Maples,

Peyton,

Walker of Monroe~

Phillips of J etrerson. \Vatson,

Phillips of Quitman, wellborn,

Preston,

West.

Proctot, Rainey,

Whitley, wilson,

Rankin, Rawls. Redwine,

Womble. "\'iTooten,
Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

akin. Bell of l!Jmanuel, How en, Edwards.

Ennis, .Tohnson of Haker, Mitcham,

\Valker of Pierce_ \Velcl1, "\'i'ise,

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

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of Ron. -Geo. M. Warren, late representative from the county of
~Emanuel.

_By Mr. Davis of Meriwether-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a joint -corumith~e to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has convened and is now ready to receive any communication he may desire to transmit.

_By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-

A resolution extending the sympathy of the House to
_Hon. Juo. Vv. Akin, representative from the county of
Bartow, in his serious illness.

_By Me~'lrs. George of Morgan and Candler of DeKalb-

A resolution extending the sympathy of the House to -the Ron. Jno. W. Akin, with the hope that he may soon ,be restored to health and strength.

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

_M1'. Speake1:
The following resolution was adopted by the Senate:

A resolution appointing a committee of two from the

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Senate and three from the House to notify the Governur that the General Assembly has reconvened and is ready for business.

The committee on the part of Senate are Senators
Reid, Christie.

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

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed t() notify this branch of the General Assembly that Senate is organized and ready for the transaction of business.

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

M1. Speak~r:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of _ the House, to wit :

A resolution to notify the Governor of the organization of the General Assemb!y.

And bas appointed as a committP-e on the part of theSenate Messrs. Reid, Christie and Tisinger.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing that until otherwise ordered thesessions of the House shall be as follows :
Meet at 9 o'clock A.ir.
Adjourn at 1 o'cloc~ P.M.

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The Speaker appointed the following committee on part of the HouEe to notify the GoYernor of the organizationof the House, etc. : Messrs.-

Davis of Meriwether, Cal vi n, Holder, Stovall, Little ..

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing that the Secretary of State be directed to prqvide the House of Representatives with thefollowing servants, to wit :

One gallery-keeper, two assistant door-keepers, six pages and eight porters, and that he provide the messenger with all the stationery necessary for the members of the House during the present session, and for other purposes.

Mr. Slaton moved to refer the above resolution to theCommittee on Rules.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas called for the previous question, which call was sustained.

Mr. Slaton then moved that the resolution be tabled,. and on that motion Mr. Hall called for the ayes and nays,. which call was sustained.

At this juncture notification was received from the Secretary of State that Hon. Henry R. Daniel had been elected a member of the Rouse to fill the vacancy caused by thedeath of Hon. George M. \Varren, of the county of Emanuel~

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of Emanuel, came forward to the Speaker's stand and was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by Hon. Andrew J. Cobb, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

On the motion to table the foregoing resolution the ayes and nays wertl ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were. Messrs.-

Alexander, .Almond, Arnold, Ayres, B.eall, Beauchamp, Blackburn, Bower, Boykin, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Burton, Carrington, Cliatt, Crumbly, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Dozier, English, Evans, Fields,

.I!'iynt,

)fcBride,

l<'oster or '!'owns! Mccurry,

.I:'ranklin,

McLain,

Grenade,

Nisbet,

Harden,

Owen,

Hawes,

Parker,

ffenry,

l:'eyton,

Hixon of Carroll, Phillips of Jellerson,

Houston,

Reid,

Howard of Baldwin, Ridley,

..

Howard of Laurens, Rogers of Hall,

Johnson of Clinch, Rogers of ndclntosh,

Jones of Dougherty, Roper,

Jones of Pickens, Shannon,

Kendrick,

Slaton,

Kent,

Steed of Carroll,

Knowles,

Stewart,

Lanier,

"Stovall,

Lawrence,

Strickland,

Mayson,

Thompson,

Miller of Muscogee, Watson.

Mills,

Wilson,

Mulherin,

Wise,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

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.Adams, Alford, Baldwin, Bell of Milton,

Buch"annon, Bush, Candler, Cann,

carr, Carswell, Conner, Cook,

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Cromartie,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

'Daniel,

Knight,

Hankin,

Davis, Deal,

Lane,
LeiglJ,

1-tawls, '"'' Hedwine,

Duggan,

Lowe,

Rice,

.Dunbar,

.Hann,

J:tichardson,

Felder,

Maples,

Rounnee,

l'lanigan,

~Iartin.,

Sanders,

.l!'oster or oconee, Miller of Bullock, Shackelford,

l<'usseU,

Mitchell,

Singletary,.

Gaulde-n,

~lorton,

Spence,

Heorge,

l\lc!Dimurray.

Stanford,

Glenn,

~IcHenry,

Steed of Taylor,

Grice,

?llcHae.

Thurman,

Hall.

Newton,

r.rigner,

Har-deman.

Overstreet,

Tracy,

Hayes,

U'Quinn,

Underwooa,

Hendry,

1-'ate of Dooly,

Valentine,

Hixon of :Sumter, Pate or Gwinuett, 'Valker of Monroe,

Holder,

!:>aulk of Coffee,

whitley,

Howell,

Paulk or irwin,

womble,

Hutcheson,

Phillips of Quitman, Wooten.

J'ohnson of Crawford,Preston,

Yates.

Kelly,

f.l.):JI:'roctor,

Those not voting were Messrs.~

Akin, Bell of Emanuel, Booth, Bowen, Brinson, Buchan, Butts, Calvin,

Duckett, Edwards, Ennis, Grittin, Hicks, Johnson of Baker, Little,
~fitcham,

Mizell, Moses, Walker of Pierce, " 7elcb, Wellborn, West. Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 69; nays 83.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

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On the motion to table the reHolution the ayes were 69,. nays 83. The motion to table was therefore lost.

On the adoption of the resolution Mr. Hall of Bibb c ailed Jor the ayes and nays, which call was sustained, and on laking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were :Messrs.-

Alford, Haldwin, Hell of Milton, Huchannon, Bush, Butts, Carr, Carswell, Cliatt, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Davis, Deal., Duggan, !'Ianigan, l'oster of Oconee. Gaulden, Grice, Hall, Hardeman,

Hayes,

U't..luinn,

Hendry,

l'arker.

Holder,

Pate of Dooly,

Howell,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hutcheson,

Paulk of Coffee,

Johnson of Crawford, Pauik of Irwin

Kelly,

Preston,

Kendrick,

Proctor,

Knight,

Rankin,

Lane,

Hedwine,

Leigh,

Richardson,

Lowe.

Rogers of Mclntosl>.

l\Iaples,

1'tountree,

Miller of Hul!ock, Shackelford,

Mitchell,

Singletary,

l\Iizell,

\:~pence,

Morton,

Stanford,

McElmurray,

Thurman,

McRae,

Underwood.

Newton,

Valentine,

Nisbet,

Whitley,

Overstreet,

~Vooten.

Those voting in the negative were ll!essrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Beall, Heauchamp,

Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Boykin, Hrock, Brown, Bruce,

Burton, Ualvin, Candler, Cann, Carrington, Conner, Daves,

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Davi!lon,

Howard of Laurens, Phillips of Quit ;uan,

:Uernck,

Johnson of Ulinch, ltainey,

Dozier,

.Jones of Dougherty, Haw!s,

Duckett,

.Tones of Picken><, Reid,

Dunbar,

Kent,

Hice,

l!;nglish,

Eilburn,

Ridley,

Evans,

Knowles,

Rogers of Hall,

l<'elder,

Lanier,

Sanders,

Fieltis,

Lawrence,

Slaton,

FJ3nt,

Little,

Steed of Carroll,

Foster of Towns, l\Iann,

Steed of Taylor,

Franklin,

Mayson,

StewHrt,

Fussell,

l\:filler of 1\iuscogee, Strickland,

George.

1\Iills,

Thompson,

Grenade,

Mulherin,

Tigner,

Harden,

l\IcBride,

walker of Monroe

Hawes,

McCurry.

\Vatson,

Henry,

McHenry,

wellborn,

Hixon of Carroll, l\IcLain,

Wilson,

Hixon of Sumter, Owen,

Wise,

Houston,

Peyton,

\Vom ble,

Howard of .Haldwm, Phillips of Jefferson, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Bell of Emanuel, Bower, Brinson, Buchan. Edwards, Ennis,

Glenn, Grittin, Hicks, Johnson of BakeL, Martin, Mitcham, Moses,

Roper, Shannon, Tracy, I.Valker of l:'ierce, welch, west. Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 66; nays 88.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call! was dispensed with.

On the adoption of the resolution the ayes ,\ere 66, nays-

88; the resolution was tberefore lost.



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On motion of Mr. Felder of Bibb the resolution adopted this morning fixing the time of meeting of the House and the hour of adjournment was reconsidered.

On motion of Mr. Felder the resolution was then referred to the Committee on Rules.

Ron. H. R. Daniel was assigned to the following committees by the Speaker, to wit :
General Judiciary, General Agricultnre, Pensions, Immigration, Public Library.

The Speaker appointed the following committee to draft
resolutions on the death of Ron. George M. warren, de-
ceased, of Emanuel county:
Mr. Slaton, chaitman; Messrs. Bell of Emanuel, Phillips of Jefferson, Kent of Johnson, Owen of Pike.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

:By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution providing that the Senate be notified that the House bas organized and is ready to proceed with the ;public business.

Mr. Davis of Meriwether, chairman of the committee to >llotify the Governor of the organization of the General .Assembly, submitted the following report:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1903.

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Mr. Speaker:
The committee on part of the House, appointed to notify the Governor that the General Assembly had organized. for business, have instructed me, their chairman, to report that. they haYe so notified the Governor, and that he hasrequested the committee to inform the House that he will. at a later time communicate with the House in writing.
Respectfully submitted. CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

ATLANTA, GA., June 24, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency,. the Governor, through his Secretary, Mt. Blackburn, to wit:

ilh. Speaker:

I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communicationiD> writing.

MESSAGE.

STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Atlanta, Ga., June 24, 1903.
To the Gene1al Assembly : It is a matter of congratulation that the people through-
out the State have manifested, during the past year, satisfaction with the manner in which the various departml:'ntsof government have performed their respective constitutional duties.
The Constitution makes it the duty of the Governor to"see that the laws are faithfully executed," but this can.

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-only be done with the cordial assistance and co-operation of the many State and county officials who are close to the -citizen. It is a pleasure to acknowledge that these public servants have zealously and efficiently performed their important duties, in a spirit of moderation and courtesy, which has left no friction, but conttibuted to the harmony and Contentment of a great and prosperous people.
Justice and right have been administered by our courts "freely without sale, fully without any denial, and speedily without delay." Our judges have discharged their duties without respect to person and have done equal rights to the poor and the rich as ptescribed by their oath of office, so that the judiciary has deserved and continues to receive the confidence of all the people.
The impottant measures adopted at your last session have been highly approved and commendea, particularly those promising to equalize the burden of taxation and at the san;te time add materially to the State's income without unfairness to any interest. Under our system of tax rc:turns it will, in all probability, be the first of September before we can know definitely the increase fn taxable values wbicll will result fmm the franchise law, but its admini~ tration has advanced sufficiently to justify the expectation of a substantial increase.
l\fany important measures were brought over from your session of last winter. As they are now pending and have received consideration by your committees, and in some cases by one of the branches of the General As1:embly, I deem it unnecessary to discuss them in this communication. I wish, however, to urge again favorable consideration of the ques- tions discussed in my message of November 8, 1902, npon which final action has uot been taken, viz.: Limitatio_n of the Tax Rate, Amendment to onr Common School System, Agricultural Schools aud Exemption o College Bndowmen ts. In addi ti<_)n to these questions, I desire to lay before

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you some matters that have presented themselves in the administration of the alfairs of State since your adjournment last December, which are considered of sufficient interest to demand your attention :

TAX EQUALIZERS.
The issues raised in connection with the efforts to collect the franchise tax again emphasize the necessity of devising some method tor equalizing tax valueo. This matter has been frequently called to the attention oE previous General Assemblies, by my predecessors, and in accordance with their recommendations a law oE this nature was passed in 1891, which, without injustice, caused an increase of $19,000,000 in the returns for 1892, while the year following the repeal of the law there was a .decrease of $11,000,000 in the returns. There were certain objectionable features in that statute which could have been easily cured by amendment, and it is unfortunate that the entire Act should have been repealed instead of preserving those provisions which were wise and beneficial. The need of tax equalization grows with our increase in wealth and population. Our law for the return, valuation, assessment, arbitration and collection of taxes is sub3tantially what it was when the Act of 1804 was passed, and when our population was 200,000, :Jnd the taxable values of the entire :State were les,; than those in a single county of to-day. At that time the principal subjects of taxation were slaves and farming lands, and most of this property was on the eastem border of tbe State, where the soil and crops were nearly identical, and uninfluenced by proximity to manufacturing enteqwises or great Cities. All this bas been changed: The population has increased 1,200 per cent, and we uow have the varied crop:> of north, ruid.dle, south and west Georgia, with m"uutain land, rolling c,mntry, aucl a va,;t

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area of pine forests which are rapidly being converted int(} . farms.
Not only do the soil and crops differ, but the value of the farming landB is influenced by nearness to market and proximity to railroads. Besides new forms of value have arisen. Factories, foundries, railroads, saw-mills, mines, bonds, and an indefinite variety of personal property have come into existence, yet there is no adequate method of determining what is in the State subject to taxation, nor auy fixed standard for determining its value. It is well known that land of practically the same productive capacity, and with almost identically the same improvement, is frequently returned by one owner at full price, and by the other at less t.han one-half. The fairer the taxpayer, .the more onerous the burden. The State, in effect, offers a premium to him who shirks instead of to him who willingly and cheerfully complies with the spirit of the law. This is wrong, unjust and inequitable, and can only i:>e cured here, as it has been cured elsewhere, by the creation of County Boards authorized to examine returns, to see that omitted property is put ou the books, and that property of the same kind and value is assessed and taxed alike. But even this does not fully meet the difficulty, for what is true of two neighboring citizens, may be equally true of neighboring counties, or of those more remotely separated. Property worth a million dollars iu one may be so returned, but property ot au equally aggregate value in another county may be given iu at half its value. Farming lands in one part of the State may be returned at one price, and iu another at a very diff~rent price. Corporate property may be practically exempt in one part of the State, and highly valued, or valued at full price, in another. These discrepancies and ineqnalitie::; are not only in violation of the spirit of the law, but they diminish the State's income at the expense of those who live iu the jurisdiction where

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full returns are enforced. The evil can be speedily corrected by' the establishment of a State Board, under whose administration not one dollar of unjust tax will be imposed. but where the unequal burden will be taken from the county and individual no.w paying too much, and distributed equally among those who are paying too little.

SCHOOL LANDS.
The Legislature passed an Act on December 15, 1818, reserving certain lots of land, to wit: Lots numbers 1() and 100 in each surveyor's district for the education of poor children. Many of these lots have never been disposed of by tha State. As late as 1890, page 542 of the Acts of 1890-1, the Legislature again asserted the State's title to the lands reserved by the Act of 1~18.
In pursuance of the duty imposed upon me by section 126, Volume 1 of the Code, to protect the State's interest wherever the same is in jeopardy, I conceived it to bemy duty to have proceedings instituted so that these lots inight be recovered and utilized for the purpose specified. An inve:ltigation of the condition of these lots resulted in showing that they were, practically without exception, adversely claimed to the State, and that it would require possibly 225 suits to recover them.
It is manifestly impossible for the Attorney-Generai to look in person after this litigation so widely scattered, and to give to the matter that personal attention its importance demands. I accordingly contracted in January, 1903~ with Messrs. Haygood, Cheney and Cutts as special attorneys to assist the Attorney-General in the prosecution of the State's claims. The compensation agreed to be paid to the special attorneys was twenty-five per cent. of the net recovery. The contract is of file in this office. I am advised by the Attorney-General that there has already been recovered, and paid into the State Treasury, the net sum of -$1,669.46. The _Attorney-General has also called my at-
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:tention to the fact that there are some claimant~ to these 1ands, whose possession originated in good faith, and who have erected valuable improvements thereon. I have no -doubt that some innocent people, in perfect good faith, have purchased these lots, givingvalue therefor. No pre:acription can, of course, run against the State, and until the State grants the land her title must remain paramount. -I felt it my duty to reaover these lands for the State, and, while the day of accounting between the State and the -claimants has already been long deferred, it is better that the questions of difference should now be settled than later on, for the State would not be barred by lapse of time, and long occupation and use of these lands would result in loss :and injury to other innocent purchasers.
In the course of this litigation no doubt cases will arise that will appeal strongly to equitable settlement and adjustment. I think should such cases arise, the State should .act fairly and generously toward those who have been unwittingly imposed upon. To the end, therefore, that settlemeQts may be had and the title quieted, wherev.:lr in good faith the present claimant has purchased and improved the State's land, legislation should be enacted providiog for the submission of the questions of good faith and value to the jury of the vicinage, and where it is made to appear that the claimant purchased in good faith and has made valuable improvements thereon, that the State's right of recovery should be limited to the value of the laud before the improvements wete made.
In cases where suit has not yet been brought, I think, and so recommend, that it would be well to provide that the Goveruor may submit the questions of. good faith and value to arbitration, where in his judgment the equities of the case require. It should be further provided that on the finding of the jury, in the first instance, or the award of the arbitrators, in the latter, that the Governor

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:should be empowered, upon payment of the sum found, to .renounce the State's title to such land.
STATE CARE OF CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
I deem it my duty to the memory of them of a past :generation that vouchsafed so much to the people of to-day, .to call your attention to the necessity for State care of the :graves of Confederate heroes. Without seeking tg take :from the Ladies' Memorial Associations of Georgia any ,part of the loving tributes which they annually pay to our .noble band in gray, the State should give this endorse.ment to the valor and patriotism of the most glorious pe'riod in her history, and assume the small cost involved in -~he fitting care and appropriate marking of these conse. crated mounds.
In order that this may be done, the General Assembly . should provide for a Confederate Memorial Board, and for the acceptance of all deeds conveying title to the State in Confederate cemeteries, and then make suitable annual . appropriations for the care and keeping of the same, leaving to the Ladies' Memorial Associations the tender charge of decoration, which belongs to them by the priority of consecrated d~votion.
Under congressional legislation our people are called upon to contribute their pro rata of taxes to the care of the Federal graves. Out of our bounty we should be glad to assume practical custodianship of the graves of our own sons, who fought for the honor and glory of their State, and in this way show to the world that we intend to uphold the fair hands that have so long and uncomplainingly .contributed, out of their impoverishment, towards keeping _green the memory of Georgia's historic and patriotic dead.
'ro this end I recommend the passage of an Act on the line of the Awtry Act of 1897, so that the investigation .therein contemplated may be made, and a report as to the

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condition of these cemeteries submitted before the next-meeting of the General Assembly.
CRIMINAL INSA.NE.
There are bet\feen thirty and forty patients in the State
Sanitarium belonging to that class usually referred to ascriminal insane. The dictates of humanity, as well as the
proper enforcement of the law, call for a complete separa- tion of the innocent insane from the criminal insane..
Several months since I had a conference with the superintendent relative to this matter, and requested him to pre-~ent it to the Board of Trustees. This was done, and at
the_ April meeting thereof the following resolutions were
adopted and forwarded to me :
''"WHEREAS, The presence in the State Sanitarium of convicts and of criminals has an unfavorable moral effect upon the unfortunate persons for whqse benefit the institution w~s established,. and
" WHEREAS, The custody of these classes of the insane createsan erroneous impression as to the character and purposes of the Sanitarium, and suggests to the public mind the idea of a place of confinement and of safe keeping for criminals, instead of a refuge for the liberal care and for the scientific treatment of mental dis-eases; and
"WHEREAS, Insime convicts and insane criminals occupy the limited space in the Sanitarium at the expense of worthy appli-cants, and claim the attention of the medical officers and other employees which should be bestowed upon the innocent insane;. therefore,
"Resolved, That it is the sense of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium that it will be to the best interests or the State and of the Sanitarium for suitable provision to bEl made for the proper care of insane convicts, and also of insane crimi-nals, provided the court and jury committing such insane crimi-nals so recommend, at the State Prison Farm, and that the Sanitarium be relieved of the duty of receiving and of maintaining these classes of insane persons.
"Resolved, '.fhat a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to. theGovernor of this State, and that he be requested to bring the subject to the attention of the General Assembly of Georgia, with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate in the premises.''

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Suitable provision can be made for this class of unfortu. rnates at an exceedingly small cost in proportion to the
amount of good that may be accomplished, by authorizing -the Prison Commission to erect, upon the Prison Farm near Milledgeville, a building to be used as the hospital for criminal insane. Such patients as may need the care .and attention of experts in insanity could be treated by the -corps of physicians at the State Sanitarium, and the hospital, so far as concerns the treatment of the patients, -could be placed under their watchcare.
Patients who come within the designation of criminal insane properly belong to two classes : First, those who become insane while serving a sentence in the penitentiary, -or after conviction, and, second, those who commit crime, or are charged with the commission of crime, and become insane before conviction. All of the first class, without -exception, should be sent to this Hospital, and the law should leave it within the discretion of the tribunal committing the last named class whether they should be sent to the State Sanitarium or to the Hospital for Criminal .Insane.
MITCHELL STREET PAVING.

The noise occasioned by the travel over Mitchell street

-on the south side of the Capitol has always been a source

{)f much annoyance to the Supreme Court, often interfer-

ing with the deliberations of the Court and the argument
of cases. The following letter from the Judges of the

.Supreme Court sets forth the complaint and suggests a

-change in the pavement:



SuPREME CouRT OF ~EO.RGIA, Atlanta, J nne 3, 1903.
Hon. Joseph JH. Te1-rell, Governor of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
DE&R SIR:-\Ve desire to call your attention to the serious inconvenience that the Supreme Court suffers from

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the noise of vehicles passing over the rubble stones onMitchell street. This morning this noise was so great at. one time that counsel were compelled to suspend argument until the vehicles bad passed. This happens often whileargument is being beard, and similar noises interfere seriously with the Court when in consultation; all work having to be suspended until the vehicles have pa:;sed out of hearing distance. We have no doubt you have noticed this inconvenience yourseH.
The noise would be greatly reduced if the character of the pavement were changed; and we would request that you call the attention of the General Assembly to the matter, with such suggestions as you see proper to make.
Yours very respectfully,
T. J. SIMMONS, c. J.
SA11I'L LUMPKIN, P. J. Wlii. H. FISH, A. J. ANDREW J. COBB, A. J.
JOHN s. CANDLER, A. J.
J. R. LAliiAR, A. J.
Upon the receipt of this letter I conferred with the au-thorities of the city of Atlanta and ascertained that thecost of paving. Mitchell street with asphalt, for the block in front of the Capitol grounds, would be about $5,600, of" which amount the property owners would have to pay, under the city ordinance, about $2,700, making the State's. share approximately $1,350.
I therefore recommend that the sum of $1,350, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for thispurpose.
GEORGIA STATE TROOPS.
The reorganization of the military forces under an Act. approved December 17, 1902, has been about completed,. and the State Troops present a fine body of well equipped.

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and well trained soldiery. Acting upon the recommendation of the Advisory Board, I have arranged, with the assistance of the Adjutant General of the State, for an encampment this summer of the five Regiments of Infantry and the Regiment of Cavalry, at the expense of the United! States Government. The instructors of these camps will be U. S. Army officers, and much valu11ble information in the detail work will be derived and the soldiers will receive practical training in their duties.
I have not been called upon to order out any of the troops to perform riot duty, but at the request of the dvil authorities at Andersonville on May 30, the day set. apart for decorating Federal graves, I ordered Company M, Fourth Infantry, -to Andersonville for the purpose of policing the town.
On the 1st day of J nne a terrific storm passed through the city of Gainesville, killing and wounding several hundred people and destroying many homes and much property. The next day the Mayor notified me that guards were needed for the hospitals and to protect the property exposed to vandalism, and requested the use of Troop "F,',. First Cavalry, for that purpose. I ordered the Troop toreport to the Mayor for such guard duty as be might direct. The Troop promptly responded to this call and remained on duty nine days.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC INSTITl[TIONS.
The reports from the various educational and eleemosynary institutions of the State will be placed before you, to which I invite your carefnl consideration. These reports. are thoroughly exhaustive and bear unmistakable evidence of painstaking care in their preparation. While I commend to your careful consideration all the recommendations and suggestions contained in these reports, there are certain recommendations to which I specially imite your attention.

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The Board of Visitors to the Academy for the Blind recommends that the present Academy site be sold, or ex-changed for one affording more room for buildings, etc. The grounds are considered too small for the present needs -of the Institution, and being centrally located in the city -of Macon could, doubtless, be sold for a good price, or exchauged for property better suited to present requirements.
Some very important recommendations will be found in the report of the Board of Visitors to the School for the Deaf, at Cave Springs, the most important of which is that relating to the enlargement of the buildings, so as to comfortably provide for the inmates of the school. According to this report the capacity of the buildings is insuffi-cient; there being fourteen white children crowded into one .sleeping room, and twenty colored children in another room. This state of affairs, if allowed to continue, will very likely produce sickness and disease among the -children, and should be carefully investigated. There are applications on file with the Superintendent for the admission of 25 more children, but for want of sufficient room they can not be admitted.
You will have before you the report of the Trustees of the State University and of the Board of Visitors to the University; the report of the Trustees of the School of Technology; the report of the Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College; the report of the Trustees of the State Normal School; and the reports of such other public institutions as are not mentioned above. These reports contain much valuable information, and the recommendations made therein are of great importance, .and I commend them to your thoughtful consideration.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
You will also have before you reports from the various <lepartments of the State government, all of which contain

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many interesting and valuable suggestions, and which, I :am sure, will receive at your hands the consideration to which they are entitled. Those of the Comptroller-General, State Treasurer, State School Commissioner, AdjutantGeneral, Attorney-General, Commissioner of Agriculture, :Secretary of State, Prison Commission, Compiler of Records, State Librarian, Pension Commissioner, Keeper of Public Buildings, and other officers of the Executive Department, bear evidence of the fact that these faithful and efficient public servants have devoted themselves unselfishly to the interests of the State.
The State School Commissioner recommends that the ]a,v be amended so that the State Treasurer be authorized to transfer from the general fund to the school fund the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. Under the present law the State Treasurer can only transfer four hundred thousand dollars for this purpose, and the extra one hundred thousand dollars, in the opinion of the State School Commissioner, will enable him to pay the teachers during the first six months of the year one-half of the amount due them for the entire year, instead of two-fifths under present legislation. This amendment can be made without detriment to the State's interest, and I trust you may favorably -consider same.
According to the report of the Keeper of Public Buildiugs there are certain other repa:irs needed around the -capitol, such as repainting the walls in the Senate chamber and hall of the House of Representatives, laying new -carpets, etc. He estimates that these repairs can be made for the sum of $7,930.00, and after a full investigation, if you are of the opinion that such repairs are necessary, I il'ecommend that a sufficient amount be appropriated with which to do the work.
As authorized by section 6 of the General Appropriation Act of 1902, which provides for the compilation of

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the Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate Records of Georgia, I beg to advise you that I appointed Ron. Allen D. Candler to compile these records, and that he entered( upon the discharge of his duties on the first day of January of this year. You will have before you his report, and I trust you will carefully consider the recommendations. made therein.
I also call your special attention to the recommendation of the Attorney-General .looking to an amendment of theGeneral Tax Act of 1902. In a case recently decided by the Supreme Court, viz.: Jones v. Stewart, at the present term, the Court by a majority opinion ruled that underthe Tax Act of 1900, the exclusive remedy for the collection of a special occupation tax was by indictment and conviction. This opinion was rendered by three of thejustices, while two dissented therefrom, holding that the method provided in said Act was merely cumulative and that the State could either, through its proper officer,. issue an execution against the delinquent tax-payer, or could proceed criminally against such defaulter. Thesixth judge did not preside because of providential reasons.
In the opinion of the Attorney-General this decision will greatly impede the collection of special occupation taxes, and he thinks, and recommends, that the Legislatureshould amend the General Tax Act of 1902, which is substantially on this point, the same as the General Tax Act. of 1900, so as to make the remedy by indictment cumulative, giving to the State the right to proceed both upon execution issued by the proper officer npon information, as. well as the right to prosecute for a violation of the Tax Act.
This recommendation, in my opinion, is wise and proper. To require the State to put in motion the machinery of the law in criminal courts before it can collect its revenue,. would greatly multiply the difficulties, as well as endanger-

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the collection of the revenues of the State. I therefore concur in the recommendation of the Attorney-General and. recommend legislation on the line indicated.

STATE'S FINANCES.
The State Treasurer bas paid to the common school teacherB all the money coming into the treasury which belongs to the school fund, and also the $400,000 which heis authorized by law to transfer from the general to theschool fund. These payments are not only larger, but were made much earlier in the year than formerly, and without borrowing any money for that purpose. In former years loans amounting to $150,000 to $200,000 have been necessary to enable the Treasurer to make these payments. To be able to carry out the provisions of our school laws without borrowing any money whatever is most gratifying, as it shows that the condition of the State's finances bas considerably improved. Indeed, it would not have been necessary to borrow any money whatever during the present year bad the General Assembly convened in October instead of June. After conferring with the StateTreasurer it was ascertained that the sum of $65,00(}
would lie needed to pay the expenses of this session
of your body, and with his assistance I have arranged to borrow that sum for five months at two per cent. perannum, or five-sixths of one per cent. for the term, from the following banks in this State, viz. : Southern Bank at Savannah; Neal Loan & Banking Company and Fourth National Bank, Atlanta_; Exchange Bank, Macon, and Third National Bank, Columbus. This loan, at such a remarkably low rate, demonstrates alike the high credit of the State an4 the excellent condition of the Georgia banks_
J. M. TERRELL, Governor.

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APPENDIX A~
In accordance with the requirements of section 5815 of the Code, I herewith submit reports of all Reprieves, Commutations of Sentence, and Pardons granted by me.
PARDONS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
ORrE STEGALL.-Larceny after Trust. Superior Court of Fulton county, Fall term, 1901; sentence two years in the penitentiary. Defendant was a young white boy only fifteen years old and plead guilty to taking $1.50 of his employer's money. He has served about twelve months. Pardon recommeded by the prosecutor and the Judge who tried him. Granted November 7, 1902.
WILLIAlVI WrNDOM.-Burglary. Superior Court of Carroll county, December term, 1901; sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Good conduct and ill health. Pardon recommended by the Judge and Solicitor and the Grand Jury, and by nine of the trial Jury. Granted November 13, 1902.
RoBERT S. TIGNER.-Embezzlem ent. Superior Court of Fulton County, Spring Term, 1902; sentenced to six months in jail. Made full restitution of the amount embezzled. Served three months and physician states that he is suffering with heart <lisease. Granted November 14, 1902.
NATHAN PoRl'ER.-Gaming. City Court of Valdosta, January term, 1902 ; sentenced to twelve months. Served about nine months and suffered with consumption. Paid all costs and reimbursed the county for the expenses of his trial. Pardon recommen-:l.ed by the Superintendent of the Chaingang, Chair man of the County Commissioners and the Solicitor who prosecuted him. Granted November 15, 1902.

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ALEX WEST.-Malicious Mischief. Superior Court of Randolph county, November term, 1901; sentenced to twelve months. Was convicted at the same time of selling whisky and sentenced to twelve months, which term he has fully served. Pardon urged by the trial Judge and Solicitor; the County Officers and a large number of good citizens. Granted November 15, 1902.

C. R. JoRDAN.-Robbery. Superior Court of Bibb county, .A,pril term, 1901; sentenced to seven years. Was only twenty years old and appears to have acted under the influeQce of older ~U:sociates. Granted November 18, 1902.

SPENCER McCROSKEY.-Cattle Stealing. Superior Court ot Franklin county, October term, 1901; sentenceJ to two years. Defendant was a weak-minded boy only seventeen years of age. His father paid $25.00 for the cow and induced the boy to plead guilty with the under~tanding that he would be allowed to pay a small fine, which was agreed to by the Solicitor. This the Court refused to allow and sentenced him to two years, while the principal offender was only given a chaingang sentence. Has served more than a year. Pardon urged by the Solicitor and a large oum ber of citizens. Granted November 21, 1902.

BEN H. WILLIAMs.-M:inslaughter. Superior Cour.t of Charlton county, April term, 1898; sentenced to ten years. In June, 1900, his sentence was commuted to five yP-ars, which he fully served with the exception of two days. Granted November 28, 1902.

DOLLY l'RTCHARD.-Murder. Superior Court of Cherokee county, Fall term, 1900; sentenced to life imprisonment. Evi deuce circumstantial and some doubt as to her guilt. Pardon recommended by County Officers, Grand Jury which indicted her, the trial Jury, the presiding Judge, the Solicitor-General and sevtral hundred citizens. Granted December 3, 1902.

CLARENCE HoYAL.-Larceoy. City Criminal Uourt, of At-

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lanta, September term, 1902; sentenced to three months. Phy.sician states that he has a disease that will likely prove fatal. . He is confined to the hospital and unable to work. Granted December 8, 19~2.
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R. E. L. YouNG.-Burglary and Larceny from the House. Superior Court of Hall county, March term, 1901 ; sentenced to twelve months in each case. The two offenses were involved in the same transaction, and he has served out one sentence, and .nearly served out the second. Good conduct and sufficient pun .ishment. 0 Granted Dacember 8, 1902.

EMl\IA LYoNs.-Assault to murder. Superior Court of \Vilkes county, May term, 1902; sentenced to two years. She -cut another negro woman with a knife, apparently without any intention to kill her. Clemency urged by ten of the trial Jurors .and the presiding Judge on the ground ofsufficient punishment. Granted December 8, 1902.

ROBERT TYRE.-Assault with Intent to Murder. Superior Court of Pierce county, May term; sentenced to five years. Prosecutor received no injury in the encounter and now asks for his pardon, as do also about seven hundred good citizens, the trial Judge and Jurors. Has served two years with good -conduct. Granted December 10, 1902.
LuLA RoBNSON.-l\1urder. Superior Courtof Polk county, February term, 1899 ; sentenced to life imprisonment. While she was being carried to the penitentiary the train was wrecked and the guard who had her in charge rendered unconscious. Although .;he had every opportunity to 'escape, she remained and rendered great assistance to the wounded and suffering. Her conduct has been good and she has served more than three years. Pardon granted December 12, 1902.
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JoHN JoNEs.-1\furder. Superior Court of Chattooga county, rvrarch term, 1894; sentenced to life imprisonment. Evidence would have authorized a verdict of Manslaughter. Defendant

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bas served more than eight years, and his pardon is recommended by the Grand Jury which indictoo him, the Jury that convicted him, County Officers and the Judge and Solicitor. Granted December 12, 1902.

HENRY McDANIEL.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of Newton county, September term, 1897; sentenced to -eight years. His son was comrict.ed at the same time and sentenced to twelve years, and was pardoned J uue 28, 1901. Defendant is now eighty years of age and very feeble, and the Camp Physician says he cannot live but a short time. Granted December 19, 1902.

CARRIE S!IIITH.-Larceny. City Criminal Court of Atlanta, {)ctober term, 1902; sentenced to six months. Was convicted of -stealing two plated spoons of small value. Has one child dependent on her and is now in a state of pregnancy. Clemency recommended by the Judge and Solicitor and City Officers Granted December 24, 1902.

HENRY RESPAss.-Stabbing. Superior Court of Schley -county, April term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. Has served most of his term and is now confined to his bed with -dropsy. Granted January 6, 1903.

ARTHUR CHERRY.-Seduction. Superior Court of Stewart county, October term, 1900; sentenced to five years. ffe was convicted of seducing a negro womau of doubtful chastity. Clemency strongly recommended by two hundred good citizens; Granted January 6, 1903.

HASKELL 'VEBB.-Assault and Carrying Concealed Weapons. City Court of Clarkesville, February term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months in each case. Both offenses were committed in one transaction. He was trying to avoid a difficulty with pros-ecutor and shot at him while the pPosecutor was advancing. Clemency urged by the Judge and Solicitor aitd a number of .good citizens. Granted January 7, 1903.

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J. C. WREN.-Assault. City Court of Floyd county, Fall term, 1902; sentenced to six months. Defendant was drunk when the crime was committed, and his pardon is urged by the prosecutor, Judge and Solicitor and a large number of citizens. Granted January 7, 1903.

WILLIA!II E. EnwARDS.--Forgery. Superior Court of Fulton county, January term, 1902; sentenced to two years. He forged the name of his cousin to a small check and was paying the money back when arrested. The offense was committed when he was in very destitute circumstances. Clemency urged by the prosecutor, Solicitor and the person whose name was forged. Granted January 7, 1903.
PETER STEPHENS.-Stealing a ride on a railroad car. County Court of Butts county, June term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. Clemency recommeded by a number of good citizens, County Officers, the Judge and Solicitor and the local Counsel for the railroad. Granted January 12, 1903.
V/. S. BROWN.-Murder. Superior Court of Talbot county, September term, 1898; sentenced to life imprisonment. Newly discovered evidence shows mitigating circumstance;. Defendant is seventy years of age and dangerously diseased, and unable to work. Clemency urged by the Prison Officials,i340 good citizens, County Officials, trial Jurors and the trial Judge and Solicitor. Granted January 12, 1903.

ToBE JoNEs.-Arson. Superior Court of Randolph county, May term, 1897 ; sentenced to fifteen years. Convicted principally on a confession claimed to have been made to a professional mind-reader. Prosecutor doubts the evidence and now asks for clemency, as do also the Solicitor General and a n urn her of good citizens. Served with good conduct for more than five years. Granted January 7, 1903.

CHAS. BuRKHALTER.-Murder. Superior Court of Marion county, April term, 1884; sentenced to life imprisonment. De-

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fendant killed a man who had seduced his wife and had taken her away from him. He has served more than eighteen years and his release is urged by the Judge and Solicitor and a large ; number of- citizens. Granted January 13, 1903.

FRED FARRis.-Stabbing. Superior Court of Fulton county. October term, 1901; sentenced to twelve months in chaingang and twelve months in jail. Has fully served his chaingang sentence and clemency is urged by the Ordinary, Sheriff, Clerk, SolicitorGeneral and others. Granted January 13, 1903.

SAlii BAsSETT-Larceny after Trust. Superior Court ofOconee county, January term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. Convicted of using $1.50 of the Rrosecutor's money. Clemency recommended by the Solicitor. Granted .January 13, 1903.
HENRY NmMONS~-Burglary. Superior Court of Coweta. county, March term, 1899; sentenced to six years. Principal witness against him now says that he was mistaken as to the facts. Has senred over three years and clemency is recommended by the Judge, Solicitor, Prosecutor and others. Granted January 13, 1903.

Nr111 KERCE.-Murder. Superior Court of worth county. April term, 1893; sentenced to life imprisonment. Convicted' on circumstantial evidence and the principal witness against him has since been successfully impeached. Clemency urged by theJudge and Solicitor, Grand Jury, County Officers and others Granted January 13, 1903.

GEORGE GRANT.-Murder. Superior Court of Baldwin county, January term, 1892; sentenced to life imprisonment. The killingtook place in a general riot at a negro festival, and there was considerable conflict in the evidence as to who fired the fatal shot. Has served more than ten years and clemency is recommended by six of the trial Jurors, many good citizens and the SolicitorGeneral. Granted January 15, 1903.
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PITTS HIGHTOWER.-Pointing a Gun at Another. County -court of Butts county, September term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. Physician certifies that he now has scrofula, which threatens the loss of his eyesight if longer confined. Clemency urged by the trial J ndge and Solicitor. Granted January 16, 1903.

DunE CooK.-Carrying Concealed Weapons to a church. Superior Court of Butts county, August term, 1902; sentenced to eight months or a fine of $60.00. Served about four months :and now afflicted with a loathsome disease. Camp Physician recommends his release. Granted January 16, 1903.

A. C. FRYE.-Assault to Rape. S~perior Court of Chattooga

.county, 1\ia,rch term, 1901; senten9ed to ten years. The princi-

pal witness against him testified that$ he only caressed her, and

there is doubt as to his intention to commit rape. Clemency

recommended by County Officers and many good citizens, and by

ten trial .Jurors. Granted January 16, 1903.



JoHN :McGouGH.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of Muscogee county, November term, 1900; sentenced to four teen years. Is afflicted with tuberculosis and heart disease. Clemency recommended by County Officers and many citizens. Granted February 9, 1903.

JoHN RuTHERFORD.-Larceny. Superior Court of Monroe eounty, October term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. Is badly afflicted and unable to work. Clemency urged by County Commissioners. Granted February 9; 1903.

GEORGE AusTIN.-Rape. Superior Court ofGwinnett county, September term, 1898; sentenced to ten years. He was con victed of raping a negro woman, and it has since been shown that she swore falsely. Clemency recommended by nine Jurors and many reputable citizens. Granted February 9, 1903.
JonN WESTMOREI,AND.~Larceny. City Criminal Court of

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.Atlanta, November term, 1902; sentenced to six: months. Defendant was a small boy only fifteen years old and the article ::Stolen was a book of small value. Clemency recommended by the Judge, Solicitor and Prosecutor. He has served three months. Granted February 9, 1903.

W. H. WESTER.-Violating the Sabbath. Superior Court of Pulaski county, September term, 1902, sentenced to twelve months. He sold goods from his store to the amount of fifty -cents, at the request of the purchasers and for their accommodation. His release is urged by one hundred and fifty citizens of the county and by the trial Judge and Jurors. Granted Feb:ruary 9, 1903.

WILLIE M. J OHNSON.-Larceny. Criminal City Court of Atlanta, October term, 1902; sentencP.d to eighteen months. Defend..ant is a woman, and the Camp Physician certifies that she is in an advanced state of pregnacy and should be released. Clemency recommended by the trial Judge and l:;olicitor. -Granted February 9, 1903.

\VILL EvANS.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of Hall county, November term, 1900; sentenced to seven years. It appears that the deceased was the aggressor in the difficulty, having knocked down the defendant with a pair of knucks and badly beat him over the head and face. At the time of the killing defendant claims that deceased was attempting to draw ..a pistol. Clemency recommended by the Foreman of the Grand .Jury, ten of the trial Jurors, several County Officers and the ..Judge who presided. Granted November 4, 1902.

PINK DILL.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior Court ot Habersham county, September term, 1895; sentenced to ten years. Killing occurred in a drunken row in which it appears that the deceased was the aggres.sor and was advancing on defendant with a knife. Clemency urged by the Prosecuting Officer, trial Judge and Jury, the Grand Jury which indicted him, -Dounty Officers and many eitizens. Granted March 9, 1903.

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JoHN FOWLER.-Murder. Superior Court of Rabun county,. 1902; sentenced to life imprisonment. His brothers were con" victed of the same offense and l!entenced to terms iu the peni tentiary, from which they have been discha.rged. Deceased died some time after the difficulty from imprudence at a country dance Clemency urged by the trial Judge, Solicitor and Jury,. the Grand Jury which indicted him, County Officers of Rabun and Walker counties and a large number of cit1zens. Granted. March 9, 1903.

J. H. WrLKms.-Larceny after Trust. Superior Court of Fulton county, fall term, 1\JOO; sentenced to three years. His previous character is shown to have been good, and this offense was committed while be was a victim of the morphine habit. Since his imprisonment he has been cured of t.he morphinehabit and he has served all but three weeks of his sentence. Granted April 7, 1903.

JIM WEISINGER.--Carrying Concealed vVeapons. City Criminalt Court of Atlanta, July term, 1902; sentenced to eight months. Pending his trial he remained twelve months in jail, which is. thought to be sufficient punishment. Clemency recommended by the ,Tudge and Solicitor. Granted April 13, 1903.

WILLIA!\f M:OLAND.-Simple Larceny. City Criminal Court. of Atlanta, December term, 1902; sentenced to twelve monthsor a fine of $50.00. Defendant was only ten years old when the crime was committed and has served more than four months. which is thought to be sufficient punishment. The article stolen was a chicken. Clemency recommended by the trial. Judge and the Solicitor. Granted ~pril 13, 1903.

En CRAWFORD.-Simple Larceny. 811-perior Court of Bibb county, Fall term, 1895; sentenced to fifteen years. He hasserved with good conduct for more than eight years and it is. thought that his punishment has been sufficient. Clemency recommended by the trial Judge, Solicitor and Jury, CountyO.fficer..s and others. Granted April13, 1903.

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ARTHUR HALL. -Simple Larceny. City Court of Montgomery -county, 1902; sentenced to nine months. He is suffering from .a chronic disease and is unable to work, bas served several months in jail and further confinement might prove fatal: Clemency urged by the Judge, Solicitor, Grand Jury and <County Officers. Granted May 11, 1903.

JoHN PRICE.-Misdemeanor. Superior Court of Rockdale county, October term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. He came to the rescue of a Guard who had been assaulted by a desperate convict and prevented an escape. Granted May 11, 1903.

RosE HENDERSON.-Murder. Superior Court of Lumpkin .()Ounty, July term, 1879; sentenced to life imprisonment. She was convicted of Infanticide on circumstantial evidence, Has :.served twenty-three years with good conduct; is now 'an old woman, and it is tbc;mght her punishment bas been sufficient. Granted May 11, 1903.

GEORGE RucKER.-Assault and Battery. Superior Court of Elbert county, September term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. County CommiEsioners certify that his health bas fail-ed and furt.ber confinement may prove fatal. Granted May 11, 1903.
HoRACE CuRTIS.--Burglary. Superior Court. of Gordon -county, August term, 1902; sentenced to twelve months. The .Judge and Solicitor-General say that in view of his age and mental infirmities he has suffered sufficient punishment. Granted May 11, 1903.

FRANK SwAIN.--Murder. Superior Court of Union county, May term, 1890; sentenced to life imprisonment. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and the Judge before whom be was tried and many good citizens have grave doubts as to his guilt. Has served with good conduct for more than thirteen _years. Granted May 11, 1903.
JOSEPH WAYNE. -Murder. Superior Court of Cherokee

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county, September term, 1898; sentenced to life imprisonment The killing was done in a sudden heat of passion under mitigat-ing circumstances. His health has failed and clemency is urged by County Offici~ls, Grand Jury; trial Jury and many citizens. Granted May 12, 1903.
0. W. CHESTNUTT.-Robbery. Superior Court of Bibb county, April term, 1901; sentenced to seven years. His accomplice has been released, and it appears that defendant was not the~ principal perpetrator of the crime. Has served with good con-duct. Granted ]\<fay 12, 190.3.

E. F. DAVIS.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of Laurens county, July term, 1901; sentenced to five years. Was, jointly indicted with three others, and it now appears that defendant was acting in the capacity of peacemaker. Clemency recommended by County Officers, the trial Jury and Solicitor and. many citizens. Granted May 13, 1903.

LuKE ADAMS.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of" Newton county, March term, 1897; sentenced to twelve years. Newly discovered evidence creates grave doubts as to. his guilt. Clemency recommended by the trial Judge and So- licitor. Granted May 13, 1903.

LEILA BuRGEss.-Murder. Superior Court of Franklin., county, September term, 1884; sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant was only fourteen years old when the crime was com-mitted. Her father had given her a severe whipping with an. ox whip, and when her mother interfered in her behalf the father made an assault on her, and the defendant struck herfather with an ax in order to protect her mother. She hasserved more than eighteen years. Granted May 13, 1903.

SENTENCES COMMUTED.
WILLIA~I WINTER.-Selling Whisky Illegally. County Courtof Newton county, April term, 1902; sentenced to pay a fine of;

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$75.00 or twelve months. Has served eight months and now desires to pay a proper proportion of his original fine. Sentence commuted to a fine of $40.00 December, 19, 1902.
JOHN T. BRIGHT.-Carrying a Gun to a Court of Justice. Superior Court of Montgomery county, October term, 1902; sentenced to six months in jail. The crime was committed while in a state of protracted drunkenness and he was considered mentally irresponsible. He has served a portion of his term with good conduct. Sentence commuted to a fine of $30.00 on recommendation of the Judge who tried him and County Offi.. cials, January 6, 1903.
DAVE MURRAY.-Assault to Rape. Superior Court of Maconcounty, November term, 1896; sentenced to fifteen years. Thenegro woman who was assaulted is shown to have been of loose character and unreliable. Clemency is urged by one hundred and fifty good citizens of Macon county, by the trial Jurors and the Prosecuting Attorney. He has already served six years with. good conduct. Sentence commuted to eight yeal's, January 15, 1903.
ROBERT KNIGHT AND 'VELCOliiE GoLDING.-Voluntary Manslaughter and Murder. Superior Court of Ware county, February term, 1892: sentenced to twenty years and life imprison ment, respectively. Defendants were defending themselves iu a house against a violent attack by several persons at the time the shooting occurred. Clemency is recommended by the Judge-
who tried them, the Grand .T ury which indicted them, trial ju-
rors, and by County Officials. Sentences commuted to sixteen years, January 15, 1903.
ALLEN HARD.A.W.A.Y.--Murder. Superior Court of Spaldingcounty, August term, 1894; sentenced to life imprisonment. The Judge and Solicitor who tried him say that the defendant was guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter, and that his punishment. has been sufficient. Sentence commuted to ten years, January . 15, 1903.

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A. T. DAimER.-Simple Larceny. Superior Court of Lowndes . -county, November term, 1902; sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary. The defendant was charged with stealing a cow, which he claimed was his own, and it is doubtful whether he . intended to commit a crime. Clemency is recommended by the Judge, prosecutor, County Officers, Graud Jury, trial jury and
. .many good citizens. Sentence commu~d to a: fine of $200.00,
!"ebruary ti, 1903.

ALBERT FLoYn.-Murder. Superior Court of Calhoun county, :apring term, 1899; sentenced t.o life imprisonment. This negro, finding his wife in bed with another negro, fired into the party and killed his wife, while the man escaped. He has :served fourteen years and clemency is urged by County Officials, the Judge and Solicitor who tried him, and many reputable citi.zens. Sentence commuted to twenty years, February 9, 1903.

AB ELDER, JR.-Riot. Superior Court of Haralson county .July term, 1902; sentenced to twelve month_s. Three others were convicted at the same time of the same offense and sentenced to pay costs, and this defendant now desires to have his .sentence commuted to that of his associates, which is recommended by County Officers and a number of good citizens. . Sentence commuted to payment of cost, March 9, 1903.

F. P. WILKINS.----:Carrying Concealed 'Veapons. CityCourt Of Barnesville, January term, 1903; sentenced to twelve months. The Judge and Solicitor who tried him recommend that he be .allowed to pay a fine. Sentence commuted to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars including costs, April 7, 1903.

,V. T. Sl\IITH.-Attempt to Commit Forgery. Superior
Court of Bibb county, Spring term, 1903; sentenced to pay a iine of $200.00 or twelve months, and two months in jail. ' He forged the name of a friend to a note who had endorsed for him before but the note was refused by the bank: His previous .character was good and this was his first offense. The Superin-tendent of the State Sanitarium and the resident physician of

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Allen's Invalid Home at Milledgeville state that by reason of chronic alcoholism he was mentally irresponsible when the crime was committed. He has served his jail sentence. Sentence commuted to jail sentence and payment of costs, April 15, Hl03.

JEROli!E TOLBERT.--Murder. Superior Court of Oc.onee county, January term, 1903 sentenced to be executed. Facts ihave been brought out since the trial which induce the Judge "Who presided, the Jury who found the verdict and about two J:iundred and seventy-five good citizens to earnestly petition for -clemency. Deceased was a man of bad character, while defend.ant's previous character was good. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment April 23, 1903.

ZELL BACON.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superio1: Court of Tatnall county, April term, 1899, sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Under the evidence the Jury would have been authorized in acquitting the defendant. The provocation given by deceased, who was a violent and dangerous man, being extreme, the trial Judge and Solicitor both urge clemency and state that this was a close case, which recommendation is joined in by the Jury which tried him, County Officers, Prison Officials and many good citizens. Sentence commuted to five years: May 11, 1903.

RESPITES.

GoLDIE Tyus.-Murder. Superior Court of Thomas county, Fall term, 1902; sentenced to be executed on November 28, 1902. Respite granted at the request of the Judge of the Superior Court for the reason that Tyus was a material witness in the case of the State vs John 'VValker, which case could not be tried until after the date fixed for the execution. Respited until December 12, 1902.

MILLARD LEE.-Murder. Superior Court of Fulton county, Fall term, 1902; sentenced to be executed. Respite granted

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until January 23, 1903, until the question of his sanity could be passed upon by the Courts. Lee again respited until February 27, '1903, for the reasons above set forth. On February 16, 1903, he was again respited until;May 1, 1903, for the same reasons. On April 29, 1903 another respite was gran"ted until June 12, 1903, and on June 10, 1903, he was again respited until July 31, 1903, for the reason that said case was still pending in the Courts and could not be determined before the day fixed for the execution.

JEROME 00L13ER.T-Murder. Superior Court of Oconee county, January term, 1903; sentenced to be executed on March 26, 1903. Respited until April 24, 1903, in order that the Prison Commission might have sufficient time to consider his application for a commutation of sentence.

JOHN PERRY.-Murder. Superior Court of Whitfield county,. October term, 1902 ; sentenced to be executed on the 3d day ot April, 1903. Respited until May 1, 1903, in order that the Executive might have sufficient time within which to pass upon his application for a commutation of sentence, and for the fur ther reason that on the day fixed for the execution there was to be a ~reman's tournament and street carnival in the city of' Dalton. On April 30, 1903, a second respite was granted to the said John Perry until May 15, 1903, in order that an extraordinary motion for a new trial might be passed upon by the Judge of the Superior Court.

MONROE ADAMS.-Murder. Superior Court of Sumter county, November term, 1902; sentenced to be executed April 22, 1903. Respited until May 15, 1903, in order that Counsel for defendant might have. an opportunity to be heard before the Prison Commission on an application for commutation oi sentence.

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REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.
BARNETT DILLINGHAliL-Larceny. Superior Court of Gilmer county, May term, 1893; sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars. He paid the fine and has since that time been a good,. law abiding citizen. Granted November 15, 1902.

WALTER GLENN.-Larceny from the House. Superior Court of Stewart county; sentenced to twelve months. Served out. his term and has since been a good citizen. Granted December 8, 1902.

FRANK M. JACKSON.-Larceny from the House. City Criminal Court of Atlanta, Spring term, 1893; sentenced to four months. Since serving out his term be bas established for himself a good name and is a good citizen. Granted December 12, 1902.

RuPERT AuliiONS.-Larceny after Trust. Superior Court of

Glynn county, May term, 1898; sentenced to a fine, which he

paid. Has since been a good citizen, which is certified to by

the trial Judge and a large number of citizens. Granted Jan-

uary 13, 1903.

,

S. J. O'NEAL.-Volungt.ry Manslaughter. Superior Court of Chatham county, December term, 1896; sentenced to fifteen years, which was commuted to six years. Served out his term and has since been a good citizen. Granted Janull-ry 13, 1903.

"'N. F. SULLIVAN.-Voluntary Manslaughter. Superior Court of Chatham county, December term, 1896; sentenced to fifteen years, which was commuted to six years. Served out his term and it is shown by reputable citizens that he has since been a good citizen. Granted January 13, 1903.
'VILLIAM CoLE.-Larceny. County Court of Thomas cuuuty, January term, 1893; served out the sentence of the Court and

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has since been an industrious, law-abiding citizen. Granted January 19, 1903.

\V. C. McLANE,-Larceny after Trust. Superior Court of Fulton county, July term, 1902; sentenced to three months in jail and a fine of $500.00. He served his jail sentence and paid his fine, and clemency urged by the Judge, Solicitor and Sheriff of Fulton county. Has since been a law-abiding citizen. Granted February 9, 1903.

The following invitation was received, to wit :

'To the Honorable Speake1 and Members of House of Rep1'esentatives :

In behalf oi the citizens of Griffin, I desire to extend

io you a most cordial invitation to visit the State encamp-

ment at Griffin on Saturday, June 27, 1903, and partake

of a barbecue to be given to the Governor and staff, State

House officers and members of the General Assembly.

'Trusting that this invitation will be accepted and that you

will attend in a body,

Very respectfully,

J. J. FLYNT.

The following resolution was introduced and read, to wit:

By Mr. Wilson of Clay-

A resolution providing that the House accept the inviiation to visit Griffin on J nne 27, 1903.

Mr. Grice of Pulaski offered the following substitute for ihe above resolution, which was adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That the thanks of the House be tendered tbe Citizens of the city of Griffin for their cordial invitation.

The resolution was then adopted by substitute.

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The following resolution was read and ordered to lay over for one day, to-wit:

By Mr. Grice ot Pulaski-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of five from the House and three from the Senateto inesvtigate and report upon the Second and Fourth Regiments, infantry, Georgia State troops, in camp at Camp Northen, Griffin, Ga.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Davis of "Meriwether-
A resolution providing for the appropriation of $9,36() for indigent widows, and for other purposes.

. On motion of Mr. Davis, the above resolution was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

On motion of Mr. Houston of Fulton, the Governor's message was then taken up and read.

The following resolution was introduced and read, t(} wit:

By Mr. Houston ot Fulton-
A resolution providing that 500 copies of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the House.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, stated that in view of the fact that the Governor's message had been printed already, he would move to table the resolution so as to ascertain whether or not there were enough copies to supply the House. The motion was put and carried.

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Leave of absence was grantedMr. Sanders, Mr. Walker of Pierce, Mr. Ennis qf Floyd, Mr. McRae of Lowndes, Mr. .Bell of Emanuel.

On motion of Mr. Felder the House then adjourned .until 10 o'clock t?-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, June 25, 1903.

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 Rev. C. S. T. Strickland of the .county of Tattnall.

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

Adams, Alexander, .Alford, Almond, .Arnold, .Ayres, :Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, F dl of Emanuel, Bell of i\:lilton, Blacl.:burn, Booth, Bowen, Bower,

Hoy kin, :Brinson, Hrock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Hush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrin.,"1:on,

Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Croma_rtle, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan,

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Dunbar,

Knowles,

Rankin,

Edwards,

Lane,

Rawls,

Jj;nglish,

Lanier,

Redwine,

Jj;vans,

Lawrence,

Reid,

Felder,

Leigh,

Rice,

.!fields,

Little,

Richardson,

Flanigan,

Lowe,

Ridley,

1l'lynt,

l\Iann,

Rogers of Hall,

l!'oster of Oconee, Maples,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

li'oster of 'l'owns, Martin,

Roper,

l.i'ranklin,

Mayson,

Rountree,

Fussell,

Miller of .Hullock, Sanders,

Gaulden,

Miller of M.uscogee, Shackelford,

George,

Mills,

Shannon,

Glenn,

:\litcham,

Singletary,

Urenade,

Mitchell,

Slaton,

(.}rice,

Mizell,

Spence,

Grimn,

Morton,

Stanford,

Hall,

Moses,

Steed of Carroll,

Hardeman,

:\iulherin,

Steed of Taylor,

Harden,

McBride,

Stewart,

Hawes,

1\lcCurcy,

Stovall,

Hayes,

McElmurray,

Shicltland,

Hendey,

McHency,

Thompson,

Henry,

111cLaln,

Thurman,

Hicks,

McRae,

Tigner.

Hixon of Carroll, Newton,

Tracy,

Hixon of :Sumter, Nisbet,

Underwood,

Holder,

Owen,

Valentine,

Houston,

Overstreet,

Walker of Monroe,

"'Howard of Baldwin, O'Qulnn.

Walker of Pierce.

Howard of Laurens, Parker,

":atson,

Howell, Hutcheson,

Pate of Dooiy,

Welch,

Pate of Gwinnett, Wellborn,

.Tohnson of Clinch, Paulk of Co!fee, .Tohnson of Crawford,Paulk of Irwin, .Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

West, Whitley, Wilson,

Jones of l'lckens, Phillips of Jefferson, \Vise,

r~elly,
Kendrick, Kent, "Kilburn,

P.hillips of Quitman, Womble,

l'reston,

Wooten.

.~

Proctor,

Yates,

Rainey.

l\Ir. Speaker.

"Knight,

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Those absent ''ere :Messrs.-

Akin.

Ennis,

Johnson of Baker,

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

Mr. Stovall of Chatham gave notice that at theproper time be would move to reconsider the action of the House in refusing to accept the invitation to visit Griffin OO.ring the encampment of the Georgia State troops.

By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 105-110 wererecommitted to Committee on General Agriculture.
House Bill No. 453 was withdrawn from the further consideration of the House, on motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 472 was recom- mitted to Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent Mr. Thurman of Walker was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 199.
By unanimous ~onsent the following bills were introduced, read _t,he first time and appropriately referred, to. wit:
By Mr. West of Lowudes-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Merchants Bank of Valdosta, and for oth.er purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks.

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By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate the Mount .Zion school district~ and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on. Corporations.
By Mr; Brinson of Decatur-
A bill for the prevention of cruelty to animals; to de.fine the meaning of the word "cruelty,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to pay off and retire bonJs of this State as they mature by levying and collecting a tax for that purpose~ and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on vVays and Means.
By Mr. Reid of CampbellA bill to amend article 11, section 3, paragraph 1 or
the Constitution, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Messrs. Alexander and Grenade of WilkesA bill to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues for the county of Wilkes, and forother purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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JBy Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A bill to create a Text-Book Commission in this State~ :and to ptovide a uniform series of text-books for the public .schools, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education,

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Edgewood in DeKalb county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to amend an Act to organize the military forces <>f this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Bell of MiltonA resolution to pay the pension of Mary E. Mize to her
son.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to amend the charter of the town of Chipley, and
for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Glenn of WhitfieldA bill to provide compensation to the widow, heir or

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heirs or legal representatives of deceased persons who have been killed by person or persons and who have been tried ..and convicted for such killing, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

:By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-

A re~o~olution endorsing the "Brownlow Bill," and for ..other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Messre. Hardeman and Holder of JacksonA bill to create the City Court of J~:fferson, to define its
jurisdiction and powers, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

.By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-
A bill to repeal au Act to create the City Court of J efferson, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties' and County Matters.

:By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 892 of the Code relative to the issuing of fi. fas., and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McHenry of. FloydA resolution to appropriate $60 to Mrs. Sallie Erwin,
.indigent widow of A. L. Erwin of Floyd county.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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By Messrs. Fields of Dooly and Baldwin of Schley-

A bill to require the Solicitors-General of this State toturn into the County Treasury of their circuits certain, moneys, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to incorporate the Sasser school district, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Pate of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate the Pleasant Valley school district,.. and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brock of Dade-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dade county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Brock of Dade-
A resolution to reimburse the county of Dade for th~ incarceration and execution of Charlie Phillips.
Heferred to Committee ou Appmpriations.

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By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the State Sanitarium, :and for other pqrposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Beauchamp of Butts-

A bill to amend an Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Butts county to investigate the -claim of A. J. Moore, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

.By Messrs. Fields and Pate of Dooly, McCurry of Hart and Tigner of Muscogee-

A bill to amend an Act relative to the "alternative road law" so as to allow the grand jury to suspend same at any .term of court, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Kent of JohnsonA resolution for the relief of J. K. McAfee, J. R. Grice
-and W. H. Raley.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Pate of GwinnettA bill to amend an Act to repeal all laws to incorporate
.the town of Buford, and for other purposes
Referred to Committee on C!orporations.

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By Mr. Underwood of White-

A bill to prescribe when and how trustees for the Academy fur the Blind shall be appointed, and for other purposes.

Referred ~o SpE>cial Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Underw~od of White-

A bill to repeal section 1315, volume 1 of the Codewhich relates to the filling of vacancies in the board ot trustees for the Academy for the Blind.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-

A bill to fix the number of days each person subject toroad duty in this State shall be required to work on the public roads, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters...

By Mr. Lane of Sumter-
. A bill to amend section 4361 of the Code by striking. out all of paragraph 8 of t~aid section, and for other pur-poses.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Greenville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Davis and Howell of Meriwether-

A. resolution to make appropriation to meet the deficiency in the insurance fund, and for other purposes;

Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A. bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town ot Bronwood, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tracy of Webster-
A bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in thecounty of Webster, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-
A. bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to make it a misdemeanor to hunt upon the lands.
of another, and for other purposes. Referred to General Agricultural Committee.
'By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of
Hamilton, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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lly Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to amend the charter of th~ town of Hamilton,
:and for other purposes. Referred to Committee ?n Corporations.
.By Mr. Howell of MeriwetherA bill to repeal section 4406 of the Code of 1895, rela-
tive to admission to the bar, and for other ptirposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
.By Mr. Howell of MeriwetherA bill to repeal section 3 of an Act providing for ad-
mission to the bar, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
.By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to propose an amendment to article 6, section 2, paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, :and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill to amend the Constitution of this State so as to
provide tor biennial sessions of the Legislature, and for ()ther purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution to pay E. R. Black certain compensation, .and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to amend section 1908, volume 2 of the Code which provides by whom banks shall be managed, and for -other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A bill to amend the charter of Ball Grouud, in Cherokee COunty, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

,.:By Mr. Kelly of Glascock-
A bill to repeal an Act to create an advisory board of ~ommissioners for the counties of Laurens and Glascock, .and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to hunt or fish, upon the lands of another without permission.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Davis of Meriwether (by request)-
A bill to amend section 2171, volume 2 of the Coderelative to changing the directions of railroads, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A resolution granting the Hon. John W. Akin of Bar- tow leave of absence on account of sickness.

At this juncture a communication was received from a committee of female colored citizens asking for an appropriation of $2,000 to assist in transporting certain of their race from this State to Africa. Upon being read the same was referred to the Committee on Immigration, on motion. of Mr. Bower of Decatur.
In accordance with his notice given this morning, Mr. Stovall of Chatham m~ved that the House reconsider itSaction of yesterday in not accepting the invitation to visit Griffin during the encampment of the Georgia State troops, which motion prevailed.

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

FRIDAY, jUNE 26, 1903.
By Mr; Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution providing that the House accept the invitation to visit Griffin on Saturday, June 27, 1903.
Mr. Daniel of Emanuel arose in his seat and gave forma}; notice of the death of the former member from the county of Emanuel, Hon. Geo. M. Warren.
Mr. Steed of Taylor then moved that the House adjournout of respect for the memory of Mr. Warren, which motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was grantedMr. Spence of Ware.
The Speaker then announced the House adj~urned until: 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Friday, June 26,_ 1903.

The House met pursuant .to adjournment at 10 o'clock A.l\{. this day, was called to order oy the Speaker, and . opened with prayer- by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold,

Aytes, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel,

Bell of M!lton, Blackburn, Booth, Bower, Boykln,

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Brinson, Hrock,

George, Glenn,

Mills, Mitcham.

' j'

Hrowu.

U1enade:,

Mitchell,

.Hruce,

llrice,

Mizell,

.Hucllan, .Huchannor.

Grittin, Hall,

Morton, Moses,

.Hmton,

Hardemar .

Mulherin.

.Hush,

Harden,

McBride,

.Butts,

Hawes,

McCurry,

..Calvin,

Hayes,

McElmurray,

Dandier,

Hendry,

McHenry,

..Cann,

Henry,

McLain,

<Carr, Carrington,

Hicks,
r_....'t.
Hixon of Carroll,

McHae, Newton

Carswell, Cliatt,

Hixon of ::5umter,
) ,'tl
Holder,

Nisbet, Owen,

Conner,

Houston,

Overstreet,

-cool>:,

Howard of Haldwin, O'Qulnu,

Cromartie,

Howard of Lamens, Parker,

Crumbly,

Howell,

Pate of Dooly,

.Daniel,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Daves,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Colfee,

navis,

.Johnson or Crawford, Paulk of Irwin,

Davison,

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

Deal,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Jelferson,

.Derrick,

Kelly,

Phillips of Quitman,

Dozier,

Kendrick,

Preston,

Duckett,

Kent,

Proctor,

Duggan,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

'Dunbar,

Knight,

Rankin,

'Edwards.

l{nowles,

Rawls,

English,

Lane,

Hedwin,.

Ennis,

Lanier,

Reid,

'Evans,

Lawrence,

Rice,

Felder,

Leigh,

Richardson,

'l!'ields,

Little,

Ridley,

Jqanigan,

Lowe,

Rogers of Hall,

l<'Iynt.

l\Iann,

Rogers of Mctntosh,

Foster of Oconee, l\Iaples.

Roper,

Foster of 'l'owns, Martin.

Rountree,

Franklin,

Mayson,

Sanders,

Pussell,

Miller of Hullocrr, Shackelford

Gaulden,

l\Iiller of Muscogee, Shannon,

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Singletary, Slaton, Spence, Sta,nford, Steed of Carroll, S~eed of Taylor, Stewart, Stovall, Strickland,

Thompson, 'l'hurman,
Tigner, 'l'rac;y:, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, 'Vatson, Wellborn,

West. Whitley.
'Vilson, Wise, Womble. Wooten, Yntes. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

A.kin, Bowen,

.Tobnson of Baker, Walker of Pierce,

Welch,

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

Upon the request of Mr. Steed of Carroll House Bill No. 404 was withdrawn from the further consideration of the House.

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

JJb. Speake1:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutionali. majority the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved December 21, 1899, entitled "An Act to provide for the holding of the several city courts in this State by the various city court judges thereof," and for other purposea.

Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the call of the roll ot counties for the introduction of n.ew matter be dispensed with, and all members having bills to introduce send them to the Clerk's desk, which motion prevailed.

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The following bills were then. introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to amend au Act to make appropriation for the .ordinary e~pensie's of the Executive, Legislative and Judi.cial departments of the State government, and for ot.her purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

13y Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate the Olive Springs school district, :and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

13y Mr. Tracy of WebsterA resolution to pay the pension due Mrs. Ep3ie J. Coker
to her son-in-law, Amos M. Johnson.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Grenade of Wilkes-
A bill to levy and collect a tax on divorces, and for <>ther purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill providing for the collection of the revenue of the 'State arising under special occupation anrl license taxes by .issuing execution therefor, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on ways and Means.

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:By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to protect purchasers and dealers from short weights, etc., aud for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

:By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to provide !for the return and assessment of all Teal and personal property in this State for purposes of taxation, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By unanimous consent the following report of the Com1mittee on Rules was introduced and read, to wit :

111r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No. 189, and they recommend that the .~me do paes as amended.
MR. MoRRIS, Chairman Ex.

The following message was received from the Senate .through Mr. Northen, Secretary of .Senate:
M1. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of
:the House:
A resolution inviting Hon. J. F. Hanson to address the General Assembly on June 29, 1903.
The following resolution, which was reported back to

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the House by the Committee on Rules, was taken up and\ read, to wit:.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
of Resolved, That until otherwise ordered the sessions
this House shall be as follows:

Meet at 9 o'clock.a.m. Adjourn at 1 o'clock p.m.

The committee proposed to amend by adding at the end of the above resolution the words" beginning with Wednesday, Jnly 1st."

The resolution was then adopted as amended. The reading of bills a first. time wa~ resumed and thefollowing bills were read and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. McBride of LeeA bill to incorporate the town of .A.rmena in Lee county,.
and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to incorporate the town 6 Plainville in Gordon
county, and for other pmposes.
Referred to Corporations Committee.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to fix a limit to the speed at which automobiles,. etc., may be run in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporation!.'.

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By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A resolution providing for the purchase of a. portrait of Governor Alex. H. Stephens, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
;
By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to repeal so much of the charter of Savannah as provides for the election of a jailer, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A bill to provide for the operation of an Act to establish the City Court of Hamilton, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Comm'ittee.

By Mr. Singletary of Thomas-
A bill to regulate the driving of cattle or sheep out of their range, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to incorporate the town of Boykin, and for other putposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-
A bill to amend section 2795, volume 2 of the Code~ and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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The following resolutions were introduced and read, to wit:
.By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A resolution looking to the expediting of the business of the House, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution providing t.hat beginning with June 29th the Clerk shall have printed and placed upon the desk of -each member a printed calendar of each day's business.
The above re,;olution was adopted. I
By unanimous 'consent Mr. Shannon, chairman of the. Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Counties and County Matters have
bad under consideration the following bills and have instructed me, as their chairman, to report back the same with the recommendation that the same do pass.
By Messrs. Alexander and Grenade of Wilkes-
A bill entitled an Act to abolish the Board of Roads and Revenues for the county of vVilkes.
By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-
An Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Jefferson in Jackson county.

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:By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-

An .Act to establish the City Qourt of .Jefferson in Jackson county.

By Mr. Tracy of \\'ebster-
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of -spirituous liquors in the county of Webster except through .a dispensary in the town of Preston.

By l.Vlr. Brock of Dade-

A bill to repeal an Act entitled an .Act to create a Board .of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dade.

Respectfully submitted.

JNo. R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Jones of Dougherty, chairman of Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Banks and Banking affairs having had under consideration House Bill No. 478, instructs me, -as chairman, to report the same back with the recommen<lation that it do pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

En. R. JONES, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee on Appropria~tions, submitted the following report :

~~r. Speaker: The Committee on Appropriations have had nuder coo-

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sideration House Resolution No. 190 and have instructe& me, their chairman, to report the same back to the Housewith a recommendation that the same do pass as amended..

Respectfully submitted.

CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon. its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this Statewhich relates to the power of taxation to be exercisedby the General Assembly, by adding at the end of said paragraph a proviso limiting the power of the General. Assembly to levy and assess a tax lor any purposes exceeding four-tenths of one per centum, except for specified purposes, and to provide for the submission of thesame to the people for ratification, and lor other pur-. poses.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly or the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act,. that paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of this State which relates to the powers of taxation, over the State of Georgia, to be exercised by the General Assembly, shall be amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: "Provided, however, that the General Assembly shall have no power to levy or assesstaxes for any purposes whatsoever, exceeding in the aggregate four-tenths of one per centum, alter the first day of

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-J"anuary, 1905, except for the purpose of suppressing insurrection, repelling inv-asion, 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 be is hereby authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each congressional -district in this State, for the period of two months previous to the next general election.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 'That the above proposed amendment shall be snbmitted for ratification or rejection of the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided for in the second section of this Act, in the several congressional districts of this S1ate, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor ot 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 anicle 7 of the Constitution of this State limiting the power of taxation of the General Assembly," and all persons opposed to the adopt-ion 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 1urther enacted by the authority aforesasd, That the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the foregoing proposed amen.dment of the Oon.:;titution of this State to a vote of tbe people, as provided by the Constitu-

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tion of this State in paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 13, and by this .Act; and if the same be ratified, the Governor shall, when be ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the same manner as in case of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result,. issue his proclamation and cause the same to be inserted. one ti01e in one of the daily papers uf this State, announcing such result and declaring the said amendment ratified.
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act. be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

The committee proposed to amend by inserting" five- tenths" in lieu of" four-tenths" wherever it occurs in said bill.

The committee amendment was adopted.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreE'd to.

.Au amendment to the Constitution being proposed in the bill, the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, AlfOL"d, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of lllmanuel,

Bell of Milton, Booth, Bower, Boykin, Brinson, Btown, Btuce, Hucbannon, Burton,
Bu~.

UandleJ, Uann, Cart, Carswell, Clintt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Ct'Ulllbly, Daniel,

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Daves,

J-ohnson of Cllnch, PhiUips of Jetrerson..

uavisou,

.Jones of Dougherty, Phillips of Quitman,

Deal,

Jones o1' l:'icken:;, .l:'r!lston,

Derrick,

Kent,

Proctor,

Dol!)ier,

Kilburn.

Hainey,

Duckett,

Knight,

Rankin,

Duggan,

Knowles,

Hawls,

English,

Lane,

Hedwine,

.Dnnis,

Lanier,'

Rice,

Evans,

Lawrence,

Hichardson,

Felder,

Leigh,

Rogers of Hall,

Fields,

Lowe,

Rogers of Mcintosh..

Flanigan,

Mann,

Roper,

l<'ostet or Oconee, Maples,

.Rountree,

l<'ostet of Towns, 3Iartin,

Sanders,

Franklin,

Mayson,

Shackelford,

lussell,

i\I iller or .Bullock, Shannon,

Gnuldeu,

i\Iiller of Muscogee, Singletary,

<~eotge,

Mills,

Stanford,

Glenn,

Mitcham,

Steed of Carroll,

Hall.

Mitchell,

Steed of Taylor,

Hardeman.

i\Iizell,

Stewart,

Harden,

~Totton,

StoYall,

Hawes,

Uoses,

Strickland,

Hayes,

3IcBride,

Thompson,

Hendry,

i\fcCurry,

Thurman,

Henry,

l\IcEimmray.

Tigner,

Hicks,

:O.IcHenry,

Tracy,

Hixon of Carroll, J\lcLain,

Underwooa,

Hixon of ~umter, Newton,

Holder,

Nisbet.

Houston,

O'Quinn,

Howard of Haldwln, "Pate of Dooly,

Howard of Laurens, "!:'aulk of Cotree,

Howell,

Paulk or 1rwln,

Hutcheson,

Peyton,

Valentine, walker of Monroe, Wellborn, Whitley, Wise, Womble, Virooten.

Those Yoting in the ~cgntive were :1\fessrs.-

Blackburn, Butts, Cal Yin,

Dunbar, Grenade,

i\Iulberin, West.

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Those not voting were Messrs~-

Akin, Bowen, Brock, Buchan, ()arrington, Davis, Edwards, Flynt, -Grice, -Griffin,

Johnson or Haker, Reid,

Johnson of Urawrord, Ridley,

Kelly,

Slaton,

Kendrick,

Spence,

Little,

Walker of Pierce,

2\fcRae,

"'atson.

Owen,

'Velcb,

0Yerstreet,

Wilson,

Parker,

Yates.

Pate of Gwlnuett, l\1r. Speaker.

Ayes 138; nays 7.

The roll-call was verified and upon counting the votes ()ast it was found that the ayes were 138, nays 7.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Stovall of. Chatham moved that when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet again at 10 o'clock Monday morning in order that the members of the House may attend the encampment of the Georgia State troops at Griffin on to-morrow, June 27th.
The previous question was called and the main question <>rdered.
On the adoption of the motion Mr. Franklin of Washington called for the ayes and nays. The call was not sustained.
The motion was then put to the-House and carried.
At the request of Mr. Brinson of Decatur House Bill No. 243 was wit_hdrawn from Committee on Constitutional

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Amendments and referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

Leave of absence was grantedMr. Jones of Pickens and Mr. Crumbly of Stewart.

On moti.on of Mr. Lane of Sumter the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Monday, June 29, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock .a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker pro tern. and opened w~th prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Baldwin, Beall, .Beauchamp, Pdl of Emanuel, Bell or Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bower,
Hoykin, Brinson, Brock, Brown,

Bruce, .Buchannon, .Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, ()arrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Otomartie, Crumbly,

Daniel, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, !'elder, Fields, Flanigan, l!'lynt,

JouK~IAL OF THE HousE.

Foster of Oconee, Leigh,

lt:l\YIS,

Foster of Towns, Little,

Hedwine,

l'ranklin,

Lowe,

Heid,

Fussell,

:\!ann,

Rice,

Gaulden,

.\laples,

Hicllardson,

George,

i\Iartin,

L{idley,

l~lenn,

i\Iayson,

Rogers of Hall,

Grenade,

l\Iiller of l:Snllock, Rogers of Mclntosll,

Urice,

i\liller of 1\iuscogee, Roper,

Grittin,

i\Iills,

Hountree,

. Hall,

~litcham,

Sauclers,

Harden,

:\Iitcbell,

Shackelford,

Hawes,

:\I izell,

Shannon,

Hayes,

:\lorton,

Singletaty,

Hendry,

l\Ioses,

Slaton,

Henry,

..\Iulheriu,

Spence,

Hict;s,

:\lcBride,

Stanford,

Hixon of Carroll, :uccurry,

Steed of Carroll,

Hixon of ::Sumter,

~Ic:Elmunay,

Steed of Taylor,

Holder,

Hc:Henry,

Stewart,

Houston,

McLain,

Stovall,

Howard of Baldwin, Newton,

Shickland,

Howarcl of Laurens, l'\isbet,

ThomtJson,

Howell,

owen,

Thurman,

Htitclleson,

Overstreet,

'l'igner,

Johnson of Baker, O'Quinn.

Tracy,

.Tohnson of Ulincb, Parker,

Underwood,

.Johnson of Crawford, Pate of Dooly,

Valentine,

Jones of Dougherty, Pate or Gwinnett, walker of Monroe,

.Jones of Pickens, Paulk of Coffee,

Watson,

Kelly,

Paulk of Irwin,

'Vellborn,

Kendrick,

Peyton,

'Vest,

Kent.

Phillips of .Tefferson, Whitley,

Kilburn,

Phillips of Quitman, wilson, .

Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier,

Preston, Proctor, Rainey. Rankin,

Wise, Womble, Wooten. Yates,

Lawrence,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Alford,

Ayres,

Bowen, Buchan, Daves,

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Davis, Hardeman, McRae,

\Yalker of l:'ierce. Welch, Mr. Speaker.

The Journal of Friday's proceedings was read and con- firmed.

The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:
By 1VII"". Steed of Carroll-
A resolution tendering the sympathy of the House toBon. N. A. Morris, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the death of his father.

At the request of Mr. Howell of Meriwether HouEeResolutiun No. 199 was withdra6':n from the Committee on .Public Property and re.lerred to the Committee on Appropriations.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas House Resolution No. 47 was recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

.Mr. Dunbar of Richmond asked the unanimous consent of the Honse to withdraw from its further consideration' House Bill No. 215, which request was granted.

The following resolution was read by unanimous consent and referred to the Committee on Special Agriculture,. to wit:
0
By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-
A joiut resolution providing that the Governor be authorized to appoint a commit~ee of five, three from the-

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House and two from the Senate, to frame a bill that will Cover the demands for a pure-food law, and for other purposes.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, .submitted the following report :

M1. Speakm:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under con.sideration the following bills of the House, and instruct me as ?hairman to report the eame back with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

A bill to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of
'8waim~boro.
,0
Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that it do not pass, to wit :

A bill to levy a tax on divorces.

Respectfully submitted.

JOH.N M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties .and County '\lfatters, submitted the following report:

M1. Spealce-r:
The Committee on Counties and County Matt~rs have had under consideration the following bills, and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bills with the recommendation that the Eame do pass..

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By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 3 of an. Act approved September 29, 1881, entitled au Act to repeal so much of the charter of city of Savannah and amendatory acts thereof as to provide greater pay for the deputy jailer and the jail-guards.

By Mr. Singletary of Thomas-
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate tbe driving ot cattle or sheep out of their range and to p~ovide for damages, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitt~d.
JNo. R. SHANNON, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter was dispensed with and tbe following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb-

A bill authorizing tbe mayor and council of the town o Roswell to issue bonds, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Almond of Rockdale-
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Pensions to reinstate J. J. W. Glenn of Rockdale county, upon the pension roll of 1903.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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By Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate the Elizabeth school district in Cobb county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a -committee of three from the House and two from the Senate, whose duty it shall be to investigate the feasibility -of leasing certain of the State's property, and for other purposes.
. Referred to Committee on vVays and Means.
By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to incorporate the Parrott school district in Terrell county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Overstreet of ScrevenA bill to repeal an Act to c.reate a system of public
schools for the Sylvania school district, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Overstreet of ScrevenA bill to regulate the taking of fish from the water~
{)[ this State, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee, on Counties and County Matters.

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By .Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A resolutiou to pay the pensiou of Mrs. L')uisa J. Bailey {)f Whitfield county to B. J. Bailey, her sor1.
Referred to Coinmittee ou Pensions.
. By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to incorporate the town of N uuez, to provide f0r a mayor and aldermen and other officers, and for ot.her purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County l\fatt~_rs.
By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court {)f Chattahoochee county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Leigh of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Aet to prescribe the manner and mode of making returnll by insurance compauies, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Carrington of Madi,;on-
A bill to provide for the employing of the felony convict;; of this State to extend the Western & Atlantic R. R.; .to appropriate money for same, and for other purposes.
Referred to the General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary of Thomas-

A bill to repeal an Act. to incorporate the town of Meigs, anfl for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperanc~.

By !.\'lessrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary of Thomas-.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Metcalf in Thomas county, and for other purpoRes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County .Matters.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-

A bill to incorporate the Whitesburg school district in the county of Carroll.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to amend section 672, volumn 3 of the Code by adding at the end of said section a proviso, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Griffin of Triggs-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Twiggs county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee ou Counties and County Matters.

On motion of Mr. Felder of Bibb 300 copies of House Bill :No. 281 were ordered printed for the use of the House.

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At the request of Mr. Adar:ps of Putnam Senate Bill .No. 55 was taken from the table and placed upon the cal-
~endar.

On motion of 1\Ir. Ennis House Resolution No. 36 was .-tabled.

On motion of Mr. Steed of Carroll House Bill No. 39 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Howell of Meriwether House Bill J\o. 43 was tabled during the absence of the author.

The following Senate hill was read the first time, to wit:

.'By Mr. Sweat of the Fifth District-

A bill to amend an Act providing for the holding of the several circuit courts of this State by the various city court _judges thereof, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution was read and referred to Com,mittee on Rules, to wit:

_By Mr. Morton of Jones-
A resolution providing that beginning with July 6th vthe House shall hold two sessions per day.

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 House, to wit:
6hj

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A bill to be entitled an Act to increase the authority ofthe recorders' courts in certain cities in regard to minors.

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

By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Mount Vernon, 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 102, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma--jority was passed.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A bill to regulate the filing and accepting of second.! claims under the claim laws of this State, to punish any officer Yiolating this Act, and for other purposes.
The ccmmittee proposed to amend as follows:
Amend by inserting in the first section after the word~ "dismissal" in fifth line the words "or withdrawal."
Also, amend by inserting after the word " dismissal" in, line 6 "or withdrawal."
Also, amend by inserting after the word "execution" in line 9 of said section the words "or other rep-resentative."'

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna- jority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Shannon of Monroe-
A bill to amend section 813, volume 3 of the Code providing for the appointment of jury commissioners of this State, and for other purposes.
.. The committee proposed to amend by adding at the end of section 1 the words " and their successors shall be appointed for six years."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Thurman of walker, the House reconsidered its action in agreeing to the report of the committee for the purpose of allowing him to offer the following amendment, to wit:
"Provided, no one so recommended for such commissioner shall be a member of the grand jury making such recommendation."
The above amendment was adopted.
The report of the committee was then agreed to as amended.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 62, nays 56.

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The bill having failed to receive the requisite C<lnstitutional majority was lost.

A motion was made that House Bill No. 71 be tabled, which motion was put to the House and carried.

By Messrs. Knight of Berrien and Paulk of Coffee-
A resolution for the relief of E. A. Buck of Berrien -county, and for other purposes.

The committee proposed to amend by adding the following proviso, which was adopted, to wit:

"Provided, the security on the bond shall not be relieved from the court costs arising from the forfeiture of the bond."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The resolution haYing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Owing to the absence of tb,e author House Resolution No. 63 was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb House Bill No. 65 was tabled.

By Mr. Spence of Ware-
A resolution to pay the pension of Jesse E. Butler to his widow..

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An appropriation being involved in the resolution the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for a consideration oi the same, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Dunbar of Richmond.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and through their chairman referred the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.
The ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the yote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Almond, Arnold, Beall, Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Bower, Brinson, Brown, Buchannan, Burton, Bush, Butts, Ualvin, Candler, Cann, Uarr, Carrington, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Daniel, Davi!lon,

Deal, Derr1ck, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards,
~ngllsh,
Ennis,
~vans,
Felder, Fields, l~'oster or Oconee. Foster of 'l'owns, Fussell, Gaulden, G(>()rge, Glenn, Grenade, Hall, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry,

Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Uarroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Haldwm, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Hak.,., Johnson of Urawrord, Kelly, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence, Leigh,
Little, Lowe, Mann,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Maples, Martin, Mayson, l\:Iiller of .Bullock, 1\Iills, l\Iitcham, l\Iitchell, Morton, Moses, McBride, McCurry, l\IcBlmurray, McHenry, 1\IcLain, Newton, Nisbet, Owen, O'Quinn, Parker. Pate of Dooly,

Pate of Uwinnett, Singletary,

Peyton,

'Spence,

Phillips of Jelferson, Stanford,

Phillips of Quitwan, Steed of Carroll,

Preston,

Steed of Taylor,

Proctor,

Strickland,

Hainey,

Thompson,

Hankin,

Thurman,

Hawls,

Tigner,

Hed\Yine,

Tracy,

Reid,

Underwood.

Hice.

Yalentine,

Richardson,

iYalker of Monroe

RicHey,

Wellborn,

Rogers of Hall,

\Vest,

Rogers of Mclntost>_,. Wise,

Hoper,

Womble.

t{ountree,

Wooten.

Sanders,

Yates,

Shannon,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alexander, Alford, Ayres, Baldwin, Bell of Milton, Boqth, Bowen, Boy kin, .Brock, Bruce, Buchan. Carswell, Cromartie, Crumbly,

Da>es,

lllcHae,

Vans,

Overstreet,

Flanigan,

Paulk of Coffee,

Flynt,

Paulk of Irwin

Franklin,

Shackelford,

Grice,

~laton,

Uritlin,

Stewart,

Hardeman,

Sto>all,

.Johnson of Clinch. Walker of Pierce,

Jones of Dougherty, 'Vatson,

.Tones of Picken!', Kendrick,

iVelch, Whitley,

:\filler of l\Iuscogee, lVI!son.

l\fizell,

l\Ir. Speaker.

1\fulherin,

Ayes 131; nays 0.

On motion of Mr. Hawes of Elbert the verification of the roll-call was dispenEed with.

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On the pasmge of the resolution the ayes "ere 131, nays 0.

The resolution having reqeiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passe:l.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to amend an Act relative to the road laws of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

A substitute was offered by the committee to the above bill to which Mr. Tigner of :Muscogee offered the following amendment:

To amend the substitute by striking out the words "three dollars" wherever they occur and insert in lieu thereof the words "two dollars."

Mr. Steed of Taylor called the previous question on the bill and pending amendment, which call was sustained and the main question ordered.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Tigner was then put to the House and lost; ayes 50, nays 55.
The substitute offered by the committee was then :adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 6.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

88

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Leave of absence was grantedMr. Mizell, Mr. Stovall, Mr. Daves, Mr. Stewart.

On motion of Mr. Cann of Chatham, the House tl adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, June 30, 1903

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'cl, a.m. this day, was called to order oy the Speaker opened wi~h prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, AyrP.s, Baldwin, Beall, Heauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bower, Boy kin,

Urinson, Hrock, Brown, Bruce. Buchan. Buchanno... Hurton, Hush. Butts, Galvin, Candler, Cann, Carr. Carrin.,"'too, Carswell,

Conner, Cliatt, COO!i., Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Dea:l, Derrick, Dozler, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Ed'wards;.

Tu:uD.n, Jun SO, 1903.

89-

ll:ngUsll,

Knight,

Rainey,

Ennis,

.KnowleS,

Rankin,

.Evus,

Lane,

RawlS,

t'elder,

L.I:Lnler,

.Hedwln..

lt'ieJ.t:bs,

Lawrence,

Reid,

.J.<'lan.agan,

J..l:!lgh,

!Uce,

b'lynt.

Little,

l!'oster of Oconee. J..owe,

l;Ucllardson, Ridley,

Foster of .r~ llaun,

Raters of Hall,

.b'ranklln,

Maples,

Rogers of M.ctntosll..

l!'osseu,

Martin,

Roper,

Gal11deu,

Mayson,

Rountree.

George,

Miller ot BoUo.:s, Sanders,

Glenn,

lllller of Muacogee, Shackelford

Grenade,

Mllls.

Shannon,

Grlee,

llltcham.

Singletary,

Grll:f:l.n,

Mitchell,

Slaton,

Ball,

l(fzell,

Spence,

Bar4em&l'-

Morton,

Stanford,

Barden,

Moses,

Steed of Ca.l'l'Qll,

Hawes,

Mulnerln.

Steed of Taylor,

Hayes,

McBride.

Stewart,

Hendry,

i\lcCurr;r,

Stovall,

Henry, Hicks, Bi:s:on of carroll, Hi:s:on of Sumter,

~lcElwurray,
1\lcHenry, lfcLain, 1\ewton.

Strickland, ThOmpson, Thurman, Tigner,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Houston,

Owen,

Boward of Baldwin, Overstreet,

Holvard of Laurens, O'Quinl.t.

Howell,

Parker.

Hutcbes(ln,

Pate of Dool7,

Johnson of Baker, Pate of Gwinnett,

.Tohnson or Or&wford,Paulk of Cotree.

Jones of Dougherty, Paulk of Irwin,

Trac;v, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of :Monroe,. Watson, Wellborn, West. Whitley Wilson,

Jones of l'ickeqs, Pe;rton,

Wise,

KelJ7,

Pbfllips of Jefferson, Wolllble.

Kendrick,

Phillips of Quitman, Wooten,

Kent,

Preston,

Yates.

Kilbnrn,

Proctor,

Mr. Speaker.

'90

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those absent were Messrs.-

akin, '!:Iowen, .Da>es,

Johnson of Clinch,
JHcHae,

Walker of Pierce,
\Velch,
\. ..

Mr. Flanigan of Gwinnett reported that the Journal of yesterday's proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was then read and confirmed.

Mr. Shannon of Monroe gave notice that at the proper time be would move to reconsider the action of the House in not passing, on yesterday, House Bill No. 53.

At the request of Mr. Tiguer of Muscogee House Bill No. 102 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

House Bill No. 27 was also taken from tbe table and jplaced upon the calendar at the request of Mr. Steed of <Carroll.

The following resolution was introduced and read, to wit:

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A resolution providing that a committee be appointed to visit nut fewer than three and not more than five cities in which cotton mills are located, in order to ascertain the true condition of the operatives a5 compared with laboring people engaged in other pursuits.

The above resolution was ordered to lay over for one day.

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At the request of Mr. Slaton of Fulton Senate Bill No. 49 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.

By unanimous consent the following Lills were introd need, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Derrick of Rabun-
A bill to prohibit persons operating sawmills in this State from dumping the sawdust in the running streams, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Beauchamp of Butts-
A resolution for the relief of I. J. Slaughter of Butts County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo in "Thomas com,ty, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Mayson llnd Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to allow the mayor and council to issue bonds, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

92

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur soas to allow the mayor and council to construct a system of sewerage, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Maples of Mitchell-
A bill to incorporate the town of Baconton in Mitchell; county.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the towu of Decatur so as to allow the .mayor and council of Decatur to pave .the sidewalks.
Referred to Committee on norporations.

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A bill to amend an Act to protect fish in the streams of Bartow county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to incorporate the Bronwood school district in, Terrell county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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93

:By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

A bill to provide certain compensation to the clerks of the superior courte of this State, and for other purposes.
r
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A resolution to appropriate $50,000 for the purpose of -exhibiting Georgia's resources at the St. Louis Exposition.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

J3y Messrs. Stovall and Hawes-
A resolution directing the State Printer to print and !bind certain public records.
Referred to Committee on Public Printing.

The following resolutions were read, to wit :

l3y Mr. Houston of Fulton-
A resolution making the "Child Labor Bill'' the special order for Tuesday, July 7th, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal, and providing also that 300 copies be .printed for the use of the House.

Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following message was received from the Senate -through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
!rfr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional
:majority the following Senate bill, to wit:

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for Appling county; define their powers, prescribe their duties, and for other pnrposes.

The fo-l..lowing resolutions were read and adopted, to

wit: ,j)0

.

By Mr. S1laton of Fulton-

IIi'

A resolution providing that when the House adjourn

Ftiday, July 3d, it stand adjourned until Monday, July

6th, and that Saturday, .July 4th, be declared dies non.

l\'Ir. Hall of Bibb moved to amend by striking the words "and that Saturday, July 4th, be declared dies non."

The amendment was adopted and the resolution was then adopted as amended.

By l\Ir. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution tendering the hall ot the House to the Daughters of the American Revolution on July 4, 190;3.

The following communication was read, to wit:

ATLA.NTA, GA., June 29, 1903.
Hon. N. A. 11forris, Speaker Honse of Representatives:
MY DEAR Sm-In behalf of Company E, Fifth Regiment Georgia State troops, and the Massachusetts Mills in Georgia, I desire to extend to the General Assembly a most cordial invitation to be present at their patriotic exercises and barbecue to be held at Lindale, Floyd county, Georgia, on July4, 1903.
This invitation has already been accepted by the Governor and his staff, Senator A. S. Clay, Congressman J ohu W. 1\:Iaddox and other distinguished Georgians.

TuESDAY, JuNE 30, 1903.

9&-

The entire Fifth Regiment and a squadron of the famous. Seventh Cavalry, United States troops, will participate in
the exercises ot the occasion. \Ve hope that all who can
possibly do so will attend.
Trains will go up early Saturday morning and return toAtlanta on the evening of the same day.
.Yours very truly,
vv. A. KNowLEs,
Representative Floyd County.

On motion of Mr. Steed the above invitation was ac-. cepted.

The following invitation to visit Tallulah Falls on Fri-. day, July 3d, to be present at the meeting of the Georgia Bar Association, was read, to wit:

ATLANTA, GA., June 29, 1903.

Hon. N. A. ~f01Tis, Speaker Honse of Representatives:

DEAR SIR-I have the honor to extend to the General

Assembly from the State Bar Association an invitation to.

meetings of our association for Friday, July 3, 1903..

Upon that day Chief Judge Parker of the Court of Ap-

peals of New York city will address us.

As all matters pertaining to the legal profession are of

interest to the General Assembly, and as this distinguished

judge's views upon any legal question will be of particular

interest, we hope that as many of yon as can conveniently

do so will be present. The association desires that you be

our guests from Atlanta to and at Tallulah and return.

Trains will go up Friday morning and return Friday

evening.

Very respectfully,

BuRTON SMITH, President Georgia State Bar Association.

.96

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By unanimous consent the following bills were reaJ the -first time, to wit:

By Mr. Little of Hancock-
A bill to amend an Act to levy and collect a tax fur the .-support of the State government, etc., and for other purpo:;es.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Shannon of Monroe moved to reconsider the action -of the House in not passing House Bill No. 53, which motion prevailed; ayes 68, nays 38.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution limiting the business of the House on Fri-day, July 3d, to the reading of local bills for first, second c:and third times.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution making House Bill No. 20 the special order for July 14th, immediately after the reading of the Jour.nal, and providing that 300 copies of said bill be printed for the use of the House.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the .Srst time, to wit:

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court -<lf Decatur connty, and for other purposes,
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

TUESDAY, JuNE 30, 1903.

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Mr. Beauchamp of Butts was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 490.

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

M1. Speaker:

The General J udiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, and I am instructed as chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend section 574 of volume 1 of t.he Code so as to exempt minors frum road duty.

A bill to amend section 4625 of the Civil Code of Georgia so as to prevent withdrawal and refi.ling claims for purpose of delay.

A bill to amend sub-section 11 ot section 4082 of volume 2 of the Code.

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court in Hamilton.

A bill to provide for the operation of an Act establishing the City Court of Hami~ton.

A bill to amend section 892 of the Code so as to provide for issuing alias fi. fas. for collection of taxes due Cities, towns and villages.

A bill to require railroad companies and other carriers to equip their flat cars used for carrying lumber with standards, ar.d for other purposes.

Also, thefollowing bills of the House, with the recom-

mendation that they do pass as amended, to wit :

7h j



98

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

A bill to inhibit the marriage of a white person with a negro, and for other purposes.

A bill to regulate proceedings in claim cases where real estate has been levied on.

Also, the following House bill, with the recommendation that it do not pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for the trial of all criminal cases returnable to county courts upon accusation, without indict,tnP.nt or presentment.
~espectfully submitted.
JoHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Messrs. Alexander and Grenade of Wilkes-
A bill to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of 'Vilkes county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Davis of MeriwetherA resolution to appropriate $9,360 for indigent widows.

By Mr. West of Lowndes-A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Merchants
Bank of Valdosta.
By Mr. Kelly of GlascockA bill to repeal an Act providing for a B')ard of Ad-

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1903.

99

visory Commissioners for the counties of Laurens and Glascock.

The above bill was recommitted on motion of the author.

By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-
A bill to amend an. Act to create the City Court of Green ville.
On motion of the author the above bill was recommitted.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hayes of MaconA bill to amend an Act to amend tlie charter of the
town of Montezuma, in Macon county. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Harden of ChathamA bill to amend section 1254 of the Code, which pro-
vides for the granting of pensions, and for other purposes Referred to Committee on Pensions.

100

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hawes--

A bill to appropriate $2,000 for having made transcripts of important records in London pertaining to Colonial and Revolutionary periods of this State.
Referred to Committee on Appropirations.

By Mr. Davison of GreeneA bill providing for the better protection of the public
roads of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Hendry of Liberty-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts of Liberty county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb House Bill No. 65 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll- -

A bill to further extend the powers of the Railroad Commission of this State, and for other purposes.

The committee proposed to amend as follqws :

1st. To amend by striking section 2.

2d. To further amend by changing section 3 to section 2.

TuESDAY, JuNE 30, 1903.

101

3rd. To further amend by changing section 4 to section 3.

The amendments offered by the co~rmittee were adopted.

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 125, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to amend section 610, volume 1 of the Code of 1895 to provide for an equitable proportion of expense to fall on each of the counties connected by a bridge or ferry crossing the county line, and fm other purposes.
'rhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

The House reconsidered its action m adopting the report of the committee in order that Mr. Fussell might introduce the following amendment, to wit:
To amend the caption by inserting after the word "entitled" in the first line the following: " An Act to repeal an Act entitled."
The amendment was adopted.
The report of the committee was then agreed to as amended.

Mr. Harden of Chatham moved that the Rouse adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the bill under discussion went over as unfinished business.

102

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. Cromartie, l\fr. Ridley, l\fr. Dunbar.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, July 1, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, o\.lexander, Alt"ortl, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, He all, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson. Brock,

Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchan non, Burton.. Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Daniel, Davis,

Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English. Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields, l!'lynt, Foster of Oconee, Ji'oster of Towns, Franklin, Fussell,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1903.

103

Gaulden,

Mann,

Reid,

George,

Maples,

Hice,

Glenn,

Martin,

Richardson,

Grenade,

Mayson,

Ridley,

Grice,

Miller of Bullock, Rogers of Hall,

Gritlin,

1\iiller of Muscogee, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Hall,

l\fills,

Roper,

Hardeman,

l\Iitcham,

Rountree,

Harden,

Mitchell,

Sanders,

llawes,

Mizell,

Shackelford,

Hayes,

Morton,

Shannon,

Hendry,

Moses,

Singletary,

Henry,

Mulherin,

Slaton,

Hicks,

McBride,

Spence,

Hixon of CarToll, McCurry,

Stanford,

Hixon of Sumter, McElmurray,

Steed of Carroll,

Holder,

McHenry,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

Houston,

McLain,

Stewart,

Howard of Baldwin, Newton,

Stovall,

Howard of Laurens, Nisbet,

Strickland,

Howell,

()wen,

Thompson,

Hutcheson,

Overstreet,

Thurman,

Johnson of Baker, O'Quinn,

Tigner,

J olm.sou of Crawford, Parker,

Tracy,

Jones of Dougherty, Pate of Dooly,

Underwood,

Jones of l:'ickens, Pate of Gwinnett, Valentine.

Kelly,

Paulk of Coffee,

Walker of Monroe,

Kendrick,

Paulk of Irwin,

Walker of Pierce,

Kent,

Peyton,

Wellborn,

Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence. Leigh,
Little,

Phillips Phillips

of of

QJe~ilftemrasno.n'

West. Whitley,

Preston,

Wilson,

Proctor, Rainey, Rankin, Rawls, Redwine,

Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Lowe,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Cromartie, Crumbly,

Daves, Flanigan, Johnson of Clinch,

!\feRae, Watson. Welch,

104

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

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

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

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A resolution making House Bill No. 94 the special order for Friday, July 3d, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal, and providing that 200 copies be printed for the use of the House.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

jJJr. Spcalcer;
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills and have instructed me, as their chairman, to report back said bills with the recommendation that the same do pass.

By Mr. Bush of Miller-

A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Boy kin in the county of .Miller, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-

A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Chattahoochee county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-

A bill to be entitled an Act to fix the nbmber of days

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 1, 1903.

105

each person subject to road duty in this State shall be required to work, and for other purposes.

This bill recommended cy substitute.

By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to protect purchasers and dealers from fraudulent short weights, and for other purposes.

This bill recommended as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Conner, chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:

111r. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture bas had under consideration House Bill No. 483, and instructs me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that the same do pass as amended by the committee.
Also, said committee has had under consideration House Resolution No. 206, and instructs me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that the same do pas!:.
J. J. CoNNER,
Chairman.

Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

M1. Speaker:
The Appropriations Committee has had under consideration House Reo;ol uti on No. 199, and has instructed me, its chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

Also, House Bill No. 518 to be returned with the recommendation that it do uot pass.

Respectfully submitted.

CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
1v1T. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2809 of the Civil Code.
A bill to be entitled an Act. to regulate the law of year's support.
A bill to be entitled an Act providing for the collection of the revenue of the State arising under special occupation and license taxes, by issuing execution therefor, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2166 of the Code of 1895.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1903.

107

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Countiesand County Matters, submitted the following report :

jJfr. Speake1:
The Committee on Counties l!Dd County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills and have instructed me, as their chairman, to report back said bills. with the recommendation that the same do pass.

By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-

To amend an Act creating a Board ot Commissioners of Roads and Revenus of Twiggs county.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

To amend the charter of the town of Cairo in Thomas. county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Hendry of Liberty-
To change the time of holding the superior courts of Liberty county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
To amend the charter of the town of Metcalf in Thomas. county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Davison of Greene-
To protect the public roads of this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
To regulate the catching of fish for sale from the waters of Georgia, and for other purposes.

108

JouR~AL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

To amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania in Screven county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
Tv repeal an Act to establish a system of public schools for Sylvania school district, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
To incorporate the town of Nunez m the county of Emanuel, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Maples of Mitchell-
To incorporate the town of Baconton in Mitchell county, to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Derrick of Rabun-
To prohibit any person, firm or corporation operating a sawmill from allowing the sawdust or other refuse from emptying into the running streams of the State, and for other purposes.
This bill recommended do pass as amended by the committee.
Respectfully submitted~
JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1903.

109

'Under the head of Unfinished Business the following bill was taken up for a further consideration, to wit:

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to amend section 610, volume 1 of the Code so as to provide for an equitable proportion of expense to tall on each of the counties connected by a bridge or ferry, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee was agreed to on yesterday.

Mr. Wilson of Clay called for the previous question, but withdrew the call at the request of Mr. Moses.
Mr. Moses then moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to the report of the committee, which motion was lost.
The previous question was again called.
On the passage of the bill Mr. Tigner of Muscogee called for the ayes and nays. 'l'he call was sustained and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell qf Milton, Booth, Boy kin,

Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Calvin, Carr, Cliatt, Conner, Davis, Davison,

Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duggan, Edwards, English, Evans, I<'ields, Flynt, l<'oster of oconee, Franklin,

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l~'ussell,

Lane,

George,

Lanier,

Glenn,

Lawrence,

Grenade,

Leigh,

Grice,

Lowe,

Hall,

Maples,

Hardeman,

,Martin,

Hawes,

Mayson,

Hayes,

Miller of Bullock,

Henry,

Mizell,

Hicks,

Morton,

Holder,

Moses,

Howard ot Laurens, McBride,

Howell,

McHenry,

Hutcheson,

McLain,

.Johnson of Crawford,Newton,

Jones of Dougherty, Nisbet,

.Jones of Pickens, Owen,

Kelly,

O'Quinn,

Kent,

Pate of Gwlnnett,

Kilburn,

Paulk of Co!Iee,

Knowles,

Paulk or Irwin,

Proctor, Rankin, Rawls, Hedwine, Reid, .ttichardson, Rogers of Hall, Rogers of Mcintosh Roper, Rountree, Shackelford, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,
Tracy, Underwooa, Valentjne, Walker or Monroe, whitley, Womble,

Those voting in the negative were l1:essrs.-

Blackburn, Bower,
Brinson, Burton, Butts, ,Carrington, (Jook, Daniel, Duckett, Felder, Gaulden, -Gril:l:in, Harden,

Hendry,

Phillips of Quitman

Hixon of Carroll, Houston,

Preston, Rainey,

Howard or Baldwin, Rice,

Mann,

Sanders,

Miller of Muscogee, Singletary,

Mills,

Stovall,

ll:lulberin,

Tigner,

McCurry,

'Vellborn,

lllcElm mTay,

"\Vise,

Parker,

Wooten.

Pate of Dooly,

Yates.

Peyton,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alexander,

Bell of Emanuel, Bowen,

Bush, Candler,

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Cann, ..Carswell, Cromartie, -crumbly, Daves, Dunbar, Ennis, Flanigan, Foster of Towns, Hixon of ~umter, .Johnson of Haker,

Johnson of Clinch, Slaton,

Kendrick,

~pence,

Knight, Little, Mitcham, 1\fitchell, !\feRae, Overstreet,

Steed of Taylor,
"rStewart, alker of Pierce, watson, Welcb,
West.

Phillips of J etrerson, Wilson,

Ridley,

l\ir. Speaker.

Shannon,

Ayes 99; nays 38.

The roll-call was verified and on counting th6 votes cast

it was found that the ayes were 99, nays 38.

'

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

At the request of l\fr. Calvin of Richmond House Bill No. 405 was recommitted to the General Agriculture Committee.

Mr. Fields, acting chairman of the Special Judiciary Oommittee, submitted the following report, to wit:

111r. Speaker:

Your Committee on Special J udiciary ha\e had under -~onsideration the following Honse bills and have instructed me as their chairman to report them back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass.

By l\fr. Rainey of Terrell-

An Act to incorporate the Sasser school district in Terrell county, Georgia ..

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By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-

To amend section 3 t of an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville in Meriwether county.

By Mr. Kelly of Glascock-
To repeal an Act entitled an Act to create an Advisory Board of Commissioners f-or the counties of Laurens and Glasscock.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
0
To amend section 2 of the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia of the sessions of the years 1882-3 incorporating the town of Brownwood in the county of Terrell.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
To incorporate the Parrott school district JD Terrell county.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
To incorporate the Brownwood school district in Terrell county, Georgia.

Your committee have instructed me to report the following House bills back to the Houee with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw them :

By Mr. Underwood of White-
To repeal section 1315 of volume 1 of the Code of 18!:!5.

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By Mr. Underwood of White-

To provide how and when a board of trustees for the Academy for the Blind shall be appointed, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Fields and Pate of Dooly, McCurry of Hart, Tigner of Muscogee, Derrick of Rabun and Bell of Milton-

To amend an Act approved DecP,mber 21, 1897, relative to the alternative road law. I am instructed to report this bill back to the House with the recommendation that it pass as amended.

Your committee have instructed me to report' the following House resolutions back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-
To provide for refunding $50 paid to Secretary of State Cook for a charter for Bank of Barnesville.

By Mr. Underwood of White-

To require all managers of dispensaries to make annual reports to Comptroller-General.

I am instructed by your committee to report the following House bills back to the House w~th the recommendation that they do not pass :

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

To amend section 1097 of the Criminal Code.
Shj

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By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-

Making the charging or taking of a greater rate of interest than 25 per cent.' per annum a misdemeanor.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
To amend section 2582 of the Civil Code of 1895.
s. R. FIELDS,
Acting Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee whose duty it shall be to draft and report to the General A10sembly a bill to cover the demands for a "purefood law."

By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-
A bill for the prevention of cruelty to animals, to define the meaning of the word "cruelty," and for other purposes.

Mr. Morris, Chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted ~be following report :

M1'. Speakc1:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolutions Nos. 213, 218 and 220, and they recommend that the same do pass as amended.
Also, House Resolution No. 219, and they recommend that the same do pass.

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Also, House Resolutions Nos. 201 and 210, and they recommend that the same do not pass.

MR. MoRRIS,
Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolutions, reported back by the Committee on Rules, were taken up for adoption, to-wit:
By Mr. Houst1>n of Fulton-
A resolution making House Bill No. 37 the special order for Tuesday, July 7, and that 300 copies be printed for use of the House.
The committee proposed to~amend by adding at the end thereof the following: "And that the previous question be called at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, July 8, and that the time be equally divided between the opponents and advocates of the bill."
The resolution was adopted as ~mended; ayes 117, nays 0.
By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution providing that the business of the House on Friday be limited exclusively to the reading of local bills for first, second and third times.
The committee proposed to amend by adding thereto the following: "And general bills for first and second reading."
The committee amendment was adopted.
The resolution was then adopted as amended; ayes 118, nays 0.

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The following resolutions ware put to the House and lost, to wit :

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A resolution looking to the expediting of the l>nsiness of the House.
.By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution making House Bill No. 20 the speeial order -1or Tuesday, July 14th.

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A bill to make Bill No. 94 the special order for Friday, -July 3d, and providing also fhat 200 copies be printed for -use oi House.
..:By Mr. Morton of Jones-
A resolution providing for two sessions each day, beginning with Monday, July 6th.
Mr. Reid, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:
llb. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under conside:ration the following bills, which they instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the house with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

House Bill No. 476-By Mr. Reid, of Campbell-
A bill to pay off and retire bonds of this State as they mature (in accordance with article 7, section 14, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877) by levy and collection of a .tax for that purpose, and for other purposes.

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Also, House Bill No. 520-By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill providing for the collection of the revenue of the State arising under specia1 occupation and license taxes by issuing execution therefor, and for other purposes.

Also, House Resolution No. 209-By Mr. Whitley, of' Douglas-

To appoint a committee to investigate the feasibility of leasing certain property of the State in the hl?ty of Atlanta.

Respectfully submitted.

c. s. REID,
Chairman

The following invitation was read and on motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, the same was accepted:

CoLQUITT, GA., June 29, 1903.
Hon. J. A. BMh, Representative Jfiller Co., Atlanta, Ga.
DEAR SIR-On behalf of the citizens of Miller county we desire to extend through you an invitation to the House of Representatives to be present with us at a county barbecue to be held' at Colquitt on next Saturday, July 4th inst. Should this invitation be accepted, we assure you, one and all, that our people will see to it that you enjoy the trip.
Hoping to have you with us, we remain, Yours very respectfully, M.D. ROBERTS, ,J. A. BusH,
w. I. GEER,
E. B. Busa, J. R. WILLIAl\IS, Committee ou Invitation.

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The following invitation to be present at the exercises of the Daughters of the American Revolution on July 4th was read and on motion of Mr. Felder of Bibb, the same was accepted.

Bon. N. A. lJIImris, Speaker of the House of Rep1esentaiives:

DEAR SIR-The members of the House of .Represen-

tatives are cordially invited by the Joseph Habersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to

be present at Ppatriotic celebration to be held under the

auspices of this Chapter in the hall of the House of Representatives on the fourth instant, at 11 o'clock a. m.
The thanks of the Chapter are tendered for the use of

the hall on that occasion.

It is requested that this communication be read to the House of Representatives.

Very respectfully, MRS. EDMUND R. BERKELEY,

June 30, 1903.

Corresponding Secretary.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution providing that requests for unanimous consent be in order immediately after the reading of the Journal, and that after the next order of business is reached no request to change the order of business shall be entertained.

By Mr. Davis of Meriwether-
A resolution making House Resolution No. 190 the special order on Thursday, July 2d, immediately after the report of the Committee on Rules is received.

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By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Holder aud Hardeman of Jackson-

. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Jefferson.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By ;t\1r. McCurry of Hart-:-
A bill to amend section 822 of the Penal Code relative to the manner of selecting traverse jurors, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Morris uf Cobb-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Upshaw school district; and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

, A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Douglas, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Me8srs. McLain and Morris of Cobb-

A bill to amend the charter of Acworth in Cobb county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A. bill to amend an A.ct to authorize any owner of a bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt to foreclose the same in the same manner as mortgages on personal property, and for other pu~pose8.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton the House took a recess for fifteen minutes in order that the memberd might meet Judge A. B. Parker of New York, who is a guest of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

The Home was again called to order by the Speaker pro tern.
The reading of new matter was resumed and the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A. bill to amend an A.ct to incorporate the town of High Shoals in the counties of Walton and Morgan, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. George of Morgan-

A bill to prescribe the manner in which corporations shall return their property for taxation where the same lies partly in two counties, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Martin of Elbert--
A bill to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to employ a veterinary surgeon, and for other purposes.
lteferred to Committee on General,Agriculture.

By Mr. Edwards of Mari~n-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary In the town of Buena Vista, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Miller and WellbornA bill to amend section 194, volume 3 of the Code, and
for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hawes of Elbert-
A bill to amend an Act to amend section 3667 of the CodP., and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Lane and Hixon of Sumter-

A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Americus, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Kendrick of Taliafe.rro-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sharon, anJ for other purposes.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-

.A bill to amend the. charter of Greensboro, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ayers of Polk-
A bill to confer jurisdic~ion upon the municipal authorities of. the incorporated cities and towns of this State to punish certain vagrants, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

At the request of Mr. Beauchamp of Butts, resolution No. 18 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration House Bill No. 526, to be entitled an Act to fix the limit of speed of automobiles, and instruct me as their

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chairman to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

THos. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Sp_ealcer:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration House Bill No. 524, to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Armena in the county of Lee, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.
THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.
A motion to adj.ourn was put to the House and carried and the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, July 2, 1903.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Fdl or Emanuel, Bell or MiltoQ. Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Hush, Butts, Calvin, Candler,

Cann,

Carr,

Carrington,

Carswell,

Cliatt,

Conner,

Cook,

Cromartie,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Daves,

Davis,

Davison,

Deal,

Derrick,

Dozier,

Duckett,

Duggan,

Dunbar,

Edwards,

English,

Ennis,

Evans,

!'elder,

Fields,

Flanigan,

Flynt,

' 'i

Foster of Oconee, !foster of Towns, Franklin, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Grittin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Hixon ot :Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard ot Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of .Baker,

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.J'ohQson of Crawford,Roper,

. Roper,

..Jones of Dougherty, McElmurray,

Rountree,

Jones of l'tcliens, McHenry,

Saudets,

.KeU;r,

. : HcLatn,

Shackelford.

Kendrick,

McRae,

Shannon,

=Kent.

,..ewton,

Singletary,

,Kflburn,

Nisbet,

Slaton,

.Knight,

Owen,

Spence,

Knowles,

Overstreet,

Stanford.

1Lane,

O'Qninn,.

Steed of Carroll,

Lanier,

Patker,

Steed. of T&7lor,

Lawrence,

Pate ot Dooly,

Stewart,

'Leigh,

Pate of Gwtrinett, Stovall,

'Little,

Paulk of Cofres, Strickland,

Lowe,

Paulk of Irwin, Thompson,

"'Mann,

I~eyton,

Thurman,

Maples,

Philllps of Jelferson, Tigner.

'1\iartin,

Phillips of Quitman, Tracy,

Mayson,

Preston,

Undetwood,

"MlUer of Bnllock, Proctor,

Valentine,

'1\1ller of 1\1uscoges, Rainey,

Walker of Monroe,

"Mills,

Rankin,

Wellborn,

Mitcham,

Rawls,

West,

'Mitchell,

Redwine,

Whitlf11,

Mizell,

Reid,

Wilson,

Morton,

Rice,

'Vise,

Moses,

Richardson,

Womble,

Mulherin,

Ridley,

Wooten.

'McBride, uceurrx:

Rogers of Hall,

Yates,

Rogers of Mcintosh, ~- Speaker.

Those absent were lfessrs.-
Walker of Pierce. .Jollnson of OliDoh, Watson,

Welch,

Mr. Flanigan reported that the Journal of yesterday's '}proceedings had been examined and found correct.

The Journal was then read and confirmed.

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The following resolution was read and referred to the Comm~ttee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Alexander of Wilkes-

A resolution making House Bill No. 482 the special order for this morning at 11 o'clock.

Mr. Stanford of Harris was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 335.
Mr. O'Quinn of Wayne was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 377.

Mr. Calvin of Richmond moved that as a recommendation of the Committee on General Agric>ulture, 200 copies of the substitute for House Bill No. 405 be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Blackburn, vice-chairman of Committee on Amend ments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:
1111-. Speaker:
The Committee on Amendments to the Constitution has had under consideration the following House bills which I am instructed as vice-chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the Constitution so as to authorize the General .Assembly to consolidate any two or more of the county offices of any county.
Also, a bill to amend article 6, section 7 and paragraph 5 of the Constitution by adding certain words.

Also, as amended, which is a bill to provide for the dis-

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tribution of the public school fund among the races in proportion to the amount of taxes paid by each race.
Allof which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman,
Committee on Amendments to the Constitutiou. This July 2, 1903.
Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee bas had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed as chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend f:ection 2157 of volume 2 of the Code.
Also, the following House bills with the recommendation that they do not pass, to wit :
A bill to provide that usury shall not void a deed made to secure a debt.
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to misrepresent the age ofany person for whoru a marriage license is sought.
Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same, to wit:
A bill to relieve Mrs. Lula Murphy from her marital disabilities.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that it be referrefl to a special committee, to wit:

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A bill to provide for employing the felony convicts of
the State to extend the W. & A. R. R., and for other pur-
poses.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON,
C:hairman.

Mr. Calvin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Commitee on General Agriculture have had under -consideration House Bill No. 405, which proposes to amend section 453, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, which. section -defines vagrancy, by designating another class of persons .as vagrants, and by providing for the speedier pointing -out, arrest, trial and punishment of such vagrants, and have instructed me to report the same buck to the House with a recommendation that the bill do pass by substitute.
The committee request that two hundred copies of the substitute be printed for the use of the House.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN CALVIN,
Chairman.

Mr. Holder, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education has had under considera.tion the following House Bill, and I am instructed as

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chairman to report the same back to the House with the;

recommendation that it do pass, to wit :

.

.j

A bill to incorporate the Whitesburg school district in Carroll county.

Respect(~lly submitted.

J No. N. HoLDER, Chairman.

The following resolution was read and referred to the Committe~ on Rules, to wit:
By J\llr. Bower of Decatur. ~ resolutj~n providing that on Monday mornings (only) the House shall meet at 10 o'clock a.m. instead of 9.
By Mr. Mills of Cheroke~
A re'solution providing that. 200 copies of House Bill No. 94 be printed for the use ofthe House..
. ';['be ab9ve resolution was adopted; ayes 66, nays 27.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:
By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A resolution to pay the pension of I. N. Taylor to his widow.
Referred to Committee of Pensions.
9hi

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By Mr. Spence of Ware-

A bill to amend an Aet creating the City Court &f. Waycross, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and Cotmty Matters.

By Mr. CanJler of DeKalb-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of tl!.e Code which provides for the selection, by the Governor,. of State .depositories, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Mo11gan, and for other purposes.
Referred to Commit.tee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hixon of Sumter (by request)-
A bill to disqualify justices of t~e peace, Mtaries public and other officer,; from serving as grand or petit jurors, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Hixon and Lane of Sumter-

A bill to require all persons operating cotton gins in this State to register the same, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Agriculture Committee.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to relieve electors of this State of the necessity of g!ving their respective ages when applying to be registered, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committ~e.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to lay out and maintain boulevards, and for other .purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mizell of Charlton (by request)-
A bill to quiet the title of lands in Charlton county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery-
A bill to amend section 3472 of the Code relative to the year's support of a widow or minor children, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Hardeman, Holder and Shackelford-
A bill to amend the appropriation Act in reference to the Soldier's Home, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Rainey ofTerrell.

A bill to amend the charter of the t-own of Parrott m Terrell county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Booth and Lawrence of Walton-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Walton county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bucbannon of Haralson-

A bill to allow certain defenses which may be made to suits now pending or which may hereafter be brought by the State for the recovery of lands held by adverse claimants, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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

M1. Speaker:

The Senate bas passed Ly the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act approved December 19, 1899, amending sub-section 11 of section 4082 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, by providing compensation for justices of the peace, for services therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

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A bill to authorize the Marietta Sewerage Company, a corporation of Cobb county, to occupy the streets of Marietta, to purchase; lease and condemn rights of way and ot4er easement~, ~nd for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to he !'lnt~tled 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.

A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish a City Court of Clarksville, in Habersham county, and for other purposes.
Mr. 'Vellborn, chairman of the Committee on En.rollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as correctly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Act, to wit:

An Act to increase the a\}thority of the recorders' c.ourts in certain cities in this State having more than 85,000 inhabitants, in regard to minors.

Respectfully submitted.

C. J . .WELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage,. to wit:

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By Mr. Beauchamp of Butt~

A res.olutiou to appropriate a p~rt ..Qf ..tbe r.ental of the Mcintosh Reserve t? .,tl;te preservation of l~;ulian Spring, and for other purposes.

An appropriation being ~n~olv:ed i;lil the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as .chair-man of said committee Mr. Felder of Bibb.

After a consideration of the resolution the .committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back to the House with the recommend,a,tion that it do pass as amended.

On the bill and pending amendme.nts Mr. Hal.l ,of Bibb called for the previous question, which ca:ll was sustainec:l and the main question ordered.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

The Speaker stated that after an exam.ination of the Journal of last session he bad found that the resolution had been up for passage and that an aye and nay vote thereon had been had and tabled on motion of Mr. Beauchamp before the \'ote could be announced. 'l'he Speaker further stated that no further transaction could be had on said resolution, under the rules of the House, until the vote had been announced.
Upon counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 52, nays 63, as will be shown by the viva voce ballot iollowing. The resolution was therefore lost.

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t35

Those voting in the affirn:t~tive were :.Messr-S.-

Alexander, .l:leauchamp,
Blackb.ur~
.l:ll'ock, Brown, Buchannon, Butts, Calvin, Cann, Carswell, Davis, Duggan, Evans, Felder; Fields, Flynt, Franklin, -George,

Glenn,

McElmurray,

Grenade,

McHenry,

Grice,

Owen,

GrU:nn,

overstt:eet,

Hall,

O'Qulnn,

Hayes,

Phlllips or Jetlel'BOn,

Hen(Iry,

Preston,

Housto~

Rankin,

:Howard or .l:laldWln, Rogers or MclntQBll.

Johnson or .l:la.k,e.., ShannO'n,

Johnson of Ollncb, Slaton,

Johnson or CraW:rord,Steed of Taylor,

Jones of Dougbet1;y, Stovall,

Kilburn,

Walker of Mo.nro.e

Marti~

Watson,

Mills,

Wilson,

MttchaJD,

Wise,

Those votin.,s in the negative wete Messrs.-

Adams, Akln, Alford, Arnold, ;Ba!I.'El'Win, ;B.eall, Bower, Boy kin, Bruce, Candler, Dllatt, Donner, Cook, Daves. Davi!lon, -Dozier, Edwards, .English, Foster of Oconee. Gaulden, Hardeman,

Henry, Hixon or Carron, Howell, Hutcheson, Jones of 'J!lckeollo, Kent, Kn~ght, Leigh,
Little, Lowe, Maples, M1ller of .l:lullock, Mitchell, Mizell, Moses, Mulherin, McCurry, McRae, Newton, Pate of Dooly, Paulk or Colfee,

Paulk of Irwin Philljps of QuitUian, J!roctor, RainEly, Rawls, 'Redwine, iRichardson, Ridley, Rogers of ..aan, sanders, Singletary, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Stewart, Thurman,
Underwood, . \Valker of Pierce, Welch, Wellborn, Whitley, Yates,

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Those-not. voting :wereJ Messrs.-

.. ~...-..:''""\""!' '"P ;,r. ':. ~~

Almona;.:

IPoster of 'l'o~ns_;

Nisbet,

Ayres,

Fussell,

Parker,

Bell of Emanuel, Harden,

Pate of Gwlno,ett,

Bell of Miiton, Booth, Bowell, Brinson, .~'

Hawes,

Peyton,

Hicks,

.l Reid,

Hixon of Sumter, Rice, ,1!

Holder,

Roper,

Buchan,

Burton; ::

Bush,

,n -.....

Carr,

[ i. ' ~ .

carriiiit'on~

c~o~~~.ue,, . .:. :'

Crumbly,

:Kelly; ' :. Howarct of Laurens; Rountree, Shackelford~.

Ken"c&i~k." 1

' ~pence,

., Ktio~le~. :
:.Lane,'

,

I~

('

;,_ \ ,,,

Strickland, Thompson,

,l: ,.. -

Lail"i~r;

Tigner,

Lawrence,

Tracy,

Deal, Derrick, Duckett,

Mann,

Valentine,

,,.,.

.'

Mayson, .. _,.. . . Warren, ,. ...

Miller of Milscogee; West,

Dunbar, Ennis, Flanigan,

Morton, McBride,; McLain,

Womble, Wooten, . ~:tr. Speaker.

1 '.

AyeS

52;.

nays

63.

~

::

Mr. Beaticbamp gave 11otice that at the prope~ time he would move to reconsider the action of the House bad on the foregoing resolution.

Mr. Morris, ,chairman ex-officio of the Commlttee on Rules, supmitted. the following report :

JY.fr. 'Speaker :

Your .Committee on Rules have had under considera-

tion House Resolutions Nos. 222, 223 and 224, and they

report the same back with a recommendation that the sarrte

do pass.

.. . .

_.,_.

...

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Also, House Resolution No. 221, and they recommen-d that the same do pass as amended.

MR. MoRRis, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolutions, favorably report.ed by the Committee on Rules, were read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A resolution providing that hereafter during this session the House meet at 10 o'clock on Monday mornings instead of 9 o'clock.

By Mr~ Davis of Meriwether...::.:
A resolution pro.viding that House Resolution No. 190 be made the special order for Thursday immediately after the report of the Committee on Rules is read.

By Mr. Alexander of Wilkes-

A resolution making House Bill No. 4~2 the special order for 11 o'clock this morning.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution making requests for unanimous consents in order immediately after the reading ot the Journal, and after this time the Speaker shall entertain no request to change the order of business.

The Committee on Rules offered for the above resolution the following substitute, which was adopted, to wit:

Resolved by the House, That all requests for unanimous <Jonsents may be in order immediately after the reading of

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the Journal, to consume not longer t.han one hour fromt the opening of the sesRion, and the Speaker shall not enter-tain any request for unanimous consent not pertinent to a bill or resolution then on its passage, excepting at the time mentioned, or upon report of the Committee on Rules on a resolution propedy referred and adopted.- -Th_e .Speaker may entertain ;requests for unanimous consent at 12:30 o'clock, subject to above limitations.
This resolution shall not effect or change the rule of the House in reference to bills for a third reading.

',I.'he following r.esolu.tion was read and referred to Committee on Rules, to wit :

By Mr. George of 1\Iorgan-
.A resolution maki~;~g House Bill No. 288 the speciaf order for Wednesday, July 8th, at 10 o'clock.

The following resolution, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Davis of Meriwether-
A resolution to appropriate $9,360 for indigent widows, and for other purposes.

An appropriation being involved, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Blackburn of Fulton.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and through their ch~ir:!fian r_!'lported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as am mended.

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1139

The committee proposed the following amendment, which was ado,pted, to wit:

Amend by striking after the figures "1903" in line 8, all that follows and insert in lieu thereof the following: ' From any funds now in the treasury not otherwise appropriated."

Tl:ie repor-t of the committee was agreed to. The .~yes and nays were ordered, and on ta.\cing the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the a:ffinnativ~ were Messrs.-

;\.dams, Alexander, Alford, Almontl, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bt::ll of l\:lilton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson, Brock, Bruce, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Calvin, Candler, Uarr, Carrington, Oarswell, Cliatt,

Uonner, Uook, Crumbly, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Deal, DelTick, Dozier, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Irields, l<'lanigan, Flynt, l<'oster of Oconee, l<'oster of Towns, Fussell, Gaulden, Glenn, Grenade, Grice,

Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks,
Hixon of Carroll, Holder, Houston,. Howard of Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, lohnson of Baker, J ohn,son of erawford, Jones of Pickens, I(ent, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence, Leigh, Little,

140

Jouli.NAL OF THE HOUSE

;Lowe, .

. Paulk of Uolfee, Stanford,

Mann,

Phillips of Quitman, Steed of Uarroll,

Martin,

Preston,

Steed of Taylor,

Mayson,

Proctor,

Stewart,

Miller of Bullock, Rafney,

Stovall,

Miller of Muscogee, Hankin,

... Strickla~d,

Mills,

Rawls,

ThoJl?.pi;!on,_

Mitcham,

Redwine,

Thurman,

Mitchell,

Reid,

Tigner,

Mizell,

Rice,

Tracy,

Morton,

'Richardson,

Underwood,

Moses,

Ridley,

Valent~,ne,

Mulherin,

Rogers of Hall,

Walker of M.onro'e,'

McBride, McUurry, McElmurray, McHenry, McLain,
~JcRae,
Newton, Nisbet,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Wellborn,

Roper,

West,

Rountree;

Whitley,

Sanders,

Wilson,

Shackelford,

Wise,

Singletary,

Womble,

f;laton, Spence,

~7ooten,
Yate1,

Those L<?t voting were :Messrs.-

Akin. Arnold, Bell of Emanuel, Brown, Buchan, Butts,
Cann, Cromartie, Daves, Duckett, I<'ranklln, George,

Griffin,

Parker,.

Hixon of Sumter, Pate of Dooly,

Johnson of Clinch, Pate of Gwlnnett.

Jones Qf Dougherty, Paulk of Irwin,

Kelly,

Peyton,

Kendrick,

Phillips of Jef!:erson,

Kilburn,

Shannon,

Maples,

Walker of Pierce,

Owen,

Watson,

Overstreet,

Welch,

O'Quinn,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 141 ; nays 0.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

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14:1

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 141, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitu,. tional majority was passed as amended.

The following bill which was made the special order for this time was read the third time, to wit :
By Messrs. Alexander and Grenade of Wilkes-
i'i. bill to abolish the Board ot Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of \Vilkes 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 114, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Carrington of Madison-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to whom House Bill No. 544 shall be referred.
By Messrs. Evans and Stovall-
A resolution tendering the hall of the House to the adyocates of the Child Labor Bill on Monday evening, July 6th, on which occasion addresses will be delivered by Ron. Hoke Smith and Ron. Seaborn Wright.

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.JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

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

.By Mr. Hawes, of Elbert-

A bill to appropriate $20,000 for the purpose of building an addition to the dormitory building of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

The committee proposed to amend by substituting $11,.500 in lieu of $20,000 wherever it appears.

The above amendment was adopted by the House at last ,session.

The bill which came before the House on last session for ,final disposition was voted down by a vote of 82 nays to 57 ayes, but was reconsidered.

The ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot .viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

. Alexander, Alford, .Almond, Arnold, ..Ayres, Baldwin, .Beauchamp, .Bell of Milton, Blackburn. Booth, Bower, Boykin, ".Brock, Brown, ::Buchannon,

Burton,

Oalvin,

Candler,

Carr,

Carrington,

Oarswell,

Cliatt,

Conner,

Cook,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Daves,

Davis,

Davison, Deal,

.........

Derrick,
Do~ler,
Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, l<'ields. l!'lanigan, l!'lynt, Fostn of Oconee, l<''oster of 'l'owns, l<'ranklln,

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143

~tllllii&U.,
aa!lltteD,

Lowe, Mann,

Held,
mee,

.Qeorge,

1\lap.les,

HiCllardson.,

-Glenn,

Martin.,

ltidley,

.arenade,

Mayson,.

Rogers of Hall,

Grtce,

1\illls,

ltogers of Mclntosb,

liardeman,

Mltclmm.

Hoper,

Harden,

Mitchell,

Rountree,

Hawes,

Mizell,

landers,

.Ha.yes,

l\Iorton,

Shackelford,

lleDdl.y,

Moses,

Singletary,

.Henr;r,

M olllel'l:U.

&pence,

Rison of Carroll, McBride,

Mtanford,

'His:on of sumter, 1\:ICCU'LTJ',

!teed of Carroll,

Holder,

McElmmTay,

Steed of Taylor,

!Houston,

McHenry,

Stewart,

Howard of Bll.ldwlD, l.\IcJ.dlin,

ltovall,

Howard of Laurens, McRae,

ltrickland,

lHoweU,

Newton.,

Thompson,

Hutcheson,

Nisbet,

Thurman,

.Johoson of Crawrord,Parker.

Tigner,

.:roues of Dougherty, Pate of Gwinnett, Tmey,

.:roues of Pickens, Paulk of Coffee, Valentine,

'Kendrick,

Phillips of Jelferson. West,

'Knight,
Knowles, 'Lime, 'Lanier, Lawrenee, Leigh,

l'blllips or Quitman, Whitley,

Preston,

Wilson,

Rainey,

Wise,

Rankin.

Womble,

Rawls.

Wooten,

Hedwine,

Yates.

Little,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

'l:JLinson,

Hall,

Kent,

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Adams, :A.kin, Beall, IBelltof iEmanuel,

Bowen, Broce, Buchan,
13!l1Sb,

Butts, Cann, Cromartie, Duckett,

lH:

J ouRN4L oF THE HousE..

Gritlin, Hicks, Joilnson of Haker, Joilnson of Ullnch, Kelly, Kilburn, Miller of Bullock, Miller of MuscogP.t,

Owen, Overstreet, O'Quinn, Pate of Dooly, Paulk of Irwin, Peyton, Proctor, Shannon,

Slaton, Underwood, "Talker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, Watson, Welch, Wellborn,

Ayes 136 ; nays 3.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 136, nays 3.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The Speaker announced the following special committee

on House Bill No. 544:



Mr. Carrington, Chairman; Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Brock, Mr. Shackelford, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Candler, Mr. West.

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

jJJr. Spcal.~er;
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House as amended, to wit:

THURSDAY, JuLY 2, 1903.
A bill to amen~l the Act to establish a City Court in Hall county, approved August 14, 1891, and Act amendatory thereof, approved December 17, 1898, and for other purposes.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon . its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Richardson of Houston-
A bill to amend section 221, volume 3 of the Code rei~ ative to hunti[tg upon the lands of another.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas the above bill was recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Roper of Dawson-
A bill to grant persons engaged in rafting or transporting timber, lumber or naval stores, P.tc., the right to use non-navigable water courses for that purpose.
Referred to Speciai Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Daves of Fannin-
A bill to amend section 420, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, regulating the running of freight trains, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
10 h j

146

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-

A bill to incorpora'te the town of Barney in Brooks county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Cvmmittee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-.
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so as to make Calhoun a State depository.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit the riding of bicycles, tricyles, etc., on the sidewalks in suburbs of cities of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to regulate the making of affidavits in forma pauperis in the courts of this State.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tigner (by request)-
A bill to regulate and provide for companies doing a purely mutual business in the insurance of cotton factoties exclmjvely, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1903..

147

.Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Strickland, Mr. Buchan, .Mr. Proctor, 'Mr. Richardson, ~Ir. Valentine, :Mr. Watson_,_ Mr. Bush,
:Mr. Phillips of Quit-man,
Mr. McElmurray, .Mr. West, :Mr. Johnson of Crawford, Mr. Daniel of Emanuel, 1tfr. Spence, Mr. Singletary, :Mr. Shannon, Mr. Walker, Mr. Foster of Towns.

On mlltion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House then ::adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 3, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'ckck

:.a.m. this Clay, was called to order by the Speaker and

-opened with prayer by the Chaplain.



On motion of Mr. Hawes of Elbert tbecall of the rell ~as dispensed with.

148

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On motion of Mr. Slaton -the reading of the Journal of' yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

The following Senate bills were read the fhst time, to. wit:

By Mr. Comas of the 3rd District-
A bill to create a Board of Road. and Bridge Commis~ sioners for the county of Appling, and for other purposes~..
. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Mathews of the 23rd District-
A bill to amend section 2809 of the Civil Code, and for.other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. 'risinger of the 25th District-
.A bill to regulate the law of year's support, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Skelton of 31st District-
A bill providing for the collection of the revenue of the_. State arising under special occupation and license taxes by.issuing execution therefor.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

FRIDAY, JuLY 3, 1903.

149

:By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to amend section 2166 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.
H.efer~ed to General Judiciary Cummittee.

By Mr. Howell of the aoth District-

A bill to authorize the Marietta Sewerage Company to occupy the streets of Marietta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Comas of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend an Act to amend sub-section 11 of section 4082, volume 2 of the Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By the unanimous consent of the House, the action of the House bad on yesterday in failing to pass Resolution No. 18, was reco?sidered and the same took its place on the calendar.

~ c ;.~ Mr. Mitcham, vice-chairman of the Committee on Ooun~...-- ties and ounty Matters, submitted the following report:
]11r. Speake-r:
The Committee on Counties and Oounty Matters have bad under consideration the following bil1s of the House and I am instructed as vice-chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit;

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of \Yaycross.
A bill to incorporate the town of Barney.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Morven.

Also, the following Honse resolution with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A resolution for the relief of I. J. Rlanghter.

Respectfully submitted.

A. B. MITCHAM, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted .the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporation!! have had under consideration the following House bills and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to th~ House with therecommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Messrs. Newton and McLain of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Roswell to issue bonds.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 10 of thecharter of Chipley.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Plainville in Gordon county.

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151

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Ball Ground.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Hamilton.

By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-

A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a new charter for the tuwn of Buford.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Adams, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Temperance having had under consideration the following House bill, report same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Ed wards of Marion-

To amend the disper..sary law for Buena Vista, Ga.

w. GEO.

ADAMS,

Chairman.

Mr. Howell, chairman p1o tem. of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

JJ1r. Speaker:

The Committee on Specjal Judiciary have bad under consideration House Bill No. 582, being a local bill authorizing the building of a boulevard within fi\'e miles of the city of Augusta, in the county of Richmond, and have instructed me to report the same back with a recommendation that the bill do pass.

W. S. HowELL, Chairman pro tem.

The following House bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Edwards of MarionA bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the
town of Buena Vista.
By Mr. Adams of PutnamA bill to amend section 6 of an Act to organize the
military forces of this St'ite. The above bill was recommitted.
By Mr. Mills of CherokeeA bill to amend the charter of the town of .Ball Ground.
By Mr. Tracy of WebsterA bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in the county of
Webster.

FRIDAY, JuLY 3, 1903.

153

13y Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb-

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Roswell <to issue bonds.

.By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to amend the charter of the town of Chipley.

.By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend all laws to incorporate the town of Buford .

.By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-

A bill to incorporate the town of Barney. illy Mr. Spence of Ware-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Waycross.

1By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to amend the charter of Hamilton .

.By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A biil to incorporate the town of Plainville.

By Mr. Beauchamp of Butts-

A resolution for the relief of I. J. Slaughter.
tBr. ~fr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to regulate proceedings in claim cases where real -estate has been levied upon.

154

JoURNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Morven.

By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to amend section 574, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Calvin of RichmondA bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to lay
out and maintain boulevards.
By Mr. Grice of PulaskiA bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 8 of the
Constitution.
By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to refund $50 to E. A. Stephens which wru~ paidi for charter for Bank of Barnesville.
By Mr. Underwood of White-
A resolution to require managers of dispensaries to make annual report to the Compfroller-General.
By Messrs. Davis and Howell-
A resolution to make appropriation to meet deficiency in the insurance fund of 1901.
By Mr...Whitley of Douglas-
A resolution to appoint a committee to look into thefeasibility of leasing certain of the State's property.

FRIDAY, JlJLY 3, 1903.

155-

By MessrB. Flynt and Blackburn-

A bill to prohibit the intermarrying of whites and'. negroes..

By Mr. McHenry of FloydA bill to amend section 4082, volume 2 of the Cc,de of.-
1895.
By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

An bill to incorporate the Sasser school district.

By Mr. Mann of TatnallA bill to amend the charter of town of Ly0ns.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill to pay off the bonds JJf this State as they matureand retire same.
By Mr. Davis of Meriwether-
A bill to provide for the disbursement of pen!'ions provided by law in this State.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to amend article 11, section 3, paragraph 1 of theConstitution.

By Mr. Rogers of Mcintosh-

A bill to make it penal fur any person to procure liquorsthrough minors.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Wellborn of Union-

A bill to amend section 4625 of the Ci vii Code.

By Mr. Morris of CobbA bill to fix a salary for the clerks of courts of ordinary.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to propose an amendment to article 6, section 2, .!}Jage 5 of the Constitution.

By Messrs. Steed and HixonA bill to iucorporaie the Whitesburg school district.

By Mr. Griffin of_Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act .creating a Board of Commie:Sioners of Roads and Revenues of Twiggs county.

By Mr. Bell of EmanuelA bill to incorporate the town of .Nunez.
.By Mr. Fussell of ChattahoocheeA bill to change the time of bolJing the Superior Court
:Of Chattahoochee county.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a system of public :Schools for the Sylvania school district.

FRIDAY, JuLY 3, 1903. By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo.
By Mr. Rainey of TerrellA bill to incorporate the Parrott school district.
By Mr. Singletary of ThomasA bill to regulate the drivjng of sheep or cattle out of
their range.
By Mr. Stanford of HarrisA bill to provide for the operatiQn of an Act to create-
the City Court of Hamilton.
By Mr. Cann of ChathamA bill to amend an .Act to amend the charter of Savan--
nah relative to the selection of a jailer.
By Mr. Bush of MillerA bill to incorporate the town of Boykin.
By Mr. McBride of LeeA bill to incorporate the town of Armena.
By Mr.. Reid of CampbellA bill to provide for the collection of revenues arising:
under special o.ccupation tax.

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Jo<UJ:l.NAL oF THE HousE.

.By Messrs. Fields, Pate of Dooly, McCurry, Tign-er, Derrick and Bell of Milton-

A bill to amend an Act relative to the alternative l."(i}a.d law .

.By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Metcalf.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

A bill to regulate the taking of fish from the streams of .this State.

.By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to amend an Act to inaorporate the town of Bronwood.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-:-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Hamilton.

By Mr. Tigner of Musf!ogee-
A bill to fix the number of days each person m this .State shall be subject to road duty.

By Mr. Calvin of Riehmond-

A bill to fix a limit to the speed automobiles shall be run on the public roads.
.By Mr~ Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.

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By Mr. Maples. of Mitchell-

A bill to incorporate the town of Baconton.

.By Mr. Hendry of Liberty-

A bill to change the time ot holding the superior oourts .of Liberty county.
By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 892 of the Code of 1895.

'By Mr. Brock of Dade-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Dade county.

By Mr. Rainey of TerrellA bill to incorporate the Bronwood school district.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of :Sylvania.

By Mr. Derrick of Rabun-
A bill to prohibit persons operating saw-mills from dumping the saw dust into the running streams of thi11 .State.
By Mr. Davison of Gr~~ne-
A bill for the better protection of the public roads of ttbis State.

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'fhe following bills were read the second time and reco mitted, to wit:

By Mr. Whitley of DouglasA bill to create a text-book commission.
By Mr. West of LowndesA oill to amend the school laws of this State. The following bills were read the first time and apf
priately referred, to wit: By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to fix the hold of the superi:or courts of the Oconee circuit.
Referred to Special Judiciary Ul)mmittee. By Mr. Blackburn of Fultou.
A resolution to pay the pension of J no. J. Miles, : for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to pay the pension of Jacob Lynn. Referred to Committee on Pensions. By :Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A resolution to pay the pension ofT. A. Smith_

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On motion of Mr. Carrington, 300 copies of House Bill Nu. 541 were ordered printed for the use of the House.

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

By Mr. Howell of-Meriwether-

A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville in Meriwether county, 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 the ayeE< were 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite co,nstitutional ma-

jority was passed.



By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act concerning the election laws 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 91, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitdtional majority was passed.
By Mr. Welch of Gilmer-
A bill to incorporate the town ot East Ellijay, and for othe1 pnrposes.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the req nisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Kelly of Glascock-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Advisory Commissioners for the counties of Laurens and Glascock.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the reqnisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Peyton of Habersham-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Toccoa in Habersham 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 94, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Spence of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate! the towu of Waycross.

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'l'he 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 received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-

A bill to create the City Court of Jefferson, 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 97, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional >majority was passed.

_By Mr. Mitcham of Clayton-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions, other othan dams, from the streams of Clayton <'Ounty.

The report of the committee which \Vas 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. Carr of Newton-

A bill to incorporate the town of Mansfield in the county .of Newton, and for other purposes.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

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

By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court ofJefferson county, and for other purposes.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.

Tbe bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Swainsboro in Emanuel county.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.

The bill having recei vecl the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.

By Mr. Vvomble of Upson-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous or malt.
liquors in the county of Upson.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill haYing recei vec.l the req nisi te constitutional majority was passed.

Lea,e of absence was granted-

Mr. Hixon of Sumter, Mr. Hayes uf Macon, l\lr. Knight, Mr. Parker, l\{r. Cliatt, Mr. Grice, l\Ir. English.

On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House adjourned until 9 o'clock Monday morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Monday, July 6, 1903.
The House met. pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and .opened with pray.er by the Chaplain.

The roll was eall~d and the following members answered .to their names:

Adams, ..Alexander,

Alford, Almond,

Arnold, Ayres,

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Baldwin,

Beall,

Beauchamp,

Bell of Emanuel,

Bell of Milton,

Blackburn,

Booth,

Bowen,

Bower.

Hoy kin,

Brinson,

Brock,

Brown,

Bruce,

Buchan,

Hucbannon,

Burton,

Hush,

Butts,

Calvin,

Candler,

Cann,

Carr,

carrington,

Carswell,

Cllatt,

Conner,

Cook,

Cromartie,

Crumbly,

'

Daniel,

Davison,

Deal,

De1rick,

Dozier,

Duckett,

Duggan,

Dunbar, Edwards,

..

English,

Ennis, g,,nns.

l''elder,

Fields,

Lowe,

Flynt,

Mann,

l'ostet of oconee, .\laplcs,

Fostet of 'l'owns,

~Iartiu,

l'rankliu,

Mayson,

l<'ussell,

:lliller of HullocK,

Guul<ten,

l\liller or Muscogee,.

George,

Mills,

t.ilenn,

llltchaw,

Urenade,

:\Iitchell,

Grice,

Mizell,

GrUHn,

Morton,

Hall,

Moses,

Hardeman,

:I:Iulherln,

Harden,

:llcHride,

Hawes,

!llcQurry,

Hares,

McElmurray,

Hendry,

.\IcHenry,

Henry,

l\icLaln,

Hicks,

lifeRae.

Hixon of Carroll, Newton,

Hixon of :sumter, Owen,

Holder,

Ul'elstreet,

Houston;

O'(Juinn.

Howard or Baldwin, Pate of Dooly,

Howard of Laurens, Pate of Gwinnett,

Howeu;

Paulk of Coll'ee,

Hutcheson,

Peyton,

Johnson of Clinch, Phillips of Jefrerson,.

.Johnson of Crawrord,Phlllips of Quitman,

Jones of Dougherty, Preston,

Jones of Pickens, Proctor,

Kelly,

Rainey.

Kendrick,

Rankin,

Kent,

Rawls,

Kilburn,

Redwine,

Knight,

Reid,

Knowles,

Rice,

Lane,

Ridley,

Lnnler,

Rogers of Hall.

Lawrence,

Rogers or Mcintosh,.

Leigh,

Roper,

Little,

Rountree,

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167

Sanders,
Shackelford, Shannon, Singletary, Slaton, Spence, Stanford, Steed of earroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart,

Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner. Tracy, Underwood,
Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce.

Watson, West, \Yhitley, Wilson, \Vise, Womble, Wooten. Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin. Daves, Davis, I!'Ianigan,

Johnson of Baker, Nisbet, Parker, Paulk of Irwin,

Richardson, Welch, Wellborn,

The Journal of last Friday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
At the request of Mr. McCurry Senate Bill No. 21 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.
The .following resolution was read and referred to Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution making House Bills Nos. 109 and 269 the special order for Thursday, July 9, immediately after the reading of the Journal.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:

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By Mr. Bell of EmanuelA bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues for the county of Emanuel.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Griffin of TwiggsA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of J ef-
fersonville, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following resol utiou was read and adopted, to wit:

By Messrs. Martin and Felder-
A resolution inviting the Hon. A!-:-bury C. Latimer, of South Carolina, to address the Geueral Assembly on the subject of "Good Roads," on the evening of Wednesday, July 8.

The roll of counties was called aud the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriotely referred, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of BibbA bill to amend section 4821 of vt.Iumc 2 of the Code
relative to the serving of warrants, and lor other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to grant to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah certain l~nd in said city, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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..

By ~1h. Stovall of Chatham-

A bill to amend sub-division 13 of section 2 of the Gen.:lral Tax Act, and for other putposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to require life insurance companies doing business in this State to render a sworn statement and list of ::!11 their policy-holders in their respective companios, and for -other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Boykin of Lincoln-
A bill to incorporate the Aneity school dishict 1n Lincoln county, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brock of Dflde and Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to prohibit the operating of bLtcket-shops or other places where quotations are given, and for other purposes.
Referl'l"d to General Judiciary Committee.

By .Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A Lill to prescribe the mode of conducting any primary or other election in certain m tiD icipal corporation~;, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Duggan of Raudolph-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads an~ H.8vennes for the county of Randolph.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Carr of Newton-

A bill to exempt from jury duty all sworn public weigh-ers at cotton warehouses, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Underwood of White-
A, bill to allow the qualified voters of the Blue Ridgedistrict in White county to hold an election so as to determine whether the fence law shall be re-established, an& for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

The following message was received from the Senatethrough Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speakm:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutiona~ majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to make it unlawful where a loan of money is made for the lender to exact any sum in excess of 8 per ceut., whether as interest or in the guise of damages for breach of any collateral contract or obligation entered into in consideration of said loan, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court ot

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171.

Bainbridge so as to make the judge and solicitor of said1 court elected by the people of the county.

'rhe following bills were read the third time and put. upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Slation of Fulton-

A bill to regulate proceedings of claim cases where real! estde has been levied upon, and for other purposes.
The committee ptoposed to amend by striking aection 3and numbering section 4 as section 3.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as ame~df'd, was agreed to.

The preyious question was called and sustained. On passage of the hill the ayes were 79, nays 20..

The bill having failed to r>ceive the requisite constitu-tional majority was lost.

.Mr. Slaton gave notice that at the proper time he wou)dl move to reconsider the action of the House in not passing. the above bill.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to amend section 574 of volume 1 of the Code which relates to road duty and other matters, and for other purposes.
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 28_, nays 73.

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Jouu.NAL OF THE HousE.

The bill having failed to recei,e the requisite com;titutional majority was lost.

Mr. Blackburn gave notice that at the propet time be 'would move to reconsider the action of the House in not passing the above bill.

On rnot~on of Mr. Calvin of Richm.ond House Bill No. 84 was tabled.

By Mr. Bell of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1378 of \olume 1 of the Ouck of 1895 relating to admissidn to common schools, and for -other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 1>assage of the biB, was agreed to.
Tbe previous question was called and su&tained and the main question ordered.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 9. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Bower of Decatur-

A resolution providing that the county school authorities do, in the exerci~e of their discretion, give to each race
tor school purposes a part of the-fund in proportion to the tax paid by each race, and for other pnrpo~es.

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

MoNDAY, JuLY 6, 1903.
passage of the resolution, was disagteed to, and the resolution was lost; ayes 30, nays 59.
House Bill No. 295 was recommitted to the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation at the request of the author.

Mr. Wellbom, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Eurollment have examined aucl' report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Act, to wit:

An Act to amend paragraph 1, section 1, articlle 7 of the Constitution which relates to tbe power of taxation to. be exercised by the General Assembly, and for other purpose!!.

Respectfully submitted.

c. J. WELJ.BORN, .JR:,
Chairman.

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

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A resolution providing that House Bill No. 94 be madethe special order for Friday, July 10.
The following resolution was read ~nd adopt~d, to wit:

By :\It. 1\Iil!er of l\luscugeeA resolution providing that the .invitation extended;

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Bon. Hoke Smith and Hon. Seaborn Wright to address the General Assembly to-night on the child labor question, .be also extended Hon. Thomas E. Watson.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Henry of Murray.

On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, July 7, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock ..a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and ..opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

.Adams,

~lexander,

.Alfonl,

Almond,

.Arnold,

Ayres,

~Baldwin,

Beall,

Beauchamp,

.Bell of Emanuel,

JBell of M!lton,

Hlackburn.

.ffiooth,

_,Bowen,

"Bower,

'.

Boy kin, Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchan non, Burton. Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington,

Carswell, Cllatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan,

TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1903.

1-75

Dunbar,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Edwards,

Knight,

Hankin,

.l!lnglisb,

Knowles,

Rawls,

Ennis,

Lane,

Hedwine,

Evans,

Lanier,

Held,

Felder,

Lawrence.

Hice,

l<'ields,

Leigh,

lUchardson,

J!'lanigan,

Little,

Ridley,

tl<'lynt,

Lowe,

Rogers of Hall,

l<'oster of Ocm.ee, Mann,

Rogers or Mcintosh,

l<'oster of '1'owns, Martin,

Roper,

I<' r a n k lin,

Mayson,

Rountree,

ill'ussell,

Miller of Bullock, Sanders,

Gaulden,

Miller or Muscogee, Shackelford,

George,

Mills,

Shannon,

Ulenn,

Mitcham,

Singletary,

Gr~nade,

1\Iitchell,

Slaton,

Grice,

Mizell,

Spence,

Brittin,

M.o1ton,

Stanford,

Hall,

1\Ioses,

Steed of Oarroll,

Hardeman,

Mulherin,

Steed of Taylor,

Harden,

McBride,

Stewart,

Hawes,

1\Ic<Jurry,

Stovall,

Hayes,

1\lcElmurray,

Strickland,

Hendry, .Henry,

McHenry, McLain,

'.rhompson, Thurman,

Hicks,

McUae,

Hixon of OarToll, Newton,

Hixon of Sumter, Nisbet,

Holder,

<)wen.

Houston~

Overstreet,

Howard of Baldwin, O'Quinn,

Howard of Laurens, Parker,

Howell,

Pate of Dooly.

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Baker, Paulk of Oofl'ee.

.Johnson of Cllncb, Paulk of Irwin.

'.rigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine. . Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, "\\'atson. Wellborn, West. Whitley, Wilson,

Johnson of Crawford, Peyton,

Wise,

Jones of Dougherty, Phillips of Jelrerson, Womble,

Jones of Plckene, Phillips of Quitman, Wooten,

Reily, Kendrick,

Preston, Proctor,

Yates, Mr. Speaker.

!Kent,

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Thoe absent were 1\l[essrs.-
Maples,

Welch,

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

Mr. Slaton gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House had on yesterday on House Bill No. 50.

The following resolution, which provided for the special order of to-day, was read, to wit:

By Mr. Houston of Fulton-
A resolution providing that House Bill No. 37, known as the "Child Labor Bill," be made the special order for Tuesday, July 7th, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal, and that 300 copies of ~aid bill be printed for the use of the House.

The committee proposed to amend by adding at the end thereof the following: "And that the previous question be called at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, July 8th, and that the time be equally divided between the opponents and advocates of the bill.
The above resolution was read fiH information ot the House. The same was read and adopted orj July 1, 1903.

l\Ir. Alexanuer of \Yilkes arose in his seat to a question ot personal privilege, and stated that a card from the Commisi'inners of l"(oads and Re\enuei) of \Vilke5 county, which appeared in the moming Con8titulion and in the Atlanta Journal the evening Lefure, did him an injustice. He denied the cbarges made by the commissioners, and also denied haYiug made any attack upon them.

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The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A resolution providing that the speakers on the "Child Labor Bill " and the time to he consumed by each be designated by :Mr. Honston, author of the bill, and :Mr; Holder, chairman of the comruittee and first signer of the minority report.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A resolution fixing Senate Resolution No. 27 as a special order for Thursday, June 9, 1903, immediately after the confirmation of the Journnl.

The followii~g message was received from the Senate through :Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

M1-. Speaker:
I am directed by the Semi.te to request the House to return to the Senate House Bill No. 78, recently passed by the Senate.

The following bill, which wa!' made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put .upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Houston of Fulton-

A bill to regulate the employment of children in factories and manufacturing estab1ishments of this State, to
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JOURNAL OF THE RousE.

provide penalties therefor; to provide for enforcement of same, and for other purpo~:es.

Upon the request of 1\fr. Houston discussion on the aboYe bill was suspended and the following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Houston of :Fulton-

.A. resolution requesting the Governor to return House Bill No. 78 in order that a correction might be made.

Discussion of the "Child Labor Bill" was then resumed.

ATLANTA, GA., July 7, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, thruugb his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
In response to resolution passed by the House of Representatives the Governor directs me to return to your body House Bill No. 78.

Mr. Harden of Chatham moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Calvin, Mr. Shannon, Mr. Deal.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, July 8, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock =a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and -opened with prayer by tht! Chaplain.

The roll was called and the fol1owing members answered .to their names:

Adams, . Alexander, . Alford, .Almond, Arnold, .AyrP.s, Baldwin, .Beall, .'Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, .;Bell o( Milton, .Blackburn, mootb, Bowen,
Bower, 'Hoykin, 1.\rinson, "Brock, Brown, 'Btuce, Buchan. 'Buchannon, Burton, "Bush, Butts, Candler, 'Cann,

Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, CooK, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, !'elder, Fields, Flanigan. I'lynt. Foster of Oconee, Foster of 'l'owns.

l!'ranklin, l<'usseu, t.;aulden, .George, Glenn, Grenade, Urice, Gtittin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Clinch, .Tohnson or Orawford, Jones of Dougherty,

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Jones or Pickens, "fcJ.aln,

Shackelford,

Kelly, ,

1\fcHae,

Shannon,

Kendrick,

Newton,

Singleta1y,

Kent,

Nisbet,

Slaton,

Kilburn,

Owen,

Spence,

Kn~ght,

Overstreet,

Stanford,

l(nowles,

O'Quinu,

Steed of Oarroll,L

Lane,

Parker,

Steed of '.raylor, .

Lanier,

Pate of Dooly,

Stewart,

Lawrence,

Pate of Gwlnnett, Stovall,

Leigh,

Paulk of Ootree,

Strickland,

Little,

Paulk of Irwin,

Thompson,

.Lowe,

Peyton,

Thurman,

1\:laun,

Phillips of Jefferson, Tigner,

Maples,

Phillips of Quitman, Tracy,

Martin.

Preston,

Underwood,

~1ayson,

Proctor,

Valentine,

Miller of Bullock, Rainey,

Miller of Muscogee, Rankin,.

Mills,

Rawls,

1\litcham,

Redwine,

1\:fitcllell,

'\ Reid,

Mizell,

'1 Rice,

Morton,

Richardson,

Moses,

Ridley,

Mulherin.

Rogers of Hall,

Walker of Monroe-,;. Walker of Pierce,. Watson, Wellborn, West.. Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble,

McBride, 1\lcCurry, 1\fcElmurray,

Rogers of Mclntosll, Wooten,

Roper,

Yates.

Rountree.

Mr. Speaker.

McHenry,

Sanders,

Those absent were Messrs.-

A.kin, Oalvln,

Deal, Johnson of Baker,

Welcb,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
The following communication from U. S. Senator A. C. Latimer was read, to wit:

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181

.JJ.on. L. H. 0. Martin, House of Representatives, .Atlanta, Ga.:
Am compelled to be at home to-morrow night; sorry I , can't remain over and appear before Legislature.
c. A. LATIMER.

In pursuance of the above communication the Speaker :announced that there would be no address from Mr. Latimer to-night.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, its Secretary :
Mr. Speake1:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional 'majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of hold~ng the fa]) term of Upson Superior Court.
A bill to be entitled an. Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes.

-A bill to be -entit-led an Act to require taxes to be. paid by a11 persons, companies and. corporations in the county in which they are by law required to be returnerl, and for other purposes.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the general tax act, approved December 16, 1902.

A bill to be eutitled an Act to amend paragraph 2, sec-
;.tion 2 of Constitution of this State.
A hill to be entitled an Act to provide in what county

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manufacturing and other companies other than railroad! and all persons owning and operating manufacturing plantsshall return their property and pay their taxes.

The Senate bas also passed by the requisite constitutionaf". majority the following resolution of the Senate:

A resolution directing the State Printer to print and bind certain public records.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitu-tional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to be entitled an Act fixing the license fee forretailing or vending spirituous liquors in the county of Brooks.
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Mount Vernon.
The Senate has failed to pass t.he following House Bill,. to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a dispensary m the county of Whitfield.

The following bill which came over from yesterday'ssession as unfinished busine::;s was taken up for final dispo- sition, to wit:

By Mr. Houston of Fulton-
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the employment of children in the factories and manufacturing establish-ments of this State, and for other purposes.

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183

The hour of 11 o'clock having arrived the previous question was called and the main question ordered.

The followin.g amendments were read and adopted, to wit:

By .Mr. Lane of Sumter-

To amend by adding after tha word "foreman" in the second line of section 5, the following: "Or parents or guardians or other persons being charged with the custody or care of sncli child or children."

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-

To amend by striking all of section 4 of said bill and numbering the remaining sections accordingly.

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 and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Blackburo, Boykin, Brinson, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Butts, Candler, Cann, Carswell, Cliatt,

Cromartie. Dozier, Duggan, Dunbar, Evans, Felder, I'lanigan, .J:c'oster or oconee, Franklin, 1!'usseJl, Gaulden, Glenn,

Grenade, Hall, Harden, Hayes, Hendry, Hicks, Houston, Howard or Haldwln. Hutcheson, Jones of Dougherty. Kelly, Kendrick,

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Kent, KilbUI."D, Knight, Knowles, Mann, Martin.. Mayson, Miller or .Bullock, Miller or Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, 1\litchell, Mizell,

Morton, Mulherin, l\IcHenry, Newton, Nisbet, Owen, UYerstreet, U'Quinn, Pate of Gwlnnett, Preston; Proctor, Rainey, Rankin,

Redwine, Reid, .tticbardson, Slaton, Spence, Steed of Taylor, Stovall, Tigner, Underwooa, Walker of Pierce, Watson, \Vellborn, Wise,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, :Baldwin, Beall, .Beauchamp, Bell or Milton. Booth, Bowen, .Bower,
Buchannan, Burton, Bush, Carr, Carrington, Conner, Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Derrick, Duckett,

Edwards,

Moses,

English,

McBride,

.l<'ields,

McCurry,

Flynt,

!\-lcE!mmTay,

Foster or '.l'owns, McLain,

Heorge,

~IcHae,

Grice,

Parker,

Grittin,

l:'ate or Dooly,

Hardeman,

!:'aulk or Ootree,

Hawes,

Peyton,

Henry,

Phillips or Jetrerson,

Hixon of Carroll, Phillips of Quitman,

Hixon or Sumter, Rawls,

Holder,

Rice,

Howard of Laurens, Ridley,

Howell,

Rogers or Hall,

Johnson of Cllnch, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Johnson or Crawford,Roper,

.Jones or Pickens, Rountree,

Lane,

Sanders,

Lanier,

Shackelford,

Lawrence, Leigh,

Shannon.. Singletary,

Little,

Stanford,

Lowe,

Ste~d of Carroll,

Maples,

Stewart,

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185

'Thompson, Thurman,
'Tracy, valenUne,

Walker of Monroe, West. Whitley, Wilson,

Womble, Wooten. Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, 'Bell of Emanuel, 'Brock, Cahln,

Deal,
Ennis,
Johnson of Baker, Paulk or irwin,

Strickland, Welcb, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 75; nays 89.

The roll-call was verified !lnd on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 75, nays 89.

Th_e bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Houston gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in not .passing the above bill.

:Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speake1:
Your Committee on Rules have had under considet;ation House Resolution No. 239, and they recommend that the same do pass.
Also, House Resolutions Nos. 235 and 94, and they recommend that the same do pass as amended.

MR. MORRIS,
Chairman ez-otfioio.

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The following resolutions, which were reported back t(} the House by the Committee on Rules, were read, to wit:

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A resolution providing that Senate Bill No. 27 be made the special order for Thursday, July 9, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.

The above resolution "'as lost.

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 94 the special! order for Friday, July 10.

The resolution was lost.

By Mr. Calvin ot' Richmond-
A resolution making House Bills Nos. 109 and 269 thespecial order for Thursday, July 9, immediately after theconfirmation of the Journal.

The above resolution was lost.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-
A resolution requesting the Governor to return to the House, House Bill No. 15, in order that said bill might beamended.

Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. Mills of Cherokee, 1\fr. Phillips of Quitman.

THURSDAY, JuLY 9, 1903.
On motion of Mr. Evans of Washington the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, July 9, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment 'at 9 o;clock: a.m. this day, was called to order by tbe Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams,

Alexander,

Alford,

Almond,

Arn,old,

Ayres,

.Baldwin,

Beall,

.Beauchamp,

Bell of Emanuel,

Bell or Milton.

Blackburn.

Booth,

Bowen,

Bower,

Boy kin,

Brinson,

Brock,

Brown,

Bruce,

Buchan,

Buchannon,

Burton,

'

Bush, Butts, Calvin. Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carllwell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Ctumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis. Davison, Derr.ick, Dozier, Duckett. Duggan. Dunbar. Edwards,

English,

Ennis,

Evans,

Feldet,

lt'ields.

It' Ianigan,

Flynt,

Foskr of Oconeer

Foster of '.Vowns,.

lt'ranklin,

IJ'ussell,

Gaulden,

George,

Glenn,

Grenade,

Grice,

Grittiw,

Hall,

Hardeman,

Harden,

Hawes,

Hayes,

Hendry,

r.

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Henry,

Mitcllell,

Rogers of Hall,

Hicks,

Mizell,

Hogers of Mcintosh,

Hixon or Oarroll, Morton,

Roper,

Hixon of Sumter, Moses,

Rountree,

Holder,

Mulherin,

Sanders,

.Houston,

McBridQ,

Shackelford,

Howard of Haldwln, McCurry,

Shannon,

.Howard or Laurens, MclJ}lmurray,

Singletary,

.Howell,

McHenry,

Slaton,

Hutcheson,

l\IcLain,

Spence,

Jollnson of Haker, !\feRae,

:Stanford,

-Johnson of Oimch, Newton,

Steed of Carroll,

Johnson of Orawrorll,Nisbet,

Steed of Taylor,

-Jones or Dougherty, Owen,

Stewart,

-Jones of Pickens, Kelly,

Overstreet, O'Quinn,

Stovall,

Strickland,

J

Kendrick, :'Kent,

Parker, Pate of Dooly,

'hompson, Thurman,

'Kilburn,

Pate of Gwinnett, Tigner,

'Knight,

Paulk of C:ofiee,

Tracy,

Knowles,

Paulk of Irwin,

Underwood,

1:.ane,

Peyton,

Valentine,

:Lanier,

Phillips of Jeiierson, Walker of Monroe,

Lawrence, 'Leigh, 'Little, I.owe, ~I a n n , Maples, Martin, Mayson, 1-Illler of Bullock, ~filler or MuscogPt,
~1llls,.

Phlllips or Quitman. Walker of Pierce,

Preston,

Watson,

Proctor, Rainey, Rankin, Rawls, Redwine, Held,. Rice, Richardson, Ridley,

Wellborn,

West,

Whitley,

~

Wilson.

'i

Wise,

"1

Womble,

Wooten,

Yates.

Mr. Speaker.

Mitcham,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Deal,

Welch,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was examined .and found correct.

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189--

Mr; George of Morgan arose to a question of personal; privilege and stated that the Atlanta Journal had misquoted him in his remarks on the Child Labor Bill which. came up for passage yesterday, and stated that he wished to correct t.he error and make himself ~]early undt>rstood,'; before the House.

Mr. Slaton moved to reconsider the action of the House.. in not passing several days ago House Bill No. 50, which is a bill relative to the claim laws of this State. The mo-tion prevailed.

Mr. Houston of Fulton moved to reconsider the action. of the House in not passing on yesterday the "Child Laborbill," which motion was lost; ayes 66, nay~ 75.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read thesecond time, to wit:

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code soas to make Lavonia a State depository.

The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb_:_
A resolution making House Bill No. 281 the special order for Thursday, J nly 17, immediately after the con-firmation of the Journal.
.At the request of Mr. Pate of Gwinnett House Bill No._ 515 was recommitted to Committee on Corporations.

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By unanimous consent Mt. Bowen of Decatur moved t.o
reconsider the action of the House in not passing House &solution No. 93, which motion was lost.

Mr. Flynt, cbai_rman of the Special Judiciary Commit_,tee, submitted the followir.g report, to wit:

_Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has bad under -consideration the following Honse bills, and bas instructed ~me as its chairman to report them back to the House with -.the recommendation that the same do pass :

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-

To protect fish in the streams and other water courses in _.Bartow county.

]3y Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

To amend an Act creating a Board of County Commis-sioners for the county of Douglas.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

To amend t.lae charter of the town of Parrott, in Terrell -county, Georgia, approved September 26, 1889.

By Messrs. Booth and Lawrence of Walton-

To repeal an .Act to create a Board of Commissioners of

Roads and Revenues for Walton county.



I am instructed to report the following House bills back -to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do tpass as amended :

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191

of By Mr. R-oper Dawson-

To grant to persons or corporations engaged in rafting -or transporting lumber, naval stores or timber the right to <Use non-navigable rivers.
0
.By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-

To amend section 1 of an Act to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Oconee Circuit.

I am instructed to report the fo!lowing House bill back ltO the House with the recommendation that it do not pass:

:By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

'l'o relieve electors in this State of the necessity of giving their respective ages when applying to be registered .under the election laws of this State.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

Mr.. Jones of Doughert.y, chairman of Committee on 1Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speahw:
Your Commit!ee ou Banks and Banking have had under -consideration tbe following bill and in!'truct me to report the same back with recommendation that it do pass:

By Mt. Burton of Franklin-

.A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 9 82 of

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qode by adding the town of Lavonia, J!,ranklin county, tolist of State depositories.

Respectfully submitt~d.

E. R. JONEs,. Chairma u.o

Mr. Hawes, chairman of the Committee on Pensions~ submitted the following report:

Ah. Spealce-r:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following resolution which they instruct me astheir chairman to report back to the House with therecommendation that the same do pa~s, to wit:
A resolution to pay the pension of I. N. Taylor of Carroll county to his widow.
The committee have also had under consideration the_following bill and resolutions which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that they do not pass, to wit:

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. Epsie J. Coker to her son-in-law, Amos Johnson.

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. Louisa J. Bailey of Whitfield county to her son.

A bill to amend section 1254 of the Code of 1895~ which provides for the granting of pensions to aged Confederate soldiers.

Respectfully submitted.

P.M. HAWES, Chairman.

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193

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8pealcer:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consi~eration the follo,ving House Bills which I am instructed as chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to regulate the sale of stocks in bulk.

A bill to amend section 3472 of the Code making a mortgage for purchase money of personalty superior to a year's support.

A bill to regulate and provide for companies doing a purely mutual business in the insurance of cotton factories exclusively.

A bill to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of tbe City Court of La Grange by the people of Troup county.

A bill to amend an Act to amend section 3667 of the Code.

Also, the following House Bill with the recommendati.on that it do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend section 4821 of the Code.

Also, the following Senate Bills with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to regulate the law of year's support.
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A bill providing for the collection of the revenue of the State arising under special occupation and license taxes by issuing execution therefor.

.Also, .the" following House Bills with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for the election of railroad commissioners by the electors of the whole State, to extend the terms of the present incumbents, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend section 2432 of the Civil Code so as to provide for serving defendants whose residence is unknown by publication.

A bill t.o exempt from jury duty all sworn public weighers at cotton warehouses or railroad stations.
Respectfully submitted. JoHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Mitcham, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted thfl following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills, to wit :

A bill entitled an Act to create a Board of Roads and Revenues in the county of Appling, and for other purposes. Recommend same do pass.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Upshaw school district. Recommend do pass.

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195

.!By Mr. Duggan of Randolph-

A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues in said .county, and for other purposes. Recommend do pass.

.By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-

A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues in said .county and to prescribe the duties thereof, and for other .,purposes. Recommend do pass.

Respectfully submitted. July 7, 1903.

A. B. MITCHAM, Vice-Chairman.

At the request of Mr. Calvin House Bill No. 84 was -taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

Mr. McHenry of Floyd was allowed to withdraw from the further consideration of the House Resolution No 196.

At the request of Mr. Steed of Carroll House Bill No. .39 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

Senate Bill No. 56 was taken from the table and placed -on the calendar at the request of .M.r. Hardeman of Jack.son.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was taken up and read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Harrell of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Bain~bridge, and for other purposes.
~eferred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the Committee on Privl--. leges and Elections, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:
The Committee on Privileges and Elections have had~ under consideration the contested election case ot J. N. . King, contestant vs. R. V. Bowen, contestee, from the county of Wilcox; and after a most careful and anxious .. inquiry into the record and a painstaking consideration of the law, the facts and the arguments of counsel, am of the. opinion that the sitting member, the Honorable Robert V._ Bowen, is entitled to retain his seat, and so report.
Respectfully submitt~d.

CLARENCE WILSON,
Chairman.

The foregoing report of the Committee on Privileges, and Elections was read and adopted.
Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Cor-. porations, submitted the following report :
.ZIi?. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consid-. eration the following House bills and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the. recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalu-
. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the. town of Decatur so as to pave the sidewalks of said town ..

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By Mr. Hayes of Macon-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Montezuma.

By Mr. Kendrick of Taliaferro-
A bill. to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Sharon.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalu-
A bill to be entitled au Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Edgewood.
By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of High Shoals.

By Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the Elizabeth school district.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the Mount Zion school district.
By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an Act to grant to the mayor and .aldermen of Savannah certain lands.

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By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to authorize the mayor and councih to construct a system of sewerage.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of tbe city of Greensboro.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

The following resolution was introduced and read, to wit:
By Messrs. Fields and McCurry-
A resolution making House Bill No. 517 the special?. order for Tuesday, July 14. The previous question to becalled in twenty-five minutes after the bill is takeu up.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The foUowisg bills were introduced by unanimous consent, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit::
By Messrs. Mayson 'and Candler-
A bill to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of the town of Lavonia so as to entitle all sucb. voters to vote in the municipal elections of said town.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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199

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to create the Confederate Memorial Board of Georgia, and for other purJlOses.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to increase the authority of the mayor and council

of Lavonia.



Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By unanimous consent the adverse report of the committee on House Bill No. 28, which is a bill to provide for the election of railroad commissioners of this State, was disagreed to and the bill resumed its place on the calendar.

By unanimous consent the following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment read and concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Mount Vernon.

The Senate proposed to amend by adding after the word "Governor" the following words, to wit:

"Provided that the present judge of said city court shall have authority to sign bills of exceptions and answer writs of certiorari after this Act shall go into effect within the time prescribed by law."
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:

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By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special J uoiciary Committee. By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

A bill to amend !ln Act to create the Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski.

Referred to Special ,Judiciary Committee .
.By Mr. Grice of PulaskiA bill to amend an Act permitting the establishing of
dispensaries in Pulaski county. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Richardson of HoustonA bill to establish a new charter for the town of Byron. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd (by request)A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Rome. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of the State University for the use ofthe State Normal School at Milledgeville, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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201

By Messrs. Mann and Strickland-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Tatnall.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
A bill to amend secti~n 2427 of the Civil Code of 1895 -relative to divorce suits.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah Blackman of Harris county.
. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A biU to provide for the incorporation of telephone. -companies, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to provide for the better drainage of lands in the county of Fulton.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Rogers and Thompson of HallA bill to incorporate the town of Oakwood. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Spence of Ware-
A bill to amend section 1039 of the Code, which provides for the punishment of misdemeanors, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of theUniversity of Georgia to aid m the completion of the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa (by request)-
A bill to prohibit hogs from running at large, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1903.
By Messrs. George, Lawrence, Booth and MorganA bill to incorporate the town of High Shoals in the
counties of 'Valton and Morgan, and for other purposes..
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following message was received from the Senatethrough Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The following bill of the House has failed to pass the
Senate, which is :
A bill to revise the election laws ot the State of Georgia..
The following bills were read the third time and put. upon their pal'!sage, to wit:
By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A bill to prescribe the manner of electing county school', commissioners by the electors of each county, and for otherpurposes.
Mr. Steed of Carroll moved to disagree to the report of the committee, whi.ch was adverse to the passage of the bilL
Mr. Underwood called for the previous question, which, call was sustained and the main question ordered.
The motion to disagree to the report of the committeer which was adverse to the passage of the bill, was then put to the House and carried ; ayes 86, nays 38.
Mr. Morris of Cobb offered the following amendment,, which was adopted, to wit:

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To amend by striking section 4 and numbering the remaining sections accordingly.

The previous question was called and the ma1n question ordered.

On the passage of the bill the ayea and nays were or.dered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as . follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

-Alford, -Almond, -Ayres, -Baldwin, .>.Beall, JBeaachamp, .Sooth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchannon, Bush, Calvin, Carrington, Carswell, Uonner, Cook, Uromartie, Daniel, Pavison, Derrick, Dozier. Edwards, English, -:Evans,

!<'Ianigan,

Martin,

l<'lynt,

Mayson,

l<'ost!lr of Towns, Miller of Bullock,

l<'ranklin,

Mitcham,

Glenn,

Morton,

Hardeman, Hawes,

McBride,

).::,

McCurry,

Hayes,

McElmurray,

Hendry,

l\lcHenry,

Henry,

McLain,

Hieks,

Newton,

Hixon of Carroll, Overstreet,

Holder,

O'Quinn,

Howard of Baldwin, Parker,

Howard of Laurens, Pate of Gwinnett.

Hutcheson,

Paulk of Cof!'ee,

Johnson of Cllncb, Preston,

Johnson of Crawford, Hankin,

Jones of Pickens, Hed"l\ine,

Kelly,

Rice,

J(endrick,

Richardson,

Kent,

Rogers of Hall,

Knight,

Hogers of Mcintosh.

Lane,

Roper,

Lanier,

HountnEle,

La"l\rence,

Stanford,

Lowe,

Steed of Carroll,

l\:Iann,

Strickland,

Maples,

Thompson,

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Thurmau, Valentine, 'Walker of Pierce,

Well'bom, Whitley, Wise,

Womble, Yates,

Those voting in the ne&ative were Messrs.-

Adams, BI;;U of Milton, Blacklmrn, Butts,
Qliatt, Crumbly. Duggau, Felder, :&'oster of Oconee, Gaulden, Grenade, Grice,
Han,
Harden,

Houston,

Rainey,

Howell,

Hawls,

Jones of DoughertJ', Shackelford,

Leigh,

Shannon,

Mills,

Spence,

l\ritchell,

Steed of Taylor,

Mizell,

Stewart,

Moses,

.Stovall,

Mulherin,

Tracy,

LIJcRae,

Underwood,

Pate of Dooly,

Walker of Monroe,..

Peyton,

West,

Phillips of Jefferson, Wilson,

Proctor,

Those not votingwere Messrs.-

Akin, Alexander, Arnold, Bell of Emanuel, Buchan, Burton. Candler, oann, carr, Daves, Davis, Deal, Ducke-tt.

Dunbar, Ennis, Jrtelds, ll'usseU, George, Griffin, Hixon of Sumter, :rohnson of .Hilker, Killmrn, Knowles, Little, Miller of Muscogee-, Nisbet,

Owen, Paulk of Irwin, f'hillips of Quitman,,_
Reid, Ridley,
Sanders, Singletary, EO;laton, Tigner, Watson, Welch, 'Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 95; nays 41.

The roll-call was verified, and o,n counting the votes cas~ it was found that the ayes were 95, nays 41.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Steed of Carroll moved that the bill just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion prevailed; ayes 96, nays 6.

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

.1.!7. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:

A resolution requesting the Governor to return House Bill No. 15.

The Senate also requests the House to return this bill to the Senate.

Mr.'Wellborn, chairman of the Committee ou Enroll.ment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speakm:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delh'-ery to the Governor, the following Act, to wit:

An Act fixing the license fee for retailing liquors in the -county of Brooks~ and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitsed.

c. J. WELLBORN, JR.,
Chairman.

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The following message from His Excellency, the Gov-ernor, was received through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn, to wit:

JJ1. Speaker:
In response to Joint Resolution No. 242, I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to return to the House of .Representatives House Bill No. 15 for the purpose of amendment.

The reading of bills for a third time was resumed, to wit:

By Mr. Mulherin of Richmond-

A bill to authorize county commissioners of the counties of this State to charge a tax or license against dealers in junk, hides, etc., 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.

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution asking the -Governor to return to the House House Bill No. 15 in order that it might be amended, the same was returned, and on motion of Mr. Tigner of Muscogee was immedi-ately transmitted to the Senate by a unanimous vote of the House.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Shackelford-

A bill to provide for the teaching of the elementary branches of agriculture and civil government in the public -schools of this State, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were offered ~y Mr. Harde-

man, which were adopted, to wit:

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To amend by striking in line three of the caption the word "public" and inserting in lieu thereof the wordi " common."

To amend by inserting the word "county" in the fourth. line of the caption before the word " board."

To amend by striking the words "and city superintendent" in the second line of section 2.

To amend by striking the word " public" in the second. line of section 3 and inserting in lieu thereof the word. "common."

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 5.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit :

By Messrs. Preston and Beauchamp-
A bill authorizing the Governor to pay to the heirs of any deceased widow of a Confederate soldier any pension which might have been dtie her at her death.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Harden of Chatham moved that the House adjourn,. which motion prevailed.

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~eave of absence was granted-

Mr. Mizell, Mr. Hendry, Mr. Bowen, Mr. O'Quinn, Mr. Little of Hancock, Mr. Fussell.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until :9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 10, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock .:.a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and -opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered A:o their names :

Adams, Alexander, .Alford, .Almond, .Arnold, .Ayres, .Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, 'Bell of Milton, Blackburn, :Booth,
1' hj

Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Bucbannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin,

Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis,

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Davison,

J ohn.son or Uraw!ord, Peyton,

Dernca:,

Jones of Dougherty, Phillips of Jefferson...

Dozier,

Jones of Pickene, Phillips of Quitwan,

Duckett,

Kelly,

Preston,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Proctor,

Dunbar,

Kent,

Rainey,

Edwards,

Kilburn,

Rankin,

English,

Knight,

Rawls,

Ennis,

Knowles,

Redwine,

Evans,

Lane,

Reid,

l!'elder,

Lawrence,

Rice,

Fields,

Leigh,

Richardson,

Flanigan,

Little,

Ridley,

.l<'Jynt,

Lowe,

Rogers of Hall,

1!'oster o! Oconee, ~!ann,

Rogers of Mclntos~r.

Foster o! '!'owns, Maples,

Roper,

F'ranklln,

Martin,

Rountree,

Fussell,

Mayson,

Sanders,

Gaulden,

Miller of Bullock, Shackelford,

George,

Miller of Muscogee, Shannon,

Glenn,

:Mills,

Singletary,

Grenade,

Mitcham,

Slaton,

Grice,

Mitchell,

'Clpence,

Grittin,

l\:IIzell,

Stanford,

Hall,

Morton,

Steed of Carroll,.

Hardeman,

Moses,

Steed of Taylor,

Harden,

l\:Iulherin,

Stewart,

Hawes,

McBride,

Stovall,

Hayes,

McCurry,

Strickland,

Hendry,

l\!cElm urray,

Thompson,

Henry,

1\IcHenry,

Thurman,

Hicks,

McLain,

Tigner,

Hixon o! Uarroll, McRae,

Tracy,

Hixon o! Sumter, Newton,

Underwood,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Valentine.

Houston.

Owen,

Howard of .Baldwlll, Overstreet,

Walker of Monroe ~Valker of Pierce;

Howard of Laurens, O'Quinn,

Howell,

Parker.

Hutcheson,

Pate of Dooly,

Johnson of Bakel.', Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Coffee,

Watson, Wellborn, West, Whitley,
Wilson~

"Wise, Womble,

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Wooten. Yates,

1\Ir. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Akin, Deal,

Lanier, Pauik of Irwin

Welch,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-
A resolution making Resolution 199 the epecial order for July 11, immediately after the comfi.rmation of the Journal.

Mr. Hawes, vice-chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
1111. Speake1:
The Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following 'House Bill which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, relative to State depositories.
Also, the following bill which they recommend do pass as amended:

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A bill to amend section 1908, volume 2 of the Code, relative to the management of banks.
P.M. HAWES, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Mitcham, vice-chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. S pealcer:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill:

By Mr. Underwood of White-

An Act to be entitled an Act to allow the qualified voters of Blue Ridge district of said county to determine as to the rebuilding of fences in said district, and recommend that it do pac;s.
A. B. MITCHAM, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Calvin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report :

]Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration House Bill No. 5, which proposes to amend an Act protective of game, insectiverous, singing-birds, etc., and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that the bill pass by substitute.
The committee have had under consideration House Bill

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No. 110, which proposes to protect non-game birds particularly, and have instructed me to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN

CALVIN,

Chairman.

Mr. Conner, chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture bas had under consideration House Bill No. 585, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that it do pass as amended.
J. J. CoNNER, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee oil Appropriations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee oil Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House, and instruct me as their chairman to report them back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass :
A bill for the relief of J. W. Wilcox.
A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the Georgia State Sanitarium.

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By Messrs. Stovall and Hawes-

A bill to appropriate $2,000 to pay for transcript of records pertaining to Colonial and Revolutionary periods of this State.

A resolution to pay E. R. Black certain compensation.

Respectfully st1bmitted.

CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
lllr. Speaker: Your Committee of Special Judiciary has had under
consideration the following bills of the House, and has
instructed l me as its chairman to report them back to the
House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
To amend the charter of the city of Griffin.
By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
To amend section 2427 of the Civil Code of 1895.
By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
To amend ail Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and .Revenues in the county of Pulaski.

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"By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

To amend au Act permitting the establishment of dis-pensaries in the county of Pulaski.

.By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

To amend the cbarter of the city of Hawkinsville.

I am instructed to report the following bill of the House back with the recommendation that the same do not pass:

.By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

'To amend section 672 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895.

I am instructed to report the following Senate bill to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

By Mr. Harrell of the Sth district-

To amend an Act establishing the City Court of Bainbridge, in the city of Bainbridge, in Decatur county.

I am also instructed to report back to the House the following bill with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Jeffersonville.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speake1:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to repeal an Act approved December 23, 1898,. amending an Act to regulate the fees of attorneys and receivers in certain cases.

Also, a bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Douglas.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional'< majority the following bills of the House :

A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to amend section 610, volume 1 of the Code.
Also, a bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Jefferson, Jackson county.
Also, a bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court. of Greenville.
Also, a resolution for the relief of E. A. Buck of Berrien county.
Also, a resolution to pay the pension of Jesse E. ButleD'to his widow.
The following resolution was read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA resolution making the order of business for Saturday;--

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July 11, beginning at 11 o'clock a.m., the readi.ng of locah bills first, second aud third time, and all local bills with. Senate amendments.

At the request of Mr. Daniel of Emanuel House BilV No 605 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee.

Under instruction from the Committee on General Agri- culture Mr. Calvin reqnested, and it was so ordered by the House, that 200 copies of a substitute for House Bill~ No. 5, and 200 copies of Honse Bill No. 210 as amended,. be printed for the use of the House.

Under the head of Unfinished Business the following billswere read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A resolution providing for the payment of the pension-due Isaac Swafford to his widow.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to authorize county commissioners to administer oaths, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Spread in the county of Jefferson.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters_

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By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-

A bill to amend an Act to create a city court In the -city of Moultrie.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of La.Fayette in Walker county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to authorize administrators to sell real estate in -certain cases on the property instead of at the courthouse door.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A bill to require the St<~te to pay the expenses of coun-ties which are liable of the trial of all cases against the W. & A. R. R.
Referred to W. & A. R. R. Committee.
By Mr. Mizell Df Charlton-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis:Sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Charlton.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Stewart of Calhoun-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts -of the Albany circuit.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to repeal section 934, volume 3 of the Code relative to the giving of bail before trial.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Davison and Underwood-
A bill to authorize the Pension Commissioner to pay -over to the ordinaries the pensions which have accrued to .any deceased pensioner.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide a solicitor for the {')ounty Court of Oconee county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

!By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill authorizing county commissioners of certain coun-ties to appoint one or more persons to examine books, etc., .-and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Shannon of Monroe-

A resolation to pay the pension due John S. Flynt t<r his daughter.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to amend the charter of the Savannah Trust Company.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read thesecond time, to wit :

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of High.
Shoals.
By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate the Mount Zion school district.
By Mr. Davison of GreeneA bill to amend the charter of the city of Greensboro.
By Mr. Underwood of WhiteA bill providing for an election to be held in the Blue-
Ridge district of White county so as to determine whether there shall be fence or no fence.

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By Messrs. Morris and McLain-

A bill to incorporate the Elizabeth school district m Cobb county.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler.

A bill to amend the charter of Decatur.
By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Upshaw school -district.

By Ur'. Dozier of Troup-
A bill to provide for the election of the judge and -solicitor of the City Court of LaGrange by the people.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so :as to construct a system of sewerage.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler-
A bill to amend the charter of Decatur relative to paving of sidewalks.

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A bill to amend an Act to protect fish in the streams of Bartow county.

..By Mr. Hayes of MaconA bill to amend the charter of the town of Montezuma.

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By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-

A bill to amend the charter of Griffin.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Douglas.

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski.

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to permit the e:ltablishing of dispensaries in Pulaski county.

By Mr. Grice of PulaskiA bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
By Mr. Rainey of TerrellA bill to amend the charter of the town of Parrott.

By Mr. Duggan of Randolph-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Randolph.

By Messrs. Booth and Lawrence-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the Commissioners 0f Roads and Revenues of Walton county.

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223'.

By Mr. Kendrick of Taliaferro-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sharon.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A bill to grant certain land in the city of Savannah to . the mayor and aldermen.

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Edge-- wood.

By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Jef- .. ferson ville.

The call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were introduced and read the first time,. to wit:
By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
A bill to prohibit the trapping or netting of fish in the county of Hall.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Hayes of Macon-
A bill to c~ostitute the Clerk of the Superior Court of,Macon county ex-officio the Clerk of ~he County Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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_..!By Mr. Brown of Houston-

A resolution to pay the pension of Carrie Wilson to her ..daughter.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

.lJy Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to make it penal for any person to procure money --on a contract to perform labor with fraudulent intent.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

__:By Mr. Philips of Jefferson-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public ..-schools in the town of Wadley.

'By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to regulate the proceedings in ?ertain garnishment -cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

.:By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to declare illegal any assignment or sale by any ~mployee whose wages are exempt from law from process ~of garnishment.
.Referred to Gen~ral Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to appropriate $1,350 to pay part of the cost of paving Mitchell street.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Overstreet of ScrevenA bill to regulate the carrying of weapon~, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

A bill providing for the indexing of deeds, both direct and reverse.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall--

A bill to amend an Act to create a Hoard of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Hall.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

~y Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to create the City Court of Cordele.

By Mr. West of Lownde~

A bill to prohibit the adulteration of turpentine and naval stores.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. West of Lowndes-

A bill to provide for the compilation of all records and papers concerning the W. & A. R. R.

By Mr. Butts of Glynn-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.

Heferred to General Judiciary Committee.

By M!-'. Butts of Glynn (by request)-

A bill to allow trustees to resign their trust; provide how they may resign, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder-
A bill to repeal section 502, volume 1 of the Code relative to notaries public.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No. 245, and they recommend that the same do pass by substitute.
Also, House Resolutions Nos. 227 and 244, and they recommend that the same do pass as amended.

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Also, House Resolutions Nos. 241 and 242, and they recommend that the same do pass.
l\IR. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolutions were read, to wit:
By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA resolution IDaki.ng the order. of busipess for. S~turday,
.July 11, local bills for first, second !!Pd third reading, and local hills with Senate amendments.
The Committee on Rules offered the following substitute, to wit:
1. All local House bille, third ri!ading. 2. Local Senate bills, third reading. 3. Local House bills with Senate amendments. 4. All bills for first and second reading, except bills unfavorably reported.
The resolution was adopted by substitute.
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution making House Bill No. 281 the special
order for Thursday, July.16.
The resolution was adopted. By Messrs. Fields and McCurry-
A resolution making House Bill No. 517 the special

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order for July 14, immediately after the reading of the Journal.

The resolution was adopted.

By Mr. George of Morgan-

A resolution making House Bill No. 288 the special. order for Wednesday, July 8, at 10 o'clock.

The committee proposed to amend by striking out "July 8, at 10 o'clock," and insert July 15, immediately after confirmation of the Journal.

The resolution was adopted as amended.

By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-

A resolution making Resolution No. 199 the speciali order for July 11, immediately after reading of Journal.

Committee proposed to amend by striking rc July 11 ,. and insert July 10, at 11:30 o'clock.

The resolution was then adopted as amended.

The following Senate bills were read the second time,. to wit:

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-
A bill to create a Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for the county of Appling.

By Mr. Harrell of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of
Bainbri~,ge.

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.By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-

A bill to provide for the collection ot the revenue of the :State arising under special occupation and license taxes.

By Mr. Tisinger of the 25th DirJtrict-

A bill to regulate the law of year's support.

The following Senate bills were read the first time, to -wit:

By Mr. Howell of the 31st District-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By l\fr. Snead of the 29th District-

A bill to prohibit the exacting of more than eight per Cent. interest on any loan.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Van Buren of the 21st District-

A resolution to direct the State Printer to print and bind certain public records.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

By Mr. Worsham of the 22d District-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to regulate the fees of attorneys and receivers in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Douglas.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the State Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendmenk

By Mr. Symons of the 4th District-
A bill to amend the General Tax Act so as to exempt certain Confederate soldiers from taxation.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A bill to require all persons and corporations to pay taxes in the counties where they are required to be returned by law.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Jordan of the 28th District-
A bill to provide how manufacturing and other companies, who have property on county lines, shall return same for taxation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Tisinger of the 25th District-

A bill to change the time ot holding the fall term of the Upson Superior Court.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following bill was read the third time, to wit:

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-

A bill to place the registration or voter's books in the hands of notaries public and justices of the peace of each militia district, instead of in the hands of the tax collectors, and for other purposes.

Mr. Lane of Sumter moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. vVilson called the previous question which call was sustained and the main question ordered.

The motion to indefinitely postpone was then put to the House and carried.

l\fr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on. Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had nuder consideration the following Senate Bill:

By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Marietta Sewerage Company to occupy the streets of Marietta, and

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instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

The hour of 11 o'clock having arrived the following resolution, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Davis and Howell of Meriwether-
A resolution to make an appropriation to meet the deficiency in the insurance fund for 1901 and to make the same immediately available.
An appropriation being involved the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole aud the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Hall of Bibb.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose ann 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 striking "five thouE'and d0llars" and inserting in lieu thereof " three thousand dollars."
The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot V'iva voce the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Adams,

lt'ields,

Miller of Bullock,

.Alexander,

Flanigan,

Mills,

Al:tlOld,

.l!'lynt,

Mitcham,

.Ayres,

Foster or oconee, illitchell,

Haldwln,

l'oster or 'l'owns, Morton,

.Beall,

.1-'ranklin,

~io13es,

Beauchamp,

Gaulden,

Mulherin,

Bell of Milton,

Ueorge,

McBride,

.Blackburn,

Glenn,

Mc.l!llmmTay,

.Booth,

Ureuade,

McHenry,

Bower,

Gtice,

McLain,

.Boy kin,

GrUHn,

McHae,

Brinson,

Hall,

Newton,

Brock,

Hardeman,

Nisbet,

Brown,

Harden,

Overstreet,

Bruce,

Hawes,

Parker,

Buchan,

Hayes,

l:'ate of Dooly,

Huchannon,

J:ienry,

Pate or Gwtn11ett,

Burton,

Hicks,

"!?'aulk or Colree,

!!:lush,

Hixon or Carroll, l:'eyton,

Cal Yin,

Houston,

Phillips or Jelrerson,

-candler,

.,/ Howard of Baldwin, Phillips of Quitman,

-Cann,

Howard of Laurens, Proctor,

Carswell,

Hutcheson,

Rainey,

Cliatt,

Johnson of Crawrord,Rankin,

Conner,

Jones of Pickens, Rawls,

-cool;:,

Kelly,

Redwine,

-Cromartie,

1\.endrick,

Rice,

Crumbly,

1\:ent,

.tUchardson,

Daniel,

Kilburn,

Ridley,

Davis,

Knight,

Rogers of Hall,

Da.viSOb,

Knowles,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Derrick,

Lane,

Roper,

Dozier,

Leigh,

.Rountree,

Duggan,

Little,

Sanders,

Dunbar,

Lowe,

Shackelford,

Edwards, English,

1\lann,
:. 1 - Maples,

Shannon, Slaton,

Evans,

Martin,

Stanford,

Felder,

Mayson,

Steed of Carroll,

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Steed of Taylor, Stewarc, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner,

Tracy, Underwooa, Valentine, walker of Monroe, Walker of :Pierce, nrellborn,

"est. Wilson, Wise, Womble, wooten. Yates.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

A.lin, Alford, Almond, Bell of !<.;manuel, Bowen, Butts, Carr, Uarrin,rrton, Daes, Deal, Duckett, Ennis,

lussell,

~IcUurry,

Hendry,

Owen,

Hixon of ::lumter, O'Quinn,

Holder,

Paulk OI irwin~

Howell,

Preston,

.Johnson of Baker, Reid.

Johnson of Ullnch, Singletary,

.Jones of Dougherty, Spence,

Lanier,

watson,

Lawrence,

"reich,

Miller of Muscogee, vVhitley,

Mizell,

Mr. Speatrer.

Ayes 139; nays 0.

On motion of Mr. Grice the verification of the roll-c was dispensed with.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 139, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiot majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Johnson of BakerA resolution providing for the payment of the pensi
of B. G. Smith of Baker county.
The House resolved itself il:ltO a committee of the wh(

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for a con:>ideration of the resolution and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Rankin 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 be laid on the table.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

By Messrs. Houston, Hardeman and Harden-
A resolution providing for the appropriation of mouey to defray the expenses of the erection of statues of Hon.Alexander Stephens and Crawford W. Long in the Statuary Hall at Washington.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Dunbar of Richmond.
After consideration of the re10olution the committee arose and through their chairman reported progress and asked. leave to sit again.
At the request of Mr. Adams of Putnam Honse Bill No. 572 was recommitted to the Temperance Committee.

Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted 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 Act, to wit:

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An Act to repeal an Act to estabisb the City Court of Mount Vernon.

Also, a resolution requesting the Governor to return House Bill No. 15.

Respectfully submitted.

c. J. WELLBORN, JR.,
Chairman.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A resolution tendering the thanks of the House to Hon. .Jno. M. Egan, president C. of G. Ry., for courtesies extended the General Assembly on their trip to Griffin, and also thanking Hon. Jas. J. Flynt, Representative from Spalding county, and the citizens of Griffin and Spalding -county for their hospitality.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the State Unhersity for Jthe State Technological school.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-

A. bill to incorporate the Concord school district in Pike -county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Daniel, Mr. Woruble, Mr. Mann, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Walker of Monroe, Mr. Mitcham, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Stanford, Mr.Johnson of Crawford, Mr. Richardson, Mr. English, Mr. Tigner, Mr. Adams, Mr. Burton, Mr. Shannon, Mr. Newton, Mr. Johnson of Clinch, Mr. Knight, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Stovall.

On motion of Mr. Well born the House adjourned untit 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., Saturday, July 11, 1903.
The House met pursuaut to adjournment at 9 o'clock .a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
On motion of Mr. Brinson of Decatur. the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings. was read and -confirmed.
The Clerk read the order of business for the day, which was as follows :
1st. AU local House bills for third reading. 2d. All local Senate bills for tbitd reading. 3d. All local House bills with Senate amendments. 4th. All bills for first and second reading except bills .unfavorably reported.
Mr. Jones of Dougherty moved that all members having bills to introduce send them to the Clerk's desk, which motion prevailed.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Steed of TaylorA resolution appointing a commi'ttr-e to revise and com-
. ,pile the common school laws of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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iBy Mr. Miller of Bulloch-

A bill to amend section 388, volume 3 of the Code relative to the giving of bond, and fo~ other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd (by reque,;t)-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to -extend the corporate limits.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McHenry ofFloyd (by request)-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Jtome so as to authorize the said city to erect and operate an electric plant.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to provide for the appointment of a Board of Visitors to the Technological School, to define their duties, -etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. George of Morgan-
A bi!J to empower the mayor and council of the city ot
Madison to. construct a systeQJ. of water-works.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By M~s~rs. Stovall and Underwood-

A bill to amend the general appropriation Act for 190~. and 1904 which relates to the republication of Georgia Reports.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Shackelford of Clarke-

A bill to amend an Act to create the Northeastern Banking Company.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to incorporate the town of Beloit in the county of Lee.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
M1". Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills and recommend that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
A bill to prohibit trapping, netting and hooking fish in the months of March, :April and May for the next three years.

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By Mr. Stewart of Calhoun-

A bill to change and fix the time for holding superior courts in the counties of Decatur, Worth, Calhoun and Mitchell in Albany district.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in said county.

By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Wadley in said county.
By Mr. Boykin of Lincoln-
A bill to incorporate the Amity school district, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Rogers and Thompson of Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Oak Wood, and to define limits thereof.
By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to make it unlawful to procure money or other valuables on contract to perform labor with intent to defraud, and fix punishment, etc.
By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-
A bill to establish a city court in the town of Moultrie, and for other purposes.
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By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-

A bill to incorporate the town of Spread, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-

A bill to prohibit hogs from running at large 1n said county.

Also, the following Senate bill.:

By Mr. Worsham-

A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the fees of attorneys and receivers in cases where receivers are appointed.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration House Bill No. 618.

By Messrs. George of Morgan and Booth and Lawrence of

Walton-



A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the the town of High Schools in the counties of Walton and Morgan; to define its limits and to prescribe its municip_al powers, and for other purposes: and I am instructed as its chairman to

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report the same back to the House with the. recommenda;,tion that it do pass as amended.

J. J. FLYNT,
Chairman.

The following bill was read the second time and recomr.mitted to the Committee on Corporations, to wit:
.By 1\fessrs. McLain and Morris of Cobb-
.A bill to amend the charter of the town of .Acworth in Cobb county. . By Mr. Morri~ of Cobb-
.A bill to incorporate the Olive Springs school district.
The above bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Corporations.
The following bills were read the third time and put -upon their passage, to wit:
.By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-
A bill to amend the cbarterof the town of Mo1ven.
The report 6f the committee, which was favorable to the r~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 J3llajority was passed.

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By. Mr. Morris of Cobb-

.A. bill to incorporate the- Mount Zion school district in Cobb 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional:, majority was passed.

By Mr. Mann of Tattnall-

. .A. bill to amend the charter of the town of Lyons.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite coustitutional ma-jority was passed.

By Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb--

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town or Roswell to issue bonds.

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

Oil passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna.~- - jority was passed.
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:By Messrs. Morris and McLain of Cobb-

A bill to incorporate the Elizabeth school district in -Qobb county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 1passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs.Mayson and Can_dler of DeKalb-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Edgewood.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

paseage ot 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. Stanford ot H-arris-

A bill to amend the charter of the town o.f Hamilton.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.

The bill having received the requis.ite constitutional majority was passed.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

A bill to amend section 10 of the charter of the town of Chipley.

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

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Ball Groundf in Cherokee county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.

By Mr. Brock of Dade-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commis-sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dade.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionall majority was passed.

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By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to incorporate the Sasser school district.

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

On the paso-age of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.
. The bill having received the requisite constitutional
majority was passed.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to incorporate the town of Plainville in Gordon 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 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Tracy of Webster-
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in Webster county excep1; through the medium of a dispensary.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passag-e of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.
The, bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a system of public schools for the Sylvania school district.
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 requi:;ite coflstitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to incorporate the town of Armena in Lee 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 91, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Bronwood.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On pasEage of the bill the ayes wP.re 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to incorporate the town of Boykin m Miller 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 93, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional :majority was passed.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A bill to amend an Act to repeal as much of the charter
of Qf Savannah as provides for the election a jailer.

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. Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to incorporate the town of Nunez In Emanuel -county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the :p'.lssage 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 was passed.

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By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to incorporate the Parrott school district.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional

majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Metcalf. The report of tne committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0. The bill having received the requisite consLitutiona1 majority was passed.
By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of CarrollA bill to incorporate the Whitesburg school district.
The repurt of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage 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.

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By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act to create a }\pard of Commis:-sioners of Roads and Revenues for Twiggs county.

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

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur rel-ative to construction of water-works.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.

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

By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur relative to constructing a system of sewerage.

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

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
_By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ,,passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional :majority was passed.
-By Mr. Maples of Mitchell-
A bill to incorporate the town of Baconton. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite co~stitutional wajorty was passed.
By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalbA bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatnr rela-
tive to the paving of sidewalks.
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.

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By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

.A bill to incorporate the Bronwood school district.
The report ot 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. Conner of Bartow-

.A bill to amend an .Act to protect fish in the streams of Bartow county.

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

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
.A bill to grant certain land to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah.
The report of the committee, which was favor-able to thepassage 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.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Hayes of Macon-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the >town of Montezuma.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional IJllajority was passed.

__By Messrs. Booth and Lawrence-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commis..sioners of Roads and Revenues for Walton 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 94, n~ys 0.

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

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of County ..Commissioners for Douglas county.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional k!llajority was passed.

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.By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Upshaw :school district.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional 'majority was passed.

iBy Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Parrott.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 1passage 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 was passed.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to authorize the city of Augusta .to lay out and maintain boulevards.

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 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional 'majority was passed.

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By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Greensboro in Greene 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 100, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional! majority was passed.

By Mr. Kendrick of Taliaferro-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sharon.

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

On passage of the bill the ayeg were 96, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.

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

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By Mr. Griee of Pulaski-

A bill tQ amend the Act permitting the establishment of dispensaries in the county of Pulaski.

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.

'l'he bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Underwood of White-
A bill to allow the voters of the Blue Ridge district to hold an election so as to determine whether there shall be fence or no fence.
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.
The bill having received the requieite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Duggan of Randolph-

.A bill' to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Randolph.

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:

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed .

.By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Jeffersonville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, wae agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Gaulden of Brooks-
A bill to incorporate the town of Barney.
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. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passag~ of the hili the ayes were 88, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

.By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the wassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional t,majority was passed.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and ;put upon their passage, to wit:

_By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-
A bill to create a Board of Road and Bridge Commis.>Sioners for the county of Appling.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ]passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutioJJal ~:majority was passed.

_By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A bill to establish dispensaries in the county of Coffee.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the )passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionali majority was passed.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Stewart of Calhoun-

A bill to change and fix the time tor holding the superior courts in the Albany circuit.

By Mr. Felder of BibbA bill for the relief of J. W. Wilcox.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A resolution to pay the pension of I. N. Taylor to his. widow.

By Messrs. Hixon and Lane of Sumter-
A bill to require persons operating cotton-gins in this.. S~ate to register same.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
.,, A bill to amend. section 1908, volume 2 of the Codewhich provides by whom banks shall he managed.

By Mr. Flynt of SpaldingA bill to amend section 2427 of the Civil Code relative-
to divorce suit~.
By lVIr. Slaton of Fulton:_ A bill to regulate the salelof stocks in bnlk.

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_-By Mr. Moses of Coweta-

A bill to amend section 3472 of the Code.

By Mr. Hawes of Elbert-
A bill to amend an Act to amend section 3667 of the Code.

By Mr. Roper of Dawson-
A bill to grant persons or corporations engaged in raft-ing or transporting lumber the right to use non-navigable -waters.

_By Mr. Phillips of JeffersonA bill to incorporate the town of Spread.

y Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act to fix the time of holding the ,-superior courts of the Oconee circuit.

_:_:sy Mr. FeJ.der of BibbA bill te .amend section 4821, volume 2 of the Code.

lBy Mr. Cand~~ll' -ot DeKalb-
A bill to amend section 982, volume l of the Code. 1By Mr. Yates of Catoosa (by request)-
A bill to prohibit hogs from running at large.

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By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-

.A. bill to amend an Act to create the City Court ofc Moultrie.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to make it penal for any person to secure money on a contract to perform labor with intent to defraud.

By Messrs. Rogers and Thompson of Hall-

A bill to incorporate the town of Oakwood.

By Mr. Boykin of Lincoln-

A bill to incorporate the Amity school district.

By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee (by request)-

A bill to regulate and provide for companies doing ar. purely mutual business in the insurance of cotton factories-. exclusively.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
. A bill to prohibit the netting or trapping of fish in Halli county.

By Mr. Rankin of GordonA bill to provide that the railroad commissioners shaH!
be elected by the people.
By Mr. Thompson of HallA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis--
sioners of Roads and Revenues for Hall county.

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By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the town of Wadley.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hawes-

A bill to appropriate $2,000 to have records copied.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution to pay E. R. Black certain compensation~

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the State Sanitarium.

By Messrs. George, Lawrence and Booth-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of High Shoals.

The following Senate bills were read the second time,. to wit:

By Mr. Worsham ,of the 22d District-

A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to regulate the fees of attorneys and receivers in cases where receivers areappointed.
By 1\Ir. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to authorize the Marietta Sewerage Company to work in the streets of Marietta.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Monday, July 13, 1903.

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

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Hoy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, "Burton, Hush, Butts, {}alvin, (Jandler,

Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett,
Duggan,
Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, F'elder, Fields, Flanigan, j, Flynt,

Foster of Oconee,

Foster of Towns,

l<'ranklin,

Fussell,

Gaulden,

George,

Glenn,

Grenade,

Grice,

Grittin,

Hall,

Hardeman,

Harden,

Hawes,

,,

Hayes, Hendry,

Henry,

Hicks,

Hixon of Carroll,

Hixon of lSumter,

Holder,

Houston,

Howard of Baldwin,

Howard of Laurens,

Howell,

Hutcheson,

Johnson of Baker,

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..Johnson of Clinch, McElmurray,

Sanders,

John.son of Crawrord,M:cHenry,

Shackelford,

Jones of Dougherty, McLain,

Shannon,

.Jones of Pickens, McRae,

Singletary,

Kelly,

Newton,

Slaton,

Kendrick,

Nisbet,

Spence,

Kent,

Owen,

Stanford,

Kilburn,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

](night,

O'Quinn.

Steed_ of Taylor,

Knowles,

Parker,

Stewart,

Lane,

-) . Pate of Dooly,

Stovall,

Lanier,

Pate of Gwinnett, Shickland,

Lawrence,

Paulk of Colfee,

Thompson,

Leig!J,

Paulk of Irwin,

Thurman,

Little,

Peyton,

Tigner.

Lowe,

Phillips of Jelferson, Tracy,

1\lann,

Phillips of Quitman, Underwood,

Maples,

Preston,

Valentine,

Martin, Mayson, -Miller of .Bullock, .Miller or Muscogee, Mills, Mitc!Jam, -Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses,
~fulherin,
McBride,

Proctor,

Walker of Monroe,

Rainey,

'V'alker of Pierce.

Rankin,

Watson,

Rawls,

'Vellborn,

Redwine,

West,

Reid,

Whitley,

Rice,

Wilson,

Richardson,

'V'ise,

Ridley,

Womble,

Rogers of Hall,

Wooten.

Rogers of Mcintosh, Yates,

Hoper,

Mr. Speaker.

McCurry,

Rountree,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin.

Welch,

The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read and (:Onfirmed.

Mr. Whitley of Douglas moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 565 in order that

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he might offer an amendment to the bill, which motion' prevailed.

The following resolutions were introduced and read, to wit:

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A resolution providing that the present session of the General Assembly shall hold for only twenty-five days.

The above resolution was referred to the Committee on. Rules.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That in pursuance of the provisions of section 1294, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, the honorable the Chancellor of the U niversi ty of Georgia be, and he is hereby, invited to address the General Assembly on thework of the University-past, present and future-in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on the night of asearly a day as may suit the convenience of the Chancellor.
ResolvedjU1the1, That the Secretary of the Senate and, the Clerk of the House of Representatives be instructed. to transmit to the honorable Chancellor a duly attested copy of the foregoing resolution.

The above resolution was unanimously adopted.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Com-mittee, o;ubmitted the following report:
11!r. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under con-sideration the following Senate bill, which I am instructedlt

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as chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A bill to a~end section 2166 of the Code of 1895.

Respectfully submitted.

C. S. REID, Chairman p1o tem.

The following bills were read the second time and. recommitted, to wit:
By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town ofMeigs.
By Mr. West of Lowndes-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the "The Mer-chants Bank of Valdosta."
On motion of Mr. Hardeman of Jackson Resolution No.. 95 was tabled.
By Mr. McBride of Lee~
A bill to incorporate the town of Beloit.
The above bill was read the second time and recom-mitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 73 was taken. from the table and placed on the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following bills were intro- dnced, to wit:

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By Mr. Alexander of Wilkes-

.A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Washington in the county of Wilkes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town ot High ;Shoals.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

.By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-
A bill to require tax receivers and tax collectors of the several counties of this State to assess and sell for taxes all il.mreturned lands.
Referred to Committee on wild Lands.

By Mr. Proctor of Camden-
A resolution to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of f:amden county to pay the Sheriff of said county a salary.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

.By Mr. Houston of Fulton-
.A resolution providing for the purchase of a picture of Oov. Allen D. Candler.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Morton of Jones---

A bill to amend an Act to create the Prison Commis-. sion of the State of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Special Agriculture.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to allow garnishees to move for the strengthening of garnishment and attachment bonds, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Alford of WorthA bill to create a school district at Dales m Worth.
county. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill to define and regulate the business of industrial:
life insurance. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. English of Warren-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of, Norwood.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A bill to provide that each alderman of the city of :Savannah shall receive salary or compensation for his services, payable out of the treasury of said city.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 3, article 1 of the Constitution of this State.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

.By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1, article 9 of the -constitution of this State.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A bill to exempt architects from jury duty, and for other purposes.
Referred to GenePal J udicia:ry Committee.

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

Mr. Speaker:
. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional 1majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

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A bill to amend article 7, section 1 of the Constitution :so"as to limit -the levy of taxes on property for any one year by the General Assembly to five mills, except for the purpose of providing a sinking fund, repelling invasion, :suppressing insurrection or defending the State in time of war.

A bill to prescribe how property shall be levied on and :sold, which is held by a defendant in execution, when the plaintiff has obtained a special judgment upon the debt =Secured by a conveyance of the title to such property, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend section 985 of the Civil Code (vol. 1), .and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate resolution, to wit:
A resolution tu ratify the action of the mayor and coun-cil of the city of Marietta in authorizing Hansell street to be closed for a distance of 200 feet or more, and to quiet the title of the Marietta Paper Mills to the strip of ground formerly used as said street, and for other purposes.

The Senate has passed also by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions other than dams used for operating mills or machintry of any .kind from creeks and runuiug streams in Clayton county.
A bill to incorporate the town of Man~-;field in Newton ~ounty, to provide a government of the same, and for other purposes.

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A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the city or Toccoa in the county of Habersham.

A bill to establish the City Court of Jefferson, in the city of Jefferson, :md for other purposes.
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel county, approved December 17, 1898, so as to regulate fees of the Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court of Swainsboro.
The Senate has also passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House,.. to wit:
A bill to amend an Act entitled au Act to re-incorporate the town of waycross as the city of "Vaycross, and; for other purposes.
A bill to repE!al au AcL entitled au Act to create an Advisory Board of Commissioners fot Laurens and Glascock counties, and for other purposes.

The following Senate bill was read the second time,. to wit:

By Mr. Howell of the 35th Disttict-

A bill to amend section 2166 of the Code of 1895.

The following House bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Harden of ChathamA bill to amend an Act to protect game and insectivo-

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rous and singing birds, etc., io this State, and for other purposes.

On motion ot Mr. Harden the above bill was tabled.

Pursuant to his former notice Mr. Whitley of Douglas moved a reconsideration of the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 565, which motion prevailed.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A bill to provide for the electi"n of the Railroad Com.missioners of this State by the people.
Mr. Rankin offered a substitute for the above hill, which was read and adopted.

The report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to on July 9, 1903, and the same was placed on the calendar.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Ayres, 'Beall, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Rootb, Bower, Boykin, 'Brinson,
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Hucbannon, Busb, Calvin, Candler, carr, Carrington, Conner, . Cook, Cromartie, Daniel, Davisou, Deal,

Derrick, Du.ggan, Dunbar, English, Felder, Fields, Flanigan, J!'oster of Oconee, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade,

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Hardeman,

Lowe,

Harden,

Maples,

Hayes,

l\iiller of Bullock,

Hixon of Carroll, Mills,

Houston,

Mitcham,

Howard of Haldwln, Mitchell,

Howell,

Mizell.

Hutcheson,

~lorton,

.Johnson of Crawford,~lulberin,

.Jones of Dougherty, McBride.

Jones of Pickens, McCurry,

Kelly,

~lc~lrn urray.

Kendrick,

:\lcHeury,

Kent,

lllcLain,

Kilburn,

:\IcHae.

Knight,

1'\ewton,

Knowles,

Nisbet,

Lane,

OYerstreet,

Lanier,

Pate of Dooly,

Lawrence,

?aulk of Coffee,

Leigh,

Paulk or lrwin,

Little,

Peyton,

Phillips of Jefferson,. Phillips of Quitman,
l'rP-ston, Proctor, Rankin, Rawls, Hedwine, Rice, Rogers of ~clntoshy Roper, Sanders, Shackelford. Spence, Steed of Carroll, Stewart, Stovall, Tracy, Underwooa, Valentine, Walker of Monroey Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

,Arnold, Cann,

Crumbly, Hixon of Sumter,

Wellborn,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Haldwin, Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Bowen, Brock, Hrown, Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Butts, Carswell,

Cliatt, Daves, Davis, Dozier, Duckett, Bdwards, Ennis, E'ans, Flynt. F'oster of '!'oWns, Franklin, l!'ussell,

Grice, Grit:!in, Hall. Hawes. Hendry, tlenry, Hicks, Holder, Howard of Laurens-r .Tobnson of Haker, .Tobnson of Clinch, :\I ann.

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~\Iartin.,
Mayson, Miller of Muscogee, Moses, Owen, O'Quinn, Parker, Pate of Gwlnuett, Rainey, Reid, J:tichardson,

Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rountree, Shannon, Singletary, Slaton, Stanford, Steed of Taylor, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,

Tigner, Walker of Pierce, watson, Welch, West. Whitley, Wilson,
" 7ise, Womble, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 100; nays 5.

On motion of Mr. Candler of DeKalb the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 5.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill for the relief of J. W. Wilcox.

On motion of Mr. Felder the above bill was tabled.

On motion of the authors House Bills Nos. 50 and 98were tabled.
By Mr. Blackbum of Fulton-
A bill tv authorize street railroad companies to engage in the bu5iness of furnishing steam-heating power.
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.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional

majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton House Bill No. 103 was tabled during the absence of the author.

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

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A resolution providing that Senate Bill No. 122 be made the special order for July 15, 1903, and that House Bill No. 476 be made the special otder to immediately follow Senate Bill No. 122.

On motion of Mr. Booth of 'Valton House Resolution No. 107 was tabled.

House Resolution Ko. 109 and House Bill No. 109 were tabled on motion of the author.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Thompson of Hall, Mr. W atsou of McDuffie.

On motion of Mr. Hawes of Elbert the House adjourned to meet again to-nlorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1903.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, July 14, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called an.d the following members answered to their names :

adams,

Cann,

~le:s:ander,

Carr,

Alforll,

Carrington,

Almond,

Carswell,

arnold,

Cliatt,

Ayres,

Conner,

Haldwin,

Cook,

He all,

Cromartie,

Heauchamp,

Crumbly,

Hell of Emanuel, Daniel,

Hell of Milton,

Daves,

Hlackburn,

Davis,

Booth,

Davison,

Bowen,

Deal,

Bower,

Derrick,

Hoy kin,

Dozier,

Hrinson.

Duckett,

Brock,

Duggan,

Brown,

Dunbar,

Hruce,

Edwards,

Buchan,

English,

Buchan non,

Ennis,"'

Burto)l.

Evans,

Bush,

Felder,

Butts,

- ";'r ;Fields,

Calvin,

' ' Flanigan,

Candler,

.l!'lynt,

l'oster of uco11ee, Jt'oster of Towns, I'ranklin, F:ussell, Gaulden, George, Hlenn, Grenade, Grice, Gritlin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of CatTOII, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin. Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Baker,

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Johnson of Clinch, McElmurray,

Rountree,

Johnson of Crawford,McHenry,

Sanders,

.Jones of Dougherty, McLain,

Shackelford,

.Jones of Pickens, McRae,

Shannon,

Kelly,

Newton,

Singletary,

Kendrick,

Nisbet,

Slaton,

Kent,

Qwen,

Spence,

Kilburn,

Overstreet,

Stanford,

Knight,

O'Quinn,

Steed of Catroll,

Knowles,

Parker,

Steed of 1-'aylor,

Laue,

Pate of Dooly,

Stewart,

Lanier.

Pate of Gwinnett, Sto'l'all,

'Lawrence.

Paulk of Colfee,

Strickland,

Leigh,

Paulk of Irwin,

Thompson,

Little,

Peyton,

Thurman,

Lowe,

Phillips of Jelferson, Tigner,

1\iann,

Phillips of Quitman, Tracy,

:1\Iaples,

Preston,

Underwood,

Martin,

Proctor,

Valentine.

Mayson,

Rainey,

Walker of Monroe,

1\Iiller of Bullock, Rankin,

Walker of Pierce,

1\iiller of Muscogee, Rawls,

Wellborn,

Mills,

Redwine,

West.

1\Htcham,

Reid,

Whitley,

Mitchell,

Rice,

Wilson,

1\Hzell,

Richardson,

Wise,

Morton, 1\ioses, Mulherin, McBride,

Ridley,

Womble,

Rogers Rogers Roper,

of of

Hall, Mcintosh,

Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

McCurry,

Those absent were Messrs.-

.Akin,

Watson.

Welch,

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

At the request of the authors House Bills Nos. 103, 109, 135 and House Resolution No. 109 were taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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At tbe request of the author House Bill No. 112 was 'recommitted to the Committee on Pensions.

The following bill, which was made the special order for io-day, was read t~e third time ana put upon its passage, <to wit:

By Messrs. Fields and Pate of Dooly, McCurry of Hart, Tigner, Derrick and Bell of Milton.

A bill to amend an Act relative to the alternative road laws so as to suspend same at any time of court, etc., and for other purposes.

The committee proposed to amend by striking the words "one hundred" wherever they occur and insert in lieu thereof the words "one-tenth of the registered."

The report ot the committee, which was favorable to the __passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the a~es were 80, nays 13.

The bill'having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Fields gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in not passing the above bill.

Mr. Howell, chairman p?o tern. ot the Committee on Wild Lands, submitterl the following report:

_ilfr. Speaker:

The Committee on wild Lands have had under consid--eration th!'l following bill of the House and have instructed
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me to report the same back with the recommendation that. it do pass:

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-

A bill to require tax receivers and collectors of this State to assess and eell for taxes all unreturned lands.

Respectfully submitted.

vV. s. HowELL,
Chairman pro tem.

Mr. Slaton, ch~irman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

31T. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, and I am instructed as chairman to report the same back to the House. with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to authorize said city to erect and operate an electric plant.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to extend the corporate limits thereof.

A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment" of a Board of Visitors to the State Technological School.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Americus.

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Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same,. to wit:

A bill to exempt architects from jury duty.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATO~, Ohairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters havehad under consideration the following House bills, and in-. struct me as their chairman to report back said bills with. the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to incorporate the school district of Concord m Pike county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to incorporate the town of Beloit in Lee county,. and for other purposes.
By Mr. Proctor of Camden-
A bill to authorize the county commissioners of Camden. county to pay the sheriff of said county an additional salary of $400, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Spence of Ware-

. A bill to amend the Code in regard to working misdemeanor convicts on public roads.

By Mr. Alexander of Wilkes-
A bill to establish a city court in the town of Washington in said county, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JoHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Tbe undersigned, members of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following minority !l.'eport:

J.11r. Speaker:
We, the undersigned, members of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, beg to submit a minority report on House Bill No. 617. In our opin_ion the bill is an unwise one and should not pass.
Respectfully submitted.
J. A. BusH of Miller, A. T. STEWART of Calhoun, A. P. McLAIN of Cobb, ALFORD of Worth.

Mr. Stewart, chairman of the Committee on Immigration, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your committee having considered the petition offered

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lby certain negro women from Savannah asking for a grant ~f $2,000 to enable them to go to .Africa, beg leave to report that we do not feel authorized to grant the request.

Respectfully submitted.

J. T. STEWART, Chairman.

Mr. Adams, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, :submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:

The Committee on Temperance having had under con-sideration the following bill report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:

By Mr. Edwards of Marion-

A bill to amend the dispensa1y Act for Buena Vista.

w. GEO.

ADAMS,

Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit :
By Mr. Evans of Washington-
A resolution for the relief of W. E. English, John R. .Pate, W. S. Ivey et al., as the bondsmen of W. F. Shirley.
Referred to Oommittee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

A bill to repeal an Act to create county courts in this. State so far as the same relates to the county of Bulloch.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Deal and l\liller of Bulloch-
A bill to create the City Court of Statesboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Deal and Miller of Bulloch-
A bill to establish and maintain a dispensary in the city of Statesboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield (by request)-
A resolution investigating the charge of peonage in the State of Georgia.
Lay on the table for one day.

By Mr. Dunbar of H.ichmond (by request)A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Conner of BartowA bill to force the return for taxation and the payment

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-of taxes on ;1ll notes, accounts, ,;tocks and bonds, au'd for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

ATLANTA, GA., July 13, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn, to wit:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:
An Act to repeal au Act to establish the City Court of Mt. Vernon.

An Act fixing the license fee for retailing liquors in Brooks county, and for other purposes.

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

1111. Speaker:
The Senate has pasl'ed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to abolish the Board of County Commissioners <>f Road;; and Revenues and Public Property fot the county . of Wilkes, and for nther purposes.

The Sende has also concurred in the following House resoiutioo, to wit:
A resolution inviting Chancellor Hill of the Univer.sity of Georgia. to address the General Assembly.

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Mr. Hall of Bibb, a member of the Committee on Con-stitutional Amendments, submitted the following minority report on House Bin No. 103:

Nr. Speaker:
As a member of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments I respectfully dissent from the report of the majority of the committee favorable to the passage of HouseBill NcJ. 103.

Respectfully submitted.

Jos. H. HALL.

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

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, art.icle 8 of theConstitntioll of this State, and for other purposes.
The previous question was called and the main question ordered.
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 and nays were ordered, and ou takiug the ballot viva voce, the vote was. as follows:

Those voting in the affirmatiYe were :Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Arnold,

Ayres, 1::\aldwin, 1::\eauchamp,

Bell of Milton, Blackburn. Booth,

Tu:mSD&Y, JuLY 14, 1903.

S8f

Bower,

Jolmi!OB of Baker, McLain.

Bo7klD.

Jolmi!On of Uimell, Newton,

Brinson, Brock, Buchannon,

.. Jolmi!On of Drawtorc:l,Owen,
'": Jones of Dougherty, l'arker,
-"' ;rones of Pickens, Pate of Doob',

Bush,

Kelly,

Paulk of Coffee,

Cliatt,

Kendrick,

Preston,

Conner,

Kent,

Proctor,

Davis,

Knight,

Rainey,

Davison,

Lane.

Redwine,

Deal.

Lanier,

Rice,

ilngllsh,

Little,

Ridley,

l!lnn1s,

Lowe.

Rogers of Hall.

Dvans,

'Maples,

Roper,

ll'ielc:ls.

Miller of Bullock. Rountree.

Flynt, Franklin,

)!iller of Muscopt., Sanders,

:wus,

Spence,

Grtce,

Mitcham,

Stanford,

Hayes,

Mizell,

Steed of Carroll,

Henry,

Morton,

Valentine,

Hixon of Carroll, Moses,

Walker of Pierce,

Howard of Baldwin, M:cBrlde,

Whitley,

Howard or Laurens, l:IC:S:eury,

Wooten,

Hutcheson,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, Brown, Bruce, Hurton, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann. ca.mngton, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, DanieL Derrick,

Dallier, Duckett, Dngan, Dunbar, Felder, };'Ianigan, Foskr of Oconee, Foster or Towns, Fussell, GAnlc:len, George, Glenn. Grenade, Ur!Wn, Hall.

Hardeman. Harden, Hawes, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howell, Kilburn, Leigh, Mann, l\:Iartln, Mitchell. Mulherin. l\IcCurry, McElmlll'rtl.;r,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Nisbet,

Richardson,

Tracy,

Paulk of Irwin,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Underwood,

Peyton,

Shackelford,

walker of Monroe,

Phillips of Jetrerson, Stewart,

wellborn,

Phillips or Quitman. Sto'l"all,

Womble,

Rankin,

Shickland,

Yates,

Rawls,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Beall, Bell of Emanuel, Bowen, Buchan, Carr, Carswell, Daves, Edwards, Hendry, Hicks,

Knowles, Lawrence, Mayson, McRae, 0Yerstreet, O'Quinn, Pate of Gwinnett, Reid, Shannon, Singletary, Slaton,

Steed of Taylor, Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner, Watson, \'i7elcb, West, Wilson, 'Wise, Mr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes it was found that the ayes were 79, nays 64.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majo'rity was lost.

Mr. Grice gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the above bill.

:M:r. Franklin of Washiugton arose iu his seat to a question of personal privilege.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the :first time, to wit:

TuESDAY, JULY 14, 1903.

289

By Messrs. Ennis and Knowles of Floyd-

A bill providing that the question as to whether or not the Act "establishing a dispensary in Rome" be repealed, be submitted to the qualified voters of Floyd county.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-

A bill to regulate the registration, sale and analysis of commercial fertilizers, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to repeal section 573 to 583 inclusive of volume
i of the Code of 1895, known as the "Alternative Road
Law."

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Harden of Chatham.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9 o'olock to-morrow morning.

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290

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, July 15, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock :a.m. this day, was called to order Ly the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams,

Alexander,

Alford,

Almond,

Arnold,

Ayres,

Baldwin,

Beall,

Beauchamp,

Hell of Emanuel,

Bell of Milton,

Blackburn,

Booth,

Bowen,

Bower,

Boy kin,

Urinson,

Hrock,

'

Brown,

Bruce,

Buchan.

Buchannon,

Burton,

Bush.

Butts.

Calvin.

Candler,

(.)ann, (.)al'l, Uaniugton, Carswell, (.)Jia tt,
Conner, UooK, Uromartle, Crumoty, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier. Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, ET"ans, Felder, Pields. FlaDijZan, l'Iynt.

Foster or Oconee, Foster of 'l.'owns. Franklin, l!'ussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Griffin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon or Uarroar, Hixon or Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard or Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutchesot., Johnson of Baker,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

291

Johnson of Clinch, McElmun-ay,

Rountree.

.Johnson ot crawford, ~icHenry,

Sanders,

,Jones of Dougherty, McLain,

Shackelford,

.Jones of l'ickilns, McHae,

Shannon,

.Kelly,

.Newton.

Singletary,

Kendrick,

Nisbet,

Slaton,

.Kent,

ow~n.

Spence,

.Kilburn,

0 n~rstreet,

Stanford,

..Knight,

O'(,!uinu,

Steed of Carroll,

.l(nowles,

Parker

Steed of Taylor,

Lane,

Pate of Dooly,

Stewart,

Lanier, .Lawrence, Leigh,

Pate of Gwinnett, Paulk of Ootree, Paulk of Irwin,

Stovall, Strickland, Thompson,

.Little,

Peyton,

Thmman,

.;Lowe,

Phillips of Jefl'erson. Tigner,

Mann, .Maples, Martin, Mayson, 'Miller of Hullock.. Miller of Muscogee, 'Mills. Mitcham, Mitchell, 'Mizell, Morton,
-~roses,
i\fulberfn.

Phillips of Quitman, '!'racy,

Preston,

Underwood,

Proctor,

Valentine,

Rainey,

Walker of Monroe,

Rankin,

Walker of Pierce,

Rawls,

Watson,

Redwine,

Wellborn,

Reid, Rice,

West. Whitley. Wilson.

Richardson,

Wise,

Ridley,

Womble.

Rogers of Hall,

Wooten.

Rogers of Mclntosll, Yates.

1\IcBride,

Roper,

Mr. Speaker.

:arccurry,

Those absent were Messrs.-

A.kin,

welch,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and -confirmed.
The following bill, which was the special order for this hour, was read the third time and. put upon its passage, to wit:

292

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. George of Morgan-
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to make it unlawful for any person to employ or contract with, as tenant or cropper, any person under contract with another, and for other purposes.

The committee proposed to amend by striking section 3 of the bill and numbering the remaining sections accordingly.

The amendment was adopted.

Also, the following amendments by Mr. George were adopted:

To amend by adding after the word "performed," in thefifth line thereof, the words "made in the presence of one or more witnesses."

The amendment was adopted.

Also, to amend section 2 by adding after the word "performed," in the tenth line thereof, the words "made in thepresence of one or more witnesses."

The amendment was adopted.

The report of the committee, which was fiworable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 7.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority, was passed as amended.

Mr. Fields of Dooly, in pursuance of his notice given.

vYEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

293

yesterday, moved to reconsider t.he action of the House in
defeating on yesterday House Bill :No. 517, which is a bill
-concerning the alternative road law, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Grice of Pulaski moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating on yesterday House Bill No. 10~, which provides for an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which motion was lost; ayes 52, nays 55.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

Ry Messrs. Holder and Mitchell-
A resolution to make Senate Resolution No. 27 the special order for 12 o'clock to-day.

By Mr. Little ot Hancock-
A resolution providing that the previous question on H~n1se Bill No. 281, which is the special order for tomorrow, be called not before Friday, July 17, at 11 o'clock a.m.
By Mr. Johnson of Clinch-
A resolution making House Bill No. 188 the special <>rder for Tuesday morning, July 21, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A resolution providing that House Bill No. 517 be made the special order for Tuesday, July 21, 1903, from 10:30 to 11 o'clock a.m.

294

J OURN.AL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Shackelford of Clarke-

A resolution making House Bill No. 291 the special' order for Wednesday, July 22.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Countiesand County Matters, submitted the following report:

Jlr. Speaker:
Having had under consideration the following Housebills beg leave to submit same with the recommendation, that they do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Alford of WorthA bill to create a school district at Doles in said county ..

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A bill to amend section 3, article 3 of Constitution of.this State.

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A bill to amend pamgraph 2 of section 1 of article 9 OF Constitution of this State.
Respectfully submitted.
JoHN R. SHANNON, Chairman Committee on Counties and County Matters.

Mr. Reid, chairman of the Committee on vVays and\ Means> submitted the Jollowing report :

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

295

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on 'Vays and Means have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 137, by Mr. Davis of the 17th District, to require taxes to be paid by all persons, companies and corporations in the county in which they are required by law to be returned, etc.
Also, Senate Bill No 138, by Mr. Jordan of the 28th District, to provide in what counties manufacturing and other companies, other than railroad, etc., shall return their property when lying on or across county lines, etc.

Also, House Bill No. 666, by Messrs. Stovall of Chatham .and Underwood of White, to amend the clause of the appropriation Act of 1903 and 1904 which refers to republication of Georgia Reports, etc.
They instruct me as their chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pas!O.

Respectfully submitted.

c. S. REID,
Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate ihroug~ Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Jl1 r. S pealcer :
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following biJ.J of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Monroe, and for other purposes.

296

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The Senate has failed to pass the following bill of the House, to wit ~

A bill to establish a dispensary in Wrightsville and Kite, Johnson county, and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery (by request)-

A bill to provide for settling certain land claims in
"r Camden, Effingham, Greene, Liberty, Mcintosh, Mont-
gomery and ashington counties.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to amend section 807, volume 1 of the Code, providing for the appointment of arbitrators by the GoYernor.
Referred to Committee on ways and Means.

By Mr. Walker of Pierce-
A bill to require the State Chemist to make analysis of the stomach of deceased persons free of charge in cases of poisoning.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Martin an? Hawes of Elbert-
A bill to create a local public !'chool district for Bowman and vicinity.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

297

. ;By Mr. Parker of Talbot-

A bill to amend an Act to change the ages of persons 'subject to road duty.

Referred to General Judiciary Cummittee.
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to make all co-operative or mutual fire insurance companies organized under the laws of this State to make .a deposit with the State Treasurer.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Richardson of Houston and Johnson of Crawford-
A bill to incorporate the Ben Hill school district.
Referred to CQmmittee on Corporations.

J3y Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill authorizing the commissioners of Terrell county to pay to the officers of the Superior Court and the City .Court of Dawson a reasonable compensation for misde.meanor convicts, and for other purposes.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Alford of Worth-

A bill to create a school district at Fillyaw m Worth -county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

298

J OURN.AL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A bill to amend section 1254, volume 1 of the Code relative to the payment of pensions.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to license and regulate the business of private detectives.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-
A bill to incorporate the town of Kingwood m the county of Colquitt.
. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to amend sections 8 and 13 of the General Tax. Act so as to require certain corporations to make returns. to the Comptroller-General, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Bruce of Lumpkin-
A bill to amend section 2166, volume 2 of the Code so-as to provide under what circumstances a railroad company: may save the forfeiture of its charter in certain cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.
By M:r. Cook of Telfair-
A resolution to pay the pension of Minor White to hisnephew.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Barnesville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A bill to appropriate $1,824 to the purchase of u TbeLa w of Personal Injuries," and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following resolutions reported back 'by the Com-mittee on Rules were read and adopted:
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 122 the special' order for Wednesday, July 15 at 11 o'clock, and House Bill No. 476 the special order for July 15, to follow Senate Bill No. 122.
The Senate proposed to amend by striking" 11 o'clock" and inserting "immediately after the adoption of theCommittee on Rules."
The resolution was then adopted as amended.

~aoo

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Messrs. Holder and -Mitchell-

A resolution making Senate Resolution No. 27 the .special order for 12 m. to-day.

The resolution was adopted.

:By Mr. Little of Hancock-.

A resolution providing that the previous question be not called on House Bill No. 281, which is the special order for to-morrow, before 11 o'clock Friday.

The resolution was adopted.

.By Mr. Johnson of Clinch-
A resolution making House Bill No. 188 the special order for Tuesday morning, July 21, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.

The resolution was adopted.

Mr. Franklin of Washington held that the report of the 'Comm~ttee on Rules W3S debatable. The Speaker ruled that it was not. Mr. Franklin then appealed from this decission of the Chair.

Mr. Mitchell called for the previous question on the pending appeal, which call was sustained and the main question put.

On being put to the House the decision of the Chair -;was sustained.

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

\VEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

301'

By Mr. Grice ot Pulaski-

Resolved, That the committee of the whole House as it sees proper, limit debate on the "Convict Bill" when. said bill is being considered.

Mr. Calvin, chairman pTo tem. of the Committee on, Rules, submitted the following report:
JJir. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration Honse Resolution No. 255, which they recommend do pass. as amended.

Also, House Resolutions Nos. 258, 265 and 261, and, recommend that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN

CALVIN,

Chairman pto tem.

The following Senate bill was read the thitd time aud' put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Skelton of 31st District-
A bill providing for the collection of the revenue of the. State arising under special occupation and license taxes, etc.

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 88, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

:302

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The following bills were read the third time and put .upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill to pay off and retire bond;; of this State as they mature in accordance with the Constitution by levy and collection ot a tax for that purpose.

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 received the requisite constitutional .majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas Senate Resolution No. 27 was taken from the table and placed on tha calendar.

Mr. We11born, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly and correctly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following acts and Tesolutions, to wit:

An Act to amend the Act establishing the City Court .of Greenville.

Also, an Act to repeal an Act to amend section 610,

-volume 1 of the Code of 1895, relating to the expenses of

.building county line bridges.



~!ti.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, _1903.

303

Also, an Act to repeal the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson.

Also, a resolution for relief of A. E. Buck of Berrien COUnty.
Also, a resolution to pay. pension of Jesse E. Butler to ,his widow.

Also, an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of .Roads arid Revenues for Wilke~ county.

Respectfully submitted.

C. J. WELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

The following resolution was taken up by unanimous . consent, read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Park of the 37th District-
A resolution to inquire into the present city and county :adoptions of text-books in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The committee offered a substitute which was adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th,e passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 87, nays 13.
The bill having received the requisite majority was .iPassed by substitute.

304

J OVRNAL OF THE HousE.

By 1\fr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to abolish the "Three Days of Grace," recognized~ by custom in this State, and for other purposes.

The substitute offered by the committee was adopted.

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

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were or~ered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :.

Those voting in the affinnative were Messrs.-

~dams,
Alexander, Arnold, B'::ll of Mll!on, Blackburn, Brock, Btown, Burton, Butts,
Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Cliatt, Cook, Deal, Dozier. Duckett,
Duggan,
Dunbar, English, Felder,

lqeJds,

Kent,

!<'Ianigan,

Knowles,

l'Jynt,

Lane,

lt'oster of Oconee, Leigh,.

Gaulden,

Little,

George,

Lowe,

Glenn,

Mann,

Grenade,

Maples,

Grice,

:Martin,

Grittin,

Mayson,

Hall,

Miller of Bullock,

Hawes,

l\iiller of Muscogee,.

Hayes,

Mills,

Hendry,

Mitcham,

Hixon of Carroll, l\litchell,

Hixon of Sumter, l\lizell,

Houston,

l\Ioses,

Howell,

Mulherin,

Johnson of Clinch, McBride,

.Jones of Dougherty, McElmurray,

Jones of Pickens, McHenry,

Kendticl,,

McLain,

WEDlfESDAY, Jur.Y 15, 1903.

800.

Newton,

Reid,

Steed of :l'aylol',

Nisbet,

Rice.

.!Itovall,

Overstreet,

Ridley,

!trickland,

O'QiliDD,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Underwood,

Pate of DoolJ',

Roper,

Walker of Pierce,

Pate of Gwinnett. Rountree,

Whitley,

Paulk of Irwin, Banders.

Wilson,

Peyton,

!backelford,

Wise,

Phillips of Jetrerson; !';laton,

'\<Vooten,

R a wl&,

Spence,

Xates,

Redwine,

!teed of Carroll,

Those voting in the negative w~e l\lessrs.-

Alford, A-lmond, BaldWin, Beauchamp, Bower,
Boykin, Brinson, Buchannon, Bush, Carrington, Uarswell, Conner,

Oromartle,

Parker,

Davison,

Paulk of Ootree,

ll'rankliD,

l?hillips of QUitman,.

Fussell,

Preston,

Holder,

Proctor,

Hutcheson,

Rainey,

Johnson of Cra.wtord, Rankin,

Knight,

RichardSon,

Lanier.

Rogers of Hall.

Morton,

Shannon,

McCurry,

Stewart,

Owen,

Walker of Monroe.

Those not voting were l!essre.-

Akin, Ayres, BeaU. Bell of Emanuel, Booth, Bowen, Bruce, Buchan, Crumbly. Daniel, Daves, Davis, Derrick, EtlWRrdS.
20h i

Ennis,

Singletary,

Bvans,

ttanford,

ll'oster of 'l'owna, Hardeman,

Thompson, 1.'hurman,

Harden, Henry,
Hicl~s.

Tigner, Tracy, Valentine,

Howard of .HBJ4wln, Watson,

Howard of Laurens, Welch,

Tohnson of ~aker, Wellborn,

Kelly,

West,

Kilburn,

Womble,

Lawrence,

!fr. Speaker.

M'cRae.

~06

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The roll-call was verified, flnd on counting the votes cast. :it was found that the ayes were 98, nays 36.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Buchannan of Early-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Early county.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of Special Judiciary Conimittee, submitted the following report:
J.lir. Spealcer:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bill of the Honse and have instructed me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, .to wit:
.By Mr. Hayes of Macon-
A bill to constitute the Clerk of the Superior Court exotficio Clerk of the county of Macon.
I am instructed to report the following bill,; back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.

307

By Messrs. Cann, Harden and Stovall-

A bill to regulate the sale of li'quor in the cities of this State ..

By Messrs. Oann, Harden and Stovall-
A bill to regulate the sale of liquor in cities of thie State having a population of 20,000 or more, and for other purposes.

I am instructed to report the following Lill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass :

By Mr. Miller of Bulloch-
A bill to amend section 388 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895.
I am instructed to repott the following Senate bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

By Mr. Tisinger of the 25th District-
A bill to change the time of holding the fall term of Upson Superior Court.
Respectfully submitted.
J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

Mr. Adams, vice-chairman of the Committee on Educa-.tion, submitted the following report:

308

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

M1. Speaker:

The Committee on Edncation having had under consid- eration the following resolution report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit :

By Mr. Steed of 'Taylor-

A resolution to appoint a committee to revise and com- pile the common school laws of Georgia.

Respectfully submitted.

GEo. vV. ADAMS,
Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the- second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Messrs. Deal and Miller of Bulloch-
A bill to provide for the establishment of a dispensaryin the city of Statesboro.

By Messrs. Deal and Miller of BullochA bill to create the City Court of Statesboro.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to repeal an Act to create county courts in this State so far as the same relates to the county of Bulloch.

At the request of Mr. Brinson House Resolution No . 206 was recommitted to the Committee on Special Agriculture.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until. 9 o'clock to-monow morning.

'l'HURSDAY, JULY Hi, 1903.

309

ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, July 16, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock ..a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and -opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams,

Cann,

Alexander,

Carr,

Alford,

Carrington,

Almond,

Carswell,

Arnold,

Cliatt,

Ayres,

Conner,

_Baldwin,

Cook,

Beall,

Cromartie,

Beauchamp,

Cl'umbly,

Bell of Emanuel, Daniel,

.Bell of Milton,

Daves,

Blackburn,

Davts,

.Booth,

DaviEJon,

Bowen,

Deal,

Bower,

:Uerr-ick,

Boykin,

Dozier,

_Brinson,

Duckett,

Brock,

Duggan,

Brown,

Dunbar,

Bruce, Buchan,

!_ :Edwards, lilnglish,

Buchannon,

Ennis,

!

Burton,

Evans,

Bush,

Felder,

sutts,

Fields,

-Calvin,

Flanigan,

Candler,

Flynt,

l<'oster of Oconee. Foster of Towns, Franklin, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Grittin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon or Carroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwm, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson or Bake~,

310

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Johnson of Clinch, McElmurray,

Sanders,

John.son of Crawford,i\IcHenry,

S_hackelford,

Jones of Dougherty, McLain,

Shannon,

Jones of Picken!!, McHae,

Singletary,

Kelly,

::>iewton,

Slaton,

Kendrick,

Nisbet,

l:ipence,

Kent,

Owen,

Stanford,

Kilburn,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

Knight,

O'Quinn,

Steed of Taylor,

Knowles,

Parker,

Stewart,

Lane,

Pate of Dooly,

Stovall,

Lanier,

Pate of Gwinnett, Strickland,

Lawrence,

Paulk of Coffee,

Thompson,

Leigh,

Paulk of Irwin

Thurman,

Little,

Peyton,

Tigner,

Lowe,

Phillips of Jefferson, Tracy,

Mann, Maples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Miller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses,

Phillips of Quitwan, Underwood,

Preston,

Valentine,

Proctor,

Walker of Monro&

Rainey,

Walker of Pierce,

Rankin,

vVatson,

Rawls, Hedwine, Reid, Rice, Richardson, Ridley,

Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble.

Rogers of Hall,

Wooten.

Mulherin,

Rogers of Mclntosl'- Yates,

McBride,

Roper,

Mr. Speaker.

McCurry,

Rountree,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

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

Mr. Steed of Taylor arose in his seat to a point of order, and stated to the Chair that Senate Re~olution No 27,

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which was recorded in the Journal of yesterday as havingpassed the Hl)use and which was a resolution to inquire into the present city and county adoption of text-books was, in his opinion, a measute which sought to change the existing laws of Georgia and should therefore have received the constitutional majority of 88 votes, when, as a matter of fact, the Jonrnal of yesterday shows that the resolution received only S7 votes, the House acting nuder the impression that the measure was a simple resolution which required only a majority of a quornm in order to be passed. He asked for a ruling from the Speaker on the point of order.

The Speaker held that the resolution sought to change the existing laws, and in order for it to have been passed by the House should have received 88 votes. It was then ordered that the Journal of yesterday be corrected in conformity with this ruling.

l\fr. Mitchell of Thomas was. then, by unanimous consent, allowed to make the motion to reconsider the action of the House in not passing by the requisite constitutional. majority Senate Resolution No. 27, which motion prevailed.

The following resolut.ion was read, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution making House Bill No. 405, known as the "Vagrancy Bill," the special order for 'Vednesday, July 22, immediately after the disposition of unanimous consents.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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The following bill was by unanimous consent read the :first time, to wit:

By Mr. Rawls of Effingham-

A bill to prohibit automobiles from running on the Augusta and Monteith roads between Effingham county ;and the city of Savannah.

Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.

The following message was received from the Senate -through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
..7. J1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to provide for a uniform system of text-books for the public schools of Georgia; to establish Text-Book Board and Commission, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide for the levy and sale of the equity of redemption in cases of sales to secure debt, anrt for other purposes.
A bill to amend paragraph 2 of section 5269 of the Civil Code of 1895 relative to the competency of witnesses.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
"A bill to appropriate the sum of $11,500 for the purpose -of building and equipping an addition to the Dormitory of the Georgia School for the Deaf, and for other purposes.

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The resolution fixing the following bill as a special -Qrder fot this hoJr was read.

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

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Commission for the State of Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of felony convicts on the expiration of the present contracts of hire, and for other purposes.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole -and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee lVIr. Phillips of Jefferson.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported progre'ls and asked leave io sit ~gain.

Mr. Miller of Muscogee moved that all amendments offered or hereafter to be o.ffered to the bill be printed and -distributed on the desks of the members, which motion prevailed.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, and .Mr. Phillips of Jefferson again took the chair.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again.

Mr. Cann, vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations have had nuder consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the appropriations Act in reference to the Soldier's Home.

Also, a resolution to reimburse the county of Dade for the execution of Charlie Phillips.

Also, a resolution to appropriate the sum of $50,000 for the purpose of making a display of Georgia':; resources. at St. Louis.

Respectfully submitted.

J. FERRIS CANN, Chairman pro .tern.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker:
Having had under consideration the following bills I beg leave to submit the same back with recommendations as follows:
By Mr. Symons of the 4th District-
A bill entitled au Act to amend paragraph 2, section 2 of the general tax act of 1902 to exempt Confederate veterans who are practitioners of medicine, etc., from payment of license, do not pass.

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By Mr. Mizell ot Charlton-

A bill creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues ii.t said county, do pass.

By Mr. Alford of Worth-

A bill to establish a school district at Fillyard In said. county, do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
JoHN R. SHANNON, Chairman Committee on Counties and County Matters. July 15, 1903.

Mr. Reid, chairman of the Cvmmittee on 'Vays and. Means, submitted the following report:
M1. S peakc1':
Your Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House which they instruct me as their chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill entitled an Act to amend section 807, volume 1 of the Code of 1895 providing for the appointment of arbitrators by the Governor, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill entitled an :Act to require all co-operative or mutual fire insurance companies organized under the laws of-

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this State to make a deposit with the State Treasurer of Georgia as a guarantee fund for the protection of their policy-holders in this State, and for other purposes, which they instruct me to report back with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Also, the following bill of the House which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit :

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled au Act to amend subdivision 13 of section 2 of the general tax act of 1903-04, approved December 14, 1902, so as to include an additional exception, and .for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

c. s. REID,
Chairman.

The following resolution was introduced, read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
Resolved,. That Hon. John M. Allen, ex-Congressman from Mississippi, and now a member of the Government Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, be, and be is hereby invited to address the General Assembly upon the said exposition on the evening of such early date as may be suitable to him.

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Leave of absence was granted-

:Mr. Underwood of White, Mr. Rogers of Mcintosh, Mr. Spence of Ware, Mr. Roper of Dawson, Mr..McBride of Lee.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 17, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blaclburn, Booth, Bowen,

Bower, Hoy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon. Burton, Hush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann,

Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick,

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Dozier, Duckett,

Kelly, Kendrick,

Phillips of Jefferson, Phillips of Quitman.

Duggan,

Kent,

Preston,

Dunbar,

Kilburn,

Proctor,

Edwards,

Knight,

Rainey,

English,

Knowles,

Rankin,

Ennis,

Lane,

Rawls,

Evans,

Lanier,

Redwine,

l''elder,

Lawrence,

Reid,

.lflelds,

Leigh,

Rice,

Jflanigan,

Little,

Richardson,

Flynt,

Lowe,

Ridley,

.J<'oster of Oconee, Mann,

Rogers of Hall,

.Foster of Towns, ,\1aples,

Rountree,

.IJ'ranklin,

l\Iartin,

Sanders,

Fussell,

Mayson,

Shackelford,

Gaulden,

Miller of :Bullock, Shannon,

George,

Miller of Muscogee, Singletary,

Glenn,

Mills,

Slaton,

Grenade,

Mitcham,

Stanford,

Grice,

Mitchell,

Steed of Carroll,

-GritHn,

Mizell,

Steed of Taylor,

Hall,

Morton,

Stewart,

Hardeman,

l\loses,

Stovall,

Harden,

!\fulherin,

Strickland,

Hawes,

1\icCurry,

Thompson,

Hayes,

McElmurray,

Tigner.

.Henry,

l\IcHenry,

Tracy,

Hicks, "Hixon of Carroll, Hixon of ::Sumter, Holder,

McLain, l\lcRae. Newton, Nisbet,

Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce. Watson,

Houston,

Owen,

Howard of Baldwin, Overstreet,

Howard or Laurens, O'Quinn.

Rowell,

Parker,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Dooly,

.Johnson of Baker, Pate of Gwinnett,

.Johnson or Clinch, Paulk of Coffee.

.Johnson or Crawrord,Paulk of Itwtn,

..Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

"'ellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson,
'Vise, Womble, Wooten . Yates, Mr. Speaker.

.Jones or Pickens,

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Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Hendry, McBride,

Rogers of 1\'lclntosb, Tburruan,

Roper,

Underwood,

Spence,

Welcb,

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

The following resolution was introduced, read and re-ferred to the C?mmittee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution fixing the order of businees for Saturday, .July 18, as follows:

1st. Senate and House local bills for third reading. 2d. Senate and House bills favorably reported, for second reading. 3d. Introduction of new matter.
Mr. Felder of Bibb n~oved that 300 copies of the substitute for House Bill No. 281 and all amendments thereto, be rrinted for the House, which motion prevailed.

At the request of Mr. Harden of Chatham House Bill No. 5 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.
The following bill, which was brought over from yesterday's session as unfinished business, was again taken up, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Commission -<>f Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of the felony

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convicts on the expiration of the present contracts of hire~ and for other purposes.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole and Mr. Phillips was again designated as chairman by the Speaker.
After a consideration of the bill the committee aroseand through their chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again next Tuesday morning immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.

The report of the committee of the whole was agreed to; ayes 94, nays 16.

Mr. Morris, chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

J[r. Speaker:

The Committee on Rules have bad under consideration Resolution No. 258 prescribing the order of business for the 18th inst., and recommend that the same do pass as amended.

Also, House Resolutions ~os. 262 and 266, which theyrecommend do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

N. A. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolutions were rea?, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution fixing the order of business for to-morrow's. session.

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The committee proposed to amend by adding general bills with local application and reports of standing cotn- mittees, which amendment was adopted.

The resolution was then adopted as amended.

By :M:r. Shackelford ofOlarke-

A resolution fixing House Bill No. 291 as a special order for W eduesday, July 22.

The resolution was lost.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

.A. resolution making House Bill No. 405 the special order for \Vednesday, the 22d instant.

The resolution was lost.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution fixing House Resolution, which appropnates $50,000 for an exhibit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, as a special order for 'Vednesday, July 22.

By Mr. West of Mitchell-

A resolution making Senate Resolution No. 27 the special order for 12 o'clock to-day.

At the request of Mr. Bruce of Lumpkin House Bill No. 697 was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee and re-referred to the Committee on Railroads.
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The following communication was read, to wit:

To the Hons. P1esiclent of the Senate nnd Speal.;er of th t House of the General Assembly of Georgia :

I beg to notify you that the Georgia 'Veekly Press

Association in convention at Cedartown, July 14, 1903,

adopted the resolution below by a practi0ally unanimous

vote.

-vv. A. SHAcKELFoRD,

Secretary Georgia Weekly Press Association.

Resolved, That this association endorse the bills now

pending in the Legislature to appropriate $50,000 towards

a State exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition, and to appro-

priate a sum to defray expenses of obtaining copy of book

in England from which it is desired to obtain data for the

Colonial History of Georgia now being prepared by Gov.

Candler.

w. s. COLE~IAN,

"T President. A. SHACKELFORD,

Secretary.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary t-heteof:
M1. Spealce1:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to provide for the deduction on franchises due cities, counties, towns or villages of all amount3 paid under agreement, and for other purposes.

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A bill to authorize the issue and sa]e of bonds for school ~purposes in Pierce county, and for other purposes.

A bill to establish a system of public schools for Pierce . county, and for other purposes.

.A bill to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits in _Hart county.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate resolution, to wit :

A resolution to authorize the State Bank Examiner to . employ a stenographer, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, .to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of East Ellijay, and for . other purposes.

ATLANTA, GA., July 17, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency, -the Governor, through his Secretary, :M.r. Blackburn, to wit:

_Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed -the following bills, to wit:

An Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and Public Property in the county --of Wilkes, and for other purposes.

An Act to abolish the City Coul't of Jefferson in the -county of Jackson.

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An Act to create the City Court of Jefferson in the cityof Jefferson.

An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville in and for the county of Meriwether.
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to amend section 610, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, and for othe~ purposes.
An Act to create a Board of Road and Bridge Oommis- sioners for Appling county.

Also, a resolution for the relief of E. A. Buck of Ber- rien county.

Also, a resolution to pay the pension of Jesse E. Butler to his widow.

Mr. Cann, vice-chairman of the Committee on Appro-priations, submitted the following report:

llfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under con- sideration the following bill of the House which they rec- ommend do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to appropriate $6,000 to the University ot Geor- gia to aid in completion of Winnie Davis memorial.

Respectfully submitted.

J. FARRIS CANN, Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Martin, vice-chairman of the Committee on Special ..Agriculture, submitted the following report:

.M1. Speaker:
The. Committee on Special Agriculture has bad under consideration House Resolution No. 206,. which was by the House recommitted to said committee July 15, 1903, and instruct me as the vice-chairman presiding, to report the .same back to the House with a recommendation that it do .pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

L. H. 0. MARTI~, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties :and County Matters, submitted the following report :
M1'. Speake1:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bills with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-
A bill to incorporate the town of Kingwood m the .county ot Colquitt, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Buchan non of Early-
A bill to create a City Court for the county of Early, "and tor other purposes.

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By Messrs. Martin and Hawes of Elbert-
A bill to establish a local public school district for Bow-man and vicinity, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Evans of Washington-
A resolution to relieve ,V. F. Shurley, treasurer of
'Varr,en county, and his bondsmen.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON,
Chairman.

Mr. Hawes, chairman of the Commitee on Pensions, sub-mitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House which they instruct me as their chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to authorize and direct the Pension Commissioner of this State to pay over to the ordinaries the pension that may hereafter accrue to any pensioner who may die before the same can be paid.
A resolution to pay the pension of Minor White to his nephew.
A resolution to pay the pension of John S. Flynt to hisdaughter.
A resolution to authorize the Pension Commissioner to-
reinstate J. J. W. Glenn on the Pension Roll of 1903.

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Also, the following resolutions with the recommendation that the author:;; be allowed to withdraw same:

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. Sarah Blackman.

A resolution to pay the pension of Isaac Swafford to his. widow.

A resolution to pay the pension of Mary E. Mize to he1~ son .

. Respectfully submitted.

P.M. HAWES, Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following repor:t:
Jlr. Speaker:
Th!Ol Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Buford.
By Uessrs. Manu and Strickland of Tattuall-
A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tattnall county.

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By Messrs. Mayson and Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to be entitled a11 Act to provide for the registration of voters in the town of Lithonia.

Uespectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporation;; have bad under consid-eration the following bills and instruct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Act incorporating the town of High Shoals.

By Mr. George of Morgan-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of l\iadison.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Cann, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, flubmitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration House Bill No. 597 aud I am instructed as their Chairman to report same back with the recommendation that same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

J. F. CA~N,
Chairman.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Committee on Special Judi-ciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills of the House and has instructed me as its chairman to report them back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:
By Messrs. Miller and Deal of Bulloch-
.A bill to provide for the establiehment and maintenance of a dispensary in the city of Statesboro.

.By Messrs. Deal and Miller of Bulloch.A bill to create the City Court ofStatesboro.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

.A bill to repeal an Act to create a county court in each

county of the State of Georgia except certain counties

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By Mr. Owen of Pike-

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Barnesville.

I am instructed to report the following bills of the House back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-

A bill to force the return for taxation and the payment of taxes on all notes, accounts, stocks and bonds or other evidences of debt.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to permit the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell county to pay the officers of the Superior Court of Terrell county and the City Court of Dawson a reasonable compensation for misdemeanor con-victs.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

:M:r. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
lb. Speaker:
The General Judiciary C{lmmittee has had under consideration the following bill of the House and I am instructed as chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

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A bill to create the Confederate Memorial Board of Georgia.

Also, the following Renate bill, with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to make it unlawful, where a loan of money is made, for thE' lender to exact any sum in excess of eight per cent., whether as interest or in the guise of damages.
Also, the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that it do not pass for the reason that its provisionshave already been enacted through a House bill already law, to wit:

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Mount Vernon.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHX M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Davison, vice-chairman of the Committee on Privi-leges and Elections, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

ATLANTA, GA., Jnly 13, 1903.

The Committee on Privileges and Elections having bad under consideration the case of C. C. Garrett vs. T. R. Whitley, being a contest from Douglas county involving the seat of the latter as a representative from that county,. report as follows :

This case was called in its order at the last session of the General Assembly when contestant asked its continuance to-

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the present session. Same being assigned for a hearing on wednesday last at contestant's request, by his counsel, was heard in his behalf, and your committee deferred further consideration of said case until to-day. The contestant -comes now in writing and withdraws his contest, which withdrawal is herewith submitted to the House for consideration. Your committee, therefore, recommends that said -contest be dismissed and the title to the seat of Hon. T. R. 'Vbitley as a member of the General Assembly from Douglas county be confirmed.

Respectfully submitted.

R. E. DAVISON, Vice-Chairman.

DouGLASVILLE, GA., July 13, 1903.
Hon. Clarence lVilson, Ohainnan Cornrnittee on P1ivileges and Elections :
DEAR SIR :-Against the advice of a large number of my friends in this county, who believe I have a fair chance to be seated and was the legally elected member of the Legislature from this county, I have, howevet, decided to withdraw my contest now pending before yom committee .against Dr. T. R. Whitley. Trusting that my action in this matter will in the end prove to be the proper one to pursue, you are hereby directed to withdraw saidj contest.
Among some of the reasons upon which I take this step .are the following:
1. I have no doubt of my election by a good majority of the legal votes cast at the election when fairly and properly -counted, but I have thought, in taking this action on my part, voluntarily withdrawing the contest would have a ten-dency to allay to some extent the strife and bitterness

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growing out of the political situation in this county, and especially that of the last election, and would be the mean& of healing up many old wounds and unite our people together iu the future.
2. When I consented to become the nominee of the Democratic party I did so more as a duty to my party than personal ambition. I have always obeyed its call and expect in the future to stand by its principles, platforms, and support its nominees.
3. If your committee could have given the contest a fair and impartial hearing dming last session it was my aim to press it to the full limit. Before it could b{' fuliy settled now and I could occnpy the seat the Legislature would be so far spent that it wtuld be at the close of the present session or at the next meeting of the Assembly too late at least to carry through the Legislature certain general measures of importan<.>e to the State and of local and beneficial interest to the people of my county. Besides, I do not care to be a member of the General Assembly if I have to accept the position at the close of the session. If I am not permitted to occupy the place so as to represent the people I care but little for mere name of it.
4. The record under which this contest is to be decided contains nearly three thousand pages of typewritten matter. There are many questions made in the record and I believe it would take your committee thirty days to understand the record fully as presented by it. Hon. C. G. Janes, the judge who tried the contested cases for county officers under the same record which was taken by consent of pal'ties to be used in those cases as well as this, commenced the consideration of it 01:1 the 14th of November and closed on the 20th of December, and after a most thorough aud rigid investigation decided in favor ot those who were running on the same ticket with me, some of whom had majorities against. them nearly double the ap-

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parent majority against me. From his decision and my

own knowledge of the matter I honestly believe I was

elected by a majority of the legal votes.

5. Add to the foregoing facts that the present General

Assembly has by its own act prolonged the tiQJ.e of its

ruembers to cover an extra session of perhaps fifty days,

.and I do not care to share the responsibility of this enact-

ment which may hereafter come up in the State by accept-

ing the position even if I was seated during this extra

session, and in this way ratify the law passed which I

had no voice in placing on the statute books, and which I

believe to be impolitic and ill-adviseJ.

6. As to my loyal friends who have stood by me in this

-contest and now demur to my action in this matter, I am

of opinion if they will take a conservative view of the

circumstances as herein detailed and as they exist in our

county I believe in the near future they will see the

wisdom of this course.

7. As this letter to you will be published in the news-

papers and will fully cover anything that I may desire to

say to the public about the matter herein contained, I de-

sire also in coucludiug it to say I most cordially thank

-those who have supported me in the election, and to friends

throughout the State I return my gratitude for many kind

words they have spoken in my favor. As to those who

opposed my election I have nothing unkind to say; they

having exercised their rights as freemen, I shall always

cherish the kindest of feelings towards them, my fellow-

citizens, and finally I do not desire that my course in this

matter shall in any way be construed so as to affect the
rights of any other person or per:>ons. Acting for myself

I much prefer to have peace, harmony and good-will

.among the people than to be elevated to any position i u

;their gift.

Very respectfully,
c. c. GARRETT.

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The following resolutions were introduced, read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Steed, of Taylor-

A resolution making House bill No. 313 the special order immediately after the disposition of House Bill No. 281.

By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-

Making House Bill Ko. 483 the special order for Tmisday, July 27.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A resolution providing that on Monday, July 20, the House shall have an afternoon session beginning at 3 o'clock.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bihb, the call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were introduced, read the first time aDd appropriately referred, -to wit:

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to amend section 840, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, in reference to the assessing of property for taxation in cases of false returns.
Referred to Special J ucliciary Committee.

By Mr. Buchannon of EarlyA bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of the
-county of Early. Heferred to Committee on Counties and County l\fatters.

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By Mr. Butts of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Brunswick.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Shannon of Monroe-

A bill to amend an Act to authorize municipal authorities to enact rules and regulations to enforce vaccination.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Watson of McDuffie-

A bill to requite more than one witness to confessions orto incriminating statements in criminal cases.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-

A bill to incorporate the Milner school district in Pike county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The following bills were read the thied time and put upon theit passage, to wit:

By Mr. Beauchamp of ButtsA resolution to pay Maty E. Flynt her pension.

An appropriation being involved the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speah:er designated as chairman Mr. Wooten of .Montgomery.

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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.

The ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the a:ffirmatiYe were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Ayres, Baldwin, Beauchamp, Blackburn. ]:Jowen, Brinson, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Deal, Dozier, Duckett,
2-2 h j

Duggan,

Little,

Dunbar,

Lowe,

English,

Maples,

Evans,

Martin,

.I!'elder,

Miller of Bullock,

Jfields,

Miller of MuscogPt.

.l<'lynt,

lliills,

ll'ussell,

Mitcham,

Gaulden,

Mitchell,

George,

Morton,

Grenade,

McCurry,

Grice,

McElmurray,

GritHn,

McHenry,

Hardeman,

McLain,

Harden,

McRae,

Hayes,

Nisbet,

Hicks,

Owen,

Hixon or Uarroll, O'Qulnn,

Holder,

Parker,

Howard of Baldwin, Pate or Dooly,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Ullnch, Paulk of Cotree,

Johnson of Crawford,Paulk of Irwin,

Jones of Pickens, Peyton,

Kelly,

Phillips or Jetrerson,

Kent,

Phillips or Quitman.

Lane,

Preston,

Lanier,

Rankin,

Law1euce,

Rawls.

Leigh,

Redwine,

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Rice, Hidley. .Sanders, .Shackelford, :Shannon, :Singletary, Stanford,

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Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Tracy, Watson,

Wellborn, West, whitley, Wise, womble, Wooten, Yates,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Booth, Bower, Davis, Foste-r of Oconee, Franklin,

Glenn, Hall, Houston, Knight, ,Mann,

Mayson, Overstreet, Richardson, Rogers of Hall, Walker of Pierce,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Arnold, Beall, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, .Hoy kin, :Brock, Buchannon, Donner, -<Jromartie, 'Daves, 'Derrick, Edwards, Ennis, 'l:!'lanigan, Foster of 'owns, Hawes,

Hendry,

Rainey,

Henry,

Reid,

Hixon of :Sumter, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Howard of Laurens, Roper,

Howell,

Rountree,

Johnson of Baker, Slaton,

Jones of Dougherty, Spence,

Kendrick,

Stewart,

Kilburn,

Thurman,

Knowles,

Tigner,

Mizell,

Underwood,

Moses,

Valentine,

Mulherin,

Walker of Monroe,

1\IcBrlde,

Welch,

Newton,

Wilson,

Proctor,

1\Ir. Speaker.

Ayes Ill ; nays 15.

'On motion of Mr. Brown of Houston the verification of tbe roll-call was dispeneed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 111, nays L').

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham, House Bill No. . 5 was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Calvin, House Bill No. 110 was tabled.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee 011 Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Cromartie-
A resolutio11 making Ho11se Bills Nos. 679 and 680 the special order for Friday, July 24.
House Resol11tion No. 115 was tabled on motion of the .author.
Mr. Miller of Muscogee moved to adjoum, which motion prevailed.
_Leave of absence was gra11ted-
Mr. Cook, Mr. Kendrick, Mr. English, Mr. Pate of Dooly, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Gaulden, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Lane, Mr. He11dry, .Mr. Strickla11d,

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Mr. Johnson of Crawford, Mr. Nisbet, Mr. ~ewton, Mr. Stovall, Mr. Miller of Bullock, Mr. Maples, Mr. Pate of Gwinnett, Mr. Alford, Mr. Preston, "Mr. Mitcham, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Crumbly, Mr. Daves, Mr. McLain.

The House then adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Saturday, July 18, 1903.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock: a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by Mr. Cliatt of the county of Columbia.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas the call of theroll was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the reading of theJournal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

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The following Senate bills were read the third time and :put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Harrell of the 8th District-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Bainbridge in Decatur 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 wP.re 98, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-
A bill to authorize the Marietta Sewerage Company to occupy the streets of Marietta.
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 rec'eived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following House bills were read the third time and ynt upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so as .to make the town of Lavonia a State Depository.

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The report ot the committee, which was favorable to the pasEage of the bill, was agteed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were !)8, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional. majotity was passed.

By Mr. Dozier of Troup-
A bill to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the City Court of LaGrange by the people.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage 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.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Hamilton.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the p11ssage of the bill, was agreed to. '

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionalmajority was passed.
By Mr. Pate of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend all laws to incorporate the town of Buford, and for other purposes.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 0.

The bill having receivecl the requisite constitutionaU majority was passed.

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts of Chattahoochee county.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiona1 majority was passed.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A bill to provide for the operation of an Act to establish the City Court of Hamilton.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On pass~ge of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of County. Commissioners for the cuunty of Douglas.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to tbe 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 wa~ passed.

By Mr. Spence of Ware-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of vYaycross.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hendry o! Liberty-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts <>f Liberty 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Sylvania.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act to fix the time of holding the -superior courts of the Oconee 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 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Rogers and Thompson of HallA bill to incorporate the town of Oakwood 111 Hall
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 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was pao:sed.

By Mr. Morris of CobbA bill to incorporate the Olive Springs school district.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Spread in Jefferson 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court ot
Moultrie.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority 'Yas passed.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
A bill to prohibit the trapping and gigging of fish m the county of Hall.

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347

The report of the committee, which w~s favorable 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 wae passed.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall-
A. bill to amend an Act to create a Board of ComQiissioners of Roads and Revenues fot' the county of Hall.

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

On passage of tpe bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Phillips of Jefferson-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the town of Wadley.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tbapassage 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 was passed.

By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to incorporate the towu of Beloit in the county of Lee.

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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 88, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Miller and Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to establish a dispensary in the city of Statesboro.
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.

By Messrs. Deal and Miller of Bulloch-
A bill to create the City Court of Statesboro. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to repeal an Act to create county courts in this State so far as the same applies to Bulloch county.

SATURDAY, JuLY 18, 1903.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiona1 majority was passed.
By Mr. Boykin of Lincoln-
A bill to incorporate the Amity school district.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage 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 was passed.
Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment have examined and re-
port as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An Act to be entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Mansfield in the county of Newton.
Also, an Act to amend au Act establishing the City Court of Swainesboro.
Also, an Act to provide for the removal of all obstruc-

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tions other than dams used for operating mills or machinery ot every kind from streams of Clayton county.
Ill
Also, an Act to amend the Act incorporating the city ot Toccoa.

Respectfully submitted.

C. J. 'VELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

House Bills Nos. 572, 618 and 655 were tabled on motion of the authors.

The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A bill to amend section 982 of the Code of 1895.

By Messrs. Ennis and Knowles-
A bill to provide that the dispensary question be sub-
mitted to a vote of the people of Floyd county.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A bill to create the City Court of Cordele.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to provide that no plea of insanity shall be received in any court of this State as a defense to a criminal -charge ouly in certain cases.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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351

:By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-

A bill to amend the General tax act so as to exempt .certain articles from taxation.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues fur Don.~herty county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By M:r. Jones of Dougherty-
A bill to create a new Board of Commissionera of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Hall, Felder arid Kilbum of Bibb-
A bill to authorize the trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind to sell or exchange the lot and buildings now occupied by said institution.
H.eferred to Committee on Blind Asylum.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of :Roads and Revenues for Bulloch county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Maples of Mitchell-

A bill to create the Camilla school district.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit: By Mr. George of Morgan-

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Madison to establish a system <?f water-works.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell county to pay the officers of the Superior Court a reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-

A bill to amend au Act to incorporate the town of High. Shoals.

By Mr. Richardson of Houston-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Byron.

By Mr. Owen of Pike--
A bill to incotp?rate the Concord school district of Pike county.

By Mr. Mills of Cherokee-

A bill to require tax receivers and collectors to assess. and sell all unreturned lands for taxes.

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By Messrs. Stovall and Underwood_;_
A bill to amE'nd the General Appropriation Act 1 which relates to the re-publication of Georgia Reports.

By Mr. Spence of Ware-
A bill to amend section 1039 of the Code of 1895.
By Messrs. Mayson and Candler-
A bill to provide for the registration of all the voters of the town of Lithonia so as to allow them to vote in municipal elections.
By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A bill to make an appropriation to the trusteE:)s of the University to aid in the completion of the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall.

By Messrs. Mann and Strickland-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Tattnall.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of LaFayette.
By Mr. C?nner of Bartow-
A bill to require the State of Georgia to pay the expenses fot which the county is liable in trial of cases against thA W. & A. R. R.
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By Mr. Stovall (}Chatham~-

A bill to provide compensation for the aldermen of Savannah.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Barnesville.

Bv Mr. Parker of Talbot-
A bill to amend an Act to change the ages of persons liable to do road duty.

By Mr. Evans of Washington-
A resolution for the relief of W. F. Shirley and his bondsmen.

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to extend the corporate limits.

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to allow the establishing of an electric plant.

By Mr. Reid of CampbellA bill to require all co-operative or mutual fire insur-
rance companies to make a deposit with the State Treasure.
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks in suburbs.

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.:By Mr. Alford of Worth-

A bill to create a school system at Dallas.

:.By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City. Court of :Early county.

_By Messrs. Cromartie, Shannon and Singletary-

A hill to amend section 3, paragraph I, article 3 of the Constitution.

:By Messrs: Cromartie, Shannon and Singletary-

A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 1 of article 9 of -the Constitution.

By Messrs. Davidson and Underwood-

A bill to direct the Pension Commissioner of this State .. to pay over to the ordinaries of the different crmnties pen~ion money that has accrued to any dead pensioner.

_.By Mr. Dunbar ot Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of Augusta.

:.By Mr. West of Lowndes-
A bill to require railroad companies to equip their flat :.cars with. standards.

.:By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution providing for a committee to revise and 4compile the school laws of Georgia.

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By_ Mr. Alford of Worth-

A bill to create a school district at Fillyaw, Worth county.

By Mr. Hayes of Macon-

A bill to constitute the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon county ex-officio the Clerk of the City Court. . .
By Messrs. Cann, ~arden and Stov~ll-.
A bill to regulate the sale of liquors in cities liaving a population of 2.0,000.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill to amend section 807, volume 1 of the Cude.'.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-

A bill to incorporate the Milner school district ...~'
By Mr. Dunbar-

A bill to appropriate $50,000 for atJ exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition.

By Mr. Btock of Dade-

A resolution to .reimburse the. county of Dade for the incarceration and execution of Charli~.f:h~ll}.ps.
By Mes::;rs. Holder and Hardeman of Jackson-
A bill to amend the appropriation .Act iu ~eference tu. the Soldier::.' Home.

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357

::I3y Mr. Mizell of Charlton-

A bill to aml}nd an Act to create a Board of Commis'Siouers of Roads and Revenues for Charlton county.

By Me~srs. Holder and Hardeman-

A bill to ref:leal section 502, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Shannon- A bill providing for the enforcing of \"accination.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to amend the charter of the Savannah Trust Company.
~By Messrs. Richardson of Houston and Johnson of CrawfordA bill to incorporate the Ben Hill school district.

l3y Mr. SlatonA bill to regulate. the business of industrial life insurance.

By Mr. Felder of BibbA bill ta amend section 1497, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Rank_in of Gordon-

.A bill .to provide a Board of Visitors to the State Tech-

nological School.



By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to create the Confederate Memorial Board of Georgia.

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By Mr. Proctor of Camden-

A bill to pay the sheriff of Camden cou.nty a salary.

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-

A bill to force the return for taxation on all notes, etc.-

By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Earlycounty.

By Messrs. Lane and Hixon of Sumter-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of.~ Americus.

By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-

A bill to incorporate the town of Kingwood.

By Messrs. Martin and Hawes-

A bill to create a public school system for Bowman.

By Mr. ~han non of MonroeA resolution to pay the pension of John S. Flynt.

By Mr. Almond of Rockdale-
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Pensions' to reinstate J. J. W. Glenn.

By Mr. Alexander of Walker-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of , Washington ..

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By Mr. Cook of Telfair-

A resolution to pay the pension of Minor White to his nephew.

Mr. Knowles, chairman of the Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad, submitted the followil:!g report:

].Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad has had under consideration the following bill of the House which I am instructed to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to require the State of Georgia to pay the ex.penses for which the county is liable of the trial of cases against the W. & A. R. R.

Respectfully submitted.

w. A. KNOWLES,
Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills and instruct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a new charter for the town of LaFayette.

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By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the Savannah Trust Company.

By Mi:. Richardson of Houston and Mr. Johnson of Crawford-

A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate Ben Hill

schoof district' in the counties of Houston and Crawford.

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By Messrs. Holder and Hardeman of Jackson--;-

A bill to Le entitled an Act to repeal section 502 uf the Code, and to provide that Notaries Publip sball exercise notorial acts in all the counties of the Stat'e..

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
Also, Seitate bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Douglas.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham..:.__
Also, House bill to be entitled an Act to provide that each alderman of Savannah shall receive a certain compen~ sation.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Mulherin, chaiman of the Committee on Military and Military Affairs, submitted the followin_g report:

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The Committee on Military Affair.;; have bad under con. sideration House Bill No. 480, a bill to be entitled- an Act to amend section 6 of an Act approved Decembe'r 17,.1902, "to organize the milita,ry forces of this State, etc., and for other purposes," i~~t~uct. ~;to 1report the same back with the recommendation tha.t it do pass as amended.

Respectfully ~ubmitted.

P.M. MuLHERIN, Qhairruan.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Counties cand County Matters, submitted' the following report:

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The Committee on Counties aud County Matters have

;had tinder consideration the following House bills and

instruct me as their chairman to report. back said bills with the recommendation tflat the same do 'pass:

By M~. Dunbar oJ Richmond:_ ' ;

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta so as to allow the city 'counCil of Augusta to declare vacant cer-
tain street and to convey the sa~e to Mrs. Clara J. Pres-
ton, and for other purposes..

'By Mr. Buchannon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act to. create a City Court for Early -county.

.fOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to incorporate the Milner public School district,. and for other purposes.

By Mr. Shannon of Monroe-

A bill to amend Act of 1897 (approved December 20), for quararitfne, and for other pnr.poses.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee have .had under eon.sideration the following H011se -bills _w.hich I am instructed as their chairman to report back to the House with the- recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to prohibit the riding of bicycles, tricycles, etc.,. on the sidewalks in suburbs of citiE:s.

A bill to regulate the business of industrial life insurance.

Also, the following HouEe bill with the recommendatioDt that it uo pass by substitute, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act approved December 24, 1896,.

relative to road duty.

.

Also, the following House bills with the recommenda-

tion that they do not pass, to wit:

,SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1903. -

A bill to repeal section 3 of an Act providing for admission to the bar.

A. bill to repeal section 4406 of the Code.

Respectfully submitted.

JoH~ lL SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Overstreet, chairman of the Committee on SpeciaL Judiciary, submitted the following report:
!JIr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special.Judiciary having had under consideration House Bill No. 565 instruct me as their chairman to report same back with the recommendation. that it do pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted. _

E. ~ OVERSTREET,
Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corpo-

rations, submitt~d the following Teport:



Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consid- eration the following bills and instruct rue to report the same back to the House with the recommendation thatthe same do pass as amended, to wit:

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate Olive Springsschool district.

JouRNAL. oF THE HousE,, -By Mr. llich'atdson of Houston- , ~ ,

A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a new charter ~for the town of Byron.

Respectfully submitted.

.,; ''ll

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

The following Senate bill's '\Vere read#'~he' first time,

to wit:

i: I

i'

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-





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. A bill to abq~ish .the system of publi.c schools for Pierce

C!}Unty.,, .,: ...

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.,,) ..

Referred to Committee on Co~ptir~tioris.'

By Mr. Park of the 37th District~ ;r ;: .., .. , .{''

A bill. to amend paragraph 2, section 5269 of the Civil

Code relative to the competency of witnesses, and for other

p~rpo:;es. " r.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

.By Mr. ;3kelton of tQe 31st District-

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A bill to prohihit ibe manhfa6t'ure of distilled spirits in

Hart county.

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Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-

;\. bill to provide for the deduction on fraMhises.due

SA.TURDAYj. JULY 18, .1903.

counties, cities, towns and 'VUla:ges af ,aU.amouuts :pai~

under agreement _therefor, and for other purposes.

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Referred to C<ruunittee o.u Ways aud Means,

llJ.
By Mr. Duncan of the 36th District-
A hiii to a~~~d se~ti~n 985, ~olume 1 of the C~de, an~
'for other purposes. . .. ; i .
......
Relerred tolGen~ral Judiciary C<>mmittee.

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District~

A bill to "authorize the issue of bonds to aid m the, equipping of school h'oiis~s ~y the county of Pierce.

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Referred to Special:tlu<;Jl.ciax;y C?~rpittee. ,

...

. A bill, t9..ra~ify. the a?tion o the m!lyor and counc,i_l of).

l\farietta in authorizing HanseJl ~treet to be closed ..



't'- .

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. - ..-

By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-

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A resolution authorizi.ng. thf! State. Bank Ex\:lminer to.

Employ a stenographer.

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Referred to Committee on ApproJ?riations.



By: Mr..D9dd of the__4~d ~ist.rict-
F.
A bill to prodde for a uniform system of text-book~ for.

Geo.rgia, and for other purposes. t ..

Referred to Committee on Education.

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_By Mr. Perry of the 3:3d Di'strict~

A bill to amend article 7, section 1 of the Constitution :t;;O as to limit the levy of taxes on property tor auy one _year, and lor other purposes.

. Referred

to

Committee

on

Coustitutional -

Amendm- ents.

_By Mr. Mathews of the 23d District-

A bill to provide for levy and sale of the equity of re-demption in cases of sales to secure debt.
Referrecl to General Judiciary Committee.

~y Mr. Mathews of the 33d DistrictA bill to prescribe bow property shall be levied on and
.,sold in certain instances, and for other purposes.
Referred to Ge~eral ,Judiciary Com mit tee.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:

:By Mr. Peyton of Habersham-

A- 6iil to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Clarksville, and for other purposes.

The Senate proposed to amend as follows:

To amend section 2 by striking out the proviso beginning with the word "provided" in the 7th line and ending -with the word "courts" in line 13.

The following Senate bills were reacl the second time, ;to wit:

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1903.

367

]3y Mr. Sweat of the 5th District~

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the -city of Douglas.
.By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A bill to require corporations to pay taxes to the -counties in which they are required to be returned.

.By Mr. Rnead of the 29th District-

A bill to make it illegal to charge more than eight per -cent. interest.

.By Mr. Jordan of the 28th District-

A bill providing in what. counties property shall be returned wherE' the same lies in two counties, owne!l by .corporations.

By Mr. Tisinger of Upson-

A bill to change the time of ~oldi~~g -~befall term of the

-upson county Superior Court.



Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. Edwards of Marion, Mr. Parker.
Th.e Speaker then announced thg. House adjourned, on. :;motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham.

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ATLANTA, GA.,

Monday, July 20, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock: a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and. opened with pray~r by Rev. Mr. Kytle.
The roll was called and the f~llowing members answered. to their names :

Adams, 1\.lexander, Alfonl, Almond, Arnold, AyTes, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bt:uce,
~uchan,
Buchan non, Burton. Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cnnn,

Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cli,att, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Deal,
De~rick,
.Dozier, Duckett,_ Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, EYans, Feld!lf, F'ields, !<'Ianigan, l<'Iynt, Foster of Ocot.ee. Franklin, Fusse'll,

Gaulden, \Jeorge,
l~Jenn,
Grenade, Grice, Grittin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of CatToll, Hixon of Sumter; Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin,. Howard or Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson or Clinch, .Johnson of Crawford,. Jones of Dougherty. .Jones of Picl,ens, Kelly.

MoNDAY, JuLY 20, 1903.

369

J!Kendrick, Kent, . Kilburn, ..1\:night, Knowles, .Lane, Lanier, ..!Lawrence. ..Leigh, .Little, .Lowe, .Mann, Maples, Martin, :Mayson, ~iller of Bullock, .l\1iller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, :1\fitcb.ell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride,
~McCurry,
1\fcElmurray, 1\fcHenry, :1\:lcLain,

McRae,

Shackelford,

Newton,

Shannon,

Nisbet,

Singletary,

Qwen,

Slaton,

Overstreet,

Spence,

Parker, Pate of Dooly,

Stanford, Steed of Carroll,

Pate of Gwinnett, Steed of 'l'aylor, Paulk of uon:ee, stewart,

Paulk or Irwin,

Stovall,

Peyton,

Strickland,

Phillips of Jefferson, Thompson,

Phillips of Quitman, Tigner, .

Preston,

Tracy,

Proctor,
Rainey, Rankin, Rawls, Hedw!ne, Reid, Hice, Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Roper, Rountree, Sanders,

Underwood, Valentine. Walker of Moi:noe, Walker of. Pierce, Watson. Wellborn, West. Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

.Akin, Bell of Emanuel, -Grumbly, :Daves,

Jroster of '!'owns. .Johnson of Haker, Mizell, O'Qulnn,

Rogers of Mcintosh, 'l'hurman, Welch,

Mr. Howard of Bald\vin arose and addresEed the followaug remarks to tbe House :
.llfr. Speaker:
The members of this House bave heard with deep regret
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of the death of the distinguished Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia, J uetice Samuel Lumpkin~ During his occupancy of that exalted position, as Judge of the Supreme Court, as Solicitor-General and as a member of the General Assembly, he rendered valuable service tothe State, and it is a fitting mark to the respect of his memory that this House join with the other departments. of State and adjourn on this day of his funeral. I makethe formal motion, therefore, t.hat immediately after theconfirmation of the Journal and in conformity to a timehonored custom, this House adjourn until to-morrow morn-ing at 9 o'clock.

The motion to adjourn was adopted by a unanimous. vote, and as soon as the Journal had been read, SpeakerMorris declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, July 21, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order i.Jy the Speaker and. opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, AyrP.S,

Baldwin,

Bowen,

Beall,

Bower,

Beaucbamp,

Boy kin,

Bell of Milton,

t~rinson,

Blackburn,

Brock,

Booth,

Brown,

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371

.bruce,

Griffin,

Morton,

.&:>UCUII.U.

Hall,

Moses,

~ucuauuon,

Hardeman,

Mulherin.

.bUl'LUll,

Harden,

McBride,

~usu,

Hawes,

McCurry,

.tlUtts, lJalVJn,

. - - . _,. ~

Hayes, Hendry,

Mcl!llmurray, McHenry,

liandler,

Henry,

McLain,

Cann,

Hicks,

McRae,

Carr,

Hixon of Oarro11, Newton,

Carrington,

Hixon of !Sumter, Nisbet.

Carswell,

Holder,

Owen,

Cliatt, Conner,

-t;>:~;~~~

Houston,

Overstreet,

Howard of Baldwin. O'Quinn,

Coox, Cromartie, Daniel, Davis,

....._ yo,~
,......... ~ "';.

Howard of Laurens, Parkei',

Howell,

Pate of Dooly,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Baker, Paulk of OoJiee,

Davison, Deal, Derrick, . Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Irwin.

.~

.Johnson or Crawfora.Peyton, Jones of Dougherty, Phillips of Jelferson,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Quitman,

Kelly,

Preston,

Kendrick,

Proctor,

Kent,

Rainey,

s !. Kilburn,

Rankin,

Knight,

Rawls,

l{nowles,

Redwine,

Lane,

Reid,

Lanier,

Rice,

Lawrence,

Richardson,

Fields.

Leigh,

Ridley,

Flanigan,

Little,

Rogers of Hall,

l~lynt.
Foater ot Oconee.

Lowe, Alann,

Rogers "or Mclntosn, Roper,

I'oster of ~owns. Franklin, Fussell,

Maples, Martin, Mayson,

Rountree, Sanders, Shackelford,

Gaulden,

George,

Glenn,

-,

Miller of Bullock, Shannon,

Miller of Muscogee, Singletary,

Mills,

Slaton,

Grenade,

Mitcham,

Spenc~,

Grice,

Mitchell,

Stanford,

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Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart, .stovall, Strickland, Thompson, "l'hurman,
"Tigner,

Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce. \Vatson, "'ellborn, West,

Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble. Wooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent we1e Messrs.--

!.kin, Bell of Emanuel,

crmnbty, Daves,

Mizell, Welch,

The .Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and. <Confirmed.
The foBo.wing resolutions were read and referred to the oQ.Qmmi-ttee on Rules :
lBy Mr. Kelly of Glascock-
A resolution providing that the House hold two sessions per day, beginning with Monday, July 27.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing that beginning with Monday, July 27, there shall be held au afternoon session on MooJay, Wednesaay and Ftiday, and a daily afternoon session {)D and after Munday, Angnst 3:
By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A resolution ruaking House Bill No. 492 the special {)rder for 'Vednesday, July 22.

TuESDAY, JuLY 21, 1903.

373

By :Mr. George of :Morgan-

A resolution making House Bill No. 315 the special order for Thursday, July 23.

:Mr. Calvin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted tbe following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Gent>ral Agriculture have had under consideration House Bill No. 571, which proposes to au"thorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to employ, .as necessity may require, a veterinary surgeon; to fix a limit .to the compensation of such surgeon for services rendered, and for other purposes, and have instructed me. to report. the same back with a recomme.ndation that the bill do pass.

Also, House Resolution No. 192 requesting our Representatives and iu&tructing our Senators in Congress to give support to the Brownlow bill which comtemplates National and State co-operation in tbe improvement of public highways, which resolution is favorably reported.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN

CALVIN,

Chairman.

Mr. Hawes, vice-chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, eubmitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill whick they instruct me toreport back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit :

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Merchants Bank of Valdosta.

Respectfully submitted.

P.M. HAWES, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Carrington, chairman of the Committee on the Extension of the Western & Atlantic railroad, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
As chairman of Special Committee on extension of the Western & Atlantic railroad I am directed to report the bill back to the House with the request that it be submitted to the Committee of the Whole.

Respectfully submitted. CARRINGTON of Madison, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bill of the House which I am instructed as chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same for the reason that a similar Senate bill has been already favorably reported, to wit:

A bill to amend section 3472 of the Code so as to provide that the years' S);lpport of a widow or minor children shall be inferior to a claim for purchase money of personalty.

TuESDAY, JuLY 21, 1903.

375

Also, the following bill of the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of _Brunswick.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following message was received from the SeDate -through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Spea.kc1:
The Senate bas passed by the requisite constitutional 7majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Nichols, .:and for other purposes.
A bill to authorize defendants i"n actions now pending or that may hereafter Le brought by the State for the recovey -<>f certain land, to plead as defense thereto possession of said land for twenty years, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitu.tional majority the following bill of the House, to wit :
A bill to authorize street railroad companies to engage 1n the business of furnishing steam heat or power, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend an Act in reterence to the road laws of the State of Georgia providing for the payment of a commutation tax, and for other purposes.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Edgewood in DeKalb county by changing the corporate limits of said': town.
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to layout and maintain boulevards, drainage, etc., outside the city limits and within five miles thereof, to provide for ac Board of Commissioners, and to authorize said council to levy taxes .and make appropriations for the same, and for other purposes.

The Senate bas also passed by the requisite constitutional. majority the following Honse resolution, to wit:
A resolution for the appropriation of $9,360 for pay- ment of indigent widows.

The following bill, which was a special order for thishour, and which was brought over from last Friday's session, was read again and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Commission.~ for the State of Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of felony convicts, and for other purposes.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole for a consideration of the bill, a~d Mr. Phillips of Jefferson, chairman of the committee which considered thebill last Friday, again took the chair.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and throngb their chairman reported progress, and asked leaveto sit again to-morrow morning immediately after the confirmation of the .Tournai.
The report of the committee was adopted.

TuESDAY, JULY 21, 1903.

37T

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

By Messrs. Conner and Underwood-

A resolution making House Bill No. 686 a special orderfor Thursday the 23d inst.

The following bills were read the second time by nnani- mons consent and r.ecommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Jones ot Dougherty-

A bill to create a new Board of Commissio,ners of Roadsand Revenues for t-he county of Do~gherty.

By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-

A bill to repeal au Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dougherty.

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

By Mr. Wooten ot Montgomery-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Higgston_

Referred to Special Judiciary Commit-tee.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A bill to require chartered banks of this State to keepopen at least four houra daily for the transaction of busi-ness.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

378

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.

Referred to General Judiciary Committl!e.

By Mr. Flanigan of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools for the town of Lawrenceville.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Hixon and Steed of Carroll-

A bill to amend an Act to create the charter of Carrollton.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Kilburn, Felder and Hall-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the county of Bibb.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

.By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Oak Grove school district. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to enlarge and define the powers of the Police Court of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

TUESDAY, JuLY 21, 1903.

379

:.By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta rela;tive to the retiring of certain police.

Referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.

:By Mr. Brock of Dade-

A bill to amend section 1174, volume 3 of the Code .:il'elative to the execution of convicts.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

..By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A joint resolution prescribing the number and pay .ol :.pages of the House and Senate for 1903 and 1904.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following resolutions were introduced and read and referred to Committee on RulE's :

.By Mr. Conner of Bartow-

A ~esolution making House Bill No. 637 the special -order for Tuesday, July 23d.

_By Mr. Johnson of Clinch-
A Resolution making House Bill No. 188 the special -order lor Tuesday, July 28th.

The following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit:

:.By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th DistrictA bill to permit defendants in actions brought by the

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State for the re.covery of certain lots of land to plead as defense thereto possession of said lands for the period oftwenty years.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

At the request of the authors House Bills Nos. 655,_ 5 and 110.

Leave of absence was granted to-
Mr. Jones of Pickens, Mr. Miller of Muscogee, Mr. Gaulden of Brooks.

On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House then. adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., W~dnesday, July 22, 1903~.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clocka.m_ this day, was called to order by the Speaker and. opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called an.d the following members answered to their names :

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin,

Beall, Beauchamp, Bell or Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower,

Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1903.

381

.Burton, .Hush, !:lutts, -Calvin, -Uundler, Uann, -Carr, Carrington, -Carswell, -Cliatt, Uonner, -uook, Uromartle, urumbly, .Daniel, .Daves, Davis, DaviElon, Deal, .Derrick, Dozier, J)uckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, '.ljJnglish, .Ennis, Evans, .Felder, Fields, .I~ I a n i g a n , 'iflynt, l<'oster or Oconee. Foster of Towns, Franklin, "Fussell, George, '{;leon, Grenade, Grice, '{;ritlin, Hall,

Hardeman,

Morton,

Harden,

Moses,

Hawes,

l\1 ulherin, .

Hayes,

McBride,

Hendry,

Mcuurry,

Henry,

l\1cllmurray,

Hicks,

McHenry,

Hixon of uarroll, llicLain,

Hixon of ::Sumter, l\lcHae,

Holder,

Newton,

Houston,

Nisbet,

Howard of Baldwm, Owen,

Howard of Laurens, Overstreet,

Howell,

O'Quinn,

Hutcheson,

Parker.

Johnson of Bake., Pate of Dooly,

Johnson or Ulinch, Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson or urawrord,Paulk of Uo!Iee,

Jones or Dougherty, Pauik of Irwin

Jones of Picken!!, Peyton,

Kelly,

Phillips of J e!Ierson,

Kendrick,

Phillips of Quitman,

Kent,

Preston,

Kilburn,

Proctor,

Knight,

Rainey,

Knowles,

Rankin,

Lane,

Rawls,

Lanier,

!-ted wine,

Lawrence,

Reid,

Leigh,

IUce,

Little,

Richardson,

Lowe.

Ridley,

l\lann,

Rogers of Hall,

Maples,

Rogers of Mclntost>...

Martin,

Roper,

Mayson,

Rountree,

Miller of Bullock, Sanders,

Miller or Muscogee, .Shackelford,

Mills,

Shannon,

l\Iitcbam,

Singletary,

Mitchell,

Slaton,

J\Iizell,

'Spence,

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Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson . Thurman,

Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe Walker of J:'ierce, \Vatson, Wellborn,

west, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, Wooten. Yates, M.r. Speaker.

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Akin, Hell or Emanuel,

Gaulden,

Welch

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and' confirmed.
The following bill which was under the consideration of the House on yesterday was again taken up pursuant to the report of the Committee of the Whole for a furtherconsideration, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Prison Commission of Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of felony convicts, and for other purposes.
The House again went into a Committee of the Wholeand Mr. Phillips ot Jefferson, former chairman o{ the.committee, again took the chair.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported the following resolution back to the House with the recommendation that it be adopted.
The report of the committee .wae adopted.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 22, 1903.

383

The resolution was as follows:

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A resolution providing that the Committee ot the Whole arise and report as follows: That debate on the bill under consideration be closed at 11 o'clock a.m. to-day and that a vote on the bill and all amendments be taken a" soon as debate is clo~ed.

Mr. Hall of Bibb offered to amend as follows:

That when the House is again resolved into a committee of the whole, the committee at once proceed to vote on the pending bill, substitutes and amendments without further debate.

The amendment was adopted and the resolution was then adopted as amended.

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

J{r. SpeJker: The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution :

A resolution for a joint session ou July 24, 1903 for thPpurpose of hearing the address of Hou. J no. M. Allen.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole and Mr. Phillips took the ch:1.ir.

After a further consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back to the House with- the recommendation that it do pass by substitute as amended.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Mr. Mitchell 'of Thomas called the previous question '"'Which call was sustained and the main question ordered.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the adoption of the substitut.e Mr. Mitchell of Thomas
..called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained and -.on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

. Alexander, A.lmonll, .Arnold, .Boykin, Brqwn, Button, Butts,
"'Calvin, Candler,
Uarr, Cliatt, Conner, l;t'omartie, Davis, .Deal, Dozie1, .Duckett, ..Dunbar, Felder, 1r1elds, l'lanigan, Flynt, l'ranklin, -George, Glenn, Grice,

Hall,

Owen,

Hardeman,

Overstreet,

Harden,

O'(..luinn,

Hawes,

Paulk of Uolfee,

Hayes,

Phillips or Jefferson,

Hixon of sumter, Preston,

Holder,

Proctor,

Houston,

Redwine,

Howard of Baldwin, Rice,

Hutcheson,

Richardson,

Jones or Dougherty, Ridley,

1\.ent,

Rogers of Hall,

Kilburn,

Rogers of Mclntqsh,

Laue,

Rountree,

l\1artln,

Sllackelfor<l,

Mayson,

Shannon,

l\Iiller of Bullock, Singletary,

l\Iitcbam,

~laton,

l\Iitcbell,

Spence,

Morton,

Stovall,

Mull.lerin,

Thompson,

1\!eBtide,

Ti~ner,

McElmurray, McHenry, McLain,

Walker of l\lonl'Oe, "\Vatson, Wise,

Nisbet,

Those.voting:in rehe negative were Messrs.-

A.dams, :A.'iford,

Ayr-es,
aaldmn,

Beall, Beaachamp,

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 22, 1903.

385

Bt;:II of Milton,

Blackburn,

Booth,

How en,

Bower,

Brinson,.

Hrock,

Bruce,

Buchan,

Buchannon,

Bush,

Carrington,

Uarswell,

Cook,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Daves,

''

Davison,

Derrtck,

Duggan,

Edwards,

English,

Ennis,

Evans,

l!'oster of Oconee,

l!'oster of ToW118,

Fussell,

Paulk of Irwin,

Grenade,

Peyton,

Henry,

l'hillips of Quitman,

Hixon of Carroll, Rainey,

Howard of Laurens, Rankin,

Howell,

Rawls,

Johnson of Haker, Reid,

Johnson of Clinch, Roper,

Johnson of Crawrord,Sanders,

Jones of Pickens. ~tanford,

Kelly,

Steed of Carroll,

n:endrick,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

Knight,

Stewart,

Lawrence,

Thurman,

Leigh,

Tracy,

Little,. Lowe, Mann, Mills, Moses, McCurry, McRae, Newton, Parker, Pate of Dooly,

Underwood, Valentfne, Walker of Pierce, Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Womble, Wooten, Yates,

Those not voting were 'Messrs.-

Akin, Bell of Emanuel_, Cann, Gaulden, GrUHn, Hendry,

Hicks, Knowles, Lanier. Maple!!, Miller of Muscogee,

Mizell. Pate of Gwinnett. Strickland, Welch, Mr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the vote on
the passage of the substitute the ayes were 77 1 nays 82. The substitute was therefore lost.

The original bill was "then put to the House and lost,
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ayes 55, nays 8_9, the same not having received the Tequisite constitutional majority.

Mr. Felder gave notice that at the proper time he would

move to reconsider the action of the House in not passing

the above bill.



Mr. l\I~rris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules have had under consideration
the following House resolutions and instruct me as their <Jhairman to report the same back with the recommendation that they do not pass:
No. 259-By Mr. Fields of Dooly. No. 265-By Mr. Grice of Pulaski. No. 272-By Mr. Brinson of Decatur. No. 282-By Mr. Conner of Bartow. No. 281-By Mr. Johnson of Clinch. No. 280-By Mr. George of Morgan. No. 279-By Messrs. Conner and Underwood. No. 276-By Mr. Howard of BaldwinNo. --By Messrs. West and Mitchell. No. 274-By Mr. Cromartie.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1903.

387

They also recommend that House Resolution No. 269 -do pass as amended.

Also, that House Resolution No. 271 do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

N. A. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolutions, which were reported back to ihe House by the Committee on Rules, were read, to wit:

J3y Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution fixing House resolution which appropri.ates $50,000 toward defraying the expense of making an ~xhibit at the Louisiana Exposition the special order for Wednesday, July ~2.

The committee proposed to amend by substituting Tues.Oay, 28th in lieu of Wednesday, 22d.

The resolution was lost.

:By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution making House Bill No. 313 the special -order after the disposition ot House Bill No. 281.
The resolution was adopted. The following resolution was read aud refcnecl to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A resolution making House Bill No. 517 the special

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JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.

order for Tuesday, July 28, from 10:30 o'clock to n
o'clock a.m.

The following Senate resqlution was read and adopted~ . to wit:

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-
A. resolution inviting Congressman Jno. M. Allen toaddress the General Assembly on Friday, July 24, 1903,. on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The following resolution was read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Bower of Decatur-
A resolution providing that the previous question shalD be considered as ordered on House Bill No. 313 to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
The following bill, which wae made the special order for to-day imm.ediately after the disposi~ion of the Convict. bill by Mr. Felder of Bibb, was read the third time and. put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A bill to. ~mend an Act to create the Prison Commis. sion of the St~te of Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of convicts.
Before the bill was disposed of a motion was made toadjourn which was put and carried.

Cl

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.

389

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Knowles of Floyd

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until :9 o'olock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, July 23, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock .a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and . -opened with.prayer by the Chaplain.

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

.Adams, ..Alexander, .Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, :Beall, Beauchamp, :Bell of Milton, .Hlackburn, ..Booth, .Bowen, Bower, :Boy kin, ..Brinson, Brock, Brown, ...Bruce,

Buchan,

Huchannon,

Burton,

Hush,

Butts,

Calvin,

Candler,

Cann,

Uarr,

Carrington,

Carswell,

Cliatt,

Conner,

Cook,

Cromartie,

Crumbly,

Daniel, Daves,

,.
. ;_...

Davis,

Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, .l!lnglish, Ennis, Evans, !'elder, Fields, IfIanigan, Flynt, Foster of Oconee, Foster of '!'owns, . Franklin, l<'ussell,

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Gaulden,

Mann,

Reid,

George,

.\laples,

Rice,

ulenn,

Martin.

Richardson,

Grenade,

Mayson,

Ridley,

Grice,

Miller or .Bullock, Rogers or Hall,

Grimn,

Miller of Muscogee, Rogers o~ Mcintosh,..

Hall,

Mills,

Roper,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Rountree,

Harden,

Mitchell,

Sanders,

Hawes,

Mizell,

Shackelford,

Hayes,

Morton,

Shannon,

Hendry,

Moses,

Singletary,

Henry,

Mulherin,

Slaton,

Hicks,

McBride,

Spence,

Hixon of Carroll, McCurry,

Stanford,

Hixon or :sumter, McElmurray,

Steed of Carroll;.

Holder,

~IcHenry,

Steed of Taylor,.

Houston,

McLain,

Stewart,

Howard of .Baldwin, McRae,

Stovall,

Howard of Laurens, Newton,

Strickland,

Howell,

Nisbet,

Thompson,

Hutcheson,

Owen,

Thurman,

Johnson of Baker. Overstreet,

Tigner.

Johnson of Clinch, O'Quinn.

Tracy,

Johnson of Crawford,Parker,

Underwood,

Jones of Dougherty, Pate of Dooly,

Valentine,

Jones of Pickens. Pate of Gwinnett, Walker of Monroe,;.

Kelly,

Paulk of Corree,

Walker of Pierce.

Kendrick,

Paulk or Irwin.

Watson,

Kent,

Peyton,

Wellborn,

Kilburn,

Phillips of Jetrerson, West,

Knight,

Phillips of Quitman. Whitley,

Knowles,

Preston,

Wilson,

Lane,

Proctor,

Wise,

Lanier,

Rainey,

Womble,

Lawrence, Leigh, Little,

Rankin, Rawls, Redwine,

Wooten. Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Lowe,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Bell of Emanuel, Welch,

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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.

391:_

Mr. Felder of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass House Bill No. 281 and the substitute therefor.

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

The Speaker ruled that under the rules of the House at motion 'to reconsider at this time would be out of order, inasmuch as House Bill No. 313 was made the special orderto follow after the disposition of House Bill No. 281, thebill sought to be reconsidered; and inasmuch as bill No. 313 was under consideration when the House adjourned nn. yesterday, it would precede any motion to ret::onsider.

Mr. Felder then took an appeal from the above decision. of the chair.

The previous question was called and sustained and themain question ordered.
On the question as to whether the derision of the chait should be sustained, Mr. Miller of Muscogee called for theayes and nays, which call was sustained, and on taking theballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, A.lford, Almond, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Booth, Bower, Brinson,

Brock, .Bruce, Burton, Butts, Cann, Carrington, Cliatt, Cook, Crumbly,

Daniel, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Dunbar, English, Ennis, Evans, Fostl'r of Oconee,

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Iroster of 'l'owns, Lowe,

F'ussell,

Mann,

Glenn,

Miller of Muscog<>t,

Henry,

Mills,

Hixon of Oarroll, Mitcham,

Hixon of Sumter, Moses,

Howard of Laurens, McBride,

..Johnson of Ollnch, McCurry,

Johnson of Orawrord,M:cLain,

Jones or Pickens, Newton,

Kendrick,

Owen,

Kent,

Parker,

Knowles,

Rawls,

Lawrence,

Reid,

Leigh,

Rice.

Little,

Roper,

Sanders, Spence, Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart, Strickland, Thompson, Walker of Pierce, Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander,

Ayres,

Bell of Mllton,

Brown,

Buchannon,

Calvin,

Candler,

Carr,

Carswell,

Conner,

Cromartie,

Deal,

'

Dozier,

Duggan,

Felder,

Fields.

1!~lanlgan,

Franklin,

-George,

Grtce,

Hall,

Hardeman,

Nisbet,

Harden,

O'Quinn,

Hayes,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Paulk of Ooffee,

Houston,

Paulk of Irwin,

Howell,

Preston,

Hutcheson,

Proctor,

Jones of Dougherty, Rankin,

Kelly,

Redwine,

Kilburn,

Richardson,

Knight,

Ridley,

Lane,

Rountree,

Martin,

Shackelford,

Mayson,

Singletary,

Miller of Bullock, Stovall,

Mitchell,

Thurman,

Morton,

Tigner,

Mulherin,

Underwood,

Mcllllmurray,

Valentine,

McHenry,

Walker of Monroe,

McRae,

THURSDAY, JU;LY 23, 1903.

393

Those .not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, ALnold, Hell of Emanuel, .Hlackbnrn.
.Howen,
Hoykin, .Buchan, . Bush, Davis, Duckett. Edwards, l<'lynt. -Gaulden,

U:Lenade,

Phillips of Jell'erson,

Gritfin,

l:'hillips or Quitman,

Hawes,

Rainey,

Hendry,

Rogers of Hall,

Hicks,

Hogers of Mcintosh,

Howard of Haldwfn, Shannon,

Johnson of Haker, Slaton,

Lanier,

Stanford,

Maples,

Tracy,

1\-lizell,

Watson,

Overstreet,

Welch,

Pate of Dooly,

Wooten,

Peyton,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 74.; nays 62.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 74, nays 62. The decision of the chair was therefore sustained.

Mr. Felder of Bibb moved that House Bill No. 313, known as the "Steed Convict Bill," be postponed until mext Tuesday.

Mr. Steed of Taylor moved to amend the motion Qf Mr. Felder by postponing the bill until Tuesday, to be taken up immediately after the confirmation of the Journal and made the continuing special order until disposed of.

Mr. Tigner of Muscogee moved as a substitute for the :above motions that the bill' be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Bower of Decatur called for the previou.,; .question -on the bill and pending amendments.

Before any of the preceding motions could be put Mr. Felder moved that the. bill be tabled and on that motion

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

called for the ayes and nays. The call was sustained and!. on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Arnold, Boy kin, Buchan, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Carr, Carrington, Conner, Dozier, Dunbar. Felder, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt, Franklin, Grice,

Hall, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hixon or Sumter, Houston, Hutcheson, Kent, Kilburn, Lane, Martin,
Mays~;~n,
Mitcham, Morton, Mulherin, McElmurray, M-cHenry,

Nisbet, Overstreet, O'Quinn, Phillips or Jelrerson,._ Preston, Proctor, Rainey,
Rogers or Mcintosh.Rountree, Shackelford, Singletary, Spence, Stovall, UnderwoocJ, Walker or Monroe.. Wise,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Almond, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell or Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bo'Yer, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Bucbannon, Burton,

Cano, Carswell, Cllatt, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Duggan, English, Ennis, Evans, Foster of Oconee, Jfussell, Glenn, Grenade,

Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Holder, Howard of Baldwin.. Howard of Laurens, Howell, Johnson or Baker, Johnson or Clinch, Johnson or OrawrorcJ.. Jones of Dougherty, Jones or Pickens, Kelly, Kendrick, Knight, Knowles, Lawrence,

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.

396-

Leigh, Little, Lowe, Mann, Miller of .Bullock, Miller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitchell, McBride, McCurry, McLain, McRae, Newton, Parker,

!:'aulk of Uolfee,

Steed of Taylor,

Paulk or irwin,

Stewart,

Peyton,

Strickland,

Phillips of Quitman, Thurman,

Hankin,

Tracy,

!{awls,

Valentine,

Reid, Rice,

walker or Pierce,.. Wellborn,

tUchardson, Roper, Sanders, Slaton, Stanford, Steed or Carroll,

West. Whitley, Wilson, Womble, Wooten. Yates.

T.hose not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alexander, Bell or Emanuel, Bowen, Bush, Davis, Deal, Derrick, Duckett, Edwards, Foster of Towns,

Gaulden, George, GritHn, Hardeman, Hendry, Lanier, Maples, Mizell. Moses, Owen, {'ate of Dooly,

Pate or Gwlnuett.. Hedwine, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Shannon. Thompson, TigDer, Watson. " 7elcb, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 50 ; nays 93.

l\Ir. Brown of Houston moved that the verification or the roll-call be dispensed with, which motion prevailed.
On the motion to table the ayes were 50, nays 9~; themotion was therefore lost.
l\Ir. Felder of Bibb moved that the House adjourn until 9:15 o'clock to-morrow morning.

.396

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The chair ruled that a call for the previous question took precedence of the motion of Mr. Felder.

From the above decision of the chair Mr. Felder took an appeal.

Mr. Miller of Muscogee moved that the House adjourn, which motion was lost.

As to whether or not the decision of the chair should be :Sustained, Mr. Felder of Bibb called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
The following roes"age was rec~ived from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

lrir. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2171 of volume 2 of the Code providing for the change and general direction and route Qf railroads.

A bill to incorporate the Kensington school district m "'Walker county.
A bill to secure to the several counties of this State.the public school fund to which they are entitled.

A bill to incorporate the town of Menlo in Chattooga
r
.county.
The Senate has also pas>'ed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.

397

A bill to amend the Act concerning the election laws of the city of Cordele.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Sharon~ Taliaferro county.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Greensboro.

A bill to amend the charter o! the town of Marven.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Parrott m Terrell county.

A bill to incorporate the town of Barney in Brooks COUJity.

A bill to grant to the mayor and aldermen of Savannah certain lands upon which to erect public buildings.

A bill to allow the voters of the Blue Ridge district m White county to holdan election for feul"!e or no fence.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.

A bill to ameo.d au Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski county.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolution, to wit:
4- resolution providing an appropriation to meet the
deficiency in the insurance fund of 1901.
The Senate has passed by substitute the following resolution of the House, to wit:

:398

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

A.resolution to require the Joint Finance Committee to examine the offices of Secretary of State, School Comqnissioner, Commissioner of Agriculture, Prison Commissioner and Pension. Commissioner.

The Senate has also passed as amended by the requisite -eo.nstitutional majority the following bills of the House, 1to wit:

A bill to amend section 10 of the charter of Chipley.

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of alcoholic or spiritmoos liquors in Upson county.

A bill to amend the charter of Lyons.

A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commis'sioners of Roads and Revenues lor the county of Dade.

A hill to amend the charter of Ball Ground in Cherokee COUnty.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Hamilton.

A bill to amend the charter of Bronwood in. Terrell COUnty.
A bill to incorporate the town of Armena in Lee county.

A bill to incorporate the town of Plainsville in Gordon COUnty.

A bill tn amend section 3 o( an Act approved. Septem-

lber 29, 18Rl, so as to provide greater compensation for the

deputy jailer and jail guards of Chatham Qount.y.



A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Roswell tto issue ~oncds f<?r $11,000 for improvements.

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1903.

399

A bill to repeal an Act t& establish a system of public "schools for Sylvania school district.

A bill to incorporate the town of Nunez in Emanuel -county.

A bill to atpend the charter of Metcalf in Thomas county.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur to issue bonds for water works.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Cairo in "'Thomas county.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur to -establish a system of sewerage.

A bill to incorporate the town of Baconton in Mitchell --county.
A bill to amend the charter of Decatur so as to pave the ,,gtreets of said town.
A bill to protect fish in the waters of Bartow county.
A bill to amend the charter of Montezuma, Macon <!OUnty.
A bill to repeal au Act creating a BtJard of Commis..sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Walton.

The Se.nate has failed to pass the following_ bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to prescribe the manner of electing county school ...commissioners by the electors of each county.

400

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

ATLANTA, GA., July 23, 1903.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn, to wit:

jJf1-. Spealcer:

I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication m writing.

Mr. Howard of Baldwin moved to adjourn.

On motion to adjourn Mr. Felder of Bibb called for the ayes and nays but immediately withdrew the same.

The motion to adjourn was then put to the House and carried; ayes 67, nays 64.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Sanders, Mr. Lanier, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Paulk of Coffee, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Henry, Mr. Newton, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Singletary.

The Speaker then announced the Honse adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

FRIDAY, JuLY 24, 1903.

401

ATLANTA, GA., Friday, July 24, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock :a.m. this day, was called to order by the Spe~ker and -opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ledbetter.

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

Adams, .Alexander, Alford, .Almond, Arnold, .Ayres, Haldwin, .Beall, Beauchamp, .Bell or Emanuel, Bell or Milton, ::Blackburn, Booth, :Bowen, Bower, Boykin,
~Brinson,
Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, -Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, -Calvin, {}andler,
26 h j

Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cllatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, JJeal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt,

I'oster of Oconee, Foster or 'l'owns, l!'ranldln,
l~usseU,
Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Griffin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, liayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Baker,

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Johnson of Clinch, McElmurray

Sanders,

Johnson of <Jra.wrord,M.cHenry,

Shackelford,

Jones of Dougherty, McLain,

Shannon,

Jones or Pickens, McRae,

Singletary,

Kelly,

Newton,

Slaton,

Kendrick,

Nisbet,

Spence,

Kent,

Owen,

Stanford,

Kilburn,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

Knight,

O'Quinn,

Steed of Taylor,

Knowles,

Parker,

Stewart,

Lane,

Pate ,t Dooly,

Stovall,

Lanier,

Pate of Gwinnett, Strickland,

Lawrence,

Paulk or Colfee, Thompson,

Leigh,

Paulk of Irwin, Thurman,

Little,

Peyton,

Tigner,

Lowe,

Phillips of Jelferson, Tracy,

:M:ann,

Phillips of Quitman, Underwood,

Maples,

Preston,

Valentine,

Martin,

Proctor,

Mayson,

Rainey,

Miller of Bullock, :Rankin,

:M:Iller of 1\:luscogee, Rawls,

Mills,

Redwine,

Mitcham,

Reid,

Mit<' hell,

Rice,

Mizell, Morton,

Richardson, Ridley,

Walker of Monroe,.. "\Yaller of Pierce, Watson, Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise.
Womble,

Moses,

Rogers of Hall,

Wooten,

Mulherin, McBride,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Yates,

Roper,

Mr. Speaker.

Mc<Jurry,

Rountree,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and" confirmed.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1903.

403

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution fixing the order of business for to-morrow'S: session and also fixing the resolution to appropriate$50,000 for the exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition for Tuesday, July 28.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A resolution fixing Honse bill for the appropriation of $6,000 for the completion of the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall as the special order for Wednesday, July 30.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution fixing House Bill No. 405 as a special orde1r for Tuesday, July 28.

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-

A resolution providing that beginning with Monday next the House hold an afternoon session.

House Bill No. 313, known as the "Steed Convict Bill,'~ which was brought over as unfinished business, was again taken up for a further consideration of the House.

The call for the previous question was not sustained by the House.

Mr. Felder withdrew his motion to postpone the biH until next Tuesday.

Mr. Tigner also withdrew his motion to indefinitely postpone the bill.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

404

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

.By Mr. Steed of Taylor-

A resolution fixing House Bill No. 313 with all eubstitutes and amendments the special order for Tuesday, 28th inst., immediately after the confirmation of the Jourual, and that it shall be the continuing special order until 11 o'clock on that day, when the previous question on said bill and amendments shall be considered as ordered.

Mr. McCurry, chairman of Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Public Library have had under consideration Senate Resolution No. 41 and request that it be !read second time and recommitted.

Respectfully submitted.

JuLIAN McCuRRY, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton moved that 200 copies of House Bill No. .313, together with all substitutes and amendments, be printed for the use of the House, which motion prevailed.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A resolution fixing House Bill No. 1 as the special -order for Wednesday, July 29.

By Mr. Underwood of White-
A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 44 the special order f-or Wednesday, July 29.

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:b""RIDAY, JULY 24, 1903.

40&

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A resolution fixing House bill which appropriates $1,50(} for the use of the Lunatic Asylum as a special order forWednesday, July 29.

Mr. Kelly, chairman of the Committee on the Academy for the Blind, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:
The Committee on the Academy for the Bli'nd have had under consideration House Bill No. 722, which authorizes the trustees of that institution to sell or exchange the lot,. buildings, etc., now occupied for a more desirable location, etc., etc., and have instructed me to report the same back with a r~commendation that the bill do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

THOMAS J. M. KELLY, Chairman.

Mr. Conner, chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Special Agriculture has had underconsideration House Bill No. 675 to amend an Act creating the Prison Commission, approved December 21, 1897, and the committee instructs me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with a recommendation that it: do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. CoNNER, Chairman.

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Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee on Appropriaiions, submitted the following report:

J1fr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under con.sideration the following HousP. bills and instruct me as their chairman to report same back with the recommendation that same do pass:

.By Mr. Slaton-

A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the Technological School.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.

By Mr. West-

A bill to provide for collection and compilation of records concerning W. & A. R. R.

Respectfully submitted.

CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Holder, chairman of the Committee on Education, :Submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed as

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-chairman to report back to the House with the recoru:.mendation that it do pass by substitute, to wit:

A bill to establish a uniform system of text-books.

Respectfully submitted.

JNO. N. HOLDER, Chairman.

Mr. Hardeman, 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 bill of the House and instruct rue as their chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute :

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A bill to create a department of health and health .efficers in this State, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

L. G. HARDE~IAN, Chairman.

Mr. Phillips, vice-chairman of the Committee on Ways .and Means, submitted the following report :
.M1-. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under ..consideration Senate Bill No. 145, to wit:

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A bill to provide for the deduction on franchises duecounties, cities, towns and villages of all amounts paid uiJderagreements therefor, and for other purposes, and instruct. me to report the same back to the House with the recom- mendation that the same do p11ss as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

J. R. PHILLIPS, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters havehad under consideration the following Senate resolutioll' and instruct me as their chairman to report back said resolution with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

Senate Resolution No. 40 to ratify the action of the mayor and council of Marietta in authorizing Hansel{ street to be closed for a distance of some two hundred feet,. and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Little, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations having had unde11

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consideration the following House bills instruct me as theirvice-chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit :

By Mr. Sanders of Heard-

A bill to incorporate the Franklin school district m Heard county.

By Mr. Sanders of Heard-

A bill to incorporate the town of Centralhatcher m Heard com1ty.

Respectfully submitted.

HENRY H. LITTLE, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on CountieS> and County Matters, submitted the following report:

'Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters havehad under consideration the following bills and instruct me as their chairman to recommend the same do pass,. to wit:

By Mr. Maples of Mitchell-

A bill to create the Camilla achool district and establish public school in said district of the county.

Respectfully submitted. July 23, 1903.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

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Mr; Slaton, chairman of the Committee on General .Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General J udidiary having bad under -consideration the following bill of the House instruct me .as chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to establish a County Board of .Commissioners for Bibb county.

Respectfully submitted.

JoHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Adams, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, '8ubmitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance having had under con:!!ideration the following House bill report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:
By Messrs. Ennis and Knowles of Floyd-
A bill to submit to the people of Floyd county the question of the repeal of the dispensary Act for that county.
Also, the following Senate bill with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

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.By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits in Hart county.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

.By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary of Thomas-

A bill to repeal an Act authorizing the mayor and council -of Meigs to regulate the sale of liquor in that town.

July 17, 1903.
To his Excellency, Governor Joseph M. Ter1ell:
DEAR SIR :-At the meeting of the Georgia Bar Association held in 1902, a resolution was adopted appointing a <Jommittee of five from that body to investigate the Torrens .system and similar systems for the registration of land :titles, and to report the result of their work to the next meeting of the association.
In conformity with this resolution a committee was ap:pointed, and at the meeting of the Georgia Bar Association, just finished this month, the report of this committee was presented.
Upon consideration of this report the Georgia Bar Asso-ciation adopted a resolution appointing the undersigned a committee to appear before your Excellency and submit the matter of this report, together with such other matters as they might see fit, and urge upon your Excellency the sending of a special message to the General Assembly of Georgia, now in session, asking that body to appoint a .special commission to consist of such number as your .Excellency might suggest, including some members of the .Bar Association, who should be authorized to inquire into

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the Torrens system of registration of land titles and to report to that body whether such a system is advisable for Georgia and whether it is practicable.
Looking to this end we take the liberty of submitting for your consideration the report referred to, together with other publications, including extracts from the inaugural address of Governor William E. Russell, of Massachusetts,. upon this subject, the statutes of Massachusetts adopting; such report, and also some extracts from the reports of the registrar of Cook county, Illinois.
Your Excellency will observe that the Torrens systeJil_ now obtains in five States of the union, to wit:. Illinois,. Massachusetts, California, Minnesota and Oregon. It also obtains in Great Britain and the greater portions of Canada and the other British possessions of North America and in South Australia.
The system is now being considered in twenty-seven other States of the union, and in nearly every one whereit is being considered the Governor has either called theattention of the Legislature to this matter and requestedthe appointment of a commission, or the appointment of acommission has been urged by the Bar Association of the various States, and the Legislatures in the various Stateshave adopted such suggestions. So that your Excellency will observe that the matter is now regarded throughout. the union as one of great importance and is receiving the careful attention of the people.
The main benefits to be derived from the adoption ofthis system are as follows :
First. The title is registered instead of the evidence of title. This title is registered after it has been examined and passed upon by a court of competentjmisdiction under a regular system of pleadings and practice conformable to that which obtains in each particular jurisdiction. In all the acts which have been submitted and which have been

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.discussed, ample provision is made for notice to all persons who may have any interest in the land, including minors and others not sui ju1is, and also for notice to non-resi.dents who may be interested. In this way the court is enabled to obtain jurisdiction and render a judgment which will be binding against the world.
It has been observed that in a vast number of registra.tions which have been made, very little loss bas occurred to people who have not been notified, and this loss is provided for by the creation of an imlemnity fund. In Massachusetts, where six hundred and sixty-two registrations have been made, there bas not yet been any recourse to the indemnity fund, and in Queensland, in Australia, where the system has been in operation for more than thirty-eight years there has been only one loss out of a registration of over a million and a quarter of titles.
The important benefits accruing out of the adoption of such a system will be :
First. The saving of expense for the registration of titles, as only one registration will be required, and the :subsequent transfers for that registration would not exceed for each transfer $2.00.
Second. In the generality of cases, the transfer, including the examination of title, after the initial registration, -could be completed within an hour.
Third. The title is rested or quieted at every transfer. .Fourth. There is not any chain of deeds to be examined. Fifth. The records are shorter. Sixth. This safe, short and inexpensive method of transfer increases the value of land and makes it a quick :asset. The principles of the Torrens system are in brief: 1. A public examination of title by a court of compe.tent jurisdiction, with notice to all persons concerned.

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2. A registration of the title founded upon such examination.
3. The issuance of a certificate of title. 4. The re-registration of the title upon every subsequent transfer. 5. Notice on the certificate of any matter affecting a. registered title, claims not registered having no validity. Without quoting at length from Governor Russell'saddress, to which we have referred, we submit the same toyou and ask your careful consideration of it, as his statement sets forth in a very clear and compendious mannerthe reasons why such a system should be adopted. \Ve therefore invite your Excellency's consideration of these matters and r~::spectfully ask that you may see fit to call the attention of the General Assembly to this matter at as early a date as may be consistent with your views~ asking the appointment of a commission as we have beforesuggested. We have the honor to remain,
Your obedient servants, WASHINGTON DESSAU, Chairman. J. L. SwEAT, HowARD VAN EPPs, Committee.

STATE OF GEORGIA, "} EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
ATLANTA, GA., July 23, 1903.
To the JJfernbers of the General Assembly:
The Georgia Bar Association, at its annual session in 1902, adopted a resolution appointing a committee of fivefrom that body to investigate the Torren's system and similar systems for the registration of land titles, and t.o-

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report the result of their work to the next meeting of theassociation. In pursuance of that resolution a committeewas appointed, and at the last session, held in July, 1903, the committee reported their findings and recommendations to the Bar Association. After a consideration of this report the Georgia Bar Association adopted a resolution appointing a committee to appear before me and submit the matter of their report, together with such other matte~:s as they might see proper, and to urge upon me the sending of a. special message to the Gengral Assembly of Georgia, asking the General Assembly to appoint a special commission to consist of such number as they might see fit, including some members of the Bar Association, charged with theduty of inquiring into the Torren's syst-em of registration of land titles and to report whether such a system is advis-able for Georgia, and whether it is practicable.
In view of the fact that the suggestions just madeemanate from the Georgia Bar Association, an association composed of many of the most learned and patriotic citi-zens of Georgia, and since the matter suggested deals with securing perfect titles to the lands and homes of the peop!eof the State, I conceive it my duty to call your attention to the report of the committee herewith submitted, and to recommend that you act in accordance with the suggestionstherein made.
The importance of this matter is emphasized by the fact that a number of the States of the Union have already adopted the Torren's system and many others have the
matter under serious advisement, either in the shape ot
proposed legislative enactment or before committees charged withthe duty of iuvestigating and reporting thereon.
J. M. TERRELL, Governor.

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ATLANTA, GA., July 24, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:

Jfr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, bas approved and signed the following acts, to wit:
An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of swainsboro.
An Act to provide for the removal of all obstructions other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind from creeks and other running streams in Clayion county.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of 'Toccoa.
'An Act to incorporate the town of Mansfield 1n the <lounty of Newton.
An Act to appropriate the sum of $11,500 for the purpose of building and equipping an addition to the dormitory of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

Mr. Knowles, chairman of the Committee on W. & A . .R. R., submitted the following report:
Ji r. S peal~er:
The Committee on W. & A. R. R. have had under consideration the following House resolution and instruct me cas chairman to report the same back to the House with :th~ recommendation that it do pass1 to wit:

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A resolution consenting that the Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Railway make an under-pass crossing under the tracks of the W. & A. R. R.

Respectfully submitted.

w. A. KNOWLES,
Chairman.

Mr. Jones of Dougherty, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration House Bills No. 596 and 667, respectively, by Mr. Rankin of Gordon and Mr. Shackelford of Clarke, which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

ED R. JoNEs, Chairman.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three from the Honse and two from the Senate who shall, with three members of the State bar to be appointed by the Governor, compose a commission to loo.k into the Torren system of registration of land titles, and fo.r: other purpo.ses~

The following resolution was read and referred to the C.o.mm.ittee on. RQ}es:
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By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A resolution providing that Ho.use Bill No. 639 be made the special order for Monday, July 29th.

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

By Mr~ Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and: for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee..

By Mr. Felder of Bibb...:_

A bill to amend an Act to regulate and control misdemeanor convicts in the county. of Bibb, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. McElmu~i:ay ~nd Nisbet of Bu.i:ke~

A bi.ll to create the City Courf of Waynesboro, and for

~tber purposes. .

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Referred to Committee on Countie~ ~n<l County Matters.

By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-

A bill to incorporate the town of Mystic, and for other
~mrposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Proctor of Camden-

A bill t-o give the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues

of Camden county entire charge of the .roads of said county,

and for other purposes.

.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters
By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A resc;lution authorizing thtl Pension Commissioner to transfer the surplus from pension appropriations to the g~neral fund and the surplus from oneclass to another, and ior other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
.By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to amend the General Tax .Act so as to ii:u)re par-
t.iculary regulate or fix the special business _ta_x_e~ on p:!alt ~ -extract, etc., and f~r other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

. .By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
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A bill to prevent tramps, stowaways or others from .stealing rides; etc., and for o'ther purposes:.,' -
Referred to Special Judiciary Com~ittee. .__:::. - .
.By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-:- . .. ' ......
. A _hill to. incorpora~ t~e to-\vn ?(~~~ ;~i~~~, . ; : :_; -'
.:Referred,to Committee .on Counties(uid;Cc;tu.nty M:att.eF8.

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By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill- to incorporate the Smyrna school district.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters~

By Mr. Daves of Fannin-
A bill to repeal an Act to erect and maintain a publicgate by common users of a private way from the residence of Adam Davenport to near the residence of W. B. G. Rogers.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to protect the fish and prescribe the manner of fishing in Flint river and other waters of Fayette county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and Count.y Matters..

By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder of Jackson-
A Iesolution providing for the appointment of a com-mittee to investigate a certain claim of the heirs at law of. Sherman J. Sims.

By .Mr. Preston of Jasper-
A bill to change the terms of county officers from two :to four years.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Kent o.f Jphnson.A. bill .to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kite~ ..Referred to Committee on Counties and Cour;tty Matters_

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.Ey Messrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of .Dublin.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

.:By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to prohibit the sale of liquors in >the county of Lee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
'By Mr. Walker of PierceA bill to amend section 3251 of the Code by adding
-certain words thereto, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

:By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to repeal section 601, volume 3 of the Code relaJtive to immigrant agents.
Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
~ Qjll to make justices. of the peace, county constables :and other county officers elected by. the people, and for -other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Rainey .of Terrell-

A bill to amend the Act to create the City Court of Dawson.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A resolution asking the State to renounce all claim t(} iand lots Nos. 10 and 100 in the county of Thomas.

Referred to GeneralJudiciary Committee.

By Mr. Franklin of Washington-

A bill to amend an Act to prc.vide a new charter for the towri of Tennille.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wilson of Clay-
A bill to require counties i~ this State to pay expenses incurred in holding primary elections.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bill was read the ~econd time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Van Buren of the.. 24thA reBolution directing the State Pfinter to pri~t and
bind certain public records.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills:
A bill to provide that property without a la,Vful owne~
.shall belong to the State.
A bill to provide for the registration, sale, inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers or fertilizer materials in bulk.

A bill to provide for the registry of transfers of bonds for title.

A bill to provide for the care of certain convicts. in .this State.

A bill to add Jesup to the list of cities and towns having State depositories.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide lor the election of judge and solicitor of the City Court of LaGrange by the people.

A bill to amend Act establishing the City Court in. Hamilton.
A bill to incorporate the town of Boykin m Miller county.
A bill providing for th_e operation of the Act establishing a City Court in Hamilton.

A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts of Chattahoochee county.

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A bill amending Act establishing the City Court of Sylvama.
A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts of Liberty county.
A bill amending Act creating a Board of County Commissioners for Dong1as county.
A bill amending Act creating the City Court of Waycross.
A bill amending Act fixing time of holding the superior courts of the Oconee circuit.
A bill amending Act creating a City Court in the city of Moultrie in Colquitt county.
A bill amending Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of Hall.
A bill to repeal Act creating a county court in each county of the State except certain counties therein mentioned, and acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same refers to the county of .Bulloch.
Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
lb. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following acts, to wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Edgewood.
Also, an Act to authorize the city council of Augu.;ta to

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lay out and maintain boulevards, driveways, etc., outside -city limits.

Also, an Act to amend an Act creating City Court of "Gainesville.

Also, an Act to authorize street railroad companies to --engage in business of {urn ishing steam heat, and for other purposes.

Also, a resolution to appropriate $9,360.00 for payment -of indigent widows' pensions.

Respectfully submitted.

c. J. WELLBORN, JR.,
Chairman.

The following Senate bills were read the first time, -to wit:

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-
A bill to amend section 9R2, volume 1 of the Code so --as to make the town of Jesup a State depository.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

.By Mr. Jorgan of the 28th DistrictA bill to provide for registration, inspection and analy-
,sis of commercial fertilizers. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

.By Mr. Merritt of the 20th DistrictA bill to provide for the care of certain convicts in this
;;State, and for other plll'poses.
Referred to Penitentiary Committee.

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By Mr. Mathews of thE' 23d District-

A bill to provide for the registry of transfers of bondS'

for title.



Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

.By Mr. Lee of the 44th District- . A bill to incorporate the Kingston school district.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Mattera.

By Mr. Van Buren vf.the 21st District-

A bill to amend section 2111, volume 2 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Smith of the 18th District-

A bill to provide that all property without a 1awfull owner sh~ll belong to the State, and for other purposes.

Refert:ed to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Sweat of the bth DistrictA bill to create a ~ew charter for the town of Nichols_ Referred to Com~ittee on Corporations.

By Mr. Taylor of t4e 42d DistrictA bill to incorporate the town of Menlo. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Lewis of the 39th District-

A bill to secure to the counties of this State the public school fund to which th~ are. now or may hereafter beentitled.

Referred to Committee on Education.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on. Rules, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speaker:
)
The Committee on Rules have bad under consideration, the following reeolution<~ requesting that bills therein named be set as special orders on days mentioned by same an~' have in--
Your committee further beg leave to call attention of the House to the large number of bills and resolutions now pending before it for action: Your committee respectfully submit~o~ that no .bills excepting those ot a departmental character or of vast general importance should be granted special orders. Each member of the House is equally entitled to a consideration of his measure in its order on thecalendar apd should not be placed at a disadvantage by his. greater modesty. or hesitance to ask courtesies or extra privileges of the. House.
By an endeavor of the individual members of the Houseto preserve order and dispatch business, we believe that every bill may be duly considered. We make this report in. order that each member may understand the disposition of the committee in reference to the preserv~tio~ of equality in reporting on special ot:ders referred to it.

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The following resolutions reported back by the Committee on Rules were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A resolution fixing the order of business for to-morrow's Session and making the resolution which appropriates $50,000 for the purpose of making an exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition the special order for Tuesday, July 28.
The committee offered a substitute to the above resolu,. tion, to which Mr. Mitcheil of Thomas offered the following amendment:
Amend section 3 of the resolution by adding the words "House bills with Senate amendments."
The resolution was adopted by substitute as amended.

By 1\'lr; Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution making House Bill No. 405 the special <>rder for Tuesday, July 28.
The committee proposed to amend by making the till ..,pecial order for Thursday, July 30.
The resolution was adopted as amended.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A resolution making House Bill No. 1 the special order for July 29.
The resolution was adopted.

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By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A resolution making House Bill No. 517 the specialt order for Tuesday, .T uly 28.

The resolution was adopted.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution making the bill to appropriate money for the completion of the Winnie Davis Memorial the special order for Wednesday, the 29th instant.
The resolution was adopted.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A resolution making House Bill No. 639 the speciak order for Monday, July 27.
Read and adopted;

By .Mr. U nderwoo.d of White-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 44 the special orderfor Wednesday, July 29.
Read and adopted.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A-resolution making the bill which appropriates $1,500
to fhe 'Lunatic Asylum the special order for Wednesday,..
July 29.
Read and adopted.

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Th~ following Senate bills were read the second time, io wit:

By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits in c.the county of Hart.

_By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-

A bill to authorize the issue and sale of bonds by Pierce County.

_By Mr. Davis of the 17th District...;._

A bill to define an Act to provide for the deduction of :franchises due counties, and for other purposes.

_By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A resolution to ratify the action of the mayor and coundl of the town of Marietta in authori"zing Hansell street -to be closed.

The following House bill was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of. the city of Augusta, and

for other purposes.

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Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, ,submitted the following report:
_Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee have had under con-

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.,sideration the following bills of the House which they in,struct me as their chairman tp report back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:
A ,bill to incorporate the Oak Grove school district in <t4e county of Dooly.

A bill to establish the City Court of Cordele m the county of Dooly.

; A bill to amend section 1622, volume 1 of the Code of 1895.
. A bill to create a new Board of Commissioners of Roads .:and Revenues for the county of Dougherty.
..A bill to repeal an Act to create a .Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dougherty.
A bill to establish a new charter fpr the town of Riggston, and for other purposes.

A bill to create a Board of County Uommi,;sioners for the county of Bulloch.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta, and for other purposes.
The committee has also considered the following Senate <bill, aud recommend that it do pass, to wit:

A bill to authorize the issue of bonds by the county of Pierce for the purpose of building and equippin~ school
houses.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J .. FLYNT,
Chairm~n.

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On motion. of Mr. Slaton the House took a recess subject to the call of the Speaker.

At the hour of 12:20 o'clock the Speaker again called' the House to order, and immediately thereafter the Senateappeared upon the floor of the House; and the joint session convened for the purpose of hearing the address of Ron. Jno. M. Allen, U. S. Senator from the State of Mississippi, who spoke on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition-was called to order by Hon. Clark Howell, Presidentof the Senate.

The Secretary then read the resolution providing for theJoint Assembly.

After Senator Allen's address, and on motion of Mr. Davis of the 17th District~ the joint session was di~solved,. and the Senate retiring, the House was again called toorder by the Speaker.

Mr. Mulherin of Richmond moved that the House adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Leave of absenc<:! was granted-

Mr. Jones of Pickens, Mr. McElmurray, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Mann, Mr. McRae, 1\Ir. Lane, Mr. English, Mr. Johnson of Craw!ord, Mr. Tigner, Mr. Nisbet,

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-Mr. Proctor, Mr. Walker of Pierce, Mr. Johnson of Clinch.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until :9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Saturday, July 25, 1903.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock :a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and -opened with prayer by the Chapla.in.
The call of the roll was dic;;pensed with.
The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was also dispensed with.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and ;put upon their passage, to wit:
_By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new chatter for the -city of Douglas.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to -.the pa~sage of the bill, wa" agl'eed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite coustitutional .lillajori ty was passed.
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By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-

A bill to authorize the issue and sale of bonds by thecounty of Pierce.

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

By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-

A bill to prohibit the manufacturing of distilled spirits. in the county of Hart.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiuqal majority was passed.

The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-

A bill to amend an Act to ptovide fot a solicitor of the County Court of Oconee county.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis-. sioners lor the county of Jaclu:on.

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At the request of the authots House Bills Nos. 593 and 642 were recommitted.

The following House bills were read the third time and pnt upon their passage, to wit:

By Messrs. Lane and Hixon of Sumter-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Americus, 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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. West of Lowndes-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Merchants Bank of Valdosta, 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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and Singletary-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Meigs in Thomas county.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was paE~sed.
lBy :M:r. Tigner of Muscogee-
A bill to fix the number of days each person subject to road duty shall be required to work on the roads of this Sta.te. tf:
'The substitute offered by the committee was amended by :M:r. Tigner by striking out the words "eighteen thousand" wherever the same occur and inserting the words " seventeen thousand," and by striking the words "thirty thousand" and inserting the word" "twenty-three thousand."
The substitute was adopted as amended.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by E~ubstitute, was agreed to as amended.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.
By Messrs. Mayson :md Candler-
A bill to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of the town of Lithonia, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

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

By Messrs. Maun and Strickland-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads andJ Revenues for the county of Tattnall.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ p'lssage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionaM majority was passed.
By Mr. Richardson of Houston-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Byron.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL. majority wae passed.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of LaFayette.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Martin and Hawes-
A bill to establish a local public school district for Bowman and vicinity, 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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Alford of WorthA bill to create a school district at Doles, Worth 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 wr.re 100, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A bill to provide that each alderman of the city of Savannah shall receive a salary.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

Tbe bill having received the requisite constitutional wajority was passed.

By Mr. Proctor of Camden-
A bill to pay the sheriff of Camden county a salary.
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. Alexander of Wilkes-
A bill to ameud an Act to create the City Court ot Washington.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
.By Mr. Hayes of Macon-
A bill to constitute the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon county the Clerk of the County Court.

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

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionaH majority was passed.

By Mr. Mizell of Charlton-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage 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. Cann of Chatham-

A bill to amend the charter of the Savannah Trust Co,

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.

The bill having received the requiste constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. George of Morgan-

A bill to empower the mayor and council of Madison to. construct water-works.

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

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

On motion of the authors House Bills Nos. 661, 662. and 669 were tabled.

By Mr. Owen of Pike_:_ .A bill to incorporate the Milner school district.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having receiverl the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.

By Mr. Buchannon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act to create he City Court of- Early county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agre~d to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionali majority was passed.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of the cit.y of Augusta.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to require the County Commissioners of Terrell county to pay to the officers of the Superior Court reasonable compensation for misdemeanor convicts.
The report qf the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were !)0, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Alford of Worth-

A bill to create a school district in \Vorth 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to amend au Act to create the City Court of ..Barnesville, and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was pa1:1sed.

By Mr. Newton of Colquitt-

A bill to incorporate the town of Kingwood in Colquitt -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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-
A. bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commist:lioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dougherty.
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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Richardson of Houston and Johnson of Crawford-
A bill to incorporate' the Ben Hill school district-

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having recei,ed the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.
By Mr. Buchanuou of Early-
A bill to amend an Act tn create the City Court of Earlycounty.
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 !)5, nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By lVk Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to cieate a Board of Commissioners of Roads and' Revenues for the county of Bulloch.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mt. Dunbat of ~ichmonclA bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta rela...,.
ti ve to the retiring of police.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0;

The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

:By Mr. Jones of Dougherty-
.A bill to create a new Boa1d of Commissioners of Roads :and Revenue_s for the county of Dougherty.
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.
The bill having received the r"'qnisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stewart of Calhoun-
A bill to change and fix: the time ot holding the superior --courts of the Oconee circuit, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Or.. passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were read the first time and appropri..:ately referred, to wit:

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By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A hill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools for the town of Hazelhurst.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

A bill to incorporate the town of Nutter m Bulloch county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
"
By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A resolution to appropriate money to pay for additional repairs on the State Capitol.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Flanigan of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools for the town of Lawrenceville.

By Mr. Pate of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Pleasant Valley school district.

The motion was made that House Bill No. 748 be tabled, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Booth of Walton Ht>use Bill No. 689 was tabled.

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The following Senate bills were read the secoud time~ to wit:

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District~

A bill to create a system of public schools for Pierce county.

By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
By Mr. Lee of the 44th District-
A bill to incorporate the Kingston school district.
By Mr. Taylor of the 42d District-
A bill to incorporate the town of Menlo in Chattooga county.
The following House bills were taken up and the Senate amendment;; concurred in, to wit:

By .Mr. Walch of Gilmer-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ea::;t Ellijay In the county uf' Gilmer, and for other purposes.
The Senate prop0sed to amend by striking out in line 17 of section ti, the word "liquor.''

By i\Ir. Kelly of Glascock-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board ot Advisory Commissioners for the connties of Laurens and Glascock.

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The Senate proposed to amend the caption by adding ibetween the words "act to" and "create" in the second line the words '' repeal an Act entitled au Act."

_:By Mr. Spence of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act to re-incorporate the town of YVaycross as the city of \Vaycross.
The Senate proposed to amend sect.ion 2 of the bill by _striking from line 10 the figures" 1903" and inserting 111 ;lien thereof the figures " 190 !-."

.By Messrs. Booth and Lawrence of \Val ton-
A bill to repeal au Act to create a Board of Commis-sioners of Roads and Revenues for the eouuty of walton.

The Senate amends by striking out of section 1 in lines 4 aud 5 the words that OCCUl' after the word " the" in Ji ue 4, the words "passage of this Act," and insetting in lieu rthereof the words "first day of J auuary, 1904."
By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Chipley, and for other purposes.

The Senate proposed to amend by striking all of section 11 of the bill after the word "that" in the second line 1-thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the words " all laws and parts of laws in confiict with the provisions of .this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.''
.By Messrs. Shannon and walker of Monroe-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and ~Revenues tor .the <C0tmty of Monroe.

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The Senate proposed to amend by striking all of section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as section 1.

Also, to amend section 5, line 2, by striking the words "1903" after the word "January" and inserting in lieu thereof" 1904."

Also, to amend section 10 by adding between the words "members" and "superintendent" the words "or any citizen of said county."

The following bills were read the second time, to wit~

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A resolution authorizing the Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line railway to make under-pass crossing across the right of way of theW. & A. Ry.

By Mr. Glenn of WhitfieldA resolution endorsing the Brownlow bill.

By Messrs. Hixon and Steed of Carroll-
A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the city of Carrollton.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta relative to the retiring of police.
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By Mr. Butts of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court , Brunswick.

By Mr. Maples-

A bill to create the Camilla school district. By Mr. English of Warren-

A bill to amend the charter of Warrenton. By Mr. West of Lowndes-

A resolution providing for the compilation of all recorc pertaining to the W. & A. R. R.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to amend section 1622, volume 1 of the Cue relative to the stamping of corn ineal aud flour.

By Mr. Sanders of Heard-

A bill to incorporate the Franklin school district.

By Mr. Sanders of Heard-

A bill to incorporate the town of Centralhatcbee.

By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Oak Grove school district.

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By Messrs. Kilburn, Felder and Hall-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of County -Commissioners for the county of Bibb.
~By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Higgston.

-By Mr. Kent of Johnson-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kite.

By Messrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of _Dublin.

By Mr. Morton of Jones-

A bill to amend an Act tu create a Prison Commission -of Georgia.
By Mr. Shackelford of Clarke-

A bill to amend au Act to create the Northeastern Banking Company.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the University for the cuse of the Technological School.

By Mr. West of Lowndes-

A bill to prohibit the adulteration of spirits of turpen.tine, etc., and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of theUniversity for the use of the State Normal School at Milledgeville.

By Mr. Martin of Elbert-

A bill authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to- employ a veterinary surgeon.

By Mr. Felder of Bibb--

A bill to ame.nd the charter of tpe city of Macon.

By Messrs. McElmurray and Nisbet-

A bill to create the City Court of Waynesboro.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A bill to incorporate the Smyrna school district.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-

A bill to incorporate the towu of Sand Hill.

By Mr. Wise of FayetteA bill to protect fish in Flint river.
By Mr. Evans of WashingtonA bill to appropriate from the Educational Fund $10,-
000 to be known as the "Common School Library Fund.'~

By Mr. Paulk of IrwinA bill to incorporate the town of Mystic.

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:::By Mr. Proctor of Camden-

A bill to give the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues -.of Camden county entire charge of the roads in said county.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corpo.rations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under con.sideration the following bills and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

By Mr. English of Warren-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton.

.By Messrs. Hixon and Steed of Carroll-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Carrollton.

Repectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corpo.rations, submitted the following report :

)}lr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under concsideration Seuate Bill No. 151 by Mr. Comas of the 3d _District, and instruct me as their chairman to report the

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same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corpo-rations, submitted the following report:
il1.1. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration House Bill No. 621, and instruct me as theirchairman to report the same- back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be withdrawn by the authors.
By Messrs. Mason and Candler of DeKalb-.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter orLithonia.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Cor-porations, submitted the following report :
M1. Speaker:
The Committee Qn Corporations have bad under consid-eration Senate Bill No. 163, by Mr. Taylor of the 42d; Disdrict, a bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate thetown of Menlo, and instruct me as their chairman to report..

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the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Mitcham, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
M1. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills and instruct meas their chairman to submit the following report with therecommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Daves of Fannin-

An Act to repeal an Act to erect and maintain public

gates on private way from Adam Davenport's to W. B.

Rogers's in said county.

.

By Mr. Proctor of Camden-
A bill to empower CommistJioners of Roads and Revenues to establish a convict gang in said county, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Kent of Johnson-
An Act to incorporate the town of Kite in said county,. and for other purposes.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate the Smyrna school district, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Wise of Fayette---'

A bill to protect fish and to provide for the manner of -catching, and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-

A bill to establish a City Court in Dublin, and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-

A bill to incorporate the town of Sand Hill, and for Qther purposes.

By Messrs. McElmurray and Nisbet of Burke-

A bill to establish a City Court in the town of Swainsboro, and for other purposes.
. By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-
A bill to incorporate the town of Mystic in said county, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Lee of the 44t.h District-
A bill to incorporate the Kingston school district, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted. July 25, 1903.

A. B. MITCHAM, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

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1lfr. Speaker:

The General Judiciary Committee having had under -consideration the following House bills instruct me as -chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon so as to extend its limits.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
Also, the following House bill with the recommendation ihat it do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to prevent the adulteration of spirits of turpentine.

Also, the following Senate bill with the recommendation ihat it do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for -the city of Atlanta.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.'

Mr. Holder, chairman of the Committee on Education, oSubmitted the following report :
Mr. S pealeer:
The Committee on Education having had under consid~ration the following House bill instruct me as chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

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A bill to appropriate from the Educational ~nnd $10,000 to be known as the " Common School Library Fund."

Respectfully submitted.

JNO. N. HOLDER, Chairman.

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

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A resolution making House Bills Nos. 679 and 680 the special order for Friday, July 31.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Knight of Berrien, Mr. Cliatt.

On motion of Mr. Harden the House then adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

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Monday, July 27, 1903.

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

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

Adams, Alexander,

Alford, Almond,

Arnold, Ayres,

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Baldwin,. Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis,

.!Jlvans,

Lanier,

.!''elder,

Lawrence,

!fields,

Leigll,

Flanigan,

Little,

.l!'lynt,

Lowe,

J<'oster or Oconee, Mann,

Foster or Towns, Maples,

Franklin,

Martin.

.l!'ussell,

Mayson,

Gaulden.

Miller or Bullock,

George,

Miller of Muscogee,

Glenn,

Mills,

Grenade,

Mitcham,

Grice,

Mitchell,'

Griffin,

Mizell,

Hall,

Morton,

Hardeman,

Moses,

Harden,

Mulherin,

Hawes,

McBride,

Hayes,

McCurry,

Hendry,

McElmurray,

Henry,

l'v!cHenry,

Hicks,

.\1cLain,

Hixon of Carroll, M.cRae,

Hixon or ~umter, Newton,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Houston,

Owen,

Howard of Baldwin, Overstreet,

Howard of Laurens, O'Quinn.

Howell,

Parker,

Hutcheson,

Pate or Dooly,

Johnson or Baker, Pate or Gwinnett,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk or Coliee,

Johnson of Crawrord,Paulk of Irwin.

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Jelierson,

Kelly,

Phillips of Quitman.

Kendrick,

Preston,

Kent,

Proctor,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Knight,

Rankin,

Knowles, Lane,

Rawls, Redwine,

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Reid,

Spence,

Rice,

Stanford,

Richardson,

Steed of Carroll,

Ridley,

Steed of Taylor,

Rogers of Hall, Stewart,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Stovall,

Roper,

Strickland,

Rountree, Sanders,

Thompson, Thurman,

.Shackelford,

Tigner,

Shannon, Singletary,

. Tracy, Underwood,

.Slaton,

Valentine,

Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce. Welch,
'.Yell born, West, Whitley, Wilson,
'Vise, Womble, Wooten. Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Watson,

On motion of Mr. Grice of Pulaski the reading of the .Journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Deal of Bulloch gave notice of a motion to recon,sider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 121 so that he might offer an amendment.

Mr. Deal then moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 721, which motion prevailed.

At the request of Mr. Grice of Pulaski House Bill No. 102 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution providing for afternoon 11essions beginning with Tuesday, July 28.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing that beginning with Wednesday, July 29, the House hold afernoon sessions.

By Mr. Underwood of White-

A resolution providing that beginning with August 5 and on all Tuesdays thereafter Senate bills will be taken up for third reading and continued until disposed of.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Carrington of Madison-
A resolution inviting the Hons. Allen D. Candler and James M. Smith to address the General Assembly on the extension of the State railroad.

House Bill No. 5 was tabled on motion of the author.

The call of the roll of countiee was had and the following bills were read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-
A resolution to pay the reward offered by Gov. Candler for the arrest of Charlie Jeffcoat.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin---'
A bill to create the Canon school district in the counties of Hart and Franklin.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By M1. Butts of Glynn (by request)-

A bill to require the registering of the marks of slaughtered cattle before offering the same for sale in the 25th militia district of Glynn county.
. ReferreO. to Committee on Counties and County Matters .
By Mr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amenrl an Act to prescribe the mode of gant.ing license to sell liquors in the county of Telfair.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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

By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-

A resolution making House Resolution No. 192 the :special order for to-day at 12:30 o'clock tl) come up under the head of unanimous consent.

ATLANTA, UA., July 27, 1903.
The following message was received from His Excellency,lthe Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:

JI;Jr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:

An Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of <Jlarksville:

An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to lay ""()Ut and maintain boulevards, drivew~ys, parks, etc.

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An Act to amend the charter of the town of Edgewood.

Also, a resolution for the appropriation of $9,360 for the payment of indigent widows.

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

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill to increase the powers of certain judges in this .State sitting in vacation, and for other purposes.

The following amendment was offered and adopted, to wit:

To amend by adding after the word "fast" at the end

.of line the words "which are or may be determinable only

by verdict."



No quorum having voted on agreeing to the report of the committee, the Speaker ordered the roll called to ascertain if a quorum be present. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names:

Adams, Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn. Booth, Roy kin, Brock, Buchan, .'Burton,

Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Conner, Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Deal, Duckett,

Duggan, Edwards, Ennis, Felder, l!'lanigan, Fostl'r of Oconee, ]'ussell, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Grittin, Hardeman, Harden,

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Hawes,

Miller .of Bullock,. Roper,

Hayes,

lllills,

Rountree,

Hicks,

Mitcham,

Sanders,

Hixon or (.Jarroll, Mitchell,

Slaton,

Houston,

McCurry,

Spence,

Howard or Baldwin, McHenry,

Steed of Carroll.

Hqwell,

McLain,

Stewart,

Hutcheson,

McRae.

Stovall,

Johnson of Baker, New~on,

Thompson,

Johnson of Crawrord,O'Quinn,

Thurman,

Jones or Dougherty, Pate of Dooly,

Tracy,

Jones of Pickens, Peyton,

Underwood,

Kelly,

Phillips or Quitman, Valentine,

Kent,

Preston,

Walker of Monroe~

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Walker of Pierce,

Lanier,

Rankin,

West,

Leigh,

Rawls,

Whitley,

Little, Lowe, Martin.

Reid, Rice, Rogers of Hall,

Wilson, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Mayson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Alford, Ayres, Baldwin, Bowen, Bower, Bribson, Brown, Bruce, Buchannon, Bush, Carswell, Cl1att, Cromartie, Davis. Derrick, Dozier, Dunbar, English,

Evans,

Maples,

.ll'ields,

Miller of Muscog~>c..

Flynt,

Mizell,

Foster or '!'owns, Morton,

Franklin,

Moses,

Gaulden,

Mulherin,

Hall,

McBride,

Hendry,

McElmurray,

Henry,

Nisbet,

Hixon or Sumter, Owen,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Howard of Laurens, Parker,

.Johnson of (.Jltnch, Pate of Gwinnett,

Kendrick,

Paulk of Uotree,

Knight,

Paulk of Irwin,

Knowles,

Phillips of Jetrersoll'r

Lane,

Proctor,

Lawrence,

Redwine,

Mann.

Richardson,

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::Ridley, cShackelford, .Shannon, :Singletary, stanford,

Steed of Taylor, Shickland, Tigner, Watson, Welch,

Wellborn, Wise, Womble, Wooten,

It having been ascertained that a quorum was present, 102 members having answered to their names, the House _.Proceeded with the business before it.

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

l\fr. Grice of Pulaski then moved that the bill be tabled, which motion prevailed.

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

M1'. Spea.lcm:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional .majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.

A bill to authorize street railway companies to take upcand remove their tracks with the consent ot proper authorities.

A bill to amend section 4793 of the Code of 1895 relating to the sale of land and tenements by commissioners .under partition proceedings.

A bill to prohibit hunting or fishing upon enclosed or unenclosed lands and private streams in Thomas county .except by written consent of the owner.
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'l.'he Senate has passed the following Senate resolution,. to wit:

A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to act with the State School Commissioner in considering the present school laws and to report upon the matter.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, .to wit :

A bill to amend section 151 of volume 3 of the Code or 1895 by adding certain words, and for other purp~ses.

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code of 1895 so as to add the town of Lavonia to the list of State depositories.

A bill amending the charter for the town of Buford m. Gwinnet.t county.

A bill to incorporate the town of Beloit in the county ofLee. .

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolution, to wit:

A resolution to appropriate $180 pension money to Mrs... Mary E. Flint, which is due her but was not paid on. account of ab,;ence caused by illness.

Reading o hills a thirtl time was resumed, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill tor the prorecrion of birds and their nests and eggs, and lor utlwr purposes.

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Mr. Calvin proposed to amend section 1, line 13 by inserting the word "doves" between the words u pheasants" and "partridges."

Also, to amend section 6, line 3 by inserting betwee11. the words "crow" and "crow-blackbird," the word " lark."
Also, to amend the amendment by adding at the end thereo:!:, the words: "The ju~ges of the superior conrt shall give the provisions of this Act in special charge tothe grand jury at each regular term of the court."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the: passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 9.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional\ majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Booth of WaltonA resolution for the relief of G. S. Duke of WaltoDt
county.
The substitute offered by the committee was adopted.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
Ou passage of the bill the ayes wer~ 95, nays 5.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

On motion of Mr. Fields of Dooly House Bill No. 11& was tabled.

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The following bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. .Adams of Putnam-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to procure money or other thing of value on a contract to perform manual labor with intent to defraud, and to fix the punishment thetefor, and for other purposes.

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

Mr. Flynt of Spalding moved to reconsider the action -of the House in agreeing to the report of the committee.

Mr. George of 1\Iorgan callad the previous question, which call was sustained.

The motion to reconsider was then put to the House and -carried.

The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

Amend by striking from the caption the words " man'tlal labor" and insert "services."

Also, to amend by striking from lines 3 and 4 of section l the words " manual labor" and inserting in lieu thereof the word " services."

Also, to amend by striking from line 5 of section 1 the word "labor" and insert the word "services."

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Also, to amend by striking the word " labor" from line 9 of said section and insert the word " services."

Also, to amend by striking from line 3 of section 2 the word "labor'' and insert the word "services."

Mr. Boykin of Lincoln offered the following amendment, which was adopted, to wit:

To amend by inserting after the word " for" in section2, line 3_the following: "or failure to return the money so advanced with interest thereon at the time said laborwas to be performed.

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 and nays were ordered,. and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

The roll-call was had, but before the vote could be announced Mr. Adams of Putnam moved that the bill and the aye and nay vote thereon be tabled, which motion pre-vailed.

Mr. McCurry of Hart, chairman of the Committee on. Public Library, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speakm:
The Committee on Public Library have had under considerationthe following Senate resolution and direct me as chairman to report the same with recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

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:By Mr. Van Buren of the 21st District-

A resolution directing the State Printer to print and hind certain public records.

Respectfully submitted.

JuLIAN McCuRRY, Chairman.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Mizell of Charlton.

The. hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning..

ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, July 28, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock :a.m. this day, was called to order Ly the Speaker and <>pened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall,

Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykln,

Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce. Buchan. Buchannon, Burton, Bush,

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.J:Sutts, ..()alvin, .(Jancuer, ..Cann, -.Varr, ()arrington, ..Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, COOli, Uromartie, -crumbly, .Daniel, Daves, .Davis, .Davison, Deal, .Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Vuggan, Dunbar, 'Edwards, 'Engl!sh, "Ennis, mvans, Felder, l<'lelds, Jflanlgan,
1r1ynt.
Foster or Oconee, I'oster or Towns, Franklin, Fussell, -George, (Henn, Grenade, Grice, -Griffin, Hall, Hardeman, 'Harden,

Hawes,

McBride,

Hayes,

McCurry,

Hendry,

McElmurray,

Henry,

McHenry,

Hicks,

McLain,

" Hixon or Uarr0t1. ;\lcKae,

Hixon of l::lumter, Newton,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Houston,

Owen,

Howard of Baldwin, Overstreet,

Howard of Laurens, O'Qulnn,

Howell,

Parker,

HutchesGn,

Pate of Dooly,

Johnson of Baker, Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Colfee,

.Johnson or Orawford,Paulk of Irwin,

Jones of Dougherty, l:'eyton,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Jefferson,

Kelly,

Phillips of Quitman,

Kendrick,

Preston,

Kent,

Proctor,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Knight,

Rankin,

Knowles,

Rawls,

Lane,

Redwine,

Lanier,

Reid,

Lawrence,

Rice,

Leigh,

Richardson,

Little,

Ridley,

Lowe,

Rogers of Hall,

Mann,

Rogers of Mclntosll,

Maples,

Roper,

Martin,

Rountree.

M~yson,

Sanders,

Miller of Bullock.. Shackelford,

Mlller of Muscogee, Shannon,

Mills,

Singletary,

Mitcham. Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin,

Slaton, Spence, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart,

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Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman, Tigner, Tracy, Underwood,

.JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, watson, wellborn, West, Whitley,

Wilson, Wise, Womble, "\Vooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Gaulden,

Welch,

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

Mr. Daniel of Emanuel was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 687.

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

By Mr. Rountree of Thomas-

.A bill to incorporate the town of Barwick in the coun-ties of Thomas and Brooks.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to regulate the practice fn application for new trials in the several courts of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

Mr. Calvin, chairman of the Committee on Generah Agriculture, submitted the following report:

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The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration House Bill No. 79, which proposes to amend section 221 of the Code of 1895, in re hunting and fishing on the lands of auother, and instructed me to report the same with a recommendation that the bill pass by substitute.

Also, House Bill No. 687 proposing to amend the general fertilizer laws of this State in certain particulars. The committee recommend that the introducer of this bill be permitted to withdraw the same.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN

CALVIN,

Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
M1. Speaker:
The. Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to create the City Court of Statesboro, and for other purposes.
Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on. Rules, sub.mitted the following report:
Jfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following resolution, to wit:

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House Resolution No. 301 which provides for afternoon sessions and have instructed me to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

N. A. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolution reported back by the Committee on Rules was read, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
Resolved, That on and after wednesday, the 29th inst.,
there shall be held an afternoon session of this House as follows: Meet at 3 and adjourn at 5 o'clock p.m.
The committee offered the following amendment:
To amend so as to provide that "there shall be an afternoon session of this House on Tuesday and Thursday of the present week from 3 to 5 o'clock, and daily on and after lVIonday, August 3, from 3 to 5 o'clock."
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Steed proposed to amend so as to provide that no afternoon session shall be held on Saturdays.
The amendment was adopted.
The resolution was adopted as amended.
Mr. wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :

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.Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment have examined and -report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:
An Act to prohibit the manufacture of liquors in Upson county.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

Also, an .Act to incorporate the town of Armena in Lee county.

Also, an Act to fix the time of holding the superior courts of the Oconee circuit.

Also, an Act to repeal the Act creating a Board of Com>missioners for Dade county.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of Greensboro.
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Also, an Act to amend the charter of Decatur.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Lyons.

Also, an Act,to amend the charter of the city of Haw"kinsville.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Parrott.

Also, an Act amending the road laws of the State.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Bronwood.

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Also, :m Act amending the Act creating the Board of Commissiuners for Hall county.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Ham.:. ilton.

Also, an Act to provide greater compensation for deputy jailers.
Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Planeville.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Sharon~

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Montezuma.
Also, an Aci to grant certain lands to city of Savannah..

Also, an Act establishing the City Court of Hamilton.

Also, an Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Moultrie.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur..

Also, an Act to allow the town of Roswell to issue bonds.
Also, an Act to amend an ACt creating a Board of Commissioners for Douglas county.

Also, an Act to protect fish in streams of Bartow county.
Also, an Act to change time of holding superior courts of Liberty county.

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Also, an Act to provide for election of judge and solicitor -of the City Court of LaGrange.

Also, an Act to amend an Act creating the City Court .of Waycross.

Mr. Felder of the Penitentiary Committee submitted the following minority report on House Bill No. 313:

Mr. Speaker:

The undersigned members of the Penitentiary Commit-

tee beg leave to dissent from the action of the majority of

ihe committee in recommending the passage of House Bill .

No. 313 providing for the leasing of the State's convicts,

and to respectfully submit this, a minority report, and

recommend that said bill do not pass.

s. T.

FELDER.

The fo11owing bill, which was the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-

A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Commission for the State of Georgia so as to provide for the disposition of convicts, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Steed of Taylor--

To amend the bill by striking the words "January" and "June " wherever they occur and insert in lieu there-of the words " August" and "December."

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Also, amend by striking out all of section 3 of the hilt and inserting in lieu thereof the words: "That the entireamount of net hire arising from the contracts hereby authorized is hereby appropriated to the Common School Fund as now provided by law."

Also, amend by adding at the end of section 3 the following words: "Provided that no convict shall be leased as hereinafter provided for less than $17 5 per annum.

By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-

To amend by adding the following additional section to be known as section 3 and numbering sections 3 and 4 as 4 and 5 respectively: Be it further 'enacted, That upon the discharge of any convict from any camp in this State thelessee of such convict on the county or municipality lea~>ing him shall provide such convict with a railway ticket to the county or nearest railroad station from which such convict was convicted, and such convict shall not have the option. of taking the money value of such transportation.

Mr. 'Vest of Lowndes-
Proposes to amend bill 313, section 1, line 26 by insert-ing alter the word "him" the following: "For his ownuse and benefit whenever from any providential cause, or other good and sufficient reasvn made known to the PrisollCommission, it becomes necessary for any lessee to sublet,. unless the Prison Commisoion deem it best to take charge of such convicts and make disposition of them under provisions of this Act,'' and that in no event "hall any convict be sublet without consent and approval of the Prison Commission.
Further amend said section by striking "five hundred',.

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m line 28 and substituting in lieu thereof "two hundred and fifty."

Mr. West of Lowndes-

Proposes to amend by inserting between sections 3 and 4 the following section, which shall be section 4, and section 4 of the bill section 5 :

"The several counties of State shall have the right t(} bid for said convicts with sentenC!es of five years and under and hire the same, and they shall be given the preference, provided that the price offered by snch county or counties is equivalent to or more than the net amount that would be received by the Commission from the highest bid made by an individual, firm or corporation.''

Messrs. Beauchamp of Butts, Stanford of Harris, Shannon of Monroe-
Propose to amend by striking out section 3 of bill.

Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
Proposes to amend by adding at end of section 1 the following:

"Provided, That in the hiring or leasing of all felony convicts, the Commission shall, as far as practicable, grou(} the same in lots or parcels of twenty-five and class them, as, for mining, for sawmilling, for farming, for turpentine distilleries, etc., and so advertise, and let them to the highest and best bidders.'-'J
The original bill having been perfected the following substitute was read, to wit :

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By Messrs. Candler, Stovall, Wise, Lane, Arnold, Martin, Hayes, Flynt, Miller of Bulloch, Mills, Spence, Tigner, Hardeman, Holder, Shackelford, Felder, Peyton, Kendrick, Mulherin, Deal, Rainey, Carrington, Underwood, Fields, Pate of Gwinnett, Burt;Qn, Baldwin, Buchan, Parker, Foster of Oconee, Mitchell-

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "''an Act to create a Prison Commission for the State of -Georgia," approved December 21, 1R97, so as to provide for a disposition of the felony convicts on the expiration of the p1esent contracts of hire; to give the several counties the right to work certain felony convicts on the public Toads and public works at t.heir option; to provide for a disposition of the proceeds arising froni the hire of certain -convicts; to provide for the making ot rules and regulations for the control and management of the convicts; to provide penalties for the violation of said rules; to provide additional duties and powers for the Prison Commission, oand for other purposes.

The following amendments to the substitute were read and adopted, to wit :
By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-
. To amend the substitute by adding to the end of section -6 the following words, "And when any convict shall complete his term in any camp whether private or public, such lessee or county authority shall provide such convict with railway ticket to his or her home or the nearest railway station, prior to his or her conviction, and such convict shall not have the option of taking the money value of .such ticket."

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By Mr. Slaton of Fulton~

To amend by striking out section 6 and substituting in lieu thereof as follows: "In the event any convicts herein referred to shall be sublet, shall first be approved by the Coll)missioner on pain of forfeiture of the lessee or such fine as the Governor may impose or both, aJ:Jd any convicts so sublet shall be immediately under control of guards and subject to treatment of physicians appointed by the Prison Commissioner. Said convicts so sublet shall be immediately under State super vision to the same extent as if they bad not been sublet."

On the adoption of the substitute as amended the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot vit:a voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, ..,.Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Bowen, Boy kin, Brown, Buchan, Burton, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Carr, Carrington, Cromartie, Davis, Deal, Dozier, Duckett.
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Dunbar,

Johnson of Baker,

Felder,

Jones ol' Dougherty,

Fields,

Kendrick,

Flanigan,

Kent,

Flynt,

Kilburn,

!foster of Oconee, Lane,

Franklin,

Leigh,

George,

Little,

Glenn,

Mann,

Grice,

Maples,

Hall.

Martin,

Hardeman,

Mayson,

Harden,

Miller of Bullock.

Hawes,

Mitcham,

Hayes,

Mitchell,

Hixon of :Sumter, Morton,

Holder,

1\fulberin.

Houston,

McElmurray,

Howard of Baldwin, :\icHenry,

Hutcheson,

McLain,

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Nisbet,

Hedwine,

Spence,

Owen,

Rice,

Stovall,

Overstreet,

tl.ichardson,

Thompson,

O'Quinn,

Ridley,

Tigner,

l'arker,

Rogers of Hall,

Underwooa,

Pate of Uwlnnett, Rogers of Mcintosh, Walker of Monroe,

P.eyton,

Rountree,

Watson,

l'hillips of Jelferson, Shackelford,

Wise,

:Preston,

Shannon,

Wooten.

Rainey,

Slaton,

Those voting in the negative were Me8srs.-

Adams,

Ennis,

Paulk of Coiiee,

Alford,

Evans,

Paulk or irwin,

He all,

.!fussell,

Phillips of Quitmau,

.Beauchamp,

Grenade,

Hankin,

Hell of Emanuel, Gritlin,

Rawls,

Bell of Milton,

Henry,

Reid,

.Blackburn,

Hicks,

Roper,

Booth,

Hixon of carroll, Sanders,

Bower,

Howard of Laurens, Stanford,

Htinson,

Howell,

Steed of curoll,

Brock,

Johnson of Clinch, Steed of Taylor,

Bruce, cann, Carswell,

.. Johnson of Crawford,Stewart,
~... : ;: Jones of Pickens, Strickland,

Kelly,

Thurman,

Conner,

Knight,

Tracy,

cook,

Knowles,

Valenune,

Crumbly,

Lanier,

Walker of Pierce,

Daniel,

Lawrence,

Wellborn,

Daves,

Lowe,

West.

Davison,

I Moses,

Whitley,

Derrick,

McCurry,

Wilson,

Duggan, Edwards,

' !\feRae,
Newton,

Womble, Yates.

English,

Pate of Dooly,

Those not voting were :Messrs.-

Akin, Huchannoa,

.,. T"' Bush, Cliatt.

Foster of '!'owns, i . ~ - Gaulden,

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Hendry,

Mizell,

Miller of Muscogee, McBride,

1\Iills,

Proctor,

Singletary, Welcb, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 89; nays 71.

The roll-call was verified and it was found that on counting the vote the ayes were 89, nays 71. The substitute as amended was therefore adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage or'the bill, was agreed to by substitute as amended.

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Boy kin, Brown, Buchan, Burton, Butts,
Calvin, Candler, Carr, Carrington, Cromartie, Davis, Deal, Dozier, Duckett, Dunbar, Felder,

ll'telds,

Lane,

li'lanigan,

Leigh,

J!'lynt,

Little,

li'oster of Oconee, Mann,

.l!'ranklin,

Maples,

George,

Martin,

Glenn,

Mayson,

Grice,

Miller of Bullock,

Han,

Mills,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Harden,

Mitchell,

.., '

Hawes, Hayes,

Morton, 1\lulherin,

Hixon of sumter, McElmurray,

Holder,

McHenry,

. :-


Houston,

McLain,

Howard of Baldwin, Nisbet,

Hutcheson,

Owen,

Kendrick,

Overstreet,

Kent,

O'Quinn,

.jI ., Kilburn,

Parker,

484

JOURNAL OF THE HousE:

Pate of Gwinnett.. Peyton, Preston, Rainey, Redwine, Rice, Rfchardson, Ridley,

Rogers of 'Hall,

Thompson,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Tignet,

Rountree,

Underwood,

Shackelford,

Walker of Monroe,

Shannon,

Watson,

Rlaton,

Wise,

Spence,

'Vooten,

Stovall,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

A.dams, Alford, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, .B-::ll of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bower, Brinson, Brock, Bruce, Cann, Carswell, Conner, Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Duggan, Edwards, English,

Ennis,

Paulk of Cotiee,

Eva:1s,

Paulk of Irwin,

l<'ussell,

l'hlllips of Quitman,

Grenade,

Rankin,

Grittin,

Hawls,

Henry,

Reid,

Hixon of Carroll, Roper,

Howard of Laurens, Sanders,

Howeil,

~tanford,

Johnson of Qlinch, Steed of Carroll,

Johnson of Crawford,Steed of ~raylor,

Jones of Pickens, Stewart,

Kelly,

Sttickland,

Knight,

Thurman,

Knowles,

Tracy,

Lanier. Lawrence, Lowe, Moses, McCurry,
~feRae,
Newton, Pate of Dooly,

Valentine, Walker of Pierce, Wellborn, West, 'Whitley, Wllson, Womble, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Bowen, Buchannon, Bush,

Cliatt, l<'oster or '!'owns, Gaulden, Hendry,

Hicks, :rohnson of Baker, Jones of Dougherty, Miller of Muscogee,

TuESDAY, JuLY 28, 1903.

485

1\lizell.

Proctor,

McBride,

Singletary,

Phillips of J!lfferson,

Welch, 1\ir. Speaker.

Ayes 86 ; nays 70.
The roll-call was verified, and on counting the vote the .ayes were 86, nays 70.

The bill having failed to rec~ive the requisite constitutional majority was .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 again called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams,
~lexander,
Alforll, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Heall, Heauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, How en,

Bower,
Boy kin,
llrin~on.
Brock, Brown, Btuce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton. Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann,

Uat-r, Uarrington, Uarswell, Uliatt, Conner, Cook, Uromartle, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick,

486

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Dozier,

Jones of Pickens,

Duckett,

Kelly,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Dunbar,

Kent,.

Edwards,

Kilburn,

English,

Knight,

Ennis,

Knowles,

Evans,

Lane,

Felder,

Lanier,

l~ields,

Lawrence.

l<'lanigan,

Leigh,

Flynt,

Little,

Foster of Uco11ee, Lowe,

]l'oster of 'l'owns, Mann,

Franklin,

Maples,

Fussell,

Martin,

Gaulden,

Mayson,

George,

Miller of Hullock,

l{lenn,

Miller of l\iuscogee,

Grenade,

Mills,

Grice,

Mitcham,

Grittin,

Mitchell,

Hall,

Mizell,

Hardeman,

Morton,

Harden,

Moses,

Hawes,

Mulherin,

Hayes,

McBride,

Hendry,

McCurry,

Henry,

McElmurray;

Hicks,

McHenry,

Hixon of CatTOII, McLain,

Hixon of Sumter, McRae,

Holder,

Newton,

Houston,

Nisbet,

Howard of Baldwin, Qwen,

Howard of Laurens, Overstreet,

Howell,

O'Quinn,

Hutcheson,

Parker,

.Johnson of Baker, Pate of Dool:v.

Johnson of Clinch, Pate of Gw!nnett,

Johnson of Crawford, Paulk of Coffee,

Jones of Dougherty, Paulk of Irwin,

L'eytou,

Phillips of Jefferson,

Pllillips _of Quitwau,

Preston,

Proctor,

Rainey,

Hankin,

Rawls,

Hedwine,

Heid,

Hice,

Richardson,

Ridley,

Hogers of Hall,

Rogers of Mcintosh.

Roper,

Rountree,

Sanders,

Shackelford,

Shannon,

Singletary,

Slaton,

Spence,

Stanford,

Steed of Oarroll.

Steed of Taylor,

Stewart,

;..

Stovall,

Shickland,

Thompson,

'l'hurman,

Tigner,

Tracy,

Underwood,

Valentine.

Walker of Mon,oe.

Walker of Pierce,

Watson.

Wellborn,

West.

Whitley,

Wilson,

\Vise, Womble,

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41:17

Wooten, Yates,

l\Ir. Speaker.

Those absent were Uessrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

Mr. Felder of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass the "Steed Convict Bill."

The following re;;olution, which was made the special order to follow the "Steed Convict Bill,'' was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution appropriating $50,000 toward making an exhibit at the "Louisiana Purchase Exposition."

if! An appropriation being involved in the resolution, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman Mr. vVallier of Pierce.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

Leave of absence was grantedMr. Preston of Jasper.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, and the resolution nndet consideration went over as unfinished business.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, July 29, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker pro tem. and opened with prayer by Rev. R. B. 0. England, of Atlanta.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Hell of .l!Jmanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Hooth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson, Hrock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchan non, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin,

Candler, Cann, Carr, carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Uromartie, Urumbly, Daniel, Daves, uavls, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, l!Jngllsh, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields,

Flanigan, Flynt, l<'oster of Oconee. l!'oster of Towns, Franklin, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Gritfin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon or Carroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Haldwm, Howard of Laurens,

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489

Howell,

McBride,

Rountree,

Hutcheson,

McCurry,

Sanders,

Johnson or Bak.,., 1\lc.IJJ!murray,

Shackelford,

Johnson or ()linch, McHenry,

Shannon,

J olm.son or Urawford, HcLaln,

Singletary,

Jones of Dougherty, McHae,

Slaton,

Jones of l'ickenli', Newton,

'Spence,

Kelly,

Nisbet,

Stanford,

Kendrick,

Owen,

Steed of Carroll,

Kent,

Ove1street,

Steed of Taylor,

Kilburn,

O'Quinn,

Stewart,

Knight,

Parker.

Sto-rall,

Knowles,

Pate of Dooly,

Strickland,

Lane, Lanier,

Pate of Gwinnett, Thompson,

Paulk or Uoffee,

Thurman,

Lawrence,

Paulk of Irwin

Tigner,

Leigh,

l'eyton,

Tracy,

Little,

l'hillips of Jefferson, Underwood,

Lowe, Mann, 1\Iaples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Miller of i\luscogee, 1\fills, Mitcham, 1\Iitchell, 1\Iizell, Morton, 1\Ioses,

Phillips of Quitwan, Valentine,

Preston,

Walker of Monroe

Proctor,

Walker of l'ierce,

Rainey, Rankin, Haw is, Hedwine,

"'atson, Wellborn, West, Whitley,

Heid,

Wilson,

Hice,

Wise,

Richardson,

Womble.

Ridley,

Wooten.

Rogers of Hall,

Yates,

Rogers of l\lclntosJl Mr. Speaker.

Mulherin,

Roper,

Those absent were 1Yiessrs.-:-

Akin,

welch

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
The following resolution, which was under discussion at

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

the hour of adjournment on yesterday, was again taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A resolution to appropriate $50,000 toward making an exhibit of the State's resources at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Mr. Dunbar moved that the House reconsider its action in agreeing to the report of the committee on yesterday.

Mr. Hall of Bibb called for the previous question on the bill and amendments.

The motion to reconsider was then put to the House and carried ; ayes 72, nays 35.

The following amendment was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
To amend by adding the following : "Be it further resolved, That at the close of the Exposition all cases, exhibition stands and specimens of permanent value be turned over to the State Geologist, Curator of the State Museum, to be deposited in the State Museum, and to become a part thereof, as provided in section 3 of the Act approved November 12, 1889."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended.
The previous question was called and ordered.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were

.WEDNESDAY, JuLY 29, 1903.

491

ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Arnold, Hell of Emanuel, Blackburn, How en, Hoy kin, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Butts, Calvin, Cann, Uarr, Uarswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Ennis,

1J:vans,

McElmurray

Felder,

l\lcLain,

Fields,

McHae,

!1-.lanigan,

Nisbet,

Flynt,

U'Quinn,

l<'oster of Oconee, Pate "f Dooly,

Franklin,

l'ate of Uwinnett,

l<'ussell,

l'aulk of Uotree,

.George,

Peyton,

Grice,

Phillips of Jetrerson,

Urit!in,

Phillips of Quitman,

Harden,

Preston,

Hawes,

Rawls,

Uayes,

Hedwine,

Hicks,

Richardson,

Hixon of Sumter, Ridley,

Houston,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Howard of Baldwin, Rountree,

Jones of Dougherty, Sanders,

Kendrick,

Shackelford,

Kilburn,

Singletary,

Knowles,

Slaton,

i)Iann,

Spence,

Martin,

Stovall,

Mills,

vVatson,

Mitcham,

'Vellborn,

Mitchell,

West,

Moses,

Wilson,

Mulherin,

Wooten,

McBride,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Bell of Milton,

Booth, Bowe1, Hrinso"n, Buchannon,

Uandler, Carrington, Da,'es. Da>iS.

492

JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Deal,

Knight,

Derrick,

Lane,

JjJdwards,

Lanier,

Jnglish,

Lawrence,

Foster of Towns, Leigh,

Glenn,

Little,

Grenade,

Lowe,

Hall,

):laples,

Henry,

Mayson,

Hixon of Carro.1, Miller of Bullock,

Holder,

~lorton,

Howard of Laurens, :\lcCurry,

Howell,

McHenry,

Hutcheson,

Newton,

Johnson of Baker, Owen,

,Johnson of Clinch, Overstreet,

J ohuson of Crawford, Parker,

.Tones of Pickens, Paulk of Irwin,

Kelly,

Proctor,

Kent,

Rainey,

Rankin, Reid, Rice, Rogers of Hall, Roper, Stanford, Steed of Carroll. Steed of Taylot. Stewart, Strickland, Thurman,
Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, \Valker of Pierce, Whitley, Wise, Womble, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Almond, Beauchamp, Bush, Gaulden,

Hardeman, Hendry, Miller of Muscogee, l\fizell, Shannon,

Thompson, Tigner, \'i7alker of Monroe, Welch, l\lr. Speaker.

Ayes 89; nays 71.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 89, nays 71.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Dunbar asked that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Hall of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he

-WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903.

493

would move to reconsider the actioQ of the House in passing the above resolution.
The motion to immediately transmit the resolution to the Senate was then put and carried; ayes 98, nays 35.

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

1111'. Spealcer:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to provide that no person living within the territory embodied in any local public school shall be eligible to serve on the County Board of Education of any county, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend the Act establishing a system of public schools in the town of Wadley.

The Senate has passed as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to provide for the teaching of the elementary principles of agriculture and civil government in the common schools of this State.

The Semate has failed to pass the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to extend the powers of. the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia.

494

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 68 a special order for Friday, July 31, 1903.

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-

A resolution fixing Seuate Bill No. 68 the special continuing order for to-morrow the 29th inst., immediately after confirmation of the Journal.

The following bill, which was made the special order to follow the "Dunbar Resolution," was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the Georgia State Sanitarium.

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. Hall 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.

The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays wete ordered, and on taking the ballot V'iva voce the vote was as follows:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903.

495

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams,

Alexander,

Alford,

.Baldwin,

Beall,

Hell of Emanuel,

.Blackburn,

Booth,

Bowen,

Boykin,

Brinson,

Brock,

Brown,

Buchan,

Buchannon,

Butts,

Candler,

Cann,

Carr,

Cllatt,

'

Conner,

Cook,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Daves,

Davis,

Davison,

Deal,

Derrick,

Dozier,

Duckett,

Duggan,

Dunbar,

English,

Evans,

ll'elder,

Fields,

Flynt, .

Foster of Oconee,

l'ranklin,

l<'usseU,

Mulherin,

George,

McBride,

Ule-nn,

'McCurry,

Grenade,

.McElmurray,

Grice,

McHenry,

Uri !lin,

J\:IcLa!n,

Hardemap.

McHae,

H:l.l"den.

Newton,

Hawes,

Nisbet,

Hayes,

Owen,

Henry,

O'Quinn,

Hicks,

Parker,

Hixon of Carroll, Pate of Dooly,

Hixon of :Sumter, Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Paulk of Cofi'ee,

Houston,

Paulk of Irwin,

"Howard of Baldwin, Peyton,

Howard of Laurens, Phillips of J efi'erson,

Howell,

Preston,

Johnson of Baker, Proctor,

Johnson of Crawforo,Rankin,

Jones of Dougherty, Rawls.

Jones of Pickens, Redwine,

Kendrick,

Reid,

Kent,

Rice,

Knowles,

Richardson,

Lane,

Ridley,

Lawrence,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Leigh,

Hoper,

Little,

Rountree,

!.\:Iann,

~anders,

Maples,
M~rtin,
Mayson, Miller of Bullock,

Shackelford, Singletary, Slaton, Spence,

Mills,

Stanford,

Mitcham, Mitchell, Morton,

Steed of Carroll, Stewart, Stovall,

Moses,

Strll!kland,

496
Tigner, Tracy, Underwood,

Jo.URNAL OF THE HousE.

Walker of Pierce,
~atson,
West.

Whitley, Wise, "'ooten,

Those voting in the negative were :Messrs.-

Ayres, Bell of Milton, Bower, Carrington, Carswell, Edwards, l!'oster of 'l'owns,

Hall, Hutchesoi.,
Johnson of Clinch,
Kelly, Knight, Lanier, Lowe,

Overstreet, Hainey, Rogers of Hall, Thompson, Valentine, 'Vomble, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Almond. Arnold. Beauchamp, Bruct, Burton, Bush, Calvin, Cromartie,

Ennis,

Shannon,

l!~lanigan,

Steed of Taylor,

Gaulden,

Thurman,

Hendry,

walker of Monroe,

Kilburn,

Welch,

Miller of 1\:luscogee, Wellborn,

Mizell,

Wilson,

Phillips of Quitman, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes l 29; nays 21.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cae:t. it was found that the ayes were 129, nays 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Brown of Houston arose in his seat to a question of personal pri,Tilege and stated that the Macon Telegraph bad reported him as being one of four who bad not voted on the passage of the substitute to the " Steed Convict Bill," and who did not vote on the passage of the original bill. He reqnested that the error be corrected.

WEDXESDA"f, J t:Ll ~9, 1903.

497

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas nFkNl 1i1nt Honse Bill 1\o. l be taken up at this time as it wa,.; ~-:-et ~u.; tbc ,.:pecial ordt-t for to-day 'immediately aftet the o.:onfirmatiun of the Journal.

The Speaker ruled that House Dili ~o. 1 was di~pl:IC<'d by the "Dunbar Resolution" whidt c:tnH. 0\'et from ye:;;terday's session as a special ~ontinuiug- orcle, ami that it would have to resume its place on the calendar aUll come up in its regular order.

From the above Jcci,ion of the chair ~h. Mitchell appealed.

On being put to the IlnuFe the tleci::;ion of the Chair was sustained; ayes 81, nays :!6.

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

By Mr. Booth of "'alton-
A resolution fixing Il>ll~c flill :X0. 133 as t-he Fpecia\
order for Monday, .Au!!ust :.id, immediately nfter the confirmation of the Journal.

Mr. Felder of Bibb, in conformity with his pre,iom~ notice, moved to recn:;ide tbt actiou 0f the Honse iu not passing House Bill ~o. 3lj by snL..titute.
The previous qneFtiun was called and llUftained.
On the motion to rel'onFider 1\Jr. C:10n of Chatham called for the ay('~; nucl nay;:. The call was l'nstaiued and on taking tLe ballot 1:iva t1occ the vote was as follows:
32 h j

498

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those Yoting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Alexander, Arnold, Boy kin, Brown, Buchannon, Calvin, Candler, Carr, uarrington, \Jonner. Cromartie, Davis, Detr1, Dozier, Dunbar,
~'elder,
Fields, Flanigan, li'lynt, Franklin, George, Glenn, Grice,
.a. all,
Hardeman, Harden, Hawes,

Hayes,

Owen,

Hicks,

Overstreet,

Hixon or :Sumter, O'Qulnn.

Holder,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Houston,

Phillips of J ell:erson,

Howard or Baldwin, Preston,

Hutcheson,

Proctor,

Jones or Dougherty, Hainey,

Kent,

Redwine,

Kilburn,

Rice,

Lane,

Richardson,

Leigh,

Ridley,

Little,

Rogers of Hall,

.\laples,

Rogers of 1\lclntosb,

Martin,

Shackelford,

Mayson,

Shannon,

Miller of Bullock, Slaton,

Mills,

Spence,

Mitcham,

Stovall,

Morton,

Thompson,

~Iulherin,

Tigner.

l\lcCurry,

Underwood,

1\lcElmurray,

Walker of l'ieree.

~IcHenry,

Watson,

.\lcLain,

Wise,

Nisbet,

Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of 1\1 iJton, Blackburn, Bowen,

Bower,
Brinson, Brock, Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Cann, Carswell, Cliatt, Cook,

Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Derrick, Duggan, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, F'oster of Oconee,

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 29, 1903.

'499

[russell,

Mann,

Sanders,

Grenade, Gritnn, Henry, Hixon of Carroll,

Mitchell, Moses, McBride, McRae,

Singletary, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor,

Howard of Laurens, Newton,

Stewart,

Howell,

Parker,

Stric~land,

..Johnson of Baker, Pate of Dooly,

Thurman,

.Johnson or Clinch, Paulk of Cotree,

Tracy,

..Johnson of Crawrord,Paulk of Irwin. Valentine,

.Jones of Pickens, Peyton,

'.Yellborn,

Kelly,

Phillips of Quitman. West,

Knight,

Rankin,

Whitley,

Lanier,

Rawls;

Wilson,

Lawrence,

Roper,

Womble,

Lowe,

Rountree,

Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin. Almond, Booth, Bush, sutts, 'Daves,

Duckett, Foster of Towns, Gaulden. Hendry, Kendrick, Knowles;

Miller of Muscogee, Mizell, Reid, Walker of Monroe, Welch, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 79; nays 78.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes
-cast it was found that the ayes were 79, nays 78. The
motion to reconsider was therefore carried.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submited the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bill which I am instructed as chairman to report back to the House with

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

the recommendation that it do pass by substitute as amended, to wit:

A bill to regulate proceedings in garnishment when the g:arnishee is indebted to the defendent ou account of wages which are exempt from garnishment.

Also, the following House bills with the recommeliClation that the same do pass, to wit :

A bill to amend an Act rPgulating the midemeanor convicts of Bibb county.

A bill to amend section 3251 of the Code.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit :

A bill to provide in what counties manufacturing and other companies whose real estate lies on or across a county line shall return their property and pay taxes thereon.

Respectfully submitted.

JoH~ M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills and instruct me as their chairman to recommend that the same do pass, tO wit:
By Mr. Butts of Glynn-
An Act to make it unlawful to kill any kind of stock

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 29, 1903.

501

without proper registration of ~arks, etc., iu the 25th district of said county.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to establish a local school at Canon in said county.

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-

A bill to establish a public school for Hazelhurst, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Rountree of Thomas-

A bill to incorporate the town of.Barwick in the counties of Thomas and Brooks, and for other purposes.

.By Mr. Daves of Fannin-

A bill to repeal an Act maintaining gates across private way from Adam Daveuport'R to W. B. Rogers's.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
lift. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bill and has instructed me as its chairman to report it back to the Honse with the .recommendation that the same do pass by substitute, to wit:

502

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta of: this State.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

1J1 r. Spealcer:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills and I am instructed1 as its chairman to report theru back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, t.o wit:

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A bill to amend section 840 of the Code.

By Mr. Pate of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate the Pleasant Valley school districtin Dooly county.

By Mr. Franklin of Washington-

A bill to provide a new charter for the city of Tennille in the county of Washington.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to prevent tramps, stowaways or others frollli stealing or attempting to steal rides or passage on steam- ships.

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I am instructed to report the following bill back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit :

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-

A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of

Dawson.

'

I am instructed to report the following bill back with the recommendation that it do not pass, to wit:

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to authorize county administrators to administer oaths, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the follqwing report :

Mr. Speaket:
The Appropriations Committee have had under consideration Senate Resolution No. 44 and have instructed me ae their chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

Also, House Bill No. 317, and recommend that it do pass.
Also, House Bill No. 175 with recommendation that it do pass by substitute.

And that Senate Resolution No. 19 be withdrawn.

Respectfully submitted.

CHAS. L. DAVI, Chairman.

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Mr. Adams, chairmau of' the Cvmmittee on Temperance, sub~itted the following 1epurt:

M1., Speaker:
The Committee on TPmpE'tnnC'e hnYing had under consideration thE' following- l.ill t'~"'t'"''t the' same back to the House with the recommendati"u that it do pass, to wit:
By Mr. Cook ot Telfair-

A bill to amend an Aut. prC'~C'rihing the manner of granting liquor !incenses in Telfair cuuuty.

Respectfully submitted.

,v. GEO.

ADAlllS,

Chairman.

C The undersigned, memhf'r;;; of thP O.mmiltee on Education, submitted the following' ruiu,,'rity rep"!t'L on the "Uniform Text-Book Bill," tu wit:
}.{r. Speaker:
We, the undersigned, mE'mhPr~ of tire Committee on Education, respectfully dis,.:enL ir.,rn lite aetion of the committee in recommending tlrat thP Unilormity Text-Book Bill do pass, and submit the followiug reasons why the said bill should not pass, to wit :
1. The bill if enacted intu Jaw ''')Hid increase the cost of text- books in the common H:Jr.,nl,.:. Uuder a State uniformity law there would neces;;aril_v be a ,;weeping change of books all over the Stute in tue co~m mnr schools at the first State adoption. Allowi ug- lot PXchauge of the old books in part payment for the new, the expense of such a

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change would be several hundred thousand dollar:O, with-

out taking into consideration the inferiority of books

adopted under State uQiforruity laws and the consequent de-

m~nds from the different counties for incidental changes on

~eco~mt _of dissatisfaction with them. The books adopted

under State uniformity, as a rule, are greatly inf!:'.rior in

mechar;Jical construction to those purchased under county

uniformity in open market, and on account of the inferi-

ority they last about one-half as long; therefore, even if

,fhe books adopted under State uniformity are cheaper in

.price, they would have to be bought twice where the books

BOW in use would be bought only once. State uniformity

would create great dissatisfaction as to the books used and.

.there would be many demands from the different counties

for incidental changes, and when an incidental change was

made it wonld apply to the entire State; whereas now, it

applies to only one county, aud this therefore would add to

the expense of supplying pupils with books. Taking these

things into consideration and the purchase of new books,

the cost of school-books under State uniformity would be

enormous.

2. vVe have already shown how State uniformity would

.increase the number of changes during the five-year adop-

tiou. It is not at all likely that a commission of five, with

,headquarters at Atlanta, could satisfy the different counties

in the selection of books as well as people living in those

different counties could, and the dissatisfaction created

would result in increased demands for changes. The only

way in which State uniformity laws are put up with is to

igoore the adoption in many instances or to introduce sup-

.plemeutary books.

'-

3. Not only would it not give State uniformity, as it

-exempts the local systems, bnt it would destroy county

Uniformity in many counties. At present wherever there

is a local town or city system the common school books

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used in the town and in the county are the same and we have complete county uniformity. Under this bill WR would in all human probability have one set of books for the town and a different set for the county, and pupilsmoving from town to country or from country to town. would have to buy new books.
4. It discriminates against the country schools. It per-mits the city and town systems to select their own booksbut compels the country schools to use inferior booksselected for them by people who may not understand their needs, and it makes it a misdemeanor for teachers not to use these books. If State uniformity is a good thing why not place all the schools under its operation? If it is a bad thing why force a bad thing upon the country schoolsand exempt the city and town schools, thus compellingpeople to leave their farms andmove to town in order to get good educational advantages for their children? Werespectfully submit that the children in the country are entitled to as good schools as those in the towns and cities.
5. It would in time greatly demoralize, if it did notcompletely break down, any school system for the State. Dissatisfied school districts would seek to come out from under its operation by becoming incorporated and drawingtheir pro rata of the public school fund direct from the State, and there would be a great number of conflicting systems.
6. We have already stated that it would result in inferior books as to mechanical construction-books that would not last as long as those now used, on account of shoddy material and poor binding; but in addition, the contents would be of a low standard in many cases, and in numerous instances, as is the case in other States that have adopted the law, page after page would be omitted. Forinstance: In Georgia, Frye's Elementary Geography,.

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published hy Ginn & Co., of Boston, is used in a numberof counties. These books are complete, being of the best material offered by their publishers. They are bound in cloth. In Tennessee, a greatly inferior form is used,. thirty-four pages found in the Georgia edition being omitted, the material being cheap stuff, and the binding inferior pasteboard.
In Tennessee, a series of readers, known as Stickney's,. published by Ginn & Co., of Boston, is used. In Georgia these books were once used in some counties, but they were so inferior in all respects that they were long sincediscarded, the publishers themselves refusing any longer to offer them for adoption.
In South Carolina the uniformity edition required to beused of Wentworth's Arithmetics has shoddy paper aml> binding, and contains, perhaps, twenty per cent. less sub-. ject-matter than the arithmetics of the same name used in Georgia. The Georgia edition contains good paper, iswell bound, and will last three times as long. There aremany other instances.
7. In some counties the common school term is five months, in others, six, seven, eight or nine months. U nder the town and city systems it is nine months. If State uniformity is not feasible for a nine-months' town or city school, is it not equally objectionable for a county school that has a seven, eight, or nine-months' term?
8. The most experienced and competent educational authorities in the United States who have examined thequestion from every standpoint are unanimously opposed to State uniformity of text-books.
9. State uniformity is an encroachment on the right of local management of school affairs, and a step toward centralization.
10. State uniformity would create a monopoly by law

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wbPI'C noJH' nnw exit~, and put the State in the clutches of

the pui,Ji,lwrd who ,.;ecure the contract.

.

1]. ::)tate uui1,,rruity discourages authorship and turns

the wiHPI,.; "' prog.J't'i"S backward. Progress is made by compPtition :ltnn~ authors and publishers.
1~. Jt ~~:,,., bceu a dismal1ailure wherever tried; a

SUCCC':-iS llt.l\l'iH:'I"l'. 1:~. The tPxt-hook agitation does not originate among

the )JP"jlll'. Directly or indirectly, it originates with cheap

pnbli:-htr,.;,

1-!. The following States have discarded State unifotmity iu ~""''trt )'Par.~ because it was a failure: Minnesota, \\' c.-t Vrr~rinia, :\!a ryland and Vermont.

l .). The ::):are of .l\finuesota, in 1880, adopted State

unif.,rmity ,,f ,..,lronl bonks and entered into afifteen-year

colltl":ict t.. r "1lreap" books. The law was so unpopular

that imuwdiately upon the expiration of the contract in 189;) it w:t., l'''uutptl.~ repealed in favor of district uniformity, Ill' J.,cal optillll.
16. Tire St:11e .,f \Vest Virginia adopted State uni-

formity, alld after a tltCll'ough trial, abandoned it in 1897 in favo1 ol '~"Lilli)' nuiformity. The same is true of Ver-

mont a11d :\larylalill. The General Assembly of Missouri

a year 111 1w11 ago repealed the penalty clause in the law,

which pnwtieally dei"troyed State uniformity in that State.

The alloged '' ,..nlJ,..rantial reduction in the sellingprices

of books u,..ed in tIre common schools of other States" is in no sen~c a ndtwtiou in price, but a reduction in quality.

'Ve do uot lre:-itatc to say that the books used in.Indiana,

for exarnpl(', nu11ld not be forced upon the people of Geor-

gia, eveu tho11glr 1lrty were offered free. It has been e:aintt-d that the books used in Texas, for

example, are 11-l:'d to ,.;ome extent in Georgia. This is not true. There are buuk~ used in Texas that bear the same

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name as those used in Georgia, but upnn examination, it will be found that they are alike in name only, ht-iug- Yery different as to paper, binding, and quality as well :.~s (lllantity. The books adopted for use in Texas contain a large per cent. leo;s subject-matter than the books of the !'c:llllt~ name used in Georgia. This important fact should nnt Le overlooked, nor the further important fact that the peo,.le of Georgia pay less for the books used than do the pP0plc of Texas, amount of matter and mechanical cxeution considered. Some of the books used in Texas have loeen offered in non-uniformity States at reduced pric~'" wlwn compared with the books u:sed, with the furtl1et tffet to
put. the books into the schools free of rMt., ot at !'Yen PX-
change, but in every instance these othrs l,a,e lt'~'" tejected, the school officers prefening to ~elect ut:ly the Loest books for use in theit schools.
Different conditions require different cnurHs of Ftudy and different text-books. GP.orgia is I'Pally .~~nhtl St:.~te~-> in one. Each section knows Lest it:;; ncech, and ~lwuld ue allowed to attend to them.
The olcl democratic doctrine was that the JlPPp!e \\ere to be trusted, and that the less interferl'ti<:C hy guwmnwnt. there was, the better it would be Jnt the p!'opll. Of late there has sprung up a school of politiciau,; ,,.h,, think that everything should be taken out (Jf the people'.s lwnd, and they propose to interfere, through legi~lation, witb almo,:t every conceivable interest. We belie,e that the people should be trusted to govern tbemsclvc:-;, atiU tktt in tlic selection of text-books, the choice should l1e lelt to the officers nearest the people. Such oflictt.s :,:eleeted in a county are competent to select book,; be;;t ~uittd lor the pupils of that county. They know the locality, it.~ wealth or its poverty, its progress or its mi:-;fortunes.
For these and other reasons, we think that the pas~age-

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-of this bill would work an injustice and a hardship up -.the schools and the people.

Respectfully submitted.

CLARENCE WILSON, Clay county.
c. J. vVELI.BORN, JR., Union county.
M. D. wo~IBLE, upson county. C. M. BonTH, Walton caunty.
GEoRGE -...v. ADAMS, Putnam county.
N. D. ARNOLD, Oglethorpe county: W. E. STEED, Taylor county.
B. S. MILLER, Muscogee county.
J. F. CANN, Chatham county.
JuLIAN McCURRY, Hart county. P. A. STOVALL, Chatham county. P.M. HAWES, Elbert county.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :
By Mr. Brinson of Decatm-
A resolution making House Bill No. 483 the special -order for Monday, August 3.
By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
A resolution making House Bill No: 614 the special order for Friday morning.
By Mr. Davis of Meriwether-
A resolution making House Bill No. 322 the special -order for Tuesday, August 3d.

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Tbe following bill was taken from the table together -with the aye and nay vote thereon, and the result an_.nounced, to wit:

J3y Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to procure money, etc., on a contract to perform manual labor with intent to defraud, etc., and for other purposes.

The aye and nay vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs,___:

.Adams, .Almond, .Arnold, .Beauchamp, ..Bell of ]j]manuel, .Bell of Milton., Bower, Hoy kin, Ualvln, {.)ann, <Jarr, Carrington, Conner, Uook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Deal, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Ennis, Evans, I<'ields.
I~lynt,
F<;>strr or oconee,

George,

Owen,

Glenn,

O'Quinn,

Grenade,

Parker,

Grice,

Pate of Dooly,

Harden,

Phillips or Quitman.,

Hawes,

Preston,

Hayes,

Rainey,

Hicks,

Rice,

Howell,

Richardson,

Johnson or Urawror<l, Ridley,

Jones of Dougherty, Hogers of Mcintosh,

Kent,

Roper,

Knight,

Uountree,

Lane,

Sanders,

Lanier,

Spence,

Leigh,

Steed of Carroll.

Little,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, 1\Iorton, Moses, McCurry, McHenry, McLain, Mcllae. Newton,

Stewart, Thompson, Tracy, Valentine, "'alker of Monroe, Walker. of Pierce, Wellborn, West, Whitley, "'ilson,

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'Vooten,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beall, Blackburn. Hrock, Hrown, Buchan, Candler, Edwards, Felder, Fussell,

Utilfin, Hall, Hardeman, Houston, Hutclleson. J'ones or l'icl,t>ns, Kelly. Lowe, Martin.,

Mayson, Hankin, nawls. Hedwine, Held, Slaton, Thurman.
underwood,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alexander, Alford, Ayres, Haldwin, Booth, Bowen, Hrinson, . Hruce, .Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Carswell, Cliatt, Cromartie, Davis. Derrick, Dunbar, English, Flanigan, Foster or .rowns,

~rnnklln,

McBtide,

Gaulden,

1\lcElmurray,

Hendry,

Nisbet,

Henry,

Overstreet,

Hixon or Carroll, Pate of Uwinnett,

Hixon of ::>umter, Paulk of Coffee,

Holder,

Paulk of Irwin,

Howatd of Haldwln, Peyton,

Howard or Lam,;-ns, Phillir.s of Jetrerso1

Johnson of Haker, Proctor,

Johnson of unnch, Rogers of Hall,

Kendrick,

Shackelford,

Kilburn,

Shannon,

Knowles,

Singletary,

Lawrence,

Stanford,

Mann,

Stovall,

Maples.

Strickland,

Miller of Hullock, Tigner,

Miller of :11 uscog<>t:, " 7atson,

lHizell,

Welch,

i\lulherin,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 85; nays 26.

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call

was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 26.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following resolutions were introduced, read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton-
A resolution fixing House Bill No. 289 the special order for next Tuesday.

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A resolution making House Bill No. 639 the special order for next Tuesday.
By Mr. Whitley-
A resolutiyu making House Bill No. 295 the special order for next Monday.
By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution making House Resolution No. 200 the special order for next Tuesday morning.
By. Mr. Shackelford-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 27 the special order for Tuesday, August 4.
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution making House Bill No. 514 the special order for Tuesday, August 4.

By Mr. Steed of Carroll-
A resolution making House Bill No. 521 the special order for Tuesday, August !J.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 499 the special order for Wednesday next.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A resolution making House Bill No. 508 the special order for Tuesday, August -!.
By Mr. Mitchell-
A resolution making House Bill No. 1 the special order for Thursday, July 30.
By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution making House resolution which appropriates $6,000 toward the completion or the "Winnie Davis Memorial Hall" the special order for Thursday, July 30.
The call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

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By Mr. Evans of Washington-

A bill to create a new charter for for the town of Davisboro.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Harden of Chatham-

A bill to amend paragraph 14, section 7, article 3 of the Constitution of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-

A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the city of Dublin.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Wellborn of Union-
A bill for the protection of fish in Notla river in Union County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters

.By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies, etc.

Referred to Committee on vVays and Means.

.By Mr. Bowen of WilcoxA bill to incorporate the Pineville school district. Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Messrs. Duckett, Hardeman and Holder-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of thetown ot Maysville.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

A resolution to refund a fee of $50 paid to Secretary of' State for the charter of the Bank of Sylvania.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to protect certain lands against trespassers.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to remove obstructions from the streams of Car-
;
roll county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond.A bill to make women eligible as notaries public. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A resolution to pay Mrs. Martha Roberson the pension. due her husband.
Referred to Committee on Pensions..

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.l3y Messrs. Dozier and Ridley-

A bill to amend an Act to create the system of public .schools in LaGrange.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Mattera

.By Mr. Singletary of Thomas (by request)-

A bill to regulate pleadings in courts of reco!ds.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-

A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in the county of Irwin.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The following bill was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-

A bill to incorporate the town of Metto.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Jones of Pickens.

On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House ad journed until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, July 30, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock.

uy a.m. this day, was called to order

the Speaker and.

opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander,

Cann, t;arr,

Alford, Almop.d,

t;:t.l'l'lJJglun, CaJ:sweH,

Arnold,

Cltatt,

Ayres,

Conner,

Baldwin,

CO<?K

:Beall,

Cromartie,

Beau~hamp,

Crumoly,

:Bell or Jilmanuel, Daniel,

Bell or Milton.

Daves,

:Blackburn,

Davis,

Booth,

Davison,

Bowen,

Deal,

Bower,

Derrick,

:Boy kin,

Dozier,

.trinson,

Duckett,

Brock,

Duggan,

Brown.

Dunbar,

:Bruce,

Edwards,

Buchan,

English,

Bucbannon,

Ennis,

Burton.

-!J~ U.:vans,

Hush,

;.. "!.''elder,

Butts,

l<'iE>lds,

Calvin,

Flnni!!:an.

Candler,

l'lynt.

Foster or oconee, J."oster or '.l'owus.
.lint.nklin,
l<'usseu, Gaulden, Ge01ge, Glenn, Grenade.. l.irlce, GI'ittin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hick!'!,
Hixon or OarrOii. Hixon or Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin.. Howard of Laurens,.. Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Baker,

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JollJlson of Clinch, .\lc.I:!Jlmurray,

:Sanders,

.lvlluson ot Crawrord,.\icHenry,

Shackelford,

Jones or Dougherty, :\lcJ...ain,

J uues of .Pick~ns,

i\leHae,

Kelly,

Newton.

Shannon, :Singletary, Slaton,

L-.cnul"icli.,

!'lis bet,

Spence,

KenI,

Owen,

Stanford,

Kilburn,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

Knight,

U'l.;luinu,

Steed of Taylor,

l~no.vles,

Parker.

Stewart,

Lane,

Pate of Dooly,

Stovall,

Lanier,

Pate of Gwinnett, Strickland,

Lawrence,

Paulk of corree,

Thompson,

Leigll,

Paulk of Irwin,

'J'ilurman,

Little,

Peyton,

Tigner,

Lowe,

Phillips of Jelferson. Tracy,

Mann,

Phillips of Quitman. Underwood,

Maples,

Preston,

Valentine,

Martin, Mayson, 1\'liller of Bullock, Miller of M-uscogee, Mills. Mitcham. Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride,

Proctor,

Walker of Monroe,

Rainey,

Wnlker of Pierce,

Rankin,

\Vatson,

.Hawls,

'Wellborn,

Redwine,

Wes~.

Reid,

Whitley.

Rice,

Wilson,

Richardson, Ridley,

Wise, Womble.

Rogers of Hall.

Wooten.

ltogers of ~fclntosn, Yates.

Roper,

Mr. Speaker.

McCurry,

Rountree.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
Mr. Deal of Bulloch moved to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass House Bill No. 669, which motion prevailed.

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Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules has had under consideration the following resolutions requesting special orders, to wit:

House Resolutions numbered, respectively, 302, 304, 308, 309, 310, 31l, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324 and 326, and recommend that the accompanying resolution be adopted as a substitute for said resolutions :

The Clerk reports that the present calendar is heavier than any the House of Representatives has ever had before it. Many of these bills could without serious detriment to the public interest await disposition until the next term of the Legislature. Many of them should be acted upon at this session.
The bills should not be given precedence in accordance with the insistence of particular members, but those upon which public interest demands immediate action should be chosen and given precedence.
Many of the 'bills which demand attention have not been pressed by their authors, and the Committee ou Rules cannot advance them except upon resolutiou presented.
Very few Senate bills have been acted upon, and some of those now awaiting attention of the House are of great general importance. The session is very near its close. The convict bill is not disp9sed of. The condition of business will be understood by stating that excepting with the addition of more bills the daily printed calendar shows that the calendar has remained practically the same for the last several weeks, and biUs under the number one hundred have not been reached in their order, although there

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:are bills numbering over seven hundred which await consideration.
We therefore recommend that a committee of eleven should be appointed by the Speaker,. with power to choose the bills demanding action, and with power to set the order of each day's business. We think such action is virtually imperative, and without it a large part of the time of the House will be consumed in useless debate on the -question of precedence of bills, and in consideration of requests made by various members for consideration of :their particular bills.
The Committee on Rules have given no favorable report On any of the requests presented, but herewith report back the accompanying resolution as a substitute for the whole.
We further recommend that a resolution be introduced limiting debate.

Respectfully submitted.

N. A. MoRRIS, Chairman ex- officio.

The following resolution, which was offered as a substitute for House Resolutions Nos. 309, 308, 304, 302, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, .322, 323, 324, 326, by the Committee on Rules, was read, to wit:
By Committee on Rules-
Resolved, That the Speaker be authorized to appoint a committee of eleven from the House, which shall have the power to prescribe the order of business of each day's session until t.he clo~e of the session.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Thomas the above reso-

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lution and the resolutions for which it wrs offered as a;, substitute, was recommitted to the Committee on Rules'vith in~>tructions that each of the original resolutions be acted on and reported back to the House with some recommendation.

At the request of the author House Bill No. 50 was. taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution,. to wit:
A resolution for a joint session to be held at 12 o'clock July 31, for the ,purpose of hearing the address of Hon .. Walter B. HilL

ATLANTA, GA., July 30, 1903. The following mesRage was received from his Excellency,.. the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:
M1'. Speaker:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to de- liver to the House of Representatives a communication iJl.. writing.

July 30, 1903.
To the General Assernbly: I have the honor to call your attentiOn to the accom-
panying correspondence, in which the relict of Honorable James S. Boynton tenders to the State a life-size portrait.

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of this distinguished Georgian. I respectfully suggest that the generous tender be acknowledged and received by appropriate resolution.
J. M. TERRELL, Governor.

July 24, 1903.

Mrs. Ja.mes 8. Boynton, High Shoals, Ga.:

MY DEAR MADAME : - I understand that you have a.

life-size portrait of your distinguished husband which you.

are willing to donate to the !State, to be bung among the

galaxy of Georgians whose portraits now adorn the walls-

of the Capitol. I will appreciate a formal letter from you.

making this tender, in order that I may do myseif the-

pleasure and the State the honor of having the same re-

ceived by fitting resolution during the sitting of the pres--

ent General Assemby.

With great esteem I have the honor to be, yours very-

sincerely,

J. M. TERRELL,

Governor.

Gove1nor Joseph M. Ter1ell:
MY DEAR SIR:-Your letter of the 24th instant has been. received, and knowing how deeply interested my husband was in the welfare and prosperity of our State and how he loved her people, I cheerfully tender to the State, through. you, the life-size portrait of him, to be hung among theother faces that adorn the walls of the State Capitol.
The portrait is now subject to your 0rders, at Mrs. Gregory's ~:>tudio, 33 Luckie street.
Sincerely, MRs. J A 11ms S. BoYNTON.
High Shoals, Ga., July 27, 1903.

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The following bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third tillle and put upon its passage, to wit:
.By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to amend section 453, volume 3 of the Code which defines vagrancy, and for other purposes.
The committee ofi'ered a substitute to which the following amendments were offered and adopted, to wit :
.By Mr. Fussell-
To amend by adding the words "under oath" after the word "information" in the 27th line of section 6.
.By Mr. Calvin-
To amend section 1 by striking all of said section after ihe word '1security" in line 24 aud substituting in lieu thereof the words "the said vagrant shall be punished as .for a misdemeanor."
By Mr. Calvin-
To amend by insertiug after the words :cone year" in line 35 the words "said bond shall be payable to the <:ourt.''
By Mr. Stanford-
To amend by adding another clas:3 of vagrants, to wit : H That all persons who are able to work and who do not work but hire out their miuor children and live upon their wages shall be deemed and considered vagrants."

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By Mr. Slaton-
To' amend lines 17-18 of paragraph 3 of section 1 by striking out the words "steady daily" and inserting in lieru thereof the words "reasonably continuous."

By Mr. Little of Hancock-
To amend by striking the words "some justice of thepeace" in line 27 and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''any officer now empowered by law to issue criminal warrants."
Also, to amend by striking the words "justice of thepeace" wherever they occur and insert. in lieu thereof thewords "said officers."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 7.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

The following bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was again read after having been reconsidered on .Tuly 15, and put u'pon its final passage, to wit:

. By Messrs. Fields and Pate of Dooly et al.-
A bill to amend an Act approved December 21, 1897~ relative to th~ alternative road laws, and for other purposes.

The bill was read and the favorable report of the committee, which recommended the pasEage of the bill as. amended on July 14, agreed to.

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The action of the House in agreeing to the report of the -committee was reconsidered.

A substitute was then offered to the above bill by Messrs. Fields and Carswell, to which was offered the following amendments, which were read and adopted, to wit:

..By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-

To amend by providing that a second election under the provisions of this Act shall not be held until after the ex)piration of three years after the date of the election repealing the action of the grand jury.

To amend further "That when the action of the grand jury bas been thus repealed that no grand jury shall <fe-establisb such law within three years from such election."

By Mr. Beauchamp--

To amend by adding after the word "election " on page 2, line 3, the following: "After the grand jury has recommended said law, if a petition of one-tenth of the voters as -before provided be filed with the ordinary before said law becomes operative, he shall immediately order a special -election to determine whether or not said law shall become -operative in said county.''

'By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

'fo amend by striking out that portion of the bill which refers to the registration of voters and insert the following: "That the registration of electors shall be used in said election.''

The repevt of .the oommittee, which was favorable to the

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<passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to by substi-tute as amended.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 19.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

By unanimous consent the following Senate resolution was read and concurred in, to wit:

_By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A resolution providing for a joint session on Friday. -July-, 1903, to hear the address of Hon. W. B. Hill.

The. following resolution was read and adopted unauimonsly by a rising vote, to wit :

By Mr. Flynt of Spalding-
A resolution accepting rthe portrait of Ex-Governor -Jas. S. Boynton tendered the State by' Mrs. Jas. S. Boynton.

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 Senate bills, to wit :

A bill to extend the jurisdiction-of justices of the peace to suits in trover.

A bill to prescribe salaries for judges of the Supreme :-and superior courts.

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A bill to provide a new charter for the town of Flowery Branch.

A bill to provide for a game warden and deputy wardens for Thomas county.

A bill to amend Act incorporating the town of Meigs in Thomas county.

A bill to quiet the title to landa held adversely for twenty years under duly recorded deeds.
The Senate has failed to pass the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for the election of .Railroad Commissioners by the people, and for other purposes.

The follow!ng resolusion was read, to wit :

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-

Resolved by the House, That the resolution passed by this House at its last session on October 25, 1902, and the amendment thereto passed on November 24, 1902, which resolution and amendments limits the number o.f sub-committees to visit State institutions to three, and requiring members to furnish vouchers and itemized statements of expenses incurred he, and the same is hereby, rescinded.
Resolved further, That it is the sense of this House that the sub-committees to visit the State institutions shall only be required to furnish to the Auditing Committee a statement of the total amount ot expenses incurred, and that said sub-committee shall not exceed seven.

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The previous question was called and sustained, and on the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were or..dered.

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

Those voting in the a:ftirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Baldwin, Beall, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brock, Bruce, Huchannon, Ualvln, Cann, Carr, Carswell, Cliatt. Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Dozier,

Duckett, Ennis, Evans, l!'oster of oconee, !Poster of '.l'owns, Franklin, lfusseH, Grenade, Grittln, Hardeman, Hawes, Henry, Holder, Johnson of Bali...,., Jones of Pickens, Kendrick, Knowles, Lawrence, Little, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Mills,

Moses, McBride, McUurry, McLain, Parker, Pate of Dooly, Paulk of Uoffee, Peyton, Phillips or Jefferson,. Rawls, Ridley, Roper, Sanders, Steed of Carron, Steed of Taylor. Stewart, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Wellborn, Wilson, Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Alford, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Brinson, Brown, Bu-sh. Candler,
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()arrington, Cook, Cromartie, Deal, Duggan. Edwards, Engllsll, Felder,

Fields, George, Glenn, Grice, Hall. Hayes, Hicks, Hixon or Carroll,

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Houston,

Mitchell,

Howard of Laurens, Morton,

Howell,

Mulherin,

Hutcheson,

l'llc]!}lmurray,

Johnson of Cllncn, McHenry,

J ohn.son of Crawford, :\f cRae,

Jones of Dougherty, Newton,

Kelly,

Nisbet,

Kent,

Overstreet,

Knight,

O'Quinn,

Lane,

Pate of Gwlnnett,

Leigh,

Paulk or Irwin,

Lowe,

Pn'lston,

Mann,

Ptoctor,

Maples,

Rankin,

Martin.,

Hedwine,

Mitcham,

Rice,

J:tichardson, Rogers of Mcintosh, Rountree, Shackelford, Spence, Stanford, Thurman,
Tracy, Underwood, Valennne, Walker of Monroe, Vfalker of Pierce, "\Vest. whitley, Wise, Womble, Yates.

Those not voting were 1\{essrs.-

Akin, Almond, Ayres, Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Buchan, Burton, Butts, Conner, Davis, Dunbar, Flanigan,

Flynt,

Phillips of Quitman,

Gaulden,

Rainey,

Harden,

Reid,

Hendry,

Rogers of Hall,

Hixon of ::lumter, Shannon,

Howard of Baldwin, Singletary,

Kilburn,

Slaton,

Lanier,

Tigner,

Miller of Muscogee, "\Vatson,

Mizell,

"\Yelcb,

Owen,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 66; nays 75.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes it was !ound that the ayes '''ere 66, nays 7b.

By unanimous consent the following Senate resolution was taken up and read, to wit :

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13y Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- j

A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the -Senate and five from the House to investigate the charges .of "lobbying."
The following House resolutions were read, to wit :

By Mr. Ridley of Troup-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges of lobbying and stating their duties and powers, etc.
By Mr. Underwood of White-
A joint resolution to investigate the charges of lobbying, etc.
On motion of Mr. Wilson of Clay the foregoing resolu.tions were referred to the General Judiciary Committee with instructions that they report on same to-morrow.

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

JJ11". Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the :Senate and five from the House to investigate and report -upon charges of lobbying.
The committee on part of the Senate are Senators Skel.ton, Harrell and Davis.

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Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following Senate bill which they instruct me aB chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend section 2171 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895 providing for the change of general direction of railroads by giving them authority to relocate their lines. between termini for the purpose of reducing grades and curvatures.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation. that the eame do pass, to wit :

A bill to provide compensation to the clerks of the superior courts for making out records in felony cases and. transmitting the same to the Supreme Court.

A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commis- sioners of Roads and Revenues in Emanuel county.

Respectfully submitted.

JoHN :M:. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Countiesand County Matters, submitted the following report:

3{r. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration tbe following bill and instruct me-

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533

. as their chairman to report back said bill with the recommendation that it do pass as amended :

By Mr. Shannon of Monroe-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Forsyth, and for other pnrposf:!s.
Respectfully submitted.

JOHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Mitcham, vice-chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
M1'. Speake?':
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills and instruct me as their chairman to recommend that the same do pass, to wit:
By 1\'[r. McBride of Lee-
An Act to prohibit the sale of liquors, etc., except through dispensaries, in said county.
By MPssrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-
A bill amending the charter of Dublin in said county.
By Messrs. Duckett of Banks and Holder of Jackson-
A bill amending the charter of Maysville, and for other ;purposes.

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By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to prevent the obstruction of streams, etc., in said! county.

By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-

A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors, except through dis- pensaries, in said county.

By Messrs. Dozier and Ridley of Troup-

A bill to establish a system of public schools in La-Grange, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

A. B. MITCHAM, Vice-Chairmau.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution fixing House Bill No. 729 as special order for next Wednesday.
By Mr. Edwards of Marion-
A resolution fixing House Bill No. 572 as the special order for August 4.
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution to fix Senate Bill No. 68 the special order for Tuesday, August 4.

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53&

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A resolution providing that House Bills Nos. 639 and 480 be made special orders.

By Mr. Alexander of Wilkes-

A resolution fixing Senate bills of last session as specia1 orders for Monday aftermoon.

By Messrs. Martin, Hardeman and Holder-

A bill to amend an Act providing for the establishment of a special department of horticulture and pomology, and for other purposes.

Referred to Geneial Agricultural Committee.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Rountree of ThomasA bill to incorporate the town of Barwick.

By Mr. Evans of Washington-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Davisboro, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harden of Chatham-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to protect certain birds, etc.

By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-

To prohibit the sale of liquors in the county of Irwin.

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The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By :vrr. Steed of Taylor-

A resolution requesting the Senate to furnish the House with Senate Bills Nos. 83 and 88.

The following bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to establish and maintain a dispensary in the town of Colquitt.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Carroll.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The' following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe the mode of granting license to sell liquors in the county of Telfair.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Thompson of Hall, Mr. Conner of Bartow.

On motion of Mr. Harden the Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

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3 O'clock p.m.

The House reconvened at this hour aud was called to -order by the Speaker.

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

Adams,
~lexander,
Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beaucbamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, 'Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton. Bush, Butts, Dalvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cli.att,

Conner, Cook, Urornartie, Urumoly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields, .!!'Ianigan, l:t'lynt, Foster of Ocoliee, l<'oster of Towns, Franklin, b'ussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn,. Grenade, Grice, Grittin,

Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of CarToll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, .Tohnson of Baker, .Tobnson of Clinch, Johnson of Crawford, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Pickens, Kelly, Kendrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier. Lawrence. Leig.h, Little,

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Lowe, Manu, Maples, Marttn. .Mayson, Miller of .Bullock, ~llller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, l\ioses, l\iulherin, McBride, MclJurry, McElmurray, McHenry, McLain, McRae, Newton, Nisbet, Owen, Overstreet, O'Quinn, Parker,

Pate or Dooly,

Spence,

Pate of Gwinnett, Stanford,

Paulk of llolree,

Steed of (.)anoll,

Paulk of Irwin,

Steed of Taylor,

Peyton,

Stewart,

Phillips of J etrerson, Stovall,

Phillips of Quitman, Strickland,

Preston,

Thompson,

Proctor,

'l'hurman,

Rainey,

Tigner,

Rankin,

Tracy,

Rawls,

Underwood,

Redwine,

Valentine.

Reid,

Walker of Mon.oe.

Rice,

Walker of Pierce,

Richardson,

Watson.

Ridley,

Wellborn,

Rogers of Hall,

West.

Rogers of Mcintosh, Whitley,

Roper,

Wilson,

Rountree, Sanders,

Wise, Viromble,

Shackelford, Shannon, Singletary,

Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Slaton,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

Mr. Morris, ch~:tirmau ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker: .
The Com!Dittee on Rules have had under consideration a number of applications for special orders and respectfully recommend that House Bill No. 625 which provides tor an appropriation to the University of Georgia for the Winnie Davis Memorial Building, now practically finished, be

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made a special order for Friday morning, 31st inst., immediately after the reading of the Journal.

The committee further recommend that Senate Bill No .. 68 which relates to the convict lease system be made a. speciai and continuing order, in no event to be displaced until finally disposed of, immediately after the reading of the Journal on Tuesday, August 4th, prox.; that the previous question be called at 10 o'clock a.m. that day; that, in. the dP.bate on the bill and amendments, no member shaH speak longer than ten minutes.

Respectfully submitted.

N. A. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolution was offered as a substitute for the preceding report of the Committee on Rules, and the sam0 was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
Resolved, That on Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday next, the order of business shall be the taking up of bills as they appear on the calendar.
The following resolution was introduced, read and. referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Carrington of Madison-
A resolution asking that House Bill No. 544 be taken from the Committee of the Whole, read the second timeand recommitted on Friday, July 31, immediately after the reading of the Journal.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following bills were taken up, read the third time .and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. West of Lowndes-

A bill providing for a n11iform series of text-books in the public schools of this State, and for other purposes.

The committee offered a substitute to the original bill to which Mr. Cann of Chatham offered a substitute.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas made the point of order that the substitute offered by Mr. Cann of Chatham was not _germain. The Speaker ruled that it was germain and from this decision of the Chair Mr. Mitchell took an appeal.

On the question as to whether or not the decision of the Chair should be sustained Mr. Reid of Campbell called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Ayres, Beall, Beauchamp, Blackburn, Booth, Bower, Boykin, Brock, Brown, Butts, Candler, Cann, Carswell, <Cook,

Daniel, Daves, Derrick, Dozier, Dunbar, Felder, Flanigan, lflynt, Foster or Towns, l!'ranklin, !Puss ell, Glenn, Grenade, Uritlin, Hardeman, Harden,

Hawes, Uayes, Hixon of Carro.,, Hixon of Sumter, Howard of .l:laldwln, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of l'ickens, Kent, Little, Lowe, Mann, Martin, Mayson. Mills, Mulherin, McCurry,

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McElmurray

Rawls,

McHenry,

Reid,

Nisbet,

Richardson,

Overstreet,

Hidley,

Parker,

Slaton,

Paulk of Irwin,

Stanford,

Peyton,

Steed of Taylor,

Phillips of Quitman, Stewart,

Stovall, Strickland, Thurman,
'Vellborn, Wilson, Wooten, Yates,

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alford, Almond, ~ell ot Milton, Bowen, Brinson, Huchannon, Bush, Calvin, <Jarr, Carrington, Cllatt, Cromartie, Davison, Deal, Duggan, Edwards, :ffinglish, Fields, F'oster of Oconee, George,

Grice,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hicks,

Preston,

Houston,

Proctor,

Howell,

Rankin,

Hutcheson,

Rice,

Johnson of Clinch, Rogers of l\1clntush~

Johnson or <Jrawrord,Roper,

Kelly,

Rountree,

Knight,

Singletary,

Lane,

Spence,

Lanier,

Steed of <Jarroll,

~:Iaples,

Underwood,

Miller of Bullock, Valentine,

Mitchell,

Walker of Monroe..

Morton,

Walker of Pierce,

Moses,

West,

McRae,

Whitley,

Newton,

Womble,

O'Quinn,

Pate: _,f Dooly,

Those not voting were Messre.-

Akin, Arnold, Baldwin, Hell of Emanuel,
H1uce,
Buchan, Burton,, Conner,

<Jrumt:Jly,
Davis.
Duckett,
Flnnis,
Evans,
(~aulden,
Hall. Hendry,

Henry, Holder, Howard of Laurens,. Johnson of Baker, Kendrick, Kilburn, Knowles, Lawrence,

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Leigh, Miller of MuscoJZee, Mitcllaw, Mizell, McBride, !\IcLain, Owen, Paulk of Uotl'ee,

Phillips of Jetl'erson, Thompson,

Rainey,

Tigner,

Heel wine,

Tracy,

Rogets of Hall,

watson,

Sanders,

Welch,

Shackelford,

Wise,

Shannon,

l\lr. Speaker.

Ayes 71 ; nays 58.

The roll-call was verifiP.d and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 71, nays 5R.

The decision of the chair was therefore sustained.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was 1ead the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-
A bill to amend section :HSO, volume 2 of the Code which provides for the incorporation, control and management of suburban street railways, and tor other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to on December 12, 1902.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The hour of adjourument having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned nntil 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, July 31, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock .a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker ~nd opened with prayer by Rev. W. L. Harrell of Buford, Ga.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton. Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, ,Bucbannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, uann,

Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, lilnglish, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt, l"oster of Oconee. Foster of 'l'owns,

F'ranklfn, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Gritlin, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard or Baldwm, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, .Johnson of Bake,, Johnson of Clinch, Johnson of Crawford, Jones of Dougherty,

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Jones of l'ickent!, Kelly, Kendrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence, Leigh,
Little, Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Miller of l\fuscogee, Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, McCurry, McElmurray, McHenry,

McLain,

Shackelford,

1\icHae,

Shannon,

Newton,

Singletary,

Nisbet,

Slaton,

Owen,

\;pence,

Overstreet,

Stanford,

O'(Juinn,

Steed of Carroll,

Parker,

Steed of Taylor,

Pate or Dooly,

Stewart,

Pate of Gwinne.tt, Stovall,

Paulk of Ootree,

Strickland,

Paulk of Irwin.

Thompson,

Peyton,

'l'hurman,

l'hillips of Jetrerson, Tigner,

Phillips of Quitwan, Tracy,

Preston,

Underwood,

l'roctor,

Valentine,

Rainey, Rankin, Rawls, Redwine, Reid, Rice, Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall,

Walker of Monro& \{Talker of l'ierce, watson, v'i'ellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble.

Rogers of Mcintosh, Wooten.

Roper,

Yates,

Rountree,

Mr. Speaker.

Sanders,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch.

On motion of Mr. Felder of Bibb the reading of theJournal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
Mr. Grice of Pulaski arose to a question of personal privilege and said:

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M 1. S pea.lcer:

I am reported m the morning paper as having said, when the resolution to rescind the former action of the House in requiring itemized statements of committee expenditures was before the House, as follows: "Honest men don't mind submitting itemized accounts." This I did not say, as those who recall my words remember. The language I did use was this: "Honest men ought not to mind furnishing itemized statements.'' It was evident in the debate and vote yesterday that many honest men do mind furnishing those itemized statements.

By unanimous consent the following resolution of the Senate was read, to wit:

By :Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-

A resolution to appoint a committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to investigate and report. upon the charges of lobbying.

The substitute for the above resolution which was offered by the General Judiciary Committee was adopted by the House.

The Senate resolution was then adopted by substitute.

Mr. Calvin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, sub witted the following report:

1111-. Spcal-.~er:

The Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration Senate Bill ~o. 139, which provides for the registration, sale, inspection and analysis of commercial
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fertilizer material in bnlk, and fvr other purposes, and rec<>mmend that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

v. MARTIN

CALVIN,

Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following Senate resolution and I am instructed as chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute, to wit:

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate and report upon the charges of lobbying.

Also, House Resolutions Nos. 332 and 333 on the same subject with the recommendation that they du not pass.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

:Mr. Connor, chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Agriculture bas had under consideration House Bill No. 753 to repeal section 601,

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volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. CoNNOR, Chairman.

Mr. Steed of Taylor, chairman of the Committee on 'Penitentiary, submitted the following report:
'-1'yf1. S pcaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following bills and instructed me as their .chairman to make the following report:
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the cate of .certain convicts in this Stat.e, and for other purposes.
The committee recommends that the same do pass.
A bill to be entitled an Act for the protection of the ,officers 11nd employees of the Georgia Penitentiary at the .various camps throughout the State, and for other purposes.
Recommend the same do pass.
Also, a bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the selling or giving to any felony or misdemeanor convict in this :.State any spirituous or intoxicating liquors, and for other .purposes.
Recommend the sarue do not pass.
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the distribution annually of money arising hom the hire of the peni'tentiary convicts of Georgia; to define by whom and for

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what purposes said money shall be used, and for other pur-poses.

Recommend. the same do not pass.

Respectfully submitted.

wALTER E. STEED, Chairman,
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution fixing the order of busine~;s for to-morrow's. session.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution fixing tl!e order of business for the afternoon sessions of this House.

House Resolution No. 243 was reported back by the Committee on Pensions with the recommendation that the author be allowed to withdraw the same.

Mr. Stanford of Harris asked, however, that the resolu- tion be recommitted, which request was granted.

Mr. Overstreet arose to a question of personal privilege and addressed the following remarks to the House. He said:

M1. Speaker:
Before going into this question I would like to make a. few remarks, and I hope they will be the last I will have-

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to make on this subject. I was approached on Saturday by a representative of the "Journal'' and asked what I thought of the committee appointed under the lobby resolution. Quite different to many, I stated my honest opinion, and for that conviction I have no regrets nor apologies; but I stated, and as is commonly expressed in black and white, I considered all these gentlemen my friends, and I can not conceive bow any one could have taken offense at what I said.
Mr. Speaker, I have known the gentleman from Chatham, Mr. Cann, long before I even thought of making the race for represt;lntative of my county, have received business from his firm and bad always considered him a friend, and could uot have wished to offend him.
As for the gentleman from Baldwin, Mr. Howard, I have voted as he did on a good many questions, except as to some large appropriations, but considered him as my friend.
As for the gentleman from Fulton, I consider him my friend and have been pleased with his stand on the questions that have come before this House. I think that be has voted and acted manfully on all questions coming before him. I think he has been both consistent and honest.
As to the gentleman from Elbert, Mr. Hawes, I had supposed he was my friend. I wish to reply specially to the speech of the gentleman from Elbert. He said he is not interested in the Southern Railroad, but I understand from his own lips that he is a director in a branch of the Southern Railroad, and if this is the case, Sir, I 1epeat with all my soul, he is not a proper person to act upon this .committee.
He further states that it is a pity that the Speaker did not appoint me on that committee. I will state, Mr. :Speaker, for the gentleman's benefit, that the Speaker .asked me if I would serve on this committee, and I stated

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to the Speaker, that as I had made the charge that r
thought there was lobbying, that it .would not be proper for me to be on the committee, and I refused to act. Mr. Speaker, I ask you to state if this is true.
(The Speaker : " It is.") Now, Mr. Speaker, I was willing to acknowledge my disqualification and refused to serve, and had the gentleman from Elbert been so jealous of his interest and had done likewise he would not have been placed in this embarrassing position and would not have been censured. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from ElLert says that he does not owe his seat upon the floor of this body to the senseless denunciation of corporations, and that he would not resort to such methods to perpetuate himself in office. Mr. Speaker, I do not owe my seat here to such practices, and he who so insinuates utters an unloving lie, and knows that he does. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Elbert refers to the "Holier than thou" element. This, Mr. Speaker, is the utterance of a diseased brain or a smitten conscience, because there are but few members of this House who have said less than I, and no one could justly or truthfully say that I ever posed as holier than they, or tried to dictate. I will, however, gladly admit that I would love to see some reform, though I do not hope tor much just now. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman refers to me as of "anarchistic tendencies" and intimates that I am a demegogue. Mr. Speaker, this possil.Jly would be an insult but for the source from whence it comes. Mr. Ingersol, in his argument on blasphemy, took the position that there could b.e no blasphemy unless a man blasphemed his own idea of God. So there can be no such thing as an "anarchist" or "demagogue" except you judge by your own position and sentiments. Consequently, if differing from the gentleman from Elbert makes me, in.

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his eye, a "demagogue," I am willing and glad that he calls me one.
Mr. Speaker, there is something in connection with this matter that I state with d.eepest regrets. When upon the floor of this House the other morniug I made the speech that has called forth this trouble, the gentleman from Elbert, Mr. Hawes, came to me, took my hand, shook it firmly, and congratulated me. Mr. Speaker, I did the gentl'eruan the honor to believe that he was sincere; but, alas! sometimes "one's fondest hopes decay."
Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman from Elbert congratulated me when he did not mean it, and when he thought I was a " demagogue,'' he was insincere, and his action was akin to Judas' betrayal of Christ with a kiss.
Mr. Speaker, I deny any claim to the "holier than thou'~ element, but I do say most emphatically that I deny ever pretending friendship when I did not possess it, and I have never been. deceitful. God forbid that I shall ever be!
Mr. Speaker, no man ever becomes disgusted with the rottenness of politics, and the world in general; and lifts his voice in behalf of the common people of his country, that does. not expect to be called by some, at least, " a demagogue," "an anarchist," etc. But I have been sincere in ruy remarks and feel the satisfaction of a clear conscience, and the pratings of one who may be disturbed or stung by my remarks shall not give me a moment's pain or regret.
Mr. Speaker, I join with the gentleman from Elbert in praying God to save the country from the "lobbyists and demagogues"; but I add one other prayer: God save the country from the insincere, and we will be saved from the "lobbyists and the demagogues."
Mr. Speaker, in view of all that has taken place, I now request the committee appointed by the Speaker to serve.

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Following Mr. Overstreet, Mr. Tigner, ot Muscogee, obtained the floor and made a ringing speech along the same line. Some sinister motive there was, he thought, behind the singling out of himself and qverstreet.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit :
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
A bill to repeal section 233, volume 1 of the Code, and to provide that the year for official reports of public officers shall be coincident with the fiscal year.
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code, so as to provide for the appointment by the Governor of not more than two banks as State depositories in cities of 6,500 .;>r more.
The Senate has also .passed by the requisite constitu~ ional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for paying off and retiring bonds of this State as they mature, and for other purposes.
A bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in Webster county except as therein provided, and for other purposes.
A bill to create a board of com missioners of roads and revenues for Randolph county, and for other purposes.

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A bill to amend the Act permitting the establishment of <dispensaries in .Pulaski county.

A bill to make the clerk of the superior court of Macon County ex-officio clerk of the county court of said county.

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Charlton county, and for other purposes.

A bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues to pay the sheriff of Camden county a salary in .addition to certain fees, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend an Act establishing the city comt of Barnesville.

The SPnate bas passed as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895 relative to admission to the common schools, and for other purposes.

A bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of Terrell county to pay reasonable compensation to the officers of the superior court of said county and of the city court of Dawson, and for other pmposes.

A bill to amend Act to create a city court for Early <Jounty, and for other purposes.

The Senate has pasEed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend Act incorporating the town of Jeffersonville in Twiggs county, and for other purposes.

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The Senate has concurred iu the following House Resolution, to wit :

A resolution for the appointment of a commtsswn on the registration of land titles, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the Senate through lV.fr. N orthen the secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the substitute for the fol- lowing Senate Resolution, to wit:

A resolution to appoint a committee of 3 from 'the Senate and 5 from the House io investigate and report upon charges of lobbying.

The committee appointed on the part of the Senate are Senators Perry, Harrell and Davis.

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 House, to wit :

A bill to provide for the establishment and maintainance of a dispensary in the ci Ly of Statesboro, and tor other purposes.

The following bill which was under consideration at the close of yesterday's session was taken up nuder the head of unfinished business and put upon its final passage, to wit:

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By .Mr. West of Lowndes-

A bill to amend and alter the school laws of this State by establishing and maintaining a uniform course of textbooks in the common schools of this State, and for otherpurposes.

A substitute was offered to the above bill which was. amended as follows:

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
To amend by inserting after the word "commissioners,,. in line 4 of section 3, the words " city superintendents.',.
Also, to amend section 19 by striking out the words "January, 1905" in line 2 thereof, and inserting the words'' January, 1904."
Also, to amend by striking the words" January, 1905,',. in the 3 and 4 lines and inserting the words "January, 1904" in lieu thereof.
Also, to amend by striking the words "J~nuary, 1905 ,,. in line 5 of section 19, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "January, 1904.''
Also, to amend section 4 "Februa1y 1, 1904," in line 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "September 1,. 1903."
Also, to amend section 4 further by striking out the words "May 1, 1904" in line 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the words November 1, 1903."
Also, to amend section 4 by striking out the words

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"August 1, 1904" iu line 5 from the last and inserting in lieu thereof the words" January 1, 1904."

The substitute was adopted.

On the paesage of the bill by substitute the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the a:fi:irmatiYe were Messrs.-

Alexander, Alford, Almond, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of J;Jmanuel, Bell of Milton, .Bowen, Bower, Hoy kin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Kuchan, Buchannon, Bush, Butts, -calvin, Candler, -carr, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Deal, Duckett,

Duggan,

Lanier,

Edwards,

Lawrence,

English,

Lowe,

Bvans,

31ann,

!<'elder,

Maples,

Fields,

Mayson,

.!!'Ianigan,

Miller of Bullock,

Flynt,

Mitcham,

l<'oster of Oconee, Mitchell,

George,

Morton,

Glenn,

Moses,

Grice,

McHenry,

Hardemar>-

McLain,

Hayes,.

McRae,

Hicks,

Newton,

Hixon of Carroll, Owen,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Houston,

U'Quinn,

Boward of Baldwin, Parker,

Howard of Laurens, Pate of Dooly,

Hutchesot..

Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Cofree,

.Johnson of Crawfora,Paulk of Irwin,

Jones of Dougherty, Preston,

.Tones of Pickens, Proctor,

Kendrick,

Rainey,

TKent, Kilburn,

Rankin, Rawls.

Knight,

Redwine,

Lane,

Rice,

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Rogers of Hall,

Spence,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Steed of Carroll,

Hoper,

Thompson,

Rountree,

Thurman,

Shackelford,

Tracy,

Singletary,

Valentine,

a ""\'\7 lker of Monroe, a ""\'\7 lker of Pierce, West.
. Whitley,
rates,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Blackburn, Booth, Cann, Carrington, Crumbly, Derrick, Dunbar, Ennis, Foster of '!'owns, Fussell, Grenade,

Grittln,

Phillips of Quitman,

Harden, Hawes, Henry,

Richardson, ::landers, Slaton,

Hixon of l:Sumter, Stanford,

Howell,

Steed of Taylor,

Little,

Stewart,

Martin,

Stovall,

Mills, Mulherin,

Strkkianct. Tigner,

]lcCurry,

Underwood,

McElmurray,

Wilson,

Nisbet,

Wise,

Peyton,

womble,

Phillips of Jeiierson, Wooten,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Eruct, Burton, Davis, Dozier, l'ra n kiln. (-iHulden, Hall,

Hendry, Johnson of Baker, Kelly, Knowles, Leigh, :Miller of Muscogee, l\fizell, McBride,

Reid, Ridley, Shannon, "'atson, Welch, Wellborn, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 107; nays 45.

The roll-call was ver_ified, and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes 107, nays 45.

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The bill having received the requi11ite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.
'1'he hour !>f 12 o'clock m. having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session -convened for the purpose of hearing the address by Ron. W. B. Hill, Chancellor of the State University, was called to order by Hon. Clark Howell, President of the Senate.
The Secretary of the Senate then read the resolution which provided for the joint session.
After the address by Chancellor Hill and on motion of Mr. Davis of the 17th Disttict, the joint session was dissolved, and the Senate retiring the House was again called to order by the Speaker.

Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. Preston, Mr. Fussell, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Harden, Mr. Howard, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Hayes, Mr. O'Quinn, Mr. Johnson of Crawford, Mr. Alford, Mr. Jones of Pickens, Mr. McRae, Mr. Mills, Mr. Crumbly.
'rhe hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker :announced the House adjourned ~ntil 9 o'clock to- morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA,
Saturday, August 1, 1903.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock :a.m. this day; was c~lled to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The ~oil-call and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's session was dispensed with.
The following bills were introdnGed, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Mr. Bell of Milton-
A bill to amend section 1137, volume 3 of the Code, which provides for the disposition of misdemeanor convicts.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A bill to create the office of road commissioner for the county of Carroll.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Walker of Pierce (hy request)A bill to require the State chemist to analyze parts of
the body in cases of poisoning.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon school district. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Daves of FanninA bill to incorporate the town of McCaysville. Referred to Committee on Counties and County ~{atters.

By Mr. Beall of Paulding-

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. S. F. Fuller. Referr~d to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A bill to provide for an exchange of the site of the Presbyterian Church in Milledgeville, Ga.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reid of CampbellA bill to create a new charter for the town of Palmetto. Referred to Committee on Corporatious.

By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Dooling school district. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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561

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Franklin county.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Stewart of Calhoun and Buchannon of Early-
A bill to create a public school system in the town of Arlington.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bucbannon of EarlyA bill to amend the charter of the city of Blakely.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and reveqm1s for the county of Franklin.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Brown of HoustonA bill to authorize the mayor and council of the town
of Fort Valley to issue bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By. Mr. Fields_ of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate t,he Oakland school district.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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.By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to create di~pensaries in the towns of Arlington and Morgan.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to authorize the Governor to charge fees in certain cases.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A resolution, the Prison Commission to pay Manning White $25s.oo.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Snow School District. Referred to Special Judiciary Committ~e.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to return for correction House Bill No. 455.

By Mr. Blackburn-
A resolution tendering the hall of the House to the Daughters of the Confederacy for the purpose of holding certain exercises.

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563

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corq>orations, submitted the following reports:

.Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under considE>ration Senate Bill No. 104 by Mr. Sweat of the Fifth District, a bill to be entitled an Act to create a new charter for the town of Nichols, and instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Also Honse Bill No. 643 by Mr. Foster of Oconee, a ;bill to be entitled an Act to provide compensation for the oSolicitor of the county court of Oconee, and instruct me to report the same back with the recommendation that the ,same do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted.
THus. J. SHACKELFORD

.Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under conoSiderlltion Honse Bill No. 781 by Mr. Reid, to create a new charter for town of Palmetto and other purposes, and -they instruct me to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do past~.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

.lilr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consid-ration House Bill No. 568, by Messrs. McLain and Morris of Cobb, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Ac-worth, and instruct me as chairman to report the same

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back with the recommendation that the same do pass as-amended.

Respectfully submitted,

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under considerationHouse Resolution No. -, and they recommend the same do pass.
MR. MoRRis, Chairman ex officio.

Mr. Shannon, Chairman of the Committee on Counties. and County Matters, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speake1 :

The Committee on Counties and County Matters has had< under consideration the following bills, to wit, and in-: struct me as their chairman to recommend that the same do pass:
By Mr. Bush of Miller-
.A bill to amend an .Act to regulate and maintain a dis-. pensary in the town of Colquitt.
By Messrs. Ste~d and Hixon of Carroll-
A bill creating Board of Roads and Revenues in countyof Carroll.
By Mr. Evans of Washington-
.A bill to create a new charter and a municipal governlllent for town of Davisb.:>ro, and for other purposes.

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565

J3y Mr. Welborn of Union-

.A bill to protect fish in Notla river, and for other purposes.

-By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

.A bill making women eligible to appointment and qual:.ification as commercial notaries public.

Respectfully submitted.

JoHN R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, vice-chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submits the following Teport:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on .Amendments to the Constitution has ihad under consideration the following bill :

Senate Bill No. 66 being a bill entitled an Act to amend ;article 7, section 1 of the Constitution providing a limit upon the tax rate and has instructed me as its chairman to submit the same with the recommendation that the same -do pass by substitute.

Respectfully submitted.

R. B. BLACKBURN,
Vice-Chairinan.

Mr. Reid, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

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Jh. Speak:e1:
Your Committee on ways and Means have had underconsideration tbe following bills and resolution which they instruct me as their chairman to report back to the Housewith the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Grice of Pulaski-
A bill being an Act to amend the general tax Act of 1902.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill being an Act to amend sections 8 and 13 of the general tax act of 1902 so as to require gas companies and other companies therein named to make their tax returnsto the Comptroller-General.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.

Also, the following bill which they instruct me to report back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill being an Act to alter and amend the general tax act of 1902 by adding certain words to paragraphs 16, 21,. 23 and 31 of section 2 of said Act.

Also, House Resolution No. 297 with the recommenda-tion that the same be withdrawn.

Respectfully submitted.

c. s. REID,
Chairman_

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567

Mr. Holder, chairman of the Committee on Education,. submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consid- eration the following House bills which I am instructed aschairman to report back to the House with the recom mendation that 'they do pass, to wit :

A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of publiC: schools in Lawrenceville.

A bill to incorporate Pineview school district in Wilcox. county.

Respectfully submitted.

JNo. N. HoLDER, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the Committee on Generab Judiciary, submitted the following report:
JJ!T. Speaker:

Yom Committee ou General Judiciary have had under consideration the following Senate bill which they instruct. me as chairman to report back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute, to wit:

A bill to permit and authorize defendants in actions brought by the Rtate for the recovery of certain lots of land to plead as defence thereto possession of said lands for twenty years,. and for other purposes.

Also, the following House bills with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.

A bill to make the proper indexing of deeds and other instruments .a part of their record.

Respectfully submitted.

JoHN M. SLAToN, "Chairman.

ATLANTA, GA., July 31, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn :

M'r. Speaker :

His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit :

An Act to incorporate the town of Armena, in the county of Lee, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to authorize the mayor and council to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing a system of water works, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Lyons, in the county of Tattnall.

An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of Pulaski.
An Act to authorize the town of Roswell, in the county of Cobb, to issue bonds.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.

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An Act to provide for the operation of an Act establishing the city court of Hamilton.

An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of County <Commissioners for the county of Douglass.

An Act to amend an Act to establish the city court of Moultrie.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
An Act to abolish the B~ard of County Commissioners :for Dade county.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Montezuma.
An Act to authorize street railroad companies to engage .in the business of furnishing steam or power.
An Act to amend an Act creating the city court of Gainesville.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Hamilton.
An Act to amend an Act creating the city court of vVaycross.

An Act to provide for the election of judge and solicitor of the ~ity court of LaGrange.
An Act to incorporate the town of Plainville, in the county of Gordon.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Greenesboro.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Parrott, in .the county of Terrell.

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An Act to amend section 3 of an Act approved Septem-ber 29, 1881, so as to provide greater compensation for the deputy jailer and guards in Chatham county.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Morven, in,

the county of Brooks.



An Act to amend the charter of the town of Bronwood,. in the county of Terrell.
An Act to prot~ct fish in the streams and other waters. of Bart~w county.
An Act to grant unto the mayor and council of Savan-nah certain land on which to erect a public building.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin so as to create a Board of Commissioners for Light and Water,. and to provide the number of said Commissioners, term of
. office, and for other purposes. An Act to prohibit the manufacture of alcoholic or other kinds of spirituous liquors in the county of Upson, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act to fix the time of holding the superior courts of Oconee circuit.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Decatur, in. the county of DeKalb, so as to authorize the may.or and council of said town to construct a system of sewerage,. and for other purposes.
An Act to abolish the public school system m the Syl-vania school district.
An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commis-sioners of Hall county.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1903.

5'Tl!.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Sharon, in. the county of Taliaferro.

Mr. "'ellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enroll-ment, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment have examined and re--
port as propE\rly enrolled, duly signed and reaoy for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Chipley. Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Boykin.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Cairo,..
Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Baconton.

Also, an Act to repeal the Act creating city court o.' Montgomery.
Also, an Act to abolish the advisory board of commissioners for Laurens and Glascock counties.
Also, an Act to change time of holding superior court.. of Chattahoochee county.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of vVay-cross.

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Barney.
Also, an Act to abolish the board of commissioners o vValton county.

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Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Ball_ground.

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Beloit.

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Munez.

.A.lso, an Act to repeal the county court of Bulloch
~ounty:

Also, an Act to amend section 151, volume 3, of Code <>f 1895.

Also, an Act to amend charter of town of Metcalf.

Also, an Act to incorporate East Ellijay in Gilmer . -county.

.Also, an Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Wadley.

Also, a Resolution to appropriate $108.00 pension money to Mary E. Flynt.
Respectfully submitted.

C. J. WELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Wilson of Clay-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to arrange the order of business for the rest of the session.

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573-

By Mr. J:!"'elder of Bibb-

A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 68 as a special order-

for Tuesday next.

.

The following Senate bills were read the second time,. to wit:

By Mr. Merritt-

A bill to provide for the care of certain convicts.

By Mr. Hopkins-

A bill to permit and authorize the defendants in actions: now pending or that may hereafter be brought by the State for the recovery of certain lots of land to plead a& defense thereto possession of said lands for the period of 20 years.

By Mr. Lee-

A bill for the protection of officers and employees of the Georgia penitentiary.

By Mr. Davis-
A resolution authorizing the State Bank Examiner toemploy a stenographer.

By Mr.. Van BurenA bill to amend section 2171 of volume 2 of the Code~

By Mr. Jordan-
. A bill to provide for the registration, sale, inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers.

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.:By Mr. Sweat-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Nichols.
:By Mr. PerryA bill to amend article 7, section 1 of the Co~stitntion
.'s~ as to limit the levy of taxes by the General Assembly.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
.By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to protect fish in Flynt river and other streams of :Fayette county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the wassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional Jmajority was passed. _,By Mr. Evans of Washington-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Davisboro. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the r-passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional r,majority .wa-s passed.

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575

:By Mr. Flanigan of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public .schools in the town of Lawrenceville.

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 received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

:By Mr. Kent of Johnson-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kite.
'fhe report. of the committee, which was favorable to the vassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

.By Mr. Cook of Telfair-

A bill to amend an .Act to prescribe the mode of grant-ing license to sell liquors in the county of Telfair.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 1passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requiste constitutional majority was passed.

576

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Morris of Cobb--

A resolution consenting on the part of the State for an underground crossing to be made under the track of theW. & A. .R. R. by the A. & B. Air Line Ry.

The report of the committee, which was 1avorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and) for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepas~age of the bill, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majofity was passed.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee--
A bill to repeal an Act to amend tbe 3d section of anAct which provides for a solicitor for the county court orOconee county.

The committee offered a substitute which was adopted.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute was agreed to.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1903. On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma. jority was passed by substitute.
By Mr. Sanders of Heard-
A bill to incorporate the town of Centralhatchee.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of ihe bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ay~s were 90, nayd 0.
The bill having received the requisire constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Owen of Pike-
A bill to incorporate the Concord school district.
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..
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shackelford of Clarke-
A bill to amend the Act which creates the Northeastern Banking Co.
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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'fhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. McLain and Morrie-
A bill to amend the charter of Acworth. The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.
The bill having received. the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Sanders of Heard-
A bill to incorporate the Franklin school district.
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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Butts of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Brunswick.
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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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

~By Mr. Maples ot Mitchell-
A bill to create the Camitta school district.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the 1passage of the bill was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma'jority was passed.

_By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

:By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to provide for the creation of a Board of County <Jom missioners for the county of Bulloch.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the iPal!!sage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

580

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional\ majority was passed.

By Mr. English of Warren-

.A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of War-renton.

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.
- The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority was passed.

By Messrs. McElmurray and Nisbet-
.A bill to create the City Court of Waynesboro.
The committee proposed to amend by making the salary of the judge $1,000 instead of $~:100, and by making theday of election the third Wednesday in September instead., of the first Wednesday in October.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionah majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Wooten of Montgomery.A bill to create a new charter fur the town of Higgston-

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581

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional >majority was passed .

.By Mr. Panik of IrwinA bill to incorporate the town of Mystic.

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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma. jority was passed.

By Mr. Deal of Bulloch-
A bill to incorporate the town of Metter in Bulloch 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 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

.By Mr. Rountree of ThomasA bill to incorporate the town of Barwick.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the )Passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Oarroll-
A bill to incorporate the town of Sand Hill.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.
By Messrs. Kilburn, Felder and Hall-
A bill to amend au Act to create a Board of CountyCommissioners for Bibb 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 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority was passed.
By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors m the county of Irwin.
The report of the committee which was favorable to thepassage of the bill was agreed to.

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583

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate the Oak Grove school district.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-
A resolution making House bills Nos. 639, 480 special orders.
By Mr. Conner of Bartow-
A resolution making House bill No. 686 the speciat order for Thursday, Aug. 7.

By Mr. Daves of FanninA resoluti'Jn fixing House bill No. 597 the special order
for Monday next.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

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By Messrs. Slaton, Houston and Blackburn-
A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of the University for the use of the Technological School.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to provide for the appointment of commissioners to inspect the battle lines of the Vicksburg campaign, and to locate the position of the Georgia State Troops.

By Messrs. Cann, Harden and St.ovall-
A bill to regulate the sale of liquors in cities having a population of 20,000 or more.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-
A bil1 to. provide. compensation to the clerks of the Superior Courts, maki11g out records in felony cases or transmitting same to the Superior Court.
By Mr. George of Morgan-
A bill to provide in what county manufacturing companies who own property on county lines shall return their property for taxation.
By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Emanual Gounty.
By Mr. Dunbar of RichmondA bill to prescribe the manner of conducting primary
~lections in cities having a population of 35,000 inhabitants.

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585

By Mr. Butts of Glynn-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.

By Mr. Overstreet of Screven-

A bill to make the proper indexing of deeds, both direct .and reverse to secure debts, etc., and for other purposes.

.By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A bill to regulate the proceedings in garnishment m ..certain cases.

.By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill to amend the General Tax Act so as to require

certain corporations to make their tax returns to the

Comptroller-General.

tll,.

'By Mr. G~ice of Pulaski-

A bill to amend the General Tax Act so as to exempt -certain machines.

:By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-

A bi.ll to. 11mend section 840, volume 1 of the Code.

:.By Mr. Shannon of MonroeA bill to abolish the city court of Forsyth.

:By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate and control misde.lllleanor convicts in Bibb county.

586

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A bill to amend an Act known as the General Tax Actso as to more particularly fix the special or business taxes..

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

A_ bill to prevent tramps, stowaways, and others from. stealing rides, etc.

By Mr. Daves of Fannin-
A_ bill to repeal an Act to erect and maintain publicgates by common users of a private way. from the residenceof Adam Davenport to near the residence of W. B. G. Rogers.

By Mr. McBride of Lee-

A_ bill to amend an Act to prohibit the sale of.liquors in. the county of Lee.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to repeal section 601, volume 3, of the Code of 1895.

By Mr. Franklin of Washington-

A bill to amend an Act to provide a new charter for thecity of Tennille.

By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to amend the Act to create the city court of Dawson.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1903.

587"

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public' schools for the town of Hazelhurst.

By Mr. Butts of Glyun-.
A bill to make it unlawful to offer any slaughtered cattle for sale in the 25th militia district before registering: the marks of same,
By Mr. Burton of FranklinA bill to create the public school district of Canon.
By Messrs. Underwood and Walker of Pierce-

A bill to amend section 3251 of the Code of 1895.

By Messrs. Howard and Hicks-
To amend an Act to create a charter for the city o Dublin.

By Mr. Wellborn of Union-

A bill to protect fish in the Notla river.

By Messrs. Duckett, Hardeman and Holder-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Maysville.

By Mr. Dunbar of RichmondA bill to make women eligible as notaries public.

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.By "\'fr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Carroll county.

.By Mr. Bowen of WilcoxA bill to incorporate the Pineview school district.

.By Messrs. Dozier and Ridley-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public ,schools for the city of LaGrange.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon-

A bill to create a board of cc;>mmissioners of roads and a-evenues for Carroll county.
By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to establish and maintain a dispensary in the town of Colquitt.

The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Comas-
A bill to appoint a commissiOn of 3 from the Senate and 5 from the House to act with the State School Commissioner to consider the present school laws and report upon the matter.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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589

By Mr. Comas-

A bill to amend article 6, section 7, paragraph 2 of theConstitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Comas-
A. bill to prescribe salaries for the judges of the supreme and superior courts of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Park-
A bill to provide that no person living within certain territory shall be eligible to serve on county boards of education.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. HowellA bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Smith-
A bill to authorize street railway companies to take up and remove their tracks with the consent of the properauthorities.
Referred to General J ndiciary Committee.

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:-By Mr. McMichaelA bill to amend section 4793 of the Code of 1895. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
'By Mr. HopkinsA bill to prohibit hunting or fishing on lands in Thomas
-county without consent of the owner. Referr_ed to Committee on Counties and County Matter.!!.
~By Mr. PerryA bill to provide a new charter for the town of Flowery
_Branch. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th DistrictA bill to provide for game wardens, etc., in Thomas
-county. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
"By Mr. HopkinsA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Meigs. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
'By Mr. PerryA bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the
-city ofGainesville. .Refer.red to Comw.ittee on Counties and County Matters.

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591

:By Mr. Perry-

.A bill to quiet the title to lands in this State held adversely for a period of twenty years under duly recorded deeds.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

.By Mr. Howell-
.A bill to repeal section 233, volume 1 of the Political Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

.By Mr. Tisinger-

.A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code rela-tive to State depositories.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By Mr. Howell-
.A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the -city of .Atlanta.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional maJority was passed.

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Taylor of the 42d district-

A bill to incorporate the town of Menlo, in Chattooga 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 \Vere 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority was passed.

By Mr. Lee-
A bill to incorporate the Kensington School District.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiona1 majority was passed.

By Mr. Tisinger-
A bill to change the time of holding the fall term of the superior court of Upson 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 90; nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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598

}By Mr. Comas-

A bill to create a ~ystem of public schools for th'e county

-{)f Pierce.



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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ~majority was passed.

On the request of the authors House bill Nos. 510, 729 '736, 572 were tabled:

The following House bills were taken up and the Senate ~mendments concurred in, to wit:

.By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of .J"effersonville.

The substitute offered by the Senate was concuned in .

..By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court ot Early .:county.
The Senate amendments were concurred in.

:By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Ter;rell county to pay reasonable compensation for misde.JUJeanor convicts.
ash i

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By Messrs. Deal and Miller of Bullock-

A hili to create the city court of Statesboro.

Leave ot absence was granted-
Mr. Parker, Mr. Lane, . Mr. Underwood, Mr. Tigner, Mr. .English....
The speaker then announced the Hous({li'djoti~n~a untiD. 10 o'clock 1\f~nday mor,ning.

AT~A~TA', G~.,
Monday, .August 3, 1903.

The House met pur'suant to adjournment at 10 o'clock.

a.m. this day, was called to order hy the Speaker and.

opened with prayer by Rev. T. M. Foster of the county of

Oconee.



The call of the roll was had, and the following members. answered to their names !

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp,

Hell or Emanuel. Bell or Mllton. Blackburn, Booth, I:Sowen, Bower, Hoykln, Urioson, Hrock,

Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon. . Burton, Bush. Butts, Calvin. Caneller.

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595

~auu,
l...llH,
l..)un: !.IJ.glo.u,
l.)aJ:bWt:U,
t:Uatt, Conut:t, OOU.Ii., llruwiUtle, Cruwoly, Daniel, Vave11, Davts, Da"ison, Deal, Derrick,
..,
Dozier, Duckett,
/
Vuggau. Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields, Flanigan,
L~lynt.
Foster of Oconee, l"oster of Town~~, Franklin,
li~usseu,
Gaulden, George, Glenn, G.rennde. lirlce, GrUHn, Hall, Harden an Harden, Hawes.

Hayes,

McBride,

. Hendry,

McCurry,

Henry,

McElmurray,

. ,\

Hicks.

McHenry,

Hixon of Oarron. McJ~ain,

Hixon of Sumter. McRae,

Holder,

Newton,

Houston,

Nisbet,

Howard of.Baldwln, OWt!U.

Howard of Laurens, Overstreet,

Howell,

O'Qulnu,

Hutcheson,

Parker,

Johnson of .Baker, Pate of Dool;r,

Jdbnson of Clinch, Pate of Gwinnett.,

.Johnson or Orawford,Paulk of Ootree,

-Jones of Dougherty, Paulk of Irwin,

.Jones or l"'.ckens, l'eyton,

Kelly,

Philllps of Jefferson,

Kcn"drlck,

Phillips or Quitman,

Kent,

Preston,

Kllburn,

Proctor,

Knight,

Rainey,

Knowles,

Rankin,

Lii.De, .

Rawls,

Lanier,

Redwine,

Lawrence,

Reid,

Leigh,

Rice,

Little,

Richardson,

Lowe,

Ridley,

Mann,

Rogers of Hall,

1\Iaples,

Rogers of Mclntosb,

Martin.

Roper,

Mayson,

Rountree.

Miller ot Bullock, Sanders.

Miller or Muscogee, . Shackelford,

Mills,

Shannon,

Mitcham. Mitchell, Mizell,

Singletary, Slaton, Spence,

Morton, Moses, l\Iulberln.

Stanford, Steed or Carron, Steed of 'l'aylor,

.596
Stewart, .Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, 'Thurman, Tigner, Tracy,

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Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce,
"'atson, Wellborn,
West,

Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, \Vooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin.

Welch,

'Tbe reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings was dispensed with.

Mr. Hawes ~f Elbert arose to a question of personal privilege, and addressed the following remarks to the Sptaker, to wit:

.Mr. Speaker:
In the Atlanta Jou1nal of Saturday afternoon Mr. Over-street of Screven is quoted at length in criticism of the personnel of the special committee appointed by the Speaker to investigate, in connection with a committee from the Senate, the charges of lobbying which have been made in -connection with the present General Assembly.
His criticism of myself is as follows: "Mr. Hawes of Elbert, another member, I have been told is rather close to the interests of the Southern railway, and of course if this be true be would not be a proper person to act as a committeeman."
This, Mr. Speaker, is au unwarranted and unjust reflection on me as a member of this House, and as a member of the special committee on the part of the House to investigate the charges of lobbying made by the gentleman from Screven and others.

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My record, :Mr. Speaker, for the past four years as :1! member of t.his body is open to the gentleman from Screven as well as the public at large. It is true that I have not voted in many instances with the so-called reformers and\ " holier than thou" eontingent, bnt I can conscientiom:ly state that every vote that I have cast as a member of the House of H.epresentati ves was with reference solely to Georgia's interest as I saw it.
I am interested, Mr. Speaker, in the Southern railway,. but to no greater extent than the gentleman from Screven. or any other true Georgian ~Should be.
I do not owe my seat upon the floor of this body to senseless denunciations of corporations, nor would I resort to such m'ethods to perpetuate myself in office. My best wishes are extended to all interests in Georgia whetherthey be corporate or peraonal. I have in the past, and will continue in the future, to spurn the leadersbir or advice of those who have anarchistic tendencies or demagogical views. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Screven. states that he was told that I was closely allied to the interest of the Southern railway, and if that were true I was unfit to serve on this committee.. Mr. Speaker~ anyone who. directly or indirectly says that my interest in the Southern. railway or any other corporation is such that it would bias my conduct on this committee or would cause me in the slightest degree to violate my oath as a member of this. House does me a gross injustice and states that which is untrue, and I resent it with all the force of my nature.
I am opposed to lobbying, Mr. Speaker, and if there has. been any, and the evidence is produced by the gentleman from Screven or anyone else, the facts will be presented tothis House.
It is a pity, Mr. Speaker, in your wisdom, you did not appoint the gentleman from Screven on this committee, as in that case there would be one at least whose interests and

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~nvironmentd wo.uld not prevent him making an honest and thorough investigation. Before taking my seat, Mr. Speaker, I desire to refer to another class in the State of Georgia which, in my opinion, is as inimical to the general welfare of the State as the lobbyist. I refer to the demagogue. They are everywhere. They are on editorial staffs, in legislative balls, and I am sorry to _say that they even occupy our pulpits.
The State bas suffered woefully from this class in the past. I fear she will suffer no less from this source in the future. May God save the State from the demagogue as well as the lobbyist.

Mr. Slaton arose to a question of personal priv:ilege and ~ddressed the following remarks to the Speaker:
lfir. Speaker:
On Friday when the announcement was made of the -committee on the part of the House to investigate the -charges of lobbying I rose and urged that I be relieved from serving on that committee.
The reasons I gave were that as chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, before which comes a large proport,ion of all legislation, it was my duty not only to attend its sessions, which extend often into the night, but also to be present in the House to defend the reports of that committee. In addition, I am a member of the Committee on Rules, which largely determines the daily order of business. A large number of bills, closely affecting my con:Stituency, requires the continual presence of the represen.t~tives from Fulton county.
I know that the members of the committee to investigate the lobbying charges &hould bring to their labors honest, fearless, capable anti thorough endeavor to elicit .and report the truth. Their work will be onerous and will

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:uikely invohe their absence from other committees and from sessions of the respective departments of the General Assembly. Within the next two weeks the Legislature will adjourn and the sessions-morning, afternoon and night-will be crowded with disposition of important mat-
~ters.
These reasons I gave on Friday to be relieved from service on the committee, but now I think propriety requires that !l1Y request should be granted. I appreciate the con-tidence and compliment indicated in my appointment, but believe you will appreciate the wisdom of the substitution -of some other gentleman for myself.

Speaker Morris expressed great regret over the action of Messrs. Slaton and Howard in resigning, and at the occa-sion for such action. He said he had selected the committee with a great deal of care and with a view to their well known probity and-ability. The same thing, he said, applied to every member of the committee. Each of them has the interests of Georgia at stake, and as tax-payers they --contribute to the support of the State.
I am sorry these gentlemen have seen fit to tender their Tesignations. They are peculiarly fitted for this important work, and I want them to reconsider their action during .the morning session and we will take it up again.

Mr. Howard of Baldwin arose to a question of personal privilege and addressed the following remarks to the .Speaker:

111r. Bpeaker:
I have learned recently that for a member of the General Assembly to be clever and politic and likely to become a candidate for Speaker in the future unfits him to perform honestly and fairly the duties imposed upon him by the

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Legislature. I am exceedingly sorry, but in justice to my-self I am compelled to ask the Speaker to release me from. serving on the investigating committee known as the" Lobbyist Committee."

This the Speaker refm:ed to do, stating that the members. he had appointed on the committee, owing to the position occupied by them in the House, were peculiarly fitted to serve on the committee and he would have to insist on hisappointments. This he said would apply to every memberof the committee.

The following resolutions were read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution providing that House Bill No. 625 bemade the special order for Wednesday, August 5.

By Mr. C2lvin of Richmond-
A resolution providing for morning, afternoon and night. sessions of the House during the remainder of the session,.. and for other purposes.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution making House Bills Nos. 255 and 526~ special orders.

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-
A resolution making House Bill No. 619 the special:.. order for 12 o'clock to- day.

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing for a committee whese duty itrshall be to fix the order for each day's session for the remainder of the session of the General Assembly.
Mr. Shannon chairman of the Committee on Countiesand County Matters submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
Commit.tee on Counties and Count.y Matters has had under consideration the following bills, to wit, aud instruct. me as their chairman to recommend the same do pass.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

. An Act to repeal ar. Act to create a board of roads" and revenues iu said county.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

Also, creating a board of roads and revenues in said" county.

By Mr. Stewart of Calhoun and Mr. Buchan non of Early-

Bill to establish a system of public schools in town of Arlington, etc.

By Messrs Steed aud Hixon of Carroll-

Bill to create board of roads and revenues in said county.

Respectfully submitted.

August 3, 1903.

JoHN R. SHANYoN, Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit :

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads of Carroll county.

By 1\Ir. McHenry (by request)A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Rome.

The above bill was rli!committed to the General Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the first time by unani~ mous consent, to wit:

By Mr. Mitchell of ThomasA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Boston. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Alfo.rd of WorthA bill to incorporate the city of Isabella in Wortb county. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham- .
A bill to preventthe adulteration, ~isbranding and imitation of foods.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee.

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.By Mr. Beauchamp of Butts--
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commis.sioners of roads and revenues for the county of Butts.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
On motion of Mr. Felde~ of Bibb, House Bill No. 729 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar,

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Harden of Chatham-

A bill to amend an Act to protect game, insectiverous :and singing birds and g11me and animals in this State, and for other purposes.

The committee offered a substitute to the above bill which was amended as follows:

.By Mr. George of Morgan-

To amend section 1 by striking the word " August," in tline 7 thereof and inserting the word" July."

By Mr. Butts of Glynn-

To amend by adding the word " marsh hen " after the word "dove," in line f) of section 1.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

To amend by adding a new section to be known as section II. and numbering the-remaining sections accordingly, ll:.o wit: Section II. Be it further enacted by the au-

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thority aforesaid, That the judges of the superior courtsof this State be, and they are, hereby required to give the provisions of this Act in special charge to the grand jury at each regular terru of said courts.

The report of the committee which was favorable to thepassage of the bill by substitute was agreed to as amended ..

On passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 6.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed by substitute as amended.

Ou motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham, the above bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, the SPcretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutiona majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend the Act establishing a dispensary at, Hogansville.
A bill to amend Act establishing a system of public schools for Thomasville.
A bill to provide for the appointment of probation offi-. cers, and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed the following Senate resolution, to wit :

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A rese.Jution fer the re-lief of J. K. McAfee, .I.. R. Grice :and W. H. Raley, on the bond of Charlie Harris.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional imajoritr the following bills of the House, to wit:

A_ bill to amend Act incorporating the Merchants Bank -of Valdosta.

A bill to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of Lithonia.

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and :Revenues for Tattnall county.

A bill to incorporate the town of Oakwood, in the county -of Hall.

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Madison to maintain a system of waterworks.

A bill to amend Act eE!tablisl:iing the city court ot Washington.

A bill to pay a salary to each alderman of the city of Savannah.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

A bill to incorporate the town of Kingwood, in Colquitt <l?unty.

The Senate has passed as amended by the requil;ite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:

A hill to amend Act creating a City court for Early <lOUnty.

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

A resolution to accept the protrait of late Ron. J. S . Boynton, and have same put upon the walls of the Capitol.

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

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution inviting Gov. W. D. Jelks of Alabama to the floor of the House, and appointing a committee of three to condu.ct him to the Speaker's. stand ..

The Speaker appointed as the comniitteEl under the fore-

going resolution-

'

Mr. Slaton,

~

Mr. Moses,

Mr. Beauchamp.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A resolution providing a stenographer for what is known as the "committee to investigate lobbyism."

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio o( the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report.
!Jfr. Speaker:
Committee on Rules, having had under consideration following resolutions, report as follows:

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H. R. 349-Recommendation tb~.L. same be considered immediately .in, -committee of whole _House, and the Committee on Rules favorably recommend it.

H .. R. 350-Do pass by substitute.
N. A MoRRis, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolution was read, to wit:
By Mr. Wilson of Clay-
A resolution providing that nine members of the House, of 'vbich the Speaker shall be ex-officio chairman, shall be appointef] to recommend the order of business for the remainder of the session.

A motion was made that the House resolve itself into a committee of'tbe whole for a consideration of the above resolution.

'llbe motion was carried, and'tbe Speaker designated as chairman of.tbe committee Mr. Howard of Baldwin.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, reported progress; and asked leave to sit again.

The .report of the committee was adopted.

The following resolution, reported back by the Commi!tee on Resolutions, was read, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-.
A resolution fixing Senate Bill ~o. 68 !l.S the special order for next Tuesday.

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The.committee <>ffered a substitute, )Vhich was read and =adopted, prO\viding that it be made the special order for Wednesday.

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

By Messrs. Candler and George-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a com~mittee to fi-x 1tbe -ol"aer of business for the remainder of l'the present sessiou..

The following 8ills were taken up and put upon their -r-passage, to wit::

J'By Mr. Felder of !Bibb-
A resolution for the relief of J. W. Wilcox.
The .House r.esohved itself into a committee of the whole -for a consideratioa of the above resolution, and the :.Speaker- designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Howard ot Baldwin.
After -a considerat~on of the resolution the committee ~-arose, and through their chairman reported the same back to the HouRe, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report- df the eommittee was agreed to.
On passage of the JTesa-lution the ayes were 89, nays-.
The resolution 'having r-eceived the- requisite constitu-rtioual.m!kiori!y .was 1passed.

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The following resolution was read and put upon its passage, to wit :

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution to pay Mr. E. R. Black certain compensation.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the speaker appointed as chairman of said
committee Mr. Holder of Jackson.

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 d(} pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voJe the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Almond. Beall, Beauchamp, Bower, Brinson, Bmck, Buchannan, Bush, Butts, CandlE'r, Carrington,
39 hj

Cllatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Daniel, Davison, Deal, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English,
l~'eldE'r,
]!~Ianigan,

li'oster or Oconee, Foster or 'l'owns, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, GrUHn, Hardemap. Harden. Hawes, Hayes,

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.Hendry,

Morton,

Richardson,

.Henry,

Mulherin,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

.Hixon of Carroll, McBride,

Hoper,

.Holder,

'llcCurry,

:Sanders,

.Houston,

McElmurray,

Shackelford,

Howard of Baldwtn, McHenry,

Shannon,

Howard of Laurens, McLain,

Singletary,

Rutchesor..

Newton,

Slaton,

.Jones of Pickens, Nisbet,

Spence,

.Kelly,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

Kent,

Parker,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

!Kilburn,

Pate of Dooly,

Stewart,

Knowles,

Paulk of Cotree,

Sto>all,

.Lane,

Peyton,

Thompson,

Lanier,

Phillips of Jetrerson, Tigner,

Leigh,

Phillips of Quitman, Walker of Monroe,

Little, Mann, Maples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock. Mitcham,

Preston, Proctor, Rankin, Rawli!!. Redwine, Reid, Rice,

Walker of Pierce, West. Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Wooten, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alford, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, "Sell of Emanuel, Bell of Mnton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Boykln, Brown. Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Calvin,

Cann, Carr, Carswell, Crumbly, Daves, Davis, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Ennis, Evans, J<'ields, Flynt, J<'ranklin, Hall, Hicks,

Hixon or ~umter, Howell, Johnson of Baker, Johnson or Cltnch, Johnson or Crawfora, lones or Dougherty, Kendrick, Knight, Lawrence, Lowe, Miller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitchell, Mizell, Moses, McRae,

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-Owen, O'Quinn,
Pate or Gwlnnett, Paulk or Irwin,
Rainey,
:Ridley,
;Rogers or Hall,

Rountree, Stanford, Strickland.
Thurman,
Tracy, Underwood,

Valentine,
'\\atson, Welcli, Wellborn,
Womble,
Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 107; nays 0.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton the verification of
cthe roll-call was dispensed with.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitu:tional majority was passed.

~By Mr. Richardson ot Houston-
A bill to amend section 221, vnlume 3 of the Code of Georgia relative to the bunting upon the lands of another.

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

'he substitute offered by the committee was agreed to 'by the House.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 13.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna. jority was passed by suustitute.

Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enroll.ment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and re-port as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following acts, to wit :
An Act to amend the Act creating a Board of CountyCommissioners for Charlton county.

Also, an Act to amend the Act creating a dispensary in Pulaski c~unty.

Also, an Act to pay o:f:l bonds of this State as they mature.
Also, an Act providing for appointment of clerk of the County Court of Macon county.
Also, an Act to provide a board of commissioners for Monroe county.
Also, au Act to authorize the county commissioners of Camden county to pay the sheriff of Camden county a' salary of four hundred dollars annually.
Also, an Act to create city court of Barnesville.
Also, an Act to amend sedion 982, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, so as to make the town of Lavonia a State
depo~itory.
Also, an Act to create a board of commissioners forRandal ph eounty.
Also, a Resolution relative to registration of land ti ties..

Respectfully submitted. C. J. 'VELLBORX, JR., Chairman.

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613

Mr. Overstreet arose to a question of personal privilege :and said he hoped this would be the last statement he would have to make on the subject on the floor of the .House. He said he expected to go before the committee :and to afford it as much assistance as possible, should the -committee desire to hear from him.
Mr. Overstreet said he had recently given out an interview in which he spoke of the members of the committee appointed by the speaker, "but I am positive I did not ,give that interview as a demagogue, but as a fool who talks too much," he said :
''I have no apology to make and no statement to withdraw," he said. " I stated as plainly as I could that I considered the personnel of that committee as gei;Jtlemen beyond reproach and all right. My language was plain .and I do not see how any member of the committee could .have taken exception to it. Every member of the committee I considered my friend. The gentleman from ..Chatham I knew long before this Legislature ever convened. [ could not and would not care to say anything .that would wound his feelings."
Mr. Overstreet said he was surprised that the gentleman from Fulton (Mr. Slaton) wasa member of the House because he did not believe he was a politician. "It is a surprise to me that Atlanta has anything but politicians in the Legislature." Mr. Slaton, he said, had shown much wisdom as well as conscientiousness in casting his vote in the House. He said he had differed considerably from the . gentleman from Lowndes, not because he was a demagogue, but because he voted as he saw fit. He had the same high regard for the gentleman from Baldwin, though he had -differed from him concerning certain appropriations an'd measures which he considered would be violative of the ...constitution. Also he had always considered the gentle,man from Elbert his friend.

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"I thought I was doing the members of the committee a kindness," he !laid, 11 in calling their attention to what. might be a subject of criticism."
" Whether demagogue, or fool, or what not, I shall on all questions and at all times, vote and express myself as I think I should do, regardle!'ls of others who think they are the wise men of the country.''
Mr. Overstreet disclaimed any intention of reflecting in any wise on the gentleman 1rom Elbert in the statement he bad made.
He said he did not ask for the investigation, because hedid not think it would amount to much, but if it was to be held he wanted it to be above reproach.
"Tb~ gentleman from Elbert stated he did not owe his seat to any senseless den unciatiou of corporations. Neither do I."
Mr. Hawes interrupted to say that he did not refer to the gentleman from Screven in making that statement.
Mr. Overstreet said he himself was counsel for the Oen- tral of Georgia Railway Company, and certainly he would. not indulge in any useless denunciation of corporations.
" Some may think me a demagogue, but I do not consider it so. No man can be a demagogue unless he is so in the opinion of others because he differs from them in his views. I am willing to be considered a demagogue and even an anarchist in the opinions of some others who may think so because I do not subscribe to their opinions."'
Mr. Overstreet called attention to the fact that he had been asked by Speaker Morris if he would serve on the . committee, and stated that he had declined to do sq. He had admitted, he said, that he was not the man to serve on
a committee like this, from which there f'hould come a fair
and impartial investigation. In conclusion he said he hoped the gentlemen who had.
been appointed on this committee would serve and would.

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give such an investigation as would clear up the wholematter.
Demagogues, he declared, have sometimes saved governments from the ruin that wise men might have brought. upon them.

3 O'clock, p.m.

The House reconvened at this hour and was called toorder by the Speaker p1o tem.

A motion was made that the call of the roll be dispensed with.

On the above motion no quorum voted and the Speaker ordered the roll called so as to ascertain whether or not a quorum was present.

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

Adams, Alexander, Almond, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell or Emanuel, Bell or Milton, Blackburn, Bower, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buch11nnon, Burton,

Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Carr, Carrington, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Daniel, Daves, Deal, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards,

English, Evans, .I!'elder, Fields, Flanigan, J!'oster or Oconee. Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Grlmn, Hall, Hardeman, Harden,

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Hawes,

Mayson,

Reid,

Hayes,

Miller of .Bullock, Rice,

Hendry,

Mitcham,

Richardson,

Henry,

Mitchell,

Rogers of Hall,

Hicks,

Mizell,

Rogers of Afclntos~~

Hixon of Carroll, Morton,

Roper,

Hixon of Sumter, Moses,

Sanders,

Holder,

Mulherin,

Shannon,

Houston,

McBride,

Singletary,

Howard of .Baldwm, McCurry,

Slaton,

Howard of Laurens, McElmurray,

Spence,

Howell,

McHenry,

Steed of Catroll,

Hutcheson,

1\fcLaln,

Steed of 'l'ayJOJ,

Jones of Dougherty, Newton,

Stewart,

Jones of Pickens, Kelly, Kendrick,

Nisbet, Owen, Overstreet,

Stovall, Thompson, 1-'hurman,

Kent.

Parker,

Tigner,

Kilburn,

Pate of Dooly,

Walker of Pierce,

Knight,

Peyton,

Wellborn,

Lane,

Phillips or Jetrerson, West,

Lanier, Leigh, Little, Mann, Maples,

Phillips of Quit.wan, Wilson,

Proctor,

Wise,

Rainey,

Wooten.

Rankin,

Yates,

Redwine,

Mr. Speaker.

~Iartin.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Alford, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Booth, Bowen, Boykin, Cann, Carswell, Cromartie, Crumbly,

Davis,

Lawrence,

Davioon,

Lowe,

Detric.k,

Miller of Muscogee,

Dozier,

Mills,

Ennis,

McRae,

Flynt,

O'Quinn,

Foster of .rowns, Pate of Gwinnett,

Franklin,

Paulk of <Jotree,

Johnson of Bake., Paulk of Irwin

Johnson of Clinch, Preston,

Johnson or Orawford,Rawls,

Knowles,

Ridley,

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617

Rountree, Shackelford, Stanford, Strickl8.IId,

Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe

'Vatson, Welch. Whitley, Womble,

It having been ascertained that a quorum was present the House proceeded with the business before it.

The following Senate bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Tisinger of the 34th district-
A bill to amend section 982, vol. 1 of the Code relative state depositories.
On motion of Mr. Howell of Meriwether, Resolution No. 119 was tabled.

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

By Mr. Davison of Greene and Mr. Underwood of White-
A resolution authorizing the treasurer to transfer any surplus fund from any class of pensioners to another class.

The following amendments were offered by Messrs. .Reid and Davison, which were adopted, to wit:

To amend by inserting after the figures "1901" m line 3 the words "or at any future session."
To amend further by adding at the end of the resolution the following : '1After paying all classes of pensions if there shall still be a surplus of funds appropriated for pen-

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sions for any year the same shall be by the treasurer transferred to the general fund on July 1st of each year."

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

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows ~

Those voting in the a:ffinnative were Messrs.-

A.dams, Alexander, Almond, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, .&:11 of Milton, Hlackburn, Buchannon,
Butt~,
Calvin, Carr, Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Duckett, Dunbar, English, Felder, lrtelds, l!'lynt, I'oster of Oconee, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Ulenn, Grenade,

Urice,

Nisbet,

Ul'ittin,

Paulk of (.Jo!Iee,

Hardeman,

Paulk of Irwin,

Harden,

Peyton,

Hawes,

Pl.tillips of Quitman,

Hayes,

Preston,

Hendry,

Proctor,

Henry,

!tedwine,

Hicks,

Held,

llixon of (.Jarroll, Rice,

Hixon of :Sumter, Richardson,

Holder,

Roper,

Houston,

Sanders,

Howard of .Baldwin, Shackelford,

Howell,

Shannon,

Hutcheson,

Singletary,

Jones of Dougherty, Slaton,

Jones of Pickens, Steed of (.Jarrell,

I{endrick,

Steed 'Of 1.'aylot,

Kent,

Stewart,

Lanier.

Stovall.

Leigh,

Thompson,

Little, Mitcham, Morton, Moses,
l\f~Eimurray,
McHenry, McLain,

Walker of Monroe. \Valker of Pierce, " 7ellborn, West,
Wiae, Womble, Yates,

Newton.

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'l'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alford, Bowen, Brinson, Candler, Carrington, Deal, Duggan, l<'lanlgan, Han,

Howard of Laurens, Mulherin,

Kelly,

McBride,

Kilburn,

0 Parker,

Knight,

Rainey,

Lane,

Hankin,

Mann,

Rogers of Hall,

Maples,

Rogers of Mclntosb,

Mayson,

Spence,

l\Iiller of Bullock,

Those r.ot voting were :Messrs.-

Akin, Atnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Booth, Bower, Boykin, Brock, Btown, Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Bush, Cann, ()arswell, Cromartie, Crumbly, Davis, DeiTiCk, Dozier.

Edwards,

O'Quinn,

Ennis,

Pate of Dooly,

Eva::~s,

Pate or Uwinnett.

l!'oster of 'l'owns, Phillips of Jelterson,

l<'rank1ln,

Rawls,

Johnson of Baker, Ridley,

Johnson of Cllnch, Rountree,

John.son of Crawford, :)tauford,

Knowles,

Strickland,

Lawrence,

Thurman,

Lowe,

Tigner,

Martin,

Tracy,

Miller of Muscogee, Underwood,

Mills,

Valentine,

Mitchell,

'Vatson,

Mizell.

Welch,

McCurry,

Whitley,

McRae,

Wilson,

Owen,

Wooten,

Overstreet,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 89; nays 26.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the hill the ayes were 89, nays 26.

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The bill having received the requisite conz;titutional majority was passed as amended.

On motion of the author the bill was ordered Imme<liately transmitted to the Senate.

ATLANTA, GA., August 3, 1903. The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:
jJ7-. Speaker:
Pursuant to a joint resolution of the General Assembly, the Governor directs me to return House Bill No. 455.
Mr. Jones, chairman of 'the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Banks and banking have had under <Jonsideration the following Senate bill, and report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Codt>, so as to make banks in certain cities State Depositories, and for. ()ther purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

Eo R. JoNEs, Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, chairman of the Committee on Co~nties and County Matters, submitted the follo~ving report, to wit:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Counties and County Matters have bad under consideration the following Senate bills, and have instructed me as their chairman to report back the same wth the recommendation that said bills do pass :

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-

A bill to prohihit hunting with dogs or gun or fishing in the private stream,; or poucis in Thomas county, and for other purposes.

B_y Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-

An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Flowery Branch.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th .District-
A bill to provide for the appointment of a game warden and deputy wardens in the county of Thomas, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the tow of Meigsin Thomas county.

By Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-

A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Gainesville.
Respectfully submitted.

Jxo. R SHANNON, Chairman.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The reading of bills a third time was resumed.

By Messrs. Hawes and Stovall-
A resolution to provide for the preservation of the Colonial and Revolutionary records of the State of Georgia.

'rhe House went into a committee of the whole for a consideration of the resolution and the Speaker disignated as chairman of the committee Mr. Steed of Carroll.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee .arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendat.ion that it do pass by substitute as amended.

The substitute offered by Messrs. Hawes and Stovall was .adopted.
The report of the committee was adopted.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were .ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was .as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Alford, Almond, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Boy kin, Brock, Buchannon, .Burton, iButts, <Uandler,

Uarr, Cllatt, Conner, Uook, Daniel, Daves, Davison, JJeal, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, .l!}dwards,

Evans, Felder, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt, F'oster of Oconee, Foster of 'l'owns, F'ussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade,

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623

Grice,

Little,

Proctor,

Gritlin,

Mann,

Rankin,

Hardeman,

~iaples,

Reid,

Harden,

Martin,

Hice,

Hawes,

Miller of Bullock, Rogers of Mcintosh,

l.Iayes,

Mitchell,

Hoper,

Hendry,

Morton,

Shackelford,

Hicks,

Moses,

Shannon,

Hixon of Carro.;, Mulherin,

Singletary,

Hixon of Sumter, McElmurray

Slaton,

Holder,

McHenry,

Steed of Carroll,

Houston,

1\IcLain,

Steed of Taylor.

Howard of Baldwin, Newton,

Stewart,

Howard of Laurens, Nisbet,

Stovall,

Howell,

Overstreet,

\Vellborn,

Hutcheson,

Parker,

West,

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

Whitley,

.Tones of Pickens, Phillips of Jet!erson, Womble,

Kent, Kilburn,

Phillips of Quitman, Wooten,

Preston,

Yates,

Knight,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Bower, .IJJnglish, Hall,

Kelly, Lane, Leigh,

Spence, Walker of Pierce,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, .A.kiri', Alexander, Arnold,
~-..yres,
Baldwin, Bell of l!Jmanuel, Booth, How en, Brinson, H1own. lHruce.

Buchan, Bush, Calvin, Cann, Carrington, Carswell, Cromartie, Crumbly, fla>is. llerrick, lloziPr, Ennis,

Franklin, Henry, Johnson of Baker, .Johnson of Clinch, Johnson ol' Crawford, Kendrick, Knowles, Lanier, Lawrence, Lowe, l\layson. Miller of ~iuscozee,

624

JOURNAL OF THE ROUSE.

Mills, Mitcham, Mizell, McBride, McOurry, McRae, Owen, O'Quinn, Pate vf Dooly, Pate of Gw!nnett, Paulk of Ootree, . Paulk of Irwin,

Rainey, Rawls, Redwine, Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rountree, Sanders, Stanford, Strickland, Thompson,

Thurman,
Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Watson, Welch, Wilson, Wise, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 98 ; nays 8.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 98, nays 8.

The resolut.ion having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

On motion of the author, the resolution just passed was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Steed of Taylor was allowed to withdraw House Resolution No. 122.

The following House bills were tabled, to wit: Nos. 131, 135, 133, and also House Resolution No.132.

By Mr. Rankin of Gordon-
A bill to provide that where lantl has been sold for a failure to return and pay the taxes there.m, that snit shall be bnmght, etc., and for other purposes.

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. 625

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 66, nays 28.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

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

.By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
A resolution to extend the afternoon's session for a spe-cific purpose.
1\lr. Grice of Pulaski moved that the session be extended until 6 o'clock for the purpose of reading House bills first .:and second time and House bills of a local nature a third time, which motion prevailed.

The reading of bills for a third time was resumed, to wit:
:By Mr. Slaton of FultonA bill to abolish trialc; for insanity in certain cases.

Before the above bill could be disposed of the hour of :.adjournment of the regular session arrived, and the busi_ness for which the session was extended was taken up.

The following bill was re~d the second time and recomJlllitted, to wit:
40 hi

626

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Brown of Houston-

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Fort Valley to issue bonds.

The following bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr..Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to ameno paragraph 18, section 3 of the General' Appropriation Bill, by striking the word "three" and inserting the word "six."

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Preston moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed ..

Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. H.ichardson, Mr. Sanders.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned untill. 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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627

ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, August 4, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer.

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

Adams,
~lexander,
AlCon!, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Hell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton. Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler,

uann, Uarr, uarrington, UarsweH, Uli.att, Uonner, Uook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal; Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, li,ields, }!,Ianigan, .I<'Aynt,

l'oster of Ocol.lee, Ji'oster or Towns, I'ranklln, Fussell, Gaulden, George,
(~lenn,
Grenade, Grice, Grittln, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of CatToll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of Baker,

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JOURNAL OF THB HOUSE.

Johnson of Clincb, McElmurray,

Sanders,

Jolm.$on of Crawford,McHenry,

Shackelford,

J'ones of Dougherty, l\icLaln,

Shannon,

Jones of Pickens, McRae,

Singletary,

Kelly, Kendrick,

, ~ewton, --"~isbet,

Slaton, Spence,

Kent,

.. Qwen,

Stanford,

Kilburn,
1~night,

.. .._ :i,Overstreet, O'Quinn,

Steed of Uarroll. Steed or 'l'aytor,

Knowles,

Parker,

Stewart,

Lane, Lanier, Lawrence, Leig-h,

Pate of Dooly, Pate of Uwinnett, Paulk of Colree, Paulk or Irwin,

Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, 'l'hurman,

Little,

Peyton,

'l'igner,

Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin. Mayson, Miller of HulloJ.:;, Miller of M:uscogee, illillB, 1\Iitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride,

Phillips of Jelrerson, .rracy,

Phillips of Quitman, Underwood,

Preston,

Valentine.

Proctor,

Walker of Momoe,

Rainey,

'Valker of Pierce,

Rankin,

Watson.

Rawls,

Wellborn,

Redwine,

West.

Reid,

Whitley,

Hice,

Wilson,

Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall,

Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Roper,

Mr. Speaker.

McCurry,

Rountree,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Welch,

The reading of yesterday's Journal wac; dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Rankin of Gordon the action of the House had on H. B. 146, was reconsidered and the same was placed on the calendar.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.

629'

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Roper of Dawson-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructiom:! from the streams of Dawsou county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A resolution making House Bill No. 295 the special order for thirty minutes this afternoon.

By Mr. Fielder of Bibb-

A resolution making House Bill No. 729 a special order to be fixed by the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Steed of Taylor moved that Senate Bill No. 68 be recommitted to the penitentiary committee, with instructions that they report the same back to the House tomorrow mornmg.

Mr. Steed withdrew the motion, which was renewed by Mr. Felder.

Mr. Felder then withdrew his motion to recommit the bill to the penitfmtiary committee, with instructions to report same back tomorrow morning.

Mr. Moses renewed the motion, on which the ayes and nays were ordered.

630

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

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

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Ayres, Heall, Beauchamp, Hell or Mllton, Blackburn, Booth, Brock, Buchan, Burton, Carswell, Cllatt. Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Duckett, Duggan. Englisn, Ennis,

Evans,

McLain,

Foster or Towns, Newton,

Jfussell,

Parker,

Glenn,

l'ate or Dooly,

Grenade,.

Paulk or Uotree,

Grimn,

Paulk or Irwin,

.tienry,

Phillips of t,!uiunau,

Hixon or Carroll, Rankin,

Howell,

Rawls,

Johnson or Cllncn, Reid,

Johnson or Urawrord,Roper,

Jones or Dougherty, Steed or Carroll,

Jones of Pickens, Steed of 'l'aylor.

Knight,

Stewart,

Knowles,

Strickland.

Lawrence,

Tracy,

Lowe,

Valenune,

!Hann,

Walker of l:'ie;cP..

Miller or Muscogee, Wellborn,

Moses,

West.

McBride,

WhUiey,

McCurry,

"'ilson,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond. Baldwin, Bowen. Boykin, HnchHnnon, Bush. Calvin, Candler. Carr, Carrington, Conner.

Cromartie, Deal, Dozier, Dunbar, Felder, Fl11nigan. Flynt, l<'oster of Oconee, George, Grice, Hall. Hardeman.

Harden. Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Hicks, Hixon of ::lmnter. Holder, Houston, Howard of Haldwln. Howard of Laurens, Hutcheson, Kelly,

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631

!\Kent, -Lane, Le'igh,
-Little, Martin, ..Mayson, Miller or Hullock, _.Mitcham, _1\iitchell, _Morton, .llfulberln, McEimmTay. -McHenry,

Nisbet,

Shackelford,

Owen,

Shannon,

Overstreet,

Singletary,

Pate of Gwlnnett, Slaton,

Phillips or Jetrerson, Stanford,

l'rllston,

Stovall,

Proctor, Rainey,

Thompson, Walker of Monroe,

Rice,

Wise,

Ridley,

Womble,

Hogers of Hall,

Wooten.

Rogers of Mcintosh, Yates.

Rountree,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Ak!D,
.Arnold, -Hell of Emanuel, Bower, ..Hrinson, Hrown, Bruce, Butts, Cann, Davis, Edwards. ;Fields,

Franklin, Gaulden, Johnson of Ha~<, Kendrick, Kilburn, Lanier, Maples, Mills, Mizell, !\feRae, U'Quinn,

Peyton, Hedwine, J:tichardson, Sanders, Spence, 'l'hurman,
Tigner, Underwooa, Watson, welch, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 67 ; nays 74.

The roll-call was verified, and it was found on counting -the votes cast that the ayes were 67, nays 74.

The motion to recommit was therefore lost.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the ,Committee on Rules, to wit:

632

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A resolution making House Resolution 325 the speciaH order for this afternoon.

By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-

A resolution making House Bills Nos. 679 and 680 thespecial order for Thursday, August 6.

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, and instrU(:t me as their chairman to report back said bills with. the recommendation that the same do pass.
By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-
To amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the- town of Boston in the county of Thomas, approved Octo-ber 24, 1870, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Buchanuon of Early-
To amend the charter of the town of Blakely, and for other purposes, do pass as amended.
By Mr. Beauchamp of Butts-
To repeal an Act approved December 22d, 1898, entitled an Act to create a board of commissioners of road& and revenues in and for the county of Butts.

TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1903. By Mr .Alford of Worth-

633:

To incorporate the city of Isabella in the county of "\Vorth, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

JNO. R. SHANNON, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speake1 :
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had underconsideration the following bill of the House and instruct me as. chairman to report the same back to the House with. the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit:

.A. bill to amend the charter of the _town of East .Rome.

Also, the following House bill with the recommendation., that it do pass by substitute, to wit:

.A. bill to amend the Constitution of the State and provide for a court of appeals.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN M. SLATOl'lr, Chairman.

The following bill was taken up under the head of unfinished business and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Slation of Fulton-
A bill to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.

63!

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The previous question was called and sustained and the main question ordered.

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

On the passage of ~he bill Mr. Grice called for the ayes and nays; the call was sustained and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adll.lllS, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Ayres, J:Saldwin, .l:leaucllamp, Hell or MUton, Hlackburn. Brinson, Buchannon, l:Surton, Hush, Ualvln, Unndler, Carr, <.Jars well, Ulin tt, Uook, Urowartte, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, DaYison, Den!, Dozier, Duggan. Dunbar. .Edwards.

.IJlnglish,

Miller of .Hullock,

.IJJ\ans,

.M:Itcbaw,

l<'elder,

Morton,

Flanigan,

Mos~s.

Fostn of Oconee, .\1 ullleriD,

Uaulden,

:'IIcUurry,

Ueorge,

:\lc.IJllmurray,

Urenade,

McHenry,

Urice,

!IIcLaln,

Uri !:tin,

:\lcHae,

Hall,

Newton,

Harden,

Nisbet,

Hawes,

Owen.

Hayes,

Par Iter,

Hendry,

Pate of Dooly,

Hicks,

Pate of Gwinnett,

llixon of Uarron, Paull.: or Uotree,

Houston,

Paulk of l!w'!n,

Howard of .Haldwln, PhilliJlS or Jetrerson_

Howell,

l'llillips or (Juitwan,

.rohnson of Ulmcb, Preston,

.Johnson or Urawtord, Proctor,

Kent,

Heid,

Lawrence,

Rice.

Leigh,

Ridley.

Little,

Rogers of Hall,

Mann.

Roper,

:\Iartln.

Singletary,

Mayson,

Slaton,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1909.

:Spence, .Stanford, Steed of Carroll. Stovall,

ltrickland, Thompson, .rracy,
Walker of Monroe,

Whitley, Wise, Wooten,

Those voting in the negative WEU'e Messrs.-

Broek. Buchan, Butts, {)arrington. <Jonner, Duckett, ll'oster of 'l'owna. l!'nssell, Glenn, Hardeman, Henry,

Hlxon of 8umter, Bankln,

Howard or LanrSIJS, Rogers of Mclntos11.

Hutcheson,

Rountree,

Jones of Dougherty, Shackelford,

Jones of Pickens, Stewart,

ICeJJy,

Thurman,

Kxlight,

Valentine,

Lowe,

Walker of Pierce.

'Maples,

Womble,

Jl:IcBrlde,

Yatelil.:

Those not voting were Messrs.-

A.kln,
A.rnOJ.d,
BeaU,
Hell of Emanuel. Booth. Bowen, Bower, Soykin, Brown, Hmce,
tlann,
Davis. Derrick, !!lnnis, lt'ields. l!'lynt,

ll'ranklln,

Bainey,

Holder,

Bawls,

JohniiOD of Baker, Kedwine,

Kendrick,

RichardliJOn,

Kilhnrn,

landers,

Knowles,

Shannon,

Lane,

Steed of Taylor, .

Lanier,

Tigner,

Mlller of l1uscogl'1>. Underwood,

Mills,

Watson,

Mitchell,

Welch,

l)llell,

Wellborn,

Overstreet,

West,

O'Qutnn,

Wilson,

Peyton,

Mr. Speaker.

<t

Tilt! V!;'rifieatiun nl the roll-call was diepenli.'ed with.

636

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 31.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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

By Mr. Fussell-

A bill to amend an Act to authorize the council of Cusseta to create a debt.

Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Miller of Muscogee-

A bill to regulate the occupation of barbers, and to provide for sanitary inspection of barber shops.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

The reading of bills a third time was resumed.

By M1. Uwen of Pike-

A resolution providing that $50 paid for a charter for the Bank of Barnesville be refunded to E. A. Stephens.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Deal of Bullock.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose, and through their chairman reported the same back to the HonEe with the recommendation that it do pase.

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637

The report of the committee was agreed to.

The ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

A.lexanller, Alford,
A.~mond,
.Ayres, Baldwin, .Beall, Beauchamp, .Bell or Milton, .Booth, Be wen, .Brinson, Brock, .Buchan, .Buchannon, Burton, Butts, Oandler, -carr, Carswell, Cliatt, 0onner, Cook, Ctumhly, 1:laniel, Daves. Davison, .Deal. Derrick, Dozier, "Edwards,
Ii:n~lish,
HlVIIDI!!,
l'"'elcler, t<'lynt, 1'oster of Oconee,

Foster of '!'owns, Miller of Muscogee,

l'ussell,

Mitcham,

t.:Jaul<l.en,

Mitchell,

George,

Morton,

Glenn,

)1ulherin,

Grenade,

McBride,

_.;riCe,

McCurry,

t.:Jritlin,

Mc.l:!llmurray,

Harden,

McHenry,

Hayes,

~1cLain,

Henry,

l\lcRae,

Hicks,

Newton,

H lxon of Carrou, Nisi.Jet,

Hixon of !Sumter, Owen,

Holder,

Parker,

Houston,

Pate of Dooly,

Howard or Baldwin, Pate of Gwinnett,

Howard of Laurens, Paulk of Coffee,

Howell,

Paulk of lrwln.

Hutcheson,

Phillips or Jelterson,

Johnson of Clinch, Pliillips of Quitmnn.

Johuson of Crawrord,Preston,

Jones of Dougherty, Proctor,

Jones of Pickens, Rainey.

Kelly,

Rankin,

Iient,

Rawls,

Knfglit,

Rice,

f,ane,

Ridley,

Leigh,

Rogers or Hall,

Little,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Lowe,

Roper,

l\Iann,

Rountree,

.\Iaples,

Shackelford,

Martin.

Shannon,

_Mayson,

Spence,

638

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Stanford, Steed of Carroll,
Stewart, Stovall, Strickland,

Thurman,
Tigner. Tracy, Valentine, Walker of Monroe,

Whitley, Wilson, \Vise, Womble, 'Wooten.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Akin, Arnold, Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Bower, Boy kin, Brown, Bruce, Bush, Calvin, Cann, uarrington, Cromartie, Davis, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Ennis,

l!'ields, ll'lanigan, Franklin, fiall, Hardeman, Hawes, Hendry, Johnson of Baker, Kendrick, Kilburn, Knowles, Lanier, Lawrence, Miller of Bullock, Mills, Mizell, Moses, Overstreet,

O'Qulnn. Peyton, Hedwine. Reid, Richardson, Sanders, Singletary, Slaton, Steed of Taylor, Thompson, Underwood, Walker of l:'ier<.e. '?\Tatson, Welch, Wellborn, West, Yates. 1\Ir. Speaker.

Ayes 120; nays 0.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 120, nays
o.
The resolution having received the requisite comtitutional majority was passed.

At the request of Mr. Flynt House Bill No. 131 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.

639

Honse Bill No. 133 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has pasoed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to amend section 1908, vol. 2 of the Code of 1895, which provides by whom banks shall be managed.

' A bill to cede to the United States jurisdiction over certain lands in Gainesville for go\Ternment building.

The Senate has 11lso passed by the requisite constitutionol majority the following bills of the House, to wit :

A bill to abolish the "days of grace" recognized by custom in this State.

A bill to amend "an Act to make it unlawful for any person to employ or contract with, as tenant or cropper, any person tinder contract with another."
A bill to amend Act creating the city conrt of Americus.
A bill amending the charter of the Sav:mnah Trust Co., and for other purposes.
The Senate has also passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for tbe removal of obstructions from the streams of Morgan county.

640

J om~NAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to establish a new charter for the town of :LaFayette,-in Walker county.

The Senate has concurred in the following House resolu-tions, to wit:

A resolution requesting the return of House Bill 455.

A resolution authorizing the joint committee investigat"ing lobbying to employ a stenographer.

The Senate bas also concurred in the llonse amendment to the following Senate bill, to wit :

A bill to establish a system of public schools for Pierce county, and for other purposes.

ATLANTA, GA., August 4, 1903. The following message was received from His Excel'~Jency, the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Blackburn:
Mr. Spealce1:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the lollowing Acts, to wit :
An Act to provide for the establishment and maintain~.ance of a dispensary in the city of StatP.sboro.
An Act to change the time of holding the superior . courts of Libert.y county.
An Act to amend section 10 of the charter of Chipley.
An Act to amend .an Act in reference to the road laws

TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1903.

641

of the State of Georgia, providing for the payment of a commutation tax.

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

By Messrs. Deal and Rainey-,-

A resolution fixing the order of business for this afternoon's session.

By Mr. Walker of Monroe-

.A. bill to provide for the payment of fees of officers of courts, and for other purposes.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 44; nays 50.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitu,tional majority was lost.

By Mr. Booth of Walton- .

A bill to prescribe the qualification of jurors in the superior, county and city courts of this State, and for other purposes.

The substitute offered by th~ committee was adopted.

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 and nays were or-
41 h j

642

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

dered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs :

ACiams,

.h'oster Q.C oconee, Morton,

AlforCI,

.l!'oster or ~ewua. Mulllerln,

AlmonCI,

b'rank.HU,

McCurry,

Ayres, lleau, Heaucllamp,

.l!'usseu, - ......:.. Gaulelen,
~ Glenn,

McHenry, McLain, Mcl:tae,

Hell or .WmanueJ. Grenade,

NewtoDr

Hell of Milton,

Grittin,

Nisbet,

.Booth, Bower,

-

Hardeman Harden,

Ow~_n,
Parker,

Hrock, Buchannon, -Butts, Ua.rrington, Oiiatt, Conner, CooK, Daniel, Daves, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Dunbar, Edwards. English, Evans, !:''elder, ll'ields, Flanigan,
t~lynt.

.: ,Hendry,

Pate of Dooly,

...... Henry,

Pate of Gwinnett.

Hicks,

Paulk of lrwln,

Hixon of OarroRt, Hixon of :sumter,

Peyton, Preston,

:Holder,

Ridley,

'Howard of Laurens, Rogers of Hall,

Howell,

Roper,

Johnson or Clinch, Jones of l'ick.:!ns, Kelly,

Rountree, Shackelford, Singletary,

Knight, -Lane, Lawrence, Little, Mann, l\faples, Martin. Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Miller of Muscogee, Mitcham.
..
l\fitcbell,

Spence, Stanford, Stewart, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman, Tracy, Valentine, Watson, wellborn, Vi'omble, Yates.

TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1903.

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Those voting in the negative were :Messrs.-

.Baldwin, .Blackburn,
!.~rinson,
Candler, .carr, Crumbly, .Duggan,

George, Hall, Hayes, Houston, Kent, Leigh, Lowe,

McElmurray, Phillips of Quitman,
Proctor, Reid, Rogers of Mcintosh, Wise,

. Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, Alexander, ..Arnold,.11owen, .Boykin,
Brown, O
Bruce, Buchan, Burton, Hush, Calvin, -<::ann, "Carswell, Cromartie, uavls,
F:nnls, f;Jice,
Hawes.

Howard of Baldwin, Rawls;

Hutcheson,

Redwine,

Johnson or Baker, Rice,

.Johnson ot Crawford,Richardson,

Jones of Dougherty, Sanders,

Kendrick,

Shannon,

Kilburn,

Slaton,

Knowles,

Steed of Carroll,

Lanier,

Steed of 'l'aylor,

Mills,

Tigner,

Mizell,

Underwood,

Moses, McBride, Overstreet, O'Quinu, Paulk of Cotree,

Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, Welch, West, Whitley,

Phillips of Jetrerson, Wilson,

Rainey,

'Vooten.

Rankin,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 99, nays 20.

On motion of Mr. Brinson of Decatur the verification -of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 20.

The bill having received the reqnisite constitutional ma'jority was passed by substitute.

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JOURNAL OF THE ilOUSB.

Owing to the absence of the authors, House Resolutiolli' No. 169 and House Bill No. 175 were tabled.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-

A bill to create a commission to make a roster of sol- diers, sailors and marines who served in the war between the States and who were enlisted from Georgia.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the bill, and the Spt>aker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Booth of: Walton.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose,.
and through their chairman reported the same back to the
House with the recommendation that it do pass J$ amended~

The report of the committee was agreed to.

The ayes and nays were ordered, and on t.aking the hal- lot viva voce the vote was as foll-ows :

Those voting in the affirmative were :Messrs.-

Alexander, Alford, Almond, Ayre11, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Sell or Emanuel, Bell or Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Btinson, Brock, Buchannan,

Calvin, Oandler, Cann, Oarr, Oarswell, Cllatt, Conner, Oook, Cromartie, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick,

Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Ed warda, English, Ennis, Evans. FeldE'r, b'ields, Flanigan, 14'lynt, .l<'oster of Oconee, Foster or 'J.'owna, l;'ranklin,

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645

_J:i'usaell,

Lowe,

Rawls.

Geor~e.

Maple.,

Reid,

Glenn,

Martin.

Rice,

Grenade,

Mayson,

Rogers or Hall,

-Grice, Gritnn,

Miller or Bullock. Rogers or Mclntoah, Miller of MuiCOiee, Hoper,

Hall,

Mitcham,

Rountree,

HardemBP-

Mitchell,

Shannon,

.Harden,

Morton,

Slaton,

.Hayes,

Moses,

Spence,

Hendry,

1\lcL:urry,

Stanford,

Henry,

McElmurray,

Steed or Carroll,

.Hlckt,

McHenry,

Steed or Taylor,

.Hixon or Carroll, McLain,

Stewart,

.Hixon of ~umter, McHae,

Stovall,

.Holder,

Newton,

Stridnand.

.Houston,

Nisbet,

Thompson,

"Howard or Baldwin, Owen,

Thurman,

_Howard or Laurene, Parker,

Tracy,

Howell,

Pate of Dooly,

Valentine,

.Johnson or Clinch, Pate of Gwlnnett, Walker or Monroe,

_Johnson or Crawfora,Paulk or Irwin,

Walker or Pierce.

.Jones or Pickens, Peyton,

"' atson,

Kilburn,

Phillips or Jerrerson, Wellborn,

Knight,

Proctor,

Whitley,

Knowles,

Rainey,

W1Ison,

Leigh,

Rankin,

'Vomble,

_Little,

Those voting in the negative were Messre.-

Bower, Crumbly, .Dozier,

Gaulden, Kelly, Kent,

Lane, Phillips of Quitman, Ridley,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Adams, .Akin, Arnold, Bowen, IBoykln,

Brown, Bruct:, Huchan, Burton, Bush,

Butts, Ca.rrlngton, Daniel, Hawes, Hutchesot...

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Johnson of Baker, McBride,

Jones of Dougherty, Overstreet,

Kendrick,

O'Qulnn,

Lanier,

Paulk of Ooiiee,

Lawrence,

Preston,

~ann,

Redwine,

Mills,

Richardson,

Mizell,

::landers,

Mulherin,

Shackelford,

Singletary, Tigner, Underwood, Welcli, West. Wise, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 124; nays 9.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-caU' was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 9.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. 'Vilsou of Clay aroee to a question of personalprivilege and said :

Mr. Speaker:
" It has been reported to me that one of the authors of the uniform text-book bill made the statement on the floor of this HoQse that the minority report on this bill was prepared by a book concern. I desire to state that the minority committee was not at any time in conference with any book concern. That report was prepared by a member of this House fully competent to write it, and I am ready to present his name.
"The statement was probably made for the purpose of influencing the action of the House in favor of this bill. I wish tu say that there were more book concerns urging the passage of this measure than there were opposing it,.

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647

and their representatives were here on the floor of this House when that measure was up. I do not say that they influenced the vote of any member, but I do say there were more book companies favoring this measure than were opposing it.
"The minority report was prepared by the gentleman from Putnam." (Mr. Adams.)
In reply to a question from Mr. West of Lowndes, Mr. Wilson said the gentleman from Putnam had told him the statement he referred to had been made by the gentleman from Lowndes.
"I did not say the minority committee did not prepare the minority report," said Mr. West. "What I did say was that there were several paragraphs in the statement against the bill prepared by the county school superintendents which were almost identical with paragraphs in the minority report. But I did not say the minority report was prepared by a book concern."
Mr. wilson admitted that there were similar statements in the two documents, a tact in which there was no impropriety whatever.
"If the gentleman from Lowndes disclaims the statement to which I referred, there is nothing further between - us," said Mr. "Wilson.

ATLANTA, GA., August 4, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn :

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Cairo, in Thomas county.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

An Act to incorporate the town of East Ellijay.

An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create an advisory board of commissioners for Lowndes and Glas-cock counties.

An Act to incorporate the town of Boykin in the county {)f Miller.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Waycross as the city of \Vaycross.

An Act to amend the charter of Ball Ground, in the -county of Cherokee.
An Act to incorporate the town of Beloit, in the county {)f Lee.
The Committee on Rules reported that in view of the past that the House was so opposed to the appointment of a Steering Committee it would not make recommendation in regard to the following resolution:

By Messrs. George and Candler-

A reso,lution providing for the appointment of a committee to recommend the order of business for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Candler moved, that since the Committee on Rules refused to report on the foregoing resolution, the House go into a committee of the whole for the purpose of considering same, which motion prevailed.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee,
Mr. Flynt of Spalding.

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649

After a consideration of the resolution the committee :aros~ and through their chairman reported the same back
to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass.

The unfavorable report of the committee was agreed to :and resolution lost.
On the adoption of that section of the committee's report which makes House Bill No. 480 a special order, the .ayes and nays were called, and on taking the ballot viva 1!0Ce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Almond, .Haldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, .Bell of Milton, .Hlackburn, .Booth, .Bowen, Bower,
Brown, Buchan, Calvin, -candler, Darswell, -cook, .Cl'omartie, .Daniel, Daves, .Davison, Derrick, Dozier. Edwards, Ennis, Evans,

!<'elder, !<'Ianigan, Flynt, ll'oster of Towns, George, Grenade, Grittin, Hardemaq. Harden, Hayes, Hendry, Holder, Houston, Howell, Jones of Pickens, Kilburn, Knowles, Lane, Little, Mann, Martin, Miller of Muscogee, McBride, McCurry, McElmurray, McHenry, McLain,

Nisbet,

Owen,

Parker,

Pate of Dooly,

Rainey,

Rawls,

Reid,

Rice,

Ridley,

Rogers of Hall,

Roper,

Shackelford,

Singletary,

Slaton,

Stanford,

Btovall,
. Strickland,
Tracy,

Walker of Monroe,

Watson,

Wellborn,

Whitley,

Wilson,

Wise,

Womble,

Wooten,

'I

Yates,

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alford, Ayres, Brinson, Brock, Buchannan, Carrington, Cliatt, Conner, Davis, Deal, Duckett, Duggan, English, li'oster of Oconee, lt'ranklln, Fussell, Gaulden,

Glenn,

Morton,

Grice,

Mulherin,

Han,

McRae,

Henry,

Newton.

Hixon of Carroll, Paulk of CoO:ee,

Howard of Laurens, Paulk of Irwin,

Hutcheson,

Preston,

Johnson of Clinch, Ptoctor,

Johnson of Crawford,Rankin,

Jones of Dougherty, Redwine,

Kelly,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Kent,

Rountree,

Knight,

Spence,

Leigh,

Steed of Carroll,

Lowe,

Valentine,

Mayson,

Walker of Pierce,

Millet of Bullock,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Arnold, Boykin, Bruce, Burton, Bush, Butts, Cann, Carr, Crumbly, Dunbar~~
l~'lelds,
Hawea, Hicks,
Hixon of Sumter,

Howard of Haldwin, Phillips of Jef'l'erson,
:rohnson of Baker, Phillips of Quitman,

Iien(iri~

Richardson,

Lanier.

Sanders,

Lawrence,

Shannon,

Maples,

Steed of Taylor,

M1lls,

Stewart,

Mitcham,

Thompson,

Mitchell,

Thurman,

Mizell.

Tigner,

Moses,

Underwood,

Overstreet,

Welch,

O'Qulnn,

West,

Pate of Gwlnnett. Mr. Speaker.

Peyton,

Ayes 81 ; nays 50.

By unanimous consent the verification ot the roll-can was dispensed with.

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On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 81, nays50; the resolution was therefore lost.

The followin~ resolution which was favorably recommended by the Committee on Rules was read and adopted,. to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution limiting debate for the remainder of the session on any question.
The following resolution was read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit :

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-
A resolution to make all bills to amend the Constitution the special order for next Friday.

The ~ollowing resolutions were read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Adams--
.A resolution making House Bill No. 480 the speciat orJer to be fixed by the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Calvin-

.A resolution to suspend certain rules of the House forthe remainder of the session.

The following bill was taken up, and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

.A bill to create a new charter for the town of LaFayette.

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JOURNAL OJi! THE HOUSE.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Lanier for rest of ses.sion.

The Speaker then 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.

The roll was called, and the following members an.swered to their names :

Adams,
~lexander,
Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannan. Burton.

Bush. Butts, Ualvin, Uandler, Uann, Uarr, (}arrington, Uarsweu, CU.att, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar,

Edwards. English, Ennis, Evans, .b'elder, Fields, Flanigan, l1'Jynt, ~'oster or Oco11ee, ll'oster of 1.'owns, Franklin, Fussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Grimn, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1903.

653

Hendry,

Mitchell,

Rogers of Hall,

Henry,

Mizell,

Rogers or Mcintosh,

Hicks,

Morton,

Roper,

Hixon of UaiToll, Moses,

Rountree,

Hixon of Sumter, Mulherin,

Sanders,

Holder,

McBride,

Shackelford,

Houston,

McUurry,

Shannon,

Howard of Baldwin, McElmurray,

Singietary,

Howard or Laurens, McHenry,

Slaton,

Howell,

McLain,

Spence,

Hutcheson,

'\feRae,

Stanford,

Johnson or .Baker, Newton,

Steed of Carroll.

Johnson of Clinch, Nisbet,

Steed or 'l'liylur,

Johnson or (Jrawford,<)wen,

Stewart,

Jones of Dougherty, Overstreet,

Stovall,

Jones of Pickens, U'Quinn,

Strickland,

Kelly, Kendrick,

Parker, Pate of Dooly,

Thompson, 'l'hurman,

Kent, Kilburn,

Pate of Gwinnett, Tigner,

Paulk of Coiiee,

Tracy,

Knight,

Paull;: of Irwin,

Underwood,

Knowles,

Peyton.

Vale.ntine.

Lane, Lawrence. Leigh, Little, Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin. Mayson, Miller or Hullo:Jilr, Miller of Muscogee, Mills,

Phllllps of Je!Ierson, Walker of Mouro&.

Phillips of Qultm 11 n. Walker of Pierce,

Preston,

Watson.

Proctor,

Wellborn,'

Rainey,

West.

Rankin,

'Vhltley,

Rawls,

Wilson,

Redwine, Reid, Rice, Richardson, Ridley,

Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Mitcham,

Those absent were !iessrs.-

Akin,

Lanier,

Welch,

The following resolution, which was the special order

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

for thi,; hour, was read the third time and put upon its ,passage, to wit:

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to cover casual deficiencies.
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 96, nays 1.
The resolution having received the requisite constitu-tional majority was passed.

The following reports were submitted by Mr. Shack-elford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations:

!ILr. Speake1:

The Committee on Corporations have had under consid-eration House Bill No. 6i2, by Mr. English of Warren, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of Norwood, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

M1.Speaker:

The Committee on Corporations have had under consideration House Bill No. 716, to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Jackson county, and .request me as their chairman to report the same back

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655

to the House, with the recommendation that the same -do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted, THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

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

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to repeal section 5331 of the Code and restore the ;right of trial by jury.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the 'passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The previous question was called and the main question -ordered.
On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, .and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, .Baldwin, Hell of Milton. Booth, Bowen, Brock, Buchan, Hush, Oalvln, Candler, -carr, Cliatt. 'Cromartie,

Davison, Deal, Duggan, l!ldwards,Engllsn, I!'ields, l'Ianlgan, I!'1ynt, J:l'oster of Oconee, l<'usse.ll, ' Gaulden, Geo1ge, Glenn, Gritt1n,

Hall, Hardeman, Hendry, Hicks, Holder, Houston, Johnson of Cllncn, Johnson of Orawford, Jones of Pickens, Kelly, Kilburn, Knight, Leigh, Lowe,

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Maples, Martin. Mayson, Mitchell, Morton, Mulberfn. McCurry, McHenry, Newton, Owen, Parker,

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

"Pate or Dooly,

Sanders,

Preston,

Shackeltord,

Proctor,

Shannon,

Rainey,

Spence,

Rankin,

Stanford,

Rawls,

Stewart,

Kedwine,

Tigner,

Rice,

ValentJne,

Rogers or Mcintosh, Walker or Monroe~

Roper, Rountree;

Walker or Pfecce, Yates.

Those'>voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Ayres, Beall, Beauchamp, Bower,
Brinson, Carswell, Conner, Cook, Daniel, Derrick, Dozier, Dunbar, Evans, ll'oster or 'l'owns, Frank11n, Grenade,

Grice,

Paulk or Cotree,

Harden,

Phillips or Jetrereoo.

Hayes,

Reid,

Hixon or Carroll, Ridley,

Hixon or Sumter, Singletary,

Howard or Laurens, Slaton,

Howell,

Steed ot Carroll,

Jones or Dougherty, Stovall,

Kent,

Strickland.

Lane,

Tracy,

Little,

Watson.

Mann,

Wellborn,

Miller or Bullock, Wilson,

McBride,

Wise,

McElmurray,

Womble,

McLain,

Wooten.

Nisbet,.

Those not voting ~ere :Messrs.-

.Akin, Almond, Arnold, Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Boykln, Brown, Bruce,

Kuchannoa, Burton, Butts, Cann, Carrington, Crumbly, Daves,, Davis,

Duckett, Ennis, l''elder, Hawes, ffenry, Howard or Haldwl~ Hutcheson, Johnson or Hali....,

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657

.\Kendrick, Knowles, Lanier, Lawrence, "Miller or Muscogee,
"Milll!l,
.Mitcham, "'Mizell, Moses.

McRae,

Steed of Taylor,

Overstreet,

Thompson,

O'Qulnn,

Thurman,

Pate or Gwtnnett, Underwooa.

Paulk or !rwln, Welcb,

Peyton,

West.

Phillips or Quitman, Whitley,

J:Uchardson,

Mr. Speaker.

Rogers or Hall,

Ayes 75; nays 50.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast :it was found that the aye;; were 75, nays 60.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitu-tional majority was lost.
Mr. Hall gave notice that at the proper time he would ~move to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass the above bill. .
On motion of Mr. Hall House Bill No. 187 was tabled.
...By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to provide for the assessment of property of corporations which are required by law to make returns to -the Comptroller-General of the State.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the House go into com;mittee of the whole for a consideration of the above bill.
Before the motion could be put a motion was made to :adjourn, which was put and carried.
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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Leave of absence was granted-

Mr. Henry of Murray, Mr. Calvin of Richmond, Mr. Thurman.

The Speaker th43n announced the House adjourned untill

9 o'clock tomorrow.



ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, August 5, 1903_

The Honse met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m., this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn. Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykln, Brinson,

Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington. Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cook,

Cromartie, Crtimbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, l!'elder,

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659

Fields,

Lawrence,

Rawls,

.lnanigan,

Leigh,

Redwine,

.I:<'Iynt,

Little,

Reid,

Fosttr of Oconee, Lowe,

Rice,

Foster of .roWJl8, Mann,

Richardson,

.l!'ranklln,

Maples,

Ridley,

ll'ussell,

Martin,

Rogers of Hall,

Gaulden,

Mayson,

Rogers 9f Mclntosb,

George,

Miller of Bullock, Roper,

Glenn,

M1ller of MuscogPt:, Rountree,

Grenade,

M1lls,

Sanders,

Grice,

Mitcham,

Shackelford,

Gritlin,

Mitchell,

Shannon,

Hall,

Mizell,

Singletary,

Hardeman,

Morton,

Slaton,

Harden,

Moses,

Spence,

Hawes,

Mulherin,

Stanford,

Hayes,

McBride,

Steed of Carroll,

Hendry,

McCurry,

Steed of Taylor,

Henry,

McElmurray

Hicks,

McHenry,

Hixon of Carron, McJ,ain~

Hixon of Sumter, McRae.

Holder,

Newton,

Houston,

Nisbet,

Howard of Baldwtn, Owen,

Howard or Laurens, Overstreet,

Howell,

O'Quinn,

Hutcheson,

Parker,

Johnson of Baker, Pate of Dooly,

Johnson of Ollnch, Pate of Gwinnett,

Johnson of OrawforcJ.Paulk of Coffee,

Jones of Dougherty, Paulk of Irwin,

Stewart, Stovall,
Strickland~
Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, Watson, Wellborn, West,

Jones of Pickens, Peyton,

Whitley,

Kelly,

Phillips or Jefferson, Wilson,

Kendrick,

Phillips or (Juitman, Wise,

Kent,

Preston,

Womble,

Kilburn,

Proctor,

Wooten,

Knight, Knowles,

Rainey, Rankin,

Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Lane,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Those apsent were ll!essrs.-

Akin,

Lanier,

Welch,

The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Slaton of F~lton-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to provide for a court of appeals.
At the request of the author House Bill No. 510 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee-
A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 66 the special order for to-morrow morning.
The following mes$1ige was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional
majority the following Senate bill, to wit :
A bill amending Act creating the city court of Baxley, and for other purposes.

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661

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

lJ1r. Speal~er:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the Georgia State Sanitarium.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Byron in Houston county, and for other purposes.

The following Senate bill which was made the special order for this hour was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Clements of the 15th District-
A bill to authorize and require the Prison Commission to hire the labor of the felony convicts of this State after the expiration of the present contracts of hire for a period of five years, and for other purposes.

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

Mr. Knight of Berrien offered a substitute to the above bill, which was amended, as follows:

By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-

To amend by adding the additional section, to wit:

Be it further enacted, That when any person shall complete his or her term in any convict camp in this State the lessee or county authority leasing said person shall provide

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him or her a railroad ticket to the home of such person prior to his or her conviction, or to the nearest railway station thereto, and said person shall not have the option of taking the cash value of such ticket in lieu thereof.
The amendment was adopted.

On the adoption of the substitute offered by Mr. Knight the ayes and nays wete ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bower,
Brinson, Brock, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Cann, Uarswell, Cook, Crumbly, Daves, Davison, Derrick, Duckett, Duggan, Edwards, I,

Jnglish,

McRae,

Ennis,

Newton,

Evans,

O'Quinn,

l<'oster of Oconee, Parker,

Foster of Towns, Pate A Dooly,

Fussell,

Paulk of Uolfee,

Glenn,

Paulk of Irwin,

Grenade,

Peyton,

Henry,

Phillips of Quitman,

Hicks,

Rankin,

Hixon of Uarro.J, Rawls,

Howell,

Reid,

.Tohnson of Baker, Rogers of Hall,

Johnson of Clinch, Roper,

Johnson of Urawford,Stanford,

Jones of Dougherty, Steed of Uarroll,

.Tones of Pickens, Steed of Taylor.

Kelly,

Stewart,

Knight,

Strickland,

Knowles,

Thompson,

Lawrence,

Tracy,

Lowe,

Valentine,

l\fann,

'\Yalker of Pierce,

~:laples,

'Vellborn,

Miller of Musco~ee, West,

Mitchell,

Whitley,

Moses,

Wilson,

l\fcBride,

Womble,

McUurry,

Yates,

vVEDNEsDAY, AuGusT 5, 1903.

663

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.- .

.Alexander, .Almond, Arnold, .Hoy kin, Brown, -Uandler, -Darr, Carrington, o(}liatt, -conner, Cromartie, .Daniel, JJeal, .Dozier, .Dunba_r, .Felder, Fields, Flanigan, IPlynt, Franklin, Gaulden, George, Grice, "Hall, .:Hardeman,

Harden,

Owen,

Hawes,

Overstreet,

Hayes,

l'ate of Gw!nnett,

Hendry,

Phillips of Jefferson,

Hixon of Sumter, Preston,

Holder,

Proctor,

Houston,

Rainey,

Howard of Haldwln, Rice,

Hutcheson,

Richardson,

Kendrick,

Ridley,

Kent,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Kilburn,

Rountree,

Lane,

Sanders,

Leigh,

Shackelford,

Little,

Shannon,

Martin,

Singletary,

Mayson,

Slaton,

Miller of HuUock, Spence,

Mitcham,

Stovall,

Morton,

Tigner,

Mulherin,

Walker of Monroe,

McElmurray
McHenry, l\IcLaln, Nisbet,

Watson, Wise, Wooten,

Those not voting were Me~?srs.-

.Akin, 'Bowen, Calvin, Davis. Gritlin,

Howard of Laurens, Thurman,

Lanier,

Underwood,

Mills,

Welch,

Mizell,

Mr. Speaker.

Redwine,

Ayes 87; nays 74.

The roll-call was verifieq and on counting the votes cast -it was found that the ayes were 87, nayes 74. The substi;tute as amended was therefore adopted.

664

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On agreeing to the report of the committee by substituteas amended, Mr. Felder of Bibb, called for the ayes and. nays, which call was sustained.

On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows;..

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower,
Brinson, Brock, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Cann, Carswell, Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Derrick, Duckett, Duggan, Edwards,

.I!Jnglish,

McRae,

Evans,

:-.lew ton,

li'oster of Oconee. U'Quinn,

l!'oster of Towns, Parker,

Fussell,

Pate of Dooly,

Glenn,

Paulk of Uolfee,

Grenade,

Paulk of Irwin.

Gritt1n,

Peyton,

Henry,

Phillips of Quitwan.-

Hicks,

Rankin,

Hixon of Uarroll, Rawls,

Howard of Laurens, Reid,

Howell,

Rogers of Hall,

Johnson of .Bake., Roper,

Johnson of Clinch, Stanford,

John.son of Urawford,Sreed of Carroll,.

Jones of Dougherty, Steed of Taylor,.

Jones of l'ickenl!, Stewart,

Kelly,

Strickland,

Knight,

Thompson,

Knowles,

Tracy,

Lawrence,

Valentine,

Lowe,

\Valker of Pier~

Mann,

Wellborn,

Maples,

West,

Miller of Muscogee, Whitley,

Moses,

Wilson,

McBride,

Womble.

McCurry,

Yates,

''

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

665..

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Hell of Emanuel. Boy kin, Brown, Butts, Candler, Carr, Carrington, Cliatt, Conner, Cromartie, Deal, Dozier, Dunbar, Ennis,
!~elder,
Fields, Flanigan, Flynt. Franklin, Gaulden, George, Grice, Hall,

Hardeman,

Nisbet,

Batden,

Owen,

Hawes,

Overstreet,

Hayes,

Pate of Uwlnnett,

Hendry,

Phillips or Jetrerson,..

Hixon or Sumter, Preston,

Bolder,

Proctor,

Houston,

Rainey,

Howard of HaldWln, Rice,

Hutcheson,

Richardson,

Kendrick,

Ridley,

Kent,

Rogers of Mclntosb;.

Kilburn,

Rountree,

Lane,

Sanders,

Leigh,

Shackelford,

Little,

Shannon,

Martin,

Singletary,

Mayson,

Slaton,

Miller of bullock, ~pence,

Mitcham, Mitchell, Morton, Mulherin,
McElmurray, McHenry,

Stovall, Tigner, Walker of MonroeWatson, Wise, Wooten.

McLain,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Calvin, Lanier, Mills,

Mizell, Redwine, Thurman,

Underwood, Welch. Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 88; nays 77.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast: it was found that the ayes were 88, nays 77.

.()1)6

JouRNAL oF 'l'HE HousE

The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to by substitute as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and ou taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Adams, .Alford, .Ayres, ..Baldwin, .Beall, :Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, .Bowen, Bower.
~Brinson,
'Brock, "Bruce, 'Buchan, Buchannon, 'Hush, Cann, Carswell, Cook, Crumbly, naniel, Daves. Davis, Davison, Derrick. Duggan, "Edwards, English, 'Ennis,

Evans,

Newton,

Foster of Oc.onee, O'Qulnn.

I?oster of 'l'owns, Parker,

l!,ussell,

Pate of Dooly,

Glenn,

Paulk of Cotree,

Grenade,

Paulk of lrwln,

GrUHn,

Peyton,

Henry,

Phllllps of Quitman.

Hicks,

Rankin,

Hixon of Carroll, Rawls,

Howard of Laurens, Reid,

Howell,

Rogers of Hall,.

Johnson of Baker, Roper,

"Johnson of Cllncb, Sanders,

Johnson of Crawford,stanford,

Jones of Dougherty, Steed of Carroll,

Jones of .l:'lckens, Kelly, Knight, Knowles.

Steed of Taylor, Stewart, Strickland, Thompson,

Lawrence,

Tracy,

Lowe,

Valentine,

l\Iann,

Walker of Pierce.

1\liller of Muscogee, Wellborn,

1\foses,

'Vest,

McBride,

Whitley,

McCurry,

Wilson,

McLain,

Womble,

McRae,

Yates,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

667

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, Arnold, Bell of Emanuel. Hoy kin, Brown, Burton, Butts, oandler, <Jarr, \Jarrin,gton, Cliatt, Conner, <Jromart1e, DeaJ, Dozier,
Duc~ett,
Dunbar, F'elder, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt, ll'ranklln, Gaulden, George,
't~rtce,

a:au,

~IcHenry,

Hardeman,

Nisbet,

Harden,

Owen,

Hawes,

Overstreet,

Hayes,

Pate of Gwlnnett,

Hendry,

Phillips of J etten;10n,

Hixon or !Sumter, Preston,

Holder,

Proctor,

Houston,

Rainey,

Howard of Haldwin, Rice,

Hutcheson,

Richardson,

Kendrick,

Ridley,

Kent,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Kilburn,

Rountree,

Lane,

Shackelford,

Leigh,

Shannon,

Little,

Singletary,

.\fapies, Martin, Mayson, Miller of ]jullock, Mitcham,

Slaton, Spence, Stovall, Tigner, Walker of Monroe,

Mitchell,

Watson,

Morton,

:wtse,

1\fulherln,

Wooten.

McElmurray,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, <Jalvin, Lanier, .l\1ills,

Mizell, Redwine, Thurman,

Underwood, Welch, Mr. Speaker

Ayes 88; ~ays 77.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast iit was found that the ayes were 88, nays 77.

668

JOURNAL OF THE ROUSE.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

Mr. Knight moved to immediately transmit the abovebill to the Senate, which motion was lost.

Mr. Flynt gave notice that at the proper time he would.

move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the-

above bill.



The undersigned members of the Penitentiary Committee submitted the following minority report.

Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned members of the Penitentiary Oommit-. tee beg leave to dissent from the action of the majority of said committee in reporting back to the House Senatebill No. G8, with the recommendation that the same do pass, and to respectfully submit this, a minority report,. and recommend that said bill do not pass.
T. S. FELDER, of Franklin, PHILLIPs, of Jefferson.

As a special order, House contested local bills were taken. up for a third reading, and the following bill was read the third time to wit:
By Mr. Edwards of Marion-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary m the town of Buena Vista.
On motion of Mr. Edwards the bill was tabl~d.

vVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 19-03.

669

On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham the House :adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 O'CLOCK P.M.

1'he House reconvened at this hour and was called to -order by the Speaker.

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

Adams,

lJan<lltlr,

Alexander,

UllDD,

.Alford,

Uatr,

Almond,

Oarl'lngton,

Arnold,

Oarsweu,

.Ayres,

Oliatt,

.Haldwin,

Conner,

..Beall,

Coox,

.Beauchamp,

Cromartie,

..BeU of Emanuel. Crumbly,

..Bell of Milton,

Daniel,

Blackburn,

Daves,

..Booth,

Davis,

.Bowen,

Davison,

Bower,

Deal,

,.Boyktn,

Derrick,

HrinSGD, '.Brock,

Dozier, ..,. Duckett,

Brown,

)i Duggan,

'Bruce,

.. Dunbar,

'Buchan,

--- ;Edwards,

'Buchannon,

English,

Burton,

,; Ennis,

'Bush,

Evans,

-- Butts.
calvin,

..

- Felder, ll''ield~.

l'!an!gan. .t'!ynt, .b'oster of oconee, !roster of 'J.'ewna. li'rankUn, li'ussen, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade_ Grice, GritHn, Hall, Hardeman Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroin,. Hixon of Sumter. Bolder, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, Boward or Laurens,

670

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Howell,

McCurry,

Rountree.

Hutcheson,

McElmurray,

Sanders,

Johnson of Baker, McHenry,

Shackelford,

Johnson of Clinch, McLain,

Shannon,

.Tohnson or Orawford,McHae,

Singletary,

Jones of Dougherty, Newton.

Slaton,

Jones of l:'ick~ns, Nisbet,

Spence,

Kelly,

Owen,

Stanford,

Kendrick,

Overstreet,

Steed of Carroll,

Kent,

O'Quinn,

Steed of 'l'ayk>r,

Kilburn,

Parker,

Stewart,

Knight,

Pate of Dooly,

Stovall,

Knowles, Lane, Lawrence,

Pate of Gwlnnett, Paulk of Oofree, Paulk of Irwin,

Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,

Leigh,

Peyton,

Tigner,

Little,

Phillips of Jelferson, Tracy,

Lowe,
~!ann,
~fa pies, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Mlller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, hiitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses. Mulberln.

Phillips vf Quitman, Underwood,

Preston, Proctor,

Valentine, Walker of Monroe~

Rainey,

Walker of Pierce,

Rankin,

Watson,

Rawls, Redwine,

Wellborn, West,

Reid,

Whitley,

~ice,
Richardson,

Wilson. Wise,

Ridley,

Womble,

Rogers Rogers

of of

Hall, Mclntoall,

Wooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Roper,

McBride,

Those absent were :Messrs.-

A.kin,

Lanier,

Welcb,

The third reading of House contested local bills was resumed.
Ou motion of Mr. Daniel of Emanuel, House Bill No. 605 'vas tabled owing to the absence ofthe author.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

671

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

By Messrs. George of Morgan, Booth and Lawrence of walton-

A bill to amend an Act to fncorporate the town of High Shoals, in the counties of Walton and Morgan.

The following amendments were read and adopted :

To amend by adding to the caption thereof the words "and more actually to define the boundaries of said town.'~

'l'o amend section 1 by striking after the word " town," in line 24, the words "and more actually to define the boundaries of said town."

To amend section 1 by inserting after the word " buildings,'' in line next to last, the follow~ng words, "said shoals and cotton mill buildings, except the dye house, being located in the county of Morgan."

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmathe were Messrs.-

Alexander, Almond, Baldwin, Beall,

Sell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Bowen,

Brown, Buchannon, Burton, candler,

-..672

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

.Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, ..Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daves, .-Davis, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan; Dunbar, .Edwards, _English, Evans, li'elder, fFlanigan, .-Foster of Oconee, ll'rankliD, Fussell, -Georie, -Grice, Gr!tHn, -Harden. Hayes, Hendry, "Hicks, Hixon or Carroll, Hixon of lSumter, Holder, ""Houston,

Howard of Laurens Paulk of Ootree,

Howell,

Phillips of Quitman,

Hutchesot..

!:'reston,

Johnson of Baker, Proctor,

Johnson of Clinch, Ralney,

Johnson of crawfora,Rankin,

lones of Dougherty, Redwine,

Kelly,

Reid,

Kent,

Rice,

Kilburn,

Richardson,

Leigh,

Ridley,

Little,

Rogers of Ball,

Lowe,

Rogers of Mclntolb,

Yann,

Itoper,

Maples,

Rountree,

Miller of Bulloctr. Shannon,

Miller of Muscogee, Singletary,

Mitcham,

Spence,

Mitchell,

Steed of Carroll,

Morton;

Stewart,

Mulherin.

Stovllll,

McBride,

Strlt:ktand,

"McCurry,

Thompson,

McElmurray,

Tigner,

McHenry,

Walker of Monroe,

McLain,

Walker of l:'ierce.

McRae,

~atson,

Newton, Nisbet, Owen, Parker,

Wilson. Wi!!e, Womble, Yates,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Alford, Beauchamp, Booth, Bower,
Bush, Carrington,
Derrick,

Ennis, Gle:nn, Grenade, l ones or Pickens, Knight, Lane, Lawrence,

Pate of Dooly, Rawls. !:landers, Stanford, Tracy, Valentine,

WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 5, 1903.

673

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Akin, Arnold, Ayres, Boykln, Brinson, Brock, Eruct, Kuchan, Butts, Calvin, Cann, Carr, Daniel, Davison, Deal, l!'ields,

E'lynt,

O'Quinn,

l!'oster of '!'owns, Pate of Gwinnett,

Gaulden,

Paulk of lrwln;

Hall,

Peyton,

HardemaP-

Phillips of Jefferson,

Hawes,

Shackelford,

Henry,

Slaton,

"Howard of Baldwin, Steed of Taylor,

Kendrick,

Thlirman,

Knowles,

Underwood,

Lanier,

Welch,

Martin.

Wellborn,

Mayson,

West

Mills, Mizell, Hoses,

Whitley, Wooten, Mr. Speaker.

Overstreet;

Ayes 105; nays 20.
'
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call
was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 20.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Foster of Oconee-
To amend an Act to incorporate the town of High Shoals so as to extend the corporate limits one-half mile from the center of the briclge crossing the Appalachee river.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
43 hi

674

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

. On passage of the bill the ayes were 79, nays 11.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Foster gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in failing to :pass the above bill.
Bills for the third reading was resumed.

By Messrs. Ennis and Knowles of Floyd.
A bill to submit to a vote of the people of Floyd county the question of the repeal of an Act to create a dispensary in the ~ity of Rome, and for other purposes.

Mr. Mitchell of Thomas moved that the session be extended for half hour for the purpose of reading uncontested local bills a second and third time, which motion prevailed.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the special order of business for which the session was extended was taken up.

On motion of Mr. McHenry the following local proofs showing the advertising of the above bill was ordered incorporated in the Journal:

STATE OF GEORGIA-COUNTY OF FLOYD.
I, John P. Davis, Ordinary of Floyd county, do hereby certify that on the 19th day of J nne, 1903, there was tacked at the courthouse door in Rome, in said State and county, on the blackboard where legal notices are usually tacked or pasted, a notice of which the fvllowiug is a copy:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

675

NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the General Assembly of Georgia at the J nne term, 1903, thereof, "a bill to be entitled an Act to submit to a vote of the people of Floyd county the question of the repeal of .an Act entitled an Act to provide for the establishment ..:and maintenance of a dispensary in the city of Rome, Floyd ...county, Ga., etc., approved December 11, 1901, (Acts 1901, page 620); to provide for the liquidation of the business of the Rome dispensary, and for other purposes, upon the :adoption of said Act by a majority of the qualified voters of Floyd county, voting in an eiection to be held on the -date fixed in said Act."
I further certify that my attention was not called to said notice prior to that date, but based on the attached affidavits of G. W. Trammell and L. P. Hammond, I certify :that the said notice appeared on the blackboard in front of the courthouse in Rome, in said State and county on the ~5th day of May, 1903.
Given under my official hand and seal at my office in the --city of Rome, county of Floyd and State of Georgia, this 14th day of July, 1903.
JOHN P. DAVIS, Ordinary Floyd Cuunty, Ga.

STATE OF GEORGIA-COUNTY OF FLOYD.
In person appeared before the undersigned - - - - , an -officer authorized by law to administer oaths, G. W. Trammell, who being duly sworn deposes and says: That on the 25th day of May, 1903, deponent tacked a notice, of which the following is a copy :
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in :the General .Assembly of Georgia at the June term, 1903,

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

thereof, ''a bill to be entitled an Act to submit to a vote of the people of Floyd county the question of the repeal of . an Act entitled an Act to provide for the establishment

and maintenance of a dispensary in the city of Rome,.

Floyd county, Ga., etc., approved December 11, 1901,.

(Acts 1901, page 620); to provide for the liquidation of

the business of the Rome dispensary, and for other pur- poses, upon the adoption of said Act by a majority of the

qualified voters of Floyd county, voting in an election to-

be held on the date fixed in said Act,"

on the blackboard where notices are usually pasted ortacked, in front of the courthouse door in the city of Rome,.

in said State and county; that some time afterwards depo-

nent in pasl!ing by saw that the place on said blackboard

where said notice had originally appeared had been covered

by a legal notice from the Board of Commissioners ot

Roads and Revenue for Floyd county, and that the notice

placed by deponent bad been destroyed. Thereupon, on

the 19th day of June, 1903, deponent again tacked a notice, of which the foregoing is a copy, on said board at the

courthouse.

GEO. W. TRAMMELL.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of

July, 1903.

J. A. JENKINS,

Notary Public Floyd County, Ga.

STATE OF GEORGIA-COUNTY OF FLOYD.
In person appeared before the undersigned, - - - an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, L. P .. Hammond, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That on the 25th day of .May, 1903, be was present and saw Q. W. Trammell tack a notice, of which the following is a copy:

WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 5, 1903.

677

NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.

Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in

the General Assembly of Georgia at the June term, 1903,

thereof, "a bill to be entitled an Act to submit to a vote

oQf the people of Floyd county the question o( the repeal of

:an Act entitled an Act to provide for the establishment

:and maintenance of a dispensary in the city ot Rome, Floyd

County, Ga., etc., approved December 11, 1901, (Acts 1901,

.page 620); to provide for the liquidation of the 1usiness of

the Rome dispensary, and for other purposes, upon the

adoption of said Act by a majority of the qualified voters

of Floyd county, voting in an election to be held on the

--date fixed in said Act,"

on the blackboard on which legal notices are usually

tacked or pasted, in front of the courthouse door in said

State and county.

L. P. HAli!MOND,

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day ot

.July, 1903.

J. A. JENKINS,

Notary Public Floyd County, Ga.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit :

.By Mr. Alford oiWorthA bill to incorporate the city of Isabella.

J8y Mr. Burton of Franklin-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commis:sioners for Franklin county.

.By Mr. Burton of Franklin-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Franklin .. county.

678

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Blakely.

By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Bos-ton.

Mr. Franklin of Washington moved to extend the session five minutes after the special order be disposed of for reading of two local bills first time, which motion pre-vailed.

By Messrs. Stewart and Buchannon-

A bill to create a public school system m the town oF Arlington.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Comruittee on Cor-porations, submitted the following report.

M1. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under con-sideration, H. B. No. 783, by Mr. Brown of Houston, a; bill to be entitled an Act to amend the chartet of the town of Fort Valley, and instruct me, as their chairman,. to report the same back with the recommendation that it, do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

Trros. J. SHACKELFORD.

The following Senate resolution was read the third timeand put upon its passage, to wit:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

'67!f

By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A resolution to ratify the action of the mayor and council of Marietta in authorizing Hansell street to be closed.

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

On passage of the resolution the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionaD majority was passed.

The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary m the town of Colquitt.
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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
By Mr. Brown of Houston-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Fort Valley to issue bonds.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

:680

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Rainey of Terrell-
A bill to amend the Act to create the city court of Dawson.

'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.

The bill having received the requi!'ite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reid of CampbellA bill to create a new charter for the town of Palmetto.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional :majority was passed.

By Mr. Daves of Fannin-
A bill to repeal an Act to erect and maintain public gates by common users of a private way from the residence of Adam Davenport to residence of W. B. G. Rogers.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

681

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
:By Mr. Cromartie of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public .schools for the town of Hazelhurst.
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.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed .
.By Messrs. Holder and Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commission~rs of Jackson county.

The substitute offered to the bill was read and adopted.
The report of the committe, which was favorable to the :passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A bill to prescribe the manner of conducting primary -elections in certain cities of this State.

682

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.:

The substitute offered to the above bill was read and' adopted.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was pa15sed by substitute.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amend-ment concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. George of Morgan-
A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from. the streams of Morgan county.

The following Senate bills were read the second time,. to wit:
By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for thecity of Gainesville.

The following Senate bills were read the first time, towit:
By Mr. Comas of the 3d DistrictA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Baxley .Referred to Special J"ndiciary Committee.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903.

683.:

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-

A bill to cede jurisdiction over certain land in Gainesville to the United States.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters..

By Mr. Park of the 37th District-

A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the town of Hogansville.

Referred to Committee on-Counties and County Matters.. By Mr. Hopkin~ of the 7th ~istrict-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of publi~ schools in the city of Thomasville.
Referred to ,Committee on Counties and County Matters,_

The following Senate bills were read the second time,. to wit!

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town or> Meigs.

By Mr. Perry ot the 33d District-
A bill to provide a new charter for the town of FloweryBranch.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-
A bill to prohibit bunting ot fishing on the land of another in Thomas county without written permission.

684

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-

A bill to provide for game wardens, etc., in Thomas county.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Spence of Ware-

A bill to incorporate the Waresboro school district in Ware county.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
On motion of Mr. Harden of Chatham, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, August 6, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock this day, was called to order by the Speaket, and opened with prayer by the chaplain.

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin,

Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, &::II or Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen,

Bower, Boykln, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan,

THURSDAY, AUGUST o, 19.03.

685

.BUCbRIIU<'U;

Grit!in,

Mizell.

Burton,

Hall,

Morton,.

Bush,

Hardeman,

Moses,

Butts,

Harden,

Mulherin,

Calvin,

Hawe~

l\Ic.Hride,

Candler,

Hayes,

McCurry,

Cann,

Hendry,

McElmurray,

Carr,

Henry,

McHenry,

Carrington,

Hicks,

McLain,

Carswell,

Hixon or Carroll, McRae,

Cliatt,

Hixon of 8umter, Newton.

Conner,

Holder.

Nisbet,

Cook,

Houston,

Owen,

(}romartle,

Howard of Ha.Jdwin, Overstreet,

Crumbly,

Howard or Laurens, O'Quinn,

Daniel,

Howell,

Parker,

Daves, Davis,

.i Hutcheson,

Pate or Dooly,

Tohnson of .Baker, Pate of Gwinnetl,

Davison,

,

Johnson or Clinch, Paulk or Cotree,

Deal, .

Johnson of Crawrord,Paulk or Irwin,

Derrick,

Jones or Dougherty, Peyton,

Dozier.

Jones of Pickens, Phillips or Jetrerson,

Duckett,

Kelly,

Phillips of Quitman,

Duggan,

I\:endri<*.

Preston,

Dunbar,

Kent,

Ptoctor,

Edwards,

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Eng-lish,

'; ,., Knight,

Rankin,

Ennis,

Knowles,

Rawls,

. Evans,

Lane,

Redwine,

Felder,

Lawrence,

Reid,

ll'lelds,

Leigh,

Rice,

IJ'lanigan,

Little,

Richardson,

Flynt,

Lowe,

Ridley,

l!'oster or Oconee, 1\:fann,

Rogers of Hall,

Foster or Towns, Maples,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

lt'ranklln,

l\Iartln.

Roper,

FusseiJ,

Mayson,

Rountree,

Gaulden,

.Millet of Bullocf{, Sanders.

George,

Miller of Muscogee. Shackelford,

Glenn, Urenade,

. Mills.
,, Mitcham,

Shannon. Singletary,

Grice,

Mitchell,

!;laton,

r86

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

. Spence, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Steed of 'l'aylor, Stewart, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, _Thurman,

Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, "'alker of Monroe, Walker or Pierce, Watson, Wellborn,

West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, 'Vomble, Wooten, YB;tes, ~1r. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

:Akin,

Lanier,

Welch,

The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings 'was dispensed with on motion of Mr. Bell of Emanuel.

Mr. Mills of Cherokee arose to a question of personal >-p~ivilege and said:
Mr. Speaker:
On last Friday I had some very i~portant matters in -court in Cherokee county, and I asked to be excused, which -excuse was granted by the House until Thursday morning, August 6. I stated in jt,stification to myself this morning 'immediately after roll-call why I had been absent for the past three days. And that as the paper, to wit, the Atlanta JoU?nal, had Indirectly stated that I was "conspicu-ously absent" and could not be gotten before the special -committee from the House a~d Senate appointed for the 'purpose of investigating the charges of "lobbyism" in the 'House and Senate. I have not shirked a duty nor undertook to evade a thorough and scrutinizing investigation of myself beforethecommittee as a witness. And that when 'I go beforethe committee I will give all the evidence and divulge .ever.ythiug -.whioh ;I know in regard to a lobbylism.1'

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

687

Mr. Mills said that he concurred in what the gentl~man from Pulaski, Mr. Grice, had previously said, that the in-vestigation would only amount to "newspaper notoriety " for certain political reasons, and that the report would be a "whitewash" report. Mr. Mills said that he did not --arise to this point of personal privilege for any other reason than to let the members of the General Assembly and the citizens of Georgia know why he war~ absent, as the people of his county, Cherokee, would readily understand why he was not in attendance upon the Beneral Assembly for the first three days of the present week, and that he is now here to appear before the special committee to give them all the facts he knows con-cerning the charges of "lobbyism."

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

33y Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution to pay the expenses of the Lobby Investiga'ting Committee, and for other purpost:s..
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
~By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution making House Bill No. 625 the special --order for Friday, Aug. 6.
The above resolution was referred to the Committee on :Rules.

The following bills, which were made the special continuing order until disposed of, were read the ti:)ird time :and put upon tb.eir passage, to wit:

688

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The following bill of those above mentioned, which was under consideration at the adjournment of yesterday's session, was taken up as unfinished business, to wit :

By Messrs. Ennis and Knowles of Floyd-
A hill providing that the question of the repeal of an Aet to create a dispensary in the city of Rome be put to the qualified voters of Floyd county, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Ennis of Floyd the bill was tab!ed.
The following resolutions were read, to wit :

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A resolution providing that all persons not entitled to the privileges of the floor shall be excluded froin the House
Mr. Stanfurd of Harris proposed to amend by adding the words "so as not to exclude a member's wife and daughter."
Referred to Committee ou Privileges of the Floor-on motion of Mr. Steed of Taylor.

Mr. W cllborn, Chairman of t.he Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:

o, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1903.

689

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Jeffersonville.

Also, an Act to amend the Act to establish the city court of Sylvania.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Americus.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the town of Buford.
Also, au Act to amend an Act making it unlawful to contract with a cropper under contract with another.
Also, an Act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in \Vebster county.

Also, on Act to abolish the "three days of grace."

Also, an Act providing a salary for the aldermen of Savannah.

Also, a resolution authorizing the joint committee investigating charges of Lobbying to employ a stenographer.

Also, a resolution accepting portrait of Governor James S. Boynton.

Respectfully submitted,

c. J. WELLBORN, JR.,
Chairman.

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 Senate bills, to wit:
44 hi

690

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

A bill to amend par. 1, sec. 1, and par. 5, sec. 2, and to add a new paragraph to art. 6, sec. 2 of the Constitution, to be known as par. !), so as to provide for a court of appeals, and for other purposes.

A bill to define and regulate the business of Industrial Life Insurance, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed by substitute the following House resolution by the requisite constitutional majority:

A resolution to appropriate $50,000 to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of making a display of Georgia resources at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

The reading of local contested bills was resumed, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon so as to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of said city, and for other purposes.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Adams,
~lexander,
Alford, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin,

Heall, Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Booth, Bowen, Bower,

Hoykin, Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan,

TH-URSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

691

Huchannon,
Bmto~
Bush, Butts, Candler, .Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cli.att, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, 'Fields, 'll'Ianigan, J<'l.ynt, l<'oster of Ucollee, 11'oster of 'l'owns, Franklin, 'b'ussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grice, GritHn, Harden, nawes,

Hayes,

Paulk of Cotree,

Hendry,

Paulk or Irwin,

Hixon of CaiTo11, Peyton,

Hixon of :Sumter, Phillips of Jelferson,

Holder,

Phillips of Quitman,

Houston,

Preston,

Howard of Baldwin, Rainey,

Howard of Laurens, Rankin,

Howell,

Rawls,

Hutcheson,

Redwine,

Johnson of Baker, Hice,

Johnson of Clinch, Hichardson,

Johnson of Crawford,Rogers of Hall,

Jones of Pickens, Roper,

Kendrick,

Rountree,

Kent,

Sandets,

Kilburn,

Shackelford,

Lane,

Shannon,

Lawrence.

Singletary,

Leigh,

Slaton,

Little,

Spence,

Lowe,

Stanford,

Mann,

Steed of Carroll,

Mayson,

Steed of 'l'aylot,

:M:Iller of Bolio .!ir, Stewart,

!\1lller of Muscogee, Stovall,

!\II lis,

Strickland,

l\Iitchell, !\Iulberin, McBride, i\IcElmurray, l\:IcLain, N'ewton, Nisbet, Qwen, O'Quinn, Parker, Pate of Dooly,

Thompson, Tracy, Valentine. Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pier"( Wellborn,
" 7est. Whitley, Wilson, Wooten, Yates,

692

JOURNAL OF THE !IOUSE.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Bell of Milton, Deal, Grenade, Hall,

Henry,

McHenry,

i Jones of Dougherty, Rogers of Mcintosh.,

Martin.

Underwood,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin,
Alm~nd,
Blackburn, Uahin, Conner, Daves, Davis, Hardeman, Hicks, Kelly, Knight,

Knowles,

Proctor,

Lanier,

Reid,

1\Iaples,

Ridley,

Mitcham,

Thurman,

ll!lzell,

Tigner,

Morton, 1\Ioses, McCurry,

Watson. Welch,

.....

Wise,

-

McRae,

Womble,

Overstreet,

1\Ir. Speaker.

Pate of Gwinnett,

Ayes 133 ; nays 10.

The verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 133, nays 10.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
f. On motion of Mr. Felder the bill was ordered immedi-
ately transmitted to the Senate.

The following resolution was read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:
By l\Iessrs. Cromartie, Shannon, et al-
A resolution to make House Bills Nos. 679 and 680 the special continuing orders for Fl'iday, August 7.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

693

ATLANTA, GA., August 6, 1903.

The following message was received from his Excel1ency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following acts, to wit:
An Act to incorporate the town of Baconton, m Mitchell county.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Randolph, to prescribe the dtl.ties and forms thereof, and for other purposes.

An Act to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of Camden county to pay the sheriff a salary of four hundred dollars annually, in addition to the fees allowed by law.

An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Wadley.

An Act to pay off and retire bonds of this State as they mature.

An Act to incorporate the town of Barney, in the county {)f Brooks.

Au Act to amend the charter of the town of Metcalf, in Thomas county.

An Act to repeal an Act to create a board of comis sioners of roads and revenues for the county of 1Valtou.

694

JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

An Act to amend the Act estab!ishing the city court of Hamilton, approved December 8th, 1902.

An Act to incorporate the town of Nunez, in the county of Emanuel.

An Act to amend section 151, volume 3 of the Code of189li.

An Act to amend an Act approved December 23, 1896,. creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Charlton county.

An Act to constitute the clerk of the superior court of Macon county ex-officio clerk of the county court of said county.
An Act to amend the Act permitting the establishment of dispensaries in the county of Pulaski.
An Act to amend an Act establishing the city court of Barnesville.

An Act to change the time of holding the superior court. Chattahoochee county.

An Act to abolish the county court of Bullock county.

An Act to provide a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Monroe.
An Act to amend ~ection 982, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, so as to J?lake the town of Lavonia a State depository.

Also, a resolution to appropriate the sum of $180 pension money to Mrs. Mary E. Flynt.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

695

A resolution to create a commission to investigate the. various systems for the registration of land titles.

The reading of contested local bills a third time was resumed, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate and control misdemeanor convicts in the county of Bibb, and for other pur poses.

The following communication was read and the same bearing on the above bill, Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that it be inserted in the Journal, which motion prevailed, to wit:

MACON, GA., J nly 25, 1903. Hon. T. S. Felder, Atlanta, Ga.

DEAR SIR :-We beg to advise you that the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb county at a regular meetiPg, endorsed the local bill now pending, looking to the working of the misdemeanor convicts on the streets of Macon a certain portion of the year. The terms of the bill were agreed on by the authorities of the city of Macon and the County Commissioners as representing the con nty, and it is agreeable to both the city and county, and we urge its passage.
Very truly, R. L. HENRY,
Chairman County Commissioners Bibb county.

The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:

696

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Messrs. Hall and Felder-

To amend by striking the word "duty" in line 1 of section 1, and insert the word "power," also by striking the words "three months" wherever they occur and insert in lieu thereof the words " for such time as they may deem proper."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Flynt-
A resolution making House Bill No. C14 the special order for Friday next.

By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A resolution making House Bill No. 521 the special order for 12 o'clock m. to-day.

The following bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Yates of Catoosa-

A bill to prevent hogs from runmng at large m this State, and for other purposes.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

697

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 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Deal gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the _above bill.

Mr. Hawes, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, csubmitted the following report:

Jlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following resolutio.n, and instruct me as their -chairman to report the same back to the House with the .recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Dunbar-

A resolution to pay 1\frs. Martha Martin the pension --.due Wm. Roberson.

Respectfully submitted,

P. M. HAWES, Chairman.

,Mr. Hawes, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submittd the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under considerao.tion the following House Resolutions which they iDstruct

698

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

me to report to the House with the recommendation thatthey do pass, to wit:

By Mr. Beall of Paulding-

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. S. F. Fuller to her son.

By Mr. Bell of Milton-
A resolution to pay the pension of Mary E. Mize to her son.
Also, to report the following bill with the recommenda- tion that it do pass as amended, to wit:

By Mr. vVellborn of Union-

A bill to prescribe that no person owning more than $1,000, etc., shall be eligible to draw a pension.

By Mr. Stanford of Harris-

A resolution to pay the pension of Mrs. Sarah Blackmon .. Respectfully submitted,
P. l\1. HAWES, Chairman.

Mr. Miller, chairman of the Committee on the State University, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The sub-committee appointed by myself as chairman of the State University Committee, to visit the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, have thoronghly inspected this institution and submitted the following report:.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

699'

We inspected this institution June 7th and 8th and found same in a thoroughly healthy condition. vVe find further that the appropriation made by the General Assembly last year has been judiciously expended in the completion of a magnificent girls' dormitory. 'rhe atmosphere surrounding the college is thoroughly religious a_nd educational, and the people of the town have great pride in the college and its student-body.
As it is now, the mess-hall to the boys' dormitory is so dilapidated that it can not be used; therefore, this committee recommends an appropriation at some time in the early future for the purpose ot building a new mess-hall for theboys' dormitory.

Respectfully submitted.

s. B: MILLER,
Chairman.

Mr. Shannon chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters submitted the following report.
M1:. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters havehad under consideration the following House bill, and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bill with the recommendation that it do not pass.

By Mr. Bush of Miller...:....

A bill to establish, maintain and regulate dispensaries io the towns of Arlington, Leary and Morgan in the county of Calhoun, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

August 6, 1903.

JNO. R. SHANNON, Chairman.

"700

JOURNAL OF THE liOUSE.

Mr. Flynt moved that the convict bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Foster of Oconee moved to reconsider the action of the House in not passing Honse Bill No. 669, whieh motion prevailed.

Mr. Hall of Bibb moYed to reconsider the action of the Honse in failing to pass House Bill No. 185, which is a bill to amend the Code so as to restore the right of trial by jury, which motion prevailed; ayes 84, nays 6.
Mr. Felder of Bibb moved to reconsider the action of the Honse in ordering the convict bill immediately transmitted to the Senate. The Speaker announced that the bill had already been .transmitted, and the motion to reconsider was, therefore, not put to the House.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 37 the special order for Friday, August 7.
By unanimous consent Mr. Hixon of Carroll was allowed to withdraw House Bill No. 7:36.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Evans of Washington (ny request)-
A resolution for the relief of \V. T. Shirley and his bondsmen.

o, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1!:103.

701

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionalmajority was passed.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A resolntion making House Bill No. 605 the special or-der for Friday, August 7.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A rE'solutioo fixing House Bill No. 295 as the speciat order for 30 minutes this afternoon.

A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock. this afternoon.

ATLANTA, GA.,
3 O'CLOCK P.M.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called toorder by the Speaker.
The roll was called and the following members answered~ to their names :

702

JouRNAL oF THE HotsE.

At!aws, Alexander, Alford, Almont!, Arnold, Ayres, llaldwio, l:leall, Heaucbamp, -l.~ell or .Wwanuel, Hell of hliltou, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower,
l:loykln, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Btuce, .Buchan, Hucbanuon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, cann, -uarr, Carrington, Carswell, Cllatt. Conner, coolt, {Jromartle, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davlsou, :Deal, Derrick,

l.Jozier,

Jones of .Pickens,

!.Juckett,

Kelly,

l.Juggan,

Kendrick,

l.Junbar,

Kent,

t;dwaras,

Kilburn,

Bng!Jsn,

Knight,

.hlnnis,

Knowles,

.hlvans,

Lane,

Felder,

Lawrence,

l<'ields,

Leigb,

l!'lanigan,

Little,

l<'lynt,

Lowe,

.ll'oster or oconee, Mann,

Foster of Towns, Maples,

l;'ranklln,

l\Iartin,

i!'usseu,

Mayson,

Gaulden,

l\Iiller of Bullock,

George,

?.Iiller of l\1 uscogee,

Glenn,

Mills,

Grenade,

Mitcham,

Grice,

:\lite hell,

Gritlin,

:\Iizell,

Hall,

l\Iorton,

Hardeman,

~loses,

Harden,

:\Iulberln,

Hawes,

, McBride,

_Hayes,

l\IcCurry,

Hendry,

)lcEimunay,

Henry,

:\IcHenry,

Hicks,

i\lcLain,

Hixon or Carroll, !\feRae,

Hixon or ~umter, Newton,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Houston,

Owen,

Howard or Baldwin, 0\'erstreet,

Howard or Laurens, O'Quinn,

Howell,

Parker.

Hutcheson,

l'ate or Dooly,

Johnson or Bat.:d.", Pate of Gwlnnett,

Johnson of Cllncn, ~aulk of Colfee,

.Johnson or Ctawrord, Paulk or Irwin,

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.

703

,Phillips of Jellerson, Rountree,

Phillips of Quitrnau, Sanders,

Preston,

Shackelford,

Proctor,

Shannon,

.Rainey,

Singletary,

.Rankin,

Slaton,

Rawls,

Spence,

Hedwine,

Stanford,

Reid,

Steed of Oarron,

Rice,

Steed of Taylor,

ttichardson,

Stewart,

Ridley,

Stovall,

Rogers of Hall,

Shickland,

'Rogers of Mcintosh, Thompson,

Roper,

Tigner,

Tracy, Underwooa, ValentJne, \\Talker of Monroe, \\Talker of Pierce,
'Vatson. Wellborn, West. whitley,
''lilson, Wise, \"iromble, lVooten. Yates. l\lr. Speaker.

Those ttbsent were Messrs.-

Akin, Lanier,

Thurman,

"relcb,

Mt. Jones chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Banks and Banking have had under .consideration the following Senate bill, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1, of the Code so .as to add the town of Jesup in wayne county to the list -<>f State depositories.
Respectfully submitted,
ED R. JoNES, Chairman.

704

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Mr. Arnold vice-chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on General Agriculture have had underconsideration the following bill of the House and through me, their vice-chairman, report the same back to theHouse with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an-Act providing for the establishment of a special department of horticulture and pomology; to employ an entomologist, etc., and for other purposes,

Respectfully submitted, NAT. D. ARKOLD, Vice-Chairman_

Mr. Shannon chairman of the Committee on Counties. and County Matters submitted the following report:

}.?-. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bills with-the recommendation that the same do pass.

By Mr. Roper of Dawson-

To remove all obstruction from the streams of Dawson county except dams for operating machinery, and for otherpurposes.

By Mr. Fussell of ChattahoocheeTo amend an Act entitled an Act authorizing the town

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council of the town of _Cusseta to create a debt not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting a school building, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

JNo. R. SHANNON, Chairman.

:Mr. Davis chairman of the Committee on Appropriations submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House Resolution No. 300, and have instructed me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pase as amended.
Also, House Bill No. 654, which the committee recommends do pass.
CHAS. L. DAVIS, Chairman.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the General Judiciary committee, submitted the following report :

M1. Speakm:



Your committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills af the Senate, and instruct me as their chairm~m to report the same back to the House with the recommendation bhat the same do pass, to wit:

A bill to regulate sale of mortgaged property under power of sale.
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A bill to prescribe salaries for the judges of the supreme court and judges of the superior courts of this State.

A bill io amend section 985 of the Civil Code relative to bonds of State depositories.

A bill to repeal section 233 of volume 1 of the Code, and provide in lieu thereof that the year for official reports shall be the same as the fiscal year.

Also, the following House bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :

.A bill to amend section 3"771 of the Civil Code, so as to provide for time for allowing and filing writs of ce1tio1'a1 i
Also, the following House bill, with the reco~menda tion that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A hili to amend the General Tax Act for the years 1903 and 1904, so as to provide fot the taxation of private railroad excursions.

. Also, the following Senate bill, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend section 4193 of the Code.

Respectfully submitted.

JOH:N M. SLATON, Chairman.

Mr.. Holder, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under consid-

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eration the following Senate bills and resolutions, and instructs me as chairman to report tile same back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to prodde that no person living within a local public school district shall serve on a county board of eduCation.

A bill to provide that all property without an owner :shall belong to the State.

A bill to secure to the several counties the public school fund to which they are entitled.

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to act with the State School Commissioner to consider the present :school laws and report on the matter.

.Respectfully submitted,

JNo. N. HoLDER, Chairman.

Mr. Franklin chairman of the Committee on State Sauitarium submitted the following report:
We arrived at the Institution on the night of July 9, and remained there until the morning of the 13th. Sub-committees were appointed to visit all of the different -departments, and carflrul investigation was made as to the -management and condition of each.
We find the buildings in perfect order, except the large new buildings; the wings of which are incomplete as to the interior. The complete part is capable of receiving 1,100 inmates, aud the wings, when finished can receive 300. "The machinery necessary for the various plants is quite

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varied and extensive. It appears in perfect condition and its appearance and effectiveness reflects credit upon the ability and zeal of :Mr. T. H. DeSaussure, the engineer in. charge.
The Eanitary conditions in the various buildings seem perfect and the extreme cleanliness which everywhere prevails commands our unqualified admiration.
We examined the stock and dairy and find the cattle and bogs well cared for and everything in excellent condition.
The colony farm was visited, and what we observed afforded us great satisfaction. We believe that the general "health of the patients, both mental and physical, improves. wore rapidly there with moderate exercise, than anywhereelse at the Sanitarium. The work is supervised by skilled attendants and nurses and the same medical fl.ttention is. given as to the Sanitarium proper. We believe if this feature receives the necessary encouragement from the State-by providing accommodations for two or three hundred of the convalescents, it will be entirely self-sustaining in a few years.
Regarding the financial management of the institution we can add nothing to the report submitted during the session of 1902. vVe then said: "The wonderful exhibit made in the management of its financial affairs is such as. to be a subject almost of amazement.. The systematic method in which all accounts are kept is as near perfection as could be desired, and the care exercised in making pur-chases is such as to elicit our unqualified approval and commendation."
This we reaffirm, and could we add anything more commendatory we would gladly do so.
The Board of Trustees, iu the report rendered to Governor Candler on September 18, 1902, estimated then an appropriation of $340,000 for 1903 would enable them to care for 3,100 inmates, basing these figures upon an annual

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per capita cost of $109.68. The Legislature appropriated $325,000, from which it was specified should be paid the salary of the superintendent and the salaries and expenses of the trustees, these being items which had hitherto, for many years, been provided for in another appropriation.
From the report submitted to Governor Terrell on May 28th of this year, we learn that the number of patients then in the institution was 2716, and that as soon as the new buildings were furnished and equipped with the present appropriation, only 265 additional patients could be cared for. On July 11th we find that the number had increased to 28~2, but in order that some of these might be received, in many rooms it has been necessary to place two patients. This is a very undE-sirable proceedi.ng and it is hoped that the new buildings can soon be occupied and the patients furnished with proper accommodations.
With the new quarters equipped, however, while there 'will be ample room for all applicants (and there are now
<>n file 470 applications), yet with the present appropriation for maintenance, only 159 more could be received.
What dispositi<;>n shall we make of the other 311 unfortunates whose early admission may, in many instances, be the means of restoring reason, while delay and failure to receive proper treatment can only tend to hopeless insanity? This is a condition which we, as the State's representatives, have to meet, and your committee cim only hope that it will be dealt with in that broad and liberal spirit which marks true statesmanship. If every member of the Legislature could visit this great Institution, we feel confident that the result would be almost' perfect unanimity in granting everything asked for by those who now have it in charge.
Trusting that this important matter will r~ei ve early consideration and that all deliberations will be governed by that wisdom which seeks to know the truth and that

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moderation which frowns down all extreme theories and vagaries, we are satisfied that justice, to the most unfortunate of all of our citizens, will cause pro.vision to 'be made for every applicant for admission to the Sanitarium.
Respectfully submitted.
H. l'rf. FRANKLIN, Chairman.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :
By Mr. Steed of Carroll-
A resolution making House Bill No. 521 the special order for Friday next.

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-
A resolution fixing House .Bill No. 488 the special order for Friday, August 7.

By Messrs. Underwood and Stovall-
A resolution making Honse Bill No. 666 the special order for Friday, August 7.

By Mr. Singletary-
A resolution making House Bill ~o. 18~ the special order until disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Underwood of White, House Bills Nos. 114, 135, and Resolution 169 were taken from the table and placed on the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time to wit:

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By l\Ir. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to amend an Act to carry into effect an Act t~ amend paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 of the Constitution, relatiye to the pensioning of widows of exConfederate soldiers.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Duckett of Banks-

A bill to change and fix the time for the superior courts of Banks county, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

On motion of :Mr. Underwood of White, House Bill No. 135 was tabled.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on rules, to wit :

By Messrs. Hixon and Lane-
A resolution fixing Senate Bills Nos. 18,1 and 15S the special order for Friday next.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Underwood of White-
A resolution to require all mananagers of dispensaries
to make annual reports to the Comptroller-General.

The following amendment was read and adopted :

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By Mr. Underwood of White-
To amend by striking the word "manager" aorl insert in lieu thereof the word "managers."

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

Mr. Franklin raised the point that no quorum was present, and moved that the roll be called to ascertain.

The motion prevailed, and at the call of the roll the following members answered to their names:

Adams, Akin, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Beall, .Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, .Booth, .Howen, J:lrinson, .Htock, Bruce, Buchannon, Burton, Butts, Candler, Carr, Carrin.,otou, Carswell, Cliatt, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves,

Deal, Dozier,. Duckett, Duggan-, ll:nglisll, Felder, .!!'Ianigan, .l!'Iynt, Foskr of Oconee, l<'tanklin, E'ussell, Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Hardeman, Harden, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hixon of Carron, Hixon of Sumter, Houston, Howell, Hutcheson, Jollnson of Baker, Johnson of Cllncb,

Johnson of Urawford, Jones of Pickens, Kendrick, Kent, Knowles, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh, Lowe, Martin, Mayson, Miller of .Bullock, Miller of :~\luscog~>t:; Mitchell, Morton, l\Iulherin, l\lclillmurray McHenry, McLain, Newton, Nisbet, O'Quinn, Parker, Pate of Dooly, Paulk of Ootree, Paulk of Irwin, Peyton,

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l'hillips of Jefferson, nountree,

Phillips or Quitman, Sanders,

-Preston,

Shackelford,

l'roctor,

Singletary,

Hankin,

Spence,

Hedwine,

:Stanford,

Heid,

Steed of Carroll.

Rice,

Steed of Taylor,

IUchardson,

Stewart,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Stovall,

Roper,

Strickland, Thompson, Tigner, Underwood, Valentine, "'alker of Monroe, "'Vellbom, "'Vhitley, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent wei~e :Messrs.-

~aldwin,
.Hell of .l!lmanuel, .Hlackburn. Hower, !loykin, Brown, .Huchan, Bush, (]alvin, (]ann, Conner, {.;ook, 'Da'l'iS, .Davison, Derrick, nun bar, Edwards,
Ennis, E'pans,
Fields. Foster of '!'owns,-

Grice,

1\lcCurry,

Grittin,

McHae,

Hall,

,owen,

Hawes,

Overstreet,

Hicks,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Holder,

Hainey,

Howard of Baldwin, Hawls,

Howard or Laurens, Ridley,

Jones of Dougherty, Bogers of Hall,

Kelly,

Shannon,

KilbUl'll,

Slaton,

Knight,

Thurman,

Lanier,

Tracy,

I;..ittle,

"'Valker of Pierce,

l\lann,

"'atson, _

l\iaples,

welch,

lllills,

"'est,

Mitcham,

Wilson,

Mizell, Moses, McBride,

Wise, womble, Wooten,

The call of the roll having disclosed the fact that 101 members were present the House proceeded with the business before it.
On motion of Mr. Lane of Sumter the bill was tabled .
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Leave of absence was granted the fol1owing members of

. the Penitentiary Committee to visit convict camps, to wit:: Mr. Parker,

Mr. Foster,

Mr. Buchan, Mr. Ayers,

..

Mr. Derrick,

JVIr. Almond,

Mr. Brock,

Mr. McBride,

Mr. English,

Mr. Dozier,

Mr. McLain,

Mr. Bush,

Mr. Pate of Dooly.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on .Rules, submitted the following report:

Jl.fr. S pealcer:

.

Your Committee on Rules have bad under consideration-

resolution No. - , by Mr. Morris of Cobb, and they rec,;..

ommend that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

MR. MORRIS,
Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit=~

By Mr. Morris of Cobb-

A resoiution fixing House Bill No. 611 the special order for this afternoon.

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The following bill which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Morris of Cobb~

A bill to create a Confederate Memorial Board of Georgia, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the paso:age 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 was paRsed.

On motion of Mr. Butts of Glynn House Bill No. 169 was tabled.

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

By Mr. Martin of Elbert~
A resolution fixing House }Jill No. 780 the special order for Friday afternoon.

By Messrs. Johnson of Clinch and Singletary of Thomas-
A bill to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons, etc., except he has license.

A motion was made to table the above bill.

No quvrum having voted the Speaker ordered a call of the roll so as to ascertain whether or not a quorum was in the House.

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

AdaJllS,
Alexander, Alford, Arnold, lie all, Beauchamp, Hell or .l!Jmanuel, ;Bell of Milton, Blackburn, !Booth, Bowen, .Bower, Hoy kin, Brinson, Htock, Btuce, !Huchannon, Hurton, Hush, Butts, Candler, -t.::arr, CaJrington, 'Carswell, Cliatt, "Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Da,es. Davison, 1Jeal, Dozier. Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, .English, Evans,

.Felder,

i\1 ulherln,

.l!'ields,

l\1 c.Bride,

Flanigan,

l\lc.l!Jlmul'l'ay

Foster or Oconee, i\lcHenry,

!<'rank lin,

Newton,

l'ussell,

Nisbet,

Gaulden,

U'Quinn,

Glenn,

Pate A Dooly,

Utenade,

Paulk or <.Jo!Iee,

Gtice,

Paulk or Irwin,

Urittin,

Pilillips of J e!Ierson,

H!trfleman, Harden, Hendry, Henry,

Preston, l'roctor, Rainey, Rankin,

: Hixon of Carro.l, , Hixon of Sumter,
Holder,

Uice, Uicilardson, Rogers of Hall,

Houston,

Rogers of Mclntush,

Howard of Baldwin, Roper,

Howell,

Rountree,

Hutcheson,

Sanders,

.Tohnson of Baker, Sbackelfotd,

Johnson of Clinch, Shannon,

Johnson of Crawford,Stanford,

;roues of J:'lckens, Steed of Carroll,

Kendrick,

Stewart,

Lane,

Stovall,

Lawrence,

Strickland.

Leigh,
Lowe, Mann, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, l\llller of Muscop;ee, Mills, l\1 it<'hell;

Thompson, Tigner, Underwood, Valentine, \\talker of Monroe, \Valker of Pierce, \Veil born, Whitley, 1\Ir. Speaker

Morton,

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Those absent were :Messrs.-

Akin,

Jones .of Dougherty, Phillips of Quitman~

Almond,

Kelly,

Rawls,

Ayres,

Kent,

Re.dwine,

HaldWIQ,

Kilburn,

Heid,

Brown.

Knight,

Hidley,

Buchan,

Knowles,

Singletary,

Calvin,

Lanier,

Sinton,

Unnn,

Little,

Spence,

Conner,

:\Iaples,

Steed of Taylor,

Davis.

Mitcham,

Thurman,

Derrick,

::\1izell,

Tracy,

Ennis,

l\:loses,

watson,

l'lynt,

McUurry,

We!ch,

Foster of 'l'owns. l\IcLain,

West,

George,

McRae,

~Vllson,

Hall.

Owen,

Wise,

Hawes,

Overstreet,

'Vomble,

Hayes,

Parker,

Wooten,

Hicks,

Pate of Gwlnnett, Yates,

Howard of Laurens, Peyton,

It having been ascertained that 114 members were present the House proceeded with the business before it.

The following amendments were read and adopted, to. wit:
By Mr. Johnson of Clinch-
To amend by striking out the section providing a fee of three dollars to be paid to the ordinary for recording nameof person giving the required bond.
Leave of absence was granted-
Mr. Sanders of Heard, Mr. Newton of Colquitt.

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The hour of adjoumment havi.ng airived the Speaker .announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
Friday, August 7, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock .a.m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker and -opened with prayer by the chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members an.swered to their names :

Auarus, n.tex.aullet, A.lford, tialllwin, .ueau, ueauchamp, .Hell of lllmanueJ. .Uell or Milton, lllackburn,
.Uuutb,
How en, Bower, Boy kin, H1inson, Hrock, Brown, Htuce, Buchan, 'Buchannon, Burton, ~us h. 'Butts, ...:i

Ualvln,
'"' l..iautller,
Uauu,
t;at'l', Uarrington, . IJan;weu, Uliatt, Conner, UOOK, Uroruartie, Urumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, , ~Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards,

English, lllnnis, .blvans,
~elder,
IJ'leltls, .I!' Ianigan, L'lynt,
Foster or oconee, I!'oster or '!'owns.
L'ranklln,
lt~ussell,
Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grenade, Grice, Griffin, Hall. Hardeman Harden, Tinwes.
II:JY<'S,

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Hendry,

Mitcham,

Hidley,

Henry,

Mitchell,

HQgers of Hall,

Hicks,

Mizell,

Itogers of Mclntoso,

.Hixon of Carro[,. .\lorton,

Roper,

0

.Hixon of ~umter,

~loses,

Rountree,

.Holder,

Mutllerln,

Sanders,

Houston,

~IcBrlde,

Shackelfotd,

.Howard of BaldWin, ~lcCurry,

Shannon,

.Howard of Laurens, lfcEimurray,

Singletary,

.Howell,

McHenry,

Slaton,

.Hutcheson,

l\IcLain,

Spence,

..Johnson of Baker, l\rcHae,

Stanford,

Johnson of Clinch, Newton.

Steed of carroi1,

1fohnson ot Urawrord, :s'isbet,

~teed of 'l'aytor,

.Jones of Dougherty, Owen,

Stewart,

.Jones of k'iCk.:!ns, Overstreeli,

Stovall,

Kelly,

U'Quinu,

Strickland,

1\.endrick., Kent, Kilburn, Knight,

l'arker. Pate of Dooly, Pate of Gwinne~ Paulk of Uotfee,

Thompson, Tlgnet, 'l'racy, Underwood,

Knowles, 'Lane, Lawrence,

Paulk of Irwin,

Valentine,

Pe:vton

Walker of 1\.lonroe,

Ph;llip~ of Jetrerson. Walker of Pierce.

f.eigh, l.ittle, Lowe, !\faun, Maples,
~[artin,
'll.[ayson, Miller of Bullock. Miller of Muscogee, Mills,

Phillips c,f'Quitman, Watson,

Preston, Proctor, Rainey, Ranl;:ln, Rawls, Redwine, Reid, Rice, Richardson,

Wellborn, West. Whitley, Wilson. Wise. 'Womble,
~Yooten,
Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent we1e Messrs.-

1\.kin, Almond, A.rnolc:t,"

Ayres, Lanier,

Thurman, "Welch,

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The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
o
At the request of Mr. Shackelford of Clarke, Senate Bill No. 74 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

At the request of Mr. Slaton, Rouse Bill No. 175 was. taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

By Mr. George of Morgan-

A resolution making Senate bills the SFecial order forMonday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

By Mr. Brinson-

A Resolution making Resolution No. 206 the special order for this afternoon.

The following resolution was read an~ adopted, to wit~ By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution extending the time for the committee appointed under Senate Resolution No. 55 to make their report.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was. read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Mathews-

A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, and paragraph.

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721

5, section 2, and to add a new paragraph to article 6, section 2, to be known as paragraph 9 of the Constitution.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
Tha following resolution was read the first time by unanimous consent, to wit:
By Mr. Preston of Jasper-

A resolution to _pay the pension of Mrs. Nancy Lynch.

Referred to Committee on Pensions. The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Messrs. Martin, Holder and Hardeman-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the A-ct to create a department _of horticulture and pomology, etc.

By Mr. Duckett- .
A bill to change and fix the time for holding the superior courts of Banks county.

By Mr. Roper of Dawson-
A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Dawson county.

The following resolution was read and referred to Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Bush of Miller-
A resolution fixing House Bill No. 228 the special order to follow " board of health bill."
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Mr. Howell of Meriwether arose to a question of personal privilege, and in speaking of the convict bill said:

Jfr. Speaker:
" I wish to say that I did not occupy the time of the House in diRcnssing the measnre. Previous to the session of the Legislature I did not know Judge Turner, of the prison commtsswn. I then sought him and he did not ask me to support any particular bill ot scheme. Mr. Tom Eason told me that Mr. Knight, of Berrien, had a substitute that covered the essential points of what he (Howell) wished to enact.
"Mr. Howell sought Mr. Knight and they drew the substitute,. which was passed. He said that so far as he knew, Mr. Knight nr.ver consulted Mr. Steed."
He continued by saying that he had never seen Mr. English and Mr. English did not know him.
" I have seen the reporter of the very same Journal vote on questions in the House.''
Mr. Hall interrupted to know if he meant it, and Mr. Howell answered " aye,'' repeating that the reporter was present at the time.
"I will protest that the members of this House be left free of interference from this Atlanta Journal on questions before this House.
"I call upon the Journal to deal manfully and fairly with the representatives in this House, and not try to influence or make this body pass a bill that does not suit it.
" I think that any paper that will so abuse its privileges as to attack this House as did the Journal yesterday should be excluded."

Mr.. Steed of Carroll arose to a question of personal privilege and said:

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Jh. Spealcer:

"I rise to a question of personal privilege. As a citizen of the country that I live in, the country of freedom of speech grauted her citizens, and in the exercise of this citL ship and iu the exercise of this right, I do hold, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, that no man, that no set of men l1ave any right to impugn the moti\es of a citizen in the -exercise of his own honest, conscientious convictions. I want to say, gentlemen, that in all of the deliberations in this body, whether a general measure or a local bill, I have been guided by an unsullied conscience. I have been guided by what I believe was right as far as my knowledge would let me go. I have the best interests, not only of my constituency, but of the people of this sovereign State .at heart, and I am responsible to my constituents.
Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the House, I want to say to you to-day that there is no grander ideal than a man, in :all of its significance. I admire a man; a man of convictions, a man of decision, a man of honesty and integrity, .a man of character. 'Vheu the vote was being taken on the convict lease question, I asked the attention of the members of this House, and in explaining my vote I stated .as best I remember that I thank my God that I had the privilege of standing guard at every encroachment upon the public funds of this State. I want to say, gentlemen further, that the editorial that appears in the sheet published on yesterday afternoon seeks to brand every man who advocated the substitute as a traitor and a public rascal. I want to say, further, gentlemen, that as au advocate --of that substitute l resent with all the manhood with which God has endowed me, the infamous, unmanly attack on men who are exercising their rights and putting into .action their convictions. Conservatism is a jewel, but I .resent the act of that sheet in taking in its band the lash

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and seeking to whip into line every man that is opposed to its policy.
"You may talk, gentlemen, about lobbyism; you may talk about the lobbyists that you claim to infest the House and the corridors of this building, but the most dreaded, mao, the man who is most to be feared is the man who would sit at his desk and pen an editorial in order to whipinto line anybody against their own honest convictions. Such is the case in this grand old city. The author sits in the editorial room of the JounlCd and its deadly fangs are seeking to inject the deadly virus into the veins and ar-teries of eYery honest man in the Georgia Legislature. I resent the unfair policy that has been exercised by the Atlanta Journal. I resent the effort of the Journal to brand the advocates of that substitute bill as traitors. I thank God this morning that I have never been approached. I thank God that I stand as a man that is aboYe approach. Talk about your lobby, or what not, I thank God that my record this morning is what it is, and I thank you,. gentlemen for hearing this appeal.''

Mr. Hall of Bibb arose to a question of personal privilege and said :
Jlr. Speaker:
The gentleman from Meriwether stated in his place that there had been on the floor one of the reporters who is guilty of a serious breach of the privileges of the Honse .. The gentleman charged that when the House was engaged. "in the transaction of business that one reporter had voted on matters then pending before the House. Mr. Speaker, this is a serious charge. It goes to the very integrity of the proceedings of this House; it is a charge that this House can not lightly pass by. I know nothing of it myself_

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These young gentlemen, so far as my observation has gone, have always conducted thPmselves with the utmost propriety. I simply make that statement to show that I have no personal feeling in it, but I say when that charge is made, this House owes it to itself to duly investigate it and if found to be true, to take the proper steps that the person who bas violated it shall be punished. I therefore move, Mr. Rpeaker, that a committee be appointed to investigate this charge made by the gentleman from Meriwether, and report it back to the House.

l\lr. Moses then arose and addressed the Speaker. He said:
JIIr. Speaker:
Tbe Jonrnal ought not to be singled out. Another afternoon paper bas charged editorially that those who voted against the child labor bill were either ignorant or venal.
I am in favor of a free press, but when it comes to the point where a free people can not express their opinion we should take steps to remedy the situation.
The time has come when something must be done. I want Hery man to have the right to express his opinion and vote as he sees fit. If they don't like what we say, let them criticise it as they please, but let them do it in parliamentary language.
Mr. Stovall then arose and said :
The publication of that "editorial should not be made the ground for the investigation of a reporter on anotHer charge. I have nothing to say about the editorial. Nobody who voted against the convict substitut.e believes that those who voted for it were controlled by any improper motives, and I resent the charge. But the mere fact that

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a reporter 1n a spirit of levity or as a boyish prank pretended to vote on some measure should not be made the subject of a serious investigation. It was nothing more than a boyish prank and did not in anywise deceive the clerk. I trust the incident will be passed over and that the gentleman from Bibb will not insi&t on his motion.

Speaker Morris explained that on one or two occasions the clerk bad noticed persons voting who were not members, it being always done in a spirit of levity. No such vote had ever been counted, Clerk Boileuillet stated, and n.o result had in any way been affected thereby.
Mr. Deal of Bulloch deprecated the effort to bring about an investigation of the alleged voting of a member of the press. Probably it was on a Saturday when nobody W!IS paying any attention and everybody was in a good humo1 over the passage of local bills. I have noticed others and possibly representatives of the press hold up their han~s, but only in a spirit of fun, and I have never attached any importance to it.

Mr. Franklin of washington made the point of order that Mr. Hall's motion calling for the appointment of an investigating committee should, under the rules of the House, be reduced to writing.

Speaker Morris sustained the point and ruled that there was nothing before the House.

Mr. Hall said he would put itin writing, but the matter w~s not afterwards beard from and the incident was considered closed.

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.

727

Mr. Speake1':
'fhe Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to provide for the closing of private ways in certain cases, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend section 4868 of the Code so that judges of the superior courts may issue writs of mandamus against boards of commissioners of roads and revenues, and for other purposes.
A bill to regulate the sale of stocks of good1:1, wares and merchandise in bulk, and for other purposes.

The Senate has al~o passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to create a State school-book commission, and for other purposes.

Mr. Shannon, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

jJJ?". Spcal.~er:
The Committee on. Counties ancl County Matters have had under consideration the following House bill, and also the following Senate bills, and have instructed me as their chairman. to report back said bills with the recommendation that the same do pass :

By Mr. Spence of Ware-
To incorporate the Waresboro school district in Ware county, and for other pmposes. Do pass as amended.

728

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Park of 37th District-

To amend an Act establishing a dispensary at Hogansville.

By Mr. Perry of 33d District-

To cede jurisdiction to the United States over certain land in Gainesville for court-house, post-office or other government buildings.

Respectfully submitted,

JNO. R. SHANNON' Chairman.

Mr. Shannon, Chairman of the Committee ou Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill, and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bill with the recommendation that it do pass :
By Mr. Duckett of Banks-
To change and fix the time of holding the superior court of Banks county, and for other purposes.
The committee have also had under consideration the following Senate bill, and recommend that the same do not pass:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.

729

By Mr. Hopkins of 7th District-

To amend Act establishing public schools for Thomasville, Ga.

Respectfully submitted,

J NO. R. SHANNON,
Chairman.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on R11les, submitted the following report:

Nr. Spealcer:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration a number of applications for special orders, and have instructed me to report the following back with the recommendation that the respective resolutions be adopted, viz.: Nos. 337,375, 376, 378, 383, 377, 37::1,387, 366 and 374.

Respectfully submitted,

N. A. MORRIS, Uhairman ex-officio.

Mr. Morris, chairman of the Committee on Rules, sub;mitted the following report:
.Jlh. Speaker:
Your committee have had under consideration several resolutions, and they recommend that 3n and 379 do pass. Your committee beg to state that they will repott on others :;to-day.
N. A. MORRIS, Chairman.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The following resolution, reported back by the Committee on Rules, was read and adopted, to wit:

.

.

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

_.A resolution fixing House Bill No. 625 the special order for Friday, August 6, at 11 o'clock a.m.

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
.A resolution fixing House Bill No. 521 the special order for 12 o'clock this day.

The resolution was lost.

By Mr. Flynt of.Spalding-
.A resolution making House Bill No. 614 the Fpecial or-der for Friday morning at 11:30 o'clock.
The above resolution was lost.

By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
.A resolution fixing House Bill No. 3 i6 as the special' order for 11 o'clock today subject to the special order already set.
The resolution wao adopted.

By Messrs. Hixon and Lane of Sumter-
.A resolution fixing Honse Bills Nos. 184, 156 the special. order fl)r Friday, .August 7th.
The above resolution was adopted.

FRIDAY, AuGusT 7, 1903.

731'

By Mr. Whitley-

A resolution making House Bill No. 295 the special order for this afternoon.

The resolution was adopted.

By Messrs. Underwood and Stovall-
A resolution making House Bill No. 666 the speciaY order for Friday, August 7th.

By Mr. Adams-
A resolution making House Bills Nos. 639 and 480 the continuing special orders fot such times as committee may fix.
The resolution was adopted.

By Mr. Reid of Campbell-

A resolution making all House Bills seeking to amend the constitution the special order for today.
Mr. Tigner offered to amend by adding that Senate Bill No. 66 be made the special order to follow special order above set.
The resolution was adopted as amended.

By Mr. Brinson-
A resolution making House Resolution No. 206 the special order for this alternoon.

The resolution was lost.

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The Speaker ruled House Resolutions Nos. 373 and 377 out of order.

The following message was received ftom the Senate thto.ugh Mr. Northeu, the secretary thereof.

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following joint resolution of the House to wit:

A resolution extending the time or reporting of the .Joint Committee, appointed undet Senate Resolution No. 53.

The undersigned member of General Judiciary Committee submitted the following minority report on House Bill No. 605.

Mr. S pealcer :
The following members of the General Judiciary Committee submit a minority report on House Bill No. 605, .and respectfully request that some Jo not pass.
1. Because, if said bill is enacted into a Ia w it would -entail upon the county of Emanuel at least $2,000 per annum as expenses-in this, to wit, that the 7th section of said bill requires a monthly advertising of the acts and doings of the board of roads and revenue commissioners, .and that the average number of w'ords would not be less than 3,300.
2. Because, under our present system in the last ten .years we have built and furnished both a court house and jail at a cost of some $:35,000 or $40,000. Paid for same and owe not a dollar, but upon the contrary we are out of debt and have over $2,000 now in the treasuty.

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733

3. Bl:'cause, undet the present system we havP. our public road:; and bridges in as good condition as the average wiregrass county, and that we pay less tax than any adjoining county; in fact less than auy county iu the State so far as this committee knows or believes.
4. That the grand jury recomends that this bill do not pass.
H. R. DA:NIEL,
Committee.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof.
J1?. Speake1:
The Senate bas adopted the following Senate reRolutiou,. to wit:
A resolution requesting the House to make Senate bills. special order after reading of Journal on next Monday and Tuesday.
The following bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage,. to wit:
By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of road!.'~ and revenues in the county of Emanuel, and. for other purposes.
The report of the committre, which was favorable to the. passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Daniel, the action of the House in.

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.agreeing to the report of the committee was reconsidered for the purpose of offP.ring the following amendments:

By .Mr. Daniel of Emanuel-

To amend by striking out all of section 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Be it further enacted, That .a synopsis only of the meetings of said board of roads aad revenues be published once a year in the newspapet wherein the sheriff's advertisements are published. And that advertisements be in the issue of said paper next following the third Monday in Octobet of each year, to be paid oul of the county treasury of said county at the same -rates that are paid for the general presentments of the :grand jury of said county.
"Also, to amend, by providing further that this Act shall not be so construed so as to go into effect until same shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of said -county of Emanuel to be voted upon at the next general -election of State and county officers of said county."

The preceding amendments were lost.

The report of the committee was again agreed to.

Mr. Daniel stated that the bill under consideration had .not been properly advertised, and that he desired this state.ment spread upon the Journal.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional rmajority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Bell of Emanuel the bill was or-dered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.

735

Tb~ fullowing resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Jones of Pickens-

A resolution making House Bill No. 125 the special or-der for Monday, August 10.

The folio wing message was recei \ed fro!ll the Senate .through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to wit:

A resolution to create a committee to investigate injuries done by smoke and fumes from copper mines at Ducktown.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended the following House bill by the. requisite constitutional majority, to wit:

A bill to amend Act approved December 21, 1897,
amending section 583, volume 1 of the Code, relative to alternative road law.

Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following teport:
Mr. Speaker :

The Committee oo Enrollment have examined and re-

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port as properly enrolled, July slgn:ed ,and ready fo:.: delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to appropriate $15,000.00 to State S!lnitarium.

Also, an Act to create a board of county commissioner& for Tattnall c?unty.

Respectfully submitted,

c. J. WELLBORN, JR.,
Chairm!ln.

The following bill, which was made the special order for; this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Stovall of Ohatham-
A bill to make an appropriation to the trul!tees of theState University to aid in the completion of the WinnieDavis Memorial Hall at Athens.
An appropriation being involved the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and the Speakerdesignated as chairman of the committee, Mr. Jones of Pickens.
After a consideration of the bill the committee aroseand through their chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation tbst it do pass.
The previous question was called and the main question. ordered.
The report of the committee was then agreed to.

FRIDAY, AuGUST 7, 1903.

737

On the. passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking th~ ballot viva voce the vote was as as follows:

'J,.'hose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams,

.Kllwards,

Lawrence,

Alexander,

~nglisll,

Leigh,

AI foro,

.IJJnnJs,

Little,

Arnold,

~!:vans,

Lowe,

Baldwin,

l<'eldel',

Mann,

Beall,

Fields,

Maples,

Beauchamp,

L'lanlgan,

Martin,

lieU of .lllmanuel, Flynt,

l\iayson,

BeU of Mitton,

.l!'ostet of oconee. Miller of .oullock,

Blackburn,

Franklin,

Miller or Muscogee,

Booth,

Fusseu,

l\Iills,

Brinson,

Gaulden,

Mitcham,

Brock,

George.

Mitchell,

Brown,

Grenade,

Morton,

Bruce,

Grice,

l\Iulherin,

Buchannon,

Grltttn,

McBride,

Hurton,

Hall,

l\Iclillmurray,

Butts,

Hardeman,

McHenry,

Calvin,

Harden,

McLain,

Candler,

Hawes,

lllcHae,

Uann,

Hayes,

Nisbet,

Uarr,

Hendry,

Owen,

Carrington,

Hicks,

O'Quinn,

Carswell, Cllatt, Conner,

Hixon or Carroll,

_,

. -~
~ :'

Hixon

of

Sumter,

Holder,

Pate or Dooly, Pate of Gwinnett, Peyton,

Cook,

..... Houston,

Phillips of Jelferson,

Cromartie,

Howard of .Baldwin, Preston,

Daves,

Hutcheson,

.l:'roctor,

Davison, Deal.

Johnson of Clinch, Rainey,
- ~. '1 Johnson of Crawford,Rawls,

Dozier,

Jones of Dougherty, Redwine,

Duckett,

Jones of PickenP, Reid,

Duggan,

4' .h Knight,

Rice,

Dunbar,

Lane,

Richardson,

47hj

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Rogers of Mclntost>. Steed of Taylor,

Roper,

Stewart,

dounttee,

Stovall,

Shackelford,

Strickland,

Shannon,

Tigner,

Singletary,

Tracy,

';;)pence,

Valentine,

Stanford,

Walker of Monroe

Steed of Carroll,

IValker of Pierc:oo=, '\Vatson, Wellborn, west, Whitley, Wilson, Womble. Wooten.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.--

Bower,
Bush, Daniel, Ulenn,

Henry, Howell, McCurry,

Rankin, Underwood, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin,

Kelly,

Almond,

Kendrick,

Ayres,

Kent,

Bowen,

Kilburn,

Boyklu,

Knowles,

Buchan,

Lanier,

Crumbly,

1\:llzell,

Davts,

Moses,

Derrick,

Newton,

Foster of 'l'owns, Overstreet,

Howard of Laurens, P.arker.

Johnson of Baker, Paulk of Coffee,

Paulk of Irwin Phillips of Quitman, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Sanders, Slaton, Thompson, Thurman,
Welch. Wise, Mr. Speaker.

~yes 130; nays 10.

By. ananimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 10.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-
jority was passed.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.

739

On motion of Mr. Calvin, House Bill. No. 805, was reestablished before the House.

Mr. George of Morgan moved that the session of the House this morning be extended for ten minutes for a specific purpose, as will appear hereafter, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Knight of Berrien arose to a question of personal ;privilege and made a statement in justice to Speaker Morris relative to his testimony before the investigation Committee. He said that he had never seen any whiskey in the Speaker's room during the occupancy of the chair by Mr. Morris, either this session or the last. While he had opposed Mr. Morris as Speaker, he had always found ;him a fair officer and had never seen or heard of any whiskey in his room.
Replying to an editorial in the Jottrnal yesterday Mr. :Knight said he didn't come to the Legislature to support the dictates of any daily or weekly paper; he came here to represent his constituents according to the dictates of his Conscience.
He said the reporters on the floor of the House had treated them very fairly and he had no fault to find with them. If they were as biased and unfair as the writer of :the editorial he would move to exclude them from the .House.

The following bill, which was under discussion when the House adjourned on yesterday and o~ which the previous -question had been called, was taken up under the head of unfinished business and put upon its final passage, to wit:

By Messrs. Johnson of Clinch and Singletary-

A bill to regulate the carrying of certain deadly weapons, :and for other purposes.

740

JOUl\~AL OF THE llOtJSE.

The hour of adjournment of the regular session having arrived the business for which the session was extended was taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Akin of Bartow-
A bill to allow defendants in certain trover cases toplead set-offs ot to recoup damages when suits have been brought to recover possession of personal property, 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 I he bill the ayes were 93, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL: majority was passed.
The Speaker then announced the House adjourned untiiZ 3 o'clock this afternoon.

'3 O'CLOCK, P.lii.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called toorder by the Speaker.

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

Adams, Alexander, .Alford, Almond, Arnold.

Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel,

Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower.

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.741

.Hoy kin,

l'ussell,

1\layson,

ilrinson,

baulden,

Mil!e1 or .l:Sullock,

ill'OCk,

George,

Miller or Muscogee,

I:Jrown,

Glenn,

Mills,

Bruce,

L>renade,

Mitcham,

Buchan,

<..-<rice,

Mitchell,

Huchannon,

Grimn,

Morton,

Horton,

Hall,

Moses,

Bush,

Hardeman,

Mulherin,

Butts,

Harden,

McBride,

Calvin,

Hawes,

McCurry,

Oandler,

Hayes,

MeE!murray,

()ann,

Hendry,

McHenry,

Carr,

Henry,

llcLatn,

\Jarrington,

Hicks,

1\lcHae,

Carswell,

Hixon of Oarrou, Newton,

.Cliatt,

r Hixon of :Sumter, Nisbet,

...:onner,

,"Holder,

Owen,

()ook,

Houston,

Overstreet,

Cromartie,

Howard of Baldwin, O'Quinn.

Crumbly,

Howard of Laurens, Parker,

nnniel,

Howell,

Pate or Dooly,

'l>a>es,

Hutcheson,

Pate or Gwinnett,

Davis,

Johnson of Baker, Paulk Of Oo!Iee,

Davison,

Johnson of Clinch, Paulk of Irwin,

Dear.

Johnson of Orawrord, Peyton,

Denick,

Jones of Dougherty, Phillips of Jetrer!lnn,

Dozier,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Quitman,

Duckett,

Kelly,

Preston,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Proctor,

nunbar,

1\:ent.

Rainey,

l<~dwards,

Kilburn,

Hankin,

t;nglish,

Knight,

Rawls,

1'1nnis,

Knowles,

Redwine,

1~Jvans,

rJane,

Reid,

t~elder,

--Lawrence,

Rice,

Fields,

Leigh,

Richardson,

Finnigan,

Little,

Ridley,

l'lynt.

Lowe,

Rogers of Hall,

J~oster of Oconee, Mann,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

l<'&~ster of 'l'owns,

,\Iaples,

Roper,

l~ranklln,

-plartln,

Rountree,

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Sanders,

Stovall,

Shackelford,

Strickland,

Shannon, Singletary,

., -: ; Thompson, :- Thurman,

Slaton, Spence,

_,-:-; Tigner, <:.i Tracy,

Stanford,

Underwood,

Steed of Carroll, Valentine,

Steed of Taylor,

Walker of Monroe,

Stewart,

Walker of l:'ierce.

Watson, Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, \Vise, Womble, Wooten.
Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those abse11t were Messrs.-

Akin,
Lanier,

Mizell,

Welch,

The following resolutiQns were read and referred to the Committee on Rules., to wit:

By Mr. Hixon of Sumter-
A resolution fixing the order of business for to-morrow's session.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution making House Bills Nos. 255 and 526 the special order for this afternoon.

By Messrs. Martin and Harden-

A resolution making House Bill No. 780 the special order for Saturday next.

By unanimous eonsent House Bill No. 200 was allowed to take the place of 614 on the calendar.

Under the head of unfinished business the following bill was taken up for its final passage, to wit :

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743

By Messrs. Johnson of Clinch and Singletary of Thomas-

A bill relative to and to regulate the carrying of certain weapons, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were offered, to wit:

By Mr. Briuson of Decatur-

To amend by adding the following section : "Sec. -. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or in any other way furnish or provide any pistol or rifle cartridge or cartridges to any person or persons, except upon the presentation by such person a properly signed certificate from the ordinary of the county of such person that he or. she has complied with the provisions of. this Act, and any dealer violating this section shall be punished as prescribed Ill this Act for violations of other sections thereof."

By Messrs. Deal and Lwe-
To amend by striking the word "ten" wherever it occurs, and by striking the words " two hundred and fifty" and inserting the word "fifty" in lieu thereof.
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 10.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional. majority was passed as amended.

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

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A resolution fixing as the continuing special order until disposed of, House Bill No. 638.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Spence of Ware-

A bill to incorporate the Waresboro school district. By Mr. Celvin of Richmond-

A bill to amend paragraph 13, section 3 of the general appropriation bill.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A bill to provide for an exchange of the present site of the Presbyterian church in Milledgeville.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution to pay expenses of the investigating committee, known as the "Lobby Investigating Committee."

Mr. Steed, vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submits the following report:

1.1'11. Speaker :

The Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration House Bill No. 370 and the committee instructs me as its chairman to report Eame back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

Respectfully submitted.

wALTER E. STEED, Vice-Chairman.

FRIDAY, AuGUST 7, 1903.

745

Mr. Flynt, chairman of the Special Judiciary Commit-tee, submitted the following report:
J1r. Speaker:
Your Committee of Special ,Tudiciary has had under consideration the following Honse bills and I am instructed a::~ its chairman to report them back to the House with the recommeudation that the same do pass, to wit :
.By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to protect the lands, enclosed and unenclosed, posted according to law of the public institutions of this :State.

'By Mr. Bell of Milton-

A bill to amend section 1137 of volume 3 of the Code -of Georgia.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A bill to exchange the present site of the Presbyterian -church in Milledgeville, Ga., located on the old capital square .
.By Mr. Dun bar of Richmond-

A bill to provide that elections for justices of the peace, -county constables, membets of boards of education of the various counties of the State aud all other county officers ~lected by the people sbaii be held on the same date and at the same time that elections are held for goyernor and .members of the General Assembly.
I am instructed to report the following Senate bill back >to the House with the recommendation that it do pass:

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JOURNAL oF THE HousE.

By :Mr. Comas of the 3rd District
A bill to amend au AcL establishing the city court ot Baxley in Appling county.

I am instructed to report the following Senate bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:

By 1\fr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to provide for the holding of the several city courts in this State by the various city court judges thereof.

I am instructed to report the following Senate bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be referred to the General Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Mathews of the 23rd District-

A bill to provide for the registry of the transfers of' bonds for title.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

On motion Senate Bill No. 161 was recommitted to theGeneral Judiciary Committee.

The following bill, which was made the special order fot this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage~ to wit:

By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to amend an Act to organize the military forces of this State, and for other purposes.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.

747

The committee proposed to amend by striking all of the bill after section 1, and adding the following: "Section 2. Be it further enacted, That the appointee to the office of Adjutant-General, as a condition precedent to receiving his commission from the Governor and before assuming the duties incident to his office shall stand and pass such examination as the regular officers board of examiners. may prescribe, which examination shall not be waived.
Section 3 is the repealing clause.

The amendment was adopted.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Steed, vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

:A/1. Speaker:

The Committee on Appropriations has had under consideration House Bill No. 805, (established copy,) which proposes to amend paragraph thirteen, section 3, of theGeneral Appropriation Act, approved December 16, 1902,. and instructed me to report the bill back with a recommendation that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted,

W. E. STEED, Vice-fi::hairman.

The following bill, which was under the special order for

JouitNAL oF TllE HousE.
this hour, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to create a board of health and health officers in this State, and for other purposes.

'The committee offered a substitute which wa.s read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bi"ll by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva vo;;e the vote was as follows:

. Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Alford, Arnold, Aytes, Baldwin, Beauchamp, Bell or Kmanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Boy kin, Brown, Eruct, Buchan, Buchan non, Burton, Calvin,
0
Candler, Cann,

Carr, Carswell, Cliatt, Conner, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, DaYes, Davison, Deal, Dozier, Duckett,
Duggan,
Dunbar, Edwards, Evans, l<'eldE'r, l'ields, l<"'lanigan,

F'Iynt, .l!'oster of Oconee, l'ranklin, FusselL Uaulden, Geotge, Wenn, Grenade, Urice, Hall, Bardemap. Harden, Hawes, Bayes, Hendry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Holder, Houston,

FRIDAY, AL"GUST 7, 1903.

B:owatd of .Baldwin, Mitcham,

Shannon,

Howatd of Laurens, ;\litchell,

Singletaty,

Howell,

Morton,

Slaton,

Hutchesot._

)fulher!n.

Spence,

Johnson of .Baker, ~JcCurry,

Stanford,

Johnson of (.)linch, McElmurray,

Steed of Carroll,

J oIInson of urawfora, ~lcHae,

Steed of Taylor,

Jones of Dougllerty, Nisbe.t,

Stewatt,

Jones of l:'ickens, Overstteet,

St9VIIll,

Knight,

O'Quinn,

Stri~ok1and,

Lawrence,

Paulk of Uofi'ee, Tigner,

Leigh,

Paulk or lrw!u,

Tracy,

Little,

l:'reston,

"'atson,

Lowe, :\!ann,

Hankin, Redwine,

" ' ellbOI'n, West

:Hartin,

Reid,

Whitley,

1\Iayson,

Rice,.

Wilson.

Miller or .Bullock, Rogers of Mcintosh, '\Vomble,

Miller of Muscogee, Rountree,

Yates,

Mills,

Shackelford,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Bower, Bush, Carrington, Cook,

Proctor, Rainey, Rawls. Underwood,

Valentine, walker of l\Ionroe.. Walker of l:'lerce.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams,

Aldn,

Almond,

Beall,

Bowen,

Brinson,

Brock,

Butts,

I'

Davis,

Derrick,

English,

Ennis.

Foster of 'l'owns,

Urittin,

Henry,

Hixon of l:5umter,

l(elly,

l(endrick,

l(ent,

Kilburn,

Knowles,

Lane,

Lanier,

~Ia pies.

:r:.

l\Iizell, 1\Ioses, l\IcBrlde, McHenry; McLain, Newton, Owen, Parker, Pate of Dooly, Pate of Gwlnnett, Peyton, Phillips of Jefi'erson~

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Phillips of Quitman, Hoper,

Hichardson,

~anders,

Ridley,

'l'hompson,

nogers of Hall,

Thurman,

Welch, Wise,
"'ooten, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 116; nays 11.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call -was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 116, nays 11.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed hy substitute.
On motion of Mr. Slaton the session this afternoon was -extended 30 minutes for the purpose of reading Senate bills first time and local bills second time.

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

.By Mr. Bruce of Lumpkin-
A resolution providing that Senate Bill No. 124 be -made the special order for Monday at 10 o'clock.

Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that all leaves of absence here-tofore granted, except for providential causes be revoked, -which motion prevailed:

The following resolution reported back by the Com:mittee on Rules was read.
_By Mr. Hixon of Sumter-
A resolution fixing the order of business for tomorrow.

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751

Mr. Felder proposed to ame;nd by adding general bills as they appear on the calendar.

The resolution was adopted as amended.
The hour of adjournment of the regular session arrived and the business for which the session was extended was taken up.
The following Senate Bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Park of the 37th District-

A bill to regulate the sale of stocks of goods, wares and merchandise, etc., in bulk.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Davis of the 17th District.

A bill to amend section 1908 of volumn 2 of the code which provides by whom banks shall be managed.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Duncan of the 36th District-
A bill to define and regulate the business of Life Insurance.
Refetred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-
A bill to provide for probation officers and to define their duties, etc.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A bill to provide for the closing of certain private way& in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General ,Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hudson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend section 4868, volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.

By Mr. Williams of the 16th District.

A resolution for the relief of J. A. McAfee and others.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ledford of the 40th District~

A resolution to appoint a committee to investigate damage done by fumes of copper mines at Ducktown.

The above resolution was concurred in.

The following bill was taken up for the purpose of con curring in the Senate amendments, to wit:

By Messrs. Pate and Fields of Dooly-
A bill to amend Act to amend section 583, volume 1 of the Code, relative to the alternative road law.

The Senate proposed to amend as follows: To amend by striking out the words "that the registration of electors used prior to said .election shall be used in said election "

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753

-on page :3, line 3, section 1, and insert in lieu thereof the
words "all persons who have registered ten days before ,said election, or who have registered in the general election next preceding this election, and who are otherwise qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, &hall .be qualified to vote in this election.

Also, to amP.nd by striking from section 1, line 26, the words" one-tenth" and inserc ''one-fifth."

Also, to amend by striking section 2 and numbering same 3, and inserting another section to be known as Sec. 2, to read as follows :

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to or .affect any county in this State having the following population: of between 7,000 and 8,000, of between 13,700 .and 14,000 population, or of tetween 16,000 and 22,000 population, as shown by United States census of 1900.

The House proposed to amend the above amendment :as follows:

.By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
To amend by striking from the third line from the end -of same the figures '' 22,000" and insert in lieu thereof the figures "21,000."
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Fussell of Chattahoochee-
A bill to authorize and empower the town of Cusseta to create a debt not more than $2,500.
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The following bills were read the second time and re-referred to wit:

By Mr. Field~ of Dooly-

A_ bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon school district~

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

.A. bill to incorporate the Dooling school district.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Snow school district.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Oakland school district.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

.A. bill to enlarge and define the power of the police courtof Savannah, etc.

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-

.A. bill to enlarge and define the power of the police court of Savannah in the infliction of punishment, etc.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Richardson of Houston, on account of sickness in his family.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned uutil 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1903.

755

ATLANTA, GA., Saturday, August 8, 1903.

The Ho~1se met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the chaplain.

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

A.dams,

Oarswell,

Alexander,

Cliatt,

Almond,

Oonner,

Arnold,

Cook,

.Baldwin,

Cromartie,

.Beall,

Crumbly,

Beaachamp,

Daniel,

Bell of Emanuel, Daves,

Boll of Milton,

Davison,

Booth,

Deal,

Bowen, Bower,

Derrick,

""

Dozier,

.Boykin,

Duckett,

Brinson,

Duggan,

Brock,

Dunbar,

Brown,

JJ:dwards,

Bruce,

English,

Buchan,

Ennis,

Buchann<>n,

Evans,

Burton,

It' elder,

Bush,

~r;: trields,

Butts,

l!'Ianigan,

Calvin,

l'Iynt,

Candler,

i iJI'oster of Oconee,

Cann,

l!'oster of Towns,

Uarr,

l<'ranklln,

Carrington,

Fussell,

Gaulden, George, Glenn, Urenaue, Orice, Uritlin, Hall, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicl.:s,
Hixon of Carroll,. Hixon of Sumter, Holder, Houston, Howard of Haldwln, Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson of .Baker, Johnson of Clinch, Johnson of Crawford, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of Pickens, Kelly,

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Kendrick,. Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh, Little, Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock; Miller of Muscogee, M1lls, Mitcham, Mitchell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, McCurry, McElmurray, McHenry,

McLain,

Shannon,

McRae,

~laton,

Owen,

Spence,

Overstreet,

~tanford,

O'Quinn,

Steed of Carroll,

Patker,

Steed of Taylor,

Pate of Gwlnnett. Stewart,

Paull> of Oolfee,

Stovall,

Paulk of Irwin,

Strickland,

Peyton,

Thompson,

Phillips of Jelferson, Tigner,

Preston,

Tracy,

Proctor,

Underwood,

Rainey,

Walker of Monroe,

Rankin,

Walker of Pierce,

Rawls,

Watson,

Reid,

Wellborn,

Rice,

West,

Richardson,

Whitley,

Ridley,

Wilson,

Rogers of Hall,

Wise,

Rogers of Mcintosh, " 7omble,

Roper,

Wooten,

Rountree,

Yates,

Sanders,

Mr. Speaker.

Shackelford,

. Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Alford, Ayres, Blackburn, Davis, Hardeman,

Lanier.

Redwine,

1\iizell.

Singletary,

Newton.

Thurman,

Nisbet,

Valentine,

Pate of Dooly,

Welch,

Phillips of Quitman,

The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispen&ed with.
By unanimous consent the .action of the House in revoking leaves of absence granted members of this House was reconsidered.

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75f

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Grice of Pulaski for providential cause for the rest of the session.

Leave of absence was also granted
Mr. Alford. Mr. Nisbet. Mr. Johnson of Crawford.

The following resolution was introduced and read, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of_ BibbA resofution to declare Sunday August 9, dies non.

The above resolution was lost.

Mr. Shannon, 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 Senate bill, and instruct me as their chairman to report back said bill with the recommendation that it do pass.

By Mr. Perry of 33d District-

To be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of probation officers and to define their duties, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted,

August 8, 1903.

JNo. R. SHAKNON, Chairman.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution fixing House Resolution No. 370, providing for payment of expenses of Investigating Coml)littee, the special order for Monday next.

By Mr. Tigner of M uscogee-

A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 6o the special order for Monday, August lOth.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder-
A resolution making House Bill No. 590 the special order for 11 o'clock today.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Nichols.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-
A bill to prohibit the hunting or fishing on the lands of another in Thomas county without a written permit.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1903.

759

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 received the requisite constitutional m1ajority was passed.

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-
A bill to provide a new charter for the town of Flowery Branch.

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, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional 'majority was passed.

Senate Bill No. 27 was tabled by request.

By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of ~Meigs, in the county of Thomas, 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 93, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Slaton, chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

'Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate, and instruct me, as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as toprovide for the establishment of a court of appeals.

A bill to regulate the sales of stocks of goods, wares and, merchandise in bulk.
The committee further recommends that Senate BillsNos. 121, 158, 140, 143, 152, 148, 161, 180, 52, 181 and 185 and Senate Resolution No. 51 be read a second timein the House and recommitted to this committee.
Respectfully submitted.
JoHN 1\f. SLATON, Chairman.

:Mr. Steed, chairman p~o tem. of the Committee on Rules,. su~mitted the following report.

M1. Speake1 :
The Committee on Rules respectfully report HouseResolution No. 370 be set for special order immediately.
w. E. STEED,
Chairman pto tem.

The following resolution reported.favorably by the Committee on Rules was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution fixing House Reeolution No. 370 as thespecial order for this morning:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1903:

761'

The following resolution which was made the special order for this hour, was read the third time and put npon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A resolution providing for the payment of the expensesof the committee to investigate lobbying.
An appropriation being involved the House resolved it- self into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated as chairman of the committee Mr. Moses of Coweta.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back. with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was adopted.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays wereordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote wasas follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Adams,
~lexander,
Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Boykin, Brown,

Buchannon, Burton. Bush, Butts, Uandler, Uarr, (..)arrington, UarsweJJ, Cll.att, Conner, Uook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel,

Davison; Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett. Duggan, Dunbar, EdW8.l'dS, Felder, Fields, !<'Ianigan,
~vnt,
l'oster of UcoLiee;. Fran!;: lin,

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JouRNAL oF THE RousE.

b'ussell,

Mann,

Hice,

Gaulden,

Martin,

Rogers of Hall,

George,

Mayson,

Rogers of Mclntosb-

l~lenn,

l\liller of .Hollo., Roper,

Grenade,

l\liller of 1\:lttsco-'c!e, Houutree,

Grice,

Mills,

Sanders,

Hall,

Mitcham,

Shackelford,

.Harden,

~litchell,

Shannon,

Hawes,

Morton,

Slaton,

.Hayes,

Moses,

Spence,

Hendry,

l\Iulherin,

Stanford,

Hicks,

McBtide,

Steed of Carroll,

"Hixon of CatToll, l\l<:Elmurray,

Steed of Taylor,

Holder,

McHenry,

Stewart,_

Houston,

()wen,

Stovall,

Howard of Baldwin, Overstreet,

Strickland,

Howard of Laurens, U'Qulnn,

Thompson,

Howell,

Parker,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwlnnett,

_Jobnson of Baker, Paulk of Coffee,

.Johnson of Clinch, Paulk ot' Irwin,

Jones of Dougherty, Preston,

.Jones of Pickens, Proctor,

Kent,

Rainey,

Knowles,

Rankin,

Lawrence.

Rawls,

Leigh,

Redwine,

Little,

Reid,

Tigner, Tracy, TJn<leiwood, Walker of Mouroe, Walker of Pier"(._ \Yellborn, \Vest. Whitley, wilson,
Womble, Yates,

Lowe,

Those v~ting in the negative were Messrs.-

'Bower, .'Bruce,

l1'oster or '!'owns, Henry

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, Alford, Bell of Emanuel, Brinson, .Brock,

Buchan, Calvin, Cann, Daves, Davis,

English, Ennis, Evans, Grittln, Hardeman,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1903.

763

'Hixon of Sumter, McCurry,

Ridley,

.Johnson or Crawrord,:\lcLain,

Singletary,

Kelly,

?\'lcRae,

'l'hurman,

Kendrick,

Newton,

Valentine.

Kilburn,

Nisbet,

Watson.

Knight,

Pate of Dooly,

Welch,

Lane,

Peyton.

Wise,

Lanier.

Phillips of Jefferson, Wooten,

1\Iaples,

Phillips of Quitman. 1\fr. Speaker.

-Mizell,

Richardson,

Ayes 12i; nays 4.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 127, nays 4.

The resolution having received the requiE:ite conEtitutioual majority was passed.

Mr. Moses of Coweta, arose to a question of personal privilege, and speaking of an article in the Atlanta Jounwl of yesterday, said :

"Ordinarily, gentlemen, I"am not after the reporters; I am after the big fish.
"But what I wish to reply to is the peaceful doze referred to by the writer of that article.. I deny that within the last five years I have taken a drink of whisky, and the man who says I have is a liar.
" I have asked one of the newspaper powers that be, if be bad instructed his representative as to how to treat me.
" If these fellows who try to get me to drink will let me alone I will never take another drink, but I won't sit here and see it go out to my constituents that I was drunk. And I want to say that any man who tri.as to strike me below the belt is a brute.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

~~ I wouldn't care a word about this, if it didn't get tomy home. If 1 could keep that dirty sheet out of my house, I would, but it gets there some way or another."
Mr. Moses arose to another question of personal privilege half an hour later.
" Mr. Speaker," said he. "The Jotb?nal reporter who wrote that article I quoted earlier in the day has disclaimed any intention to convey that I was under the in- fl.uence of whisky yesterday. I, therefore, cheerfully withdraw what I said about him. I never wish to harru any one without being justified, and I gladly make this: statement.''

ATLANTA, GA., August 8, 1903.

The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn~
M1. Speake1 :

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to amend an Act to establish the eity court of Sylvania, in the county of Screven.

An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Tattnall.

An Act to appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to the Georgia State Sanitarium.

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

By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-

A resolut-ion providing for a correction to be made in

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1903.

765

;the enrolled copy of House Bill No. 601, so as to strike the -words ''as hereinafter defined," and insert the words "as 'hereinberore defined."

Mr. Connor, chairman of Committee on Special Agri-eulture, submitted the following report :

The Committee on Special Agriculture has had under consideration Senate Bill No. 191, and direct me as their -chairman to report the e:ame back to the House with a recommendation that it do pass.
J. J. CONNOR, Chairman.

The following Senate bill was read the third time as a -special order, and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Perry of the 33d-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the "City of Gainesville.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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

-By Messrs. Cann, Harden and Sto\all-

A bill to r-egulate the sale of liquors in this State in cities .having a population of 20,000 inhabitants.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

The committee proposed to amend by striking whereve1~ it occurs the following words, ''having 20,000 population or more."

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pate of Doo1y-

A bill to incorporate the Pleasant Va1Iey school district in the county of Dooly.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tb e 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 was passed.

By Mr. Edwards of Marion-

A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the town of Buena Vista in the county of Marion.
The committee proposed to amend by inserting between the words "after'' and "the" in line 7, section 1 the words "the first day of January next, after." Also, to amend by striking out the words " two-thirds'' in line 12 of section 1, and insert in lieu thereof "one-baH," and by striking out the word "one-third'' in line 16, section 1~ and inserting in lieu thereof "one-halt."
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767

Mr. Wilson of Clay moved that the local proofs be spread upon the Journal, which motion prevailed.

The following is a copy of the proof:

GEORGIA-Marion County.

I, 'N. E. Butt, Ordinary for said county, do hereby cer-

tify that a notice has been pasted on the courthouse door

in the town of Buena Vista, said county, for the term of

thirty days, a copy of which notice appears below. This

June 26, 1903.

W. E. BuTT, Ordinary.

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given .that at the next session of the
General Aosembly of the Stat\l of Georgia a bill wilf be in-
troduced to amend an "Act to create a dispensary of liquors in the town of Buena Vista,'' approved December 13, 1900, so as to provide for au eqitable division of.the net proceeds between the town of Buena Vista aud the county of Marion.
Or it may be so amended that a part of the proceeds may be applied to the working and building of good roads and bridges in Marion county. E. H. McMichael, Senator 24th District; M. R. Edwards, H.epresentative Marion county.

The above is an exact copy of the local proof.

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

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.
On passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Adams, . Alexander, Almond,
Arnold, Ayres, Beauchamp, .-Bell of Milton. -Blackburn, Booth. .Bowen, Bower,
.Boykin, -Brown, Bruce, -Burton, Bush, -candler, -Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt. Conner, Davison, ,Deal, Dozier. -Duckett, Duggan. Edwards, Flynt, Foster or Oconee, 'Franklin,

.l!'usseJI,

1\lcl!llmmTay,

Gaulden,

McHenry,

George,

Overstreet,

ll:lenn,

U'(Juinn,

U.renade,

Pate of Gwlnnett,

Grice,

!:'aulk or Oolfee,

Hall,

Paulk or lrwin,

Harden,

Peyton,

Hayes,

Preston,

Hendry,

Proctor,

flenry,

Rankin,

Hicks,

Rawls,

Holder,

!:tedwine,

Howard of L~~turens, Reid,

,Hutcheson,

Rice,_

Johnson of Hal!...,., Rogers of Hall,

Johnson qf Cllnc.n, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Jones of Pickens, Roper,

Kent,

Rountree,

Leigh,

Sanders,

Lowe,

Shackelford,

l\lann,

Spence,

Martin,

Steed of Carron;

Mayson,

Stewart,

Mills,

Shlckland.

Mitcham,

Underwooa,

Mitchell,

Walker of Monroe,

Morton,

Whitley,

Moses,

Yates.

McBride.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Baldwin, Beall, Huchannon, Cool;:, Daniel, .Felder, .Houston,

Jones of Dougherty, Rainey,

Lawrence,

Stanford,

Little,

Stovall,

Miller of Bullock, Walker of Pierca.

MHier or Muscogee, Wellborn,

Mulher-in,

Wilson,

:Parker,

Womble,

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769

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Alford, Hell of l!lmanuel, Brinson, Brock, Buchan, Butts, Calvin, Cann, Carr, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daves, Davis, Derrick, Dunbar, Englisn, Ennis, Evans, Fields, Flanigan, F'oster of Towns,

Gritlin,

Owen,

Hardeman,

Pate of Dooly,

Hawes,

l:'hillips or Jelferson,

Hixon of Carroll, Phillips of Quitman,

Hixon of :Sumter, J:tichardson,

Howard of Baldwin, Ridley,

Howell,

Shannon,

.Johnson or erawrord, Singletary,

Kelly,

Slaton,

Kendrick,

Steed of Taylor,

Kilburn,

Thompson,

Knight,

Thurman,

Knowles,

Tigner,

Lane,

Tracy,

Lanier,

Valentjne,

Maples,

Watson,

Mizell,

Welch,

McCurry,

West.

1\:lcLaln,

Wise,

llfcRae,

Wooten.

Newton,

Mr. Speaker.

Nisbet,

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast it was found the ayes were 89, nays 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

On motion ofMr. Bower the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following resolution was read and ordered to lay over for one day to wit:
By Mr. Brinson of Decatur-
A resolution providing for a committee to draft a bill that will cover the demands of a pure food law.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

'l'he reading of bills a third time was resumed, to wit :

By Mr. McHenry of Floyd-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Rome.
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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. English of 'YarrenA bill to amend the charter of the town of Norwood. 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 received the requisite constitutional ma-
jority was passed.
By Mr. Butts of GlynnA bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.
A substitute was offered, read and adopted. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute. On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Shannon of MonroeA bill to abolish the city court of Forsyth.

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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McBride of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to prohibit the sale of liquors in the county of Lee.

_The following amendment was read and adopted to wit:

By Mr. McBride-
To amend by striking aU of section 1 and inserting the following: " The compensation of the county commissioners acting as dispensary commissioners shall be .fixed by the grand jury of Lee county at each spring term of the superior court of said county, and nothing iu this Act shall be construed as making it compulsory upon said grand juries to allow any compensation, but it shall be in the discretion of said grand juries to allow no compensation, or compensation in such amount .as may seem just and adequate in their discretion."

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

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays o_

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to establish a local public school system at Canon, Ga.
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 88, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.

By Mr. Franklin of Washington-
A. bill to amend an Act to provide a new charter forfor the city of Tennille.
The report of the committee, which was favorable tothe 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 was passed.

By Mr. Wellborn of Union-

A. bill to protect fish in Notla river.
The report of the committee, which was favorable t() the pas~age of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Me!!srs. Howard and Hicks-

A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the city of Dublin.

The following amendment was read and adopted to wit:

By Messrs. Howard and Hicks of Laurens-
To amend section 5 by adding at the end of said section the following: "Provided, however, that no property owner as contemplated by this Act shall be required to connect with any sewer until the city has put or laid a sewer. in the main street nearest said property to be connected with said sewer.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the tPassage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

"The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Duckett, Holder, Hardeman-
A bill to amend an Act to amend any Act to amend the <:barter of Maysville.
The repo'rt of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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Ou passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional: majority was passed.

By Mr. Bowen of WilcoxA bill_ to incorporate the Pineview school district.

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.

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

By Messrs. Dozier and Ridley-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the city of LaGrange.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
Ou passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite 'ConstitutionaL majority was passed.

By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Carroll county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepaEsage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Buchannon of EarlyA bill to amend the charter of the city of Blakeley.

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

By Messrs. Stewart and Buchannon-

A bill to create a system of public schools in the city of Arlington.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Steed and HixonA bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and

revenues for the county of Carroll.

The committee proposed to amend by striking all of section 1, alter the words "to wit,'' and inserting in lieu

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thereof the following: "J. R. Lassiter, W. J. Whatley, J os. W. Greene, whose terms of office shall expire on October 25, 1905, and L. C. Mandeville and J. K. Roop whose terms of office shall expire on October 25, 1906, anJ the terms of each membet of said board selected by the grand jury and appointed by the judge of the superior court of said county to succeed the members herein named, shall he two years, always to expire on October 2.5."

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 90, nays 0.

The bill Laving received the requisite constitutional maiority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Franklin.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pasEage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Burton of Franklin-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commission-

rs of roads and revenues for the county of Franklin.

-.

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, nays 0.

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By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A bill to create the office of road commissioners for the -county of Carroll.

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, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Duckett of Banks-
A bill to change and fix the time for holding the superior courts of Banks 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-
A bill to provide for an exchange of the present site of the Presbyterian church in Milledgeville.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

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

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By Mr. Mitchell of Thomas-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Boston.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiona_ majority was passed.

By Mr. Alford of Worth-
A bill to incorporate the city of Isabella.
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 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.

By Mr. Fussell of ChattahoocheeA bill authorizing the town of Cusseta to create a debt..
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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionaL majority was passed.

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By Mr. Roper o-i Dawson-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from. the streams of Dawson 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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional" majority was passed.

By Mr. Butts of Glynn (by request)A bill to regulate the sale of slaughtered cattle.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to" the passage of the bill, wa!O agreed to.
On paseage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-
A bill to incorporate the Snow school district.
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 received the requisite conetitutional\. majority was passed.

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By l\lr. Glenn of WhitfieldA resolution endorsing the "Brownlow Bill.''

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 89, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Spence of WareA bill to incorporate the waresboro school district.

The following amendment was read and adopted, to wit:
To amend by striking out "State School Commissioner of Georgia'' from section 9. Also, to amend by striking from section 9 the following words, " upon the payment of such incidental and matriculation fees as the said board of trustees may see proper to charge or impose, which fees shall not exceed four ($4.00) dollars annually.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By l\tlr. Cann of Chatham-
A bill to enlarge and define the powers of the police court of the city of 8avannah in the infliction of punishment.

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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 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Oakland school district.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional maority was passed.

By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Dooling school district.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon school district.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was a3reed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma_jority was passed.

Mr. Flynt, <Jhairmau of the Special Judiciary Commit;.tee made the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Special Judiciary Committee has had under consicl.eration the following House bills, and instruct me as their ~chairman thereof, to report same back with recommencla. tion that same do pass.
A bill to incorporate the. Mount Vernon school district, in Dooly county, and for other purposes.
A bill to incarporate the Snow school district in Dooly . county, and for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the Dooling school district iu Dooly county, and for other purposes.

A bill to incorporate the Oakland school district in :Dooly county, and for other purposes,

Respectfully submitted,

J. J. FLYNT, Chairman.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Corporations submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on 'Corporations have had under consid. eration.Ho.use~Bill No. 7.31, by Mt. Cann of Chatham, a

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\bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Savannah, and instruct me as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted,

THOS. J. SHACKELFORD.

On motion of Mr. Stewart of Calhoun, House Bill No. '796 was tabled.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Park of 37thA bill to regulate the sale of stocks of goods in bulk, etc.
'By 1\~essrs. Comas and DoddA bill to appoint a commission to consider the present
'school laws.
By Mr. l\Iathews-
A bill to prescribe the method of levying on property Under special iud~rment.
By Mr. Park-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 5269 of the civil Code . .By Mr. Howell of the 35th-
To amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.

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By Mr. Mathews-

A bill to provide for the registry of transfers of bonds for title.

By Mr. Perry-
A bill to quiet the title to lands held adversely for a. period of 20 years.

By Mr. Mathews-

A bill to amend section 2809 of the civil Code.

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th-

A bill to provide for the closing of certain private ways in this State.

By Mr. Williams of the 16th-

A resolution for the re1ief of J. K. McAfee, J. R. Grice !lDd W. H. Raley, sureties on tbe bond of Charlie Harris.

By Mr. Mathews-
A bill to amend paragraph 1, section 1, and paragraph 5, section ~, and to add a new paragraph to article 6, section,2, to be known as paragraph 9.

By Mt. Comas of the 3d-

A bill to regulate the sale of mortgaged property under power of sale.
By Mr. Duncan of 36th District-

. A bill to regulate thebusiness of industrial life insurance.

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By Mr. Comas-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Baxley.

By Mr. Perry-
A bill to cede jurisdiction over certain land in Gainesville to the United States.

By Mr. HowellA bill to repeal section 233, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Park-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the town of Hogansville.

By Mr. McMichaelA bill to amend section 4793 of the Code.

By Mr. Lewis-
A bill to secure to the several counties the public school fund to which they are entitled.

By Mr. Duncan of the 3CthA bill to amend section 985, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. Mathews-
A bill to provide for the levy and sale of the equity of redemption in cases of sales to secure debt.
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By Mr. Smith-

A bill to authorize street railway companies to take up and remove their tracks with the consent of the proper authorities.

By Mr. Comas-

A bill to amend an Act to amend section 4082, volume 2 of the Code.

By Mr. Perry-

A bill to provide for the appointment of probation officers.

By Mr. Mc~omas-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code.

By Mr. HudsonA bill to amend sec. 4868, vol. 2 ot the Code.

By Mr. Comas-
A bill to prescribe the salaries of the judges of the supreme and superior courts.
By Mr. Park-
A bill providing who shall be eligible to serve on the county boards of education.
By Mr. Sweat-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the holding of the city courts of this State by the city court judges thereof.

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..By Mr. Smith-

A bill to provide that all property without a lawful o0wner shall belong to the State.

The following bill was read the third time and put 111pon its passage, to wit:

iBy Mr. McHenry-

A oil I to amend section 892 of the Code so as to provide
for the issuing of ft. fas. in lieu of lost ft. fas.

The hour of adjournment of the regular session having arrived, the following bill was taken up for a third reading, for which the session was extended, to wit:

.By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District-

A bill to permit and authorize the defendants in actions now pending or that may hereafter be brought by the State for the recovery of certain lots of land, to plead as defense thereto possession of said lands for twenty years.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.t
Mondayt August lOt 1903.

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

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

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayrel$, '!laldwln, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell or Emanuel, Bell of Milton. Blackburn. Booth. Bowen, Bower, Hoykln, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin,

Candler, Uann, Carr, Carrington. Carswell, Uliatt, Conner, Cook, Uromartle, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, Ennis, Evans, Felder, Fields.

l.f'lanlgan,

.l!'lynt,

l<'ost~r or Oconee,

ll'oster or 'l'owns,

b'ranklln,

E'ussell,

Gaulden,

George,

Glenn,

Grenade,

Grice,

Grittin,

Hall,

,.

Hardeman,

Harden,

Hawes,

Hayes,

Hendry,

Henry,

Hicks,

Hixon of Carron

Hixon or Sumter,

Holder,

Houston,

Howard or Baldw1n.

Howard or Laurens.

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2Howell,

McCurry,

Rountree,

Hutcheson,

McElmurray

Sanders,

-Jolmson of .Baker, McHenry,

Shackelford,

.Johnson of Ulmch, McLain,

Shannon,

Johnson of Urawror<l.McRae,

Singletary,

-Jones or Dougherty, Newton,

Slaton,

.Jones of Pickens, Nisbet,

Spence,

Kelly,

Owen,

8tanford,

Kendrick, .Kent, Kilburn, .Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh,

Overstreet, O'Quinn, Parker, Pate of Dooly, Pate of Gwinnett, Paulk of Coffee, Paulk or Irwin,
Peyton,

Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart, Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner, Tracy,

Little,

Phillips of Jefferson, Underwood,

.Lowe,

Phillips or Quitman. Valentine,

.Mann,

Preston,

\Valker of Monroe,

1\iaples, .Martin, Mayson,

Proctor, Rainey, Rankin,

Walker of Pierce, Watson, Wellborn,

Miller of .Bullock, Rawls,

West,

.Miller of Muscog.,t, Redwine,

Whitley,

Mills,

Reid,

Wilson,

Mitcham,

Rice,

Wise,

~Mitchell,

Richardson,

Womble,

.Morton,

Ridley.

Wooten,

l\ioses,

Rogers of Hall,

Yates.

.Mulherin,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Mr. Speaker.

McBride,

Roper,

Those absent w~<e ::M:essrs.-

Akin, Lanier,

Mizell,

Welch,

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

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutionali majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to require the ordinaries of the several counties. of this State to keep a record of all pensions in theircounty, and for other purpoees.

_\_ bill providing for the use of the application and: evidence of maimed or wounded Confederate soldiers of filein the office of Commissioner of Pensions when applying tobe classed as indigent Confederate soldiers.

A bill amending an Act amending the charter of George-- town.
The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional> majority the following Senate resolution, to wit :
A resolution to pay pension of J. S .Brazile of Half, county to his widow, Margaret C. Brazile.

The Senate has passed by the requisite- eenstitutional~ majority the following bills of the House_, to wit::

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code sO>as to add the town of Lavonia, in Franklin county, to the-lisf of cities with State depositories.
A bill to incorporate the Sasser school district, in Terrell county, and for other purposes.
A bill.to incorporate the Parrott school district, in Terrell county.
A bill to incorporate the Bronwood school district, m~ Terrell county, and for other purposes.

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A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so as to add the town of Calhoun to the list of cities with State depositories.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate tqe Northeast Georgia Loan and Ban king Uo., and for other purposes.
A bill to create a local public school systemfQt" Bowman and vicinity, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend Act to create the city court of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

A bill to amenrl the charter of the city of Augusta so as to provide for retiring certain members of the fire and police departments, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend Act amendmg the charter of vVarrenton.

A bill to establish a county board of commissioners for Bibb county, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and for other purposes.
A bill to give to the commtsswners of roads and revenues of Camden county entire charge of the roads of said county.
A bill to incorporate the town of Metter, in Bulloch county, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend Act prescribing the mode of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in Telfair county, and for other purposes.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Barwick in Thomas and Brooks counties, and for other purposes.

The Senate has also passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Ho-use, to wit:
A bill tcr provide for the protection of birds and their nests, and for other purposes.
A bill for the protection of fish in Hall county, prohibiting the taking of fish during March, April and May.
A bill to amend Act to establish a system of public schools in Lawrenceville, and for other purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Sand Hill, in Carroll county, and for other purposes.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in Irwin county, and for other purposes.
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to amend Act providing for a solicitor of the county court of Oconee county.

The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolution, to wit:
A resolution for the relief of G. S. Duke from taxes for the year 1898 and 1899.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendments to the following Senate resolution, to wit:

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A resolution to ratify the action of the mayor and -council of Marietta in closing Hansell street, and for other ,purposes.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the committee to draft resolu-tions on the death of Hon. Geo. M. Warren, of Emanuel county, submitted the following report:

.Mr. Speaker:

The committee appointed to prepare suitab!e resolutions ;upon the death of Hon George M. Warren, reports as follows:
Hon. George :M. Warren was born in Emanuel county, Georgia, on the 28th day of July, 1870, and died on May 2d, 1903, in Swainesboro. His father's birthplace was in t~e same county, his mother being a native of South Carolina, whence she moved to Georgia at an early age. Thus in the veins of our deceased colleague there flowed the blood of those who have been. distinguished by their love for the land of their birth, and their adherence to those ,sentiments and traditions which formed a part of a civili:zation that shall long maintain its chastening and ennobling influence.
It was not necessary for lVIr. Warren to seek other scenes for achievements. He had been solicitor of the ~ounty .court and mayor of Swainsboro, in each of which offices he had faithfully and fearlessly discharged his official duty, and subsequentlY. was elected to the present House of Representatives, where be served as a member during the session of 1902. What higher commendation can be given a man than the approval of those among whom he has grown to manhood? What brighter obituary than that his neighbors who have known him from his birth, had chosen him from among his fellows as the chief magis-

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trate to preside over municipal counsels, as the officer tOo enforce the law, and finally as their Representative in Legislative halls to participate in the enactment of laws upon the wisdom of which might depend the welfare of themselves and their children after them? The transient visitor may dazzle and deceive for a time, but only genuine and sturdy qualities can withstand long association.
Mr. Warren received his education in the public schoolsof Emanuel county, and in the high school of Swainsboro. He did not need to seek the advantages of distant institutions, and be did not complain of their absence. Hugh Miller, the great Scotch geologist, while a stone-mason in the quarry, learned the exciting stories of the rocks by which he was surrounded, and interpreted aright nature's most cunning secrets. And so it generally is with true worth. The man himself is the jewel, while adventitiousaids but constitute the setting.
A distinguishing characteristic of our late member washis independence of character and intellect. He yielded assent to no proposition merely upon another's statement, nor did he fear to express his opinion against those of the majority. To do the first he felt was an abdication of his manhood, and as to the last, he had lung since learned that the moot faithful service may not be for the time the most popular, and those who applaud the most heartily for the moment, condemn the most loudly when the punishment of error falls upon them.
Our associate, physically feeble through life, achieved by his superior qualities, successes which have been denied to his stronger brethren. His soul triumphed over the frailties of the body. Accepting the Christian faith, the King of Terrors lost all his dread, and our friend and colleague committed himself to the one who " holds us all in the hollow of His hand."
Be it tesolved, That in the death of Hon. George M.

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Warren this House of Representatives has lost a faithful. member, and the State an able and patriotic son.
Be it further 1esolved, That the House of Representativestenders to his family its deepest sympathy.
Be it ju1thet resolved, That these resolutions be spread, upon the Journal of this House, and a copy thereof be sent by the clerk of the House to the family of our de- ceased colleague.
JoHN M. SLATON, HENRY R. DANIEL, GEO. H. BELL,
Committee ..

The following resolutions were read, to wit:
By Messrs. Harden and Stovall-
A resolution demanding that the prison commissio~tt report to this body not' later than August 12 all factsrelating to the. whipping of Mamie DeCris on the prison. farm aL Milledgeville.
By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to visit the prison farm and investigate the chargesconcerning the whipping of Mamie DeCris.
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution providing for a joint committee to examine into the prison system of Georgia from its organization, to report their findings at the next session ofthe General Assembly, and providing that the committeeshall examine and report especially upon the whipping of Mamie DeCris, etc., and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Kelley of Glascock-

.A resolution providing that the proper authorities furnish the General Assembly with all the facts relative to -the whipping of Mamie DeCris.

Mr. Hall of Bibb mo\ed that a committee of three ~be appointed to consider the preceding resolutions.

Mr. Slaton moved to amend the motion of Mr. Hall by making the number of committee five instead of three.

Mr. Steed of Taylor moved to amend by making the -committee seven instead of three.

Mr. Hall of Bibb then introduced the following res-olution which was read and adopted, to wit :
Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to -consider all resolutions in reference to the prison farm and report to-day.
The Speaker appointed as the committee under the pro'Visions of the above resolutions
.Mr. Hal_I, :Mr. Wilson, .Mr. Leigh, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Jones of Pickens, :Mr. Reid, Mr. Davidson.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

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By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution making House Bills Nos. 255 and 805 the special orders for to-day immediately after the regular order of business prescribed.

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution making Senate Resolution No. 44 the special order for 11 o'clock to-day.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb--
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 136the special order for 12 o'clock to-day.

By Mr. Martin of Elbert-
A resolution making House Bill No. 780 the special order for to-day.

By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 192 the special order for to-day at 11 o'clock.
By Mr. Steed of Carroll-
A resolution making House Bill No. 521 the special or. der for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.

By Mr. Underwood of White-
A resolution making Senate Bills Nos. 74 and 180 the special order at 11:10 o'clock to-day..

:798

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

!By Mr. Tigner of Muscogee--
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 66 the special order for Tuesday, August 11.

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

.Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to wit:
A resolution to appoint a committee of two from the ..Senate and three from the House to at once investigate the whipping of Miss DeCris at the prison farm at Milledgeville.

Th~ committee on the part of the Senate are Messrs .McMichael and Hudson.

The following Senate resolution was read and referred to the special committee appointed by resolution to con, sider all such resolutions, to wit:

"By Mr. Mcl\iichael-

A resolution providing for a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to investigate the whipping -of Mamie DeCris.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage by unanimous consent, to wit :
~By Messrs.. Sto.vall and Underwood-
A bill to amend the _general appropriation bill which __._ eferrcd. to. the.rEJpnblica.tion ~t Georgia Reports.

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799

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutioiial majority was 'passed, and the same was ordered immediately .transmitted to the Senate.
By unanimous consent granted on last Saturday the following bills were read the first time, to wit:

.By Mr. McCurry of Hart-

A bill to repeal section 13:1.9 which requires teachers' ;institutes to meet annually.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend section 1405 of the Code of Georgia 1relative to county boards of education.
Referred to Committee on Education.
The following Senate bills were read the first time to wit:
By Mr. Tisinger-
A bill to provide for the use of the application and the evidence attached thereto of any maimed or wounded Confederate soldier on file in the office of the Commissioner .of Pensions, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

800

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-

A resolution to pay pension of J. S. Brazile to his widow.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Tisinger-
A resolution requesting the House to make Senate bills the special order for Monday aud Tuesday.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Crumbly-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Georgetown.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Van BurenA bill to require the ordinaries of this State to keep a.
record of all pensions in their county.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to return House Bill No. 527 for correction.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment non-concurred in, to wit:

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801

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A. resolution providing for a committee to investigate the departments of State government, and for other purposes.

The following House bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit :

By Mr. West of Lowndes-
A bill to create a State School Book Commission, and for other purposes.
/
By Mr. Bell of Milton-
A. bill to amend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895, relative to admission to the common schools, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Shackelford-
A. bill to provide for the teaching of the elementary principles of agriculture and civil government in the common schools of this Statfl.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A. resolution to appropriate $50,000 for an exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A. bill to provide for the protection of birds and their nests and eggs, etc., and for other purposes.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

By Mr. Thompson of Hall-

A bill to prohibit the trapping, etc., of fish 10 Hall county.

By Mr. Flanigan of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the town-of Lawrenceville.

By Messrs. Steed and Hixon of Carroll-
A hill to incorporate the town of Sand Hill, 1n Carroll
CO'Ill'Elty.

By .Mr. Foster of Oconee-
A bill to amend section 3 of an Act to provide for a solicitor of the county court of Oconee county.

By Mr. Paulk of Irwin-
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in the county of Irwin.

On motion of Mr. George of Morgan the session was extended for the purpose of taking up House Bill ~o. 639 until disposed of.

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

By Mr. McMichael of the 24th District-
To amend article 8, section 4, paragraph 1_ of the State Constitution relative to the establishment of public schools by counties, militia school districts and municipal corporations.

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803

The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

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 and nays were ordered ..and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Baldwin, Beall, ..Beauchamp, Bell of .Jj)manuel, ..Bell of Milton, Blackburn, ..Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boy kin, .Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce. ..Buchan, Buchannon, Burton,
~Bush,
Butts, -<Jalvln, Candler, -<Jann, (Jarr, Carrington, "Cliatt, Donner,

Cook,

Howard of Laurens,

Cromartie,

Howell,

Daniel,

Hutcheson,

JJeal,

Johnson of Clinch,

Dozier,

Johnson of Crawford,

Duckett,

Jones of Dougherty,

Duggan,

Jones of l:'ickens,

Dunbar,

Kelly,

.Jj)dwards,

Kent,

Jj]vans,

Knight,

Felder,

Lane,

Flanigan,

Lawrence,

Flynt,

Leigh,

Fussell,

Little,

Gaulden,

Lowe,

George,

Mann,

Glenn,

Martin,

Grenade,

Miller of Bullock,

Gritlin,

Miller of Muscogee,

Hall,

Mills,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Harden,

l\1 itchell,

Bayes,

Morton,

Hendry,

Mulherin,

Henry,

McBride,

Hicks,

McCurry,

Hixon of Carro.J, McE!mutTay

Holder,

McHenry,

Houston,

l\IcLain,

Howard or Baldwin, i\fcRae,

~ :

804

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Newton,

Redwine,

Steed of Taylor,

Nisbet,

Reid,

Stewart,

Owen,

Rice,

Stovall,

Overstreet,

Richardson,

Strickland,

O'Quinn,

Ridley,

Thompson,

Parker.

Rogers of Hall,

Tigner,

Pate .A~ Dooly,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Underwood,

Pate of Gwinnett, Roper,

Valentine,

Paulk of Cotree,

Rountree,

Paulk of Irwin,

Sanders,

Peyton,

Shackelford,

Phillips of Quitman, Shannon,

Preston,

Slaton,

Proctor,

Spence,

Rainey,

Stanford,

Rankin,

3teed of Carroll,

Walker of Pierce,. watson, Wellborn, West, Wilson, Wise. Wooten, Yates,

Rawls,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Crumbly,

~:loses,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Arnold, Ayres, Carswell, Daves. Davis. Davison, Derrick, English, Ennis. Fields, Foster of Oconee,

Foster of Towns, Franklin, Grice, Hawes, Hixon of Sumter, .Johnson of Baker, Kendrick, Kilburn. Knowles, Lanier,
~Iaples,

Mayson, Mizell, Phillips of Jelferson, Singletary, Thurman,
Tracy, walker of Monroe. welch, Whitley, r\Tomble, Mr. :5peaker.

Ayes 139, Nays 2.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-cal was dispensed with.

MoNDAY, AuousT 10, 1903.

805

On passage of the bill the ayes were 139, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The hour of adjournment of the regular session havin~ .:arrived the purpose for which the session was extended was taken up, to wit: .
.By Mr. Adams of Putnam-

A bill to make it unlawful for any person to procure money or other thing of value on promise to perform manual labor with intent to defraud, and to fix the punishment therefor.

Mr. Adams proposed to amend by substituting the word "presumptive" for the word "sufficient'' in lines 4 and 5 --<>f section 2.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

_passage of the bill as ~mended, was agreed to.



On passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 10.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The Speake,r then 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.

806

JouRNAL oF THE RousE.

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

Adams,

Alexander,

Alford,

Almond,

Arnold,

Ayres,

Baldwin,

Beall,

Beauchamp,

Hell or Emanuel.

Bell or Mllton.

Blackburn,

Booth,

Bowen,

Bower,

Boykin,

Brinson,

Brock,

Brown,

Bruce,

Buchan,

Buchannan,

Burton,

Bush,

Butts,

Calvin,

Candler,

Cann,

Carr,

CarringtOi -;

Carswell,

Cliatt,

Conner,

.,.. ,

Coo'li:,

Cromartie,

Orumhly,

Daniel,

Daves.

Davis,

Davison,

Deal,

Derrick,

Dozier,

Duckett,

Duggan,

Dunbar,

Edwards,

English,

Ennis,

Evans,

Felder,

I:nelds,

Flanigan.

rriynt.

Foster of Oconee, I<'oster or 'l'own.s. l!'ranklln,

I:Pussell,

Gaulden,

George,

Glenn,

. Grenade.

::'

Grice,

,.

GriiDn,

Hall,

;I I

Hardeman

,;("' Harden,

Hawes, .. , Hayes,

--Hendry,

Henry,

Hicks,

Hixon or Cam>tu,

Hixon or Sumter. Holder,

Houston,

Howard of Baldwin. Howard of Laurens, Howell, Hutcheson, Johnson or Baker, Johnson of Clinch, ,John.son or Orawrord,_ Jones or Dougherty, Jones of l'lckens, Kell:y, Kendrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh, Little, Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin. Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Miller of Muscog~... Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, McCurry, McElmurray, McHenry, McLain, l'>.fcRae,

MoNDAY, AuGusT 10, 1903.

807

Newtoo, ~~.:.
Nisbet,

Reid, Rice,

Strickland, Thompson,

Owen,

Richardson,

Thurman,

Overstreet.

Ridley,

Tigner,

O'Qulnn,

Rogers of Hall,

Tracy,

Parker.

Rogers of Mclntosn, Underwood,

Pate of Doo~,

Roper,

Valentine,

Pate of Gwinnett, Rountree,

Walker of Monroe,

Paulk of Ootree, Sanders,

Walker of Pierce,

Paulk of Irwin, Shackelford,

Watson,

Peyton,

Shannon,

Wellborn,

Phillips of J etrerson, Singletary,

West,

Phillips vf Quitman, Slaton,

Whitley,

Preston,

Spence,

Wilson,

Proctor,

Stanford,

Wise,

Rainey, Rankin,

Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor,

Womble, Wooten,

Rawls, Redwine,

Stewart, Stovall,

Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

A.kln,

Lanier,

Welch,

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

Mr. Speaker :
The Senate bas concurred in the House substitute, as amended by the Senate, to the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize and require the Prison Commission to hire the labor of the felony convicts ot said State, and for other purposes.
The following resolution was read and reterred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

808

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Harden of Chatham-

A resolution providing that Senate Bills Nos. 137 and 138 be made the special order for Tuesday or Wednesday.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee. on Rules, submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration a number of resolutions presenting special orders and recommended that the following "do pass."
No. 407 following special orders set for this day; No. 4')6 following No. 407; No. 404 following No. 406.
No. 409 special order for this afternoon; 399, as amended, to follow 409; No. 381 to follow 399-each of the foregoing to be a special and continuiug order.

No. 411 special order for Tuesday, 11th inst., at 10 o'clock; No. 405 to follow 411; No. 408 a special order for Tuesday, 11th inst, at 11 o'clock, a.m.

The committee respectfully recommend that during the remainder of the session the hours of the afternoon sessions of the House be from 3 to 6 o'clock.

Respectfully submitted,

N. A. MORRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following resolution was read and adopted to wit:

By Mr.. Steed of Taylor-

A resolution making Senate Resolution No. 41 the special order for today.

MoNDAY, AuGUST 10, 1903.

809

House Resolutions Nos. 399, 409, 406, 404 and 381 -which sought to fix certain bills as special orders were ;read and lost.

On the adoption of the favorable report of the Com.mittee on Rules on House Resolution 409 which fixed House Bill No. 521 as a special order, no quorum having voted the Speaker ordered the roll called so as to ascertain whether or not a quorum was present.

Those am;wering to their names were as follows:

.Adams, Alexander, .Alford, ..Arnold, .Ayres, .Baldwin, .Beall, Beauchamp, .Hell of llJmanuel, .Bell or Milton, Blackburn, .Booth, .Bowen, .Bower,
Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, 'Hucbannon, 'Burton, 'Bush, Butts, 'Calvin, Candler, cann, 'Carr, Carrington, 'Cliatt,

Conner, Uook, Utomartle, Urumt>ly, Daniel, Deal, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, l!Jnglish, Evans, !<'elder, l'Ianigan, lflynt, l<'oster or Oconee. Foster or '!'owns, Fussell, Gaulden, Grenade, Gritfin, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of Carroll, Hixon of Sumter,

Holder, Houston, Howard of .Halawm, Howara or Laurens, How:ell, Hutcheson, Johnson or Hake., Johnson of Clinch, John.son or Crawford, Jones or Dougherty, Jones of l'ickenli', Kelly, Kilburn, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh,
Lowe, Mann, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Muscogee, Mitcham,
~:litchell,
Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, McCurry, McElmurray,

810

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

McHenry,

Reid,

Steed .r Carroll.

McLain,

Rice,

Steed of Taylor,

McHae,

Richardson,

Stewart,

Newton,

Hidley,

Stovall,

Nisbet,

Rogers of Hall,

Strickland,

O'Quinn,

Rogers of Mclntos~ Thompson,

Parker,

Roper,

Tigner,

Pate of Dooly,

Rountree,

Tracy,

Paulk of Irwin.

Sanders,

Underwood,

Phillips of Qultwan, Shackelford,

Preston,

.. Shannon,

Proctor,

Slaton,

Rainey,

\'!pence.

Rankin,

Stanford,

Walker of Monro& ~Valker of Pier<.-.., Wellborn, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Redwine,

Those absent were Messrs.-.....

Akin, Almond, Boykin, Carswell, Daves, Davis, Davison, Derrick, Dunbar, Edwards, Ennis, Fields, Franklin, George, Glenn,

Grice, Hall, Kendrick, Kent, Knight, Knowles, Lanier, Little, Maples, Miller of :Oullock, Mills, Mizell, Owen, Overstreet, Pate of Gwlnnett,

Paulk of Uolree, l:'eyton, Phillips or Jelrerson. H a w is, Singletary, Thurman,
Valentine, watson, Welch. West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise,
Womble. Wooten.

It having been ascertained that a quorum was present. the House proceeded with the business before it.
Mr. Holder of Jackson moved to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass House Resol~tion No. 590,. which motion prevailed.

MoNDAY, AuGUST 10, 1903.

sn._

Mr. Calvin of Richmond moved that the House recon-sider its action in failing to pass Bouse Resolution No.. 405, which motion was lost.

The following Senate resolution was read the third time-, and put upnn its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Davis-
A resolution to authorize the State bank examiner to- employ a stenographer.

The committee proposed to amend by striking 75 wherever it- occurs and inserting 100.
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 95, nays 14.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed as amended.

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

By Messrs. Holder and Hardeman-
A resolution to amend the appropriation Act in reference to the Soldiers' Home.
An appropriation being involved the House resolved it-self into a committee of the whole and the Speaker designated Mr. Conner of Bartow as chairman of said committee..
After a consideration of the resolution the committeearose and through their chairman reported the same back to--

:812

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
The following amendments were read and adopted, to wit:
By lVIr. Reid of CampbP.ll-
To amend by adding as section 2 for paying arbitrators in franchise tax cases $2,500 or so much thereof as may be necessary ; for salary uf the secretary of the Board of Health $1,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were or..Jered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Adams, Alexander, . Alford, Almond. ..Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, ,Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, .Booth, Bowen, "Brock, Brown, nruct, Buchan, Buchannon, Burton, -calvin, Candler, Cann, -<Jarr,

Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Crumbly, Davison, Deal, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, English, Evans, !<'elder, l!,lanigan, I<'Iynt, l<'oster of Oconee, Foster or '!'owns, Fussell. Gaulden, George, Gle:nn.

Grenade, Hall, Hardemar<. Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hicks, Hixon of Carron, Hixon of ::Sumter, Holder, Houston, 'Howard of Baldwin, Howell, Hutchesot... Johnson of Baker, Johnson of Clinch, Johnson or Crawrorcl, Jones of Dougherty,
:rones of Pickens,
Kelly, Kilburn,

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81P:

Knight, Lane, Lawrence, Leigh, Little, Lowe, :\1ann, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bullock, Mitcham, Mitchell, Morton, Moses. Mulherin, McBride, "McCurry, McElmurray,

McHenry, l\:lcLaln, McRae, Newton, Nisbet, O'Quinn, Pate of Dooly, Pate of Gwinnett, Paulk of Co!Iee, Paulk of Irwin, Preston, Proctor, Rainey, Rankin, Reid, Rice, Richardson, Ridley,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Hoper, Rountree, Shackelford, Slaton, Spence, Stanford, Steed of Taylor, Stovall,
Strickland, Thompson, Tigner, Tracy, Wellborn, West. Wooten, Yates,

Those v.oting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Bower, Brinson, Bush,

Carrington,

Rogers of Hall,

Daniel,

Underwood,

Mills,

Walker of Monroe,

Phillips of Quitman, Walker of Pierce.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Arnold, Boy kin, Butts, Carswell, Cromartie, Daves, Davis, Derrick. Edwards, Ennis. l<'ields, l<'ranklin,

Grice,

Overstreet,

Grittin,

Parker,

Hendry,

Peyton,

Henry,

Phillips of J e!Ierson.

Howard of Laurens. Rawls.

Kendrick,

Redwine,

Kent,

Sanders,

Knowles,

Shannon,

Lanier,

Singletary,

~faples.

Steed of Carroll,

Miller of Muscogee, Stewart,

:1\fizell,

Thurman,

Owen,

Valentine,

:;814

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

vv atson,
Welch, Vi'hitley,

Wilson, Wise,

'Vomble, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 116; nays 13.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call -was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 11 6, nays-13.

The resolution having received the requisite constitni:ional majority was passed as amended, and on motion of Mr. Slaton was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following resoultion was read and unanimously .cadopted by a rising vote, to wit:

By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-

A resolution extending the sympathy of the House to Jion. B. T. Thurman, Representative from the county of walker, in the death of his wife.

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

By Messrs. Davison and Underwood-
A bill to authorize the pension commissioner to pay to the -ordinaries any pension which may accrue to any pensioner who may die before the same can be paid.

The committee proposed to amend by inserting the words "and burial expenses," after the word pensioner in line 11, and by striking the 'vords "or minor heir;; at law -of such deceased pensioner," after the word " widow,'' in

MoNDAY, AuGusT 10, 1903.

815

line 12, and the words " or .minor children" in line 12 of
I
section 1.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Rlaton of Fulton-

A resolution asking that House Bill No. 110 be returned by the Senate for purpose of making correction.

Ou motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton, Senate Bill No. :3 was tabled.

The following Senate bills were read the third" time and ;put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Hopkins-
A bill to permit and authorize the defendants in actions .now pending or may hereafter be brought by the State for .recovery of certain lots of land to plead as defense thereto ,possession of said land for 20 years.
The substitute offered by the committee was adopted.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 2.

816

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

The bill having received th~ requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Snead of the 29th District-

A bill to make it unlawful when a loan of money is. made for the lender to exact any sum in excess of eight per cent.. interest.
The committee proposed to amend as follows : Toamend by inserting in section 1 after the word ''and" and before the word " unless,'' the words "to extent of the services not rendered or to the extent of the excessive rate charged."
To amend section 1 by inserting after the word "annum''" and before word " for " the words " as now provided by law."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
No quorum having voted on th~ above bill the Speaker ordered the roll called to ascertain wpether or not a quorum be present.

The following members answered to their names:

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold. Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn,

Brinson, Brown, Burton, Ualvin, Candler, Cann, Uarr, oJarrington, Cliatt, oJonner, Uook,

Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Dear, Dozier, Duckett, Duggan, Dunbar, Englisb, Felder, J.roster of Oconee,

MoNDAY, AuGUST 10, 1903.

817

l'oster of 'l'ownl!l, Lawrence,

jj'ussell;

Little,

Gaulden,

Lowe,

George,

l\lann,

Glenn,

l\fartin,

Grenade,

Mayson,

fiall,

Miller of Bullock,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Harden,

Mitchell,

Hayes,

Morton,

Henry,

Moses,

Hixon of carroll, Mulherin,

Hixon of ::sumter, McBride,

Holder,

1\Iccvrry,

Houston,

McElmurray,

Howard of Haldwln, McHenry,

Howell,

)icLain,

Hutcheson,

McHae,

Johnson of Haker, Newton,

Johnson of (Jl!nch, Nisbet,

Johnson of Crawford,O'Quinn.

Jones of Dougherty, Parker,

Jones of Pickens, Pate of Dooly,

Kilburn,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Knight,

Paulk of Coffee,

Lane,

Paulk of Irwin.

Phillips of Quitman,
Preston, Proctor, Rainey, Rankin, Rice, Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rogers of Mcintosh, Roper, Rountree, Shackelford, Slaton, Spence. Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stovall, Shickland, Tigner, Tracy, Walker of Monroe, Walker of l:'lerce. Womble, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Ayres, Booth, He wen, Bower. Hoy kin, Brock, Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Bush, Butts, Carswell,
b2 h j

Cromartie, Daves, Davis, Derrick, Edwards,
Jnnis,
ffivans, Fields, Flanigan, Flynt, rrranklln,
(}rice,
Grittin,

Hawes, Hendry, Hicks, Howard of Laurens, Kelly, Kendrick, Kent, Knowles, Lanier, Leigll,
Maples, l'>filler of Muscogee, Mills,

.818

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Mizell,

Shannon,

Owen,

Singletary,

Dverstreet,

Stanford,

Peyton,

Stewart,

Phillips of Jeffer~:~on, Thompson,

Rawls,

Thurman,

Redwine,

Underwood,

Reid,

Valentine,

:Sanders,

v;ratson,

Welch, 'Vellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Wooten. Yates,

The call of the roll having disclosed the fact that a quorum was present the House proceeded with the business before it.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, anu on taking the ballot 'l:liva voce the vote was as follows:

.Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Adams,

Dozier,

Jones of l:'ickens,

1\.lexander,

English,

Lane,

Alford,

Foster of Ucot.ee, Lawrence.

Almond,

Foster of Towns, Little,

Arnold,

Fussell,

Lowe,

Baldwin,

Gaulden,

Mann,

Beauchamp,

George,

Martin.

Bell of .l:!lmanuel, <3lenn,

Mayson,

Hell of Milton,

Grenade,

Miller of Hullo,

Blackburn,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Booth,

Hayes,

Mitchell,

Brinson.

Henry,

Morton,

Bush,

Hixon of UarToll, McBride,

Uandler,

Hixon of Sumter, l\1 c<Jurry,

Uarr,

Holder,

McHenry,

Carrington,

Houston,

McLain,

Clia.tt,

Howard of Baldwin, 1\fcRae,

Conner,

Howell,

Newton,

Urumbly,

Hutcheson,

Nisbet,

Daniel,

Johnson of Clinch, O'Quinn,

Deal,

3 Johnson of Urawford,Parker,

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1903.

819

Pate or Dooly, <Pate of Gwinnett, Paulk or corree, .,Paulk of Irwin, Preston, :Proctor, Rainey, Rankin,

Rice, Richardson, Roper, Rountree, Shackelford, Shannon, Spence,

Stanford, Tracy, Underwood, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce... Womble, Wooten,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Beall, .Brown, Burton. Calvin, Cann, Cook, Duckett, .Duggan, .Dunbar,

Felder,

McElmurray,

Hall,

Phillips of Quitman,

Harden,

Ridley,

Hawes,

Rogers of Hall,

Johnson of Baker, Rogers of Mcintosb

Jones of Dougherty, Steed of carroll,

Kilburn,

Stovall,

Mulherin,

Strickland,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, .Ayres, .Bowen, Bower, Boykin, ,Brock, . Bruce, Buchan, Buchannon, Butts, Carswell, -Cromartie, Daves, Davis, Davison, Derrick, 'Edwards, Ennis, '<Evans,

}j'ields,

Mizell,

J!'lanigan,

Moses,

HJynt,

Owen,

Franklin,

Overstreet,

Grice,

Peyton,

Grilfin,

Phillips of Jetrerso'n,

Hendry,

Rawls,

Hicks,

Redwine,

Howard of Laurens, Reid,

Kelly,

Sanders,

Kendrick,

Singletary,

Kent,

Slaton,

Knight,

Steed of 'J.'aylor,

Knowles,

Stewart,

Lanier,

Thompson,

Leigh,

'l'hurman,

Maples,

Tigner,

Miller or Musco;ee, Valentine.

Mills,

Watson.

820
Welch, Wellborn, West.

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Whitley, Wilson, Wise,

Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 85 ; nays 25.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-calr was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 25.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr Knight of Berrien gave notice that at the proper time he wquld move to reeon.~ider the action of the Hou;;e in failing to pass the above hi II.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9>
o'clock to-morrow morning.

A'rLANTA, GA:, Tuesday, August 11, 1903.
The House met )'llr~uaut '" adjoumment at 9 o'clock a.m. this day, was called '" vrdet by the Speaker andc opened witb prayer by the Ut~:q.lain.

The roll \va,; called andthc fvllvwing members answered to their names.

A.dams, Alexander, Alford, Almond,

.\r-notd.
.\ .\" l't':',
I:a I 1\nn, I :call.

Bea<.tchamp, Bell of Emanuel, B-::11 of Milton, !.::lackburn,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 11, 1903.

8:.:l1 ..

Booth,

J:!.owen,

Bower,

Boykin,

Brinson,

Brock,

Brown,

Bruce,

.Buchan,

Buchann<'n,

Burton,

Besh,

.Butts,

Ualvin,

Candler,

Cann,

'

Uarr,

Carrington,

-uarswell,

Cliatt,

-Conner,

Cook,

Cromartie,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Daves,

navis,

'Davison,

'Deal,

Derrick,

Dozier,

'Duckett,

Duggan,

Dunbar,

IJ]dwards,

English,

Ennis, Evans,

"Felder,

trtelds,

]<'Ianigan,

Flynt,

<l!'oster ot Oconee,

l<'oster of Towns, Martin,

l!'ranklin,

Mayson,

l<'usseu,

l\filler of Bullock,

Gaulden,

Miller of Muscogee,

George,

Mills,

Glenn,

Mitcham,

Grenade,

Mitchell,

Grice,

Morton,

Grittin,

Moses,

Hall,

Mulherin,

Hardeman.

McBride,

Harden,

McCurry,

Hawes,

McElmurray,

Hayes,

McHenry,

Hendry,

McLain,

Henry,

McRae,

Hicks,

Newton,

Hixon of Carroll, Nisbet,

Hixon of Sumter, Owen,

Holder,

Overstreet,

Houston,

U'Quinn,

Howard of BaldWin, Parker,

Howard of Laurens, l'ate of Dooly,

Howell,

Pate of Gwinnett.

Hutcheson,

Paulk of Coll'ee,

Johnson of Baker, Paulk of Irwin,

Johnson of Clinch, l'eyton,

Johnson of Crawford,Phillips of Jetrerson,

Jones of Dougherty, f'hillips of Quitman,

Jones of Pickens, Preston,

Kelly,

Proctor,

Kendrick,

Rainey,

Kent,

Rankin,

Kilburn,

Rawls,

Knight,

Redwine,

Knowles,

Reid,

Lane,

Rice,

Lawrence,

Richardson,

Leigh,

Ridley,

Little,

Rogers of Hall,

Lowe,

Rogers ot Mcintosh,

Mann,

Roper,

Maples,

Rountree,

822

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Sanders, Shackelford, Shannon, Singletary, Slaton, Spence,
~tanford,
Steed of Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart,

.Stovall, Strickland, Thompson, Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, Watson,

Wellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin, Lanier,

Mizell. Thurman,

Welcb,

The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedingswas dispensed with.

Mr. Slaton gave notice that at the proper time he would.. move to reconsider the action of the House in concurring in the Senate amendment to Rouse Bill No. 110.

Mr. Rankin of Gordon moved to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 22, which motion prevailed.

Mr. Slaton of Fulton moved to reconsider the action of the House in concurring in the Senate amendment to House Bill No. 110, which motion prevailed.

The following communication was received and read, to wit:
August 11, 1903.
Mr. Speaker, and Members oj the House of Representatives:As a citizen of Georgia I desire to do myself the pleas-
ure and honor of presenting to the members and officers.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903.

823

of the House of Representatives, as evidence of my esteem

for their faithfulness as public servants, and their uniform

courtesy to me, this simple flower of approval and appre-

ciation.

In Georgia the official still stands before all the world

~n the proud consciousness of the fact, that he is as clean

and faithful as the citizen, and we all know that the Geor-

gian represents the highest development of patriotic in-

tegrity. There is not now, nor has there ever been any

room for a corruption fund among the Caucasians of this

great State. Through the gathering density of all the

smoke of suspicion the clear light of Georgia's integrity

has shown above everything that tended to obstruct and

becloud.



Your Honorable Speaker has wielded a gavel of fairness

and patr_iotism, and the members of this House have voted

their enlightened consciences on all measures that have

been before them, "unawed by power and unbribed by

gain."

In stating this as a concltision, I am actuated by that

delicate and just sense of honor that prefers to assume the

existent integrity of the public official, until the reverse is

established. It gives me infinite pleasure to scatter these

seeds of kindness on the waves of dissension, and I do so

with the wish that each of you will have a safe return home, and a happy and p~osperous existence until we meet

again.

There are flowers enough for all, and I want the gentle-

men of the Press to have their share.

Yours very sincerely,

BENJAMIN M. BLACKBURN.

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

824

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

By Mr. Howard of Baldwin-

A resolution extending' the thanks of the House to Mr. B. M. Blackburn for his floral treat.

Mr. Hawes, vice-chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report :

M1. Speaker:

Your Committee on Banks and Banking have bad under consideration Senate Bill No. 189, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

P.M. HAWES, Vice-Chairman.

ATLANTA, GA., August 11, 1903.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn :

Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit :
An Act to create the cit.y court of Statesboro.

An Act to incorporate the Kinsington school district in Wa"lton county.
An Act to create a new charter for the town of Buford.
An Act to establish a dispensary in the county of Webster.

TuESDAY, AuGusT 11, 1903.

825

Also, a resolution to ratify the action of the mayor and council of Marietta in authorizing Hansell street to be closed.

Report of the Committee 011 the Blind.

Mr. Kelley, chairman of the Committee on the Academy of the Blind, submitted the following report:

The only matter of interest which it was 11ecessary to consider was the advisability of disposing of the present location and acquiring another more s11itable for the welfare, development and safety of the pupils.
After examining the buil~ling and grounds, we are of the opinion that it would be wise to acquire another site for the institution. We believe that the present property -could be sold for a sufficient sum to not only purchase the land, but erect such buildings as should be provided for those who are afflicted with loss of sight.
In case of fire, the present buildings would prove a veritable death-trap, and the loss of life which would necessarily result, would be shocking to contemplate. More space is needed for exercise and recreation of the pupils, and the buildings should be of such a character as to re-duce the danger hazard to the minimum.
In the opinion of your committee, it would be wise to make ~uch disposition of the present property as would secure a more eligible situation, aud on which could be erected such b11ildings as would be adapted to the character of the inmates.

Respectfully submitted,

T. J. l\f. KELLEY, Chairman.

826

J OURN4L OF THE HOUSE.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, tO' wit:

By Mr. Davis of the 17th-

A bill to amend section 1908, volume 2 of the Code, which provides by whom banks shall be examined.

The following mes~age 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 House, to wit:
A bill to amend Act creating a board of commissioners. of roads and revenues for Twiggs county.

A bill to incorporate the Amity school district in Lincoln county.
A bill to amend the charter of High Shoals, and forother purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Spread, in Jefferson. county, and for other purposP.s.
A bill to incorporate the town of Centralhatchee, in Heard county, and for other purposes.

A hill to amend Act incorporating the town of Kite, in Johnson county, and for other purposes.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Davisboro, in Washington county, and tor other purposes.

TuESDAY, AUGUST 1_1, 1903.

82'r

The Senate has concurred in the following House reso- lutions, to wit :

A resolution to authorize a correction in House Bill No. 60.

A resolution to authorize a correction in House Bill> No. 527.

The Senate has passed the following Senate resolutionr to wit:

A resolution to appoint a committee to investigate and report upon question of doing justice to heirs of Sherman, J. Sims.

The committee appointed by the Senate are SenatorsPerry and Lewis.

Mr. Hall, of the special committee to examine matterspertaining to the whipping of Mamie DeCris, submitted. the following minority report :
e
Mr. Speaker:
I herewith submit a resolution as a minority report of the committee, which I recommend be adopted as a sub-stitute for all the resolutions referred to your committeein reference to the whippiug of Mamie DeCris, a convict. on the State convict farm.
J OS. H. HALL, Member of Committee.

Mr. Felder of Bibb moved the adoption of the resolution submitted with the minority report as a substitute forseveral resolutions relative to the whipping of Mamie DeOris.

:828

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

On the adoption of the resolution, submitted \vith the minority teport, submitted by Mr. Hall of the special committee appointed to consider certain resolutions pertaining t.o the whipping of Mamie DeOris, Mr. Felder of Bibb -called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

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

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Beall, ..Buchan, Hucbaunon, Calvin, .Cromartie, Deal, Duggan, Felder, l<'ields, Flanigan, ll'ussell, Gaulden, Hall,

Hayes,

Nisbet,

Hixon of ~umter, Overstreet,

Houston,

Preston,

Hutcheson,

Rainey,

Jones of Dougherty, Hedwine,

Kent,

Ridley,

Little,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Maples,

Shackelford,

Martin.

Shannon.

Mitcham,

Spence,

Mitchell,

Tigner,

Mulherin,

Watson,

McHenry,

Wise,

0
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Alexander, . .Alford. Haldwln, Beauchamp, Bell of Mllton. Blackburn, sooth,
Bower, 'Boykin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, 13ruce, Burton,

Bush, Butta, Candler, Cann, carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cliatt. Conner. Cook, Crumbly, Daniel, Davison, Derrick,

Dozier, Duckett, Dunbar, Englisn, Evans, (l'oster of Oconee, l<'oster or '!'owns, Franklin, Heorge, Glenn, Grenade, Grimn, Hardeman, Ha,rden,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 11, 1903.

829>

Hawes,

Mills,

Rqgers of HaU,

Henry,

Moses,

Roper,

Hixon of UarroU, McBride,

Rountree,

Holder,

McUurry,

Sanders,

Howard of Baldwin, McElmurray,

Singletary,

Howell,

McLain,

Stanford,

J ob.nson of Bal...,., l\1 cHae,

Steed of Carroll,

Johnson of Ullncn, Owen,

Steed of Taylor,

Johnson of Urawrord,O'Quinn,

Stovall,

Jones of l'lckens, Kelly, Kendrick, Knight, Knowles,

Parker, Pate or Dooly, Paulk of Ootree, Paulk or irwin, IJeyton,

Shickland, Tracy, Underwooa, Valentme, ViTalker of Pierce,

Lane,

Phillips of Jelferson, 'Vellborn,

Lawrence, Leigh, Lowe, Mann, Mayson,

Phillips of Quitmau, West.

Rankin,

Vi7ilson,

Hawls, Reid, Rice,

Womble, Wooten. Yates.

Miller of Bullock, .J:tichardson,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Ah:m, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Bell of Emanuel, Bowen, Daves, Davis, Edwards, Ennis,

Flynt,

Pate of Uwlnuett,

Grice,

Proctor,

Hendry,

Slaton,

Hicks,

Stewart,

Howard of Laurens, Thompson,

Kilburn,

Thurman,

Lanier,

Walker of Monroe.

Miller of Muscogee, welcb,

Mizell.

Whitley,

1\lorton,

Mr. Speaker.

Newton,

Ayes 39; Nays 104.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

:830

,TouRNAL oF THE HousE.

On the adoption of the minority report the ayes were .39, nays 104.

Therefore the minority report together with the resolution accompanying same were lost.

Mr. Hall, chairman of the committee to consider resolutions pertaining to the whipping of Mamie DeCris, submitted the following report.

:Mr. Speaker:

Your special committee having had under consideratiQn cSeveral resolutions looking to the investigation of whipping of Mamie DeCris, beg leave to report a substitute for .all the resolutions, and recommend that said substitute do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

J. H. HALL, Chairman.

The following resolution which was offered by the special committee to consider resolutions pertaining to the whipping of Mamie DeCris at the prison farm in Milledgeville, as a substitute for all resolutions offered on the subject, was read and adopted, to wit :

By the Committee-

A resolution providing that the Prison Commission furnish the General Assembly, not later than Wednesday, August 12, all facts and information in their possession con-cerning the reported whipping of Mamie DeCris at the ,prison farm, the kind of work she is required to do, etc.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, -.to wit:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903.

831

:By Mr. Van Buren-

A bill to require the ordinaries of this State to keep a -record of all pensions paid in their respective counties by -the State.

Mr. Shackelford, chairman of the Committee on Cor;porations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Corporations have had under consid-eration Senate Bill No. 199, by Mr. Crumbley of the 12th District, a bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter -of Georgetown, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same bllck to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. J. SHACKELFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Hawes, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, ..submitted the following report:
Mr. Spealcer:
The Committee on Pen<:ions have had under consideration the following Senate bill and they instruct me as their --chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pas;:;, to wit :
By Mr. Van Buren-
A bill to require the ordinaries of this State to keep a

832

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE,

.

record of all pensions in their counties which are paid by-

the State.

Respectfully submitted.

P. M. HAWES, Chairman.

The following Senate bills were read the third time an& put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-
A bill to amend article 7, section 1 of the Constitution. of this State so as to limit tbe levy of taxes by the General Assembly.
The substitute offered by the committee was adopted.
Tl:\e report of the committee, which was favorable to the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were or- dered, and on taking the ballut viva voce the vote was as. fullow.s:

Those votiug in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alexander, Almond, Aytes,
~aldw!n,
He all, Heauchamp, l:lt>ll or Milton. Hootb, Hower.
~o;vkin.
Hrinson,

Hrock, Bruwn, Hruct!, Hucuan. HuclJaunon, Hunou,
Ku:<h.
Candler, Cnnn. Carr. rnrrlnA"too. Carswell,

Cliatt, Conner, Cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Davison,. Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, Ouggan,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 11, 1903.

833

-Dunbar,

Knight,

Rankin,

English,

Knowles,

Rawls,

Evans,

Lane,

J:tedwine,

.I!'elder,

Lawrence,

Reid,

ll'ields,

Leigh,

Rice,

J:o'lanlgan,

Little,

Richardson,

ll'osttr of Oconee, Lowe,

Ridley,

Foster of 'l'Qwns, Mann,

Rogers of Hall,

l<'ranklln,

Maples,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

E'ussell,

Martin.

Roper,

G-aulden,

Mayson,

Rountree,

George,

Miller of Bullock, Sanders,

Glenn,

Miller of ~luscog<>t:, Shackelford,

Hall,

Mills,

Shannon,

Hardeman,

Mitcham,

Singletary,

Harden,

Moses,

Spence.

Hawes,

McBride,

!:)Ianford,

Hayes,

McCurry,

Steed of Carroll,

Hicks,

McElmurray

Steed of Taylor,

Hixon of Uarron

McHenry,

Stovall,

Holder,

McJ,ain,

Houston,

McRae,

Howard of Baldwin, Nisbet,

Howard of Laurens, Owen,

Howell,

O'Quinn,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Dooly,

Johnson of Baker, Paulk of Uotree,

Johnson of Ullnch, Paulk of Irwin,

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

Strickland, Tigner, Tracy,
Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce, Watson, Wellborn, WbitiPy,

Jones of Pickens, Phillips of Jefferson. Wilson,

Kelly,

Phillips or Quitman., Wise,

Kendrick, Kent,

Preston, Proctor,

Womble, Wooten,_

Kilburn,

Rainey,

Yates.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Blackburn. Calvin,
53 h j

Grenade,

Mulherin., 'l:!J oO , f,uJ: '-~n,,frro : .uolfol

834

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.Akin, Alford, Arnold, Bell of Emanuel, Bowen, Butts, Daves, Davis, Edwards, Ennis, l<'lynt,

Grice,

Overstreet,

Urit!in,

Parker,

Hendry,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Henry,

Slaton,

Hixon or ~umter, Stewart,

Johnson of Urawrord, Thompson,

Lanier,

Thurman,

Mitchell,

welch,

1\lizell,

West,

Morton,

Mr. Speaker.

Newton,

By unanimous consent thP. verification of the roll-call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 139, nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Park of the 37th District-
A bill to regulate the sale of stocks of goods, wares and merchandise in bulk, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

passage of the bill, was agreed to.



The previous question was called and the main question ordered.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903.

835

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.A<.Iams,
.Alexander, .Baldwin, .Beall, Hell of .lllmanuel, .Hell of Milton, Blackburn, .Booth, Bower, .Boyk!n, ..Brock, .Brown, .Bruce, Buchannon, .Hurt on, Hush, .Calvin, Candler, -<Jann, t;arr, Catrington, -Oars well, Cliatt, Conner, -cook, Cromartie, Crumbly, .Daniel, .Davis.
Davison, .Veal, uerrick, Dozier, .Duckett. .Duggan; Dunbar, IJ:ngllsb, Evans, Felder, Fields, Flanigan,

l'usseu,

Nisbet,

uaulden,

l'arker,

George,

!'ate ....r Dooly,

Grenade,

Paulk or Uollee,

Hardeman,

Paulk of lrwin,

Harden,

.l'eyton,

l:lawes,

l:'billips of Jellerson,

Uayt!S1 Hicks,

Phillips of (.,luitwan, l'reston,

Hixou or Oarro, l'roctor,

Hixon of 8umter, Rainey,

Houston,

Rankin,

Howard of Haldwin, Rawls,

Howell,

Heel wine,

.Jollnson of Baker, Heid,

Johnson of Olinch, Hichardson,

Jones or Dougherty, Ridley,

Jones or l'ickens. Rogers of Hall,

Kelly,

Rogers of Mclntusb,

Kendrick,

Roper,

Kilburn,

Rountree,

Knowles,

Sanders,

Lawrence,

Shackelford,

Leigh,

Singletar;v,

Little,

slaton,

Lowe,

Spence,

Mann,

Stanford,

~1aples,

Steep of Oarroll,

:Martin,

Steed of Taylor,

Mayson,

Stovall,

.!.\:iller of Musco.~tee, 'l'igner,

l\1ills,

Tracy,

Mit<' hell, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, ?I.IcUurry, McElmurray McHeury, l\IcLaln,

Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Pierce, \Vatson, \Vel! born, Whitley, Wilson, Wooten,

!\feRae,

l;36

JOURNAL OF THE IloUSE.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Alford, Beauchamp, Brinson. F'ranklin, Glenn,

Hall, 1\:ent, Lane, Mitcham, Overstreet,

Rice, Wise, Womble,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Bowen, Buchan, Butts, Daves, ffidwards, Ennis, l<'lynt, F'oster of Oconee, F'oster of '!'owns; Grice,

Grittin,

O'Quinn,

Hendry,

Pate of Gwlnnett.

Henry,

Shannon,

Holder,

Stewart,

Howard of Laurens, Strickland,

Hutcheson,

Thompson,

.Johnson of Urawford,Thurman,

Knight,

walker of Monroe,.

Lanier,

Welch,

Miller of Bullock, West,

Mizell,

Yates,

l\~orton,
Newton,

l\lr. Speaker.

Owen,

Ayes 122, Nays 13.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-caH was dispensed ;vith.
On the passage of i he bill the ayes were 122, nays 13.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

By .Mr. .Miller of Muscogee-

A resolution to pay the members of the Enrolling Committee extra compensation.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903.

837

On motion of Mr. Harden the above resolution was tabled.

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

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

A resolution requesting the Senate to return to the House, House Bill No. 110, with Senate amendments, for the purpose of correcting clerical errors.

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

The Senate has refused to concur in the House substitute to Senate Resolution No. 59, providing for a joint -committee to investigate the whipping of Miss Mamie DeCris at Milledgeville prison farm.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
.By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution providing that all bills and resolutions of "the House and Senate which are not finally acted on at .this session be carried over to next session.

:By Mr. Well born of Union-
A resolution providing for the bringing up of the un:fin'ished business of the session.

838

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Senate bills for a third reading was rel'!umed.

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-

A bill to prescribe salaries for the judges of the supremeand superior courts of this State, and for other purposes.
The previous question was called and the main question~ ordered.

The following amendments were adopted :
B.y Mr. Miller of Muscogee-.

To amend the caption by adding thereto the words "and, also the Governor."
To amend by adding another section as follows : "Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same,... That the salary of the Governor shall be $5,000 per annum."

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 and nays were or-dered, and on taking the ballot viua voce the vote was as. follows:

Those voting in the afiirmathe were Mes~rs.-

Alexander, Alford, Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Bower, Boy kin, Brock,

Brown, Buchannon,
Butts,
Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr,

Carrington..

Carswell,

Cook,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Davis,

Deal,

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889

Dozier,

Kendrick,

Ftogers of ldclntob,

Evans.

KUburn,

Ftountree,

li'elder,

Maples.

::landers,

lj'ields,

Miller of .Bullock, Shackelford,

Franklin,

Miller of Muscogee, Slaton,

Gaulden,

Mills,

Spence,

Geotge,

Mitchell,

Steed or Taylor,

Grittin,

Mulherin,

Stovall,

Hal!,

McElmurray,

Strlcluand,

Harden.

McHenry,

Tigner,

Hawes,

McRae,

"'at.son,

Hayes,

Nisbet,

Wellborn,

Hixon or !Sumter, Overstreet,

West

Houston,

Pate of Gwinnett, Whitley,

~oward of Baldwin. Phillips of Jelferson, Wilson,

Howell,

Preston,

Wise,

Johnson of Baker, Fteld.

Wooten,

J"ones or Dougherty, Ridley,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Almond, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell ot Mllton, Booth, Brinson, Bruct, Burton, Bush, Cliatt, Conner, Cromartie, Davison, Derricll:. Duckett, Duggan. Edwards, English,

.l!'oster of Oconee, Little,

.l!'oster of 'l'owns, Lowe.

b'usseJJ,

Mann,

Gle:nn,

Martin,

Grenade,

Mayson.

Hardemai'-

Mitcham,

Henry,

Morton,

Hicks,

Hoses.

Hixon of Carroll, McBride.

Holder,

McCurry,

Howard of Laurens. McLain,

Hutchesor..

Parker,

Johnspn or Cltnch, Pate or Dooly,

Johnson ot CraWford, Paulk or oorree,

Jones of Pickens, Paulk of Irwin,

Kelly,

Peyton,

Kent,

Phillips of Quitman,

1\:night,

Rainey,

Lane,

Ftankln,

Lawrence,

Rawls.

Leigh,

Rice,

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Richardson, Rogers of Hall, Hoper, Shannon, Singletary,

Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine,

Walker of Monroe, Walker of Pierce.
'Vomble, Yates,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Arnold, Bowen, Huchan, Daves, Dunbar, Ennis. }j'lanigan,

I<'lynt, Grice, Hendry, Knowles, Lanier, Mizell, Newton, Owen,

O'Qulnn,

Proctor,

Redwine,

Stewart,

Thompson,

Thurman,

...

Welch,

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 74; nays 77.

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 74, nays 77.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Slaton gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the above bill.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-
A resolution providing that committees making special trips during vacation receive payment for actual expenses incurred while on such visits.
Mr. Slaton, chairman of the Comruittee on General J u-
diciary, submitted the following report:

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841

.Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill and resolution of the Senate, and they in&truct me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit :

A resolution for the relief of J. K. McAfee, J. R. Grice .and W. H. Raley, sureties on the bond of Charlie Harris.

A bill to amend an Act approved December 19, 1899, :amending subsection 11 of section 4082, of volume 2 of .the Code, by providing compensation for justices of peace .for certain services.

Also, the following bill of the Senate with the recommeudation that it do pass as amended, to wit :

A bill to authorize street railway companiea to take up -and remove their tracks with the consent of the proper :authorities.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN M. SLATON, Chairman.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit: By Mr. Crumbly-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Georgetown.
'l'be following resolution was read and adopted, to wit':

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JouR1'1AL OF THI<.: HousE.

By Mr. Wellborn of Union-

A resolution providing that the clerk of the House andi secretary of Senate be instructed to publish a calendar ofthe unfinished business of the present session.

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

.By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-

A bill to provide for the deduction of franchises duecounties, cities, towns and villages of all amounts paid un-der agreement therefor, and for other purposes.
The following amendment was read and adopted, to wit ::

To amend by adding the following sections, to wit:

Section 2. Be it further enacted, That any money that. may be paid or expended by such persons, partnership, ass~ciatiou or corporation for bridge rentals or for pavingor repairing of pavement of any street, highway or public place shall not be included within the amounts provided in section 1 of this Act to be deducted from the portion of the franchise tax payable to the city, county, town orvillage.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority daresaid, That the sums referred to in section 1 of this Act sh&ll be paid to the county, city, town or village entitled! thereto, notwithstanding the passage of the franchise tax. act hereinbefore referred to, but that such sums when paid,. shall be considered a payment on account of, or in full, asthe case may be, of the tax due such county, city, town orvillage on account of the franchise, and that if the amount so payable is greater than the amount of the franchise tax

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due such county, city, town or village, such payment shall, be in full thereof, aud if less, the difference in amount. shall be paid. But no greater credit shall be allowed on. account of such payment than the amount of the franchise tax due such county, city, town or village for the current year.

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 98, nays I.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-jority was passed as amended.

The Rpeaker then announced the House adjourned untik 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 O'cLOCK, P.l\1.
The House reconvened at this hour, and was called toorder by the Speaker.

The roll was called and the following members an-swered to their names :

Adams, Alexander, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Aytes, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel,

Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Bowen, Bower, Boykin, Brinson, Brock, Brown, Bruce,

Buchan, Bucbannon, Burton, Bush, Butts, Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington,

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.~.;urswell,
Cllatt, Conner, Vook. Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Oavlson, Deal, Derrick, Dozier, Duckett, J)uggan, Dunbar, Edwards, English, 'Ennis, li:vans, !<'elder, !fields, !'Ianigan, t<lynt, l<'oster or Oconee. l<'oster or 'l'owns, l<'tanklln, trusseH, Uau!den, George, Ufenn, Grenade, Grice, Grimn, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks,

Hixon or Carroll, i\ldtae,

Hixon or ~uwter, Newton,

Holder,

Nisbet,

Houston,

Owen,

Howard of .Halawm, Overstreet,

Hpwaru or Laurens, O'(,!uinn,

Howell,

Parker.

Hutcheson,

Pate or Dooly,

Johnson or .Hake., Pate or Uwinoett,

Johnson of CUnch, Paulk of Coiiee,

Johnson of Crawford,Paulk or Irwin

Jones of Dougherty, Peyton,

Jones of Plckenl', Phillips of Jerrerson,

Kelly,

Phillips of QuitiJ}an,

liendrick,

Preston,

Kent,

Proctor,

l{ilburn,

Rainey,

Knight,

Rankin,

Knowles,

Rawls,

Lane,

Redwine,

Lawrence,

Reid,

Leigh,

Hice,

Little,

Richardson,

Lowe,

Hidley,

Mann,

Rogers of Hall,

Maples,

Rogers of Mclotost>.

Martin,

Roper,

Mayson,

Rountree,

1\fiUer of .oullock, Sanders,

Miller or Muscogee, Shackelford,

Mills,



Shannon,

Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell,

Singletary, Slaton, 'Spence.

Morton, Moses, Mulherin, McBride, M:cQurry, McElmurray, McHenry, llfcLain,

Stanford, Steed ef Carroll, Steed of Taylor, Stewart, Stovall, Stiickland, Thompson, Thurman,
Tigner,

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845

Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe \Valker of Pier~

\Vatsou, \Vellborn, \Vest, Whitley, Wilson,

Wise, Womble, Wooten. Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Lanier,

Welcb

The following bill was taken up. The Senate amendment to same having been concurred in on yesterday, and the same having been reconsidered: the following amendment was offered to _the Senate amendment, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A bill to provide for the protection of birds and their nests, and for other purposes.
The house proposed to further amend the Senate amendment by providing that section 1 by adding after the words "game bird," the words "in said State.''
To amend said bill further by adding after the word "State" and before the word "any," the words "other than stuffed, branched or mounted.''

The Senate ameudment was agreed to as amended.
On motion Senate Resolution No. 27 was indefinitely postponed.

The following Senate bills were _read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE

. Bv Mr. Van Buren of the ~1st District-
A resolution directing tl!e State Printer to print and bind -certain public records.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional 'majority was pa8sed.

The following resolution was read, to wit :

.:IBy Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing for the payment of the pet diem -{)f three extra pages and one assistant doorkeeper for the 1.present seEsion.
The previous question was called and sustained and the ~main question ordered.
On the adoptien of the resolution the ayes were 78, nays 39.

The resolution was tlierefore adopted.
Mr. Brown of Houston moved that the resolution just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and on that motion Mr. Frank'lin called for the ayes and nays. The call was not sustained..The motion of Mr. Brown was then put to the 'lJiouse anc!l carried.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. ~orthen, .th.e .Se.cretary thereof :

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847

.Mr. Speaker:
/
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite cou:stitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend section 221 of volume 3 of the Code, which provides for the posting of lands and for the punishment of persons hunting or fishing thereon.

A bill to amend section 453, volume 3 of the Code, defining vagrancy, and cleclaring which class of persons shall be regarded as vagrants.
A bill incorporating the Leonard school district in Cobb -county.

A bill amending Act approved February 26, 1874, en-titled an Act to regulate and control misdemeanor. convicts in Bibb county.

A bill to amend the charter of Acworth, in Cobb county.

The Senate has receded from its amendment to the following House bill, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Lawrenceville.
The Senate has .C.\Oncnrred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act relative to alternative road law.
The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to .wit:

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A bill to fix the number of days each person is subject;. to road duty in this State.

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

A resolution to authorize the State bank examiner toemploy a stenographer, and for other purposes.

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

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 68 the special order for to-morrow morning immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.

On motion Senate resolution No. 47 was tabled.

.,

The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. Perry of the 33d Distriet-
A resolution providing that a committee be appointed to investigate and report upon the question of doing justice to the heits of Sherman J. Sims, etc.

The Speaker appointed on the part of the House under Senate Resolution No. 60 the following committee:
Mr. Hardeman, Mr. Shackelford, Mr. George.

Tbe following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rnles, to wit :

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849

By Mr. Hixon of Sumter-

A resolution making Senate Bill No. 184 the special order for tomorrow.

By Mr. Cann of Uhatham-

A resolution making Senate Bill No. 189 the special order for tomorrow.

By Mr. Hixon of Sumter-
A resolution making Senate Resolution No. 191 the special order for tomorrow.

By Mr. Alford of Worth-
A resolution fixing Senate Bill No. 124 the special order for tomorrow.

Senate bills were again taken up for a third reading, to wit:

By Mr. Hopkin~-
A bill to authorize administrators, executors, trustees, etc., who are required to give bond to charge cost or premium for such bond, and for other purposes.

The substitute offered by the committee was adopted.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 4.

The bill having received the requiaite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
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.Senate bills tor a third reading were agaiu taken up.

By Mr. Williams of the 16th District-

A resolution for the relief of J. K. McAfee, J. H. Grice and W. H. Raley as sureties on the bond of Charlie Harris.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 91, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requit:ite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Van Buren-
A bill to amend section 2171, volume 2 of the Code, relative to the changing of the general direction of the routes of railroads.

The committee proposed to amend as follows:

To amend by iuserting after the word" railroad" in line
lO of section 1 the words " which was originally con-
structed to the extent of three-fourths of its length in Georgia as a narrow guage railroad," and by inserting in same section after the word "power" in line 12 of said section the words "at any time within three years from September 1, 1903." Also, to insert after the word" railroad" in line 7, page 3 of the bill, the words "which was originally constructed to the extent of three-fourths of its length in Georgia, as a narrow gnage railroad," and by inserting after the word "power" in line 9, page 3, the words" at l:lny time within three years from Semtember 1, 1903."

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851

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the Jpassage of th~ bill was agreed to, as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional maJority was passed as amended.

On motion of l\ft-. Cann of Chatham Senate Bill No. 55 was tabled.

:'By Mr. Park of the 37th District-

A bill to provide for the testing of illuminating oils.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ~par>sage 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. Comas of the 3rd District-

A bill to prescribe the rules which shall govern the >transportation of the dead.

On motion of Mr. Franklin the bill was tabled.

:By Mr. Hopkins-
A bill to provide for a game warden and deputy game -wardens in Thomas county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the !'Pas;;age of the bill, was agreed to.

852

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.

On the passage of the bill the ayeA were 95, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionall1 majority was passed.

By Mr. Lee of the 44th District-
A bill for the protection of the officers and employees of the Georgia Penitentiary at the various camps throughout the State.

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 84, nays 9.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitu-tional majority was lost.
Mr. Steed of Taylor gave notice that at the proper timehe would move to reconsider the action of the House m. defeating the above bill.
The author of House Bill No. 658 was allowed. to withdraw same.
By Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-
A hill to require defendant in all cases at common law or equity in the courts of record to set forth his answer in, paragraphs, etc., and for other purposes.
The above bill was tabled on motion.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th DistrictA bill to make penal the adulteration of turpentine whelli
oftered for sale.

TuESDAY, AuousT 11, 1903.

853

"The substitute offered :fi>r the above bill was adopted.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the rpassage of the bill, WI'S ;,greed to by 5Ubstitute.
Ou passage of the bill the ayes were 91, nays 0.
The bi II having received the req ui;;ite constitutional tmajority was pa;;sed by substitute.

,By Mr. Tisinger-

A bill to ameud section 982, volume 1 of the Code, rela,;ti ve to State depositories.

The report of the .committee, which was favorable to -<the pal"sage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 2.

The bill having received the reqnisite constitutional majority.was passed.

Mr. Slaton, chairman of the Committee to investigate charge;; of Lobbying in the General Assembly, submitted the following report, and by a unanimous vote of the _HIII!Se the same was ordered spread on the Journal:

JJ r. Speaker:
The Joint Committee appointed to investigate the charges of lobbying and kindred practices, respectfully re_vort as follows:
Our duties as outlined in the resolution adopted by both branches of the General Assembly are to {nyestigate the -charges of criminal lobbying, and of practices akin thereto, ,which injuriously affect wise legislation, and to report the

854

.JouRNAL OF THE HousE~

evidence establishing either or both, and ou-r finclings and1 recommendations thereupon.
The resolution was printed in many papePs- in Georgia,.. and by its terms invited every citizen to offer testimony oF lend assistance to the committee in the pursuance of its investigations. We have disregarded technical. rules of evidence and have allowed witnesses to detail the vaguest rumors in the endeavor t.o trace through them direct testimony for submission to the General Assembly.. Subpcena& have been served on every man whose name has been presented for examination from whom the committee had reasonable expectation of obtaining information, and be has been required to attend except where e:ll.cused for providential cause, or his examination wou:ld apparently be- fruitless.
The offense of lobbying is dealt with in the Constitution of the State, article 1, section 2, paragraph 5, as tolll)ws ~-~
"Lobbying. L1bbying is declared to be a crime, and. the General A~>sembly shall enforce this provision by suit- able penalties."
In pursuance of this provision of the Constitution, the Legislature has dealt with this offence i.n the following: language, as embodied in the 319th secti-on of the criminal Code:
"Lobbying defined. Lobbying is any personal solicita-tim of a member of the General Assembly of this State,_ during a session thereof, by private interview or letter, ormessage, or other means and appJi,ance~, not addressed:,, solely to the judgment, to favor or 6ppose, or to vote for or against any bill, resolution, repotli or, cl-aim, pending or- to he introduced in either branch thereol~ by any person who misrepresents the nature of his iAtere~;t in the matterto such member, or who is employed for a coni:!ideration.. by a person or corporation interested in the passage or de-feat of such bill, resolution, report or claim, for the pur--

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pose of procuring the passage or defeat thereof. But this does not include such service as drafting petitions, bills or resolutions, attending to the taking of testimony, collating facts, preparing arguments and memorials, and submitting them orally, or in writing, to a committee or member of the General Assembly, and other services of like character, intended to reach the reason of the Legislators."
The only evidence submitted to us, tending to show the criminal offence is that of Representative W. D. Mills. In brief he testifies that prior to the actual consideration of the Child J...abor Bill at the session of the General Assembly in 1902, be was stopped while about to enter the post-office adjoining the hall of the House of Representatives by a smooth-faced young mao of apparently between twenty-seven and thirty years of age. The time was about the hour when the House convened and members were passing to and fro from the ball. This stranger asked him if he were not Representative Mills, and interrogated him as to his po~ition ou the Child Labor Bill. Mr. Mills indicated his favorable attitude to the bill, when the man stated to him it would be worth five hundred dollars to the Representative to advocate the opposition t.o the measure. Mr. Mills told the stranger to wnit a minute, intending to commuuicate the circumstances to the messenger or some olJer member of the Honse. The messenger testified that h1:1 remembers th~t Mr. Mills recounted to him such a conversation. "When Mr. Mills returned the stranger was gone, and an elderly gentleman who was leaning against the wall opposite to the place where the con versation occurred, stated that he thought the stranger was from Alabama. Mr. Mills never has seen betore or since either the stranger or the elderly gentleman since the time of the occurrence, and knew the names of neither. The witness voted for the Child L~bor Bill.
Furthermore, when Mr. Mills was on the stand; be was

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asked whether he bad stated to two gentlemen in the Kimball House lobby, on the steps leading up to the firEt floor, that he bad been offered one or two hundred dollars for his vote for Mr. Mitchell in the speakerEbip contest, and whether be had not stated to said gentleman that two strangers bad made to. him this offer. Mr. Mills denied such an occurrence, but stated that any two men so reporting were "two liars." A witness, ex-Speaker John D. Little, stated that Mr. Mills had recounted to him and Speaker Morris such an occurrence. Mr. Mills rose during the delivery of this evidence by Mr. Little, and stated that be remembered the occurrence, but that he said he had been oflered a bet of one hundred dollars, that he could get one hundred dollars to cast his vote a certain way in the speakership race. Mr. Mills voted for the can didate of his original choice. Mr. Little testified that Mr. Mil1s was requested to point out the party making the offer, but upon searching for him in the lobby of the Kimball House, stated he could not find the party.
We refer to the stenographic report of the evidence for accuracy of detail in reference to the testimony briefly Aummarized above and bearing on the question of criminal lobbying. . The provision in the resolution reqniring us to report on the existence of practices akin to lobbying, not technically comprehended in the term, but injuriously affecting wise legislation, leads us into a broad field, and one involving difficult moral and ethical questions. The ~reat mass of evidence we have heard has borne especially on this department of our duty.
Much testimony bas been adduced, showing that persons interested in legislation, both local and general, and agents and attorneys acting for them, have urged tbeit causes upon members of t.he General Assembly. It is further estabis hed that it is the custom for parties not entitled thereto

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857

-to enjoy the privil('ges of the floor Of both Senate and _House.
In the opinion of your committee, it is an ess('ntial :right that a ~itizen should be permitted without restraint to express to legislators his opinions on questions coming before them. Such a privilege is conducive tci good legislation, and no member of the General Assembly should -ever be deaf to legitimate argnmeuts or statements of facts which might elucidate questions upon which he must act. l\fet with the absolute necessity of injuring some interests in nearly all legislation, it is difficult for the hone:;t legis~lator to know what he should do. In this position, isolation and wisdom are not Liecessarily allied. He needs all -;the aid he can get, and the more dilig('otly he searches for light the more does he fit himself for the discharge of his . ;,high obligation. The merchant., farmer, railroad man, lawyer, scientist., artisan, may all be pressed into service, -but constantly with the heed that his influence shall be limited to that justly created by the strength of his arguments. As much if not more damage is done by ignorance than by vice, and the scope of legi~;lation being co-extensive with 'human activity, the knowledge of those engaged in it should be commensurate with the subject.
what a man may do by himself he may do by agent orattorney, but we desire to emphasize our opinion that no man, by himself or by another, can properly endeavor to influ-ence legislation by appeals to individual legislators or by -appearance before committees, without disclosing his inter-est and the capacity in which he appears. It is but right for the representative to weigh the advice in view of the position of the adviser. He should never be permitted to -mistake for disinterested suggestion the argument of a ='parti1;an to be benefited. Such frankness is not only dictated by candor, but by formal action of the State Bar As-sociation has been enjoined upon its members.

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Other questions are more or less distinctly presentedf by evidence bearing on certain influences claimed to be unduly exerted upon members of the General Assembly. Some ot these are not within our provinc!l, but peculiarly within that of the body creating this committee.
'Vhen conduct becomes a matter solely of proprietyY it must appeal to the individual alone.
When we pass beyond certain confines clearly set out,. it will be seen we reach a realm with which the con- science, and not legislatures, must deal.
Reporting upon another branch of the questions aris-ing under the evidence, we submit that for many yearsa rule of the Senate has been practically as follows:
"Rule lUI. No person shall be allowed to enter upon thethe floor of the Senate except the Senators and officers thereof, the officers and members of the Bouse, the Governor of the State and the heads ot the offices of the executive de-partment, ex-Governors, judges o( the supreme and superior coutts in actual commission, ex-presiding officersof the Senate and House, and such others as the Senate may allow upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Privileges of the Floor.''
vVe know that for many years it bas been the unbroken. custom to permit reputable persons on the floor of both branches of the General Assembly in violation of theserules. Save on rare occasions, we have never known exception to be taken to this extension of courtesy, and in view of this ll)ng continued custom, the presiding officer who enforced the rule would excite surprise, if not invite criticism, in so doing. It has been as cus-tomary as holding up the hand to vote instead of "rising and standing until counted."
But we report that in our opinion the rules are wise ones. The presence of strangets upon the floor necessarily creates greater disorder by the audible conversation,

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invited by them, and interferes with the clerks in the per- formance of t~eir duties. It is not seemly that parties directly or indirectly interested in a measure under discussion should be mingling with those who must vote. The eaget- ness and anxiety of the visitor naturally manifests itself irv external acts which may injuriously affect legislation. Thedue decorum of the legislative body is disturbed and it& dignity lowered in the performance of its services and &olemn duties. We recommend that these rules, 101 of theSenate and 173 of the House, be enforced, and that so far as practicable, all persons interested in instant questions before either branch of the General Assembly be excluded. pending their discussion and disposition.
We respectfully recommend that this report be spreadupon the Journal, but that the evidence herewith presented be filed iu the office of the Secretary of State.

Resp~ctfully submitted,
H. W. HoPKINS, J. D. BARRELL, WM.. H. DAVIS, Committee on part of Senate.
JOHN M. SLATON, W. S. WEST, J. D. Hm-VARD, P.M. HAWES, J. FERRIS CANN, Committee on part of House.

The reading of Senate bills a third time was resumed,. to wit:
By Mr. Worsham-
.1'1. bill to repeal au Act to amend an Act to regulate the

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fees of attorneys and receivers in cases whete receivers are appointed.

On motion of Mr. Slaton the bill was tabled.

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A bill to amend an Act to provide for the holding of the city courts of this State by the various city court judges.

On motion of Mr. Felder the above bill was tabled.

Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

.lllr. Speaker:
'l'he Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for deHvery to the Governor, the following acts, to wit:

An Act to provide for the registration of voters in town Lithonia.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to create a city court for .the county of Eady.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta .

.Also, au Act to amend the charter of 'Varrenton, Ga.
.Also, au Act to amend section 982 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an Act to establish a charter for the town of Byron. Also, an Act to amend an Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in Telfair county.

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Also, an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Merchants' Bank ofValdosta.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Northeast Georgia Loan and Banking Company.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the Savannah Trust Company.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Brunswick.
Also, an Act to amend the Act to establish the city court of Washington.

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Kingwood.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Madison.

Also, an Act to provide for compensation for the officers of Superior Court of Terrell county.
Also, an Act to amend section 9R2 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an Act to create a local school system for the town of Bowman.
Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Oakwood.
Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.
Also, a resolution for relief of G. S. Duke.

Respectfully submitted,

C. J. WELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

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The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

JBy Mr. Felder of Bibb-:-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate and control misde.meanor convicts in the county of Bibb-

The following resolution was read, to wit :

..By Mr. Bell of Emanuel-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a com,.mittee to investigate the whipping ot Mamie DeCris.

The above resolution was tabled on motion.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until ~tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, August 12, 1903.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock .a.m. this day.; was .called to order by the Speaker and --opened with prayer b~ the chaplain.

The.roll.was called and the following members answered ;to their names.

Adams, . Alexander, .Alford, .Almond,
.~Arnold,

AiYres, Baldwin, illeall,
~l:fea"Ucbamp,
Bell .~ Emanuel,

Hell of Mi~ton, Blackburn, Booth, Howen, Bower,

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863

...Hoyklta,

1: nu.1liiiU,

Murtiu.

Hrinson,

J.1'usseu,

Mayson,

..Brock,

Uautdeu,

1\l iller of Bullock,

Brown,

Ueorge,

Miller of Muscogee,

..Bruce,

Ulenn,

l\1 ills,

.Buchan,

Ureuade,

~lltcllaw,

Buchannon,

urlce,

l\1 Itchell,

Burton,

GrUHn,

Morton,

.Bush,

Hall,

Moses,

Butts,

_,Hardeman

1\lulllerln.

-t:alvln,

--"'Harden,

1\lcBtide,

L:antllt!r,

Llnwes,

l\lcUurry,

L:anu,

llayes,

Mcl!lhuurray,

-cart, Uaniuglo

_, Hendry, 1 HEmry,

1\icl:lenry, McLain,

lJIII'ISWilll,

Hicks,

McHae,

-L:Hatt,

Hixon of ua_,:uit. Newton.

Conner,
UOOK,
Utowarue, Uruwbly, .Dnnlel, Daves, Davis, Davison, .Deal, .Derrick,

Hixon of l:lumter. Nisbet,

Holder. llnuston.

Owen, OYerstreet,

Howard of Baldwin, O't_!ulnu,

Howard of Laurens, Parker

Howell,

Pate of Dooly,

Hutcheson,

Pate of Gwinoett,

.Tohnson of Balcer Paulk of Uorree, Johnson of Cline~ Paulk of Irwin,
.Tohnson ot Crawf~rd Peyton.
Jones of Dougherty,' Phl.lllps or Jefferson,

Dozier,

Jones of 1.-'ick.-!ns. Phillips c.f Quitman.

. Duckett,

Kelly,

Pteston,

.Uuggan, Uunbar, Edwards, 'English, "Ennis, Evans, "l"elder. Jl'ields.
'l"lnnl~an. l~lynt.
'Foster of Oconee. 'troster of Towns.

I.;t>ndrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, , Lane, Lawrence.
r~elgb,
l.lttle, Lowe, !Ifann,
J\Ia1~'les,

P1.nctot, UR!ney, Rankin, Rawls, Redwine, Held, Rice, Richardson, Ridley. Rogers of Hall. Rogers of Mclntosn, , Roper,

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Rountree, Sanders, Shackelford, Shannon, Singletary, Slaton, Spence, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, SteP.d of 'l'aylor, Stewart,

Stovall, Strickland, '.fhompson, Thurman,
_Tigner, Tracy, Underwood, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, walker of Pierce,

'Vatson, 'Vellborn, West, Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble,
"'ooten, Yates. Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin.
Lanier,

l\1 izell,

Welcb,

The reading of the Journal ofyesterday's proceedings: was dispensed with.
Mr. Slaton moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass on yesterday Senate Bill No. 1313,. which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Steed of Taylor the House reconsidered its action in refusing to pass on yesterday's SenateBill No. 83.

The following resolution was read and unanimously adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution thaukinQ' Mrs. :Maud Barker Cobb for the thorough and efficient manner in which she has discharged the duties of postmistress and for her uniform courtesy tothe General Assembly.

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865

The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Messrs. Comas and Dodd-

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to consider the present school laws and report to the General Assembly.

The following amendment was adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
To amend by striking out " present session'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words " next session."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 92, nays 1.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Lee of the 44th District-
A bill for the protection of the officers and employees of the Georgia Penitentiary.
Mr. Slaton moved to amend by striking section 4 and -numbering remaining sections accordingly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the _passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
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 as amended.

By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to amend section 2166 of the Code of 1895 relative to construction of railroads.

Mr. Blackburn proposed to amend by inserting the word " not" between the words " be" and " so " in last line of the caption.
Also, to amend section 1 by inserting the word " not,,. between the words "be" and "so " in line 20 of section 1 ; also, by inserting the word "not'' between the words "be'' and "so '' in line 46 in said section.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of th~ bill as amended, was agreed to.

On passage of the bill the ayes were 113, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionat majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A bill to require taxes to be paid by all persons and corporations in the county in which they are required by law to be returned, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionall. majority was passed.

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867

By Mr. Hudson of the 13th District-

A bill to amend section 4868 of volume 2 of the Code so as to authorize judges of the superior courts to issue . writs of mandamus against boards of commissioners of roads and revenues.

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.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Morris, chairman ex-officio of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration a number of resolutions providing special ordt!rs for this day, and have instructed me to report as follows :
The committee recommend that motions to reconsider be in order immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.
Next in order. Senate Resolution number 47. The previous question to be considered as ordered ten minutes after the reading of the resolution.
Next in order, Senate Bill No. 83, to be followed by senate bills 124, 137 and 138. The previous question to be considered ordered on each measure after a three minutes' explanation of the object of each bill.

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We recommend that House Resolution No. 429 do pass as amended; that House Resolutions No. 431, 432 and 433 follow number 429 each as a special order.

Respectfully submitted,

N. A. MoRRIS, Chairman ex-officio.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate has concurred in the following joint resolution as amended :
A resolution providing compensation for pages and doorkeepers of the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
M1. Speaker : The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional
majority the following bills of the House, to wit :
A bill to incorporate the Franklin school district m Heard county.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Higgston.
A bill to establish the city court of Waynesboro.
A bill to establish a school district iu Fillyaw, Worth county.

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869

A bill to create the Camilla school district.

A bill to incorporate the Milner school district.

A bill to appropriate $~,000.00 to secure certain records from England.

A bill to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.

A bill to incorporate the Olive Spring school district, in Cobb county.

A bill to incorporate the Elizabeth school district, in Cobb county.

A bill amending the charter of Meigs, in Thomas county.

A bill to amend Act incorporating the Upshaw school district.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

A bill to incorporate the Concord school district.

A bill to create a board of county commissioners for Bulloch county.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.

A bill to incorporate the Smyrna school district m

Cobb county.

o

A bill to provide the manner of fishing in Flint river and all streams in Fayette county.

A bill amending .Act establishing the city court of Dawson.

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The "Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolutions, to wit:

A resolution authorizing the treasurer to transfer any surplus funds from any class Of pensions to another class.

A resolution to provide for refunding $50.00 to Secretary of State for a bank charter in Barnesville.

A resolution to pay E. R. Black certain compensation.

A resolution for the relief of W. F. Shurley and his bondsmen.

A resolution consenting on the part of the State, that the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway make an under-pass crossing under the tracks of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolutions of the House, to wit:
A resolution to carry over unfinished business of present General Assembly to the next session.
A resolution providing for bringing up the unfinished business of the session.
A resolution relating to unfinished business of the ses-
s~on.

. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1903.

871

The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to ihe Senate amendment to the following House bill, to wit :

A bill to provide for the protection of birds and their 'nests aud eggs, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the Senate -through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Senate bas passed the following Senate resolution, -to wit.
A resolution condemning the practice of whipping -women convicts.
The reading of Senate bills a third time was resumed.

By Mr. Comas of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a city court for the city of Baxley.
The report of the commith:e, which was favorable to the _passage of the bill, was agreed to.
O.t;~ paseage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna-. _jority was passed.

:By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A bill to amend section 1908, volume 2 of the Code, -which requires by whom banks shall be managed.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Perry of the 33rd District-

A bill to require defendant in all cases at common law or equity in courts of record of this State, to set forth his answer to questions in paragraphs.

On motion of Mr. Slaton of Fulton the bill was tabled.

By Mr. Jordon of the 28th District-

A bill to provide in what county manufacturing com- panies owning property on the county line shall returnsuch property for taxation.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite coustitutionar majority was passed.

Senate Bill No. 74 was taken from the table and placedon the calendar.

By Mr. Smith of the 18th District-

A bill to provide that all property in this State without a lawful owner shall become the property of the State.

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873

On motion of Mr. Felder the bill was tabled.

At the request of Mr. Slaton, Senate Bill No. 93 was. taken from the table and placed on the calendat.

The following resolutions were read and ordered to lay on the table for one day, to wit :

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution providing that the as;;istant doorkeepers,. pages and porters be appoiutefl for the full fifty days during the sess~ou of 1904.

By Mr. Daniel-
A resolution providing that assistant doorkeepers be appointed fur fifty days, and that the deilks of members be numbered, etc., and for other purpu:;es.

Senate bills for third reading was resumed.

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-
A bill to amend au Act to amend sub-section 11, section 4082, volume 2 of the Code, by pl'Oviding compensation for justices of the peace.

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, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite coustitutioua1 majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Felder, House Resolution 402, which provides for a "pure food law," was tabled.

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Un motion of Mr. -{\.Jexander of Wilkes, Senate Bill No .55 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Comas of the 3d District-
A bill to amend section 1541, volume 1 of the Code, and d'or other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the bill was tabled.

The following message was received from the Senate 'through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to create a department of health and health ofncers, and for other purposes.
The Senate bas passed the following House bills:
A bill to prescribe qualifications of jurors in the superior .and other courts.
A bill to create a board of commissioners to make a roster of Georgia soldiers serving in war between the :States.
A. bill to create a new charter for the town of Palmetto.
The following message.was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

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875

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed the following House bills as :amended, to wit :
A bill to incorporate Mount Vernon school district.

A bill to provide for removal of obstructions in streams of running water in Dawson county.

A bill to provide for removal of obstructions in creeks .and streams of Carroll county.

A bill to incorporate Mt. Pleasant school district in Dooly county, Ga.

A bill to incorporate the Snow school district in Dooly county, Ga.

A bill to incorporate Oakland school district in Dooly county, Ga.
A bill to incorporate the Dooling school district in Dooly county, Ga.

' The Senate has passed the following House bill by sub,stitute, to wit :

A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary for Buena Vista, Union county.

The following bills were taken up and the Senate .amendments concurred in, to wit:

By 1\fr. Richardson of Houston-
A bill to amend section 221, volume 3 of the Code, which provides for the posting of lands.

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By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A bill to ereate a department of health and health offi- cers in this State.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A bill to amend section 453, volume 3 ot the Code,. which defines vagrancy.

Senate amendment No. 1 to the abo,e bill was nonconcurred in. Amendment No. 2 was concurred in.

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

111r. StJealcer:
The Senate has passed the following resolution, in whichthe concurrence of the House is asked.

A resolution fixing the hour of adjournment at 4 o'clock,. p.m., this day.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate insist upon its amendment to the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to amend section 453, volume 3 of the Code, defining vagrancy, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:

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.Mr. Speake?' :
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the following Senate biU, to wit:

A bill to provide fot; the deduction on franchises due Counties, cities, towns and villages, and for other purposes.

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

.A bill to authorize administrators, executors, trustees, receivers and guardians to charge cost of bonds required, .and for other purposes.

The Senate has cbncurred m the House amendment to following Senate resolution :

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to act with "School Commissioner to consider report upon school laws .and the following committee has been appointed on part of .Senate : Senators Comas, Dodd, McMichael.

The Senate has concurred in the House amendments to the following Senate bill :

.A bill to amend section 2171 of volume 2 of the Code Of 1895, providing for the change of general direction and route of railroads, and for other pmposes.

The following Seriate bill, which was made the special order for this hour, was taken up for the purpose of agreeing to the Senate amendment!', to wit:

.By Mr. Clements of the 15th District-

A bill to authorize and require the Prison Commission

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to hire the labor of felony convicts of this State after the expiration of the present contracts for a period of five years.

The substitute adopted by the House was amended by the Senate as follows :

.Amend section 1, line fl and also line 50 by striking out the word" January" and insert the word" March."

.Amend section 1 by striking all language beginning with the word "and" after the word " authorized" in the 9th line and ending with the word "advertisement" in the 11th line, and insert in lieu thereof "the advertisements shall be published as required in section 8."

.Amend section 1, page 2, line 26 of printed bill by striking the following words: "No hirer shall have the right. to sublet or sublease any convicts hired by him," and insert in lieu thereof the following : " No lessee of convicts as herein provided for shall sublease any of said convicts to any person other than such as shall be approved by said Commission, and only upon such terms as said Commission shall prescribe."

.Amend section 1, line 44, page 3, by striking the word "provide" and insert in lieu thereof the word "require,',_

Amend section 3 by striking out all after word " section '' in 2d line, and insert following :

" Be it further enacted, That the several counties of this. State shall have the right at their option to work and use convicts sentenced to the penitentiary for periods of five years or less, on the public roads and public works, except those convicts whicb. are now required by law to be placed.

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upon the prison farm; that on or before December 1, 1903, those counties desiring to work such convicts on their public works and roads shall, through their proper authorities, so notify the Prison Commission in writing, and those counties which do not so notify the Prison Commission, shall participate in and take the proceeds from the hire of the convicts, made upon the ratio and in the manner hereinafter provided, to wit: That is soon after the first day of December, 1903, as is practicable the Prison Commission shall make a just apportionment of all the felony convicts among the F~everal counties of the State, on the basis of their general population as is shown by the latest U. S. Census, so as to ascertain the number of convicts that each. county will be entitled to; and when this number is ascertained, those counties which have given the written notice above prescribed shall be furnished by the Commission thenumber of convicts which it has been determined they are entitled to, out of the class of convicts above prescribed in the order of the filing of the applications therefor. If it should appear that applications are filed by counties for convicts, under the above provisions in excess of the number ot convicts sentenced for five years and less, available for work upon the roads of the counties of this State, then said convicts shall be awarded only to those counties in the order of their applications that can be supplied with theirproportion of the convicts under said apportionment. When said Commission determines the number which each county is entitled to, the Prison Commission shall notify the counties which have been awarded their proportionate number of convicts, whereupon said counties shall be required to receive said convicts and transport them to theirdestination without expense to the State, and keep and use them upon the public roads and works of said counties fora period of not less than one year; provided, however, that any such county so taking and working such convicts

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shall have the option and right to retain and work such convicts for a period not longer than five years. Provided, also, that after auy such county has kept and worked said -convicts for a period of one year, it may, after having given said Pl'ison Commission sixty days' notice, return said convicts to said Prison Commission, and said Commission shall thereupon proceed to award the said convicts to any county having applied therefor, making such award to the courts in the order of the date of such applications; .and in case there should be no such applications of file at the time of the return of such convicts, said Commission shall lease said convicts upon such terms and for such time as shall be, in their judgment, for the best interest of the State not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
Those counties which receive and work their proportion of the felony convicts shall not participate in the proceeds -of the hire of said convicts; only those counties shall be awarded convicts by the Commission which work their misdemeanor convicts upon the public roads or works. In the event any county shall not have a sufficient number of -convicts after having received the number awarded to them and there shall remain unapplied for by December 1, 1903, convicts of the class hereinbefore designated as avail:.able to be worked upon the roads of the counties of this State; it shall have the right to bid for additional convicts in the same manner and under t.he same terms and conclitions as individuals or corporations, and the said Prison Commission shall give said counties the preference in the hiring of said convicts, provided that the price offered by :said county or counties is equivalent to or more than the net amount that would be received by the Commission from th~ highest bid made by an individual or corporation.

On the adoption of the Senate amendment just preced.ing and known as amendment No. 5, the ayes and nays

0

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881

were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-

Alexander,

Almond,

Arnold.

Baldwin,

Boy kin,

Brown,

Bruce,

Buchan,

Buchannon,

Bush,

Butts,

Ualvin,

Candler,

Uarr,

uarrington,

uonner,

Uromartle,

Davis,

Deal,

Dozier,

Duckett,

Jl'elder,

ll'!elds,

.!<'Ianigan,

l:<'lynt, Franklin,

,, ,'-

Gaulden.

George,

fiall,

Hardeman,

Harden.

Hawes,

Overstreet,

Hayes,

O'Quinn.

Hendry,

Pate of Gwinnett,

Hixon of :Sumter, Phillips of J e!Ierson,

Holder,

Preston,

Houston,

Proctor,

Howard of Baldwin, Rainey,

Hutcheson,

Rice,

Kent,

Richardson,

Kilburn,

Ridley,

Lane,

Rogers flf Hall.

Leigh,

Rogers of Mcintosh.

Little,

Rountree,

l\Iann,

Shackelford,

.\1aples,

Shannon,

Martin,

Singletary,

Mayson,

Slaton,

Miller of Bullock, Spence,

Miller of Muscogee, Stanford,

Mills,

Stovall,

Mitcham,

Strickland,

Mitchell,

Thompson,

Morton,

Thurman,

Mulherin,

Tigner,

McBride,

Underwood,

McElmurray,

Walker of Monroe.

McHenry,

Watson,

McLain,

Wilson,

McRae,

Wise,

Nisbet,

Wooten,

Owen,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Alford, Ayres,
56 hi

Beall, Beauchamp, Bell of Emanuel.

Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth,

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Bower.

Brinson,

Brock,

Burton,

Cann,

,

Carswell,

-Gliatt,

-cook,

Crumbly,

Daniel,

Davison,

Derrick,

Duggan,

Edwards,

English,

Ennis,

Evans,

Foster of oconee,

FusseH,

~lenn,

Grenade,

Grit:Hn,

Paulk of Co!Iee,

Henry,

Paulk of Irwin,

Hicks,

Peyton,

Hixon of Carroll, Phillips of Quitman,

Howard of Laurens, Rankin,

Howell,

!{awls,

Johnson of Baker, Reid,

Johnson of Clinch, Roper,

Johnson of Crawford,Sanders,

Jones of D<;>ugllerty, Steed of Carroll,

Jones of Pickens, Steed of Taylor,

Kelly, Ke-ndrick, Knight, Knowles,

Stewart, Tracy, Valentine, Walker of Pierce.

Lawrence,

Wellborn,

Lowe,

West,

Moses,

Whitley,

McCurry,

Womble,

Parker,

Yates,

Pate of Dooly,

'Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin, Bowen, Daves, Dunbar,

Foster of 'l'ownfllGrice, Lanier, :-.i"l'ljMizell,

Ayes 92, nays 71.

Newton, Redwine, Welch, Mr. Speaker.

"The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 92, nays 71. The amendment was therefore adopted.

Amend by striking out section 4 and [,jUbstituting the following:
Be it further enacted that the net hire of the convicts shall be transmitted quarter~y by the treasurer of the State
. to the treasurers of those counties which shall not have re-

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.ceived their proportion of the felony convicts for work upon the public roads or works, and each county so reCeiving its proportionate part of the net hire of convicts shall appropriate it in the following manner and for the following purposes only, to wit : For the common schools or for the public roads, as the first grand jury sitting after the first receipt of funds frc>m the hire of felony convicts shall determine, provided that if it be determined to use said hire, either upon the roads or for the public schools, uo succeeding grand jury shall change the application of .said funds within two years, but after two yeari5 from the first recommendation by the grand jury of any county as to said hire, the grand jury of such county shall determine the disposition of such hire for next succeeding two years, and bi-ennially thereafter the grand jury shall determine as to said hire, as between the school fund and the public roads of the county.

Add new section to be known as Sec. 5.

Be it further enacted, That the prison commission shall :grade and classify all convicts to be leased under the provisions of this Act to the end that those convicts sentenced for life and others that are desperate and unr:uly may be separated frorn those sentenced for le3ser crimes under ,such rules as the commission may prescribe.

Amend section 1, line 28, by striking therefrom the words" five hundr9d" after the word "than" and inserting in lieu thereof the word" fifty," and amend further by inserting after the word "receive" in the same line the words " in any one bid."

Amend by inserting after the word "Act" in line 30, section 1, the words "Provided that this does not restrict .any person, firm or corporatio'n from making more than one

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bid, so that said person, firm or corporation may receivemore than one group of fifty.''

Amend section 1 of substitute after the word "contem- plate " in line 35 by striking the words " the property of" said principal and security or secnritiss of said bond shall be found,'' and insert in lieu thereof the words " the State shall have a lien on all the property of said principal and security or securities of said bond.''

All the foregoing amendments of the Senate to the sub. stitute offered by the House were concurred in.

The Speaker appointed the following committee, under resolution 295, to investigate the registration of land titles,. to wit:

Messrs. Felder, Mulherin, Miller of Muscogee.

The following communication was read, to wit:

ATLANTA, GA., August 12, 1903.

Hon. Newt. Morris, Speaker of the House:

MY DEAR SIR:-The Pris011 Commission has, through one of its officers, examined into all the facts relating to the punishment of convict Mamie DeCris, by the warden. at the State farm. Every witness who knew any facts in regard thereto was subjected to the most searching exami:.. nation, and his testimony, under oath, repor~ed steno-

graphically.

The reporter informs us that his notes, comprising more

than thirty thousand words, cannot be transcribed betore

Friday next, hence it will be impossible for us to lay this

we evidence before the General Assembly, which

very

much regret. Nor indeed will be able to conclude our-

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:Selves what is best to be done, until we can digest this evidence.
We wish, however, to assure the General Assembly, in this way, that after we are thoroughly acquainted with all the facts, such action will be taken by the Commission as .may be proper aud just.
With sentiments of high esteem, we are, my dear sir, Respectfully yours,
The Prison Commission ot Georgia. By.Jos. S. TuRNER, Chairman.

Ron. W. E. Steed, chairman Committee op Penitentiary, ,submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
Your standing Committee on Penitentiary have through its sub-committees visited and examined the conditions of the following convict camps of this State:
Cole City Camp, Rising Fawn Camp, the Camps at Milltown in Berrien county, Fargo in Clinch county, and .Heartsease in Berrien county, Egypt in the county of Effingham, Millhaven in Chatham county, also, the Camp at Adrian, Ga.
The reports of the chairmen of the sub-committees appointed to visit these camps showed the same to be in wholesome sanitary condition; that the convicts therein ..eonfined have and are now well cared for and humanely treated, and only such punishment inflicted as is consistent with the most enlightened enforcement of the law for the punishment of criminals. The rules and regulations pre.. scr!bed by the Prison Commission are just, humane and wholesome, and reflect much credit on those upon whose o-shoulders rests the management and control of Georgia's -convicts.

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The fact that the State has over 2,000 felony convicts in its penitentiary now undergoing sentences for crimes committed, and out of the management and control of thisvast uumber of criminals, only one or two complaints havebeen brought to our attention, .and those only as to details of the manner of punishment agnes well for this department of the State government, and is doubtless a source of gratitude to every patriotic citizen of Georgia.
I herewith append the reports of the sub-committees . appointed to visit the various camps, and herewith submit. same with this report.

Respectfully submitted,
wALTER E. STEED. Chairman Penitentiary Committee.

COM~fiTTEE ON PENITENTIARY.

Horz W. E. Steed, Ohai1man :

The sub-committee appointed by you to visit the camp-

at Cole City did so on August 7th, and direct me, .as their

chairman, to report that the camp was found in excellent

condition. We hardly see bow the conditions of this camp

could be improved upon.



Respectfully submitted,

J. R. BROCK, Chairman Sub-Committee.

COMMITTEE ON PENITENTI.kRY,

Horz. W. E. Steed, Chai1man :
The sub-committee appointed by you to visit Rising Fawn Camp, for some reason unknown to me, failed to- make the visit at the time appointed. I therefore inspected.

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this camp myself and found it in good sanitary condition and saw nothing to complain of in any respect.

Respectfully submitted,

J. R. BROCK, Chairman Sub-Committee.

To D1'. Brock, Chairman St~b-comm-ittee to visit carnp of Durham Coal Mines, in Dade County, Georgia:
DEAR SIR : - I beg leave to submit the following report, concerning the condition of Durham Coal Mine, in Dade county, Georgia : .
I find there are 505 convicts worked in the camps. I visited all the appartments, including the medical department under Dr. Taylor, th~ hospital ward, cooking department, the sleeping departments, etc: I find each one of the above departments to be under the supervision and control of roost competent gentlemen, who apparently are doing all they can to discharge every responsibility and duty which is required of them by law.
After talking with a number of convicts in person I find . that they are completely satisfied with the treatment which they are receiving, which treatment seems to be humane and in accordance with all the rules of propriety and justice.

Respectfully submitted,

E. N. DoziER, Member Committee.

Hon. W. E. Steed, Chai1-man: I submit the above as my report on Durham Camp.

J. R. BROCK,
Chairman Sub-Committee.

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ATLANTA, GA., Aug. 6, 1903.
To Hon. Walter E. Steed, Chairman Committee on Penitentiary:
Ou the 1St day of August your sub-committee visited the convict camps at Egypt, in the county of Effingham, <lperated by Foy Manufacturing Co., and at Millhaven, in Chatham county, operated by Millhaven Manufacturing Co., and beg leave to submit the following report: At Egypt we find 45 felony convicts (negroes), 5 misdemeanors (negroes), 2 felony convicts (negroes) sick, 6 white felony convicts, 1 misdemeanor (white); no deaths, no felony escapes, one misdemeanor escape, 1 felony convict recaptured. At Millhaven camp we found 79 felony convicts (negroes) and 7 white felony convicts and 2 escapes (8th <lf July and 15th of J nne). .At both camps we found everything in good sanitary shape and the prisoners seem to be as comfortable and contented as possible uudet the circumstances. We further recommend that the custom of chaining all the convicts to one long chain at. night be discontinued at the Egypt camp, as the same is not practiced at Millbaven and other camps.
Respectfully submitted.
J. W. MASON, Chairman; JNo. R. SHANNON,
c. s. T. STRICKLAND,
HENRY MANN, Sub- Committee.

'1o the Hon. Walte1 E. Steed, Chairman Penitentia1y Committee, House of Representatives, Session 1903:
Your sub-committee, appointed to visit and inspect convict camps at Milltown, Berrien county, Fargo, Clinch <Jounty and Heartsease, Berrien county, have to the best of

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:their ability performed that duty, and hereby submit the :following report.

We found at Milltown employed by G. V. Gress at saw-
milling:
Colored __________ ----________________________ 45 Whites--------_______________________________ 5

TotaL _____ ---- _____ ---------______________ 50

On sick list----- ___________________________ none
Deaths since last inspection ________ ---- ______ :_none .Escaped ______________________________________ .. none

Physicians employed regularly. This camp being -recently located the buildings are not completed, but so far as work has progressed are perfectly satisfactory, and the management and treatment of the convicts in every :respect is all that could be asked for.
We found at Fargo, Clinch county, employed by G. S. Baxter & Co., at sawmilling and turpentine distilling:
.Co1ored ____ ____ __ _____ _______ ____________ ____ 396 Whites ________ - ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ ____ _ ___ 41
TotaL _____________________________ .. _______ 437
In hospitaL ____________ ---- __________ . <t___ 1 Deaths from sickness last December __ __ ____ ____ __ 1 Escapes ____ ____ ___ - _ .________ ____ __ . _.. _ __ ____ 4

No serious accidents. Sanitary condition of camp diet .and management of convicts the very best. '\Ve found .that not a man was worked in shackles.

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We found at Heartsease, in Berrien county, employed! by G. V. Gres~ at sawmilling:
Colored ________ ------------------------------ 54 Whites __________________ ------------------- 5

Total ____ ------ __ - ------------------------- 59
Deaths since last inspection------.--------------- 1. Number of escapes------------------ ---------- 1 Serious accidents------ . ------------------------none In hospitaL_---------------- ________________ none-
Physicians employed. The camp in every respect is in the very best condition.
We respectfully commend to the public generally the managers of all these camps as humane gentlemen of great judgment and discretion and reassert that we saw nothingfor the benefit and comfort of these unfortunate prisoners: that we could suggest being changed or improved.

Respectfully submitted,

0. M. BooTH,
J .. B. SANDERS, J. H. DERRICK, L. G. FosrER1
JOHN AYERS,
w. L. HENRY.

To the Hon. W. E. Steed, Chai1man Penitentiary Corn- mittee of the House :
We, your sub-committee, appointed to visit and inspect that part of the State Penitentiary at the State's farm, subruit the !ollowing report :
We visited the farm on Friday, August 7, 1903, and made such an examination and inspection of the same as the limited time at our command would possibly admit.

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We found incarcerated there the following number:
Whites, males __ __ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ _______ ____ __ 38Whites, females _____ ------ _____ ------. ------ 7 Colored, males______ __ ____ __ ___ _____ ______ ____ 132 Colored, females ________ --------- ____ ---_____ 73-
TotaL _____ ._--- ___________ --- ________ 250

We found 25 in the hospital and unable to perform manual labor, while 225 were hale and well able to work .
vVe found the camp in excellent condition, under the able and proficient management of Superintendent Foster and Deputy vVarden Slater, who seem to be men well chosen for the responsible positions to which they havebeen called.
We found the farm in excellent condition, well cultivated and thriving generally, with more than 600 acres in corn, 700. acres in cotton, 500 acres in peas, 12 acres in sweet potatoes, and other acreage in vegetables of variouskinds. We also found the stock in fine condition, well . fed, well improved, etc.
We investigated in a minor way the personnel of those unable to perlorm manual labor, and the case of H. C. Ligon especially attracted our attention. This young man is supposed to be suffering with chronic consumption, and. it looks as though his days here are necessarily few, therefore we recommend his pardon at the earliest possible date_
Respectfully submitted,
J. T. PARKER, Chairman; D. M. BucHAN, M.D., L. G. l!,OSTER, Towns county, J. H. DERRICK, Rabun county, J. B. AYERS, W. V. AL)IOND, Rockdale county-

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X motion to adjourn was made which was carried, and
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 <>rder by the Speaker.

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

Adams,
~Iexander,
Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall, Beauchamp, Hell of Emanuel, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Booth, Howen, Bower, :Hoy kin, Brinson. Brock, Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Uucbannon, Burton. Bush, Butts,

Calvin, Candler, Cann, Carr, Carrington, Carswell, Cli.att, Conner, Coolt, Cromartie, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davison, Deal, Derrick, Dozier. Duckett. Duggan, Dunbar. Edwards, English. Ennis, Evans,

Felder, lt'ields, li'lanigan, Ji'!ynt, !Poster of Oco1.1ee, ]l'oster or 'l'owns, Franklin, l'ussell, Gaulden, George, Hlenn, Grenade, Grice, GrUHn, Hall, Hardeman, Harden, Hawes, Hayes, Hendry, Henry, Hicks, Hixon of CatToll, Hixon of Sumter, Holder,

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Houston,

Mulherin,

Roper,

Howard of Baldwin, McBride,

Rountree,

Howard of Laurens, McCurry,

Sanders,

Howell,

McElmurray,

Shackelford,

Hutcheson,

McHenry,

Shannon,

Johnson of Baker, McLain,

Singletary,

Johnson of Clinch, McRae,

Slaton,

Johnson of Crawford,Newton,

Spence,

Jones of Dougherty, Nisbet,

Stanford,

Jones of .l:'ickens, Owen,

Steed of Carroll,

Kelly,

Overstreet,

Steed of Taylor,

Kendrick,

O'Qulnil,

Stewart,

Kent,

Parker,.

Stovall,

Kilburn,

Pate of Dooly,

Strickland,

Knight,

Pate of Gwinnett, Thompson,

Knowles,

Paulk of CoO:ee, 'l'hurman,

Lane,

Paulk or Irwin,

Tigner,

Lawrence,.

Peyton,

Tracy,

Leigh,

Phillips of JeO:erson, Underwood,

Little,

Phillips of Quitman, Valentine.

Lowe, Mann, Maples, Martin, Mayson, Miller of Bulla,$, Miller of Musco-:ee, M1lls, 1\fltcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton,

Preston, Proctor,
Rainey, Rankin, Rawls, Redwine, Reid, Rice, Richardson, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rogers of Mclntosb

Walker of Mouroe. Walker of Pler"t.. Watson. Wellborn, West. Whitley, Wilson, Wise, Womble, Wooten, Yates, Mr. Speaker.

Moses,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Akin,

Lanier,

Welch,

On motion of Mr. Calvin of Richmond, the House receded from its position in refusing to concur in the Senateamendment to the "vagrancy bill," relative to minors.

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The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred it, to wit :

:By Mr. Steed of Carroll-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions of all okinds from the streams of Carroll county.

The following resolution was taken up and the Senate ::amendment concurred in, to wit:

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-

A resolution instructing the Auditing Committee to ap,prove the accounts of three extra pages and one extra -door-keeper for the Senate.

The following Senate bills were read the third time and rput upon their passage, to wit:

.By Mr. Crumbley-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of George- iown.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the ipassage 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.

Senate Bill No. 141 was tabled. .By Mr. Tisinger-
A _bjll to regulate the law of year's support.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the fPassage 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 was passed.

By Mr. Lewis-
A bill to secure to the several cO'Ilnties of this State the .;public school fund to which they are entitled.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
,
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 11.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

_.By Mr. Duncan of the 36th District-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 985, volume 1 of the Code.
The report of the committee, wliich was favorable to the 1passage 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.

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

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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed the following House bills, alf. a!lJended, by a rP-quisite constitutional majority:

A. .bill to incorporate the Mount Zion school district.

A. bill to amend the clause of the Appropriation Act re-

lating to the republication of the Georgia Reports and the

compiling of Colonial Revolutionary and Confederate

records.



The Senate has concurred in the following House resolutions :

A resolution endorsing. the "Brownlow Bill.''

A. resolution to pay the expenses of the investigating committee on lobbying.

The Senate hal:! passed the following House bills by a. requisite constitutional majority:

A bill to regulate the sale of liquor in cities in this State.

A bill to amend section 6 of Act approved December 17, 1902, " To organize ~he military forces of this State," etc.

A. bill to amend the Appropriation Act in reference toSoldiers' Home.

A bill to create the Confederate Memorial Board of" Georgia.

A bill to prohibit hogs from running at large, and forother purposes.

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897

.A bill to make an appropriation to the trustees of the University of Georgia to aid in the completion of the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall.

.A bill to amend the charter of East Rome.
A bill to make it unlawful to procure money or other thing of value on a contract to perform services, with intent to defraud .

.A bill to amend the charter of the town of Norwood

.A bill to create a school district at Doles, Worth county

.A bill to abolish the city court of Forsyth, in Monroe county .

.A bill to enlarge the powers of the police court of Savannah .
.A bill to amend .Act establishing a system of public schools for Hazlehurst.

.A bill to make it unlawful for any person to kill any cow, etc., iu the 25th militia district.

.A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Fort Valley to issue bonds not exceeding $10,000 for school purposes .

.A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Carroll .
.A bill to create the office of road commissioner for the county of Carroll.

.A bill to provide for an exchange of the present site of
~7 hj

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the Presbyterian church in Milledgeville to a more convenient site.
A bill to change and fix the time of holding the su~erior ~ourts of Banks county.

Mr. wellborn, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following repo~t:
Mr. Speakm :
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, report as correct, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Gov~rnor, the followi~g Acts, to wit:

An Act to create a State school-book commission, and for .other purposes.

Also, an Act to amend an .Act relative to the alternative road law.

Also, a resolution to return House Bill No. 527 to the Enrolling Committee for correction.
Also, a resolution correcting House Bill No. 601.

Also? an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kite.
.Also, an Act fixing number of days each person shall be required to work on the public roads of this State.

Also, an Act regulating the catching of fish in Hall county.
Also, an .Act to create a new charter for the town of LaFayette.
Also, an Act to amend tbe charter of the city of Macon.

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Also, an Act to amend the Act creating a board of com-missi~ners in Twiggs county.

Also, an Act to establish a board of county commissioners for Bibb county.

Respectfully submitted, C. J. WELLBORN, JR., Chairman.

The following resolution was read ~nd adopted, to wit :
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution authorizing the Auditing Committee to .audit and approve the accounts for per diem and mileage -of Hons. W. R. Welch and J. W. Akin.

The following resolution was read and unanimously ..adopted by a risi~,g vote, to wit :
By Mr. Stovall of Chatham-
A resolution congratulating Hon. J no. W. Akin on his .restoration to health, etc.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has refused to recede from its substitute to House resolution 134, to investigate certain State House ..o0fficers, and has appointed as a , Conference Committee on .part of. Senate, Messrs. Mathews, Smith of 18th, Harrell.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

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By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A resolution providing that House Bill No. 455,.. be returned to the Governor without correction or amend- ment.

Senate bills for a third reading was resumed.

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District---,-

A bill to require defendant in all cases at common law or equity in the courts of record of this State in which the defendant shall in his answer set forth such answer in. paragraphs.

The following amendments were read and adopted:

By Mr. Slaton-
To amend by adding another section, to wit: "Be it. enacted, That this Act shall not apply to cases now pending nor shall it be of force until 4 months from the dateof its approval."
To amend further by adding to section 1 the words "within thirty days after the filiJ;Jg of such answer by the defendant and written notice thereof given to plaintiff or his counsel the plaintiff shall file his reply thereto as above required unless in the discretion of the court further timeis required.''

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

On the passage of the pill the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

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901

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, .Akin, ..Alexander,
- Heau,
...B(:ll of Milton, ..Booth, .Hoykin, .Brown, .Bruce, Huchannon, Burton, oOalvin, Oandler, oOarr, Cliatt,, -Conner, Deal, Derrick, .Duckett, Duggan, .Dunbar, Ennis, "Evans,

George,

Owen,

Glenn,

O'Quinn,

Hardeman.

Pate of Dooly,

Harden,

Peyton,

Hawes,

f'hillips of Quitman,

Hixon of Carroll, Preston,

Hixon or Sumter, Rankin,

Holder,

Reid,

Howard of Baiflwln, Ridley,

Johnson of .Baker, Rogers of Hall,

John.son of Orawford,Roper,

Leigh,

Rountree,

Mann,

Shackelford,

Martin.

Singletary,

Mayson,

!';laton,

Miller of Bullock, Stanford,

Mills,

Stovall,

Mulherin,

Strickland,

McBride, McCurry, McElmurray, McHenry,

Underwood, Wellborn, West, Wooten,

Nisbet,

Those voting in the negative were :Messrs.-

.Almond, ..Arnold, rBaldwln, -Beauchamp, Bower,
Brinson, 'Bush, Butts, -carrington. -oarswell, Crumbly, Daniel, ;Davison, .!Dozier,

l!ldwards, English, It'elder, 1r1elds, .l!'lynt, It'oster of Oconee, l!'ranklln, ll'ussell, Gaulden, Grenade, Hendry, Henry, Houston, Howell,

Hutcheson, Johnson of Clinch, Jones of Dougherty, Jones of PickeDB, Knowles, Lane, Little, Lowe, Miller of Muscogee, Mitcham, Mitchell, Morton, Moses, McLain,

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.McRae,

Rawls,

Stewart,

Parker,

Hedwine,

Thur~an,

Paulk of Ooliee, Rice,

Tigner,

Paulk of Irwin, Rogers of Mcintosh, Valentine,

Phillips of Jerrerson, Sanders,

Wilson,

Proctor,

Spence,

Womble,

Rainey,

Steed of Carroll.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Alford, Ayres, Bell of Emanuel, Blackburn, Bowen, Brock, Buchan, Cann, Cook, Cromartie, Daves, Davis, I!'lanlgan, Foster of '!'owns, Grice,

Gritlin,

Overstreet,

Han,

Pate of Gwlnnett..

Hayes,

Richardson,

Hicks,

Shannon,

Howard of Laurens, Steed of Taylor,

Kelly,..

Thompson,

Kendrick,

Tracy,

.Kent,

Walker of Monroe,..,

Kilburn, Knight,

'Valker of Pierce, Watson,

Lanier.

Welch,

Lawrence,

Whitley,

Maples,

Wise,

Mizell.

Yates,

Newton.

Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 68, nays 62.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll-calf was dispensed with.
On the passage of the biH the ayes were 68, nays 62.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. George of Morgan moved to reconsider the action. of the House in refusing to pass the above hill, which mo- tion prevailed and the same was placed on the calendar.
ATLANTA, GA., August 12, 1903. The following message was received from his Excellency,. the Governor,. through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn:

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903.

Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed

the following acts, to wit :

-

An "Act to amend an Act approved December 21, 1897, entitled an Act to amend section 583, volume 1 of the Code of 1895, relative to the alternative road law.

An Act to incorporate the town of Oakwood m the county of Hall.

An Act to establish a State depository m the town of Calhoun in the coun~y of Gordon.

An Act to authorize the board of commissioners of roads and revenues to pay reasonaule compensation to the officers of the Superior Court of Terrell county and the city court of Dawson for misdemeanor convicts.

An Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Brunswick.

An Act to establish a State depository in the town of Lavonia in Franklin county.

An Act to create a local public school system for Bowman district.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, providing for the extension of the incorporate limits.

The follo'wing message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:

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Mr. Bpeaker:

The Senate has adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is asked :

A resolution to appoint a committee to visit the State University and its branches.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:
il1.,.. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House :
A bill to amend an Act creating the board of commis-
..sioners of Johnson county, and for other purposes.
The following bill was taken up and the Senate substi- tute adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Edwards of Marion-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the town of Buena Vista.
The Speaker appointed the following committee of conference to confer with a like committee from the Senate on House Resolution ~o. 34:
Messrs. Hall, Owen, McHenry.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the secretary thereof:

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Mt. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in by a requisite two-thirds vote of yeas 32, nays I, in the House substitute to the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to be entitled ~n Act to amend article 7, section 1 of the Constitution of Georgia so as to limit the levy of taxes on property for any one year by tJ:le General Assembly to fiye mills on each dollar, and for other purposes.

The Senate has passed the following House bills by a requisite constitutional majority :

A bill to repeal an Act to maintain public gates from the residence of Adam Davenport to near the residence of W. B. G. Rodgers in Fannin county.

A bill to protect ffsh in Notla river, Union county.

A bill to amend the charter of Maysville.

A bill to establish Cannon public school district.

A bill to provide a new charter for the city of Tennille.

A uill to amend an Act regulating the sale of liquors in Lee county.

The reading of Senate bills a third time was resumed.

By ~{r. Smith of the 18th District-
A hill to provide that all property which is without a lawful owner shall belong to the State.

On motion of Mr. Flynt or Spalding tbe above bill was tabled.

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The following bill was taken up a~d the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :

By Mr. Underwood of White-

A bill to amend the appropriation Act which relates to the republication of Georgia. Reports.

Senate Bill No. 93 was tabled on motion.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-

A resolution requesting the SpeakeL to furnish a portrait. of himself to be hung in the Speaker's room.
The following resolutions of the Senate were read, to wit::
4
By Mr. Davis of the 17th District-
A resolution providing that the General Assembly adjourn sine die at four o'clock this afternoon.
The resolution was tabled.

By Mr. Middlebrooks-
A resolution condemning the practice ot whipping wome~ convicts.

The above resolution was adopted.

By Mr. McMichael of the 24th District-
A reso~ution providing for a committee to visit the University and its branches during commencement of 1904.

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907

Senate bills for a third reading was resumed.

By M_r. Jordan of the 28th District-

A bill to provide for the registration, sale and analysis of commercial fertilizers, 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,s were 88, nays 6;
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following message was received from the Senate 'tbr()ugh Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
'fhe Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend Act. establishing a dispensary in Colquitt, Miller county.
A bill to incorporate the town of Mystic; m Irwin county.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.
A bill amending Act establishing a system of public schools for LaG range.
A bill to incorporate Pineview school district.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Blakely.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Isabella, m Worth eounty.

A bill amending Act to authorize the town council of CuS&eta to create a debt not exceeding $2,500.00, and for Qther purposes.
A bill to incorporate the Waresboro school district.

A bill to. establish a public -school system in Arlington, Ga.

A bill amending the charter of the town of Boston.

The Senate bas also passed as amended the following House bill, by the requisite constitutional majority, to 'vit:

A bill to revise t.he game laws and consolidate same for the protection of game and fish, and for other purposes.

The following resolutions were read and unanimously adopted by a rising vote, to wit : .

By Mr. Mulherin of Richmond-

A resolution extending the thanks of the House to Hon. N. A. Morris, Speaker, for his impartial ruling, etc.

By Mr. Mulherin of Richmond-
A resolution extending the thanks of the House to Hon. J"no. T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of the House, for his courtesy and the able manner in which he bas discharged his duties.

Senate Bill No. 14G wao tabled on motion.

A rising vote was had, which was unanimous, showing

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the appreciation of the House to Hon. D. M. Howard~ Speaker pro tem, for his efficient services.

By Mr. Calvin of Richmond-
A resolution extending the thanks .of the House to the representatives of the press. {.
The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendm&nt concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Harden-
A bill to revise and consolidate the game laws of this State.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Steed of Taylor-
A resolution thanking Hon. J. A. Williford and T. R. Penn for the cou-rtesy and the efficient discharge of their duties as doorkeeper and messenger respectively.

The Speaker appointed the following committee under Senate Resolution No. 64:
Mr. Miller of Muscogee, chairman ; Mr. Dunbar, Mr. McCurry, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Owen, Mr. Stovall.

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Also, the following committee under Senate Resolution No. 47:

Mr. Holder, Mr. Bell of Milton, Mr. Steed of Taylor.

The following bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit :

By Mr. Roper of Dawson-

A bill to provide for the ren:toval of obstructions from the streams of Dawson county.

By Mr. Morr:is of Cobb-

A bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon school district.

.By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon school district

.By Mr. Fields of DoolyA bill to incorporate the Oakland school district.

.By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the Doolip.g school district.

By Mr. Fields of Dooly-

?~ A bill to incorporate the Snow school district.

.By Mr. Pate of DoolyA bill to inc01:porate the Pleasant Valley school district.

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911

'Senate Resoluti~n No. 59 was tabled, on motion.

The following resolution was read aud adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Daniel-
A resolution extending the .thanks of the House to the pages for the prompt attention to their duties.

Senate bills were again taken up for third reading.
By Mr. Park-
A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the -town of Hogansville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
The bill having -:.:~ceived the requisite constitutional :majority \)'as passed.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed the following House bill by a requisite constitutional majority:
A bill to allow .defendants in certain cases to plead set-offit or to recoup in damages in certain cases.
The SeBate has concurred in the House substitute, with :an amendment, to the following Senate bill :

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A bill to authorize defendants in actions now pending to plead 20 years' possession as defense of certain lands~ said actions being by the State.

The Senate has concurred i.n the House amendments to following Senate bill :

A bill to provide for registration, sale, inspection and analysis of commercial fertili?.ers, and for other purposes.

The senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following House bill:

A bill to incorporate Oak Grove school district in Dooly county.

The Senate has concurred in following House resolution:

A resolution to return to the Governor House bill455.

By 1\Ir. McMichael-
A bill to amend section 4793 of the Code relating to the sale of lands, etc.
The committee proposed to amend section 1 by adding these words, "This Act shall not be construed as chang"" ing the place of sale in these counties, when by law ~heriff's sales are now required to take place at the courthouse."

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

On passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 0.

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913

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Howell of the 35th District-

A bill to repeal section 233, volume 1 of the Code so as to provide that the year for official reports of the publ~c officers of this State shall be coincident with the fiscal year.

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

On passage of th.e bill the ayes were 90, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following Senate bill was taken up and the Senate amendments to the House substitute thereto were concurred in, to wit :
By Mr. Hopkins-

A bill to authorize defendants in actions now pending or may hereafter be brought for the recovery of certain lots of land to plead as defense thereto possession of said 1ands for a period of 20 years.

The following resolution was read and ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate, to wit:
By Mr. Howell of Meriwether-

A resolution providing that the General Assembly. adjourn sine die at 6:30' o'clock this afternoon.

Senate Bill No. 166 was tabled on motion.
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By Mr. Comas-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code, so as to add Jesup, in Wayne county, to the list of State depositories.

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, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Senate Bill No. 167 was tabled on motion.

By Mr. Perry of the 33d District-
A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over certain land in Gainesvi11e.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
The bill havmg received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Spea.ker:
The Senate has concurred in the resolution of the House to adjourn at 6:30 o'clock p.m. this day.

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915

The Senate has concurred iu the House amendment to rthe following Senate bill.

Bill to amend section 4793 of volume 2 of Code of 1895.

By Mr. VanBuren of the 2 Lst District-
A bill to require the ordinaries of the counties of this "State to keep a record of all pensions in their county that .-are paid by the State.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the :passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Senate Bill No. l 58 was tabled on motion.

The following report was submitted by the Conference .Committee appointed to confer upon House Resolution No. 134:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Conference Committee of the House and Senate, upon House Resolution No. 134, submit the following report:
. 'Ve recommend that the House amend its resolution by :Striking out of the last line the:word "four" and inserting

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the word "one," and that the Senate recede from its substitute when the resolution is so amended.

Respectfully submitted.
H. A. MATHEWS, J. RICE SMITH, Committee on part of Senate.
Jos. H. HALL, Z. M. OwEN, W. S. HcHENRY, Committee on .part of House.

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

By Mr. Cann of Chatham-
A resolution thanking the Chaplain of the House for the faithful discharge of the difficult spiritual duties devolving upon him.

On motion of Mr. Slaton the House took a recess, subject to the call of the Speaker.
The House was again called to order by the Speaker.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate bas concurred in amendment to House resolution investigating certain State offices by striking theword "four" and inserting "one" in the last line of said resolution.

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917

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A resolution providing that the SenatP. be informed that the House is now ready to adjourn sine die.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
..Mr. Speaker:
The Senate acknowledges the receipt of the House resolution st!lting that it is now ready to adjourn sine die, and the Senat-e likewise informs the House it is ready to take .similar action.

Mr. Wellborn, chairman of the Enrollment Committee, .submitted the following report:
.Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for deliv--ery to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:

An Act regulating sale of liquor in cities of this State.

Also, an Act for protection of birds.

Also, an Act to refund fee paid Secretary of State for bank charter of Barnesville.

Also, an Act to incorporate the Brownwood school district.
Also, an Act to define powers of police court of city of .Savann_ah.

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Also, an Act to amend the Act creating the city court of Dawson.

Also, an Act to pay E. R. Block certain compensation.

Also, an Act to amend charter of Augusta.

Also, an Act to incorporate Sasset school district.

Also, an Act to establish Philyaw school district.

Also, an Act to incorporate town of Centralhatchee.

Also, an Act to incorporate Amity school district.

Also, a resoJution regulating transferring of pensionfunds.
Also, an Act to incorporate Franklin school district.

Also, an Act to amend section 1378 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895.

Also, an Act to' amend the charter of the town of HighShoals.
Also, an Act to amend section 221, volume 8 of the Code of 1895.
Also, an Act to prohibit the sale of liquors in Irwin. county.
Also, an Act to amend the Act creating the city cuurt of the county of Early.
. Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Macon-

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Also, an Act conferring certain powers on the county commissioners of Camden county.

Also, an Act to incorporate the Parrott school district.

Also, an Act to abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.
Also, an Act establishing a board of commissioners forBulloch county.

Also, an Act regulating control of misdemeanor convicts in Bibb county.
Also, an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Meigs.
Also, an Act to amend the Act establishing a system of public schools in the town of Lawrenceville.
Also, an Act to amend the .Act creating the county court. of Oconee county.
.Also, au .Act to appropriate $2,000 to secure certain records from England.
.Also, an Act authorizing voters of Blue Ridge district~ White county, to vote on "fence'' or "no fence."
Also, an Act to create a new charter for the town of Higgston .
.Also, an Act to create a roster of Georgia soldiers in the war between the States.
Also, an Act to incorporate Concord school district.

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Also, an Act to amend the appropriation Act of 1902 relating to republication of Georgia Reports.

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Nutter.

Also, an Act to prescribe the qualification of jurors in -certain courts.

Also, an Act to protect fish in Flynt river.

.Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Sand Hill.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to incorporate Upshaw school district.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of the city of Blakely.

Also, an Act to create a charter for the town of Spread.

Also, an Act to provirle for removal of obstructions from streams of Morgan county.

Also, a resolution relative to pages of the House.

Also, a resolution relative to theW. & A. Railroad.
Also, an Act to amend appropriation Act in reference to Soldiers' home.

Also, an Act to authorize the mayor and council of Fort Valley to issue bonds.

Also, an Act to amend the charter of East Rome.

Also, an Act to amend Act to amend the charter of Maysville.

Also, an Act to create Confederate Memorial Board.

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Also, an Act to allow defendants in trover cases to _plead :set-offs.

Also, an Act to amend Act to provide a new charter for 'Tennille.

Also, an Act to require joint committee on finance to make certain investigations of State departments.

Also, an Act to incorporate the Pleasant Valley schoo 1 district.

Also, an Act to prohibit hogs from running at large, .and for other purposes.

Also, an Act to incorporate Smyrna school district.

Also, an Act to provide for removal of obstructions in .streams of Dawson county.

Also, an Act to create the office of road commissioner .for Carroll county.

Afso, an Act to amend section 6 of " Act to organize military forces of Georgia."

Also, an !Act to change time of holding superior courts . of Banks county.

Also, an Act to make it unlawful to kill cattle within :25th militia district.

Also, an Act to amend charter of Brunswick.

Also, an Act to establish the city court of Waynesboro.

.Also, an Act to create a new charter for Davisboro.

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.Also, an .Act to revise the game laws of this State.

.Also, an .Act to amend the charter of the town of Norwood .

.Also, to amend Act establishing a system of public schools in Hazlehurst.

.Also, an Act to amend an Act concerning the election. laws of Cordele.

.Also, an .Act to repeal .Act approved December 16, 1901

.Also, an .Act to incorporate the town of Barwick.

.Also, an Act to amend an Act authorizing town council of Cusseta to create a debt.

. Also, an .Act to create a dispensary in the town of Buena. Vista .
o\.lso, an .Act to provide for exchange of present site ot Presbyterian church at Milledgeville.

.Also, an Act to amend .Act creating a board of commissioners ot Jackson county.

.Also, an Act to incorporate Elizabeth school district, in Cobb county.

A resolution for carrying over unfinished business of" sessiOn .
.Also, a resolution to pay expenses of investigating committee.

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Also, a resolution providing for bringing up unfinished busioeEs of session.

Also, a resolution for relief of W. F. Shurley.

Also, a resolution returning House bill 455 to theGovernor.
.
Also, a resolution endorsing the Brownlow bill.

Also, a resolution relating to the unfinished business of the session.

Also, a resolution to appropriate $30,000 to Department of Agriculture for further maintenance of department~
Also, an Act to incorporate Snow school district.

Also, an Act to make it unlawful to procure money on contract to perform manual labor.

Also, an Act to create commissioners for Carroll county

.Also, an .Act to aboli.;;h city court of Forsyth.

Also, an Act to provide for the teaching of elementary principles of agriculture and civil government in the com- moo schools..

Also, an Act to incorporate Oak Grove school district~

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of .Mystic.

Also, an .Act to incorporate Pineview school district.

Also, an Act to incorporate Waresboro school district.

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Also, au Act to amend section 453, volume 3 of the Code.

Also, an Act to create a department of health and health <>fficers.
Also, an Act to establish public school system in the town of Arlington.

Also, an Act to incorporate the Mount Vernon school
~istrict.

Also, an Act to incorporate Lenard school district in Cobb county.
Also, an Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in LaGrange.

Also, an Act to provide for removal of obstructions from streams in Carroll county.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to establish a dispensary in Colquitt.
Also, an Act to incorporate Olive Springs school district,

Also, an Act to incorporate the town of Isabella, Worth ()OUnty.

Also, an Act to create new charter for Palmetto, Campbell county.
Also, an Act to establish Canon public school district.

Also, an Act to incorporate Mount Zion school district.

Also, an Act to incorporate Oakland school district.

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Also, an Act to incorporate Dooling school district.

Also, an Act to amend an Act to prohibit sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in Lee county.

Also, an Act to amend Act to incorporate Boston, in Thomas county.

Also, an Act to incorporate .Milner school district.

Also, an Act to ameno the charter of Acworth, in Cobb county.

Also, an Act to create the Camilla school district.

Also, an Act to protect fish in. North river.

Also, an Act to create Doles school district, in Worth county.

Respectfully submitted,
wALTER L. BELL, Vice-Chairman Enrollment Committee.

The Speaker appointed the following committP.e on part of the House under Resolution No. 134, to wit :

Mr. Hall of Bibb.
Mr. Felder. of Bibb moved that tbe House adjourn sine die, which motion prevailed.

INDEX
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1903

INDEX.

PART I.

ACADEl\IY FOR BLINDTrustees authorized to sell or exchange property 351

ADUINISTRATORSAut.horized to sell real estate on property. . . . . . 218

ADULTERATION-
To prohibit adulteration of foods, etc........ . . . 602 To prohibit adulteration of turpentine ......... 225 451

AF.l<,IDAVITSTo regulate making of in forma pauperis. . . . . . 146

ALTERNATIVE ROAD LAWTo amend act relative to ........ 53 HiS 279 293 G25 752

APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF CHAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 391 396 497 5 tO

APPROPRIATIONS-

To appropriate $15,000 to State Sanitarium ... 53 263 494

To meet d,eficiency in insurance fund ........ fi5 154 232

To appropriate money for expenses of State gov-

ernment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

62

To appropriate $50,000 for exhibition at St.

Louis Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 356 487 490 801

To appropriate $2,000 to have copies of records

made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 '2fl3 To appropriate $9,360 for indigent widows ... .45 98 138

To appropriate $20,000 for Georgia School for

Deaf .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 142

To appropriate money to State Normal Schoo!. .. 200 452

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APPROPRIATIONS-Contin-ued.
To appropriate money to complete '\Vinnie Davis Memorial hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 353 736
To appropriate $1.350 to pave Mitchell stteet... 225 To appropriate money to erect satue of A. H.
Stephens and C. W. Long..... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 235 .ro appropriate $5,000 to Tech. scho.ol. ...... ~:3~ 451 58-\ To amen.d appropriation act of 1{1031904 ....... ::?40 3;)3 To purchase "Law of Personal Injmies"... . . . . 299 To repair Capitol building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 To support common school libraries............ 452 To amend par. 13, sec. 3 of Appropriation Act .. 626 744 To pay expenses of com. to inve~tigate .......... .
lobbying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fl8i 744 761

ARCHITECTSTo exempt ftom jury duty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27'

ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM AIR LINEAuthorized to pass under W. & A. R. R........ 5-;"li

AUTOMOBILEsFixing limits of speed................... . . . . . 64 158 To prohibit running of ou certn.in roads in Ef fingham county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
BANKSTo amend act to incorporate l\Ietchants' Bank of Valdosta ........................... 48 98 267 433 To require banks to keep open four hours dally. 377
BARBERSTo regulate the business of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
BICYCLES, ETC.To prohibit riding of on siclewalks o!' suburbs .. 1'!6 35-t
BILLS OF SALEHow to foreclose ............................. ,. 120

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:BIRDs-. To protect game and ins,ectivorous birds. 272 ')% 603 909
To pl.'otect birds and their nests and eggs ...466 801 845
"BLACK,. E. R.To pay certain compensation to ............ 57 263 609
BLIND ASYLUl\1-(see Academy for Blind).
BO~DS-
To pay off bonds of State as they mature .. .49 155 302 To authorize town of Roswell to issue .......... 153 244 To authorize town of Fort Valley to issue ... 561 626 679
:BOULEVARDsAuthorizing Augusta to lay out ahd maintain 131 154 255
inJdKET i::IH:OP8-
To prohibit operation of........ , .. , . . . . . . . . . 169
~ATTLETo regulate the dtiving off their range.......... <.i5 157
C.ANDLER, A. D.To putchllse picture of............ , . . .. . . . . . . .. 268
<JHARTERsTo amend charter of Chipley. , .. ."....... 50 153 246 44R To amend charter of Hamilton ...... ~ .. : .... 56 153 245 To amend charter of Ball Ground ............ 51 152 246
To amend charter of ~Ietcalf ................ 80.158 250
To amend chartet of Cairo..................'91 151 252 'Io amend charter of Decatur relative to bonds 91 221
251 To amend charter of Decatur relative to sewerc
age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 221 251 To amend charter of Decatur relative to side
walks ...... : . .............................92 221 252 To amend act to amend charter of J\'lonte,T.Um:I 99 221
251 To amend charter of Ar.v,Jrlh .............. 120 2-1~ 518

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CHARTER!I-Uolliilr:uea.

To amtm4 charter of Greensboro. , 122 DO 266 To amend charter of Morgan ..........1:m 154 243 To amend charter of Parrott...............131 222 255 To amend charter of J.-yons. . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. 165 244 To repeal charter of Savannah relative to election
of jailer ................................... w 157 :!4!)
To amend charter of Hawkinsville .......... 2(10 :.:22 :!56 To create new chartet for Byron.........200 352 437 To amend charter of East Rome ............200 602 770 To amend charter of Griffin ...............201 !22 259
To create :new charter for LaFayettem 858 481 051
To amend charter of Brunswick............DO 585 'FTO To amend charter of Rome ..... 239 854 To amend charter of Augusta..........!8!1: 855 480 5'19
m To creMe new charter for Higgston. 451 !RIO
To amend charter of lfacon ......378 5TG 690 To act to create charter of Carrollton. 878 449 To amend charter of Augusta relative to'pollce 379 441
444 449 To amen.d charter of Macon .............. .418 450 452
To amend act to create new charter for Tennille 422 58G
172 To amend charter of Warrenton .............. 450 580
To create :new charter for Davisboro..... : 515 585 514 To amend act to create charter for Dublin515 587 173 To amend act to amend charter of l\fa.3's'rille. 516 IRI7

.

178

To create :new charter for Palmetto 560 680

To amend charter of Blakely......501 671 'i'75

To amend charter of Norwood................. 7'i'O

CLAil\f8-

To regulate filtn.g and accepting of second claims

82

To regulate proceedings in certain claim cases 153 176

CLERKS OF COURT-
To :r;Jl'OTide cRtain compensation to clerk of su:pe-
rior court .. .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 9B 584 To fix sala.ey- for clerks of courts of Ol'llina.ry. 100 To constitute the clerk of the superior court of
Macon county clerk of the county court928 800 439

INDEX.

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CODE AMENDMENTS-

To amend section 892 of the Code ............ 51 159 787

TQ amend section 4361 of the Code ...... : . : . .'. .

54

To repeal secti.on. 4:406 of. the Code. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .

56

To amend section 1908, vol. 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . 57 260

To amend section 2171, vol. 2 of Code...........

58

'ro amenQ. section 279[i, vol. 2 of Code... . . . . . . .

65

To amend section 672, vol. 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . .

80

To amend section 813, vol. 3of Code. . . . . . . . . . . .

83

To amend section 1254 of Code .............. : . .

~9

To amend section 610, .vol. 1 of Code ... ; . . . . . . . 101 109

To amend section. 822 of Code. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

To amend section 194, vol. 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . 121

To amend act to amend section 3667 of Code. . 121 261

To amend section 982, vol. 1 of Code ........ 130 189 341

To amend section 3472 of Code ................. 131 261

To amend section 221, vol. 3 of Code.: ...... 145 611 875

To amend section 420, vol. 3 of Code....... . . . 145

To amend section 982, vol. 1 of Code.......... 146 261

To amend section 574, T"Ol. 1 of Code ............ 154 171

To amend section 4082, vol. 2 of Code........... 155

To amend section 4625 of Code ... .". . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

To amend section 4821, vol. 2 of Code .......... 168 261

To amend section 1378, T"Ol. 1 of Code.......... 172 801

To amend section 2427 of Code ................. 201 260

To amend section 1039 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 353

To repeal section 934, vol. 3 of Code... . . . . . . . . . 219

To repeal section 502, vol. 1 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 226 357

To amend section 388, vol. 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 239

To repeal sections 573 to 583, vol. 1 of Code. . . . 289

To amend section 807, vol. 2 of Code . . . . . . . . . . 296 356

To amend section 1254, vol. 1 of Code.......... 298

To amend section 2166, vol. 2 of Code.......... 298

To amend section 840, vol. 1 of Code ............ 335 585

To amend section 982, T"ol. 1 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 350

To amend section 1497, vol. 1 of Code.......... 357.

To amend section 1174, vol. 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . 379

To amend section 3251 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 587

To repeal section 601, vol. 3 of Code............ 421 586

To amend section 1622, vol. 1 of Code.......... 450

To amend section 1137, vol. 3 of Code.......... 559

To repeal section 5133 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 700

To repeal section 1349 of Code.................. 799

To amend section 1405 of Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

984

COM:NIITTEEs-

, To :notify Governor of orgaDizaticm .. , , . . . . . .

7

To draft resolutions on deatn of 'Hon. Geo. M.

Warren ..... ::.:... ~; ............. ~: ...... :

12"

Special committee on House Bill NO. 544....... 144

To consider r~olutfons relative to whipping of

Mamie DeCris .......... :............... : : ; fDG.

To investigate claims of Sherman J. Sims...... 848

To investip.te the registration of land titles. M4

Under Senate Resolution No. 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909'

Under Senate Besolution No. 47. . . 910

flOWUTTEES pF CQNFERENC~
On House Resolution No. 34.................... 904

COMUISSIONERI OF ROADI Al\'D REVENUEs-

To abolish the Board of Wilkes county........49 98 1~

To repeal aet to create Board of, for Dade county 52 159>

246-

Authorizing commission.ers ~ Butts county to in

vestigate claim of A. J. Moore .............. ~.

53.

To create a.n Advisoey Board of Omnmissioners

for Laurens and Glascock ........ : .....57 99 162 447

T.o amend a.ct to create Board for Twiggs county SO 156

.

1m

To amend act to create Board for Dougl~s county 119 222

254 343:

To repeal aet to create Board for Walton county 132 222

.

254 448'

To create Board of, for Ema.nuel county..188 584 'l'83

To create Board of, 'for Randolph county...170 222 257 To amend a.ct to create Bo(t:l'd of, for Pulaski
county ....................................200 222 258

To create }Joard of for TattnaU coqnty ..... 201 353 437 Authorized to administer oaths....... :......... 217

A.utborizetlto appoint persons to examine books 219
To amend act to create Board of, for :a:at;l countY 225 241
. . 262 347

Au-thorizing commissioners of Camden coun.ty to
pa:v sheriff a salary ....................... :268 858 439

Requiring commissioners of Terrell county to pa:v
for misdemeanor convicts...miT ami 442 mm:

916.
001\DIISSIONERB OF ROADS AND UVDUE&-Contmluef$..
To repeal act to create B011rd of, for Dougherty county ....................................3:$1 377 448
To create new Board of, for Doqherty conncy W m
445 To .create new Board of, for Bulloch county 951 44:4 579 To amend act to create Board of, for Charlton
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 357 440
To amend act to create Board of, fot Bibb county 378 451
' 582
To give commissioners of Camden counq charge of all r011ds ................................... 419 453
To &mend act to creat Board of, for Jackson county ... . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . 434 681
To create-Board of Oommlssloners for l!Ionroe county ................................ - .. 4:48
To create Board of Oommissioners for Carroll county ...................................536 5SS 'l'f5
To create office of Road Commissioner for C'arroll county .....'............................559 002 TTl
To repeal act to create Board of, fot Franklin
county ....................................561 m m
To create B011t-d of, fot Franklin county ..561 6'f7 776 To repeal act to create Board or, for Botts county 003
COl\ll\:CUNICATIONS-
:From Han. A. C. Latimer . . . . . . . . . . 181 Ftom secretary Georgia Weeldy Press Asspcia-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .... . . . . . ... . ... . . 322 From R. L. Heney, chairman COllllty commission-
erS! .uibb county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 From Benj. M. Blacl;;bnrn ..... -... . 8!2 From Prison Commission . . . . . . . . SS4
CONJ!'EDERATE l\!EMORIAL BOARD-
To create ...................................199 357 715
CONSTITUTIONAL Al\!IENDMENT8-
To amend article 11, section 3, paragraph 1 of Constitution . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . 49 155
To amend ru-ticle 6, section 2, patagraph 5 of Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . 56 156

916

INDEX.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-Contiftuetl.

To a.mend so as to provide for biennial sessions

56

To a.mend paragraph 1, section 1, article T of the

Constitution ... , .. , ..... , . . .

ClS

To amend par~~JP:a.ph 1, section 1, article 9 of the

Constitution.................................. 164 286

To amend paragraph 1, section 3, article 1 of the

ConstitntioQ. ........ : . . . . . . . . . 2IO

To amend pa1"11.graph 2, section 1, article 9 of the

Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2IQ 35!'i

To amend paragraph 1, section 3, article S of the

Constitution . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

To a.mend pat'B,gTaph 14, section 7, articleS of the

Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

To a.mend act to cal"l'y into dect paragraph 1,

section 1, article I of Constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . 711

To add uew paragmph to article t\ section ! of

Constitution, to be known as paragraph 9. . ... 720 784

CONVICTSTo regulate and control in Bibb county 418 585 600 86!

OORPORATIONI, 11:IU!I:"1CIPAL-
To a.mend act 'to incorporate Edgewood...50 223 245
To repeal all laws to incorporate Buford......53 153 342
To amend act to incorporate Bronwood..ms 108 248
To incorporate the town of Armena..........64 157 248 To incorporate the town of Plainville...64 158 247 To incorporate the town of Boykin ...........65 157 249
m To incorporate the town of Nunez............ 156 249
To repeal act to in.corporate town of l\Ieigs...... 80 267 To incorporate town of Ba.conton .....91 159 252 To amend act to incorporate High Shoals . . . . . . . 120 220
To a.mend act to incorporate llmron...1!! 223 256
To incorporate town of Bat"Dey .............146 153 258 To incorporate town of East lilllijay. . . 101 447 To a.mend act to in.corpornte Toccoa. . . . . . . . . . . . l 62
To amend act to incorporate Waycron..... . . . . . 16! 448
To incorporate 1\'lansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 To amend act to incorporate Je!tersoDYUle. . . 169 223
258 503 To incorpot"B.te Oakwood.. , .. , ..202 269 845

!NDEX.

937

CORPORATIONS, 1\:IUNICIPAL-Continued.
To incorpotate High Shoals (Geo. Law Booth) .. 203 263 671
To incorporate Spread ........ , ....... , ...... 217 261 346 To incorporate Beloit ....................... 240 267 347 To amend act to incotporate High Shoals ....268 352 673 To amend act to incorporate Norwood........... 269 To incorporate Kingwood .................... 298 358 443 To incorpotate Mystic ....................... .418 452 581 To incorpmate Sand Hill ................ 419 4.')2 582 802 To amend act to incorporate townof Kite .... 420 451 575 To repeal act to incorporate town of Meigs...... 435 'l'o incorporate the town of Metter ........... 446 517 581 To incorporate the town of Centralhatchee ...... 450 577 To incorporate the town of Banvick ......... .472 535 581 To incorporate the town of McCaysville........ 560 To amend act to incorporate Boston .......... 602 678 778 To incorporate Isabella .............. : .......602 677 778

COTTON GINsRequiring persons opetating to register .. ; . . . . . . 130 260

COUNTY OFFICERs-
To change their terms from two to four years.. 420 To elect by the people........................... 421

COUNTY SCHOOL COJ\:Il\IISSIONERS-(see Schoool Commissioners).

COUNTY AND COUNTY l\1ATTERS-

To remove obsttuctions from stteams of Clayton

county ...... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

To hold fence election in "\'Vhite county (see Elec-

tion, etc).

To erect gates in Fannin county ............ 420 586 680

'l'o remoT"e obstructions from streams of Carroll

county ............................... 516 5SS 774 894

To remove obstructions ftom streams of Dawson

county ...............................629 721 779 910

To remove obstructions from streams of .Morgan

county

682

938

COURT&--Sn,perior and Sn,preme--

To chanp time of holding superior court of

Chattahoochee county . . P ......79 166 843

To change time of holding supel"ior court of De

catur county ...................... :.

00:

To chanp time of holding s~JJ,rerlor court of

Liberty county . .. . . . .............100 169 844:

To amend act fixing .time of holding superior

courts of Oconee Oircuit .......... 100 261 345 44iJ,

To change tiwe of holdinl' superior courts of Al-

bany Oircuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............219 2601

To change time of holding superior courts of

Banks county .. , . . . . ...... 711 721 '171'

POUBT&--Connt;r: and city and pollee--
To create city court of .Jefferson ............... 51 16S
To repeal aut to ereate city cou:rt of Jell'erson . . . . . . .........51 119 164
To amend act to create city court of Greensvllle 54 99 l61 To amend act to create city court of Swa.lns
boro .............m; 119 164 To amend act to create city court of Hamilton 55 158 843 'l'o put into operation an act to create eity court
of Hamilton ..............................65 157 343' To repeal act to create city court of 1\it. ''ernon 82 199' To amend act to create city court of Sylvania 99 1o9 844 To amend act to create city court of Amerl
. cus . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 958 485
To amend act to create city court of Way cross .................................... lao lOS 844:
To amend act to create city court of 1\:J:oultrle ....................................... 218 !162 348
To create city court of Cotdele... . . . 225 SOlt To amend act to create city cou1-t of Washing-
ton .......................................268 958 4ag. To Mqreal ac~ to create county courts (Bul
loch) ....................................2M aos 348 To create city court of Statesboro....28!1: 308 848 o94 To amend act to create city court of Barnes-
ville ....... 299 954 442
To amend act to create city court of Early county............................306 380 360 441 444 o9a

INDEX.

COURTS-County and City and Police-Continued.
To amend act to create city court of Brunl!wick .....................................336 450 578
To repeal act to create city court of Clarksville 366 To enlarge powers of police court of Savan-
nah ...................................... 378 7f)4 780 . To create city cqurt of Wayn.esboro ........ .418 452 580 To amend act to create city court of Dublin. . . . 421 451 To amend act to create city court of Dawson.422 586 680 To abolish city court of Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 7il

COURT OF APPEALS-

To amend Constitution so as to provide for......

660

CUSSETAAu~hor!zed to create debt ...................636 753 778

DANIEL, HON. H~N:ij..Y R.-

Sworn.in as member of General Assembly......

7

Assigned to committees.......... ;.............

12

DAYS OF GRACETo abolish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30!
DEEDsTo provide for indexing of.................... 225 585
D~PARTMENT OF HORTICULTURETo create...................................... 535 72i

DISPENSARIES-
To amend act to create in Buena Vista ........ 121 152 668 766 904
To require managers of to report to ComptrollerGeneral ............................... :. . . . . 154 711
To amend act to create in Pulaski county ... 200 222 257 To create dispensary in Statesboro .......... 284 308 348 To submit question to voters of Rome ... 289 350 674 688 To amend act to ereate in Colquitt .......... 536 588 679 To create dispensa1y in Arlington...... ~ ... ;;.; 562

INDEX.

DETECTIVESTo license and regulate business of. . . . . . . . . . . . 298

DIVORCEs-

To levy and collect tax on ............ : . . . . . . .

62

:DRAINAGEIn Fulton county ............. : .. .... : .. .. .. .... 202

:EDUCATIONAL-
To teach agriculture and Ci"l""il government in common schools ........... : . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. 207 801

:ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS-

To relle"l""e persons registering from giving age.. 131

To amend act concerning election laws of Cor-

dele. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 161

To prescribe manner of conducting prima-

ries .................................... :.169 584 681

To allow voters of 'Vhite county to hold fence

election...... . . . . ......................... 170 220 257

To provide for registration of qualified voters of

Lithonia ................................. 198 353 436

To elect judge and solicitor of city court of La-

Grange by the people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Providing who shall keep registration and

voters' books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Requiring CGlunty to pay expenses of holding

primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

422

FEEs-

Authorizing the Governor to charge in certain

cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

562

To pay fees of officers of court............ .. .. . 641

FERTILIZERS'l'o regulate registration and sale of. . . . . . . . . . . . 289

FISH AND GAME-(see Hunting and Fishing).

-GAI\IE-(see Hunting and Fishing).

INDE:S:.

94t:

GARNISHMENT LAW8-
To regulate proceedings, in certain cases . . . . . . 224 585- To declare assignment of wages illegal in cettain
ases ... .... ....... ... ... ..................... 224:To allow garnishees to move for the strengthen-
ing of gatn,ishment and attachment bonds.... 269'

HEALTH AND HEALTH OFFICERsTo create board of............................ 748 876':

HOGSTo prevent hogs running at large ........... 202 261 696-

HORTICULTURE-(see Department of). HUNTING AND FISHING--

To prohibit hunting and fishing on lands of another ....... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 58;
T.o regulate fishing in waters of this State...... 78 158. To protect fish in streams of Bartow coun.ty, 92 222 253" To protect fish in streams of Hall county. . . . . . 223 262
346 802 To protect fish in Flynt river ............... .420 452 574 To protect fish in Notla river ................ 515 587 772-

INDIAN SPRINGLooking to preservation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134'~

INSURANCE GOMPANIES AND LAWS-

To amend act prescribing manner of making

.returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

79~

To regulate busin.ess of companies insuring cot-

ton factories ................................ 146 262

Required to render list of policy holders. . . . . . . . 169

To kgulate business of Industrial life insur-

ance ................ :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 357-

Mutual fire insurance companies required to

make deposit .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. .. 297 354".

INTERMARRIAGETo prevent intermarriage of whites and negroes 155"

9!2

INDEX.

INVITATIONS-

To visit Griffin

44

To visit Lindale .............................. .

95

To visit Tallulah ............................. .

95

To visit Colquitt............................. . 117

To be ptesent at exercises of Daughters of Rev-

olution ..................................... . 118

TOINT SESSIONS-
To hear address of Ron. John M. Allen......... 432 To hear address of Hon. W. B. Hill.............. 568

JUDGES AND SOLICITORS-
To repeal act to provide solicitor for county court of Oconee county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 434 576 802
To elect judge and solicitor of city court of LaGrange by people.. .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . . 342
To increa~e powet'S of judges sitting in vacation 4fl3

JURORs-
To disquallfy J .. P.'s, N. P.'s; etc;, from serving, 130 To prescribe qualification of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICs-
To regulate employment of children in factories ............................. : .. ......... 177 182
As to procuring money to petform labor with fraudulent intent .................... 224 468 511 ROn
Regulating employment of laborers under contract with another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

LAND CLAB:IsTo proYide for settling certain land claims. . . . . . 296

.LAVON~A-
To increase authority of mayor and council of.. 199

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LAWS-

To prohibit sale of in wellster county ........ 55 152 247

To male penAl the procuring of thiough minors 155

'l'o prohibit manufacturing of in Upson county..

164

INDEX.

943

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LA.WS-Contintted.
To regulate sale of in cities of 20,000 population .....................................356 584 765
To amend act to prohibit sale of in Lee county ...................................... .421 586 771
To amend act to license liquor selling in Telfair county ................................... .462 536 575
To prohibit sale of in, Irwin county . . . . . . . . . 517 582 802

MADISONAuthorizing construction of water-works .... 239 352 440

:MESSAG E8-Executive-


13 178 207 285 323 416 462 522 568 620 640 646 693 764824 903

MESSAGEs-Senate-
5 6 61 G3 81 93 106 132 144 170 177 181 203 206 216 270 285 295 3.12 322 375 383 396 400 423 465 473 493 522 527 531 552 604 639 660 689 730 732 733 78() 790 798 807 826 837 847 668 874 876 896 899 904 905 907 911 914 91~

MILITARYTo amend act to organize.................... 50 152 746

MISCELLANEOUS-

To prevent cruelty to animals.................. 49 114

To provide compensation to widows and heirs in,

certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51

To repeal section 3 of act relative to admissfon

to bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5r;

To allow certain defenses to be made by the

State for the recovery of lands held by adverse

claimants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132

To compel the registering of the marks of slaugh-

tered cattle in Glynn county ................ 462 587 779

To chan.ge site of :M:illedgeville Presbyterian

church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 744 777

To appoint commission to inspect battle lines at

Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

584

To pre,ent tramps, etc., from stealing rides. . . . . 586

944

INDEX.

NORTH EASTERN BANKING CO~!PANYTo amend act to create ..................... 240 451 577

NOTARIES PUBLICTo make women eligible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 587

OATHS-County commissioners authorized to admin,lster (see Commissioner Roads, etc.)

PAGEsPrescribing number of pages for House........ 379

PENSIONs-

To pay Mary E. ~Iize a pension. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .

50

To pay Mrs. Sallie Erwin $60..................

51

To pay pension due l\Irs. E. J. Coker.... . . . . . . .

62

To pay pension due Mrs. L. J. Bailey. . . . . . . . . . .

79

To pay pension due .Jesse E. Butler.. . . . . . . . . . .

84

To pay pension, due I. N. Taylor............... 129 260

To appropriate $9,360 for Indigent widows ... 45 98 138

To provide for disbursement of pensions........ 15;:)

To pay pension due J. J. Mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

To pay pension due J. Lynn.................... 160

To pay pension due T. A. Smyth ............... 160

To pay pension due Mrs. S. Blackburn.......... 201

To pay pension due widow of Confederate soldier

at death to heirs............................. 208

To pay pension due Isaac Swafford............ 217

To pay pension to ordinaries which have accrued

to deceased pensioners ................... 219 355 814

To pay pension due John S. Flynt.............. 220 358

To pay pension due Carrie Wilson.............. 224

To pay pension due B. G. Smith................ 234

To pay pension due'l\Iinor White ............... 299 359

To pay pension due. Mary E. Flynt....... . . . . . . 336

To reinstate J. J. W. Glenn on roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

To transfer money from one fund to another . , 419 517

To pay pension due l\lartha Roberson ........ , . . 516

To pay pension due Mrs. S. F. l!~uller. . . . . . . . . . .

560

To pay pension due Nancy Lynch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

L~DEX.

945

PEONAGETo investigate charge of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

PLEADING AND PRACTICE-

To regulate in courts of records................

517

PLEASWhen pleas of insanity shall be received......... 350

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURETo regulate in application for new trials....... 472

PRISON COMMISSION-

To amend act to create (Felder) 269 313 319 376 382 383

To amend act to create (Steed) ...... 388 403 477 487 497

To amend act to create (~1orton)...... . . . . . . . . .

351

PUBLIC \v EIGHERS:hlxempt from jury duty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

QUESTIONS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE-

Alexander, of Wilkes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

George, of Morgan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Brown., of Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Grice, of Pulaski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

544

O>erstreet, of Screven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 613

Tigner, of Muscogee........................... 552

Hawes, of Elbert..............................

596

Howard, of Baldwin..........................

599

Wilson, of Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

Mills, of Cherokee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

686

Howell, of Meriwether.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Steed, of Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

Hall, of Bibb..................................

724

:Moses, of Coweta ............................. 725 763

Stovall, of Chatham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

Knight, of Berrien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

RAILROAD COC\BUSSION-
To further extend powers of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 To provide for election of by people ......... 199 262 273
60 hi

946

INDEX.

RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAYS-
Authorizing street railways to furnish steam heating power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
To equip fiat cats with standards............... 355

RECORDSTo bind certain public records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 622

REL!Elt'-

Of J. K. McAfee, et al.........................

53

Of E. A. Buck.................................

84

Of J. I. Slaughter.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 153

Of J. W. Wilcox ........................... 260 275 608

Of W. E. English, et al. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. . .. . 283

Of W. F. Shirley, et al. ........................ 354 70()

Of G. S. Dul;:e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

REPORTS OF CQ;\il\fiTTEEs-

Rules .. .. . .. .. .. .. .

63 114 136 185 226 301 320 386

427 473 520 538 714 729 760 808 867

CQunties and county matters, 66 76 104 107 149 212 240

281 294 314 325 361 408 500 532

564 601 620 632 699 704 727 757

Banks and banking. . . . 67 191 211 373 .417 620 703 824

Appropriations ...................... 67 105 213 314 324

406 503 705 744 747

General judiciary . . . . . . . . . . 76 97 127 193 266 ?SO 330

362 374 410 457 499 532

546 567 633 705 760 841

Special agriculture ............105 213 325 405 546 765

Special judiciary ..............111 151 190 214 242 306

329 363 430 501 745 782

Ways and means ................... 116 294 315 407 565

Corporations . . . . . . . . . . 122 150 194 196 231 327 359

363 408 453 563 654 678 782 831

Amendments to Con,stitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

General agriculture ............ 128 212 373 473 5;45 704

Education ..................... 128 308 406 457 567 706

Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 173 206 ~35 302 349 424

475 571 611 688 735 860 898 917

Temperance ........................... 151 283 410 504

Pensions ...............................192 326 697 831

Privileges and elections .................. : ..... 196 331

INDEX.

947

_!REPORTS OF OOMl\UTTEES-Oontinued.

Vi'ild lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

western and Atlantic R. R ..................... 359 416

Military affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

On extension of Vi'. & A. R. R................. 374

Public library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 469

Academy for blind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Hygiene and sanitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Penitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 668 885

Constitutional amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

University of Georgia..........................

698

State sanitarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Committee to draft resolutions on death of Hon.

G. J'IL Warren...............................

793

Academy for the blind......................... 825

To examine into the whipping of Mamie DeOris .. 827 830

To investigate charges of lobb~ing. . . . . . . . . . . . .

853

JREPORT&-Minority-
On House Bill No. 617........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 On House Bill No. 103........................... 283 On House Bill No. .313.......................... 477 On Text-book Bill............................. 504 On Senate Bill No. 68 ............ .............. 668 On House Bill No. 605......................... 732
-~REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES-
On House Resolution No. 134.................. 915

REPORTS :::iUPRE"l\fE COURT'.ro amend act to republish, ............. 240 353 798 906

:REWARD-

To pay reward offered for arrest of Charles Jeff-

coat .........................................

461

948

INDEX.

ROAD LAWS-

Number of days each person shall be required to

work on ................................. 54 158 436:

To amend act relative to........................

8T

To provide for better protection of. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 159

To amend act relative to alternative road

Iaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 158 279 293 525 752

SAVANNAH-
To repeal so much of charter as relates to jailer 65 157To grant certain land to mayor and aldermen 168 223 253 Aldermen to receive salary ................. 270 354 438:

~AVANNAH TRUST COMPANYTo amend charter of . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ......... 220 357 440,

SAW DUSTTo prohibit the dumping of in running streams. 91 159

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWS-

To repeal act to create schools for Sylvania

school district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 156 248

To amend school laws of this State............. 160

To prorate school fund between whites and

negroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

172

To amend act to create system of in \Vadley.224 263 347

To create public schools in Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . 269 353 438

To create public schools in Bowman ......... 296 358 438

To amend act to create public schools for Law-

renceville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 446 575 802

To create system of schools for Hazlehurst . .446 587 686:

T9 amend act to create in LaGrange ......... 517 588 774

To create system of schools in town of Arling-

ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 678 775

"SCHOOL DISTRICTs-
To incorporate Mount Zion school district. .. 49 220 244 To incorporrte Sasser school district .......... 52 155 24T To incorporate Pleasant Valley school dis-
trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 446 766 910 To incorporate Olive Springs school district. . 62 243 345 To incorporate Elizabeth school district ..... 78 221 245~

INDEX.

949

<EOHOOL DISTRICTS-Continued.

To incorporate Parrott school district. . . . . . 78 157 250

To incorporate Whitesburg school district. . . SO 156 250

To incorporate Bronwood school distric.t. . . 92 159 253

To amend act to incorporate Upshaw school dis-

.

trict .............................. 119 221 255

To incorporate Amity school district .......... 163 349

To incorporate Concord school district...... 236 352 5'77

To in.corporate Dales school district ....... 269 353 438

To incorporate Bowman school district ...... 296 358 438

To incorporate Ben Hill school district ...... 297 357 443

To incorporate Fillyaw school district.......... 297 356

To incorporate Milner school district ........ 336 356 441

To incorporate Camilla school district.......352 450 579

To incorporate Oak Grove school district .... 378 450 583

To incroporate Smyrna school district. . . . . . . . . 420 452

To incorporate Franklin school district. . . . . . . . . 450 578

To in.corporate Canon school district.... .461 586 772

To incorporate Pineville school district .....515 588 774

To incorporate Mount Vernon school district .... 560 754

781 910

To incorporate Dooling school district ... 560 754 781 910

To incorporate Oakland school district ... 561 754 781 910

To incorporate Sn.ow school district..... 562 754 779 910

To incorporate Waresboro school district.... 684 744 780

~SCHOOL CGMMISSIONERSTo prescribe mann.er of electing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

..SET-OFFsTo allow defendant In trover cases to plead..... 740

.:SHERU'FSTo pay sheriff of Camden county a salary ... 268 358 43fl

;SOLDIERS, SAILORS, ETC.To create roster of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

;SOLDIERS' HOMETo amend act relative to .................... 131 356 811

950

INDEX.

SOLICITORs-
Relative to solicitor Oconee county court (see Judges,_ etc.)

SOLICITOR-GENERAL-

Required to pay certain moneys into county

treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52::

STATE CHEMIST-
Required to analyze stomach in cases of poison,iug .. ; ............................ 296 559-

STENOGRAPHERTo lobbying committee......................... 606--

STEPHENS, E. A.To refund $50 to .............................. 154 636--

STOCKS AND BONDsTo regulate sale of stocks in bulk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260"

TAXES AND T.A.X LAW8-

To levy tax on divorces (see Divorces).

Providing for collection of special occupation

taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 15T

To provide for return of all real and personal

property for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6~

To amend act to levy tax for support of State

government .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

96:;

Prescribing how corp\)rations shall return prop-

erty for ta..~ation where same lies in, two

counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 584..

To amend subdivision 13 of section 2 of the gen-

eral tax act ................................. 169 586-~

Authorizing county commissioners to tnx dealers

in junk, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20T

Requiring receivers to assess and sell unreturned

lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 352":

Requiring the return of notes, bonds, etc., for

taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 35~

To amend sections 8 and 13 of general tax act .. 298 585-

INDEX.

951

TAXES AND TAX LAWS-Continued.
To amend general tax act so as to exempt certain articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 351 585
Requiring suit to be brought for recovery of lands sold for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
To assess property of corporations which al'e required to make returns to Comptroller-General 657

TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL--
To provide for board of visitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 357 To appropriate $5,000 to ................... 236 451 584

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES-
To provide for incorporation of telephone companies . ... ...... ...... .............. ... ...... 201

TEXT-BOOKs-
To create. commission .........................50 160 801
To inquire into county and city adoption of .... 303 ino
Providing for uniform series.................. 540 555

TITLEsTo quiet titles to la.nd in Charlton county... . . . 131

TRESPASSERsTo protect certain lands against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

TRIALS-
To abolish trials for insanity in certain cases.. 57 158 625 633

TRUSTEES-

For Academy for Blind-how appointed........

54

Allowed to resign trust, when................. 226

TURPENTINETo prohibit adulteration of ................... 225 451

VACCINATIONTo a.J;~Iend act to enforce ..................... 336 357

952

INDEX.

VAGRANTs-
Conferring power upon municipal authorities to punish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
To amend section 453 of Code which defines. . . . 524

VETERINARYAuthorizing Commissioner of Agriculture to employ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
WATER RIGHTsGranting persons rafting timber, etc., the right to use non-navigable waters ................. 145 261

WEIGHTS AND MEASUREs-

To protect purchasers from short weights......

63

WEAPONSTo regulate the carrying of............. 225 715 739 743

WESTER~ AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD-

To employ felony conV'icts to extend. . . . . . . . . .

79

State to pay expenses of trial of cases against. . 218 353

To compile all papers and records concerning. . 226 450

WITNESSEsTo require more than one in certain. cases...... 336

INDEX.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

RESOLUTION-

To draft resolutions on death of Han. G. ~L

Warren .... ............ ... ........ ... ..... .. .

5

'l'o notify Governor . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .

5

Extending sympathy to Ron. J"no. W. Akin....

5

Fixing the session.s of the Hoose.... 8 12 64

Authorizing Secretary of State to furnish certain

. servants . .. . .. .. . ... ... . . .... .. 'F B

To notify Senate of organization of House......

12

To accept invitation to visit Griffin............

44

To appropriate $9,360 for indigent widows ... 45 98 138

Endorsing the "Brownlow Bill". . . . 51 449 'FSO

To reimburse Dade county for incarceration of

Chu. Phillips ............ 52 856

For the relief of ;r. K. McAfee, et al......... .

53

Granting leave of absenee to Ron. J"no. W. Akin

58

Providing that the House accept invitation to

V"isit Griflin....................................

Providing f'or purchase of portrait of Gov. A. H.

Stephens ............. .

65

To expedite business of the House...

66

To print calendar of each day's business.......

66

Tendering sympathy to Ron~ N. A. l\-Iorris .

To appoint committee to frame "Pure Eood

Law" .....................................75 114 'F69

To reinstate J". J". Glenn upon the pension roll..

'F7

To appoint committee to mvestigate leasing

certain .State property. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . 78 154

To appoint committee to visit towns where cottQn

mills are located. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90

Tendering the House to the Daughters of the

Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 94

INDEX.

RESQLUTIONS-Continued.

When nnanimollfl con.sent shall be gmnted. . . llS liT

To appoint committee to whom shall be referred

Hollfle Bill 544.............................. 141

'l'endering ball of House to "child labor" advo-

cates ............... 141 174,

Inviting' Hon. A. C. Latimer to address General

Assembly ........... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168:
Fixinl' child labGr bill as speaial order.. .. .. 1m

Requesting the Governor to return Hollfle Bill

No. 78 .. .. . . .. . .. .. .. .... .. 1'it:l

Requesting the ,10vernG1' to return Hollfle Bill

No. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,.

Thanklng J:no. l\1. Egan and others fGl' courtesies 286-

To appoint committee to reV'ise ~chool laws.. . . !38 355

Providing for twenty-five days' session....... . . 200.

InvitinJ' Chancellor Hill to address General As

sembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261),

Inviting Han,. Jno. l\1. A.Ilen to address General

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316-

u................. To appoint committee to dnvestigate "l?orrens

Land System" ............

417

To appoint committee to investigate claims of
heirs of IL J. Sims........................... 420

Asking State to renounce claim to certain lots of

land ....... 422: Inviting Hons. A. D. Candler and J. K. Smith to
address General Assembly. . . . . . . . . 461. To P&J' reward o1Iered for arrest of 0. Je1Icoat.. 4G1 Authorizing Governor to borrow money. . . . . . . 515 654, ,To reflm.d $50 paid for charter of Dank of Syl-
vania .................. .'. . . . .. .. . .. . . 516To appoint committee to prescribe order of bust-
ness .................... ~ . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 521, Accepting the portrait of Gov. Jas. S. Boynton.. A resolution rescinding the resolution. llmitin8
,the number of committeemen................. 528: ProvidinJ' for committee to investigate charps of
lobb;ying .................................... . 581 Authorizing the prison commission to pay Mann-
ing White $256 .......... ' .................. . Requesting Governor to return Hou~e Bill N'o. 455 Tendering ball of House to Daughters of Con-
federacy ........................ ... ...

llESOLU'l'IONS-OantiDmd.
'l'o appoint committee to recommend order ot: business daily . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . 607 148:
'l'o correct House Bill No. 601. ... . . .. . 766Dema.nding the prison commission to report
facts concern:i:ng whipping of l\fa.mie DeOria. . 795 To appoint committee to consider resolutions rela-
tive to prison farm. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . 71J6, To appoint committee to investigate department
of State .. . . .. . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . . .. . 801 Sy-mpathizing with Hon. B. T. Thurman......... 814-
Biilquesting prison commission to furnish faets concerning whipping of M:am.Je DeCris........ 831>-
'l'o pay members of enroWng committee extra compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . SS<t
To carry over unfinished business to next session 88T To bring up unfinished business................ 887 'l'o print calendar of unfin..ished business. . . 842:
To pay per diem of three pages and one door
keeper .. .. .. . .. .. . . ... .. . .. . .. .. 946 894 Thanking Hrs. l\faude Barker CO'bb....... . 864 Providing that doorkeepers, etc., be -a-ppointed
for 50 days. . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sill: Authoring the auditing committee to approve
accounts of Hons. Jno. w. Akln an,d W. R.
Welch . ... ...................... ............ 899
Congratulating Hon. J. w. Akin an his restora-
tion ................................ , . . . . . . . . 899' Requesting Speaker to furnish portrait. . . OOG Thanking Bon. N. A. 1\forrls, Speaker.......... 908:

INDEX.

PART In..

SENATE BILLS-

To provide for bolding of circuit courts by tbe

cit;r court judges . .. . . . . .. . . 81 TS6

To create board of commissioners for Appling

count;r ...................................148 228 259

To amend section 2809 of Ci'ril Code. . . . . 148 '184

To regulate law of year's support.........148 229 894

To provJ.de for collection of revenue arisiq under

special license ta.x.........................229 301148

To amend section 2166 of the Code..... . . . . 149 800

To autborilm the :Marietta Sewerage Company to

occupy streets ............................149 263 341

To amend act to amend sectioD, 4082. voL 2 of

Code .................... ... .. . . .. . .. . . ... ... 149

To amend act to create city court of Bainbridge 195 228

.

341

To amend act to create new charter for Atlanta 229 441
001. To prohibit the charging of more than 8 per cent.
interest ..................................229 867 816 To repeal a.ct to regulate fees of attorneys and
receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 2-63 860
To amend a.ct to create n.ew charter for Douglas DO 8&7
433 To amend paragraph 2, section 2 of Constitution i80 To amend tax act so as to exempt Confederate
soldiers from taxation ..................... . To require taxes to be paid in county where
property is returned .......................230 367 866 To provide how propert;r on count;r lines sha.Il
be returned .. . . .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. . . . . . .. . .. .. 230 867
To chaD,ge time of bbldiq fall term of superior court of Upson count;r.....................231 867 592

brDEX.

967

SENATE :BILLS-Continued.}
To establish dispensaries in Coffee county. . . . 200 To abOlish public schoOls in Pierce county. 364 447 598 To amend section 5269 of Civil Code.......... 364 783 To prohibit manufacture of ,liquors in Hart
county ...................................364 480 434 Relative to franchises due counties, cities, etc... 365 430
842 To amend section, 985, vol. 1 of Code... . 365 895 To issue bon,ds to build schoolhouses in Pierce
county ...................................865 480 484 To ratify action of council of MaJ:ietta.....365 430 670 To provide un~form system of text-books........ 965 To amend aJ:ticle T, Bet.-tion 1 of Constitution.866 574 882 To provide for levy and sale of equity of redemp-
tion .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 7S5How property shall be levied on and sold. . 866 783. 'l'o permit defendants to plead as defense posses-
sion of lands for 20 Jl!ars..........880 578 TR7 815 mB To amend section 982, vol. 1 of tile Code ... 425 617 914 To provide for registration and analysis of fertil-
:illers ..........425 578 907 To provide for caL"e of certain convicts...... 425 573 '.ro provide for registry of transfer of bonds for .
title .... ,', .................................... 426 784 To incorporate Kingston school district......426 447 592 To amend section lUll, volume 2 of Code. . 426. To provide that all prope1-ty without owner shall
belong to State........................426 787 872 905 To create new charter for NicbOls....426 574 70S To IncorpOL"ate town of, Menlo........ 426 446 592 To secure to counties the school fund to which
they are entitled.......427 785 B9f> To amend section 2180, vol. 2 of Code.......... 520 F'OL" protection of officers of State penitentiary. 578 852
865 To amen.d section 2171, vo-1. 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . 578 850 To appoint commission to consider school laws 588 788 To amend article 6, section 7, paragJ:aph 2 of Con-
stitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589' To prescribe salaries of judges of supreme and
superior courts ..... ; ......................589 786 SSS

:968
.sENATE BILLS-09!Uinued.
Who shall serve on county boards of education 5S9 786 To amend charter of Atlanta.. . . . . . . . . . 589 783 To authorize street milway cnmpanies to take up
tracks .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . 5S9 786 To amend section 4798 of Code... .....690 785 912 To prohibit hunting aml ti.sl:ling o-n lands of an-
other in ~homas county...................590 683 758 To provide a new charter for Flowery Branch.. 590 683
759 To- provide for game wardens in Thomas county..590 684
851 To amend act to inCOl'J,lorate I'Ieigs : .590 683 759 To amend act to create new charter for Gaines-
ville ....... ; .............................590 682 765 To quiet titles -to lands.. . . .. . . .. . .. .. .. 500 784 'To repeal section 238, vol. 1 of Code.......591 785 913 To amend section 982, vol. 1 of Co-de... , 591 786 853 Authol.Uing prison commisaion to lease convicts 001 878 To amend act to create city court of Ba.xley..682 785 871 To cede jurisdiction over certain land in Ga.i.nes-
ville to United States. . . . . . . . 683 914 To amend act to create dispensary in Hogans-
ville ..................683 785 911 'l'o amend act to create schools in Thomasville. . fl83 To regulate the sale of stocks of goods, etc...751 783 834 To amend section 1908. vol. 2 of Co-de..761 826 871 To regulate the business of life insurance. 751 784 To p1ovide for probation ofl'lcers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . 751 786 To close certain private ways in this State... 752 784 To amend section 4868, vol. 2 of Code..752 786 867
To regulate sale of mortgaged pro-perty. . . . . . . . 784
To amend section 4082, vol. 2 of Code. . . . 786 873 Relathe to ma.imed Confederate soldiers. . 799 To amend charter of Georgetown ........... 800 841 894 To require ot'tlinaries to keep reco-rd of all pen-
sions .. . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . .. .. 800 915 'To amend article 8, section 4, paragraph 1 of Oon-
stitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
To authorize administmtors, etc., to charge cost
of bond . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 849 To provide for testing of illuminating oils...... 851

llrDEX.

969

:SENATE BILT,S-Conttnued.
To );ll'eSCribe rules to govern transportation of dead .................... ..................... 85:1
To pre,ent the adulteration of turpentine ..... ', 852 To l'eQ.uire defendants to set fOL'th answer in,
Pa.rllJI1'8.Phll .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. Si2 900

INDEX.
PART IV.
SENATE RESOLUTIONSTo print certain public records .............. 229 422 846 To repeal act to amend act to regulate fees o! attorneys and receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Authorizing State bank examiner to employ stenographer ............................. 365 573 811 To appoint committee to investigate charge of lobbying ..................................... 531 545 For relief of .J..A. McAfee eta!. ............. 752 784 850 To inYestigate damages done in Ducktown by fumes ....................................... . To investigate whipping of Mamie DeCris ..... . 798 'J.'o pay pension of J. S. Brazile to his widow .. 800 'l'o appoint committee to inYestigate school law~ 865 8 Condemning the whipping of women con.victs ... . 906 To appoint committee to visit university ..... . 906